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  • Most adults will remember with a warm feeling inside reading about Ploppy the owl’s adventures – learning about the stars in The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, and now another generation get to experience this story on stage at the Civic Theatre on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th...

    The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark

    Posted on January 25, 2012 | No Comments
    Most adults will remember with a warm feeling inside reading about Ploppy the owl’s adventures – learning about the stars in The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark, and now another generation get to experience this story on stage at the Civic Theatre on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th...

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  • John Parr, who is famous for the international hit St Elmo’s Fire, is coming to Chelmsford with the American Anthems show on Friday 10th February. The production takes audiences on a journey from the East to the West Coast of the USA, searching for a huge Rock star that disappeared...

    John Parr in American Anthems

    Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
    John Parr, who is famous for the international hit St Elmo’s Fire, is coming to Chelmsford with the American Anthems show on Friday 10th February. The production takes audiences on a journey from the East to the West Coast of the USA, searching for a huge Rock star that disappeared...

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  • Chelmsford CHESS has benefited from a £600 donation raised by Chelmsford’s new comedy club – Comedy Showcase. Their festive fundraiser, featuring triple Perrier Award nominee Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema, and Chris Martin played to a packed house at the Cramphorn Theatre for the event that aimed to raise both funds...

    Comedy Showcase Fundraiser raises cash for CHESS

    Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Comments
    Chelmsford CHESS has benefited from a £600 donation raised by Chelmsford’s new comedy club – Comedy Showcase. Their festive fundraiser, featuring triple Perrier Award nominee Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema, and Chris Martin played to a packed house at the Cramphorn Theatre for the event that aimed to raise both funds...

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  • It’s exciting times in the Meet Me At The Border camp at the moment, after releasing their new EP Lead From the Front. The group express the satisfaction they all feel from hearing the final product of something they have invested so much time and effort on. Producer Danny B...

    Meet Me At The Border

    Posted on January 8, 2012 | No Comments
    It’s exciting times in the Meet Me At The Border camp at the moment, after releasing their new EP Lead From the Front. The group express the satisfaction they all feel from hearing the final product of something they have invested so much time and effort on. Producer Danny B...

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  • When I was a young, naïve lad – still at school & just discovering what I liked in the world, a friend introduced me to an alternative music choice and a secret club of radio listeners that had found a way to hear this music on the airwaves. Back then...

    John Peel – Seven Years On

    Posted on October 25, 2011 | No Comments
    When I was a young, naïve lad – still at school & just discovering what I liked in the world, a friend introduced me to an alternative music choice and a secret club of radio listeners that had found a way to hear this music on the airwaves. Back then...

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  • Royal Wedding fever is here, and everywhere you look there is wall to wall coverage. Like it or loathe it, it is very difficult to escape the wedding, and people's opinions.

    Editorial: The Royal Wedding

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
    Royal Wedding fever is here, and everywhere you look there is wall to wall coverage. Like it or loathe it, it is very difficult to escape the wedding, and people's opinions.

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  • WD?BD! Are a six piece pop punk band from Witham. The guys have only been together since 2009 but have already built themselves a huge local fan base.

    Who’s Driving? Bear’s Driving!

    Posted on March 29, 2011 | No Comments
    WD?BD! Are a six piece pop punk band from Witham. The guys have only been together since 2009 but have already built themselves a huge local fan base.

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  • Good day to you all, I’m Mike ‘the Spike’ Remick and I host the only strictly comedy open mic night in Chelmsford, Come and Have a Go If You Think You’re Funny Enough, held at the Golden Fleece on every 3rd Thursday of the month. The January show was a...

    Come And Have A Go If You Think You’re Funny Enough!

    Posted on March 26, 2011 | No Comments
    Good day to you all, I’m Mike ‘the Spike’ Remick and I host the only strictly comedy open mic night in Chelmsford, Come and Have a Go If You Think You’re Funny Enough, held at the Golden Fleece on every 3rd Thursday of the month. The January show was a...

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  • So this is our new page, and we are honoured to be part of issue number 50! We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who bought a ticket and came to the fundraiser, and to reassure you that we did not run off and fritter your donations...

    The Shiny Shed

    Posted on March 25, 2011 | No Comments
    So this is our new page, and we are honoured to be part of issue number 50! We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who bought a ticket and came to the fundraiser, and to reassure you that we did not run off and fritter your donations...

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  • Imagine the scene late in 2005, the Army and Navy was over three years gone, the heyday of music at the YMCA a distant memory, live music in Chelmsford was clinging on by its fingertips. The Bassment was leading strongly with the Fellowship of Funk jazz nights on a Thursday...

    A 50th Issue Retrospective

    Posted on March 23, 2011 | No Comments
    Imagine the scene late in 2005, the Army and Navy was over three years gone, the heyday of music at the YMCA a distant memory, live music in Chelmsford was clinging on by its fingertips. The Bassment was leading strongly with the Fellowship of Funk jazz nights on a Thursday...

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