SPRING PRODUCTION

For Starters
by Nick Warburton
and
We Make Babies
by Sean Abbs

Wednesday 19th May
to
Saturday 22nd May
Waterbeach School
7:45pm

FESTIVAL

Anniversary
written and directed
by Stephen Smith

Sawston Drama Festival
and
Cambridge Drama Festival

Once again this year's panto, The Pied Piper, written by Chris Shinn and directed by Julie Petrucci, was a great show receiving many plaudits. After being diddled by the Mayor (Stephen Smith) and the dastardly banker Fritz (Michael Husband), and taking the town's children to prove that promises must always be kept, the piper (Janes Dowson) was swayed by the true love of humble woodcutter Carl (Kattreya Smith) and the Mayor's daughter Maria (Kayleigh Orrock) and returned the children to much rejoicing, permitting Fritz to go free proving he married Dame Lottie (Chris Shinn). Below: Lottie takes a tumble, Carl and Maria, and the whole cast.

For more pictures, see here.

Due to some casting difficulties, we have changed our programme. The Spring production will now be two entertaining plays by local authors.

For Starters was last year's award winning festival entry: Directed by Julie Petrucci, this charming and entertaining play watches how Roland, a rather particular customer, and Daisy, a unique and inquisitive waitress, gradually grow and learn from each other. The father, daughter team of Stephen and Kattreya Smith reprise the roles of Roland and Daisy, for which Kattreya took Best Junior Performance/Best Actress under 18 awards at Sawston and Cambridge, and the play took second place at Sawston.

We Make Babies, by Sean Abbs, is a surreal comedy drama: Baby meets parents. Things get messy. Two twentysomethings soon find out there is a lot more to having a baby than meets the eye. Parenting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and the baby isn’t the only thing causing sleepless nights. A search for the answers reaches the summit of a windswept mountain where they see more than just the view. We Make Babies stars Kattreya Smith and Sean Abbs.

We Found Love And A Set Of Exquisite Porcelain Figurines Aboard The SS Farndale now becomes our Autumn production.

Festival Play

WCP's 2010 festival entry is to be Anniversary, a new one-act play by WCP playwright Stephen Smith. This will be entered in both the Sawston Drama Festival (Sawston Youth Centre, New Road, Sawston 24-26 March) and the Cambridge Drama Festival (Mumford Theatre, East Road Cambridge 19-24 April). Anniversary has a cast of five made up by Tim Boden, Wendy Croft, Christine Easterfield, Valmai Fumess and David Morris and will be directed by Stephen Smith. Your support at both or either venue would be much appreciated.

Budding Directors...

We are always interested in attracting new members in all capacities. If you have a play you'd like to direct which you think would go down well in Waterbeach, why not contact Julie on 01223 880023.

WATERBEACH COMMUNITY PLAYERS: WCP

We are a UK based local amateur dramatics group putting on 3 shows a year from the Waterbeach Primary School near Cambridge. All our members and supporters join us in several community events that range from our 'mobile quiz' and 'pub quiz' to Theatre trips and Bowling. Lots of fun for all ages. We always welcome new members, whether it be on stage, backstage or Front of House. Why not come and join us?
WCP is a non profit organisation