REVIEW: “The Woman in Black” at Crewe Lyceum
By Claire Faulkner
Crewe Lyceum is the perfect theatre to listen to ghost stories.
And so, along with an auditorium full of strangers, I went on Tuesday night to watch The Woman in Black.
By Claire Faulkner
Crewe Lyceum is the perfect theatre to listen to ghost stories.
And so, along with an auditorium full of strangers, I went on Tuesday night to watch The Woman in Black.
Popular panto duo Malcolm Lord and Ste Johnston will return to star in this year’s Crewe Lyceum Christmas pantomime “Beauty and the Beast”, it was announced today.
The panto, which will run from 13 December 2024 to 5 January 2025, is always a favourite among families across South Cheshire.
Filming is under way in Nantwich and Crewe on a new feature film called “Tunnels Echo”.
And production teams behind the movie are appealing for local people and organisations to get involved!
More than 70 scouts from across South Cheshire will star in the Crewe Gang Show perform at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre from May 1-4.
The bi-annual variety performance, a tradition since 1938, promises an evening of entertainment and talent featuring Scouts from South West Cheshire.
By Claire Faulkner
Kinky Boots is set to hit the stage at The Lyceum next Wednesday.
And the members of Crewe Amateur Musical Society welcomed a very special visitor this week at one of their rehearsals.
By Lynne Lomax
The greatest mystery of the world’s longest running stage play must surely be why its author, the best selling novelist of all time Agatha Christie, initially gave it a life span of only eight months.
Seventy years later The Mousetrap remains one of the great ‘who dunnit’ tales of the 20th century and continues to deliver and delight, judging from the reaction of the audience at the opening performance at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe.
Geoff Norcott brings his “Basic Bloke” UK tour to Crewe Lyceum on March 22.
Norcott is familiar face on TV appearing on Have I Got News For You, A League Of Their Own, The Last Leg, Would I Lie to You?, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats, Backstage With Katherine Ryan and others.
The explosive Post Office scandal story which has rocked the UK in recent weeks will be told in a special show at Crewe Lyceum in April.
It tells the story of how hundreds of innocent people fought to clear their names after being pursued by the Post Office through the criminal courts because the faulty IT system.
By Claire Faulkner
Music fans were delighted on Tuesday night as That’ll Be The Day returned to The Lyceum in Crewe.
The production is a celebration of music and iconic moments from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.
On Friday night I headed to the Lyceum for a night of 90s nostalgia to find out what happened to Begbie, Spud, Renton and Sick Boy in Porno, a play adapted by Davie Carswell from the Irvine Welsh novel, writes Claire Faulkner.
Eve Parsons is to play the title role in Crewe Lyceum’s family Christmas pantomime Cinderella from December 8-31, it has been confirmed.
Her previous credits include ensemble in Sleeping Beauty at the Yvonne Arnaud, the UK arena tour of the L.O.L surprise live VIP Party in 2021, and Summer the Donna Summer musical in 2022.
By Claire Faulkner
Adapted by Rob Fennah from Helen Forrester’s book, By The Waters of Liverpool is a wonderful historical drama showing at The Lyceum this week.
Europe is on the brink of war and we find that the Forresters, after losing everything in the Depression, have moved to Liverpool to rebuild their lives.
The acclaimed Helen Forrester play “By The Waters Of Liverpool” reaches the shores of Crewe Lyceum next week with a star-studded cast of nine.
It is running for eight weeks across the UK and plays in South Cheshire on Monday and Tuesday September 18-19.
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