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Presented by Jo-Anne Bayley School of Dance
The Jo-Anne Bayley school of dance is excited to present this years showcase at Daneside Theatre, Congleton in the dance schools home town.
The school has been established for over 25 years and is renowned for its dance training and performances. The school performing at many prestigious venues such as Royal Albert Hall, West end Theatres, Birmingham Hippodrome, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor, Port Aventura Spain and Disneyland Paris to name a few. It is also a well known fact that Students from the school go on to further their career in dance and gain vocational places and scholarships at The Royal Ballet School, Northern Ballet school, Urdang Academy and The Hammond.
The students of the school are all extremely excited to dance in their home town and perform a variation of dance styles and showcase performances from recent competitions, shows and lesson choreography, choreographed by qualified and professionally trained dancers who are still performing in the industry.
This is a performance not to be missed.
All tickets : £15
*All children in the audience will require a seat and cannot sit on a parent or guardians knee.
Two-time Academy Award® winner Renée Zellweger returns to the role that established a romantic-comedy heroine for the ages, redefining an entire film genre.
Bridget Jones first blasted onto bookshelves in Helen Fielding’s literary phenomenon Bridget Jones’s Diary, which became a global bestseller and a blockbuster film. Bridget’s ability to triumph despite adversity led her to finally marry top lawyer Mark Darcy and to become the mother of their baby boy. Happiness at last.
But in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with help from her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
Pressured by her Urban Family —Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) — to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man (White Lotus’s Leo Woodall). Now juggling work, home and romance, Bridget grapples with the judgment of the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Tickets £6 (£5 members)
Presented by Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre
Suitable for children 5 years and over
Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning song writing team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.
Featuring memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow,” Finding Nemo JR. brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure.
Tickets: £13
Presented by Phoenix Theatre Company
Blackadder The Third: Set during the Regency era, Blackadder serves as the cynical and scheming butler to the dim-witted Prince Regent, George.
Unlike previous series, where Blackadder was a noble or military figure, here he is a servant, constantly attempting to manipulate the foolish prince for his own gain. He is aided (or hindered) by his idiotic and filthy dogsbody, Baldrick. We can assure you that the normal Blackadder sarcastic wit is ever present, as he deals with historical events, absurd schemes, and figures such as the Pitt the Younger and Samuel Johnson.
The production follows Blackadder’s attempts to outwit rivals, get rich, and rise above his lowly status—all while navigating the incompetence of the Prince Regent. However, as with previous instalments, his cunning plans often backfire spectacularly.
Wheelchair bookings are available via Phoenix Theatre Company and Congleton Information Centre(01260 270350)
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Mr Burton is a 2025 British biographical drama film about the early life of Welsh actor Richard Burton.
Based on the remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a miner became one of the greatest actors the world has ever known, with the help of an unlikely mentor.
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war, and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton (BAFTA winner Toby Jones).
Taking Richard under his wing, the young man thrives thanks to Philip’s strict tutelage and the guidance of kindly landlady, Ma Smith (Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville). However, as the acting world comes within Richard’s reach, the burden of his past risks holding him back forever.
It is directed by Marc Evans, written by Tom Bullough and Josh Hyams.
Tickets £6.00 (Film members £5.00)
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After receiving over 3000 5-star reviews for their events and selling out hundreds of shows around the UK. The award winning, Teach Rex team are delighted to be bringing this unique, interactive show to the families of Congleton after performing 45 shows at the Natural History Museum!
Teach Rex uses life-like dinosaurs to perform their 1 hour show, teaching children about the anatomy and life of one the most mesmerising creatures that have ever roamed our planet. The show is teamed with effects, music and gives children and their families the chance to get up close and personal with these fantastic, realistic beasts.
Children will be greeted by baby dinosaurs and given a ‘Dino Booklet’ which includes a variety of educational activities. You will also be provided with coloured crayons, all that is included in the price of a ticket, in this educational experience delivered by teachers.
This new show will delve into the jaws of one of the most iconic dinosaurs to ever roam the world, the TREX. Delivered by primary school teachers, the team will take the audience on an interactive, prehistoric journey, pinpointing misconceptions surrounding this beast!
The show is suitable for children of all ages (3+ recommended) and has even proven to be extremely popular with adults. The educational part of the show runs for approximately 1 hour followed by a dinosaur meet and greet when families can get photographs next to the beasts whilst enjoying a dance.
Tickets: £12 per person. Earlybird discount available until 31/12/24 - £10.
