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New tracks and covers from group
10:26am Friday 21st November 2008
GUITARS plus banjo, mandolin, trumpet and tenor sax equals Mumbo-Jumbo.
Thrilling night out is on offer
10:10am Friday 21st November 2008
A CLASSIC whodunnit will be staged by Ombersley Dramatic Society next week.
Thrilling night out is on offer
10:10am Friday 21st November 2008
A CLASSIC whodunnit will be staged by Ombersley Dramatic Society next week.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy take to stage
10:00am Friday 21st November 2008
EVER pessimistic Charlie Brown is on stage at a Worcestershire arts centre.
Chance to win panto tickets
9:50am Friday 21st November 2008
PANTOMIME season is dawning across the country and in Herefordshire audiences are snapping up tickets to see Jack and the Beanstalk.
Ice stars bring their stunning spectacle to Malvern
9:40am Friday 21st November 2008
RUSSIAN ice stars return to the Malvern Theatres next month with the spectacular show Cirque de Glace.
Barry North is back, so it must be Christmas
9:36am Friday 21st November 2008
FOR 30 years, Barry North has travelled from Weston-Super-Mare to Worcester for a very special Christmas show.
Organist to play at priory
10:00am Friday 14th November 2008
AN organist from Bath Abbey will give a recital at Great Malvern Priory tomorrow.
Cast's plea is answered from across the Atlantic
9:50am Friday 14th November 2008
AN American who once lived in Malvern has come to the rescue of actors starring in a production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Beauty of Eternal Light
9:40am Friday 14th November 2008
A POWERFUL dance show is coming to Malvern Theatres.
Teenage dancer is taking top roles
9:20am Friday 14th November 2008
A WORCESTER teenager will be performing for hundreds of people with a prestigious dance company.
Troupe take a comic look at the Bible
10:40am Friday 7th November 2008
THE Reduced Shakespeare Company return to Worcester this month to stage a comedy of biblical proportions.
Laugh along with Josie and all her meandering
10:30am Friday 7th November 2008
THREE more successful stand-ups are to visit Evesham Arts Centre this month for the popular comedy nights.
New season of song, dance and film
10:20am Friday 7th November 2008
THE winter season at Number 8 Art’s Centre, Pershore, launches on Thursday, November 20, with a host of events and films.
Enjoy an adults-only atmosphere at the cinema
10:10am Friday 7th November 2008
MOVIE lovers will have the chance to see screenings of certain films in an adultsonly atmosphere at a cinema in Worcester.
Former Doctor Who now stars as Mikado
10:02am Friday 7th November 2008
FORMER Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy is to star in The Mikado at Malvern Theatres.
Diva who's not afraid to bare her emotions
10:03am Monday 3rd November 2008
IT’S not often in this navelgazing age that you come across an artist who has no qualms whatsoever about baring her soul for all to see.
Soul and gospel of Christians' heyday
9:39am Tuesday 28th October 2008
IT’S 21 years since soul-influenced pop band the Christians stormed the UK charts with their millionselling debut album.
Taboo topics and a night out for girls
9:50am Friday 24th October 2008
EVER-popular poignant comedy The Vagina Monologues returns to Worcester next week.
we're just resting
9:40am Friday 24th October 2008
MALVERN actor Nick Wilkes will revive his debut play this month.
Ginger body hair and sex are subjects for Tim's wit
9:30am Friday 24th October 2008
Edinburgh Fringe, rock star comedian Tim Minchin is coming to Worcester. Passing through the city on his major UK tour, Australian-born Minchin will perform at Huntingdon Hall on Wednesday, November 12.
It's chaos, comic and they do it very badly
9:20am Friday 24th October 2008
THE Colwall Players will forget their lines, miss their cues and descend into chaos with their latest production.
CENTRE STAGE Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live
9:40am Friday 17th October 2008
I GUESS most people would agree that the law can be a strange beast.
Men swap wives on stage
9:30am Friday 17th October 2008
WIFE swapping is cause for laughs at the Norbury Theatre’s latest show.
Stars head to Malvern
9:20am Friday 17th October 2008
A HOST of stars from the big and small screen are heading to Malvern.
Bringing to life the real Lord Byron
9:12am Friday 17th October 2008
MAD, bad and dangerous to know. Melting Pot theatre company will determine whether that famous assessment of Lord Byron was really true when it performs Howard Brenton’s Bloody Poetry in Worcester this month.
Amusing stories from Spinetti
10:00am Friday 10th October 2008
COMIC actor Victor Spinetti, considered a theatrical legend, will tell amusing tales when he visits Worcestershire.
Touring theatre with a moving tale of war
9:50am Friday 10th October 2008
THE obscenity of war is examined in Stephen MacDonald’s memorable play, Not About Heroes.
Passion of Carmen
9:40am Friday 10th October 2008
ENGLISH Touring Opera (ETO) will stage the world’s most-seen opera and a raregem when it visits Worcestershire next week.
Producer enjoys challenge of firt show at the Swan
9:30am Friday 10th October 2008
HARPS and aching hearts are plentiful in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience.
Centre Stage - Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live
10:00am Friday 3rd October 2008
IT is interesting how much variety there is between the stage acts of different musical genres.
An unusual challenge
9:50am Friday 3rd October 2008
NOT every day is a football playing horse challenged to a game of conkers.
Sponsorship boosts group's 31st annual Christmas show
9:40am Friday 3rd October 2008
A LOCAL company is showing support for am-dram theatre.
