The Award-Winning

Trinity Players

Music, drama and comedy at its very best

Trinity Players is an award-winning amateur theatre society based in Sutton Coldfield, which has been performing high quality shows for nearly 50 years. Formed in 1975 we have grown to become a thriving group that puts on three shows each year. We start with our musical in the spring, followed by a play in late summer/early autumn and a musical concert around Christmas time. Please enjoy your journey around our site and if you like what you see feel free to get in touch with us.

Our next production is the spectacular musical 'Shrek The Musical' which will be performed at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall from 5th to 8th June 2024, and will include a matinée performance on the Saturday.

Next Production:
Shrek The Musical

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall from 5th to 8th June 2024.

About Trinity Players

Award-winning amateur theatre

Trinity Players is an award-winning amateur theatre society that has been around since 1975 when a group of friends got together to perform Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Trial By Jury'. The show was an amazing success and spawned the society that has thrilled audiences for over 40 years with its high quality productions.
Over the years Trinity Players has gone from strength to strength performing classic musicals such as 'Anything Goes', 'Oliver', 'Me and My Girl', 'Crazy For You', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Chess', 'Sweet Charity', 'Beauty and the Beast', 'Hello Dolly', 'Top Hat', West Side Story' and many more.

We pride ourselves on our high quality performances and entertaining shows. We rehearse from 7.45PM on Monday evenings and from 7.30PM on Wednesday evenings at Boldmere Methodist Church, Boldmere Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield B73 5UB.

With a growing membership of around 40 active members we pride ourselves on our high quality performances and entertaining shows. We rehearse from 7.45PM on Monday evenings and from 7.30PM on Wednesday evenings at Boldmere Methodist Church, Boldmere Road, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield B73 5UB.


Trinity Players Awards

Trinity Players has been fortunate enough to receive many awards over the years. These awards reflect the high-quality productions that we perform and are testament to the hard work and commitment of not only the performing members but also all of the supporting teams including the production teams, backstage crew, props, costume and the committee.

Season Award Show Recipient
2019 Best Concert And The Winner Is Trinity Players
2019 Best Musical Top Hat Trinity Players
2017 Best Drama Wind In The Willows Trinity Players
2016 Regional Production Award For Best Musical Hairspray Trinity Players
2015 Roy Marshall Cup For Best Musical Achievement The Sound Of Music Tim Harding
2014 Best Drama Open All Hours Trinity Players
2014 Roy Marshall Cup For Best Musical Achievement Hello Dolly Tim Harding
2013 Outstanding Achievement for Full Length Drama Blood Brothers Trinity Players
2013 Best Drama in the Birmingham West District Blood Brothers Trinity Players
2013 Outstanding Male Performance in a Musical Half A Sixpence Rob Thomas
2011 Phil Grove Cup for Most Outstanding Female Performance Beauty and the Beast Rachel Clarke
2008 John Daniels Trophy for Best Full Length Musical Sweet Charity Trinity Players
2008 Roy Marshall Cup for Best Musical Achievement Sweet Charity Helen Smith
2008 Phil Grove Cup for Most Outstanding Female Performance Sweet Charity Leigh-Ann McFarlane
2007 Roy Marshall Cup for Best Musical Achievement Chess Helen Smith
2007 Phil Grove Cup for Most Outstanding Female Performance Chess Karen Swann
2007 Best Chorus Chess Trinity Players
2006 Best Play in NODA Region 9 Summer End Trinity Players
2006 Savoy Cup for Most Outstanding Female Performance Summer End Jean O'Connor
2006 Four Oaks Trophy for Best Technical Achievement Little Shop Of Horrors Trinity Players

Forthcoming Productions

Spring Musical

Shrek The Musical

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall.

5th to 8th June 2024.

Trinity Players is delighted to present 'Shrek - The Musical', the side-splitting stage extravaganza! Get ready to laugh your socks off as we tell the tale of the beloved, green ogre from the Oscar-winning, smash hit movie.

This family-friendly show will have you laughing and singing along making it a great way to spend quality time with your loved ones, proving that true beauty lies in the eye of the ogre.

  • Based on the Dreamworks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig.
  • Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire.
  • Music By Jeanine Tesori.
  • Originally produced on Broadway by Dreamworks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions.
  • Original Production Directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford.
  • 'I'm a Believer' by Neil Diamond.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe. www.mtishows.co.uk

Autumn Play

Coming soon.

Streetly Community Centre

Dates to be confirmed.

Winter Show

Coming soon.

Streetly Community Centre

Dates to be confirmed.

