We now have a full cast for our next production of Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn.

Rehearsals begin on Monday 2nd September and will take place in Long Hanborough Methodist Church Hall twice a week for the next six weeks when we move on stage for rehearsals in Eynsham Village Hall.

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Click here for further details.

**Actress wanted for Alan Ayckbourn play**

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Bartholomew Players in Eynsham is set to rehearse their next Autumn production - Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn. There is a vacancy in the cast for an actress to the play the role of Diana. Playing age should be between 40 and 60. The play is due to run from November 27th to 30th, and rehearsals take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings, but there is some flexibility.

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If you are interested in the role, please contact the Director, John Casey,
on 07964 170541 or email him at johngc0007@gmail.com

We had a wonderful afternoon in Gareth and Tessa's beautiful garden for the Bartholomew Players Summer barbecue!​

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The weather was glorious, the food was delicious and the wine was flowing so a very good time was had by all!

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Thank you to Gareth and Tessa for hosting a such a lovely, successful event.

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Click here to see some photos.

Several of our members (and their partners!) helped out at Eynsham Carnival – selling and checking tickets and handing out leaflets. A big 'thank you' to everyone who took part in a very successful day!

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Gill Parry from Eynsham Carnival wrote:
"You have all been amazing this afternoon and I didn’t want to wait to tell you how we very much appreciated the time you gave to the carnival. Together you kept the queues down, processed payments and collected/scanned entry tickets with amazing efficiency, some of you doing far more than your allotted time to achieve this."

Our autumn production is going to be Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans.

The play is is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending.

We are now finalising the cast and crew and more details will appear as the story unfolds.

Now that the play is over we can all congratulate ourselves on a truly memorable show!​

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We had excellent reviews, packed houses and wonderful feedback from our wonderful audiences.

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A selection of photographs taken by Cereta Drewett can be viewed here.

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If you would like copies of individual photographs just let us know and we'll send them over to you.

Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore – Our reviews are in!

"This was a brilliant choice of play."
Heather Kay from Daily Info – to read the full review click here.
 

"This highly polished performance from the entire cast was a credit to Bartholomew Players and the directors, Laurence Marks and Debi Lisburn Diacon."​

Nigel James from Oxford Drama Network – to read the full review click here.
 

"The tale of the Krogers is a compelling story for the ages, and the play has a strong narrative thrust, but the ensemble was also able to explore the work’s underlying themes of truth and lies; of friendship, trust and betrayal."​

Andrew Walter from NODA – to read the full review click here.

Bartholomew Players are honoured and delighted to announce that one of our Patrons, Laurence Marks, will be Directing our next production with Debi Lisburne Diacon as his Co-Director.

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'Pack of Lies' by Hugh Whitemore is a cold war thriller set in suburban London in the 1960s.

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The play will run from 15th–18th May.

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Read more here...

Bartholomew Players “sail out to triumph” with their record-breaking production of “Silver Lining” by Sandi Toksvig.

The entire proceeds from the raffle at this production went to the Motor Neurone Disease Association Oxfordshire Branch in memory of our own very talented actor Gillian Somerscales who died this year from this awful disease at the age of just 64.

A BIG thank you to our audience and sponsors for supporting the Bartholomew Players – without you, we would not be able to contribute so much to our local community. We look forward to seeing you at future productions.

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Read more here...

It’s official – with 4 sold-out performances, Silver Lining boasted our biggest audience ever – eclipsing Calendar Girls ten years ago! Our first reviews are in – and we are delighted with the feedback we have received.

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Read the review from Nigel James (Oxford Drama Network) here.

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Read the review from Andrew Walter (NODA Representative) here.

We are delighted to announce that Elaine Leggett is the first member to be awarded a BP grant towards a place at the NODA summer school next year. She will be attending the Acting in Contemporary Theatre course.

We all know how much Elaine contributes to the success of the group, so she is a very worthy winner and will, I'm sure, benefit enormously from the summer school.

The committee looks forward to supporting other members in this way in future.

