Urban Trendz presents Halloween Hijinks
2018-11-01 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Join us for an evening of spooky delights as the New Cheshire Writers return to Davenham for another variety showcase. Pieces are read script-in-hand by our actors to show off the writing at its best. Be prepared for disturbing folk tales, cautionary fables, ghosts, ghouls and hilarious black comedy in these pieces of 5-15 minutes each. The show lasts approximately 2 hours including interval.
Tickets £7.00 online at www.danarts.org or phone 01606 2 5959 6

Ed Green
Artistic Director
Urban Trendz Theatre

Play Reading Social
2018-11-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-11-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2018-12-05 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.

Where do Little Birds Go? by Camilla Whitehill
2018-11-09 20:00 - 22:00, 2018-11-10 20:00 - 22:00
Urban Trendz Presents
WHERE DO LITTLE BIRDS GO? (2018 Production)
by Camilla Whitehill
at Davenham Theatre
Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November only at 8:00pm.
Doors & bar open 7:30pm
Tickets £6.00. Book online at www.danarts.org or phone 01606 2 5959 6

“That day in the pub, the day I first saw them, they were dressed identically. Dark wool coats, smart hats. The whole pub went quiet.”
It’s 1966. Lucy Fuller is 18 years old. She likes musicals and make up, and her job at Winston’s night club.
One night Lucy is kidnapped by the Kray twins and locked in a flat with an escaped murder. This is the terrifying story of Lucy’s time with Ronnie, Reggie, and Frank “The Mad Axeman” Mitchell.
“Where do little birds go?” is a colourful and poignant tale of crime, kidnap and lost innocence in the heart of the 1960s East End.

Davenham Writers Group
2018-11-15 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Writers Group – Monthly Meeting
Come on down to the monthly Writing group at Davenham Theatre run by Tom Barry. 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 Tom by email

Drama Masterclass
2018-11-29 19:00 - 22:00
This month’s Drama Masterclass is on the new day and time of Thursday 29th October from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. The subject is “Devising” and the cost is now £15 (or £12 for Davenham Members). To book or for further information, please email Tom Barry.
See above image for additional details.

The History of Davenham Theatre
2018-12-04 19:30 - 22:00
Tom Barry is starting off a History of Davenham Theatre project with the aim of presenting the results in a show to be constructed during workshop sessions.
Tom is going to invite anyone interested in being involved or in sharing stories, information or history that they may have. The material for the event doesn’t have to come from specific sources, it could be passed on or already known.
He says “I want to encourage people to come forward wherever possible at this stage. This would be informal and would allow me to explain a few possibilities of how it could all work.”
Tom plan to give people multiple opportunities to share through talking or handing over written material or whatever they have.
Look out on Facebook,Twitter and the website for more news soon.
Or contact Tom by email

Players Xmas Social and Quiz
2018-12-06 19:30 - 21:30
Not a Play Reading Social this month, but a seasonal Quiz with hot-pot, turkey raffle all masterminded by M.C. Pam.
FULLY BOOKED

A Very Merry Christmas Showcase
2018-12-14 20:00 - 22:00
On Friday 14th December, our intrepid talented Chester Showcase writers will again traverse the vast plain of Cheshire to bring us “Script in hand” Christmas fun: an all new writing Showcase. Tickets only £5 online from www.danarts.org or by ringing 01606 2 5959 6. There will be mirth and joy and not a little drama to set you all up for the festive season. Davenham Theatre’s friendly little bar opens at 7.30pm and the show commences at 8:00pm. Go on, you know you want to!
Ed Green
Artistic Director
Urban Trendz Theatre

Play Reading Social
2019-01-03 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-02-03 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-03-03 19:30 - 22:00
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 free but friendly night out?
You can contact Denise by email to find out more.

Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons - A Pantomime by Peter Nuttall
2019-01-15 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-01-16 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-01-17 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-01-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-01-19 16:00 - 19:00, 2019-01-19 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Players Present
Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Persons
A pantomime by Peter Nuttall
See your old favourites in this uniquely Davenham interpretation of Peter Nuttall’s pantomime. Meet strangely female versions of Friar Tuck, Willy Scarlet and Little Johnson, an oddly male Molly, and a Roberta Adair of completely uncertain gender; throw in a nasty Sheriff of Davenham and a nice Maid Marian and then of course, a gallant King Richard the Lionheart. It’s going to be a lot of fun, so why not join us at Davenham Theatre?
Evening performances Tuesday 15th January 2019 to Friday 18th January at 7.30 pm
PLUS one matinee performance only (no evening performance) on Saturday 19th January at 4.00 pm
Tickets £10.00 Adults Under 16 £5.00
Booking Number 01606 2 5959 6
Booking online at www.danarts.org
Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Davenham CW9 8NF

CANCELLED! History of Davenham Theatre
2019-01-27 18:30 - 21:30
Hello everyone.
Hope you’re all well and recovered from recent shenanigans on and off respective stages.
I have been caught in limbo slightly for THoDT project between plans of the past and revised plans based on the meeting in December. There was a plan to have another meeting this Sunday but I would like to cancel that one and rearrange.
These are the dates I would like to book-in pending everyone’s thoughts or potential flagging of issues:
Next meeting/public workshop Sunday 10th February 6.30 – 9.30pm
1st block of workshops: Sundays 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st March, 7th & 14th April – 6.30 – 9.30pm
2nd Block: Sunday 28th April, 5th & 12th May 6.30 – 9.30pm
Performance nights: Fri 17th & Sat 18th May
Hope this is all clear. So sorry for any inconvenience and the short notice re Sunday.
Also a note on publicity. Anyone can be part of this, I think some have thought so far that they need to know about the theatre’s history. We might need to make it clear that we need people who are new/recent and don’t have a link to the history, because the stories need to be told, written, designed & planned.
Thank you for your patience everyone.
Tom

