Cytringan Players

16/03/2020

13/03/2020

13/03/2020

Pack your Bags for a treat! Cytringan Players take to the stage next month in their latest production - "Men of the World" by John Godber.

Being performed at Bonkers Playhouse from 17th to 21st March 2020, with tickets available online at
https://bonkersplayhouse.co.uk/
or by calling the Box Office on 01536 601160

Wilf Portch, Director:
“A very funny play about three northern coach drivers and their passengers travelling down the Rhine Valley.”
“See Sarah Stringer, David Mander and Trevor Cooke as you've never seen them before!”

24/05/2019

Dress rehearsal, of such a wonderful production.

22/04/2019

Some early rehearsal pics to whet your appetite. This is going to be seriously good play, with such a high quality cast!

"Kenneth and Hilary have been married nearly twenty years, but as middle age approaches, Ken finds himself in the arms of another woman. At first, Laura appears to be everything that is missing from Ken’s life with Hilary – young, slim, attractive and a vibrant free spirit – but his little fling quickly becomes desperately out of hand. Juggling the affections of two women, his world becomes a tangle of lies and deceit. After his initial denials to Hilary’s increasing suspicions, he is soon forced to confront the truth and leaves Hilary for Laura. Only one problem . . . Laura can’t cook. As time passes, Kenneth mourns the loss of Sunday roasts and haute cuisine, and the comforts of the settled life he once knew. When Hilary invites Ken and Laura over for dinner, he readily accepts, unaware of what delicacies Hilary plans to serve. Told through a series of flashbacks interspersed with the `last supper’, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband is a highly entertaining exploration of the old adage, “the way to a man’s heart!"

14/04/2019

Exciting news! The Cytringan Players are returning to Kettering to perform our latest play, ‘The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband’, by Debbie Issitt – Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 May 2019.

Cytringan is the Anglo-Saxon for Kettering, which is where we started nearly 75 years ago. We’re very pleased to be working in a new venue, the Bonkers Playhouse, Kettering - brainchild of local theatre stalwart Mark Walker. https://bonkersplayhouse.co.uk/
Tickets are available from Bonkers Playhouse.

What’s the play about? Do you like a story of marital revenge? Kenneth and Hilary have been married for nineteen years, until he meets an exciting younger woman, Laura. He desperately tries to keep his two women apart, juggling his greed for Hilary’s delicious home cooking, with the physical demands of his affair, until Hilary’s suspicions are confirmed and she throws him out. Laura’s charms soon begin to fade when Kenneth discovers that she can’t cook, and she’s permanently on a diet: ‘Why can’t she be slim and me be fat?’

There’s bound to be trouble when Kenneth accepts Hilary’s invitation for dinner, to celebrate his and Laura’s third wedding anniversary. Laura is less than happy about spending the evening with the ex-wife; Kenneth’s greed for a decent meal gets the better of him, and Hilary just loves to celebrate, ‘Any old reason will do for a little celebration’'.’ But what is on the menu?

The cast is – Hilary : Sarah Stringer, Kenneth : David Mander, Laura : Emma Legg. We’re really looking forward to bringing you an evening of cordon bleu black humour, with a touch of sauce, a little spice, and, ‘A surprise – that’s what we’re having for dinner – a surprise.’

23/04/2018

This isn't a 'Bum's on Seats' play, and resultingly audience numbers aren't great.....
....which is a real shame as it is a very creditable play held passionately by its Director Susan Moore. The cast of 2 (Wilf Portch & Sarah Stringer) excel in their roles, bringing both characters to life; the production quality is of the usual high standard for Cyts; and it so deserves an audience.

Expectations of a high standard, engaging and entertaining production will not be disappointed!

May 1st-5th 2018. Tickets are available from the Castle Theatre, Wellingborough, on 01933 270007 or www.castletheatre.co.uk.

"For forty years of their very public lives there existed a private and infinitely intriguing relationship between the famous English actress, Mrs Patrick Campbell, and G Bernard Shaw, the writer and playwright.

When Mr Shaw was, as he said himself, old enough to know better (and already, and continued to be, married to Charlotte), he fell head over heels in love with Mrs Campbell.

This play shows Shaw in all his contradictions. He wrote the role of Eliza Doolittle for ‘Mrs Pat’, and she played the most famous role of her life for the first time at the age of 49! Shaw frets with her when she leaves for America, and yet refuses her permission to publish their letters which would save her from bankruptcy. However, Mrs Campbell was his match; she published them anyway, or at least, enough of them to show ‘the real Shaw, the human Shaw’, so that he could still hold his head up in public.

This is a volatile romance, a battle of wits and words, fought around the world".

21/04/2018

Pics of one of this week's rehearsals, of Cytringan Players' entertaining production of 'Dear Liar', being performed at the Castle Theatre, Wellingborough, 1-5 May 2018.

It's well worth a viewing, so come on - book your tickets on 01933 270007 or www.castletheatre.co.uk

11/01/2017

11/01/2017

What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children?

A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly?

Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime?

Boys will be boys, but the adults are usually worse – much worse!

Christopher Hampton's translation of Yasmina Reza's sharp-edged play ‘The God of Carnage’ premiered at the Gielgud Theatre, London, in March 2008.

This blistering comedy by Yasmin Rezaq will need four excellent actors ... two men, two women playing age ranges 30-50.

We are delighted that Susan Moore will be Directing this production for the Cyts.

Auditions are being held 2pm, 29th January 2017 at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre.

Susan will be delighted to provide further information to anyone interested. She can be contacted on 01933 318318 or 07973 411485

21/04/2012

Murder Mystery Evening in June

Will post more when the details are less of a mystery :@]