The Belvoir Players Drama Group
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Welcome to the Belvoir Players Current Productions page.
2009 PantomimeThe Belvoir Players pantomime for 2009 is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . Performance Dates & TimesDetails for seat reservations at venue. Check the News page for ticket availability.
2009 Academy ShowsThe Belvoir Players Academy Shows for 2009 will be Songs From The Shows and Little Shop Of Horrors. Performance Dates & Times
Press ReleaseBelvoir Players Theatre Academy has been in operation for 15 years. Since 2000 we have been operating from the purpose- built Theatre / Arts Centre on Belvoir Drive. Currently we cater for 170 members ranging in ages from 5 year olds to 16 year olds divided into three sections, Juniors; Middlies and Seniors. Each year they celebrate the opening of our Studio on June 10th 2000 by mounting their very own show to demonstrate their abilities and to showcase their activities throughout the year. Over the past number of years the academy has produced a variety of shows including The Wizard of Oz; Annie; Oliver; My Fair Lady; Bugsy Malone; Joseph & his amazing Techni-coloured Dream Coat & Jesus Christ Superstar. This year we are presenting two productions for your entertainment and to display the great talent of our young members. On Tuesday & Wednesday 9th & 10th June at 7.30pm plus Saturday 13th June at 10.00am our Juniors and Middlies (ie under 12 year olds) will present a selection of Songs from the Shows combined with a Concert version of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. On Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11th 12th & 13th at 7.30pm plus Saturday 13th June at 3 pm, our Senior Section will present their version of The Little Shop Of Horrors by arrangement with Josef Weinberger. Tickets for these shows are sure to be very popular so early booking is highly recommended. Subscriptions for tickets are £7.00 with a concession rate of £5.00 for Seniors and Students. Reservations can be made by telephoning the studio on 90 491210 or by calling Pat Mills on 90 649835. For further information please contact the Artistic Director,
2009 Summer TourThe Belvoir Players summer touring production for 2009 is Strictly For The Birds. Performance Dates & TimesAll performances at 8pm nightly Details for seat reservations at venue.
Production InformationStrictly For The Birds gives a rich social history of the mid 20th century Belfast where the only ‘Credit Crunch’ came at the end of the “Co Quarter” or when the ‘tick’ man or the Coal Man or even the Rent man managed to catch you at home. The wee shop down the road could sell you essential household items on ‘easy payments’ and you got your weekly visit from the man collecting the instalments. Muriel and Herbie Glover and their daughter Susan enjoy life in the domestic setting of a wee terraced house somewhere in Belfast. Their neighbour, Lilly Dodds, calls in quite frequently for the loan of a wee cup of sugar or a wee drop of tea to keep her going. Herbie keeps pigeons in his loft in the back yard and has collected quite a few cups from racing his birds across the Continent. All is bliss except for the ‘lady next door, who insists on putting out her washing just as the pigeons are returning from their exploits. When Muriel and Lily learn that they share a sweepstake that has drawn the favourite in an impending horse race and are likely to win a considerable sum of money, Muriel’s mother, who lives in Cherry Valley, descends on the household with the threat that life will; never be the same again for the hapless Herbie. Blending the customary potpourri of Cree characters the play races along to the inevitable conclusion but not before audiences are treated to a hilarious evening of comedy and mayhem that are the hallmarks of Sam Cree’s writing.
2008 PantomimeThe Belvoir Players pantomime for 2008 is Cinderella. Performance Dates & Times
2008 Summer TourThe Belvoir Players summer touring production for 2008 is Sam Cree's hilarious Ulster comedy 'Widows Paradise'. Performance DatesAll performances at 8pm nightly Details for seat reservations at venue.
Production InformationWidows’ Paradise is set in a caravan somewhere in North Antrim. Five ladies arrive to supposedly spend a weekend to ‘get away from men’ although some of their number might even be looking for a new one! As the weekend continues they begin to tell their stories about how they have suffered at the hands of those awful creatures we shall call, for the want of a better word, ‘MEN’. They soon discover they have arrived at the wrong caravan when a trio of men return from a fishing expedition to find the ladies encamped. It is now quite late, quite dark and quite muddy so the solution is to spend the night co-habiting in a space divided by a curtain. The return of one of the ladies’ long lost husband and a visit from a local farmer seeking to find his lost bull add to the confusion in this hilarious romp from the pen of Northern Ireland’s most popular comedy playwright.
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