Jazz Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO
2024-01-25 20:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London) | Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich, CW9 8NF, United Kingdom
MOJO (Music Of Jewish Origin) charts the history of Jewish artists and songwriters through the ages. It is narrated and played by Jeremy from the piano, accompanied by his exceptional trio, and bears all the hallmarks of his inimitable style as an entertaining raconteur. It is well researched but the musical story is told from a personal perspective.
Jeremy explains “The theme of Jewish songwriters has been covered before, but I noticed that these usually concentrated on a relatively narrow time frame encompassing the Great American Songbook and Broadway musicals. I decided to widen the scope into a story that covers this period but then progresses through rock and roll and into popular music, right up to the present day. Without wanting to give away too much, my songwriters range from George Gershwin and Irving Berlin through Leiber & Stoller, Leonard Cohen and Carole King, to Barry Manilow and Amy Winehouse. All in 90 minutes or less!”
So, expect great music, several laughs, some audience participation and a few surprises as Jeremy takes you on his personal journey through the contribution of Jewish songwriters to the wonderful world of contemporary music.
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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 Harry on 01606 74502 or 07717 224 238

Doors & Bar 7.30pm Gigs start @ 8pm Tickets £15

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

Play Reading Social
2024-01-04 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-11-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-10-05 19:30 - 22:00
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

Little Pixie present 'A Christmas Carol'
2023-12-17 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-12-15 19:30 - 22:00
Little Pixie Productions present:
A Christmas Carol
Dickens’ haunting tale of humanity and redemption.
Told in words & Music by:-
Actor Edward Little
Soprano: Helena Leonard and…
Accompanist: Carl Penlington Williams
Two performances – Friday 15th, Sunday 17th December both at 7.30pm (Doors open at 7pm)
The Davenham Players Theatre, Church street, Davenham, Cheshire, CW9 8NF
Tickets £10 Adults, £8 Children
Available from: L J Little Dancewear 99 Chester Rd, Northwich CW8 1HH
Call 07702 307 546 Email helena-rpo@littlepixieproductions.co.uk
Tickets are also available at the door.

www.littlepixieproductions.co.uk

Jazz Mike Hall`s `Boplicity`
2023-12-14 20:00 - 22:30
Mike Hall was Musical and Artistic Director at the Royal Northern College of Music Big Band for 20 years. He then decided to channel his love of larger jazz groups into an the formation of an octet – `Boplicity`
The initial core of the band`s repertoire was along the lines of the West Coast jazz groups of the 1950s; Dave Pell, Gerry Mulligan et al. Mike is now starting to write his own arrangements, the latest one being a recreation of five movements of Billy Strayhorn’s re-writing of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite!
The core of the group is Mike`s regular jazz quartet;
Eryl Roberts on drums
Ed Harrison on double bass and
Andy Hulme on guitar….
…. who are all very busy musicians in the jazz arena while the others playing brass and saxophone are all great players in their own right.
Mike promises this to be a `Christmas Special` so be prepared to be entertained and get into the festive mood.
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 £13 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

NO Acting Group in December
2023-12-11 19:30 - 22:00
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

Members' Quiz Night Social
2023-12-07 19:30 - 22:00
Hello members
This promises to be a good night and we would love to see you and your friends in your own team or come alone and we will find you a team.
Either Email or phone Sheila at Tel 07412 941 065
as we need to know numbers for catering
Thank you
Paulette

Folk M G Boulter & James Biddulph Jnr
2023-12-01 20:00 - 22:30
December 1st 2023 sees the third annual Pre Christmas visit by Matt Boulter to Davenham Players Theatre, in the company of John Biddulph Jnr who featured with Matt back in 2021.
Doors 19.30 Start 20.00 Curfew 22.15
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.
December sees M G Boulter’s return to Davenham for a show that will feature songs from his acclaimed recent album, Clifftown, alongside other tunes old and new from an upcoming album set for release sometime in 2024.
“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.
http://www.mgboulter.co.uk/
James Biddulph Jnr
By day James Biddulph Jnr is a builder, but by night you’ll find him out and about around the North West entertaining locals not only as a soloist but also as one part of the band Brand New Mornings. He’s been playing for nearly thirty years and became a semi-pro just over ten years ago. No doubt the night’s tunes will feature both solo work and some recent releases from the band Brand New Mornings.
https://www.facebook.com/brandnewmornings1
All monies raised via ticket sales go to the bands and the theatre.
Online tkts available
£12.10
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/586430
£11.00 [mark me as a friend]
paypal.me/andrewwhalley1
Local cash purchases
Call 07510 853 589 to arrange
On The Door will cost more – if available.
If required the venue will be managed to ensure compliance with any government regulations regarding Covid-19.

