Welcome!

The Ebor Players were born in Bishopthorpe, near York, in October 1994 by Gordon Watkins, Mick Mills, Tim Bruce and the late Denis Ambler, one wintery night in the Ebor Inn, with the intention of providing the village with its’ own annual Pantomime for the first time in at least 25 years (we’re really not sure!!). It is from this establishment that the Players take their name.

Our Spiritual home is, of course, the Ebor Inn.  You can always find at least one of us in there at some stage during the day! Just ask behind the bar!!!! However, we accept that may not be your cup of tea (or pint of beer for that matter!), so the best way to contact us is to send us an e-mail at dcurran@bishopthorpe.net

Have a look around our site and feel free to comment on any of the posts on here. Additionally, you can follow us on Twitter; search for ‘eborplayers’.

Watch out, there’s a Dame about!

Starting with this year’s read-through on 12 September, our lovable dame is going to keep a diary of all happenings during rehearsals and the show itself.  We’re not quite sure what we’re letting ourselves in for and perhaps in hindsight it was a bit foolish to let ‘her’ loose. So brace yourselves, dear public, for some abstract musings about how the preparation for Dick Whittington is going.  Watch this space…

Rehearsals

Principals read-through is on Sunday 12 Sept in the village hall @ 1430. First principals rehearsal Tuesday 14 Sept in the village hall @ 1930. All required Sunday 19 Sept in the village hall @ 1430.

Full schedule to follow.

Follow us on Twitter!

In the attempt to allow as many people as possible to find out what’s going on with the Ebor Players, we’ve added ourselved to Twitter.  If you’ve never tried Twitter before, you should – it’s great fun and you can follow your favourite celebs, sports personalities, politicians, etc.  Go to www.twitter.com/eborplayers to find out what it’s all about and sign up.  We’re on there as ‘eborplayers’ (no quotes), but you can also search for us as ‘The Ebor Players’ as well.

If you have a suitable mobile phone, you can also access Twitter via the web or an app – so see you hopefully in Twitter-land soon!

Music Quiz Poll

Dick Whittington Music

We’re pleased to announce that all the music for this year’s show is completed. Some absolute crackers this time around!

Cricket Match

Despite a poor forecast and under leaden skies the Fifth annual match between the Parish Council and Ebor Players took place at the cricket pitch Ferry Lane. The Parish Council looking to arrest a run of three straight defeats, put the Ebor Players into bat. They posted a relatively modest score of 59 supported by good performances from Steve Patrick & Tim Bruce. Unfortunately for the Players this was never enough as the Parish Council knocked the total off with 5 overs to spare to avenge last years heavy defeat.

The result notwithstanding, everyone seemed to have a good time and funds were raised to contribute towards this years Panto production ‘Dick Whittington’

Graduates Galore

Congratulations to our members past and present on their recent degree success:-

Sophie Gajewicz, Lizzy Patrick, Mhairi Dunn, Jo Curran & Tom Davis.

Cricket 10′

It seems like yesterday but judging by the different hairstyles, not to mention colour, it clearly wasn’t. Yes, this year sees the fifth version of our annual cricket match between the Ebor Players and Parish Council. Each year it is a keenly fought contest and this year promises to be no exception. The match is on Tuesday 20th July commencing at 6.30pm at the cricket pitch Ferry Lane.

Dick Whittington Cast Announced

After a very closely fought battle for parts at the auditions last week, we are pleased to announce that we have now cast the show.

The full cast list can be found here:

Dick Whittington Cast List 2010

Well done to everyone; now we have the rehearsals to look forward to in September!

Minutes of June Meeting

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