
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)…

Companies have two million-plus reasons to thank a BNI Staffordshire super-referrer
A Staffordshire businessman has pumped over £2 million into the local economy, helping several small businesses to grow.
Ian Walker, a Director of IT and telecoms company, Fifteen Group, is the first Staffordshire BNI member to pass over…

Ceramics professor appears on BBC’s Secrets of the Museum
Secrets of the Museum goes behind-the-scenes at the V&A’s Wedgwood Collection as Professor of Ceramics Neil Brownsword celebrates the early experiments and trial runs of the pioneering potter.
Thursday (21 April) night’s episode on…

Original Happy Jack cast reunited on stage
A special production of John Godber’s Happy Jack is being performed at the New Vic this April to celebrate the Victoria Theatre Company’s 60th anniversary of theatre making.
Happy Jack, Godber’s very first play written when he was…

Stealing Dreams Project to highlight dangers of knife crime
An ambitious project exploring the dangers of knife crime in Stoke-on-Trent will reach thousands of young people this spring.
People across the city have already begun contributing to Stealing Dreams by taking part in ‘vox-pop’-style…

Awards set to honour best of county’s carers
People from Staffordshire are being invited to nominate carers, work colleagues, friends and family members for a special award.
The 2022 Staffordshire Dignity in Care Awards, now in their eighth year, recognise organisations and individuals…

Treemendous Exhibition at The Brampton Museum
Talented young artists who submitted the best entries in a popular creative competition have their winning work on display to the general public.
The Brampton Museum is hosting an art exhibition featuring 37 paintings created by schoolchildren…

Longlist for Arnold Bennett Book Prize Announced
A former police psychologist, a national newspaper columnist, an art historian and a retired midwife are amongst the longlisted authors for this year’s Arnold Bennett Book Prize.
The book prize, which was established in 2017 to mark the…

The Osmonds Review
The Osmonds Review 4* by Melanie Osborne
The Osmonds a New Musical as hit the Regent theatre in Stoke-on-Trent this week with a fresh take on the family band that took the world by storm.
Directed and co-written by Shaun Kerrison, this is…

The British Police Symphony Orchestra welcomes the Knife Angel to Stoke-on-Trent
The Civic Launch of the Knife Angel’s visit to Stoke-on-Trent saw the World Premiere of ‘The Angel’s Message’ - an originally composed piece of music from the British Police Symphony Orchestra.
Cllr Lorraine Beardmore, cabinet member…

Plans approved for £60m Stoke-on-Trent levelling-up project The Goods Yard
PLANS to turn a prominent industrial site in Stoke-on-Trent into a vibrant new neighbourhood have been given the green light.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s development control committee approved the vision for Capital&Centric’s The…
