Founded in 1920, the Huddersfield Thespians is the town's longest standing amateur dramatic society.
Operating as usual
This is an actor on stage. Honest. This is what happens when actors don't have a tecchie to operate the theatre lights.
Could you be the person to shine light on our next play? We're always looking for people to fill backstage roles looking after lights, sound and stage management – but especially for lighting at the moment. If you're interested, whatever your experience level, please get in touch!
We wish our friends in Huddersfield Light Opera Company some broken legs this week as they bring Dick Whittington to the Lawrence Batley Theatre for their New Year panto – oh yes we do!
https://www.thelbt.org/what-s-on/pantomime/dick-whittington/
It's been quite a year, and we just want to thank all our audiences who've come to support us at the LBT and our new venue in Longwood, as well as all those who've been involved on and off stage this year. We've had three plays, and now we're looking forward to more next year.
Happy New Year, everybody.
We'll finish off the year with the NODA review of our last play, A , which was 'a very fitting December afternoon’s entertainment': https://www.noda.org.uk/show-reports/a-christmas-carol-1672330178
Our first production at Longwood Mechanics Hall, A Christmas Carol! Christmas just wouldn't be the same without Scrooge and his four ghosts taking us through this evergreen tale of ghosts, greed and the biggest turkey in the shop.
We're rounding off the year with an End of Year Quiz at Longwood Mechanics Hall. We'll be there on the 29th, from 7pm, with a quiz, bar, and light supper – for just £2. Contact us at [email protected] to book your place!
, our second production of 2022, based on the Noel Coward film of 1945. A chance encounter at a railway station leads to something much more powerful and poignant. This adaptation, by Emma Rice, brought the timeless tale of joy and heartbreak to the stage, with an ensemble cast and nine of Noël Coward's own songs.
Have you signed up for our First End of Year Quiz yet?
We'll be at Longwood Mechanics Hall on Thursday 29th December at 7pm, with a quiz, a bar, and a light supper included – for just £2!
Contact us at [email protected] to book your place!
COMING UP: Classic Ealing Comedy The
All aboard for a rollicking evening of nostalgia!
15-18 March 2023 Longwood Mechanics Hall https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Here's a big thank you - and a little doodle - from Scrooge to all our audiences this week, and to everyone who's helped out on and off stage for A Christmas Carol. Next up: the End of Year Quiz!
There's a double-helping of Christmas cheer today at Longwood Mechanics Hall – the matinee (2:30pm) and evening (7:30pm) performances of A Christmas Carol. Join us for either, tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Our first production this year was 80s sci-fi homage Dark Sublime, performed as part of LGBTQ+ History Month at the Lawrence Batley Theatre. Young superfan Oli attempts to rekindle interest in a 35-year old TV show in this tale of love, quarries, and transmat beams.
“Man of Worldly Mind! Do you believe in me or not?” Discover how Scrooge responds to his long-dead business partner's return from the grave all this week at Longwood Mechanics Hall.
A Christmas Carol opens tonight and runs until Saturday. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
TOMORROW is Opening Night for A Christmas Carol at Longwood Mechanics Hall. Merry Christmas, Mr Scrooge!
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CANCELLATION: We're sorry to say we've had to cancel the 14th December performance of A . So if you were planning to pay on the door, we'd love to see you at one of the other performances this week.
If you've already booked, please check your emails and get in touch about which performance you'd like to swap to, or arranging a refund.
CANCELLATION: We're sorry to say we've had to cancel the 14th December performance of A . So if you were planning to pay on the door, we'd love to see you at one of the other performances this week.
If you've already booked, please check your emails and get in touch about which performance you'd like to swap to, or arranging a refund.
We're at Longwood Mechanics Hall all this week for A Christmas Carol. See you soon!
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Today's the last day to register your interest for auditions for our last two plays of the season: 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' (in March) and 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (in May). Details here: https://tinyurl.com/ymdk26vn
Contact [email protected] today!
It's not all about actors – our Christmas Carol ghosts and cast have had director Gareth driving them on for weeks now. Here he is in action, but you can see his actors from the 14th to the 17th at Longwood Mechanics Hall, tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
“Did you hear the story of the three Ghosts of Christmas, down at Longwood Mechanics Hall?”
Join us for Christmas storytime next week, 14th-17th, with Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Folks, A Christmas Carol is at Longwood Mechanics Hall, and not in town – but just like when we perform in Huddersfield, you'll need to allow time to get parked and walk over! We look forward to seeing you!
