Stage

Storytelling, puppetry and original music combine to tell the magical story of the bonds linking grandfather to grandson and both to the land.

The gruelling experiences of 14 Lincolnshire convicts who were among the first to be transported to Australia in 1788 are relived through a powerful drama at the Drill Hall, Lincoln, from Wednesday, September 22 to Saturday, September 25.

The spoof thriller, Murdered To Death, by Peter Gordon, is a laugh-a-minute production.

The Christopher Marlowe play, Dr Faustus, can be quite heavy going but this new modern interpretation kept me and the rest of the audience interested throughout.

Romance, cross-dressing and mistaken identities were all there in Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt — one of the best plays I have seen all year.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is undoubtedly one of the classics and one that holds a special place in my heart because I am named after its leading lady.

The autumn programme at Farnsfield Acoustic opens on Saturday, September 25, with a return visit by Ric Sanders and Vo Fletcher.

Comedy, music, drama and dance — Village Ventures has it in abundance in its new season of shows. The rural and community touring scheme for Nottinghamshire gets off to a flying start with a performance of Nursing Lives in Southwell Library on September 17 at 7.30pm.

The third play in the repertory company season at the Lincoln Theatre Royal is Who Killed Agatha Christie? from Tuesday, September 21, until September 25.

A new season of the monthly Magners Funhouse Comedy Club nights starts on Thursday, September 16, upstairs at the Thanal Indian Restaurant, Newark.

Entries are already pouring in for this year’s Newark’s Got Talent, but organisers want to hear from more speciality acts.

A murder mystery evening will be held at Bowbridge Primary School, Newark, on Saturday, October 9.

Hollywood husband and wife Maxwell Caulfield and Juliet Mills head an all-star cast in Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce.

A new production from Vamos Theatre is coming to Village Ventures — the rural and community touring scheme in Nottinghamshire.

Television and West End stage star, Claire Sweeney, is the latest in a long line of celebrities to take the starring role in Tell Me On A Sunday.

Direct from London’s West End, An Evening Of Burlesque comes to the Palace on Friday, September 17 when showgirls combine Parisian charm with Las Vegas glamour.

West End star Marti Webb and the runner-up in the BBC’s Your Country Needs You competition, Mark Evans, headline a new tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!

A comic gem from the 18th Century returns to Nottingham Playhouse on Friday, September 3.

The organisers of this year’s pantomime at the Palace Theatre, Newark, promise it will be a dream of a show.