2+ hour, 6+ min ago  (841+ words) A TALENTED young Greenock actor and playwright is preparing to perform her first one-woman show at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Briony Martha will present Parasocial Activity as part of the world-renowned arts celebration next month. The show, which Briony…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (114+ words) A NIGHT of laughter is set for the Beacon Arts Centre as the Scottish Comedy Collective returns this autumn. The event, scheduled for Saturday, October 24, will feature four seasoned performers. Greenock-born Jay Lafferty, a BBC Scotland favourite, will showcase her…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (106+ words) Greenock Telegraph Matthew Murdoch is one of the emerging local acts on the bill for the event at The George in the town's Main Street on Friday, June 26. With a handful of gigs under his belt, Matthew is building a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (130+ words) THE Albany will host a 1950s-style radio broadcast this Sunday. Attendees can step aboard the Vital Spark as Neil Munro's famous characters come to life. Para Handy, Dougie, MacPhail, and Sunny Jim will all be portrayed by three energetic BBC…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (492+ words) A GREENOCK writer who is planning to pen a comic book set in Scotland's west coast in the aftermath of a major collapse has launched a crowdfunding campaign. The comic centres around Euan Morton, a washed-up and troubled conman who…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (515+ words) THE operators of the paddle steamer Waverley have added their tribute after the death was announced of Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales at the age of 93. Scales and her late husband, Timothy West, were long-standing and enthusiastic supporters of the…...