Players’ Blog Posts
aka The Musings of Amateur Thespians
28 October 2025
Meet the cast of Last Christmas
Next up is Katie Bowie.
Katie plays Carol, one of the ghosts who haunt Fortune Cottage every Christmas. Carol died in 1984 when the most popular Christmas present was a Transformer but all she wants this year is what she’s wanted every year since she died – to find out who murdered her!
This year there’s a chance her Christmas wish will be granted but there’ll be many more surprises before the truth is finally revealed…
20 – 22 November 2025 at the Forum, Northallerton.
Come and join the fun! Book your tickets at https://forumnorthallerton.org.uk/ForumNorthallerton.dll/WhatsOn?f=2489740
24 October 2025
Meet the cast of Last Christmas
Next up is Deborah Hugill.
Deborah plays Irene, one of the ghosts who haunt Fortune Cottage every Christmas. Irene died in 1978 when the most popular Christmas present was Hungry Hippos but all she wants this year is to watch The Sound of Music (again) and to enjoy the newly decorated house.
However, although the interior decoration of Fortune Cottage might have brightened up the secrets and lies have definitely got darker…
With echoes of BBC’s ‘Ghosts’ and the intrigue of an Agatha Christie mystery, this brand-new comedy is packed with twists, revelations and plenty of laughs.
20 – 22 November 2025 at the Forum, Northallerton.
Come and join the fun! Book your tickets at https://forumnorthallerton.org.uk/ForumNorthallerton.dll/WhatsOn?f=2489740
20 October 2025
Meet the cast of Last Christmas
First up is Richard Broadley.
Richard plays Derek, one of the ghosts who haunt Fortune Cottage every Christmas. Derek died in 1995 when the most popular Christmas present was a Playstation but all he wants this year is the opportunity to experience a turkey dinner and all the trimmings – even if, as a ghost, he can’t actually eat anything.
However, this year there’s much more going on at Fortune Cottage than just a festive lunch…
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Come and join the fun! Book your tickets at https://forumnorthallerton.org.uk/ForumNorthallerton.dll/WhatsOn?f=2489740
16 October 2025
A little bit of Christmas spirit!
Rehearsals for our November production are really putting us in the Christmassy mood!
With echoes of BBC’s ‘Ghosts’ and the intrigue of an Agatha Christie mystery, this brand-new comedy is packed with twists, revelations and plenty of laughs.
20 – 22 November 2025 at the Forum, Northallerton.
Come and join the fun! Book your tickets at https://forumnorthallerton.org.uk/ForumNorthallerton.dll/WhatsOn?f=2489740
11 October 2025
Miss Marple wins the award!
We are thrilled to let you know that our very own Christine Trenholm won the Award for Best Individual in a Drama in District 6 at the NODA North Performance Awards! Very well deserved - a virtuoso performance which really brought the famous sleuth to life.
We’re proud of you Chrissie!
2 October 2025
Actors’ toolbox
We are very excited that we will be having a full-day acting workshop with Sarah Osborne on Sunday 5 October. We’re all really looking forward to it!
28 September 2025
We went for Gold!
Our contribution to the Forum at Fifty performance, Going For Gold, went splendidly as did the whole show. It was very well received and almost sold out, so hopefully it has made a nice profit to go towards the replacement seating.
Many thanks to all involved in organising what was a great show and a lovely event to be part of!
18 August 2025
Going for Gold!
Our contribution to the Forum at Fifty performance in September, celebrating 50 years since the Forum, Northallerton was built, is Going For Gold, a new short play by Paul Staines.
Gordon and Carol have organised a surprise celebration for their parents’ Golden Wedding Anniversary at the Forum. What could possibly go wrong?
Rehearsals start this week!
Get your tickets now from the Forum’s website.
10 August 2025
Trailer released
And here it is! The trailer for our autumn production has been released. Give it a watch and get a taste of what you can look forward to in November!
Tickets available from the Forum, Northallerton.
Last Christmas trailer
10 August 2025
Trailer released
And here it is! The trailer for our autumn production has been released. Give it a watch and get a taste of what you can look forward to in November!
Tickets available from the Forum, Northallerton.
2 August 2025
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
Rehearsals have started for our autumn production - a new comedy whodunnit with ghosts! It’s proving great fun so far and we should be able to share our trailer for the production with you all shortly.
20 June 2025
Nominations galore!
We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated for three NODA North Performance Awards for The Mirror Crack’d! One for the production as a whole, one for Christine Trenholm as Miss Marple and one for Katie Bowie as Marina Greig.
Well done everyone! The awards ceremony is on 11 October so keep your fingers crossed for us!
4 August 2024
Rehearsals begin!
We’ve started rehearsals for The Mirror Crack’d and everything is going well. We’ll post some photos here soon - but no spoilers obviously!
Autumn production revealed!
We are very excited to announce that our autumn production will be The Mirror Crack’d by Agatha Christie, in an innovative new adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff.
It is 1962 and St Mary Mead has been thrown into a frenzy by the news that a glamorous American film star has bought the local manor house. Miss Marple is confined to her chair after an accident but, when there is a vicious murder, she must unravel a web of lies, tragedy and danger.
This classic whodunnit by the Queen of Crime has all the brilliant characters and twists and turns you would expect and a good dose of humour too! Come along and see if you can solve the crime before there are more murders…
“A satisfying blend of wit, drama and intrigue…a modern take on a crime classic…contemporary and fresh!”
21, 22 and 23 November 2024 at the Forum Northallerton.
Book your tickets on the Forum’s website.
18 July 2024
