LOTS OF FESTIVAL FUN IN JUNE

As well as bringing you a hilarious comedy based on an Oscar Wilde story this May - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (at Moravian Church Hall from Wed 22 to Sat 25 May, wegottickets.com - see post below for details), we are also mounting not one, not two, but FOUR productions as our contribution to the Crouch End Festival! We like to keep busy here at the Crouch End Players!

Following the huge success of our sell-out Festival shows last year, we are once again running a reservation list for each show... It's FREE to get in to each, but as capacity is limited, those who have reserved a place in advance will receive priority, and after that it will be first-come, first served for any places available on the day...

Just email crouchendplayers@hotmail.com with the date, title and time of the show you wish to attend, and we'll write back to confirm that you're on the list...

So without further ado, here is what is in store from the Crouch End Players in June

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The Crouch End Players present

Once Upon A Story Time!

Come and hear two classic children's stories - Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline and In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak - brought to life with unique imagery and narration by the Crouch End Players. Follow the adventures of two delightful characters: Little Madeline, who finds herself being rushed to a hospital in Paris to have her appendix taken out, and Mickey, who falls dreamily from his bed into ‘the night kitchen’, where the bakers are busy stirring, scraping, mixing and baking, so we can ‘all have cake in the morning’!

Recommended for ages 3-6 years.

at Hornsey Children's Library, Haringey Park N8 9JA

Sat 8 June at 11am 

Sat 15 June at 11am

and at
Pickled Pepper Books, 10 Middle Lane N8 8PL

Sun 9 June at 11am

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The Crouch End Players present

Lights, Camera, Action… Sing!

A whistle-stop, song-filled history of musicals on the silver screen.

From The Jazz Singer to Les Misérables, calling at all points in between. Let our assorted cast of characters take you on a musical journey from the sublime to the ridiculous. A comical and affectionate, ‘star’-studded revue. The show's running time is about an hour, and there will  time to stay on and enjoy hits from the musicals after the shows...

Written and directed by writer of last year's sell-out Crouch End Folk & Fable Annie Windley

at Downstairs at the King's Head, 2 Crouch End Hill N8 8AA

Sat 8 June 3-5pm

at Kiss The Sky, 18-20 Park Road N8 8TD

Sun 9 June 3-5pm (double feature with Grace & Agnes)

Sun 16 June 3.30-5pm

 

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The Crouch End Players present

Grace & Agnes

The life and times of Hollywood legend and Royal princess, Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco is revealed in a touching conversation between Grace and ageing, ardent, lifelong English fan Agnes.

Find out the truth about those romances, her Hollywood heyday and life as a Royal in Monaco. 

Written and directed by Angharad Ellis Jones and Annie Windley

at Kiss The Sky, 18-20 Park Road N8 8TD

Sun 9 June 3-5pm (double feature with Lights, Camera, Action... Sing!)

at Haberdashery, 22 Middle Lane N8 8PL

Sun 9 June 7-8pm 

at St James back restaurant, 4 Topsfield Parade, Middle Lane N8 8PR

Sat 15 June 4-5pm

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The Crouch End Players present

Vintage Radio Theatre!

Step back into the golden age of the wireless, as The Crouch End Players’ Vintage Radio Theatre present:- The 39 Steps by John Buchan and Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier.

Spies, murder, love, mystery and sheep come to life in front of your ears as we present a double feature of classic thriller adaptations, performed live in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast. Follow the escapades of a wrongly-accused man who stumbles into a murderous conspiracy, leading to a hectic chase across the Scottish moors in the 39 Steps. Be charmed and intrigued by the secrets of the haunting Cornish coast in Rebecca.

Close your eyes and be transported by the magic of live sound effects and musical underscoring, with charming vintage radio commercials.
Optional blindfolds will be available. 

 

at Holy Innocents, 134 Tottenham Lane N8 7EL

Fri 14 June 7.30

Sat 15 June 1pm

Sat 15 June 7.30pm

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

So, finally, we can reveal news of our upcoming production...

It is 

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

by Constance Cox, adapted from a story by Oscar Wilde

and it will take place at The Moravian Church Hall, Priory Road N8 7HR
from Wed 22 May to Sat 25 May with doors at 7pm and performances at 7.30pm.

Lord Arthur Savile is about to be married to his lovely fiancee Sybil, however a palm reader reveals that he is to commit a murder! Cue a succession of hilarious attempts – with the assistance of faithful butler Baines – to get the inevitable job done before the impending nuptials. With a cast of Wildean characters, and a line in wit to please old Oscar himself, look forward to a laughter-filled night at the theatre.

Tickets have just gone on sale on wegottickets.com
And also for cash sales only from "Of Special Interest" in 46 Park Road N8

There is a special Opening Night Offer on the Wednesday when tickets will be just £6 – absolute bargain!

On other nights, all tickets are £8 (still a bargain!!).

Hope to see you there

Direct links for tickets

WEDNESDAY

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218921

THURSDAY

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218922

FRIDAY

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218923

SATURDAY

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/218924

Looking forward to 2013

Our most recent production, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which we staged in December 2012, turned out to be a great success with the Wednesday, Saturday matinee and Saturday evening performances all completely selling out, and bumper audiences at the Thursday and Friday shows too!

