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Bette and Joan

7 - 14 November 2026

Once grande dames of Hollywood, by 1962 arch-rivals Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were in danger of becoming has-beens. Then an opportunity came along: to appear together in a new movie called Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? The play depicts the two stars in adjacent dressing rooms between takes on the set of “Baby Jane”. While Joan manages her anxiety by lacing her Pepsi with vodka and signing photographs for her beloved fans, Bette chain smokes and moans on her lovelife, and her ability to pick a decent script, never a decent man.

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I was impressed by this group of actors with daytime jobs and limited rehearsal times succeeding in putting on a professional standard production worthy of many deserved awards

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Our history

Established in 1948, Farnworth Little Theatre is an amateur theatre group situated just outside Bolton.

Our first full length play 'Night Must Fall', was presented in 1949, and since then we have offered a continuous programme of up to five full length productions a year.