Play Reading Social
2022-12-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-02-02 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
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

Indian Summer by Lucy Maurice
2022-12-06 19:45 - 21:30, 2022-12-07 19:45 - 21:30, 2022-12-08 19:45 - 21:30, 2022-12-09 19:45 - 21:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
In Crewe railway station buffet on a quiet afternoon, buffet staff Laura and Steph chat about their lives and future.
Trains come and go, customers come and go, bringing their own problems, worries and stories.
Will Laura open her cafe in India? Will Steph and Tom escape too?
Come along to the buffet to find out and have tea and cake with us after the show.
Indian Summer, a comedy drama with backgound musical tracks you will know, opens Tuesday 6th December to Saturday 10th December at 7:45pm.
Tickets £11.00 from our ticket shop at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers
Directed by Bob Almquist with loads of help from Sheila Hetherington and the Davenham Players crowd.

Davenham Writers' Group - CANCELLED OWING TO BAD WEATHER
2022-12-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
EVENT CANCELLED – BAD WEATHER
Davenham Writers Group – Monthly Meeting
Come on down to the monthly Writing group at Davenham Theatre run by Flick Goodman. Whether you are a writer or a performer you are welcome to come to this relaxed group.
If you have written something and you want it read out loud, want to flex those writing muscles with a few short exercises, or want to try writing for the first time, this friendly group welcomes all levels.
For more details you can contact Flick here

REARRANGED Readthrough of "Escaped Alone" & "A Number" by Caryl Churchill
2022-12-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Online, United Kingdom
OWING TO INCELEMENT WEATHER
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ONLINE

Please note, due to adverse weather conditions there is a change to the schedule for this week.
The readthrough of the two Caryl Churchill plays tomorrow evening 13th December will now take place on Zoom at 7.30pm – NOT at the theatre.
If you wish to participate, please contact director Kelly Cowley to receive the link which she will send out just before the meeting.
The auditions for BOTH plays will be at the theatre on Sunday 18th December at 1.30-3pm for ‘Escaped Alone’ and from 3pm for ‘A Number’
There will be NO meeting at the theatre on Thursday 15th
Kelly will accommodate anyone who has difficulties with these times or dates by auditioning on line .

Here are Kelly’s notes on each play. You can contact the director to say you will be there or ask any question by clicking Kelly.

Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Four Women in their 60s or 70s
Plot
Three old friends – Sally, Vi and Lena – spend a summer afternoon (or several summer afternoons) chatting in Sally’s back garden. They are joined by a neighbour, Mrs Jarrett, who regularly breaks away from their group to deliver monologues describing a postapocalyptic future. Caryl Churchill’s play juxtaposes tea with catastrophe, while exploring themes of ecological disaster, unspoken turmoil, and female endurance.
Style
Black comedy. The dialogue between the four women is made up of fragmented thoughts and half-finished sentences. The effect is somewhere between naturalistic and abstract, a kind of hyper-realism. There’s a lack of stage directions and punctuation. The intention of this is to grant creative freedom to the actors and director. Add your own punctuation, your own pauses and pacing, shape the dialogue how you think best.
Set and Tech
A small island of green turf centre stage with four garden chairs and a low table set with tea and biscuits. The outskirts of the stage would look dark, desolate and ruined, like a derelict building that has been ransacked and then abandoned. Sound and lighting would be used to create an apocalyptic atmosphere for Mrs J’s monologues.
Characters
Mrs Jarrett (60s/70s) – A neighbour, more so than a close friend, perhaps the reason she is the only one of the group who is not known by her first name. She worked as a lollipop lady and is implied to be the most working class. She says the least in the group scenes but has the most monologues, during which she appears to be an apocalypse survivor.
Vi (60s/70s) – The blunt no-nonsense one of the group. We learn that she was in prison for six years after receiving a manslaughter sentence for killing her husband. She insists that it was an act of self-defence. This killing led to an estranged relationship with her son.
Sally (60s/70s) – The funny bubbly host of the garden gathering. Sally is close friends with Vi. We learn she witnessed her crime many years ago. She has a crippling phobia of a cats.
Lena (60s/70s) – An anti-social agoraphobic. She is quietly struggling with depression. She finds it hard to get out of bed or to do simple things such as visit the shops.

