Our next show is

Don’t Dress for Dinner

by Marc Camoletti and Robin Hawdon

7 – 14 December 2024

Ooh La La! This is an hilarious French farce from the early 1990s that tells the tale of Bernard who invites his chic Parisian mistress, Suzanne (Suzy for short) to spend the weekend with him at the country house that he owns with his wife Jacqueline, because Jacqueline is going to her mother’s. As an alibi Bernard also invites his best friend, Robert, and he also arranges for a cordon bleu cook to come along to provide haute cuisine for them all. However, Bernard isn’t the only one having an affair and when Jacquline decides not to visit her mother and the catering agency send their cook Suzette (Suzy for short) the stage is set for multiple mistaken identities and confusion which Bernard and Robert must navigate with all the ingenuity they can muster.

This amateur production of “Don’t Dress for Dinner” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

This production will be performed in the studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs.

Coming Soon

The Unexpected Guest

by Agatha Christie

25 January – 1 February 2025

This amateur production of “The Unexpected Guest” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

This production will be performed in the studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs.

Murder, Margaret and Me

by Philip Meeks

25 February – 1 March 2025

This amateur production of “Don’t Dress for Dinner” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

This production will be performed in the studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs.

For more information about each production and future productions, visit our What’s On page.

Get Involved

Chads is run entirely by volunteer members and we are always on the look out for more people to join us. Even if being on stage is not your thing, there are a huge range of activities you can become involved with.

Chads Theatre was founded just after the First World War as Cheadle Hulme Amateur Dramatic Society, performing in different venues in the Cheadle Hulme area. In October 1959 the members opened their own premises and have continued to develop the Theatre ever since, providing a first class venue for its members and patrons. We currently perform six main stage and two studio plays each season, and the theatre and its members are the recipients of many awards.

Our Recent Plays

Click on a photo to see the full gallery of images from that play.  The galleries are hosted by our theatre photographer, Ian M Butterfield, and so the links will take you to a different website.

Halcyon Days
The Haunting of Hill House
Pack of Lies
An Ideal Husband
Speaking in Tongues
Entertaining Angels

Photographs from older Chads shows, photographed by Ian can be seen here: https://photos.imb.biz/chads