Chester

Tip Top Productions announce new chapter as they bid farewell to Chester city centre home

November 26, 2020 // 0 Comments

We Are Chester’s Paul Crofts has been a part of Tip Top Productions for many years. He has performed in a number of productions and has also been a key part of the [...]

Review: Tip Top Productions – Musical Magic at Theatr Clwyd

September 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Words: Paul Crofts. Photos: Mark Carline/Paul Crofts With so many theatres and arts venues still closed to due to Covid-19, it was with much anticipation that We Are [...]

Across the Great Divide: a short story by Paul Williams

July 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a departure from our usual fact and opinion-based offerings, we’ve branched out with a dip into the glorious waters of fiction writing, courtesy of this short story [...]

Don’t let the curtain fall on Storyhouse

June 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

We Are Chester’s editor Angela Ferguson gives her views on the worrying news from Storyhouse in Chester. Photos: Angela Ferguson The final curtain must not be allowed [...]

A vision of post-lockdown Chester – from artist Dai Owen

April 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

Are you having good and bad days when it comes to adjusting to the new normal in this somewhat dystopian world we are now living in? Yep, so are we. You’re not alone. [...]

The show must go on: The arts world’s response to coronavirus

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Words: Paul Crofts and Photos: Paul Crofts and Angela Ferguson As coronavirus continues to have an impact on our every day lives, We Are Chester writer Paul Crofts takes a [...]

On Chester Streets: reportage sketching looking at life in Chester by Dai Owen

February 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

Our artist Dai Owen has been out and about in Chester, talking to some of those people who are without a roof over their heads in the city. It’s a sad and harsh reality [...]

Tip Top Productions take theatre to new and Wuthering Heights in Chester

February 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Words: Angela Ferguson. Photos: Jeff Price and Angela Ferguson. We’d like to take a moment to say a huge well done to Tip Top Productions, who keep producing an array of [...]

Merry Christmas from the We Are Chester team

December 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Merry Christmas from all of the team at We Are Chester. Thanks so much for your support as we aim to shine a light on the good stuff happening in and around our city. It [...]

Food review: Afternoon tea at WOOD Chester

December 16, 2019 // 1 Comment

Words and photos: Paul Crofts Afternoon tea has long been a British favourite. With lots of choice on offer in Chester, We Are Chester writer Paul Crofts went along to Hotel [...]