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Review: ‘Saddleworth Players deliver a gripping production of The Children’ (Saddleworth Independent)

Read the opening night review of The Children in the Saddleworth Independent (reproduced below with permission). SADDLEWORTH Players have once again showcased their talent with an excellent production of The Children at Millgate Arts Centre in Delph. Written by Lucy Kirkwood, the play first premiered at The Royal Court in London, earning great critical acclaim, including the 2018 Writer’s Guild Award for Best Play and a Tony Award nomination. Recognised by The Guardian as one of the top three […]

Fiendish plans to make your spine tingle!

Hello! I am delighted to be directing Haunting Julia, a spine-tingling ghost story to warm us on a chilly November evening. I now have the excitement of transforming my ideas for the production into reality! Aren’t I lucky? The cast is in place, rehearsals have begun, and we are enjoying teasing out the qualities and motives of the three very different men involved in the action. All three need answers to the untimely death, 12 […]

Opening night review of Lizzie Darcy & Jane by Joanna Norland

Helen Rigby’s opening night review for Saddleworth Players’ Lizzie Darcy & Jane by Joanna Norland. runs 8th-15th June at Millgate Arts Centre

Preview of Lizzie Darcy & Jane by Joanna Norland

Preview night for Saddleworth Players Lizzie Darcy & Jane by Joanna Norland. runs 8th-15th June at Millgate Arts Centre

Tribute to Ken Wright

Tribute to Ken Wright MBE by Martin Roche

Stage Manager training

sign up for training session as stage manager with Saddleworth Players

Directors: Preview Glorious- a delightful comedy

I am super delighted to be directing Glorious! by Peter Quilter, which is the next play to be performed by Saddleworth Players at the Millgate Arts Centre. Set in 1944, this delightful comedy tells just part of the story (the funniest part) of the extremely eccentric socialite, Florence Foster Jenkins (Sue Radcliffe) , probably one of the world’s worst singers, who never hit a right note, despite her stoic belief in her vocal excellence. Outrageously, […]

Audition for Lizzy Darcy & Jane 10th January

Audition Notice Lizzy, Darcy and Jane by Joanna Norland 10th January 2024. 7.30pm in the Bar lounge Pride and Prejudice meets Bridgerton in this modern imagining of a world where Jane Austen creates one of her best loved novels from the people and situations that surround her. Expect simple staging sumptuous costumes and sparkling dialogue in this witty ensemble piece with interactions between factual and fictional characters. We are looking for a happy band of […]

Rumpelstiltskin arrives in Saddleworth

For the past seven years, professional theatre company The Big Tiny have been making a West End quality pantomime in our theatre in Saddleworth. In the wake of the Oldham Coliseum closing, the Saddleworth panto is perfect for families in need of a panto fix. And what a panto it is too! In the last three years, The Big Tiny have been nominated for Best Script, Best Direction and Best Pantomime at the UK Pantomime […]

Alice… a night to remember from Saddleworth Players

It’s 50 years since the Saddleworth Players moved into Millgate Arts Centre, and to mark the occasion director Carol Davies has assembled a cast of 23. Some are veterans of the very first productions at Millgate, and others are drawn from the SPY group of young actors. All of them act their socks off in this production of Alice, by Laura Wade. This is not Alice in Wonderland as you may remember it from childhood. […]