by admin | Mar 7, 2021 | News
The Little Theatre Guild, now known as the LTG, has been in existence since 1946 to represent the views of Amateur theatres across the UK. Penrith Players has been a member of the LTG for a long time, and people may have seen the newsletters and year book in the bar...
by admin | Sep 6, 2020 | News
During lockdown the Players carried on meeting through Zoom and read a play every Tuesday. They decided to record some plays written by local writers and here’s the last play in the series, Institute Destitute Substitute by Brampton writer, Nigel Banks. The play,...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | News
During lockdown the Players carried on meeting through Zoom and read a play every Tuesday. They decided to record some plays written by local writers and here’s the fourth of our recordings, written by Hannah Sowerby, who was a Players’ junior and has acted with us. ...
by admin | Aug 25, 2020 | News
During lockdown the Players carried on meeting through Zoom and read a play every Tuesday. They decided to record some plays written by local writers and here’s the third of our recordings, written by Radio Cumbria producer, Tara Vallente. The Playhouse may be shut...
by admin | Aug 17, 2020 | News
During lockdown the Players carried on meeting through Zoom and read a play every Tuesday. They decided to record some plays written by local writers and here’s the second of our recordings, written by an old friend of Penrith Players, Kevan France. He has written a...
by admin | Aug 5, 2020 | News
During lockdown the Players carried on meeting through Zoom and read a play every Tuesday. They decided to record some plays written by local writers and this is the first of the results. They were recorded by Jordan Summers of i5 Events and were supported by Create...
by admin | Aug 1, 2020 | News
Following a meeting of the Penrith Players’ theatre committee it has been agreed to cancel the rest of the season and we hope to open again to the public in 2021. Mike Head, chair of Theatre Committee said: “It has been a tough decision but given the need for planning...
by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | News
The theatre, plays and entertainment may be on lockdown, but Penrith Players are staying active. They have been using technology to keep in touch, using social platforms for play reading evenings and virtual meetings. Last week they met on the internet to plan the...
by admin | Jan 27, 2020 | News
Food historian Ivan Day will guide us through the curiosities of Italian gastronomy a couple of centuries before the arrival of the tomato. In 14th century Padua the revival of Classical mechanics not only resulted in the earliest European clocks, but also the world’s...
by admin | Jan 26, 2020 | Castings, News
This is a fast-paced, high-energy, farcical comedy in which 14 characters from Conan Doyle’s Hound are tackled by just three actors. No pressure! Lots of fun to be had with slapstick, multi-roling and fourth wall breaks. To get a taste and (completely...
