Funny guys you'll fall for this autumn

9:50am Friday 3rd July 2009

COMEDY is high on the agenda at The Courtyard with its well established and hugely popular Comedy Club and regular visits from top comedians, and the autumn season promises more laughs to come.

Tinsmiths' new exhibition

2:03pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THE new exhibition, Inked Up, at Tinsmiths in Ledbury, features botanical linocuts by Lucy Clive and silk screen prints of architectural details from Ledbury’s earliest buildings by Clare de la Torre.

Youthful actors' take on technophobia

2:00pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THIS term the Courtyard Senior Youth Theatre has been exploring the work of Michael Frayn, one of Britain’s most highly respected playwrights, and will present the results in the Studio Theatre on Thursday, July 9.

Big Chill serves up art alongside the music

1:43pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

UNIQUE among the summer’s festivals for offering a curated art programme, The Big Chill once again presents some of the UK’s most exciting artists at the Eastnor site with two site-specific installations by sculptors Henry Krokatsis and Claire Morgan.

Music fans flock to eclectic border feast

1:39pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

FOLLOWING the torrential downpours that turned 2007’s festival into a challenging event for audience and performers alike, Sheep Music is bouncing back, from July 17-19, rejuvenated after a year’s absence.

One of folk's best-kept secrets

2:05pm Thursday 25th June 2009

LAST year an album called Dragonfly by singer-songwriter Reg Meuross was released to wide critical acclaim, described by Mike Harding of Radio 2’s Folk and Acoustic Club as “one of the best albums you’ll hear this or any year”.

Jazz festival gives young players a unique platform

2:03pm Thursday 25th June 2009

A YOUNG clarinet quartet from Upton-upon-Severn are among a number of talented young musicians to have been selected at recent auditions to perform on the Best of Young Jazz stage at this year’s Upton Jazz Festival, which runs from Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28.

Much-loved actor on Malvern stage

1:54pm Thursday 25th June 2009

ONE of the UK’s most versatile and best-loved actors, Timothy West, will star in Terence Rattigan’s equally well-loved The Winslow Boy at Malvern Theatres from Monday, June 29.

Big top skills and thrills

1:43pm Thursday 25th June 2009

FANS of the contemporary approach to circus, which embraces acrobatics, dance and theatre, won’t want to miss The Hot Dots at The Courtyard on Friday, July 3.

Hoping to live up to their name

1:49pm Thursday 25th June 2009

HAVING proved themselves true to their name throughout an unpredictable summer last year, Gloucester-based Rain or Shine Theatre Company will be visiting several venues in the region this year with their production of The Taming of the Shrew, a production recently given the thumbs-up from The Stage, which said: “Lively and enthusiastic performances abound from all the cast, with comical set-pieces superbly handled.”