A Number (Caryl Churchill, 2002)
Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Two Men, one 35–40, one 60+
Plot
Bernard has recently discovered that he is one of ‘a number’ of human clones. His father Salter confesses to him that he was once friends with a scientist who must have taken his son’s DNA and used it to create these copies. It is later revealed that Bernard himself is a clone of Salter’s only son, who he put into childcare after the death of his wife. This clone experiment was brought about by Salter wanting a second chance at fatherhood. It comes back to haunt him when the original Bernard tracks him down.
Style
Psychological sci-fi thriller. Half father/son story and half speculative exploration into the ethics of genetic experimentation and nature vs nurture.
Set and Tech
All the scenes take place in Salter’s home, a simple living room set with some futuristic touches to indicate the near-future setting of the play. No major sound or lighting effects would be required, just blackouts for the scene changes.
Characters
Salter (60s/70s) – The father of Bernard 1 and adoptive father of Bernard 2, a clone he made of his son, who he put into care at age four. Salter abandoned his original child because he was too grief-stricken over his wife’s death to be a good parent.
Bernard 1, Bernard 2 and Michael Black (30s/40s) – All three characters are played by the same actor. Bernard 1 is Salter’s original son, who has grown into an angry damaged man, embittered that his father replaced him. Bernard 2 is naïve and sheltered, as Salter has kept the truth of his origins secret from him until the start of the play. Michael Black is another clone of the original Bernard, who comes to meet Salter for the first time at the end of the play. Michael is an amiable family man and teacher.

EVENT REARRANGED - SEE NOTES BELOW
2022-12-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Online, United Kingdom
THE EVENT TODAY IS CANCELLED

Please note, due to adverse weather conditions there is a change to the schedule for this week.
The readthrough of the two Caryl Churchill plays on 13th December takes place on Zoom at 7.30pm – NOT at the theatre. There will be NO meeting on Thursday 15th December
The auditions for BOTH plays will be at the theatre on Sunday 18th December at 1.30-3pm for ‘Escaped Alone’ and from 3pm for ‘A Number’
Kelly will accommodate anyone who has difficulties with these times or dates by auditioning on line .

Here are Kelly’s notes on each play. You can contact the director to say you will be there or ask any question by clicking Kelly.

Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Four Women in their 60s or 70s
Plot
Three old friends – Sally, Vi and Lena – spend a summer afternoon (or several summer afternoons) chatting in Sally’s back garden. They are joined by a neighbour, Mrs Jarrett, who regularly breaks away from their group to deliver monologues describing a postapocalyptic future. Caryl Churchill’s play juxtaposes tea with catastrophe, while exploring themes of ecological disaster, unspoken turmoil, and female endurance.
Style
Black comedy. The dialogue between the four women is made up of fragmented thoughts and half-finished sentences. The effect is somewhere between naturalistic and abstract, a kind of hyper-realism. There’s a lack of stage directions and punctuation. The intention of this is to grant creative freedom to the actors and director. Add your own punctuation, your own pauses and pacing, shape the dialogue how you think best.
Set and Tech
A small island of green turf centre stage with four garden chairs and a low table set with tea and biscuits. The outskirts of the stage would look dark, desolate and ruined, like a derelict building that has been ransacked and then abandoned. Sound and lighting would be used to create an apocalyptic atmosphere for Mrs J’s monologues.
Characters
Mrs Jarrett (60s/70s) – A neighbour, more so than a close friend, perhaps the reason she is the only one of the group who is not known by her first name. She worked as a lollipop lady and is implied to be the most working class. She says the least in the group scenes but has the most monologues, during which she appears to be an apocalypse survivor.
Vi (60s/70s) – The blunt no-nonsense one of the group. We learn that she was in prison for six years after receiving a manslaughter sentence for killing her husband. She insists that it was an act of self-defence. This killing led to an estranged relationship with her son.
Sally (60s/70s) – The funny bubbly host of the garden gathering. Sally is close friends with Vi. We learn she witnessed her crime many years ago. She has a crippling phobia of a cats.
Lena (60s/70s) – An anti-social agoraphobic. She is quietly struggling with depression. She finds it hard to get out of bed or to do simple things such as visit the shops.

