What’s On & Reviews

Tickets selling fast for Nantwich Spooktacula fireworks event

Tickets selling fast for Nantwich Spooktacula fireworks event

Hundreds of families are lining up to join the Nantwich Spooktacula event – branded the North West’s largest Halloween themed fireworks display.

The show, on October 31, is organised by Blitz Fireworks and Nantwich Agricultural Society, who run the Nantwich Show.

October 25, 2015
Review: Nantwich Players latest show, Neighbourhood Watch

Review: Nantwich Players latest show, Neighbourhood Watch

By Claire Faulkner
Regular theatre goers will be delighted with the latest production being held at The Players Theatre in Nantwich.

‘Neighbourhood Watch’, written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Garth Jones, tells the wonderfully funny and sometimes dark story of life on the Bluebell Hill Development.

October 24, 2015
St Anne’s School to stage Fireworks Night in Nantwich

St Anne’s School to stage Fireworks Night in Nantwich

St Anne’s School fireworks night in Nantwich takes place on Friday November 6.

There will be a barbecue, drinks and a fairground on the night, with gates opening at 5.30pm until 8pm.

October 24, 2015
Nantwich Words and Music Festival proves big success again

Nantwich Words and Music Festival proves big success again

By Jonathan White
The 8th annual Words and Music Festival in Nantwich has been hailed another massive success.

Headline acts for the week-long festival included Barbara Dickson, Gruff Rhys, Thea Gilmore, The Christians and poet Kim Moore.

October 22, 2015
Review: Barbara Dickson at St Mary’s Church Nantwich

Review: Barbara Dickson at St Mary’s Church Nantwich

By Kirsty Rollings
Hundreds of people gathered in St Mary’s Church in Nantwich to enjoy legendary singer Barbara Dickson’s acoustic set as part of Words & Music Festival 2015.

Famous for her lead roles in West End musicals, unforgettable hit singles and as an actress, Dickson took to the stage with her pianist accompanying her, opening the set with the ever popular ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’, much to the crowd’s delight.

October 21, 2015
Nantwich Museum to stage half-term workshops for children

Nantwich Museum to stage half-term workshops for children

Nantwich Museum is to stage workshops for youngsters during October half-term.

Autumn Crafts and Halloween are the topics for the workshops at the Pillory Street venue next week.

October 20, 2015
Christmas party fun at Weaver Stadium in Nantwich

Christmas party fun at Weaver Stadium in Nantwich

Nantwich Town FC is opening up its Weaver Stadium facilities for local Christmas parties.

The club will host three parties in December on Friday nights.

October 18, 2015
Review: Gruff Rhys at Nantwich Words and Music Festival

Review: Gruff Rhys at Nantwich Words and Music Festival

By Sara Royle
Playing support to the Super Furry Animals vocalist Gruff Rhys can’t be an easy gig to agree to.

It would have been understandable if She Makes War had been apprehensive before taking the Crown Hotel ballroom stage.

October 17, 2015
Highfields School in Nantwich to stage Fireworks and Fun night

Highfields School in Nantwich to stage Fireworks and Fun night

A Nantwich school is staging an evening of “Fireworks & Fun” tomorrow (October 16).

Highfields Primary, on Cumberland Avenue, will stage their annual fireworks display and family fun night from 6.30pm.

October 15, 2015
Movie heroes in Nantwich to promote town’s NANOCON event

Movie heroes in Nantwich to promote town’s NANOCON event

Comic heroes and movie characters arrived in Nantwich to help promote the town’s first ever comic-con event, called NANOCON.

Star Wars characters among others stormed the Civic Hall where Nantwich Mayor, Cllr Andrew Martin joined Shadow Trooper, Tusken Raider and Imperial Guard.

October 15, 2015
Nantwich Camera Club photographs prove big hit at museum show

Nantwich Camera Club photographs prove big hit at museum show

Photographs featuring animals are proving a hit with visitors to the Nantwich Camera Club 2015 Photographic Exhibition.

The exhibition is running in the Millennium Gallery inside Nantwich Museum, on Pillory Street, until Saturday November 28.

October 14, 2015
Review: Frazey Ford sparkles at Words and Music Festival

Review: Frazey Ford sparkles at Words and Music Festival

Canadian Frazey Ford proved a brilliant headline act for the opening night of the Nantwich Words and Music Festival.

Nantwichnews writer Sara Royle went along to watch.

October 13, 2015
Words and Music Festival launches at Enzo in Nantwich

Words and Music Festival launches at Enzo in Nantwich

The 2015 Words and Music Festival was launched in a blaze of tasty pizza and foot-tapping tunes at Enzo last night (October 12)

The coffee shop on Nantwich town square hosted festival organisers, dignitaries, performers, local media and friends and family for the launch.

October 13, 2015