Thanks to everyone who took part in the Playfest in Oct 18. This production was aimed at giving members a chance to take part in various different roles in a production both on stage and behind the scenes. In that it was successful with quite a few people appearing in their first play, with a new Director, a new Stage Manager and new backstage helpers.

We have had two successful concerts in recent weeks, one at the Dobbies’ Christmas Opening event and more recently at the West Lothian College Graduation ceremony. Well done to those who took part in those and thanks to Lynne for adding some movement to the pieces, Bob and Sue for helping us with the music. Well received performances all good for letting people know about The Livingston Players.

We have been invited once again to perform at Dobbie’s open nights which will be on Thursday the 18th of October – Christmas Launch evening 7.30 p.m. and Thursday the 29th of November – Ladies night – 8 p.m.

We have also been asked to entertain the guests at the West Lothian College graduation on the morning Saturday 27th October.

Please email if you would be able to take part in any of these so that we can arrange some rehearsals.

Congratulations to all of those involved in “The Sociable Plover” directed by Ronnie Barnes who came first in the Divisional Finals of the SCDA one-act-play festival and who will now represent the Eastern Division at the Scottish Finals. They also won the trophies for best acting and best stage presentation. The Scottish Finals will take place at the East Kilbride Village theatre on 19th-21st April 2018 with Livingston Players on the Saturday night. It would be great if lots of people from our club could support the festival and particularly our team. Tickets can be obtained HERE:

This year we are planning to produce an evening of one act plays in October to give an opportunity to new aspiring Directors and to give more players the chance to take on an acting role in a play. We will be running some workshops for first time Directors to help them prepare for this – so this is a great opportunity to give it a go. If you are interested in being considered as a Director or would be interested in taking part in this project, then please get in touch.

Huge congratulations to Ronnie Barnes and the cast of Jeff Robinson and Jack Stewart who were placed 2nd in the SCDA One Act play festival!
They also achieved the Highest Marks Acting!
They will now go on to represent Edinburgh at the Eastern Divisional Final in Killin 22 to 24 March.
Many congratulations and thanks to all who helped – cast, supporting cast, crew, tech support and drivers.

What a night! An audience of 80 enjoyed an evening of “Songs from the Musicals” performed by members of Livingston Players on 16 Mar 18. Our performers sang their hearts out and the audience loved the sing-along numbers with the words displayed on the wall. There was lots of laughter and Guide Dog Puppies Kirky and Darcy along with our wonderful support dog Nessie encouraged everyone to “dig deep” with their giving raising a magnificent £738 for Guide Dogs. Well done to all involved!

Livingston players to perform at the One Act play “The Sociable Plover”.

We held our Murder Mystery social/fund raising evening last Saturday (9th Dec) which was attended by nearly eighty people. The Murder Mystery, “On the Elf day of Christmas” was once again written and directed by Annie Townsend and Lynne Hurst and, as with their previous murder mysteries ,had everyone laughing out loud as they tried to guess who had murdered Santa and Kitty Claws. A huge thank you to Lynne and Annie for this and to the cast of Players members. In addition to the Murder Mystery there was a raffle, lucky dip, guess the weight of the Christmas cake, how many sweeties in the jar, have your photo taken with Santa and a craft stall; some hot snacks were served before people left for home. This array of delights was organised by Judith Hutchinson, Sue Rankine, Karen Walker and Frances Kemp. We am delighted to report that over £800 was raised to help with Players increasing expenses. Thanks to those who worked so hard and to those who came along, took part and put their hands into the wallets!

Tickets are now on sale for the latest Murder mystery. This time we have a festive theme which will be presented on Saturday 9th December at Carmondean at 19:30h. Given the festive theme, the whole evening is planned to get us all in the Christmas mood (and also to raise some funds for the Society). In addition to the Murder Mystery there will be fun and games (raffle, lucky dip, Santa pictures…). A small supper will be served but it is BYOB. Tickets are now on sale for only £7.00 and can be purchased at the January play rehearsals – any Sunday, from 12:30 to 16:30pm. You can also call Judith on 01506 441903, or e-mail at judehutchuk@aol.com to make other arrangements.

Livingston players to perform at the One Act play “The Sociable Plover”.

The play will be presented at the first “District” round of the SCDA festival in the ChurchHill theatre in Edinburgh on one night between 16th to 18th February.

The concert party will be performing at Dobbies Garden Centre on Saturday 18th December. Do go along and support them. If you wish to take part get in touch with John Doonan or Alex Kemp.

14th Sept 2017 at 7.30 pm; Read through for January play “Always a Bridesmaid”, a great opportunity to hear a play being read.
17th Sept 2017 at Sept at 2pm; Auditions for January play “Always a Bridesmaid”
Production dates in 2018;
31st Jan – 2 Feb 2018 “Always a Bridesmaid”