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The Village Players of Lausanne

The Village Players are a friendly group of theatre English lovers. Join us! Our activities are based at the Centre Pluriculturel et social d’Ouchy (CPO), Ch.

The Village Players is an open and friendly club, actively putting on plays in the Lausanne area since 1981. In the past 40+ years, our members have presented 2 to 3 full theatrical productions every year. These have included classics and music-halls, modern comedy, tragedy, thriller, experimental, light and serious plays. Administration and events programming are organised and run by a small committee – elected each June by all members at the Annual General Meeting. de Beau-Rivage 2, 1006 Lausanne. At this very central location we meet for our informal monthly Clubnights, rehearse, have auditions and workshops and stage our public productions. If you’d like to join The Village Players, please email [email protected]. The current subscription for membership is:
Full membership (26 and over) CHF 85 / year
Full membership (25 and under) CHF 50 / year

As a member, you have a discount on tickets to our major productions (CHF 20 instead of CHF 25) and free entrance to our monthly Clubnights. These range from rehearsed play-readings, theatre workshops, music and poetry evenings to social events such as our Christmas get-together. One of the favourite events is the ‘As You Like It’ evening, a surprise collection of individual turns consisting of anything that tickles the entertainers' fancy. All paid-up Members receive the monthly newsletter – VPs’ Information – which keeps them in touch with all The Village Players’ activities through information and reviews of productions and events, announcements of interesting theatrical happenings elsewhere as well as articles and letters on topics of interest to Village Players members.

16/09/2026

🎭 A story that refuses to stay unwritten.

Meet the characters stepping out of Pirandello’s imagination and into the spotlight in Six Characters in Search of an Author.

They’ve come looking for an author… but what happens when their story becomes more real than the actors playing it?

Meet the cast. And enter the play within the play. 🖋️

Get tickets now at tickets.villageplayers.ch

03/09/2026

We’re kicking off our September Entr’act with Extraordinary General Meeting (for members only), where you’ll have your say and vote for our new Chairperson.

📩 Members should have received the details from our Secretary, Jo Greaney. Haven’t received the email? Contact Jo at [email protected]

Then it’s time for… 👀

✨ RASP: Read A Surprise Play! ✨
The play is chosen, but the cast is not!

No preparation. No rehearsals. Just grab a script, take on a role and discover what happens as we bring the play to life on the spot!

Expect surprises, spontaneous performances and plenty of laughs. Everyone is welcome to join in or simply come along for the fun!

EGM: VP Members Only | RASP: Everyone Welcome!

Come and embrace the chaos! 🎭

31/08/2026

✨ We’re so excited to welcome you all back to our Village Player events!

A brand-new season is on the way, packed with activities, unforgettable productions, and plenty of fun along the way!🌟

Get ready, gather your friends, and stay tuned… more information to come!

26/08/2026

🎭 THIS AUTUMN AT THE VILLAGE PLAYERS…

What happens when fictional characters walk into a theatre and demand that their story be told?

A rehearsal is interrupted by mysterious strangers claiming to be unfinished characters, desperate to see their story brought to life. But as the actors try to make sense of them, the line between reality and fiction, actor and character, truth and performance begins to disappear…

Funny, unsettling, provocative and wonderfully theatrical, Pirandello’s classic asks: who really owns a story, the author who creates it, or the characters who live it?

✨ Tickets and cast list coming soon!

Keep your eyes peeled for more announcements and behind-the-scenes glimpses.

We can’t wait to bring this extraordinary play to the stage this November. 👀

13/07/2026

✨We are so excited to announce that we’re adding a THIRD production to the Village Players 2026 - 2027 season, The Comeuppance by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Hannah Sellers.

A funny, raw, and deeply human play about six high school friends reuniting 20 years later to confront the people they were, the people they've become, and everything that happened in between.

We're looking for a diverse cast of six performers to bring this powerful story to life.
📅 Auditions Dates: July 22, August 28&29 (NEW DATES)
🎭 Performances are planned for Jan/February 2027.

Interested in auditioning? Click here to read the full audition notes, character breakdowns, rehearsal schedule, and production details. You'll find the audition form to register and tell us your availability at the bottom of the document: https://www.villageplayers.ch/the-comeuppance-auditions/

If you can’t make the audition or have any questions. Please contact Hannah at [email protected].

Break a leg! 💙

26/06/2026

Auditions are open for LEXICON, a brand new political satire. Written and directed by Paul Lynch, set entirely over a single night in the most exclusive boarding school in the world. The school that quietly shapes the people who will one day run governments, banks, and borders.

Lexicon is darkly comic, confrontational, and uncomfortably timely. It asks the questions nobody in power wants asked: who controls meaning? How are fear, inequality, and violence softened into something acceptable? And what happens when people start living inside words that were never meant for them?

