UNTIL APRIL 28 Old Times Starring Neil Pearson and Janie Dee at Malvern Theatres. Tickets from box office.

The Full Monty Performed by WODS, at the Swan Theatre. Tickets available from the box office.

Ladies in Retirement Presented by St John's Players, at the Norbury Theatre, Droitwich. Tickets available from box office.

MAY 1-5 Tracy Beaker Gets Real Join the UK's most popular and volatile girl when she explodes on to the stage in this brand new show with music for all the family at Malvern Theatres. Tickets from box office.

MAY 5 Uncle Bert's Cow Does the horse PC Brackett has found have anything to do with Uncle Bert's missing cow? Children's Theatre at the Swan Theatre, Worcester.

MAY 7-12 Simply Ballroom A lavish production where the colour and spectacle of ballroom dance fuses brilliantly with live theatre, hosted by Lionel Blair. Malvern Theatres. Tickets from box office.

MAY 12 La Nuit Intime Fall in love with dance all over again, or be enchanted by it for the first time. Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office. Caution: contains nudity.

MAY 14-19 The New Statesman Rik Mayall returns to the stage in this brand new instalment of political intrigue and sexual shenanigans in Westminster. Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office.

MAY 28 - JUNE 2 Hay Fever Starring Stephanie Beacham and Christopher Timothy. Noel Coward's classic comedy set in the country home of the eccentric Bliss family. Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office.

JUNE 17 WODYS Anniversary Concert At the Swan Theatre. Tickets available from box office.

JULY 31-August 4 Hot Mikado A sizzling, swinging musical performed by WODYS at the Swan theatre. Tickets available from box office.

UNTIL APRIL 27 Painting, Pots And Placings Malvern Hills Gallery, Worcester Road, by local artist Barbara Hutchinson, includes paintings, pottery and handmade dolls. 10am to 4pm (5pm on Saturdays).

UNTIL APRIL 28 Spring Surprises - New Vessels Ceramics and art exhibition at the Gallery at Bevere, Bevere Lane, Worcester. Featuring John Jelfs with Claudia Lis and Françoise Dufayard Also new oil paintings by house artist Michael Salt and others. Open Tuesday - Saturday and the first Sunday of the month 10.30am-5pm or by appointment UNTIL MAY 5 Made in the Middle Cutting edge designer makers showing their latest work in this national touring exhibition. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester.

The Art Of Bromoil - Centenary Exhibition An exhibition of contemporary and archival images. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester.

MAY 8 - JUNE 2 Blooming Marvellous Bold contemporary and fine art by County Floral Painters, at Droitwich Library, Victoria Square, Droitwich. Monday - Saturday 9.30am-5.30pm, except Thursday.

JUNE 2 - JULY 28 Craft Potters Association 50th anniversary event at the Gallery at Bevere, Bevere Lane, Worcester. Telephone for further details.

JUNE 23 Worcester Society of Artists Exhibition of members paintings on the Guildhall railings, High Street, Worcester, from 9am.

UNTIL JULY 28 Not Just History Collections from the past to the present at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham.

APRIL 28 Manchester Camerate The Elgar Chorale The first of two symphony concerts in the Festival to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth. Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

Spring Sonata Michael Bochmann, the violinist and leader of the English Symphony Orchestra, joins the accomplished chamber pianist Michael Blackmore at Huntingdon Hall. Tickets available from box office.

MAY 1 Madeleine Peyroux The understated elegance of a famously reluctant jazz superstar. The opening concert of the Cheltenham jazz festival, at the Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.

Andrew Brownell A piano recital. New Guesten Hall, Avoncroft Museum of Buildings, Bromsgrove, at 7.45pm.

MAY 2 Ray Gelato And His Giants Orchestra A maestro of swing and jazz at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.

North Bromsgrove High School in Concert Including Vivaldi's Gloria and Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 7.30pm.MAY 3 Northern Harmony Concert Vermont USA, a choir with thrilling harmony singers from across the world. St James' Church, Welland at 7.30pm. Tickets available from Hanley Swan post office.

MAY 4 The Fryer-Barnhart International All Star Jazz Band Presented by Friends of the Upton Jazz Festival at the memorial hall, Upton-upon-Severn, from 8pm. Tickets available on the door.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra A rare opportunity to hear the orchestra away from its London home. Malvern Theatres. Tickets available from box office.

MAY 5 Blues With Wayne Marshall on piano and Matthew Trusler on violin, in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, 7.45pm.

MAY 8 Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers The UK's only Japanese-style Taiko drum group appearing in the Artrix Centre, Bromsgrove, at 8pm.