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NEVER MIND THE BUTLER

‘Never Mind The Butler’ was The Players production in October 2023. This was a comedy about life in a rather disjointed stately home. Lord Uppington of Uppington Park has gambled away the estate in a game of poker losing to One Eyed One Balled Big Bob the Cheat McBruiser! In previous years he had lost the estate in a game of dominoes, and again in a game of conkers, and it was left to the family to try and raise money to regain control. The story features a wealthy Lord who is allegedly murdered in the basement, and a possible heir to the estate who has been living in the maze in the garden for 10 years. A lot of nonsense, but great fun and hugely appreciated by sell out audiences for each night of the production. First time Director Simon Mathews assembled a cast of 13 Players and designed a set featuring three different rooms in Uppington Park. Together with our ever efficient light and sound team and the wonderful costumes prepared by costume supremo Chris Towle, the audience were taken on a very silly murder mystery journey! Downton Abbey it was not!! Another popular success for The Bovey Players, well supported by our local audiences, and an important step in continuing The Players 50 year record of providing live theatre for the town

OCTOBER 2023 PLAY

Soon to be announced our choice of play for this October! We will be casting soon and will need help behind the scene …..if you can help please get in touch, boveytraceyplayers.org / contact us…..

We’re back!!!

Get ready for a fun filled night of entertainment for all the family Dolphin Hotel 7.30pm 17th to 19th November 2022

Well about time too!

It’s been too long since we were able to put on any productions but now we’re back with a barnstorming evening of entertainment. Blackadder is back, along with live music from local singer/songwriter Paul Field and even a bite to eat if you fancy it!

‘Waving Goodbye’ Tuesday 5th September

PRESS RELEASE Waving Goodbye A play by Andrew Shakeshaft Presented by Tree Shadow Theatre Productions Dolphin Hotel, Bovey Tracey 5th September 2017 7:30pm Waving Goodbye; Burkha or jeggings? Twisting fast-paced black comedy. **** Remote Goat “a production which has much to offer” “Deeply moving” Views from the Gods “Funny and Moving” Pick of the Fringe Award Bedfringe 2017 Waving Goodbye is an emotionally charged black comedy which asks fundamental questions about existence and our relationships with each other. “All those people who died young; you’ve got their life, you’ve got the chances they never had and what are you doing with it?” Tree Shadow Theatre put out a call for new, contemporary scripts that didn’t fight shy of exploring big issues and what it is to be a young woman in today’s world. This two- hander comedy was the outright winner. After debuting at the Camden Fringe, Waving Goodbye has been performed in Exeter, Monmouth, Seaton, Bristol, London and the Bedfringe. Our performances in Exeter this year for the From Devon with Love Festival played to a sold-out audience and Waving Goodbye was awarded Pick of The Fringe by Bedfringe. Tree Shadow Theatre look forward to bringing Waving Goodbye back to home turf in Devon for a special one-off performance in Bovey Tracey. Directed by Anita Parry (What Would Helen Mirren Do?) Cast: Lucy Theobald and Louisa Wilde Playwright: Andrew Shakeshaft Tickets £6 Running Time 50mins Email: info@treeshadow.co.uk “A true masterpiece of theatre” Last Embrace, Broadway Baby ***** “A fascinating examination of the tension between appearance and reality” – How Well You Know Me, Somerset Gazette “I’m no theatre critic, but what struck me was how the entire audience was completely absorbed by the drama” Audience review “An inspiring play that deserves a wider audience” Audience review, Hard Like Stone

2016 Allo Allo

‘Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once….’  The Bovey Tracey Players are delighted to present the popular wartime comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo, by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.  This uproarious comedy is based on the hugely successful British television series, and has a special place in British Comedy history. It relates the adventures of a hapless cafe owner, René, in occupied France, his wife, the tone deaf Edith, and two waitresses Yvette and Mimi, who by his own admission he enjoys being nice to! Hiding stolen paintings for the Germans and British airmen for the resistance add to the confusion and chaos that ensues.  The cast includes all the favourite characters including the austere Herr Flick and his side-kick Helga, Michelle of the Resistance, bungling Sergeant Crabtree, master of disguise Monsieur Leclerc, lady-loving Captain Bertorelli, Lieutenant Gruber and his little tank, the ever youthful Colonel Von Strohm and the new General Von Schmelling, who all the other officers want to impress! As you see, all the usual suspects and characters are there, but…. Will the long distance duck take off? Will Crabtree ever learn to speak French? Will the British airmen leave René’s café? Will Edith ever sing in tune?

2016 Departure

Stranded in an airport lounge during the inevitable delay of a holiday flight to Spain, Rosemary – “I’m a one-parent family, you see” – and her carbon-copy, not-very-bright daughter, Mandy, draw the reluctant Dennis and Shelia Tippit into a conversation. Sheila has suggested a holiday to try to right her ailing marriage; Rosemary is looking for a husband for Mandy. The comic tone of the play shifts continually between Rosemary’s malapropisms and Dennis’ grimly humorous bigotry with the close of the play finding Rosemary unmoved by the chaos she has caused and Dennis near to a nervous breakdown! A very popular comedy, still frequently performed today, in which the humour masks deep seated problems. A play about communication skills in which a very optimistic mother and daughter meet a very pessimistic man and his depressed wife. Based on the author’s experiences of being stuck at Gatwick airport in the eighties.