Poynton Festival took a step closer to happening on the 20th July when the FIED Committee of Poynton Town Council agreed to set up a Working Group to develop a cohesive plan and time-scale fora festival in Poynton Village. In…

Interesting editorial on my play ‘A visit to Eastern Europe’ which is surprisingly topical, tweleve years after it was written.

I live on Poynton which is just in Cheshire on the border with Greater Manchester. I am on the local Town Council where from time to time, we’ve looked into the possibility of staging a Poynton Festival, potentially on similar…

Almost exactly two years since their last production, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, New Mills Art Theatre came to life with a bang via another Alan Frayn pantomime, Cinderella. Bucking the festive trend by staging their annual pantomime in February has been…

Vrkolak – Bulgarian werewolf eBook : Waterhouse, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store The Bulgarian werewolf thriller ‘Vrkolak’ is free to download for five days from Friday 10th September.

New novel ‘Barghest’ now available on Amazon, both in hard copy and Kindle formats Legends of a terrifying black dog with staring red eyes have existed for centuries. Most widely known as the Barghest, the black dog is usually viewed…

The Company is part of Helen O Grady International Drama Academy based in Malta. The Company was founded by UK Actor / Director – David Hirst Samuels who previously directed plays by John Waterhouse and co-founded ‘Shot in the Dark’…