Dave Stringer in Conversation with Andrietta Simbi of New Vic Borderlines

Dave Stringer in Conversation with Andrietta Simbi of New Vic Borderlines

Next week there are three days of activities around the theme of Fab Food and Financial Fairytales which aims to support families in need during the school holidays. All participants from the age of 13 to 17 will have a package of sandwiches, treats and activity books to take home with them. The activities are absolutely free as they are financed by HSBC and, although registration is useful, families can simply attend on the day. There are performances in Burton […]

29 October 2026

Theatre Reviews

Theatre Review: The Trial of Romeo Oscar @ The New Vic

Review by Dave Stringer. Imagine a post-apocalyptic world where Earth has been under attacks so severe that most of life has to continue in a subterranean world and – with little living above ground – the only trees to be seen are, as Joni Mitchell predicted, only to be seen in a true museum. To escape the holocaust, many of the world’s inhabitants have been scattered around the universe to re-establish colonies elsewhere. This is the existence that we are […]

22 October 2026

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A View from the Wings S2 Ep. 8

Weclome to the latest episode of A View from the Wings the Moorlands Radio Arts & Entertainment podcast. It's a busy one this week! We have reviews of Annie from the Regent, Oh Zeus from the New Vic and the Addams Family from the Stoke Rep. We have interviews from the ELO Experience, the Mow Cop Players and from the Jersey Boys. We bring to the latest What's On's and there is a look ahead at what we are seeing […]

22 October 2026

Theatre Reviews

Theatre Review: Oh Zeus @ The New Vic

On many occasions I have been persuaded to watch a new production that purports to be an offshoot of the classic comedies. So it was with a little apprehension that I made my way to the New Vic. Could the claims that Oh Zeus has a rightful claim to be compared to the likes of Fawlty Towers, Bottom and the Carry On franchise be true? Pleasing to say that any worries had disappeared within minutes of the start of this […]

16 October 2026

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Podcasts

A View from the Wings Season 2 Ep.7

Welcome to the latest episode of A View from the Wings, the arts and entertainment podcast produce by Moorlands Radio. After a week's break Dave and Carol talk about what they've seen including the theatre shows, comedians and even Michael Ball! We have interviews with West End star Alex Bourne who stars in the latest production of Annie. Carol speaks to Simon Drakeford about Stoke Book Festival and Dave has the pleasure of speaks to the lead actors of Romeo […]

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Interviews

Dave Stringer in Conversation with Russell Kane and Natalie Casey aka Romeo & Juliet

Nothing breaks your heart like losing your first love. And it hits even harder when it’s taken 40 years to find it. This first love feels like the last chance saloon. When Juliet meets Romeo across a crowded dance floor, sparks fly! Hearts race, desperate for resuscitation from a romance defibrillator. Dave Stringer talks to the two principle cast members Russell Kane and Natalie Casey about this adaptation of one of Shakespear's most famous works. You can watch it at […]

8 October 2026

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Podcasts

A View from the Wings S2 Ep6

Dave and Carol are back featuring the great and the good of the Arts & Entertainment scene across North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. They review a recent Freddie Mercury tribute act and Romeo & Juliet whic is currently playing the New Vic Theatre. This week Dave interviews Lucy Beaumont ahead of her appearance at The Victoria Hall. Carol chats to Andrew Nicklin the Director of the Film Theatre Stoke. Oh and it's Panto preview time, oh yes it is! Dave […]

24 September 2026 3

Theatre Reviews

Theatre Review: Romeo and Juliet @ The New Vic

It was another fabulous night at the New Vic as the theatre brought their updated version of Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet to the stage. I am sure that there will be many purists of the Bard’s work will have entered the auditorium a little apprehensively as the pre-show publicity had proudly announced that the star-crossed lovers were not wet behind the ears teenagers but a pair of forty somethings who had been around the block a few times. In […]

23 September 2026

Podcasts

A View from the Wings – the Podcast. Season 2 Episode 5

Strap yourselves in for this bumper edition of A View from the Wings - the Arts & Entertainment podcast produced by Moorlands Radio. Dave and Carol have been busy! Dave tals to the one and only Michael Ball ahead of his appearance at the Regent Theatre which has now been rescheduled for the 5th October. Carol talks to Janine Adamson about her exciting new project that launches next week entitled 'Glazed Collective R&B Choir' and yes you can be involved. […]

17 September 2026

The Moorlands Gold Takeover with Douglas Barr

New Vic Theatre