The Chelsfield Players

The Chelsfield Players produce three productions per year and on five occasions have taken their Summer production to the Edinburgh Fringe. They rehearse on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Village Hall Chelsfield, or in halls nearby.
We welcome people who wish to act or to help backstage.

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If you would like further information please email info@chelsfieldplayers.org

Our Next Production

Our production of Funny Money has been cancelled due to the effects of Coronavirus/Covid-19.
If you have bought a ticket through our Box Office, you will be contacted by our Box Office manager who will organise a refund.
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If you have bought a ticket but have not been contacted, please email us at info@chelsfieldplayers.org with your order details.

Spring Production 2020
'Funny Money'
by Ray Cooney
Directed by Madeline McCubbin

2nd - 4th April
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Future Productions
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Funny Money Ray Cooney

Dec 2019
Mother Figure Alan Ayckbourn

Dec 2019
Between Mouthfuls Alan Ayckbourn

Dec 2019
Last Panto in Little Grimley David Tristram

Aug 2019
The Wind In The Willows Kenneth Grahame / Mike Kenny
Edinburgh Fringe

Jul 2019
The Wind In The Willows Kenneth Grahame / Mike Kenny

Apr 2019
The Hollow Agatha Christie

Nov 2018
Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare

Aug 2018
Two Little Dicky Birds Sandy Taylor

Aug 2018
Chalk and Cheese Sandy Taylor

Aug 2018
Sound Choice Rob Wise

Apr 2018
Animal Farm George Orwell

Nov 2017
Feed The Beast Steve Thompson

Aug 2017
Salt Fiona Peek

Apr 2017
A Lady Mislaid Kenneth Horne

Nov 2016
The Railway Children EM Nesbit, Mike Kenney

Aug 2016
NSFW Lucy Kirkwood

Apr 2016
The Thrill Of Love Amanda Whittington

Nov 2015
The Country Wife William Wycherley

Aug 2015
Fawlty Towers (A Touch of Class & The Wedding Party) John Cleese & Connie Booth
Edinburgh Fringe: The Space on the Mile, Theatre 3

Jul 2015
Fawlty Towers (A Touch of Class & The Wedding Party) John Cleese & Connie Booth

Mar 2015
This Happy Breed Noël Coward

Nov 2014
Abandonment Kate Atkinson

Jun 2014
Visiting Hour Richard Harris

Mar 2014
Carrington VC Campbell and Dorothy Christie

Nov 2013
Sauce For The Goose Georges Feydeau, translated by Peter Meyer

Aug 2013
Nobody's Perfect Simon Williams

Mar 2013
Fawlty Towers (Basil the Rat, The Hotel Inspector, Communication Problems) John Cleese & Connie Booth

Nov 2012
Easy Virtue Noël Coward

Jun 2012
Ladies' Day Amanda Whittington

Mar 2012
Flatspin Alan Ayckbourn Review

Nov 2011
Maskerade Terry Pratchett, adapted by Stephen Briggs

Jul 2011
Love In A Mist Kenneth Horne

May 2011
Crown Matrimonial Royce Ryton

Mar 2011
Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello, adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power Review

Nov 2010
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens / Neil Duffield

Jul 2010
La Musica Marguerite Duras

Jul 2010
Perfect Partners Alan Richardson

May 2010
A Wedding Story Bryony Lavery

Nov 2009
Our Country's Good Timberlake Wertenbaker

Aug 2009
Lady Windermere's Fan (Edinburgh Fringe) Oscar Wilde

Jul 2009
Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde

Mar 2009
Ghost on Tiptoe Robert Morley, Rosemary Anne Sisson

Nov 2008
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare

Aug 2008
Over My Dead Body Ian Baker

May 2008
New Directions (a selection of short plays)

Mar 2008
Proscenophobia Bettine Manktelow

Nov 2007
A Chorus of Disapproval Alan Ayckbourn

Aug 2007
Strictly Murder Brian Clemens

May 2007
Mars & Venus (a selection of short plays)

Mar 2007
The Cemetery Club Ivan Menchell

Dec 2006
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare

Jul 2006
Loot Joe Orton

Mar 2006
Garden Alan Ayckbourn

Dec 2005
House Alan Ayckbourn

Jul 2005
Black Comedy Peter Shaffer

Apr 2005
Lucky Sods John Godber

Dec 2004
Fear and Fancy No credits available

Jul 2004
Steel Magnolias Robert Harling

Apr 2004
The Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde

Dec 2003
Out Of Focus Peter Gordon

Aug 2003
The Rivals (Edinburgh Fringe) Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Jul 2003
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Apr 2003
Murder In Company John Boland, Philip King

