Past Productions

"Hardcastle's Christmas Pudding"...

Our next production is "Hardcastle's Christmas Pudding" - a repeat of last year's resoundingly successful winter tour visiting local pubs and hostelries as well as village and town squares during the month of December.

The new play will wreak mayhem and madness, not to mention chaos and confusion as Hardcastle's men (and women) burst onto the scene singing traditional Yorkshire carols, wassailing, dancing and generally bringing merryment wherever they go!

"Black Hearted Evil"...

...sees Malvolio Hardcastle's Mighty Excelsior Theatre Company trying to perform a piece of gothic horror. None of them really want to: the play always results in disaster or tragedy. But the play's the thing, so they wade in regardless.

A tale of the various ghostly legends that surround Bolton Priory, "Black Hearted Evil" has more than its fair share of ghosts, blood, tragedy, wrong backcloths and gross overacting.

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"Tom Lee"...

... the tale of the notorious Grassington murderer, was our inaugural production, originally commissioned by the Grassington Festival.

The 45 minute piece was rehearsed amidst building the theatre, sourcing the costumes both for the "troupe" and for the characters they portrayed, and finding a cast of sufficient calibre to cope with the demands.

Rehearsals and construction were dogged by bad weather, but from its first performance the result was a huge success, playing to nearly 2000 audience over seven appearances in Grassington, Skipton and beyond.

"Hardcastle's Christmas Punch"

This mixture of old carols and dances, rhymes and a mummers' play was based on old Yorkshire traditions and hopefully will become a tradition of our own after the success of no less than 12 performances over the Christmas period. Hardcastle's troupe would burst into (carefully selected) pubs and hotels and start brawling amidst music and mayhem.

Flaming torches and colourful costumes made this a real seasonal delight.