The Davenham Players

Davenham Comedy Club
2024-10-27 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Davenham Comedy Club resumes this October, running monthly (except December) until April 2025
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
7:30PM AT DAVENHAM THEATRE

Davenham Improv Group
2024-10-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-09-24 19:30 - 21:30
A new group formed by Kathryn Cooke for people interested in developing Improv skills
Monthly on the fourth Tuesday

Music - Vinny Peculiar Band with guest Common Hall
2024-10-18 19:30 - 22:00
Images (C) Gel Gee

VINNY PECULIAR BAND
Vinny Peculiar [aka Alan Wilkes] grew up in Worcestershire and trained as a nurse before signing to Manchester cult label Ugly Man records [former home to Elbow]. He’s since released many albums of literate autobiographical pop music over a twenty+ year career touring band, solo and duo shows in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the US. Variously described as

“an under sung national treasure” (UNCUT)
“a warm- hearted Morrissey” (Q Magazine) and
“the missing link between Jarvis Cocker and Roger McGough” (Irish Times)

Past work associations include Bill Drummond (KLF) and his various bands have included ex members of The Smiths, OASIS, Aztec Camera & The Fall. He’s written and recorded as Parlour Flames, the band he formed in 2013 with ex OASIS rhythm guitarist Bonehead.
The Davenham show will reflect the set list played at a recent near sell out show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room – covering a number of albums from his back catalogue – with emphasis on his most recent release.
LINE-UP
Vinny Peculiar [Alan Wilkes] Acoustic / Electric Guitar / Lead Vocal
Rob Steadman Keyboards / Vocal
Adam Webb Electric Guitar / Vocal
Jim Gee Bass Guitar / Vocal
Paul Tsanos Drums
“A hugely talented musician who is right up there with Elvis Costello, Ray Davies and Jarvis Cocker, Peculiar should be placed on a pedestal” (Sean Hanan, Hi Fi + Magazine).
“A well-measured introduction to an under sung national treasure” (UNCUT MAGAZINE).
“The missing link between Jarvis Cocker and poet Roger McGough and some of the wittiest lyrics this side of Wreckless Eric” (IRISH TIMES).
COMMON HALL
Opening the night will be Common Hall (aka Robert Williams) – originally from Clitheroe, Lancashire – Robert’s an award-winning, acclaimed author beyond the day job, and in this case a gifted singer-songwriter nudged out of self-imposed performing retirement.
Here’s part of a review of a recent gig as written by Malcolm Wyatt taken from his website https://writewyattuk.com/
Opening number ‘We Were There’ gave off a Robert Forster vibe, but I soon changed my mind and felt within a few songs he was closer to his namesake’s Go-Betweens accomplice, Grant McLennan. Either way, there was an understated yet sharp story song element, highlights including ‘My Town on TV’ and ‘As Broken as you Think’, first delivered with past act The Library Trust, while ‘The Meeting’ and ‘Golden Island’ – the latter more barbed wire folk – were maybe more where he’s at now, seemingly fragile yet increasingly acerbic, his songs stripped to the bare bones. Prime examples were the bitter yet measured ‘Hope This Hurts’ and ‘They Don’t Sing for Me’.
Doors: 7:30pm, Music at: 8:00pm Close: 10.15pm [ish]
Tickets
£15 via Andrew Whalley now at paypal.me/andrewwhalley1 or txt 07510853589 to arrange payment
£16.50 online from 01/08/2024 https://www.wegottickets.com/event/615043

Davenham Acting Group
2024-10-15 19:30 - 22:00
Meets third Tuesday of each month except when a drama production is on stage
No August meeting
Free for members. Non-members pay £1 for refreshments

Davenham Writing Group
2024-10-08 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-10 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Writing Group – Monthly Meeting
Meets on the Second Tuesday of the month
No August meeting

Free for members. Non-members pay £1 for refreshments

AGM of the Davenham Players
2024-10-07 19:30 - 21:30
On Monday 7th October we will be holding our AGM at 7.30pm.
Members, this is your chance to have your say about your society: what you like and what you don’t! We are there to sum up the last year’s activities and forthcoming events and want to hear your views.
We do need a minimum of 19 members for voting purposes, so we would really appreciate your attendance
After the meeting, do please join us for a chat and light refreshments.
A big Thank You to all who helped on front of house, bar or selling raffle tickets and programmes! We hope you may be able to help again with our November production of The Revlon Girl. Volunteering is a vital part of The Players so if you can spare a little of your time, please do get in touch.
We now have two WhatsApp groups to co-ordinate events; one for front of house and one for the bar. If you’d like to be added to either or both, please email or speak to any member of the committee.
You can always contact us via Facebook and Instagram as well as on our website.

Spitting Feathers Band - In the Limelight
2024-09-28 19:30 - 22:00
Spitting Feathers band are making their third appearance at Davenham theatre, having performed sell-out shows here in 2022 and 2023.

