Great shakes

10:46am today

Derek Moran talks about his move from boyband to live children’s TV presenter

Gobsmacking double

9:21am Saturday 28th June 2008

Audiences at Newcastle must make up their own minds about Shakespeare’s ‘anti-Semitic’ play

'My un-PC fame'

8:22am Saturday 21st June 2008

It’s a rare comedy and a first tour for Myfanwy Waring as she joins the cast of Come On Jeeves

Plays in demand

10:49am Saturday 14th June 2008

North-East comedy is conquering the world thanks to the plays of Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood.

Murder in fishnets

10:30am Saturday 7th June 2008

Stephen Beckett visits Darlington Civic with The Business of Murder just before TV audiences see him in series two of BBC’s Roman Mysteries

Still on the Ball

9:58am Saturday 31st May 2008

Cannon and Ball are in ad-lib comedy heaven with a national tour of the farce Big Bad Mouse HIS last visit to the region nearly cost him his driving licence, but comic Bobby Ball is back on the road again with two tours to the North-East. The first being a stage comedy debut at Billingham Forum all next week in Big Bad Mouse alongside his sparring partner of over 43 years, Tommy Cannon.

I’m in charge

10:35am Saturday 24th May 2008

He missed Dad’s Army first time around but Timothy Kightley is ready for duty on stage.

The last laugh

10:02am Saturday 17th May 2008

Comic John Bishop built an act around his decision to quit work for comedy and saved his marriage PRESSURE of work seemed to have put paid to his marriage and, in desperation, Liverpudlian John Bishop turned to stand-up comedy as a way of breaking out of the doom and gloom that seemed to have engulfed his life.

Time for Carrots

10:04am Saturday 10th May 2008

The hunt is on for an 11-year-old to star in a revival of Carrots, the musical dedicated to Dr Barnardo

Pacific heights

9:16am Saturday 3rd May 2008

She missed out on Maria by a whisker, but Helena Blackman is enjoying a star role in South Pacific HELENA Blackman dubbed herself Miracle Maria' thanks to her long pursuit of BBC1's chance to star in The Sound Of Music in the West End, which ended with a runnerup spot. The Guildford School of Acting trained performer picked herself up and landed the starring role of Nellie Forbush in a regional tour of South Pacific.

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