Double Bill of One Act Plays
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-11 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
DOUBLE BILL OF ONE ACT PLAYS
Oct 6th – 11th 2025
Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter
Director Jenny Gore
It’s a hot summer’s day in 1943 and seven children play, laugh, sing and cry somewhere in the woods just before tea-time. In a whirl of constant activity, their lives are brim-full of joy and horror, anxiety and delight.
Dennis Potter’s affectionate study captures the traumas of childhood beneath the apparently innocent surface. He reminds us that adults are children who have simply substituted subtlety for spontaneity.
That rose-tinted nostalgia for the ‘blue remembered hills’ of our youth is not always justified.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner
Directed by Gil Burns
The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? This play imagines a world where we’re forced to say less.
Sam Steiner tells the story of Bernadette and Oliver, a young couple trying to come to grips with a society that has an imposed limit in which each person is only allowed to use up to 140 words in a single day. It explores this imposition from their two perspectives as they negotiate life, love and conflict with ever less options on how to communicate their feelings.
The non-linear narrative flits from past to present, exploring how the couple navigate through turbulent waters as Steiner strips the text and the characters to their emotional core.
TICKETS AVAILABLE
Poster Design – Hannah Stow

Audition - The Unfriend by Steven Moffat!
2025-10-12 15:00 - 17:00 UTC
AUDITION AUDITION!
The audition for The Unfriend by Steven Moffat will be on Sunday 12th October at 3pm.
The unfriend is an hilarious modern play, centered around a middle class couple and their two teenagers. When a holiday ‘friend’ comes to stay uninvited, their lives take an unexpected turn…
A brilliant, hilarious satirical look at middle-class England’s disastrous instinct to always appear nice.
Peter – mid 40s
Debbie – mid 40s
Elsa – late 50’s to late 70s – American
Alex – Teenager 17-20
Rosie – Teenager 17-20
Neighbour – Male – mid 60s.
Policeman – 50-60 (small part)

LipService presents Funny Stuff
2025-10-25 19:30 - 21:10
LipService presents
Funny Stuff
Written & performed by Sue Ryding
Sue Ryding is one half of legendary comedy duo LipService. In 2022 her comedy partner Maggie Fox died, and Sue was left with a shipping container full of stage props, costumes, wigs, hats, shoes, sheep, you name it. This show looks at all the “stuff” we accumulate, hoard and hate to let go. In this humorous and creative response to grief, Sue struggles to part with a life-sized stuffed sheep, a badger onesie, some ruby slippers, a sinking bog, Charlotte Bronte’s knickers and a host of soft toys. Touring anecdotes are combined with archive footage from LipService shows. Not all the items will be making it back up the loft ladder, so the audience is invited to take something home. Come along and help Sue on her journey of letting go.
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Halloween!
2025-10-31
Boooo!
A fun filled magic and illusion variety show for families at October half term 2025

11am & 3pm
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre
Children £8 / Adults £10
Prize for the best fancy dress!
Tickets available over the phone or in person from Todmorden Tourist Information Centre (01706 818 181) – no booking fee –
or online via Story Magic Theatre – small booking fee.
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Audition notice for Deathtrap - by Ira Levin
2025-11-09 18:30 - 20:30
Audition notice for Deathtrap by Ira Levin
Directed by David Howes
Sunday 9th of November at 6.30pm in the Little Theatre
Performance Dates: April 20th to the 25th 2026
About the Production:
Deathtrap is a sharp, darkly comedic thriller about ambition, manipulation, and the blurred lines between art and reality. In this fresh, all-female reimagining of Ira Levin’s classic, the gender-flipped casting amplifies the play’s tension and wit, exploring power and creativity through a new lens.
Sidney Bruhl, once a celebrated playwright of Broadway thrillers, is desperate to regain her former glory. When she receives an ingenious new play from her student Cleo Anderson, Sidney sees a path back to success — but it might require murder. Twists, turns, and razor-edged humor make Deathtrap a masterclass in suspense.
Roles:
SIDNEY BRUHL – (40s–60s) A once-successful playwright now struggling with creative failure. Sharp, witty, and dangerously ambitious.
CLEO ANDERSON – (20s–30s) A talented and passionate young writer. Intelligent, charming, and ambitious — with hidden layers. (formerly “Clifford”)
MYRA BRUHL – (40s–60s) Sidney’s supportive and anxious wife. Warm-hearted but deeply affected by Sidney’s cynicism.
PORTIA MILGRIM – (40s–70s) A perceptive lawyer and friend of Sidney (formerly “Porter”)
HELGA TEN DORP – (40s–70s) A famous psychic visiting from Europe; flamboyant, sincere, and unpredictable.
Please message if you’re interested in auditioning and I’ll get in touch:
davidhowes1977@hotmail.com

