Tollesbury Amateur Players
PAST PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCTIONS SO FAR
February 2004 ‘Overheard on a Saltmarsh’ – Director- Alex Neal
put together in 6 weeks
Performed ‘on the flat’, Songs, play, poems, dance.
May 2004 ‘Robin Hood’ – Summer Panto - Director – Alex Neal
New wooden stage used 1st time. Fun in the Greenwood
October 2004 ‘The Train Now Leaving’ – Director - Alex Neal
Set on a replica of Tollesbury Station, heritage production with scripts written by us using local stories about the Crab & Winkle Line.
Nov 2004 ‘Murdered to Death’ – Director – Jane Wells
The first of three hilarious plays With Inspector Pratt, a great hit with the audience.
Dec 2004 ‘A Giant’s Giant Pizza’ – Directors – Claire Slodzik & Alex Neal. First Young TAP production.
Dec 2004 DRIPS I – First light hearted spoof Oscar Ceremony
Awards designed by Ian Clark
February 2005 ‘A Cabaret Evening’ Director – Joanne Smith
Fine Dining, Cocktails, Songs, Sketches, Poems, Dance – New York Theme
New-new Stage used for the first time! Dance Floor
May 2005 ‘Fourplay’ – 4 plays giving first time directors a go
‘Percival the Performing Pig’ (YT), Claire Slodzik
‘Shadows’ (Teen TAP), Alex Neal
‘Melons at The Parsonage’, Ian Clark
‘The Chinese Pendant’ Nicki Hatton
October 2005 ‘Beyond the Sea’ – Director – Alex Neal
A Heritage Production with home grown scripts, Celebrating Tollesbury’s Maritime History - Tie in with National Nelson Celebrations
January 2006 ‘Panto at The OK Corral’ – Director - Joanne Smith
Pantomime
‘Just my li’l joke, good ain’t it?’ ‘don’t be a Jessie, James’…
May 2006 ‘Secondary Cause of Death’ – Director – Jane Wells
Second Inspector Pratt
Sliding Door, Secret Panel & Trapdoor, smoking shoes
July 2006 ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (Young Tap)
Directors – Alex Neal & Claire Slodzik
Fold out Ground rows & scary trees
October 2006 ‘Caribbean Cabaret’
Directors – Joanne Smith & Alex Neal
Fine Dining plus dancing
Colourful décor, tropical flowers and music
January 2007 ‘The Pompeii Panto’ – Director – Jackie Quilter
“What Flavia? VANILLA!”, Flying Pigeon
Talking Heads, Atrocius, Hilarious etc
March 2007 ‘Now We Are Three’ Director – Alex Neal
Third Birthday Celebration
Concert with Songs, Dances & Sketches
May 2007 ‘Five for a Fiver’ – Five One Act Plays
‘Taut Canvas’, Director - Jo Pavey
‘Holiday Snaps’ Director - Doris Fell
‘ World Premiere’ Director – Joanne Smith
‘Albert’ - Director - Paul Neal
‘Gosforth’s Fete’, Director – Nicki Hatton
June 2007 TAP on Tour – ‘Overheard in a Boatshed’
Director - Alex Neal
Stage/Show set up in Julian Goldie’s Boatshed
Songs/sketches/flocks of birds during a thunderstorm!
July 2007 ‘Mudlarks I’ – Young TAP Show
Directors - Carol Collier & Erica Featherstone
‘Captain Blackboot’s Island’, Plus Songs & Sketches
October 2007 ‘Blitz’ – Director, Steve Smith
Tollesbury during World War II
New Curtains used for the first time! Where’s Bob?
January 2008 ‘Cinderella’ – Director - Alex Neal
Swivelling & Hook on flats, split pumpkin coach
February 2008 DRIPS II – Spoof Oscars complete with
Interviews on red carpet!
Awards designed by Ian Clark
March 2008 ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ – Director - Nicki Hatton
TAP on Tour - WI at D’Arcy!
