Davenham Improv Group
2025-09-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-25 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
Group formed by Kathryn Cooke for people interested in developing Improv skills, or just having a bit of a laugh with friends!
Maybe BOTH?
Monthly on the fourth Tuesday

Jazz The Breath
2025-09-25 20:00 - 22:00
The Breath is Manchester-based guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer/flautist Ríoghnach Connolly. They met on the city’s gig circuit in the late noughties. An unlikely pairing though it was, he an acclaimed guitar whiz, ex long-time member of The Cinematic Orchestra and a softly spoken Manchester urbanite, she a folk singer with a larger-than-life personality and a powerful voice to match. Their connection was immediate; they formed The Breath in 2016, a singer-songwriter duo to present their contemporary take on alt-folk.
For them, it’s all about the song. Connolly is a storyteller and their exquisitely crafted, honest, personal, heartfelt songs are as likely to touch on childhood summers and first love as cultural dislocation, post- colonial injustices and grief. But it’s Ríoghnach’s impassioned delivery and extraordinary stop-you-in- your-tracks voice, coupled with Stuart’s understated brilliance that is so engaging.
The Breath have released three albums on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label. Their breakthrough album, ‘Carry Your Kin’ (2016) delved deeply into the spaces between rock, ambient and Irish folk, where layered vocals, mesmerising guitar riffs and expansive folk arrangements created a big sound. ‘Let the Cards Fall’ followed in 2018, and, like the first, was recorded with a full band granting a multi-textured kaleidoscope of sound with a cinematic sensibility. References to Celtic history and cultural loss are woven into a bewitching collection of songs that span beguiling ballads and punch-the-air anthems. In support of the release, Stuart and Ríoghnach performed a series of shows – just the two of them. Stripped bare, they found a new depth and beauty in their songs allowing their extraordinary connection to shine through. The duo returned to the studio in 2019 to record ‘Only Stories (Let the Cards Fall Revisited)’ reimagining previous work (alongside two new songs) taking it back to its acoustic roots. This new direction would see Ríoghnach Connolly receive an RTÉ Folk Award nomination for Best Folk Singer and win Folk Singer Of The Year at the 2019 BBC R2 Folk Awards for which the duo were also nominated as Best Duo/Group.
During the pandemic of 2020/2021, The Breath returned to the studio to record a set of songs in remembrance of American lost folk icon, Karen Dalton. In the spring of 2021, they released a two-track single, ‘Something On Your Mind’ and original song, ‘Remembering Mountains’. They release their third studio album on Real World Records in 2023.
The Breath in Autumn 2023 build to their new album, ‘Land Of My Other’. Ten original tracks of raw, gorgeous, acoustic-minded music.Songs that tell stories in ways that soothe, stir, exalt, and touch emotional chords that will bring tears of lamenting joy, to your eyes.
QUOTES
“raw, soulful, often mesmeric, richly textured and lushly constructed…versatile persuasive vocals” Mojo
“folk roots but different horizons… the jaw-droppingly stunning, woozy voice of Ríoghnach Connolly” The Guardian
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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.

Booking Enquiries
Call Keith on 07990 703 787
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

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

CANCELLED Low Drift
2025-09-26 19:30 - 22:30
THE LOW DRIFT –
SADLY, THE LOW DRIFT HAVE HAD TO CANCEL
THEIR APPEARANCE OWING
TO FAMILY BEREAVEMENT
TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE A REFUND
Songs inspired by the land. The beauty and the concrete, the mysteries and the folklore. Music about Family and Childhood and the memories that landscapes evoke.
“The Low Drift is a wonderfully poetic journey through land and memory, exploring the incredible connections we have to the geography around us. A truly beautiful album full of magic and haunting imagery.” Fatea
“Sounding like a dark bucolic folk answer to Crosby, Stills & Nash. A haunting, atmospheric album that brings a welcome new musical perspective on our connection to the land.” Folking.com
Three acclaimed singer-songwriters – Emma Thorpe, Matt Hill and Huw Costin – go on walks and then write songs about them. Inspired by a previous generation of English folk and poet musicians – Julian Cope, Robert Wyatt, Kate Bush – they travel beyond the Keep Out signs to the ancient green lanes and sunken tracks, where our ancestors buried their bones. The songs explore folklore, family, childhood and the memories that landscapes evoke.
This engaging evening of songs and stories will feature shimmering 12 string guitars, minimalist folk picking, spooky harmonies and primitive synths sounds. The Low Drift is a show that will reinvigorate your relationship to these wonderful islands we live on.
Low Drift line up
Emma Thorpe is signed to Vicious Charm Records as a solo artist and has duetted with Mark Lanaghan. She’s also a photographer.
Matt Hill writes of history and community, had 4 star reviews from Uncut and the Mirror and performed with Billy Bragg at Glastonbury festival.
Huw Costin fronts acclaimed band Torn Sail, has been A-playlisted on BBC 6Music and received album of the year in the NME yearbook.
All monies raised via ticket sales go to the bands and the theatre.
Doors 19.30 Start 20.00 Curfew 22.15
Online tkts available
£15.00 after 1st August 2025
https://wegottickets.com/event/640938
£13.00 [mark me as a friend] available now
paypal.me/andrewwhalley1
Local cash purchases
Call 07510 853 589 to arrange
£20 On The Door
Cheers
Andrew

