Upchurch Players Presents The Sword in the Stone - Launch Night

Come to Upchurch Village Hall to find out how you can be involved, on or off the stage!

Kay Wright 

Secretary - Upchurch Players

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UpchurchPlayers

Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Christmas Market with Santa at Upchurch Village Hall

Christmas Market with Santa at Upchurch Village Hall

Saturday the 9th of December

From 11:00am until 4:30pm

The Christmas Market, organised by the Village Hall Management Committee, is a fundraising event for the St Mary’s Church Bell Tower Restoration Fund.

Tea, coffee, soft drinks and cakes will be provided inside the hall by Upchurch WI, with burgers and wraps available from Butlers Butties van outside. Both are donating from their profits to the Bell Tower Restoration Fund.

Thanks to Upchurch Parish Council, Santa, in his sleigh with giant reindeer and elves, will be visiting the children at the Village Hall from 12:00pm until 2:30pm.

Last year's Christmas Market was a big success!

Don't miss this excellent village event this year.

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Upchurch Players - House of Games Themed Quiz Night

Yes! House of Games, or at least a quiz inspired by it, is coming to Upchurch Village Hall this September.

Reserve your table today!

Contact us at secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk or message us through our Facebook page

Payment in cash on the night - bring your own refreshments and thinking caps.

Alison Lewin - Upchurch Players

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Upchurch Players Present The Gingerbread Man - Launch Night

Upchurch Players present The Gingerbread Man, Launch Night.

From 7:00pm - 9:00pm on Monday the 15th of May at Upchurch Village Hall.

Come and find out how you can be involved on or off the stage!

Keep an eye out for audition information coming soon.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UpchurchPlayers

Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Upchurch Players Present The Gingerbread Man

Upchurch Players present The Gingerbread Man, their 32nd pantomime.

A new and original story inspired by the classic fairy tale.

Think you know the story? Think again.

Keep an eye out for the launch night and audition information coming soon!

Performance dates and times at Upchurch Village Hall - TBA.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UpchurchPlayers

Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

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Upchurch Players - AGM

Upchurch Players will be holding their AGM in The Crown, Upchurch at 7:00pm on Thursday the 16th of February.

If you're interested in being involved in their next Panto in any way, please come along.

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

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Upchurch Players: Car Rally - Treasure Hunt

Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UpchurchPlayers

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

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Upchurch Players Present Pinocchio

Upchurch Players 31st Pantomine

Pinocchio

At Upchurch Village Hall on:

Thursday 1st December 2022 at 7:30pm

Friday 2nd December 2022 at 7:30pm

Saturday 3rd December 2022 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm

Tickets £7.50 each, are available online at: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Kay Wright
Secretary - Upchurch Players

UpARA - Jubilee Fundraising Open Afternoon and Quiz in Support of the DEC Ukraine Appeal

UpARA would like to thank all members, villagers, and village organisations who contributed to our fundraising day and quiz on Friday.

A total of £1,624.86 was raised, which is a fantastic sum, and will be passed on to the DEC Ukraine Appeal this week.

The winners of the 'Battle of the village organisations' were the UpARA 'Artists', followed by Upchurch WI, and Upchurch Players in 3rd place.

A big thank you to all those who attended, helped and donated cakes, also to Upchurch's Co-op for their kind donation and the Village Hall Management Committee.

Your UpARA Committee

Upchurch Players: Pinocchio - Auditions

Saturday 7th May

12 midday - 4:00pm

Upchurch Village Hall

Contact us via our Website or message us via Facebook for audition details.

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Upchurch Players: Panto Launch Night - Pinocchio

Thursday 7th April

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Upchurch Village Hall

Come along and find out about how you can be involved: on stage, backstage & behind the scenes. 

Upchurch Players

Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Upchurch Players - AGM

Whether you can make the meeting or not, please register your interest by filling out the form at: https://forms.gle/8oUERVZ3n94vPVqT6

We look forward to seeing old faces and welcoming new ones!

Join us to see what “Pantomime 2022” has in store.

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Upchurch Players Present Cinderella

Upchurch Players invite you to join them for their thirtieth extravaganza

Cinderella

At Upchurch Village Hall on

Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 7:30pm
Friday 3rd December 2021 at 7:30pm
Saturday 4th December 2021 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Tickets £7.50 each, are available online at: https://upchurchplayers.co.uk

Or from Upchurch Village Hall every Monday evening from 6th September from 7:30pm onwards.

Rozz Dyett
Secretary - Upchurch Players

Upchurch Players - Auditions for Cinderella

Auditions

On Monday 28th June - from 7:30pm 

For our production of

Cinderella

On 2nd, 3rd and 4th December

At Upchurch Village Hall

Why not come and give it a try?

For more details or if you are interested but can’t make the auditions, please contact
Rozz Dyett Email: upchurchplayers@gmail.com Tel: 07787 878839

Regrettably...

Due to factors beyond our control, the minimum age for membership is 10 years. Children not attending secondary school need to be accompanied by an adult.

Remember, Daniel Craig and Olivia Colman had to start somewhere!

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Upchurch Players: 30th Pantomime - Cinderella

Thanks to an amazing group of players we hope our pantomime is going back to live on stage this year!

