Events in Bury - Theatre

Join a short guided tour and learn more about the history of this fascinating Theatre.

Calling all northern fashionistas, this is an event you do not want to miss!
Carrying on from launch day celebrations, The Rock will host a September Fashion Spectacular!
Catwalk shows will showcase all the latest Autumn/Winter ranges to ensure you look your best as the typically Northern weather sets in.

Our high energy dancers will keep you entertained between purchases along with live performances from fantastic local band, Redwire.

Featuring comedian Paul Sinha, compere Jonathan Mayor, and Team Tracey.

This event has been organised by Bury Council LGBT Network.

Summerseat Players present "Daisy Pulls It Off" by Denise Deegan.

This is an affectionate pastiche of the classic girls school story as written by the likes of Angela Brazil. Chock full of slang like “topping”, and “scrummy”, the play concerns a scholarship girl from a poor family who attends the exclusive Grangewood School. The plot involves hidden treasure, a long-lost father, a conceited prefect, and the traditional lashings of hockey matches, secret passwords and dormitory pranks.

The cast: Diane Manship, Julie Hart, Anni Partington, Steve Coulter, Ian Marshall, Gemma Barnshaw, Emma Brennan, Abbi Jones, Lorna Wroe, Bridget Gonda, Eleanor Maxwell, Lorna Murphy, Amy Ainscow, Emma Bracewell

Directed by Andrea Kinsella

Bookings from 10 September by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 16 September.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £8.00
Friday and Saturday £8.50
Concessions (Monday only) £6.00
Preview £6.00

Direct Acoustic UK Tour

Best known as frontman of the internationally acclaimed Welsh band The Alarm, Mike Peters is also an inspirational solo acoustic performer and (as a two times cancer survivor), founder of what is now regarded as the world's leading rock and roll cancer charity Love Hope Strength Foundation.

Achieving over fifteen Top 40 UK singles and over five million album sales, Mike Peters' musical journey has seen him sing with some of history's greatest performers such as Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bono.

Mike is currently preparing for the release of a brand new Alarm album Direct Action and remains as passionate as ever about his music, Wales and charity Love Hope Strength.

Summerseat Players present "Dancing at Lughnasa" by Brian Friel.

Summer 1936. In a house in a remote part of County Donegal the five Mundy sisters live a simple life with their brother Jack, a missionary priest, and seven-year old Michael. The sisters acquire their first wireless and dream of happiness and love. Years later as Michael looks back at the events of that summer, a tender and passionate portrait of the Mundy sisters’ lives unfold

The cast: Samantha Taylor, Andrea Kinsella, Debbie Ainscow, Helen Birtwell, Peter Larkin, John Mayor 

Directed by Garyck Barnett

Bookings from 27 October by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 4 November.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 7 November.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £8.00
Friday and Saturday £8.50
Concessions (Monday only) £6.00
Preview £6.00

Whitefield AODS This year the production will be the classic musical Guys and Dolls - which was made into the classic 1955 film starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons. Includes such classic musical numbers as Luck Be A Lady, Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat, Adelaide's Lament and If I Were a Bell.

This classic show has been revived with a twist that keeps it as fresh and exciting as it was when it first opened on Broadway. New York in the 40s; small time gambler Nathan Detroit bets his big time pal Sky Masterson that he can’t make the next woman he sees fall in love with him. When the next doll happens to be the neighborhood missionary Sarah Brown, the stage is set for an unforgettable evening’s entertainment!

Director: Neil Coe Musical Director: Ross Johnson Choreographer: Debbie Royle. Information: Guys and Dolls Wednesday 17th November – Saturday 20th November Perf times Wed – Sat 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm Tickets - £9.00 - £10.00. Booking line: 0161 278 8178 Email: tickets@waods.co.uk

Summerseat Players present "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward.

Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in an English country house in the 1920s, and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behaviour when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. 

The cast: Clodagh O'Flynn, Steve Colter, Emma Bracewell, Chris Balmer, Samantha Taylor, Helen Birtwell, Diane Manship, Chris Dunn

Directed by Geoffrey Sword

Bookings from 5 January by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 13 January.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 16 January.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £8.00
Friday and Saturday £8.50
Concessions (Monday only) £6.00
Preview £6.00

Summerseat Players present "Betryal" by Harold Pinter.

This play was inspired by Pinter's own clandestine extramarital affair with Joan Bakewell. Emma, married to Robert has had a 7-year long affair with Jerry. Robert and Jerry are best friends and business colleagues, Jerry being a literary agent and Robert a publisher. Simple enough, right? Wrong. With Pinter nothing is ever what it seems. These relationships are highly complex. 

The cast: Sarah Bell, Ian Webster, Paul Bracewell, John Garvey 

Directed by Graham Humphreys

Bookings from 4 March by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 10 March.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 13 March.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £8.00
Friday and Saturday £8.50
Concessions (Monday only) £6.00
Preview £6.00

Summerseat Players present "Sailor Beware!" by Philip King & Falkland Cary.

A classic old-style West End comedy involving wedding preparation chaos with the Hornett family. Emma Hornett is a domestic tyrant; domineering, house-proud & self-righteous to a fault she is definitely “in charge” of her home, her ferret fancier husband and his spinster sister. Worst of all, she is not amused at her precious daughter’s choice of orphan sailor Albert for a husband. 

The cast: Lindsay Eavis, Andrea Kinsella, Jennie McConkie, Iain Marshall, Hayley Powell, Roz Lawson, Noel Hurley 

Directed by Graham Mitchell

Bookings from 27 April by contacting the box office on 01706 826760 between 7pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and noon on Saturday.

The preview will be on Thursday 15 May.

The play runs every night excluding Sunday 8 May.

Tickets:
Monday to Thursday £8.00
Friday and Saturday £8.50
Concessions (Monday only) £6.00
Preview £6.00