Play Reading Social
2017-10-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2017-11-02 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom

Davenham Players present "Motherhood"
2017-10-16 19:45 - 22:00
Tickets £12.00 Monday otherwise £10.00 available online via DanArts here or phone 01606 259596

Voice and Stagecraft Masterclass - 2 of 3
2017-11-04 10:30 - 16:30

Davenham Players AGM
2017-11-09 19:30 - 21:30

Audition for our February Production
2017-11-27 19:30 - 21:30
Graham Hough is holding an audition for ‘Self Catering’ by Andrew Cullen. It is to be performed in the week beginning Monday 12th Feb 2018
Graham is looking for a cast of 2 male and 3 female ages 35+.
For more details or to say you are coming, please email Graham and come along to the theatre at 7:30pm on Monday 27th November.

Voice and Stagecraft Masterclass - 3 of 3
2017-12-02 10:30 - 16:30

Christmas Play Reading Social
2017-12-07 19:30 - 21:30
This month’s play reading is going to be an evening of Christmas readings and light supper with mulled wine.
Bring along an Xmas reading of your choice . Please let Pam Molloy know if you are going and what you are reading – you can of course just come to listen ! There will be mulled wine and light refreshments for which there will be a small charge. Contact Pam by email here.

Play Reading Social
2018-01-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-02-01 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-04-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-05-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-05-10 19:30 - 21:30
If you are at all interested in drama, whether performing, helping backstage or set design/construction, this is a social evening at which you can come along to meet our team, see what we do and maybe find out how YOU could get involved.
Besides networking and socializing, the main activity of the evening will be to read a script to see how well it stands up to performance and whether it is worth considering for future presentation at our theatre. You don’t have to read, but why not give it a try? Or just sit and listen. All good!
There’s always a tea break at half-time. What more could you ask for a cheap but friendly night out?
You can contact Denise by email to find out more.

Radio Nights Kick-Off Meeting
2018-01-14 15:00 - 18:00
Dear all.
After such a successful Radio Night in March I am delighted to announce there will be a ‘Tonight On The Wireless – PART TWO!!’ 364 days on (15th & 16th March 2018 @ Davenham Theatre).
Davenham Players will present an evening of radio plays, extracts, poetry and sketches, performed live in front of an audience
This is a wonderful opportunity to find, read and perform material that is either written for radio or just isn’t possible/practical to perform as a production.
If you would like to know more or be involved then please come along on Sunday 14th January at 3pm (until about 6pm) for our first meeting/read through. D and myself will be putting the production together so please ask us if you have any questions.
A few things to consider:
All the performances will be done with ‘script in hand’. Everything will be rehearsed but you won’t need to know all lines off by heart.
The idea is to have everything in front of the audience. So the actors will have their scripts, props will be on hand to make live sound effects and we’ll have all electronic music and sound done on stage too. This gives people a chance to see the inner workings (and hopefully tempt them to get involved in the future).
Last time pieces ranged from the famous classics of radio like: The Goons, Under Milkwood, Round the Horne, Monty Python and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Alongside these we also had original material written by Davenham members as well as a few surprises.
While we have already collated some material we will welcome any suggestions, please let us know the details or send me or D a copy, ideally before the 24th January so we can look at trying it out.
The plan is to rehearse each Sunday from 14th January until the show.
Lastly but most importantly, we want as many people to come along on the 14th (3pm) and be a part of what will be yet another really great two nights at Davenham.
If you have any questions or concerns about availability, involvement or experience, the aim of meeting on the 14th is to address these.
We look forward to seeing (and hearing) you.
Tom and D

