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It's Showtime folks
Following four nights of staging the popular 'Allo 'Allo to a full house every night in June 2012, Dymchurch Players presented a cheque for £3000 to Cancer Research UK.
"We knew the play was going to be popular but to perform to 150 people every night was brilliant. It was a shame we had to turn people away. Everyone was given a ploughmans in the interval and with their generosity towards the raffle we were able to give a substantial amount to charity"
The Players decided all the profits from the performances should go to Cancer Research after hearing of one of their member's recent diagnosis.
Mark Head who has been a member of Dymchurch Players for 23 years since the age of 14 played the part of the Italian Captain Bertorelli and was elected Chairman of the group at this weeks AGM. More fund raising events are being planned by local groups in the area.
Click on the 'Allo 'Allo cast button to see individual images.
Dymchurch Players started up in 1984 as a result of a meeting called by Diane Essen, a Parish Councillor, who felt that as Dymchurch now had a new Village Hall it would be nice to have a drama group using the stage.
The first meeting was attended by nine people who formed the caretaker committee, they quickly arranged fund raising events to collect money to add to the £35 given to us by the previous Dymchurch Players that had been run by one of the Vicars of the local Church.
An evening of entertainment followed when on the 7th December 1984 two one act plays were presented., one by the Junior section “As Good As New” and the other by the adults “There’s No Business’. Two of the adults acting in that play are still on stage and are currently to appear in a one act play in 2009.
Since that date the group has gone from strength to strength having presented over the years full length plays, an annual pantomime, variety shows and even a Mummers play for the Day of Syn. On one occasion we were asked to present a Mummers play about Guy Fawkes at the Shorncliffe Barracks for which we were paid money! The Group has also entered various Kent Drama festivals with one entry going through to the finals at the Gulbenkian Theatre and winning the ‘Best Actor’ award.
There are still two of the original founding members in the group together with many other long serving members. We now have a healthy membership and a very large number of junior members.
