Joe’s Pinball Wizard has the X-Factor
X-Factor winner turned musical theatre star, Joe McElderry headlines in Blackpool next week for Tommy, the UK premiere staging of a new production of The Who’s classic rock opera.
View ArticleER indoors, with Mrs T
Liz and Maggie go head to head in Salford next week for a Royal showdown in Moria Buffini’s Olivier award-winning Handbagged.
View ArticleGetting to the bottom of Beckett
A chance to learn more about an undisputed masterpiece of modernist theatre comes to Preston soon with a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.
View ArticleFestival comes to the last night
This year’s inaugural Ribble Valley Music Festival – already an unprecedented success – concludes with a ‘Last Night of the Proms’ on Friday.
View ArticleBogus play a genuine winner
The Bogus Woman, Dukes Theatre, Lancaster. Various Lancashire dates
View ArticleReview: Tommy the rock musical at Blackpool Opera House
Sometimes, a production just takes your breath away.
View ArticleLet’s do the Time Warp once again
It’s just a jump to the left, sort of, to join a live broadcast of classic cult musical at Lancaster’s Dukes theatre.
View ArticlePulling off a real gem of a comedy
Penwortham St Mary’s ADS are celebrating 60 Glorious Years – with a rip-roaring classic parody.
View ArticleThe pride of Britain in music
Made in Britain, Preston Musical Comedy, Preston Playhouse
View ArticleWhat... the quick Dickens?
Adam Long, founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company and co-creator of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) brings Dickens Abridged – a fast-paced musical comedy to several...
View ArticleHopes high toil and trouble will pay off
Not only is our greatest dramatist spoofed on film but one of his greatest plays gets a retelling, with the audience asked to join in, and the mystery of the man himself is explored
View ArticleOnus of a lonely heart
The trials and tribulations of two people searching for love online is at the heart of a new show coming to The Dukes in Lancaster next Wednesday.
View ArticleThe playwright’s the thing...
Next Thursday in Manchester the Burgess Foundation is holding a book launch and discussion focusing on uncovering the truths behind the many myths surrounding William Shakespeare.
View ArticleBe my Gest tomorrow
Some of the biggest names from among the last 50 years of pop music are billed to appear in David Gest’s (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life tour, when it comes to Preston Guild Hall tomorrow night.
View ArticleYou’ll ABBA great night out
Abba fans will be making a beeline for Lytham’s Lowther Pavilion tonight for The Abba Reunion Tribute show.
View ArticleThis ‘brand’ is also a tonic
Dreamboats and Miniskirts, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, Until Saturday
View ArticleTender is the night...
Old romantics should enjoy a re-telling of Shakespeare’s greatest love story – set at the Lancashire seaside.
View ArticleThe interview: Alan Davies
Actor and comedian Alan Davies returns to Preston on November 5, but the Jonathan Creek and QI star is hoping there won’t be fireworks, as he explained to MALCOLM WYATT
View ArticleImagine the silence of war
A group of deaf actors from Lancashire are hitting the road next month.
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