About Us
A Timeline
1946: 1st play (George & Margaret by Gerald Savory)
1947: ‘Harlequin Players Club’ established
1949: Players moved to an empty out-building at the back of the Greenback Hotel, Hartford in 1949
1966 thanks to an anonymous donation of £250. The money was given by a member in 1966 on condition that it was used to install t
1973 the Greenbank Hotel decided that they wanted to develop the outbuilding for their own purposes forcing the Harlequin Players into over ten years of itinerant existence.
The next year, 1974, saw the creation of a new theatre under a five-year lease in the Hall of St Wilfred's Church on Witton Street, Northwich
1980, drama in the Northwich area was once more on the move. It settled for two years in Leftwich and Rudheath High Schools
1982 acquired a small, upstairs premises on Queen Street, Northwich, part of the regeneration of the then redundant Leftwich Lighterage Warehouse complex
1984-85 opening season of plays by Rattigan, Russell, Simon and Brian Clarke followed by a second season of five plays by Goldman, Moliere, Nichols, Ayckbourn and once again, Russell rivalled any theatre, professional or not. This set a standard witnessed by an impressive and continuing list of awards and nominations.
Harlequins History