A Number (Caryl Churchill, 2002)
Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Two Men, one 35–40, one 60+
Plot
Bernard has recently discovered that he is one of ‘a number’ of human clones. His father Salter confesses to him that he was once friends with a scientist who must have taken his son’s DNA and used it to create these copies. It is later revealed that Bernard himself is a clone of Salter’s only son, who he put into childcare after the death of his wife. This clone experiment was brought about by Salter wanting a second chance at fatherhood. It comes back to haunt him when the original Bernard tracks him down.
Style
Psychological sci-fi thriller. Half father/son story and half speculative exploration into the ethics of genetic experimentation and nature vs nurture.
Set and Tech
All the scenes take place in Salter’s home, a simple living room set with some futuristic touches to indicate the near-future setting of the play. No major sound or lighting effects would be required, just blackouts for the scene changes.
Characters
Salter (60s/70s) – The father of Bernard 1 and adoptive father of Bernard 2, a clone he made of his son, who he put into care at age four. Salter abandoned his original child because he was too grief-stricken over his wife’s death to be a good parent.
Bernard 1, Bernard 2 and Michael Black (30s/40s) – All three characters are played by the same actor. Bernard 1 is Salter’s original son, who has grown into an angry damaged man, embittered that his father replaced him. Bernard 2 is naïve and sheltered, as Salter has kept the truth of his origins secret from him until the start of the play. Michael Black is another clone of the original Bernard, who comes to meet Salter for the first time at the end of the play. Michael is an amiable family man and teacher.

To see the audition texts click https://www.davenhamplayers.co.uk/escaped-alone-audition-monologues/

Auditions for "Escaped Alone" and "A Number" directed by Kelly Cowley
2022-12-18 13:30 - 16:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Today, under arrangements altered by inclement weather, Kelly Cowley is holding auditions of two one-act plays by Caryl Churchill that she is going to direct at Davenham in March 2023. A readthrough of both plays will have taken place online on Tuesday 13th December.

The audition for “Escaped Alone” will start at 1:30pm and the one for “A Number” starts at 3:00pm.

Here are Kelly’s notes on each play. You can contact the director to say you will be there or ask any question by clicking Kelly.

To see the audition texts click https://www.davenhamplayers.co.uk/escaped-alone-audition-monologues/

Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Four Women in their 60s or 70s
Plot
Three old friends – Sally, Vi and Lena – spend a summer afternoon (or several summer afternoons) chatting in Sally’s back garden. They are joined by a neighbour, Mrs Jarrett, who regularly breaks away from their group to deliver monologues describing a postapocalyptic future. Caryl Churchill’s play juxtaposes tea with catastrophe, while exploring themes of ecological disaster, unspoken turmoil, and female endurance.
Style
Black comedy. The dialogue between the four women is made up of fragmented thoughts and half-finished sentences. The effect is somewhere between naturalistic and abstract, a kind of hyper-realism. There’s a lack of stage directions and punctuation. The intention of this is to grant creative freedom to the actors and director. Add your own punctuation, your own pauses and pacing, shape the dialogue how you think best.
Set and Tech
A small island of green turf centre stage with four garden chairs and a low table set with tea and biscuits. The outskirts of the stage would look dark, desolate and ruined, like a derelict building that has been ransacked and then abandoned. Sound and lighting would be used to create an apocalyptic atmosphere for Mrs J’s monologues.
Characters
Mrs Jarrett (60s/70s) – A neighbour, more so than a close friend, perhaps the reason she is the only one of the group who is not known by her first name. She worked as a lollipop lady and is implied to be the most working class. She says the least in the group scenes but has the most monologues, during which she appears to be an apocalypse survivor.
Vi (60s/70s) – The blunt no-nonsense one of the group. We learn that she was in prison for six years after receiving a manslaughter sentence for killing her husband. She insists that it was an act of self-defence. This killing led to an estranged relationship with her son.
Sally (60s/70s) – The funny bubbly host of the garden gathering. Sally is close friends with Vi. We learn she witnessed her crime many years ago. She has a crippling phobia of a cats.
Lena (60s/70s) – An anti-social agoraphobic. She is quietly struggling with depression. She finds it hard to get out of bed or to do simple things such as visit the shops.

