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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.

Orchestra from Wales

11:59am Thursday 4th March 2010

THE BBC National Orchestra of Wales will be at Cheltenham Town Hall as part of the Cheltenham Concert Series on Saturday. Featuring Schumann, Beethoven and Shostakovich, the programme gets underway at 7.30pm and tickets cost between £10 and £30 from 0844 5762210

The battle continues

12:00pm Thursday 4th March 2010

THE next round of the Ultimate Battle competition will see Alfie take on Jack Flash 2 at Evesham’s Railway Hotel tomorrow. Absolute Ataxia will then battle against Thyrd Eye on Saturday night.

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.

Frank Turner will headline

11:41am Thursday 25th February 2010

FOLK-punk hero Frank Turner will headline this summer’s 2000trees festival in the Cotswolds, delighted organisers have revealed.

A fitting tribute to Joe Strummer

11:42am Thursday 25th February 2010

THE late, great Joe Strummer’s music will be celebrated by Los Mondos Bongos at the Marrs Bar in Worcester on Friday, March 12.

Talented young musicians

11:46am Thursday 25th February 2010

FIVE talented musicians will compete for the Oldbury Trophy and £500 at the Gloucestershire Young Musician at the Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham, next Wednesday from 7.30pm. The winner will perform a solo recital at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Tickets cost £6 and £4, from 0844 5762210.

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