MADS Theatre

MADS Theatre is located in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

Hanging sign MADS on Georgian style building
MADS Theatre on Lord Street since 1954.

History

The theatre was founded on 15 October 1947 and since then has produced hundreds of productions.[1] The location originally hosting a Sunday School in Lord Street built in 1822 still has the inscription over the main theatre entrance bearing the date of the first building on the site. In 1994 the theatre became a Grade 2 listed building.[2]

Notable productions

In 2016 MADS Theatre company performed six short plays by Tennessee Williams,[3] also in 2016 MADS took part in Barnaby Festival.[4]

At the 2016 British All Winners Drama festival held at the Hertford Theatre MADS production of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Steve Canny & John Nicholson won the Felixstowe Festival Trophy (Adjudicator's Award) and the Sydney Fisher Trophy (Backstage Trophy).[5]

In 2017, MADS' production of Jerusalem[6] by Jez Butterworth won best production at the Greater Manchester Drama Festival (GMDF)

Several of MADS members are of notability, for example Marshall Lancaster and Jonathan Morris.

References

  1. ↑ "MADS History". Visit Macclesfield.
  2. ↑ "MADS Building". Theatres Trust.
  3. ↑ "MADS". Macclesfield Express.
  4. ↑ "MADS at Barnaby Festival". Barnaby Festival.
  5. ↑ "MADS Win". National Drama Festival Association.
  6. ↑ "Jerusalem (play)", Wikipedia, 2018-04-02, retrieved 2018-06-14
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