History Timeline

Our History

Playgoers celebrate their 80th Birthday
Playgoers celebrate their 80th Birthday

Playgoers celebrate their 80th Birthday and receives a Big Lottery Award!

Established Limited Company status
Established Limited Company status
Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Diamond Jubilee Celebration

Workington Playgoers Club celebrated its Diamond Jubilee & became a registered Charity.

First Women President
First Women President

First women President in over 30 years. First time the club had had a woman President and Vice-president.

Workington Playgoers joined the Little Theatre Guild

Workington Playgoers joined the Little Theatre Guild (LTG) a co-operative of independent theatre groups or societies which are self-governing and which put on a regular programme of stage plays which are non-commercial in character in their own theatres.

Golden Jubilee
Golden Jubilee

Workington Playgoers Club celebrated its Golden Jubilee

All debts were paid off
All debts were paid off

All debts were paid off and for the first time the Club owned the Theatre Royal. An adjoining property in Wilson Street was purchased and the Upstairs Theatre, an old oak-beamed rehearsal room and extensive storage for props and wardrobe were established. New dressing rooms and a large workshop area were also developed.

Playgoers Purchase the Theatre

Workington Playgoers Club with a membership of 400 successfully negotiated the outright purchase of the Theatre Royal. The number of public performances was increased to 5 a year.

Silver Anniversary

Workington Playgoers Club celebrated its Silver Anniversary involving 79 actors in ten public performances.

Seats Replaced

The wooden seats in the Stalls (2/-d or 1/-d on the 8 back rows) and the narrow seats on the balcony (2/6d) were replaced and the floor of the theatre was raked to improve the view of the Stage. Subsequent improvements in the seating have progressively reduced the capacity from 376 to

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