‘Fingers crossed!’. Group Eight will be back on stage for the 2021 Pantomime. We have a great script, written by Paul Reakes, with an amusing slant on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood. This is suitable for a family audience.

Rehearsals have been taking place for several weeks now and all the cast are excited to be putting together a great show that all the family can participate in, and enjoy. See our Director below with her head in the clouds whilst cast member Fiona is ready for the limelight – messing around at rehearsals is fun!

The dates to put in your diary are December 2nd, 3rd and 4th. There will be two performances on the 4th, a matinee and an evening show.

Please keep an eye on this website as we will be posting information about the production as it progresses.

Tickets are now online on Ticket Source and you may find them on our buy your tickets page which can be found here,.

Sorry! We have had to cancel the scheduled performances of A Bunch of Amateurs due to take place on Thursday 24th June, Friday 25th June and Saturday 26th June at Hackleton Village Hall. All those who booked tickets online via Ticket Source should receive refunds to method you used to pay in the near future.

The team involved in the production are sad that they had to make this decision but after the Government failed to lift the Covid lockdown on June 21st the team met and decided that as they would have to present the production under the current guidance for shared community facilities it would not be practicable to proceed. This is because complying with the guidance would spoil the theatrical experience for both audience and cast.

Although we have had to cancel the planned performances the production team is determined that the play will be presented at a later date. Rehearsals had been going well, and everyone thinks that the play is a good one. We now have to contact the agency licencing the play to see when we can move our license to. Keep an eye on this website, Facebook or the Parish Mag and we will let you know when we have new dates. These are likely to be early in 2022.

In the meantime Group Eight hope that the lockdown is released soon so that we can get on with getting a pantomime on stage in December. More news on that later in the summer.

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