About Us
In 2007 Neil Richardson & Anita Walker, both leading local Musical Theatre performers realised they had a shared ambition to independently stage less well known and rarely performed work. Having both worked on stage with many very talented local performers and with a wealth of creative artistic & musical experience behind them their aim was to bring together a mix of performers to create productions which were fresh, challenging & exciting for audiences and cast members alike.
Their dream quickly became a reality & after a successful concert raising money for Irchester Church in the autumn of 2007, Theatreworkz was born & Just So, a rarely performed but well scripted and scored family musical was chosen as their inaugural production, a regional premiere in Oct 2008, which was performed to great acclaim from the audiences.
Since then, Theatreworkz have performed several Cabaret sets for private functions as well as Musical Fireworkz, raising £400, again for Irchester Church & Musical Postcardz, raising £500 for NSPCC.
Radio Times, their second major theatrical production, another regional premiere, was performed at the Masque Theatre, Barton Seagrave in March 2009. Radio Times won Best Musical Theatre Production in its NODA region for 2009.
Another Regional Premiere followed in February 2010.
Bad Girls The Musical (based on the hit ITV series) was performed by a fantastic cast of 25 girls, and a handful of guys and another amazing band to great critical acclaim. Bad Girls was nominated for a Noda Award for best musical in the district
Yet another, a contemporary musical song-cycle by Jason Robert Brown "Songs for a New World" featuring only 4 vocalists and a 4 piece band was brilliantly staged in June 2010 at The Star Hall, Finedon.
In December 2010 we completed a 5 performance run of the recently released Madness inspired musical "Our House". Featuring a cast of 23 and a fantastic band of 7 the Masque Theatre, Barton Seagrave echoed to the sound of all the great Madness classics of the 80's - My Girl, Our House, Wings of a Dove, One Better Day, I've been driving in my car, It Must be Love to name a few (production photo's have been added to the gallery)
This production won the Noda Award for Best Musical pipping Bad Girls into second place.
Our next show was the long awaited production of La Cage Aux Folles in April 2011 at The Masque which played to enthusiastic audiences and garnered a great deal of critical acclaim.
In the months and years ahead further theatrical productions are planned for our growing theatre audiences, all of which will be either rarely performed, new work or original pieces. With all productions however, Theatreworkz are determined to bring you a quality cast selected from the ever growing pool of local Northamptonshire talent, a great band and the best possible production values that our audiences have come to expect.
If you haven't yet seen us perform, please give us a go - we are confident you will have an entertaining experience, whether that be at one of our Theatrical productions or at one of our Cabaret performances.
For those who are regular supporters - Thank You. Without your support, encouragement and recommendations we would not be able to continue.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRODUCTION PHOTOS TO SEE STILLS OF THESE SHOWS.
