- Welcome to The Hatherley Players on the Web! We are a theatre group based in Cheltenham, England which, although amateur, is definitely not amateurish. The Hatherley Players first came together to perform amateur dramatics in Up Hatherley, Cheltenham in 1986, when a group of like - minded people formed to stage productions to raise money for local needs. The first production in front of a paying ...www.westmead.ndo.co.uk