News Archives - The Elgiva

An ENORMOUS thank-you from The Elgiva!

22nd March 2020, News

To all our patrons – you haven’t been amazing, you’ve all been REALLY AMAZING! From all the staff and volunteers at the The Elgiva, we’d like to thank you for the incredible amount of support and lovely messages we have received. Your patience and willingness to take credit to your theatre account, rather than a […]

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Our interview with Carpenters star Carole Gordon – “life is too short not to enjoy”

9th March 2020, News

With a stunning voice and a sparkling personality, Carole Gordon has been wowing audiences up and down Britain with her wonderful production “Voice of the Heart – Karen Carpenter”. For eight years Carole and her husband Bob were voted “Britain’s Most Popular Act” by The British Country Music Association. Ahead of her visit to The […]

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Our interview with Don Giovanni director John Ramster – violent, beautiful dinosaurs and opera psychos

13th February 2020, News

John Ramster is Don Giovanni’s Designer and Stage Director. An award-winning director, teacher and writer, he has performed and published work stretching from opera to novels to stage-works. He began his operatic career assisting the late Clare Venables, then joined the Glyndebourne Festival as an Associate and Revival Producer, working on many productions including Peter […]

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Parent & Baby screenings now at The Elgiva

26th January 2020, News

The Elgiva is committed to accessibility, to its community and providing a programme with something for everyone. With that in mind, we are delighted to announce the introduction of baby-friendly screenings at our family-friendly venue. Watch some of the latest releases in a screening deliberately tailored to parents, carers and their babies – we’ll do […]

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New for January 2020 – Elgiva For Everyone!

25th January 2020, News

Join us for a host of exciting events as we launch “Elgiva For Everyone“! We are delighted to bring you a series of exciting workshops, from Flamenco to circus skills and from story-telling to African drumming and lots more to come… Lots more to come, so check back with us throughout the year!

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Job Vacancies – Join Our Happy Team

20th January 2020, 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 last year; we also showcase local […]

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Our interview with Chris Casey – came for panto and stayed for Chesham

3rd January 2020, News

As the New Year begins and our panto run nears its end, we found some time to sit down with Chris Casey; his incredible energy has seen him bouncing across the stage as Buttons two, or even three times a day. The Elgiva: We really wanted to grab a chat with you because you’ve moved […]

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“There’s nothing like a live audience” – our interview with panto star Tom Owen

26th December 2019, News

Tom Owen has been a regular panto performer for over two decades, but he is probably best known for the beloved BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. Following the death of his father, Bill, who played Compo for twenty seven years, Tom joined Last of the Summer Wine as regular star Tom Simmonite, son […]

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From Glastonbury to Cinderella – our interview with our pantomime signer, Marie

19th December 2019, News

The Elgiva is committed to accessibility; we are delighted to be offering both relaxed and signed performances of our pantomime this year in order to give as many people as possible the chance to experience something magical. Ahead of our first signed performance, we caught up with interpreter Marie Biswell to find out just how […]

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“Built on kindness” – our interview with some of the Cinderella cast

11th December 2019, News

Our fantastic family pantomime Cinderella started its run at The Elgiva yesterday with the first of over 50 performances! During a break in rehearsals earlier in the week, we caught up with two of our stars – Kaya Rose who is playing Cinderella and Sean Luckham who is treading the boards as one of the […]

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Panto Peeps Bring Joy (& A Marvellous Crocodile) To Children In Hospital

5th December 2019, News

The Elgiva and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity (one of our chosen charities this Christmas) were thrilled to be invited to meet some of the children at Luton & Dunstable Hospital recently. Ben Moseby, Mix96 Breakfast DJ (AKA Claudia, one of Cinderella’s Ugly Sisters) handed out some presents along with Marvin, the mascot of the […]

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Black Friday deals at The Elgiva

29th November 2019, News

The annual Black Friday sale is here and The Elgiva is joining in the fun… We are delighted to be some great deals on upcoming films, shows, live screenings and – of course – our PANTOMIME! Offers only for today only – like Cinderella’s pumpkin, the magic runs out at midnight! Cinderella is the […]

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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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