We have now sold out of all tickets for every performance.

Raffle tickets proceeds and auction proceeds from a John Somerscales original painting will be going to the Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of our late friend and brilliant actress Gillian Somerscales.

Ticket sales for Silver Lining are going really well and raffle tickets proceeds and auction proceeds from a John Somerscales original painting will be going to the Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of our late friend and brilliant actress Gillian Somerscales.

Members managed to avoid the showers to enjoy a barbecue in Gareth's
garden

You can see a larger version of the image here.

At our AGM, we approved the new constitution and voted in Keith Pimm to replace Joe O’Connor on the committee.

We thank Joe for all his contributions to the success of the group.

A big thank you from Denise and Gill Parry (Eynsham Carnival) for the members of Bartholomew Players who helped out at Eynsham Carnival on Saturday 1st July – it was a busy one wasn’t it!!

We had a lot of people expressing an interest in joining BP and we raised our profile very well with the dressing up, sandwich board and leaflets.

You can see more images here.

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For more information about how to join our group please email us.

Gareth Hammond, Chairman of the Bartholomew Players of Eynsham, presents a cheque for £759 to Andy Mosson of Eynsham Consolidated Charities representing the proceeds of the raffle held during the Bartholomew Players’ recent sell-out production of “A Bunch of Amateurs” by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.

The money will be split evenly between Bartholomew Educational Foundation and Eynsham Consolidated Charity.

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Bartholomew Players have been providing high quality theatre to the local community for almost 50 years and are proud to support local charities whenever they can.

Packed audiences enjoyed our latest show – A Bunch of Amateurs – culminating with possibly our biggest ever with 120+ on the Saturday night.

We even had to turn people away!

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You can read the reviews here.

Members enjoyed a one day masterclass given by voice coach Susan Tordoff.

We did exercises to improve our warm-up routines, breathing, posture & projection & practised these techniques on our current play - A Bunch Of Amateurs.

This workshop was made possible by our patrons Lo & Mo (Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran)’s fund.

Rehearsals are well underway for our spring production of A Bunch of Amateurs.

We are in need of a volunteer to help with Wardrobe so please get in touch with Joe or Pip if you'd like to be involved (bart.players@gmail.com).

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The ‘props’ team (Keith, Judy and Valerie) would be so very grateful if you would all check the “props list” for ABoA to see if you have any of the myriad of bizarre props that we are currently trying to source.

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We are also in need of some volunteers for some pre-recorded voiceovers. The recordings will be used for the journalists in ABOA. Please come down to one of the rehearsals if you are interested in taking part, everyone is welcome!

Denise Santilli, Publicity Officer for the Bartholomew Players, presents a cheque for £644 to Marshall Leopold, representing the Eynsham Food Bank.

The Bartholomew Players regularly support local good causes and, on this occasion, donated the proceeds of the raffle from their November 2022 production of “Rutherford and Son” to the Eynsham Food Bank.

Cereta Drewett took this photograph of our member John Grant-Casey (taken for our last production 'Rutherford and Son') and entered it into a club competition – it got a highly commended!

Congratulations to Cereta on her wonderful photography.

We have just received this lovely note from Bob Thiele from Eynsham Food Bank:

"Please pass on to all those involved with the Bartholomew Players the grateful thanks from the Food Bank team for raising the significant sum of £644 as a donation towards the supply of food to those in need in our community. Once again the generous actions of people like yourselves have made the work of the Food  Bank possible.

On a personal note it also meant I had the added bonus of witnessing a particularly impressive performance of  Rutherford and Sons by you all and I am looking forward to your next production.

Many thanks"

Several members all joined together for our Christmas Party at The Horseshoes in Witney. We had excellent food and wine – and there was even fun entertainment supplied by some plucky members of our group!

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Santa and The Fat Fairy (thanks to Pip and Tim for helping them!) were on hand to pass out the Secret Santa gifts and a very good time was had by all!

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Here's to another successful year for our plays and social outings!

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Our reviews are in and we are delighted with them! Click on the links below to read the full reviews:

Heather Kay, Daily Info.

