The story so far
Formed in 1946 as St Martin's Players by Sunday School Superintendent Elsie Martin to raise funds for St Martin's Church Hall, the first production was a Variety Concert in Knebworth Village Hall.
Variety has been our watchword ever since. We aim to put on a mix of classical and modern plays, and can never resist a challenge - from Restoration Comedy (The Way of the World by William Congreve) to modern plays with strong language (John Godber's Teechers and One for the Road by Willy Russell) and American accents (On Golden Pond, Ernest Thompson, and Plaza Suite, Neil Simon).
St Martin's Hall was home to the players for over 40 years - from 1947 to 1990 when the final curtain was brought down on this "temporary" building. Change of home, change of name - KATS was born in 1991 when we moved to Lytton Hall in the grounds of Knebworth House.
In 2001 the wheel turned full circle. Lytton Hall was earmarked for development and our summer production "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare was right back where we started in the Village Hall.
Previous KATS productions:
1991
Dead on Nine
Outside Edge
1992
Ways and Means/Cup Final (supper evening)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Festival production at Knebworth House)
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Murder Mystery
1993
The Browning Version (supper evening)
Hidden Meanings
Pack Of Lies
1994
Ten Times Table
The Beggar's Opera
1995
Hidden Meanings/The Bespoke Overcoat (supper evening)
On Golden Pond
1996
Twelfth Night (50th anniversary production in Knebworth House)
1997
Teechers
Mixed Doubles
Way of the World
1998
Tell Me Another Story/Between Mouthfuls (supper evening)
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
1999
Lettice and Lovage
Plaza Suite
2000
Plowman's Supper (supper evening with two Gillian Plowman plays)
One for the Road
2001
As You Like It
Man of the Moment
2002
Breaking the Code
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
2003
Journey's End
2004
The Real Inspector Hound/After Magritte
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
2005
Steel Magnolias
The Lion in Winter
2006
60 Dramatic Years: A Feast of Thespian Fare
2007
2008
2009
A Doll's House
