All the latest news from The Elgiva Theatre Chesham

Discover! Creative Careers At The Elgiva

28th October 2019, News

The Elgiva is thrilled to be taking part in the first-ever Discover! Creative Careers Week. Taking place across England from w/c 18th November and at The Elgiva on Saturday 23rd November, Discover! will see over 500 employers from across the creative industries opening their doors to thousands of young people to inspire and inform the […]

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Search For Just The Right Pumpkin Takes Panto Cast On An Adventure!

21st October 2019, News

The cast of The Elgiva’s pantomime Cinderella were out and about in Chesham last week making sure they shall go to the ball! At the kind invitation of the Christmas Tree Farm in Chesham, Tom Owen (star of the BBC’s Last of the Summer Wine), Ben Moseby (host of Mix 96’s popular Breakfast Show) and […]

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Buddy Holly and the Cricketers – Q and A with Jason Shaw

3rd September 2019, News

Ahead of their visit to The Elgiva on Wednesday 18 September, we caught up with Jason Shaw, guitarist and vocalist. Book your tickets HERE. What process did you have to go through to get into the band? A two stage, nerve-wracking audition at our rehearsal studios where I was introduced to both our wonderful musical […]

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Peace1Day at The Elgiva

22nd August 2019, News

Ahoy there Cheshamites! A year a couple of neighbours, Ade Begon and Parveiz Aslam MBE were having a chat on a Sunday morning; they started off on traffic calming in Sunnyside Road, but, after a cup of tea and some delicious biscuits, they managed to cover quite a lot of ground about some other stuff […]

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Temporary Box Office Closure – 19/8 to 21/8

19th August 2019, News

Due to a planned refurbishment (meaning we can bring our customers an EVEN BETTER service!) the Elgiva Box Office will be closed to visitors from 19th – 21st August inclusive. This means that you won’t be able to collect prepaid tickets or buy in person during that time. We will still be available on the […]

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Job Vacancies – Join Our Happy Team

8th August 2019, News

The Elgiva offers a packed programme of touring and community theatre, live music, comedy, cinema, dance and live screening of productions from the West End and around the globe. We continue to attract household names with Jack Dee, The Blues Band, Chris Barber and Horrible Histories all appearing here this year; we also showcase local […]

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Peace1Day – The Elgiva is proud to support the UN International Day of Peace with this incredible event

5th August 2019, News

The Elgiva is delighted to announce something that has been long in the planning – and that we can now finally share with the people of Chesham. This September we are holding an event in Chesham to celebrate and actively support the UN International Day of Peace, a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, or […]

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Joe Longthorne – RIP

5th August 2019, News

The staff and volunteers at The Elgiva were saddened to hear of the death of Mr Longthorne over the weekend; we had very much been looking forward to welcoming Mr Longthorne to our stage and are sure that he would have brought delight and laughter to our audience. The press release concerning Mr Longthorne’s untimely […]

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Panto Casting News! The Elgiva Delighted To Welcome BEN MOSEBY To Cinderella

19th June 2019, News

Christmas isn’t Christmas without the panto and a panto isn’t a panto without THE DAME! Larger-than-life, prone to slapstick, wise-cracks and a large dollop of double-entendre, the dame carries the audience, as well as most of the make-up aisle at Boots. The Elgiva and New Panto Productions are thrilled that star of screen and radio, Ben […]

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Amersham Music Centre at The Elgiva

11th June 2019, News

A couple of Saturdays ago, we were privileged to enjoy a visit from musicians from the Amersham Music Centre. They sang and played a variety of songs, entertaining visitors to the theatre and those enjoying some delicious food at Cafe Encoré. The Music Centre is based at Amersham School, and offers ensemble and group music […]

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The Elgiva Crew Takes To The Streets In The Chesham Carnival

11th June 2019, News

Staff and volunteers were delighted to be a part of the Schools of Chesham Carnival 2019 last Saturday. The Carnival was founded in 1974, making it 45 years old this year. The Elgiva crew joined the throng, parading the streets of Chesham in our specially-customised Elgivamobile (™), handing out flyers for upcoming events, encouraging volunteers […]

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Congratulations to our volunteer usher Liz!

11th March 2019, News

Congratulations to our lovely volunteer usher Liz who ushered on no fewer than FOURTEEN panto performances at The Elgiva in December. We love our amazing crew of volunteers and have given Liz some free cinema tickets as a thank-you for her sterling efforts!

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Rich Hall – Yee Haw – He Just Loves Touring!

11th February 2019, News

To emphasise just how much they are into his new show, “Rich Hall’s Hoedown”, the American comedian’s many fans are turning up at venues dressed in a full cowboy hat and cowboy boot ensemble. They are truly entering into Rich’s Wild West spirit. Yee haw! This electrifying show, which culminates in an infectious celebration […]

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Laurel & Hardy at The Elgiva

9th February 2019, News

Laurel & Hardy are widely regarded as the greatest comedy duo in film history. To celebrate the new biopic starring John C Reilly and Steve Coogan (showing at The Elgiva on 12th March) we are delighted to bring two of the original films back to the big screen. Introducing our showing of The Music Box […]

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All About Aladdin

23rd December 2018, News

Find out more about our fabulous panto – Aladdin Aladdin is one of Britain’s most popular pantomimes, first dramatised in 1788 at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Originally a Chinese tale, it was incorporated as an orphan story into One Thousand & One Nights by French translator Antoine Galland. The link with the Middle Eastern story […]

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Meet The Stewards!

30th November 2018, News

We couldn’t bring you all our fabulous films and shows without our wonderful volunteer stewards. Now we are getting ready for the wonderful mayhem that is panto season, a few of them were kind enough to spare us a few minutes to talk about their experiences. Who knows? Maybe you will feel intrigued to find […]

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