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The Country Girl at Malvern Theatres

2:47pm Tuesday 7th September 2010

FRANK Elgin is an actor whose best work is far behind him, but when hotshot director Bernie Dodds comes calling, he is offered a shot at redemption, the chance to restore his reputation, but is he up to the task?

Another glorious year for Presteigne Festival

11:11am Tuesday 7th September 2010

By John Rushby-Smith Adventurous, challenging, enthralling, the wonderful Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts has just completed its 28th season. Largely dedicated, as always, to the performance of new and recent music, this year’s programme was richer than ever. Works ranged from experimental concoctions by emerging talents to the refined fare of well-established contemporary masters, such as composer-in-residence Hugh Wood, whose music has a great humanity and intellectual depth missing from the work of some of his much younger colleagues. Also celebrated was Samuel Barber’s centenary, and the music of these two giants illumined a festival firmament glittering with stars.

Edinburgh formed band Moishe's Bagel at Ludlow Assembly Rooms

8:00am Tuesday 7th September 2010

FORMED in Edinburgh seven years ago when four of the band’s members met in a local tango outfit, Moishe’s Bagel combines the energy and passion of Eastern European folk music with the excitement and soul of improvisation.

A torchlit dance spectacle in Herefordshire

8:00am Monday 6th September 2010

A TORCHLIT dance spectacle in Hereford is one of two West Midlands projects chosen from the latest round of commissions for People Dancing, part of the West Midlands’ Culture Programme for London 2012.

Help to bring legend to life at Leominster church

8:00am Monday 6th September 2010

CAST members are wanted to help bring the 11th century legend of King Merewald to life at Leominster’s ancient Priory Church.

The Naked Truth - sisters under the skin

2:00pm Friday 3rd September 2010

FIVE very different women walk through the door of Gabby’s Wiggle and Giggle with Me pole-dancing class in The Naked Truth, their reasons for joining as diverse as they are.

Hereford getting into the groove with the swinging 60s at the Courtyard

8:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

IT’S all about the swinging 60s at The Courtyard this coming week with not one but three classic acts due to appear in Hereford.

Artists exhibition of new work at The Workhouse in Presteigne

8:00am Friday 3rd September 2010

TAKING it easy might be the order of the day for many people approaching their 90th birthday, but not for Presteigne artist Rhoda Partridge, who is instead celebrating with an exhibition of new work at The Workhouse in Presteigne during h.Art 2010.

Autumn line-up is feast of music at Theatre Brycheiniog and the Borough Theatre

3:53pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THEATRE Brycheiniog and the Borough Theatre both begin their autumn music programmes this coming week with a touch of Americana.

Shaw and Seagrove reunited at Malvern Thearres in The Country Girl

3:35pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A ONE-WEEK run of Bill Kenwright’s The Country Girl brings TV co-stars Martin Shaw and Jenny Seagrove back together at Malvern Theatres from Monday.

Tansy Bennett and relatives will perform at Hereford’s Holy Trinity Church this weekend in aid of St Michael’s Hospice.

3:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THREE classical musicians have turned a hospice fundraiser into a real family affair at Hereford’s Holy Trinity Church this weekend.

Beverly Smith and Carl Jones return from the USA to perform their country songs and tunes

3:13pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Beverly Smith and Carl Jones return from the USA to perform their country songs and tunes at Presteigne

Spider John Koerner will weave his magic at the Nightjar Club in Hereford's Courtyard Studio Theatre

3:17pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

SPIDER John Koerner, one of the greatest folk and blues innovators and a man who influenced Bonnie Raitt, Dylan, Lennon and The Doors, is touring the UK for the first time at the age of 72, a tour that brings him to the Nightjar Club in Hereford on Thursday, September 9.