Published: Thursday, 20th November, 2008 08:30
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THURSDAY 20
THEATRE
* The Sound Of Murder. It’s murder, the perfect murder. So Peter Marriott
hears. Peter is in love with beautiful and sweet Anne Norbury and they
want to marry. But there is a problem. Anne is already married to an
egocentric and famous children’s writer. The Mill at Sonning until
Saturday, November 29.
* The Holly and the Ivy. Set in a Norfolk vicarage on Christmas Eve 1947,
the vicar’s family gather for the festive season. Peace and goodwill
radiates from the warm-hearted elderly vicar, cared for by his young
daughter. But with the arrival of two irritable aunts and an errant
daughter the emotional veneer is skilfully peeled away. The Holly And
The Ivy runs until Saturday, at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre,
Guildford. Thursday, 7.45pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and
Thursday and Saturday at 2.30pm. Tickets from £13.
* The Actor’s Nightmare. Have you ever dreamt that you are on stage and
don’t know your lines? Join George as he struggles against theatrical
odds in this hilarious comedy from American writer Christopher Durang.
Until Saturday at South Hill Park, Bracknell, 7.30pm. Tickets £7.
* The Siren’s Call. Jane Parr is an average girl in an average job in the
cafe of the British Museum and Library, but this is no average day...As
the bomb-proof door of one of the museum’s deepest vaults closes behind
her, Jane steps into the past. The museum above comes startlingly to
life – and the Irish Sea swells under western skies as Jane reads from
the diary of her 1804 ancestor, Emma Bennett. Until Saturday at The Watermill, Newbury. Thursday and Friday at 7.30pm and Saturday
at 6.30pm.Tickets £10.
* Curtain Up On A Murder. At the Shinfield Players’ Theatre. Until
November 22. Call 0118 976 8880 for more.
* The Tamer Tamed. In this unofficial sequel to The Taming of the Shrew it is the rebellious women who get their way over a host of desperate men. The Progress Theatre, Reading, til Saturday, November 29. 7.45pm, £10.
* Tons of Money. First produced in 1922 starring the great Ralph Lynn, Ayckbourn’s adaptation of the Aldwych farce, famously presented at the National Theatre in 1986, retains the spirit of the original whilst altering some of the original letter of the text. The basic chaotic story, though, remains the same. Theatre Royal Windsor, until November 29. Mon - Sat 8pm, Thurs 2.30pm & Sat 4.45pm.
MUSIC
* Thirdsday blues at South Street, Reading. JC and Angelina Grimshaw – US9. £8.
* The Larry Miller Band at South Street, Reading. 8pm, £12.
Neil Cowley Trio at Corn Exchange, Newbury.
SHOWS
* Titanic the Musical. Glorious music accompanies this real-life drama
performed by HAODS, at the Kenton Theatre, New Street, Henley-on-Thames. Until Saturday. £10-16, call the box office on 01491 575698. 4pm.
COMEDY
* Comedy and Club night with Ben Norris, Jongleurs Comedy Club, Reading. 8pm, £8.
FILM
* Somers Town. South Hill Park, Bracknell, 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50.
* Electroma, Firestation Arts Centre Windsor. 8pm.
FRIDAY 21
THEATRE
* The Bible: The Complete Work of God (abridged). The Reduced Shakespeare Company brings their hit West End production to the West Wing Arts Centre, Slough. Tickets are £12+ , call 01753 823710.
* The Sound of Murder. See Thursday.
* The Holly and the Ivy. See Thursday.
* The Actor’s Nightmare. See Thursday.
* The Siren’s Call. See Thursday.
* Curtain Up On A Murder. See Thursday.
* The Tamer Tamed. See Thursday.
* Tons of Money. See Thursday.
SHOWS
* More of the Best Musicals Ever. Favourite songs from the magical shows of the West End. In one spectacular evening of family entertainment the WestEnders perform the most popular show tunes with brilliant vocal arrangements and orchestrations. The Camberley Theatre, tickets £14.50+, call 01276 707600
* Titanic the Musical. See Thursday.
* The Royal Marines Christmas Spectacular at The Hexagon, Reading. one of the world’s finest musical ensembles, the Band and Corps of Drums of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, as they begin their UK Christmas tour. £13.50+.
COMEDY
* The Comedy Cellar. Acts appearing this season include Scott Capurro,
Ivan Brackenbury and Stephen Grant. Cellar Bar, Bracknell, doors open at
8pm for an 8.30pm start. Tickets £10. Adults only.
Windsor, Rhodri Rhys, Mark Walker, Ricky Grover at Jongleurs Reading. 8pm, £14.
* South Street Comedy Club. Joe Bor, Mike Wilmot & Shappi Khorsandi, 8pm.
* Ed Byrne, ‘Different Class’ Half toff, half pikey... All comic!. At theCorn Exchange Newbury, over 18s only.
MUSIC
* The Blue Hours with Arnie Somogyi. New Greenham Arts, Newbury.
Sharp and Mclean. Internationally-acclaimed cellist, Matthew Sharp and prize-winning pianist, Viv Mclean at South Hill Park, Bracknell. 8pm, £10+.
* Dengue Fever with support from Cassie & The Cassettes and The Dallas Meteors. Firestation Arts Centre Windsor, 8pm, £9.
FILM
* Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. South Hill park, Bracknell, 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50.
RACING
* Ascot Racecourse. The first day of The Allied Irish Bank Meeting. Jumps, call 0870 727 1234.
SATURDAY 22
THEATRE
* The Sound Of Murder. See Thursday.
* The Holly and the Ivy. See Thursday.
* The Actor’s Nightmare. See Thursday.
* The Siren’s Call. See Thursday.
* Curtain Up On A Murder. See Thursday.
