The Lowther Pavilion, Lytham: For its winter debut here, Polka Dot Pantomimes is clearly out to make an impression with a slick production thankfully trimmed of several stock-in trade cliche…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMCharter Theatre, Preston: At this time last year the future of professional pantomime in Preston looked bleak with a question mark over the city's municipal Guild Hall complex. Read the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:21AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Oldham-born and Glossop-based writer Ian Kershaw has an ear for the vernacular and an eye for the slightly ridiculous - which is just as well in this irreverent upendin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Some 84 years since Ernest Hemingway's powerful story of love against all odds and the brutality of warfare made its Broadway debut, his iconic novel has finally b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMThe Arena, Pleasure Beach, Blackpool: In its 77 year-history (give or take the occasional hiatus) the annual ice extravaganza at Blackpool Pleasure Beach has seen some seismic changes. Read …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMWilliamson Park, Lancaster: The annual productions in this superb park attract up to 500 people nightly from across the country. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThe Globe, Blackpool Pleasure Beach: If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, Frank Sinatra would more than likely have been very flattered indeed by this near-as-dammit 40th an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: In these days of selfies and social networking it's difficult to imagine just how astonishing the achievements of pioneering film makers Sagar Mitchell and James K…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:37PMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Writer Deborah McAndrew skilfully captures the language and logic of the period with this play which takes its title from a line in Philip Larkin's poem MCMXIV - a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Little would Charles Dickens have realised when he created his seasonal morality tale what a Pandora's box of interpretations he had opened up. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Fat, as Susie Orbach has been telling us since 1978, is a feminist issue - and with size zero actresses and models still attracting more attention (and work) than their…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMWilliamson Park, Lancaster: They say absence makes the heart grow fonder - which could explain why, after a year's break when finances weighed heavy and The Dukes had to suspend its ann…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMPleasure Beach Ice Arena, Blackpool: From its fast-moving and shocking pink opening to its similarly speedy and, yes, very pink finale, the latest edition of what claims to be the world'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMBlackpool Grand Theatre general manager and chief executive Neil Thomson is leaving after almost 40 years association with the venue. Thomson shocked staff by revealing he would be standing …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMGrand, Blackpool: Television soap operas are still a vital breeding ground for pantomime casts and Danny Miller, fresh from Emmerdale, makes a decent debut as a handsome Prince Charming, sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMBlackpool Tower Circus: This Christmas combination of pantomime and circus seems to come round quicker every year but, since the summer show ended and the winter one began, the orchestra has…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Never afraid to break new ground, this theatre long ago turned its back on traditional festive fare in favour of more adventurous productions. This season it has handed…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMPleasure Beach Globe, Blackpool: These are not the best of times for circuses - and not just because of the vagaries of the British climate. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThe Pleasure Beach Arena, Blackpool: Unlike television's Dancing On Ice, this production does not rely on celebrities. Unlike the touring Disney shows its cast does not have to dress up…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMThe Dukes, Lancaster: Although instigated by financial cutbacks, the mothballing of this theatre's annual outdoor promenade production probably couldn't have chosen a better (wette…
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