THE lives and observations of four club doormen might not sound a great subject for the stage, but playwright John Godber turned the material into a play that has become a comedy classic. Bouncers, first staged in 1983, is the summer 2011 production
WITH big numbers, big costumes and big characters, Hello Dolly is one of the best-loved classic Broadway shows. Next week, it’ll be given the Morgan Academy of Performing Arts treatment when a cast aged between six and 18 give it youthful energy
A CLASSIC tale will come to life as Youth on Stage presents its stage version of Alice in Wonderland. The Lewis Carroll favourite has already been famously adapted by Disney and more recently Tim Burton, but now the youngsters will put their
Police are investigating after a car was torched next to a Rayleigh park. The incident occurred after a woman parked a Silver Vokswagon Golf next to Rawreth Lane Recreation Ground shortly before 10pm on Saturday evening and returned to find
A CONVENIENCE store is set to open in Hadleigh’s former Woolworths. Costcutter plans to open in the London Road building, which has been closed since January 2009 when Woolies went bust. The mini-supermarket is set to be 2,500-square-foot in size and
A COMMUNITY hall has been closed because it’s not “fit for purpose” a senior councillor has said. The Royal British Legion hall, in the middle of Hadleigh’s Endway car park, off Castle Lane, has been boarded up by owner Castle Point Council. Residents
IT IS the mother and baby group with a difference – where you literally have to look twice. The Billericay Twins Club is still going strong after 34 years and provides a support network to mums and dads whose children are different, by being the same
FIVE benefits cheats who illegally claimed more than £32,000 between them have been ordered to pay back some of the cash. Susan Lowe, Kevin Doyle, Alan Smith, Michael Cockley and Pamela Wood lied to Southend Council to get their hands on extra money.
