We are thrilled to announce that our next production is ‘Frankenstein’, by Tim Kelly, adapted from Mary Shelley’s novel.

Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant young scientist, returns to his Swiss château to escape a terrible pursuer. No one can shake free the dark secret that terrifies him: not his mother, nor his fiance, nor his best friend.

Even the pleading of a gypsy girl accused of murdering Victor’s younger bother falls on deaf ears, for Victor has brought into being a creature made from pieces of the dead!

Directed by Kevin Bowers and featuring a terrific cast, performances are in Durley Memorial Hall from Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st September 2024 at 7.30 (doors open 7pm).

Tickets are £12 (£8 under-18s) and are available at www.bishopstokeplayers.uk/buy-tickets (no booking fee) or via our ticket line 07871 006551 or email boxoffice@bishopstokeplayers.uk

As with all our productions, proceeds of our plays are presented annually to the charity Action for Children.

A massive thank you to everyone who supports us by watching our shows!

Not only are they great nights out for you but they also enable us to support our charity Action for Children, which we have supported every year since we were founded in 1947.

Here we present a cheque for £1,000 to a representative from Action for Children after the Thursday performance of ‘Dirty Dusting’ in September 2023.

We love taking part in one-act drama festivals across the region, and in 2023 were delighted to again receive recognition for our work.

In March, Cameron Caws won the Best Adult Actor award at the Totton Drama Festival for his role in ‘No Easy Road’ by Peter Yates, while director Beth Bowers received the Adjudicator’s Award at the Maidenhead Drama Festival for the same play.

While in October, at the Woking Drama Festival, Lizzie Sellars won The Desmond Holt Memorial Cup for Best Youth Actress for her roles in ‘Tremulous’, by Le Wilhelm, and ‘For the Taking’, by Peter Yates, while ‘Tremulous’ won the Adjudicator’s Award, “for keeping hope going”, reflecting the content of that play.

Congratulations to all involved!!!

JOIN US!

If you are interested in getting up on that stage and showing us what you can do; taking part in one of our drama festival plays or our full-length productions, please do get in touch!

We’re proud of our heritage and are collecting copies of all our old programmes since we were founded in 1947.  We’re almost there but are missing only 3 programmes, all from the 1950s.  We’d love to complete the set so if you know of any of these programmes from Bishopstoke YLU Players or Bishopstoke Young Leaguers Union (our old names) – maybe found lurking during a house clearance? – please do get in touch as we’d love to make a copy of them:

• 1953 ‘Family Drama’
• 1955 ‘Happy Days’
• 1957 ‘Half Holiday’

All the programmes we do have, along with a myriad of photos, posters and more, can be found in our Past Productions gallery.  Please do have a browse!

Bishopstoke Players are proud to have donated the proceeds from our plays annually to the charity Action for Children (formerly known as the National Children’s Home) since we were founded in 1947. Why not take a look at their work and maybe see if you can support them as well?