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Dracula – Autumn 2024

Pleased to announce that rehearsals are now underway, with the following team! Cast Count Dracula – Pete WattJonathan Harker – George BucklandMina Murray – Teagan O’BrienDr Anne Maria Van Helsing – Jasmine MullanyDr John Seward – Alan JohnsonBella Renfield – Naomi ReadLucy Seward – Caroline AnneStrigoi 1- Hollie GenevieveStrigoi 2

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Happy Acres under our belt

Wow! At times during rehearsal it looke a bit flaky, with the cast beset by illness, but as always it was alright on the night. We had some great audiences (thank you for all the laughter!) and an excellent review from the Newbury Weekly News – see it here.

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Back from The Edinburgh Fringe!

And what a week it was! Again, huge thanks to The Compton Players, without whom we would never have made it to the world’s largest arts festival! Here are a couple of pictures of our week, along with links to our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews!

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Richard III – A Success!

  Our Platinum Jubilee production of Richard III was very successful and got some great reviews. You can see them here. Watch this space for news of how our Greenham Trust grant was spent to enhance the production.

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Finally winners at The Wallingford Drama Festival!

  H Connolly is our resident playwright, and The Compton Players have entered the Wallingford Drama Festival numerous times with one of H’s premieres. Proving popular with the audiences, we often scoop the ‘Punters Prize’ (voted for by audience members who attend every night of the festival) but this year,

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Dracula – Autumn 2024

Pleased to announce that rehearsals are now underway, with the following team!

Cast

Count Dracula – Pete Watt
Jonathan Harker – George Buckland
Mina Murray – Teagan O’Brien
Dr Anne Maria Van Helsing – Jasmine Mullany
Dr John Seward – Alan Johnson
Bella Renfield – Naomi Read
Lucy Seward – Caroline Anne
Strigoi 1- Hollie Genevieve
Strigoi 2 – Catherine Lee

Director – Phil Prior
Assistant Director- Pete Watt

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Happy Acres under our belt

Wow! At times during rehearsal it looke a bit flaky, with the cast beset by illness, but as always it was alright on the night. We had some great audiences (thank you for all the laughter!) and an excellent review from the Newbury Weekly News – see it here.

Richard III – A Success!

 

Our Platinum Jubilee production of Richard III was very successful and got some great reviews. You can see them here.

Watch this space for news of how our Greenham Trust grant was spent to enhance the production.

Finally winners at The Wallingford Drama Festival!

 

H Connolly is our resident playwright, and The Compton Players have entered the Wallingford Drama Festival numerous times with one of H’s premieres.

Proving popular with the audiences, we often scoop the ‘Punters Prize’ (voted for by audience members who attend every night of the festival) but this year, we’ve finally done it!  Congratulations to H and the cast and crew on their success!

You can see more about the production here.