Drama
Upcoming events:
The recent drama season has now ended. Details of future drama events will be published here.A literary mini-season will be advertised shortly!
Past events:
St Mark's recently held a drama season! More details can be found below.
2009 Drama Mini-Season
...A HINT OF THE UNKNOWN GOD – presented by the Cameo Theatre Company.
Sir John Betjeman (who died twenty-five years ago) is one of the few poets to be known and loved beyond the confines of the literati. He was Poet Laureate for twelve years and his Collected Poems have sold over three million copies – an unprecedented figure for a book of poetry.
MARK’S GOSPEL – LIVE!
Mark's Gospel LIVE was a solo performance by Joseph Morris. This dramatic piece has enjoyed over 200 performances throughout the US, UK, and Canada.
CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL
In 1859 Charles Dickens came to Cambridge and undertook a solo dramatic reading of extracts from A Christmas Carol as part of a nationwide tour. 150 years later, his great-great-grandson, actor, director and producer Gerald Dickens, repeated the event.
2007 Murder at St Mark's
A 'light-hearted triumph' (member of the audience)
Acclaimed playwright and St Mark' churchwarden, Nick Warburton, scripted a very different sort drama for our harvest supper.
Tickets were in the form of an invitation to the Harvest Supper wedding, and audiences came, suitably decked out, for the wedding of Charlotte Harvest and Anthony Supper.
Early in the proceedings, however, events took a very nasty turn, and Inspector Richard Dick Barton (who just happened to be in the congregation) stepped in to try and solve The Case of the Disgruntled Flower Arranger with the help of the audience-turned-witnesses.
2006 Spark in Judea
Cameo Theatre Company returned to stage two performances of R F Delderfield' play almost forgotten play (believed by the author to be the best piece he ever wrote) on Good Friday and Easter Eve. It proved to be an exciting and stimulating piece of theatre, drawing large, appreciative audiences.
2005 Whistle Down the Wind
A large cast of Newnham adults and children came together under director Rex Walford and musical director James Lark for four performances of Labey and Taylor' musical. Part of the north aisle of the church was temporarily transformed into the barn, where village children find a tramp whom they believe to be Jesus.
2005 Cell Talk
Cameo Theatre Company (run by two St Mark' members) staged a production of Dana Bagshaw' award-winning play about Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe of Lynn, as part of their East Anglian tour.
2004 The Man Born to Be King
In association with Cameo Theatre Company, an adaptation of Dorothy L Sayer' radio classic was staged at St Mark'. The cycle of twelve plays, which involved a cast of over 100, began in Jaunuary, with each play staged at the appropriate time in the church' calendar. It culminated with five plays spread over Holy Week and attracted national publicity and review.
2002 Do the Kings Still Wear Curtains?
A new version of Les Ellison's adult Nativity play was premiered, again to capacity audiences. In this the members of an traditional Nativity tableau set out to recruit younger deputies and then discuss the significance of their roles in a set of amusing and intriguing dialogues.
Why not join us?
If you would like to know more about (or be involved in) plans for future drama at St Mark's, phone Rex Walford on (01223) 323519 or come to a Sunday service and mention this to one of the sidespeople who will introduce you to one of the many drama enthusiasts in the congregation.
St Mark's is associated with the Religious Drama Society of Great Britain (RADIUS) whose headquarters are at 58-60 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2RZ.