Nigel James, Oxfordshire Drama Network.

Andrew Walter, National Operatic and Dramatic Association

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The audience feedback was just as encouraging:

Click here to read just some of the comments.

Our first review is here – and we are delighted. Thank you to Heather Kay for coming along to our dress rehearsal.

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Click here to read the full review.

On Saturday 19th November a group of members joined together to make a start on the set build for our next play: Rutherford and Son.

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We made excellent progress and the set dress is next Saturday.

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Tickets are now on sale for this powerful drama –
30th November – 3rd December.

On Saturday 29th October, a capacity audience, seated cabaret style and enjoying drinks and snacks from the bar, enjoyed an evening of anecdotes and showbiz stories from Bartholomew Players’ patrons, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

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To see some photos of the evening please click here.

Join us for an evening of anecdotes, indiscretions, revelations and insights with our patrons

Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

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Tickets are now on sale from:

Evenlode DIY

www.ticketsource.co.uk

For more information contact: bart.players@gmail.com

Rehearsals are underway for our Autumn production:

Rutherford & Son by Githa Sowerby.

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For more details about the show please click here.

Bartholomew Players' have our first ever newsletter, courtesy of our very own Libby, who has compiled an eye-catching issue highlighting our current & planned activities. Well done Libby!

If any of you have ideas on things that could be included in future editions or other activities we should be considering, please contact  liberty.foreman@googlemail.com

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A copy of the newsletter can be downloaded here.

Members enjoyed a BBQ in Gareth’s garden one sunny Sunday in July.

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Good food, excellent wine and lovely surroundings – a wonderful way to catch up with friends.

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See more photos here.

The Bartholomew Players had a really fun (if a little wet!) day at Eynsham Carnival on 2nd July 2022.

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It was great to meet so many people – both old and new – and we look forward to seeing everyone when we begin rehearsals at the village hall on 31st August.

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See more photos here.

The Bartholomew Players are delighted to present a cheque for £623 to the Bartholomew School Library Fund from the raffle proceeds of their recent production of Ladies’Day.

We are grateful to the Bartholomew School PTA for their generous donation of prizes for the raffle and to the many attendees of Ladies’ Day for their generosity in buying tickets for this worthy cause.

Why not come along and join in with The Bartholomew Players for a Sherlock murder mystery evening?

This is a fun Murder Mystery Whodunnit interactive performance – can you work out who committed the murder before Sherlock Holmes reveals all?

The event is on Saturday 18th June and takes place at Eynsham Village Hall – there will be a Ploughman’s Supper.

Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £12 are available from Eynsham DIY, Eynsham Cellars, Roy Wilkinson 01865 883917 or 07970 227364

The evening is being organised In conjunction with Rotary Club of Eynsham for local & international charities.

We are delighted to have received some excellent reviews for Ladies' Day by Amanda Whittington:
Read Paul Stammers' review here.

Read Nigel James' (Oxfordshire Drama Network) here.

Read Andrew Walter's (NODA) review here.

A huge thank-you to everyone who helped put on such a successful show – and to everyone who came along to support us.

We are delighted to learn that we have won several awards from NODA
(National Operatic & Dramatic Association) in the London 12 District (Oxfordshire).

Read here for more information.

With seven weeks to go before opening night of "Ladies’ Day”
by Amanda Whittington, the cast got together for the photoshoot.

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Dates: Wed 18th, Thurs 19th, Fri 20th and Sat 21st May 2022

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Tickets are now on sale – click here to book yours.

Rehearsals are well underway for "Ladies’ Day” by Amanda Whittington.

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Dates: Wed 18th, Thurs 19th, Fri 20th and Sat 21st May 2022

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Click here to see our video advertisement.

Bartholomew Players present: "Ladies’ Day” by Amanda Whittington.

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Dates: Wed 18th, Thurs 19th, Fri 20th and Sat 21st May 2022

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Read more here...

