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Preview: Rock Around The Clock in Blackpool
3:14pm Friday 30th July 2010
THE touring production of Rock Around The Clock, in Blackpool from August 5 to 8, marks Roxanne Pallett’s professional stage debut.
Preview: Joe Pasquale in Blackpool
3:17pm Friday 30th July 2010
KING of comedy Joe Pasquale is returning to Blackpool on August 22 with his new show Just Joe.
Review: Justin Moorhouse @ Brinsop Country Inn, Blackrod
2:36pm Thursday 29th July 2010
JUSTIN Moorhouse will always be a crowd favourite locally, thanks to his association with Peter Kay.
Preview: Dave Spikey in Burnley
DAVE Spikey has announced a new nationwide tour for 2011 — and it’s coming to Burnley on April 2.
Preview: The Secret Garden in Turton
4:47pm Friday 23rd July 2010
ONE of the best-loved children’s stories, The Secret Garden, comes to historic Turton Tower on August 6.
Preview: Tringe Festival in Preston
4:38pm Friday 23rd July 2010
PRESTON'S answer to the Edinburgh Festival runs from July 24 to August 1. .
Preview: Best of British Variety Tour in Blackpool
2:48pm Friday 16th July 2010
At 72, Paul Daniels remains one of Britain’s most loved entertainers — anyone would think he had a magic wand. See him in the Best of British Variety Tour in Blackpool on August 13, and 20 and September 3.
Preview: Fireman Sam in Blackpool
3:13pm Thursday 15th July 2010
Children’s favourite fire fighting hero Fireman Sam drops into Blackpool’s Grand Theatre for two shows on Sunday, August 1.
Preview: The Nutcracker in Colne
1:54pm Tuesday 13th July 2010
Colne’s premier theatre, The Muni, is to host its first ever ballet on October 13.
Review: Spamalot @ Opera House, Manchester
3:30pm Friday 9th July 2010
I WASN’T too sure what to expect from Spamalot — the Monty Python musical.
Preview: Time To Dance Grand Finale in Accrington
3:26pm Friday 9th July 2010
The stars of Strictly Come Dancing waltz in to Accrington on July 31. We spoke to king and queen of the ballroom — Ian and Camilla.
Preview: Copacabana in Colne
4:06pm Tuesday 29th June 2010
MUSIC and passion are most definitely in fashion this summer at the Pendle Hippodrome Theatre, as performers prepare to stage the musical Copacabana from September 28 to October 2.
Preview: Once a Catholic in Oswaldtwistle
4:08pm Tuesday 29th June 2010
OSWALDTWISTLE Players have announced that their next production, from October 13 to 16, is to be Once a Catholic by Mary O’Malley.
Accrington actor to star on Broadway
3:10pm Sunday 27th June 2010
AN EAST Lancashire actor is swapping Accrington Broadway for its New York namesake with a starring role in Brief Encounter.
Review: The Road to Nab End @ Coliseum, Oldham
3:40pm Monday 21st June 2010
THE decline of the cotton industry changed East Lancashire for ever.
Preview: Let’s Hear It For The Wee Man in Blackburn
8:10am Saturday 19th June 2010
BLACKBURN'S Thwaites Empire Theatre is set to premiere a new musical written by comedian Jimmy Cricket in March 2011.
Review: La Boheme, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
8:35am Thursday 17th June 2010
Unbelievably, Phyllida Lord’s superb Opera North production of Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’ is 17 years old. In its latest outing at The Lowry, under the direction of Peter Relton, it remains as fresh and emotionally telling as ever.
Review: The Hired Man @ The Octagon, Bolton
3:37pm Monday 14th June 2010
The Hired Man is a powerful and moving account of private lives played out against the greater historical backdrop of industrialisation and the First World War.
Review: Diversity @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
6:24pm Friday 11th June 2010
EXCITEMENT filled the air at the promise of a show headlined by the street dance and Britain’s Got Talent stars.
Preview: Rich Hall in Burnley
AMERICAN comedian Rich Hall will be performing in Burnley on October 5.
Review: Cirque du Soleil @ Arena, Manchester
11:37pm Wednesday 9th June 2010
NOBODY does weird quite like the French. Or in this case the French Canadians.
