ABOUT Q2 PLAYERS

Since 1971, Q2 Players have been providing a wide range of drama for lovers of live theatre in the Kew/Richmond area, with a programme of plays by authors as diverse as Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Shaw, Priestley, Anouilh, Emlyn Williams, Pinter and Ayckbourn.  We have also had our fair share of success with drama awards in acting, direction and design categories.

In 1988 we moved into St Luke’s Centre in The Avenue, Kew to become the resident drama group.  In the warm and welcoming atmosphere of the Princess Alexandra Room upstairs, we have added to our reputation for providing enjoyable productions twice a year, we also have poetry readings, rehearsed readings and social events.

Q2 PLAYERS is the only amateur drama group regularly performing in the Borough south of the river.  With the continued support of our audiences, the co-operation of the St Luke’s Community Trust, financial help from the Richmond Parish Lands Charity, and the enthusiasm of our members, Q2 look forward to developing their reputation as an enterprising local drama group at St Luke’s Upstairs.

 PLAYS SINCE 1971 INCLUDE:

Ring Round the Moon, Jean Anouilh; A Month in the Country, Turgenev; Frankenstein, David Campton; Sweeney Todd, David Campton; The Father, Strindberg; Heartbreak House, Shaw; Garden District, Tennessee Williams; The Master Builder, Ibsen; Hay Fever, Noel Coward; The Crucible, Arthur Miller; Venus Observed, Chrisopher Fry; Major Barbara, Shaw; Enter a Free Man, Tom Stoppard; The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams; Arms and the Man, Shaw;

The Lady from the Sea, Ibsen; The Entertainer, John Osborne; Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare; Rookery Nook, Ben Travers; Time and the Conways, J B Priestley; Doctor Faustus, Marlowe; Photo Finish, Peter Ustinov; Ghosts, Ibsen; The House of Bernarda Alba, Lorca;         

In The Beginning, Shaw; Florence Nightingale, John Bowen; The Sea, Edward Bond; Thieves’ Carnival, Jean Anouilh; Romanov and Juliet, Peter Ustinov; Old Times, Harold Pinter; The Storm, Ostrovsky; Tartuffe, Moliere; Thunder, a Play of the Brontes, Richard Crane; The Garden God, Anthony Powell; The Lover, Harold Pinter;

Early Days, David Storey; Good Morning Bill, P G Wodehouse; Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Constance Cox; Hans, the Witch and the Gobbin, Alan Cullen; Seascape, Edward Albee; The Italian Straw Hat, Labiche; The Linden Tree, J B Priestley; Breaking the Silence, Stephen Poliakoff; Table Manners, Alan Ayckbourn; The Lark, Jean Anouilh; Abigail’s Party, Mike Leigh; Hard Times, Stephen Jeffreys; Lettice & Lovage, Peter Shaffer; Woman in Mind, Alan Ayckbourn;

The Heiress, R & A Goetz; Someone Waiting, Emlyn Williams; The Rape of the Belt, Benn Levy; Peer Gynt, Ibsen; The Holly and the Ivy, Wynyard Browne; The Vigil, Ladislas Fodor; Round and Round the Garden, Alan Ayckbourn; Wind of Heaven, Emlyn Williams; Our Town, Thornton Wilder; The Dresser, Ronald Harwood; Stevie, Hugh Whitemore; Flowering Cherry, Robert Bolt. Creation of the World by Arthur Miller, Straight and Narrow by Jimmie Chinn;

 Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton, The Lady’s Not For Burning by Christopher Fry, Triple Bill: Seagulls by Caryl Churchill, The White Liars by Peter Shaffer and Say Something Happened by Alan Bennett. Time Of  My Life, Alan Ayckbourne, Tom & Vi,v Michael Hastings, Mixed Doubles by various authors. Florence Nightingale by John Bowen, Quartet by Ronald Harwood, A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry

The Lunatic view by David Campton; The skin of our Teeth  by Thornton Wilder; The Best of Friends by Hugh Whitemore

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US?

If you are interested in drama why not join us?  We are a friendly group and are always pleased to welcome new members – on stage, back stage, technical or front of house!

FULL membership costs just £15 a year (£12 concessions).  This entitles you to audition for productions and to take part in all the club’s activities.  It also entitles you to vote at the AGM.

OR you can add your name to our free mailing list and receive advance information about all of our productions.

 For further information about Q2 Players, please ring our Membership Secretary on 020 8940 2053, or email Membership Secretary