
Season’s Greetings Review
An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn.
As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…

Jam-Tastic Friends provide WI with new Hi-Tech boost
A North Staffordshire Women’s Institute group - Let’s Make Jam - are thriving in spite of challenges and adversity in the face of multiple Covid Lockdowns.
The group who meets on the second Friday of every month were, along with the…

Full Casting announced for The Addams Family at the Regent
Aria Entertainment and Music and Lyrics are delighted to announce the full cast of the UK and Ireland tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, A Musical Comedy. The Tour will be coming to the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, Tuesday 12 October- Saturday…

Young Performers invited for Summer of Fun at the New Vic
A programme of fun activities are planned at a Newcastle-under-Lyme theatre this summer.
An outdoor woodland camp is the setting for the New Vic’s holiday activities for young people this year.
Run by the New Vic Education team, the…

Jubilee 2 Summer Space Offer
Young people can enjoy unlimited use of sports facilities at a Council-run leisure centre during the summer holidays for a heavily discounted cost.
The Council is providing a limited number of subsidised summer memberships at Jubilee2 –…

Three Decades at the Mine
North Staffordshire’s largest furniture reuse shop is marking three decades of supporting local communities.
Emmaus Furniture Mine has helped around 60,000 local people with more than 480,000 items since being formed 30 years ago.
The…

Family Friendly Vegan Festival in Newcastle-under-Lyme
A growing market is adding to its programme by hosting its first ever Vegan Festival.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Markets is staging the specialist outdoor event on The Stones on Sunday, 25 July from 10am to 3pm.
A variety of excellent vegan…

Veganism trends with Guest Blogger Phoebe
Phoebe Phillips is a Global Media and Culture Student at Keele University and has been on work experience with Baba Baboon. Here Phoebe delves into Veganism in 2021 in her first Guest Blog for Baba...
"It has been reported that the number…

Children invited to take part in a Summer of reading
Children from across Staffordshire are being invited to take part in a Summer Reading Challenge.
Thousands of children are expected to sign up for the campaign being delivered by Staffordshire County Council’s Libraries Service in partnership…

College student launches music career
A Level student, Luke Gilmore, or Luke Wonder as he’s known in the world of music, has launched his new single ‘Doesn’t Have to be Love’ featuring Finnish co-producer and co-mixer, Kyyhky.
The 18-year-old, who is a second year A Level…

Young Artists in the frame for success
Young artists are stocking up on their art supplies after winning a popular children’s painting competition.
Tamara Redfern, aged seven, and Mary Wu, nine, have received £20 gift vouchers to spend at The Art Studio Gallery in Newcastle…
