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Animal Farm

12:18pm Thursday 4th March 2010

A one-man performance of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, appears at Worcester’s Swan Theatre this evening.

Stage version of top sitcom

12:18pm Thursday 4th March 2010

TV sitcom Dinnerladies comes to the Everyman Theatre next week.

Nostalgia for all Brummies

12:07pm Thursday 4th March 2010

ONE of the Midland’s most successful playwrights, Malcolm Stent, brings his show Go and Play Up Your Own End to Tewkesbury’s Roses Theatre.

Ugly duckling inspired show

12:06pm Thursday 4th March 2010

TICKETS are still available for Evesham theatre group’s latest play at the town’s arts centre.

Blowers at arts centre

11:57am Thursday 4th March 2010

LEGENDARY cricket commentator Henry Blofeld (pictured) is coming to Pershore’s Number 8 next month.

Election battlebus

11:57am Thursday 4th March 2010

l RORY Bremner brings his Election Battlebus Tour to Cheltenham Town Hall next month. As Britain gets ready to vote, the impressionist takes to the road for his first stand-up tour in five years. In the run-up to polling day, Bremner will give his own take on the characters and events dominating the news, with impressions ranging from Gordon Brown to Louis Walsh. Tickets to the show on Sunday, April 18, cost £16.50. They are available by calling the town hall on 0844 5762210, or by via the venue’s website at cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk.

Spooks at the Regal

11:58am Thursday 4th March 2010

GHOSTLY goings-on will send a shiver down the spine of brave visitors to Evesham’s cinema later this month.

Blue Remembered Hills

11:59am Thursday 4th March 2010

DENNIS Potter’s classic play Blue Remembered Hills comes to the Evesham Arts centre this month. The original production featured Helen Mirren and Colin Welland in a tale of war-time childhood games, rivalries, jealousies and tragedies. Although relating the activities of seven-year-olds on a long, hot summer afternoon, the play contains a unique twist in that the children’s roles are acted out by adults. The performance is on March 26 at 7.30pm and tickets cost £9 or £8 for concessions. To book, call the centre’s box office 01386 446944.

Entangled with ancient gods

11:43am Thursday 25th February 2010

A COUPLE on the verge of divorce become entangled with the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology in Orpheus Down Under at The Theatre in Chipping Norton.

Backdrop of film footage

11:44am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE Overtures will be reliving the 60s at Cheltenham Town Hall tomorrow. The group has devised a new show called The Bootleg Sixties. The two-hour concert is packed with the best music of the decade and is supported by archive footage, including material from each town and city on the tour. Guest appearances and 60s style costumes top off the performance which starts at 8pm. Tickets cost £16. To book call 08445 762210.

An ex-convict’s struggle

11:44am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE film debut by writer and director Philippe Claudel will be screened at Worcester’s Swan Theatre on Monday. Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Elsa Zylberstein, I’ve Loved You So Long follows a woman’s struggle to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending 15 years in prison. It starts at 8pm and tickets cos

Best bestest play

11:45am Thursday 25th February 2010

television’s favourite brother and sister pairing, Charlie and Lola, are coming to the Malvern Theatres next month.

A walk down memory lane

11:45am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury is offering a walk down memory lane with a series of upcoming shows.

Egyptian veil dancing

11:49am Thursday 25th February 2010

A WORKSHOP in Egyptian stick and veil dancing takes place at the Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Saturday next week. Attendees should take a two-metre piece of chiffon, organza or silk to dance with. The fee is £20 and booking is essential. Call 01453 760900 for details.

Former pop star takes a leading role

11:50am Thursday 25th February 2010

LYN Paul, one of the original members of the New Seekers, stars in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers at Malvern Theatres next month.

Film worth investigating

11:35am Thursday 25th February 2010

ROBERT Downey Jr and Jude Law star in Sherlock Holmes at Pershore’s Number 8. Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective’s latest screen appearance can be seen this evening and tomorrow, with the film starting at 7.30pm on both nights. For tickets and more information, visit number8.org.

New version of a classic

11:28am Thursday 25th February 2010

A NEW version of Alice in Wonderland by Owen Calvert-Lyon, based on the novel by Lewis Carroll, comes to Tewkesbury’s Roses Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14. The classic tale will be brought to life by the Roses Youth Theatre’s 70-strong team of actors aged from five to 14. Tickets cost £8.50, £7 concessions, available from 01684 295074.

Number 8 has a spring in its step

11:28am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE lighter nights are a sure sign that spring is on its way and signals the start of a new season of entertainment at Pershore’s Number 8.

Sustainable Solutions

12:11pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt, former chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission, will give a talk on Sustainable Futures at The Subscription Rooms in Stroud on Thursday, March 4, from 7.30pm. Admission is free.

All in the mind

12:12pm Thursday 18th February 2010

AN exploration of daily aches and pains takes place with Hypochondria Works by Edward Morris at Pershore’s Number 8.

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