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Wilmslow Guild Players Past Productions

2000 - 2009

In reverse chronological order

2009

2008

2007

Dick Whittington

by Norman Robbins
12th - 15th December

Night Must Fall

by Emlyn Williams
24th - 27th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

23rd May

• Alice's Adventures by Julia Whitehead The Studio (Junior/Fantasy)
• The Net - a Play for Children by Roy H Vernon Romiley Little Theatre (Senior/Drama)
• Just for Billy by Liz Sharp The Studio (Junior/Drama)
• A Little Box of Oblivion by Stephen Bean SLR Theatre Company (Youth/Comedy)

24th May

• Permission to Cry by David Campton Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Drama)
• First Love by Mike Newbold PADOS (Junior/Drama)
• The Red Balloon by Damien Trasler The Clap Trappers (Senior/Drama)

25th May

• Waiting for Pandora by Geoff Bamber Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts (Junior/Comedy)
• Carrie on Irony by Steve Jacobs WAODS (Senior/Drama)
• Where's George by Gary Diamond and Roy Lawrence Barton Theatre Company (Senior/Comedy)
• Score by Lyndon Brook Know Your Onions Theatre Group (Senior/Comedy)

26th May

• Sherlock Holmes' Last Case by Charlie Cook TLC (Senior/Comedy)
• Hell Has Our Phone Number by Nicole Villacres Mossley AODS (Youth/Comedy)
• Cards, Cups and Crystal Ball by David Campton Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Comedy)

Old Time Music Hall

12th May

Anyone For Breakfast?

by Derek Benfield
28th - 31st March

2006

Babes in the Wood

by Paul Reakes
13th - 16th December

The Accrington Pals

by Peter Whelan
25th - 28th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

24th May

• The World of Pantomime by Julia Whitehead Port Sunlight Players (Junior/Fantasy)
• But Yesterday by Jimmie Chinn Bebington Dramatic Society (Senior/Drama)
• Dreamjobs by Graham Jones Port Sunlight Players (Junior/Drama)
• Puppets of War an improvisation by the cast AB Academy Theatre School (Youth/Other)

25th May

• A Time for Farewells by Damian Trasler Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Drama)
• One Flap of its Tiny Wings by Marc Lyth SLR Theatre Company (Senior/Drama)
• Dolls by Jerome McDonough PADOS (Youth/Drama)
• Sparrows by Charles Mander Hyde Little Theatre (Senior/Comedy)

26th May

• Two Women and a Chair by Michael Olsen Know Your Onions Theatre Group (Senior/Drama)
• Gosforth's Fete by Alan Ayckbourn Barton Theatre Company (Senior/Comedy)

27th May

• The Hut by Pat Penney Bollington Junior Festival Players (Junior/Drama)
• Scum in Suits by Howard F. Bramwell Farrago Players (Senior/Drama)
• Rabbit by David Foxton Bollington Junior Festival Players (Junior/Drama)

Old Time Music Hall

13th May

Dead Of Night

by Peter Whalley
29th March - 1st April

2005

Aladdin

by Stuart Ardern
14th - 17th December

Sandcastles

by Bob Larbey
26th - 29th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

25th May

• Who Cares by John Chambers Mossley A.O.D.S. Next Generation (Youth/Drama)
• Raindrop Fairies by Sherri Phillips Mossley A.O.D.S. Next Generation (Junior/Fantasy)
• The Cage Birds by David Campton Mossley A.O.D.S. Next Generation (Junior/Drama)

26th May

• Wit's End by Neil Rhodes Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Comedy)
• A Respectable Funeral by Jimmie Chinn Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Comedy)

27th May

• Ernie's Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn Alderley Edge School For Girls (Junior/Comedy)
• The Wizard of Oz with apologies to Frank Baum Port Sunlight Players Youth Group (Junior/Drama)

28th May

• Nobody Famous by Douglas M. Bocaz-Larson Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society (Senior/Comedy)
• Little Brother Little Sister by David Campton SLR Theatre Company (Junior/Drama)
• Four Queens Wait For Henry by L. Du Garde Peach Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior/Comedy)

Be Tickled To Death

21st May

• Wit's End by Neil Rhodes
• A Respectable Funeral by Jimmie Chinn
• Four Queens Wait For Henry by L. Du Garde Peach

Sense And Sensibility

by Jane Austen
adapted by Roger Parsley and Andy Graham
6th - 9th April

2004

Cinderella

by Norman Robbins
15th - 18th December

Recipe For Murder

by J.D.Robins
28th - 30th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

14th May

• Touché by Harry Lowe Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior)

15th May

• Getting On by Marianka Swain Know Your Onions Theatre Group (Senior)
• Flood Warning by Fay Weldon Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior)

The Awards

• Best Senior Production: Touché ( Wilmslow Guild Players)
• Best Senior Individual Performance: Alex in Touché ( Wilmslow Guild Players)
• Adjudicator's Award: Flood Warning (Wilmslow Guild Players)
• The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: Getting On (Know Your Onions Theatre Group)

Laying The Ghost

by Simon Williams
11th - 13th March

2003

Mother Goose

by Norman Robbins
10th - 13th December

Under Milk Wood

by Dylan Thomas
16th - 18th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

15th May

• The Necessary Arrangements by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall School (Junior)
• A Canterbury Tale by Chaucer (adpated by Phil Woods) The Playermakers, Stockton Heath (Senior)

