Ladies Down Under Read Through

“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...

Our Country’s Good casting evening – Feb 25th

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...

Casting Evening – Quartet

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...

Casting Evening – Tiny Beautiful Things

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...

Casting Evening, Sep 8th – Blackadder Goes Forth

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!...

Casting Evening – The Importance of being Earnest

This classic play runs 17th-29th October and the casting evening is Wednesday 25th July, 7.30 at the Playhouse. If you want a part please come along, all welcome. Here are the notes from our Director John Davies: This marvellous play needs no introduction. It is one...