Author: BCP-Media-Team

All My Sons by Arthur Miller was performed by Banbury Cross Players at The Mill Arts Centre from 2-5 July 1997. The Cast was as follows: JOE KELLER – Peter BloorCHRIS KELLER – Jeremy TurnerKATE KELLER – Anne BloorDR. JIM BAYLISS – Tony NealeSUE BAYLISS – Jan BatchelorFRANK LUBEY – Heward SimpsonLYDIA LUBEY Debby BurnsANN…

Banbury Cross Players performed Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse at The Mill Arts Centre in April 1997. The Cast was as follows: ALISON HOBSON – Karen StiffMAGGIE HOBSON – Elizabeth RileyVICKEY HOBSON – Linda ShawALBERT PROSSER – Richard OliverHENRY HORATIO HOBSON – Tony NealeMRS HEPWORTH – Jean WoodruffTIMOTHY WADLOW (TUBBY) – Andy AllenWILLIAM MOSSOP –…

Banbury Cross Players performed Way Upstream by Alan Ayckbourn at The Mill Arts Centre in February 1997. The Cast was as follows: KEITH – Andy AllenJUNE – Linda ShawALISTAIR – Jeremy TurnerEMMA – Julie RobinsonMRS HATFIELD – Anne BloorVINCE – Dennis HawardFLEUR – Ruth Morgan DIRECTOR – Peter Bloor

UP ‘N’ UNDER by John Godber was Banbury Cross Players choice of plays for Autumn 1996. It was performed at The Mill Arts Centre. The cast was as follows. FRANK ROWLEY – Marc GriffithsPHIL HOPLEY – Paul SleetSTEVE EDWARDS – Simon GarroodTONY BURTOFT – Jeremy TurnerHAZEL SCOTT – Linda ShawARTHUR HOYLE – Heward SimpsonREG WELSH…

Banbury Cross Players performed Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare at The Mill Arts Centre in April 1996. The Cast was as follows: LEONATO – Simon GarroodBORACHIO – Andy AllenANTONIO – Bob ClementBEATRICE – Jane ShanahanHERO – Ruth MorganMARGARET – Melanie ColemanURSULA – Linda ShawDON PEDRO – Heward SimpsonCLAUDIO – Paul SleetBENEDICK – Dennis…

Banbury Cross Players performed The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by Glyn Robbins from the book by C S Lewis in January 1996. The show at The Mill Arts Centre had the cast as follows: PETER – Josh CoeEDMUND – Christopher NeatSUSAN – Elizabeth LakeLUCY – Rachael HoltTHE PROFESSOR – Dennis HawardMRS. MACREADY, his…

A group of Banbury Cross Players joined forces to write, produce and direct a new play for our 50th Anniversary. The result was The Play’s the Thing, performed at The Mill Theatre in November 1995. The play was further reviewed at a BCP members’ evening in December 2025 (our 80th Anniversary year) in the presence…

Banbury Cross Players performed Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle in the Open Air at Overthorpe Hall in July 1995.

The Accrington Pals by Peter Whelan was performed by Banbury Cross Players at The Mill Arts Centre in April 1995. The Accrington Pals was directed by Maggie Simmonds and the cast was as follows:- MAY, a stallholder – Claire MicheIl TOM, an apprentice – Chris Lawrence RALPH, a clerk – Marc Harry-Griffiths EVA, a millgirl…

Banbury Cross Players performed Hay Fever by Noel Coward at The Mill Theatre, Banbury in February 1995. Directed by Alan Woodruff, the cast was as follows:- SIMON BLISS – Jeremy Turner SOREL BLISS – Lorraine Williams CLARA – Mary Braybrook JUDITH BLISS – Anne Bloor DAYID BLISS – Peter Bloor SANDY TYRELL – Chris Lawrence…