Committee
2019-01-29 19:00 - 21:00

The Laramie Project
2019-02-02 19:30 - 22:00
Ashton Hayes Theatre Club
present
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufmann and Members of Techtonic Theatre Club
In a first sharing of a production between the two groups, Ashton Hayes Theatre Club gives the opportunity to Davenham Players audiences to see this unique story of the reaction to a real-life event that took place in Wyoming, USA in 1998, when gay university student Matthew Shepard was murdered in the town of Laramie.
The Laramie Project tells the true story of the brutal attack of Matthew Shephard in 1989. Matthew was a gay University of Wyoming student who, who was savagely beaten and left tied to a fence to die. His case ultimately led to the adoption of hate crime laws to be passed.
One year later Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Company visited Laramie six times and spoke to more than 200 people. The result is an engrossing docu-drama that testifies to the seismic impact of a hate crime on a small town to the whole of America. Nearly 20 years later it is still powerfully resonant and relevant to modern society as we know it.
The play also shows Americans at their sentimental best and their god-fearing worst. The Laramie Project will be told through a mix of testimony and live music and despite the subject matter this production has a redemptive quality that will fill you with hope.
NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE
Tickets £10.00 (Students £8.00) online from danarts.org
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS USING THE ABOVE LINK FOR BOOKING TICKETS PLEASE PHONE OUR TICKET LINE 01606 2 5959 6

Workshop - The History of Davenham Theatre
2019-02-10 18:30 - 21:30
Hello everyone.
These are the dates I would like to book-in pending everyone’s thoughts or potential flagging of issues:
Next meeting/public workshop Sunday 10th February 6.30 – 9.30pm
1st block of workshops: Sundays 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st March, 7th & 14th April – 6.30 – 9.30pm
2nd Block: Sunday 28th April, 5th & 12th May 6.30 – 9.30pm
Performance nights: Fri 17th & Sat 18th May
Hope this is all clear. So sorry for any inconvenience and the short notice re Sunday.
Also a note on publicity. Anyone can be part of this, I think some have thought so far that they need to know about the theatre’s history. We might need to make it clear that we need people who are new/recent and don’t have a link to the history, because the stories need to be told, written, designed & planned.
Thank you for your patience everyone.
Tom

Davenham Writers' Group
2019-02-14 19:30 - 21:30
Davenham Writers Group – Monthly Meeting
Come on down to the monthly Writers’ group at Davenham Theatre run by Tom Barry. 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 Tom by email

The Greatest Showman Singalong Party
2019-02-23 14:00 - 16:30
EVENT FULL
You can check for cancellations with Andrea on 01606 2 5959 6
Bring your kids to see and participate in the Singalong version of The Greatest Showman this afternoon.
Drinks and Snacks on sale at the bar.
Tombola and Prosecco!
Donations accepted with gratitude towards the Theatre Extension Fund.

Hidden Gem @ 59 Workshop
2019-03-03 06:30 - 21:30, 2019-03-10 06:30 - 21:30, 2019-03-17 06:30 - 21:30
Tom Barry has started off a History of Davenham Theatre project with the aim of presenting the results in a show to be constructed during workshop sessions to be held weekly on Sundays.
Tom is inviting anyone interested in being involved or in sharing stories, information or history that they may have. The material for the event doesn’t have to come from specific sources, it could be passed on or already known.
Tom says “I want to encourage people to come forward wherever possible at this stage. This will provide us with material to develop ideas for how it will work as a presentation.” There will be multiple opportunities for people to share experiences through talking or handing over written material or whatever they have.
Look out on Facebook, Twitter and the website for more news.
Or contact Tom by email
Hello everyone.
Hope you’re all well and recovered from recent shenanigans on and off respective stages.
I have been caught in limbo slightly for THoDT project between plans of the past and revised plans based on the meeting in December. There was a plan to have another meeting this Sunday but I would like to cancel that one and rearrange.
These are the dates I would like to book-in pending everyone’s thoughts or potential flagging of issues:
Next meeting/public workshop Sunday 10th February 6.30 – 9.30pm
1st block of workshops: Sundays 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st March, 7th & 14th April – 6.30 – 9.30pm
2nd Block: Sunday 28th April, 5th & 12th May 6.30 – 9.30pm
Performance nights: Fri 24th & Sat 25th May
Hope this is all clear. So sorry for any inconvenience and the short notice re Sunday.
Also a note on publicity. Anyone can be part of this, I think some have thought so far that they need to know about the theatre’s history. We might need to make it clear that we need people who are new/recent and don’t have a link to the history, because the stories need to be told, written, designed & planned.
Thank you for your patience everyone.
Tom

Annual General Meeting
2019-03-04 19:30 - 21:30
The Annual General Meeting at which reports from Society Officers are received and a Committee for the following year is elected.
Nominations in writing, please, to Paulette, which must be Proposed and Seconded by current members.
