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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Dave and Carol are back after a week's absence with a mammoth episode! They've packed in plenty this week including reviewing The Railway Children from the Rep. A trad Jazz show at the Artisan Tap. We have interviews with Cassidy Jansen aka Carole King.Ged Graham tells us all about the Seven Drunken Nights - the Dubliners Story and last but not least we hear from Noel Boland who brings the music of Country & Western legend Luke Combs to the […]
David Graham Productions’ legendary character ‘Eric’ returns to the New Vic later this year with two brilliant new shows. Eric In Downtown Abbey and Spend, Spend, Spend Eric are filled with lots of laughter and sensational musical merriment and see the return of a much-loved character to the New Vic stage. Eric In Downtown Abbey opens at the theatre on Saturday 22 August until Saturday 5 September and transports audiences into the remote Staffordshire countryside where Eric and his loyal […]
New Vic Theatre’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, Bryan Carnes MBE, has announced he will be standing down from the role at the end of 2026, concluding almost 25 years of dedicated service to the theatre, in a year that marks the theatre’s 40th anniversary. After joining the Board as a Trustee in May 2001, Bryan was appointed Chair in September 2015, providing leadership, strategic vision, and an unwavering commitment to the theatre’s mission over the course of the […]
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