Gardens shoot the Breeze
A bold and brave production offers up a ‘glorious evocation’ of one grand old theatre’s magnificent past, ‘turns tradition inside out’ and conjures up a visual treat on a truly epic scale
View ArticleFry in for one night only
A rare chance to spend an evening with a national treasure comes around next week when Stephen Fry appears in front of an audience on screen at The Dukes theatre in Lancaster live by satellite next...
View ArticleWhy Ruby’s Waxing lyrical...
Mindfulness doesn’t have to be mind-boggling. As her Sane New World tour continues , Ruby Wax tells Abi Jackson why we could all benefit from paying a little more attention
View ArticleThis Tea was a perfect brew
The curtains open on a grand set of Preston’s railway station buffet, but here the encounters are not always brief... geddit?
View ArticleLadyboys of Bangkok head for Lancashire
The Ladyboys of Bangkok are heading to Lancashire with their latest sizzling and seductive production.
View ArticlePlay Relatively misunderstood
The Broughton Players are preparing to present Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn next month.
View ArticleToo Friendly pop Down Under
This time last year, The Too Friendly Theatre Company took us on an adventure to the races with their production of Amanda Whittington’s Ladies’ Day.
View ArticleDave off Dave gets the point
Currently enjoying success on comedy TV channel Dave with the new series of his hilarious Modern Life Is Goodish, Dave Gorman will visit Preston at the end of this month.
View ArticleRead all about it! Play in a day at a fun palace
Preston acting school and agency Meladrama is to host a one day free “theatrical fun palace” in the city this Sunday.
View ArticleGreat balls of fire over the rainbow
This Sunday, Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre throws open its doors to the public as part of the national Fun Palaces weekend.
View ArticleBig Brother’s seaside trip for a Grand nightmare
No matter how contemporary someone strives to make their performance of 1984, nowadays the week’s news always seems to go one better...
View Article‘We aim to keep one of the comedy circuit’s best nights going’
When Preston’s comedy club the Frog and Bucket announced it was having its last laugh after five years, disappointment rippled not just in Preston, but throughout the country.
View ArticlePanto roles up for grabs – oh yes they are...
Preston Musical Comedy Society are this weekend running auditions for their Christmas panto Cinderella.
View ArticleDog at The Dukes ready for first Farewell
The Dukes theatre in Lancaster next week presents romance against a wartime backdrop when the first UK stage adaptation of A Farewell To Arms is performed from October 10-25.
View Article‘Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light’
Poet, novelist, playwright, political activist – Benjamin Zephaniah is this and more. A self-proclaimed ‘trouble-maker’, he was in Preston this week for a Q&A at County Hall. MALCOLM WYATT listened in
View ArticleNot really good enough to keep you occupied
Let’s start with the positive: Lotty’s War is a really good story.
View ArticleShow looks LICA Testing Times
An exhibition at Lancaster University draws on influences as diverse as Jackson Pollock and Tony Hancock, Max Miller and Van Gogh, from tomorrow until Dedcember 6.
View ArticleMobsters rule as theatre becomes Chicago for Lancashire school production
Rapid-fire custard-shooting splurge guns and mobster hats are the uniform of the moment for young thespians at Preston’s Archbishop Temple CE High School.
View ArticleCafe putting laughter on the menu
Korova’s Comedy Friday continues in special vein tonight as it launches the Preston Tringe Festival.
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