Due to recent events, we have taken the government's advice and have cancelled our performance of Spirit Level. Refunds:If you purchased your ticket in person, please revisit the place of purchase for a refund.Tickets purchased online or over the phone will be refunded automatically.
A Comedy By Pam ValentineDirected by Tim Hiscock 26, 27 & 28 March 2020 - Curtain Up 8pmWest Monkton Village Hall Click here to purchase your tickets on our online Box Office!£1 Off ALL tickets purchased by midnight 25 March 2020 This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd Synopsis: When famous crime writer Jack Cameron and his wife Susie drown in a boating accident, they are refused entry into heaven – Jack is a card-carrying atheist – so they return to haunt the country cottage where they lived. Life is dull. Their only pleasure comes from spooking the estate agent and frightening away any would-be tenants. Things change when Susie persuades Jack to allow a young couple, Simon, an aspiring crime writer, and Flic, his pregnant…
A Comedy By Mike SoleDirected by Tim Hiscock 24, 25 & 26 October 2019 - Curtain Up 8pmWest Monkton Village Hall Click here to purchase your tickets on our online Box Office!£1 Off ALL tickets purchased by midnight 23 October 2019 Synopsis: A hilarious, fast-moving comedy. A dysfunctional working-class family run into difficulties when their daughter Roxanne decides to marry upper class Charles. The vicar calls to collect donations for the jumble sale to raise runs for and African water project and son Kevin gives away an old vase, not knowing that it contains the family savings. As the family gather around the TV for the lottery numbers it looks like their luck has changed when the pub syndicate wins the lottery, but whilst he collected the syndicate's stake money,…
An Evening of Laughter 2 One Act Plays and a Sketch Bride Before A Fall - A Farce by Robert Scott I Don't Think I'll Be Here Next Christmas - A Farce by Dawn Cains Directed by Tim Hiscock Also A Sketch by Tom, Dick and Harry 28, 29 & 30 March 2019 - Curtain Up 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Click here to purchase your tickets on our online Box Office! £1 Off ALL tickets purchased by midnight 27 March 2019 Bride Before A Fall Synopsis: Victor and his mistress Madelyn plot an 'accident' for Victor’s dim but very rich wife Lottie. Their scheming oft goes awry as they consider 42 different scenarios for the deed. The final result has unexpected consequences for all three of them.
Where The Brass Bands Play A Farce by Geoff Bamber - Directed by Tim Hiscock 25, 26 & 27 October 2018 - Curtain Up 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Click here to purchase your tickets on our online Box Office! £1 Off ALL tickets purchased by midnight 24 October 2018 Synopsis: Simeon Gandalf, one-time thespian, now theatrical agent, settles into Mrs Esme Golightly's Seaview Guest House, keen to develop the career of his young protégée, Louise Laverne. Despite Simeon's allegedly innocent intentions towards Louise, the last things he needs are the arrivals in quick succession of his long-estranged fifth wife, seeking a divorce and his long-term mistress, keen to be made into an honest woman. It's just as well that Simeon's solicitor is on hand to dig him out of…
Curtain Up! A Comedy by Adam Croft - Direct by John Furse 5, 6 & 7 April 2018 - 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Click here to purchase your tickets on our online Box Office! £1 Off ALL tickets purchased by midnight 4 April 2018 Synopsis: The Gerrysthorpe Amdram group are putting on a new play, but despite finding a cast, they may be in trouble. The village hall is going to be demolished to make way for Waitrose, so the performances have been moved up drastically!
Take a look at behind the scenes on how we put our sets together. This footage was taken on 3 September when building the set for our Autumn production 'Dying to Meet You'.
The Monkton Players next production on 26, 27 and 28 October in the village hall will be the hilarious comedy “Dying to Meet You” by Ron Hutson. Richard and Barbara are a happily married couple whose children have now left home. Their neighbours Tom and Beryl are also good friends. The trouble starts when, at Tom’s suggestion, Richard rents their spare room to Clive, an undertaker. Unfortunately, he has not told Barbara who has also rented the room to Gina, a young Italian with very little English. Things become more complicated when Beryl, a former actress, is convinced that Clive is a director in the theatre and she hopes he can help her back onto the stage. Add to this a zealous tax inspector and Gina’s mysterious Italian uncle with…
