Author: Peter Bayliss

  • THE MOUSETRAP – November 2022

    THE MOUSETRAP – November 2022

    by Agatha Christie A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.…

  • Showcase – October 2022

    Showcase – October 2022

    directed by Leigh Patterson Jávea Players showcases its talent with comedic sketches, songs, monologues and classical drama. Two performances were in aid of the Ukrainian charity Tabletochki. Video A video of all sketches (except Groan Ups) by Ross Ord. TIP: View full screen. Photos NB It was difficult to obtain good quality photos and those…

  • Bats – June 2022

    Bats – June 2022

    Jávea Players’ popular summer show was performed at the Casa de Cultura, Jávea old town, following a tapas dinner at the Bar Imperial. Bats Written and produced by Phil Mansell The play – best described as a comedy with dark undertones – explores what happens when a house in a quiet cul-de-sac is invaded by an ever-growing…

  • Bazaar and Rummage –  April 2022

    Bazaar and Rummage – April 2022

    In this heartfelt comedy, three severely agoraphobic women leave their houses for the first time in years, and make it to a jumble sale, organised by their two social workers. However as the afternoon progresses, nerves and neuroses are running high and the distinction between the social workers and the anxious people they are supposed…

  • Pip Utton -Four in Four – February 2022

    Pip Utton -Four in Four – February 2022

    Pip Utton is a charming, unassuming man. To watch him perform is mesmerising, amusing, harrowing, thought-provoking as chameleon-like, he transforms himself into whichever character he is portraying. Chaplin He showed us another side of Chaplin, cleverly incorporating apparently old black and white footage, but with a suitcase in the shakey film suddenly being thrown onto…

  • The Jávea Players hosts an At Home Day

    The Jávea Players hosts an At Home Day

    The Jávea Players hosted the first of several At Home Days, planned during this year, on Sunday 30th January at their Studio Theatre in Javea. The event was organised in order to raise public awareness of the group and its activities, and as a key part of our 2022 membership drive. Our goal was to seek out amateur…

  • Bats – A comedy by Phil Mansell – June/July 2022

    Bats – A comedy by Phil Mansell – June/July 2022

    Javea Players present BATS June 29 and 30, July 1 and 2, July 4 and 5. Come and enjoy a delicious alfresco tapas meal at Bar Imperial in the atmospheric Placa Baix in Javea’s Old Town. Dinner will be followed by a dark comedy in the Casa de Cultura across the square.  Tapas Dinner starts…

  • The Mousetrap – November 2022

    The Mousetrap – November 2022

    The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie    Directed by : Claire Schoonover and Penny Grant November  22-26 , 29 & 30 and Dec 1 2022 in the Javea Players Studio Tickets 12€ Online Box Office opens Oct 20 2022 Agatha Christie’s legendary ‘whodunit’ and the world’s longest running show. A group of people gathered in a remote…

  • Pip Utton brings Dylan and Dickens to Javea – Jan  2023

    Pip Utton brings Dylan and Dickens to Javea – Jan 2023

    Dylan 25-26th January 2023 Pip Uttons latest one man show that received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival 2022. Sometime in the imaginary future it’s Bob Dylan’s final concert.  You have a backstage pass.  An intimate, revealing “final reckoning”. Dylan settles old scores, spins a few tall tales and reflects on over 60 years in…