The Portishead Players put on a range of shows from serious drama to pantomimes and well known comedies. The list below provides details of the shows we have performed since 1999/2000:-

 

 

 { = one acts

 

Season

Title

Author

Director

2009/10 Shakers (Re-stirred) John Godber and Jane Thornton Jason Stevens
  Carol's Christmas Peter Foord

 

Betty MacGregor
assisted by Alison Louwers

 

Rebecca 

Daphne du Maurier Janet Griffiths
 

 

Fawlty Towers

 

John Cleese and Connie Booth Kate Weston & Janet Astley

2008/09

How the Other Half Loves

Alan Ayckbourn

Judith James

 

Le Bourgois Gentilhomme

Moliére ad. by Miles Malleson

John Fidell

 

Treasure Island

R. L. Stevenson ad. by Kate Strong, Miles Boyd & Jenny Hazell

Kate Strong & Kevin Harrington

 

Laying the Ghost

Simon Williams

David Richardson

       

2007/08

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte ad.

By Charles Vance

Betty MacGregor

 

‘Allo ‘Allo (NODA Award)

Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft

Kate Strong

 

Time to Kill

Leslie Darbon

Sandra Branfield

 

{Still Life

Noel Coward

Janet Griffiths

 

{Gosforth’s Fete

Alan Ayckbourn

Kate Weston

       

2006/07

Up ‘n’ Under

John Godber

John Fidell

 

Murder Weekend

Bettine Manktelow

Kate Weston

 

Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum, adap. Gabrielson, mus/lyr. Arlen & Harburg

Marion Lidbury & Jenny Hazell

 

{Nudes in Waning Light

George Brockhill

Kim Cheasley

 

{Hands Across the Sea

Noel Coward

Janet Griffiths

       

2005/06

Dangerous Corner

J. B. Priestley

John Fidell

 

Local Affairs

Richard Harris

Janet Griffiths

 

Nobody’s Perfect

Simon Williams

Sandra Branfield

 

The Canterville Ghost

Oscar Wilde ad. by

Quilter & Miller

Kate Strong, Dylan Cheasley & M. Boyd

       

2004/05

Rough Crossing

Tom Stoppard

Janet Griffiths

 

Blood Money (NODA Award)

The Heather Brothers

Sandra Branfield

 

The Boy Friend

Sandy Wilson

Marion Lidbury

 

Out of Focus

Peter Gordon

Sandra Derrick

       

2003/04

Caught in the Net

Ray Cooney

Kevin Pearce

 

Geronimo

Dave Buchanan

D. Richardson, J. Hazell & M. Boyd

 

Dark of the Moon

Richardson & Berney

Kate Strong, Kevin Harrington & Jenny Hazell

 

Rumours

Neil Simon

Rosie Simmons

       

2002/03

Run for your Wife

Ray Cooney

Kevin Pearce

 

The Snow Queen

Ron Nicol

Sandra Branfield, J. Hazell & M. Boyd

 

A Touch of Danger

Francis Durbridge

Rosie Simmons

 

Robin Hood – The Truth Behind the Green Tights

David Neilson

Kate Weston

       

2001/02

The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner

David Wood

Kate Strong

 

Aladdin

Chris Denys &

Chris Harris

Marion Lidbury, J. Hazell & M. Boyd

 

Wanted One Body

Charles Dyer

David Richardson

 

Bedroom Farce

Alan Ayckbourn

Judith James

       

2000/01

Barefoot in the Park

Neil Simon

Marion Lidbury

 

Humbug

Dickens ad. by Kate Strong, Jenny Hazell & Miles Boyd

Kate Strong

 

Hay Fever

Noel Coward

Janet Griffiths

 

It Could Be Any One of Us

Alan Ayckbourn

Sandra Branfield

       

1999/2000

The Darling Buds of May

H. E. Bates

Kate Strong

 

Ghost Train

Arnold Ridley

Rod Holliman

 

Suddenly at Home

Francis Durbridge

Kevin Pearce

 

When We Are Married

J. B. Priestley

Judith James