Gamlingay Players

GAMLINGAY PLAYERS

Gamlingay Players has been in existence for over 30 years. We first performed at the Village College then moved to the Community Centre when it opened some 20 years ago. Each year since we started we have put on two or three productions. We perform pantomimes regularly as well as serious plays, comedies and review evenings and we often have an evening of three one-act plays in addition to at least one full-length production a year.

We currently have 20 adult members who act, help back-stage, help with sound and lighting, or front-of-house. We also have a very thriving younger members section currently with 26 enthusiastic youngsters aged 10 to 18.

We rehearse or meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm usually at the Community Centre. We always welcome new members. Anyone interested in any aspect of theatre acting, lighting, props, backstage would be most welcome.

Contact : Jan Cooper (Chairperson) on 650178
or Fran Sharp (Secretary) on 316016
who will be happy to give you more details.

The photograph shows
the Players in action in
"Absurd Person Singular"
performed in
October 2002.

This coming year - 2004
We are planning productions this year in April, July and December. Contact us for details.

Recent productions

- November 2003 MURDER AT THE NEW VICARAGE a murder mystery evening where our audience were invited to guess the "murderer". A sell-out!
- October 2003 DEAD MAN'S HAND by Seymour Matthews. A thriller with a twist. Kept the audience on the edge of their seats until the very last scene, and very few guessed the twist!
- May 2003 WIVES AND CHILDREN 2 one-act plays: "Wife Required" by Falkland L.Cary a farce and "Teechers" by John Godber a classroom comedy, featuring a large cast of teachers and students!
- January 2003 CINDERELLA everybody's favourite panto. This version by Peter Denyer. Involving most of our adult and junior members.
- October 2002 ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR by Alan Ayckbourn. One of Ayckbourn's best loved plays. It is the story of 3 couples in
3 kitchens over 3 Christmas's and is both hilarious and intriguing. We performed the play for 3 nights 2 of them sell- outs.

- June 2002 A VICTORIAN EVENING a celebration music-hall style of
the last Royal Golden Jubilee which was a great success much enjoyed by cast and audience.
- April 2002 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 3 one-act plays : 'Doubles' by
Michael Frayn; 'Easy Stages' by Nick Warburton; and 'Do-Gooders' by Graham Jones.
- November 2001 HOUSE GUEST a thriller by Francis Durbridge
- July 2001 CONFUSIONS Set of 5 plays by Alan Ayckbourn : Mother
Figure, Drinking Companions, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth's Fete, Talk in the Park.
- January 2001 DICK WHITTINGTON (by Jim Sperinck) Panto time!
- September 2000 OUTSIDE EDGE a comedy by Richard Harris
- April 2000 FAMILY MATTERS 3 one-act plays : 'Holmes Sweet
Holmes' by Jim Sperinck; 'The Housewarming' by Arthur Aldrich; and 'Thermal Underwear' by Andrew Davies.