Centre Stage with Alan Cookman

BRIAN Hadley has been inspiring gifted young actors for nearly four decades. As head of drama and performing arts at Edensor Technology College, formerly Edensor High School, he's been responsible for many outstanding productions. This year's, Brian's 38th, will be slightly different.

Peter Pan the Musical, designed and directed by...

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Theatre Review: Snow White On Ice, The Regent Theatre, Hanley

ICE STARS: Svetlana Golubeva, Irina Tkachuk and Valdis Mintals.

Snow White On Ice The Regent Theatre, Hanley WITH Dancing On Ice managing to maintain its popularity, the arrival of the Russian Ice...

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Theatre Review: Hello Dolly, Crewe Lyceum

ROMANCE: Jane Johnson as Dolly Gallagher Levi and  Rob Aucott as Horace Vandergelder.

Hello Dolly Crewe Lyceum HELLO Dolly, a multi-award winning Broadway smash about a self-confessed matchmaker who likes to meddle in...

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Theatre Review: The Elephant Man, Stoke Rep

The Elephant Man Stoke Rep THE Elephant Man tells the sad story of John Merrick, a man horrifically disfigured from birth. The scene is set perfectly from the start, as before the actors...

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Alan takes time to steer LADS in right direction

Time Of My Life A new production by Alan Ayckbourn comes with extra input from the great playwright himself, writes Alan Cookman SIR Alan Ayckbourn's fondness for experimenting with time...

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Centre Stage by Alan Cookman

I HEAR that an honoured guest looked in on rehearsals for Willy Russell's Our Day Out, which is to be presented by Nantwich Players Youth Theatre. The visitor was Margaret Noble, who first...

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The boys are back in town

AS GERARD Murphy says, only Alan Bennett could take the seemingly dry subject of education and turn it into something witty, sharply-observed, and at times, controversial But that's what...

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CHEADLE and District Choral Society is currently on the lookout for a new musical director following the retirement of Ken Lovatt.

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THE concert of the week is at Biddulph on Wednesday when Scottish traditional legends Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham play at Biddulph Town Hall. Aly Bain is Scotland's supreme traditional...

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Touch of Class with Liz Rowley

THE Royal Liverpool Philharmonic perform at the Victoria Hall tonight as part of the Stoke-on-Trent Festival's 40th anniversary. It starts at 8pm. For tickets call 01782 206000. Also...

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'Victoria Hall is such a wonderful place to be'

INGRID Surgenor has performed for television and radio, tutored well-known opera stars and appeared in concert halls worldwide, yet she still thinks the Victoria Hall takes some beating. ...

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Hanging Mangoes, Burslem: Alan Cookman's restaurant review

THE two guys on the next table probably thought I'd had some bad news from my stockbroker.

I was afraid one of them might come over: "There, there, old chap, don't take it so hard."

Not since I first sat through the last reel of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial have I wept so much in public.

Cuisine with a kick does tend to reduce...

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Eating Out: Toby Carvery, Trentham

Pat Whitehouse, aged 54, is a project manager for the Closer To Home Circular Walk Scheme. She lives in Leek Road, Shelton, and often takes her grandchildren to the Toby Carvery in Longton...

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My Favourite Pub: The Swan With Two Necks, Nantwich Road, Blackbrook

The Swan With Two Necks is the favourite drinking pub for Charlotte Wilson, a 19-year old radiography student from Weston Park, Longton, thanks to its extensive wine and cocktail menu. Which...

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The Ramblers Retreat, Dimmingsdale: Alan Cookman's restaurant review

Alan Cookman visits The Ramblers Retreat, Dimmingsdale OUR first planned visit to this secluded outpost in the depths of the Churnet Valley was aborted on the advice of the management. An...

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Eating Out: Hector Garcia's, Newcastle

Andrea D'Arcy is the PR, campaigns and events co-ordinator for Staffordshire University Students' Union. The 26-year-old, from Friarswood Road, Newcastle, says her favourite place to eat is...

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