Meet our Directors
Hillbark Players has been very privileged to have had the services of many of the Wirral's finest amateur directors. The record number of productions directed is held jointly between Malcolm Ash and Patrick Gee, who have both directed five of our productions.
Malcolm Ash 1964 1966 1980 1988 1994
1964 - 'Much Ado About Nothing' 1966 'The Taming of the Shrew'
1980 'Two Gentlemen of Verona' 1988 'The Tempest'
1994 'Romeo and Juliet'
Malcolm also appeared in -
1982 'As You Like It', 1990 'Much Ado about Nothing', 2005 'The Taming of the Shrew'
Ursula Collins 1965
1965 'Romeo and Juliet'
June Lancelyn-Green 1967
1967 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
June presented open-air Shakespeare productions in the grounds of her home Poulton Hall in the 1950's
and the 1960 production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' inspired Tom Gittins to set up Hillbark Players.
See details of this production under Previous Productions - 1960.
Bill Shaw 1968
1968 'Twelfth Night'
Patrick Gee 1976 1978 1984 1990 1996
1976 'A Comedy of Errors' 1984 'Love's Labours Lost' 1990 'Much Ado About Nothing'
1978
'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
1996 'Twelfth Night'
Patrick also appeared in -
1988 'The Tempest', 1994 'Romeo and Juliet'
Henry McDowell 1982 1986
1982 'As You Like It' 1986 'The Merchant of Venice'
Henry also appeared in -
1978 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Ann Warr 1992 2001 2003 2011
1992 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' 2001 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
2003 'A Comedy of Errors'
2011 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
Ann also appeared in -
1976 'A Comedy of Errors', 1978 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 1998 'A Winter's Tale'
Bob Forrester 1998
1998 'A Winter's Tale'
Bob also appeared in -
1976 'A Comedy of Errors', 1978 'A Midsummer Night's Dream',
1980 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 1982 'As You Like It',
Frank Nance 2005
2005 'The Taming of the Shrew'
Frank also appeared in -
1980 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 1982 'As You Like It', 1984 'Love's Labours Lost',
1986 'The Merchant of Venice', 1988 'The Tempest', 1994 'Romeo and Juliet',
1998 'A Winter's Tale'
Andy Webster 2007
2007 'As You Like It'
Andy also appeared in -
1984 'Love's Labours Lost',
1986 'The Merchant of Venice', 1994 'Romeo and Juliet',
1996 'Twelfth Night', 1998 'The Winter's Tale', 2001 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
2003 'A Comedy of Errors'
Nick Sample 2009 2013 2017
Nick also appeared in -
2011 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' , 2015 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Martin Riley 2015
Martin also appeared in -
2007 'As You Like It', 2009 'Macbeth', 2013 'Merchant of Venice' 2017 'Hamlet'
Stuart Rathe 2019
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 2019 |
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Stuart also appeared in -
2013 'Merchant of Venice' 2015 'Much Ado about Nothing' 2017 'Hamlet'
Ruth Stenhouse 2019
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 2019 |
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Ruth also apperared in-