Canada
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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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
Cambridgeshire
Northstow Mummers (Traditional Music of Cambridgeshire Collective) [Website]
Category:
Other Performing Group
Home Town:
Cambridge, Grid Ref.: TL4658, Lat.& Long.: 52.2053, 0.1425
Description:
Northstow Mummers perform mummers' plays and play Cambridegshire music, as well as keeping up the day at Wassails, Plough Sunday/Monday. May Day, Midsummer, Lammas, Hallowe'en, Tander and Christmas/Yuletide.
Established:
1996
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2009 (4), 2010 (5), 2011 (4)
Media Links:
3 links to Video
Contact:
Nigel Pennick, Lord of Misrule (keepinguptheday@live.co.uk), Phone: 01954 789751
Address: PO Box 530, Cambridge, CB23 8FS
Notes:
Affiliate of English Folk Dance and Song Society
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Dorset
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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Gloucestershire
Happenstance Mummers and Players (Winchcombe Mummers and Players) [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-acting Sub-Group
Home Town:
Winchcombe, Grid Ref.: SP0228, Lat.& Long.: 51.9546, -1.9636
Description:
Happenstance Mummers and Players incorporates Mad Moll Mummers and Mayers with fresh locations, ideas and scripts without losing any of the old doggerel and cheesey puns. Mad Moll moved west from Hitchin, Herts to Winchcombe and are now creating seasonal mayhem and over acting in Gloucestershire! Our next new project is to recreate celebrations of our local saint, St Kenelm with a miracle play and procession on July 17th 2010.
Established:
2008
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2010 (4)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Cressida Pryor, Happenstance Squire (zenziallink@hotmail.com), Phone: 01242 604120 (Home) or 07791004649 (Mob.)
Address: 12 Cheltenham Rd, Winchcombe, Glos., GL54 5ND
Part of:
Happenstance Border Morris
Notes:
We welcome new members and anyone interested in watching or being part of our performance whether as audience or players. Wassail!
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Mad Moll Mummer and Mayers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Winchcombe, Grid Ref.: SP0228, Lat.& Long.: 51.9546, -1.9636
Description:
We offer traditionally inspired folk theatre combining old with new, celebrating the changing seasons and updated for topicality. Our interactive performance includes songs, lively dialogue and audience participation. Our repertoire consists of Christmas Mummers and Wassailing, May and Michaelmas plays. Each lasts about 15 minutes, suitable for all ages.
Established:
2005, Ceased: 2008
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2005 (2), 2006 (6)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Cressida Pryor, Presenter (zenziallink@hotmail.com), Phone: 0779 1004649
Address: 12 Cheltenham Road, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, GL54 5ND
Part of:
Bumpstart
Notes:
Formerly based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Now renamed Happenstance Mummers and Players (Winchcombe Mummers and Players).
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Stroud Wassail Mummers [Website]
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Stroud, Grid Ref.: SO8505, Lat.& Long.: 51.7476, -2.2101
Description:
Following the traditional mumming play framework, our play was custom-written for Stroud Wassail. It features historical Stroud characters and place names, with plenty of knockabout comedy and bad jokes. We perform at local pubs during the two weeks before Christmas and at Stroud Wassail the second weekend in January
Established:
2016
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contacts:
Paul Carter, Producer (paul.ray.carter@gmail.com)
Christine Lee, Scriptwriter (clee915@btinternet.com)
Part of:
Stroud Wassail
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Herefordshire
Leominster Morris [Website]
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Leominster, Grid Ref.: SO4959, Lat.& Long.: 52.2310, -2.7395
Description:
Original side died out c.1914. We dance mainly Welsh Border Morris, but some Cotswold as well in Summer months. Chief play event is The Wassail on Twelfth Night, which we revived in Jan 1984. Wear our interpretation of 'cheap print jackets' from notes by E.C.Cawte describing the original kit.
