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Col. (Ret.) Melvin McLemore passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The News Courier on 2024-06-12.

The world stage premiere of Babette Cole’s award-winning book Princess Smartypants to open its UK tour at The Watermill.

WILMINGTON — Mary Fox Currier, age 78, of Wilmington, NC, went to be with Our Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 22, 2023, after a long battle with Lewy Body…

The beehive metaphor – a society which works for the good of all –cleverly bookends the production and offers a beacon of hope to take away with us.

Christy Lefteri’s literary hit, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, is staged for the first time, stopping in The Quarry Theatre where Leo Owen caught the…

Despite an important story and powerful production value, the script fails to truly capture the emotional urgency of the source material 3.5 stars

CHRISTY Lefteri’s acclaimed 2019 novel The Beekeeper Of Aleppo was always ripe for dramatisation. The story of Nuri, the titular beekeeper, and…

An at times arresting production of Christy Lefteri’s bestseller is let down by its didactic structure

PATRICK MARMION: Shes still a Duke, her name is still Prospero but Shakespeares desert island magician has gone all-out female in the fearsome shape of Alex Kingston.

This very well-acted adaptation of Christy Lefteri’s heart-tugging bestseller is that rare thing: a play that improves on its source novel