The Forest Players was formed in 2007 as a result of the merger of the
Forest Row Dramatic Society (Forest Row) and the Sackville Players (East
Grinstead). Each of these groups had been performing plays for over 50 years. In
2005 they began performing joint productions in addition to their own separate
productions. By late 2006 it was obvious that the two groups had in fact merged
in all but name. In 2007 they formally merged and became the Forest Players.