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A brief history of CADOS
CADOS was formed on Thursday 2nd March 1933. The first subscriptions were set at 2/6d for members and One Guinea for patrons.
The first plays were to be 'The 13th Chair', 'The Farmers Wife' and 'It Pays to Advertise'.
Members wishing to take part in the plays had to pay for their own scripts. Admission prices were fixed at 2/6d, 2/-, 1/6d, 1/-, and 7d.
In May 1934 when a room underneath St Georges Street Congregational Church was offered to rent at 4 shillings per week on a twelve month lease, the committee decided to take it. At the first meeting in the new 'Headquarters' on Monday 2nd July 1934 various new names were suggested for the society including Chorley Footlights, Chorley Players, Chorley Theatrical Society, Chorley Art Club and Chorley Stage Society but at another meeting on the 11th July it was decided that the existing name of Chorley Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society should stand.
In November 1936 the play 'Outward bound' was produced at the Ambulance Hall and the Mayor of Chorley was invited for the first time to honour the Society with his presence at their first night performance. This produciton made a profit of 19.15.11d which was very welcome because the rent for the Headquarters has been raised from 4/- per week to 7/- per week which convinced the committee that they must find more suitable premises as soon as possible.
The society moved to various places around the town but it wasn't until 1960 when CADOS bought the old Empire Cinema and moved into their current location at Dole Lane in Chorley.
Have a look at some of the early CADOS shows in the archive section.
