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Open auditions for every show, usually four months before opening night. Come along, read a scene, and we'll take it from there.
Next production · 4–7 March 2027
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde's comedy of false names, cucumber sandwiches and one very famous handbag. Directed by Siobhán, with a cast of eight.
- When Thu–Sat at 8pm, Sunday matinee at 3pm
- Where Main hall, local arts centre
- Tickets €15, students and over-65s €12
Join us
You don't need experience. Half our members have never been on a stage, and the show needs as many people behind the curtain as in front of it.
Build and light
Set building on Saturday mornings, lighting and sound during show week. If you can hold a drill or learn a lighting desk, we need you.
Costumes and front of house
Sewing, sorting the costume store, selling programmes or running the raffle on show nights.
Rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30–9:30pm. New members welcome any week from September to May.
Get in touch to joinPast productions
- Autumn 2026The Playboy of the Western WorldJ. M. Synge
- Spring 2026Blithe SpiritNoël Coward
- Christmas 2025A Christmas Carolafter Charles Dickens
- Spring 2025Arsenic and Old LaceJoseph Kesselring
- Autumn 2024The Plough and the StarsSeán O'Casey
- Spring 2024She Stoops to ConquerOliver Goldsmith
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About the Players
Lanternfield Players started in 1974 in a parish hall with borrowed chairs and a single spotlight. Fifty years on we put on two full productions a year, plus a Christmas show for families.
We are a voluntary group run by an elected committee. Ticket sales cover the rights and the hall, our sponsors cover the rest.
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News
10 November 2026
Auditions for Earnest
Open auditions on Sunday 30 November at 2pm. Parts for four men and four women, all ages. No need to prepare a piece.
8 November 2026
Thank you, Playboy audiences
Four nights, 640 tickets and our best-selling autumn show in ten years. Thank you to everyone who came.
25 October 2026
Set builders wanted
Our Saturday crew is down to three. Any skill level, tea and biscuits provided.
Contact
Questions about tickets, joining or sponsorship go to the committee. Someone usually replies within a few days.
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