by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | News
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...
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Reviews
“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...
by admin | Jan 27, 2019 | Castings, News
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...
by admin | Jan 6, 2019 | News, Play Reading Evenings
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:...
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | Castings, News
January 15th, 7.30 ‘QUARTET’ by Ronald Harwood, is a comedy about four opera singers who end up in a retirement home for musicians in leafy Kent. It succeeds in being witty, scabrous, and poignant all at the same time. It is a great opportunity for older...
by admin | Nov 22, 2018 | Castings, News
December 10th, 7.30 Tiny Beautiful Things is a relatively short (60 page) ensemble piece for four players, with all actors on stage all the time. Sugar is a writer and mother in her 40’s, a woman who’s had a hard, messy life, but whose suffering has given her a...
by admin | Sep 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Come and join us in the Theatre Bar at 7pm onwards on Tuesday November 13th for a play reading and social evening based round a reading of “A Gypsy’s Tale” by Cumbrian Scriptwriter Julie Sandilands. Set in the small market town of Appleby, Cumbria in...
by admin | Sep 21, 2018 | News
Ever wondered how all those effects come together during a play? Sometimes fancy being in that little “magic” box at the back of the auditorium making it all happen? Would you like to join a growing team that contributes hugely to our plays? All members...
by admin | Sep 3, 2018 | Castings, News
Following on from the informal read through in August there will now be an official casting evening on Saturday 8th September, 7pm in the bar! All are welcome, whether you’re wanting to perform in the play or just to unleash your inner Rowan Atkinson!...
by admin | Aug 16, 2018 | News, Play Reading Evenings
Come and join us in the Theatre Bar at 7pm onwards on September Tuesday 11th for a play reading and social evening based round a reading of “Deathtrap” by Ira Levin. Thrills and laughs abound in this ingeniously constructed play. An unknown dramatist...
