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Banff Mountain Film Festival

NEW RED FILM PROGRAMME

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of thrilling adventure on the big screen!

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is back with a brand-new line-up of captivating short films packed with extreme journeys, intriguing characters and stunning cinematography. Join the world’s top outdoor filmmakers and adventurers as they climb, ski, paddle, run and ride through the wildest corners of the planet!

With exciting nightly prize giveaways and a theatre packed with adventure lovers, this is an unmissable event from the world’s most prestigious mountain festival. Spark your passion for adventure, action and travel at the Banff Mountain Film Festival!

This is a screening of the Red Film Programme. See www.banff-uk.com for more.

Picture by Jordan Manoukian

PCA Midlands

Bodybuilding and Fitness Qualifier for the British Finals.

Please note: Under 4’s entrance is free.

An Evening With Paul Merson – Laid Bare

Join us for An Evening with Paul Merson, as the football star discusses his illustrious career with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth and England.

He’ll talk about games, dressing room/training ground stories, managers, fall outs and everything you wanted to know about playing for a successful football club.

Paul will open up about his experiences both on and off the pitch, his addictions, his media career and so much more. Paul’s wit and charisma makes an entertaining night and engaging evening for all football fans.

14+ age guidance.

A limited number of VIP tickets are available, affording the opportunity for a meet and greet with Paul and a photograph opportunity before the show.

 

Jonny Cole: Armagudd’n

EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL DEMAND

Champion of the Black Country, Jonny Cole is one of the most unique, exciting and hilariously funny acts to come out of the Black Country and unstoppable force in musical comedy.

Comparisons to Jasper Carrott and Tim Minchin (depending on the reviewers age) tell only half the story.

One of the freshest and funniest new comedians to hit the comedy circuit in the last few years. Jonny Cole is packing out comedy clubs everywhere.

With his individual patter and commentary on life, coupled with his original songs, he is being described as a ‘breath of fresh air’. Never forgetting his ‘Black Country’ roots Jonny has written original songs about life, love and loss (his Xbox) with hilarious results.

Night Watch

The latest dramatic offering from Stafford Players.

Unable to sleep. Elaine Wheeler paces the living roomof her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears.
When the Police are called after Elaine sees the body of a dead man in the window across the way, they find nothing but an empty chair.
Elaine’s terror grows, and her husband John believes she may be on the verge of a breakdown.
A suspenseful and mysterious story unfolds, with a riveting and chilling climax!

How To Write A Script In An Hour

Get on with it! If you desperately want to write but don’t know where to start, or have started but can’t continue, then this super-intense workshop is for you. Multi-award-winning writer/director/producer Dan Freeman gives you the tools you need to get moving and to keep moving.

A highly practical crash-course showing you how to create a compelling narrative in any medium. Dan Freeman is a multi award-winning writer/director in film, theatre and radio and has pioneered new media such as podcasting and webcasts (he created the world’s first).

He has taught at the BBC, RADA, Sony Pictures and Raindance, and runs his own company, Secret Planet Productions.

He is the writer and director of Welsh fantasy feature film Hold Excalibur, currently in pre-production.

Beyond The Barricade

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

Beyond the Barricade, the UK’s longest running Musical Theatre Concert Tour, is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2024. Join the cast for two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, featuring the songs that have made audiences return over and over again for 25 years.

Enjoy numbers from The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, Miss Saigon, Hamilton and many others, climaxing with a spectacular finale from, of course, Les Misérables!

The concert tour will feature Andy Reiss, David Fawcett, Katie Leeming and Sarah Ryan who have all played principal roles in both the West End and UK Tours of Les Misérables, together with a live band who capture the feel of the original orchestrations of the chosen musicals.

To this day every musical note is still played and sung live – very rare indeed. Beyond the Barricade gives musical theatre songs a bold concert format treatment – but with the conviction and intention to deliver the material as if the audience are watching the original performance.

I’m Every Whitney LIVE!

Kieshia brings an incredible tribute to the late, great Whitney Houston with her fantastic ‘Million Dollar Band’.

Her show is shared up and down the country and brings Whitney’s greatest hits from ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ and ‘So Emotional’ to ‘Greatest Love of All’ and ‘I Will Always Love You’.

Kieshia’s shows encourage the audience to sing, dance and enjoy the best of Whitney, described as “a stunning impersonator of the legendary Whitney Houston…”

Join I’m Every Whitney LIVE for an evening of fun, laughter and nostalgia as they take you on an unmissable ride to remember the Queen of the Divas!

Scott Bennett

Back by popular demand after two sell-out shows at the Gatehouse.

As a society we love stuff, it’s a statement about who we are and who we want to be. But apparently, this message is at odds with the looming environmental crisis.

We’re now struggling to balance these worlds, to focus on the things that bring us real connections and nourish the soul.

Award-winning Comedian and Award-winning Product Designer, Scott Bennett is desperately trying to cleanse his life of stuff, but is this even possible anymore?

Tour support for Mickey Flanagan, Rob Brydon Jason Manford, and John Bishop. The star of Live at the Apollo, The News Quiz, The Now Show, The Ultimate Choice and Chortle Best Club Comedian Nominee 2022.

“Without doubt live comedy’s best kept secret” Evening Standard

“Great material, great delivery, a very funny man,” Rob Brydon

“Brilliantly funny, a joy to watch” Chris Ramsey

“Bennett is a stand-up in fine control of his material, his delivery and his image, a masterclass in adding a frisson of ‘in the moment’ unpredictability to otherwise tightly written routines” Chortle

Megaslam Wrestling

The Number 1 Live Experience for Families is coming to Stafford as Megaslam presents its spectacular 2025 Live Tour!

Established in 2009, Megaslam present over 300 Live Events annually across the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man with audiences of over 250,000 going crazy for ’the show designed for kids’ each year.

In a two hour family entertainment extravaganza like no other, the larger than life characters of Team Nasty (boo!) will battle it out with the charismatic athletes of Team Megaslam (yay!) in a show designed to get the whole family on the edge of their seats and cheering on their favourites in this truly unique interactive live production!

Breath-taking matches are set to include: 1 vs 1 Challenge, Tag Team Spectacular, Megaslam Rumble and a special Main Event set to be announced on the day featuring the Megaslam Championship!

It will be lights, camera, action as the muscle bound stars of Megaslam enter the ring.

Grab your Megaslam foam finger, take your seat and enter a world of FUN as you witness the MAGIC of Megaslam and create spectacular family memories!

Audiences will be invited to stay behind and meet our stars after the show with the Megaslam VIP Experience!