CATS ARCHIVE
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This section of the web site will serve as a history of Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical Society. It will include the names of members, shows, pictures and press cuttings from 1978 to the present day. As there is a lot of history it will take some time to complete. If anyone has any items that should be displayed on these pages, send them to us - info@catswebsite.co.uk. A full list of programme covers is now available here. |
All members listed below have appeared or helped in shows or paid subscriptions. The dates that people first appeared on our records are noted even if they didn't appear in shows until later. Juniors are marked (J) and honorary members are marked (H). Some Juniors are missing as their names only appeared on programmes that are currently unavailable. Juniors that later became adult members are not marked as juniors.
2008
Reports
CATS OscarsShows
A Tomb With A View (Norman Robbins)
Dick Turpin Rides Again! (Richard Hills)
New Members
| Steve Smith | Chris Beesley | Sue Richards |
| Jessica Matthews |
2007
Shows
'Allo 'Allo (Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft)Stolen Identity (Ron Hutson)
Frankenstein The Panto (David Swan)
New Members
| Emily Austin | George Trail | Ellen Moore |
| Celia Brookes | Chris Devereux | Katie Samkova |
| Gary Smith | Hayley King | Sophie Austin |
| Elaine Dunn | Donald Lee | Simon Gibson |
2006
Shows
Secondary Cause of Death (Peter Gordon)Arsenic and Old Lace (Joseph Kesselring)
Aladdin (Hugh Morrison)
New Members
| Alex Aucken | Heather Woodbridge | Helen Haslam |
| John Haslam | Mark Allen | Kirsty Beagley |
2005
Shows
The Importance of Being Ernest (Oscar Wilde)As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
Robinson Crusoe (David Morley)
New Members
| Kendra Shergold | Rhian Honeybone | Christina Lehec |
2004
Reports
Crowthorne CarnivalShows
Confusions (Alan Ayckbourn)Outside Edge (Richard Harris)
Babes in the Wood (John Morley)
New Members
| Michael Moonesinghe | Rebecca Dobie | Luke Burton |
| Arthur Allen | Ann Anderson | Phil Tomlin |
| Matt Lee | Teresa Guy | Tom Pickering |
2003
Reports
Skittles Evening, Talent Evening, CATS OscarsPicture Galleries
Dying to Meet You, 25th Reunion DiscoShows
Not Now Darling (Ray
Cooney & John Chapman)
Dying To Meet You
(Ron Hutson)
Humbug
(Tony Edwards)
New Members
| Roland Needham | Claire Shenton-Taylor | Vicky Sorrell |
| Tim Doyle | Lawre Doyle | Angela Stone |
| Rosemary Coulson | Stephanie Richards (J) | John Glossop |
| Ross Phelps | Julie Sandes |
2002
Reports
Cornwall Trip, Crowthorne Carnival, CATS OscarsPicture Galleries
Murdered To DeathShows
A Chorus of Disapproval (Alan Ayckbourn)Murdered To Death (Peter Gordon)
Little Red Riding Hood (Paul Reakes)
New Members
| Sancha Tetlow | Nick Mayes | Patricia Exell |
| Stefanie Davie (J) | Natalie Price (J) | Elly Price (J) |
| Georgina Ross | Kay Joy | Robert Chitty |
| Laura Faithfull |
2001
Picture Galleries
A Midsummer Night's DreamDracula the Panto
Shows
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)Out of Focus (Peter Gordon)
Dracula The Panto (Jim Sperinck)
New Members
| Ian Maclachlan | Helen Maclachlan | Kate Willetts (J) |
| Chris Urquhart | Jackie Ross | Laura Cowley (J) |
| Jane Higgins | Andrew Maclachlan (J) | Rebecca Sinnett (J) |
| Malcolm Winslade | Sophie Tailby (J) | Emily Keen (J) |
| Karina Winslade (J) | Kim Davies (J) | Claire Joy (J) |
| Christina Bass | Anna Chitty (J) | Tony Mansell |
| Nigel Willetts | Emma Johnson (J) | Maureen Cowley |
2000
Shows
Down with Demon Drink (Brian J. Burton)Fish Out of Water (Derek Benfield)
Daisy Pulls it Off (Denise Deegan)
Dick Whittington (New Version) (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Sophie Levine (Now Taylor) | Rory Hill (J) | Laura Sloan (J) |
| Gary Thompson | Sarah Jordan (J) | Matt Sykes (J) |
| Helen Hollingsworth | Ria Zmitrowicz (J) | Charlie Alexander-Marsh (J) |
| Kathryn Garey | Debbie Paul (J) | Jo Richardson |
| Emma Ricketts (Winnie) | Jamie Heffer (J) | Richard Mead |
| Maddie Cook (J) | Emily Grieve (J) |
