To inspire an interest in drama for the younger generation The Woolgatherers Of Heswall have formed a young adult group called Woolgatherers Green Room Productions.
We aim to support and nurture young talent to enable them to manage and promote their own productions. If you are interested in getting involved, please get in touch.
Next Production – The Seagull by Anton Chekhov adapted by Mike Poulton
15th to 17th September, 2022 at Pensby Boys School, Irby Road CH61 6XN. Tickets £8, Consessions £4 buy on-line using the QR code below, or pay on the door.
About the Play
In Checov’s long established and much-adored materpiece we find ourselves voyers gazing upon a world crumbling due to the explosive alchemy of love, loss, ambition and fading opportunity. We see the lives of a young woman desperate for fame and a way out, a young man pining after the woman of his dreams, a successful writer longing for a sense of achievement, and a fading actress fighting the changing of the times.
In an isolated home in the countryside where dreams are in tatters, hopes dashed, hearts broken, and without anywhere else to turn, the only option is to turn on each other…
Previous Productions
The Government Inspector
3rd, 4th and 5th February 2022 at Pensby Boys School, 7.30pm
Macbeth
5th, 6th, and 7th September 2019 at West Kirby Arts Centre.
Directed by Elliot Kinnear
Cast:-
Macbeth Adam Hutton
Lady Macbeth Helena Hill
Macduff Fiona Williams
Lady Macduff Amy Marshall
Macduff’s Son Dominic Williams
Duncan Matthew Johnston
Malcolm Paul Murray
Donalbain Finlay Gordon
Banquo Phil Murray
Ross Marc Smith
Lennox Adam Stubbs
First Witch/First Murderer Eleanor Harrison
Second Witch/Seyton Alex Breathnach
Third Witch/Second Murderer Linzi McCulla
Servant/Messenger Jace Clark
Another Fine Mess
A light comedy. Staged around the concept of “The Cat and the Canary” murder mystery. Martin, an enthusiastic but struggling radio station manager, comes to the conclusion that his career is in jeopardy. Therefore, in order to redeem himself, he decides to hire a group of amateur actors who have never met before to rehearse then perform live on his radio show the following day!
Performed 5th, 6th & 7th April 2019
at West Kirby Arts Centre
Written and Directed
by Amy Marshall and Matthew Johnston
The Cast
Elliot Kinnear Martin
Rachel Lavin Lily
Adam Stubbs James
Helena Hill Stephanie
Phil Murray Louis
Faye Connor Cassandra
Paul Murray Bryn
Eleanor Harrison Miss Brown (Therapist)
Mike Jones Clay
Amy Marshall Maggie
Matthew Johnston John
An Ideal Husband
Directed by Adam Stubbs
West Kirby Arts Centre
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September 2018
The Woolgatherers and Green Room Productions presented
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
Sir Robert Chilton is a successful MP with a beautiful wife and a charming family. However, when he is confronted by Mrs Cheveley, who possesses a secret Sir Robert would rather the world would never knew, he finds himself in quite a pickle. To save himself from scandal and ruin, he must enlist the help of his friend and confidant, the charming, witty and ( long term ) batchelor Lord Goring.
One of Wilde’s most recognised and performed plays.
CAST:-
Phil Murray Sir Robert Chiltern
Matthew Johnston Lord Goring
Amy Jane Mrs Cheveley
Helena Hill Lady Chiltern
Fiona Williams Mabel Chiltern
Mike Jones Lord Caversham
Sarah Evans Lady Markby
Eleanor Harrison Lady Basildon
Paul Murray Mason/Phipps
Defenestrated
Tuesday 15th to Thursday 17th August 2017
Heswall Hall
Written by Elliott Kinnear
Directed by Phil Murray
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS:
4.48 Psychosis
Adapted & Produced by Elliot Kinnear
14th to 16th March 2017 at Heswall Hall
4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane tells the emotional autobiographical story of Kane towards the end of her life. Plagued by mental illness and a difficult life, she has decided to commit suicide. In the final reflective hours of her life, she contemplates the highs and lows of her recent experiences, her struggles, and the lessons she has learned as a result. This deeply moving and artistic performance follows a narrative personal to Sarah Kane herself, restructured for the stage by Elliot Kinnear and performed by the talented young cast of The Woolgatherers’ Green Room Productions.
Tartuffe by Moliere
Directed by Adam Stubbs
at Heswall Hall 23rd to 25th August 2016
Cast:
Tartuffe Clayton Travis
Orgon Elliot Kinnear
Elmire Helena Parker
Dorine Jayde Hughes
Damis Matt Johnston
Mariane Morgan Bromhead
Cleante Phil Murray
Madame Pernelle Abbey Fitzhenry
Valere Lee Crosbie
Monsieur Loyal Adam Stubbs
The Officer Paul Murray
Tech & Lighting Steve Schroeder and Alex Day
Thanks also to Dawn Burgess, Terry Collister, Martin Platt and The Riverside Legacy
The Ghost Listener, written and directed by Elliot Kinnear, was performed from Tuesday 26th January to Thursday 28th January 2016, at Heswall Hall
“In a dingy boarding-house in Victorian London, the lonely and destitute Samuel Hakeswille wakes to find that all of his fellow occupants have mysteriously disappeared. In his efforts to discover what befell them, he recounts the year leading up this strange morning, in which he attempted to reach beyond the boundaries of science with the construction of a sinister machine. As he remembers the dark and tragic sequence of events which took him from a comfortable pursuit of research to a psychologically-damaging obsession, he attempts to piece together a solution to the mystery now before him, all whilst living with the terrible knowledge of his dreadful invention – a device which would allow him to hear the voices of the dead.
Cast:
Samuel Hakesville Alex Bishop
Fr Thomas Cargill Adam Stubbs
Elizabeth Hill Morgan Bromhead
Lt Gerald Campion Alex Lewis
Mrs Agatha Holbrooke Jayde Hughes
Inspector Gorringe Matthew Johnson
Mrs Marianne Perks Emily Tingle
Frank Jameson Paul Murray
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