MP3 PLAYERS MERTON 

MP3’s birth was in 2011 when Martin and Ellie Lyons realised that, as the parish had two vicars, we had a couple of panto dames on our hands and suggested to them that they be the ugly sisters in Cinderella. However ultimately karma did bite Mr Lyons on the behind as, when the curtain rose, it was him donning one of the frocks.

 

Cinderella was a success raising over £2,500 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. More than that, we all realised that we enjoyed both each others’ company and dressing up and pretending to be other people. Therefore the one-off of Cinderella launched the parish amateur theatre group MP3, named after the 3 churches in the Merton Priory parish.

 

In the summer of 2012 we produced a one act play, The Hypnotists Are In The Garden, written by Carol Crowther, the mother of an MP3 member.

 

Summer 2014 was a busy time with both the production of Barabbas, a new play by Jonathan Lomas, and another sucessful Summer Supper show to celebrate the centenary of St John the Divine, High Path, one of the three team churches.

 

We’ve since gone from strength to strength with annual pantomimes. We’ve performed Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Treasure Island, Snow White and the Seven Shorties, Jack and the Beanstalk, Pinocchio, Puss in Boots, Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On, and The Three Musketeers.

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Now we are busy preparing for 2024 and our own Emma Dewhirst’s take on the classic Mother Goose.

 

We are always after new people who either just want to come along to our theatre trips, or want to be stars on the stage, or do one of the many back stage jobs.  Of course, we also have members who are not part of the parish but just want to join in. If what you have seen interests you and you would like to get involved please either e-mail us on mp3players@hotmail.co.uk or like us on facebook, instagram or W/twitter.