Barrowford kids to tread boards at RSC
6:07pm Wednesday 9th June 2010
CHILDREN from a Pendle school will tread the boards of one of the most prestigious theatres in the UK.
East Lancs drama group bringing back Playback theatre
11:40am Wednesday 9th June 2010
PIONEERING improvised drama workshops aimed at bringing people closer together have been devised by a Burnley theatre company.
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest @ Library Theatre, Manchester
4:12pm Wednesday 9th June 2010
The two most vital words in The Importance of Being Earnest, the Library Theatre Company’s last play at their present home, are “A Handbag” spoken by an indignant Lady Bracknell.
Review: Columbo: Prescription Murder @ Lowry, Salford
4:06pm Wednesday 9th June 2010
LIKE many of the diehard Columbo fans in the audience, I was slightly apprehensive at an interpretation of the role Peter Falk had made his own.
Nelson venue celebrating an ACE first year
5:09pm Monday 7th June 2010
As it celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow, The ACE Centre in Nelson is fast becoming one of the most talked-about venues in East Lancashire. We discover the secret of its success.
Review: Jester Society Comedy Club @ Mechanics, Burnley
WRITING jokes on the palm of your hand isn’t normally the measure of a good comedian.
Review: Pygmalion @ Royal Exchange, Manchester
4:58pm Wednesday 26th May 2010
PGYMALION, English literature’s irrestible rags to riches tale, is back.
Review: The Hobbit @ Palace Theatre, Manchester
4:54pm Wednesday 26th May 2010
You travel through wind, hail and thunderstorms, escaping trolls, goblins, wolves, and the swampy Gollum (Christopher Llewelyn) in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, adapted by Glyn Robbins at the Palace Theatre.
Review: The Canterbury Tales @ Lowry, Salford
4:56pm Wednesday 26th May 2010
The humour, heartache and wisdom that is contained in these 14th century tales is laid bare for all to see in an adptatiion for the Internet age.
Preview: Doctor Who Live in Manchester
11:00am Monday 17th May 2010
TV hit Doctor Who is to regenerate into a live action arena tour complete with Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels, with the show coming to Manchester from October 22 to 24.
Review: First Friday Frolics @ ACE Centre, Nelson
3:18pm Friday 14th May 2010
Following in the footsteps of comedy clubs in Blackburn and Burnley, the ACE Centre in Nelson has started First Friday Frolics.
Review: When Harry Met Sally @ Opera House, Manchester
4:06pm Tuesday 11th May 2010
WHEN Nora Ephron wrote When Harry Met Sally she pulled off something of a masterstroke, because she created a romantic comedy that appeals to both sexes.
Review: A Chorus Line @ Lowry, Salford
4:10pm Tuesday 11th May 2010
IF you can grin and bear with some of the characters, some of which take the word “nauseating” to a whole new level, you’ll love A Chorus Line.
Review: How Now Mrs Brown Cow @ Opera House, Manchester
4:08pm Tuesday 11th May 2010
MRS Brown, Dublin’s acid tongued matriarch, is back for another hilarious outing in How Now Mrs Brown Cow.
Review: Peter Kay @ Arena, Manchester
10:20am Thursday 29th April 2010
The response from Tuesday evening’s audience at the Arena in Manchester was nothing short of adoration.
Review: Beautiful House @ Library Theatre, Manchester
11:10am Thursday 29th April 2010
THE classics and the big budget musicals have their place, but the theatre that really excites me is the sort that features real people and real issues.
Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang @ Palace Theatre, Manchester
11:08am Thursday 29th April 2010
MORE than 40 years since the hit film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is still flying high — in every sense of the word.
Review: Comedians @ Octagon, Bolton
3:51pm Monday 26th April 2010
WHAT makes you laugh? Is it a joke about a dead celebrity, or a mother-in-law, or an Irishman?
Review: English National Ballet's Cinderella @ Palace Theatre, Manchester
3:32pm Friday 23rd April 2010
IT'S no wonder that so many classical ballets are based on fairy tales — the two worlds were practically made for each other.
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