Gateway Theatre (Chester)
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The Gateway Theatre is a small producing and receiving theatre in the city of Chester, England.
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The venue is due to close in April 2008 and will be replaced with a larger Performing Arts Centre.
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The theatre is due to close on the 31st March 2007. Although there have been many struggles in the past with keeping the theatre open, the current Northgate Development has proven itself too powerful, and so a long line of fabulous theatre is set to come to a close.
The Theatre has welcomed many acclaimed performers including Matthew Kelly, Les Dennis and Dennis Waterman in more recent years.
The long running Youth Theatre is still running three evenings a week. From January - March 2007, the Youth Theatre embarked on one of their most ambitious projects to date. To perform a show written, directed, and staged entirely from their own imagination. The show was entitled, Still Life. North West Tonight reported on the project, and tickets were sold out in fast time.
The 17+ Group are about to embark on their final project. The Next Big Thing, which tells the story of a disgraced record label manager, who claims he can make anyone a star. When the media hold him to his word, he is forced to turn five ordinary boys into overnight superstars, with a little help from the most unlikely, and unwelcome sources! The comedy is to be filmed at the Gateway Theatre and on location. After the editing process, it will be produced on DVD and distributed to all members.
