by admin | Nov 16, 2019 | Castings, News
BUCKLE up for an evening of laughter and intrigue with a first full read through of The Mandrake — which is due to be premiered at Penrith Playhouse next year. Set to take place on Wednesday, 20th November, from 7pm, the read through evening will provide an...
by admin | Oct 27, 2019 | Castings, News
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...
by admin | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Sep 15, 2019 | Castings, News
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....
by admin | Aug 18, 2019 | Reviews
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...
by admin | Jul 2, 2019 | News, Play Reading Evenings
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): ...
by admin | May 19, 2019 | Castings, News
“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...
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...
