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A mate of Elvis at the pub

12:44pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE Granville at Barford is hosting a second comedy night following on the success of the venue’s first sell-out night in January.

Memories of the Infirmary

12:41pm Thursday 18th March 2010

BASED on true stories from nurses, doctors and patients at the old Worcester Royal Infirmary, Nursing Lives is full of visual inventiveness, live music, song and 1940s dance.

Laughter on the open road

12:33pm Thursday 18th March 2010

HULL Truck Theatre is bringing Men of the World to Worcester. The comedy about three bus drivers takes the audience to the Rhine Valley via the Channel Tunnel. Critics have called it a “funny, poignant, fascinating play that explores the old holidaymakers’ concerns with swelling feet, sitting over the coach wheel, food, flatulence, drinking and sex.” Men of the World is at the Swan Theatre until Saturday. Tickets cost £13.50 from 01905 611427.

Fairies and flirts

12:34pm Thursday 18th March 2010

RETURNING to Pershore’s Number 8 this Saturday following a sell-out appearance last March is Worcester Gilbert & Sullivan Society with its latest production.

Sean Hughes live at theatre

12:34pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE youngest comic to ever win the Perrier Award will be bringing his latest show to Tewkesbury.

Dance show to make a splash

12:39pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A PIECE of dance theatre looking at man’s relationships with water and how it surrounds us in different forms is coming to Tewkesbury’s Roses Theatre.

Argentinian writer and I

12:40pm Thursday 18th March 2010

DRIVEN by his love of words, Argentine writer Jorge Borges brought forth images of labyrinths, tigers and a universe of libraries. Borges and I at The Theatre in Chipping Norton on Tuesday, March 30, explores the man and his work. Tickets to the show are available by calling 01608 642350.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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