Chesterfield theatre stages charity production in memory of young playwright
Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre is staging a special production for charity on Saturday 19 March in memory of local playwright Richard Woolley, who died from leukaemia in 2009, aged 26. All proceeds from the performance of Tabasco, one of several award-winning plays written by Richard, will be split between Anthony Nolan and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, two charities that save the lives of people with blood cancer. Richard, a news journalist for Johnston Press, was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2008 and, despite receiving treatment, he sadly passed away in October 2009. Richard’s