Established in 1945, with a long history and a diverse range of theatrical performance, Banbury Cross Players (BCP) pride ourselves on producing theatre of the highest standard.
Each year we have a season of full-length productions, in addition to a varied programme of weekly Thursday sessions, including workshops, play readings, and more. We meet at St. Hugh’s Church, Ruskin Rd, Banbury OX16 9HU.
Take a look around our website to learn more – you can buy tickets to our upcoming shows, check out our calendar of upcoming events (via button below), sign up for our newsletter, and of course, find lots of information about how to join us!
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Current Production:
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
directed by Lucy Byford will be performed 19th to 21st November at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury. Tickets are on sale now from the Box Office at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury.
Age guidance: 14+ mature themes/language
See More on the the-girl-on-the-train page.
Tickets are now available for all this season’s productions. Go to Coming Soon
For more on our recent production of Underdog: The Other Other Brontë, take a look at Past Productions.
Banbury Cross Players is a member of NODA the national organisation for amateur theatre.
During the past 12 months we have become district winners of the following 2 awards. You can see more at https://www.noda.org.uk/regions/london/noda-london-district-winners-list-2026.
This follows on from our success in winning 2 NODA awards last year, details of which can be seen in the Our Country’s Good and Home, I’m Darling pages.
NDFA Finals, Bromsgrove
Members of BCP were awarded prizes at the NDFA National Finals following their performance of A Handbag as follows:
Martin Crook (as Menacing Alan) was awarded Best Supporting Actor and Chrissie Garrett was awarded Best Director.
In addition, nominations were received for Simon Hook (Specs) in the Best Supporting Actor category and Lucy Byford in the Tech. category.