What’s On & Reviews

Review: Nantwich Players Christmas show “Life and Beth”

Review: Nantwich Players Christmas show “Life and Beth”

By Claire Faulkner If you’re lucky enough to have a ticket for the Nantwich Players Christmas production, you’re in for a real treat. ‘Life and Beth’, by Alan Ayckbourn is a Christmas story with a supernatural twist.

December 8, 2012
Review: Nantwich Civic Hall “Very Best in Stand Up Comedy”

Review: Nantwich Civic Hall “Very Best in Stand Up Comedy”

You know you’ve enjoyed a live show when three hours fly by in a matter of what seems like minutes. No sooner had the latest “Very Best in Standup” night at Nantwich Civic Hall started, then the final ovations were being handed out by a fulfilled audience.

December 8, 2012
Nantwich Film Club unveils winter season of screenings

Nantwich Film Club unveils winter season of screenings

Nantwich Film Club has announced its winter season of films. And it kicks off on Monday December 10 with “Rare Exports”  – a dark, Festive comedy from Finland.

December 7, 2012
Nantwich group Greenspaces spearheads Leighton Greenway project

Nantwich group Greenspaces spearheads Leighton Greenway project

A Nantwich environmental group is spearheading a scheme to boost eco-friendly transport links in Crewe. Greenspaces South Cheshire has teamed up with partners to improve the route of the Leighton Greenway Extension project.

December 5, 2012
Jason Cook to star in Nantwich “Very Best in Stand Up” show

Jason Cook to star in Nantwich “Very Best in Stand Up” show

Comedy fans can grab some of the few tickets left to witness the last ‘The Very Best in Stand Up” night of 2012 in Nantwich. Three acts will make their debuts this Friday December 7 in a show compered by John Robins, straight from his smash Edinburgh hit.

December 5, 2012
Santa’s Grotto in Nantwich helps to raise charity money

Santa’s Grotto in Nantwich helps to raise charity money

By Jonathan White Santa Claus has taken time off from his busy schedule to meet and hand out presents to Nantwich children. He’s set up a Nantwich branch of his Grotto in the attic of Nantwich Bookshop in High Street, Nantwich town centre.

December 3, 2012
Beth Tweddle at Nantwich Lights switch on in 2012

Thousands enjoy Nantwich Christmas Lights switch-on

Thousands of people packed into the centre of Nantwich to enjoy the traditional Christmas Lights switch on event. Families young and old were entertained by live music, fair rides, a lantern parade, fireworks and Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle!

December 2, 2012
Nantwich Museum to stage Art of the Olympics talk

Nantwich Museum to stage Art of the Olympics talk

An illustrated talk on the Art of the Olympics takes place at Nantwich Museum at 3pm on Thursday December 6. It will be given by Adrian Sumner, the creative economy officer at Cheshire West & Chester Council.

November 30, 2012
Santa’s London bus Grotto to visit Nantwich health centre

Santa’s London bus Grotto to visit Nantwich health centre

Father Christmas will be touring Cheshire in style this festive season thanks to St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice. Santa has swapped his reindeer and sleigh for Luke the Bus – a former London Routemaster bus  restored by Bentley Motors.

November 27, 2012
RedShift Radio plans Nantwich events to celebrate FM broadcast

RedShift Radio plans Nantwich events to celebrate FM broadcast

RedShift Radio will turn off its broadcast on 87.7FM across South Cheshire at midnight on Sunday December 2. The not-for-profit Community Radio station brings its latest 28-day broadcast to a close.

November 27, 2012
Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross to launch Nantwich Festive Family fun run

Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross to launch Nantwich Festive Family fun run

Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross will be kicks-starting a festive family fun run in Nantwich to help raise charity cash. The spectacle, in aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice, will see hundreds of Santas dashing around the town centre on Sunday December 9.

November 27, 2012
Local acts shine at Nantwich Mayor’s Talent Showcase

Local acts shine at Nantwich Mayor’s Talent Showcase

By Claire Faulkner A string of local performers shone when they appeared live at a Talent Showcase in Nantwich Civic Hall. The event, organised by Nantwich Town Council and community radio The Cat, attracted acts who volunteered their time to raise money for the Mayor’s charities.

November 27, 2012
7,500 compete in Tough Mudder event at Cholmondeley Estates

7,500 compete in Tough Mudder event at Cholmondeley Estates

Contestants tested their endurance to the limit in a “Tough Mudder” event held at Cholmondeley Castle near Nantwich. Around 7,500 competitors lined up to take on a 12-mile Cheshire assault course, including 22 obstacles, ice baths, electric shocks, fire, and miles of mud.

November 22, 2012