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Experienced Phantom talks about his stage career

5:19pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

EARL Carpenter has just finished playing the Phantom in the 25th anniversary national tour of The Phantom of the Opera, and he is bringing his love for the musical to the Wycombe Swan.

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The Swan selected for split-tour ballet

12:20pm Saturday 18th May 2013

THE Wycombe Swan is one of just four theatres which the Birmingham Royal Ballet is bringing its southern tour to. The company splits in two each year with half going south and half going north so it can present its work to the widest possible audience. Orchestra Director John Beadle gives his take on making sure everything is alright on the night.

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Chesham girl lands West End lead role

1:30pm Friday 17th May 2013

LANDING the role of Lina Lamont in the hit West End show Singin' in the Rain was a dream come true for High Wycombe born Zara Warren.

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Toyah Willcox: 'I was in a dressing room alone with Jimmy Savile'

11:50am Friday 10th May 2013

TOYAH Willcox would not divulge if she was a feminist or not. But she was able to tell me all her about her current show, Hormonal Housewives, which she is said is most definitely not a feminist show, and which has been making women (and even a few men) laugh up and down the country.

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New book for Downley author

2:10pm Monday 6th May 2013

DARON Sheehan openly admits he was "terrible" at English at school. But the Downley author has come a long way since and has received support from Camilla Parker Bowles' brother, Mark Shand for his first novel, The Socrates Project.

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The Last Leg comedian readies for High Wycombe

1:40pm Saturday 4th May 2013

IT’s been a whirlwind year for one of the next big things in British comedy.

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Getting the community arts centre on the map

3:30pm Friday 3rd May 2013

FOR Darius Drewe and David Quinton it is an uphill struggle to get residents of High Wycombe to realise there is a community arts centre right on their doorstep.

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Comedian: 'New show is not entirely about having kids'

12:50pm Saturday 27th April 2013

LUCY PORTER is making a comeback on the stand-up scene after two-years off - but can you really call it that?

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Kids In Glass Houses talks to Freetime

2:10pm Friday 26th April 2013

KIDS In Glass Houses will be joining a stellar line up at the Slam Dunk Festival next month.

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Loose Woman: 'Birds of a Feather is set to return to our screens'

11:00am Friday 26th April 2013

LINDA Robson has been nicknamed 'Baggy Mouth' by Loose Women fans, as she is well known for her honesty and willingness to talk about everything including her husband's waxing. But Linda is quite happy with this nickname and she was a pleasure to talk to about her current tour with the stage version of Birds of a Feather. The show is likely to return to our screens this autumn too, she said.

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