Paradise Lodge
2018-01-20 19:30 - 21:30
Vi, Ronnie and the other residents of Paradise Lodge care home have gathered in the big lounge to be entertained by Eric and Kylie – ‘The Doodlebugs!’. But Vi just wants to join her husband on holiday and Ronnie wants to search for his kidnapped family. Trouble is, Vi’s husband is dead and Ronnie’s family just don’t visit.
Eric has had a lot of musical partners, but none of them stick for long – what’s his problem anyway? This is Kylie’s first gig; she’s ballsy and ambitious, but struggles to handle the tricky audience – this isn’t what she signed up for.
Through a series of touching flashbacks and comic songs from the war years, Vi, Ronnie and the audience are transported back to a time when they had all their lives before them, when they thought they could live and love forever.
Paradise Lodge explores how we deal with dementia in a hilarious, thought-provoking musical comedy which looks at the nature of identity, reality, love and loss.
For tickets online via Eventbrite @ £10.15 click here
Telephone enquiries to 07791 590295
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHOW IS NOT BOOKABLE ON THE DAVENHAM TICKET LINE.
ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE ABOVE NUMBER.

Davenham Primary School Theatre Rental
2018-01-22 08:00 - 22:00

Stage Masterclass
2018-01-27 10:30 - 16:30, 2018-04-07 10:30 - 16:30
For details please contact Tom Barry by email

Self-Catering by Andrew Cullen
2018-02-13 19:30 - 21:30
Davenham Players Present
Self-Catering (A Short History of the World)
by Andrew Cullen
A plane loaded with holiday-makers crash lands on a deserted island, somewhere en route to Majorca. Five castaways straggle out of a plane crash with their Costa leisurewear already smirched and torn. The ill-assorted bunch soon suggest, by the blackly comic way they react to one comatose companion, that civilization must be a very loose term for where they came from.
Strangers hitherto, they soon recognize the opportunity to choose afresh whom to be. At the instigation of Henry, they decide to become Marilyn, Clint, and Bette. Their unconscious companion they dub Meryl. The irony is that each has picked their own idealised self-images to live life as a movie in which they merely play roles.
The five survivors are forced not only to come to terms with the disaster, but also to deal with the prospects of survival in an unforgiving atmosphere, yet emerging as a most refreshing and entertaining new play.
Contains Strong Language – Not Suitable for Children
Tickets £10.00 online from danarts.org or phone 01606 259596
Doors and Bar open 7:00pm.

Audition Davenham Players - Dirty Dusting
2018-02-20 19:30 - 21:30
Audition: 7.30pm Tuesday 20 February at the theatre:
Dirty Dusting, by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, is a fairly recent play that has been touring nationally since its premiere in South Shields in 2003, but hasn’t been performed that often by amateur groups. These are the authors’ words on their blog:
“When three cleaners, Olive, Gladys and Elsie, are threatened with redundancy they feel that their lives are coming to an end until a chance wrong number gives them a new business start-up idea – why not run a telephone sex line? They’ve got motive, opportunity and a lifetime of experience – some more than others, mind you. Provided Elsie can teach the other two a few new tricks there’s no reason why they can’t get rich quick; providing they can keep their operation a secret from their bosses… and their husbands…and their children…and their grandchildren.
An indictment of ageism in the 21st Century heavily disguised as a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming comedy”
There are only 4 roles in the play, the 3 cleaning ladies and their line manager, a man ‘rather younger than them’. Because there are so few roles, the audition on 20 February is for members of Davenham Players only. A second, open, audition will only be arranged if the play hasn’t been cast amongst members of the Players.
Roles and ages:
o 3 x Female: The 3 women’s ages are mentioned in the play as 70, but this production won’t show them as ‘old dears’. They are reasonably modern feisty office cleaners and could possibly be played by any actress in her 50s or 60s providing she is willing to ‘age up’ a bit.
o 1 x Male: The male role doesn’t have an age specified, but would work well for someone in their 30s or 40s, or could be a bit older if required. The character isn’t too young as he is ‘management’ (of a sort) but still lives at home with his mother, and is definitely younger than the women (which leaves plenty of scope!)
Scope:
The play is a comedy but although it’s about a sex chat line it’s not particularly graphic language. It wouldn’t be suitable for children because a lot of the jokes centre on condoms etc, but that’s about as
graphic as it gets. There is no sexual contact between any of the characters.

