History of Manor Players

Manor Players of Sunbury was established in 1948.

Full Show history

1948 The Whole Town Talking
1950 High Spirits – Flare Path
1951 Easy Money – Quiet Weekend
1952 Murder Out of Tune -The Camel’s Back
1953 Painted Sparrows
1954 The New Tenant – The Young in Heart
1955 Here We Come Gatherin’ – Holly and the Ivy
1956 Happy Prisoner – Blue Goose
1957 After My Fashion – As Long as They’re Happy – Love in a Mist
1958 Paper Chain – The Gioconda Smile
1959 Two of Everything – Tabitha – Down Came a Blackbird
1960 Never Too Late – Saloon Bar – Murder at the Vicarage
1961 My Three Angels
1962 Among Those Present – Book of the Month
1963 The Last Word – The Grass is Greener
1964 Fools Paradise – Murder Mistaken – Dear Charles
1965 The Amorous Prawn – Fish Out of Water – Count Your Blessings
1966 Tell Tale Murder – the More the Merrier – Candied Peel
1967 Mad About Men – Breath of Spring – A Letter from the General
1968 White Sheep of the Family-The Chalk Garden – Bride & the Bachelor
1969 The Shop at Sly Corner – Mrs Willie – Good Night Mrs Puffin
1970 Bonaventure – Happy Marriage – Waltz of the Toreadors – Reluctant Debutante
1971 Something to Hide – Rape of the Belt – Whole Truth – Happiest Days of your Life
1972 Angels in Love
1973 Cinderella – Present Laughter – Flowering Cherry
1974 Blithe Spirit – Who Killed Santa Claus – After Magritte
1975 Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs – Suddenly at Home – The Browning Version
1976 Who is Sylvia – Out of the Crocodile – Papertown Paperchase
1977 Silver Jubilee: Theatre 1952 -1977
1978 Move Over Mrs Markham
1979 The Snow Queen – Book of the Month – Habeus Corpus
1980 Thameside Revue – In Praise of Love
1981 Ali Baba – After Magritte – The Monkey’s Paw-The Orchestra-Darling I’m Home
1982 Night Must Fall
1983 Babes in the Wood – As Long as They’re Happy – Separate Tables
1984 Fish Out of Water – Secretary Bird – Billy Liar
1985 Humpty Dumpty – Outside Edge – Caught Napping
1986 Manor Players Entertain – The Browning Version / Harlequinade
1987 Ring Round the Moon – Pack of Lies
1988 Lloyd George Knew My Father – Confusions
1989 Dick Whittington – Brief Encounter – The Chalk Garden
1990 Irregular Verb to Love – Farndale Townswomen’s Guild – Island of the Winds
1991 California Suite – Daybreak / Ghost Train
1992 A Month in the Country – Voyage Round My Father
1993 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Blythe Spirit – Gaslight
1994 Getting On – Black Comedy
1995 Frankenstein the Panto – Looking Back – Amadeus
1996 Not Now Darling – The Gioconda Smile
1997 Sinbad the Sailor – Summer Miscellanea – A Man for all Seasons
1998 Steel Magnolias – Two – The Bear
1999 Pinocchio – The Crucible – Two of Everything
2000 An Evening With Gary Lineker – Steaming
2001 The Pied Piper – Something’s Afoot! – Visiting Hour
2002 An Evening of Manifold Pleasures with Manor Players
2003 Paper Town Paper Chase – Out of Focus – Kindly Leave the Stage
2004 Scatterbrained Scarecrow of Oz – Summer Feast of Fun & Frolics- Last Tango in Lower Sunbury
2005 Goldilocks & The Three Bears – The Women – Love Tears & Laughter – Separate Tables
2006 The Slipper and the Rose – No Time for Fig Leaves
2007 Dick Whittington & His Cat – Double Bill: 100 & Waiting Room Festival Entries – Confusions
2008 Radio Riverside – Black Comedy & Semblance of Madness Double Bill – The Legacy Festival Entry
2009 Jack and The Beanstalk – Dangerous Obsession – Strawberries in January – 
Some Enchanted Evening
2010 Anybody for Murder – Pyrenees – Manor Players in Comedy Shorts (SSAA Festival)
Bang You’re Dead (Spelthorne Festival)
2011 Mother Goose Pantomime – Dinner – Double Bill of Phantom of the Arts Centre and Fat Lady Sings
2012 Duets – Flatspin – Ashes to Ashes
2013 Little Bo-Peep – Violette the fight for Freedom – Violette (One Act Version as Festival Entry) –
It Runs in the Family
2014 84 Charing Cross Road – Top Hat Competition – Double Bill of Who Killed Captain Bob
and How Could I Forget?
2015 King Humpty Dumpty – How Could I Forget (Leatherhead Festival) – Three Years a Prime Minister
Search for Anne Frank – Who Killed Captain Bob (Spelthorne Festival) – California Suite
2016 Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell – ‘Allo ‘Allo (Riverside Players) – The Indispensable Man
2017 Cinderella – Breaking the Code – Are You Being Served? (Riverside Players) – The Ladykillers
2018 All the World’s a Stage! – Guards! Guards! (Riverside Players)
2019 Robinson Crusoe & the Pirates (Riverside Players), The Hollow (Riverside Players)