Their music is an eclectic mix of pop and soft rock covers and you can expect to hear well-known numbers from Fleetwood Mac, The Stereophonics, Ed Sheeran, Tina Turner, George Ezra and many more, all played in the band’s own signature style.

The band features strong female and male lead and harmony vocals supported by keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.

In addition to their covers material, the band has composed and recorded several original tracks, one of which has been showcased by Radio Northwich as its ‘record of the week’.

The event will feature a charity raffle in aid of St Luke’s Hospice
Saturday 28th September 2024 at Davenham Players Theatre

Tickets @ £12 are available online through TicketSource

And @ £6 for students & under 16s by phoning our Booking Enquiries line

Doors and bar open at 7.00pm
Performance starts at 7.30pm

Jazz Dean Stockdale Quartet
2024-09-26 20:00 - 22:30
The Dean Stockdale Quartet.
Making a welcome return to Jazz@Davenham are the Dean Stockdale Quartet who wowed the audience when they last played in 2023.
The Celebrating Oscar Quartet is a relatively new quartet playing inventive arrangements of Oscar Peterson’s original compositions together with music that he was associated with.
Dean Stockdale is a highly regarded jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in the North of England. He is known for his sensitive, swinging style and regularly appears around the UK with some of the best names in UK jazz. The band focuses on bringing the infectious swing of Oscar’s music and showcasing his own compositions and they are all Top Class Musicians.’
The quartet features:-
Dean Stockdale on keys
Andy Champion on bass
Gaz Hughes on drums
Tim Williams on guitar
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The box office is able to take bookings for one gig at a time, but do make a note of the dates which are of interest to you during our forthcoming season so that you can make your bookings at the appropriate time.

If possible, make your requests via email, but don’t forget to give us a little bit of notice if you know that you are going to be unable to attend. We appreciate that there will always be unavoidable, unforeseen circumstances, but clearly we want to make places available and fill all possible seats, particularly for gigs in high demand.

We are not a profit making organisation, but we do want to keep breaking even in order to keep music live.

Bookings : email jazz@davenham.co

Please do not assume that your places are confirmed unless you have had a response from J@D and, if you have not, then contact us again

OR

call Keith on 07990 703 787

Doors & Bar 7.30pm Gigs start @ 8pm Tickets £13 unless stated

If you are suffering from Covid symptoms please do not attend and in any case advise us if you are unable to attend for any reason.
From JAZZ@DAVENHAM TEAM GREAT GIGS FABULOUS BANDS
Click to see the full Jazz Programme

Invisible by Jane Barrie
2024-09-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-20 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-19 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-09-17 19:30 - 22:00
Five old friends meet, as they always do, once a week, to catch-up, see what’s going on, argue and reminisce,
But this week they have a plan…
…fast forward a year and their worlds have changed irrevocably.
This new comedy drama captures how it feels to be an older woman in a world which some of them are trying to stay in tune with and some can no longer fathom.
Invisible, written and directed by Jane Barrie, is a fast-paced, frank, funny and moving play exploring the nature of female friendships, the process of ageing and what it’s like to be outside the circle. Never dull and often surprising, join us for the premiere of this exciting new play.
Tuesday September 17th 2024 to Saturday 21st 2024
Tickets @ £12 available from our
ticket shop at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Totally Improvised Musical Company
2024-09-07 19:30 - 22:00
Every night is opening night as these top improvisers compose brand-new comedy musicals from your title suggestions. If you like musicals and you like comedy, then you’ll love The Totally Improvised Musical! Selling out at festivals across the country, nominated Best Variety Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2024, and coming straight from the Edinburgh Fringe, this is one night at the theatre you won’t want to miss. A crowd-pleasing night of live music, laughter and songs with no two shows the same.
“It’s a fun, carefree, and memorable night out that guarantees hilarity, absurdity, fantastic vocals, and catchy songs that you won’t hear anywhere else.” ★★★★½ Frankly My Dear UK
“This Totally Improvised Musical certainly entertained and satisfied its audience and showed every sign of being able to do it again, and again, and again, and…” Graham Jowett, Buxton Fringe Review 2023
“Loved it, as did my husband who isn’t a musicals fan like I am! Very highly recommended.” Audience Review edfringe.com 2023
The team won Best Alternative Act at the North West Comedy Awards 2022 with their show ComedySportz and now the Totally Improvised Musical is thrilling audiences across the UK, with sell-out shows and rave reviews. Previous musical titles have included Vampires from Hull, Lawnmowers: The Musical!, The First Primark in Space and My Grandma Is A Parasite
What will your musical be about? Book now to find out… And if the gang use your suggestion, you win a prize!
Tickets @ £12.00 from our Ticket Shop at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Members' Summer Social
2024-08-22 19:30 - 22:00

Improv Evening - Try Your Hand at Improvisation
2024-07-30 19:30 - 21:30
This is a trial event to see if an Improv evening works for you and that it works for us.
Member Kathryn Cooke is organising the event and she hopes to have support from members of the Totally Improvised Musical group who are actually performing soon at Davenham.
No need to book this evening – just turn up at our theatre, 59 Church Street, CW9 8NF at 7:30pm.
Why not give it a go? Make a change from the Olympics!

