We are delighted to have be awarded a grant from Theatres Trust which enabled us to purchase new LED Lighting to improve the quality of shows and attract more external shows. The new lighting has been used to create sell out shows across 2025 and 2026.
Our lighting rig, a stock of 60+ conventional fixtures and 4 LED RGB pars, plus a 48 way dimmer bank, needed modernising for Saddleworth Players shows , concerts and visiting play groups . Audiences are used to much better LED lighting provision in professional theatres and on film. We have occasionally hired LED lanterns and more were hired for the professional panto. In both cases our audiences commented on the higher standard of lighting. These expectations have grown over the last two seasons, and will continue to do so.
Shows that will use the new lighting so far to create a magical lighting performance are
• Bleak Expectations May 2025
• Waiting for God: September 2025
• Nell Gwynn: November 2025
• Hansel & Gretel: December 2025
• Once Upon a Time in Wigan Feb 2026
• Wait until Dark April 2026
We have also had visiting shows and concerts that have used the new lighting
• Saddleworth Musical Society show in October 2025
• Saddleworth Concerts Societies 4 shows of the season
• Millgate Folk : March 2026
• Higher Ground: May 2026
Wait until Dark - trapped in the dark with a killer
Quotes from audience members and volunteers
