Shinfield Player Show Reviews
Many of our shows are reviewed by NODA and the local media:
Battle of the Musicals
Get ready for a night of show-stopping entertainment as Battle of the Musicals takes to the stage!
Featuring sensational performances, unforgettable songs, dazzling choreography, and iconic moments from some of the greatest musicals ever written, this is a celebration of musical theatre like no other. From powerful ballads to high-energy dance numbers, every performance will have you cheering for more.
But there’s a twist - its a competition for the performers and the songs and the audience decides the winner. Which musical will be crowned champion? Will your favourite take the title?
Battle of the Musicals will feature classic numbers from:
My Fair Lady
Les Miserables
Mama Mia
Wicked
This is a great opportunity to see performances from shows that are only ever going to be fully performed in the West End and to enjoy some of the best that musical theatre has to offer.
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Made in Dagenham - SPT Senior Youth Group
SPT Senior Youth Group present this stunning musical show. Based on the true story of the 1968 Ford sewing machinists' strike in Dagenham, England, which fought for equal pay, 'Made in Dagenham' is an emotional rollercoaster that celebrates courage and unity.
With stunning music and powerful female characters it is a milestone in British theatre and a great challenge for our Senior Youth Group team.
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Love Me Tender - SPT Junior Youth Group
The SPT Junior Youth group present Love Me Tender by Alison Chaplin which is a soap opera version of the first half of Romeo and Juliet - with a cliff-hanger ending! Faithful to the original story and characters, it places Shakespeare's great tragedy in a modern context and includes the pivotal ending of Tybalt's death.
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A Bunch of Amateurs
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers.
Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
Written by Private Eye stalwarts Ian Hislop and Nick Newman who first worked together on Spitting Image this is a laugh-a-minute show guaranteed to make your evening!
Agatha Twisty and the Murder in Pantoland
Have you ever been watching a pantomime and thought to yourself, “What this needs is a murder”?
Neither had we, but this year it might just be unavoidable because the citizens of Pantoland are at breaking point dealing with their miserable monarch Queen Jezabella. She’s been raising taxes, taking land, placing curses, withholding promotions and even blackmailing her subjects.
Luckily, Agatha Twisty, the world’s greatest made-up detective and her trusty assistant Wadsworth are on hand should anyone decide to take matters into their own hands.
This is all the mayhem of panto with the the laughs of a very funny murder mystery - oh yes it is!
It's A Wonderful Life
Set in a small town in upstate New York. Bedford Falls 1945, and banker George Bailey is feeling that life has passed him by and he’s at the end of his rope. When George’s guardian angel pays him a visit, he is amazed to discover what life in his beloved town would be like without him. Maybe it’s a wonderful life after all?
Calendar Girls - The Musical
The death of a much loved husband prompts a group of ordinary women in a small Yorkshire Women's Institute to do an extraordinary thing. Blasting away all preconceptions of what it is to be in a Women's Institute, they decide to do an artistic nude calendar to raise money for charity.
Upturning preconceptions is a dangerous business and none of them expect the emotional and personal ramifications, but gradually the making of the fabulous and funny calendar brings each woman unexpectedly into flower.
The true story of the Calendar Girls launched a global phenomenon, a million copycat calendars, a record breaking movie, stage play and this musical which coined the term "craughing" - the act of crying and laughing at the same time.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None is a play by Agatha Christie based on her book of the same name. It is a classic mystery about ten strangers who are invited to a remote island and murdered one by one in accordance with a nursery rhyme.
Each guest has a secret or something to hide from their past and they soon realise that there is a murderer among them but no one knows who the next victim will be!
Just So - The Musical
A British musical based on Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories about an inquisitive young elephant and his friend, the Kolokolo bird, who travel the world to find the giant crab Pau Amma. Pau Amma's playing in the ocean has caused tidal floods that threaten the other animals, and the Elephant's Child sets out to stop him.
Lilies On The Land
Based on interviews and letters from the original 'Land Girls' as well as songs from the 1940s, Lilies on the Land is a play about four women who join the Women's Land Army during World War II.
The play is a tribute to the women of the "Forgotten Army", and a revealing, funny, and moving portrait of Britain's unsung heroes.
Sleeping Beauty
King Gustav and Queen Charlotte want a child. But when their daughter Rose is born, the evil fairy Ruby casts a spell on the baby, saying that before her seventeenth birthday she will prick her finger on her namesake and die. Although the spell can’t be completely undone one of the three good fairies says Rose, and the Kingdom in which she lives, will fall asleep until she is kissed by her true love. Will Rose find her true love and be awoken from her slumbers?
Sister Act
When disco diva, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won't be a found: a convent! Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase, only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood.