The Helen O’Grady Drama School in Malta are performing an abridged version of ‘How to Relax in Andalucia’.

Time And Again Theatre Company are a Manchester group with a passion for interpreting history in new and relevant ways. It went without saying that when tackling Shakespeare, their production was unlikely to be in modern dress, but choosing a…

An interesting show I went to see which was not quite what I was expecting. From the poster/flyer, it looked like a standard comedy farce but turned out to be a very feminist observation from a middle-aged perspective, with the…

Poynton Festival took a step closer to happening on the 20th July when the FIED Committee of Poynton Town Council agreed to set up a Working Group to develop a cohesive plan and time-scale fora festival in Poynton Village. In…

Interesting editorial on my play ‘A visit to Eastern Europe’ which is surprisingly topical, tweleve years after it was written.

I live on Poynton which is just in Cheshire on the border with Greater Manchester. I am on the local Town Council where from time to time, we’ve looked into the possibility of staging a Poynton Festival, potentially on similar…

Almost exactly two years since their last production, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, New Mills Art Theatre came to life with a bang via another Alan Frayn pantomime, Cinderella. Bucking the festive trend by staging their annual pantomime in February has been…