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Mystery benefactor donates £50k to Blackburn theatre
3:20pm Sunday 7th March 2010
A MYSTERY donor has helped an East Lancashire theatre celebrate its centenary in style, with a £50,000 gift.
Burnley bar owner turns comedian after stint on TV's Take Me Out
3:43pm Thursday 25th February 2010
A BURNLEY bar owner who wows clubbers in Magaluf during the summer is hoping get comedy fans in a spin.
Best-selling novel about Blackburn childhood to become play
1:41pm Thursday 18th February 2010
THE best selling novel charting life in poverty-stricken Blackburn during the depression is to be turned into a stage play.
Diana Vickers wins London theatre award
3:10pm Tuesday 16th February 2010
DIANA Vickers was crowned London Newcomer of the Year at the WhatsOnStage Theatregoers’ Choice Awards.
Tom Wrigglesworth picks up Lancashire Telegraph comedy award
7:00pm Friday 12th February 2010
COMEDIAN Tom Wrigglesworth was delighted to receive the Lancashire Telegraph Award for his performance at Blackburn’s comedy festival.
Burnley and Pendle opera society scales back
7:00pm Thursday 4th February 2010
A 40-YEAR-OLD amateur dramatic society is scaling down its activities after dwindling numbers left its future at risk.
Blackburn actress joins Calendar Girls cast for tour
3:48pm Friday 29th January 2010
FORMER Hollyoaks star Mikyla Dodd is set to bare all by becoming one of the famous Calendar Girls.
Volunteers concerned for Darwen Library Theatre's future
7:30pm Thursday 28th January 2010
COUNCIL chiefs have moved to reassure volunteers that services will not be reduced at Darwen Library Theatre.
The man behind Burnley Mechanics' rise
3:19pm Monday 25th January 2010
THEATREGOERS in Burnley are spoilt for choice this season, with its best line-up in recent memory. We spoke to Kirk Worley, the man behind the venue's success.
The show goes on at Blackburn's Empire Theatre
2:48pm Monday 18th January 2010
FUNDRAISING director Michael Berry talks about the highs and lows of the Thwaites Empire Theatre as it celebrates its centenary year.
Colne theatre on centre stage for McDonald’s ad
5:16pm Tuesday 5th January 2010
A THEATRE staffed by volunteers in Pendle has been cast into the national spotlight as part of a major advertising campaign.
End of 2009 polls: East Lancashire celebrity of the year
3:40pm Saturday 19th December 2009
2009 is almost over, which means it's time to cast your vote in the Lancashire Telegraph website's end-of-year polls.
Theatre news: Diana Vickers up for award
2:21pm Tuesday 15th December 2009
Diana Vickers’ success in the West End could see her crowned the stage’s best loved newcomer.
Comedy news: Tom Wrigglesworth wins best of festival award
11:00am Friday 11th December 2009
UPDATE: Tom Wrigglesworth is the winner of the best overall performer in the You Must Be Joking Comedy Festival, held in Blackburn and Darwen in November.
VIDEO AND GALLERY: Cinderella comes to Blackburn
2:47pm Friday 11th December 2009
Former Liberty X star Kevin Simm joins Blackburn panto stalwart Phil Walker for this year's fun-filled production.
Theatre news: Actor Ralf Little reopens Ramsbottom theatre
12:29pm Friday 11th December 2009
ACTOR Ralf Little took a trip down memory lane when he launched the new £400,000 redevelopment of Ramsbottom’s theatre.
Pendle pupils' play to stop 'moment of madness'
6:10pm Wednesday 9th December 2009
A HARD-HITTING student play about a group of teenagers whose lives change when one of them drives home and crashes after a night out has been hailed by road safety chiefs.
Panto review: Oliver Twist @ The Octagon Theatre, Bolton
2:50pm Friday 4th December 2009
HERE is a confession. I have no great liking for Charles Dickens, particularly for his very Victorian habit of carping on, and the prospect of spending two hours watching a theatrical version of one of his novels which I had only come across in terribly cheesy musical format (and reality television) did not fill me with festive joy.
Blackburn pupils fly in Peter Pan pantomime
12:00pm Thursday 3rd December 2009
BUDDING actors will be flying through the air to bring a much loved fairy tale to life.
Oswaldtwistle theatre to launch loyalty card
1:05pm Monday 30th November 2009
OSWALDTWISTLE Civic Theatre is hoping to launch a loyalty scheme as part of the building’s regeneration.
Lorraine Chase sends good luck to Blackburn Arts Club
5:17pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
MEMBERS of Blackburn Arts Club received a boost from an unlikely source this week when former Emmerdale actress Lorraine Chase sent her good wishes.
Council denies blocking Burnley riots play
2:45pm Monday 23rd November 2009
A COUNCIL leader has hit back at claims a play about the Burnley riots was stopped from being shown in the town.
Success for Bacup dance students
11:33am Tuesday 17th November 2009
STUDENTS at a prestigious Rossendale dance academy have received national recognition after succeeding in dance exams.
'Desperate measures' for Blackburn theatre's fundraising campaign
3:54pm Thursday 12th November 2009
BOSSES at Thwaites Empire Theatre are resorting to ‘desperate measures’ to raise money to replace two roofs.
Blackburn drama role recasting resulted in assault
9:21am Thursday 12th November 2009
RE-CASTING a lead role in the drama ‘Murder in the Red’ lead to behind-the-scenes violence at an amateur dramatic society.
Diana Vickers gets standing ovation from her old Blackburn school
2:24pm Tuesday 10th November 2009
AROUND 200 pupils travelled to London to see their friend Diana Vickers take to the West End stage at the weekend.
Blackburn teenage dancers challenging 'hoodie' stereotypes
5:06pm Thursday 5th November 2009
A GROUP of teenage “hoodies” who used to hang around in a town centre have formed their own street dance group.
Darwen dancer, 12, is a lad in Aladdin
5:09pm Thursday 5th November 2009
TWELVE-year-old dancer Andrew Shuttleworth, of Meadowhead Lane, Darwen, will star in Aladdin at Manchester's Opera House this year.
VIDEO: Blackburn dancers shown the right Flava
4:17pm Wednesday 4th November 2009
Britain's Got Talent stars Flava came to Blackburn to teach youngsters - and their teachers - some hip hop dance moves.
East Lancashire teenagers take British dance crown
7:40pm Thursday 29th October 2009
TWO teenagers have been crowned the best junior sequence dancers in the country.
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