Former Wiltshire student returns as concerto soloist

12:20pm Friday 22nd February 2008

North Wiltshire Orchestra performs its first concert of the year on March 8 at St Andrew's Church, Chippenham.

	Shakespeare unplugged and bootless
	12:15pm Fri 22 Feb 08
	This year's Bath Shakespeare Festival which begins on Tuesday and runs until March 9 is rather different from its predecessors.

	Magical performance of colourful ballet classic
	12:11pm Fri 22 Feb 08
	There is invariably a frisson of expectation when a Russian ballet company comes to town.

	From Monteverdi to Manhattan Transfer
	9:43am Fri 15 Feb 08
	Wells Cathedral School strings players, chamber choir and several pianists take the stage at Marden House, Calne, for its next Sunday recital on February 24.

	How to portray boredom without being a bore
	9:39am Fri 15 Feb 08
	A new translation of a play acknowledged as a masterpiece, and a stella cast directed by Peter Hall, renowned for the clarity of his productions, should have made this an outstanding experience.

Snow White triumphs in pantomimeland

2:12pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Wootton Bassett Light Operatic Society's pantomime, Snow White, by Bruce Gardiner, attracted large, enthusiastic audiences to the Memorial Hall last week.

Playing on the funny side of love

2:11pm Thursday 7th February 2008

If you missed the madcap London Philharmonic Skiffle Orchestra at the Wharf Theatre, Devizes last November, there is another chance to enjoy their barmy brand of musical comedy next Thursday.

Shakespearean scandal

2:09pm Thursday 7th February 2008

The spectacular set for Peter Whelan's absorbing drama, The Herbal Bed, augured well for a memorable evening..

	Peerless performances in a timeless drama
	2:04pm Thu 7 Feb 08
	The context, moral climate and euphemistic phrases put this Rattigan classic firmly in the 1950s. Yet the emotional turmoil it portrays is timeless.

Over the Moon

3:27pm Thursday 31st January 2008

Sandra Gilbert directed The Phoenix Players' hilarious production of Over the Moon, at the Arts Centre, Swindon, last week.

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Brighton Beach Memoirs

3:26pm Thursday 31st January 2008

FOR her first production at the Wharf Theatre, Tina Duffin has chosen to direct Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in New York, Brighton Beach Memoirs.

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Visiting Mr. Green

3:24pm Thursday 31st January 2008

Ambitious young American Express executive Ross Gardiner knocks over frail pensioner Mr Green and is charged with careless driving - an unlikely beginning to the amusing and poignant friendship charted in Jeff Baron's play Visiting Mr Green.

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A night at the opera - and a chance to make new friends

2:11pm Thursday 24th January 2008

Ellen Kent, who has been bringing first class eastern European opera singers and ballet companies to Britain for decades and usually manages to spring a few dramatic surprises, has come up with another innovative idea for theatre lovers.

	Stellar performances fail to illuminate
	2:07pm Thu 24 Jan 08
	The combination of John Doyle and the Watermill is usually one to gladden the heart on a dank winter evening.
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Wit, wisdom and serious bite from vintage Coward

2:05pm Thursday 24th January 2008

Noel Coward, whose hallmark is brilliant repartee, clever quips and witty put-downs, exposes the emptiness inside this brittle social shell in the play which first brought him to the public's attention in 1924.

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