1999
Shows
The Ghost Train (Arnold Ridley)The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth (McGillivray & Zerlin)
Cinderellium (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Pete Gosden | Joanna Prince-Wright (J) | Christine Holley |
| Lee Gosden | Lydia Allen (J) | Gemma Curry (J) |
| Louise Dallison | Gemma Summerscales (J) | Steve Youster |
| Jay Danquah |
1998
Shows
Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett)London Vertigo (Brian Friel)
Bad Hair Day (David Rhodes)
The Wizard of Oz (L Frank Baum - Adapted by John Kane)
New Members
| Caroline Prince-Wright | Laura Nixon (J) | Sue Crisp |
| Debbie Brook | Lauren Prince-Wright (J) | Jackie Lewis |
| Louise Sinnett | Amy Waistell (J) | Ross Williams |
| Sid Clough | Hannah Nixon (J) | Jayne Dickinson |
| Lynn Gosden | Kerry Braybrooke-Tidy (J) | Emily O'Rourke |
| Sheila Hinton | Neil Braybrook-Tidy |
1997
Shows
Trivial Pursuits (Frank Vickery)Last Tango & Last Panto (David Tristram)
Snow White & the Seven Dwarves (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Jo Spillard (Now Heffer) | Robyn Heffer (J) | Jack Hill |
| Laura Gosden | Jean Leadbetter | Ollie Welsh |
| Simon Heffer | Chris Vickers | |
| Rob Smith | Vicky Bryant (J) |
1996
Shows
Inspector Drake's Last Case (David Tristram)Aladdin (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Lynn Maxwell | Vicky Lewis | Adrienne Hare |
| Tony Evans | Bob Hewitt | John Hare |
| Nick Skinner | Carol Devereaux | Jayne Cresey |
| Caroline Jones (myf) | Paul Shepard | Lorraine Chapman |
1995
Shows
Clear For Take Off (John Reynolds)Sleeping Beauty (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Kim Edwards | Karen Cadman | Philip Pritchard (J) |
| David Rhodes | Laura Buckenham | Caroline Judd (J) |
| Karen Bushell | Angie Chitty | Rob Morgan |
| Kerry Edmondson (J) | Bob Hicks | Brett Matthews |
1994
Shows
Run For Your Wife (Ray Cooney)Santa in Space (Paul Reakes)
New Members
| Kim Still | Gemma McDonaugh (J) | Caroline Ferris |
| Alison Burton | Keely Maunder (J) | Anthony Walsh (J) |
| Paul Marley | Aileen Parker | Andrew McHale (J) |
| Alistair Millar (J) | Clive Griffiths | Fred Dowling |
1993
Shows
Noises Off (Michael Frayn)Cinderella (Jon Keen)
New Members
| John Reynolds | Tracy Bennett | Ann Walsh |
| Terry Daly | Martin Grimshaw | Emily Walsh (J) |
| Sarah Hill | Richard Battle | Angela Bartram |
| Stuart Durrant | Lewis Horsley | Fiona Barnes |
| Karen Jones | Andy Hassan | Jayne Wooldridge (Now Hill) |
1992
Shows
Daisy Pulls it Off (Denise Deegan)Dick Whittington (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Mark Bunyard | Pami Eden | Angela Hall |
| Mark Hill | Alison Sharp | Josie Johnson |
| Geraint Morris | Robert Fleming | Lisa Rack |
| Krestina Cummings | Anita Barnes | Alan Cummings |
| Mary Bennett | Sally Abbott | Louise Adams (J) |
| Helen Jones (J) | Georgie Mogose (J) | Gemma Beasley (J) |
| Helen Cox (J) | Keira Johnson (J) | Rosalind Millar (J) |
1991
Shows
Children's Day (Waterhouse & Hall)Snow White & the Seven Dwarves (Jon Keen)
New Members
| John Taylor | Helen Mountney | Carol Frost |
| Vicky Pearce (Now Newland) | Russell Sivyer | Stephen Welham |
| Wendy Pearson | Clare Berryman (J) | Sarah Jones |
| Marion Barnes | Heather Wilson (J) | Kathleen Crisp |
| Mick Barnes | Helen Hall (J) | Stephanie Fitzgerald |
| Janet Millar | Jon Murray | Joanna Wright |
| Ria Norman (J) | Laura Fitzgerald (J) | Anna McLay |
| Barbara Wright | Katy Berry (J) |
1990
Shows
Continental Quilt (Joan Greening)Cinderella (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Ryszard Gorell | Frances Gale | John Murray |
| Anne Bradbury | Simon Slinn | Alison Forte |
1989
Shows
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth (McGillivray & Zerlin)Gosorth's Fete & Between Mouthfuls (Alan Ayckbourn)
Aladdin (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Karin Ruskin (Now Murray) | Rosemary Mee (Now Gorrell) | Daniel Euesden (J) |
| Joseph Euesden (J) | Mark Euesden (J) | Wendy Curtis |
1988
Shows
Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett)Wife Required (Falkland L. Cary / Philip King)
