Stunning drama at The Courtyard

1:46pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

AN impressive line-up of drama at The Courtyard this autumn continued last night with a stunning performance of Bryony Lavery’s award-winning play, Frozen.

Stunning drama at The Courtyard

1:36pm Thursday 2nd October 2008

AN impressive line-up of drama at The Courtyard this autumn continued last night with a stunning performance of Bryony Lavery’s award-winning play, Frozen.

The Perfect Tonic at University of Worcester Drama Studio

2:00pm Wednesday 1st October 2008

FOLLOWING a successful world tour, Spike Theatre and Ramesh Meyyappan return to the UK with their new show, Gin & Tonic and Passing Trains, to tour the county this autumn. As part of a select tour, this exciting production will be staged at the University of Worcester’s Drama Studio on Saturday, October 11 .

Intense drama and high emotion

1:08pm Tuesday 30th September 2008

POLITICAL corruption, blackmail and fear of discovery – the ingredients for a good juicy scandal have been making us sit up and take notice for years.

Mark takes a wry look at life in modern Britain

12:36pm Thursday 25th September 2008

BAFTA-award-nominated comedian Mark Steel is on tour this autumn with a brand new show, “What’s Going On?” and he’ll be bringing it to The Courtyard on Saturday.

2FaCeD help launch Cultural Olympiad

12:33pm Thursday 25th September 2008

THIS weekend sees the regional launch of the Cultural Olympiad, a return to the original vision of the founder of the Modern Olympic Movement, a vision which places culture at the heart of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and which was inspired by William Penny Brookes’s Wenlock Olympian Games of 1890.

A triple bill of dance at The Courtyard

12:23pm Thursday 25th September 2008

TWO contrasting styles of dance will be taking to the stage of The Courtyard as the sensational Don Cossacks State Dance Company brings its dynamic and breathtaking production of acrobatic Cossack dance to the venue tomorrow (Friday), and The European Ballet performs Sleeping Beauty next Saturday, October 4.

Award-winning drama comes to The Courtyard

1:17pm Wednesday 24th September 2008

HARD-hitting, disturbing, insightful and witty – these have all been used to describe Bryony Lavery's award-winning play Frozen, which is coming to The Courtyard for one night only on October 1. This thriller-of-the-mind examines the emotional fallout of a child murderer and follows the stories of the mother, the killer and the psychologist.

Dramatically different

1:08pm Wednesday 24th September 2008

THE life of Lola Montez, the subject of Trestle Touring Theatre Company’s latest production in collaboration with Increpacion Danza, was extraordinary - neither Spanish nor a dancer she convinced the early 19th century world she was both and became infamous around the globe - one of the first to make a career of celebrity, a self-made creation.

Black group boycotts 'racist' force

Updated 3:35pm Monday 6th October 2008

The Metropolitan Black Police Association has said it would "actively discourage" new recruits from joining Britain's largest force, claiming it had "a hostile atmosphere where racism is allowed to spread".

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