Jazz Emma Johnson`s `Gravy Boat`
2023-11-30 20:00 - 22:30
EMMA JOHNSON`S GRAVY BOAT
Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat is a melodic, cinematic jazz quintet led by Leeds based saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson.
Gravy Boat is a band that write and perform melodic, accessible jazz in performances that weave music and stories with “characteristically Northern warmth and charm.”​
In reviews of their debut album, Worry Not, Gravy Boat have been described as ‘one of the most refreshingly imaginative and perfectly configured acts in contemporary Jazz.’
​Since then, they have toured nationally, welcoming audiences returning to live music with stories, warmth and melodic, spacious compositions that allow each band member to shine, and celebrated the one year anniversary of Worry Not with a limited edition vinyl release.
In 2022, Emma created Northern Flame, a set of new work for Lancaster Jazz Festival’s Evolve Commission supported by PRS Foundation, which premiered at the festival in September as the culmination of an incredible weekend of music.
In 2023, this developed into the band’s second album, Northern Flame, inspired by the light, resilience and (often quiet) strength of Northern women, both past and present. Northern Flame is set for release on the 3rd November, 2023, and will be supported by a tour comprising of both festival and jazz club appearances across the England and Wales.
LINE-UP
Saxophone – Emma Johnson
Guitar – Fergus Vickers
Piano – Richard Jones
Double Bass – Angus Milne
Drums – Steve Hanley

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 £13 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 Club
2023-11-26 19:30 - 22:30
Tickets @ £13 available through our ticket shop at
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

'Allo 'Allo by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
2023-11-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-11-24 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-11-23 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-11-22 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-11-21 19:30 - 22:00
You’ve seen ‘Allo ‘Allo on TV but this play is not one of the TV episodes.
Get ready for a new tangled plot with the same familiar characters in new scrapes!
21ST – 25TH NOVEMBER AT 7:30PM
TICKETS @ £12 NOW AVAILABLE
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Acting Group
2023-11-13 19:30 - 22:00, 2023-10-09 19:30 - 22:00

Davenham Comedy Club
2023-10-29 19:30 - 22:30
Tickets @ £13 now available through our ticket shop at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/davenhamplayers

Jazz Nicola Farnon Trio
2023-10-26 20:00 - 22:30
NICOLA FARNON TRIO
Widely recognised as one of the classiest Jazz and Swing singers and/or double bassists in the UK, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nicola Farnon has a remarkable musical pedigree, both parents being professional classical musicians and her great uncle no less than the late Robert Farnon.
Originally raised classically on the cello and the piano, Nicola started singing and playing double bass in her twenties which led to a jazz career spanning 25 years (so far!).
Nicola has played and recorded with such Jazz luminaries as Dave Newton, Digby Fairweather, Jim Mullen, Bruce Adams and Alan Barnes and alongside class jazz acts as diverse as Eliane Elias, Courtney Pine, Georgie Fame,Tony Kofi, Michael Garrick Jazz Britannia Orchestra, Sir John Dankworth and Dame Cleo Laine, Humphrey Lyttleton and Acker Bilk.
On stage Nicola is a class act with a passionate and swinging style, outstanding personality and a charismatic stage presence to match – with an uncanny ability to adapt her performance to captivate and embrace any audience.
LINE-UP
Nicola Farnon – Double bass and vocals
Richard Weatherall – Keys
Phil Johnson – Drums

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 £13 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

Spitting Feathers Band - Caught in the Act
2023-10-21 20:00 - 22:30
Tickets @ £12 adult £6 U-16 available now from our ticket shop

AUDITION - 'Heaven Sent' by Sebastian Thiery
2023-10-18 19:30 - 21:30
AUDITION NOTICE
Heavent Sent by Sebastian Thiery
I will be directing the above play to be staged at Davenham Theatre in late Feb 2024 and I hope that you might be interested in coming along to our second audition on Wednesday18th October. So this is just a line to say you would be very welcome.
The play was written by Sebastian Thiery a French writer. We will be working on an English version translated and relocated to an upmarket Manchester suburb by Charlie Gobbett. The cast of 2 M and 2 F, four great parts and a brilliantly funny script make it a great play with a surprising end.
Please do come along .
Best wishes
Sheila Hetherington

