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Friday 18 May 2012 9:29 AM

Theatre News

Best known as cheese-obsessed IT geek Dobby from hit comedy Peep Show, Isy Suttie is a familiar face to many armchair comedy fans. She's appeared in a stream of TV shows alongside famous faces such as Alan Davies and Rab C Nesbitt. But the 33-year-old is returning to the stage and preparing to bring her new one-woman musical stand-up show about love, hope and heartbreak in the internet age to Maidenhead.


13:45 Thu 03 May 2012
Andy Hamilton

Comedian and writer Andy Hamilton's show in Reading on Sunday has been postponed. He was supposed to be appearing at The Concert Hall but is unable to due to illness. Organisers are trying to arrange

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09:25 Wed 02 May 2012
Ballet Central

A unique student ballet company will perform a contemporary Olympics-inspired piece in a varied programme on its nationwide tour. Ballet Central will perform new works by renowned choreographers as well as much-loved dance pieces. The special Olympics-themed dance is a fusion of classical ballet

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09:57 Mon 30 Apr 2012
Adam Kay

Darkly humorous remakes of pop and rock songs have gained Adam Kay a cult following across the nation. He first burst onto the comedy scene eight years ago with the iconic 'London Underground Song', a

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10:10 Wed 02 May 2012
Liza Goddard

Classic fifties comedy Dry Rot is being recreated on stage with some well-known faces from past and present TV and stage. Among the line-up for the farcical tale of a cunning horse theft gone wrong is Eighties pin-up Liza Goddard and comedians Hale and Pace. It also stars Derren Nesbitt who played SS officer, Major von Hapen, opposite Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare,

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12:03 Mon 30 Apr 2012
Alfie Moore

A knife-wielding maniac is less scary than the stand-up spotlight says Alfie Moore. The copper turned comedian is preparing to give you an insight into the 'boys in blue' like never before. He will be at Norden Farm on Friday, May 4 with his show, I Predict a Riot. After 18 years on the force he has plenty of bizarre stories to tell -from the macabre to the mundane.

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12:14 Sun 29 Apr 2012
Drama

Amateur actors are limbering up for this year's Maidenhead Drama Festival. The annual show-down will kick off on Wednesday with some of the area's finest thespians competing in a four-day event at Norden Farm. The 65th annual festival has attracted seven amateur dramatic groups who are gearing up for a melodramatic melee.

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15:09 Tue 15 May 2012
Hale

This comedy by John Chapman is billed as a classic. But unfortunately just because something is old doesn't mean it is classic. Written in 1954, Dry Rot centres around a newly purchased country hotel

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