Established:
1983
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2004 (1), 2005 (2), 2006 (2), 2007 (1)
Media Links:
1 link to Photo(s)
Contact:
Thony Handy (thonyhandy@hotmail.co.uk), Phone: 01432 842717
Notes:
Revival of traditional Lerominster side, performing dances and ritual from the local tradition, often referencing 'The Folklore of Herefordshire' by E.M. Leather (1912)
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Staffordshire
Barlaston Wassailers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Barlaston, Grid Ref.: SJ8938, Lat.& Long.: 52.9438, -2.1577
Description:
A new mumming group who will perform on New Year's Eve in Barlaston and Stone, Staffordshire, the story of King Wulphere of Mercia and Anglo-Saxon warrior Beornwulf (who gave his name to Barlaston).
Established:
2015
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2018 (2)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Tim Cockin (timcockin@yahoo.com), Phone: 01782 372067
Address: Grange Cottage, Malthouse Lane, Barlaston, Staffordshire, ST12 9AQ
Part of:
Barlaston Wassail
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Wiltshire
Ragged Heroes Mummers
Category:
Folk Play-only Group
Home Town:
Lacock, Grid Ref.: ST9168, Lat.& Long.: 51.4150, -2.1222
Description:
We perform annually on Christmas Eve around the pubs in the Wiltshire village of Lacock and have done so every year since our formation, and intermittently in our former incarnation. We have also occasionally ventured further afield.
Established:
1983
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2001 (2), 2002 (2), 2003 (5), 2004 (2)
Media Links:
2 links to Web page
Contact:
Mike Slater (cruel_driver@hotmail.com), Phone: 0117 9492860
Notes:
Reformed from an earlier group called Wessex Wassailers founded in 1976 by Graham Nichols.
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USA
Colorado
Winter Solabration Mummers [Website]
Category:
Special Festival Troupe
Home Town:
Denver, Lat.& Long.: 39.7333, -104.9833
Description:
This Yuletime celebration of Christmas and Solstice customs features storytelling, a mummer's play, and sword and Morris dance performances, along with community singing, wassail, and traditional American community dances for all.
Established:
1986
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2003 (1), 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (1), 2014 (1)
Media Links:
2 links to Video
Contact:
Chris Kermiet, Organizer (info@wsolstice.org), Phone: 303 571-9112
Part of:
Winter Solabration
Notes:
Our 29th Annual Winter Solabration will be on December 20, 2014. 6:00 to 11:30 pm. Visit our website at wsolstice.org
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Kentucky
Nonesuch Players
Category:
Dancers who perform Plays
Home Town:
Berea, Lat.& Long.: 37.5769, -84.2936
Description:
Performing group of all things English - morris, country dance, longsword, maypole, mummers, molly, wassailing
Established:
2007
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Shirley Carlberg, Director (nonesuch_1998@yahoo.com), Phone: 859-985-5501
Address: 128 N Broadway St
Berea KY 40403
Part of:
Folk Circle Association
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Maryland
Center for Fawkesian Pursuits Mummers [Website]
Category:
Other Performing Group
Home Town:
Linthicum, Maryland, 21090
Description:
The Center for Fawkesian Pursuits Mummers perform an ancient mummers play each year for our Wassail Celebration on the Saturday closest to January 17.
Established:
2005
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contact:
Conrad Bladey, Director (cbladey@verizon.net), Phone: 410-789-0-930
Address: 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090, USA
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Massachusetts
Welcome Yule: A Mid-Winter Celebration [Website]
Category:
Special Festival Troupe
Home Town:
Turners Falls, Lat.& Long.: 42.6000, -72.5500
Description:
A celebration of the winter solstice and the customs surrounding it mostly based on British Isles traditions includes mummers play, morris dance, wassailing and other singing by adult and childrens chorus.Each year a different mummers play has been performed. Some years based on traditional plays, some years more novel, written by a member of the cast usually.
Established:
1984
Performances:
Forthcoming: None registered
Past events: 2002 (3), 2003 (3), 2004 (3), 2005 (3), 2009 (3), 2010 (3), 2011 (3), 2012 (3), 2017 (3)
Media Links:
[None registered]
Contacts:
Jinny Mason (jmason@smith.edu), Phone: 413-665-3206
Address: P.O. Box 148
Whately, MA 01093
Alan McArdle, Business Manager (ahmcardle@gmail.com), Phone: 413 320-9598
Address: P.O. Box 148
Whately, MA 01093
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