Following our triumphant world amateur premiere production of Von Ribbentrop’s Watch, we are thrilled that the authors, Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, have agreed to be our joint patrons.Not only did they agree to Bartholomew Players being the first amateur group to put on this play, but also they came to our first reading and attended the Friday evening performance of our show and gave a talk afterwards and answered questions, much to the delight of the capacity audience.

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Read more here...

Members enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner at the Hand & Shears in Church Hanborough, complete with - as you would expect - some entertainment!

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See some photographs here...

See a snapshot of our play in 15 minutes...click here

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We had such fun preparing and performing it!

Thank you to Cereta Drewett and Valerie Brady for the wonderful photographs.

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Congratulations to everyone involved in another success!

The reviews are now in! We have had excellent reviews for "Von Ribbentrop's Watch"

They are very complimentary of everyone involved, and deservedly so

Read Paul Stammers review here

Read Oxford Drama Network's review here

Read NODA's review here

Congratulations to everyone involved in another success!

Some of our members spent the weekend preparing the set for our play which begins its run next Wednesday (24th-27th November).

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We got a long way – almost finished!!

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Highly acclaimed TV playwrights Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are to attend a performance of the first Amateur production of their play "Von Ribbentrop's Watch" by the Bartholomew Players, Eynsham. Read the next Oxford Mail article here.

The Bartholomew Players are excited to learn that they will be performing this lively and hugely enjoyable comedy in front of the authors at the Friday 26th November performance and, along with the audience, will then be treated to a short talk on the genesis of the play afterwards.

With our next play "Von Ribbentrop's Watch" live shows in just a few weeks' time, we all agree that we really need new members to be able to continue putting on exciting plays for the Eynsham community.

Contact us now about helping with set-building or possibly getting an acting role in our next show. Creating live entertainment gives you a genuine buzz. This is right on your doorstep. Why not give it a go?

We are thrilled to have a write-up in the latest edition of The Oxford Mail!

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Rehearsals for our next production: "Von Ribbentrop's Watch" are going really well!

With five weeks to go we are now off-book and ticket-sales are taking off! Tickets are available here.

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Take a look at our promotional slideshow here.

Lesley Robinson, friends and members of The Bartholomew Players all gathered at The Swan in Eynsham for a celebration of Tony's life. A few members of The Bartholomew Players and Eynsham Morris supplied the entertainment and several friends provided memories of Tony.

We had a wonderful afternoon – a fitting tribute to a much loved and missed friend.

Members got together to record our version of "Interview Terminated"
by Rachel Feeny-Williams.

Set in a police station interview room, the play features three actors from the company.​

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Click here to hear the play.

Members enjoyed a lovely barbecue in Gareth & Tessa’s garden –
our first social event for a while. Miraculously, the rain held off!

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Click here to see a couple of photographs.

Members had great fun putting on a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery evening at South Leigh Village Hall, organised by John & Debi. Whodunnit? You should have been there!

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Click here to see a photo of the cast.

The restrictions caused by the corona virus have encouraged us to develop
our activities in new directions: members recorded "Interview Terminated" by
Rachel Feeny-Williams using proper recording equipment & can be listened to
here.

Hopefully this will lead to more such endeavours.

Our AGM will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 30th June in the village hall. All are welcome. There will be refreshments & entertainment!

We are thrilled to announce that our autumn production will be the world amateur theatre premiere of “Von Ribbentrop’s Watch” by Maurice Gran & Laurence Marks who wrote the big TV hits Birds of a Feather & The New Statesman among other things. This extremely funny play revolves around a Jewish family who are suddenly faced by a moral dilemma concerning the provenance of a watch. We are planning to stage the play during our usual dates in November (24th -27th), covid restrictions permitting!

Members recently got together perform 'A Little Prick', the latest Zoom play by Marie-José Zuurbier and TessTownsend. After just one rehearsal we recorded our version in late March.

You can watch the recording, skilfully edited by Steve Ashcroft here.

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Watch out here for news about renewed activities through the year.

