Category: Previous Events and Outings

Rain or Shine: Frankenstein

The Rain or Shine Theatre Company will be back in the Barn in Purley on Thames on Friday 8th December 2023, hosted again by Project Purley.  As usual, we look set for an evening of great acting and much laughter.

Mobirise

Victor Frankenstein is on a scientific quest. He believes that he alone is destined to break through the greatest boundary of the medical world and harness the power to control life and death. Along with his faithful assistant, Igor, he finds that the act of creation is not all it’s cracked up to be when his efforts finally bring a homemade man to life. The only true question is who is the monster? Victor or his creation? Join Rain or Shine this winter for their hilarious take on this Gothic classic. Expect gags, fast paced chaos, well-timed comic set pieces. And hats. Lots and lots of hats.

Tickets are on sale now at £12 adult and £8 concession either from David Downs face-to-face or on 0118 942 4167.

Christmas Party in the Barn 2023

The Project Purley Christmas Party will be held on Friday 15th December at 7:30 pm in the Barn.  

There will be a hot supper and a Christmas Quiz.  A professional caterer will supply a choice of three different main courses, and you can pre-order your preference.  There will be a charge of £12 to cover the cost of the catering.  Members should bring their own crockery, cutlery, glasses and drinks.  Before, during and after the food there will be a photograph quiz.

Pre-booking is required, contact Jean Chudleigh.

Summer Outing – Visit to Purley Hall and its grounds

Project Purley’s Summer Outing will be a visit to Purley Hall
19th May 2023 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

Purley Hall pictured across the man-made canal. Photograph: Catherine Sampson

Built in the early 1600s, Purley Hall is a very attractive property set in stunning grounds.  It is privately owned, and we are grateful to Mr & Mrs Anderson for welcoming us to their home.  Weather permitting, our visit will include time to explore the gardens, which includes a canal, boat house, rustic temple, and walled garden, and also a tour of the main reception rooms downstairs with Ben Viljoen.  We will finish afterwards in The Barn for refreshments.

The visit costs £5 per person, which includes refreshments.  Advance booking required: contact Catherine Sampson.

Rain or Shine: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

The Rain or Shine Theatre Company will be back in the Barn in Purley on Friday 16th June!

The Rain or Shine Theatre Company is back, hosted again by Project Purley.  As usual, we look set for an evening of great acting and much laughter.  Do come if you can. Tickets are on sale now at £16 adult and £15 concession either from David Downs face–to–face or on 0118 942 4167, or by card on the box office ticket line 03306 600541 or online at www.bit.ly/PurleyCOE.

Christmas Party in the Barn 2022

The Project Purley Christmas Party will be held on Friday 16th December at 7:30 pm in the Barn.  

There will be a hot supper and a Christmas Quiz.  A professional caterer will supply a choice of three different main courses – two curries and one non-curry, and you can pre-order your preference.  There will be a small charge to cover the cost of the catering.  Before, during and after the food there will be a table quiz, which this year will have a distinctive Purley theme.

Pre-booking is required.

Rain or Shine: Sherlock Holmes and the Music Hall Mystery

Rain or Shine will be back in in the Barn in Purley on Friday 2nd December!

Sherlock Holmes and the Music Hall Mystery

When Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant Doctor Watson are asked for help by a music hall performer in distress, the pair spring into action to foil a deeply dastardly plot of national importance that rocks London to the core!

Following on from their previous Sherlock Holmes mysteries – The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Case of Jekyll and Hyde, Rain or Shine Theatre invites you to enjoy an evening of adventure, mishaps, tomfoolery, and lashings of comedy!

Tickets are £12 adult and £8 child (under 15), available from David Downs at a Project Purley meeting or 0118 942 4167, or from the Rain or Shine website or from their box office ticket line on 03306 600541 (card payments).

 

 

 

 

Purley on Thames tour and tea 1st July 2022

St Mary’s Church, Purley on Thames – tour of the church, churchyard and hinterland
Friday 1st July – 2pm
£5
open to members and their guests
The tour will take about an hour and a half and will include a visit to the Marina next to the church. It will be split into two parts – inside the Church and the churchyard/Marina area.
After the tour we will enjoy a cream tea in the church hall.
FULLY BOOKED

 

Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show

Friday 3rd June 10am – 12 noon

AFTERNOON TEA AND FASHION SHOW

Delicate sandwiches and delicious cakes, amidst a parade of fashions from the seventy years of the Queen’s reign, courtesy of Project Purley – Purley on Thames’ local history society

3 – 5pm (doors open 2.30pm)
The Barn, Goosecroft, off Beech Road, Purley, RG8 8BW (disabled access and toilets, Inductive Looped hearing system)
Tickets £12 (includes afternoon tea) from Marjorie on 0118 941 8856
Pre-booking required

An afternoon of delicious nibbles, relaxing conversation and laughter, and glamourous and distinctive fashion. The Queen’s reign has seen an enormous array of fashion trends from the nipped-in waists of the early 50s, through the mini-skirts of the 60s, and flares and shoulder pads of the 70s and 80s. We celebrate them all and their designers and enjoy a nostalgic look back at the changing trends. Early booking recommended as there is limited seating.