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Standing ovation for enormously entertaining adaptation of Victorian farce
Charley’s Aunt The Watermill, Bagnor Wednesday, October 8 THIS very new adaptation of Brandon Thomas’s classic farce follows two Oxford students in Victorian England, who scheme to woo two eligible young ladies, but need a chaperone in order to be ...
20 Oct 2025 at 09:30
Exhibition shows tools of trade used by meticulous master of spy writing
John le Carré: Tradecraft Bodleian Weston Library, Oxford Wednesday, October 8 To Monday, April 6, 2026 IN 2006 Richard Ovenden, head librarian at the Bodleian, wrote to John le Carré asking whether he might consider bequeathing his papers to the ...
Darkly funny kidnapping four-piece has battle of ideology versus cynicism
Gagarin Way Progress Theatre Saturday, October 4 GAGARIN Way is so darkly funny that it could be a black hole with no light escaping at all. No light, maybe, but it’s still an 80-minute chuckle-fest with some laugh-out-loud moments. Perhaps ...
Smaller scale arts
READING Guild of Artists will be holding a Small Works exhibition at St Luke’s Church Hall in Reading. The artists have worked to create smaller varied and affordable artworks, ideal for homes or as Christmas gifts. Running from Friday, ...
Campus disputes drag in professor
THE thorny issues of generation gaps, fraught relationships and his-word-against-hers disputes arise in After the Hunt (15), written by Nora Garrett and directed by Luca Guadagnino, out at the Regal Picturehouse in Henley today ...
Henley first to rock up with Queen musical
HENLEY Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is performing an homage to the music of Freddie Mercury and Queen for its next show. We Will Rock You takes the band’s songs and, with a book by Ben Elton, tells the story of a ...
Unseen photos of Eighties icons
HYPERGALLERY in Market Place is featuring the unseen photographs of Zoe Wilson, who will be in the gallery over the next few weekends. Zoe, who took up close and personal shots of artists such as Prince, Tina Turner and ...
Veteran singer-songwriters bring favourites to club
FOLK duo Chris While and Julie Matthews usually play Nettlebed Folk Club twice a year, but 2025 will be a hat-trick. The singer-songwriters, from Penistone, play the club next Tuesday. In December, they return with St ...
Scandal of delay for justice
RABBLE Theatre’s production of Glitch – The True Story of the Post Office Scandal is going on tour. Written by Zannah Kearns and directed by Gareth Taylor, it is the story of Pam Stubbs, a sub-postmistress from ...
String quartet who met on speed date
THE members of the Neruda String Quartet, the next musical group to play in the Northend Concerts series, met through musical matchmaking. Comprising Adriana Bec (first violinist), Mark Leung (second ...
Audience game of whodunnit
Martin Edwards’s Murder Mystery event The Relais Henley Saturday, October 4 MARTIN Edwards opened this intriguing event by promising the capacity audience an evening of murder and mystery. We began ...
13 Oct 2025 at 09:30
Footballer’s grit as a good sport
Martin O’Neill Henley town hall Saturday, October 4 “DAD, just win!”, Martin’s nine-year-old daughter implored, as her famous footballer father dipped his toe into management at Grantham and ...
Down to earth talk by farmer
Kaleb Cooper Marquee at Phyllis Court Saturday, October 4 WITH his latest venture into children’s books, farmhand Kaleb Cooper “harvested” the audience’s attention discussing his new book, ...
Children’s powers of imagination
Cressida Cowell Marquee at Phyllis Court Saturday, October 4 CRESSIDA Cowell transformed the stage at Henley Literary Festival into the magical world of Berk, home of Hiccup, Toothless ...
Garsington music with Wigmore
GARSINGTON Opera has announced a series of concerts in collaboration with Wigmore Hall, starting in December. The four events will take place at Garsington Studios at Wormsley, where ...
Colours of nature and life in abstract forms
HENLEY Art and Crafts Guild members are known for their diverse selection of works. Photographer Wendy Reed and stained-glass artist Bryan Smith are two such creatives participating ...
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