Dave Stringer in Conversation with Susie Riddell [The Archers]

Dave Stringer in Conversation with Susie Riddell [The Archers]

By Dave Stringer. Would you believe it? The Archers is now 75 years old. And to celebrate members of the cast are on tour with a celebration of all things Ambridge. I was able to catch up with Susie Riddell who has played two characters over the past 37 years and is currently Tracy Horrobin. We talked about why the famous rural programme is still relevant to the modern age, how the programme is produced but also about Susie's life […]

4 June 2026

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Podcasts

A View from the Wings – The Podcast S1 Ep13

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 […]

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Podcasts

A View from the Wings – The Podcast S1 Ep12

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 […]

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Theatre Reviews

Theatre Review: Around The World In 80 Days @ The New Vic

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 […]

28 May 2026

Podcasts

A View from the Wings – A Moorlands Radio Podcast Ep.11

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 […]

7 May 2026

Podcasts

A View from the Wings Host Raises in Excess of £1000 for Warchild

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 […]

6 May 2026

Theatre Reviews

Dave Stringer in Conversation with Richard Masters of Stoke Rep

Stoke Rep plays a vital role in the cultural scene across North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. It's over 100 years old, dating back to 1920 when a group of young people interested in amateur theatre came together to put on a play to raise money for charity. They hired The Empire Theatre in Longton and the production took place as a matinee performance in February 1921. By 1923 they had begun to call themselves The Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Players. Over the […]

5 May 2026

Theatre Reviews

Theatre Review: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Buxton Opera House

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is one of those classic musicals from the pens of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber that has graced stages large and small around the world for more than fifty years. Chosen by Buxton Opera House as its community production of the year, the famous authors of this beautiful piece of musical theatre will have been proud of this particular production as the amateur cast rose to the challenges of appearing on a professional […]

1 May 2026

Podcasts

A View from the Wings – A Moorlands Radio Podcast Ep.10

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 […]

30 April 2026

The Moorlands Gold Takeover with Phil Lawton

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