We are proud to make available for your listening pleasure a recording of our very own Nick Smith’s original play “The Battle of Fyfield”, a play about country life & the fight against house developers. It is has lots of local resonance & provides a very enjoyable diversion for about an hour & a half.

Steve Ashcroft has done a really great job editing the recording to a high standard. We recommend this splendid piece! You can listen to the play by clicking here.

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*** Please note this play contains some swear words that some listeners may find offensive ***

Members got together to read Under Milk Wood & Season’s Greetings via zoom while we could not meet physically. We also performed Herd Ingenuity, the latest zoom play by Tess Townsend and Marie-Jose Zuurbier. We only had one rehearsal. 

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Happy Christmas everybody! Watch out for news about renewed activities in the new year on this website. Let’s hope 2021 is a bumper year for us all.

AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT COURTS MP

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The importance of Amateur Theatre - where would we be without it?

There is no question of the importance of Amateur Theatre within our local communities.

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To read the full letter click here.

ZOOM – THE SEQUEL.

Some of our members got together via Zoom for a performance-reading of

Zoom – The Second Wave.

A good time was had by all!

To view the performance click here.

AUTUMN PRODUCTION POSTPONED.

It’s official – sadly we have decided that all the constraints imposed because of the corona virus make our normal show unviable. Limited numbers due to social distancing, the ongoing risk of infection, the burden of health and safety measures all mean that it is impractical to deliver our usual theatrical extravaganza.

Watch this space for further developments about the spring 2021 show. In the meantime we will get our social interaction fix via zoom! Click here.

Bartholomew Players had great fun performing Tess Townsend & Marie-Jose Zuurbier's play Zoom!

This was just what we needed to cut through the gloom of social-distancing and not being able to get properly together to perform.

You can watch it here:

Can’t wait for the sequel!

Members convened via Zoom for the 2020 AGM.

During the meeting the committee was re-elected en bloc, a new constitution was approved and the autumn production was discussed at length.

Details are in the members section.​

Huge congratulations to Claire Crowther who has won the NODA Sybil Conway Award for our district for Best Female in a play for her portrayal of Beverley in Abigail’s Party!

Well done Claire (and, of course, everyone involved in our wonderful play)!

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To see the full list of winners, please click here.

On the day that should have been the first performance of our Spring production, members got together via zoom for an informal social evening. Isolation stories were recounted and party pieces given an airing.

Not as satisfying as a real get-together, but still good fun!

We are disappointed to have to postpone our May production “Table Manners” till November due to the Corona Virus. Rest assured that the show will go on, albeit later than planned.

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The play will run from 25th November – 28th November 2020.

Check our website for news about when we will start meeting again. Feel free to contact us, if you need more information.

Bartholomew Players Chairman Gareth Hammond presents a cheque for £750 to Eynsham Pre-School Committee members Anna Parrinder and Nicola Wilson as their share of the profits from the hugely successful Friday supper night of the Bartholomew players recent production of Mike Leigh’s “Abigail’s Party”. This is the largest donation ever given to a local good cause by the Bartholomew Players and we are delighted that this amount will be matched by the Eynsham Pre-school sponsor, Stonegarth Fund. Read more here...

We reconvened on Wednesday 8th after our Xmas break and we kicked the evening off with the presentation to Eynsham Pre-School, our charity partner on Abigail's Party, a cheque for £750, their share of the Friday night's profits. This is the highest amount we have ever awarded - reflecting the huge success of this production.

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We then started getting to grips with our new show – Table Manners by Alan Ayckbourn. All are welcome to come along & get involved.

"Abigail's Party" had our biggest audiences since Calendar Girls and gave universally positive feedback...

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Read more...

Bartholomew Players are looking for help with lighting and set-building.

Are you a practical person with some free time?

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Having a bit of a clear out under the stage.

A good job well done!

The Bartholomew Players are looking for an actress to play the part of "Sue" in our next production: "Abigail's Party".

If you'd like to join our friendly group, contact the director, Gareth Hammond: gareth.hammond@talktalk.net or 07890 970479.

