Chorley Theatre

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Chorley Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society. Member of the Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain.

Current Productions

Tom LawrinsonBuried Alive (And Loving It)

The Swing Commanders

Neil DelamereAchilles Neil

The Knicker Spy

The Importance of Being Earnest

Miles JuppOn I Bang

Simon EvansHave We Met?

Loot

Arthur Smith and Clare Ferguson WalkerTwo Poets and a Packet of Crisps

Angela BarnesAngst

Amy MasonFree Mason

Stephen BaileyTart

Adventures in ScienceSeriously Silly Science For All Ages

Manford’s Comedy Club

Rachel FairburnSide Eye

Jake LambertThe Sunshine Kid

Scott BennettStuff

Ed PatrickCatch Your Breath

Gaslight

Eshaan AkbarLive 2025

The Vicar of Dibley

Tom HoughtonDeep

Snow White

Beatles Complete

Nina GilliganGoldfish

Andrew BirdA Ticklish Mind

Rob AutonThe Eyes Open & Shut Now

Matt BraggMatt Bragg Has Nothing Wrong with Him

Zoe LyonsWerewolf

Jon CulshawImposter Syndrome

Justin MoorhouseThe Greatest Performance of My Life

Phil WalkerHappy Bunny

Andy ZaltzmanThe Zaltgeist

Sophie DukerBut Daddy I Love Her

Tom StadeRisky Business

Larry DeanDodger

The Houghton Weavers

Jack and the Beanstalk

Past Productions

Rich HallShot From Cannons

George LewisThe Best Thing You’ll Ever Do

James B PartridgeThe Big Christmas Assembly!

Mark SteelWork in Progress

Lloyd GriffithBaroque & Roll

Matt FordeEnd of an Era Tour

Barbara NiceFun with Barbara Nice

Andrew RyanLet Me Know Hoiw You Get On

Amy GledhillMake Me Look Fit On The Poster

Colin HoultColin

Mitch BennThe Point

Robin MorganThe Spark

Freddy QuinneIn Sickness

Rich HallShot From Cannons

Paul FootDissolve

Jeff InnocentSmart Casual

Looking for Me FriendThe Music of Victoria Wood

Scott BennettGreat Scott

Constellations

Henry Normal and Nigel Planer

Jamie HutchinsonWaterslide

Matilda Jr.

Count Arthur StrongA Christmas Carol

Lloyd GriffithBaroque & Roll

Dave SpikeyLife in a Northern Town

Gavin WebsterAn Evening of Swearing and Shouting with Gavin Webster

Rubbish Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet

Matt ChorleyPoll Dancer

Russell KaneHyperActive

Dan NightingaleDan Nightingale & Fiends

Richard HerringCan I Have My Ball Back?

Travis JayTravesty

Carl HutchinsonToday Years Old

Tez IlyasAfter Eight

Kiri Pritchard-McLeanPeacock

Ria LinaRiawakening

Ladies Day

Nick HelmSuper Fun Good Time Show

Mark SimmonsQuip Off The Mark

Jonny & The BaptistsThe Happiness Index

Manford’s Comedy Club

A Murder is Announced

The Toxic Avenger

Jessica FostekewMettle

Matt FordeInside No. 10

Ed ByrneTragedy plus Time

Fin TaylorAsk Your Mother

Mark WatsonSearch

Bob Harris and Colin HallThe Songs The Beatles Gave Away

Rob AutonThe Rob Auton Show

Tom HoughtonIt’s Not Ideal

Ray BradshawDoppelginger

The Noise Next DoorFreewheeling

The Noise Next DoorThe Adventure Academy

Sam AveryRole Model

Richard HerringRichard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)

The Noise Next Door

Morgan & West’s Massive Magic Show for Kids

Jack CarrollWalking Funny

Pete Firman – Marvels

Broadcast – RSC: Twelfth Night

Broadcast

Jon Culshaw – The Great British Take Off

Steve Royle – & Friends Family Comedy Show

Broadcast – NT Lady Windermere’s Fan

Andrew Maxwell – Showtime

Pam Ayres – An Evening with Pam Ayres

Broadcast – RSC: Macbeth

The Houghton Weavers

Broadcast – An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde live season)

The Swing Commanders

Broadcast – A Woman of No Importance

Manford’s Comedy Club

An American in Paris the Musical in Cinemas

Justin Moorhouse – Northern Joker

Chris Ramsey – The Just Happy To Get Out Of The House Tour

Broadcast – The Madness of George III

Broadcast – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Broadcast – NT: King Lear

Broadcast – NT: Julie

Carl Hutchinson

Jeremy Hardy – Live 2018

Seann Walsh – After This One I’m Going Home

ComedySportz

Lee Ridley – Lost Voice Guy

Mark Watson – The Infinite Show

Broadcast – NT: I’m Not Running

Broadcast – NT:Antony & Cleopatra

Jess Robinson

Broadcast – Allelujah!

