BERRIEW

Berriew Music and Drama Society has been established for almost 40 years. We continue to stage dramas, pantomimes and musicals in Berriew Community Centre, compete regularly in local competitions and have a very talented Youth Membership to ensure the future of our Society.
We are always keen to welcome new members for on stage or backstage in a wide variety of roles. There is no membership fee and for further information go to contact us.

History.
It was on the 16th November 1973 that the first meeting of the Society was held. Chaired by Mr Ray Jones with Mrs Barbara Evans secretary and Mr Aubrey Evans Treasurer. The original committee also consisted of:
Mr and Mrs John Beddoes
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Evans
Mr and Mrs Ray Jones
Mr Edgar Owen
Mrs Medina Jones
Mrs Joan Harding
Mr Alan Rowlands
Mr William Tombs
Miss Margaret Price
Mrs Val Jones
Mr Eiddon Jones
Brigadier Tony Hulton.

Fundraisnig events in those early days consisted of:
Harvest Supper October 18th 1974
Dance April 12th 1975
Fancy Dress Dance October 24th 1975.

Past Productions.

1974.Pantomime. Mother Goose.
3 Act Play. Cock a Doodle Doo.
1975. Pantomime. Jack and the Beanstalk.
3 Act Play. Busy Body.
1976. Pantomime. Puss in Boots.
3 Act Play. Shock Tactics.
1978. Pantomime. The old woman who lived in a Shoe.
3Act Play. Beside the Seaside.
1979. Pantomime. Babes in the Wood.
3 Act Play. Friends and Neighbours.
1980.
3 Act Play. Lucy for Some.
1981. Pantomime. Cinderella.
1982. Pantomime. Aladdin.
3 Act Play. Love locked out.
1984. Pantomime. Dick Whittington and his cat.
1985. 3 Act Play. Watch it Sailor.
1986. Pantomime. Robinson Crusoe.
3 Act Play. Yes and No.
1989. 3 Act Play. A Lady Mislaid.
1990. Pantomime. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
MCDA Festival. Dark Road.
Drama Evening featuring 2 One Act Plays
Dark Road and ?.
3 Act Play. Wasn’t it odd?
1991. MCDA Festival. Woomerang.
Victorian Evening.
1992. MCDA Festival. Courting Disaster.
3 Act Play. The late Christopher Bean.
1993. Nativity Play.
1994. MCDA Festival. Little Benjamin (Awarded best actress for Mary Langford).
1995. Pantomime. Aladdin.
MCDA Festival. East Stages.
3 Act Play. Night Must Fall.
1996. MCDA Festival. Ladies this is War(Awarded Adjudicators Award to Clare Owen).
3 Act Play Good Old Summertime.
Berriew Pantomime Society stage Dick Whittington.
1997. Pantomime Society stage Sinbad.
1998. Musical. Oliver.
25th Anniversary Evening. A Fishy Business
Albert.
1999 . MCDA Festival Albert.
2000 . An evening of Millenium Madness.
Hall closed for refurbishment.
2001. Foot and Mouth cancels Pantomime.
2002. Pantomime. Hansel and Gretel in One of those
Daze.
2 One Act Plays. Goodbye Casey Burnside
A Dog’s Life.
2003. 2 One Act Plays. Lashings of Ginger Ale
Bedside Manner.
MCDA Festival. Lashings of Ginger Ale.
DAW. Lashings of Ginger Ale.
(Placed 2nd and won Best Presentation).
30th Anniversary Dinner.
2004. 2 One Act Plays. Joining the Club.
Split Ends.
MCDA Festival. Joining the Club
Split Ends
Astrong Smell of Burning.
( Awarded the Best Overall Production of Festival, Best Youth Production, Best Stage Crew).
2005. Entertainments Evening. Youth Play.
Sketches.
2 One Act Plays. Piste Off
Permission to cry.
2006. 3 One Act Plays. Upstairs Cuckoo
What does Peace Mean?
The Retiring Highwayman.
2007. Mini Pantomime. Snow White and the Mini
Minors
One Act Play. Her Christmas Wish.
MCDA Festival. The Day they lost Gaggety Ruth
Crisis.
(Awarded the Best Youth Production for Ragetty
Ruth. Best Individual Youth Performer to Bethan
Emberton, Adjudicators Award for Crisis).
2008. MCDA Festival. Awning Has Broken.
(Awarded Best Backstage Crew and Adjudicators
award).
2 One Act Plays. Bottoms Up.
Come the Resolution.
2009. MCDA Festival. Socks go in the bottom drawer.
Patomome. Cinderella.

Photo Gallery.

Contact us.
Secretary: Lorna Tuffin 01686 640120
Chairman: Neil Tuffin 01686 640120.