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Shakespeare Live – Autumn Tour
An early and rarely-performed play, ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ has feisty heroines, lovelorn & bickering young men, dictatorial parents, foolish suitors, cross-dressing, letters galore, wild outlaws, witty servants, a big fight, and a lugubrious clown with a dog, and Shakespeare Live are touring Wiltshire with it, So buyeth thy ticket f’r the p’rf’rmance…. Shakespeare Live,… Read more
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Weekly Roundup of Events in Wiltshire: 11th – 17th October 2023
Here I am again, like Huey Lewis…..with the news. No national headlines though, no, that’s all too depressing, just the lowdown on things to do this coming week across our gurt lush county of agricultural rolling downs, neolithic monuments, and a seemingly endless succession of Greggs bakeries….. Okay my little sausage and bean melts, please… Read more
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Billy Walton Band Rock Long Street Blues Club
If my Saturday’s entertainment at The Pump was decidedly offbeat and a tad bizarre, what with chap-hop, pith helmets and vintage jazz played through a washtub and kazoo, back in Devizes vast crowds turned up at Long Street Blues Club for something altogether more traditional, east coast US rock, of the highest grade….. While, yes,… Read more
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A Chap-Hopping Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Day at The Pump, with Professor Elemental and Devil’s Doorbell
Every weekend there’s a dilemma on what to do, but one thing for sure, I’ve been busting to get back down The Pump like an ale tester needs a wee break…. Far from the name-dropping star-studded spacious venue of hipsters, The Pump is a renovated shack in Trowbridge blessed by vintage instruments as décor, and… Read more
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REVIEW – White Horse Opera’s Gala Concert@ Devizes Town Hall – Saturday 7th October 2023
30 Years of The White Horse Opera Andy Fawthrop Such a pleasure to see White Horse Opera back in the saddle again after their illness-affected production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amour” at Lavington School last October had to be part-abandoned. Tonight the cast were all dressed up in their finery and, I have to say, scrubbed… Read more
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Retro Relics Games Cafe Opening In Lavington
With a wide selection of family-friendly and retro board games, RPGs such as Magic the Gathering, Warhammer and Pokémon, and serving tea, coffee, cakes and, oh, pick n mix too, Retro Relics games cafe opens to the public tomorrow, Saturday 7th October, in Woodlands Yard, Market Lavington….. By the power of Grayskull, Lavington will have its… Read more
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