Wilmslow Guild Players Past Productions
1990 - 1999
In reverse chronological order
1999
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- Puss In Boots
- by Norman Robbins
15th - 18th December
- Under The Stars
- by Richard Crane
21st - 23rd October
- The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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19th May
- Shalom by Liz Sharp Fortune Youth Theatre
- Hush Little Baby by Liz Sharp Fortune Youth Theatre
- Green Forms by Alan Bennett Frodsham Players
20th May
- Elizabeth's Secret by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall School
- A Cry from the Heart by Mavis Kinnersley 'Know Your Onions' Theatre Group
- The Necessary Arrangements by Jo Wornell Hulme Hall School
21st May
- Limbo by Jerome McDonagh PADOS Junior Theatre
- Dead End Job by Beverley Hancock Fortune Youth Theatre
- Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram PADOS
22nd May
The Awards
- Best Junior Production: The Ragged School
- Best Junior Individual Performance: Lauren Knights for Ute in Shalom
- Best Youth Production: Limbo
- Best Youth Individual Performance: Sarah Sharp for Clare in Dead End Job
- Best Senior Production: Last Tango in Little Grimley
- Best Senior Individual Performance: Joan Hughes and Derinda Watson for Doreen and Doris in Green Forms
- Adjudicator's Award: Liz Sharp of Fortune Youth Theatre for "sheer creative energy as both an author and director"
- The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic:
Lilian Johnson as Joyce in Last Tango in Little Grimley, for the arm flapping "how dare you" scene
- Pack Of Lies
- by Hugh Whitemore
18th - 20th March
1998
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- Dick Turpin
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by Paul Reakes
16th - 19th December
- Not Now Darling
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by Ray Cooney & John Chapman
21st - 24th October
- Neville's Island
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by Tim Firth
16th - 18th July
- The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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13th May
- Too Long An Autumn by Jimmie Chinn Arena Theatre Company
- Living With Lady Macbeth by Rob John Bollington Junior Festival Players
- Parentcraft by Stephen Smith Bollington Festival Players
14th May
- What The Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby adapted from Charles Dickens C.H.A.D.S. Theatre Company
- Street Cleaning by Jo-Anne Wornell Hulme Hall School
15th May
- Daniel by Liz Sharp Fortune Youth Theatre
- As Good As New by David Perry Heald Green Theatre Company
- Rats by Liz Sharp Fortune Youth Theatre
16th May
- Just For Billy by Liz Sharp Fortune Youth Theatre
- Extracts from The Hollow Crown by John Barton Wilmslow Guild Players
The Awards
- Best Junior Production: Living With Lady Macbeth
- Best Junior Individual Performance: Adam Johnston for Mr Squeers in What The Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby
- Best Youth Production: Just For Billy
- Best Youth Individual Performance: Paul Jones for Paul in Daniel
- Best Senior Production: As Good As New
- Best Senior Individual Performance: Heather Hall for Maisie May in Too Long An Autumn
- Adjudicator's Award: Jo-Anne Wornell of Hulme Hall School for Street Cleaning
- The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic:
Margaret Williams of Heald Green Theatre Company for the resuscitation of the goldfish in As Good As New
- The Hollow Crown
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devised by John Barton
12th - 14th March
1997
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- Cinderella
-
15th - 20th December
WASP (Wilmslow Associated Societies Pantomime) collaborative production
at the Evans Theatre, Wilmslow Leisure Centre.
- The Cemetery Club
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by Ivan Menchell
23rd - 25th October
- The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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14th May
- Our Dad's Army by S. F. Horsman Poynton Junior Drama Group
- Rattle of a Simple Man by Charles Dyer Indigo Theatre Company
- Down the Mines by S. F. Horsman Poynton Junior Drama Group
- Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit PADOS
15th May
- An Extract from Whose Life Is It Anyway? by Brian Clark Hulme Hall Main School
- Little Brother, Little Sister by David Campton Farnworth Little Theatre
- Horror at Hellfire Hall by Paul Groves, John Griffin & Nigel Grimshaw Hulme Hall Main School
- Alky by Jerome McDonough PADOS Youth
16th May
- A Friend Like Artie by Wil Denson Fortune Youth Theatre
- First Time Club by K. T. Curran Fortune Youth Theatre
- Last Panto in Little Grimley
by David Tristram Wilmslow Guild Players
17th May
- Rabbit by David Foxton Bollington Junior Festival Players
- An Extract from Our Day Out by Willy Russell Heald Green Theatre Company Next Generation
- Kiss Me by Carolyn Hooper Living Room Theatre
The Awards
- Best Junior Production:Little Brother, Little Sister
- Best Junior Individual Performance: Liz Anthony for Cook in Little Brother, Little Sister
- Best Senior Production:Chamber Music
- Best Senior Individual Performance: Carolyn Hooper for Louise in Kiss Me
- Adjudicator's Award: Awarded for Best Youth Production to First Time Club
- The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: Awared for the costumes in Rabbit
- The Imaginary Invalid
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by Molière
13th - 15th March
1996
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- Jack and the Beanstalk
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by John Morley
18th - 21st December
- Blithe Spirit
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by Noël Coward
10th - 12th October
- Festival of One Act Plays
