The Davenham Players

The Revlon Girl by Neil Anthony Docking
2024-11-07 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-08 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-11-09 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
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 South 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 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.
The Revlon Girl is directed by Paulette Anderson and runs from
Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Saturday 9th November 2024
Doors and Bar Open 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm
Tickets @ £12 available from our TicketSource shop at
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Davenham Writing Group
2024-11-12 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-12-10 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-01-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-02-11 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

Acoustic@Davenham
2024-11-16 19:30 - 22:00
THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD IN AID OF BRAIN CANCER RESEARCH
With Graham Bell, Racing Demon, Arthur Marshall, Bitter and Twisted
‘Acoustic @Davenham is an evening showcasing some of the best acoustic/roots music from the Cheshire folk scene in the uniquely intimate surroundings of Davenham Theatre.
GRAHAM BELL
Graham Bell is a singer/songwriter originally from the North East of England. He takes the rich cultural heritage of the region to weave songs with humour and pathos with a gritty undercurrent which reflects the hardships endured by his forebears.

RACING DEMON
After a lengthy period of mutual admiration at Sale folk club, Simon Eales and James Cawley eventually pooled their talents and became Racing Demon. With many shared enthusiasms, they gradually expanding their repertoire of well-crafted interpretations of material by a wide spectrum of artists – in the process becoming staples of the South Manchester/Cheshire folk club scene – their live stripped-down combination of voice and guitar earning them considerable acclaim. But always keen to develop,and experiment they expanded this basic format to record the album ‘Take The Money And Run
, aided and abetted by North West folk legend Arthur Marshall.’

ARTHUR MARSHALL
Arthur is a folk musician of long standing (though more often sitting, these days), known for playing an entertaining mixture of serious and humorous songs, mostly written by himself. Sometimes these have choruses and participation is always welcome, but not compulsory!
He has played for many years both on his own and in bands, performing music ranging in styles from Cajun and zydeco to Irish music, while also running, playing in, and calling the dances for several ceilidh and barn dance bands.
He plays mostly guitar, melodeon and fiddle; however, several other more unlikely instruments for a dyed-in-the-wool folkie, such as saxophones, trombones and euphoniums, occasionally make an appearance – you can never be quite sure…
BITTER & TWISTED
Bitter and Twisted are a folk combo comprised of long-time songster Lizzie Rosenfield and her accompanist Dave Giles. Their eclectic musical influences range from contemporary folk and blues to the more traditional, all entwined by decorous vocal harmonies and dextrous guitar accompaniment.
Liz has trodden the boards for many years as a promoter within the folk world and as a shy artist and is founder of the Cheshire Folk Club. Her stature among fellow artists is well known, indeed is unmissable! Lover of a ‘girlie song’, Liz has gratified many and disappointed few. David’s voice washes like an ocean over Liz’s broad vocal beach, lapping close to her but never going further than an invitation for a paddle. His tones wind around her ankles, wetting her toes as she retreats, succumbing to his melody as a lover at the nape of her neck, and they make sweet music as they splash among the musical waves.

Tickets £12.50 from our Ticket Shop at Ticket Source
There will be a raffle in aid of Brain Cancer Research
Doors open 18:45
Music at 19:30

Davenham Acting Group
2024-11-19 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-01-21 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-02-18 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
2024-11-24 19:30 - 22:00
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
2024-11-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-01-28 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-25 19:30 - 21:30
A new group formed by Kathryn Cooke for people interested in developing Improv skills
Monthly on the fourth Tuesday

Jazz Magic Beans
2024-11-28 20:00 - 22:30
With a track record for being intensely intimate and seriously fun-filled, allotment-swing-acoustic trio The Magic Beans have an ear for a quirky cover and the imagination to take it in a completely new direction. Their rootsy originals draw influence from folk, jazz and world music traditions and sit comfortably alongside the eclectic songs that they cover and their unique way of reimagining them.
“The Magic Beans trade in transformation. That is, they distill the essence of unlikely pop songs with just a supple string bass (Matt Owens, the best in the business) and lyrical acoustic guitar (the tasteful Ulrich Elbracht)…The pair interweave seamlessly, and, most important of all, leave lots of room for singer Zoe Kyoti. In this environment, Zoe blossoms like an exotic bloom, and is relaxed, confident, and, not to put too fine a point on it, divine.” (Mike Butler – Dyverse Music)
“Blues, roots, Ratpack-style swing and theatre…An album that shows not only raw musical talent across the genres and innovation in lyrics and melody….. as fun and upbeat as it is solemn and sultry.” (Nickie Shobeiry – Music Muso)
“Uli Elbracht & Matt Owens are self-effacing accompanists: they provide minimal velvet for the jewel of Zoe Kyoti’s voice, which is magical in it’s smoothness, nuance and tenderness” (MEN)
www.beansmusic.co.uk
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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, please 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

Music - MG Boulter
2024-11-29 19:30 - 22:00
Friday 29th November 2024 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 has been a member of Blue Rose Code, Emily Portman’s Coracle Band and The Lucky Strikes – he also tours with Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings and was a touring member of US groups The Duke and the King and the Simone Felice Group… and 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..

