The Company
Village Hall Players Incorporated (VHP) is a vibrant and dynamic amateur touring theatre company serving Kyogle and the surrounding districts of the Northern Rivers in New South Wales.
VHP’s vision is to take live theatre into rural villages, utilising village halls and encourage young and indigenous people to participate in theatre.
VHP produces up to four productions in a season, including a musical. We also offer a youth theatre program, DIRT (Drama In Rural Towns).
VHP is a community-run, not for profit, touring company. VHP has provided its productions free to many community organisations such as the Whiddon Group Kyogle Court’s “Night of Nights”, Fairymount Festival, Kyogle Seniors’ Week Concert, the Kyogle Combined Churches Community Christmas Pageant, the Kyogle Bazaar, the Kyogle Lions Club’s Carols by Candlelight and the Tidy Towns’ Farmers’ Markets.
First begun in 2010 as a play reading group by two ‘ageing thespians’, Lynette Zito and Gordon Hook, VHP now consists of members of all ages, from teens to octogenarians.
Our History
In October 2010, VHP’s first performance was two one-act plays for a private audience of 40. That small taste of once again ‘treading the boards’ led to the 2011 production of Grand Tour, written by Australian John Summons. The play was performed in Kyogle and Bonalbo as part of Kyogle Council’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
The company then toured a season of two one-act plays at local halls in the district and a Christmas musical production. We continue touring our productions each year.
The DIRT program, a concept of drama teacher Joelle Foy, (then) actor-in-residence Paul Worsnop and artistic director, Lynette Zito, began in July 2011. In June 2026, the DIRT program will celebrates its 15th birthday in Kyogle.
VHP has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from DIRT students, parents, and audience members alike for this program.
Join us!
We’d love you to join us – as a player, a member of our audience, a board member or a crew member. Please contact us if you would like more information.
Our Child Safe Policies
VHP 001a – Child Safe Code of Conduct
VHP 001b – Child Safe Reporting Policy
VHP 001c – Child Safe Social Media Policy
Our Volunteer Policies
VHP 0007 – Volunteer Management Policy
VHP 0015 – Volunteer Recruitment Policy
Village Hall Players Incorporated has a full range of policies to ensure strong governance of our organisation. Please email villagehallplayers@gmail if you would like further information.
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