Past Productions

Year Musicals Plays Winter Shows
2023 The Hunchback of Notre Dame A Streetcar Named Desire Step Back and Boogie
2022 West Side Story A Bunch Of Amateurs A Night At The Movies
2021 Stepping Out Show Stoppers
2020 'Tis The Season
2019 Top Hat The 39 Steps And The Winner Is
2018 Carousel Ladies' Day Trinity Rocks
2017 Singin' In The Rain 'Allo 'Allo! Songs from the Silver Screen
2016 The Producers The Wind In The Willows Some Enchanted Evening
2015 Hairspray One O'Clock from the House Musical Memories
2014 The Sound Of Music The Ladykillers Passport to the Musicals
2013 Hello Dolly Open All Hours Songs of the Musicals
2012 The 'All New' Half A Sixpence Blood Brothers The End Of The Pier Show
2011 Calamity Jane Hi-De-Hi Sodapops And Strawberry Milkshakes
2010 Beauty And The Beast Dad's Army The Magic Of Music Hall
2009 My Fair Lady Tom, Dick and Harry Rock Nativity
2008 Annie My Friend Miss Flint You Must Remember This
2007 Sweet Charity A Bird In The Hand  
2006 Chess Table Manners Revue: A Song For All Seasons
2005 Litttle Shop Of Horrors Summer End Christmas Crackers
2004 Guys and Dolls Who Dies Wins Choral: The Armed Man/Night of Miracles
2003 The Music Man Two and Two Together Cabaret: 2003
2002 Crazy For You Murdered To Death Trinity In Jubilation
2001 Oliver God's Favourite Cabaret: 2001
2000 Me And My Girl   Mendelssohn & Mozart Evening
1999 Half A Sixpence One O'Clock From The House Cabaret: Millennium Magic
1998 Oklahoma Beyond Reasonable Doubt Yeoman Of The Guard (Concert)
1997 Carousel Barefoot In The Park Cabaret: Christmas Cracker
1996 Kiss Me Kate Pack Of Lies Memories and Miracles
1995 Annie Get Your Gun Relative Values Candlelight Cabaret
1994 Fiddler On The Roof Goodnight Mrs Puffin A Musical Approach To Christmas
1993 Anything Goes Lord Arthur Saville's Crimes Cabaret: Christmas Cavalcade
1992 Show Boat Relatively Speaking Music To Herald The Festive Season
1991 My Fair Lady Cuckoo Cabaret: Trinity Trifles
1990 Trial By Jury/HMS Pinafore Suddenly At Home Choral Concert
1989 Oklahoma Beyond A Joke Cabaret: Extravaganza '89
1988 South Pacific An Inspector Calls Faure Concert
1987 Pirates of Penzance Round and Round The Garden Cabaret: Around The World
1986 Die Fledermaus Arsenic & Old Lace Vivaldi's Gloria & Christmas Music
1985 The Desert Song Blithe Spirit Cabaret: Broadway Bonanza
1984 Viva Mexico Lloyd George Knew My Father Pageant
1983 Calamity Jane Hobson's Choice Bach (Magnificat) & Handel
1982 The Arcadians My Three Angels Cabaret: Songs From The Shows
1981 Summer Song Sailor Beware Mozart's Requiem
1980 Brigadoon All My Sons A Century of Song
1979 White Horse Inn When  We Are Married Haydn's Creations
1978 Iolanthe Love's A Luxury  
1977 The Gondoliers Queen Elizabeth Slept Here  
1976 The Mikado On Monday Next  
1975 Trial By Jury

Membership of Trinity Players

We welcome new members at Trinity Players and encourage you to consider joining our award-winning society. It is a lot of fun to step out onto the stage and entertain an audience. To feel their emotions move and sway in harmony with your acting, singing and dancing is a truly uplifting experience and one that possibly only the theatre can offer.
There are a number of ways you can get involved and if the thought of standing on stage scares the life out of you please remember that it is not only the actors that make the shows happen. There is also a group of non-acting members who support the shows with lighting, sound, props, backstage handling, stage management, publicity, costume, makeup and a host of other roles.

Membership Costs

Currently annual membership costs ₤90. This payment makes you a member of Trinity Players and entitles you to audition for any role and perform in the musicals, plays and cabaret/choral events that we produce. You can only audition if you are a member. To discuss membership please contact our membership secretary.

Trinity Players News

Award Nominations for Trinity Players

(21st February 2024)

Trinity Players is delighted to announce that two of its productions from its 2023 season have been nominated for NODA awards. These successes are once again, a testament to the hard work of everyone involved including those on stage, backstage and in supporting roles.
'Step Back and Boogie' for Best Concert
'A Streetcar Named Desire' for Best Play
A huge congratulations to everybody involved in both productions.

More awards for Trinity Players at the 2023 NODA Awards - Best Musical and Best Concert

(14th May 2023)

Trinity Players is proud to have been awarded two prestigious NODA awards for its fabulous productions of 'West Side Story' and 'A Night At The Movies'. At the recent NODA Awards held on 14th May 2023, covering the 2022/2023 season, 'West Side Story' was awarded Best Musical and 'A Night At The Movies' gained the award for Best Concert. These successes are once again, a testament to the hard work of everyone involved including those on stage, backstage and in supporting roles.

Trinity Players wins NODA Best Musical and Best Concert Awards 2019

(31st May 2020)

Trinity Players is again proud to announce that its stunning productions of 'Top Hat' and 'And The Winner Is...' have both won prestigious NODA awards. 'Top Hat' was awarded Best Musical and 'And The Winner Is..' gained the newly created award of Best Concert. These successes are a testament to the hard work of everyone involved including those on stage, backstage and in supporting roles.

Trinity Players wins NODA Best Drama Award 2016

(23rd April 2017)

Trinity Players is proud to announce that its oustanding production of 'Wind In The Willows' has won the award for Best Drama at the prestigious NODA awards. Testament to the hard work, vision and dedication of its production team, cast and crew the show was a tremendous success and was loved by its audiences. Congratulations to all who made 'Wind In The Willows' another fantastic, award-winning production.

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The Committee

Chairman

Chairman

Rick Jones
Arts Director

Arts Director

Sasha Marsh
Membership Secretary

Membership Secretary

Dan Barnes
Publicity Officer

Publicity Officer

Robyn Christoffels
Treasurer

Treasurer

Phil Lines
Secretary

Secretary

Pam Massey
Business Manager

Business Manager

Kerry Prosser
Technical Coordinator

Technical Coordinator

Lewis Wescott
Social Secretary

Social Secretary

Jane Keeling