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 created a difference of opinion within the ranks of the Longsdon Amateur Dramatic Society, aka LADS.
Time Of My Life, which the company...
Comment on this storyI 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...
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...
RUSSIAN skating stars promise a dazzling performance when they arrive at The Regent Theatre next week. Snow White On Ice, pictured, which takes place from Wednesday, March 17 until Sunday,...
THE Canterbury Tales is a triumph of ingenuity and split-second timing. "A rare 'complete' theatre experience, you leave the theatre with a sense of total emotional and intellectual...
The King And I The Regent Theatre, Hanley THE Regent was buzzing with anticipation as a packed audience waited for curtain up on the first night of Stage Productions' The King And I. The...
WHEN did John Mortimer take a break from Rumpole and She Who Must Be Obeyed to write When The Cat's Away with Brian Cooke? The answer is that he didn't. The comedy which Barlaston's...
As a result of that show, which was performed in front of a packed house, the band signed a deal with live entertainment promoters Handshake.
It's a deal which promises to bring international...
Comment on this storyTHE Victoria Hall's new organ prom series gets up and running on Saturday, April 10, with a lunchtime recital by York Minster organist Robert Sharpe. The concert is the first of eight to...
Keele Chapel Singers The choir welcomes Easter with a programme of Haydn and Mozart. Liz Rowley talks to musical director Peter de Cruz...
THE Ceramic City Choir performs a mixed programme of Finzi, Vaughn Williams and Mendelssohn, as well as works by Elgar, Stanford and Parry, at St George's Church, Newcastle, tomorrow at...
FOR a festival that, on the face of it, offers a programme mainly dedicated to jazz and blues, other musical genres are certainly allowed a decent showing. The Nantwich Jazz, Blues &...
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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 overnight white-out had rendered the venue inaccessible except by sled, and Yellow Pages failed to list a convenient branch of...
Comment on this storyAndrea 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...
THE illuminated scroll in the bar, the one which recounts the legend of King John and the wolf, has been abbreviated somewhat since we first ate here. On that occasion, the narrative seemed...
Jacqueline Steele from Porthill works at Bob Gutteridge estate agents. Here the 48-year-old tells us why she always enjoys a drink in her local, The New Smithy Inn in Wolstanton. "IT'S one...
I WAS first introduced to Mexican cuisine in a madhouse. No kidding: the restaurant was called Casa Loco and, like Chico's, it was in...
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