THE life of a remarkable West Country woman, whose story deserves to be better known, will be revealed in a talk with music at Ilminster Arts Centre, on Friday 27th November. Wadham is a familiar name in education circles, locally with Wadham School at Crewkerne, and nationally with Wadham College, Oxford, the first college at…
EARLIER this year, the ever-inventive and multi-talented Stu McLoughlin impressed audiences at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory Theatre with a powerful performance in the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. Now, Stu – one of the founders of the West Country’s favourite comedy theatre company Living Spit – is back, giving another of the Bard’s tragic heroes…
ONE of the country’s favourite performers, actor, comedian, presenter and all-round national treasure Miriam Margolyes will make her pantomime debut this year as the voice of Giant Blunderbore in Jack and the Beanstalk at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Miriam has become known for her work as a…
Ten little soldier boys went out to dine, One choked his little self and then there were nine … There are many versions of this rhyme, some now consigned to history because of their racist connotations, but the theme is always the same – you start off with ten and you end with none. How…
WE live in a selfish era, when it is difficult to persuade someone to become an officer of a society unless there is a large honorarium on offer. If you go back a couple of generations, especially in a small community, you would find people only to happy to take up such posts. I once…
MERE Literary Festival, running this year from 12th to 19th October, brings a host of interesting writers and wide-ranging subjects to St Michael’s Church and the stages of The Grove Building and the Lecture Hall. With themes that range from the role and life of Black Rod to wartime farming, Nepal to Siberia, and writers…
THE sad news that Taunton’s much-loved Brewhouse Theatre is to close (due to financial difficulties) was not only a shock but a problem for Taunton Thespians, who were already into rehearsals for their production of The Haunting of Hill House in mid-November. But local theatre lovers can still look forward to the spine-chilling experience of…
THE multi-talented Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society is moving east for its next production, to the Powell Theatre in Sherborne. The show is the musical version of The Great British Bake-Off, making its first appearance locally on the amateur stage, and performances are from Monday 26th to Saturday 31st October.It is directed by Jennifer Holland-Brewer and…
FLO and Joan combine music with comedy and they are back with a new show, With Feeling, trying to take up as much of the stage and as little of your patience as possible as they use a “real band’s” set-list to write their own show – ruminating on themes such as “what is music?”…
PIANIST Alberto Dalgo comes to the Old Schoolhouse at Tincleton, on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October, with a programme called Northern Landscapes, featuring works by Schumann, Liszt and Chopin. The Milan-based pianist begins the musical journey in the woods. Schumann’s Waldszenen takes us into a forest that defies explanation – a few steps, a…