By Claire Faulkner
I’ve missed the theatre during lockdown, and like other theatre fans I’ve taken the opportunity to watch a number of plays recorded by national companies which have been available online.
By Claire Faulkner
Theatre lovers who have missed out on live shows in lockdown can tune in to Nantwich Players for a first “live stream” production.
The group will present one of the first live-stream productions post Covid-19 from an amateur theatre organisation in the UK this Friday, July 17.
Live shows at Nantwich Players and Crewe Lyceum have all been postponed amid the Coronavirus crisis.
Civic Comedy shows at Nantwich Civic Hall have also been postponed in April and May.
By Claire Faulkner
I’d forgotten how the 1990s felt.
That soon changed when I went to watch Wasteland at The Lyceum on Tuesday night.
I could feel the music beating in my chest.
Crewe Lyceum Theatre has a host of shows coming up in the next few weeks.
Here’s our rundown of what’s on at the popular venue.
By Claire Faulkner
The Ladykillers, written by Graham Linehan and directed by Don Hirst, is the latest production from the Nantwich Players.
Based on the Ealing comedy film from 1955, the show tells the story of a sweet and eccentric little old lady who innocently rents her spare room to group of criminals planning a robbery.
By Claire Faulkner
Platform Theatre premiered their new show Ada this week at the Lyceum Studio.
By Claire Faulkner
The River by Jez Butterworth is the final production this season from the Nantwich Players Studio.
Often described as a poignant non-linear psychodrama, this performance was expertly staged, and I enjoyed watching it very much.
Nantwich Players are continuing their season with their latest production – “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” – by Martin McDonagh.
In a small house in the mountains of Ireland, a lonely spinster locks horns with her house-bound, manipulative mother in a rage-filled battle of wills.
By Claire Faulkner
One of the things I always do at the theatre is to make sure my mobile phone is switched off.
So, it felt a little strange to be at a performance at The Crewe Lyceum which not only encouraged the audience to keep their phones on, but also to use them during the show.
The Cheshire Drama Festival for one-act plays is coming to Nantwich Players theatre on Love lane next month.
It is part of the All England Theatre Festival and the winner of Cheshire will proceed to the northern finals, where they get the chance to compete for the national finals in June.
By Claire Faulkner
It was a privilege to be at the first performance taking place in the new Studio space at The Crewe Lyceum.
The Lyceum Studio has been created from one of the rehearsal rooms in the theatre and has been designed to bring new writing and contemporary theatre to Crewe.
Nantwich Players are to stage more of their unique “one act” plays this month as part of the ‘Winter Mini Season’.
Two contrasting plays in February promise to provide a fun, interesting and diverse evening of entertainment at their Love Lane theatre in Nantwich.
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