Biggins Is Coming… He is the nation’s best known panto dame and in just a couple of months time Christopher Biggins will be heading to Wolverhampton. He will be starring as Widow Twankey in a production of Aladdin at the Grand Theatre which runs from December 11 until January 30. Ticket sales are already up 14 per cent on last year’s production of Cinderella which bosses have put down to to the “Biggins effect”. The star will be joined in the region by his close friend and Hollywood icon Joan Collins who is starring in this year’s performance of Dick Whittington at the Birmingham Hippodrome. It was Christopher Biggins who told her to give pantomime a try and he says she is looking forward to the role.
City Model Hopeful Tiffany Pisani, the 18-year-old daughter of a South Staffordshire businesswoman, has had her peroxide pixie crop transformed into a sleek and sexy bob ahead of Monday night’s live final. She will be vying to win a £1 million modelling contract, a covershoot for Company magazine and the chance to appear in the latest campaign for beauty giant Revlon. She said today: “I’m very happy to be in the top three and I am really excited for Monday night but I’m also nervous because it’s live. “All my family in Wombourne will be watching and I couldn’t have asked for more support.” The final will be on Living TV at 9pm.
More Drikers Of Ale It is usually seen as the favourite tipple of pensioners in flat caps who sit in the corner of the pub, but traditional cask ale is undergoing a makeover. A new report has revealed there are now 8.6 million people quaffing cask ales in the UK, with more and more 18 to 24-year-olds choosing the drink. The number of young people drinking cask beer has jumped by 17 per cent. www.wlv-soundcheck.com
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