Spring 2025: Murder In Play
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Spring 2025 Play Announced
Our spring production will be the comedy mystery Murder In Play by expert mystery writer Simon Brett His impressive track record includes over 60 published mystery novels and a plethora of awards including
Crime Writers Association’s Diamond Dagger. With a comedy track record working with Douglas Adams, Prunella Scales and Frank Muir you can be sure of laughs as well as mayhem,
Performances are Wed 21st to Sat 24th May, so put those dates in your diaries now!
Directed by Paul Davey, (last seen in If I Were You in 2024), Murder In Play is set in a provincial theatre where a motley troupe of actors assembled by director and impresario Boris Smolensky are rehearsing his latest play … until a death takes the action off script.
There is a range of male and female roles, and anyone interested in auditioning is encouraged to come to the read through on Monday, January 20th. More details can be found here.
November 2024 Production: A Christmas Carol
Production Dates – Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd November 2024
For our November 2024 production we’re thrilled to be performing an exciting adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’! Ebenezer Scrooge has had a life filled with wealth, but he is not a happy man. Even at Christmas he cannot find good cheer. His great wealth has turned his heart to stone. Deaf to the needs of his fellow men, he must journey through the Christmas’ Past, Present and those Yet to Be.
Robert Tremayne has kindly agreed to direct the production for us and has a wide experience with the performing arts as well as being a Founder & Executive Director of Dionysus Theatre.
Rehearsals are well underway and cast and crew look forward to seeing you at the show in November. Tickets will be on sale shortly with details to follow!
For more details contact – Chair, Ditchling Players – chair@ditchlingplayers.org.uk
‘If I Were You’ Auditions
Tuesday December 5th, 2023, between 7.30 and 9.30 pm at the Ditchling Village Hall, Ditchling, Lewes Road.
This play is an interesting study of family interactions and perceptions. On the surface the Rodales seem like an ordinary family, but the spark has gone out of Jill and Mal’s marriage. Their teenage son resents his father and their married daughter, Chrissie, has recently become a mother and is facing her own problems with her husband Dean.
Although they all give advice on how to cope with their situations, no one is really listening – until one day – when Jill and Mal have different views of their behaviour which gives rise to many hilarious situations and altered perspectives.
The audition is for two characters:
Dean – Jill and Mal’s son in law who also works with Mal. He is very much on the same wavelength as Mal on how to treat women.
(Age range mid to late twenties but possibly a bit older)
Chrissie – Jill and Mal’s daughter and long-suffering wife of Dean. Extremely concerned about her mother and who often “lets the cat out of the bag”.
(Age range mid to late twenties but possibly a bit older)
KEY PRODUCTION DATES
Rehearsals are held at the Village Hall, mainly in the lower hall, every Tuesday and Thursday evening starting Tuesday 20th February.
Performances Wednesday 22nd May to Saturday 25th May inclusive with a matinée on the Saturday.
A limited number of scripts are available to borrow and audition pieces will be provided.
For further information and to express an interest, please contact Penelope on director@ditchlingplayers.org.uk
Members Christmas Dinner
Our always-popular members Christmas dinner is booked for Friday, 8th December. All members should now have an email, if not please contact chair@ditchlingplayers.org.uk.
This has always been a popular evening with good food, some light entertainment from our members and our now famous free raffle which all go towards making a pleasant and convivial evening. We hope to see you there!