About Bolton's Phoenix Theatre Company...

In the Autumn of 1982, a group of friends gathered to form The Phoenix Theatre Company. Most of the early members, but not all, were also members of Church Road Parent Teachers' Association, who, as one of their many activities had performed Pantomimes in the School Hall to swell the PTA funds! As there were interested parties who wished to continue as a dramitic entity, it was decided to form an independent society. Almost inevitably the name for the new society was The Phoenix Theatre Company - a new society arising from the ashes of the old.

In the early years there was no particular emphasis/direction in the type of productions which were done. The company performed plays- our very first production being "Smoke Happy" by Duncan Greenwood, a pantomime "Ali Baba" and a musical "The Boyfriend". Subsequently the company has tended to perform plays, mainly comedies but sometimes of a more serious nature e.g "Wuthering Heights", "the Crucible" and "The Lion in Winter". The Phoenix Theatre Company is still going strong to this day, performing at least 3 plays per year, in varying locations around Bolton.