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16th May
- In Need of Care by David Rowley Heald Green Theatre Company - Next Generation
- The Pied Piper by Sandra Horsman Poynton Junior Drama Group
- The Mad Hatter's Tea Party by Sandra Horsman Poynton Junior Drama Group
- Life Before Death by Pat Penney Festival Players Bollington
17th May
- The Passing of Clevercloggs by Maureen Nield Hulme Hall Main School
- A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter Farnworth Little Theatre
- The Lost Ring by Sandra Horsman Poynton Junior Drama Group
- Trainers by Chris Jones Fortune Youth Workshop
- Last Tango in Little Grimley by David Tristram Fortune Theatre Group
18th May
- Dolls by Jerome McDonough Fortune Youth Workshop
- It's Always the Butler by Jane Atherton Bollington Junior Festival Players
- Extracts from Educating Rita
by Willy Russell Wilmslow Guild Players
The Awards
- Best Junior Production:Trainers and It's Always the Butler (joint)
- Best Junior Individual Performance: Martin Roberts for Mike in The Passing of Clevercloggs
- Best Senior Production:A Kind of Alaska and Dolls (joint)
- Best Senior Individual Performance: Kath Booth for Deborah in A Kind of Alaska
- Adjudicator's Award: Francis Barden for Joyce in Last Tango in Little Grimley
- The Syd Mence Cup for a Piece of Theatre Magic: Colin McCarthy, director of Last Tango in Little Grimley
- Billy Liar
-
by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall
21st - 23rd March
(Poster)
1995
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- Babes in the Wood
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by Syd Mence
13th - 16th December
(Poster)
- Educating Rita
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by Willy Russell
12th - 14th October
- Round and Round the Garden
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by Alan Ayckbourn
13th - 15th July
(Poster)
- One Act Play Festival
-
19th May
- Love on the Dole Poynton Junior Drama Group
- Two Trees Poynton Junior Drama Group
20th May
- The Importance of Being Earnest
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by Oscar Wilde
23rd - 25th March
(Poster)
1994
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- The Adventures of Sinbad
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by Syd Mence
14th - 17th December
(Poster)
- Natural Causes
-
by Eric Chappell
13th - 15th October
(Poster)
- One Act Play Festival
-
21st May
- Rats by Alan Gardner Bollington Junior Festival Players
- Two Excerpts from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Hulme Hall School
- The Cinderella Story by Kenneth Lillington Heald Green Theatre Club
- The Saxon Wives of Ellandune by L. Du Garde Peach Hulme Hall School
- Between Mouthfuls by Alan Ayckbourn Uppermill Stage Society
- Henry Hereafter by Hal D. Stewart Bollington Festival Players
- Letter from America by Philip Stagg Arena Theatre Company
- The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
- Lucy by John Banks Wilmslow Guild Players
- Oh What a Lovely War!
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by the Theatre Workshop London
10th - 12th March
1993
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- Sleeping Beauty
-
by Syd Mence
15th - 18th December
(Poster)
- Murder in Company
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by Philip King & John Boland
14th - 16th October
(Poster)
- One Act Play Festival
-
22nd May
- Stately Home by Liz Bratt Bollington Junior Festival Players
- Living with Lady Macbeth by Rob John Bollington Junior Festival Players
- The Oldest Profession by Geoff Newson Wilmslow Green Room
- Trumper of the Yard by Philip Stagg Arena Theatre Company
- The Big Cats by Alec Baron Wilmslow Guild Players
- The Waiting Room by John Bowers Uppermill Stage Society
- Easy Stages by N. J. Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players
- She Stoops to Conquer
-
by Oliver Goldsmith
18th - 20th March
1992
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- The Wizard of Oz: The Pantomime
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by Syd Mence
16th - 19th December
- How the Other Half Loves
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by Alan Ayckbourn
October
- Chester Mystery Plays
-
30th June - 16th July
- One Act Play Festival
-
16th May
- The Jump by John Banks Wilmslow Guild Players
- Ring Round the Moon
-
by Jean Anouilh
adapted by Christopher Fry
March
1991
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- Aladdin
-
by John Morley
12th - 14th December
- Lettice and Lovage
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by Peter Shaffer
October
- One Act Festival
-
18th May
- School Ties by George Brockhill Wilmslow Guild Players
- The Form by N. F. Simpson Bollington Festival Players
- A Talk in the Park (from "Confusions") by Alan Ayckbourn Harlequin Players, Northwich
- An excerpt from "Ball Boys" by David Edgar Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
- Don't Blame It On The Boots by N. J. Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players
- Outside Edge
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by Richard Harris
March
1990
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- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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by John Morley
13th - 15th December
- The Anniversary
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by Bill MacIlwraith
18th - 20th October
- One Act Play Festival
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May
- A Respectable Funeral by Jimmie Chinn Wilmslow Guild Players
- Our Man Wilmslow Guild Players
- The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild
Dramatic Society's Production of `Macbeth'
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by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr
15th - 17th February