Dec 2002
Hobson's Choice Harold Brighouse

Aug 2002
Daisy Pulls It Off (Edinburgh Fringe) Denise Deegan

Jul 2002
Daisy Pulls It Off Denise Deegan

Apr 2002
Dangerous Corner JB Priestley

Dec 2001
Party Piece Richard Harris

Jul 2001
Intimate Exchanges Alan Ayckbourn

Apr 2001
Ring Round the Moon Christopher Fry

Dec 2000
My Three Angels Samuel and Bella Spewack

Jul 2000
Stepping Out Richard Harris

Apr 2000
Arsenic and Old Lace Joseph Kesselring

Dec 1999
The Weekend Michael Palin

Jul 1999
Time and Time Again Alan Ayckbourn

Apr 1999
An Inspector Calls JB Priestley

Dec 1998
Not Now Darling John Chapman and Ray Cooney

Jul 1998
Round and Round The Garden Alan Ayckbourn

Apr 1998
Time, Murderer, Please Charles Raymond Dyer

Dec 1997
Dick Turpin No credits available

Apr 1997
Move Over Mrs Markham Ray Cooney and John Chapman

Dec 1996
Deadly Nightcap Francis Durbridge

Apr 1996
Miranda Beverley Cross

Dec 1995
Some "Confusions" Alan Ayckbourn

Apr 1995
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Oscar Wilde, Constance Cox

Dec 1994
Tons of Money Will Evans and Arthur Valentine

Apr 1994
Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn

Dec 1993
The Woman In White Wilkie Collins, Constance Cox

Apr 1993
Time and Time Again Alan Ayckbourn

Dec 1992
Something To Hide Leslie Sands

Jul 1992
Pleasures and Perils No credits available

Apr 1992
Blithe Spirit Noël Coward

Dec 1991
Tartuffe Molière

Jul 1991
The Late Edwina Black William Dinnie and William Murum

Apr 1991
Hay Fever Noël Coward

Dec 1990
Season's Greetings Alan Ayckbourn

Jul 1990
Dial M For Murder Frederick Knott

Apr 1990
California Suite Neil Simon

Dec 1989
The Rape Of The Belt Benn W Levy

Jul 1989
Busybody Jack Popplewell

Apr 1989
Nightmare No credits available

Dec 1988
The Wonderful Story of Mother Goose Norman Robbins

Jul 1988
A Friend Indeed William Douglas Home

Apr 1988
The Brontës No credits available

Dec 1987
Shut Your Eyes and Think of England John Chapman and Anthony Marriott

Jul 1987
Suddenly At Home Francis Durbridge

Apr 1987
A Tomb With A View Norman Robbins

Jul 1986
Outside Edge Richard Harris

Apr 1986
Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw

Dec 1985
When We Are Married JB Priestley

Apr 1985
Murder In Company John Boland, Philip King

Dec 1984
Anastasia No credits available

Apr 1984
Caught Napping Geoffrey Lumsden

Dec 1983
Separate Tables Terence Rattigan

Apr 1983
Treasure Hunt John Perry and MJ Farrell

Dec 1982
The Barretts Of Wimpole Street Rudolf Besier

Apr 1982
Return To Victoria Maurice McLoughlin

Dec 1981
Pink String & Sealing Wax Roland Pertwee

Apr 1981
Relative Values Noël Coward

Dec 1980
Gaslight Patrick Hamilton

Apr 1980
Full Treatment Michael Brett

Dec 1979
Fish Out Of Water Derek Benfield

Apr 1979
Wanted: One Body Charles Dyer

Dec 1978
The House Of Bernardo Alba Federico García Lorca

Apr 1978
Shadow In The Sun No credits available

Dec 1977
Dear Charles Alan Melville

Apr 1977
Ladies In Retirement Edward Percy and Reginald Denham

Dec 1976
The Chiltern Hundreds William Douglas-Home

Apr 1976
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Dec 1975
The Circle Somerset Maugham

