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Review: Magic Of The Musicals – On The Mark Youth Theatre, Christleton High School, Chester

July 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

The night the West End and Broadway came to Chester! Words and pics: Paul Crofts I must admit that, to my shame, I hadn’t seen an On The Mark Youth Theatre [...]

Review: Twelfth Night, Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, Chester

July 20, 2019 // 1 Comment

Words: Nathaniel Bullough. Photos: Mark McNulty There’s just something about being outside, a certain je ne sais quoi that heightens the attraction; from [...]

Review: Glorious, Forum Studio Theatre, Chester

June 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Words: Angela Ferguson. Photos: Mark Carline. American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins had a dream – to sing at the legendary Carnegie Hall back in the heady days of [...]

Review: Bouncing Back, Storyhouse, Chester

June 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

Words: Angela Ferguson. Photos: Will Hay, Steve Cain and Angela Ferguson We are incredibly fortunate here in Chester to have many talented creative folk amongst us. Gail [...]

Review: Coupling, Forum Studio Theatre, Chester

May 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

We are honoured to welcome special guest reviewer, Chester playwright Gail Young. Gail, who has penned a number of critically-acclaimed plays, including Bouncing Back and [...]

Review: Rain Man at Theatr Clwyd

March 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

By Antonia Merola Jones Take an Oscar-winning beloved classic, replace Tom Cruise with an actor best known for his role in British soaps Hollyoaks and Coronation Street and [...]

Review: Another Side & The Colour Snatchers, Theatre in the Quarter, Chester

February 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Long established in the city, Theatre in The Quarter (TiQ) has built up an excellent reputation for staging large scale community theatre as well as providing a springboard [...]

Review: The Wizard of Oz, Storyhouse, Chester

December 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

We Are Chester’s Angela Ferguson and her daughters travel to the land of Oz to meet Dorothy, Toto and friends, via the magical winter wonderland that is Storyhouse in [...]

Panto review: Cinderella at Northwich Memorial Court

December 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

Words and pictures: Tori Erskine Here at We Are Chester, we have been spoilt for choice with Christmas shows in Cheshire and further afield this year. A Christmas panto is [...]

Panto review: Dick Whittington, Theatr Clwyd, Mold

December 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

Our editor Angela Ferguson takes her daughters along to Theatr Clwyd to experience what has now become an annual festive tradition for the three of them – watching the [...]