by Stuart Coleman | May 6, 2017 | Diggle News, Information
Skipwick RNLI is all at sea. Crew members are hard to come by and Coxswain Darren’s management style isn’t helping. So when seventeen year old Shannon volunteers, it’s all hands on deck – particularly for Darren’s teenage son, Billy. Can the station survive in this...
by Stuart Coleman | Dec 4, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
Four men broke into a house in Saddleworth and knocked a woman to the ground. At around 2.30pm on Tuesday 1 December 2015, the 63-year-old woman was watching television in her home on Delph Lane when the men opened the back door of her house. They claimed they were...
by Stuart Coleman | Nov 19, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
A shattering secret changes family life forever in this funny and heartfelt comedy. It is hard to say which is more remarkable, the play itself or the story behind it. A Passionate Woman is the captivating tale of Betty’s loveless marriage, her “bit of a thing” with...
by Stuart Coleman | May 25, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
The last play of Saddleworth Players 2014-15 Season at the Millgate is Filumena by Eduardo de Filippo, which runs from 30th May to 6th June. Better known for her on-stage performances, Sue Radcliffe makes her Millgate directorial debut with this, beautifully...
by Stuart Coleman | Jan 19, 2015 | Diggle News, inSaddleworth, News
How Many Alan Ayckbourn Characters Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb? The answer – at least according to Absurd Person Singular – is six: one to attempt suicide with an exposed light-fitting and five others to remain so blithely wrapped up in their own affairs that...