| Where: | Formerly Comberbach, Cheshire at the Drum and Monkey and at various locations in the area |
| When: | Formerly early November for 2 weekends |
| Time: | Formerly from 8pm |
The Comberbach Soulcakers aka the Comberbach Swilltub Mummers were a revivalist group performing traditional folk plays – the main annual event was their performance of the Soulcaking play in early November. The group were based at the village pub The Drum and Monkey and they started their short season with a performance in their home village, with tours around the locality on the following weekends. The dates and times varied slightly from year to year but full details were on the Master Mummers website (see below). You could expect a traditional hero/combat play with the addition of a wild hobby horse and lots of fun!
Helpful Hints
The group gave their final performance in 2019.
It was wise to double-check their schedule before setting off, as the programme was subject to change at fairly short notice – given the number of pubs visited in such a short period and the need to group them by area, this isn’t surprising!
Find the schedule here : http://www.mastermummers.org/index.htm
Click here for the Soulcakers website : http://www.goosegate.plus.com/mummers/
Went to the spinner and bergamot last night to watch the mummers. Took my son, 9, after having researched all about the history. Had dinner and waited. They never came. Very disappointed little boy.
That’s a shame, Lisa. I’ve just had a look at the mummers’ online schedule from their website link and the Spinner & Bergamot doesn’t appear on the list at all now – must have had a last-minute cancellation, I guess. If you’d like to contact them to find out what happened, try emaiing phil@goosegate.plus.com. It’s really disappointing when you’ve been looking forward to seeing it.
Best Wishes,
Averil
Hi again, Lisa,
I’ve just been having another check on the Mummers’ schedule through Master Mummers and through their own website (both of which can be found on links from the calendarcustoms page)and haven’t found any mention of the Spinner and Bergamot on their listings for 2012, but lots of references for previous performances there on the Master Mummers past events list – just wondering if you might have got onto the schedule for a previous year by mistake? Not much consolation, I know. It can be pretty tricky getting to the right place at the right time – we managed to see them the previous Friday after lots of last minute planning as the official schedule was changed for that day just a bit earlier in the same week ( I guess it must be quite difficult planning a route for several days of performances at lost of different venues!)
Best wishes,
Averil