Estelle Dunham
Member from 1975 to present
Bio
I joined Players in 1975, initially to help backstage but it wasn't long before I was persuaded to 'tread the boards' as the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland’. Since then I have appeared in many comedies, dramas, musicals and pantomimes and, I must admit, I mostly enjoy playing comedy roles – my favourite being Maggie in Outside Edge. I have just co-produced and directed my first production – London Suite which was a challenge but extremely rewarding. Apart from the above, over the years I have helped with props, prompt, making tea and front of house.
Appearances as cast
Estelle has appeared in these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Wind in the Willows | Clerk of the Court |
| 2019 | Man of the Moment | Marta |
| 2019 | Alternative Accommodation | Anna |
| 2019 | The Perfect Murder | Judge |
| 2018 | Annie, One, Two, Three | Miriam Davison |
| 2018 | It's Behind You! | Cast member |
| 2017 | The Game's Afoot (or Holmes for the Holidays) | Martha Gillette |
| 2017 | Enchanted April | Lady of Hampstead |
| 2016 | Lettice and Lovage | Miss Framer (Friday) |
| 2016 | Lettice and Lovage | Visitors to Fustian House |
| 2015 | Mad Bess | Mad Bess |
| 2013 | Trivial Pursuits | Roz |
| 2012 | Before the Party | Blanche Skinner |
| 2011 | What Brutes Men Are | Janet |
| 2011 | Mystery at Greenfingers | Rose Heaton |
| 2010 | Cranford | Mrs Forrester |
| 2010 | Out Of Focus | Kath Enfield |
| 2009 | Jane Eyre | Grace Poole |
| 2009 | Grandma's Photograph | Mrs Pye |
| 2009 | Dancers | Wynn |
| 2008 | Seventy Five Glorious Years | Player |
| 2007 | Plaster | Helen |
| 2007 | Day of Reckoning | Sally Martin (Army wife) |
| 2006 | Breath of Spring | Miss Elizabeth Hatfield (Hattie) |
| 2006 | After September | Miss Kyte (Ursula - Headmistress) |
| 2006 | Visitor from Forest Hills | Norma Hubley |
| 2005 | Pack Of Lies | Sally |
| 2003 | Time and Time Again | Anna, his wife |
| 2003 | Happy Families | Auntie Edna |
| 2002 | Rebecca | Mrs Danvers |
| 2002 | Season's Greetings | Rachel, Belinda's sister |
| 2001 | It Runs In The Family | Police Sergeant |
| 2001 | Alarms and Leavings | Jocasta |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Chorus |
| 1999 | I'll Get My Man | Harriette Humphrey |
| 1999 | Steel Magnolias | Truvy |
| 1998 | Man Alive | Miss Yates |
| 1998 | Forsyte Saga | Guest |
| 1998 | The Wizard Of Oz | Oz Lady |
| 1998 | The Wizard Of Oz | Farmhand |
| 1997 | Wild Goose Chase | Lady Elrood |
| 1997 | When We Are Married | Annie Parker |
| 1997 | Song, Style & Supper | Player |
| 1996 | Absent Friends | Diana |
| 1995 | Carousel | Mrs Mullin |
| 1995 | Party Piece | Jennifer Hinson |
| 1994 | Sweeney Todd | Mrs Lovett |
| 1993 | Darling I'm Home! | Celia Johns, his wife |
| 1993 | Sixty Glorious Years | Cast Member |
| 1992 | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime | Lady Windemere, his aunt |
| 1992 | Table Manners | Sarah |
| 1992 | Dick Whittington | Tuffazell |
| 1991 | Pride and Prejudice | Mrs. Gardiner |
| 1991 | My Fair Lady | Mrs Eynsford-Hill |
| 1990 | Hans Andersen | Chorus |
| 1990 | Murder at Deem House | Sylvia Dudley |
| 1989 | Music Hall Miscellany | Player |
| 1989 | Brush with a Body | Cynthia Walling, her sister |
| 1989 | Finian's Rainbow | Sharecropper |
| 1988 | Murder Mistaken | Charlotte Young |
| 1988 | Camelot | Lady of Camelot |
| 1987 | Outside Edge | Maggie |
| 1987 | The Railway Children | Ruth |
| 1986 | Clara's on the Curtains | Mrs Jean McGregor |
| 1986 | Scrooge | Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come |
| 1985 | A Murder Is Announced | Phillipa Haymes |
| 1984 | Playing For Time - A Revue | Player |
| 1984 | Oliver! | Old Sally |
| 1983 | Dear Octopus | Edna Randolf |
| 1983 | The Vigil | Susannea - a Housewife |
| 1983 | Viva Mexico | Muchachas |
| 1982 | Mother Figure | Lucy |
| 1982 | Pygmalion | Female Bystander |
| 1981 | Suddenly At Home | Maggie Howard |
| 1981 | Toad Of Toad Hall | Chief Stoat |
Behind the scenes
Estelle has worked behind the scenes of these productions.
| Year | Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | It's Behind You! | Producer |
| 2013 | Day Trippers | Director |
| 2008 | Going Home | Director |
| 2008 | Diana & Sidney | Director |