What have we done?
Silent NightThis highly acclaimed show, built around the story of the Christmas Truce in the Great War, was TITQ's first professional touring production. It was a sell out in all of the venues and starred Elizabeth Bassham, Paul Dabek, Thomas Latham and Jay McWinen.
Writer:Helen Newall, Composer and musical director Matt Baker. Director: Russ Tunney
Designer: Heather Shaw. Lighting: Ben Willetts,
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Garden Lane - The MusicalIn September 2008 the Pavilion at Chester Racecourse was transformed into a theatrical space to present this hilarious and moving play based on the problems and tensions experienced by a local community as it struggles to to maintain its sense of identity and pride in the face of change. Written by local playwright Rob Edmunds with music by Matt Baker, the show was brought to life by a company of twenty young actors and musicians
Written by Rob Edmonds, with music by Matt Baker. Directed by Ally Cutler, design by Rhyannon Richardson, Lighting by Ben Willetts Choreography by Lindsay Ingoldsby
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Some Sunny Day
'Some Sunny Day' was a weave of memories and stories from the Second World War, inspired by the people and the places of Chester's Garden Quarter, and told by a company of talented young actor/musicians from the Chester area. The play was a magical theatrical timepiece, evoking, through drama and song, the real world of a close knit urban community of Chester, as it experienced the Second World War both at home and away. Performed to sell out audiences at Chester's atmospheric Guild Hall.
Writer:Helen Newall, composer and musical director Matt Baker.
Directed by Ally Cutler, design by Cathy Cross,choreography by Lindsay Ingoldsby
Sweet Sixteen
Theatre in The Quarters second major production. Sweet Sixteen was also inspired by the wonderful stories and memories of people living in and around our city, as they remembered being sixteen years of age. The production, bursting with energy, music, dance, photo imagery and a very multi-talented company, performed to very large audiences at Chesters Gateway Theatre in September 2006.
Written by Helen Newall, with music by Matt Baker.
Directed by Max Rubin, lighting by Ben Willetts, design by Cathy Cross
Twelve Days of Christmas
A professional and community cast of a hundred performers of every age, all drawn from the local community, presented the third magical and original production in the beautiful and unusual setting of St Thomas of Canterbury Church, in the Garden Quarter of Chester. As Professor Crumple was trying to explain the meaning of the Twelve Days of Christmas, the audience were literally immersed in the atmosphere of carollers, ancient mummers, scholars, choristers, children singing the Nativity story, St George and even the Lord of Misrule.
Written by Helen Newall, with music by Matt Baker.
Directed by Gav Cross, Design by Cathy Cross, lighting by Ben Willetts