By Claire Faulkner It’s rare a performance by one actor can draw me into a production and leave me spellbound. Simon Porter’s portrayal of ‘Willy Loman’ at The Nantwich Players latest production, ‘Death of A Salesman’, did just this.
The Scouts will be in town this week – performing their Scout Gang Show at Crewe Lyceum Theatre. More than 100 Scouts and leaders from across Crewe and Nanwtich from all sections will be embracing the Scout Gang Show tradition of song, dance and comedy including items from films and West End shows.
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.
One of the UK’s favourite touring productions Beyond the Barricade returns to South Cheshire later this week. They will be performing at the Crewe Lyceum Theatre with a show of West End favourites this Saturday November 9.
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.
Three Nantwich friends will be pedaling from London to Paris next month to raise vital hospice cash. Charlie Gobbett, Tony Hoy and Gareth Roberts are tackling the three-day “Avenue Verte” challenge in aid of St Luke’s Cheshire Hospice.
A second new book about life in Nantwich is set to be unveiled this weekend. “Nantwich Life II” has been compiled by local author Gareth Roberts.
By Claire Faulkner Talking Scarlet and Eastbourne Theatres have South Cheshire audiences on the edge of their seats this week with their show “Deathtrap’ at Crewe Lyceum.
An open-air theatre company is bringing the very best of Sherlock Holmes to Nantwich this summer. Chapterhouse Theatre Company will perform the famous Hound of the Baskervilles in the grounds of Reaseheath College on July 20.
By Claire Faulkner I was intrigued when I first heard that The Nantwich Players had chosen to present ‘The Forsyte Saga’ as their next production. How could they possibly portray such an epic story on stage?
By Claire Faulkner I love musical theatre. So I knew I was in for a treat when I went along to Crewe Lyceum to watch Curtain Call Productions latest show “A Night at The West End”.
Pupils from a Nantwich school went down a storm when they starred in their own version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Year 6 youngsters at Pear Tree Primary, Stapeley, were part of the Children’s Shakespeare Festival.
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.
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