Contact Details
Mail: Encore Theatre Company,
c/o Bedford House, 16 Wellgarth Road, Purston, WF7 5LZ
E-mail: etconline@live.co.uk
Box Office: 07786551654
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Our Committee
President: Ralph Jaggar
Vice President: Carole Whelpton
Chair: Clare Heins
Secretary: Pam Robinson
Assistant Secretary: Dawn Walton
Treasurer: Jennie Spurgeon-Hill
Social Media Coordinator: Sarah Clarkson
Publicity Officer: Phil Clarkson
Production Coordinator: Nicole Walton
Members' Representative and Social & Fundraising Officer: Alex Bush
Life Members
The Company recognises outstanding loyalty, support and service to its activities in the awarding of Life Membership and we are pleased to acknowledge the following members / former members in this regard:
Jane Allison; Phil Clarkson; Sarah Clarkson; Christine Cook; David Cook; Jeni Fieldhouse; Keith Fieldhouse; David Gilson; Audrey Haggerty; Clare Heins; Ralph Jaggar; Lesley Pickersgill; Martin Pickersgill; Catherine Pidd; Pam Robinson; Andrew Sheppard; Sue Sheppard; Linda West; Carole Whelpton; John Whelpton
Merit Award
Each year at the Annual General Meeting, the Company presents the Merit Award to one of its members to recognise outstanding effort during the previous year. Originally named The Chorus Award, it became known as The Caswell Award for Merit (in memory of Mollie & Mannie Caswell, long-serving Life Members) and more recently was presented in memory of Sheila Stainburn, former President of Encore.
Previous winners of the Merit Award are detailed below:
1994 - Adam Fletcher
1995 - The Craven Family
1996 - Denise Lancaster
1997 - Lee Thompson
1998 - Barbara Callear
1999 - Beverley Brighton
2000 - Paul Kelly
2001 - Geoff Sherwood
2002 - Sheila Stainburn
2003 - Pam Oxley
2004 - Jo Bevitt
2005 - Fiona Lancaster
2006 - Catherine Pidd
2007 - Sarah Dyson
2008 - Maureen Pugh & Karen Smith
2009 - Nick Hubbert
2010 - Micah Lyons
2011 - Andrea Riley
2012 - Andrew Sheppard
2013 - Julie Backhouse
2014 - Pauline Dyson
2015 - Phil Clarkson
2016 - Phil Clayton
2017 - Alex Bush
2018 - Lee Gray
2019 - The Encore Membership
2022 - Sue Sheppard
2023 - Pam Robinson
2024 - Janet Mallinder
Patrons of ETC
Our Patrons Scheme allows those who are not active members of Encore Theatre Company to still support our group. Many thanks to the following for being our Patrons:
Vanessa & Robert Clarkson; Louisa Davenport; Pauline & Michael Dyson; Cllr Richard & Audrey Forster; Amelia-Grace & Joanne Gore; Sarah Hill; Janet Hollingsworth; Susan & Ralph Jaggar; Kathryn & Alan Johnson; Kim McNamara; Vicky & Daniel Rogers; Kay Spurgeon & Stuart Wilson; Kathryn Stainburn & Colin Burgon; Dawn Elizabeth Walton; Carole & John Whelpton
Honorary Patron: The Lord St Oswald (6th Baron St Oswald)
