29 April, 2 May 2026
As You Like It
Shakespeare's comedy in 1980s dress, with live music and a thrust stage built for the run. Directed by Suzanne Alford at the Imperial Rooms.
Look back at the show →Five chances to catch it
- Wed 25 Nov7.30pm
- Thu 26 Nov7.30pm
- Fri 27 Nov7.30pm
- Sat 28 Nov2pm matinee
- Sat 28 Nov7.30pm
On stage this November
August:
Osage County
By Tracy Letts, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
A family comes home, and nothing stays quiet for long. When Beverly Weston, the family poet who has always liked a drink, walks out one Oklahoma afternoon and doesn't come back, his wife Violet and their three daughters are pulled together under one roof. Old grudges float up, jokes fly, secrets come out and nobody holds anything back. It is darkly funny, fiercely big hearted, and the sort of night you find yourself talking about all the way home.
Thirteen of our company are bringing it to the Imperial Rooms stage, directed by Alicia Bloundele and Rose Oliver. Come for the rows, stay for the way a room full of people holds its breath together.
- Where
- Imperial Rooms, Matlock
- When
- Wed 25 to Sat 28 November 2026
- Curtains
- Evenings 7.30pm, Saturday matinee 2pm
- Tickets
- Adults £13, under 18s £5
Our Pay What You Want tickets are there so nobody misses a show. Our summer revue Love & Lust finished its July performances and now sits in the archive.
Great news!!
We are excited to report that The High Tor Players' 2025 production of The Crucible by Arthur Miller has been awarded NODA's coveted East Midlands Outstanding Play award (Districts 1-5), and Best Play for East Midlands District 2.
Our awards and reviews →Recently performed
Production archive →
2 & 3 July 2026
Love & Lust
A devised evening of songs and spoken word, produced by Liz McKenzie, at the Imperial Rooms and Youlgrave Village Hall.
Look back at the show →
Some news we're chuffed about
We are a
charity now
High Tor Players is now a registered charity (charity number 1219197). In plain words: Matlock's amateur theatre is here to stay, and it belongs to everyone who wants to watch, to act, to paint a flat or to pop the kettle on.
To be honest, the charity bit doesn't change much. It just puts on paper what we've always done. Every penny we take goes straight back into the shows: timber for the sets, fabric for the costumes, hire of the hall, and Pay What You Want tickets so nobody misses out because of the price. Nobody earns a penny from High Tor. We do it because we love it, and we'd love you to be part of it.
The short version
- Charity number
- 1219197
- Legal form
- A Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- Registered address
- Cavendish House, Bank Road, Matlock DE4 3NF
- Gift Aid
- Yes please, on any donation. Every £1 becomes £1.25, at no extra cost to you
- Profit
- None at all. What's left goes towards next year's shows
Any questions? Just ask, we're a friendly lot. Write tohightorplayers@gmail.com.