Review: The Wicked Lady, New Vic Theatre, Newcastle

HEALTH and safety operatives – or whatever they call themselves – should avoid the New Vic theatre in the same way they should avoid loose women or, indeed, wicked ladies.

If they don't, they risk apoplexy, seizure or, worst of all, closing the theatre down.

The reason? A series of frankly hair-raising stunts involving...

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A wicked Skelton comes out of a posh cupboard

Boredom, passion, betrayal and murder – all are close to the heart of Bryony Lavery's plot in the New Vic's bodice-ripping thriller The Wicked Lady, writes Tamzin Hindmarch. LADY...

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WIN tickets for the world premiere of The Wicked Lady!

WIN tickets for the world premiere of The Wicked Lady!

The Sentinel has teamed up with the New Vic to offer three lucky readers a pair of tickets for The Wicked Lady, an aerial action-advent...

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Mystery players take centre stage

From left, Dominic Birch, aged  11, Lynne Burton, Paul Brown Allan Barrett and Julie Oxberry rehearse Penkhull Mystery Plays

For the fifth year running, the Bible comes to life in a uniquely creative corner of the Potteries, writes Alan Cookman BABYLON comes...

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Enjoy witty tale in grounds of old manor house

Frank McGregor  as Dromio and Philip Jackson as Antipholus.

FOR their latest alfresco presentation at Little Moreton Hall, Alsager Community Theatre have chosen one of Shakespeare's earliest,...

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School date for concert

FIVE Towns Theatre are presenting an evening of music and dance called You Can't Stop The Beat next week. The show, featuring popular numbers from Rent, Wicked, The Lion King, Hairspray,...

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Centre Stage with Alan Cookman

IF YOU were hoping to attend Sylvia's Wedding in Nantwich next week, I wouldn't splash out too much on a hat. Sylvia regrets that the guest list is suspended. In other words, Nantwich...

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Music

My Favourite Music: Kasabian

My Favourite Music: Kasabian

Daryl Latham, aged 26, of Aston Lodge Park, Stone, is lead singer and lyric writer of new Indie/Rock band, Lost Scenes, with his brother David, and another set of brothers, Andy and Dave Price. Here he talks about how certain artists and music have influenced the band.

I TAUGHT myself to play the guitar at about the age of nine or 10 by...

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Countdown to the Whatfest

THE countdown has officially begun to Cheshire's leading live music festival Whatfest as summer temperatures continue to soar. This years three-day festival features some fantastic bands and...

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Clubbing with Professor X

WHILE we bask in the glory of summer heats resembling that of a tropical island, and the sun stays high in the sky till at least 8pm, where is there to go that matches what is undoubtedly...

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Folk Scene with Eric Cox

WITH most concert clubs in the area closed for the summer, the focus for July is fixed on some great folk concerts which are part of the Biddulph Festival, with Eric Bogle appearing on...

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A Touch of Class with Liz Rowley

THE Marchington Singers are in action at Thomas Alleyne's High School in Uttoxeter tomorrow night with a concert to celebrate their silver jubilee. Well-known pieces by Oscar Hammerstein,...

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My Favourite Recipe: Sticky toffee pudding

My Favourite Recipe: Sticky toffee pudding

Edwina Bennett, aged 55, mother-of-two to daughters Laura and Kirsty, and co-owner of ladies designer wear boutique, Buttons in Newcastle, confesses her favourite dessert is without doubt sticky toffee pudding and is one of her favourite things to make.

Edwina says: "As one of Britain's favourite dishes, sticky toffee pudding is a dish...

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The Spotgate, Spot Acre, near Stone: Alan Cookman's restaurant review

The Spotgate, Spot Acre, near Stone: Alan Cookman's restaurant review

Alan Cookman visits The Spotgate, Spot Acre, Nr Stone THE smoked salmon was going down a treat, reinforcing my desire to come back in...

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ACCORDING to legend, whoever owns the Koh-i-noor rules the world. This relates to ownership of the famous diamond, however, and not of the restaurant in Liverpool Road, Newcastle. I found...

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My favourite pub: The Smithy, Wolstanton

Car technician Keith Ash, aged 64, lives in Clayton Road, Newcastle, with his wife Marie, aged 54. He feels the specially selected ale and friendly environment of The Smithy in Wolstanton...

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Eating out: The Swan with Two Necks at Blackbrook

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