It is with great sadness that we report the death after a long battle with cancer of lighting designer Chris Ellis...

The winners of the 14th Marketing Cheshire Annual Tourism Awards were announced last night (13th September) at a glittering awards ceremony at Chester’s Carden Park Hotel, hosted by Heart Radio’s Angela Jay...

Deborah McAndrew, writer of the 2018 cycle of Chester Mystery Plays, on opening night...

Chairman of the Chester Mystery Plays wins top award...

Sound designer John Hulse on hearing it all...

Choreographer and movement director Cariad Morgan looks forward to a 'visually stunning production'...

Jo Sykes has been a member of the Mystery Plays company since 1962, when she joined as an actor, a trustee and member of the board since 1994 and chairman since 2003...

It's St Patrick's Day and it's freezing outside and the snow is being driven horizontally by a strong east wind and obscuring the view across the river to the Groves. Mid-March has rarely seemed so cold. But inside we're warm and snug and rehearsing the music for this year's Mystery Plays...

As a project stage manager I always say that if I do my job well no-one knows I exist and now here I am writing a column for the Chester Chronicle...

God has met Lucifer, the shepherds and kings have touched base with the Angel Gabriel and Jesus has had tea and biscuits with Adam and Eve...

The production team is lookng for a talented Artist in Residence to help document the rehearsals and performance of the 2018 Chester Mystery Plays...

Writer Deborah McAndrew has been commissioned to create a new script for the next cycle of the medieval Chester Mystery Plays, which will be performed in the nave of Chester Cathedral in 2018...