Promenade Productions is an amateur dramatic society based in Cheltenham, has been together for 25 years producing an annual musical and pantomime and also performing concerts catering for young and old alike and with the help of our Young Promenaders are passing on skills, both on stage and backstage.


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I n February 1984, after seeing a small advertisement in the Gloucestershire Echo, a group of people interested in forming a new amateur dramatic society met at the Savoy Hotel. As a result of that meeting and some funding from Bovis Homes, plans were made to perform ‘OKLAHOMA’ at the Shaftesbury Hall Theatre.

The first production team was Richard Sharpe (Musical Director), John and Gill Pannett (Director and Choreographer) with the guidance and support of Anne Emery and Catherine Newman (rehearsal Pianist).
From such small beginnings it is amazing to see how much of a community has developed from the society ~ we have seen entire families involved in productions, had couples meeting, marrying and having families of their own. Over the years many of our Young Promenaders who have grown up with the society continue to perform in productions while others have gone on to bigger and better things on the West End stage.

Some of the original cast from 1984 are still members today and we welcome new members into all areas of the society and hope that Promenade Productions will continue to entertain the community in Cheltenham for many more years to come.

Promenade Productions currently rehearse on Tuesday evenings at Swindon Village Hall and Wednesday evenings at Emmanuel Church Hall. Productions are performed at The Bacon Theatre, Dean Close School, Hatherley Road, Cheltenham.

Over the years we have given concerts in aid of Cancer charities, The Alzheimer’s Association and provided the entertainment for Women’s Institute and Round Table groups performing ‘Songs from the Shows’ and are often joined by members of our Young Promenaders.

If you are interested in finding out more about concerts please e-mail info@promenadeproductions.co.uk

Over the years Promenade Productions has received many awards from the Gloucestershire Drama Association including Best Pantomime, Best Set and Best Costume and from the National Operatic and Drama Association awards for Best Programme (Pantomime).

For our summer production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ we are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the following from the Gloucestershire Drama Association :-

  • Best Musical

    We knew it was a good show, our audiences told us, but this is a great result, congratulations to all cast and crew for an amazing job, you all deserve this award

  • Best Transcendent Moment

    For “Sit Down You’re Rocking The Boat” ~ a fantastic scene in the show, great music, great reactions from the cast and, most of all, a great solo from Tim Jones as Nicely, Nicely ~ it really was a high point of the show and you could tell by the looks on the faces of the cast, it was something everyone enjoyed.

  • Runner Up Best Actor & Best Actress

    For Greg Aston for his portrayal of Sky Masterson and for Kate Aston for her performance as Miss Adelaide ~ they both did a fantastic job.

Once again well done to everyone involved in making ‘Guys and Dolls’ such a fantastic success and we hope you will all want to join us again next year for ‘The Sound of Music’ …….