Our Next Show - Keep Smiling Through.
Due to the current situation regarding the Covid-19 virus, we have reluctantly decided to postpone the performances of Keep Smiling Through that were scheduled for April 25,26, and May 1,2. We plan to re-schedule the performances for July 9,10,11 and will keep you posted about when the Box Office will open.
Thanks to everyone who has provided us with some wonderful photographs of life in the village during the war years. We will be using them when the show goes on in July.
In the meantime, please keep checking out our website and Facebook page for news and updates.
Thanks to everyone who has provided us with some wonderful photographs of life in the village during the war years. We will be using them when the show goes on in July.
In the meantime, please keep checking out our website and Facebook page for news and updates.
Join us in commemorating the 75th Anniversary of VE day and
Keep Smiling Through!
On Friday May 8th the nation will come together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Events will be taking place all over the country to mark this unique occasion and Lane End Players are “going to do our bit”.
In 1945, in villages, towns and cities, communities marked the victory with street parties, dancing and music.
75 years later, with our revue “Keep Smiling Through”,we will be commemorating the anniversary in a similar fashion.
A large cast of actors and singers, including children and those who were children during the war years, will perform sketches and songs reflecting aspects of life on the Home Front.
With original words and some familiar, and not so familiar, songs, we will shine a light in the black-out, imagine life in an air raid shelter, sing the songs that entertained the troops and much more.
Our revue is light-hearted - we are, after all, entertainers. But we don’t forget that it was our families, our parents and grandparents, who lived through the darkest of days and we hope that our show, with boundless respect for their stoicism and with pride that their hope and humour was never extinguished, will honour their memory as we try to do as they did - and“Keep Smiling Through”. And we hope that you will join us.
Keep Smiling Through!
On Friday May 8th the nation will come together to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Events will be taking place all over the country to mark this unique occasion and Lane End Players are “going to do our bit”.
In 1945, in villages, towns and cities, communities marked the victory with street parties, dancing and music.
75 years later, with our revue “Keep Smiling Through”,we will be commemorating the anniversary in a similar fashion.
A large cast of actors and singers, including children and those who were children during the war years, will perform sketches and songs reflecting aspects of life on the Home Front.
With original words and some familiar, and not so familiar, songs, we will shine a light in the black-out, imagine life in an air raid shelter, sing the songs that entertained the troops and much more.
Our revue is light-hearted - we are, after all, entertainers. But we don’t forget that it was our families, our parents and grandparents, who lived through the darkest of days and we hope that our show, with boundless respect for their stoicism and with pride that their hope and humour was never extinguished, will honour their memory as we try to do as they did - and“Keep Smiling Through”. And we hope that you will join us.
Are you interested in joining us? Please read on.....
Lane End Players is an award-winning drama group performing a wide range of plays, musical shows and pantomimes. Our most recent show, The Snow Queen, played to sell-out audiences and got rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. (Check out our FBpage/website to read the reviews).
We are based in a small(ish!) Village Hall but we've got big ambitions. In recent years we have performed plays as diverse and as challenging as Ladies' Day, Daisy Pulls it Off, Calendar Girls and Tom's Midnight Garden and by playwrights from Alan Ayckbourn to William Shakespeare.
We have an outstanding team of actors, set designers and constructors, costume designers and makers, and lighting and sound designers and directors who all love, and rise to, a challenge.
Our technical team for example, is hugely talented, skilful and totally committed to using the most up-to-date technology to make all our shows truly professional. However, they are a small team and, with 4 shows a year plus social events and other projects, they are often over-stretched. So we're now looking for technically-minded people to join our fantastic team. If you have relevant experience already, that's great but, if you haven't and are keen to learn, that's great too. If you're interested in joining our technical team - or in joining us in any other capacity, we'd love to hear from you. Please send us a message with your details and we'll get back to you. Looking forward to hearing from you.
We are based in a small(ish!) Village Hall but we've got big ambitions. In recent years we have performed plays as diverse and as challenging as Ladies' Day, Daisy Pulls it Off, Calendar Girls and Tom's Midnight Garden and by playwrights from Alan Ayckbourn to William Shakespeare.
We have an outstanding team of actors, set designers and constructors, costume designers and makers, and lighting and sound designers and directors who all love, and rise to, a challenge.
Our technical team for example, is hugely talented, skilful and totally committed to using the most up-to-date technology to make all our shows truly professional. However, they are a small team and, with 4 shows a year plus social events and other projects, they are often over-stretched. So we're now looking for technically-minded people to join our fantastic team. If you have relevant experience already, that's great but, if you haven't and are keen to learn, that's great too. If you're interested in joining our technical team - or in joining us in any other capacity, we'd love to hear from you. Please send us a message with your details and we'll get back to you. Looking forward to hearing from you.
