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Book review: A Walk in the Park by Jill Mansell
If any film-makers out there have never curled up with a Jill Mansell book, then perhaps now is a good time to start.
Olly to headline finale at Proms
HEARTS are set to skip a beat when one of pop’s hottest talents invites thousands to dance with him under the gaze of Lytham’s iconic windmill.
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Rocket man for festival headland
It’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Hello Blackpool Headlands – and not before time!
A Grand National
The National Theatre’s West End and Broadway smash-hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors, is coming to Blackpool Grand Theatre.
Celebrating 20 years of making music together
Friday’s Fylde Arts Mid Day Recital at Poulton Methodist Church is being given by Rossall School’s director of music Margaret Elizabeth Young (clarinet) and Philip Kubilius (piano) who will be presenting a programme of Brahms and Weber.
Star names for Grand
A trio of star names have been confirmed for two of Blackpool Grand Theatre’s future shows.
The great 208’s Battle of the Giants
A tribute to Radio Luxembourg’s once hugely popular Battle of the Giants programme is launching its 2012 tour in Lytham – and you could be taking part.
Cancer heartbreak sparks big concert
TWO teenagers are hoping to pull in the crowds as they organise a charity concert to raise money for Trinity Hospice.
Book review: Jezebel by Eleanor de Jong
Jezebel – most recognise her as the notorious Biblical figure synonymous with power but forever tainted by her reputation as a treacherous ‘painted lady.’ Is her Old Testament story the truth, partly the truth or just a pack of lies?
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United nations of magical fun
Review: Blackpool Magicians’ Club International Gala Show, Blackpool Opera House. Sixty is a good time to start thinking about retirement or at least taking things a little easier – but don’t tell the members of Blackpool Magicians’ Club that.
Funny in lots of parts
REVIEW: Vagina Monologues, Grand Theatre, Blackpool. If you thought “Harold’s alive” were the most controversial words to ever fall from Madge from Neighbours lips – a shock lay in store at Blackpool Grand in Saturday night.
SHOWZAM REVIEW: Getting better with age
Ida Barr’s Variety Parade - Grand Theatre, Blackpool. Imagine Hinge without Bracket (or the other way round) finding a cache of prescription drugs next to their care worker’s CD collection and you are part way to where “the peoples’ pensioner” Ida Barr is coming from.
Russell’s ready to Kane it
Comic Russell Kane on The Big One, meeting his girlfriend while naked and what Manscaping is.
1 commentDuke’s Diary - Night job beggars my belief
I’ve got to cut down on the St John’s Wort. Maybe from two a day to one. It’s just that the so called “sunshine pills” appear to have made me so mellow I just don’t get angry like I used to do – and anger is what has helped this column keep going for however many years it’s been filling this corner of Saturday’s paper.
Key date with teen prodigy
Teenage piano star Lara Melda is the guest of North Fylde Music Circle next Friday in the new concert hall of the Blackpool Sixth Form College, starting at 7.30pm.
Raconteur Blofeld bowls into town
IRREPRESSIBLE and nothing short of a national institution, Henry Blofeld, aka Blowers, breezes into Lytham next Friday.
Book review: Top choice from Random House Children’s Books
Whether your children are tots or teens, there’s plenty of exciting titles available from Random House Children’s Books this month.
A smashing new sound
MISSED You At The Show, a Manchester-based five-piece hotly tipped for great things, make their Blackpool debut tonight at the K2 Tavern on Church Street.
A special tribute to Man in Black
THE singer-songwriter, affectionately known as The Man In Black, and renowned for classic tracks such as Walk The Line, San Quentin, Fulsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire and A Boy Named Sue — receives a glittering tribute at the Lowther Pavilion tonight.
Post Office van man
FLEETWOOD’S rock hotspot The Prince Arthur plays host to Australian singer/songwriter Derrin Nauendorf tonight.
Film review: Silence is golden
The Artist (PG) - Rating: 9/10. Silence, they say, is golden and in the case of Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white silent film, the gold is a clutch of British Academy of Film and Television awards and a batch of Oscars to follow.
SHOWZAM: Granny does know best
TONIGHT’S Grand Theatre star Ida Barr is nothing like your average granny!
