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News from around the region

Go West and Liberty X to headline at Flower Show

Go West and Liberty X will headline this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show.

Taking place in the town’s Quarry Park on Friday 11 & Saturday 12 August, the longrunning event will also host performances by tribute act Beatlemania and Abba counterfeits Watch That Scene. As well as live music, the 2023 edition of the Flower Show features a range of arena entertainment, a children’s area, a lecture marquee and a food hall. A spectacular fireworks display will round off proceedings on both days of the show. For more information, check out the website at: shrewsburyflowershow.org.uk

Severn Valley Railway launches survival appeal

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has launched a £1.5million Survival Fund appeal to enable it to overcome the current financial crisis. SVR warns that a viable future for the railway will be at risk unless there is an urgent injection of cash. To find out more and make a donation, visit svr.co.uk

Peaky Blinders costumes at Potteries museum

Stoke-on-Trent’s Gladstone Pottery Museum is currently displaying six costumes used in iconic TV series Peaky Blinders. The display includes a pale pink evening dress worn by Helen McCrory as Polly Gray and a grey suit worn by Paul Anderson as Arthur Shelby. The exhibition is available to view until 18 June.

Tom Chambers to star in Murder In The Dark...

A touring production of a new Torben Betts ghost story will visit Birmingham theatre The Alexandra in the autumn.

Produced by award-winning company Original Theatre, Murder In The Dark is directed by Philip Franks and stars Tom

Chambers.

The show stops off at The Alexandra from Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 November.

To find out more and purchase tickets, visit atgtickets.com/birmingham

Music, songs and laughter with Bob Brolly

Popular Irish entertainer Bob Brolly visits Brierley Hill Civic Hall on Wednesday 17 May to present ‘a heartwarming afternoon of music, songs and laughter’.

Well known for his long-running show on BBC Radio WM, Bob will be joined by his band and a number of special guests.

For more information and tickets, visit bhillcivic.co.uk

Alistair McGowan’s Piano Festival debuts in Ludlow

The picturesque Shropshire town of Ludlow is this month hosting its first Piano Festival.

Taking place at three venues and running across five days - from Wednesday 24 to Sunday 28 May - the event is the brainchild of actor and impersonator Alistair McGowan, who is the festival’s joint artistic director & chair.

For further information and to book tickets, visit ludlowpianofestival.com

Kym Marsh and daughter to star in Take That show

Singer, actress and TV presenter Kym Marsh will star alongside her daughter, Emilie Cunliffe, when the official Take That musical, Greatest Days, visits the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton this summer. Originally produced and toured under the title of The Band, the Tim Firth-written show will stop off at the venue from Monday 17 to Saturday 22 July. To find out more and book tickets, visit grandtheatre.co.uk

New sculpture celebrates Staffordshire Moorlands

Community arts programme Outside is bringing the stories and places of the Staffordshire Moorlands to life this summer, courtesy of a project titled Colours Of The Moorlands.

The project kicks off in Leek late this month with The Luminarium (Friday 26 - Monday 29 May), an interactive walk-in sculpture that melds into ‘an inspiring monument to the beauty of light and colour’. The sculpture is free to view but tickets to do so need to be booked in advance at outsidearts.org