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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 comm

ittee – 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.

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)

18/05/2026

📣📣Calling all directors with a play to put on stage! Our committee is now accepting submissions for our spring 2027 production.

The simple form and process are all outlined on the website at the link in bio 👆

All experienced or aspiring directors are welcome to apply.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact: [email protected]

With the fall production already underway, we aim to have a 2027 show selected by the start of October, so kindly submit by September 1.

For inspiration, peruse our past production page on our website to see the wide range of shows that have played on our stage.

👉Also if you would like to direct a classic, there are many plays suggested by teachers at the Gymnases in Vaud that would appeal to students and our regular audiences alike:
✨A Streetcar Named Desire
✨Twelve Angry Men
✨A Raisin in the Sun
✨Educating Rita
✨Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, As You Like It

13/05/2026

That’s a wrap on Blithe Spirit 🤍

So grateful to our amazing cast and crew whose talent, commitment, and energy made this production possible! Thank you to the audiences who joined us each night to make the theatre come to life 🎭

Thank you for being part of the magic ✨

10/05/2026

✨ Last chance to catch the chaos, cocktails, and ghostly charm of Blithe Spirit this weekend!! 🥂

Don’t miss your final chance to laugh with us before the spirits disappear

🎟️ Grab your tickets now before they vanish at tickets.villageplayers.ch

09/05/2026

Marriage is hard.
Marriage + one dead wife? Even harder. 👻

Third night of Blithe Spirit and only TWO chances left to witness the most elegantly chaotic haunting in town.

🎟️ Get tickets now at tickets.villageplayers.ch

08/05/2026

Opening night had the audience howling with laughter 👻

Our second night quickly approaching and the spirits are feeling extra dramatic tonight!

Come for the séance, stay for the chaos.
Grab your tickets before they disappear 🎟️ at tickets.villageplayers.ch

Adresse

Beau-Rivage 2
Lausanne
1006

Webseite

https://tickets.villageplayers.ch/

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