A great evening of board games (with some excellent food) at Ember Sports Club tonight. Well done to Ken Homewood’s team for winning! Click on any of the images to see a larger version.
Thanks to all who came along and had a great meal and social evening at Ember last night! The Shuffleboard proved to be especially popular.
A great thanks must go to Linda for organising and creating such amazing food, and to Adam and all the team who helped organise such a great evening.
The box office is open and tickets are selling well already… book NOW to secure your seat!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/emberplayers
tel: 07752 655 087
“Run For Your Wife” is our next production and will be directed by Steve Clunn for performance in April.
Ray Cooney’s much – acclaimed fast moving farce tells of John Smith a London Cabbie with his own taxi, a wife in Streatham, a wife in Wimbledon – and a knife-edge schedule!
By keeping to this schedule he has managed to be a successful if not tired bigamist for the last three years.
One day he gallantly intervenes in a mugging and is taken to hospital with mild concussion. In the ensuing complications, aided by an unwilling Stanley, John tries bravely to cope with a succession of well-meaning but prying policemen, the press and two increasingly irate wives. He eventually manfully confesses the truth – but will anyone believe him!
Cast of the play
- Mary Smith – Anne Segall
- Barbara Smith – Lisa Mills
- John Smith – Jonathan Clark
- Stanley Gardner – Neil Armstrong
- Detective Sergeant Troughton – Warren Saunders
- Detective Sergeant Portherhouse – Richard Lyons
- Bobby Franklyn – Peter Owen
- Reporter – Nick Plaut
Ladies Day 17th – 19th November inclusive
Our November production at the Cecil Hepworth Playhouse in Walton is Ladies Day.
Elaine Sesemann is doing a fantastic job in her directing debut and rehearsals are going really well.
The play is a delightful heart warming comedy which looks at the lives of 4 Yorkshire women (Pearl, Shelley, Jan and Linda) who work in a fish processing factory in Grimsby. Pearl is about to retire and lets slip that she has always wanted to go to Royal Ascot, Ladies Day which happens to be at York racecourse in 2005 when our play is set.
At the racecourse, chance encounters with lost purses, TV announcers, jockeys and lost loves allows an insight into the regrets, hopes and shattered dreams of the women who are all searching for a better and more fulfilling life than the dull lives they actually lead. It is a bitter sweet, poignant modern fairy tale which will leave the audience with a smile on their faces and tears in their eyes, and all the better for having met Pearl, Linda Shelley and Jan!
The Box Office will open at 9am on Saturday 15th October. Ticket price is £13 and the performance dates are Thursday 17th, Friday 18th and Saturday 19th November at 8pm.
Venue: at the Cecil Hepworth Playhouse, Hurst Grove, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1AU.
The online booking address is www.ticketsource.co.uk/emberplayers
Or phone the box office on 07752 655087
This is one NOT to be missed, after all who would not want a glamorous time at the races on a November day?
SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY
DOORS/BAR OPEN AT 7.30
SHOW STARTS AT 8
£12.50 for ENTERTAINMENT AND SUPPER
The Ember Players bring you their version of the popular Radio 4 Panel game. A suave and witty chairman will award points to panel members who can speak for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation and also to those who spot the errors. The Social Committee will provide a simple supper to complete what looks like being another great Ember evening.
YOU CAN BOOK AS SOON AS YOU LIKE
PLEASE RING PAT COOKE ON 0208 398 8509 TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE.
IF YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE I WILL ALWAYS GET BACK TO YOU – IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ME IT MIGHT MEAN THAT I HAVE NOT GOT YOUR MESSAGE
Or
USE EMAIL FOR BOOKINGS. PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR PLACE HAS BEEN BOOKED UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CONFIRMING RESPONSE FROM ME
Email: patatashley@aol.com
On Saturday Ember hosted a hardy band of bowlers who braved the cold to come down to the clubhouse to listen to music, eat, drink and have a good chat to see what everybody had been up to during the closed season. A great night!
Thanks especially to the members who cooked, organised, manned the bar, washed up, dished out the food and drove out to the takeaway for a lovely Indian curry!
Book now for the Ember Players production of two classic scripts by JOHN CLEESE and CONNIE BOOTH, running from the 9th to 12th December!
Directed by NEIL ARMSTRONG and WILL BUSBY
Clubhouse bar open from 7.30
Box office phone: 07752-655087 Tickets £10.50 or visit: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/emberplayers
Two really great nights. The band (a wonderful mix of young and older players) were enthusiastically received and gave the solo singers Matt and Victoria were entertaining and inspiring.
Lunch – Walk – Tea!
12.30pm for 1pm in the Clubhouse
Adults £7
Children £5
PLEASE RING PAT COOKE ON 0208 398 8509 TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE.
The whole family can take part in this easy walk with a Murder Mystery theme. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon in November. Come along to the clubhouse for soup and crusty bread to fortify you before you set off. The circular walk will have you looking for clues in the places you visit, which will lead you to the identity of the Ember Sports Club murderer!
When you get back you can reward yourselves with tea and cakes. There will be prizes for all the successful sleuths. Bring friends and family – the more the merrier.
EMBER BIG BAND
DATES:- FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER AND SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER
COST:- £10 for FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT
TIME:- DOORS OPEN AT 7.30 for 8pm START
PLACE:- EMBER CLUBHOUSE
We are very excited to present two great nights of entertainment never before experienced at Ember Sports Club. Ember Big Band consists of 23+ musicians (with our very own Nick Handel keeping them all together on the drums) They will serve up a fabulous evening of Swing, Jazz and Latin music, featuring numbers by Gershwin, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and many more.
The seating will be pub/club style so that you can get up to visit the bar, walk around or even dance whenever you like. There will be an interval when a cold buffet will be served.
With two nights to choose from, what’s stopping you from booking your place right now?
YOU CAN BOOK AS SOON AS YOU LIKE
PLEASE RING PAT COOKE ON 0208 398 8509 TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE.
IF YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE I WILL ALWAYS GET BACK TO YOU
Or
USE EMAIL FOR BOOKINGS. PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT YOUR PLACE HAS BEEN BOOKED UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED A CONFIRMING RESPONSE FROM ME
Email: patatashley@aol.com
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