Friends of Blewbury Players

The Blewbury Players are an amateur theatre company producing plays and other entertainments for and by the community. Every summer, they produce a play in the Garden Theatre, Orchard Dene, attracting audiences of a thousand or more from Blewbury and further afield. They also produce shows in the Village Hall or St Michael’s Church catering to a wide variety of tastes, from serious drama to popular entertainments like pantomimes. There is no formal membership and anybody is welcome to get involved either on-stage or in production roles. Shows typically involve around one hundred people, of all ages, from the local community. The Players support other activities in the village through the hire of facilities, the loan of equipment and grants.

There have been Friends of the Players since the Players began in 1976. They have been an invaluable support, enabling the maintenance of our existing facilities and the purchase of equipment. In recent years the money raised from Friends’ subscriptions has helped pay for a new storage shed at Orchard Dene, speakers, a computer to support sound and lighting, curtains for the village hall and repairs to the auditorium. In exchange for their support the Friends enjoy priority booking for the summer performances, are invited free to an evening of entertainment every year and are kept in touch with news and plans through an annual newsletter.

Subscription to the Friends is £20 per year, which is renewable on the 1st May annually.