Our first production of 2020 is Abandonment by Kate Atkinson and the read through is Thurs 7th Nov at 7pm in the upstairs rehearsal room; casting evening is Tue 19th Nov (originally Tues 12th), 7.30.
There are 12 characters in the play, played by 7 actors. 5 of the actors play both a modern day and […]
19 22 February Abandonment by Kate Atkinson directed by Viv Moules
Elizabeth, forty-something, childless, recently separated, just wants to be alone. She’s moved into a converted Victorian mansion, alive with history, character, woodworm and dry rot. But her best friend, her mother, her sister, the builder, a photographer, and a former resident, disturbed from her resting […]
How to enjoy those darkening pre-Christmas evenings!
Actors with a sense of humour and fun needed for the Players’ December production Comfort and Joy, Mike Harding’s joyous celebration of all those little things that can go awry with a family Christmas.
Its an adaptable play, plenty of scope for ideas and collaboration. Co-Directors Ian and […]
DAYDREAMING about being a princess might be a common pastime for a teenage girl, but what is not so common is for those dreams to actually start coming true. However, for 15-year-old Olivia Fraser that’s exactly what happened in A Dream Come True.
Evie Radcliffe was outstanding as Olivia, who seemed to only have to wish […]
Come and join us in the Theatre Bar at 7pm this coming Wednesday July 17th for a play reading and social evening, based round a reading of ‘Abandonment’ by Kate Atkinson.
‘Abandonment’ is a first play by Kate Atkinson (Behind the Scenes at the Museum): social comedy/family drama/ghost story? It is all three. Please come along on 17th […]
“Ladies Down Under “by Amanda Whittington
An hilarious follow up to “Ladies Day” which Players audiences enjoyed so much when it was done before.
Read Through: Tuesday 25th June at 7pm.
Cast: 4 women, aged between 25 and 55.
2 men, each doing 4/5 small characters parts.
Auditions: Tuesday 2nd July, 7pm.
Rehearsals will start on 2nd September.
Performances: 16th – 19th October
Scripts available from Lizzie […]
An open evening with cheese and wine is to be held at Penrith Playhouse on Saturday, 6th April, from 7pm.
As part of an on-going drive to increase awareness of the fantastic community theatre facility in the town’s Auction Mart Lane, behind Morrisons, the open evening will provide an opportunity to “take a peek behind the […]
“Importance of being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, Penrith Players.
Directed by John Davies
For their 2018 October production, Penrith Players chose “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde – a sparkling perennial of the English theatre, rated by many to be the “perfect farce” and beloved for a century by both the professional and the amateur […]
This summer Penrith Players is staging ‘Our Country’s Good’ by Timberlake Wertenbaker, from June 6th-8th, a play considered to be a modern classic and widely taught in A Level theatre studies. The play is based on a true story about a group of British convicts and their Royal Marine guards staging the first ever play […]
Come and join us in the Theatre Bar at 7pm onwards on Tuesday January 22nd for a play reading and social evening, based round a reading of “It All Started In Vegas” by The Watermillock Players’ writer/director Owen Lightburn.
Two estranged sisters: Jessica, American White Trash, on the run from her 3rd husband, and Regina, a […]