We are pleased to confirm our next show will be "Abigail's Party" – a play for stage and television devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh.

It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s.

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The show runs from 27th–30th November 2019 and tickets will be on sale soon.

Once again, members enjoyed a summer barbecue in Gareth & Tessa’s garden.

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Despite weeks & months of uncertain weather, it was a relief to end up with a rain-free afternoon.

We were delighted to have a stand at the 2019 Eynsham Carnival.

We had a display of some photographs of our previous productions and a dressing up rail where visitors could dress up and take a selfie!

We met some wonderful people and we hope some of you can come along to our meetings when we all meet up together again in September.

The Bartholomew Players have presented a cheque for £600 to The Windrush Bike Project of Witney as their share of the profits from the charity supper evening during the May 2019 production of "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.

This equals the largest donation we have been able to award since we started the charity "supper and show" evenings (the other was our November production of "Dangerous Corner" by JB Priestley where we partnered with Guideposts in Witney) and we are delighted that it is going to such a good cause.

We are delighted to announce that the Bartholomew Players production of "Dangerous Corner", directed by Joe O'Connor in his very first Directing role, has won the Pat Redhead Drama Award (best in Oxfordshire & nominated for London) at the 2019 NODA Theatre Festival.

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Dangerous Corner was shortlisted as one of 12 other plays in the London Region so this is a great accolade for us. Many congratulations to Joe, the cast and crew of Dangerous Corner for a performance that shows, once again, that the Bartholomew Players are a top-notch theatre group! Read more here.

We are searching for (mostly male) actors for our next show – potentially “Whipping It Up”! A quick-witted satirical farce set in the Whips' office at Westminster.

It's a week before Christmas, and the new Tory government is facing dissent over its latest Bill. With a majority of only three, the Whips' office is out in full force, and they'll stop at nothing to keep the strays in line.

If you'd like to get in touch or come along on a Wednesday evening – we'd love to see you!

So come along and join our team to make our next production another success!

Our production of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" was a huge success and we had a record number of audience members.

The reviews are in and we are thrilled that the production was so well received.

A huge thank you to everyone involved!

The Bartholomew Players have presented a cheque for £600 to Guideposts Trust, Witney as their share of the profits from the charity supper evening during the November 2018 production of "Dangerous Corner" by JB Priestley. This is the largest donation we have been able to award since we started the charity "supper and show" evenings and we are delighted that it is going to such a good cause.

Pictured receiving the cheque from Gareth Hammond, Chairman of Bartholomew Players, is Ann Davis, Administrator for Guideposts Trust.

Now that the final curtain has fallen and the set has been dismantled on our production of Dangerous Corner we can reflect on another successful show.

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Read the excellent reviews here.

We now have a video advert for our next production "Dangerous Corner" by J.B. Priestley, directed by Joe O'Connor.

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The play runs from 28th November – 1st December. Dangerous Corner is a fascinating and complex play full of intrigue and mystery. From the same writer as An Inspector Calls, Dangerous Corner will be an evening to remember.

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To find out more please click here. To purchase tickets online, please click here.

Bartholomew Players, Eynsham, are holding open auditions for Agatha Christie’s brilliant murder mystery “And Then There Were None”to be performed at Eynsham Village Hall, Eynsham, OX29 4QW and Directed by Denise Santilli. The production dates are May 15th-18th 2019. Rehearsals will take place in the evening on Wednesdays from January & also Mondays from March.

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To find out more please click here. 

Tickets are now on sale for our next production: "Dangerous Corner" by J.B. Priestley, directed by Joe O'Connor.

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The play runs from 28th November – 1st December. Dangerous Corner is a fascinating and complex play full of intrigue and mystery. From the same writer as An Inspector Calls, Dangerous Corner will be an evening to remember.

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To find out more please click here. To purchase tickets online, please click here.

Our new website is now live – there are lots of new features and regular updates.

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The new season has begun and the first read-through of our next production was on Wednesday 5th September. It runs from 28th November – 1st December and the title is Dangerous Corner by J B Priestley. A play where a chance remark ignites a series of devastating revelations, revealing a hitherto undiscovered tangle of clandestine relationships and dark secrets, the disclosures of which have tragic consequences.

