Australia
New South Wales
Wheeze & Suck Band [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Woy Woy, Lat.& Long.: -33.5000, 151.3333
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2003 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
John Milce (jmilce@sherborne.com.au), Phone: 612 9299 6900
Part of:
Sydney Morris Men
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South Australia
Adelaide Mummers Players
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Uraidla, Lat.& Long.: -34.9567, 138.7456
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2003 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Mike Day, Phone: 08 8294 2630
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Victoria
Britannia Morris Men [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Melbourne, Lat.& Long.: -37.8160, 144.9667
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2003 (2), 2004 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
David Purdue, Phone: +61 419 669 955
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Canada
British Columbia
Black Sheep Morris & Mummers (Bowen Island Black Sheep Mummers) [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Bowen Island, Lat.& Long.: 49.3796, -123.3382
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2001 (1), 2002 (1), 2003 (3), 2004 (6), 2005 (1)
Media Links:
3 links to Photo(s)
Contact:
Jim McConnan (j_mcconnan@shaw.ca), Phone: 604-947-2574
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Quicksbottom Morris [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Victoria, Lat.& Long.: 48.4222, -123.3657
Description:
Annual Yule play. Our local variant.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2014 (4), 2015 (6), 2016 (5), 2017 (5), 2018 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Quicksbottom Morris info (info@quicksbottommorris.ca)
Address: Victoria, BC, Canada
Notes:
Continuing our tradition since Jan 2007 as QBM. We had been Island Thyme Morris, Mens Side, aka - IT
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Vancouver Morris Men [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Vancouver, Lat.& Long.: 49.2540, -123.1081
Description:
[None provided]
Established:
1982
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (4), 2003 (5), 2004 (5), 2005 (3), 2006 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (2), 2017 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Graham Baldwin (gbaldwin.vmm@gmail.com), Phone: 604 720 2790
Address: 155 Talisman Avenue
Vancouver BC Canada V5Y 2L6
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Manitoba
Village Green Morris Men
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Winnipeg, Lat.& Long.: 49.8844, -97.1464
Description:
[None provided]
Established:
1976
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Ian, Fillingham (donnaian@mts.net), Phone: 204-488-0877
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Newfoundland
Newfoundland Mummers (Pigeon Inlet Mummers)
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Bay Roberts, Lat.& Long.: 47.5988, -53.2579
Description:
Performing the original material of playwright/broadcaster/humourist Ted Russell: The Chronicles of Uncle Mose; the traditional and original set dances of Newfoudland and Tonya Kearley; as well as the Mummers\' Play from work with Chris Brookes over the past 16 years.
Established:
1979
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contacts:
Tonya Kearley, Folklorist, Educator & Performer (tonyakearley@esdnl.ca), Phone: 709.488.2828 (Work) or 709.488.3821 (Home)
Address: PO Box 461, Wabana, Bell Island, Newfoundland, A0A 4H0
Kelly Russell, Professional Musician & Producer (unclebayman@gmail.com), Phone: 709.464.7490 (Work) or 709.488.3821 (Home)
Address: PO Box 461, Wabana, Bell Island, Newfoundland, A0A 4H0
Part of:
Pigeon Inlet Productions
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Prince of Wales Collegiate Mummers Troupe
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
St. John's, Lat.& Long.: 47.5646, -52.7091
Description:
The Newfoundland Mummers' play makes unannounced house visits in and around St. John's during the twelve days of Christmas. This school group is directed by original Mummers Troupe member Lynn Lunde.
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (1), 2005 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Fabian O'Keefe, Phone: 1-709-739-7920
Part of:
Prince of Wales Collegiate
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Ontario
Orange Peel Border Morris [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Orangeville, Lat.& Long.: 43.9200, -80.0947
Description:
Border Morris group, an hour northwest of Toronto, performs traditional English Village carols (think Yorkshire), and does several Apple Wassails (a la Carhampton, Somerset), and also does a version of a Cornish St George and The Dragon play.
Established:
1996
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Mark Whitcombe, Squire (markwhitcombe34@gmail.com), Phone: 519.933.90020
Address: 34 Blind Line, Orangeville, ON, Canada, L9W 3A5
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Tranzac Mummer's Play (Mini Morris Mummers)
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Toronto, Lat.& Long.: 43.6709, -79.3933
Description:
We are the coolest people in all the world. We are the kids of some of the folk community in Toronto. Our parents are not so cool.
