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  • Personal Recommendations For Swindon Shuffle

    Supporters of local live music know, least they should do by now, that Swindon is the place to head this following weekend, 12th-15th September, because it’s that time of year when Swindon gets shufflingโ€ฆ. Yep, The Swindon Shuffle is the town’s longest running ever-growing music festival, taking place over multiple venues and it’s free save… Read more

  • Tickets for Calne Music & Arts Festival on Sale Now

    Running from the 4th to 13th October, The Calne Music & Arts Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary, and tickets for the varied events are on sale nowโ€ฆ. Arts Festival President Carole Browne said, โ€œin the year that we celebrate our 50th anniversary, our Patron, Dame Judith Weir, who was composer in residence at the 1975… Read more

  • โ€œTalking Headsโ€ at the Wharf Theatre September 2ndโ€“7th 2024

    by Ian DiddamsImages by Chris Watkins Media Alan Bennet wrote his series of monologues in 1988 and 1998, with two more in 2019, centring on, though not confined to, stories of โ€œNorthernโ€ women, based allegedly on characters he had known in his life, particularly his formative years. The Wharf Theatre has kicked off its autumn… Read more

  • Pantomime Audition at The Wharf Theatre, Devizes

    Auditions for this year’s pantomime at The Wharf Theatre in Devizes are on Sunday 8th September at 2.30pm, at the theatre; could you make a great Hansel, Gretel, or maybe, dare I say it, a wicked witch?! Yes, this year’s panto is all gingerbread houses in dark forests, and Officer Button and Mrs Brooke Bond… Read more

  • A Chat With Nothing Rhymes With Orange; Goodbye Devizes, or Chow For Now?!

    A Chat With Nothing Rhymes With Orange; Goodbye Devizes, or Chow For Now?!

    Devizes-own indie-pop-punk youth sensation Nothing Rhymes With Orange smashed the Exchange on Friday as a farewell to their local fanbase. They pursue a music course together at Bristol Uni; but is this goodbye forever, or just Chow for Now? (there’s a pun there, but only for ardent fans!) I met them at their rehearsal the… Read more

  • Traffic Lights to be Installed at the Black Dog Crossroads For Political Point Scoring

    Traffic Lights to be Installed at the Black Dog Crossroads For Political Point Scoring

    Reports of another road traffic accident at the notorious Black Dog Crossroads near Lavington today coincides with Wiltshire Councillor for the Lavington constituency, Dominic Muns taking to Facebook to announce a new investment for Highways in the county will include traffic lights at the crossroads to be installed by spring next yearโ€ฆ. Hey, look, donโ€™t… Read more