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Dave Stringer in Conversation with Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers is one of the most iconic and much loved sit com of our lifetime. Originally broadcast on BBC2, the two series of six episodes ran between 1975 - 1979 and was inspired by a stay at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay in 1970 when co-writer John Cleese stayed there with members of the Monty Python crew. Stand out characters were Basil Fawlty and his wife Sybil, Polly the chambermaid and iconic Spanish waiter Manuel. Well these much loved […]

today5 February 2026

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Theatre Review: Teechers @ The New Vic

Teechers has been around for many years and has been adapted to meet the cultural norms of the different iterations. However, the play remains at heart a beautifully and very comically observed glance at the problems that have plagued and continue to plague the state education system in our country. Fairly uniquely, the drama unfolds as a play within a play as three students enact the scenario of a year at a comprehensive school in the North of England as […]

today4 February 2026

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Theatre Review: 026 Dance @ The Regent Theatre

The annual dance festival organised by the Regent Theatre has become a lovely way of starting the new year of stage productions. Having hit the magic milestone of 25 years of celebrating the dance talent of the region, the performers in 026 Dance have once again risen to the challenge and entertained their audience to send them home full of the joy that a beautifully presented set of performances can bring. From the opening group Vivienne Shelley Dance Studios “Une […]

today29 January 2026

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Dave Stringer In Conversation with Stars of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Now I don't know about you but I do love a classic and they can't get anymore classic than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskerviles. From Saturday 14th February to Saturday 14th March 2026 the New Vic Theatre will be transformed into the bleak and atmospheric moors of Devon. Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr. Watson are sent to the area to investigate the killing of Sir Charles Baskerville. Giant Hound footprints were discovered next to […]

today23 January 2026

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Dave Stringer in Conversation with Friends – The One Where They Sing

Friends! The Musical Parody has hit the shores of the UK following a massively successful run in New York and Las Vegas. This slice of American funniness come to the rolling hills close the the Staffordshire Moorlands. Yes you can watch all your favourite characters at The Buxton Opera House from the 10th to the 14th of February. Could you be any more excited? Recently I managed to catch up with Amelia Atherton who plays the quite bonkers character of […]

today22 January 2026

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