Home of the Skipton Players

The Skipton Players have called Skipton Little Theatre their home since 1960. This intimate venue, seating up to 70 guests, boasts a welcoming and personal environment. Each year, the Players stage a regular season of five plays, along with occasional additional plays in the summer and unique special performances at various times during the year.

Upcoming Events

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2027 Season Pass: Five Plays for £48

On sale until 13th February 2027. See all five plays of our 2027 season for just £48: that’s one play free, with no booking fees. Life and Beth, Pretzels For Dinner, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Drinking Habits and Count Dracula. A perfect Christmas present for a theatre lover.

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Five panels of artwork for the 2027 season: Life and Beth, Pretzels For Dinner, Baskerville, Drinking Habits and Count Dracula
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Life and Beth by Alan Ayckbourn (Comedy)

9th - 13th February 2027. It’s Beth’s first Christmas since her husband Gordon died, and life without his rules is starting to suit her. Then the vicar’s well-meant prayer goes wrong and Gordon comes back from the dead, determined to protect her. A warm, funny Ayckbourn comedy about finally standing up for yourself.

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Life and Beth artwork: a man drawn in glowing fairy lights leans over an armchair by a snowy window and a Christmas tree
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Pretzels For Dinner by Janet Shaw (Comedy)

20th - 24th April 2027. When Bill drops dead in his armchair halfway through the afternoon racing, Anne is left with unpaid bills, two grown-up children who won’t lift a finger, and a neighbour with a hat for every occasion. After thirty-five years of putting everyone else first, it’s her turn. But Bill, although gone, is not going to let her get on with her life.

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Pretzels For Dinner artwork: a bowl of pretzels, a passport, a pyramid postcard and a purple feather on a wooden table
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Drinking Habits by Tom Smith (Farce)

10th - 14th August 2027. To save their convent from closure, Sister Philamena and Sister Augusta are secretly making prize-winning wine behind the Mother Superior’s back. When two reporters go undercover as a priest and a nun to get the scoop, mistaken identities, hidden bottles and holy panic turn the convent upside down.

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Drinking Habits artwork: two nuns hide wine bottles in a convent sewing room as the Mother Superior glares from the door
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Count Dracula by Ted Tiller (Drama)

26th - 30th October 2027. At Dr Seward’s asylum north of London, young Mina is fading away, and two small marks on her throat point to a terrifying cause. Professor Van Helsing arrives to hunt down the creature responsible, but the charming new neighbour may be closer than anyone thinks. Ted Tiller’s classic thriller, with chills and laughs in equal measure.

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Count Dracula artwork: a young woman brushes her hair at a gilt mirror while Dracula looms behind her, with no reflection

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