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Celebrating VE Day with West Berkshire Museum

16 April 2025
Celebrating VE Day with West Berkshire Museum

Celebrating VE Day with West Berkshire Museum

16 April 2025

New Era Players perform songs, stories, poems and anecdotes about this historic day.


The big team effort behind Open Studios

16 April 2025
The big team effort behind Open Studios

The big team effort behind Open Studios

16 April 2025

Excitement builds as Open Studios West Berks & North Hants rapidly approaches.


Great new initiative for autistic and neurodiverse adults and children to enjoy an active social life

15 April 2025
Great new initiative for autistic and neurodiverse adults and children to enjoy an active social life

Great new initiative for autistic and neurodiverse adults and children to enjoy an active social life

15 April 2025

User-led charity ASD Family Help offers support, advice and activities for autistic and neurodiverse individuals or those with learning disabilities.


Teen rockers take on Battle of the Bands

15 April 2025
Teen rockers take on Battle of the Bands

Teen rockers take on Battle of the Bands

15 April 2025

Up-and-coming Newbury band Minor Inconvenience will be battling it out for a headline prize and are drumming up support.


Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s smash-hit Baddies are coming

15 April 2025
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s smash-hit Baddies are coming

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s smash-hit Baddies are coming

15 April 2025

Meet the very worst Baddies in the world on stage at the Corn Exchange.


The Watermill’s Piaf by Pam Gems is a resounding triumph!

14 April 2025
The Watermill’s Piaf by Pam Gems is a resounding triumph!

The Watermill’s Piaf by Pam Gems is a resounding triumph!

14 April 2025

But the evening belongs to Audrey Brisson, a tour de force as the charismatic ‘Little Sparrow’.


The Detective Dog comes to the Arlington Arts stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences

13 April 2025
The Detective Dog comes to the Arlington Arts stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences

The Detective Dog comes to the Arlington Arts stage for Deaf and hearing family audiences

13 April 2025

Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's well-loved story, adapted for stage, comes to Arlington Arts.


Performing Arts College steps up for Sister Act

13 April 2025
Performing Arts College steps up for Sister Act

Performing Arts College steps up for Sister Act

13 April 2025

A heavenly performance of Sister Act the Musical, presented by Kingsclere Performing Arts College in partnership with Newbury College


Passion at the Abbey

12 April 2025
Passion at the Abbey

Passion at the Abbey

12 April 2025

Newbury Chamber Choir, who usually perform in St John’s Church, made a bold decision to try the very different acoustic of Douai Abbey.


There’s more to familiar buildings than meets the eye

12 April 2025
There’s more to familiar buildings than meets the eye

There’s more to familiar buildings than meets the eye

12 April 2025

Oxford Literary Festival: Former editor of The Times and National Trust chairman Simon Jenkins analysed the facade of his own house in South London.


Detective fiction at the Oxford Literary Festival: Mick Herron and Antoine Laurain

12 April 2025
Detective fiction at the Oxford Literary Festival: Mick Herron and Antoine Laurain

Detective fiction at the Oxford Literary Festival: Mick Herron and Antoine Laurain

12 April 2025

‘Le Carré’s spy thrillers set the standard for all subsequent novels in the genre’.


Nobel and Booker prizewinners at Oxford Literary Festival

11 April 2025
Nobel and Booker prizewinners at Oxford Literary Festival

Nobel and Booker prizewinners at Oxford Literary Festival

11 April 2025

One of the highlights of the festival was the talk by the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Abdulrazak Gurnah about Theft, his first novel.


New release Could You Be the One? from Whitchurch’s acclaimed folk singer, guitarist and storyteller Jon Wilks

11 April 2025
New release Could You Be the One? from Whitchurch’s acclaimed folk singer, guitarist and storyteller Jon Wilks

New release Could You Be the One? from Whitchurch’s acclaimed folk singer, guitarist and storyteller Jon Wilks

11 April 2025

Listen to the first single of his fifth solo album here and support his kickstarter.


What’s on in West Berks this weekend

10 April 2025
What’s on in West Berks this weekend

What’s on in West Berks this weekend

10 April 2025

Here are some events happening up until Sunday.


Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy is coming to the Corn Exchange

10 April 2025
Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy is coming to the Corn Exchange

Michael Morpurgo’s Farm Boy is coming to the Corn Exchange

10 April 2025

A sequel to the much-acclaimed War Horse, this delightful theatre show combines drama, storytelling, and original music.


Our pick of this week’s arts&ents events

10 April 2025
Our pick of this week’s arts&ents events

Our pick of this week’s arts&ents events

10 April 2025

A murder, a big sing song, a Piaf musical and lexicographer Susie Dent all in the mix.


Another coup for The Base gallery at Greenham

10 April 2025
Another coup for The Base gallery at Greenham

Another coup for The Base gallery at Greenham

10 April 2025

Greenham gallery first stop on UK tour for show of lithographs by one of the 20th century’s most important artists Joan Miró.


New comedy festival to launch this summer

10 April 2025
New comedy festival to launch this summer

New comedy festival to launch this summer

10 April 2025

The ‘affordable’ festival will take place at several venues across Thatcham, Newbury and Hungerford.


Small but perfectly formed Whitchurch Folk Festival... interview with acclaimed musician Jon Wilks

10 April 2025
Small but perfectly formed Whitchurch Folk Festival... interview with acclaimed musician Jon Wilks

Small but perfectly formed Whitchurch Folk Festival... interview with acclaimed musician Jon Wilks

10 April 2025

The Festival is back in May, bringing world-class folk artists, morris dancing, interactive workshops and strong community spirit to North Hampshire.


Join Al Murray taking a fascinating look at the end of the Second World War in eight surrenders.

10 April 2025
Join Al Murray taking a fascinating look at the end of the Second World War in eight surrenders.

Join Al Murray taking a fascinating look at the end of the Second World War in eight surrenders.

10 April 2025

Star authors at large around the area thanks to Hungerford Bookshop also include lexicographer Susie Dent, Rachel Joyce and James Holland.


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