Bolsover Drama Group

Over the course of two weekends in March members of the group gave up their Saturdays to sort and catalogue the vast number of costumes the group had acquired during its 29 year existence. While a large costume collection can be beneficial to an amateur theatre group, our collection had grown too large for its storage area. After sifting through the costumes we ended up with a number of items that we had forgotten about, which we catalogued for future use, and some which we felt we would never use again or had unfortunately fallen victim to time and damp, which we decided to remove from the Chapel. This event followed on from a similar exercise last summer where old scenery, rubble and weeds were cleared from the chapel and its surrounding area – both activities have allowed us to clear space for work within the chapel, and also allow us to tidy up items we do need to keep. It’s not an easy job as the chapel is in use all year round constructing scenery for the current production, bu...

Voulenteers stand by the filled skip following the Chapel clear-up day On Saturday morning the 22nd August a group of Bolsover Drama Group volunteers gave their precious time to help with the initial clearance of items from the Bannister Chapel.  Sorting the recyclable items and sifting through the old props (and revisiting old shows with some of the group members) a hive of activity soon commenced. The sun shone and the dust flew, and with good humour the morning soon passed.  We shared the tools and a few laughs, with the outside area rediscovered amongst the weeds and discarded rubble. Lunchtime soon came around and we had completed our first task.  The skip (at a reduced fee) was meticulously organised and ready to go and the front and rear of the building were tidy and accessible.   Inside a corner of the building was clear and ready to take on the next step of the project.