Blackpool Gazette - Entertainment Feed

Bard goes to school

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:55 GMT

Secondary school classrooms will be transformed to mimic theatre rehearsal spaces in a bid to enhance children’s learning of Shakespeare.

Laureate’s acclaim for local poetry

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:19:19 GMT

Forget Wordsworth and daffodils. Think SeaLife, Blackpool, Fleetwood beach, gypsies at Stalmine and gulls over guesthouses.

Rat Pack swing back into town

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:14:43 GMT

Don’t tell Wayne Kennedy that Dean Martin was an also ran to Frank Sinatra.

Price war fears in 3am closure move

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:10:31 GMT

Blackpool’s pub bosses today warned a cheap booze price war will break out if licensing chiefs press ahead with plans for a 3am closing time.

Film review: The Great Gatsby 3D (12A) - 9/10

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:24:02 GMT

In 1992, visionary Australian theatre director Baz Luhrmann made a seamless transition to the big screen with his swoonsomely romantic fable, Strictly Ballroom, starring Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice.

Comedy, hardcore heroes, Strypes – and banjo!

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:37:09 GMT

Success by degrees – that’s certainly the case for 53 Degrees, at Fylde Road, Preston, arguably one of the North West’s most eclectic venues.

When dinosaurs ruled  the Grundy Art Gallery

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:20:00 GMT

Dinosaurs at the Grundy? Time was when that meant a pot shot at heavy portraiture .

No place like home for Blackpool TV contestants

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:24:44 GMT

If you pick up a duster before every visitor steps into your house, then just imagine having TV crews snooping around.

REVIEW: Run For Your Wife - Charter Theatre, Preston

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:33 GMT

The makers of this year’s cinema version of the Ray Cooney comedy found out the hard way that farce doesn’t make good film.

June festival’s pride of place at Winter Gardens

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:18 GMT

More acts are signing up to be part of this year’s Blackpool Pride Festival which will be headlined by singer Gareth Gates.

Vintage dancing girls take to the floor

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:24:08 GMT

Centenarians were invited to put on their dancing shoes and relive their youth as Blackpool’s most famous attraction celebrated its birthday.

Cigarette fire drama leads to evacuation

Tue, 14 May 2013 07:36:49 GMT

A busy Blackpool bar had to be evacuated after a fire broke out in the wall cavity – believed to have been started by a smouldering cigarette butt.

Sister talks of Bernie’s brave cancer battle

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:37:26 GMT

Maureen Nolan has spoken of her sister Bernie’s brave confrontation with cancer.

Homecoming for Little Boots

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:42:54 GMT

She’s Blackpool’s very own music sensation and for singer and DJ Little Boots, there’s nothing quite like coming home.

The unforgettable cabaret

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:12:00 GMT

Now don’t forget ... there’s a charity night for The Not Forgotten Association at the Talk of the Coast at the Viking Hotel, South Promenade, Blackpool, on Sunday.

Simply Marple-lous...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:03:14 GMT

Margaret Rutherford was from an age when British stars could act the socks off Hollywood’s .

Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:20:31 GMT

When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.

Harry Hill and his hamster...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:18:36 GMT

Visitors to Blackpool will be well acquainted with ferris wheels, but a new film could make the resort synonymous with hamster wheels too.

Cabaret feathers at ready!

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:05:29 GMT

Beer lovers will be raising a glass after a pub company announced a £250,000 investment in a new bar in South Shore.

Alfie comes home to star in arts show

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:41:33 GMT

An international singing star has returned to his past to appear in a renowned TV arts show.