Eventually things were to change: when the works canteen closed and the building became Horsehay Village Hall, Horsehay Amateur Dramatic Society was born.
From initially putting on two plays a year, rising to three in the late 60's, we have now produced a total of 173 plays to date. Around 1,800 roles have been performed and over 50,000 audience members entertained.
Our productions have catered to many tastes: from literary classics such as "The Baretts of Wimpole Street", (1948), "The Importance of Being Earnest", (1968), "Dry Rot", (1979) and "Jayne Eyre", (1999) to the perhaps more obscure such as "Give Me Yesterday", (1950), "Busy Body", (1971), "The White Sheep of the Family", (1982) and "Two Into One", (1993). 1981 saw the production of the society's first musical, the ever-popular "Oliver!” This very successful show was followed by "The Sound of Music", (1983), "Annie", (1985), "The King and I", (1988), "Wizard of Oz", (1990), "Oliver!” again, (1994).
In recent years we have staged more contemporary works from the likes of Mike Harding and Ben Elton together with pieces devised and written by our own Society members.