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Review: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes by Jeremy Paul, Theatre Royal Bath

12:23pm Friday 12th March 2010

Last year Peter Egan and Philip Franks toured as Sherlock Holmes and his faithful Dr Watson, respectively, in The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was great fun and delightfully tongue-in-cheek.

Review: Pygmalion, By George Bernard Shaw, The Pound, Corsham

12:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

Shaw a bore? Not bloody likely! Brought up on My Fair Lady, the hummable musical film, I confess I expected to find the original play of 1913 a huge yawn. Not a bit of it.

Dance down and dirty, or in silence at Bowl

12:04pm Friday 12th March 2010

The Silent Disco, a new concept sweeping the UK that does away with the traditional speaker systems used in nightclubs or festivals, comes to the Old Town Bowl in Swindon this summer.

And the winner is ...

The Silhouette Showgirls are through to the area finals of Live and Unsigned 2010

12:02pm Friday 12th March 2010

The celebrations are continuing for Chippenham band The Silhouette Showgirls this week, after they made it through to the area finals of Live and Unsigned 2010.

Review: Erato Piano Trio, The Athenaeum, Warminster.

Delicate touch is music to the ears

12:11pm Friday 12th March 2010

An enthusiastic audience were vigorously alerted by the first few crisp chords of Haydn’s Piano Trio in C major to the fact that here was a chamber group of musicians to be reckoned with.

Review: The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Theatre Royal Bath

8:33am Thursday 11th March 2010

Last year Peter Egan and Philip Franks toured as Sherlock Holmes and his faithful Dr Watson, respectively, in The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was great fun and delightfully tongue in cheek.

Review: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, the Pound, Corsham

8:37am Thursday 11th March 2010

Shaw a bore? Not bloody likely! Brought up on My Fair Lady, the hummable musical film, I confess I expected to find the original play a huge yawn. Not a bit of it.

Spotlight on...Georgie Vale

Spotlight on...Georgie Vale

5:13pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Ever since Kate Nash released Foundations in 2007 the UK’s music scene has been inundated with copy-cat female vocalists doing their best to imitate her rough ‘n’ ready Laandan Tahn accent, regardless of whether they’re from the big smoke or not. So you can imagine my dismay when I read that 16-year-old singer-songwriter Georgie Vale lists Nash as one of her influences. But, on closer inspection, it seems that Georgie’s influences go much deeper than that.

USA, Europe...and Swindon

Flautist Ian Anderson

5:14pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Jethro Tull, Wyvern Theatre, March 16. Tickets £28.50. Call 01793 524481.

Sounds around town with Dave Franklin

Urban Folk Quartet

5:10pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Although a few weeks back I started spotlighting some of the finer music establishments in town, with more gigs going on this week than you could shake a stick like thing at, I’m going to dive straight in.

Making fares fair

Tom Wrigglesworth

5:07pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Tom Wrigglesworth, Arts Centre, March 15. Tickets £12. Call 01793 614837.

Gruesome goings on

Circus of Horrors

5:05pm Thursday 11th March 2010

Circus of Horrors, Wyvern Theatre, 7.30pm, March 14. Tickets cost £16.50 and are available by calling 01793 524481.

Review: Grease: Wootton Bassett School

9:06am Wednesday 10th March 2010

Wootton Bassett School’s vibrant production of Grease fuels nostalgia for the ‘Fifties with an excellent set that depicts the original school – built in that era and now replaced by housing.

Join in the adventure

The cast of The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington

10:13am Wednesday 10th March 2010

IF YOU go down to the woods this weekend you’re sure of a big surprise - because all the bears will be in Wroughton watching The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington.

Review: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Salisbury Playhouse

Review: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, Salisbury Playhouse

2:06pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

Tennessee Williams’ autobiographical drama, set in St Louis, Missouri in the Depression of the 1930’s, is an impressive co-production with Shared Experience, directed by Polly Teale.

Review: Bath Literature Festival: Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

1:57pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy had an audience hanging on her every word as she recited some of her most famous work within the elegant surroundings of the Guildhall in Bath.

Review: Imogen Cooper: Schubert's last six years; Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon

11:54am Monday 8th March 2010

From the first measured chords of Sonata in C, Reliquie, so divinely weighted, to the ravishing resonances of the Presto of the posthumously published Sonata in A, Imogen Cooper held a capacity audience in the palm of her hand.

A cause for celebration

Judith Sharp and Ray Dance

12:27pm Monday 8th March 2010

A SHOW that celebrated a 25-year partnership between one of Swindon’s best known performance pairs has netted more than £2,000 for charity.






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