Rehearsal CR
2018-02-26 19:00 - 23:00

The Chinese Room by Andy Hutchings
2018-03-01 20:00 - 22:00
Urban Trendz Theatre presents
The Chinese Room
by Andy Hutchings
Artificial Intelligence is increasingly affecting all our lives. Where is it leading?
Chester writer Andy Hutchings explores the “reality” of the future by rethinking Alan Turing’s Bold Vision Of Future Machine Intelligence. Turing argued that we should grant that a computer is intelligent if it can pass for human.
This insightful play brings together three young women into a carefully designed scientific experiment to test the theory when, after they are locked in a closed area, they are told one of them may be an android. But which one? And how can they tell? And if one is an android does it know? Or are they really after all, Human?

At Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street Davenham CW9 8NF
Doors at 7.30pm Show at 8pm
Tickets £8
Book on-line at www.danarts.org
or ring 01606 259596

Stage Masterclass
2018-03-03 10:30 - 16:30
Subject of this class is Directing
Date revised from 24th February
For details please contact Tom Barry by email

Davenham Primary School
2018-03-06 17:00 - 21:00, 2018-03-07 08:00 - 22:00

Brennan Reece
2018-03-10 20:00
Brennan Reece: Everlong
English Comedian Of The Year and Edinburgh Best Newcomer nominee is back with a brand new show! Following last years sold out UK and Australian tour, Brennan brings his “powerfully entertaining” show all about the stars (in the sky), memories (in the mind) and his Nanna (in a home).
As seen on BBC, ITV, Channel 4.
Over 6 million YouTube hits.
Full clean driving license.
“A teenage Alan Bennett” The Skinny
“Hilariously rubber faced bright young talent” The Stage
“Brilliantly infectious, gifted storyteller” The Independent
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Arts Award
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Define Arts
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Wee Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Glitterati
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Uber
★ ★ ★ ★½ Chortle
★ ★ ★ ★ The Sunday Times
★ ★ ★ ★ The Independent
★ ★ ★ ★ The Herald
★ ★ ★ ★ The Scotsman
★ ★ ★ ★ Evening Standard
Tickets £10.00 on-line www.danarts.org
By Telephone 01606 259596

Tonight on the Wireless: Mystery
2018-03-15 19:30 - 22:00
Come and see the theatre turn into a radio studio, complete with on-stage sound effects and microphones!
Davenham’s very own Radio Players return (or are released?) for 2 nights only, with a mix of radio plays, comedy and sketches encompassing both old favourites and new original writing
Mystery, mirth and mayhem awaits…
Tickets £10. Bookings either online at www.danarts.org or by phoning the ticket line on 01606 259596

Dominic Berry no tigers
2018-03-24 20:00 - 22:00
Award winning poet Dominic Berry (Glastonbury’s Poet in Residence 2017) brings his no tigers tour to Davenham for one night only: the first half is entirely Dominic but the second half?
That’s something different – Dominic will compere Davenham’s very first open mic POETRY SLAM!!
Poets – your words, your style, your opportunity! (Go on, you know you want to…)
Register your slot by emailing denisejbarry55@gmail.com
Tickets £10. Bookings, as always, on line at danarts.org or by phoning our ticket line on 01606 259596
See Dominic’s website here

Dirty Dusting by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood
2018-05-01 19:45 - 22:00
You’re no longer young, and your pension doesn’t go very far
But never mind, you can still earn a bit extra by cleaning offices with your two best friends
Except you can’t – because they say you are too old, and now they’ve sacked you
So what do you do? Give in: or fight back?
Guess…
Simple really, as long as Elsie, Gladys and Olive can keep the secret from their bosses, their husbands, their children… and their grandchildren
Dirty Dusting is Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood’s laugh out loud, feel-good comedy about growing old, ageism, redundancy… and telephone chat lines!
This Davenham Players production will be at Davenham Theatre from 1st to 5th May nightly at 7:45pm
Tickets £10 available online from www.danarts.org or phone 01606 259596

Stage Masterclass
2018-05-12 10:30 - 16:30
This month’s masterclass is on the subject of Character
For details please contact Tom Barry by email