A Number (Caryl Churchill, 2002)
Duration = Approximately 1 hour
Cast = Two Men, one 35–40, one 60+
Plot
Bernard has recently discovered that he is one of ‘a number’ of human clones. His father Salter confesses to him that he was once friends with a scientist who must have taken his son’s DNA and used it to create these copies. It is later revealed that Bernard himself is a clone of Salter’s only son, who he put into childcare after the death of his wife. This clone experiment was brought about by Salter wanting a second chance at fatherhood. It comes back to haunt him when the original Bernard tracks him down.
Style
Psychological sci-fi thriller. Half father/son story and half speculative exploration into the ethics of genetic experimentation and nature vs nurture.
Set and Tech
All the scenes take place in Salter’s home, a simple living room set with some futuristic touches to indicate the near-future setting of the play. No major sound or lighting effects would be required, just blackouts for the scene changes.
Characters
Salter (60s/70s) – The father of Bernard 1 and adoptive father of Bernard 2, a clone he made of his son, who he put into care at age four. Salter abandoned his original child because he was too grief-stricken over his wife’s death to be a good parent.
Bernard 1, Bernard 2 and Michael Black (30s/40s) – All three characters are played by the same actor. Bernard 1 is Salter’s original son, who has grown into an angry damaged man, embittered that his father replaced him. Bernard 2 is naïve and sheltered, as Salter has kept the truth of his origins secret from him until the start of the play. Michael Black is another clone of the original Bernard, who comes to meet Salter for the first time at the end of the play. Michael is an amiable family man and teacher.

AUDITION - 'A Number'
2023-01-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Seeking One Actor to play Three Clone Characters
Davenham Players are seeking a talented and versatile male actor with a playing age of 30-40 to take the roles of three different characters in Caryl Churchill’s sci-fi thriller ‘A Number’.
A one act play with a runtime of approximately one hour, ‘A Number’ tells the story of Salter (60s) and three cloned versions of his son, all of which have very distinct personalities.
Bernard 1 = The original son, who Salter neglected in early childhood and then put into care. B1 has grown into an angry, resentful and psychologically damaged adult.
Bernard 2 = The first clone who Salter adopted as his replacement son. B2 is naïve and vulnerable, a bit of a man-child. He’s only just learned the truth of his origins.
Michael Black = Another clone who has grown up never knowing about Salter. Michael is jovial and quirky, a family man and teacher. Should be played comedically.
Any actors who would be interested in this unique challenge, please contact the director – kellycowley@hotmail.co.uk – as soon as you can. Davenham Players will be holding a second lot of auditions for this role on Tuesday 3rd January at 7pm (the role of Salter is also still open but there are actors in consideration).
The casting of this play will be followed by rehearsals on Tuesdays and Sundays from January until the performance week in mid-March.

Play Reading Social
2023-01-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Happy Families by John Godber
I will be directing Happy Families at Davenham for performance from Tuesday 16 May to Saturday 20 May 2023. While the preceding Davenham production is itself in rehearsal, we will rehearse on some Friday evenings. After that show closes on 19 March, we will rehearse on Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings, with some weekend rehearsals in the build up to our opening night. Evening rehearsals will last from 7.30pm to 10.00pm.
There will be an informal reading of the play at the Theatre at 7.30pm on Thursday 5 January, followed by auditions on Thursday 9 February. If you want to audition, but cannot attend on the latter evening, please contact me at home (‘phone 01270 626215; email park50@hotmail.com), so that we can arrange to meet sometime the previous week. Copies of the script are available from Secreatary Paulette Anderson. On donpolander@tisca;li.co.uk
Happy Families is a very funny play about family life in West Yorkshire over a period from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. The piece is autobiographical, and the characters and action are seen through the filter of ‘John’. Godber specifically describes the stage set as ‘quite definitely theatrical’ – and the same can be said of the performances required. The play demands stylised playing with rather ‘arch’ (and often quite rapid) delivery, with scenes often ending with the cast ‘freezing’ in stylised tableaux.
Roles
John The narrator, aging from 9 to 25
Dot John’s mum, sharp and bitter, aging from 40 to 54
Vic John’s dad, placid but eccentric, aging from 40 to 54
Liz Dot’s mum, sentimental, aging from 60 to 74
Jack Dot’s dad, aggressive and bitter, aging from 60 to 74
Doris Dot’s sister, ‘‘John’s mucky auntie’’, aging from 30 to 44
Edna Vic’s sister, ‘‘John’s posh auntie’’, aging from 40 to 54
Rebecca Edna’s daughter, ‘’John’s genius cousin’’, aging from 11 to 25. (Ideally, but not crucially, the actor should be able to play the clarinet!)
Lynn Sutton Neighbour’s daughter, aged 7.
Dot, John and Vic are on stage almost all the time, though not necessarily speaking. Jack and Liz are substantial roles, Doris and Edna less so. Rebecca is on stage for about a quarter of the play, and Lyn for two pages (if necessary, this part can be played by the actor playing Rebecca). Authentic West Yorkshire speech would be ideal for all characters; failing that, a generalised ‘northern accent’.

