Tuesday, 18 May 2021
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AN opera festival that last year had to be cut back to a single weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic is returning with seven open-air productions staged over 10 days this summer. Running from August 12 to 21, the Waterperry Opera Festival will...
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LIVE comedy, music, children’s theatre and big screen movies are coming to the Henley Showground over five days in May. The Alfresco ...
THREE actors who were cooped up together during lockdown have created a laugh-out-loud version of Romeo and Juliet. Now the “unhinged ...
IT was with some expectation that I settled down on my sofa to watch This Show Does Not Contain Nuts. I had been looking forward to it ...
A SCREENWRITER from Henley is holding an online silent auction to put her new short tragi-comedy film into production. Amy Brandis, 26,...
MAFF BROWN has had a lot on his plate this year. Cancelled gigs, a house move during lockdown, becoming a stepfather and the perils of ...
NORDEN Farm Centre for the Arts has announced two shows that can either be enjoyed in person or via live-streaming. Tomorrow night ...
A COMEDIAN who starred at last year’s Henley Festival will appear at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in November. Geoff Norcott was ...
HE’S a star of radio and TV with a stand-up comedy career dating back to 2009 — and he’s still only in his late twenties. But despite ...
HE’S been hailed as “the new poster boy for British comedy magic” but Pete Firman isn’t afraid to share the limelight. That’s why his ...
ONE of the top comedy headliners at this summer’s Henley Festival is bringing his touring show to Norden Farm in Maidenhead next ...
Are You Being Served? | HAODS Studio | Friday, February 21 THE Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society has made dinner and ...
FOR those who can’t wait for this year’s Henley Festival to see comedian Olga Koch, she will be taking to the stage in Reading next ...
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Outdoor spaces booked for return of festival next summer
TWO green spaces in Goring have been booked for use by the village’s Gap Festival next summer. The parish council has allowed a marquee to be erected on the southern half of ... [more]
Lib-Dem leader visits to drum up support
THE leader of the Liberal Democrats spent an hour canvassing for the local elections in Goring. Sir Ed Davey visited the village on Monday last week as part of a national tour to ... [more]
THE houses in Garrick Mews, Wargrave, are built on the site of a theatre built in 1788. This was an extravagant project by Richard Barrymore, 7th Earl of Barrymore, which employed ... [more]
TWO events will take place in Watlington as part of the Chilterns Walking Festival. Alex DeWitt, who runs bushcraft courses, will hold activities including primitive and modern ... [more]
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