Discount available for families of 4. 3 shows at 10am, 12:30pm and 3pm approx 90 minutes.
Presented by Congleton Players Amateur Theatre Club
When Tom and Barbara Good decide to exchange the pressures of the rat race for an alternative, more sustainable way of living, they set about turning their suburban home in Surbiton into a model of self-sufficiency. They grow their own fruit and veg, keep livestock in the garden, make their own clothes, and even generate their own electricity from manure.
It's the good life for them – but not for Margo and Jerry Leadbetter, who live next door, and are desperately trying to maintain the Surbiton status quo.
Tapping into issues that resonate now more than ever, The Good Life is a witty reimagining of a television classic, with a wellyful of laughs that's sure to delight audiences everywhere.
NOTE: Wheelchair tickets (all dates) are available at the Information Centre.
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Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.
DIRECTED BY:Peter Cattaneo
STARRING:Steve Coogan (& the penguin)
Tickets £6.00 (£5.00 members)
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Presented by Echo Academy
Join us for an evening of celebration as all of our Echo classes come together and take to the stage, bringing this academic year to a close.
The performances will feature a mix of dance, songs, and short drama monologues from our various classes. We have performances from children aged 3.5 years up to 13 years old.
Tickets are £14 per person, and children's tickets (under 18) are £12. We can only accommodate a maximum of two tickets per performer.
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Tribe dance academy are coming to Daneside Theatre for the first time with this showcase of their work.
Tickets available soon.
Presented by Louise Carter School of Dance
A show to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the schools opening! Pupils aged 3 and upwards perform dances in the following genres: ballet, modern, tap, contemporary and Musical Theatre, to some great tunes!!
Tickets: £12 available from 1st June 2025
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Presented by SOL Theatre School
SOL presents Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
This is the culmination of the SOL Summer school. Its always an amazing show. Make sure to book your tickets early.
Tickets available 1st July.
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This exciting Pink Floyd tribute band return for what has now become an annual appearance following their highly acclaimed shows at Daneside Theatre in the last six years.
Offering an engaging and energetic show, they have been especially praised for the accuracy of their performance based on the studio versions of music spanning the entire output of the Floyd from early days, with firm favourites Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall particularly featured. The music is enhanced by a fabulous light-show including Floyd's distinctive circular screen. All your favourites are featured, and maybe a couple of less familiar tracks for the real afficionado.
“Unbelievably awesome! Music buzzing in our heads on our walk home and still singing today” (M&T)
“What a brilliant performance, the band was faultless. A brilliant set of tracks. Can’t wait to see them again” (P Abbott)
“Finishing with Comfortably Numb, Alan Tarpey blew the crowd away with his jaw-dropping solo that the audience were still gasping and chattering about as they left the room” (Seren Hughes-Jones, QuaysNews)
“My heroes will never be forgotten as long as you are on the stage and that’s from a 68 year-old roadie of the original PF! You are another brick in the wall!" (David Larkin, former PF roadie)
Pinked Floyd website www.pinked-floyd.co.uk
Tickets priced £25 (£21 concessions - Under 18s, Over 60's ; wheelchair users).
Presented by Congleton Musical Theatre
Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world.
The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!
Tickets £16.00. Earlybird discount available until 31st May.
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Following a sold-out performance in 2024, Stax of Soul is back at Daneside Theatre, kicking off their Embracing the Journey Tour 2025! From their Manchester roots in 1983 to over 42 years of delivering powerhouse soul, the band’s journey continues, celebrating the music, the memories, and
the fans that made it all possible.
Get ready for an electrifying evening as this legendary nine-piece band honours soul’s greatest sounds, backed by their renowned brass section and dynamic stage energy. Stax of Soul brings you timeless hits from Stax, Atlantic, Motown, and Northern Soul, saluting icons like James Brown and The Blues Brothers.
Don’t miss this unforgettable celebration! Secure your tickets for Stax of Soul’s Embracing the Journey Tour 2025 at Daneside Theatre. Tickets are expected to sell out, so book early to be part of the legacy!
Featuring over 30 classic soul anthems:
Get Ready, Higher and Higher, Tenderness, My Girl, Stand By Me, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Give Me Just A Little More Time, The Snake, Gimme Some Lovin’, Minnie The Moocher, Shake a Tail Feather, Hold On, I’m Comin’, Soul Man, I Got You (I Feel Good), Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, In the Midnight Hour, It’s The Same Old Song, Stop Her On Sight and many more.
Tickets £20 (£18 wheelchairs)
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