David Chadderton

National Editor / North West Editor

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David Chadderton is from Manchester. He took over as BTG editor from founder Peter Lathan in 2012 after covering the north west as regional editor for a number of years. He was a founder panellist for the Manchester Theatre Awards until it was disbanded in 2018. He currently teaches on the online Theatre Studies BA at Rose Bruford College and has been teaching drama for Mainstream Theatre Arts since 1991.

He has written two books for drama education: Practical Drama (2002 and 2006) and The Theatre Makers (2008), both published by Studymates. He also has a BA (hons) in Theatre Studies from Rose Bruford College and an MA in scriptwriting from University of Glamorgan.

He has written and directed scripts for young performers and young audiences, from pantomimes and dance shows to theatre-in-education programmes. Besides BTG, he has written for a number of publications and appeared as a specialist on local and national radio and TV, plus he produced and presented his own weekly theatre show on a community radio station in East Cheshire for more than three years. He is a member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and the Critics’ Circle.

Reviews

News

Features

The new front of the Octagon building

Back in a theatre... at last

David Chadderton gives an account of his first visit to a theatre in more than 14 months, that still wasn't certain the day before the performance.
Olly Dobson as Marty McFly and Roger Bart as Doc Brown in Back to the Future

North West theatre in 2020

David Chadderton summarises a year of both devastation and impressive innovation in North West theatre.
James Mack Victoria Blunt and Rosalind Lailey in The Hound of the Baskervilles at The Watermill Theatre Garden

BTG reviewers' reflections on 2020

Instead of their usual selections of the best theatre they have seen in the past year, our reviewers give their personal reflections on an unusual year in theatre.
The opening night of Victor Hugo's Hernani at the Comédie-Française on 25 February 1830

Look back with caution, and context

David Chadderton enters into the game of fantasy historical theatre recordings, but sounds a note of caution to anyone delving into the past in this way for pleasure or for research that context is everything.
Marquee TV, Digital Theatre and Globe Player

Established services for streaming British theatre, opera and ballet

While a lot of groups and individuals have put work online since the theatres closed, some long-established paid services already exist where you can see productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Opera House, Shakespeare's Globe and more.
David Ricardo-Pearce in The Last Yankee at Bolton Library

Review of the Year 2019 - The North West Stage

David Chadderton looks back on his 2019 in North West theatre.
Wise Children from Wise Children

Our reviewers' picks of 2019

Some of BTG's regular reviewers pick out their favourite theatre productions of the year.
The cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Manchester Opera House

Christmas in the North West

A look at the pantos, musicals, family shows and other theatre productions that will be playing in the North West over the festive period.
Julie Hesmondhalgh and Norah Lopez Holden in The Almighty Sometimes at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Review of the Year 2018 - The North West Stage

David Chadderton looks back on his 2018 in North West theatre.
Rosalie Craig in Company at the Gielgud Theatre

Our reviewers' picks of 2018

Some of our reviewers pick their top productions of the year.

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