May 2008 ‘Death by Fatal Murder’ – Director – Jo Pavey
Third and last Inspector Pratt
Smouldering Settee a challenge…
June 2008 ‘A Summer Celebration’ – Director – Alex Neal
Concert with Didgeridoos, Songs, Sketches
October 2008 ‘Diamonds’ – Directors Joanne Smith & Alex Neal
Cabaret with Fine Dining and dancing
Tables set with white damask & diamonds
January 2009 ‘Snow White’ – Director – James Oakley
Pantomime, complete with Wood folk, magic mirror, velly, velly nice
March 2009 Coach Trip to ‘Allo ‘Allo’ – Civic Theatre Chelmsford
Professional Tour – Met Vicki Michelle after show!
May 2009 ‘Allo' ‘Allo’ – Director, Alex Neal
NODA East Award - Best Drama 2009
Hinged/folding set of Café special mention
July 2009 Mudlarks II – Young TAP show
Directors, Carol Collier & Erica Featherstone
‘Captain Blackboot & the Wallamagrumba’
Plus Songs & Sketches
October 2009 ‘Stars’ – Cabaret. Directors - Alex Neal & Joanne Smith
Fine Dining and dancing
(WI 90th Anniversary) – plus the Tollesbury Firemen….
January 2010 ‘Dick Whittington’ – Pantomime
Directors - Nicki Hatton, Jared Heighham
NODA East Award Best Pantomime 2010
A Shipwreck, jellyfish, 2 Sultans, Rats & Fairies
April 2010 Coach trip to Clacton to film a clip to be shown in the
Farndale production – in Fancy Dress!! Nearly thrown off beach by Lifeguards…
May 2010 ‘The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate’s Townswomen’s Guild’s Dramatic Society Murder Mystery’
Director – Nicki Hatton
..and the prize for the longest title and the most tennis balls goes to….! Plus THE SPACESHIP…
June 2010 ‘A Magical Mystery Tour’ – Director, Alex Neal
Around the World with Music, Songs and Sketches
October 2010 ‘Old Time Music Hall’ –
Directors, John Dorsett & Alex Neal
Ground breaking production - Extended apron curtain
and Stage
January 2011 ‘The Three Musketeers’ - Le Panteau
Director – Alex Neal
23 Principals, Giant Snail and Monsieur Scuttle x 2!
April 2011 DRIPS III – Directors, Nicki Hatton & Jackie Quilter
Spoof Oscars + entertainment by members
Awards designed by Ian Clark
May 2011 ‘Nuts in May’ Director – Alex Neal
Fundraiser Concert with Songs, Sketches and Dance
First Standing Ovations!
Sept 2011 ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ – Nicki Hatton
Complete with Steam Train, tunnels, useful vessels for water and audience participation
January 2012 ‘Sleeping Beauty’ - Pantomime
Directors, Jo Pavey & George Traer-Clark
May 2012 Mudlarks 3 – Young TAP Show
Director, Nicki Hatton
Sept 2012 ‘Party Piece’ – Play
Director, Alex Neal
Back Gardens of two terraced houses, with Upper Storeys! Complete with grass, pond, shrubs & slugs
January 2013 ‘Ali Baba’ – Pantomime
Director – Nicki Hatton
Camel, Snake, ‘Rockin’ in Old Baghdad’
June 2013 Young TAP Show
Director, Nicki Hatton
August 2013 Woodup Pool – Entertainment for Community Event
January 2014 Beauty & The Beast – Pantomime
Director, Alex Neal
NETG Best Costumes Award
Five nominations in total
October 2014 Ten Years After – Directed by Alex Neal
The Best Bits from Ten Years of TAP
Retrospective Songs, Sketches, Dance
January 2015 Treasure Island – Pantomime
Director: James Oakley
‘Why are pirates, pirates?
Because they AAAAARRRR!’
February 2015 Rotary Club Cabaret
Meal By TCA
Entertainment by TAP
Donation for the new Windows
June 2015 Young TAP Show
Dance, Sketches and play ‘Domby Dom’
October 2015 Fawlty Towers
Director, Alex Neal
Hotel Inspectors, Communication Problems
Basil The Rat
January 2016 The Emporer's New Clothes incorporating Babes in the wood – Pantomime
Director, Jo Pavey