The Playhouse

The birthdate of any society is always difficult to pinpoint and I would guess that most start up as a tiny venture some time earlier than the normally accepted date. Hasland Theatre Company is no exception to this rule and it seems clear that the founding father of the group was a Mr Albert Allison, a resident of Hasland, who, in 1944, had the idea of presenting a play. Unable to find any men to act, he presented an all-women cast in a play entitled Angels of War at the Temperance Hall on Eyre Street in May of that year.