Jerry Park

Davenham Writers' Group
2023-01-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Davenham Writers Group – Monthly Meeting
Come on down to the monthly Writing group at Davenham Theatre run by Flick Goodman. Whether you are a writer or a performer you are welcome to come to this relaxed group.
If you have written something and you want it read out loud, want to flex those writing muscles with a few short exercises, or want to try writing for the first time, this friendly group welcomes all levels.
For more details you can contact Flick here

AGM - Annual General Meeting and Social
2023-01-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
The AGM of Davenham Players at which members may hear reports of Officers and ask questions of the committee.
All committee members are up for re-election and any member may stand for election so long as they have two nominations by current members.
There will be a free buffet after completion of business to allow time for a natter.

Acting Group
2023-01-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-01-16 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Our Acting Group at the theatre on the 3rd Monday of every month gives anyone a chance to get up and have a go at some acting! There will be scripts, games and some friendly faces. No pressure, just play. Run by Tom Barry. Give it a try!
Free for members. £1 for non-members

Jazz Zoe Gilby Trio
2023-01-26 20:00 - 22:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Bookings can be made via email jazz@davenham.co or telephone Harry on 07717 224 238 / 01606 74502 Doors open 7.30pm music at 8pm.Tickets £12 on the door
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
SPONSORED BY TATTON BREWERY
www.tattonbrewery.co.uk

Davenham Comedy Night
2023-01-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
JANUARY EVENT SOLD OUT RETURNS ONLY
BUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH COMEDY COMING UP SOON

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After the huge success of welcoming Brennan Reece & Justin Moorhouse last summer…
We are very excited to announce our BRAND NEW, COMEDY NIGHTS!!
Brennan will be helping us to bring even more comedic talent through our doors.
Book now to work your chuckle muscles on the last Sunday of January, February and March!
Show starts at 7.30pm – doors and bar open from 7pm.
Tickets @ £11 available now at our ticket shop https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

AUDITION - 'Happy Families' by John Godber
2023-02-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Audition Notice
Happy Families by John Godber
I will be directing Happy Families at Davenham for performance from Tuesday 16 May to Saturday 20 May 2023. While the preceding Davenham production is itself in rehearsal, we will rehearse on some Friday evenings. After that show closes on 19 March, we will rehearse on Tuesdays and Wednesday evenings, with some weekend rehearsals in the build up to our opening night. Evening rehearsals will last from 7.30pm to 10.00pm.
There will be an informal reading of the play at the Theatre at 7.30pm on Thursday 5 January, followed by auditions on Thursday 9th and Thursday 16th February. If you want to audition, but cannot attend on the latter evening, please contact me at home (‘phone 01270 626215; email park50@hotmail.com), so that we can arrange to meet sometime the previous week. Copies of the script are available from Secreatary Paulette Anderson. On donpolander@tisca;li.co.uk
Happy Families is a very funny play about family life in West Yorkshire over a period from the late 1960s to the late 1970s. The piece is autobiographical, and the characters and action are seen through the filter of ‘John’. Godber specifically describes the stage set as ‘quite definitely theatrical’ – and the same can be said of the performances required. The play demands stylised playing with rather ‘arch’ (and often quite rapid) delivery, with scenes often ending with the cast ‘freezing’ in stylised tableaux.

Roles
John The narrator, aging from 9 to 25
Dot John’s mum, sharp and bitter, aging from 40 to 54
Vic John’s dad, placid but eccentric, aging from 40 to 54
Liz Dot’s mum, sentimental, aging from 60 to 74
Jack Dot’s dad, aggressive and bitter, aging from 60 to 74
Doris Dot’s sister, ‘‘John’s mucky auntie’’, aging from 30 to 44
Edna Vic’s sister, ‘‘John’s posh auntie’’, aging from 40 to 54
Rebecca Edna’s daughter, ‘’John’s genius cousin’’, aging from 11 to 25. (Ideally, but not crucially, the actor should be able to play the clarinet!)
Lynn Sutton Neighbour’s daughter, aged 7.