Our Scrooge has just a week until his first encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past...but will he learn his lesson? Join us at Longwood Mechanics Hall for A Christmas Carol, 14-17 December, to find out...
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Actors! Time's running out to sign up for auditions for the third and fourth play of our 103rd season! We've got Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt and Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
To express an interest in either/both, get in touch with [email protected] no later than Sunday 11th December. https://tinyurl.com/ymdk26vn
Have you seen 'The Titfield Thunderbolt' over on BBC iPlayer? We're performing the stage version in March, and there's still time to sign up for auditions here: https://tinyurl.com/ymdk26vn
Or get your tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03mv97b/the-titfield-thunderbolt
Now it's December we can play more Christmas music! Here's our little trailer to introduce our new second home, where we'll be performing A Christmas Carol (14-17 December) and The Titfield Thunderbolt (March 2023).
Tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Remember, Longwood Mechanics Hall's parking is all on-street, so try to arrive with plenty of time!
“If Scrooge ever had a good and loving nature, it has been long buried and is dead to the world.” Can the ghosts resurrect Scrooge's loving nature in time for Christmas? Find out in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, at Longwood Mechanics Hall, 14-17 December.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
December is play month! A Christmas Carol is on 14-17 December at the Longwood Mechanics Hall: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Here's Huddersfield Hub yesterday letting you all know about our new performance venue, at !
https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/huddersfield-thespians-stage-a-christmas-carol-at-longwood-mechanics-hall/
Our quiz nights return next month, in the first Annual End of Year Quiz we're hosting at our new second home in Longwood. We'll be at Longwood Mechanics Hall on Thursday 29th December at 7pm, with a quiz, a bar, and a light supper included – for just £2!
Contact us at [email protected] to book your place!
🚨 Actors! We're auditioning for the third and fourth play of our 103rd season! Check out our website for details about Ealing comedy 🚂 The Titfield Thunderbolt and Edward Albee's classic 🍸 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
To express an interest in either/both, get in touch with [email protected] by Monday 12th December.
Details on our website here: https://tinyurl.com/ymdk26vn
We introduced our cast to our new venue this week – we're at Longwood Mechanics Hall instead of the LBT for our next two plays!
Join us 14-17 December for A Christmas Carol.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
You can sneak a peek at our Christmas rehearsals right now, and get your tickets for the main event here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
We're at Longwood Mechanics Hall from 14-17 December with Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge has turned a tidy profit for the year, but he can't spend all Christmas counting his money – the ghosts are coming!
Join the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future at Longwood Mechanics Hall, 14-17 December, for Dickens's A Christmas Carol.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
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A Christmas Carol is coming up at Longwood Mechanics Hall from December 14th – tickets here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
If you can't make it to London for 'peak Ebenezer' (nine of them!), then join us at Longwood Mechanics Hall for a much more local Christmas Carol, with all the bits you'd expect – greed, grief and ghoulish ghosts!
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/nov/13/it-has-added-political-resonance-this-year-why-charles-dickenss-a-christmas-carol-still-strikes-a-chord
14-17 December https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Audiences can choose from a glut of Ebenezers this festive season, with the infamous miser a more pointed character than ever in these hard times
“Have you noticed anything peculiar, Mrs Dilber? Any strange noises?” - “No stranger than usual, Mr Scrooge.”
Find out what's haunting Mr Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Longwood Mechanics Hall. 14-17 December https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
Thanks to NODA for this great review of last month's 'clever and witty presentation' of Brief Encounter: https://www.noda.org.uk/show-reports/brief-encounter-1666434910
Our friends at Huddersfield Musical Theatre Company are Most Wanted this week with Bonnie & Clyde at the Lawrence Batley Theatre – break a leg, folks!
https://www.thelbt.org/what-s-on/musical-theatre/bonnie-clyde/
'Tis the season for launching Christmas adverts, so here's a little something we've cooked up for you...
[Video, with Christmas music, shows Longwood Mechanics Hall, where we'll be performing 14-17 December]
Remember, remember, this 5th of November...
that our next play will be at Longwood Mechanics Hall, not the LBT, and that writing rhymes is hard. 14-17 December https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
'Narnia', Viaduct Mills, Saville Street, Milnsbridge
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Our new home in Milnsbridge is called Narnia, because we enter through the wardrobe – here's a short video of how we turned the entrance from a stack of wood into a welcoming, wintery Narnia scene...
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Exhibitions at the Lawrence Batley Theatre
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