Journey’s End

John-Luke Roberts – All I Wanna Do Is

Shappi Khorsandi – Skittish Warrior

Broadcast – The Tragedy of King Richard the Second

Matt Forde – Brexit Through the Gift Shop

Jimmy Cricket

Angela Barnes – Rose-Tinted

Manford’s Comedy Club

Manford’s Comedy Club

Whiskey in the Jar

Broadcast – Andre Rieu’s Mew Year Concert

Paul Mayhew-Archer – Incurable Optimist

Doug Perkins and the Spectaculars

Buzz Hawkins – The Man Behind the Bradshaws

Manford’s Comedy Club

Manford’s Comedy Club

Broadcast – NT: All My Sons

Luke Kempner – House of Faces

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

A Bunch of Amateurs

Broadcast – NT: Small Island

The Swing Commanders

Wacky Woody’s World of Magic

Broadcast – NT: All About Eve

Hal Cruttenden – Chubster

Dan Leno – A Royal Jester!

Allan Beswick

Don’t Panic! A Dad’s Army Tribute Show

The Houghton Weavers

Broadcast – NT: One Man, Two Guvnors

Broadcast – NT: The Lehman Trilogy

Tom Binns – The Psychic Comedium

SpookTAZtic

Suzi Ruffell – Dance Like Everyone’s Watching

Dave Spikey – A Funny Thing Happened …

John-Luke Roberts – All I Wanna Do Is

Fisherman’s Friends

Jack Dee

Mitch Benn

Gary Delaney – Gagster’s Paradise

Broadcast – Hansard

Broadcast – Present Laughter

Daliso Chaponda – Blah Blah Blacklist

Stepping Out

Harry and Chris

Arabella Weir – Does My Mum Loom Big in This?

Mark Thomas – 50 Things About Us

Clinton Baptiste – The Paranormalist Returns

Broadcast – Fleabag

John-Luke Roberts – After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!

Count Arthur Strong – Is Anybody Out There?

Only Fools & Boycie

Laurence Clark – An Irresponsible Father’s Guide to Parenting

Woman in Mind

Pete Firman – Pete Firman and the Amazing TBC

Glenn Moore – Love Don’t Live Here Glenny Moore

Rob Auton

Broadcast – Bridge Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

ComedySportz

Carl Hutchinson – Carl Hutchinson Live!

Simon Brodkin – 100% Simon Brodkin

Dom Joly – Dom Joly’s Holiday Snaps: Travel and Comedy In The Danger Zone

Matt Richardson – Imposter

Matt Forde – Brexit Pursued By a Bear

Paul McCaffrey – Lemon

Broadcast – 42nd Street

Kiri Pritchard-McLean – Empathy Pains

How Does This Politics Thing Work Then?

Ivo Graham – The Game of Life

Tez Ilyas – Populist

Laura Lexx – Knee Jerk

Broadcast – NT Live:Cyrano de Bergerac

Broadcast – NT Live:The Welkin

John Luke Roberts – AfterMe Comes the Flood (But in French) Drip Splosh Splash Drip Blubbp BlubbpBlubbp Blubbp

Basil Brush – Unleashed

Basil Brush – The Basil Brush Show

Clinton Baptiste – The Paranormalist Returns!

Rob Newman – Philosophy Work In Progress

Jason Manford – Work in Progress

Jason Manford – Like Me

Broadcast – Leopoldstadt

Simon Evans – The Work of the Devil

Bridget Christie – Who Am I?

Simon Brodkin – 100% Simon Brodkin

Matt Forde – Brexit Pursued By a Bear

Basil Brush – Family Fun Show

Basil Brush – Unleashed

Paul McCaffrey – Lemon

John-Luke Roberts – After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!

Pete Firman – Pete Firman and the Amazing

The Houghton Weavers

Dom Joly – Spring 21 Tour

Only Fools & Boycie

Laura Lexx – Knee Jerk

Mark Watson – How You Can Almost Win

Suzi RuffellSnappy

Josh JonesGobsmacked

Jenny Eclair – Sixty! (FFS!)

