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Classical guitar coup for Arlington

02 October 2012
Classical guitar coup for Arlington

Classical guitar coup for Arlington

02 October 2012

"We've only gone and got one of the best classical guitarists in the world coming here!," says Arlington Arts director Tony Trigwell Jones. Celebrated…


Dirty Den is back

30 September 2012
Dirty Den is back

Dirty Den is back

30 September 2012

This time he’s all washed up in brand new soap drama where life imitates art… Some of TV’s best loved soap stars are heading for the Corn Exchange, this…


Snap up your seats

29 September 2012
Snap up your seats

Snap up your seats

29 September 2012

The Selfish Crocodile, the funny tale of a brave little mouse and a very snappy crocodile comes to the Corn Exchange next Saturday (11am and 2pm). This…


Techno-play comes to Greenham

20 September 2012
Techno-play comes to Greenham

Techno-play comes to Greenham

20 September 2012

A play by one of this country’s celebrated young writers is coming to New Greenham Arts next Friday and Saturday. Following Laura Wade’s critically acclaimed…


Young cellist opens concert series

18 September 2012
Young cellist opens concert series

Young cellist opens concert series

18 September 2012

Expect great things from Laura van der Heijden, the BBC Young Musician 2012.At the age of 15, her mesmerising performance of the rarely-played Walton…


Friday night comedy

18 September 2012
Friday night comedy

Friday night comedy

18 September 2012

Comedian Imran Yusuf tours to The Haymarket, Basingstoke, with his new show Bring The Thunder!! on Friday (7.30pm). This second show follows the sell-out…


Poachers gig at Three Swans

14 September 2012
Poachers gig at Three Swans

Poachers gig at Three Swans

14 September 2012

Des Simmons and the Poachers play The Three Swans, High Street, Hungerford, on Sunday (2pm).Newbury's veteran singer/songwriter Des Simmons, pictured…


Snap the show's Heraldic beasts

10 September 2012
Snap the show's Heraldic beasts

Snap the show's Heraldic beasts

10 September 2012

A contemporary interpretation of the original Queen's Beasts stone sculptures, which guarded the entrance to Westminster Abbey on the Queen's Coronation…


Sci-fi success

06 September 2012
Sci-fi success

Sci-fi success

06 September 2012

Bev Allen, who lives in Newbury, fell in love with her first soldier outside Buckingham Palace. He was a Coldstream on guard and she was four.Later she…


Aldworth artist exhibits in village

05 September 2012
Aldworth artist exhibits in village

Aldworth artist exhibits in village

05 September 2012

Artist and Aldworth villager Robin Taylor has an exhibition of his work this weekend at Aldworth Village Hall, in conjunction with the Aldworth September…


Get up off the sofa and...

23 August 2012
Get up off the sofa and...

Get up off the sofa and...

23 August 2012

This summer, National Trust properties like The Vyne in Hampshire are offering free entry to children, giving families a great incentive to get off the…


One man and his bear

17 August 2012
One man and his bear

One man and his bear

17 August 2012

Ted (15)Review rating:****Fans of Seth MacFarlane have had a tough time just recently. In the heady days of 2001, MacFarlane’s animated show Family Guy…


Edinburgh Fringe 'Bobby' for NYT

15 August 2012
Edinburgh Fringe 'Bobby' for NYT

Edinburgh Fringe 'Bobby' for NYT

15 August 2012

Newbury Youth Theatre’s Just So Stories has landed a prestigious ‘Bobby’ at the Edinburgh Fringe at the weekend. NYT director Robin Strapp sent this message…


Our boys at the Proms

26 July 2012
Our boys at the Proms

Our boys at the Proms

26 July 2012

THAT very British institution the BBC Promenade Concert season is upon us and Newbury is well represented, by a bow maker, conductor and trumpeter.Philip…


Harry Hill heads up autumn bill

19 July 2012
Harry Hill heads up autumn bill

Harry Hill heads up autumn bill

19 July 2012

THE Corn Exchange and New Greenham Arts have today launched their new season of theatre, dance, comedy, family events and live music and we can reveal…


A fine finale

16 July 2012
A fine finale

A fine finale

16 July 2012

Ten years or so ago a girl trying to break into the jazz singing game was performing in the open air to handfuls of diners outside a restaurant in Marlborough,…


A day to remember

15 July 2012
A day to remember

A day to remember

15 July 2012

Bill Hall on day 2 of Marlborough Jazz FestivalThe organisers of the 26th Marlborough Jazz Festival had every reason to be hugging themselves with sheer…


Jazz on

14 July 2012
Jazz on

Jazz on

14 July 2012

Bill Hall reports from Marlborough Jazz FestivalGiven the lousy weather and the generally gloomy outlook, the arrival of Marlborough's annual Jazz Fest…


Improv comedy night

13 July 2012
Improv comedy night

Improv comedy night

13 July 2012

There are sketches, songs and general silliness, all based around audience suggestions, at New Greenham Arts tomorrow night (Saturday, 8pm). Be it a song…


Champions and Clowns

10 July 2012
Champions and Clowns

Champions and Clowns

10 July 2012

Arlington Arts brings an international flavour to Newbury Comedy Festival tomorrow (Tuesday) as it hosts a double bill featuring two comics due to become…


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