Images (c) Nick Barber
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 pre-order M G Boulter’s new album, Days of Shaking (CD/LP/DL) HERE:
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
£16.50 after 1st August 2024
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/
£15.00 [mark me as a friend]
paypal.me/andrewwhalley1
Local cash purchases
Call 07510 853 589 to arrange
£20 On The Door

Play Reading Group
2024-12-03 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 (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

Quiz - CANCELLED
2024-12-11 19:30 - 22:30
We have decided with regret to cancel this week’s planned Quiz owing to insufficient members able to attend, but we hope to reschedule it early in the New Year.

Jazz Stevie Williams & the Most Wanted Band
2024-12-12 20:00 - 22:30
Stevie Williams & The Most Wanted Band.
An electrifying musical ensemble that never fails to ignite the stage with their explosive performances.
These guys are one of the most accomplished collectives of musicians you are likely to see. Led by the charismatic Stevie Williams, a powerhouse vocalist with a voice that commands attention as the band takes the audiences on a wild musical journey.
With tight grooves, searing guitar solos, and a rhythm section that hits with precision, the Most Wanted Band delivers a high-energy show that leaves no one in the crowd unaffected!
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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, please 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

Little Pixie Productions present A Christmas Carol
2024-12-18 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-12-20 19:30 - 22:00
Little Pixie Productions present:
A Christmas Carol
18th and 20th December 7.30pm (Doors & Bar 7pm)
Tickets £10
Available at: L J Little Dancewear – 99 Chester Rd, Northwich CW8 1HH
Or call 07702 307 546
Or email helena-leonard@ntlworld.com

Readthrough for Berni Bebbington's May Play
2025-01-03 19:30 - 21:30
Berni is holding a readthrough of the play she has chosen as a replacement for the play we were prevented from presenting owing to performing rights restrictions.
Berni has managed to find a perfect play titled Last of the Pelican Daughters. There are parts for 6 females of 30 to 40 including one older part and 3 males.
No need to book – just come along.
An audition will follow on a date to be arranged.

CANCELLED Play Reading Group
2025-01-07 19:30 - 21:30
THIS MONTH’S PLAY READING HAS BEEN CANCELLED OWING TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER

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 Comedy Club
2025-01-26 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-02-23 19:30 - 22:00
Davenham Comedy Club resumes in October, running monthly (except December) until April 2025
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
7:30PM AT DAVENHAM THEATRE

Jazz Issey Chivers Quartet
2025-01-30 20:00 - 22:30
The Issey Chivers Quartet.
Issey Chivers is a vocalist, based in Leeds. Influenced by greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Amy Winehouse and Eva Cassidy, her project, The Issey Chivers Quartet, is a group that allows her to use her voice creatively, exploring dreamy soundscapes and driving grooves.
Playing repertoire inspired by the music of artists like Veronica Swift, Jazzmeia Horn and Emma Smith, their set of both arrangements of standards and originals encompasses playful melodies and thoughtful improvisation. The group features Issey Chivers (voice) and excellent instrumentalists and improvisers – Joseph Frost-Tesfaye (piano), Chris Williams (double bass) and Senan McCullough (drums). The Issey Chivers Quartet draws on the jazz tradition while merging moments of folk and singer-songwriter influence.’
“… a fantastic evening. You really treated us to a very high standard of musicianship, very much enjoyed by the audience” – Ken Forster, The Heron Theatre
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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

Play Reading Group
2025-02-04 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 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

OPEN AUDITION - Last of the Pelican Daughters
2025-02-09 19:00 - 20:30
Director Berni Bebbington is looking to complete the cast for our May 20th – 24th production Last of the Pelican Daughters by Wardrobe Ensemble
All are welcome. No need to book
Just come to the theatre from 7pm this Sunday 9th February
If you have any questions, please phone Berni

Here is a short summary…..
In folklore, pelican mothers feed their young on their own blood. In 2019, four sisters are trying to divide their mother’s house between them
Joy wants a baby, Storm wants to be seen, Sage wants to be paid, Maya doesn’t want anyone to find out her secret and Granny’s in a wheelchair on day release. Mum’s presence still seeps through the ceiling and the floors. The Pelican Daughters are home for the last time.
The play’s authors, Wardrobe Ensemble, use their trademark irreverent humour and lovable characters to tackle the idea of what it means for young people to grapple with inheritance, loss and justice in this comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother’s death.

Jazz Jamil Sheriff Trio with Nadim Teimoori
2025-02-27 20:00 - 22:30
Performing brand new music from his latest album, Jamil brings together this exquisite group of musicians featuring long time collaborators Dave Walsh (drums), Nadim Teimoori (saxophone) and Sam Quintana (double bass).
For this new project Jamil has written a collection of music that stands out amongst his impressive back catalogue, drawing from African and Latin American influences as well as pieces that feel more connected to classical composers such as John Ireland. Expect to pulled in by his immersive writing and as always, space and freedom for this group of world-class soloists.
Jamil’s latest quote from 2024
‘Entirely Delightful – the model of a great band playing great tunes with flair and evident enjoyment.’ Jazzwise
Examples of Jamil’s work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ZTu7PIGxQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_otXIoiAQ (featuring Nadim)
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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
