Timothy Sheader directs this mesmerising new production: catch it in Oxford this week.
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‘Musical of the century’ Come From Away reviewed for N2 by Jon Lewis at New Theatre Oxford.
Reminding our readers of Newbury’s links with the intergalactic film franchise.
SAY It Again Sorry? Theatre Company’s hilarious production of The Importance of Being... Earnest? reviewed at the Corn Exchange.
We’ll Bring The House Down was written by Steve Schollar and Mike Brooks who are both involved in amateur dramatics and specifically Boundary Players.
He played many times for the Royal Family, now trumpeter Stuart Henderson has become a fixture on the UK jazz scene.
‘A truly great gig’ by Sari Schorr, whose 2023 album with guitar maestro Robin Trower was recorded in Newbury’s Studio 91.
Creation Theatre’s contemporary updating of the novel gives a fresh perspective on the truths exposed by Orwell 80 years ago.
You’ll see new faces as well as regulars, working in the areas of painting, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, printmaking, woodworking, stone and glass.
Open Studios, soul night, Shakespeare shake-up and cool jazz are among our pick of where to go for a good time.
Clover Stroud sets out to walk the Ridgeway, understand the history of her landscape and work out why it is that it’s so hard for her to go.
Compton Players’ Wind in The Willows has a joyous panto vibe.
National Treasure Griff tells us more about his two-nighter The Cat’s Pyjamas.
As anticipation builds for elbow’s concert on July 21, two remarkable acts are to join the acclaimed multi-platinum-selling Manchester band.
Basingstoke living history museum will be commemorating the Armed Forces Day weekend with a whole host of activities.
Ephemeral Ensemble devised production Rewind displays a vivacious and compulsive beauty intentionally at odds with the horrific subject matter.
Episodic play charts key moments in Oswald Mosley’s life from 1931 to 1976.
‘Carthy grips the audience with the narratives, her distinctive voice soaring with the deepening drama’.
The Lost Trades gig supported by Newbury band Serein.
