The Lapworth Players, an amateur dramatic society, now over 30 years old, is one of the many active societies in the village. We put on at least two plays a year at the village hall.
One show a year is designed to appeal to all ages and is often, though not always traditional pantomime either professionally written, or written by talented members of the community. The run lasts for five performances and generally attracts an audience of 600 in total, it is usually greatly enjoyed by cast, stage crew and audience. There is often opportunity for children to take part in this production.
See some photos from our productions:
Pinnochio (2007) When We Are Married (2007) Dick Whittington (2006) The Last Bread pudding (2005) Aladdin (2000) Pinnochio (1992) Sleeping Beauty (1991) Lady Windermere's Fan (1991)
Our spring show usually has a smaller cast giving opportunity for members to have a go at some character parts. It is often produced "in the round" and generally plays to an audience of 300 over the three or four night run.
We are looking for new members, particularly people in their twenties and thirties as we find it hard to cast plays with parts in this age range. We also need people prepared to produce. New producers receive a lot of help from an experienced team of back-stagers.and support from those who have suffered the agonies of producing previous plays.
In addition to involvement in the productions the Players also have social events; a members' evening, an annual dinner, occasional theatre trips, play reading evenings and fund raising socials. There is also a subset of the Players, known as the Kingswood Singers who meet up monthly to enjoy singing for pleasure.
The youth theatre section, that does a production each year, is an outlet for the dramatic talents of village youngsters. It is open to pre-teens from school year 7 or above and teenagers.
- 2008
- May: Stepping Out
- 2007
- Dec: Pinnochio
Sep: Babysitting Calvin
May: When We Are Married
- 2006
- Dec: Dick Whittington
May: Breath of Spring
Jan: Babes In The Wood
- 2005
- Oct: The last Bread pudding
Mar: Seven golden dragons (Youth)
Jan: Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates
- 2004
- Oct: Thermal Underwear
May: Hobson's Choice
Mar: Carpe Jugulum (Youth)
- 2003
- Dec: A Child's Christmas in Wales
Nov: Susanna and the Welsh Elders
May: Fish Out Of Water
Jan: Perseus, Kiss Me Quick & What a Turn Up (Youth)
- 2002
- Dec: Snow Queen
May: She Stoops To Conquer
Mar: 40 Winks, Beauty & five other short comic plays (Youth)
- 2001
- Dec: Toad
May: Caucasian Chalk Circle
Jan: King Arthur
- 2000
- Nov: Robin Hood: The truth behind the Green Tights (Youth)
Apr: The Lady from Maxim's
Jan: Aladdin
- 1999
- Nov: Easy stages and Ghost Writer (Youth)
Apr: A Chorus of Disapproval
Jan: Peter Pan
Apr: Rookery Nook
Jul: Wyrd Sisters (Youth)
Apr: The Chiltern Hundreds
Nov: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (Youth)
Apr: Local Affairs
Mar: Snow White (Youth)
Sep: Anything Goes (Youth)
May: Hay Fever
Mar: Aladdin (Youth)
Oct: Daisy Pulls it Off
Mar: Table Manners
Feb: His Cat and Dick Whittington (Youth)
Sep: Hot Money (Youth)
May: Almost Anything Goes (Youth)
Jul: Damn Yankees (Youth)
Mar: Outside Edge
Jul: Wizard Oswald (Youth)
Apr: The Hollow
Apr: Separate Tables
Oct: Toad of Toad Hall (Youth)
Mar: The Beggar's Opera
Sep: The Wizard of Oz (Youth)
Apr: Major Barbara
Apr: The Importance of Being Ernest
Jan: The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Apr: Confusions
Jan: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Apr: Fools Rush In
Apr: Family Pride
May: Ring around the Moon
Jan: Puss in Boots
May: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Jan: The Puppet Prince
Mar: Under Milk Wood
Apr: A Phoenix too Frequent
Jan: Toad of Toad Hall
Jan: The Pied Piper of Arden
Jan: The Tinder Box
Jan: Wizard of Oz
June: Mother's Day
Mar: Lapworth through the Looking Glass
Jan: Voyage to Venus
April: No Time for Fig Leaves
Jan: Robin Hood
Sep: Miss Nightingale's Mission
May: Anastasia - Careful Rapture
Jan: Cinderella and the 40 Dwarfs
May: The Bizarre Committee