 After appearing as Cain Dingle, Hordley was an obvious choice to play a pantomime villain, which he did in the 2006–2007 production of "Mother Goose" at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, London.He later played Napoleon in the George Orwell classic "Animal Farm" at Leeds' West Yorkshire Playhouse from 18 October – 8 November 2008.Most recently Hordley took on the role of Mick in Pinter's 1960 play "The Caretaker" when staged at Bolton's Octagon Theatre from 5–28 March 2009.