Arts and Entertainment

Rags to riches and back again at The Watermill The Prince and The Pauper, at The Watermill, Bagnor, until January 4 REVIEW BY ROBIN STRAPP THE Watermill’s…

Cecilia Consort provide the first festive flutter Cecilia Consort: Sing My Tongue at Douai Abbey, on Saturday, November 16 Review by Fiona Bennett AS…

Come to Where I'm From features local places that shape us REVIEW by Caroline Franklin; Come to Where I’m From, at the Watermill, Bagnor, on Saturday,…

Newbury Choral Society celebrate children's day in Trondheim AS a result of a friendship that began in Germany in 1958 between a schoolboy from Norway…

Big Boss Man celebrates 21 years with party REVIEW by Brian Harrington: Big Boss Man, at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Friday, November 8 BIG Boss Man…

Long queues as chef pops by Hungerford Bookshop RICK Stein dropped by Hungerford Bookshop recently to sign copies of his latest book Rick Stein’s…

Feedback on the discovery of The Wondrous Boxford Mosaic FOLLOWING the extraordinary turn-out of 3,000 people at the Boxford Mosaic open day in August…

Mozart does panto in Kennet Opera 's latest show SOMETHING very strange is going on in the little seaside resort of Newbury-on-Sea. There is an ongoing…

Romantic, heartbreaking, poignant and funny Cyrano Watermill Young Company: Cyrano de Bergerac at The Watermill, Bagnor, from Wednesday, October 30, to…

Ambitious appeal to help bring music to the young masses Berkshire Maestros has launched Mini Maestros in the Community, an ambitious crowdfunding appeal…

Community tells the story of the first Christmas IT hardly seems possible that we are again approaching that time of year when we’re given the chance…

Alarm frontman Mike Peter's acoustic gig WELSH rockers The Alarm were huge in the 1980s and have a string of hits to show for it. They disappeared for…

Live screening of Don Pasquale at the Corn Exchange DONIZETTI’s comic masterpiece Don Pasquale, the last great opera buffa, has been a favourite…

The Circus of Horrors comes to town THERE’LL be a night of circus like no other as Circus of Horrors returns to the Corn Exchange with a new show…

Marry Waterson & Emily Barker gig on Wednesday (October 30) Marry Waterson & Emily Barker created an album of fly-on-the-wall observations of the…

REVIEW: Kris Barras Band are on the cusp of becoming really big Kris Barras Band, plus support Wille And The Bandits, at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on…

REVIEW: PP Arnold is a phenomenon PP Arnold, plus support Jon Allen, at Arlington Arts, on Thursday, October 10 REVIEW by BRIAN HARRINGTON TONIGHT started…

MUSIC REVIEW: Keep it Cash tribute to Country Music giant Keep it Cash, at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Friday, October 4 REVIEW by BRIAN HARRINGTON THE…

REVIEW: Applause for the talented Nomads cast in ‘their best show yet’ Nomads Musical Theatre: Made in Dagenham, at the Corn Exchange, Newbury, from Wednesday,…

Carol Brown of Your First Mortgage Company explains her business philosophy From Scotland, to Canada, and back to England, Carol Brown has enjoyed a varied…