Welcome to the Theatre in the Quarter website
Theatre in the Quarter is Chester’s leading professional theatre company. Founded in 2005, it has gained a strong reputation for commissioning highly acclaimed unique and original musical productions, engaging with professional actors, musicians, directors and designers from Cheshire and the North West, as well as over 500 members of the community, of all ages and abilities. Past projects include Some Sunny Day, Sweet Sixteen, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Garden Lane – The Musical and Silent Night.
Its original productions draw inspiration from the lives and experiences of the people of Chester and surrounding areas. The production team is always made up of professionals.
The work of the company is supported by Arts Council England, Cheshire West and Chester Council and through partnerships and sponsorships from Chester Racecourse, University of Chester and other businesses and companies. Theatre in the Quarter also works with other arts organisations in making exciting projects happen.
Plans for large scale community productions, professional tours and multimedia projects are underway. For more information see NEWS.
NEVER mind these noisy pantomimes – I have just seen the perfect Christmas show. Silent Night .... told the story of the Christmas Truce in the trenches during the First World War. Not an obvious festive winner, you would think, but you would be wrong. Heart warming was the word for this miniscule, magnificent production, which tapped into the bravery, poignancy and, yes, stubborn humour of war, and sent us out uplifted. This was innovative theatre at its best, with talented professional actors backed by a local amateur choir, with minimum props and atmospheric lighting. Through dialogue, narration and song, the deadly story of the Somme was told. …
Peggy Woodcock, Chester Chronicle
