Congratulations to our resident amateur company, Banbury Cross Players, who have qualified (for the second consecutive year) for the prestigious Finals of the National Drama Festivals!
Winning at competitive festivals at Abingdon and Wallingford this June with Anthony Horowitz’s A Handbag, they will be competing against groups from across Britain and Europe at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove on 1st August.
Banbury Cross Players have just ended their 2025 – 2026 season where they staged three productions; Aladdin (November 2025), Jack Absolute Flies Again (March 2026) and Underdog: The Other Other Brontë (June 2026). Cumulative audiences of 1,600 attended, with reviews and audience feedback always extremely positive. Their notably high standards of acting, directing and all the myriad production components are a distinctive feature of this group, which was founded in 1945.
Their next season of plays at The Mill Arts Centre includes:
The Girl on the Train – Rachel Wagstaff/Duncan Abel (19 – 21 November)
Till the Stars Come Down – Beth Steel (25 – 27 February 2027)
The Thrill of Love – Amanda Whittington (13 – 15 May 2027)
And then outside at Broughton Castle
The Comedy of Errors – William Shakespeare (15 – 17 July 2027)
Tickets for The Girl On The Train are already on sale and can be purchased here.
Banbury Cross Players are always open to new recruits. There were debut performers in each of this season’s plays. There’s typically about 60 active members, and you definitely don’t have to be an actor! There are so many other roles associated with putting on a show, from costume and make up, to set building, painting, front of house and promoting.
If you want to know more, look at the website or drop an email:
https://banburycrossplayers.org.uk/
contactus@banburycrossplayers.org.uk