Davenham Writing Group
2023-10-16 19:30 - 22:00
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

Hands Up Who's Happy? by Doodlebug Productions
2023-10-14 19:30 - 22:00
A one-night only opportunity to see Doodlebug Productions present
HANDS UP WHO’S HAPPY?
A play by Steve Cooper
Inspired by Victoria Wood
Originally commissioned by the Victoria Wood Foundation and Bury’s ‘Happy Festival’, HANDS UP WHO’S HAPPY? is a fast-paced, thought-provoking, laugh out loud comedy
Small cast + big heart = happiness!
After being granted privileged permission to rummage through Victoria Wood’s personal archive, Rawtenstall born Steve Cooper has produced a play that celebrates her style and humour, without being too fawning.
Victoria wasn’t a fan of fawning!
A FEW AUDIENCE COMMENTS:
“Thought-provoking and hilarious”
“Literally non-stop laughs, start to finish.”
“Clever, unique, funny, dynamic. An amazing energy created in the room.”
“Bloody brilliant. Best laugh I’ve had in ages.”
“Oh, ye gods! It was brilliant and then some!”
“Our cheeks are sore from laughing.”

“We’d like to apologise to viewers in the north, it must be awful for them.”
(Victoria Wood)
SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2023 AT 7:30PM
NOT PART OF OUR SEASON TICKET OFFER
Tickets @ £12.00 from our Ticket Shop

AUDITION - 'Heaven Sent' by Sebastian Thiery
2023-10-02 19:30 - 21:30
AUDITION NOTICE
Heavent Sent by Sebastian Thiery
I will be directing the above play to be staged at Davenham Theatre in late Feb 2024 and I hope that you might be interested in coming along to our first Audition on 2 Oct. So this is just a line to say you would be very welcome.
The play was written by Sebastian Thiery a French writer. We will be working on an English version translated and relocated to an upmarket Manchester suburb by Charlie Gobbett. The cast of 2 M and 2 F, four great parts and a brilliantly funny script make it a great play with a surprising end.
Please do come along .
Best wishes
Sheila Hetherington

Ivan Campo & Greg Oldfield
2023-09-29 20:00 - 22:30
Following on from a couple of visits to the Northwich area in 2022 [March – Davenham Theatre / Sept- Salty Dog] and a more recent tour of mainland Spain – a return for Ivan Campo alongside Greg Oldfield to the area – bringing their fantastic tunes alongside the Worlds greatest drum kit; best to check out youtube to determine what musical box they fall into…if any…
All monies raised via ticket sales go to the bands and the theatre.
IVAN CAMPO
Having met in the city of Preston whilst studying contemporary music at University, English folk-pop trio Ivan Campo are now set to release their highly-anticipated tenth studio album and have now returned with their latest offering ‘The Girl Who Dreamed’.
With an impressive back story that includes four studio sessions for BBC 6Music and having their song ‘The Great Procrastinator’ featured on TV series Skins, ‘The Girl Who Dreamed’ sees them return in stellar form. With its light and uplifting aesthetic that combined wistful guitar hooks and sweeping vocals, their newest delight is sure to brighten the day of anyone who hears it.
https://www.mysticsons.com/article/getting-know-ivan-campo
GREG OLDFIELD
Opening the night will be Widnes born singer-songwriter Greg Oldfield – previously in Great and Lady Soul, releasing several singles on Virgin Records.
He is known for lyrics that often refer to his home town, and was a member of the Smoking Dragons project, writing much of the music.
Online tkts available from 30th June
£11.00
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/570968
£10.00 [mark me as a friend]
paypal.me/andrewwhalley1
Local cash purchases
Call 07510 853 589 to arrange

Cheers
Andrew & Samantha Whalley
56 Green Avenue Davenham Northwich Cheshire CW9 8HZ

Jazz Dean Stockdale`s `Celebrating Oscar` Quartet
2023-09-28 20:00 - 22:30
The ‘Celebrating Oscar’ Quartet is a new quartet playing inventive arrangements of Oscar Peterson’s original compositions together with music that he was associated with. Dean Stockdale is a highly regarded jazz pianist, arranger and composer based in the North of England. He is known for his sensitive, swinging style and regularly appears around the UK with some of the best names in UK jazz. The band focus on bringing the infectious swing of Oscar’s music and showcasing his own compositions. The quartet features:

Dean Stockdale on keys
Gavin Barras on bass
Gaz Hughes on drums
Tim Williams on guitar

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 £13 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
