community drama group in Churchdown, Gloucester

st john’s players

St John’s Players

have been active in Churchdown since 1966, putting on a mix of comedies, dramas, whodunnits and thrillers. We have won awards for our acting prowess, as well as stage set design & construction. We pride ourselves on our reputation for producing good quality shows for our audiences.

Latest News

2025

We will be holding some more playreading evenings on 4 Thursdays in July, at St John’s hall Churchdown. 7:30pm in the small hall.

3rd July – Breath of Spring by Peter Coke

10th July – Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley

17th July – The Father by Florian Zeller (translated by Christopher Hampton)

24th July – Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Jeffery Archer

All welcome to attend, if you don’t want to read you can just come and listen

TABLE MANNERS

After our May production, we held a read through and auditions for our 11-15 November production of Alan Ayckbourn’s dramatic comedy, TABLE MANNERS. We have now cast the play and rehearsals will begin in August. Tickets will be on sale in October

Table Manners is part of The Norman Conquests trilogy.

Our next production

(all productions are subject to change)

future productions & audition dates

7:30 pm Tue 11 – Sat 15 May 2025

St John’s Hall, Churchdown, GL3 2DB

Tickets £12 / £10 concessions

Box Office OPENS OCT 2025

An amateur production in association with Concord Theatricals

BOOK ONLINE at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-johns-players-churchdown/

Follow us on www.facebook.com/StJohnsPlayers

Flyer asking for people to help with acting, setbuilding and backstage

Get involved!

Come and join us if you are over 18 and love the theatre, there are many ways to be involved, not only acting, but backstage requires special skills too:
Set Design * Carpentry * Costumes * Props * Lighting * Sound * Prompt * Painting
Front of House during show week also requires a team of friendly smiling faces.

For further information about joining us, please phone/text: 07704 082481
or email: sjpchurchdown@gmail.com

Our productions are for 5 nights and always start on the second Tuesday of May and on the second Tuesday of November, running through to the Saturday.

Rehearsals usually take place on a Thursday with some Monday evenings depending on the number of rehearsals required. A rehearsal schedule will be issued specifically for each show.

Alternatively, if you’re not looking to be involved in productions but would still like to support the society, you can become an associate member and benefit from the society newsletter, social events and priority booking for each production.

We do also offer a mailing list option for those who would like to be kept up to date with our productions. Please contact our secretary Susan Ryder

st.johnsplayerssecretary@outlook.com