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'Come and play'

'Come and play'

'Come and play'

07 July 2016

Interactive experimental dance installation at museum PLAYING at West Berkshire Museum this week, a 30-minute research and development installation by…


Secret strife of pets

Secret strife of pets

Secret strife of pets

07 July 2016

Pampered pooch and sloppy mongrel encounter troublesome moggies and a cute white bunny with a devious plan FROM the team behind the animated Despicable…


Three-days hard Trucking

Three-days hard Trucking

Three-days hard Trucking

30 June 2016

One of the best small festivals just got bigger TRUCK Festival, “the Godfather of the small festival scene”, is one of the UK’s longest-running…


Feel the Fear

Feel the Fear

Feel the Fear

30 June 2016

James Wan takes North London haunting to the edge in TheConjuring2. The Conjuring2 (15) Running time 2hr 14 min Rating *** DIRECTOR James Wan is…


Great knight at the opera

Great knight at the opera

Great knight at the opera

23 June 2016

Baritone and national treasure Sir Tom Allen at West Green House “THERE is power, and there is glorious tone, in his lovely baritone voice. But…


Chasing that illusive Pretty Woman success

Chasing that illusive Pretty Woman success

Chasing that illusive Pretty Woman success

23 June 2016

How much longer Garry Marshall can carry on churning out the same film is anybody’s guess Mother’s Day (12A) Running time 1hr 58mins Rating: * IN…


Hot-foot from Hay festival

Hot-foot from Hay festival

Hot-foot from Hay festival

09 June 2016

Author of bestseller The Wrong Knickers brings new book Mad Girl to Hungerford LIT-lovers shouldn’t miss the ‘Mad Girl’ in Hungerford…


War Horse... with rabbits

War Horse... with rabbits

War Horse... with rabbits

09 June 2016

Cast of Watermill’s Watership Down visit Adams’ country THE cast of The Watermill’s forthcoming production of Newbury-born Richard Adams’…


Rage against the investment machine

Rage against the investment machine

Rage against the investment machine

09 June 2016

Jodie Foster’s Money Monster points its barrel at both Wall Street and the way we turn news into entertainment Money Monster (15) Running time 1hr 38mins Rating: **** OF…


Odd nod to Lewis Carroll

Odd nod to Lewis Carroll

Odd nod to Lewis Carroll

03 June 2016

Alice Through The Looking Glass is more miss than hit Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG) Running time 1hr 53mins Rating: ** IT’S fitting…


Scurrilous shenanigans at the Newbury Spring Show

Scurrilous shenanigans at the Newbury Spring Show

Scurrilous shenanigans at the Newbury Spring Show

02 June 2016

A humorous short story by Martin Strike, from Newbury The sun rose to herald the start of a beautiful spring day. The snows and winds of winter seemed…


Benjamin blew us away

Benjamin blew us away

Benjamin blew us away

26 May 2016

Spring Festival audience wowed by brilliance of Britain’s leading young pianist BENJAMIN Grosvenor gained first prize in the Keyboard Final of the 2004…


Come and build the People's Tower

Come and build the People's Tower

Come and build the People's Tower

25 May 2016

Watch the rise and fall of a giant replica of Donnington Castle in the market Place this weekend Sunday 2pm – 7pm The Rise of the Tower Monday…


Summer Art Show at Donnington Priory

Summer Art Show at Donnington Priory

Summer Art Show at Donnington Priory

18 May 2016

Proceeds to go to trust that provides training and education on young people's mental health Donnington Priory is holding a Summer Art Show on Saturday…


Some may Marvel...

Some may Marvel...

Some may Marvel...

12 May 2016

Captain America: Civil War Captain America: Civil War (2D) (12A) Running time 2hr 27mins Rating: ** FRANKLY, if you like Marvel films, you are safe going…


Seth Lakeman: 21st century one-man folk band

Seth Lakeman: 21st century one-man folk band

Seth Lakeman: 21st century one-man folk band

28 April 2016

Local singer-songwriter supports at Arlington Arts Pictured above: Local musician Emma Lawrence supported the great Seth Lakeman at Arlington Arts…


A question of conscience

A question of conscience

A question of conscience

28 April 2016

Alan Rickman's last film Eye in the Sky explores the ethics of drone strikes in modern warfare Eye in the Sky (15) Running time 1hr 42min Rating **** I…


She's done it again!

She's done it again!

She's done it again!

25 April 2016

Composer hits Classic FM chart for the second year YES, she’s done it again! Local composer Fiona Bennett has managed to get both her classical…


Sixteenth-century sex and murder

Sixteenth-century sex and murder

Sixteenth-century sex and murder

14 April 2016

Part-concert/part one-man play explores the extraordinary life and music of Carlo Gesualdo BREAKING The Rules is a theatrical production not for the faint-hearted. Coming…


ET with menace

ET with menace

ET with menace

14 April 2016

A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to child’s special powers. There’s an unmistakeable touch of Speilberg about…


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