It's a Wonderful Life
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-06
It’s a Wonderful Life adapted by Mary Elliott Nelson
Dec 1st – 6th 2025
Directed by Alan Stockdill
This beloved film classic, now adapted for the stage, tells the inspiring story of George Bailey, who has spent his life giving to others at the expense of his own dreams. On a dark Christmas Eve, facing financial ruin and self-doubt, when all seems lost, he considers ending it all – until a guardian angel shows him what life would have been like for his family, friends and community if he had never existed.
George discovers the profound effects of his kindness, the difference his life has made to so many people.
This is a story of hope, redemption, and the enduring power of love. It reminds us all that each life touches so many others in ways we may never know. Perfect for all ages, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is a celebration of the human spirit and the difference one person can make.
SOLD OUT
Poster design – Stuart Hought

Out In The Valley presents an LGBT+ Panto 'Cinders - not the girl you thought she was' by Binx
2025-12-11 - 2025-12-13
Out In The Valley presents an LGBT+ Panto ‘Cinders – not the girl you thought she was’ by Binx
Thu 11th December 2025 – Sat 13th December 2025
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, West Yorkshire, HX7 8EE
Set in the fair Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge, this outrageous adult pantomime features a talented cast and crew of local LGBT+ folk. Expect stunning costumes, surprising plot twists, and gloriously gender-bending , camp old nonsense! It’s a festive treat with a generous sprinkling of queer fairy dust – oh no it isn’t…oh yes it is!
Suitable for ages 16+
TICKETS AVAILABLE!

Entertainment for Christmas!
2025-12-20 19:30 - 21:30
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre Members present:
Entertainment for Christmas!
Saturday 20th December – 19h30
Tickets available on the door – £5

Aladdin!
2025-12-24 - 2025-12-28
Coming this December – Aladdin!
A magical pantomime for all the family.
24th December – 11am
26th December – 3pm
27th December – 11am & 3pm
28th December – 11am & 3pm
Ticket prices
Adults: £11
Children: £9
Tickets are available over the phone or in person from Todmorden Information Centre on 01706 818 181 (no booking fee)
or from Story Magic Theatre (a small booking fee applies).

Stand Up Comedy Night!
2026-01-24 19:00 - 21:00
Eventbrite presents…
Stand Up Comedy Night!
Featuring:
Paulus Scott
Gavin Lilley
Leah Francisco
Get ready to laugh till your sides hurt with the hilarious comedians at Stand Up Comedy Night in Hebden Bridge!
TICKETS AVAILABLE – £25
18+ only

Call to read through/audition - Hobson’s Choice!
2026-02-08 19:00 - 21:30
Call to read through/audition!
We are excited to announce our replacement play for June 2026!
Hobson’s Choice is set in 1880s Salford where widowed Boot Shop owner Henry Horatio Hobson is struggling to handle his three grown daughters.
Two are seeking husbands and Maggie, the eldest, holds her own ambitions which involve Hobson’s unappreciated bootmaker Willie Mossop.
A classic tale for the theatre with humour and relatable characters makes this a ‘must see’.
A read through for anyone interested in this forthcoming production will be held at HBLT on Sunday 8th February 2026 at 7 pm.
The cast will be 12 strong – 3 ‘big’ parts (2 male one female), 4 ‘medium’ parts (2 female, 2 male), and 5 smaller parts (2 females, 3 males).
Rehearsing starts on 27 April, and will continue 3 nights a week on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday until the show opens on Monday 15th June for 6 nights.
Contact: rosalinda55@uwclub.net for more details

The UNfriend
2026-02-23 - 2026-02-28
The UNfriend by Steven Moffat
Directed by Cathy Shaw
Mon 23rd February 2026 – Sat 28th February 2026
Debbie and Peter, a normal, suburban, middle-aged English couple meet Elsa, a loud, overbearing, but rather fabulous American woman on a cruise.
A brief holiday encounter turns their lives upside down when Elsa arrives at their house, uninvited and also unwelcome. The teenage children are also put out by the visitor and the ‘uptight’ hosts discover the ‘true’ Elsa but are too polite to ask her to leave. The stress and mayhem pile up . . . . what on earth will happen?
An hilarious modern day comedy that ​satirises the English struggle to ‘always appear nice’ in the face of increasing challenges.
Tickets Available
Poster designed by Hannah Stow c/o HBLT

CASTING CALL - Hobson’s Choice!
2026-03-05 19:00 - 21:00
CASTING CALL!
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre’s Production Team is already busy planning their June 2026 play ‘Hobson’s Choice’, with some actors already fully committed. However, we need a cast of 12 for this wonderful classic and some parts are still waiting to be filled!
It’s a been a few quite a few years since HBLT staged this play and early feedback from our loyal audiences has been wonderful:
“Can’t wait to see it!”
“About time – I love this play.”
“My favourite!”
For your chance to take part, please come along to our read-through at the theatre on Thursday 5th March at 7pm in the Bar Area. We will provide scripts. No need to bring anything apart from yourselves! Tea and biscuits at ‘half time’.
If you attended our first read through in January then you are of course welcome to attend again – not necessary but the more the merrier!

