Theatre this July – Park Your Thoughts
A simple park bench – The complex lives and thoughts of those who sit there Have you noticed those people on park benches? Have you been one of them? What takes us there? A desire to be alone and contemplate? To be among others? To have fun? To enjoy nature? To make sense of our thoughts […]
Chaotic Christmas in Tideswell
A heart warming and thought provoking comedy by a local writer is being performed in the village this November. All The Lonely People, written by Sue Hawkins, is Tideswell Community Players’ latest production. It will be performed Thursday 23rd November to Saturday 25th November. The play is set around the meetings of a village committee […]
Park Your Thoughts
A simple park bench. The complex inner world of those who sit there. Have you noticed those people? Were you one of them? What takes us there? A desire to be alone and contemplate? To be among others? To have fun? To enjoy nature? To make sense of thoughts and feelings? Tideswell Community Players’ July […]
Deception and its Consequences
Arthur Miller’s stunning play All My Sons is coming to the magnificent surroundings of Tideswell Church on 10 – 12 November. Performed by Tideswell Community Players, it is a compelling story of love, guilt and the corrupting power of greed. The play was Arthur Miller’s first great Broadway success. The play sealed his reputation as one of […]
Powerful Drama this November
Hold the date! Tideswell Community Players present Arthur Miller’s All My Sons in the magnificent surroundings of St John’s Church, Tideswell, 7:30pm Thursday 10th November to Saturday 12th November. Written in 1947, it is a compelling story of love, guilt and the corrupting power of greed. All My Sons was Arthur Miller’s first great Broadway […]
Heaving bosoms and aching feet in the church!
Come and see a life affirming comedy this month when Tideswell Community Players perform Cheshire Cats by Gail Young in the parish church. A group of women decide to enter a famous charity walk to raise money for breast cancer research while also enjoying a girly weekend away in London. So it’s on with trainers, fancy […]
See the Meanest Man in Tideswell
Reading this in November? you’re probably in time for the famous tale about Scrooge. Tideswell Community Players perform A Christmas Carol in Tideswell Church 26 – 28 November. The traditional tale by Dickens with contemporary twists making a heartwarming comedy for winter. Marley’s haunting visit, three ghosts of Christmas, the Cratchit family, Fezziwig, Tiny Tim: Get in the mood for Christmas! 7:30pm Thursday […]
Red Hat Day for Fountain Square Restoration
A leading theatre company is coming to Tideswell to help the Fountain Square restoration. Come to the show: help raise funds. New Perspectives perform He Wore A Red Hat in Fountain Square Church on 12th December as a fundraiser for the church’s Living Stones project. It’s a festive comedy mystery. The idea was developed between Tideswell Community Players and New Perspectives, […]
Festive Comedy Helps Raise The Roof
Tideswell Community Players are working with New Perspectives Theatre Company and Fountain Square Church to bring a performance of He Wore A Red Hat to the village on 12th December. A gala performance of this festive comedy, the latest play from New Perspectives, full of twists and turns, is coming to the village to help […]
Seasonal Comedy in Tideswell Church
On 26 – 28 November Tideswell Community Players perform A Christmas Carol in Tideswell Church. Adapted and directed by Rob Puckett, this is the traditional tale by Dickens but with a few contemporary twists. It’s all there in this heartwarming comedy for the winter season: the miserliness of Scrooge, Marley’s haunting visit, the three ghosts […]
A Meanie Christmas
Tideswell Community Players’ autumn production is A Christmas Carol, to be performed in Tideswell Church. Adapted by Rob Puckett, this is a performance of the traditional tale but with a few contemporary twists. Thrill at the sheer miserliness of Scrooge, wonder at the three ghosts, shed a tear at the plight of Tiny Tim…will Christmas […]
Famous Comedy in Tideswell this May
The famous comedy Rosencrantz and Guildentstern are Dead is Tideswell Community Players’ spring play. Performed this month, it celebrates 85 years of theatre in the village. It is a great choice for this anniversary year, as Tom Stopard’s funny play is, among other things, about acting and performance. It is staged in the magnificent setting […]