In 1998 Peter Cheeseman retired as Artistic Director, and was succeeded by Gwenda Hughes.
A speciality was plays with a local resonance, such as The Knotty, about the North Staffordshire Railway, and The Fight for Shelton Bar, about the closure of a local steelworks.
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In that time he produced new plays from such writers as Peter Terson and Alan Ayckbourn, using young acting talent such as Ben Kingsley.
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