By Anne Hopper, Press & Publicity Officer, Hurst Players

With the best will in the world, due to the rampaging coronavirus it is highly unlikely that in the immediate future people will wish to – or possibly not be permitted to – attend the Players Theatre in Hurstpierpoint for our intended season of four plays.

We have, therefore, decided to cancel the first two productions of the season: Neil Simon’s Gingerbread Lady, due on stage in April/May, and Ade Morris’s comedy ‘The Boadicea of Britannia Street’, originally intended to be shown in July.

This is not a decision the Players have taken lightly. We shall review the situation again before preparations for the Hurst Festival production of Outside Edge in September, and if conditions have improved we shall be delighted and relieved if this can go ahead. We’ll all be ready for a laugh or two again by then!