HOLMER GREEN PLAYERS

RECENT SHOWS

A GRIMM NIGHT FOR HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

Performed by our Junior group in November 2011, this clever comedy relates the story of an imiginary clash between Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. The two brothers have accused Hans Christian of stealing their stories. All hell breaks loose with a different take on classic fairytales. This succesful show continued our Junior sections 25 years of offering low cost theatre experience to under 16s.

OUTSIDE EDGE

Outside Edge, a play by Richard Harris about a cricket team trying to win a game of cricket whilst sorting out their various marital problems. The play was performed over the weekend of Thursday to Saturday 16-18th June 2011 to sell-out audiances on the Friday & Saturday.



CAST

Miriam Caroline Russell
Roger Matt Hearn
Bob Charles Padley
Dennis Nick Blanks
Maggie Laura Chapman
Kevin Rob Law
Ginnie Rachael Healy
Alex Alex Eden
Sharon Vickey Martin

Directed by Di Healy who is assisted by Terri Boyce.

THE WONDER YEARS OF WALT

Performed by our Junior group in March 2011. Images and videos of the show are available to the parents of Junior members of the group.

FLYING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - In aid of the Help for Heroes charity

Flying home for Christmas raised £2000 for the Help for Heroes charity! The cheque presentation is shown in the picture below.

Pictures from the show are shown below:

LET'S FACE THE MUSICALS - AND DANCE!

This highly succesful, sell-out show featured music from musicals over the last thirty years coupled with the some of the 60s greats like Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald. See our gallery of pictures below.

THE XMAS FACTOR

A Highly enjoyable two-night show in aid of The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund. Visit www.thomasball.org.uk. Two thoroughly good evenings of Christmas entertainment on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th December 2009. The low ticket price of £5.00 included a mince pies and mulled wine!

'A Christmas Carol' performed by our Junior Players!

Michael Conyers version of the Charles Dickens classic tale of a mean money lender, who following visions of the future, eventually found redemption, was performed over the weekend of 19th - 21st November. Applauded by the audiances, 21 eight to sixteen-year-olds created an excellent interpretation of the well known story.

Images and videos of the show are available to parents of the Juniors shortly. For more details contact Peter Healy - peterhealy@holmergreenplayers.co.uk

NIL BY MOUTH

Our last adult group show, 'Nil by mouth' was really enjoyed by everyone who saw it! This story of mistaken identities and confusion in a large hospital, has its audiences laughing in the aisles! Look at our gallery of show pictures below.

THE DEMON HEADMASTER

Our last Junior production, The Demon Headmaster, was operformed in March 2009 to much aclaim.

PAST SHOWS FROM OUR JUNIOR AND ADULT GROUPS INCLUDE:

Adult Productions

Ali Baba

Now that's what I call musicals

Summer Holiday

Aladdin

Big Band to Broadway

Careful Rapture

Cat on the fiddle

Cinderella

Comedy in crisis

Cooked

Covenant with death

Daisy pulls it off!

Dick Whittington

Fascinating Rhythm

Frankenstein's Guests

Good Blood, Bad Blood

Good Morning Campers

Gosforths Fête

Hay Fever

Heaven on earth

House of Dracula

Just another day

Kids

Last Tango in Little Grimley

Little Women

Murder at the Vicarage

Murder in the Red Barn

No time for tea leaves

Not the Royal Variety!

Our friend, Miss Flint

Outside Edge

Passion, Poison & Petrifaction

Peter Pan

Piece de Resistance

Piece de Resistance Deux

Piece de Resistance Le Plot

Pools Paradise

Puss in Boots

Sleeping Beauty

Slight accident

Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

Stepping Out

Strictly Musicals

Table Talk

The Boyfriend

The Hollow

The Snow Queen

With It

Wizard of Oz

Junior Productions

A Bunny's Tale

Annie Warbucks

Bugsy Malone

Dazzle

Ernie's incredible illusinations

Georgina & the Dragon

Henry Tudor Dude

Peter Pan the Musical

Rocca Socker

Stars in our eyes 

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

Fawkes - The Quiet Guy

You me and Mrs Jones

Peter Pan the musical

Cinderella

Dracula Spectacula