This week’s What’s On arts&ents hitlist
Jazz @PJC
ALEX Clarke is Sunday’s guest at Pangbourne Jazz Club. As a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and three-time nominee in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, she is known to be one of the most in-demand and versatile saxophonists to have emerged on the British jazz scene. Backed by the Pangbourne Jazz Club rhythm section, Terry Hutchins (guitar), Andy Crowdy (double bass), Jim Pollard (piano) and Brian Greene (drums). £12.50, pay on the door or book online, 7.30pm start. cheap bar, public car park. The club meets monthly at PWMC, Rosewood Hall, Whitchurch Road.
Rock guitarist Chantel McGregor
ON Saturday, Arts For Hungerford present one of the most exciting female rock guitar artists in the country. Chantel McGregor plays the electric guitar and sings with her two band mates bringing a show that is both memorable and occasionally extraordinary. Her lead guitar breaks are already legendary on the rock circuit. The show takes place at The Croft Hall Hungerford and doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are limited to 70. For more information and to book tickets visit www.artsforhungerford.com
Three Hens in a Boat
THREE Hens in a Boat is running at The Watermill, Bagnor, until June 7. Lovingly inspired by Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat, Camille Ucan’s new heartfelt comedy charts the twist and turns of intergenerational family dynamics on a hen do with a difference. Navigating the River Thames from Kingston to Henley and almost all the way down the aisle, Claudette, Gloria and Jay’s well-intentioned family outing soon devolves into a series of hilarious misadventures. Among the mishaps and misunderstandings, the grandmother, mother and daughter trio’s unforgettable boating adventure reveals long-held secrets and touching moments of unspoken truths. https://www.watermill.org.uk/events/three-hens
Fun science show
TOP Secret: The Magic of Science visits the Corn Exchange on Sunday. Join Top Secret as they go on a high-voltage adventure. Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science, hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop, action-packed interactive science show with experiments and magic that will capture the imagination. Expect a fast-moving colourful science show filled with mystery, suspense, and lots and lots of mess. There will be a pre-show workshop available for this show. https://cornexchangenew.com
Little Women
BELINDA Lang and Honeysuckle Weeks head the cast in Faraway Productions’ Little Women at Oxford Playhouse until Saturday. Louisa May Alcott’s classic, inspired by her own experiences growing up, was an immediate critical and commercial success when published and went on to become one of the best-loved novels of all time. Join the March sisters – tomboy Jo, beautiful Meg, sensitive Beth and spoilt Amy – as they navigate the challenges of the American Civil War era, forging unbreakable bonds of love and family. Step into their world of sisterhood, courage, ambition, as they progress into womanhood. Anne-Marie Casey’s masterful new adaptation of the story offers a captivating rendition that breathes new life into this cherished classic. https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/
