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
WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
We our aiming to return to entertain our community in May 2022
We will, however, continue to follow government guidelines
& only return if it is completely safe for everyone to do so.
Meanwhile, best wishes to you all.
Keep safe & well!
Our audiences and the Hoghton Players have donated more than £5,000 to a number of local charities in the last few years. 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
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TUESDAY 12TH APRIL 2022, 7:30pm
The next AGM will take place on Tuesday 12/4/22 at the Hoghton Village Hall.
This is an open meeting for all members. Tea / coffee & biscuits will be served afterwards.
Any nominations for the election of officers and committee members please forward in writing or by email before 20th March to:
Hon Sec. Jackie Green,
74 Long Meadows.
Chorley.
PR7 2YB
Or Email jackie@thehoghtonplayers.org
TREASURER’S POSITION
Jeff Berry is stepping down after many years of diligent work. We need someone to replace him. If you are interested in taking up this position please contact us.
Now (hopefully) following covid, our future productions to be discussed at the meeting.
All ideas welcome.
DUE TO THE CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY OVER COVID-19, WE HAVE DECIDED TO POSTPONE OUR NEXT PROUDUCTION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT WE WILL RETURN TO THE STAGE IN MAY 2022
PLEASE WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
(January 2022)
NODA REVIEW FOR "MY COUSIN RACHEL"
My Cousin Rachel - November 2019 - our NODA review is here - please click My Cousin Rachel Review
As you know, we won the district award for 'Best Artistic Direction' for Dangerous Corner at the February awards event.
All winners go forward to the North West regional conference in Manchester, which took place this past weekend.
Our new NODA rep, Paul Mason contacted us yesterday to say.......
WE HAVE WON AGAIN !!
THE REGIONAL TROPHY
WOW !!
The area runs from Carlisle in the north to Cheshire in the South and all the North West coast, including The Isle of Man, Liverpool the Wirral and Manchester, across to the Pennines. A vast area with a lot of large drama groups.!
You were all such a fantastic cast and crew.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE !!
2019
We received 4 NODA nominations for our 2019 plays. The awards evening was held on Saturday 8th February 2020. Unfortunately, we had no winners, but, as always, we were delighted to be nominated!
2018
We received 9 nominations for our 2018 plays, but did we win anything? Click on this link to find out! NODA AWARDS
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....