Christmas Prize Draw Nets £800 for Theatre Fund

THE Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, drew 24 winning tickets from Thame Players’ Christmas Prize Draw at the Players Theatre on Monday, December 15. Sales of the prize draw tickets have contributed £800 to the theatre’s Building A Better Theatre development fund (following deduction of administrative costs).

Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, picks the winning ticket of the Thame Players’ Christmas Prize Draw

The first prize was £200 in cash, donated by a Thame Players’ member, with runner-up prizes donated by local attractions such as Waterperry Gardens, the Wormsley Estate, the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Heritage Railway, and Thame Football Partnership, as well as other runner-up prizes donated by local retailers including Phoenix Electronics, Treacle’s Tea Room, Haddenham Garden Centre, Wren’s Butchers, Isabella’s Closet, Wally’s Toy Shop, and the Cross Keys pub.

Thame Players also contributed prizes of five pairs of complimentary tickets to see Thame Players’ productions in 2015, which include How the Other Half Loves, Yes Prime Minister, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Journey’s End, and the annual pantomime, Puss in Boots.

Additional prizes of a bottle of bubbly were each won by the person who had sold the most tickets and by the first name drawn from the bucket who had purchased  £10 worth of tickets. Details of the winners are available on request by emailing thameplayers@gmail.com.

This is the second year that Thame Players have held a Christmas Prize Draw, as part of the fundraising activities they undertake to raise funds for refurbishment of the
100-year old theatre building in Nelson Street, a former Methodist chapel. During 2014 successful fundraising activities, together with grant-funding from South Oxfordshire District Council, Thame Town Council, and various bodies including the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment, the Theatres Trust, the Garfield Weston Foundation and
the Foyle Foundation have enabled a new heating system to be installed, a new row of seats to be added, enlargement of the stage, and a reconfiguration of the balcony.
Further building and refurbishment projects for 2015 are yet to be announced.

Thame Players spokesperson, Helen Johns, said: “Thame Players are very grateful for the support of the local visitor attractions and retailers who have contributed goods to the Prize Draw. Without their generosity it would not be possible to stage a Christmas Prize Draw with so many attractive prizes to be won.”

THAME PLAYERS CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW – LIST OF PRIZES

First Prize £200 in Cash (Donated by a Thame Players’ member)

Second Prize A Limited Edition Cricketing Print, entitled ‘Cricket at Wormsley’, by acclaimed cricket artist Jocelyn Galsworthy, valued at £125
(Donated by Wormsley Cricket Ground on the Getty Estate)

Third Prize Season Ticket for Two with a Year’s Free Entry to Waterperry Gardens, valued at £47.50, plus 10% Discount on Gifts, Books and Plants bought in the Garden Shop (Donated by Waterperry Gardens)

Fourth Prize Daewoo Compact Cylinder 1500 w Vaccuum Cleaner (model RC-350BK) valued at £39 (Donated by Phoenix Electronics)

Runner-Up Prizes
Five Pairs of Tickets to any Thame Players’ Productions in 2015
(Donated by Thame Players)

Six Tickets to any 2014/15 Season Home Game at Meadow Park
(Donated by Thame Football Partnership)

Family Travel Voucher for Four – Complimentary Travel for up to 2 Adults and 2 Children on a scheduled train service (single occasion March-October 2015)
(Donated by Chinnor & Princes Risborough Heritage Steam Railway)

Traditional English Afternoon Tea for Two with freshly made sandwiches, sultana scones, clotted cream, preserves, a selection of fresh patisserie, tea or coffee (Donated by Treacle’s Tea Room)

A Round of Drinks worth £20 at Thame’s Award-Winning Real Ale Pub
(Donated by The Cross Keys)

A Beautiful ‘Envy’ Fashion Scarf
(Donated by Isabella’s Closet)

Christmas Gift Voucher for £10
(Donated by Wren’s Butchers)

A Soft Cuddly Toy
(Donated by Wally’s Toy Shop)

Speciality Coffee or Tea and Scrumptious Cakes for Two
(Donated by Wheatley Farm Shop)

A Bottle of Italian Montiero White Wine made from the Gavi grape
(Donated by Majestic Wines)

A Gift Voucher worth £10 to Spend on Cosmetic and Fragrance Beauty Products
(Donated by Powder Cosmetics)

An Energy Healing Session with Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Benefits
(Donated by Trudi Lambert)

Afternoon Tea for Two at the Gardener’s Retreat Coffee Shop
(Donated by Haddenham Garden Centre)

A Framed Black & White Print of Macready Performing King Lear
(Donated by Simon Williams, of Upstairs Downstairs, Holby City and Don’t Wait Up fame)

Thame Players is a registered charity run entirely by volunteers offering a varied range of productions, from serious theatre to comedy and pantomime, including their own productions, visiting shows, and film screenings by Thame Cinema for All. The theatre is also used as a venue during Thame Food Festival and the Thame Arts & Literature Festival.

FOR more information about Thame Players, including What’s On, visit http://thameplayers.co.uk/

Thame Players are still fundraising: to donate any amount, large or small, to the Building A Better Theatre fund, please contact Helen Johns on 0771 743 4983.