WELCOME TO THE HOGHTON PLAYERS OFFICIAL WEBSITE

  

The Hoghton Players is an amateur dramatics group from the village of Hoghton, near Preston, in Lancashire. We look to perform at least 2 plays per year to suit all tastes.

 

Whether you are due to watch one of our performances for the first time or, like many, you are returning to watch us again, you are very welcome and we would like to thank everyone who has been involved over the years and to all of our supporters across the country.

 

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The Hoghton Players Annual General Meeting

 

will take place on

 

Friday 6th June 2025

 

at the Hoghton Village Hall,

 

starting at 7:30pm.

 

 

 

 

The Cast and Crew would like to say a massive thank you to all our wonderful audiences who supported our last show, The Revlon Girl.

We are pleased to announce that our next production will be 

 

"BLACKADDER GOES FORTH"

 

By Richard Curtis & Ben Elton, adapted for the stage by Alistair Cheetham.

 

 

"It's 1917 and waiting in fear of the dreaded order to go 'over the top' from the patently insane General Melchett, Captain Edmund Blackadder devises several attempts to escape the banality of the trenches.With the gallant-but-dumb Lieutenant George and the even dumber Private Baldrick, the trio's efforts to evade their inevitable fate involve a plump-breasted pigeon, the Royal Flying Corps, a libido-driven air hero, as well as the constant offer of a cunning plan...."

 

 

Auditions / Readings will take place on

 

Thursday 22nd May 2025 & Tuesday 3rd June 2025 at The Hoghton Village Hall,

starting at 7:30pm.

 

We would like all actors to portray the characters as close to the "originals" as possible.

 

If you are interested but can't attend these dates, then please contact the Director, Stuart Lockhart, on stuart.lockhart@thehoghtonplayers.co.uk

Contactless Payment

 

No spare cash to spend at the bar or pay for raffle ticket?

 

Fear not, The Hoghton Players have got you covered!

 

We now accept card / mobile phone payments at The Hoghton Village Hall.

THE REVLON GIRL - By Neil Anthony Docking

 

Our NODA review & other details regarding our last production, The Revlon Girl, can be found here

 

 

Please help to Improve "our Home"

 

To provide an extra entrance to the Village Hall which will allow access to each meeting room separately. New toilets will be provided with this project with full disabled facilities.

 

Cloakroom and toilet facilities will be accessed from either meeting room. Separate groups using the hall will no longer need to share the entrance for access to their meeting rooms. All materials will meet environmentally green criteria and fixtures and fittings will be low water usage and low voltage lighting and power.

 

Windows and doors will also meet up to date insulated standards. The eventual external features will fit in with the existing building and meet planning for the area.

 

If you can spare anything from £2 upwards, please click on the link below 

 

 

New Entrance and Toilets (spacehive.com)

 

 

 

 

Fancy a Trip down Memory Lane?

 

We have searched the archives and have started to upload old photographs, starting with our first ever play, Friends and Neighbours back in 1996!

 

To see the photos click Photos from 1996 - 2003

Our audiences and the Hoghton Players have donated £900 to a number of local charities in the last 12 months. Not only are you supporting local talent by watching our productions, but you are also supporting worthwhile causes.

 

From all of us at the Hoghton Players we would like to say THANK YOU.

 

To see the charity donations click here

 

 

Website Visitors

 

We have seen a 34% Increase in visitors to our website this year compared to last year. We average 75 visitors a month! Thank you for visiting our site and supporting our group. 
 

If you have a suggestion on how we could improve the website, please email stuart@thehoghtonplayers.org or add a comment below....

 

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