The one-act play Goodbye Charles by Gabriel Benjamin Davis has been selected by Banbury Cross Players for 2025 summer season. It will be performed at competitive festivals at Lighthorne, Abingdon and Wallingford in June and also our season preview in the autumn.
Banbury Cross Players One Act Play Festival Entry 2025.
GOODBYE CHARLES
A Play in One Act by Gabriel Benjamin Davis
The Cast is as follows:
Jill – Deborah Galea
Barb – Hilary Beaton
Violet/ Cynthia – Zoey Warnock
Charles – Rob Hoare
Andre/Kennedy/David – Ian Nutt
Jill is a woman forlorn, not only does her husband want a divorce, but Charles has gone missing too. She recounts her epic (and farcical) story to try and find him to her best friend, Barb – including suspicion, mystery, and outlandish cheese clubs in this quick-paced comedy.
Goodbye Charles will be performed at Lighthorne, Abingdon and Wallingford, (and now Bromsgrove).
Bromsgrove
National Drama Festival, Artrix, Slideslow Drive,
Bromsgrove B60 1GN. 31 July 2025
The Lighthorne Festival of One Act Plays
BCP performed Goodbye Charles at Lighthorne Village Hall 7:15pm Friday 6 June 2025.
With a score of 86 out of 100 given by Tristan Marshall of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, BCP received a cash prize of £1,000 – the biggest in UK amateur theatre.
Under Festival rules, the payout must be split 50/50 between the winning group and a registered charity. BCP chose two local charities – Homeless Oxfordshire and Asylum Welcome.
BCP also receive a “theirs-to-keep” glass trophy engraved with details of their production. The award also opened up the option to perform at the National Drama Festival in Bromsgrove.
The story was also pulished by Banbury Guardian – see https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/community/banbury-cross-players-win-drama-festival-5178599