About The Players
The Loddon Players, formed originally in 1975 as Loddon Pantomime Players, is a NODA award winning community amateur dramatics group, based in Loddon in South Norfolk.
We were very proud to receive the regional Best Panto award from NODA for Mother Goose – Panto 2023. The winner is picked from from a shortlist of 3 nominations. We were nominated in the same category for Treasure Island – Panto 2024 and The Pied Piper – Panto 2025 has just been nominated for this years award – the winner will be announced in the spring of 2026.
Our productions are performed in the Lecture Hall Adjacent to St Johns Chapel, George Lane, Loddon although on occasion we have performed at both Langley School and in earlier years at Hobart High School.
Prior to the onset of COVID lockdowns, we aimed to perform at least one production a year – in most years that was a pantomime. We have also performed summer plays and variety shows, raising over £80,000 for charities and local good causes.
Donations for 2026 will be made to:
Clinks Care Farm
Loddon Tennis Court Refurbishment
Loddon Sewing Ladies Group
Hobart High School – Allotment Club
In 2019 in conjunction with Funky Feet School of Dance & Performing Arts, we staged the highly acclaimed musical Annie at Langley School Theatre.
plays performed in the past include “Bonaventure”, “Clerical Errors”, “See How They Run”, “Pools Paradise”, “Fingers”, “Wild Goose Chase”, “Scarlet Ribbons” and “Murdered to Death”. The final production in 2018 was “Death by Fatal Murder”.
Our Variety Concerts include “The Big C 30th Birthday Bash” in 2010, which raised over £,2,000.
Our last four productions were Spotlight Express June 2024 (One Act Play and Variety Show), The Pied Piper in Jan 2025, Keep Calm & Carry On (Celebration of VE Day) in June 2025, and Cinderella in Jan 2026.
In 2026 we celebrated our 50th year of productions. The very first was Cinderella – performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd January 1976 at what is now Hobart High School.
John Harris – the first producer, script writer was invited to speak to the audience on the 2.30pm performance on 17th January. See more on our production page
We have a very close artistic relationship here in Loddon with Funky Feet School of Dance and Performing Arts who provide us with choreography and dancers for our productions. Many of their young members go on to take leading roles in our productions.
Joan Evans
Our Honorary President, Joan wrote, produced and directed many of our past productions. she remains a big supporter of the players.
Anthony Bunting
Anthony's most notable role is as the Dame, played with great success. a role he continues to play - including our latest in 2025.
Maureen Larkin
Maureen is our latest Honorary President having been actively involved since 1977. She is a passionate ambassador for the Players.
