15 June 2012
Head to Aldworth Giant Fair on Sunday for an afternoon of music, food, feasting and entertainment. Exotic acrobats, colourful flags, children's workshops…
14 June 2012
Film review: Prometheus Rating: ***Some 30 years after directing the first Alien film, Ridley Scott returns to the franchise to give it a shiny new paintjob.…
14 June 2012
New Era PLayers will be opening a new play, Sylvia by A.R. Gurney at their Wash Common Theatre tonight.For anyone who has ever owned a dog, loved a dog,…
13 June 2012
They said it couldn’t be done;they said it would be an impossible feat,but they didn’t reckon on the dramatic bravery of Patrick Barlow and Sean Foley!BEN…
07 June 2012
THE makers of Men in Black should be congratulated for revealing to the world what many people have long suspected – that we are surrounded by folk so…
01 June 2012
A true Hollywood legend, best known for playing Sgt “Motor Mouth” Jones in the hugely successful Police Academy films, is touring the UK for the first…
31 May 2012
The DictatorReview rating ***If one of the best ways to defeat injustice and oppression is to make jokes about them, then Sacha Baron Cohen has been a…
31 May 2012
After being given the thumbs-up by Jimmy Page himself, the Led Zeppelin tribute band Whole Lotta Led, will be performing at Arlington Arts on Saturday…
30 May 2012
Soul singer, TV presenter, charity campaigner and all round Great Briton Mica Paris comes to Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, on Friday. Mica Paris is one of…
24 May 2012
Dark ShadowsReview rating ***Director Tim Burton, supported by his familiar ensemble, draws deep into his Gothic bank account to show those upstarts in…
22 May 2012
More accustomed to packed stadiums the world over, Squeeze frontman and all round musical legend Glenn Tilbrook appears at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore,…
17 May 2012
The first round of comedians heading Newbury Comedy Festival have been announced.Running from July 6-15, Newbury Comedy Festival offers over a week of…
17 May 2012
Safe sees Jason Statham on familiar ground – a violent bloodfestReview rating *If, one of these days, you see Jason Statham looking cheerful in a film,…
11 May 2012
The 34th international Newbury Spring Festival kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) with two opening concerts: at St Nicolas' Church the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra…
11 May 2012
The Corn Exchange recently threw a lunchtime reception in the balcony bar to celebrate their new caterers, Ivana and Paul Barclay, pictured above.The…
10 May 2012
Avengers Assemble Rating: ****Despite having a title that suggests 90 minutes of John Steed and Emma Peel putting up a flat-pack wardrobe, Avengers Assemble…
08 May 2012
Corn Exchange is sorry to announce that due to illness, Andy Hamilton’s show Hat of Doom toorrow (Wednesday) has been postponed. Known for his appearances…
03 May 2012
Tickets for Scottish stand-up Kevin Bridges sold out within 3 hours of going on sale at the Corn Exchange this morning (Thursday). The venue leaked that…
03 May 2012
Film review Salmon Fishing in the YemenReview rating ***GIVEN that there are around two million people in this country alone whose idea of pleasure is…
03 May 2012
Kevin Bridges will be coming to the Corn Exchange, Newbury, in June. Following some mysterious shenanigans at the tail-end of last week where the venue…