Play Reading Group
2025-10-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-12-02 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 Tuesday of the month (except August).
Just turn up and Dee will do the rest. Tea free for members. Small contribution for non-members.
CONTACT DEE FOR MORE INFORMATION here

Davenham Writing Group
2025-10-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-11 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-09 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Writing Group – Monthly Meeting
Meets on the Second Tuesday of the month

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

Spitting Feathers - Taking Centre Stage
2025-10-18 19:30 - 22:00
Following sell-out shows in 2022, 2023 and 2024, the band returns to Davenham playing their eclectic mix of well-known pop and soft rock covers to suit all tastes
From 1970’s classic hits through to more contemporary material, you can expect to hear anything and everything from Fleetwood Mac, Bryan Adams and Oasis through to the Foo Fighters, Ed Sheeran and George Ezra. The evening will start with some more laid back and chilled numbers but, later on, you can be certain that the band will perform songs that will get the audience singing and dancing along.
In addition to a wide range of covers, you will also hear some original compositions by the band, one of which was chosen by Radio Northwich as its record of the week.
Fronted by strong male and female lead singers, the band delivers tight backing vocals and harmonies. Instrumentation includes electric guitar, bass, keys and drums but, when the song calls for it, you may also hear a mandolin, acoustic guitar, harmonica plus a range of percussion.
Sit back and enjoy your evening with Spitting Feathers band at Davenham Players Theatre with its cosy atmosphere, comfortable seating and a fully licensed bar.
The event will feature a charity raffle in aid of St Luke’s Hospice
Saturday 18th October 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

Davenham Acting Group
2025-10-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-16 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 Comedy Club - October
2025-10-26 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Comedy Club resumes in October, running monthly (except December) until April 2026
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
7:30PM AT DAVENHAM THEATRE
For Tickets see Ticket Source at https://www.davenhamplayers.co.uk/

Jazz Amy Roberts / John Hallam Quintet
2025-10-30 20:00 - 22:00
The Amy Roberts / John Hallam Quintet
Flautist, Clarinettist and Saxophonist Amy Roberts is a multi-award-winning musician now based in Northamptonshire, UK.
Over the past 15 years she has been celebrated in the in the annual British Jazz Awards, winning the Rising Star category twice, and the Miscellaneous category for her flute playing. Through her career she has worked in the jazz world, aswell as in the theatre performing in musicals, and participating in world music projects.
John Hallam is an exciting clarinet and saxophone player who has worked alongside musicians from both sides of the Atlantic – including Clark Terry; Benny Carter; Al Grey; Allan Vache, and Marty Grosz, and more recently Howard Alden and Randy Sandke all from the USA, plus Danny Moss; John Barnes; Roy Williams; Campbell Burnap; Mark Nightingale; Jack Emblow and Digby Fairweather.
Amy and John will be joined by Nick Millward on drums, Ashley John Long on bass and Rich Hughes on piano
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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.

Booking Enquiries
Call Keith on 07990 703 787
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

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

All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2025-11-18 19:30 - 22:00
Written in 1947 by Arthur Miller, All My Sons was Miller’s first play to gain widespread success and is considered a classic of 20th-century American drama.

Directed by Heather Milam, All My Sons is a gripping drama exploring themes of family loyalty, guilt, and the pursuit of the American Dream following World War II. The story centers on the Keller family, whose secret about Joe Keller’s wartime past and the faulty parts his company supplied comes to light, leading to devastating consequences.

We are thrilled to be bringing this award-winning classic to our theatre. Book your tickets now.

All My Sons is directed by Heather Milam and runs from
Tuesday 18th November 2025 to Saturday 22nd November 2025
Doors and Bar Open 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm
Tickets @ £12 available from our TicketSource shop at
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

All My Sons by Arthur Miller
2025-11-19 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-20 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-22 19:30 - 22:00
Written in 1947 by Arthur Miller, All My Sons was Miller’s first play to gain widespread success and is considered a classic of 20th-century American drama.

