History
The St James’s Players were formed in 1966 and launched their first production – Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ – in the following year. Since then there have been over 100 productions in a wide range of styles, including one act plays, revues, pageant, farce and pantomime, as well as “serious” drama.
The Players annually perform two plays, one in May and one in October, and a pantomime or revue in January. Each play usually performs for four nights, but a pantomime could have as many as eight performances, including matinees. There may also be occasional “specials” during the year, which may include performances at other sites, such as the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Each year our total audience is over 1000.
Complete List of Past Productions:
At the Sign of the Crippled Harlequin
Happy and Glorious: A Right Royal Revue
Beauty in Boots and the Beanstalk
Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s
Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
Alice’s Adventures in Pantoland
Snow Ridinghood and the Three Bears
Around the World in 18 Musicals
Maybe it’s Because I’m a Londoner
Hello, is there Anybody There?
Dead Man’s Hand
Play On!
When we are Married
The Merry Gentleman
Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
Cranford
Cinderella
A Letter from the General
House Guest
Another Time Another Place
Season’s Greetings
The Ghost Train
Peter Pan
Fools Paradise
Deadly Nightcap
Chip Ahoy
Frankenstein
Crown Matrimonial
Sleeping Beauty
Busybody
An Inspector Calls
Fish and Even More Frolics
Quiet Wedding
Songs, Snips and Snatches
The Importance of Being Earnest
Babes in the Wood
Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Summertime with St James’s Players
Fish and More Frolics
Outside Edge
Pack of Lies
The Magical Voyage of Sinbad
Private Lives
Send on the Crowns
Towards Zero
Fish and Frolics
Charley’s Aunt
The Deep Blue Sea
King Arthur’s Camelot
A Tomb with a View
Suddenly at Home
Jack and the Beanstalk
From Victoria to Elizabeth With Stops Along the Way
Blithe Spirit
Pastiche
Ring Round the Moon
Robinson Crusoe
Saloon Bar
Pools Paradise
Parish Event: Seaside Frolics
Cinderella
Pygmalion
Harlequinade
Night Watch
The One-Eyed Monster
Gods and Goloshes
The Committee Meeting
The Flame
Pillar to post
Aladdin
Flare Path
Spiders Web
Winter Entertainment: Virtue Triumphant
Tons of Money
Edwardian Evening: Streuth & A Collier’s Tuesday Tea
Ten Times Table
Winter Entertainment: Wages of Sin
Dracula
Summer Event Entertainment
See How They Run
This Happy Breed
Edwardian Evening: Maria Marten
And Then There Were None
Christmas in the Market Place
Will any Gentleman?
Separate Tables
Lady Audley’s Secret
Harlequinade
Happiest Days of Your Life
Murder at the Vicarage
Still Life
Maria Marten
Dear Octopus
Relative Values
Murder out of Tune
Four Queens Wait for Henry
Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime
Breath of Spring
Noble Spaniard
House on the Cliff
Frost on the Rose
Christmas in the Market Place
Ladies in Retirement
Letters from the General
Reluctant Peer
Miss Mabel
Business of Good Government
Proof of the Poison
After my Fashion
Blithe Spirit