Future productions

THE 39 STEPS

February, 2012

THE 39 STEPS by John Buchan adapted by Patrick Barlow

Urbane, bored Richard Hannay has been back in London for 3 months now and is, frankly, wondering why. After he makes eyes at a mysterious, foreign woman at the theatre, she accompanies him back to his London home .... where she soon turns up dead.

With no more than that, Hannay is cast into a headlong run for his life as a mysterious spy organisation alternately pursues and is pursued by him, from London to Scotland and back, as he fights to clear himself of the murder.

Imagine Hitchcock's iconic film version translated onto the stage. Four actors play around 140 characters, with great comic timing and imaginative narration.

Performances at 7.45pm 10 - 18 February 2012

Tickets on sale at Nantwich Tourist Office (01270 537359) from 23 January

"Sex appeal, fights, Scotland Yard, love, betrayal, car chases, silk stockings, French men, English women, sheep, murder ...." 

SALT OF THE EARTH

May, 2012

SALT OF THE EARTH by John Godber

Beginning during the post-war austerity of 1947 and culminating amid the backdrop of the Miners' strike of the 1980's, the play follows the lives of sisters Annie and May and their families through the 20th Century, through an era of changing values and attitudes.

John Godber's play spans three generations of decent honest working class folk from a West Yorkshire mining town, making the best of what they have, and the most of every opportunity they are given. 

Performances at 7.45pm 18 - 26 May 2012

Tickets on sale at Nantwich Tourist Office (01270 537359) from 30 April

"A story of love and loss, dreams and disappointment, community and culture, humour and heartache"