Please check individual show for ticket details.
Congleton Information Centre can be contacted on 01260 271095 or by email.
Presented by Trinity Operatic Society
Trinity Amateur Operatic Society presents 'The Show 2018', the first in an annual series of fundraising charity concerts. This year's production includes songs from Queen, Dear Evan Hansen, the Greatest Showman, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hair and Bat out of Hell.
This really will be a show you do not want to miss! Performed by some of the very best talent in the North West, delivering stunning vocals, energetic dance routines and incredible ensemble numbers.
Not only are we raising funds for TAOS, but also for 'The Samaritans U.K.'
Without your support these shows are not possible and we really need your help. So please, come down, support local theatre and an amazing charity.
Directors – Sara Hawley & Simon Matthews
Musical Directors – Mike Richardson & Richard Tadman
Choreographer – Liv Riseley
Tickets £10 from Congleton TIC or online at www.trinityaos.co.uk
Directed by: Mike Newell
Cast: Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Katherine Parkinson, Glen Powell, Penelope Wilton, Tom Courtenay
A writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II, when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
A correspondence begins between Juliet Ashton(James) and members of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, with them sharing their experiences of Nazi Occupied Guernsey. When an idea for a book catches Juliet she goes to visit the island, making lifelong friends and taking life changing steps along the way. This book is told by way of letters and as the reader, you become enchanted by the writers of them and the love Juliet comes to feel for each of the Islanders; Dawsey, Amelia, Isola, Eben, Kit and Elizabeth. A beautiful story of love, friendship and the sadness of friends lost.
Tickets: £5.00 available from Congleton Tourist Information Centre - 01260 271095
LB Dance are one of the groups who regularly use our rehearsal rooms for lessons.
This performance will show off what they have achieved with their pupils this year.
Sorry, we dont have any more information about this performace. Please contact the school directly for more information https://www.lbdance.co.uk/
Performance at 2.00pm.
you can book tickets online via the schools website Tickets £8/£5
Presented by Congleton Players Amateur Theatre Club
A Festival of One-Act Plays
One-Act Plays Co-Ordinator – David McCaddon
Assisted by David Burt
Festival Background
Held every two years the Players first ever Playwriting Competition was launched in September 1998 and its founder and organiser (and now Chairman) Annabelle Hull was thrilled to receive nine entries!
The second competition in 2000 produced some 21 entries and from then on the number of entries increased as has the standard of play. With the launch in 2012 of the Player’s website (www.congletonplayers.com) some 121 plays were received for the competition.
Altogether the Players have now showcased some forty-eight plays – all written especially for The Players since 1998. This means of course that the writers have had the privilege and joy of seeing their words and ideas come to life on stage.
This year will be no exception with a record total of some 440 entries received!
The audience on the night will each cast their vote for the winning play with a prize of £150 to the successful author!
An evening at the theatre not to be missed
Why not enjoy a superb two course dinner at a cost of £11 per person ahead of visiting the theatre to watch Congleton Players in action at Bojangles Brasserie in central Congleton? PRE-THEATRE DINNER TICKETS TO BE PURCHASED ALONGSIDE THE STANDARD THEATRE TICKET.
Date:
Saturday 7th July 2018 at 7.30pm
Tickets:
£8 (Concessions £7)
Information and tickets contact Congleton TIC on 01260 271095 or visit www.congletonplayers.com
Stars: Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan |
Tickets are £5, available from Congleton Tourist Information Centre, 01260 271095.
Presented by SOL Theatre School
SOL was founded in 2007, with the aim of putting on a show in 2 weeks over August in Congleton at the Daneside Theatre with children between 7-18 years old.
Ths years production will be Spamalot, with two performances on 17th and 18th August at 7.30.
More details to follow.
Presented by Centre Stage Youth Theatre Company
Musical Marvels. An evening of musical excellence from Centre Stage Youth Theatre.
Presented for just two evenings.
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! Sophie learns about her mother's past while pregnant herself.
Due to incredible demand, there are now TWO showings of this film: A matinee at 14:00 and an evening showing at 19:00.
Tickets available from Congleton TIC, priced £5,00
Congleton Heritage and Antiques Festival & The Art Society Dane Valley present…
Man and Boy - My 30 years with the Antiques Road Show and Beyond... .
Behind the scenes with ceramics and Hogarth expert Lars Tharp.
Part of the Congleton Heritage Festival
Lars has been a regular expert on the show for eighteen years and will lift the lid a little tonight on his time with the Roadshow, and the behind the scenes events that go into making such a hugely popular program.
Born in Copenhagen, Lars read Archaeology at Cambridge, was at Sotheby’s for sixteen years, and is today London's Foundling Museum's 'Hogarth Ambassador'. He comes to the Festival thanks to collaboration with The Arts Society Dane Valley.
Tickets are just £5 in advance (£6 on the night), and can be booked either online from Daneside Theatre or from Congleton Tourist Information Centre tel 01260 271095
Presented by Congleton Players Amateur Theatre Club
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Written by Philip Goulding from the original Ealing comedy screenplay by T E
B Clarke
Directed by David McCaddon
This delightfully funny play is based on the original Ealing comedy film of the same name brought to the stage by Philip Goulding and is set in the 1950s. When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line, a group of local village residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the fact that the train will be hosting a bar service.
The focus is on the Titfield branch line that is threatened with closure much to the delight of the local bus owner Vernon Crump. But that is not going to happen if the formidable Lady Edna Chesterford has anything to do with it.
