Wilmslow Guild Players Past Productions
1990 - 1999
In reverse chronological order
Puss In Boots by Norman Robbins Gordon Livingston
Under The Stars by Richard Crane Owen Le Blanc
The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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
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 John Powell
Dick Turpin
by Paul Reakes Gordon Livingston
Not Now Darling
by Ray Cooney & John Chapman John Banks
Neville's Island
by Tim Firth Garth Jones
The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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 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
devised by John Barton Grace Reed Janet Douglas
Cinderella
by Mike Janes Alan Clements
The Cemetery Club
by Ivan Menchell Geoffrey Reed
The Wilmslow Festival of One Act Plays
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 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
by Molière Dilys Mason
Jack and the Beanstalk
by John Morley Grace Reed
Blithe Spirit
by Noël Coward Geoffrey Reed
Festival of One Act Plays
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 Jean Drinkwater Poster )
Babes in the Wood
by Syd Mence Syd Mence Poster )
Educating Rita
by Willy Russell Owen Le Blanc
Round and Round the Garden
by Alan Ayckbourn Syd Mence 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
by Oscar Wilde Grace Reed Poster )
The Adventures of Sinbad
by Syd Mence Syd Mence Poster )
Natural Causes
by Eric Chappell Jean Drinkwater 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 John Banks
Oh What a Lovely War!
by the Theatre Workshop London Moyra Hampson
Sleeping Beauty
by Syd Mence Syd Mence Poster )
Murder in Company
by Philip King & John Boland John Banks 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 Alec Baron Wilmslow Guild Players
The Waiting Room by John Bowers Uppermill Stage Society
Easy Stages N. J. Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players
She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith Derek Slater
The Wizard of Oz: The Pantomime
by Syd Mence Syd Mence
How the Other Half Loves
by Alan Ayckbourn
Chester Mystery Plays
30th June - 16th July
One Act Play Festival
16th May
Ring Round the Moon
by Jean Anouilh Christopher Fry
Aladdin
by John Morley Grace Reed
Lettice and Lovage
by Peter Shaffer
One Act Festival
18th May
School Ties 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 N. J. Warburton Wilmslow Guild Players
Outside Edge
by Richard Harris
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by John Morley
The Anniversary
by Bill MacIlwraith Grace Reed
One Act Play Festival
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'
by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jnr Moyra Hampson
1999
