MAYFLOWER Theatre will remain closed until at least April. Chief executive Michael Ockwell has today confirmed that no performances scheduled before the end of March will go ahead following the announcement of the latest lockdown restrictions. The programme had been set to include a socially distanced version of Six the musical, a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII and a visit by the ever popular Rocky Horror Show. Joe Pasquale, whose panto stint had to be halted after just a few days over Christmas, was also due to return in the hit play April in Paris.
Norfolk comedy performer Ben Langley.
- Credit: Ben Langley
Poems reflecting on daily lockdown life written by variety performer Ben Langley which proved popular online have been turned into a book.
Ben Langley Poems on the run is made up of 85 pieces, which have a comical light-hearted edge, and were created each morning by the Tacolneston comedian and actor during the two national lockdowns.
The book cover for Ben Langley Poems on the run.
- Credit: Ben Langley
They were then recorded during his daily two-mile runs in the Norfolk countryside.
Mr Langley, who has been entertaining audiences for 30 years as well as writing for top comedy acts including Joe Pasquale and Cannon and Ball, became a household name in 2018 with his misheard lyrics act on Britain s Got Talent in 2018.
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JOE Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw will star as Al and Bet in John Godber’s classic comedy, April in Paris, which will tour the country next year, coming to Southampton in February. Both are starring in Mayflower Theatre s pantomime this Christmas and are looking forward to making another socially distanced return with this hilarious play. In John Godber’s touching and hilarious classic, we go into the heart of one ordinary couple’s life as they go on both the journey of a lifetime and a journey into their relationship. Al and Bet are in a rut. Married for 26 years, their conversations are running dry and life has taken its toll. With his building work sparse and her shifts at the shoe shop getting few and far between there’s little to look forward to, apart from a possible ABBA tribute show in Wakefield and the odd trip to the pub. But Bet has dreams. She longs to walk with the Pharaohs in Egypt, sunbathe on golden beaches and climb Alpine mountains, all fuelled by h