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Home Newsletter Upcoming Events About the VPs Past Productions Photo Gallery Resources Join the VPs Contact Us Ticket Reservations Mailing List		About The Village Players The Village Players is an English language theatre group based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We put on two theatrical productions a year for the public in venues in the Lausanne area. We also have a wide variety of monthly events for members at our clubhouse at Chalet-à-Gobet on the outskirts of Lausanne. For a brief history of The Village Players, click here. What do The Village Players offer you? A warm welcome. In our friendly Anglophone environment you can act, sing, help backstage, produce, direct or become involved in one of the many activities of amateur theatre. Or, like many when they first join the VPs, simply relax and let other members do the entertaining. Then who knows? You'd be surprised how many have taken their first steps on the boards with us. The VP monthly event. Each month we hold an evening created by the members for the members. This can be a rehearsed playreading, music, song and dance, poetry, improvisations or whatever our imaginative members can suggest. These are held in the informal surroundings of our clubhouse with its private theatre and bar. We also have several social occasions during the year, including a summer BBQ and Christmas party. VP public productions. Every spring and autumn, we put on a full-length production at one of the many small theatres in the Lausanne area. Members organise all aspects of these shows including directing, acting, costumes, scenery and stage management and we are always on the lookout for people who would be interested in taking part, with or without experience in these areas. *The Village Players Information.* Known as the VPI, this is our monthly newsletter, circulated to all members, which tells you what events are planned, contains requests for volunteers and information about auditions, and generally keeps all the members in touch with what's happening in The Village Players. Who are our members? Everyone is welcome to join The Village Players whether you are attracted by the theatre aspect or simply wish to take part in the more social side of the group. Although we are an English-speaking group, we include a wide range of accents from all over the world and encourage non-native English speakers to come along either to take part of just to socialise. Whatever role you wish to play at The Village Players – be it actor, director, writer, singer, organiser, handyman or perhaps spectator – there's certainly a place for you.

About The Village Players

The Village Players is an English language theatre group based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We put on two theatrical productions a year for the public in venues in the Lausanne area. We also have a wide variety of monthly events for members at our clubhouse at Chalet-à-Gobet on the outskirts of Lausanne.

For a brief history of The Village Players, click here.

What do The Village Players offer you?

A warm welcome. In our friendly Anglophone environment you can act, sing, help backstage, produce, direct or become involved in one of the many activities of amateur theatre.

Or, like many when they first join the VPs, simply relax and let other members do the entertaining. Then who knows? You'd be surprised how many have taken their first steps on the boards with us.
The VP monthly event. Each month we hold an evening created by the members for the members. This can be a rehearsed playreading, music, song and dance, poetry, improvisations or whatever our imaginative members can suggest. These are held in the informal surroundings of our clubhouse with its private theatre and bar.

We also have several social occasions during the year, including a summer BBQ and Christmas party.
VP public productions. Every spring and autumn, we put on a full-length production at one of the many small theatres in the Lausanne area. Members organise all aspects of these shows including directing, acting, costumes, scenery and stage management and we are always on the lookout for people who would be interested in taking part, with or without experience in these areas.
The Village Players Information. Known as the VPI, this is our monthly newsletter, circulated to all members, which tells you what events are planned, contains requests for volunteers and information about auditions, and generally keeps all the members in touch with what's happening in The Village Players.

Who are our members?

Everyone is welcome to join The Village Players whether you are attracted by the theatre aspect or simply wish to take part in the more social side of the group.

Although we are an English-speaking group, we include a wide range of accents from all over the world and encourage non-native English speakers to come along either to take part of just to socialise.

Whatever role you wish to play at The Village Players – be it actor, director, writer, singer, organiser, handyman or perhaps spectator – there's certainly a place for you.