Jools Holland, Eastnor Castle

10:07am Friday 11th July 2008

A POWER cut in the opening few minutes on stage was perhaps not the start Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra were expecting.

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Circus is a great success

2:22pm Monday 7th July 2008

Former Malvern College pupil Nancy Trotter stole the show when Giffords Circus visited Cheltenham Racecourse last week.

The English Game review

4:40pm Monday 16th June 2008

The English Game at Malvern Theatres is a play about an amateur cricket team and a match on a sunny sunday afternoon. It sounds idyllic but the reality doesn't quite match the ideal. A mixed bunch the players have little in common other than cricket and along with good natured banter and bickering there are obvious racial and political tensions which escalate as the hot afternoon wears on. The characters are in many ways stereotypes, Reg, the white, working class racist for example, but they are recognisably real none the less.The team is virtually a representation of modern British society, a mix of skin colours, religions and political attitudes that don't always sit comfortably together. The play is entertaining, even if, like me, you have no interest in cricket, and there are some really funny lines. But, somehow, despite the conversational script, the play seemed forced and contrived. I found the first half a little slow but the pace picked up after the interval and I found the characters became more interesting, particularly the Will, the team captain, whose disillusionment with life and British society is hinted at earlier in the play.

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Don't tell them how good this show is.

4:47pm Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Dad's Army, The Lost Episodes is at Malvern Theatres this week and is a chance to see some episodes screened in the late sixties and subsequently lost by the BBC, along with one much-loved classic episode, the often repeated and much quoted 'one with the U-boat captain'.

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Powick play a success

9:12am Friday 16th May 2008

City Kids, Powick Village Hall Those residents of Powick who were fortunate enough to have obtained tickets (which resembled war-time ration books) witnessed an unusual and highly accomplished performance on May 9 and 10 at the Parish Hall, when City Kids, a musical play by Tom Wells, was preceded by an entertainment arranged by Stephen and Pamela Watkins.

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Birmingham Royal Ballet delights audience

4:24pm Friday 2nd May 2008

Birmingham Royal Ballet's visit to Cheltenham this week was a real coup for the Everyman theatre, and a delight for all who managed to see it.

Hello Dolly receives a mixed reaction

8:48am Wednesday 9th April 2008

Hello, Dolly!, at Malvern Theatres until tomorrow, was a loud, lively and colourful production, packed with songs and slick dance routines and a smiling cast who looked like they were having fun.

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Uncle Vanya is a powerful production

9:44am Thursday 3rd April 2008

HAVING never read Chekhov or seen any of his plays performed I went with an open mind to the English Touring Theatre's production of Uncle Vanya at Malvern Theatres.

500th concert a success

3:47pm Friday 14th March 2008

Malvern Concert Club celebrated its' 500th concert in great style by inviting internationally celebrated artistes Dame Felicity Lott (soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano).

Dreadfully good play by WamDram

3:31pm Friday 14th March 2008

IMAGINE a really dreadful play. And I mean bad. Badly cast, appallingly acted, packed with forgotton lines, bad timing, missing props. So bad in fact that although it's a murder mystery it's hilarious and every mistake makes the audience laugh. That was the whole point of The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, a play performed by the West Malvern Amateur Dramatic Society last week.

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