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She’s been a naughty next-door neighbour, a sexy soap super-bitch and a raucous reality-show runner up, but now Lesley Joseph is starring as the calendar girl who’s really got audiences in a whirl. She made a date in her diary to tell STEVE BURBRIDGE all about it. JUST the mention of her name conjures up [...]

At just 27, composer Michael Bruce has been making waves on the musical theatre scene since his debut concert in 2009, and his recently-released album Unwritten Songs had critics and fans buzzing with enthusiasm. Lucy Thackray talks to him about enjoying his success and what’s next. You first attracted attention when you won the Notes [...]

East is Not Just East according to writer and director, Jez Simons. Jemma Crowston, caught up with the artistic director of Hathi Productions about this week’s musical comedy extravaganza. The show, East is Not Just East is the reaction from Simons and other people in Leicester following the 1999 hit film East is East. He [...]

The fanciful and witty new play Love Love Love by Mike Bartlett opens at Curve this week and audiences will see the return of Lisa Jackson. The Public Reviews reporter Jemma Crowston, caught up with Lisa during a tour break last week. Lisa was last in the city playing Ann Deever in the Curve Production [...]

Since taking on the role of Prime Minister, Richard McCabe has new respect and sympathy for the man at the top, he explains to The Public Reviews journalist Jemma Crowston. The top West End comedy Yes, Prime Minister will grace the stage at Leicester’s Curve theatre at the end of the month with a six-night [...]

Playing a cocky and boisterous teenager is something new for the understated George Banks who will be heading to Curve next month to star in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys. The Public Reviews reporter, Jemma Crowston, caught-up with the 23-year-old during the show’s tour in Bath. Director, Christopher Luscombe has revived the show for the [...]

Having experienced the bumpy ride that is X-Factor, Niki Evans embarked on the emotional roller coaster of starring in Blood Brothers. Ahead of a stop-off in Newcastle, she tells STEVE BURBRIDGE about the thrills and spills of life. Niki Evans is the first to admit that she has a lot in common with her on-stage [...]

Theatre-goers will be served a generous portion of culinary comedy when the stage production of Victoria Wood’s Dinnerladies stops-off in the region. Andrew Dunn, who leads the cast, reveals the recipe of the show’s success to STEVE BURBRIDGE. Famed for ‘feeding the faces of folk’ as Tony Martin, the cranky canteen manager at HWD Components, actor Andrew [...]