30 May 2013
The Great Gatsby (12a)Running time 142 minutes Rating:****SOME film critics have been getting all het up in recent weeks over director Baz Luhrmann’s…
28 May 2013
Scottish master of traditional song, Dick Gaughan will be performing in Newbury for the first time in some 20 years when he appears at Arlington Arts…
24 May 2013
The final concert in the Old Bluecoat School 'Tea and Cakes' series in Thatcham, at 4pm on Sunday, features Tori Handsley and her contemporary electric…
23 May 2013
Film review: Star Trek into Darkness (12a)Running time 133 minutes Rating:*** Such is the enthusiasm of sci-fi fans that the newspapers reported scuffles…
21 May 2013
Blunderbus Theatre Company presents a sparkling new adaptation of the bestselling children’s picture book How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers, at Arlington…
21 May 2013
There’s plenty to keep the little ones entertained in Newbury this half-term. Begin the week with a morning of creativity on Saturday (10am until 12.30pm),…
17 May 2013
Cellist Matthew Barley is celebrating 100 years of Benjamin Britten with an ambitious national tour involving concerts, workshops and special events in…
16 May 2013
How’s this for a bit of fun, then? NWN photographer Phil Cannings came across this 17.7kg metal man, standing all of 2ft 2ins small, and made entirely…
16 May 2013
21 and Over (15)Running time 93 minutes Rating:**One of the great traditions of the human race, going back to the Greeks and beyond, is the ability of…
14 May 2013
Fern Britton, the charismatic television presenter, and recently a Strictly Come Dancing contestant, makes her debut at The Watermill Book Club today…
10 May 2013
Tangley Pottery is open to the public this Sunday (11am to 5pm).Adults and children over seven years old are invited to Emily Myers’ studio at 2 Chalkpit…
10 May 2013
The widely acclaimed theatre company Les Enfants Terribles brings The Trench to Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Friday.A total theatre experience of engrossing…
09 May 2013
Film review: Iron Man 3 (PG)Running time 130 minutes Rating:** Now that we are entering the season of the action blockbuster, cinema audiences will have…
02 May 2013
Olympus Has Fallen (15)Running time 120 minutes Rating:**ANYONE brave enough to make an action movie about North Korean terrorists storming the White…
30 April 2013
Famous for his mesmerising guitar playing and rip roaring shows in the UK and around Europe Guitarist Larry Miller is now more popular than ever. Bringing…
26 April 2013
A monumental installation of kinetic sound sculptures created by Ray Lee comes to the Market Place tonight (Friday) and tomorrow. Chorus is a collective…
25 April 2013
Oblivion (12a)Running time 126 minutes Rating:***Perhaps someone has re-calibrated the Mayan Disaster Calendar, but should we all be worried about the…
19 April 2013
Compton Players' Murdered to Death by Peter Gordon opens at the Coronation Hall, Compton on Wednesday and runs to Saturday. This hilarious spoof of the…
19 April 2013
Author Louise Fennell, currently riding high in the bestseller charts, will be signing copies of her new book in Waterstones in Newbury tomorrow (Saturday).Her…
18 April 2013
We all know someone who’s ‘careful’ with their money... first out of the taxi, last at the bar, wouldn’t give a door a bang. Sound familiar? The difference…
