Welcome to the latest episode of the Moorlands Radio Arts & Entertainment podcast - A View from the Wings with Dave Stringer and Carol Lovatt. On this weeks episode we hear from a number of folk involved in the first ever Brit Fest Christmas show to held at the AO Arena in Manchester on the 22nd and 23rd of December 2026. We get the latest what's on's for the coming week. Carol interviews Scott from the Artisan Tap about some […]
After a two week absence Dave and Carol are back with a packed show. They discuss, with different opinions, A Single White Female which is currently playing at The Regent Theatre. There's a passing nod to the New Vic's Around the World in 80 Days. Of course there's the all important What's On's. Dave speaks to Jennifer Hague about The Sorcerer's Apprentice which is an interesting collaboration between the Buxton Opera House and Cahoots. To finish we have Dave chatting […]
Review by Dave Stringer from A View from the Wings Podcast Thirteen years after its first showing, a history that includes success on Broadway and seven years after being mothballed due to the pandemic, Around The World In 80 Days is back home. And how delighted we all are that such a splendid piece of enjoyment is back where it truly belongs. Wonderful theatrical experiences such as this deserve a special theatre to spread their wings. We in North Staffordshire […]
Review by Dave Stringer The original Single White Female was a film from the 1990s that became a cult classic that has lived well beyond the sell-by date. Rebecca Reid has taken the concept of the original film and brought it right up to date. Now set in the Uk, it tackles the difficulties faced by a single mum in a world of sexting, social media influence and even Ozempic. Allie (Anna Ruben) is horrified to learn that her ex […]
It's interviews galore on this week's epidode of A View from the Wings the Arts & Entertainment podcast produced by Moorlands Radio. Dave and Carol bring you five interviews from the hugely successfull War Child fundraiser which was held at the Artisan Tap on Bank Holiday Monday. Dave speaks to Jo Cox from the Leek Arts Festival and we learn all about Stoke Rep from Director/Operations manager Richard Masters. A few words on Good Golly Miss Molly now that Carol […]
Co-host of the popular Moorlands Radio arts & entertainment podcast A View from the Wings Carol Lovatt has raised in excess of £1000 for the charity Warchild from her extremely successful fundraiser at the Artisan Tap last Bank Holiday weekend. Six acts across two stages performed sets to an enthusiastic audience. Grace, Yoodoo Voodoo and Balaban and the Bald Illegals played the main stage whilst Brooke Welsh, Tyler Kent and Gary Davies played the acoustic stage. There was also an […]
Hello all the theatrical arty folks you! Welcome to the latest episode of A View from the Wings - the arts and entertainment podcast produced by Moorlands Radio. This week Dave and Carol review Operation Mincemeat which is currently playing the Regent Theatre. Carol has a long and interesting chat with Jill Rezzano who is Head of Education at the New Vic. We've got all the What's on's across North Staffordshire as we head into the May Day Bank Holiday […]
A View from the Wings co-host Carol Lovatt has organised a fundraiser at the Artisan Tap in aid of War Child. Popular band Grace headline a stellar line up. The event is on May 4th with the doors opening at 1pm. Get your tickets HERE
New Vic Theatre Head of Education Jill Rezzano is the Artistic Director of Ages and Stages and is supported by the Ages and Stages Committee. Ages and Stages began life in 2009 as a three-year research project between the New Vic Theatre and Keele University in 2009, funded under the national New Dynamics of Ageing Research Programme. As part of this project, over 95 people were interviewed about their recollections of being involved with the New Vic Theatre as employees, […]
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