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My short shows are something of a hobbit

11:00pm Wednesday 10th February 2010

THERE are certain things the human brain struggles to conceive.

Kelly McGillis and Rolf Saxon present fine portrayal of lonely lovers

9:20pm Tuesday 26th January 2010

KELLY McGillis’s hotly anticipated portrayal of a despairing New York waitress in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune arrived at the Palace Theatre with a bump. And then another and another.

New Orb is gem of an eatery

9:00pm Friday 15th January 2010

THERE’S a little gem of a restaurant which has just opened off Billericay’s High Street.

Mix of adventurous and traditional food was exciting

9:00pm Thursday 31st December 2009

TUCKING into good Chinese food is like going back in time for me – every Christmas Eve my family would go to our local restaurant for a feast.

Fairyland is so topsy-turvy

9:00pm Friday 25th December 2009

WHAT is it really like to live in panto fairyland? The audience at this year’s Basildon panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, get to see a magical, well-ordered world.

Basildon Hospital A&E given clean bill of health

10:20am Monday 21st December 2009

BASILDON Hospital’s shamed A&E department has been given a clean bill of health by inspectors.

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Pompeii Panto's naughty, but perfect for the kids

9:00pm Thursday 17th December 2009

Ancient Rome wasn’t built in a day, but the Shoebury-based Actorcrats promise to do a pretty good job of demolishing all it stands for in a couple of hours, in the Pompeii Panto..

Cliffs date for Jack Jones

3:00pm Friday 27th November 2009

JUST like fellow singers Frank Sinatra, who worked as a paper delivery boy, and one-time hospital porter Mick Jagger, Jack Jones struggled to get by before finding stardom.

Laughs and capers? It must be panto time

10:00pm Monday 23rd November 2009

HE may be famous for his jovial nature and comedy credentials, but the art of the pantomime is no laughing matter for Brian Conley.