Theatre Severn news, page 2


Shrewsbury fashion students end year in style

Fashion students from Shrewsbury College ended the academic year in style with a show at Theatre Severn.


The Osmonds coming to Theatre Severn

The Osmond Brothers are coming to Shropshire as part of their farewell UK tour next year.


Anita Harris on Shrewsbury, dancing and Las Vegas

Anita Harris, who is appearing in Theatre Severn’s latest production, Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench, took time out to talk about her life and career.


Shirley Anne Field remembers Laurence Olivier and Steve McQueen

To say that Shirley Anne Field has had a long and successful career is something of an understatement – she’s worked with them all, from Sir Laurence Olivier to Steve McQueen.


There’s much more to Anne Charleston than Madge Bishop

To millions of people Anne Charleston will always be associated with Madge Bishop, Neighbours and Ramsay Street. But the actress, who is appearing this week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn, has had a long and successful career in film and TV in Britain and Australia.


Review: Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting On A Green Park Bench

Review: One can imagine the pubs were busier than usual last night in Shrewsbury as all the husbands had late passes because their wives were out at Theatre Severn.


Lorraine Chase talks about Shrewsbury Theatre Severn stint

Actress Lorraine Chase talks about her career and her role in Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting On a Green Park Bench, a comedy being performed all week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.


Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench

Meet the cast of Shrewsbury Theatre Severn’s current production, Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench. Shirley Anne Field, Anne Charleston, Lorraine Chase and Anita Harris tell all.


£1m subsidy for Theatre Severn defended

TAXPAYERS ACROSS Shropshire have forked out nearly £1 million to subsidise Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn since it opened, it was today revealed.


See Greg Davies’s Shrewsbury show

A stand-up gig by Shropshire-born comedian Greg Davies at a county theatre is becoming an internet sensation.


Review: One Man Star Wars Trilogy at Theatre Severn

It was geek nirvana in Shrewsbury, as Canadian Charlie Ross brought the Star Wars story from a galaxy far, far away into the Walker Theatre.


Shrewsbury Mad Cows present The Producers

Mel Brooks’s comedy musical The Producers is being brought to life this week  in the “most challenging” local production ever staged at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.


Arlene Phillips back on our screens and busier than ever

There’s no trace of bitterness. She simply hasn’t time for negative thinking. Arlene Phillips is one of the UK’s busiest and most hard-working cultural emissaries; her diary is as full as the Air Traffic Controller’s departure sheet at Heathrow.


The Producers are coming to Shrewsbury

Tickets have gone on sale for a hit Broadway musical which is making its Shropshire debut at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn this spring.


Theatre Severn to reveal The Naked Truth

Former pop stars Michelle Heaton and Maureen Nolan and former Emmerdale actress Claire King are set to appear in a star-studded cast for The Naked Truth at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn next month.


Letter: Ben E. King? He’s the Don

Letter: I read with great interest (Star, January 25) that soul legend Ben E King is to appear at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn in March.


You’ve got to swap a ticket or two

A Shropshire mother is making appealing for tickets to see her daughter in her first major acting performance.


Peter Pan on Ice at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn

Sam Clarkson, the production manager of Peter Pan on Ice, explains how the show was brought to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.


Peter Pan on Ice – how did they do that?

Sam Clarkson, the production manager of Peter Pan on Ice, explains how the show was brought to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.


The Animals and Spencer Davis in Shrewsbury concert

Shrewsbury’s Sixties Night Out series of theatre concerts continue next month featuring two well remembered groups – The Animals and Spencer Davis.


Extra Oliver! rehearsals for Shrewsbury Operatic Society

Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society has scheduled extra rehearsals after seeing several fall victim to the weather.


Theatre Severn unveils its spring programme

A spectacular spring programme has been unveiled by Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn with tickets now on sale for events in March and April.


Funnyman Dom Joly coming to Shropshire

The funnyman who brought comedy to the latest series of I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! is planning concerts in Telford and Shrewsbury.


Tickets appeal over Theatre Severn line-up

Fans are being urged to snap up tickets now for an action-packed programme of events at a Shropshire theatre.


Cinderella at Theatre Severn thaws out the big freeze

Outside lay a thick blanket of crisp white snow — but inside there was a carpet of riotous colour.


Lark Rise to Candleford – cast interview

Actors Eric Richard and Jonathan Ansell talk about Lark Rise to Candleford, the theatrical adaptation of Flora Thompson’s much-loved book, which is being performed all this week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.


Letter: Sunday parking fees for Theatre Severn are a disgrace

Letter: Recently, along with hundreds more, we went to see Joe Brown at Theatre Severn. It cost £2.50 to park for all day Sunday from 8am to 8pm.­ The show started at 7.30pm – it was now 7.20pm. What a rip off, £2.50 for 40 minutes. People were angry.


Shrewsbury panto brings in professionals, not stars

Shrewsbury’s pantomine will not be a star-studded affair because organisers prefer to invest in the show itself, they have vowed.


Starry show helps Shrewsbury explosion victim Kiley McDonnell

Soap stars turned out in Shrewsbury to help ensure a benefit show for a performer who was left paralysed after the town’s explosion was a big success.


Theatre Severn show will help Shrewsbury explosion victim Kiley

A benefit show for a performer who was left paralysed after the Shrewsbury explosion will take place tomorrow night at the town’s new theatre.

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