Judith Craig Couture

06/12/2024

Don't miss next week's Woodford Winterfest. Something for everyone. Food, bar, fairground rides for children, Santa, live music, theatre performance from All on Stage and Carol singing for all. See you there 5.30pm!

16/11/2024

🌊🏝️ 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗮'𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 🏝️🌊
Sharp-tongued and filled with witty tension," the play explores "the lengths we go to for sanity—and survival" – British Theatre Guide

“The script is both sharp and warm and exceedingly, satisfyingly funny.” – Edinburgh Guide

"Moments of farce and genuine tension create laugh-out-loud moments," too blunt to be cutting and too dark to be farcical" – Braw Theatre

"A deliciously comedic descent into team-building hell,” – The Stage

But don't listen to what the papers say, come and see this fantastic comedy for yourself! 🤣😆🤣

Woodford Players
📅 Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th Nov 2024
🕒 7:30pm
📍 Woodford Community Centre
🎟️ £12 + small booking fee www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodfordplayers

08/11/2024

Start your Christmas shopping with quality hand crafted gifts from local traders for those special people in you life. Join us at our Christmas Makers Market event on Sunday 17th Nov 10.30am - 3.30pm.

04/11/2024

Couldn’t agree more with Catherine Tate here about the price of theatre tickets

20/10/2024

Sheila's Island
📅 Dates: Tuesday 26th Nov to Sat 30th Nov 2024

Bonfire night 2019, Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in Pennine Mineral Water Ltd.’s annual outward-bound team-building weekend. Somehow, Sheila has been nominated team leader and, using her ‘cryptic crossword solving skills’, has unwittingly stranded her team on an island in the Lake District.

Our intrepid heroines find themselves manufacturing weapons from cable ties and spatulas, create a rescue flag with plastic plates and a toasting fork.

Questions are asked; truths are told; dirty washing is aired.
Is it possible to build an adequate night shelter with a prom dress and a sleeveless jumper? What is Julie’s husband really up to in Aldi? And why are they on this bloody team building exercise when they could be at a spa?

🕒 Time: 7:30pm
📍 Location: Woodford Community Centre
🎟️ Tickets: £12 + small booking fee https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodfordplayers

Judith Craig Couture Barbara Harris Nicola Chalmers - Detheridge Nikki Lees

20/09/2024

I treated myself to Lime and Ginger slice this morning from Bramhall Bakery. Just snaffled it with my lunch - Sublime! Really gingery. Thank you

18/09/2024

Join Us in Deauville for our presentation of Noel Coward's iconic play Private Lives. We will be on stage at Woodford Community Centre 24th - 28th September 2024 and you can buy tickets here:// https://ticketsource.co.uk/woodfordplayers
We look forward to seeing you.

16/09/2024

10am - 1pm, Coffee, cake and chat - what's not to like? Join us.

Join us on Oct 5th for our annual Macmillan coffee morning/ !0am - 1pm in the Large Hall

10/06/2024

Fabulous venue for a weding.

06/05/2024

News good or bad has a habit of travelling fast and many of you reading this will already know that the world of amateur theatre in Greater Manchester has lost a gem in Carla Stokes. It’s heartbreaking news and we send our love and sincere condolences to Carla’s sister Gail and wider family.

Carla was quite simply one of the nicest souls you could ever wish to meet. She had a heart of gold, true community spirit in her DNA and her dedication and commitment to amateur theatre was second to none, all 58 years of it! Anyone who had the privilege of working with her, acting with her, being directed by her or just being with her will always remember her kindness and ability to encourage or explain in a positive way why something needed doing differently. She brought her wealth of experience to so many situations and all of this was combined with a fabulous sense of humour.

Carla sat on the GMDF Board for more years than any of us care to remember and there too was the kindness, the degree of measure and common sense. She was for a long time a member of the One Act Play Festival team and irony of ironies, where is this year’s One Act Festival? Yes, it’s at Guide Bridge Theatre which was, of course, Carla’s home society. Think it’s fair to say there will be a few glasses raised to a special lady that week! In amongst all the heartbreak there are some happy and indeed laugh out loud moments so many of us have shared with Carla to which we can raise those glasses.

Many of you will know Carla when she visited your theatre as an adjudicator. There too, her passion for theatre, her huge experience, sense of balance and measure came to the fore. That said, Carla was no push over, she said it as it was and if something was “not right” she said so. We have one Board member, Gerard Lennox, with very special memories of Carla’s skills in the adjudicating department as she mentored him in the art and indeed launched him into the world of adjudicating. In turn, Ian Towsend will be reflecting on his mentoring of Carla as she set out to adjudicate. What goes round comes round.

As GBT have already said, Carla faced her illness with grace and this picture was taken at last year’s Awards Night. We already knew at that point that there was a tough road ahead but there she was smiling away determined to announce and give out the awards she had chosen. What a girl!

There are no words to be honest to say how much we shall miss Carla but she leaves behind in so, so many of us a fantastic legacy which will stand us all in good stead.
Once again, our heartfelt condolences to Carla’s immediate family and her GBT family.

Stella, Paul, Anita, Gerard, Barbara, Hazel, Jane and Jude
GMDF