Author: BCP-Media-Team
Wolves of Willoughby Chase Review by Jo Genesius
This fantastical production of Joan Aiken’s The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, adapted for the stage by Russ Tunney, and set in an alternative nineteenth-century England in the reign of King James the Third, was vividly brought to life by BCP under the able direction of Clare Lester. The script allows great flexibility in the transfer…
Spider’s Web by Agatha Christie
Spider’s Web by Agatha Christie was be performed at The Mill Arts Centre, 18th to 21st May 2022. Cast The Cast was as follows: Sir Rowland Delahaye – Adrian McGlynnHugo Birch – Roger RileyJeremy Warrender – Steve RamsdenClarissa Hailsham-Brown – Katy RobertsPippa Hailsham-Brown – Imogen TredwellMildred Peake – Janice LakeElgin – Jeremy TurnerOliver Costello –…
Out of Order
Out of Order by Ray Cooney was performed at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury from 16th to 19th February 2022. The Cast was as follows: Richard Willey – Simon HookThe Waiter – Philip FineJane Worthington – Katy RobertsGeorge Pigden – Justin ClinchPamela Willey – Deborah WatsonThe Manager – Heward SimpsonThe Maid – Marilyn FairbairnA Body…
The Woman who Cooked her Husband
The Woman who Cooked her Husband by Debbie Isitt was performed at The Mill Arts Centre, 24th to 27th November 2021. The Woman who Cooked her Husband was directed by Chrissie Garrett. Chrissie directed The Crucible in 2016, The Cripple of Inishmaan in 2018 and our recent award winning Festival Play Contractions. Cast Hilary –…
The Girl on the Train
BCP’s production of The Girl on the Train at The Mill Arts Centre, 20-23 July 2022, will not now be going ahead. If you have booked tickets, The Mill will be in contact directly to arrange your refund. If you are a BCP Gold Card Holder, we will be in contact to arrange a pro-rata refund of…
Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale
Banbury Cross Players performed Nell Gwyn by Jessica Swale at The Mill Arts Centre from 12th to 15th February 2020.
Banbury Cross Players’ 70th Birthday Party
A page from Four Shires Magazine The following page was published in Four Shires magazine in July 2015 for Banbury Cross Players’ 70th Birthday Party, part of our Anniversary celebrations at Wroxton House Hotel. Please select/click/tap an image to see more. Sadly Four Shires Magazine closed in January 2020. It will be missed. See what…
British All-Winners Drama Festival 2019
Our success with Contractions by Mike Bartlett at Lighthorne qualified Banbury Cross Players to enter the British All-Winners Drama Festival. The Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking was the venue for the festival this year.
Getting Dark by Joe Graham
Banbury Cross Players chose Getting Dark by Joe Graham to be performed at drama festivals at Lighthorne and Abingdon in June 2020. Unfortunately these festivals were cancelled due to the pandemic. No decision has yet been taken on our festival play for 2021. Getting Dark will be directed by Terry Gallager. For six-year old Karen,…
Ghosts – Henrik Ibsen adapted by Mike Poulton
Ghosts is a powerful, shocking drama written in the 1880s. Ibsen is the Godfather of the great Norse dramatic storytelling line