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We are three sisters

1st October 2016 - 8th October 2016

Despite the tragic events of their childhood (the deaths of their mother and of two of their sisters), Charlotte, Emily and Anne were not pathetic victims of fate, but strong-minded, independent and resourceful women.

The Garden Party

6th February 2016 - 13th February 2016

The Garden Party is a light family drama set loosely in the 70's and has some good comedy moments set on the Isle of Wight during a hot summer.

Visiting Hour & Bedside Manners

5th April 2014 - 12th April 2014

Three one act comedies set in an NHS hospital ward

Why Me?

8th February 2014 - 15th February 2014

A comedy about unemployment

Hay Fever

28th September 2013 - 5th October 2013

A witty comedy - Previously performed by the Rossendale Players in 1940 & 1968

Stepping Out

23rd November 2019 - 30th November 2019

A captivating story with a hint of Tap!

An Alan Bennett Evening

24th May 2008 - 31st May 2008

Three short plays by Alan Bennett. 'Bed Among the Lentils', 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' and 'Say Something Happened'.

Confusions

20th November 2007 - 24th November 2007

Four Comedies by Alan Ayckbourn. At the Bacup Leisure Hall. Play only 20th & 21st with Dinner Theatre Performances 22nd to 24th November.

September Tide

29th September 2007 - 6th October 2007

Classic Love Triangle from Daphne Du Maurier

Hobson's Choice

9th June 2007 - 16th June 2007

Celebrating the 250th Production of the Rossendale Players. Hobson's Choice was first presented by the Players in 1945.

Times Two

27th January 2007 - 3rd February 2007

A Double Bill by local talent

Mr Wonderful

1st April 2006 - 8th April 2006

Norma works in a factory and cares for her bedridden mother Phoebe who is on the verges of Alzheimer's. Norma is trying to find her Mr Wonderful through a dating agency

Love on the Dole

2nd April 2005 - 9th April 2005

A self-educated Man, widely read and 'on the dole' several times. Walter Greenwood drew on his local knowledge of Salford and its society in poverty, creating an important social document played out here.

Three into One

29th January 2005 - 5th February 2005

Three short one act plays - Swan Song by Vanessa Brooks - Directed by Richard Curry - The Price of Coal by Harold Brighouse - Directed by Jean Teasdale and Last Panto in Whitewell Bottom by David Tristram - Directed by Len Taylor.

Three into One

29th January 2005 - 5th February 2005

Three short one act plays - Swan Song by Vanessa Brooks - Directed by Richard Curry - The Price of Coal by Harold Brighouse - Directed by Jean Teasdale and Last Panto in Whitewell Bottom by David Tristram - Directed by Len Taylor.

The Ghost Train

25th September 2004 - 2nd October 2004

The story centres upon the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight, and are increasingly threatened by a latent external force, with a denouement ending.

Murdered to Death

25th November 2003 - 29th November 2003

25th & 26th are Play nights only with 27th, 28th & 29th November being Dinner Night Performances. A hilarious farce of whodunnit antics.

Bazaar and Rummage

8th April 2003 - 13th April 2003

Three women who suffer from agoraphobia are persuaded to help out at a local jumble sale.

Murder Mystery

5th December 2001 - 9th December 2001

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery - 5th & 6th Play only - 7th, 8th & 9th December Dinner Theatre.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

29th September 2001 - 6th October 2001

Accused of the wilful murder of his terminally ill wife, Sir David Metcalf finds himself locked in legal combat with his old rival, Anthony Blair-Booth QC.

Out of Order

21st November 2000 - 25th November 2000

When Richard Willey, a government junior minister, plans to spend the evening with Jane Worthington, one of the opposition's typists, things go disastrously wrong in this hugely successful sequel to Two Into One.

The Circle

30th September 2000 - 7th October 2000

This play was performed as the inaugural production of the Players first permanent home, The New Millennium Theatre. It was also the first ever production when the Players were formed in 1936.

A Flavour of Lancashire

2nd June 1999 - 4th June 1999

3 One-Act Plays focussed on Lancashire life and featuring in the 1999 Rossendale Festival

A Flavour of Lancashire

2nd June 1999 - 4th June 1999

3 One-Act Plays focussed on Lancashire life and featuring in the 1999 Rossendale Festival

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