Apr 1975
The Matchmaker Thornton Wilder

Dec 1974
Spider's Web Agatha Christie

Apr 1974
Dandy Dick Arthur Wing Pinero

Dec 1973
The Aspern Papers Henry James, adapted by Michael Redgrave

Jul 1973
The House On The Cliff George Batson

Apr 1973
Royal Pardon John Arden

Dec 1972
Letter From The General Maurice McLoughlin

Apr 1972
An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde

Dec 1971
The Schoolmistress Arthur Wing Pinero

Apr 1971
They Came To A City JB Priestley

Dec 1970
Brush With A Body Maurice McLoughlin

Apr 1970
Someone Waiting Emlyn Williams

Dec 1969
Midsummer Mink Peter Coke

Apr 1969
The Women Have Their Way Serafin Quintero

Dec 1968
Flowering Cherry Robert Bolt

Jul 1968
The Pleasure Garden No credits available

Apr 1968
The Breadwinner Somerset Maugham

Dec 1967
1066 and all that No credits available

Jul 1967
The Hollow Agatha Christie

Apr 1967
Breath Of Spring Peter Coke

Dec 1966
Man Alive John Dighton

Jul 1966
Billy Liar Keith Waterhouse

Apr 1966
Young Elizabeth Jennette Dowling Letton, Francis Letton

Jan 1966
Aladdin No credits available

Dec 1965
Rookery Nook Ben Travers

Jan 1965
Cinderella No credits available

Dec 1964
Frost at Midnight Andre Obey

Jul 1964
As You Like It William Shakespeare

Mar 1964
Antigone Sophocles

Mar 1964
The Critic Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Dec 1963
Tobias and the Angel James Bridie

Jul 1963
House By The Lake Hugh Mills

Apr 1963
Macbeth William Shakespeare

Dec 1962
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

Jul 1962
The Taming Of The Shrew William Shakespeare

Apr 1962
Charley's Aunt Brandon Thomas

Dec 1961
Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw

Jun 1961
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare

Jan 1961
The Dick Whittington Story No credits available

Dec 1960
Waters Of The Moon Norman Charles Hunter

Jul 1960
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare

Apr 1960
Hay Fever Noël Coward

Jan 1960
Pantomime No credits available

Dec 1959
The Holly and the Ivy Wynyard Browne

Jun 1959
The Queen and the Rebels (La regina e lgli insorti) Ugo Betti

Jan 1958
Count Your Blessings Ronald Jeans

Jan 1956
The Happy Prisoner John Mcnair

Dec 1955
Eden End JB Priestley

Jul 1955
Grand National Night Campbell and Dorothy Christie

Mar 1955
Elegant Edward No credits available

Mar 1955
The Browning Version Terence Rattigan

Jun 1953
Young Wives' Tale: A Comedy in Three Acts Ronald Jeans

Dec 1951
And So To Bed JB Fagan

Sep 1951
Robert's Wife St John Ervine

Jul 1951
Love From A Stranger Frank Vosper

Apr 1951
The Late Christopher Bean Emlyn Williams

Jan 1951
Libel Edward Wooll

Jan 1950
By Candlelight No credits available

Dec 1949
The Rivals Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Jul 1949
The Ghost Train Arnold Ridley

Dec 1948
Pinocchio No credits available

Jul 1948
Night Must Fall Emlyn Williams

Jan 1947
Berkeley Square John L Balderston

Dec 1946
New 66 and All That No credits available

Jul 1946
Noah No credits available

Dec 1945
Duet For Two Hands Mary Hayley Bell

Dec 1945
Cinderella No credits available

Jan 1945
The Corn Is Green Emlyn Williams

Jan 1945
This Happy Breed Noël Coward

Jan 1941
Dangerous Corner JB Priestley

Jan 1940
The Importance Of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde

Jan 1939
The Middle Watch Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall

Jan 1938
Distinguished Gathering James Parish

Apr 1936
20th Century Lullaby Cedric Mount

Most performed plays
A Christmas Carol (1962, 2010)
Cinderella (1945, 1965)
Dangerous Corner (1941, 1966)
Hay Fever (1960, 1991)
The Hollow (1967, 2019)
The Importance Of Being Earnest (1940, 2004)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1961, 2006)
Murder In Company (1985, 2003)
Pygmalion (1961, 1986)
The Rivals (1976, 2003)
This Happy Breed (1945, 2015)
Time and Time Again (1993, 1999)

Most performed playwrights
Alan Ayckbourn 13
William Shakespeare 8
Noël Coward 7
JB Priestley 6
Oscar Wilde 5
Richard Harris 4
Richard Brinsley Sheridan 4
Emlyn Williams 4
John Chapman 3
Agatha Christie 3
Ray Cooney 3
Maurice McLoughlin 3
John Boland & Philip King 2
Campbell and Dorothy Christie 2
John Cleese & Connie Booth 2
Peter Coke 2
Constance Cox 2
Charles Dickens 2
William Douglas-Home 2
Francis Durbridge 2
Kenneth Horne 2
Ronald Jeans 2
Somerset Maugham 2
Arthur Wing Pinero 2
Terence Rattigan 2
Norman Robbins 2
George Bernard Shaw 2
Sandy Taylor 2
Amanda Whittington 2