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Shouting about things is our bag, so this is where you can find what our clients have been up to, what's happening in our beautiful county of Shropshire, Team J&PR updates - and, of course, our PR and social media advice and tips!

Santa’s New Sleigh – Theatre Severn

16 Dec 2016

by Simon Alton

Christmas is coming and Theatre Severn has an extra treat in store for families with Santa’s New Sleigh showing in the run-up to the big day. It’s a smaller scale production than Cinderella, the panto which is drawing the crowds over the festive season, but the Walker Theatre offers a more intimate occasion with fantastic audience participation. Dibs and Sprocket […]

The best yet… Cinderella at the Theatre Severn

07 Dec 2016

by Kirsty Smallman

Every year I say it and the following year I am proved wrong! Shrewsbury Theatre Severn’s panto always seems to be the best it possibly could be but Evolution Pantomimes owned by Dawley boy Paul Hendy and his wife Emily and producer and director Brad Fitt have done it again! A wonderful, talented, totally jaw dropping production of Cinderella. I […]

Cinderella at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn

28 Nov 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

Looks like there are going to be some flamboyant costumes at this year’s production of Cinderella at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn. Have you spotted these two ugly sisters having a gossip out and about in Shrewsbury? Well we did and they certainly look like they are going to make life difficult for poor Cinderella. The formidable pair are played by panto […]

Oh yes its panto time

21 Nov 2016

by Rebecca Dutton

Yes it’s that time of year again – panto time! And who doesn’t love a good pantomime! This year’s production of the fairy-tale classic Cinderella at Theatre Severn already looks set to be another huge hit. And you may have seen these characters wandering around Shrewsbury with rehearsals now well underway before the opening night on November 30. The show […]

Shropshire garage to host the Bridgnorth Sinfonia

18 Nov 2016

by Kirsty Smallman

A Shropshire garage will be filled with the sound of music as a county orchestra featuring 30 musicians performs a live concert in their workshop. The Bridgnorth Sinfonia will perform a complimentary concert for an audience at David Dexters on November 20. The huge workshop on site at David Dexters, an independent garage based in Stanley Lane, Bridgnorth, provides the […]

St George’s lighting up for Christmas

09 Nov 2016

by Simon Alton

Panto stars from a top Shropshire show will be on hand when the Christmas lights are switched on in an area of Telford. The cast of Sleeping Beauty at The Place in Oakengates will be taking a break from rehearsals to join the residents of St George’s for the festive lights switch-on on December 2. This year’s panto runs from […]

Is your a Granny Gangsta?

24 Oct 2016

by Kirsty Smallman

Nobody can help but smile when your son – grinning with his two front teeth missing – runs out of the theatre and into the arms of his nanny and asks “do you do naked yoga nanny?” Yes we’d been to Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury and watched the hilarious production of David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny. I’m sure you’ve seen plenty […]

We love a bit of Sunday night comedy

24 Oct 2016

by Rhea Alton

A good laugh on a Sunday evening always takes away the end-of-the-weekend blues. We can’t wait to see Paul Foot on October 30 at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn. After two years in the making, the comedian is back with his new Show ‘‘Tis a Pity She’s a Piglet.” Professor Ketchup and his camembert piglet join forces as Paul tackles the big […]

Rob Auton announces Shropshire tour date

12 Oct 2016

by Kirsty Smallman

Following the success of performing a month-long run to packed audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, award winning writer, performer and comedian ROB AUTON embarks on a UK tour with The Sleep Show. Having explored the colour yellow in 2012’s The Yellow Show, the sky in 2013’s The Sky Show, faces in 2014’s The Face Show and water in 2015’s The Water Show, ROB has now turned his attention to […]

Afternoon teas with a difference at Shropshire hotel

05 Sep 2016

by Simon Alton

Visitors to a Shropshire countryside hotel are set to be served up afternoon tea with a difference – as they will be eating from platters designed to replicate an English garden. The Wroxeter Hotel has just launched its Garden Tea which features chocolate soil, flowers and many other ingredients laid out to mimic the great outdoors. The menu was inspired […]