Originally known as the Emmanuel, Shelthorpe and Nanpantan Amateurs, ESNA began life in the early 1960’s as a youth group performing plays at the Emmanuel Church Hall in Loughborough. 

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In 1965 we performed our first musical, A Country Girl, and in 1977 moved to the Stanford Hall Theatre. In 1986 our production of Oliver! heralded a move to the Charnwood Theatre in Loughborough’s Town Hall, where we currently continue to perform two musicals each year.