Altogether Now

Altogether Now is a fringe format festival, this year running from the 11th May to the 5th June, celebrating the diversity and quality of culture produced in Chelmsford – from music to visual art, from comedy to theatre, from film to food.

The format of the festival is something akin to the Edinburgh Fringe festival, with events happening in venues all over town across an extended time period. All of the events will be contained and advertised in the comprehensive Altogether Now event programme. 5000 of these will be distributed in venues, shops, bars, pubs and waiting rooms all over the borough.

Theatre

Curated by Dan Segeth and Kelly McGibney, Altogether Now‘s theatre division sees a uniting of diverse strands of drama from members of several local theatre groups, fused with a unique relationship with High Chelmer shopping centre to  bring the dramatic arts into the very heart of the community.

All Theatre Division performances take place at the High Chelmer Shopping Centre. Patrons can access the High Chelmer Shopping Centre via the Exchange Way entrance from 7.30pm on performance nights. All patrons will gather in the main atrium of the centre before being escorted to the performance space by ushers.

Performances include:

Date:  11th May  Time: 8.00pm  

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of The Grace Chalice presented by The Old Court Radio Theatre Company

To date the Old Court Radio Theatre Company, an unofficial offshoot of Chelmsford Theatre Workshop, has recorded fifteen audio plays for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. Jim Crozier and Dave Hawkes have quickly established themselves as the authentic Holmes and Watson. Tonight we re-create for you our latest production, a new story in whichHolmes and Watson investigate the mysterious theft of a priceless mediaeval relic. (You can hear or download the recordings at the Society’s website, www.sherlock-holmes.org.uk.)

Time: 8.00pm    Date: 2nd June 

Undercover by Daniel Segeth

Walk into a hotel room in Paris. She is at the end of her ‘project’, he has abandoned his job and ordinary life to be with her and together they are enjoying a precious hour together in the most romantic and poetic city in the world. They’re both risking it all. And then the phone rings.