Theatre Reviews

Review: Curtain Call stages”Stepping Out” show at Nantwich Players

Review: Curtain Call stages”Stepping Out” show at Nantwich Players

By Claire Faulkner The joy of watching Curtain Call Productions  is you know you’re going to get first class choreography and a top performance. “Stepping Out” at Nantwich Players theatre delivers that and much more.

December 19, 2013
Review: “Peter Pan” panto a big hit on opening night at Crewe Lyceum

Review: “Peter Pan” panto a big hit on opening night at Crewe Lyceum

By Claire Faulkner There is always something special about watching a pantomine. And the opening night of “Peter Pan” at The Crewe Lyceum didn’t disappoint the packed audience there.

December 15, 2013
Review: Nantwich Players open new production, Hindle Wakes

Review: Nantwich Players open new production, Hindle Wakes

By Claire Faulkner Nantwich Players latest production of Hindle Wakes opens this week. It tells the story of Fanny Hawthorne and Alan Jeffcote who secretly spend the weekend away together.

December 7, 2013
Young Nantwich playwright stunned by success of charity-inspired show

Young Nantwich playwright stunned by success of charity-inspired show

A talented Nantwich teenager has been invited to stage a poignant show she wrote after being inspired by St Luke’s (Cheshire) Hospice. Emma Rogerson, 15, of Delamere Road, Nantwich, has been taken aback by the huge success of her play We Were There.

December 4, 2013
Nantwich theatre group earns grant boost from MARS Milk Fund

Nantwich theatre group earns grant boost from MARS Milk Fund

A Nantwich theatre company has benefited from a £300 donation from the MARS Milk Fund. The Jude Theatre Company, is a small team of artists and volunteers who deliver Applied Drama workshops in Cheshire.

October 30, 2013
Review: Acton Amateur Operatic Society’s “Me and My Girl” at Lyceum

Review: Acton Amateur Operatic Society’s “Me and My Girl” at Lyceum

By Claire Faulkner Acton Amateur Operatic Society is presenting its latest production of Me and My Girl at The Lyceum Theatre this week. And this is a fun-packed show with a great cast and amazing choreography.

October 24, 2013
Review: Nantwich Players’ latest hit production “Boeing Boeing”

Review: Nantwich Players’ latest hit production “Boeing Boeing”

By Claire Faulkner If you’re lucky enough to have a ticket for Nantwich Players’ latest production, then you’re in for a real treat. “Boeing Boeing” is a comedy which deals with the complicated love life of Bernard.

October 19, 2013
Review: Nantwich Players launch new season with “Rough Justice”

Review: Nantwich Players launch new season with “Rough Justice”

By Claire Faulkner Nantwich Players haved kicked off their new season of productions this week with ‘Rough Justice’. This courtroom drama tells the story of a father on trial of murdering his severely handicapped child.

September 7, 2013
Review: Nantwich upSTAGE Theatre performs “Fawlty Towers”

Review: Nantwich upSTAGE Theatre performs “Fawlty Towers”

By Claire Faulkner There was nothing faulty with the latest production from the Nantwich-based upSTAGE Theatre School.

August 5, 2013
Review: Chapterhouse Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes Reaseheath College

Review: Chapterhouse Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes Reaseheath College

By Joy Cassidy Once again Reaseheath College in Nantwich provided the perfect backdrop for Chapterhouse Theatre Company’s latest production, Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles.

July 25, 2013
Theatre company to stage Jane Austen anniversary Nantwich show

Theatre company to stage Jane Austen anniversary Nantwich show

A popular theatre company will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice with a performance in Nantwich. Chapterhouse Theatre Company will stage their own version of the Austen’s most popular novel in the grounds of Reaseheath College.

July 22, 2013
Review: Nantwich Players stage latest murder mystery show

Review: Nantwich Players stage latest murder mystery show

By Claire Faulkner Nantwich Players are set to delight audiences with their latest production, “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery”.

July 13, 2013
Review: “James and the Giant Peach” at Crewe Lyceum

Review: “James and the Giant Peach” at Crewe Lyceum

Roald Dahl’s classic tale is one of those endearing stories which sticks in the memory – even when your memory is on the way out. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of a book first published 52 years ago.

July 10, 2013