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14/4/2022 0 Comments

THEATRE FEATURE - new show celebrates town's rich history - Derbyshire Times

Chesterfield’s iconic Crooked Spire church is at the heart of a new show which will be hosted at the town’s Pomegranate Theatre.
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8/4/2022 0 Comments

ARTICLE - The Crooked Spire: A new musical with a twist!

The iconic ‘crooked spire’ is arguably Chesterfield’s most well-known feature. Now an exciting  new musical will take audiences back to the time it was being constructed.
Kate Dawson reports. 
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(PRESS RELEASE) The Crooked Spire medieval murder-mystery musical

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An exciting new show which has Chesterfield’s iconic ‘crooked spire’ at its heart is coming to Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre from 19th – 21st May.

The musical has been created by Ashgate Heritage Arts, a not-for-profit theatre production company founded by Martin Coslett and Peter Gray, musicians and lyricists who live in Chesterfield and Mary Hennessy, an award-winning scriptwriter from Buxton.

​A version of the show was well received when it was previewed at Buxton’s Fringe in 2020 and some of the songs from the show also delighted an audience at St Mary and All Saints Church, (the actual ‘crooked spire), in October 2021. 

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7/4/2022 0 Comments

Murder mystery at the Spire - Twist Magazine, WhatsOn.

A Chesterfield-based medieval murder mystery musical is being staged in the town next month. The musical has been created by Ashgate Heritage Arts, a not-for-profit theatre production company founded by Martin Coslett and Peter Gray, musicians and lyricists who live in Chesterfield, and Mary Hennessy, an award-winning scriptwriter from Buxton.

​A version of the show was well received when it was previewed at Buxton's Fringe in 2020 and some of the songs from the show also delighted an audience at St Mary and All Saints Church in October, 2021.

Now, with funding from Arts Council England and Derbyshire County Council, Ashgate Heritage Arts is able to stage the full production.
Read April 2022 Online edition of Twist p26
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3/4/2022 0 Comments

A MEDIEVAL MURDER-MYSTERY MUSICAL ADAPTED FROM CHRIS NICKSON'S NOVEL THU 19 - SAT 21 MAY

The Crooked Spire Musical

FEATURE - CROOKED SPIRE - S40/S41 Magazine issue 126
Ashgate Heritage Arts was formed by Chesterfield musicians Martin Coslett and Peter Gray, together with writer, Mary Hennessy from Buxton, in order to bring history to life through exciting live musical theatre performances.

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