GREAT NEWS!!
The High Tor Players' 2025 production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller has been awarded NODA's coveted East Midlands Outstanding Play award (Districts 1-5), and Best Play for East Midlands District 2.
The High Tor Players' 2025 production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller has been awarded NODA's coveted East Midlands Outstanding Play award (Districts 1-5), and Best Play for East Midlands District 2.
High Tor Players are delighted to announce our next production:
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.
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.
About High Tor Players...
The High Tor Players are an award-winning community of amateur players with a shared love of theatre. We welcome actors of all stripes, and encourage all to participate, whatever their experience. We are lucky to have a wide range of acting experience in our ranks, from players performing for their first time since school, to former professionals with a love of storytelling. The group first met in 1937, and have held performances almost every year since 1939.
We are always open to new members, and we welcome members who love theatre, but prefer a more behind the scenes role. We welcome people of all ages whether you are interested in acting, directing, lighting, sound, stage managing, props or front of house. If you'd like to become a part of our community, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
We aim to produce two to three productions a year, principally in Matlock, with additional performances from time to time in the surrounding villages.
"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 are always open to new members, and we welcome members who love theatre, but prefer a more behind the scenes role. We welcome people of all ages whether you are interested in acting, directing, lighting, sound, stage managing, props or front of house. If you'd like to become a part of our community, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
We aim to produce two to three productions a year, principally in Matlock, with additional performances from time to time in the surrounding villages.
"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."
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