Bouncers

Little Women

John-Luke Roberts

Rob Newman – Philosophy Show

The Hauntings of Ebenezer Scrooge

Eggscalibur and the Legend of King Arthur

Pete Firman – Pete Firman and the Amazing

Tez Ilyas – Populist

Carl Hutchinson – Carl Hutchinson Live

Clinton Baptiste – Clinton Baptiste goes Stratospheric

Ed Byrne – If I’m Honest

Tom Binns – Buttons – The One-Man Panto

Steve Royle – The Royle Variety Performance

Simon Evans – The Work of the Devil

Jon Courtenay

ComedySportz

Gary Delaney

Daliso Chaponda – Apocalypse Not Now

The Houghton Weavers

Kieran HodgsonBig in Scotland

Pete Firman – Pete Firman and the Amazing TBC

Hal Cruttenden – It’s Best You Hear It From Me

Simon Brodkin – Troublemaker

Jamali Maddix – King Crud

Simon Evans – The Work of the Devil

Paul McCaffrey – Lemon

ComedySportz

Mark Watson – This Can’t Be It

Basil Brush – Family Fun Show

Basil Brush – Unleashed

Alfie Moore – Fair Cop Unleashed

Rob Newman – Philosophy Show

Ordinary Days

Two Mr Ps in a Podcast Live!

Mike Bubbins – Throwback

Rob Auton – The Time Show

Dan Nightingale

All Together Now!

The Swing Commanders

Little Women

Avenue Q

Jess Robinson – The Twelve Days of Jessmas

Blackadder II

Tony Slattery – Tony Slattery is Unrehearsable

The Snow Queen

Matt Forde – The Political Party

Simon Brodkin – Work in Progress

Luke Kempner – Macho Macho Man

Mark Thomas

Matt Chorley – Who is in Charge Here?

Andy Zaltzman – Satirist For Hire

Adam Rowe – Imperious

Kiri Pritchard-McLean – Home Truths

Hayley Ellis – Invisible Mam

Glenn Moore – Will You Still Need Me

Scott Bennett – Great Scott

Sofie Hagen – Fat Jokes

Clinton Baptiste – Baptiste vs Ramone

Matilda the Musical Jr

Shaparak Khorsandi – It Was The 90s!

Russell Kane – The Fast and the Curious

Justin Moorhouse – Stretch & Think

The Swing Commanders

2008: Macbeth

Mark Simmons – Setup, Punchline, Laughter, Repeat

Mitch Benn – It’s About Time

The Houghton Weavers

Mike Bubbins – Throwback

Alun Cochrane – Stuff and Nonsense

Seussical the Musical

Les Dawson: Flying High

Hal Cruttenden – It’s Best You Hear It From Me

Rob Auton – The Crowd Show

Whiskey in the Jar

Rob Newman

Mark Steel – Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright

King Arthur

Troy Hawke – Sigmund Troy’d!

Tom Houghton – Absolute Shambles

Ray Bradshaw – Deaf Com 1

Eshaan Akbar – The Pretender

The Noise Next Door – Homegrown Heroes

Sam Avery – Role Model

Marcus Brigstocke – Absolute Shower

Rhys James – Spilt Milk

Stephen BaileyCrass

Rhys James – Spilt Milk

Dave SpikeyLife in a Northern Town

ComedySportz

Simon Brodkin – Screwed Up

Zoe Lyons – Bald Ambition

Morgan & West – Unbelievable Science

Rich Hall – Shot From Cannons

Arsenic and Old Lace

Emmanuel Sonubi – Emancipated

Dan NightingaleIs Special

Goodnight Mister Tom

Markus BirdmanPlatinum

Manford’s Comedy Club

Clinton BaptisteRoller Ghoster

Reverend Richard ColesBorderline National Trinket

Carl Hutchinson – Watch Till The End

Jo CaulfieldHere Comes Trouble

Darren HarriottRoadman

Ivo Graham – My Future My Clutter

Simon EvansThe Work of the Devil

Henry Normal – The Escape Plan

Frankenstein

Tommy Cannon – Rock On, Tommy

Angela Barnes – Hot Mess

Pottervision

Robin Ince

Magical Bones – Soulful Magic

Justin Moorhouse – Stretch & Think

Geoff Norcott – Basic Bloke

Jen Brister – The Optimist

The Houghton Weavers

Hayley EllisHayley’s Comic

Debra StephensonThe Many Voices of Debra Stephenson

Bethany Black – Always Bet on Beth

The Swing Commanders

Tom HoughtonAbsolute Shambles

Pete FirmanTrik Tok

The Girl on the Train

Falling More Slowly

Treasure Island

William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)

Ed ByrneTragedy plus Time

Brian Bilston

Bridget ChristieWho Am I?

Alfie BrownRed Flags Galore!

Alfie MooreA Face for Radio

Tom StadeNatural Born Killer

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Andrew BirdTaken Seriously

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