16th May

• Silent Shame by Liz Sharp Attic Theatre (Junior)
• Albert by Richard Harris P.A.D.O.S. (Senior)
• Preggars by Beverley Hancock Attic Theatre (Senior)

17th May

• Forward to the Right by Lily Ann Green Sleight of Hand Theatre Company (Senior)
• A Separate Peace by Tom Stoppard Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior)

The Awards

• Best Junior Production: Silent Shame
• Best Junior Individual Performance: Laura Gilbert and Marie Ashton (jointly) Hulme Hall School
• Best Senior Production: Albert
• Best Senior Individual Performance: Les Read as Guard in Forward to the Right
• Adjudicator's Award: Preggars
• The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: The sheet scene, and Dobbin, in A Canterbury Tale

The Rivals

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
13th - 15th March

2002

Panto at the OK Corral

by Jim Sperinck
11th - 14th December

Respecting Your Piers

by Peter Quilter
24th - 26th October

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

15th May

• Early Man by Hannah Vincent A B Centre of Performing Arts (Junior)
• Educating Rita by Willy Russell (extract) Frodsham Players (Senior)

16th May

• Leaving by Jo-Ann Wornell Hulme Hall School (Junior)
• Can You Hear the Music by David Compton A B Centre of Performing Arts (Youth)
• Another One Bites the Dust by Jo-Ann Wornell Hulme Hall School (Junior)

17th May

• Die Kinder by Liz Sharp Attic Theatre (Youth)
• TBC by Les Read Sleight of Hand Theatre Co. (Senior)
• Call Girls by Beverley Hancock Attic Theatre (Senior)

18th May

• Reckoning by Kathy Mead PADOS (Senior)
• The Scholarship Girl by Jo-Ann Wornell Alderley Edge School for Girls (Junior)
• Garlic and Lavender by Nick Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players (Senior)

The Awards

• Best Junior Production: The Scholarship Girl
• Best Junior Individual Performance: Michael Palmer as "Customer" in Another One Bites the Dust
• Best Youth Production: Die Kinder
• Best Youth Individual Performance: James Goodwin as Fussmouse in Can You Hear The Music
• Best Senior Production: Reckoning
• Best Senior Individual Performance: Jenny McConkey as Rachel in Reckoning
• Adjudicator's Award: Garlic and Lavender by Wilmslow Guild Players, for "spectacle, energy and comedy"
• The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: Call Girls by Attic Theatre, for being "lively and full of comedy"

2001

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

by Norman Robbins
12th - 15th December

Time and Time Again

by Alan Ayckbourn
25th - 27th October

1926 Revisited

12th - 14th July

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

16th May

• Green Forms by Alan Bennett P.A.D.O.S.
• The Flat by the Company A.B. Centre of Performing Arts
• Guests of Honour by Joan Forman A.B. Centre of Performing Arts

17th May

• A Cottage By The Sea by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall Schools
• Consequences by Chrissie Leahy Bollington Junior Festival Players
• In Search of Inner Strength by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall Schools

18th May

• Goodnight Teddybear by Liz Sharp Attic Theatre
• Effie's Burning by Valerie Windsor Impact Theatre Company
• Love is a Hot Fudge Sundae Attic Theatre

19th May

• The Fivehundredth W.A.C. Alderley Edge School for Girls
• Wibble by Bill Jones Attic Theatre
• After Midnight, Before Dawn by David Campton Alderley Edge School for Girls
• Curses, Foiled Again! by Evelyn Hood Wilmslow Guild Players

The Awards

• Best Junior Production: Love is a Hot Fudge Sundae
• Best Junior Individual Performance: Rachel Morris as Rosy in Love is a Hot Fudge Sundae
• Best Youth Production: Goodnight Teddybear
• Best Youth Individual Performance: Jenny Sproston as Abby in Goodnight Teddybear
• Best Senior Production: Effie's Burning
• Best Senior Individual Performance: Diana Brooks as Effie Palmer in Effie's Burning
• Adjudicator's Award: Chrissie Leahy for writing, directing and performing in Consequences
• The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: The cast of Wibble for "exuberant nonsense"!

Mystery At Blackwater

by Dan Sutherland
15th - 17th March

2000

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

by John Morley
13th - 16th December

84 Charing Cross Road

by James Roose-Evans from the book by Helene Hanff
19th - 21st October

Groping For Words

by Sue Townsend
13th - 15th July

The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays

17th May

• But Not Here by David Campton Wilmslow Guild Players
• Violets and Vinegar by David Lodge Carver Theatre

19th May

• Scream Bloody Murder by David Riley A B Centre of Performing Arts
• The Waiting Room by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall School
• A Question of Commitment by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall School

20th May

• The Difficult Crossing by Andrew Wild MADS
• Office Song by Nick Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players

The Awards

• Best Junior Production: The Waiting Room
• Best Junior Individual Performance: Rebecca Saunders as Becci in A Questions of Commitment
• Best Youth Individual Performance: Andrea Gill as Nancy in Scream Bloody Murder
• Best Senior Production: Office Song
• Best Senior Individual Performance: Simon Waring as Him in The Difficult Crossing
• Adjudicator's Award: Chris Saunders for playing Brian in Office Song
• The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: Violets and Vinegar by David Lodge

The Chalk Garden

by Enid Bagnold
16th - 18th March

 

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