Cinema, music and festival reviews from the Worcester News

REVIEW: The Rocky Horror Show

10:51am Tuesday 9th February 2010

I’M no prude, but even I was surprised to see a man stride through the Malvern Theatres foyer in a tight red basque and black thong.

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REVIEW: The Nutcracker

9:52am Tuesday 9th February 2010

When an evening that you know is in February is transformed in to the fantasy world of toy dolls coming to life, a gang of mice battling with an army of soldiers and a Nutcracker the favourite toy of the little girl then you realise it is Christmas Eve in the enchanted world of ballet.

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The Swan, Hanley Swan.

10:37am Friday 5th February 2010

Puddings were big hit. Seduced by its picturesque location overlooking a duck pond, STEPHANIE PREECE tried the lunchtime menu at a bustling village pub

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Recipe: Pan fried duck with rhubarb and ginger sauce

10:48am Friday 5th February 2010

AS we enter a new decade, expect to be eating roast duck or grouse for lunch, followed by a helping of ripe mangosteen.

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REVIEW: Sunking at Coach House, Malvern

11:56am Thursday 4th February 2010

THIS new drama from MalvernBard is about struggling to stay afloat when faced with change and it has a heartbreakingly beautiful end.

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Gloriously funny

10:00am Thursday 4th February 2010

THERE aren’t many award-winning comedy string trios with international reputations for brilliance.

Is that Diana? No, but it's the next best thing

7:50am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

THE sights and sounds of Motown are on the way to Worcestershire.

Homeward bound

12:50pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

Two counties band The Misers will perform in front of a local audience next month. Lauren Rogers spoke to them...

Diversity rules for am-dram group

12:48pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

WORCESTER Operatic and Dramatic Society (WODS) will be versatile during 2010 with some diverse shows on the horizon.

REVIEW: Daybreakers

12:21pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

I find it difficult to talk about the vampire horror genre. It has now been done so much that it has surpassed ‘done-too-much’, vaulted over ‘done-to-death’ and now rests within the realm of merely ‘done’.

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REVIEW: The Tale of Beatrix Potter at Pershore Number 8

10:37am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

IT was high summer in Victorian England when Mr and Mrs Potter welcomed their daughter to the world.

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REVIEW: The Russian State Ballet of Siberia's Sleeping Beauty

9:49am Tuesday 2nd February 2010

A triple billing of ballet includes Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker from the Russian State Ballet of Siberia is on at the Bristol Hippodrome this week.

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COMPETITION: Win the BRIT Awards album

12:57pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

WITH the BRIT Awards just a few weeks away your Worcester News is giving away copies of the official compilation album.

Dreaming of days gone by

8:50am Saturday 30th January 2010

POPULAR musical Dreamboats and Petticoats returns to Worcestershire in April.

Slip into your suspenders and squeeze into that corset

7:30pm Friday 29th January 2010

YOU can almost hear the sound of stilletos tapping out the Time Warp.