Penton Players – Penton Village Hall

Some of you may be old enough to remember the original Penton Players, which ran in the village over 50 years ago, but it ceased to be and there was a lull of about 20 years before a few newcomers to the village discovered they had a similar interest in being Thespians. So mostly at the instigation of our lovely Fee Knowles, several villagers old and new got together and decided to form a Dramatic Society calling ourselves “The New Penton Players”.
We discovered we had a play, a director and a cast, so in March 1986 our debut performance happened and “Brush with a Body” by Maurice Mc Loughlin was premiered. It starred the talented Alan Burnell as an Irish sweep with the gift of the blarney and an eye for the main chance, who discovers a body up the chimney of his customer, a Psychologist, Henry Walling played by a young Neville Carrick. This obviously throws the household into confusion but Mr Flaherty is in control even when a beautiful but disturbed patient of Henry’s turns up.
A long list of performances followed and continues to the current time. At the time of writing (March 2020) the Players are making the final selection for the June play, and are welcoming newcomers who want to be involved. Leave a message on the Hall phone number (01264 513 313) if you are interested.

6^th-8^th March 1986	Brush with a Body
13^th-15^th November1886	Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
11^th-13^th June1987	Plaza Suite
12^th-14^th November ’87	Laughter in the Dark
12^th-14^th May1988	An Inspector Calls
8^th-10^th December ’88	The Camel’s Back
2^nd-4^th March 1989	Old Time Music Hall
9^th-11^th November ’89	Play On
14^th-17^th November’90	The Forties Show
13^th-16^th November ’91	Towards Zero
13^th-15^th February 1992	Dock Brief / Cast Off Five
7^th-9^th May 1992	Keeping Down with the Joneses
11^th-14^th November ’92	A Tomb with a View
1993	A Key for Two
May 1994	Old Time Music Hall
November 1994	Busy Body
11^th –13^th May 1995	VE Day Show
11^th –16^th November ’96	Fish out of Water
July & November 1997	The Importance of Being Earnest
12^th-14^th November ’98	Tip-Toe through the Tombsones
1^st-3^rd July 1999	Play On
9^th-11^th November 2000	Blithe Spirit
15^th-17^th November 2001	Absurd Person Singular
May 2002	The Golden Years
6^th-8^th November 2003	Confusions
June 2004	Selection in the Marquee on the Playing Field
May 2005	Fool’s Paradise
10^th-12^th November 2005	20 Years Remembered
2006	About Henry
2007	Visiting Hour
10th-12th April 2008	Gloria’s Angel, Deckchairs 2, What’s for Pudding
27th – 29th November 2008	A Christmas Show
12th – 14th November 2009	The Odd Couple
12th – 14th August 2010	Penton History Play
10th – 12th November 2011	Evening of Comedy
15th – 16th May 2015	Pentons’ Heroes
26th – 28th May 2016	Nobody’s Fool
11th – 13th May 2017	Laying the Ghost
15th – 17th November 2018	Nobody’s Perfect
14th – 16th November 2019	Confusions
13th – 15th October 2022	Zoom – a lockdown play, and Last Panto in Penton Mewsey