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone that supported us through watching our pantomime online at Christmas. It made our hard work and dedication feel really worthwhile. Hopefully, we’ll be putting more things online over the months leading up until our pantomime. You can still watch the 2020 pantomime online, along with other pantomimes we have recorded by searching for Upchurch Players on YouTube. You never know you may recognise some fellow villagers.

It’s been a tricky year but hopefully, the government guidance suggests we’ll be able to come back on stage this year. And what a year it will be.

This year will be our 30th pantomime: Cinderella

So do you fancy treading the stage boards? We want to make this year’s show the biggest, best and brightest event to make a comeback with. So all of you actors, singers, artists, musicians, and comedians Email us at: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk

Or call our secretary Rozz on 07787 878839. To be added to our Email list.

Our auditions this year will be held at Upchurch Village Hall on Monday, 28th June starting at 7:30pm (Character list and audition pieces will be Emailed out with confirmation of times before the auditions date).

Backstage Crew

We are also looking for other new members that don’t wish to perform on stage. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, we get that. We need members to help create and move scenery, help with the technical equipment, we need volunteers to help run the coffee bar and we even need people to open and close the curtains at the right time. There are always a million and one jobs behind the scenes.

Don’t forget you can follow us on the Upchurch Players Facebook Page or go straight to our website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Tickets will be on sale from Monday, September 13th on our website or at Upchurch Village Hall each Monday night from 7:00pm.

Rozz Dyett

Secretary - Upchurch Players

Good News from Upchurch Players

Hello fellow villagers,

This year has been difficult for so many of us in all sorts of ways. Unfortunately for us as an amateur dramatics group the ever-changing government guidance has prevented us from planning a live performance this year. Oh no! We hear you cry... Christmas without the Players panto?

Well, hold on to your hats... we wouldn’t let you down!

We have some incredibly determined committee, cast and crew that have amazed me time and time again this year. We’d love to thank all of the cast and crew that have volunteered in these uncertain times, especially our younger cast members that always bring such enthusiasm.

So we would love to entertain the village once more and keep the Christmas spirit alive even in 2020. (This must be the first time that the actual year is the pantomime villain) The show must go on and so must the fun.

This year we will be bringing the panto to the village once again... via social media so that everyone can join in with the fun. Our plan is to bring the pantomime to you as an online advent calendar releasing one episode at a time in the build-up to Christmas.

We will be releasing the videos on the Upchurch Players Facebook page. Please like and share our page to join in.

We look forward to connecting with you this year.

Rozz Dyett

Secretary - Upchurch Players
Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk
Website: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk

Kentish Players Present Our House - The Madness Musical

26th - 29th June at the Central Theatre, Chatham

Co-starring Upchurch Players' leading light, Adam James

Tickets available from the Central Theatre box office, priced £16.50 or £15.00 for concessions - Call: 01634 338338

Or book online at: www.medwayticketslive.co.uk/application/event.aspx?eventid=170773

The Kentish Players are one of Medway’s leading musical theatre companies. Founded in 1914, they produce one major production a year, playing to packed houses and rave reviews. Members include dancers, stage managers, crew members, directors, musical directors, choreographers, accountants, technicians, costume designers, production secretaries and, of course, actors.

Affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA), their aim is to present professional standard shows to audiences, both local and from further afield. They often produce amateur premiers of top productions as soon as they are released from the West End or national tours.

Find out more at their website: www.kentishplayers.com

Kentish Players on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kentishplayers

Upchurch Matters

Space

Backstage Crew WANTED for Upchurch Players Panto, Aladdin

WANTED

“The Backstage Crew”

to assist in this year’s production of

ALADDIN

Saturday 30th November 2019 to Saturday 7th December 2019

We need volunteers to help during dress rehearsals and performances with

“stage management” tasks, such as moving props, changing scenery & managing the tabs etc.

If you think you can help for all, or even part, of the week and require further details,

then please contact our Secretary:

Rozz Dyett - Email: secretary@upchurchplayers.co.uk Tel: 07787 878839

Thank you 

Upchurch Players

Space

Upchurch Players - Auditions for Aladdin

Sunday 12th May - 10:00am to 2:00pm

For our production of

Aladdin

At Upchurch Village Hall

On 5th, 6th and 7th December

Why not come and give it a try?

For more details or if you are interested but can’t make the auditions, please contact
Rozz Dyett Email: upchurchplayers@gmail.com Tel: 07787 878839

Regrettably

Due to factors beyond our control, the minimum age for membership is 10 years. Children not attending secondary school need to be accompanied by an adult.

Remember, Daniel Craig and Olivia Colman had to start somewhere!

Upchurch Players

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Upchurch Players Present Aladdin

Upchurch Players proudly present their twenty-eighth family pantomime.

Aladdin

At Upchurch Village Hall

Thursday 5th December 2019 at 7:30pm

Friday 6th December 2019 at 7:30pm

Saturday 7th December 2019 at 2:30pm & 7:30pm

Tickets £7.50 available from Saturday 22nd June

At Upchurch Village Fete

Online at: www.upchurchplayers.co.uk
From Sue & Keith at 114 Chaffes Lane. Tel: 01634 234780

Oriental fun for children of all ages

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