This morning’s arrival at Theatre Severn. The statues of The Beatles are now on show Mon-Sat 10am-7pm and when events are on at the theatre until 22nd September.

Replicas of the famous statues unveiled on Liverpool’s waterfront in 2015 will be stopping people in their tracks in the foyer of Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.

Shrewsbury Beatles Weekend is offering cinema screenings of five Beatles-related films at the Walker Theatre, an illustrated talk at The Hive in Shrewsbury, special town tours, and live music at the town’s Buttermarket and the Wheatsheaf in Frankwell.The flesh-and-blood Beatles staged their final Shropshire concert at The Music Hall in Shrewsbury back in 1963.

Meanwhile, The Mersey Beatles concert at Theatre Severn on the Sunday night of Shrewsbury Beatles Weekend sold out within just a few weeks of being announced.Full details and a 24-page souvenir brochure (PDF) of the Beatles Weekend can be found at shrewsburybeatles.com

Tickets still available: HERE.