Dot, John and Vic are on stage almost all the time, though not necessarily speaking. Jack and Liz are substantial roles, Doris and Edna less so. Rebecca is on stage for about a quarter of the play, and Lyn for two pages (if necessary, this part can be played by the actor playing Rebecca). Authentic West Yorkshire speech would be ideal for all characters; failing that, a generalised ‘northern accent’.
Jerry Park

Friday Jazz Ian Shaw
2023-02-10 20:00 - 22:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Image credit Gerhard Richter
At another of our Friday night specials, Davenham is proud to welcome the well known, accomplished jazz vocalist and pianist Ian Shaw .
Ian is a multi-award winner with accolades from the BBC Jazz Awards 2007 and 2004 the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2018, plus nominations from the Jazz FM Awards 2013 and Downbeat Magazine 2017. He has amassed a number of highly acclaimed internationally released albums and is a popular performer both in the UK and the US. He has been cited, along with Mark Murphy and Kurt Elling, as one of the world’s finest male jazz vocalists.
Tickets £15 would suggest that pre booking for this gig will be essential
Bookings can be made via email jazz@davenham.co or telephone Harry on 07717 224 238 / 01606 74502 Doors open 7.30pm music at 8pm.Tickets £15 on the door
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
SPONSORED BY TATTON BREWERY
www.tattonbrewery.co.uk

Acting Group
2023-02-13 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-03-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Our Acting Group at the theatre on the 2nd Monday of every month gives anyone a chance to get up and have a go at some acting! There will be scripts, games and some friendly faces. No pressure, just play. Run by Tom Barry. Give it a try!
Free for members. £1 for non-members

Davenham Writing Group
2023-02-20 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-03-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Davenham Writing Group – Monthly Meeting
Come on down to the monthly Writing group at Davenham Theatre run by Flick Goodman. Whether you are a writer or a performer you are welcome to come to this relaxed group.
If you have written something and you want it read out loud, want to flex those writing muscles with a few short exercises, or want to try writing for the first time, this friendly group welcomes all levels.
For more details you can contact Flick here

Jazz 'Both Sides Now'
2023-02-23 20:00 - 22:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
‘Artwork by Carolyn Hall Young’
The Joni Mitchell – Blue 50th Anniversary Concert
2021 marked the 50th anniversary of Joni’s breakthrough album Blue, which featured such iconic songs as A Case Of You, River, Carey and of course the title track. With that in mind, material from Blue will be prominently featured in this year’s concerts.
The music of Joni Mitchell is celebrated in this performance of some of her best-loved songs. As Joni reaches her landmark 75th year, these concerts are also by way of an extended celebration of her life and work.
The Joni Mitchell Songbook draws on a three-decade journey of incredible creativity, from folk singer to mainstream rock artist, as well as an abiding love affair with jazz.
Featuring Big Yellow Taxi (her most covered song), River and A Case of You (both from the breakthrough album Blue), the radio hits of Help Me and Free Man In Paris (from double-platinum Court and Spark) and the jazz-infused stylings of In France They Kiss On Main St (The Hissing of Summer Lawns) and Coyote (Hejira).
Both Sides Now is a five-piece band showcasing the outstanding voice of Sarah Miller. During its debut year of 2018, the band played at some of the UK’s leading music venues. The musicians’ CVs include such notable names as Don Felder of the Eagles, Badly Drawn Boy, Ruby Turner and Corinne Bailey Rae.
BSN are a a group of Joni superfans dedicated to keeping her music in the live arena.
http://www.jonitribute.com
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=duTMkFyiBwE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifHsxG7V1ZI
Bookings can be made via email jazz@davenham.co or telephone Harry on 07717 224 238 / 01606 74502 Doors open 7.30pm music at 8pm.Tickets £12 on the door.
NOTE THAT CARD PAYMENT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE AT THIS EVENT
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
SPONSORED BY TATTON BREWERY
www.tattonbrewery.co.uk

Davenham Comedy Night
2023-02-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
We are very excited to announce our BRAND NEW, COMEDY NIGHTS!!
Brennan Reece is helping us to bring even more comedic talent through our doors.
Book now to work your chuckle muscles on the last Sunday of February and March!
Show starts at 7.30pm – doors and bar open from 7pm.
Tickets @ £11 available soon from our ticket shop https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

