Allerton Players
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Welcome to the Allerton Players' website!
 The Allerton Players regularly put on plays and other entertainments in and around Northallerton in North Yorkshire.
We try to have two main productions per year: one in spring and one in autumn. In addition, there are opportunities to get involved in small, one off productions for Drama Festivals or drama events at which we get invited to perform.
As well as putting on dramatic performances the Allerton Players have an active social calendar, and host play readings, theatre trips and workshops, as well as purely social occasions such as Christmas parties and quiz evenings.
The more members we have, the bigger and better we can make our productions for the people in and around Northallerton. We actively encourage all members of the community to get involved, but would be particularly interested in hearing from men who would like to act.
If you are interested in getting involved please use the Mail Form link at the side to email us.
We are also always looking for photos of previous productions to put on this website as it is fascinating to see how the society put on plays in the past. If you have any we could borrow - and we promise to be careful with them and return them safely - then please get in touch.
The Allerton Players are members of NODA
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History of the Players
The Allertonshire Players, as they were called then, were formed in 1942 initially as an adult education class associated with the Allertonshire School. They produced two or three productions a year at the school as part of their studies, usually in the holidays so that the school was not in use. Nowadays we put our productions on in Spring and Autumn, at round about the times of the school half terms, even though we do not use the school anymore. So there is still a small adherence to tradition! It also explains why the Players' AGM is always in July, at the end of an academic year.
The Players became the Allerton Players when they became independent of the school and a separate organisation in their own right.
Over the years various members have kept photos, programmes and news clippings and the setting up of this website has given the opportunity to gather these together in one place, and they make fascinating reading. To view the archive, please click on the appropriate title in the menu on the left. To whet your appetite, there is a photo of the First Allertonshire Players Annual Dinner in 1947 at the Station Hotel.
Photograph courtesy of Colin Narramore
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Current committee
The current Players' committee members are as follows:
Deborah Hugill - Chairperson
Robert Trenholm - Vice Chairperson
Rosemary Scott - Secretary
Fred Dunn - Treasurer
Committee members:
Kate Staines
Steve Hart
Paul Staines
Anne Wall
Tamsin Bolam
Malcolm Brearley
Committee meetings take place once a month and members requiring items to be placed on the agenda should contact the Secretary. All members are welcome to view the minutes, a copy of which can also be obtained from the Secretary. The Annual General Meeting is held in July.
Our website
This website has been developed to let you know what we are doing. To navigate around the site please use the list on the left of this page. You will find information about joining us, about our current and recent productions, social events and lots of archive information about previous productions going back to when the Players were born - 1942!
The Allerton Players' website was awarded the Pick of the Month Award in February 2006.
If you have any suggestions to improve the site or would like to get in touch for any reason, please use the Mail Form which can be accessed using the list on the left. Thank you! |  |
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