Book review: The Piccadilly Plot by Susanna Gregory
Restoration London is a dangerous place for a former Parliamentarian spy, but who better to brazen it out than the wily Thomas Chaloner?
SHOWZAM REVIEW: A new twist on big top
Circus Shorts, Grand Theatre, Blackpool. Given the Collins English Dictionary definition of circus as “(performance given by) a travelling company of acrobats, clowns, performing animals etc” then any questions about the credentials of Circus Shorts can be put to one side.
Stars help to turn tide
North Pier Theatre is to host a star studded special concert in aid of the NSPCC.
Band of gold
TALK about blowing your own trumpet! A brass band will celebrate half a century of music with a special anniversary concert later this year.
Book review: The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
Powerful women are always irresistible ... think Elizabeth I, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the ‘queen’ of them all, Catherine the Great of Russia.
SHOWZAM! - Grand’s little big top
The Big Top shrinks into Circus Shorts for two nights at Blackpool Grand Theatre.
SHOWZAM REVIEW: Fun amid hopelessness of an Orwellian world
The Animals and the Children Took To The Streets, Grand Theatre Blackpool
SHOWZAM REVIEW: Worth wait when the magic starts
Star Of Wonder, Lawrence House Studio. A little theatre company proved size doesn’t matter at the Lawrence House Studio on Valentine’s Day.
Artist on the way to town
THE French film revolution is finally heading to the Fylde coast with a long delayed screening of The Artist.
SHOWZAM REVIEW: This father and son show always proves a winner
Circus Hilarious, Opera House. Following in your father’s footsteps is never easy – except if you’re a clown.
SHOWZAM REVIEW: Fast pace magic to drop jaws
Magic Monday - Merrie England, North Pier. How on earth did he do that?
Hip hop double top
MUSIC fans will be hip hopping their way down Blackpool North Pier next month for an up close and personal concert by Tinchy Stryder and Ironik.
Book review: The Virgin Queen’s Daughter by Ella March Chase
In the Machiavellian world of the Tudor court, there is always room to take liberties.
Review: Kaisers never miss a beat
INDIE anthems provided the perfect soundtrack for a sing-a-long night as the Kaiser Chiefs played out their catalogue of hits.
SHOWZAM REVIEW: Circus stars on fire
BLACKPOOL Tower Circus acts are on fire for the Showzam festival… literally!
SHOWZAM: Stars of wonder
There’s magic in the air when Chester’s leading professional community theatre company stages its new production in the Grand Theatre’s Lawrence House Studio from tomorrow until Thursday as part of the Showzam! festival.
Book review: Tempest by Julie Cross
It’s September 9th 2007 and student Jackson Meyer knows for sure that October 30th 2009 is going to be the worst day of his life.
Book review: You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
Will Silver is the archetypal inspirational teacher, a classic combination of Mr Chips, Muriel Sparks’ Jean Brodie and John Keating of the Dead Poets’ Society.
Send in clowns to round off a sparkling children’s show
Dance Sparkle - Pleasure Beach Horseshoe Showbar
Win prizes for ghost story film shocker
The Woman In Black opens nationwide tomorrow and in conjunction with Vue Cinemas in Cleveleys, Dukes Diary has three bumper bundle prizes to be won.
An award winner in concert
Tomorrow’s Lytham St Annes Music Circle’s concert features the distinguished international Swiss-Chinese pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang.
Book review: The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
The tenderness of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening played out against a city stalked by savage mutants ... it’s a love affair to die for!
Retro stars on Proms line up
GRAB your legwarmers and dust off the shoulder pads – Lytham is heading back to the 1980s.
14 commentsPlenty of brass to be found
Ignore the recession, there will be plenty of brass in town later this month for the 2012 North West Regional Brass Bands Championships.
It’s all about Eva in the return of a popular musical
Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jane Buckley is returning to the Fylde coast in her starring role as the much missed American singer Eva Cassidy.
Art attack set for Lytham
Break out the Crayolas and be prepared to be Tickled Pink – a Smart Attack of Art is coming to Lytham’s Lowther Pavilion at half-term break.
Coffee, cakes and culture too
The Friends of the Grand’s next Coffee Morning takes place on Thursday with the Grand Theatre’s engagement and learning manager Celine Wyatt as guest speaker.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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