OUR hopes weren’t high for Matipo Arts’ “On the Edge”. We had really enjoyed all the plays we had reviewed so far but were not sure we were ready for more “adult language and themes of suicide” However, we really liked this. One of the…

AD Astra Theatre School is a Performing Arts school in Essex for children aged 3-18. Owned by two West End performers, the students are taught by these professionals and consequently many of the students at Ad Astra Theatre School are now working professionally in the…

TO boost the local tourism economy, Visit Essex is encouraging people to support local attractions over the May bank holiday weekend. Tourism in Essex is now on par with pre-pandemic levels and has seen a significant boost in recent times, bringing in over £3 billion…

JOIN us for the world’s greatest celebration of the life and work of one of the best-selling singer-songwriters of all-time, Neil Diamond. Using evocative imagery, video and narration to enhance the magic, this acclaimed production will take you on a musical journey through Neil Diamond’s…

THE BUSH Fair shopping centre will be used as a filming location all next week. Notices have been placed all over the shopping centre as well as the Tye Green Bowling Club as well as a number of other car parks. It is believed that…

STEWARDS Academy pupils were privileged to attend the Delfont Mackintosh Les Miserable education performance on Tuesday 14th May.  Thirty students accompanied by three staff travelled to London to watch the show and technical demonstration.  The students behaviour was impeccable as they joined hundreds of others…

NORMAN wants to go on an adventure to impress his friends, so when two famous animal explorers arrive in Pontypandy, he decides to follow them into the mountains. But when Norman discovers a rare red squirrel, one of the explorers decides to take the glory for themselves, leaving…

AS seen on The Voice UK on Olly Murs’s team, Andres Cruz is our very own international superstar ready to set the stage alight as Bruno Mars in 24K BRUNO.  Originally hailing from the sunny island of Aruba, Andres moved to the UK in his late teens in…

Review by Jack Bishop BOGGING Off from Blighty was the fourth play as part of the Harlow Community Arts Festival. Over the last three shows a number of dark themes have been explored. So now it was time for a touch of humour. This was…

THERE IS a tendency to start watching Steaming performed by the Harlow Theatre Company and feel it is dated. However, this is a play based in the late seventies and reveals the challenges for women at that time. It was also quite radical in its…

WHEN this play began with a scene in a nightclub, we feared it was going to be a bit of a Year 10 school play. By the time it had finished, we had seen a truly impressive body of work that touched everyone who had…

THE Glass Box Theatre in Harlow College is a wonderful performance space, it’s amazing to me that I’ve never been there before this week. I was invited to see students perform the Cole Porter classic Anything Goes!  The plot is silly, the characters are silly…

THE first ever Harlow Community Arts Festival opened with This Summer by Severn Wonders Production. The Harlow Playhouse Practitioners Programme presents the Harlow Community Arts Festival. Six emerging theatre companies from the local or surrounding area showcase new-writing, all on the brief of ‘Community’. It…

THE Young Kennel Club (YKC) has announced the winners of its annual Artist of the Year competition, with a young dog lover from Witham, Essex scooping the top prize. The popular art competition invited YKC members to express their creativity and showcase their dog artistry…