Category: Gang Show

Castle Capers 2020

Following the nationwide restrictions that have been put in place due to the current Coronavirus outbreak, the difficult decision has been made to postpone Castle Capers 2020. We are currently exploring options for the show to take place later in the year and details, with regard to this, will follow in due course. Any individuals …

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Capers on the Radio

The show was featured in the news on Hitmix Radio last week. You can listen below.

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Curtain Call for the “Capers” Cast of 1980

Castle Capers is back, and this year Newcastle’s very own Scout Gang Show is celebrating a very special anniversary. It’s forty years since the variety performance, which brings together young people and leaders from across the district, was awarded “red necker status”. Newcastle District Commissioner Vera Bloor says “not every Scout show, can call itself …

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Castle Capers 2020

The District Executive has ratified the appointment of Jay Auckland as Director of Castle Capers 2020, of Steve Broadhurst as the show’s Chairman and of Gavin Eardley as the show’s Treasurer and Business Manager. We are now tasked with the job of putting the various show teams, necessary for a successful activity, together. While it …

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Newcastle District’s Recruitment Campaign

Our District Commissioner Vera, and some of the cast and crew of our Gang Show, Castle Capers, were interviewed on BBC Radio Stoke on Tuesday 3rd April 2018. Vera talked about volunteering and the the need for more adult volunteers in the District. Volunteers don’t necessarily need to be a Leader, but can help out …

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Tickets for our Gang Show Castle Capers are On Sale Now!

Tickets for this year’s show are now available. Please visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/castlecapers to make a booking. Tickets cost between £7.50 & £10.00 and there is a 10% discount on orders of 10 tickets or more. The show is on nightly at the Mitchell Arts Centre, Hanley, from Tuesday 3rd April – Saturday 7th April 2018, with a matinee …

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Castle Capers 2018 Tickets Are On Sale Now!

Tickets for this year’s show are now available. Please visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/castlecapers to make a booking. Tickets cost between £7.50 & £10.00 and there is a 10% discount on orders of 10 tickets or more. The show is on nightly at the Mitchell Arts Centre, Hanley, from Tuesday 3rd April – Saturday 7th April 2018, with a …

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iScout at Newcastle’s Food Festival

On Saturday, the District took part in Newcastle Town Centre’s 1st Food Festival. Taking over the area by the Market Cross and Guild Hall, we had raffles, tombola, tea and cakes for sale, cooking pancakes on tin cans, pizza ovens made of cardboard boxes and heated by tealights and a climbing wall. We also had …

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Castle Capers 2016 in the Media

Members of the cast were interviewed on Radio Stoke on Monday, the day before the show started. A review from the Sentinel – The Newcastle-under-Lyme District Scout Council proudly present Castle Capers Gang Show 2016 The biggest gang in the area are back with another fantastic scout gang show. Following Lord Baden Powell’s introduction of …

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It’s less than a month to go: Castle Capers 2016

It’s less than a month before the Gang put on Castle Capers 2016. Tickets are now available to see the Show in March. It’s being staged from 29th March – 2nd April at the Mitchell Arts Centre, Hanley. Tickets are available from £7 each and can be bought by contacting the ticket secretary. Details are on the …

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