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Brenda breezes in

12:12pm Thursday 18th February 2010

GOLDEN Globe winner and Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn stars alongside Niall Buggy in Haunted at the Malvern Theatres.

Romantic film comes to stage

12:08pm Thursday 18th February 2010

THE classic movie When Harry met Sally is brought to the stage at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre next week.

Show full of knockouts

12:08pm Thursday 18th February 2010

GRAPPLE fans are in for a treat when All-star Wrestling returns to the Cheltenham Town Hall later this month.

Firing cheeseballs

12:06pm Thursday 18th February 2010

BEST-KNOWN to many as the headteacher from The Inbetweeners, comedian Greg Davies comes to Cheltenham Town Hall on Saturday. Greg will be performing his new show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog from 8pm. The comedian has performed on numerous TV Shows including 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Mock the Week and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Tickets from £12 are available on 08445 762210.

The power of sport

12:06pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Malvern Theatres is screening an inspiring movie focusing on South Africa’s Rugby World Cup-winning team of 1995. Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, stars Matt Damon as the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. The film charts how the South African team’s victory in the rugby world cup helped unify the post-aparteid country. Invictus is showing from March 5-11. Tickets are £5 with £4 concessions. For tickets and more information, visit malvern-theatres.co.uk.

Names to remember

12:05pm Thursday 18th February 2010

THE student ballet company Ballet Central will be in Chipping Norton for two nights next month.

Is there anybody there?

12:05pm Thursday 18th February 2010

THE star of TV’s Paranormal Egypt, Ghost Towns, Most Haunted and Most Haunted Live, Derek Acorah, pictured, is coming to Cheltenham Town Hall tomorrow. Derek’s claim to make contact with the deceased runs in his family. He says he had his first supernatural experience as a child when the spirit of his late grandfather came to visit him.When he told his grandmother, he says she was unsurprised and he learnt that she too was a medium.

The myths of Greece

12:05pm Thursday 18th February 2010

A MUSIC and storytelling show at Chipping Norton Theatre will introduce children to the world of Greek mythology. The Onassis Programme presents Pick‘n’Myths on Saturday at 11am and 2pm. Tickets are £6 from 01608 642350.

Examination of dementia

12:23pm Thursday 11th February 2010

DEMENTIA is the subject of Trevor T Smith’s one-act, one-man play at The Subscription Rooms in Stroud. The play deals with issues of loss, disempowerment and old age and examines the experience of an identity cut loose from the rest of the world by the loss of memory. It is a poignant, but often humorous performance which lets audiences see the world as through the eyes of a dementia sufferer. Tickets cost £7, £5 concessions, available from Stroud Tourist Information Centre on 01453 760900 or online from subscriptionrooms.org.uk.

Big names at comedy night

12:24pm Thursday 11th February 2010

FOLLOWING a sold-out opening night in December with Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon, the Stroud Comedy Monthly returns with another top line-up.

Camp comic’s extended tour

12:25pm Thursday 11th February 2010

CAMP comic Julian Clary will be appearing at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall next week.

Gallic gangster movie

12:17pm Thursday 11th February 2010

FRENCH gangster movie Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 will be screened at Pershore’s Number 8 at 7.30pm tonight.

Aladdin’s adventures

12:17pm Thursday 11th February 2010

VITAL Statistics Theatre Company presents Aladdin’s Stardis Adventure at Crawford Memorial Hall in Bidford on March 20. Tickets cost £8 or £10 for concessions and performances take place at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. To book, call 07512 602428.

A quacking good show

12:16pm Thursday 11th February 2010

TICKETS have gone on sale for Honk, the latest offering from Evesham Operatic and Dramatic Society. A musical version of The Ugly Duckling, Honk is about Ugly, who can only honk instead of quack. Tickets to the show, that runs at the town’s arts centre from March 16-20, cost £12, or £10 concessions, from 01386 446944, the Almonry or online at eveshamartscentre.co.uk.

Stars of stand-up

12:15pm Thursday 11th February 2010

EVESHAM Arts Centre will play host tomorrow to some of Britain’s most promising up-and-coming comedians.

Bouncing at the library

12:15pm Thursday 4th February 2010

PERSHORE Library is hosting a Bounce and Rhyme session of music, stories and crafts aimed at pre-school children, every Tuesday from 2.30pm. The sessions are free and no booking is required.

Room on the flying broom

12:16pm Thursday 4th February 2010

A SPELLBINDING new adventure from the creators of The Gruffalo, will appear at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.

Flights of fantasy

12:16pm Thursday 4th February 2010

HALF-term in Shakespeare country is packed with fun and inspired activities for all ages.

Following in Jacko’s footsteps

12:06pm Thursday 4th February 2010

THE Emerald City will come to Pershore’s Number 8 this month in an all singing, all dancing family show.

Trials and tribulations of Tracy

12:05pm Thursday 4th February 2010

THE trials and tribulations of plump teenager growing up in 1960s Baltimore will appear in glorious technicolour at Evesham Arts Centre.

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