We are now just beginning to make plans for our programme throughout 2013, and you can be sure that there'll be something exciting coming your way very soon...

If you'd like to join our mailing list to get advance news of productions, just email crouchendplayers@hotmail.com and we'll gladly add you to our list.

A Christmas Carol Treasure Hunt

Calling all children and their parents! We are this year once again holding a special Crouch End Players Treasure Hunt with a prize for the winning entry of an adult and a child ticket to our Wednesday or Thursday night performance of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
(The show runs from Wed 12 to Sat 15 at 7.30pm and Sat at 2.30pm at Territorial Army Centre,
2 Priory Road - tickets £10 adult, £5 under 15 from Officedog and wegottickets.com)

From 12 noon on Sat 1st December to 12 noon on Sun 2nd December, just take a look at the shop windows listed below and work out which Christmas Carol related item is in each one.
You can pick up an entry coupon from the shops on the list or one of the drop-off cafes.

Here are the shops taking part...

A. Sherrif 36b Topsfield Parade

B. Red Shoes 30 Topsfield Parade

C. Soup Dragon 27 Topsfield Parade

D. Scarlet Rage Vintage 11 Topsfield Parade

E. Powder 5 Topsfield Parade

F. Pickled Pepper Books 10 Middle Lane

G. JoJo Maman Bebe 47 The Broadway

H. Aravore 31 Park Road

I. Little Paris 39 Park Road

J. Scarecrow 55 Park Road

Drop-off points for the completed coupons are

Haberdashery 22 Middle Lane

Monkey Nuts 2 Park Road

Riley 32 The Broadway

TooTooMoo 12 Crouch End Hill

And here are the items to spot...

A copy of A Christmas Carol
Scrooge's money bag
Charity Lady's collection box
Tiny Tim's check scarf
Charlady's mop cap and brush
Jacob Marley's chains
Bob Cratchit's book and pen
The clock at midnight
Fezziwig's wig
Music for Fezziwig's party

Good luck!

Christmas is coming!

The time is rapidly approaching for our Christmas show. Instead of choosing a pantomime, this year we have broken with tradition and will be presenting Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, adapted for the stage by Karen Louise Hebden. The music-filled play, which is closely based on the text of Dickens' original story, is directed by Kate Stafford. There will be five performances, from Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th December at the Territorial Army Hall in Priory Road, Crouch End.
The show features a large cast, but for anyone interested in joining our group, there will be lots of opportunities for backstage and front of house roles.
The tickets are now on sale at £10 adults, £5 under 15s, from Officedog in Topsfield Road, Crouch End (cash sales only) or online from wegottickets.com
Here are the direct links:
Wed 12th
www.wegottickets.com/event/191614
Thurs 13th
www.wegottickets.com/event/191616
Fri 14th
www.wegottickets.com/event/191618
Sat 15th matinee
www.wegottickets.com/event/191620
Sat 15th evening
www.wegottickets.com/event/191622

If you would like to get advance notice of the tickets going on sale for our future productions, just drop us a line to crouchendplayers@hotmail.com and ask to join our mailing list.

Crouch End Players at the Crouch End Festival

 

The Crouch End Players most recently performed three separate productions, over the early May bank holiday weekend (5-7 May) with eight performances in total as part of the Crouch End Festival. These were:
Crouch End Folk & Fable is a celebration of the local area and its history and people in spoken word, drama and folk song. Written and directed by Annie Windley
Hansel & Gretel an innovative half-hour fairytale from the Brothers Grimm adapted by Carol Ann Duffy - a family friendly drama for adults and children alike. Directed by Lindsey Pugh
Vintage Radio Theatre recreated classics from the golden age of the wireless from the 1940s: I Saw Myself Running by Antony Ellis, a psychological tale of nightmares and fear, and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tolling Bell, a case of murder and manipulation in rural England based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Directed by Heather Strongman.


The productions were a roaring success, with Folk & Fable and Hansel & Gretel completely sold out. In fact the queue for returns at Hansel & Gretel's Monday morning performance stretched from the Philosophers' Garden out to the entrance to Priory Park!


We are currently preparing a number of new productions which will be staged before the end of the year.
To ensure that you never miss out on any of our future productions,  many of which do sell out in advance, please email crouchendplayers@hotmail.com and request to go on our mailing list.

Thank you to all who bought raffle tickets at our recent production of the pantomime Sleeping Beauty. The proceeds are going to support  David Tims - our musical director for the past three years - in his work with Ichanga Primary School in South Africa. David is raising money to build and maintain a music room and has now returned to South Africa to continue his teacher training and to lead a choir of young people, using the power of song to give hope and purpose to a generation of children who might otherwise never find their voices.

The lucky winners are:

221(pink) - Gina (night at hotel)
313(pink)  - Beth (DVD box sets)
322 (pink) - Rosie (hairdressing)
238(pink) - Mark (personal training sessions)
808(yellow) - James (comedy club tickets)
459(pink) - Pip (Singin' in the Rain tickets)

Thanks again to everyone who contributed.