England
Derbyshire
Longford Mummers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Longford, Grid Ref.: SK2137, Lat.& Long.: 52.9342, -1.6801
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (2), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2009 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to Photo(s)
Contact:
Brian Crosbie (bcrosbie@bcrosbie.fsnet.co.uk), Phone: 01332 694353
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Melbourne Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Melbourne, Grid Ref.: SK3825, Lat.& Long.: 52.8207, -1.4332
Description:
[None provided]
Established:
2011
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2018 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Brian crosbie (b.crosbie@yahoo.co.uk)
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Parwich Guizers and Mummers (Brothm Mummers) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Parwich, Grid Ref.: SK1854, Lat.& Long.: 53.0874, -1.7252
Description:
Parwich Guizers and Mummers have been performing their ancient play for the last 25 years. This guizing play used to be performed in Biggin-by-Hartington in the 1930s and perhaps for many years before.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2008 (1), 2009 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to News article, 1 link to Video
Contact:
Rob Francis (rob-francis@virgin.net)
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Ripley Guisers (Ripley Morris) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Ripley, Grid Ref.: SK4050, Lat.& Long.: 53.0499, -1.3958
Description:
We perform the Hammersmith Guisers Play, ( 5/6 characters, two songs) collected from Percy Cook, Hammersmith, Ripley, in 1983. Percy last performed the play in 1904. 40/50 performances every year since 1984, around Ripley, and in Nottinghamshire (Selston area). Strong local guiseing/bullguiseing tradition in mining area.12 local plays collected.
Established:
1983
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2001 (5), 2004 (3), 2005 (3), 2006 (1), 2009 (5), 2010 (5), 2011 (2), 2012 (5), 2013 (3), 2014 (3), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (2), 2018 (2), 2019 (4), 2022 (3), 2023 (3)
Media Links:
2 links to Photo(s)
Contact:
Graham Clarke (greybags@aol.com), Phone: 01773603665
Address: 16 Oakland Crescent
Riddings
Part of:
Ripley Morris
Notes:
Fridays in December ,13/15 performances each night, in Ripley, Selston, Riddings, Swanwick, Somercotes, Codnor, Heage, Denby, Bullbridge, Crich. Collect for Ripley Hospital League of Friends. 1,444 performances of the play, £41,480 raised for Ripley Hospital League of Friends.
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Tidza Guisers
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Tideswell, Grid Ref.: SK1575, Lat.& Long.: 53.2768, -1.7759
Description:
Performs traditional Tideswell folklore - the Tidza Saw Y'Eds - and poems - The Drunken Butcher of Tideswell - in Wakes Week (week nearest 24th June) each year.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Gerard Rogers (theatre@tideswell.net)
Part of:
Tideswell Theatre
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Winster Guisers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Winster, Grid Ref.: SK2460, Lat.& Long.: 53.1408, -1.6337
Description:
Traditional hero combat play similar to Soulcaking ( horse included) . Photo exists of team in Winster @1870.Current team have been performing since late 1970's.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (3), 2003 (4), 2004 (4), 2005 (4), 2006 (4), 2008 (4), 2009 (4), 2012 (4), 2014 (4), 2015 (4), 2016 (4), 2018 (4), 2019 (4), 2021 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Allan Stone (allanstone89@gmail.com), Phone: 01629-650158
Address: 1,Wyntor Avenue, Winster, Matlock.DE4 2DU
Notes:
Performance dates are given on the Winster website.
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Devon
Dartington Morris Men [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Dartington, Grid Ref.: SX7862, Lat.& Long.: 50.4491, -3.7115
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Iain Davison (bagman@dartingtonmorrismen.org.uk), Phone: 01803 360990
Notes:
Morris Ring
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Dartmoor Border Morris [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Meavy, Grid Ref.: SX5467, Lat.& Long.: 50.4886, -4.0514
Description:
We are a mixed, family Morris side of various ages both young and old who perform a traditional Resurrection mummers play with a twist!
Established:
2001
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (2), 2005 (3), 2006 (2), 2013 (1), 2014 (2), 2015 (1), 2016 (1), 2017 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to Video
Contacts:
Mark Tregaskis, Bagman (treggie@blueyonder.co.uk), Phone: 01752 299700
Address: 34, Cramber close, Roborough, Plymouth PL6 7AZ
Lis Richards (lisrichards@btinternet.com)
Notes:
Affiliated to the Morris Federation
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Grimspound Border Mummers
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Bishopsteignton, Grid Ref.: SX9073, Lat.& Long.: 50.5510, -3.5470
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2013 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contacts:
Gil' Gill, Treasurer (gibgill@gmail.com)
Lee Merry, Bagman (bagman@grimspound.org.uk)
Part of:
Grimspound Border Morris Dancers
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Lodestone Mummers [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Tavistock, Grid Ref.: SX4774, Lat.& Long.: 50.5508, -4.1533
Description:
Reviving the Mummers tradition in the Tavistock area with St George and Turkish Knight and company.