Play Reading - Girl on the Train
2024-07-23 19:30 - 22:00

AUDITION "Revlon Girl" by Neil Anthony Docking
2024-07-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-07-11 19:30 - 21:30
The Revlon Girl by Neil Anthony Docking is set in Aberfan 8 months after the disaster in which one of the waste tips above the mining village of Aberfan in S Wales slid down the valley killing 144 people,116 of which were children from the local primary school.
The play is about four women who, having lost their children in the disaster, wish to bring back some sort of normality into their lives by inviting a representative from the cosmetic company Revlon to give them some beauty tips.
The play is full of pathos, humour and hope. Directed by Paulette Anderson.
Just turn up at 7:30pm on the day and ask for Paulette!

Davenham Acting Group - 16TH JULY SESSION CANCELLED OWING TO ILLNESS
2024-07-16 19:30 - 22:00
Meets third Tuesday of each month through to July
Free for members. Non-members pay £1 for refreshments

Davenham Writing Group
2024-07-09 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Writing Group – Monthly Meeting
Meets on the Second Tuesday of the month through to July
No August meeting

Jazz on a Summer's Day at Riverside Organic
2024-07-07 14:00 - 21:00
THIS EVENT NOT AT DAVENHAM THEATRE
Our jazz@davenham friends have linked up with Riverside Organic to hold a jazz event at their Whatcroft farm.
Click here for more details and to book tickets

LitFest Eve Ferret
2024-07-05 19:30 - 21:30
Friday 5th July……………………….EVE FERRET……………………..Davenham Theatre
Well, what can we say about Eve Ferret? There are no words bold enough to describe her!! She came last year and she wowed us all – we just knew we had to have her back again. Dubbed as the ‘Queen of Cabaret’ (Libby Purves BBC Radio 4), Eve Ferret is regarded as one of the most original performers on the stage today – she spins cabaret on its head and back again! The biggest off personalities, Eve is a singer, songwriter, actor, comedian, teller of stories and so much more. As an actor she is known for her work on Eastenders, Haunted Honeymoon, and Absolute Beginners (with David Bowie). Eve is ‘in pursuit of happiness for all’ and certainly achieves that wherever she goes. I think we can safely say that no one will leave the theatre after this event without a smile on their face and what a happy ending that will make for our festival!
Book your ticket/s here –

Play Reading Social
2024-07-04 19:30 - 21:30
Would you like to

Try your hand at reading a part out loud
Help Davenham Players find good play scripts
Come along for a social and meet us and other drama people
Have a quiet cup of tea and biscuits and listen

You can do all of these things if you come along to the theatre at 7:30pm each first Thursday of the month. Just turn up and Dee will do the rest. Tea and biscuits free for members. Small contribution for non-members.
CONTACT DEE FOR MORE INFORMATION here

LitFest Adele Parks
2024-07-02 19:30 - 21:30
Tuesday 2nd July………………..ADELE PARKS MBE……………….Davenham Theatre
The fabulous Adele Parks MBE is one of the highest selling authors of women’s fiction in the UK today. Adele was actually the headliner for our very first Northwich LitFest 12 years ago and we are absolutely delighted to have her back at our festival again this year. On this occasion Adele will be joined onstage by her husband, Jim, making this an ‘in conversation’ style of event as Adele talks about her work and about her latest book. Adele brings out a new book every year and they are always in high demand. She will be coming to Northwich LitFest on this occasion as part of the tour for the launch of her new book, First Wife’s Ghost, which has its publication date in July. Tickets for this event are £15…but include a copy of this very latest hardback book which you can be one of first people to read!
Click HERE
EVENT SOLD OUT

LitFest Kerry Danes
2024-06-29 19:30 - 21:30
Saturday 29th June……………….KERRY DAYNES…………………Davenham Theatre
Kerry is instantly recognisable as one of the UK’s best known forensic psychologists. She appears regularly on TV and is the Sunday Times Best Selling author of The Dark Side of the Mind. Best known for her appearances on Faking It: Tears of Crime, Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories, The Lying Games, Crimes that Fooled Britain, The Making of a Monster, and Killing Mum and Dad.
Bright, funny, opinionated and offering much to a debate, Kerry has been stabbed and terrifyingly stalked. She has even been locked in a cell with a dangerous prisoner for a misogynistic laugh. She is an impressive speaker and we are looking forward to welcoming her to Northwich LitFest.
Click https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northwich-litfest-2024-kerry-daynes-tickets-843546288657?aff=ebdssbdestsearch for booking and other information
