Cathy Shiel has been a busy bunny, sorry, Squirrel this year. In addition to her superb range as an actor, Cathy is also an Early Years Specialist and an outstanding clown. This year she secured Arts Council Funding to develop her new piece of theatre: Cyril the Squirrel. Cyril the Squirrel is an exciting, silly and heart-warming new piece of children’s theatre about diversity, friendship and life in Woody Woodyland.The play tells the story of Cyril, a squirrel in turmoil, who is taunted and teased by some of the animal folk of woody woodland. The colour of his fur and his eating habits mean he is soon evicted from his tree by a sneaky weasel. Fortunately Rosie Red has a good idea – ting – should Cyril stand up for his Squirrel rights and can squirrels even stand up?! For information on the show and its forthcoming 2016 tour, click here. And for videos following the R and D process – click here! Photography credit – Tracey Gibbs
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December 11th – Annie Wallace
Annie Wallace hosts December 11th – she is our current regular talent on Hollyoaks. Playing Headmistress Sally St Claire – Annie is thrilled with her new role and is loving the whole team over at Lime Pictures. You can catch her most days on E4 and C4 and can keep up with all the gossip here. Merry Christmas Annie!
December 9th and 10th – Our Ugly Sisters
Love opening two doors of your advent calendar? So do we – so we’ve got a double act for December 9th and 10th. Our very own Darren John Langford and Keith De’Winter are playing Ugly Sisters Conchita and Juanita in ‘Cinderella’ for PMA Productions. Keith has spent some of 2015 in various exciting film projects – more news to follow about that in the near future. Whilst Darren recently starred in a piece for JBShorts14. For tickets this Christmas – see the different venues’ websites: Oswaldtwistle – here. Cannock – here. Colne – here. Merry Christmas Uglies!
Hayley Russell – December 8th
Hayley has just finished her latest tour with the ‘Vampires Rock’ family. Playing number one venues in the country, the company have a strong following and an excellent reputation. Keep up to date with those guys, read reviews and see the gallery here. Hayley has moved straight into panto season and is playing the Princess in Pendle Productions’ ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ at the Thwaites Empire Theatre in Blackburn. Full show listings can be found here. No rest for the wicked Hayley!