| Comic to visit | | 10:34am Friday 9th May 2008 | | POPULAR comic Russell Howard performs in Malvern this month. |
| Convicts inspire unusual tale | | 8:07am Friday 2nd May 2008 | | IN 1788 a group of criminals serving time in Australia staged a play. Two hundred years later, an English company performing the same play - George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer - came across the extraordinary story of murderers and thieves-turned-actors and, inspired by their tale, wrote a play about their play. |
| Hot medley | | 9:44am Friday 25th April 2008 | | A MEDLEY of hot plays will be staged in Worcester Arts Workshop on May 3. |
 | Family growing pains down in the farmyard | | 9:36am Fri 25 Apr 08 | | THE face of farming is changing. The shift began decades ago but continues to cause rifts today, something the New Perspective theatre company understands and appreciates. |
 | Dramatic story of forbidden love and heartache | | 9:25am Fri 18 Apr 08 | | RAW, distressing, steely and relentless. According to the critics, David Grindley's revival of Blackbird, at Malvern next month, has a slow-burning intensity that nags away in the memory like the mental equivalent of a toothache.'
David Harrower's drama has haunted audiences since it premiered in 2005. The unsettling story, emotional in the real sense of the word, follows a 27-year-old woman, Una, who tracks down a man from her past. Fifteen years ago Una, then 12, and Ray, then 40, had an affair which ended with Ray abandoning her in a hotel. For his crime, Ray went to prison and has since attempted to rebuild his life. What shocks most is the idea that this was a love affair, rather than predatory paedophilia. |
| CENTRE STAGE Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live | | 10:25am Friday 4th April 2008 | | As I write this column, I am still getting over the shock of Amy (Genie in Aladdin at the Swan Theatre) being the first out of the last 12 of the search to find a Nancy for the West End. To be honest, deep in my heart, I didn't think she was going to win but nothing prepared me for her being the first to go. |
| Would you like to be in panto? | | 10:15am Friday 4th April 2008 | | WOULD-be actors and stage hands are called to join one of Worcester's oldest am-dram groups. |
| CENTRE STAGE with Chris Jaeger of Worcester Live | | 9:31am Friday 21st March 2008 | | I went to Theatre Hafren in Newtown, Powys to see the Welsh final of the Welsh Young Farmers' entertainment competition. I knew what I was going to get, and I was in no way disappointed. As I pulled up to the theatre there was the familiar sight of loads of horse boxes and livestock wagons that had brought all the scenery for the various teams. Unusual but effective. |
| Bodies galore in grave farce | | 9:00am Friday 21st March 2008 | | THE Tomb family certainly has secrets. And the St John's Players, currently preparing to perform the comedy thriller, plan to reveal them all. |
| Audience well and truly rocked in aisles | | 8:58am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | MALVERN Light Opera Society had the audience well and truly rocking in the aisles with their excellent production of Summer Holiday. |
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