* The Tamer Tamed. See Thursday.
* Tons of Money. See Thursday.
RACING
* Ascot Racecourse. The Allied Irish Bank Meeting. Jumps, call 0870 727 1234.
SHOWS
* Titanic the Musical. See Thursday.
* Faire is the Heaven. The first half of Singscape’s programme features works from the Russian Orthodox tradition and contemporary Estonian pieces. Douai Abbey, Woolhampton.
MUSIC
* Reading Community Gospel Choir. The Choir was formed in October 2007, primarily to draw together individuals within the community who enjoy singing contemporary arrangements of Gospel and Spirituals music. This will be their first community event. 7pm, £7.50+.
* Autumn Concert from the Newbury Symphony Orchestra at St Nicholas Church, Newbury.
* Fiona Harrison. Classical guitar at South Hill Park, Bracknell.7.30pm, £10+.
* The Reggae Club at South Hill Park, Bracknell. 8pm, £2.
* On my Radio, The Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor. Resident DJs, 8pm-midnight. Free.
* Portico Quartet, The Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor. four young musicians from South London who were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. 8pm, £8.
* Wokingham Choral Society. The group’s first concert of the season, in Reading University Great Hall. With Mozart's "Mass in C Minor" and Handel's "Ode on St Cecilia's Day". Included in the ticket price is a pre-concert talk entitled "Hail
Cecilia! The honouring of music’s patron saint through the ages" which
will be given by Alex Chaplin, the choir's Musical Director starting at
6.30pm.
COMEDY
* Windsor, Rhodri Rhys, Mark Walker, Ricky Grover at Jongleurs Reading. 8pm, £17.
FILM
*Millions. The Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor, 2pm. Tickets £5.00/£2.50
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. South Hill park, Bracknell, 3pm and 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50.
SUNDAY 23
MUSIC
* Creative Control Band Night. A first-class selection of acoustic artists from the local Bracknell scene and beyond presented by Phil Daniels. South Hill Park, Bracknell, 8pm. Tickets £5.
* Hiring Fair At the Readifolk Club at The Queen’s Arms, Great
Knollys Street, Reading. 8pm, £1. An opportunity for aspiring performers to impress the club,with the possibility of a full guest night booking for the best act. For details and to register call 0118 948 3145.
* ACM Gospel Choir. Fresh from the BBC’s ‘Last Choir Standing’ at 7pm, Yvonne Arnaud Guildford. £12.
COMEDY
* Simon B Cotter at Jongleurs, Reading.
THEATRE
* The Sound Of Murder. See Thursday.
TALKS
* God: Reality or Delusion? – That is the question. Daniel Scott, a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship, presents this lecture at 2pm at Madejski Theatre, Agriculture Building, Whiteknights Campus. Admission is free.
FILM
* Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. South Hill park, Bracknell, 3pm and 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50.
MONDAY 24
THEATRE
* The Sound Of Murder. See Thursday.
* The Tamer Tamed. See Thursday.
* Tons of Money. See Thursday.
MUSIC
*Junior Music Festival. Berkshire Maestros Reading Music Centre and over 300 children from primary schools in the Reading area present Song of the Earth by Lin Marsh. 7pm, £6+.
*The Dylan Project. The Fairport Convention spin-off band plays at the Nettlebed Village Club, near Henley-on-Thames. 8pm, call 01628 636620.
FILM
* Buddha Collapsed out of Shame. South Hill Park, Bracknell, 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50.
SHOWS
* Dancing Queen. Following a hugely successful run here last year, Abba’s greatest hits return to the Yvonne Arnaud Guildford, until Saturday. Mon - Thur 7:45pm. Fri & Sat 8pm. Matinees Thur & Sat 2:30pm £13+.
TUESDAY 25
THEATRE
*The Sound Of Murder. See Thursday.
* The Tamer Tamed. See Thursday.
* Tons of Money. See Thursday.
MUSIC
*Brett Wales. The Maidenhead Electronic Organ Society presents Brett Wales at Knowl Hill Village Hall, Knowl Hill. 7pm. Tickets £5, members £1.50.
FILM
* Man on Wire. Town Hall Film Theatre, Reading. 8pm, £4.50+.
* Buddha Collapsed out of Shame. South Hill Park, Bracknell, 7.45pm. Tickets £6.50
COMEDY
* Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford, Tiernan Douieb at Reading University Students Union. 8pm, £5.
WEDNESDAY 26
THEATRE
* Matilda and Duffy’s Stupendous Space Adventure at the Watermill Theatre. A terrible catastrophe happens. A storm from outer space has silenced every note of music on earth. How can harmony be restored in time for Christmas? With your help, can young Matilda and her companion Duffy, the hapless Magician, put things right? Until Saturday, January 3. All Saturday peformances are at 2.30pm and 7pm. Thurs 27 Nov to Weds 17 Dec (inclusive) and Wednesday 24 Dec performances at 10.30am and 2.30pm. Thurs 18 Dec to Sat 3 Jan performances at 2.30pm and 7pm. No performances on Christmas Day or on Sundays.
* Stepping Out. A warm, energetic comedy focusing on the lives, loves and laughs of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap class in a church hall. By the Maidenhead Players at Norden Farm centre for the arts, until Saturday. 7.45pm, call 01628 788997.
* The Sound Of Murder. See Thursday.
* The Tamer Tamed. See Thursday.
* Tons of Money. See Thursday.
COMEDY
* Lol Comedy Night at Iguana Bar, Reading. Free.
FILM
* The Kite Runner (SOLD OUT), South Hill Park, Bracknell, 7:45pm. Tickets £6.50.
* A Matter of Life and Death, Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor, 2pm, £5.50.
TALKS
* An Evening with Tony Benn at the Concert Hall, Reading.7.30pm, £16.
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