NEW MEMBERS
NEW MEMBERS
We welcome new members! Ever fancied being someone else? Well, acting is a great way of taking on a new persona. If you've never experienced the buzz of pulling off a dazzling performance and getting acclaim from an appreciative audience, we can give you that opportunity. We like to involve new members as soon as we can, even if that means only a small part at first. If you would rather work behind the scenes, there are plenty of roles for you to make your mark, including set-building and decorating, sound and lighting, props, costumes, make-up, prompt, publicity, front-of-house, refreshments as well as producer, stage manager and director.
We put on two productions a year - in May and November - and occasionally enter drama festivals too. Usually we discuss and select the next play as soon as we can after finishing the last one. After casting, we rehearse on Wednesday evenings for about 3 months, with Mondays added for about 2 months. For the two weekends before performance evenings (usually Wednesday through to Saturday) it's all hands on deck to help build the set, dress and paint it, then do a technical rehearsal.
We welcome new members! Ever fancied being someone else? Well, acting is a great way of taking on a new persona. If you've never experienced the buzz of pulling off a dazzling performance and getting acclaim from an appreciative audience, we can give you that opportunity. We like to involve new members as soon as we can, even if that means only a small part at first. If you would rather work behind the scenes, there are plenty of roles for you to make your mark, including set-building and decorating, sound and lighting, props, costumes, make-up, prompt, publicity, front-of-house, refreshments as well as producer, stage manager and director.
We put on two productions a year - in May and November - and occasionally enter drama festivals too. Usually we discuss and select the next play as soon as we can after finishing the last one. After casting, we rehearse on Wednesday evenings for about 3 months, with Mondays added for about 2 months. For the two weekends before performance evenings (usually Wednesday through to Saturday) it's all hands on deck to help build the set, dress and paint it, then do a technical rehearsal.
50TH ANNIVERSARY
The Bartholomew Players, Eynsham’s Amateur Dramatic Group, celebrate their 50th Birthday in 2025
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Bartholomew Players some of our members have put together a short video showing a glimpse behind the scenes of what it takes to put on one of our productions – from our first read-throughs to taking down the set and everything in between!
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The Bartholomew Players members range in age from 18 to 84 years and come from all walks of life – academics from a variety of disciplines, market researcher, engineer, scientists, full-time mums, teachers – and bring a hugely wide set of skills to the group in addition to acting – painting, dressmaking, scenery construction, public relations, hair, make-up to name just a few. Steve Ashcroft was one of the original members of The Bartholomew Players, all those years ago, and is still very active in the group today, despite living in Sweden for 6 months of the year!
We always welcome new members since we believe that variety is the spice of life and new blood means new energy and skills in the group. If you’d like to get involved with a dynamic, friendly group where you can learn new skills and achieve potential you never even knew you had – either in an acting or stage support role - then come and join The Bartholomew Players.
Our next production is “The Government Inspector” from November 26th – 29th 2025 – the play is a very funny comedy and a suitably upbeat play to help us celebrate our 50th Birthday!
We meet from 7.30pm until 10pm on Wednesdays at Eynsham Village Hall, Back Lane, Eynsham.
Contact Denise Santilli, Publicity Officer at bart.players@gmail.com for more information.
We look forward to seeing you soon! And we hope you will come and see our play as an audience member, if nothing else!