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  • Miracle at MantonFest!

    Miracle at MantonFest!

    Ah yeah, Paul McCartney whisked Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl out of his hat at Glasto, and no one can top that, no one dare try, but on the other side of the west country The Fab Four were rejuvenated on stage, and miraculously commanded the weather! Okay, allow some exaggeration for artistic licence, but… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Sarah C Ryan Band @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 25th June 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Sarah C Ryan Band @ The Southgate, Devizes โ€“ Saturday 25th June 2022

    Another Great Find Andy Fawthrop Ah โ€“ you never know what life is going to throw up at you till it smacks you right in the face.ย  Coming off the back of two weeksโ€™ worth of fare from Devizes Arts Festival, I poked my head in to The Corn Exchange to catch their very last… Read more

  • Inspire Warminster; Free Live Music on Sunday

    Skewered, the adverse replies to my Facebook post a month ago, asking for suggestions on how to kill a few hours in Warminster; it was as if Iโ€™d wandered into the outback! Skewered by banter, neighbouring rivalry, perhaps, but I also have to take into account the townโ€™s proximity to funky freewheeling Frome, and the… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ Alfie Mooreโ€™s Fair Cop Unleashed @ Corn Exchange 24th June 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ Alfie Mooreโ€™s Fair Cop Unleashed @ Corn Exchange 24th June 2022

    Criminal Humour Andy Fawthrop The Devizes Arts Festival left it late in their programme to unleash one of its comedy big guns Friday night, but it was well worth the wait. And a huge audience packed out the Corn Exchange to witness some great comedy in action….. Alfie Moore is a comparatively recent talent to… Read more

  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ The Second Best Bed @ The Merchant Suite 23rd June 2022

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festival โ€“ The Second Best Bed @ The Merchant Suite 23rd June 2022

    The Plays What She Wrote Andy Fawthrop The Devizes Arts Festivalโ€™s presentation last night was a right little gem.… Alright, it definitely helped if you were slightly interested in William Shakespeare and his back-story, but it certainly wasnโ€™t compulsory in order to have found this production quite fascinating. The central conceit of this compelling monologue,… Read more

  • The World Under the Wood Will Put a Smile on Your Face

    The World Under the Wood Will Put a Smile on Your Face

    A dollop of Lewis Carroll, shards of C. S. Lewis and Roald Dahl, and perhaps even nicer elements of Tolkien, The World Under the Wood will put a smile on your face and bring out the inner child in you.….. Being honest, it doesn’t take too much to bring out the inner child out in… Read more