About Billingham Players
‚ÄėBillingham Players‚Äô was first formed in 1974. Our members are from all walks of life and demonstrate a wide age range. We produce up to 5 shows per year, and our space is available for hire also. Contact us if you would like to know more.
Billingham Players Description
Billingham Players have been in Billingham for over 40 years! Our home is the Theatre Upstairs which you'll find on Billingham Green. Join us on a short journey up a few steps to meet our wonderful casts, see the stunning sets that we design and build entirely in-house and enjoy our shows!
Please note that we do have a stair-lift which is accessible for all performances.
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Daggers, tassels and flickering candle light ūüĒ• The props for Lion in Winter are all starting to come in and these daggers made by students at The Northern School Of Art are amazing ūüėć Not long to go now until we open! 24-29 February, who's coming?!
Get involved! Join us this Saturday for our play reading workshop from 11am to 1pm. We are planning a radio show style production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and our workshops are leading up to it. No experience required, just heaps of enthusiasm!
A reminder that we are holding open auditions for Doubt on Friday 7 February at 7.30pm. Please visit the original post below to find out all the details ‚¨áÔłŹ and we'll see you there.
Please share if you know anyone who would be interested in any of the roles ‚̧ԳŹ
Before ‚ě°ÔłŹ After. From stained glass to vanity glass, our 12th Century castle is coming along a treat! Lion in Winter opens 24 February and we cannot wait for you to see it, trust us, it's going to be a good'un! ūüĎŹūüĎŹūüĎŹ
Join us this Saturday (1 February) for our play reading workshops. 11am to 1pm, we'll be continuing to work on our planned radio show production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Don't worry if you missed last week, you can still turn up and join in the fun ūüôĆ We'll see you there ūü¶Ā
Thinking about auditioning for Chicago? Head to the Facebook group below ‚¨áÔłŹ and request to join. Once you're in there you'll see all the information you need to know about auditions, dance auditions, pieces to prepare and loads more.
Break a leg and see anyone who is coming on Sunday afternoon for auditions! ūü§©
*Open auditions for Doubt - please share*
We will be holding open auditions for our production of Doubt on Friday 7 February at 7.30pm. Directed by Sue Brackenbury, please find below all of the information including the production dates, characters and a brief intro from Sue.
Production dates: 4 - 9 May
... Characters: Father Brendan Flynn: late thirties Sister Aloysius Beauvier: fifties /sixties Sister James: twenties Mrs Muller: mid thirties (this is a BAME role)
There can be some flexibility in the ages. Accent is American or Irish/American apart from Mrs. Muller who has a small role but is vital to the story, she appears in one scene only.
Doubt, written by John Patrick Shanley is a story about a strict nun, also a school principal, who believes a priest may have behaved inappropriately with a pupil, but there is doubt. The play examines the moral uncertainties of the human heart through the structure and example of the Catholic faith in 1964 when many changes were coming to the Catholic Church and society.
We look forward to welcoming you to the auditions. If you have any further queries please let us know in the comments and we will send you Sue's contact info via private message.
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Fancy being part of a radio show style production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe? Come to our Saturday morning play reading workshop tomorrow to find out more!
Saturday 25 January at 11am, we hope to see you there!
Join us tomorrow night for an open evening talking all things Chicago! Come along and meet the director Wayne Shellard, find out more about his vision and ideas for the show, audition information and loads more!
Our bar will be open for you to enjoy a drink or two as well - turn it into your Friday night out ūüć∑ūü•āūüćĽūüćļ
Friday 24 January, 7.30pm, will we see you there? ūü•≥ūü•≥
We've got loads of exciting news and opportunities coming up so keep an eye on the page for all of our announcements over the next couple of weeks!
First up we are delighted to let you know that our Saturday play reading workshops are starting again this weekend, 25 January at 11am.
We will be preparing for a radio show production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe ūüôÄ To find out more, give it a go and get involved, come and join us on Saturday. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Saturday building crew have been in and made some amazing progress on the castle ūüėć It's time for the painting team to pick up their brushes and get cracking next ūü§© #behindthescenes
We do love a #ThrowbackThursday and what can be better than a proper blast from the past! Check out this wonderful photo sent to us by one of our members, Peter ‚¨áÔłŹ Anyone fancy doing a spot the difference between then and now...? ūüėāūüėā
A chair that looks like a throne and an empty stage...It must be time for a behind the scenes update. Hands up if you're as excited for Lion in Winter as we are ūüôč‚Äć‚ôÄÔłŹūüôč‚Äć‚ôāÔłŹūüôč‚Äć‚ôÄÔłŹūü ôč‚Äć‚ôāÔłŹ
ūüď£ Tuesday Crew alert ūüď£ We hope you're feeling energised after the Christmas break and are ready for work! We're back to it starting Tuesday 7 January from 7.30pm and we've got a castle to build! See you there team ūüí™
Sunrise at the theatre ūüėć Continuing our series of capturing the theatre throughout the seasons. If you have any photos, we would love to see ūüďł Tag us and we'll share our favourites.
Happy New Year and welcome to 2020...but first, let's cast our minds back only a short while to Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. We know you all loved it, because you told us so ‚̧ԳŹ and we were even more delighted to spot this lovely review from our friends at NODA North ‚¨áÔłŹ Click the link below to take you straight to it and happy reading!