Gary Meikle: Yer Maw
2026-03-13 19:00 - 21:00
Gary Meikle: Yer Maw
Friday 13 March 2026
Doors Open: 19:00
Starts: 19:30
Once known as a just promising comedian, Scotland’s Gary Meikle has climbed the ranks turning into an international sensation. With his captivating stage sets and online social media rants, Meikle has drawn crowds at clubs around the world including the UK, Dubai, Spain, and soon the United States. Appealing to all audiences, Gary’s real-life, comedic storytelling has been the biggest attribute to his success, and has resulted in over 150 million video views online in just five months.
Tickets available now!
https://www.garymeikle.com/
18+ only.
Refunds will not be made for anyone under 18.

Bindweed
2026-03-21 19:30 - 22:00
Bindweed, a play by Martha Loader
A Rise & Howl Production
Directed by Paul Chewins
Sat 21st March 2026
7:30pm
“Thursdays, curry night. Curry and a pint for a fiver. Go at five thirty, home by ten. Beat my mum up for a while. Bed by ten thirty.”
In a run-down community centre, four men convicted of domestic abuse offences gather each week in a last-chance programme to keep them out of prison. Leading them is Jen, a former police officer with her own secrets and scars.
Bindweed is a shattering and darkly funny play about responsibility and rehabilitation, which looks at what can be done to tackle abuse at its root and asks whether accountability can ever truly lead to transformation. This powerful, intimate exploration is theatre at its most compelling; not just a play but a conversation society desperately needs.
This is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.
Tickets Available

Deathtrap
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-25
Deathtrap by Ira Levin
Directed by David Howes
Mon 20th April 2026 – Sat 25th April 2026
7.30 p.m
A perfect murder takes a little rehearsal . . .
Deathtrap by Ira Levin (who wrote ‘Rosemary’s Baby) focuses on the failing career of play-write Sidney Bruhl and the lengths she will go to, to have another smash hit play under her belt.
It promises twists, murder, laughs and surprises, and is definitely one for fans of Agatha Christie or whodunnits!
This will be an all-female cast – the first time it has been staged this way.
Saturday: SOLD OUT!
Please get in touch with the theatre for any returns.
Poster designed with AI assistance by D Howes & H Stow c/o hblt

Open Day!
2026-05-09 11:00 - 15:00
Behind every scene is a creative team!
Curious about what goes on backstage?
We’re opening our doors at Hebden Bridge Little Theatre and you’re invited to have a nosey, meet the team, and find out about the range of volunteering opportunities we have to offer!
With five productions each year, as well as many external events, there’s plenty of fantastic roles to discover:
• Lighting & Sound Management
• Stage Management
• Set Building & Design
• Costume Design
• House Management
Come along and have a chat, see how shows are put together, and maybe even find your new hobby…
No experience is required – full training and support from the team provided!
No tickets, no pressure — just drop in
📅 Saturday 9th May
⏰ 11am – 3pm

Hobson's Choice
2026-06-15 - 2026-06-20
Hobson’s Choice by Harold Brighouse
Directed by Ros O’Connor & Neil Lloyd
Mon 15th – Sat 20th June 2026
7.30 p.m
Hobson’s Choice: One Stubborn Man – three headstrong daughters … what could possibly go wrong?
Tickets available now!
Poster designed by H. Stow c/o HBLT

The Tempest
2026-10-05 - 2026-10-10
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jenny Gore
Mon 5th October 2026 – Sat 10th October 2026
7.30 p.m
The Tempest was one of Shakespeare’s last plays. After the first scene, depicting a ship at sea in a mighty tempest, the story continues on a remote island inhabited by the magician Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, who were washed ashore twelve years before. They live with an untamed monster, Caliban, and a spirit, Ariel, who lived on the island before Prospero arrived, but are forced into servitude by him.
The play explores themes of magic, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness. It reflects the cruelty of colonialism in the 17th century, and it is possible that Shakespeare based the character of Prospero on himself, for just as Prospero relinquished his magic, Shakespeare stopped creating his magical plays.
Tickets available now!

Present Laughter
2026-11-30 - 2026-12-05
Present Laughter by Noel Coward
Directed by Aaron Cliff
Mon 30th November 2026 – Sat 5th December 2026
7.30 p.m
It’s all fun and games when you’re famous…
…isn’t it?
Tickets available now!
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Poster designed by H. Stow c/o HBLT
