ALL the world’s stage - as the Bard of Stratford wrote.

And over the decades numerous amateur thespians have donned the greasepaint, heard the swish of the curtain and trod the boards in many a performance.

From village halls to local theatres the allure of bringing a tale to life in front of a live audience can be both thrilling and terrifying.

And now without further ado it’s curtain up as we peak back at a few productions from the past.

The cricket season may have finished in October 1988 but it was stll being played on stage at Lustleigh Village Hall where Outside Edge was on the boards. Pictured here are Janet Power (Miriam), Pru Hopwood (Maggie), Erica Read (Ginnie), John Merriot (Roger), Jon Wakeham (Kevin) and Tim Hall (Bob).
The cricket season may have finished in October 1988 but it was stll being played on stage at Lustleigh Village Hall where Outside Edge was on the boards. Pictured here are Janet Power (Miriam), Pru Hopwood (Maggie), Erica Read (Ginnie), John Merriot (Roger), Jon Wakeham (Kevin) and Tim Hall (Bob). (MDA Archive)

Outside Edge was on the boards. Pictured here are Jon Wakeham as Kevin fighting off the advances of his stage wife Ginnie played by Erica Read
Outside Edge was on the boards. Pictured here are Jon Wakeham as Kevin fighting off the advances of his stage wife Ginnie played by Erica Read (MDA Archive)

KADS’s autumn 1988 poduction of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime went with a bang. Philip Douch as Herr Winkelkopf.
KADS’s autumn 1988 poduction of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime went with a bang. Philip Douch as Herr Winkelkopf. (MDA Archive)

Autumn 1986 and at Teignmouth’s Carlton Theatre the youngsters from the junior section of the Teignmouth Players were perfroming How The West Was Sung, a mini-musical by Viv Wilson. Pictured here are Clare Richardson-Brown, Scott Richardson-Brown, Sarah O’Brien, Kerry Lawrence and Paul Randall.
Autumn 1986 and at Teignmouth’s Carlton Theatre the youngsters from the junior section of the Teignmouth Players were perfroming How The West Was Sung, a mini-musical by Viv Wilson. Pictured here are Clare Richardson-Brown, Scott Richardson-Brown, Sarah O’Brien, Kerry Lawrence and Paul Randall. (MDA Archive)

Dawlish Rep’s autumn 1988 presentation of A Murder is Announced. Rob Voysey as Inspector Craddock and Marie Thompson as Letitia Blacklock.
Dawlish Rep’s autumn 1988 presentation of A Murder is Announced. Rob Voysey as Inspector Craddock and Marie Thompson as Letitia Blacklock. (MDA Archive)