Spring Grove Fringe

An amateur, community drama group, founded over 40 years ago, based in the Spring Grove area of Kingston, with members from a wider area. The group usually stages four shows a year, most running for two evenings and including supper. One of the these is the annual pantomime, with extra local involvement. We also put on occasional play-readings and workshops.

Over the last ten years, more than £30,000 has been donated to local and national charities chosen by the members.

If you are interested in joining or finding out more, come to our next show or email sgfkingston@gmail.com

Registered charity number 1150982.
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On the Fringe

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February 2026 – SGF Annual Pantomime

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Friday February 6th at 7:30 pm
Saturday February 7th at 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm

‘1001 Arabian Nights’, is set in old Baghdad, where trouble is brewing. Unless the Princess Jasmina marries before her 21st Birthday, the evil Vizier will take control of the city! Things look grim … but here to save the day are the love-sick Ali Barber (who pines for the Princess), his dim-witted brother Singbad the Sailor, and his fearsome mother, Dame Barber. Also trying to foil the villain’s fiendish plot are Bob, a lad with a secret, a pantomime camel and a Genie who’s been stuck in a magic ruby for far too long!

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November 2025 – Alright on the Night 

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Alright on the Night ... with a ‘Sketchy’ Start

Friday November 28th at 7:30 pm
Saturday November 29th at 7:30 pm

Our November show was a two-parter. 
The first half was a selection of sketches based loosely on human behaviour, written by Frances Garrood, ranging from a vet’s waiting area to a hospital room. They had moments of poignancy and laughter. 
The second half was a one-act play, ‘Alright on the Night’, a farcical comedy by Robin Wilson about an Amateur Dramatic group rehearsal which goes from bad to worse. That sounds familiar to many of us SGF cast members! 

Both nights sold out! 

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October 2025 – A Family Affair

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Friday October 3rd at 7:30 pm
Saturday October 4th at 7:30 pm

The Templeton Teapot, by Grace Cooke Strong.

A domestic farce, involving the inheritance of a family heirloom, a confusion over who is to be married, and an innocent burglar. 

Followed, after supper, by a Family Secrets quiz between the tables, with great prizes. 

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February 2025 – Alice in Wonderland ... the Pantomime

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Alice in Wonderland, by Tracey Rogers

Friday February 7th at 7:30 pm
Saturday February 8th at 2:30 pm
Saturday February 8th at 7:30 pm

A new version of Alice in Wonderland. Meet all your favourite mad characters: the Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and March Hare and a few you haven’t met before, in a fast paced, joke-a-minute production.

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