Welcome to the Grenoside Players web site!  

The thriller 'Double Cut' will be presented in November 2008.   Actors urgently required!!!!

The Grenoside Players are a group of enthusiastic amateurs who have a love of the theatre and in particular, taking part in productions of plays.  The group was formed around 50 years ago and comprises about 30 members, who live in the North Sheffield area of South Yorkshire.

The Players present popular plays in May and November of each year.  Plays are staged in Grenoside Community Centre which is located about 8 Km from Sheffield City centre, about 3 km north of Sheffield Wednesday Hillsborough Football ground.  The group is an integral section of the Community Centre and benefits from all of the facilities available in the building.

The facilities available for the society include a  generously sized stage and a hall with a seating capacity of up to 200 people.  It is of great advantage that rehearsals can take place on the stage where the productions are presented.  We thank our local community for the continuing support that they give our presentations.  

The society  presented 'A Pack of Lies' by Hugh Whitmore in November 2006.   The play was a dramatized version of real life events surrounding Peter & Helen Kruger, who whilst masquerading as a conventional couple living in suburbia, were in fact spying for Russia.  This was followed by a 'Murder Mystery evening held in April 2007 and this was very popular and well received by our patrons.  In November 2007, we presented 'Plaza Suite' by Neil Simon.  This play portrayed three unconnected short plays that all occurred in the same room at the Plaza Hotel through three different sets of hotel residents.  Our last production in April 2008 was 'The Farndale Ladies Murder mystery play' which was well received.  We thank our community for the support given to the production and the kind remarks regarding the standard of presentation that was achieved.

New members who wish to take part in plays are always welcome to attend rehearsals and with a view to participating in productions.  Rehearsals  are held on Wednesday evenings at 8-00 pm with additional rehearsals on Monday evenings nearer the date of the production.

We always need assistance  in the productions either front stage or backstage  and your help would be warmly welcomed.   Please contact the webmaster if you are interested or come along to a rehearsal.

We were delighted to receive confirmation from the National Lottery 'Awards for All' fund of the grant us funds to seek to involve the community in our play presentations.  We ran an  'acting workshop' using professional tutors to give coaching in acting & stage skills.  This course was well attended and was a most enjoyable and fulfilling acting experience.  A further course was held in May 2008.

This page was last updated 21st June 2008.