"Escaped Alone" and "A Number" by Caryl Churchill
2023-03-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Davenham Players is kicking off its 2023 season with performances of two acclaimed one act plays from the dark and dazzling mind of Caryl Churchill.
We begin the evening with the surreal black comedy ‘Escaped Alone’. The audience are invited to tea in Sally’s back garden with her close friends, Vi and Lena, and her oddball neighbour, Mrs Jarrett. But as these four women while away a summer afternoon with idle gossip and good humour, there are deep wells of insecurity bubbling up inside each of them and a full-blown apocalypse looming just beyond the garden wall.
Our second play of the night is the biopunk thriller ‘A Number’, where we find ourselves in the home of Salter and his son, Bernard, who is reeling from the recent discovery that he is part of a human cloning experiment. While Salter swears they’ll have revenge on the scientist who stole his son’s DNA, Bernard is no longer sure he can trust his father, if he is safe from these copies of himself, and if he is truly the original after all.
‘Dark Futures’ opens Tuesday 7th March 6th to Saturday 11th March at 7:30pm.
Tickets £12.00 from our ticket shop at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers
Directed by Kelly Cowley

Folk - Vera van Heeringen Trio
2023-03-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
On Friday March 24th Sabado NFP welcomes the Vera van Heeringen Trio to Davenham Players Theatre – Vera has visited Davenham once previously when she and Neil McSweeney played for us in the September of 2013.
It’s unusual to find someone who’s as good a songwriter as an instrumentalist. Vera van Heeringen is that person. A consummate guitarist, highly acclaimed by her contemporaries, she brings the instrument to life in a way that is entirely her own. Vera also writes songs and tunes which deliver straight to – and from – the heart. Firmly rooted in Transatlantic traditions, her original contemporary Folk/Americana showcases both these skills: firebrand instrumental virtuosity and poignant, emotionally astute songwriting.
Vera tours with a watertight acoustic trio featuring harmony king Dave Luke on guitar, vocals and mandolin, and double-bass stalwart Andy Seward. Dave has been the backbone of many hard-working country bands and toured extensively with Nashville singer songwriter Gail Davies, playing venues like the Grand Ole Opry. Musician and record producer extraordinaire Andy Seward was part of folk darling Kate Rusby’s band as well as working with Eddi Reader, Andy Cutting, Martin Simpson and Brooks Williams.
SABADO NFP – works on a not for profit basis – the musician[s] have a guaranteed minimum fee – should ‘takings’ exceed this all of it is paid over to them and the Theatre.
Advance Tickets £15.00 [+fee] – £20.00 on the door.
Doors 7.30pm – Start 08.00pm – Curfew 10.15pm
The show will be two sets – each approx 45 minutes – with an interval break so folks can visit the bar & the merch stall.
“This lady oozes class” – John Atkins , fRoots
“Not only can she write imaginative songs she can play the acoustic guitar better than most” – Alan Harrison , No Depression
“Her graceful playing is of the kind of a good malt, it tends to seep into ones soul, gently ” – Maurice Hope, Flying Shoes
More details regarding Vera – Bio / Videos / Shop etc – http://veravanheeringen.com

Davenham Comedy Night
2023-03-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
We are very excited to announce our BRAND NEW, COMEDY NIGHTS!!
Brennan Reece is helping us to bring even more comedic talent through our doors.
Book now for a chuckle muscle workout on the last Sunday of March!
Show starts at 7.30pm – doors and bar open from 7pm.
Tickets @ £13 available now from our ticket shop https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Jazz Jamil Sheriff’s Five Gold Rings
2023-03-30 20:00 - 22:30 | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Described by the Guardian as:
A Wayne Shorter-like commitment to narrative composition… There is no shortage of fine
soloists… immaculate taste… soul and lyricism
Jamil Sheriff has been a stand out member of the UK Jazz scene for over 20 years and has a
reputation for pulling together exceptional bands.
Five Gold Rings brings the classic sound of the Blue Note quintet, with driving, swinging
melodies and solos performed by these outstanding musicians. There’s something for
everyone in this set, Blues, Swing, Afro Cuban, Funk, Hard Bop, Latin… all wrapped up in
Jamil’s exquisite compositions.
With a frontline of alto saxophone (Jim Corry) and trumpet (Richard Iles), these two have
performed regularly with names such as Jamiroquai, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Ronson, Martha
Reeves, John Taylor to name a few.
One of the most swinging rhythm sections in the UK, Caroline Boaden (drums), Sam
Quintana (double bass) and Jamil Sheriff (piano) are greatly in demand. Catching them
together in this group will be a real treat.
Private Link for demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnMpD15II1c
Bookings can be made via email jazz@davenham.co or telephone Harry on 07717 224 238 / 01606 74502 Doors open 7.30pm music at 8pm.Tickets £12 on the door
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
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