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New members are always welcome and we'd love you to join in.

Members enjoyed a summer barbecue in Gareth & Tessa’s garden.

Despite weeks & months of hot dry weather, it was still a relief to end up with

a rain-free day.

Bartholomew Players at Eynsham Carnival

The Bartholomew Players have been delivering quality theatre to the Eynsham Community for more than 40 years. We are always looking for new members to help us produce even more vibrant, professional plays so part of the purpose of entering this year's carnival was to raise awareness that we exist and hopefully to recruit a few new members.

Click here or on the photograph to see more.

Gareth Hammond, Chairman of Bartholomew Players, Eynsham, presented a cheque for £300 to Tess McCormick,

Chair of the Eynsham Primary School PTA as their share of the profits from the Charity Supper night of “The Safari Party”, a play by Tim Firth, performed by Bartholomew Players on Friday 18th May 2018. 67 people attended the 2-course supper and play and the money raised through purchasing tickets for the supper and play, raffle tickets, auction prizes and drinks at the bar enabled Bartholomew Players to make this donation for such a worthy cause which will benefit the Eynsham community. The Primary School will put the money towards refurbishing the classrooms in the school.

Gareth Hammond, Chairman of The Bartholomew Players, presented a cheque for £550 to Steve Parrinder of Eynsham Museum Fund as their share of the profits from the Supper night of The Constant Wife on 1st Dec 2017. The money will be put towards building a museum display and put into context the Abbey stones (some of which can be seen in the photograph on top of the library shelves) as well as other artefacts from every period of Eynsham's history, using them to tell the story of the village's past in a way that is accessible to all.

Planning for our next show – The Safari Party, by Tim Firth – is now underway. In particular we are looking for a youngish man (playing age 20’s) to take on the part of Adam. This would suit someone with commitment and some acting experience, who is keen to be part of a talented cast. Please contact Gareth on 07890 970479, or email bart.players@gmail.com if you are interested. As usual, there will be plenty of scope for people to help with backstage functions, so all volunteers are welcome. Lighting and sound will certainly be more demanding than usual!

The Constant Wife was very well received with plaudits from critics and audiences alike. Photos and reviews can be seen by clicking here.

Rehearsals are well underway for our forthcoming production of

Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife.

Gareth Hammond, Chairman of Bartholomew Players, Eynsham, presented a cheque for £330 to Ian Leggett, Chairman of the Bike Safe B4044 Eynsham to Botley Community Path Campaign as their share of the profits from the Charity Supper night of Humble Boy, a play by Charlotte Jones, performed by Bartholomew Players on Friday 19th May 2017. 80 people attended the 2-course supper and play and the money raised through purchasing tickets for the supper and play, raffle tickets, auction prizes and drinks at the bar enabled Bartholomew Players to make this donation for such a worthy cause which will benefit the Eynsham community. Pictured in the photograph (from L to R) are: Ian Leggett, Gareth Hammond, Ros Kent, John Blackie.

Members enjoyed a relaxing afternoon in Gareth & Tessa’s garden for a summer barbecue. Miraculously, the rain held off!

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Photos from rehearsals of our forthcoming production of Humble Boy:-

We are thrilled to get recognition from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association: Debi Lisburne Diacon has been awarded best actress in a play for her performance in Relative Values in the district NODA awards and now goes forward as the district’s nomination for this year’s regional awards in June. In addition our set for California Suite has been nominated for the Shinfield Players Scenic Award.

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Gareth Hammond, Chairman of Bartholomew Players presented a cheque for £500 to James Duncan, Detachment Commander of Eynsham Army Cadets, as their share of the sell-out supper night profits for our autumn show – Yes, Prime Minister. This money will help fund away days for the group. BP were very impressed by the military efficiency shown by the cadets in helping before, during and after the Friday evening dinner. BP is pleased to continue offering such support to the local community.