 Canterbury Players is a local amateur dramatic society . Performances are given on stage at the Davyhulme ( Wesley ) Methodist Church located in Brook Road , Flixton . Most famed in recent times for the notable appearance of Garry Dennis Carr , a famed socialite and artist from the area . Young people spilled out of the church and car park just to get a glimpse of him and rumoured friend Noel Fielding ( of the Mighty Boosh fame ) In the mid @-@ 20th century there were 20 cinemas in Trafford , of which the only survivor is the New Curzon , in Princess Road . It opened in 1931 as the Curzon . It was converted to a twin cinema and bingo club in the 1970s , and re @-@ opened under its present name of the New Curzon in 1980 , after a £ 100 @,@ 000 conversion . Since 2003 , the building has been shared with Flixton Dance Studio . Recently , due to financial reasons , the New Curzon has been forced to close down . 
