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ENTERTAINMENT Special show for
theatre company Arural touring theatre com pany is celebrating its 20th
anniversary with a special' show. :• Spot on Lancashire,
which brings the arts to ru- ralvenues,several in theRib- ble Valley, will stage the show at Samlesbury Memorial Hall tomorrow at 7-30pm.
ByEricBeardswobth
eriabeardsw6rth@jpress.co.uk
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Stage Two Downham will present “Sherlock Holmes and
■ TheCaseOfTheJerseyLily”by Katie Forgette, an American playwright, using Conan Doy- ' le's famous detective character and his loyal friend, Dr Watson and mixing them with well known persons, Oscar Wilde and Lillie Langtry, plus the in evitable villainous Professor Moriarty. Katie Forgette skilfully in
serts some lines from Oscar Wilde and other famous writ ers, here and there, to add a touch of humour. The wit of Oscar Wilde
meets thecunningofSirArthur Conan Doyle when Wilde . brings his friend, LillieLangtry,. to Baker Street. Someone has
member. To old friends, who regularly attend, thanks are expressed again and Stage Two Downham members hope to see you there again. Tickets can be ordered by
stolen the highly intimate let ters Lillie exchanged with the Prince of Wales, and now-she isbeingblackmailed. OnlyHol- mes can solve the case, going so - far as to disguise himself as an early version ofLady Bracknell from Wilde’s latest play, The Importance of Being Forth right, while Watson falls head- over-heels for the Jersey Lily and Prof. Moriarty attempts to
bring the Crown to its knees. If you haven’t been to a pro
duction at Downham, why not give it a try. The added possi bility of enjoying an excellent meal before the show, at The Assheton Arms and appreciat ing the beauty of this unspoilt village, which has featured in many TVand film productions ’ over the years, will make the whole experience one to re
calling the hot line on 07833 203495, Clitheroe Tourist In formation on 01200 425566, or a meal deal is available. £20 for meal and ticket, at The As sheton Arms, Downham, call 01200 441227. Call and reserve a table. You will receive your ticket/s on the night. Performances are at Down
ham Village Hall, PendleRoad. Downham, on Wednesday No vember 25th to Saturday No vember 28th starting at 7-30 pm. Cast, from left to right standing- Bob Cleeve, Kim Croydon, Vivienne Thomber, Darren Moss, Chris Bowers, Brian Haworth,Tim Martin, Robin Knipe;seated-SuesiWindie, Steve Cooke, (s)
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Could Blake kelp Dame Shirley hit the Christmas number one spot? •
Dame Shirley Bassey is dreaming of a gold Christmas after she teamed up with Brit ish classical boy band Blake, writes TonyDewhurst.
The Welsh Diva - whose hits include Bond themes Gold- finger, Diamonds are Forev er and Moonraker - is aiming for a festive number one with Blake, who return to Clithe- roe’s Grand Theatre to play a special Christmas. Dame Shirley (78), said:
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tioned singing a Christmas song together, and I said I’ve never done a festive tune be fore.” ShehasjoinedOllieBaines, Humphrey B e rn ey and
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hemian Rhapsody next month when tribute band Queen-
Esque perform in Clitheroe.
Killer^ Queen band set to perform The band, fronted by Fred-
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dieMercurylook-and-sound- alike Mark Fletcher, will put
on a show at St Mary’s Centre on Saturday, December 19th.
Mark has toured Europe as a solo artist but is now backed by a four piece band including lead guitarist Steve Miller of the Houghton Weavers.
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fused, but I soon found my self drawn into this strange land, Pomona supposedly set in Manchester, a limbo, an is- landbetweenthelrwellandthe Bridgewater canal. The structure is complex
andconsistsofaseriesofscenes between the seven characters. It starts with Ollie (Nadia Clif ford) hunting for her missing sister, but soon moves into a variety of directions including
aRPG.roleplEyinggame, which reflects the search. There are moments of hu mour, violence, horror, pathos,
; mystery, all packed one after .' the oth’ercausing an assault on . theemotions andanunsettling:
■ uncertainty. There is,perhaps, a circularity to the plot in that everything comes back to the start, or does it? There is definitely an ele
ment of chance, reinforced by the game and the hexagonal dice which keep reappearing. Rebecca Humphries,- Sarah Middleton, Guy Rhys, Sean Rig by, Rochenda Sandall and Sam Swann are a powerful cast and much credit must go to the de sign teamled by Georgia Lowe, especially the lighting (Elliot Griggs) and the composer and sounddirector(GilesThomas.) This is not a play for the
faint-hearted. There is strobe lighting and pounding music as well as a large amount of what many consider bad lan guage. Nevertheless it is grip ping and hypnotic. I felt it had a dream like quality, the kind of nightmarish dreams where you know what is happening but you have no control.
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• M6o,anxietyproblemsandase- riesoffree associations which' : coalesced into a plot where the
'. characters circled a spot in the . middle of the city, ideal for the
: round stage of the Exchange. I wasn’t sure until I read the programme at home about the
: "significance of the nightmar- F ish mask, but it is based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft, which
■ I don’t know, but it did add to sense of horror. ■; Directed by Ned Bennett, this production will appeal to a younger audience, not chil-
\ dren, but those who will rec ognise many of the references and language. I shall certainly not forget it. Pomona: Royal Exchange
Theatre until Saturday Novem ber 21st.
- • ; The Royal Exchange’s
Christmas production, Sond heim’s musical Into the Woods,
: .‘ .begins on December 4th. J j M - ■ PippeMuriroHebden^iB
Stephen Bowman to record Nat King Cole’s classic The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire). After recording the song
with Blake, Dame Shirley said: “I was quite overwhelmed be cause it just fits my voice so well. I was amazed how well our voices blended.” ' If she hits number one with
Blake it will mean she willjoin an elite club of singers whose chart career has spanned more than 60 years. Blake toyed with the idea
of writing an original song but decided that, when recording a voice as iconic as hers, only an absolute classic would fit the bill. “We listened to Dame
Shirley’s most recent record ings, as well as her past al bums, watched alot of clips from dozens of live shows, then started to compile a short list of five songs,” recalls Ollie.
“We felt sure that Dame Shirley could make a hit out
• of any songs on our list, so we sent it over and let her choose the one that she liked best - which was The Christmas Song.” Dame Shirley is supporting
a children’s charity with the release of the single, with the royalties going to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospitalin Cardiff. The Christmas with Dame
Shirley song will also appear on Blake’s new album, Christ mas Classics, with the trio performing many other sea sonal favourites like Frosty the Snowman and Let It Snow. “We had a great time when
we did a show at Clitheroe in January, it was a wonderful ly warm audience and we are looking forward to going back there for our Christmas party show,” said Stephen Bowman. “We don’t script any of the shows, it is all ad lib and peo-
Blake(s)
pie seem to really enjoy that. “The thing that most peo
ple enjoy about our shows, I think, is the fact that we are great friends and that vibe on
stage sparks off a great inter action with our audience.” With their trademark har
monies and chiselled charm, Blake has sold more than one
million records, bridging the gap between pop and opera. Blake at Christmas, Clithe- •
roe Grand Theatre, December 12th. 01200421599. £20.
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