Inside Story (Michael D. Parks)
Black Comedy (Peter Shaffer)
Dick Whittington (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Laura Briggs (J) | Lesley Ingledew | Mary Bennett |
| Richard Cottington | Jeanette Gadsby | Linda Chilton |
| Francis Harman | Sioux Smith | Adam Newland |
| Natalie Vinson | Judy Taylor | Karen Bird |
1987
Shows
Bonaventure (Charlotte Hastings)Mr Twemlow is Not Himself (Philip Johnson)
Sing a Song of Sixpence (Norman Robbins)
New Members
| David Briggs | Gillian Gissing | Eddie Jerrom |
| Tony Welsh | Maureen Jerrom | Sarah Newland |
| Caroline Randall (now Statham) | Nicola Slater | Alison Unwin |
| Karen Young | Janet Pither | Abigail Brain(J) |
| Bob Pagett | Janet Euesden |
1986
Shows
No Time For Fig Leaves (Duncan Greenwood)Sleeping Beauty (Jon Keen)
New Members
| Lesley Wayne | Colin Statham | Ann Semple |
| Andrea Volland | Margaret Barton | Alex Brain (J) |
| Laurence Brain (J) |
1985
Shows
Crystal Clear (Falkland L. Cary / Philip King)A Nun's Tale (Kenneth Bird)
Mother Figure (Alan Ayckbourn)
Bread of Heaven (Rae Shirley)
Cinderella (Norman Robbins)
New Members
| Jon Keen | Jo Hetherington | Troy Beddes |
| Kerry Keen | Joan Davidge | Joy Jones |
| Beckie Lewis | Michael Lewis | Ian Fleetwood (H) |
| Simone Grant (H) (Now Fleetwood) | Sarah Keen | Dylan O'Sullivan (J) |
1984
Shows
A Tomb with a View (Norman Robbins)Aladdin (?)
There is a Fairy Upstairs in our Attic (Pat Wilson)
New Members
| Pat Scanlon | Denis O'Sullivan | Siegrun O'Sullivan |
| Rhona O'Sullivan | Kevin Ibbotson |
1983
Shows
A Murder has been Arranged (Emlyn Williams)Try It Again (J.B. Priestly)
Home is the Hunted (R.F. Delderfield)
Maria Marten or The Murder in the Red Barn (Constance Cox)
New Members
| Alison Selby | Mark Selby | Hugh Murray |
| Liz File | June Warren | Johnny Young |
| Shirley Creasey | Andrea Boultwood | Howard Redshaw |
1982
Shows
Separate Tables (Terrence Rattigan)The Bride and the Bachelor (Ronald Miller)
New Members
| Jacquie Hallett | Ray Brown | Maria Christie |
| Terry Earney | Pam Hunter | Frances Lewis |
| Graham Wilson (H) | Kathy Christie | Emma Holsall |
| Philip Lewis |
1981
Shows
Fools Rush In (Kenneth Horne) [Show Abandoned]Carnival Show
Husbands Supplied (Falkland L. Cary)
Wife Required (Falkland L. Cary / Philip King)
Life of Hercules - Page One (Thomas Cruden)
New Members
| Mike Gibbs | Josie Gibbs | Nicola Paine |
| Derek Brooks | Hugh Fleming | L. Gillman |
| Nicola Burgess | Simeon Pickford | Liz Spiers |
| Les Rayner | Sylvia Rayner | Angela Rayner |
1980
Shows
Murder at the Vicarage (Agatha Christie)Ken Thomas Body Scanner Appeal Show
New Members
| Linda Eteson | Eileen Harvey | Elaine Chesters |
| Terry Philpott | Jessica Phipps | Susanna Phipps |
| Miriam Smith | Pat Gillman |
1979
Shows
Murder in Company (Philip King / John Boland)Lady Audley's Secret (Brian J Burton)
A Quiet Weekend (Esther McCracken)
New Members
| Heather Bailey | John Brain | Dorthe Hansen |
| Avice McLean (H) | Martin Parsons | Chris Rees |
| Barbara Rumbold | Ted Staite | I. Cherri |
| Julie Collins | Harold Keeping | Chris Longden |
| Andy Pocock | Anne Paine | Ann Peters |
| Melanie Smith | Gaynor Jefferson |
1978
CATS was founded by a group of Crowthorne residents who wanted to perform plays that didn't involve singing. There were several singing group in existence at the time such as Crowthorne Musical Players but not everyone can sing. At least not to the level that would entertain anyone.
Shows
Fool's Paradise by Peter Coke - Directed by Janet RenwickFounder Members
| Marina Brain | Doug Cable | Gillian Church |
| Sarah Dale | Tom Dent | Joyce Earney (H) |
| Jim Finnie (H) | Eric Gehring | Shirley Lee |
| Christine Martin | Sandra Morgan | Sally Newbury |
| Susan North | Nick Oxley | Kathie Palmer |
| May Rainey | Janet Renwick | Donald Renwick |
| Susan Robertson | Grant Robertson | Cindy Robbins |
| Stephanie Solly | Melanie Spurr | Dorothy Strongman |
| David Sutherland | Jack Thain | John Townsend |
| Joyce Walton | Linda Wright | Joanne Gehring |
| Charles Hall | Maurice Cook | Neil Morley |
| Molly Newman | Richard Potts | May Raines |