High Tor Players are delighted to announce our summer production:
LOVE & LUST
devised and produced by
Liz McKenzie
playing at Matlock Imperial Rooms on Thursday 2nd July at 7:30pm,
and Youlgrave Village Hall on Friday 3rd July at 7:30pm, 2026.
Referencing back to the High Tor Players' performances of An Entertaining Evening of Love & Lust in 2004, and Luvvier & Lustier in 2011, we are delighted to present LOVE & LUST to a new audience for 2026. Once again devised and produced by Liz McKenzie, LOVE & LUST will showcase a mix of songs and spoken word, comedy and pathos, laughter and poignancy.
Join the High Tor Players for an informal and entertaining evening of romance and reminiscence.
Ticket bookings will open soon. Please check back.
devised and produced by
Liz McKenzie
playing at Matlock Imperial Rooms on Thursday 2nd July at 7:30pm,
and Youlgrave Village Hall on Friday 3rd July at 7:30pm, 2026.
Referencing back to the High Tor Players' performances of An Entertaining Evening of Love & Lust in 2004, and Luvvier & Lustier in 2011, we are delighted to present LOVE & LUST to a new audience for 2026. Once again devised and produced by Liz McKenzie, LOVE & LUST will showcase a mix of songs and spoken word, comedy and pathos, laughter and poignancy.
Join the High Tor Players for an informal and entertaining evening of romance and reminiscence.
Ticket bookings will open soon. Please check back.
And looking forward to autumn/winter 2026, we are excited to announce we will be performing:
August: Osage County
by
Tracy Letts
playing at Matlock Imperial Rooms from Wednesday 25th to Saturday 28th November, 2026.
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and addicted to pain pills and “truth-telling,” is joined by her three daughters and their problematic lovers, who harbor their own deep secrets, her sister Mattie Fae and her family, well-trained in the Weston family art of cruelty, and finally, the observer of the chaos, the young Cheyenne housekeeper Johnna, who was hired by Beverly just before his disappearance. Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Bursting with humor, vivacity, and intelligence, August: Osage County is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.
For August: Osage County we will be casting an actress (18+) for a role depicting a Native American (Indigenous American) character. We would love to hear from actors of Native American heritage and those who identify as part of the Native American / Indigenous American community. We will be holding an informal audition/read-through of the play on at 7pm Thursday 11th June at The Imperial Rooms, Matlock. Please get in touch for more information or to register your interest, or email Alicia Bloundele here. See our Auditions page, for more information.
Ticket bookings will open soon. Please check back.
August: Osage County
by
Tracy Letts
playing at Matlock Imperial Rooms from Wednesday 25th to Saturday 28th November, 2026.
Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best New Play, August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and addicted to pain pills and “truth-telling,” is joined by her three daughters and their problematic lovers, who harbor their own deep secrets, her sister Mattie Fae and her family, well-trained in the Weston family art of cruelty, and finally, the observer of the chaos, the young Cheyenne housekeeper Johnna, who was hired by Beverly just before his disappearance. Holed up in the large family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Bursting with humor, vivacity, and intelligence, August: Osage County is both dense and funny, vicious and compassionate, enormous and unstoppable.
For August: Osage County we will be casting an actress (18+) for a role depicting a Native American (Indigenous American) character. We would love to hear from actors of Native American heritage and those who identify as part of the Native American / Indigenous American community. We will be holding an informal audition/read-through of the play on at 7pm Thursday 11th June at The Imperial Rooms, Matlock. Please get in touch for more information or to register your interest, or email Alicia Bloundele here. See our Auditions page, for more information.
Ticket bookings will open soon. Please check back.
If you would like to join us either on stage or backstage or would just like more details you can contact us here.
We perform 2-3 times a year either touring villages local to Matlock and Matlock itself or performing at one location. We welcome people of all ages whether you are interested in acting, directing, lighting, sound, stage managing, props or front of house. Here are the comments from someone who joined recently:
"I don’t know whether the meeting is an appropriate point/time, but I did want to record somewhere how great the group is for new members such as myself. Everyone has been so welcoming, something that is certainly not the case with all groups. Knowing this might just encourage others to become involved. If you could thank everyone for me, that would be tremendous."
We perform 2-3 times a year either touring villages local to Matlock and Matlock itself or performing at one location. We welcome people of all ages whether you are interested in acting, directing, lighting, sound, stage managing, props or front of house. Here are the comments from someone who joined recently:
"I don’t know whether the meeting is an appropriate point/time, but I did want to record somewhere how great the group is for new members such as myself. Everyone has been so welcoming, something that is certainly not the case with all groups. Knowing this might just encourage others to become involved. If you could thank everyone for me, that would be tremendous."