Our History

As the previous year's play was a great success Joyce then produced "Everlasting Flowers" the following Christmas.

This was also well received, so well in fact that the Reverend Needham encouraged the formation of an amateur drama club which became known as the St. Johns Players

In 1949 two full length plays were planned. However, the first play, "Painted Sparrows", was stopped by the police because the hall was not licensed.

The performances were quickly rescheduled after the necessary licenses had been obtained. The Players fell foul of the authorities again when it was discovered that an entertainment tax was due on each ticket sold. Stamps had to be quickly purchased from the post office.

The Player's performed two plays a year, until 1954 when this was increased to three.

This continues to the present day.

In 1992 disaster struck! The Players lost the use of St John's Church Hall, our home for 45 years, when it was sold.

Several alternatives were considered but the opportunity to move to Townley Memorial Hall in Fulbourn arose and was gladly accepted.

Many of our supporters followed us to our new home and we have gained a local following as well.

We learned that the Townley Memorial Hall was to be redeveloped and improved, and we wondered for a while whether we would, once again, have to move. As it turns out we need not have worried. We even managed to avoid missing a production while the building work was taking place.

And Then There Were None in February 2006 was our last major production in the old hall, and we were back in October 2006 for Lucky Sods, our first major production in the new hall.

In June 2006 we performed two one act plays (which we called Banana Split) in a stripped down form just one week after the hall reopened - almost a St John's Players Unplugged!

Our recent production of Mike Leigh's "Abigails Party" was nominated for 'Best Drama' award by NODA.

We ultimately lost out to Bury St Edmund's Allo Allo performance, but we were thrilled to have been considered