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Applause for theatre’s new director

11:42am Tuesday 15th May 2012

THE Mayflower has a new leading light. Michael Ockwell has been appointed the theatre’s new chief executive and will take up his post in November, following the retirement of long-standing Dennis Hall.

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Mayflower appoints new chief executive

12:16pm Monday 14th May 2012

A NEW chief executive has today been chosen for the South's leading theatre.

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Oedipussy, The Nuffield

10:38am Thursday 3rd May 2012

PREPARE to leave any wit and subtlety at the door, for this is a farce of truly mythical proportions.

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Chinese State Circus, Ferneham Hall, Fareham

12:38pm Monday 30th April 2012

IT is not every day that you see eight Chinese acrobats balanced effortlessly on a moving bicycle.

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Dangerous Brian

3:00pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012

Comedian, singer and all-round entertainer Brian Conley has proved his versatility many times, but his quest for living on the edge of live performance has at last paid off with the one role he always dreamed of – Fagin in Oliver! LORELEI REDDIN caught up with him to find out more

Slow Club living in the Fast Lane

2:49pm Friday 27th April 2012

Slow Club are Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson, who hail from Sheffield. They talk to Your Entertainment about touring Australia, the difficulties of being in a band and why they chose to make their second album more upbeat

At the age of 84, Doddy is still a tickle-tonic

1:54pm Tuesday 10th April 2012

As he heads for the South with his Happiness Show, KEN DODD has spoken exclusively to the Daily Echo about why he never wants to stop . . .