By Claire Faulkner
Heritage Opera returned to Nantwich Civic Hall this week with an outstanding performance of ‘La Traviata’
Testament to the company’s growing reputation was evident in the sheer number of people who had travelled to see their latest production.
By Claire Faulkner
Some musicals are so well known and loved by the audience, you begin to question how any production company can meet the expectation of the audience.
‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ is one of those shows.
By Sara Royle
It’s easy to be a little bit skeptical about pantomimes.
It may be an unfair generalisation, but an easy one to make having spent time as an usherette whereby I ended up seeing the same show at least 50 times.
By Sara Royle
It’s interval time at the Nantwich Players Theatre, a venue that in my 23 years of Cheshire residency I’ve shamefully never put a foot in.
Charlotte Lightbody, director of Githa Sowerby’s The Stepmother, is chatting to audience members who have been invited along to tonight’s dress rehearsal.
By Claire Faulkner
I can still remember the excitement of going to see a panto when I was a child.
And on Saturday night I was lucky enough to go to the opening night of “Jack and the Beanstalk” at The Lyceum in Crewe.
By Claire Faulkner
The latest production from Nantwich Players is an adaption from the classic comedy 80’s TV show, ‘Yes, Prime Minister’.
Directed by Chris Ridge, Nantwich Players have delivered yet another great production this season.
By Claire Faulkner
Agatha Christie is the Queen of murder mystery – and Poirot fans will be pleased to know that ‘Black Coffee’ is on at The Lyceum this week.
A Bill Kenwright production in association with The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, ‘Black Coffee’ was the first of Christie’s plays and the only one to include the famous Belguim detective, ‘Hercule Poirot’.
By Claire Faulkner
There is nothing quite like a good old fashioned ghost story.
So, as Halloween approaches why not soak up the atmosphere and go along to see ‘Woman in Black’ at The Lyceum in Crewe.
By Claire Faulkner
Many theatre groups up and down the country are commemorating the centenary of World War 1 and Nantwich Players are no exception.
Their latest production “For Services Rendered” by W Somerset Maugham and directed by Jerry Park, tells the story of how war affected the middle class ‘Ardsley’ family.
By Claire Faulkner
Nantwich Players started their new season with an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Jamaica Inn’.
Directed by Jeremy Acklam, this production highlights everything which The Players do best.
By Claire Faulkner
After watching ‘Ha Ha Hood and the Prince of Leaves’ at The Lyceum, I somehow feel my theatre days are now complete.
I’ve never really seen anything like this production before.
By Claire Faulkner
It was a sheer delight to go along to the opening night of ‘April in Paris’ at The Lyceum.
Written and directed by John Godber, well-known for ‘Bouncers’ and ‘Shakers’, this wonderful modern comedy had the audience completely spell-bound and very quickly lost in the world of the two main characters.
By Claire Faulkner
Heritage Opera returned to Nantwich this week with ‘Tosca’.
Sung in English, Puccini’s famous opera is full of love, deceit and more drama than any modern day reality TV or Jeremy Kyle show.
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