Leading role for Laura
9:30am Friday 3rd October 2008
WORCESTER actress Laura Synnuck is ready to reprise her leading role in stage musical The Full Monty.
Final youth show takes to the stage
9:19am Friday 3rd October 2008
SADNESS mixed with joy surrounds the Phoenix Theatre Group’s final youth show.
Ever-popular masterpiece set to return to city stage
9:20am Friday 26th September 2008
CUCUMBER sandwiches, a lost handbag, and high society – it must be The Importance of Being Earnest.
Stand-up comedian will headline comedy night
9:10am Friday 26th September 2008
PERRIER award nominee actorturned- stand-up Hal Cruttenden is to visit Worcester.
Hard work finally pays off for ambitious actor
9:06am Friday 26th September 2008
SOME people thrive under pressure and adore hard graft. A fine example is Worcester actor Ellis Kerkhoven, who is preparing for an ambitious showtime challenge production of musical comedy Me and My Girl at London Palladium.
Centre Stage - Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live
10:30am Friday 19th September 2008
WE launched the Swan professional pantomime last Friday, and splendid pictures have already appeared in this worthy broadsheet.
Comedy night with talented prize-winning 'serial misfit'
10:20am Friday 19th September 2008
AN ex-wrestler with pink hair, a topical writer and a surreal scriptwriter descend on Evesham Arts Centre for comedy night.
Swanning around to raise cash for theatre
10:10am Friday 19th September 2008
A CLASSIC variety show will help raise funds for the Swan Theatre in Worcester.
Guy returns fresh from success at the fring
10:00am Friday 19th September 2008
A FORMER Worcester man is returning home fresh from critical and commercial success at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Panto time with Robin and Babes
9:56am Friday 19th September 2008
THE chaos and pandemonium of the Christmas pantomime is infectious, regardless of your age.
Call for all cartoon and comic book fans
10:10am Friday 12th September 2008
COMIC book art has found a 21st century fanbase with film adaptations around every corner.
Fun for all as centre celebrates
10:00am Friday 12th September 2008
AN impressive 10,000 people from Worcestershire crossed the border to visit Hereford Courtyard Centre for the Arts last year.
Prepare to be offended and charmed by Jim's jokes
9:50am Friday 12th September 2008
CONTROVERSIAL Aussie stand-up Jim Jeffries is set to offend and charm in equal measure when he comes to Worcester.
Compelling tale, but be sure to take your tissues
9:45am Friday 12th September 2008
AN impressive 10,000 people from Worcestershire crossed the border to visit Hereford Courtyard Centre for the Arts last year.
CENTRE STAGE Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live
9:30am Friday 5th September 2008
I WAS in London at the weekend. I went to the theatre on Saturday night – I mean, why wouldn’t you have a busman's holiday? I went to see the Monty Python show, Spamalot, and very good it was too.
Katherine the shrew ready to be tamed
9:20am Friday 5th September 2008
SEXUAL politics come into play in Shakespeare’s the Taming Of The Shrew Considered controversial, ironic and tender, the Bard’s classic tale has been given a 21st-century make-over by Cornish company Miracle Theatre, famous for their highly visual productions, and comes to the Number 8 Community Arts Centre in Pershore on Saturday, September 27.
There’s glitz, glamour and a bid for pop idol stardom
9:10am Friday 5th September 2008
PATRICK and Bernadine is billed as a kitsch play about finding your place in the world.
Susan Hampshire is back in the hills
9:00am Friday 5th September 2008
ANOTHER cherished English actress arrives in Malvern this month. Susan Hampshire, star of television dramas the Forsyte Saga and Monarch Of The Glen, returns to Malvern Theatres with Somerset Maugham’s elegant social satire The Circle from Monday, September 22.
Kevin’s on as Comedy Zone make its return
10:30am Friday 29th August 2008
THE sell-out comedy nights at Worcester’s Marr’s Bar make a triumphant return next week.
There’smuch to enjoy at the theatre in Malvern
10:20am Friday 29th August 2008
ALAN Bennett’s dark comedy Enjoy comes to Malvern Theatres next month.
Moonwalk man holds dance class
10:20am Friday 29th August 2008
THE man who taught Michael Jackson how to moonwalk is coming to Bromsgrove.
Tale of love and politics direct from the festival
10:00am Friday 29th August 2008
ANOTHER Kind of Silence is a story of love, the ocean, politics and birdsong.
From busking to big time for babes
9:52am Friday 29th August 2008
OPERA singing sensations the OperaBabes, who are preparing to perform in Cheltenham next week, say their meteoric rise to fame has surprised them.
CENTRE STAGE Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live
10:00am Friday 22nd August 2008
THE Worcester Festival is nearly over for another year. The weather has been pretty rubbish. We lost the air balloons, the horse race meeting and the last hour of the threeday beer festival was like a monsoon, but generally everything has gone fantastically well.
Sorry story of railway's past to be told in play
9:50am Friday 22nd August 2008
It also records the enthusiasm of the people who are now working to restore it. Last Train to Leominster is community theatre and runs from Friday, September 12, to Saturday, September 13.
New club is a treat for opera fans
9:50am Friday 22nd August 2008
THE newly formed Malvern Opera Society will hold its inaugural meeting on Monday, September 1, marking the start of a new era for Worcestershire opera fans.
Jim's talent ensures he's spotted for a new role
9:41am Friday 22nd August 2008
WORCESTER poet Jim Smith has been made co-director of a major spoken word night. Smith, who is dyslexic and a graduate of the University of Worcester, is founder of the city’s Speak Easy Experience.
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