Ladies of Spirit
by Georgina Reid
17-20 November 2026
The final production in Hartley Players’ centenary year, Ladies of Spirit is set in a private girls’ school. The teachers’ lives are made miserable by the headmistress, but help is at hand when the two dear old ladies who founded the school return as ghosts to sort everything out, often with highly comical results.
Director: Nick Noakes
Cast: Carol Arman-Addey, Judy Burrows, Jess Aslett, Ashley Assiter, Maureen Gardner, Yvonne Hegarty, Lindsey Hudson, Linda Russell, Jennie Thomas.
Performances start at 7.45pm. Doors open at 7.15pm. Latecomers will be admitted at a convenient break in the performance.
Hartley Village Hall, Ash Road, Hartley, DA3 8EL
Box Office details will be added when booking for this show opens.
There will be a charity collection at the door after the performance.
Please contact the Box Office Manager as early as possible on 0845 260 2545 if you would like to book a wheelchair space (and one for a companion), as the places held for this purpose will be released for general use nearer to the performances, if not booked. Please also contact the Box Office if you have mobility issues and need a parking space near the entrance, or if you have any questions.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Hartley Players 
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the performance last night. Difficult to say which sketch we liked best, they were equally good. Nice to to see some new faces and many of the stalwarts of Hartley Players.
All great fun! The audience discovered a new slant on the parent-child relationship, the importance of more than one exit from a hotel bar, actors who can eat a meal while delivering their lines, and a final playlet with moments that can only be described as electrifying!
Thoroughly enjoyed this very funny play. Very talented actors. A thoroughly good entertaining evening
A marvellous production which achieved the difficult feat of a greater body-count, and far more balls, than the number of cast members. A further mystery is: Who installed the double glazing?
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