Dates: Tuesday 2nd October to Saturday 6th October 2018 at 7.30 pm.
Tickets available online or from Congleton TIC 01260 271095
Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat £8
Concessions (Each night) £7
Early bird concessions available until 31/8/18
Presented by Nomads Theatre Company
Nomads preset "Two"
Set over the course of one evening in a typical Northern pub, Jim Cartwright's 'Two' features fourteen diverse characters all played by just two actors; as various members of the local community pull up a stool and let us into their lives.
Written by the celebrated Lancastrian author of 'Little Voice', this play waltzes the audience through the spectrun of human emotion, eaving a rich tapestry of life in a working class town through intimate insights into the lives of the colourful owners and their regulars.
The banter and bickering of the Landlord and Landlady are the backdrop as the pair's painful story unfolds throughout the evening as a series of regulars visit the pub - all played by the two actors. From the old man who takes quiet comfort in the memory of his late wife, to the fat bobble-hatted couple who come to the pub to eat crisps and watch TV, to the drinken 'other' woman arriving to confront her lover, and many more, we are allowed to catch snapshots of the community through these self-contained nuggests of live.
Sometimes humerous, sometimes poignant, yet always incredibley human, each character or couple are like a fragment of shattered glass reflecting back at us as the play mines the depths of the human experience.
The success of the characterisations depends on the abilities of the two actors to convey them, as they must switch from bawdy humour to heart-wrenching tradegy in the change of a jacket or a ruffle of the hair, plunging in and out of their various lives, inhabitinh each one completely before (seemingly) effortlessley gliding into the next.
Absorbing, warm, touching and often outrageously funny, this is a play performed in the studio area, and NOT the main stage of the Daneside Theatre, where you will see the acting at very close quarters as though you are actually a fly on the wall ion the pub itself.
Be prepared to be moved, amused and entertained in equal measure by this truly heart-warming production.
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This performance will be held in the intimate space of our 2nd floor rehearsal room.
Dont worry if you dont like stairs, there is also a lift ro take you to the top of the building without having to climb a single stair.
Tickets: £10 from Congleton TIC or on the door.
Please note that total seats per performance are very limited.
Presented by Congleton Musical Theatre
Presented by Congleton Musical Theatre in association with Centre Stage Youth Theatre.
A great evening of superb music from memorable shows such as Carousel, The King and I, Whistle Down the Wind, Phantom of the Opera, Lis Miserables, Starlight EXpress nad many many More.
Just two performancwes on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th October at 7.30.
Tickets are £8 (no concessions) and are available from Congleton TIC on 01260 271095 or online at
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/congleton/daneside-theatre
As her marriage to Jack flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam, to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.
Director:
Richard Eyre
Writers:
Ian McEwan (screenplay by), Ian McEwan (based on the novel by)
Stars:
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin
Following their appearance earlier in the year the West Coast Eagles are back for a second visit.
If you saw them last time, tell your friends. If you weren't there, make sure you dont miss this excellent band a second time.
Tickets £15 from Congleton TIC or online
Presented by Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre
Bringing Charles Dickens' beloved novel to life, Lionel Bart's Oliver! takes audiences on a wild adventure through Victorian England. Join young, orphaned Oliver Twist as he navigates the London's underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family and - most importantly - for love.
When Oliver is picked up on the street by a boy named the Artful Dodger, he is welcomed into a gang of child pickpockets led by the coniving, but charismatic, Fagin/ When Oliver is falsely accused of a theft he didn't commit, he is rescued by a kind and wealthy gentleman, to the dismay of Fagin's violent sidekick, Bill Sykes. Caught in the middle is the warm-hearted Nancy, who is trapped under Bill's thumb, but desperate to help Oliver, with tragic results.
With sipirited, timeless songs like "As long as he needs me", "Food, Gloroius food" and "Where is love", Oliver! is a musical classic.
Tickets £8 (Wed/ Thur/ Sat Matinee); £10 (Fri/Sat Evening)
All tickets are restricted to children 5 years an over.
For ticket or other information please contact Sue Beech on 01260 280417 or Congleton TIC on 10260 271095 or visit: www.congletonyouththeatre.com
A demonstration of Seasonal Floral Art by Mark Entwistle.
Mark is an acclaimed and popular Chelsea Gold Medal winner and former U.K. Florist of the year. He is an accredited Member of the prestigious American Institute of Floral Designers. He enjoyed a successful teaching career at Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Cheshire, before becoming Creative Director at the Black Rose and Cheshire school of flowers in Knutsford.
He is now a frelance floral designer and demonstrator. Mark has gained the respect and admiration of colleagues in the floristry field in the U.K., Europe and America for his innovative floral designs. He teaches regularly to professionals and amateurs in both groups and one-to-one sessions.
Tickets £12 (£10 SCFS members) from Congleton TIC or Suzanne Conibere 01260 279142 or Anne Jackson 01260 281696.
Date reserved for a Film at Daneside.
More information to follow.
Presented by Jenni Lee Performing Arts Foundation
Come and jin us for a musical Extravaganza to celebrate our local performers. We will be showcasing amazing amateur talent from our own area and around the North West.
There s=will also be performances y several ex-West End artists, and the audience wont be left out!
Please come and support us to enable us to continue making grants to local yound people to help them persue their training in drama, music and dance.
Mince pies are supplied!
Tickets £10 from Congleton TIC 01260 271095 or online from Ticketsource and via www.danesidetheatre.co.uk.
More information to follow
Date reserved for a Film at Daneside