Ripley Museum – Amateur Dramatics in Send & Ripley

An exhibition entitled “He’s behind you! .. Amateur Dramatics in Send & Ripley” is open 10am to noon every Saturday from 7th September to the end of November.

The exhibition explores some of the origins of amateur dramatics such as Mystery Plays and Mummers Plays as well as the origin of Pantomime. The Send Amateur Dramatic Society known as SADS has been going strong sine the 1950s and the Ripley Panto will celebrate its 50^th anniversary next year. There will be some costumes on show.