Our multi-award winning show

"A glorious anthology of poetry, prose and songs on the theme of gardens and the gardeners who tend them. From Gertrude Jekyll to Pam Ayres, from An English Country Garden to The Secret Garden, from the lyrical to limericks, this is a flowerbed full of delights".

 
Twice voted by audiences the 'Best Poetry and Spoken Word performance' at  the Shaftesbury Fringe (2023 & 2024)

Our Summer 2024 tour 
We staged this versatile show five times this Summer in lovely garden spaces in Dorset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. We have devised the option of either a one-act or two-act version and it can be performed indoors if wet (this year we were lucky to avoid the need for this!).

We are pleased that we have also been able to raise money for charity: one performance raised £1500 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and another was able to support the work of the Surrey Gardens Trust. 

                            What our audiences have had to say...


“My group soooo enjoyed your event! We had the happiest time with you and talked a lot about you over lunch. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the entertainment!!”

“Well, what a stunning show.  Thank you, all of you, for producing such a brilliant hour of horticultural fun”  

“We greatly enjoyed Glory of the Garden.  Highly engaging, entertaining and relatable!”

“I just had to write to say how much I enjoyed your performance in Shaftesbury yesterday, it exceeded all my expectations”

“All emotions evoked and so well put together”

 “Just the most special evening. Perfect setting and performance – loved it!”

 “Perfectly charming”

 “I had a smile on my face the whole time” 

“Brilliant cast, bravo!”  “

Absolute 100% must see” 

One enthusiastic audience member wrote: “It was pure joy! I could watch it again and again!” - and duly came back a second time. In fact, at one performance one third of the audience of over 50 were there for the second or even third viewing, such is the appeal of this delightful show. 

If you still haven’t caught it, there is a good chance there may be further outings of the piece in 2025.

To perform 'Glory of the Garden' PlayGC Theatre Company were joined by three talented actor / singers:

Sam Ebner-Landy

Sam studied Drama at The University of Manchester before performing with the National Youth Theatre. He then trained at Guildford School of Acting where he graduated with a Distinction in 2019. He now works as an actor in theatre and film. Credits include: Unholy (Music Video - Sam Smith and Kim Petras, 2022), Candide (Scottish Opera, 2022), Dead Boy Cafe (2022), From Rushmere With Love (Sir John Mills Theatre, Eastern Angles, 2021-22), Pretty Shrewd (Vienna's English Theatre, 2019-20), Not That Strange (DIY Shakespeare at RSC's 'The Dell' Festival), Trevor (short film, 2019), Hansel in Hansel and Gretel (Bigfoot Arts Education) and Tape (feature film, 2015).

https://www.spotlight.com/0457-9056-0006 

Sara Jasmin Page

Sara is a performer, singer-songwriter and choreographer. She started playing the piano, singing and dancing at a young age and went on to study Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since then, Sara has been performing and collaborating with theatre companies and in educational settings, bringing movement and music expertise to amateur and professional performances and projects across the UK and internationally. Most recently she has been writing music as a solo artist, having released a solo piano album last year and her first vocal single in 2021.
https://www.sarajasminpage.co.uk/

Charlie Greenwood

Charlie is an actor and singer from Tisbury, Wiltshire. Memorable roles include Hermione (A Winter’s Tale), Kate (Bedroom Farce), Portia (The Merchant of Venice), Sandy (Grease), Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Viola (Twelfth Night), Kitty (Taking Steps), Mrs Chevely (An Ideal Husband, radio play), Audrey (Murder at Checkmate Manor) and a colourful array of panto villains and principal boys. An experienced singer, she has performed with a variety of bands including orchestras, a vintage trio, and an acoustic duo. She is currently working as an events singer, and a performer with blues & soul trio ‘Hummingbird’. She also writes original songs, and the odd theatre script.
Events Singer Wiltshire | Charlie Greenwood | Tisbury (charliegreenwoodsings.com)
Ed Saunders-Lee

Ed stepped in at short notice to join the company for the August 2024 performance at West Horsley Place, Surrey

A recent graduate from the Guildford School of Acting. Most recently finished a run of his critically acclaimed solo show I Am Yours Sincerely at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Other credits include short film Jingles and Sweet Science (2023) and As You Like It (2023). 

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