Directed by Heather Milam, All My Sons is a gripping drama exploring themes of family loyalty, guilt, and the pursuit of the American Dream following World War II. The story centers on the Keller family, whose secret about Joe Keller’s wartime past and the faulty parts his company supplied comes to light, leading to devastating consequences.

We are thrilled to be bringing this award-winning classic to our theatre. Book your tickets now.

All My Sons directed by Heather Milam runs from
Tuesday 18th November 2025 to Saturday 22nd November 2025
Doors and Bar Open 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm
Tickets @ £12 available from our TicketSource shop at
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Jazz Groove Crusade
2025-11-27 20:00 - 22:00
Groove Crusade
Set up in 2019, just before the worldwide pandemic lockdown, Groove Crusade exists solely to celebrate the enduring legacy of the Crusaders, for nigh on 50 years the group of US musicians who developed, indeed pioneered, the links between jazz, blues, soul and funk.
The players in Groove Crusade have, collectively, over 250 years’ experience in the music business, including studio and live work with artists as ridiculously diverse as Max Bygraves and Tony Christie at one end of the spectrum to Sting and Jack Bruce at the other, via a host of great jazz names. And venues? Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Glastonbury; one or other band member has worked stages such as these at some point.
What brought Groove Crusade together is a common love of the music of the Crusaders, and an acknowledgement of how that has influenced their own individual professional careers, playing , writing and arranging. If ever a band was a labour of love, this is it.
Drawing on the Crusaders’ entire recording career, from early days as a Texas hard-bop band to international renown as live and session musicians, Groove Crusade strives to recreate as best it can the feel – above all the groove – for which the Crusaders were justly renowned.
We hope you can feel it.
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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.

Booking Enquiries
Call Keith on 07990 703 787
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

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

Readthrough - Girl on the Train
2025-11-28 19:30 - 21:30
Berni Bebbington will be holding a readthrough of our March 2026 production that she is directing
Auditions follow on 8th and 10th December
No need to book – simply turn up at the theatre

Davenham Comedy Club - November
2025-11-30 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Comedy Club resumes in October, running monthly (except December) until April
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
7:30PM AT DAVENHAM THEATRE
For Tickets see Ticket Source at https://www.davenhamplayers.co.uk/

