You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Summer Youth Musical Theatre Workshop (Ages 8 – 16)

Lowther’s Summer Musical Theatre workshop involves 9 full days for young people aged 8-16 years, building skills and rehearsing a performance with a professional director, musical director, choreographer, lighting and sound designers. The dates are Monday 11-Friday 15 August and Monday 18-Thursday 21 August. 9.30am-4pm each day, plus the evening of Thursday 21 August. Young…

Home Ed Drama: Seniors (10-16 yrs)

Each Wednesday morning, we use drama games and improvisation to create original work, making friends, building confidence and creativity. Sometimes we bring in other art forms; making short film clips, using visual art, etc. Nobody is pressured to participate. We aim to create a space where people feel respected, welcomed and safe to be themselves.…

Home Ed Drama: Juniors (6-10 yrs)

Juniors develop drama skills and confidence. We play games, use imagination, make friends and create original, quirky and comical stories and shows to share with friends and family. There is an option to build in Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification, at a level appropriate to each individual young person. Wednesdays, 11am-12.30pm £6 per week

Adult Theatre Group (18 and over)

Learn new skills, meet different people and be inspired. Sessions have included script work, trust exercises, acting for camera, writing, improvisation, devising and performing work to an invited audience. Regular tutor Hellen Kirby is a professional actor, working in theatre and TV who teaches for drama schools and theatres. Guest tutors have also shared one-off…

Silent Approach

‘Silent Approach’ written by Caroline Lamb / directed by Helen Parry A one-act play based on real events, with post-show discussion. When the treatment received in a secure unit would be considered assault in the outside world, can we really call it care? In 2007, Rebecca House was a serving police officer with the Lancashire…

Doing Dickens

Dickens meets disaster in this fast-paced comedy. Four actors attempt the impossible: performing every Charles Dickens novel in one show. Brace yourself for witty wordplay, lots of fake beards, and more chaos than Victorian workhouse! The award-winning Northern Comedy Theatre unleash their latest show across the UK starring Coronation Street legend Steven Arnold (aka Ashley…

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia (15)

Inter Alia a new play by Suzie Miller Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive…

‘The Unfriend’ by Steven Moffat

An exciting new comedy by the well-known Steven Moffat whose impressive credits include Dr Who, The Time Traveller’s Wife and Sherlock to name but a few. This play was described as “ An uproarious comedy of English embarrassment” and Fylde Coast Players look forward to introducing their audience to… THE UNFRIEND While on holiday Peter…

The Haunting of Blaine Manor

The Haunting of Blaine Manor Winner of The Salford Star Best Play of the Year Award Written & Directed by Joe O’Byrne England, 1953. Renowned American parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle, famous for discrediting hauntings and exposing fake mediums, is invited to attend a seance in Blaine Manor, said to be the most haunted building in…