community drama group in Churchdown, Gloucester

st john’s players

St John’s Players 

have been active in Churchdown since 1966, putting on a mix of comedies, dramas, whodunnits and thrillers. We have won awards for our acting prowess, as well as stage set design & construction. We pride ourselves on our reputation for producing good quality shows for our audiences.

Latest News

Mon 8th April THE BOX OFFICE IS NOW OPEN FOR LE GRAND RETURN. Ring 01452 713952

Fri 8th March we finally after 17 years had a skittles rematch with another local drama group The Curtain Callers (Formally St Andrews Dramatic society). Sadly we had to hand the winners trophy over to them. Hopefully we wont take as long to have another rematch.

Our May 2024 production of Le Grand return has been successfully cast. The rehearsals started on Thursday 29th February.

 

 

7:30 pm Tue 14 – Fri 17 May

4:00 pm Saturday 18 May

 

St John’s Hall, Churchdown, GL3 2DB

Tickets £10 / £8 concessions

Box Office 01452 713952

NOTE: Box office is now open

www.facebook.com/StJohnsPlayers

An Amateur production in association with Stagescripts Ltd

Get involved!

We are always looking for new members aged 16 or over to join us. If you would like to be involved in any aspect of Amateur Theatre whether it is acting, backstage roles, set building or just helping front of house, then we would like to hear from you.

Our productions are for 5 nights and always start on the second Tuesday of May and on the second Tuesday of November, running through to the Saturday.

Rehearsals usually take place on a Thursday with some Monday evenings depending on the number of rehearsals required. A rehearsal schedule will be issued specifically for each show.

Alternatively, if you’re not looking to be involved in productions but would still like to support the society, you can become an associate member and benefit from the society newsletter, social events and priority booking for each production.

We do also offer a mailing list option for those who would like to be kept up to date with our productions. Please contact our secretary Susan Ryder

st.johnsplayerssecretary@outlook.com

Find us

St Johns Hall
St Johns Avenue
Churchdown
Gloucester
GL3 2DB

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Annual Membership

Full Members £25

Associates and Students £10

Get in touch

Secretary – Susan Ryder
st.johnsplayerssecretary@outlook.com

Tel: 01452 713952

https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsPlayers/

https://twitter.com/StJohnsPlays

https://yourewelcomeglos.org/organisations/st-johns-players-churchdown/

St John’s Players Shows

Our shows gallery

Photo Gallery

Please visit our Flickr page for wonderful show photos back to 1969!

flickr.com/photos/sjp-churchdown

Recent Plays

Farndale Ave’s Christmas Carol (2023)

Neighbourhood Watch (2023)

Glorious! (2022)

And Then There Were None (2022)

Abigail’s Party (2019)

 

 

The committee

Chair Karen Grainger
Secretary Susan Ryder
Treasurer Sue Beadle

Carole Chamberlain
Andy Willcocks
Sally Swinford
Orlagh Phipps