St Paul's Drama Group

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LATEST NEWS - 30 March 2012

Following a successful run of our spring production, Hearts and Minds, we now turn our attention to the autumn production.

There will be a meeting on MONDAY 2 APRIL at the United Reformed Church to discuss and read parts of the proposed play: A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Come and join us!!

NEWS - 15 March 2012

Read a review of the 2012 Southern Counties Drama Festival - written by our own Sara Watkins - by clicking here

NEWS - 29 February 2012

ST PAUL'S DRAMA GROUP DOES IT AGAIN!!

Following on from last year's success, St Paul's Drama Group walked away from the 2012 Southern Counties Drama Festival with an incredible total of 5 awards - including winning the festival overall - for our production of Arthur Miller's "Elegy for a Lady".

Winning Best Set, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Play, you can catch this award winning production along with our Leatherhead Drama Festival entry "Interior Designs" by Jimmie Chinn at The Adrian Mann Theatre on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 March at 8pm and on Saturday 24 March at 3pm.

Book now to avoid disappointment:

Tel 01737 213387

In person at The Ibis Bookshop

NEWS - 10 February 2012

Box office now open for Hearts & Minds

By telephone: 01737 213387

Or in person from the Ibis Bookshop, High Street, Banstead

NEWS - 18 January 2012

ONLINE SURVEY - PLEASE HELP

We would like to hear from our audiences and members what plays you would like to see us produce and what we can do to keep you interested and actively involved with the group.

Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey by clicking here

Thank you

NEWS - 1 January 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

There is a lot in store for St Paul's in 2012, including our first appearance at the Leatherhead Drama Festival in the summer plus a large scale production for the autumn. There has never been a better time to join us and get involved!!

Our spring 2012 production has now been cast - including our entry for the 2012 Southern Counties Drama Festival. Details can be found on our Next Production page.

NEWS - 26 November 2011

Join us on Monday 5th December at 7.45pm for our last club night of 2011 and our Christmas get-together. Entertainment has been arranged and drinks will be available to buy. Admission only £1. URC, Banstead.

NEWS - 28 October 2011

Join us at our Club Night, Monday 7 November at the URC, Banstead. We will be reading potential plays for our spring 2012 production. This is your chance to have your say.

NEWS - 17 October 2011

Well done to Sara and her cast and crew for an excellent production of ART, which ended on Saturday. Despite disappointing audience numbers, the reaction was positive and everyone enjoyed the show.

We now turn our attention to our spring 2012 production - watch this space for details or, if you are interested in taking part, email us on info@stpaulsdramagroup.co.uk

NEWS - 20 September 2011

Rehearsal photos for ART now on Next Production page

NEWS - 12 September 2011

ART - tickets now on sale: online via Ticket Source ; by telephone on 01737 213387 or in person from Ibis Bookshop, Banstead (please note, The Ibis cannot accept credit or debit card payments for tickets).

NEWS - 17 August 2011

You can now find St Paul's Drama Group on Facebook and Twitter. Follow us or join our page now to keep informed about what's going on!

NEWS - 1 August 2011

St Paul's Drama Group launches new monthly Club Nights. Held on the first Monday of each month, these evenings will be for members - new, old and potential - to come together and take part in readings, scenes, sketches etc. Enthusiasm and a couple of evenings preparation in advance is all that is required. Contact us if you are interested in taking part or just popping along - the first meeting is Monday 5 September (details on the diary page).

NEWS - 10th July 2011

St Paul's Drama Group's next production has now been confirmed as "Art" by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Playing dates are October 13, 14 and 15 at the Adrian Mann Theatre, Ewell, Surrey.

NEWS - 9th May 2011

St Paul's Drama Group took part in the 2011 Southern Counties Drama Festival during the week of the 28th February - 5th March, presenting The Long Road by Shelagh Stephenson, directed by Sheila Carr.

The production took the award for Best Play and received two nominations for Best Actress, Sara Watkins and Helen Jerome, with Sara winning the award. Brian Cowle and Brian Aris were both nominated for Best Actor with the latter taking the award.

The group then presented the play at the Eastern Area Finals of the All England Theatre Festival, performing on the 8th May at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead. Sadly, we were pipped to the post on this occassion by just one point but we did win the award for Stage Presentation.

Congratulations and well done to director, cast and crew!

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St Paul's Drama Group was formed in 1956 and has since gone from strength to strength.
St Paul's enjoys taking part in various festivals such as The All England Theatre Festival which has Local and National heats and the All Winners Festival.

St Paul's has an enviable reputation for being accepted into competitions more years than almost any other group. They have won many trophies
with plays as diverse as the non-stop comedy
'Daisy Pulls It Off', Lorca's tragic 'Blood Wedding' and Rattigan's courtroom drama 'Cause Célèbre' which underlines their versatility as well as their ability.

Our recent successes include winning the 2012 (including awards for Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Stage Presentation) and 2011 (Best Play, Best Actor, Best Actress) Southern Counties Drama

Festivals.

In 2008, St Paul's had great success with their Festival entry production of "Happy Jack" by John Godber, getting through the eliminating rounds to win the Final of the 'All England Theatre Festival'. They went on to represent England at the British Final in Swansea and also took part in the
All Winners Festival on the Isle of Man in July, coming second in the
One Act Play category.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS
ALL AGE GROUPS & ABILITIES NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED - FULL TRAINING GIVEN

Are you interested in any of the following?

LIGHTING, SOUND, COSTUME, PROPS,

STAGE MANAGEMENT, SET BUILDING or ACTING ....

Please email us at

info@stpaulsdramagroup.co.uk

or call

01737 357588