Dymchurch Players stretches back to 1984…
Since our first production we've performed 73 shows, including 35 pantos and 38 plays. Every year we aim to put on a play and a panto for the local community of Dymchurch.
Here's a cutting from the Folkestone Herald promoting our first ever pantomime in 1988!
Past performances
You can find a full list of our past performances below. Some of the performances are links that will take you to an archive of the programme. We'd like to make an archive of as many programmes as possible, so if you have any physical copies of our programmes then please get in contact with us.
| Year | Plays | Pantomimes |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Two One Act Plays | |
| 1985 | Midsummer Mink, Shock Tactics | |
| 1986 | Once Upon a Seashore, A Christmas Carol | |
| 1987 | Murder In Company | |
| 1988 | Sailor Beware, Four Plays for Coarse Actors | Hickory Dickory Dock |
| 1989 | Continental Quilt | Aladdin |
| 1990 | 3 One Act Comedies | Sing a Song of Sixpence |
| 1991 | Key for Two | Robinson Crusoe |
| 1992 | The Full Treatment | Tom, the Pipers Son |
| 1995 | Tomb With a View | Cinderella |
| 1996 | Pull the Other One, Yesterday Man & 25 Not Out | Dick Whittington, Jack and The Beanstalk |
| 1997 | Clerical Errors, Last Panto in Little Grimley, Talk of the Devil, The Skip | Red Riding Hood |
| 1998 | Family Planning, Love Forty | The Sleeping Beauty |
| 1999 | Farndale TWG Play | Hickory Dickory Dock |
| 2003 | In By Half & Last Tango in Dymchurch | King Arthur |
| 2004 | Shadows & What’s for Pudding | Jack and Jill |
| 2005 | Caught on the Hop & Housekeeper Wanted | Cinders the true story |
| 2006 | Yesterday Man & Interior Designs | Dick Whittington |
| 2007 | Fat Lady Sings & Womberang | Jack and the Beanstalk |
| 2008 | The Virtuous Burglar & Iron Magnolia | The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |
| 2009 | Camp Confidence & Nudes in Waning Light | Aladdin |
| 2010 | Red Hot in Amsterdam & Situations Vacant | Walk the Yellow Brick Road |
| 2011 | Cup Final & The Walking Dead | Robinson Crusoe and the pirates |
| 2012 | 'Allo 'Allo | Snow White |
| 2013 | The Vicar of Dibley | Panto at the OK Corral |
| 2014 | Steel Magnolias | Cinderella |
| 2015 | Red Hot in Amsterdam | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2016 | Inspector Drake's Last Case | Peter Pan |
| 2017 | Murder Weekend | Sleeping Beauty |
| 2018 | Hi-De-Hi | Beauty and the Beast |
| 2019 | The Vicar of Dibley - The Holy Trinity | Treasure Island |
| 2020 | Jack and the Beanstalk | |
| 2021 | Backstage Farce | |
| 2022 | Stage Struck | Cinderella |
| 2023 | The Vicar of Dibley - The Final Curtain | Snow White |
| 2024 | Rapunzel |