Music M G Boulter / Neil McSweeney
2025-12-05 20:00 - 22:00
Friday 5th December 2025 sees the return of Matt Boulter to Davenham Players Theatre for his annual pre Christmas show.
M G Boulter
M G Boulter is a singer songwriter living on the Thames coast in Essex, United Kingdom. His songwriting has been described as “Gorgeous, in a word” by Uncut and “Highly Recommended” by the Independent on Sunday. His second full length album With Wolves the Lamb Will Lie was listed as one of the ‘Best Folk Albums of 2016’ by the Daily Telegraph.
M G opened for Eddie Reader on her recent 2025 UK Tour and has been touring with Jon Boden & The Remnant Kingsin the last few months, previously he was a touring member of US groups The Duke and the King and the Simone Felice Group, he has been a member of Blue Rose Code, Emily Portman’s Coracle Band and The Lucky Strikes – he is another person to appear at Davenham Players Theatre via SABADO NFP that has graced the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, opening a few years back for Paul Heaton & Jaqui Abbott.
M G Boulter’s return to Davenham will feature songs from his acclaimed recent albums, Days of Shaking [2024] and Clifftown [2021] alongside other tunes old and new..
Line Up
Matt Boulter Guitar Vocals
Bryan Styles Drums
Paul Ambrose (Bass).
Days of Shaking
“It is a journey that displays stunning levels of conceptual actualisation and a satisfying record to be experienced as a whole, where both the collective mood and thoughts make connections and wrap around the entire excursion with consummate ease. M G Boulter has aimed high with this one and taken time to create a full-length work that demands, as well as rewards, deep immersion” – KLOF Mag
“This is an important album. It shows that there are real songwriters still out there, and real musicians creating images in sung words.
I’m not sure that this society deserves MG Boulter, but I’m so glad he still exists to shake a fist at the ‘content’ pedlars.” – MusicNews 5*****
“Days of Shaking will take the listener on a journey of sheer delight” – Fatea
Clifftown
“He’s a major talent in my opinion. It’s an outstanding album – it’s the best new record I’ve heard all year. Well done M G, you can come play in my kitchen any time” – Andy Kershaw.Ex OGWT Radio1
http://www.mgboulter.co.uk/
You can order M G Boulter’s latest album, Days of Shaking (CD/LP/DL) HERE:
Neil McSweeney
Taken from the Hudson Records website :
Folk singer-songwriter Neil McSweeney emerged from the flowering of Sheffield music that gave the world the likes of Slow Club and Richard Hawley and has since established himself as ‘a songwriter of rare ability’ (R2). Setting lyrics that deal with the contrasts and contradictions of life to romantic melodies as hopeful as they are melancholy, McSweeney’s finely crafted songs have been championed by his peers as well as across national radio and mainstream and specialist press. Since the release of his debut album, Cargo, McSweeney has made increasingly big waves on the English folk scene picking up main stage festival appearances. Folk audiences may recognise Neil from his time touring alongside Bellowhead
In 2016 Neil became co-founder of Hudson Records and alongside his ‘day job’ running a masters course for the music department at the University of Sheffield, Neil still finds the time to collaborate and create with the likes of Jon Boden, Fay Hield, Vera Van Heeringen, Lucy Farrell, M G Boulter and many more great songwriters and musicians.
McSweeney’s fourth album, ‘A Coat Worth Wearing,’ was the second release for Hudson Records back in 2017. Produced by Andy Bell it built on the success of its predecessor ‘Cargo’. Its nine songs were conceived as a piece and subsequently recorded together, largely in full-band live-takes, over seven days in the beautiful Welsh countryside.
“Deeply felt, brooding songs rich in imagery. He has the tools to make a huge impact.” **** The Guardian
“McSweeney is the genuine article. Highly recommended.” **** Daily Express
“Steelier than your average troubadour.’ Q Magazine
“Songs so subtle and well-crafted that you can’t help but be drawn in…they deserve much wider acclaim.”DrownedInSound.com
All monies raised via ticket sales go to the bands and the theatre.
Doors 19.30 Start 20.00 Curfew 22.15
Online tkts available
£15.00 after 1st October 2025
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/656652
£15.00 [mark me as a friend]
Paypal.com/paypal.me/andrewwhalley1
Local cash purchases
Call 07510 853 589 to arrange
£20 On The Door

Audition - Girl on the Train
2025-12-08 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-10 19:30 - 22:00
Berni Bebbington will be holding auditions for our March 2026 production that she is directing
Two sessions – 8th and 10th December at 7:30pm
No need to book – simply turn up at the theatre

Jazz Jeremy Sassoon & Friends
2025-12-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-19 20:00 - 22:00
Image Credit William Ellis
Jeremy Sassoon – Two Dates – 18th and 19th December butLIMITED AVAILABILITY!

http://www.jeremysassoon.comJeremy is one of the UK’s most in-demand singer/pianists. Either solo, or accompanied by his band, he captivates audiences with his natural, soulful voice, his charismatic personality and his arrangements of jazz, blues, groove and soul classics.Jeremy has headlined sell-out shows at Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Live in Soho, the 606 Club and the Jazz Café. He has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Iridium Jazz Club in New York and headlines twice a year at Berlin’s premier jazz club The “A Trane”.In 2014, his version of the beautiful Marc Cohn song “The Things We’ve Handed Down” was featured on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs and then hit number 1 in the iTunes vocal download chart.Jeremy’s CD “Jeremy Sassoon & Friends Live”, was recorded live at PizzaExpress, London with his 5-piece band, and was chosen by respected German jazz publication Jazzthetik as one of their finest albums of 2018.He is the UK’s foremost artist tributing the music of Ray Charles with his big band “Ray Charles Project”. He played the main stage at the renowned Love Supreme Festival 2019 with this band alongside Lauryn Hill & Jamie Cullum.
PRESS COMMENTS
“It’s a mark of true showmanship when a performer knows when to change the speed or the vibe, taking the audience on an emotional journey!” London Jazz Review“A surefire success for any jazz club” Musician magazineWigan Jazz Festival – “every tune was superbly performed, thrilling the packed audience”Jazz FM – ”Jeremy Sassoon smashed it at this years Love Supreme Festival”Jazz Cafe “Jeremy had the venue rocking from beginning to end”“Truly a most memorable show!” London Jazz News “Exhilarating”Love Supreme “World class musicians playing a timeless catalogue of classics. It doesn’t get much better than that”Ronnie Scott’s “The vitality and spirit of the ‘Genius of Soul’ was passionately captured by Jeremy Sassoon’s authentic revue”

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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.

Booking Enquiries
Call Keith on 07990 703 787
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

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

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
