History
Blackburn Drama Club was formed in 1944. A group of ten enthusiasts decided to bring back amateur dramatics to Blackburn after the corruption of the activity following the war.
The Drama Club made its debut with a production of Gaslight at the YMCA Hall, three weeks after the organisation gathered for their first meeting. It was February 1944.
In November 1964, the stage and props were destroyed by a fire. The club moved on to a new venue, the Technical College, in which the Drama Club staged over 140 performances until moving to the newly refurbished Thwaites Empire Theatre in 2002.
The Drama Club's first production at this venue was Bouncers. Over 1,000 people attended the performance, a significant rise in audience members since the 1960s.
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