The Compton Players |
The Compton Players web site is at comptonplayers.co.uk. Facebook. X: @PlayersCompton.
At the Abingdon Drama Festival on 18/06/2022, Helen Saxton won the Original Playwriting Award for In Her Defence.
Last production
Cluedo, 23rd to 25th April 2026
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well... dead. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up… Let the game begin”
Adapted from the cult classic 1985 film and iconic boardgame, Cluedo is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist. Join us
to find out who did, with what and where… that is providing no one dies laughing first.
Where
At the Village Hall, Compton (10 miles north of Newbury). Click here for a map.
Box office
Online via the web site (no booking fee).
About Compton Players
Compton Players have been producing plays every year since 1947. We always welcome new members, and we are looking not only for people who want to act, but also those who can construct scenery, or would like to learn how, those who can make or sew costumes, those with a knowledge of electrics and/or electronics, and those who would like to help with publicity, box-office and front of house. We normally rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and for most productions there are twelve weeks of rehearsals. It doesn't matter if you've had any previous experience or not.
Contact Compton Players
Our chairman is Helen Saxton - contact her by .
Reviews of Cluedo
23rd to 25th April 2026
Review from the Newbury Weekly News.
So, was it Miss Scarlett with the candlestick in the billiard room? Or Mrs White with the rope in the study?
"some real laugh out loud moments... the set looked incredible... an evening of twists, turns, and a lot of laughter"
[The full review is currently on Newbury Today and will appear here soon]
HOLLY LUCAS
Previous productions
Ladies in Retirement, 13th to 15th November 2025. See the review in the archive.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 14th June 2025. See the reviews in the archive.
Dracula, 24th to 26th October and 31st October to 2nd November 2024. See the review in the archive.
The Wind in the Willows, 25th to 27th April 2024. See the review in the archive.
Murder Mystery Evening, 15th December 2023
The Ghosts of Halfway House, 19th to 21st October 2023. See the reviews in the archive.
Happy Acres, 26th to 29th October 2022. See the reviews in the archive.
In Her Defence, 14th July 2022. See the reviews in the archive.
Evil Will Come, 18th to 20th November 2021. See the reviews in the archive.
Bothered and Bewildered, 20th to 23rd November 2019. See the review in the archive.
The Ladykillers, 10th to 13th April 2019. See the reviews here.
The Promise and Murdering at the Vicarage, 14th to 17th November 2018. See the review in the archive.
Perfect Wedding, 25th to 28th April 2018. See the review in the archive.
Richard III, 12th to 14th October and 19th to 21st October 2017. See the review in the archive.
Bracken Moor, 9th to 12th November 2016. See the review in the archive.
Blue Remembered Hills, 20th to 23rd April 2016. See the review in the archive.
Seal Cove, 11th to 14th November 2015. See the review in the archive.
A Tomb With a View, 22nd to 25th April 2015. See the review in the archive.
Scaramouche Jones, 6th December 2014
Poppy Field and Spare the Rod, 19th to 22nd November 2014. See the review in the archive.
The Invisible Man, 14th to 17th May 2014. See the review in the archive.
Season's Greetings, 27th to 30th November 2013. See the review in the archive.
Murdered to Death, 24th to 27th April 2013. See the review in the archive.
The Happiest Days of Your Life, 28th November to 1st December 2012. See the review in the archive.
Dangerous Corner, 28th to 31st March 2012
Bobby Shaftoe, 10th to 12th November 2011
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 11th to 14th May 2011
Three Short Comedies, 14th to 16th October 2010
What the Butler Saw, 21st to 24th April 2010
Halloween Murder Mystery, (October 2009)
The Unexpected Guest (October 2009)
Laying the Ghost (April 2009)
A Dog's Life and Jingle Bells, Batman Smells (November 2008)
Puppy Love (May 2008)
Macbeth (November 2007)
Shakers Re-Stirred (May 2007)
Nobody's Perfect (November 2006)
The Entertainer (May 2006)
Dad's Army (November 2005)
Don't Dress for Dinner (November 2004)
The Eighth Dwarf (February 2004)
Three One-Act Plays (April 2003)
Under Milk Wood (November 2002)
'Allo 'Allo (April 2002)
Katherine Howard (November 2001)
It Could Be Any One of Us (April 2001)
Dead Funny (November 2000)
Klondike Kalamity (April 2000)