“The thing is – Jane Austen isn’t just any author; she’s your author.” Emma Watson is nineteen, new in town, and, as with all good Austen heroines, in the market for a husband. Cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back home with her ailing father, Emma must marry, fast. Luckily there are plenty […]

“You have a great following and a strong personality, and all you do with your talent is wear dressing-gowns and make witty remarks!” Discontented matinee idol Garry Essendine sits at the centre of his own universe; suave, hedonistic, and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. While his harmless flings with infatuated […]

“You took a chance advertising like that. ‘Life model. Middle aged male. No experience required.’ You could have got some right whatsit – weirdos.” Burslem bloke and lifelong Port Vale fan Dennis Hancock is rapidly declining in middle age and sinking into the ranks of the long-term unemployed. In desperation, he answers an ad in […]

“I get these... sort of, black holes in my memory. I wake up the next day and people have to tell me what happened...” Down on her luck and longing for a different life, Rachel finds her only escape watching the perfect couple through the train window every day, apparently happy and in love. But […]

They’ve Done Shakespeare, Done Whodunnit, Done the Dead and now the multi-award-winning Northern Comedy Theatre are back with their latest comedy DOING THE MAGIC by David Spicer featuring STEVEN ARNOLD who played Ashley Peacock in Coronation Street for 15-years. Terri and Tom’s touring magic show has seen better days and is more delusion than illusion. […]

Duos come and duos go, and some nurture and fine tune their art and watch it grow into something totally original and captivating. For over a quarter of a century Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman’s partnership has proved personal, permanent and pivotal. From their early days in folk supergroup Equation through to their new album, […]

Prestbury Youth Pantomime present their annual family panto

Join the royal family and a host of colourful characters in the fun and hilarity that ensues. We journey from young Aurora to her adult self, and encounter plenty of mishaps along the way. But will they manage to wake up the Sleeping Beauty?Full of comedy, song and audience participation.