Biographies
Peter Ashby joined the Society in 2000 and wrote and directed the Panto, Aladdin in 2002. Peter has been in all of the revues since 2001, culminating in the Easter Revue for Staplehurst Residential Home in 2007. He has acted in Cinderella (2001), He appeared in The Wizard of Aus (2003), Block of Life and Dick Turpin in 2004. Peter played Butch Sundance in Panto at the OK Corral (2005) and was the Prompt in Dracula the Panto. Peter also appeared in A Winter’s Tale at Marden in June 2007. More recently he has played a comic role in our last Panto and starred as the Inspector in the 2008 production of Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced. He played the part of the king in pirates of the Panto (2008). He played Henry Tomb in Tiptoe Through The Tombstones (2009) and took the title role in Scrooge The Panto Peter lives in Staplehurst with his family.
John Wright is the treasurer of the group. John joined the group in (2002) and for the vast portion of his time has been instrumental backstage, Directing and managing our sound and lighting consoles for the panto's Dick Turpin (2004) and Dracula the Panto in (2006). He has performed in several reviews. He played the Wizard in the Wizard of Aus (2003) he also appeared in Royal cuisine and Block Of Life in (2004), he played Mitch in A Street Car Named Desire and the Sheriff in Panto At The OK Corral(2005). He played Reggie Pelmet in We Happy Few (2007). John performed as Reverend Tooker in A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof(2008). John Played Augustus Tomb in Tiptoe Through The Tombstones (2009). He lives in the village with his family.