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Season’s Greetings Review

An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn. As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…
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National Insight Awards – Guest Blog Phil Parkes

Expert Citizens is a Community Interest Company led by people with lived experience of homelessness, mental ill- health, addiction, domestic abuse, poverty or histories of offending behaviour. Expert Citizens have been hosting the National…
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Volunteering and how it helped me – Guest Blog Steve Bourn

Emmaus North Staffs - work to help prevent homelessness. The charity own and manage Emmaus Furniture Mine and offer various volunteering opportunities. Here Steve Bourn shares his story on how volunteering with Emmaus North Staffs helped…
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Volunteering Your way at Furniture Mine

Paul Moffatt started at Furniture Mine 15 years ago as a volunteer - a role he opted for after finding himself homeless and living on the streets in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Paul knows all too well how valuable volunteering is and also, how important…
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Greenwood Dreams Review

Greenwood Dreams Review  For a number of years, Claybody Theatre has built up a big following and reputation for producing heart-warming plays based in Stoke-on-Trent. They combine a professional company, a community cast and celebrate all…
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The Hoard – Rediscovered Review

The Hoard - Rediscovered Review One of the biggest Covid casualties this year has to be the theatre industry. Personally, I was very concerned for our own wonderful theatres in Staffordshire. However, the thing about creatives is they are…
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Guest Blog Adam Gratton – Storytelling with your community

Adam Gratton, 40, is a freelance media consultant, journalist and podcaster who has worked in local community radio and Stoke-on-Trent Live, while supporting citywide community projects such as the Appetite Art programme. Adam has also worked…
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The Telephone Theatre – You Don’t Know Me BUT…

You don’t know me but…                        Review by Melanie Osbourne 5* After almost six months with no theatre performances I was extremely excited about reviewing a new local show. However, when I would normally be catching…
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Closure Review

Closure is a brand new play which has drama, comedy and several twists included in a story which was created during lockdown. Emma (Debbie Cornock) is the seemingly “happy go lucky” wife of Josh who is played by Adam Goode, and as the play…
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Guest Blog Jamie Summerfield – Taking music out of the Darkness and into the Light

Jamie Summerfield, 46, has been working in journalism and communications for 20 years and been an independent PR practitioner for five years.  Music is Jamie's passion and he's been writing about it and creating his own since he was a teenager.…
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Singing a tune during lockdown – Guest Blog Samantha Lloyd

Samantha Lloyd is 27, and lives in Stoke On Trent. Samantha has been singing professionally for 5 years and performs at all kinds of gigs from corporate Castle gigs (Peckforton Castle is one of her favourites so far), to Private Parties, Weddings,…