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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival – Alfie Moore’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
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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival – The Second Best Bed @ The Merchant Suite 23rd June 2022
The Plays What She Wrote Andy Fawthrop The Devizes Arts Festival’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 wasn’t compulsory in order to have found this production quite fascinating. The central conceit of this compelling monologue,… Read more
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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
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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival– Darius Brubeck Quartet @ The Corn Exchange 22nd June 2022
“Nice” Andy Fawthrop The Devizes Arts Festival rolls on, and I was just thinking that it was high time that we had some proper jazz in the programme. To satisfy this so-far unfilled gap, DAF had managed to secure the services of top-notch international outfit The Darius Brubeck Quartet. Darius, of course, is the son… Read more
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Captain Councillor V The Pigeons From Hell
Jonathan Livingston Seagull came to. Through bloodshot eyes he regained just enough bearing to recall his whereabouts. His wings tied with rope, behind a hardbacked chair, his feet were tied to the legs. Out of focus a stumpy, bearded fellow sneered face-to-face with him, grasping two electrodes. “Sch-sch-should, I shock him again, oh master?” he… Read more
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REVIEW – Devizes Arts Festival– Simon Calder @ The Corn Exchange 21st June 2022
Travel Tales Andy Fawthrop Well, we’re on to week two of the Devizes Arts Festival, but there’s been no let-up, as the entertainment continues to come thick and fast. Following Florian Felcitta’s wonderful Free Fringe performance in the Three Crowns on Sunday afternoon, and yesterday’s highly entertaining talk from gardening expert Adam Frost, last night… Read more
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