2017In the spring 2017, we put on Three's a Crowd, a collection of one act plays. It was an opportunity for people who wanted to have a go at directing. Linda Wilmot directed a hilarious play about a desert island. Keith Lambert's was about misunderstandings using...
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‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Three
2014Mission AccomplishedWe looked at various options for our next show and in the end, as 2014 was the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we decided on a commemorative evening, "Mission Accomplished", masterminded by Richard Lamming. This was made up...
‘All we need is an audience’ – Part Two
2012 Jack and the Beans TalkSpurred on by the exorbitant cost of licence and performance fees, we began work on writing our own pantomime. This was composed by committee which met regularly through the autumn and early spring. Eventually, we were able to hand...
‘All we need is an audience’ – Part One
2004 I moved back to Bishopsteignton in July 2004 to live in my father's house, in Teign View Road. My father, Fred Gilbert, had been a stalwart member of the Players since moving to the village in 1976 and was Treasurer for a number of years, 1979 to 1983. So I...
Sheila Robbins on the Early Days of The Bishopsteignton Players
In 2021 Yvonne Hellin Hobbs interviewed Sheila Robbins about the early days of the Bishopsteignton Players, showing her the photographs and press reviews that Sheila had collected in a scrapbook back in the 1960s, which resideds in the Bishopsteignton Heritage...
The Bishopsteignton Players: How it all Began
In September 1959 a meeting of those interested in starting a village drama group was held at Radway House, Radway street, courtesy of Colonel and Mrs Rooth. Those attending this meeting (clockwise from top in the above picture) were: Bob Caldwell, Jane Caldwell,...