We are pleased to announce that our Spring 2016 Production is 'According to Rumour' a farce by Robert Scott and directed by John Furse It will be performed at the West Monkton Village Hall on Thursday 31 March, Friday 1 and Saturday 2 April 2016. More details to follow in the new year!
When Coronation Fever came in 1952 The Reverend Tongue decided they should organise a do. In theory it should have worked, but it was not to be, His meeting turned into a room of eccentricity. With Bunty in her uniform and Major Payne in his, It’s no surprise the vicar found himself in such a tizz, And as for Roger Darling with his whistle and his woggle, The thought of what he’d do with them would make your mind just boggle. And what with flirty Marilyn upsetting Jeremy’s wife, It’s no surprise that Edna has been sharpening her knife, With Maurice and his grandson Reg about to blow a fuse, And Gladys getting such a shock when entering the loos. What fun it’s been to do this…
Review taken from Western Gazette: KEEP Calm and Carry On. The much imitated wartime poster was part of the backdrop as the Monkton Players brought some Coronation Fever to the stage on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (October 29-31). And as you would hope and expect, things were anything but calm as the Players staged their latest comedy caper. The King is dead and in the Somerset parish of Wintercourse Frequent, villagers are preparing to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the second. Like a mirror image from more than 60 years earlier – the set presented the scene of a village hall in 1952 back to the large audience. While we sat on modern plastic chairs, the cast perched on period folding wooden items as they convened around the trestle to discuss…
Thank you to all of you who attended 'Coronation Fever', it was a great three nights! Please keep in touch and we will let you know about out March production as soon as we know more. Twitter: @monktonplayers Facebook: /monktonplayers Mailing List: Click here to subscribe
Photos from our forthcoming production, Coronation Fever Thursday 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 October 2015 8pm - West Monkton Village Hall [srizonfbalbum id=1]
Coronation Fever A Farce By Vince Jones Directed By Tim Hiscock Thursday 29, Friday 30 & Saturday 31 October 2015 - 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Tickets: £8 Full - £7 Concession. £1 off all tickets purchased by Midnight 28 October Tickets available from: Online - Provided by TicketSource Taunton Visitor Centre - Market House - Available Soon! Changes Hair Salon - Available Soon! TicketSource Telephone Box Office: 0333 666 3366 Help us promote our production by clicking here to download the poster and displaying it at your work! :-) The play takes place over two evenings in Wintercourse Frequent - a small Somerset village, in June and July 1952. King George died the previous February, and the Coronation of Elizabeth II is planned for June the following year. To ensure that the people of Wintercourse…
Pull The Other One A Farce By Norman Robbins Directed By Colin Jones Tickets available from: Online - Provided by TicketSource Taunton Tourist Information Centre Changes Hair Salon - Monkton Heathfield TicketSource Telephone Box Office: 0333 666 3366 Thursday 26, Friday 27 & Saturday 28 March 2015 - 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Tickets: £7 Full - £6 Concession. £1 off all tickets purchased by Wednesday 25 March.
Pull The Other One A Farce By Norman Robbins Directed By Colin Jones Thursday 26, Friday 27 & Saturday 28 March 2015 - 8pm West Monkton Village Hall Tickets: £7 Full - £6 Concession. £1 off all tickets purchased by Wednesday 25 March. Tickets available from: Online - Provided by TicketSource Taunton Tourist Information Centre Changes Hair Salon TicketSource Telephone Box Office: 0333 666 3366 Help us promote our production by clicking here to download the poster and displaying it at your work! :-) Albert Perkins is blessed with a loving wife, Muriel and cursed with a fearsome mother-in-law, Boadecia. When his friend Hilary Armitage writes to him reminiscing about the good times they used to have, Boadicea reads the letter and determines to remove her daughter…
Our Spring Production has been announced! 'Pull The Other One', a Farce by Norman Robbins will be performed at The West Monkton Village Hall on Thursday 26, Friday 27 & Saturday 28 March 2015. Further details will be posted shortly.
