Our friends from the British Music Hall Society will be commemorating 100 years since Marie Lloyd died with a service at St Luke's Church, Kidderpore Avenue, Hampstead NW3 7SU at 2.00 on Friday 7th October 2022. This will be exactly 100 years to the day of her death and in the church where her funeral was held. Attending will be people from academia, show business and some of her descendants. They will be including some parts of her funeral service as well as some Music Hall songs.
Ellie began her career with us at The Players' Theatre. It is really exciting to report that she is now one of the three female leads in Willow, an American fantasy adventure television series for Disney+
Check out the interviews here: https://youtu.be/CPqk9k91TEk
The Players’ Theatre are looking for talented Music Hall performers.
Whether you are a variety act, magician, juggler, comic, ventriloquist, acrobat or singer.
We would love to hear from you.
Audition dates TBC
Please email playerstheatreclub@gmail.com with a brief description of your act and your CV.
SEPTEMBER 16 & 17, 23 & 24 The Music Hall returns to LEEDS CITY VARIETIES after a Covid delay. The Show will feature current Players artistes, and one of our splendid performers from our recent New Faces show, magician , Danny Lee Grew. The shows are being co-produced by our very own, Miss Jan Hunt.
Follow this link to book:
Two other New Faces, Alice Ellen Wright and Jenny Lockyer will be performing at a private party performance arranged by Bill Halson for the Athenaeum Club in September.
OCTOBER 15TH The Players return, by special request, to Bearsted.
Warch this space for news of one of our very own Players’ pantomimes being revived for 2023/2024 !!
Our Chairman, Rev Lee Taylor, appeared on BBC Songs of Praise on Sunday 21st August 2022 (1.15pm) which featured his annual Hymns & Pimms event. Lee spoke about his livestream sing-a-long (Hymns & Pimms) which he began during lockdown 2020.
Did you notice the LP cover in the background (about 15:47 into the episode) of 'A Night at The Players' Theatre Music Hall'? This is one of our live recordings from 1983!
You can watch this episode on iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001bf36/songs-of-praise-sacred-walks-on-the-wales-coast-path
Come and join us on TUESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER to celebrate 86 years of The Players' Theatre Club
AT: The CAA, Bedford Street, London (7pm-9pm)
Tickets: £15 to include entertainment, slide shows and strip of raffle tickets.
Food: will be available at an extra cost (yet to be confirmed)
Further details will be available soon!
Congratulation to Sheila Bernette who, at our 85th anniversary show, won the luck prize draw of a meal for two at Oslo Court Restaurant!
Sheila has performed many times at The Players over the years.
In the 1966 video clip at The Players (‘A little of what you fancy’ documentary which actually came out in 1968) Sheila sings 'Why do they always pick on me.'
In the 1983 LP recording 'A Night at The Players' Theatre Music Hall,' Sheila can be heard singing 'Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow wow.'
Thank you to the management and staff at Oslo Court Restaurant, St John's Wood, for their kind donation.
This will be our 86th Birthday Celebration at the CAA, Bedford Street on Tuesday 8th November (7-9pm). Details will follow soon!
We are delighted to let you know that we are ‘back home at the Charing Cross Theatre !
Please join us on:
Sunday, November 28th 2021
For a star studded anniversary music hall extravaganza celebrating
*85 glorious years*
Please put the date in your diary.
Booking details will be available soon
