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Dahl’s magical tale is a quacker!
Roald Dahl’s The Magic Finger South Hill Park, Bracknell Thursday, October 27 Infused with magic and sparkle, we were immersed in this delightful tale of a girl with special powers who can set the world to rights and deliver some life lessons with a ...
14 Dec 2016 at 16:58
Summer Shakespeare players tackle Henry I
The theatre company behind Henley’s well-received summer Shakespeare will make history next week when it stages the world premiere of a play, Henry I of England, directly above the site where the king - the youngest son of William the Conqueror - ...
28 Oct 2016 at 00:00
Schumann with the lid up
Oxford Lieder Festival The Schumann Project Holywell Music Room Tuesday, October 18 Oxford’s world-leading, two-week Oxford Lieder festival presents more than 35 concerts and dozens of other events in celebration of the art form of song. ‘The ...
Henley living bringing calm to comedian Brand
RUSSELL BRAND says he is enjoying a quieter, more stable life in the country. The 41-year-old comedian moved to a house near Henley last year with his fiancée Laura Gallagher, 27, and the couple are expecting a baby any day. Brand ...
Don’t take my word for it, says satirist
HAILED as “Britain’s leading musical satirist” by the Times, Mitch Benn is bringing his critically acclaimed show to the Kenton Theatre tomorrow night (Saturday). Don’t Believe a Word starts at 7.30pm at the New Street venue and Mitch, ...
Victorian chiller’s back for Halloween
THE chair of Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society says she’s looking to take things in a new direction — by putting on more smaller-scale productions at the group’s own rehearsal studio. Located next door to the Kenton Theatre ...
24 Oct 2016 at 00:00
Festival books Austen authors
SHAKESPEARE will be forever associated with Stratford-upon-Avon, but not everyone knows that Jane Austen received her only formal education in Reading. In 1785, aged 10, she and her sister Cassandra attended a ladies’ boarding school ...
Natural take on Coward pays dividends
MORE than 20 years after making his acting debut at the Mill at Sonning theatre, Tam Williams is back, but this time in the director’s chair. Williams, the son of Upstairs, Downstairs star Simon and his first wife Belinda Carroll, ...
The fantastic Mr Fox
HE’S a Fox who memorably played a Jackal, but next week the veteran stage, film and television actor Edward Fox is starring in a new play, Sand in the Sandwiches by Hugh Whitemore, celebrating the life and work of John Betjeman. ...
Destination: Greeneland
Travels With My Aunt Theatre Royal, Windsor Monday, October 17 With four actors, three male, one female, each playing an assortment of characters - often playing the same one simultaneously - this could have been a very ...
Well-travelled comedian has a familial tale to tell
MARK Steel must be one of the UK’s most well-travelled comics — as six series (with a seventh on the way) of Mark Steel’s in Town for Radio 4 testifies. But now he’s on tour with his latest stand-up show — and this ...
14 Dec 2016 at 16:57
Comic potential is fully realised
Comic Potential Kenton Theatre Tuesday, October 11 THE Henley Players set themselves a challenge in producing Alan Ayckbourn’s 1999 play Comic Potential. The plot: robots have replaced actors in a television ...
17 Oct 2016 at 00:00
The Mill at Sonning gives a warm welcome
THE Mill at Sonning has been named the most welcoming theatre in Britain. It was shortlisted after winning the South-East title in the UK Theatre Awards, run by trade body UK Theatre, last month. Managing ...
12 Oct 2016 at 00:00
Noël’s ghostly goings-on are just terrifically entertaining
NOTHING is perfect but the Mill at Sonning’s Blithe Spirit comes as near as damn it! Arguably you can’t go wrong with Noël Coward’s very clever script, but you can. It only needs one actor out of place ...
HAILED as “Britain’s leading musical satirist” by the Times, Mitch Benn is bringing his critically acclaimed show to the Kenton Theatre later this month. Don’t Believe a Word is playing at the New ...
Being shy made me fall in love with the theatre
THE new general manager of the Kenton Theatre in Henley says the performing arts have made her the woman she is today. Zsuzsi Lindsay, 34, was a shy girl growing up and regularly moved home and ...
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