Players in the Pub has been a labour of love for TV and theatre legend, Lyn Collingwood since 2009.

Talented and experienced actors and directors present rehearsed readings of new, classic, rediscovered or uncovered works in the intimate and relaxed environs of a public house

With past tenure at the Toxteth, Harold Park, and Roxbury hotels, Players in the Pub has been a great ingredient of the Glebe cultural scene. Next week sees the Players in the Pub start its 2016 season upstairs at a new venue, The Friend in Hand, a pub long associated with poets and players.

Players in the Pub has been offered this new venue for a trial period, so they’re hoping for a good crowd to kick of this new stage. The first production will be Close Up and Personal: character sketches. The sketches will be performed by a talented troupe of thespians comprising Harley Connor, Nicholas Gledhill, Deb Hunt, Susan Kennedy, Jan Langford-Penny, Cassady Maddox, Sarah Robinson and Sandy Velini.

It should be a fun night, next Tuesday night at 7pm, upstairs at the Friend In Hand, 58 Cowper Street, Glebe. As a bonus on Tuesday nights the kitchen is offering two Spaghetti Bolognese meals for the price of one.