🎭 Staged reading: Wednesday 21 October — CPO Theatre Space
📅 Rehearsal dates: Monday 12 & 19 October
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 10 August

Reach out to Paul at [email protected] directly for audition notes, character breakdowns, and further information.

10/06/2026

🎭 The Village Players are opening up committee supporting positions and we’d love you to be part of shaping what comes next.

This is more than volunteering. It’s a chance to step inside the heart of our theatre community, where ideas become productions and collaboration turns into something magical on stage. With our new, collaborative structure, no one works alone, every role connects, supports, and helps bring better, bolder theatre to life.

Whether you’re a long-time Village Player or just discovering us, if you care about storytelling, creativity, and building something together, there’s a place for you here.

✨ Open opportunities:
• Entr’act Co-organiser – help shape our monthly gatherings, play readings, and run-of-show moments that keep our community alive and inspired. ([email protected])
• Communications Working Group – help us share our story, grow our audience, and bring each production into the spotlight it deserves. ([email protected])
• Technical Working Group – be part of the magic behind the curtain, supporting productions and working with lights and sound to bring shows to life. ([email protected])

💡 And if you have other skills, ideas, or simply enthusiasm, we want to hear from you. Every contribution helps us create stronger, richer, more exciting productions.

📅 Come to our AGM on Thursday, 18 June: vote, volunteer, get involved, and see where you fit in. Then stay for our summer send-off party as we celebrate the season together.

Let’s build theatre that moves people together. 🎭❤️

02/06/2026

Curious about how live theatre really comes together behind the scenes?

The Village Players Lausanne are looking for anyone interested to gain hands-on experience within an active English-language theatre company.

Areas you may explore:
• Backstage operations
• Lighting and sound engineering
• Assistant directing
• Stage management support
• Production coordination and logistics
• Set, props, and technical preparation
• Front of House and audience management
• Event and clubnight organization
• Communication and outreach support
• Other areas depending on your interests and strengths

What we offer:
• A creative, supportive, and collaborative environment
• Hands-on participation in real productions and events
• Mentoring by experienced theatre practitioners, educators, and professionals
• Opportunities to work with qualified scholars, pedagogues, directors, and technicians
• Exposure to a wide variety of artistic and organizational projects
• Progressive responsibility adapted to your development
• Regular feedback, reflection, and assessment discussions
• Opportunities to develop technical, artistic, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• A welcoming international English-speaking theatre community

This is a practical learning opportunity to work alongside an active theatre community and build real experience in live performance.

This program particularly suits:
• Students or recent graduates
• Emerging theatre creatives and technicians
• Individuals considering studies or careers in theatre, production arts, event management, education, or cultural work
• Anyone curious to discover how live theatre operates from the inside

We value curiosity, reliability, initiative, teamwork, and willingness to learn more than previous experience.

📍 Lausanne
📅 From September (3-6 months with option to extend for one year)
📩 Interested? Send a short presentation of yourself and your interests to: [email protected]

26/05/2026

Join us on 18 June for the Village Players AGM, followed by our annual summer get-together, with a brand new entertainment twist:
The VP Dubbing Jam!

This high-energy interactive event invites members to step up to the mic and dub short movie scenes live while the original dialogue is muted.

Here’s how it works:
- The Faithful Dub: Try to match the original actors’ performances as closely as possible.
- The VP Remix: Fresh scripts packed with Village Players humour, theatre struggles, and Lausanne-inspired inside jokes.
- The Blind Dub: The ultimate challenge: cold-read a script you’ve never seen before and make movie magic on the spot.

Whether you’re a seasoned performer or just coming for the fun, this promises to be a hilarious and memorable way to kick off the summer.

If you have not already received the AGM papers by mail, please notify [email protected]. If you will not be present, please email Jo the name of your proxy vote.

20/05/2026

🎭 AUDITION CALL — SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR 🎭

The Village Players Lausanne are casting for a bold new staging of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author — a darkly funny, metatheatrical collision between a rehearsal room and a family demanding their story be staged. This minimalist Lausanne-set production features 8 live performers, with comedy giving way to psychological drama.

ROLES CASTING:
✨ The Father — philosophical, intense, emotionally volatile; a man fighting to justify his existence
✨ The Mother — silent, grief-stricken, emotionally devastating
✨ The Step-Daughter — sharp, seductive, furious, wounded, impossible to ignore
✨ The Son — cold, detached, resistant, emotionally explosive beneath the surface
✨ The Manager — exhausted theatre director trying to control the chaos
✨ Player 1 / 2 / 3 — dynamic ensemble actors playing multiple theatrical roles

📍 SSA Lausanne
🗓 Auditions: June 2, 5 & 10
⏰ 6:00–9:00 PM

Interested? Contact director Kia for the full audition packet + details via email (kiarash.jam@gmail)

Adresse

Beau-Rivage 2
Lausanne
1006

Site Web

https://tickets.villageplayers.ch/

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