Established:
2007
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2008 (1), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2012 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (1), 2018 (1), 2019 (1), 2021 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Master Mummer (morrisdancersofengland@googlemail.com)
Address: 17 Monksmead, Tavistock, PL19 8ER
Part of:
Lodestone Border Morris
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Lympstone Mummers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Exmouth, Grid Ref.: SY0080, Lat.& Long.: 50.6197, -3.4066
Description:
Perform the traditional Lympstone play annually around the village pubs, usually on the Saturday before Christmas.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2014 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Tony Day, Phone: 01395 268653
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North Devon Mummers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
West Down, Grid Ref.: SS5142, Lat.& Long.: 51.1624, -4.1251
Description:
North Devon Mummers have maintained their tradition in village pubs since 1970, collecting for a selected local charity each year. Performances take place at approx. 9 p.m. and are followed by a session of tunes and songs fit for Christmas time.
Established:
1970
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2001 (6), 2002 (2), 2003 (9), 2004 (7), 2005 (8), 2006 (11), 2007 (2), 2008 (8), 2009 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Barbara and Francis Verdigi, Master Mummers (fandb@sosi.net), Phone: 01271 813843
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Plymouth Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Plymouth, Grid Ref.: SX4854, Lat.& Long.: 50.3710, -4.1353
Description:
An Elizabethan-themed play featuring Queen Elizabeth 1, Sir Francis Drake, Walter Raleigh and the King of Spain
Established:
2005
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2009 (4), 2010 (4), 2011 (4), 2012 (5), 2013 (6), 2014 (5), 2015 (5), 2016 (7), 2017 (4), 2018 (5), 2022 (4), 2023 (4)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Andy King (andy.king28@blueyonder.co.uk), Phone: 01752 300758 (Home) or 07708590704 (Mob.)
Address: 4 Drakes Close, Plymouth, PL6 5XL
Part of:
Plymouth Morris
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Sidmouth Traditional Mummers (Sidmouth Mummers) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Sidmouth, Grid Ref.: SY1287, Lat.& Long.: 50.6800, -3.2386
Description:
A group of Sidmouth residents who have been performing Sidmouth's own traditional Mummers Play around the Town at Christmastime since 1979.
Established:
1979
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Henry Piper (sidmouthmummers@yahoo.co.uk)
Address: 21b Broad St., Ottery St. Mary, Devon, EX11 1BY
Notes:
No connection to Exeter Morris Men, who also perform the Sidmouth play on occasions.
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Sidmouth Mumming Play
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Ide, Grid Ref.: SX8990, Lat.& Long.: 50.7031, -3.5650
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2005 (3), 2006 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to Photo(s)
Contact:
Mike Painter, Phone: 01404 815619
Part of:
Exeter Morris Men
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Tarka Morris Men [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Bideford, Grid Ref.: SS4526, Lat.& Long.: 51.0166, -4.2029
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (1), 2005 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Daemon Billing (daemon.billing@tiscali.co.uk), Phone: 01237 478300
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Dorset
Babylon [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Corscombe, Grid Ref.: ST5105, Lat.& Long.: 50.8464, -2.6890
Description:
Babylon are a border morris dance team, based in the small Dorset village of Corscombe. As well as the dancing, Babylon perform a mummers play.
Established:
1995
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (1), 2003 (2), 2004 (3), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2017 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contacts:
Andrea Stuart, Secretary (secretary@babylon.org.uk)
Steve Cunio, Foreman (steve@cunio.co.uk), Phone: 01935 829050 (Home) or 07811 680534 (Mob.)
Address: 1 Lower Hyde Road, Montacute, TA15 6UR
Notes:
Member of the Morris Federation
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Dorset Knobs [Website]
Category:
Other Performing Group
Home Town:
Verwood, Grid Ref.: SU0808, Lat.& Long.: 50.8754, -1.8792
Description:
A Pagan group formed by members of the local Pagan community to perform Mummer's Plays, Wassailing and other folk customs in the East Dorset and West Hampshire area.
Established:
2006
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Corwen ap Broch (knobbin@dorsetknobs.co.uk), Phone: 07815 725 114 (Mob.)
Address: Verwood, Dorset.
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Frome Valley Morris Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Weymouth, Grid Ref.: SY6779, Lat.& Long.: 50.6137, -2.4594
Description:
Plays performed currently are: Hero Combat - text from a village near Weymouth (Broadwey) from DCRO, 1934 - played at Midwinter in pubs, streets in South and West Dorset - and a Hoodening play we wrote c. 2005, based on Kentish examples (also played at festivals) and performed 2005-2014, waiting for more players to start again.
Established:
1978
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2001 (2), 2002 (4), 2003 (6), 2004 (7), 2005 (3), 2006 (7), 2008 (4), 2009 (5), 2010 (7), 2011 (4), 2012 (1), 2013 (5), 2014 (3), 2016 (3), 2017 (1), 2018 (5), 2019 (5), 2020 (1), 2022 (5), 2023 (4)
Media Links:
1 link to Video
Contact:
David Milner (davmilner@gmail.com), Phone: 01305 880154
Address: 3 Hope Terrace, Martinstown, Dorset, DT2 9JN
Part of:
Frome Valley Morris
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Poole Mummers (Anonymous Morris) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Poole, Grid Ref.: SZ0190, Lat.& Long.: 50.4300, 1.5900
Description:
Dressed in purple tatter jackets, Poole Mummers perform their own version of the traditional mumming play.
Established:
2011
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2011 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Judith Proctor, Bagman (Judith.Proctor@gmail.com), Phone: 01202693039 or 07759 784901
Address: 28 Diprose Rd, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3QY
Part of:
Anonymous Morris
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