Established:
1987
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Adam Watson (adam.watsons@yahoo.ca)
Part of:
Tranzac Club
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Wassail singers and dancers
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
London, Lat.& Long.: 42.9808, -81.2470
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (2), 2008 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Tom Siess (tfsiess@sympatico.ca), Phone: (519)690-0083
Part of:
True North Music and Dance
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Wassail!, True North Music and Dance [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
London, Lat.& Long.: 42.9808, -81.2470
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2005 (3)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Tom Siess (tfsiess@sympatico.ca), Phone: (519)690-0083
Notes:
No longer performing a mummers play.
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England
Bedfordshire
Barfront Guizers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Ampthill, Grid Ref.: TL0338, Lat.& Long.: 52.0348, -0.4910
Description:
The group performs at pubs etc around Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire during Dec & Jan, collections are for charity. Traditional performance on Boxing Day (outside the Village Hall, Silsoe, Bedfordshire approx 12.00 Noon).
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (5), 2003 (5), 2004 (2), 2005 (5), 2006 (6), 2007 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (4), 2011 (4), 2012 (6), 2013 (3), 2014 (2), 2015 (5), 2016 (5), 2017 (4), 2018 (3), 2019 (1)
Media Links:
2 links to Photo(s)
Contact:
Adrian Williams (adrian.williamsathome@ntlworld.com), Phone: 0779 1708223
Notes:
Formerly Brafront Guizers. Redbornstoke Morris folded in 2018, the Guizers have continued as a separate group
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Bedford Morris Men [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Bedford, Grid Ref.: TL0549, Lat.& Long.: 52.1333, -0.4585
Description:
In winter, the Bedford Morris Men perform a traditional Plough Play. Their script comes from Branston, Leicestershire, collected by Davd Welti, a former squire of Bedford Morris and the Morris Ring.
Established:
1932
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (1), 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2014 (1), 2015 (1), 2017 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to Video
Contact:
Ian Daye (ian.daye@btinternet.com), Phone: 01582 883009
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Caddington Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Caddington, Grid Ref.: TL0619, Lat.& Long.: 51.8635, -0.4532
Description:
[None provided]
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), 2017 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Richard Rowley (richard-rowley@lineone.net), Phone: 01582 414742
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Riseley Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Riseley, Grid Ref.: TL0462, Lat.& Long.: 52.2508, -0.4707
Description:
Members of the newly created Riseley Community Theatre group formed Riseley Mummers under the directorship of Amanda Whittall, to bring Mummers plays to the local community and to keep alive the tradition of Mumming in North Bedfordshire.
Established:
2010
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2010 (1), 2011 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Amanda Whittall, Director of Mumming (amandawhittall@hotmail.co.uk), Phone: 01234 708832 (Home)
Address: Appletrees, 29 High Street. Riseley. Beds. Mk441DU
Part of:
Riseley Community Theatre
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Berkshire
Aldworth Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Aldworth, Grid Ref.: SU5579, Lat.& Long.: 51.5112, -1.2002
Description:
We have been appearing in our midwinter ritual since 1976, at numerous venues according to circumstances. The ritual can be observed on the Friday and on the Saturday that happen to fall during the weekend before Christmas - never at Christmas itself; and always at The Bell, Aldworth on the Saturday night.
Established:
1976
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (2), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2019 (1)
Media Links:
[None registered]
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Cauldron Players
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Windsor, Grid Ref.: SU9676, Lat.& Long.: 51.4787, -0.6102
Description:
[None provided]
Established:
2012
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Tyto (lorraine100000@yahoo.co.uk), Phone: 01753 863369
Address: 11a Eton Wick Road, Eton Wick. Windsor, Berks., SL4 6LT
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Cold Ash and Hermitage Mummers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Cold Ash, Grid Ref.: SU5169, Lat.& Long.: 51.4217, -1.2593
Description:
Cold Ash mummers were formed after mummers featured in a village play. The play's author, Richard Marshall, founded the Mummers afterwards based on the remembered fragments of the original Cold Ash play. Over the years we have developed our own distinctive style and tradition.
Established:
1995
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (2), 2003 (2), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (2), 2011 (3), 2012 (2), 2013 (2), 2014 (2), 2015 (2), 2016 (2), 2017 (3), 2018 (2), 2021 (2), 2022 (2), 2023 (2)
Media Links:
1 link to Photo(s)
Contact:
Richard Marshall (marshalr@btinternet.com), Phone: 01635 200907 (Home) or 02071332353 (Work)
Address: Heathwaite, Slanting Hill, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berks, RG18 9QG
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