Hello everyone, my name’s Warren and I’m playing Dogberry as well as producing Much Ado About Nothing. The blog has had a bit of a hiatus and as producer I guess that’s my fault, so I’ll start by saying sorry, it’s a busy time in SMPLand behind the scenes at the moment but now the […]
Much Ado About Nothing – Cast Announced
After a great set of auditions we’re pleased that we can announce our cast for our promenade production of Much Ado About Nothing. The production team now have the challenge of creating a first for SMP in staging a promenade performance. What’s a promenade performance? We plan to produce an immersive, intimate and personal performance. […]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Intimate Theatre – January 2019 – Gallery
The Cast The Show Behind the Scenes The Party Awards Much Hadam Performance – St Elizabeth’s The Final Finale
Much Ado About Nothing – Production Team Announced.
We’re very pleased to announce our production team for our next show, a promenade production of Much Ado About Nothing, in Bury Lodge Park. The show is being produced by Warren McWilliams who will bring his considerable experience of putting together shows for the group. Warren is looking forward to working with the team and […]
Snow White Blog – Opening Night!
Hi I’m Rebecca and I play the Narrator and Ensemble in SMP’s debut production of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ written by Warren McWilliams and directed by Chris O’Shea. I am thrilled to be writing the blog for what is set to be our last opening night performance at the historic ‘Intimate Theatre’. This […]
Snow White Blog – Community Night
After many long months of intense rehearsals by the cast, director, musical director, choreographer; hours of exhausting theatre preparation by the backstage crew as well as costume design, prop gathering, lighting, the list goes on. Tonight was the first performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to a real live audience on Community Night. […]
Snow White Blog – The Dress Run.
‘Mirror mirror on the Wall, who’s the fairest of them all?’ Now usually I’d answer and tell that wicked old Queenie that Snow White is the fairest (Spoiler alert) but after tonight I have to say all of these beauties on stage (and off) who have worked their hardest to bring you the ‘Greatest Show’ […]
Snow White Blog – The Tech Run
The Tech Run! Well here we are in the last stages of preparation for our pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It’s very sad that this will be the last ever tech run at the Intimate Theatre, which will be closing it’s doors after our show, with plans for it to be demolished. However, […]
Snow White Blog – The Band Call and Get In
Band Call – Hi, I’m Mike Benyon, veteran member of SMP since 1992. Having musically directed the last four pantomimes this time I am assisting Kate Sanders who has taken up the reins magnificently for the first time. One of my jobs has been to put the band together. We had two extremely long band […]
What, where, & when for our next Pantomime?
We can now finally announce the details for our next pantomime. Due to the uncertainty over the Intimate Theatre’s future and as the church are no longer taking any bookings for the venue we have unfortunately had to make plans to move to a new venue for our next pantomime. So here’s the what, when […]
Snow White Blog – Final week of rehearsals.
Hi Ho everyone! I’m Sophie and I play Prof Dwarf in Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs. This is my first show with SMP and I am having such a blast! It has been fantastic working alongside such a talented cast and production team and each and every one of them have made me feel […]
Happy New Year 2019!
Happy New Year from everyone at SMP. We’ve got an interesting year lined up. In January we’ll be at the Intimate with Snow White with what could be the last ever show to be staged the the historic venue. Tickets are selling well, we have limited availabilty on our last performance so please if you […]
SMP at the London New Years Parade 2019
For the third year running SMP took part in the London New Year’s Day Parade (LNYDP) We had an absolute blast once again and loved celebrating New Years dancing throuh the streets of London and waving to all the crowds. This year’s theme was ‘London Welcomes the World’ and we did that with a magical […]
Snow White Blog – Week 14
It’s our last blog before we have a short break from rehearsals and celebrate Christmas and what better way to sign off in style than with this from the show’s ‘Monty’, Connor Raleigh. ——————————- Snow White runs at The Intimate Theatre, 521 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, N13 4DH from Thurs 17th to Sat 19th January […]
Our show for 2019 will be…
We’re very pleased to announce that our show for 2019 will be another first for SMP as we will stage an ambitious promenade performance through Bury Lodge Park of one of Shakespeares most popular plays, Much Ado About Nothing. What’s a promenade performance? We hear you ask. Well, we’ll tell you; We plan to produce […]
Snow White Blog – Week 13
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and the last week has been a joyous explosion of rehearsals. Monday saw us at Holtwhites Cricket Club for a dance re-cap. This is a great venue and we are very grateful for the team there for letting us use it. We danced our way through a […]
SMP’s Snow White Float at the Parade of Light 2018
SMP once again took part in Enfield’s Parade of Light, now in it’s 8th year. The event was organised by the irrepresible Kathy Worrall and gets better every year. Well done Kathy! Our float looked brilliant thanks to the hard work and considerable talents of Matt McManus who designed and built the float with his […]
Snow White Blog – Week 12
Hello there people of Panto-land and thanks for popping into our Snow White blog. I am Prince Louis and this week it’s my turn to fill you in on what has been happening down in the far away land of rehearsals. On Monday, we were all at home pulling on our leg warmers and rehearsal […]
Snow White Blog – Week 11
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…….” ooops sorry that is the beginning of the book I am reading at the mo” A Tale of Two Cities ” by Dickens and not my emotional response to belonging to SMP in anyway what so ever. So anyone who has ever thought […]
The Intimate Theatre – A Brief History from Geoff Bowden
THE INTIMATE THEATRE One of the few landmark buildings in Palmers Green is in danger of being knocked down and lost for ever. The Intimate Theatre in Green Lanes (just past the junction of Green Lanes, Bourne Hill and Hedge Lane) has a rich theatrical history and many stars of stage and screen have appeared […]