The Willington Players — Amateur Drama, Derbyshire

50+Years of Drama

Our Story

Passion for Theatre

The Willington Players are a passionate amateur drama group proudly based in the heart of Willington, Derbyshire. We perform for our community, by our community.

Whether you're a seasoned performer or someone who's always dreamed of treading the boards, you'll find a warm welcome here. We believe theatre belongs to everyone.

🎪 Performances

Multiple productions each year including our popular pantomime

🤝 Community

Open to all — no audition required to join our friendly group

📍 Willington

Proudly rooted in our Derbyshire village community

🎭 All Roles

Actors, directors, crew, front-of-house — all welcome

Get Involved

Join the Players

We're always looking for new faces — whether you want to perform, help build sets, work the lights, or sell programmes. There's a place for you.

🎭

Perform

Take to the stage and bring characters to life

🔧

Create

Build sets, make costumes, design lighting

🌟

Connect

Meet wonderful people who share your passion

Express Your Interest

Admin Panel

The Willington Players — Content Management

Add New Show

Play Title *

Playwright

Dates

Venue

Adult Ticket Price (£)

Child Price (£)

Concession Price (£)

Director

Status

Ticket Types

Booking Mode

Booking Opens

Show Image / Poster

Production Gallery Images (for past productions)

Description

Additional Notes (printed on confirmation)

Seating Plan Configuration

Select a show to manage seating, assign seats to customers, and configure seat availability.

Select Show:

Email Marketing List

These emails are collected from ticket reservations. Use for future show announcements.

Total subscribers: 0

📧 Booking Emails via Brevo

Emails are sent through a small Netlify Function (/netlify/functions/send-email.js) that calls Brevo on the server side — your Brevo API key never touches the browser, which is required for it to work at all and to keep it safe.

1. In your Netlify site settings → Environment variables, add a variable named BREVO_API_KEY with your Brevo API key (from Brevo → SMTP & API → API Keys).
2. In Brevo, verify the sender address you'll use below (Brevo → Senders, or set up domain authentication).
3. Fill in the sender and admin address below and save. Re-deploy the site after adding the environment variable.

Sender Email (must be verified in Brevo)

Sender Name

Admin Email (receives a notification for every booking)

Without a verified sender + the Netlify env variable, bookings still work — just no email is sent

Group Information

Group Name

Location

Contact Email

Facebook URL

Change Admin Password

New Password

Confirm

Data synced to cloud (JSONBin) and saved locally

The WillingtonPlayers

Upcoming Productions

Past Productions

Future Productions

Passion for Theatre

🎪 Performances

🤝 Community

📍 Willington

🎭 All Roles

Photo Gallery

Join the Players

Perform

Create

Connect

Get in Touch

Location

Email

Tickets

Admin Panel

Add New Show

Add Manual Booking

Seating Plan Configuration

Email Marketing List

Group Information

Change Admin Password

The WillingtonPlayers

Upcoming Productions

Past Productions

Future Productions

Passion for Theatre

🎪 Performances

🤝 Community

📍 Willington

🎭 All Roles

Photo Gallery

Join the Players

Perform

Create

Connect

Get in Touch

Location

Email

Tickets

Book Tickets

Running Total

Order Summary

Final Order

Reservation Confirmed!

Production Photos

Admin Panel

Players Admin

Add New Show

Add Manual Booking

Seating Plan Configuration

Email Marketing List

Group Information

Change Admin Password