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  • The Turn of the Screw at The Wharf

    The Turn of the Screw at The Wharf

    The forthcoming new season of productions at our Wharf Theatre, Devizes, kicks off with a haunting Henry James adaption they claim is not for the nervy.  The Turn of the Screw, a 1898 horror novella by Henry James, first published as a serial in Collier’s Weekly magazine, has been adapted for stage by Ken Whitmore and Read more

  • Empty Chairs and Devil’s Music

    Empty Chairs and Devil’s Music

    The warden said, “hey, buddy, don’t you be no square, if you can’t find a partner, use a wooden chair.” Least Elvis tells it as thus, I wasn’t in the whole cell block at the time. Ah, not always a wooden chair around though; availability of seating at many a gig I’ve attended slight, the Read more

  • Teddy Bears and Market Place Parking

    “I work with a lot of politicians, I talk to a lot of people on county level, at national level, and I have never come across resistance like I get from the Devizes Town Council. We go into meetings and people listen, even if they don’t agree, and we come out of it with some Read more

  • REVIEW – Lark In The Park (Hillworth), Kimberley Rew @ The Southgate, Eddie Witcomb@ White Bear, Devizes

    REVIEW – Lark In The Park (Hillworth), Kimberley Rew @ The Southgate, Eddie Witcomb@ White Bear, Devizes

    In The Wet And The Dry Andy Fawthrop Another busy Sunday afternoon of free music gigs around the town. First to Hillworth Park for the much under-advertised “Lark In The Park”. I’ve heard of stealth marketing, but sometimes I think Fantasy Radio can take this too far. I saw/ heard very little about this, apart Read more

  • REVIEW – The Bone Chapel @ The Southgate, Devizes

    REVIEW – The Bone Chapel @ The Southgate, Devizes

    No Bones About It! Andy Fawthrop Another little stroll up the hill on Saturday night to The Gate to see Swindon-based The Bone Chapel. Drawn in by their billing as “cosmic Blues featuring broken guitars, shamanic percussion and whisky- soaked original songs of salvation, damnation, lost dreams, hope and love”, I had to admit I Read more

  • Spectacular Space-Bots at the Shoebox; Family Performance & Drama Workshop

    Spectacular Space-Bots at the Shoebox; Family Performance & Drama Workshop

    Swindon’s Shoebox Theatre are getting excited to welcome Edalia Day to the Theatre, as part of their Artist Residency Programme, and invite children aged 7-12 to join in the fun! Edalia will be developing a new piece of theatre called ‘Spectacular Spacebots.’ It’s a new family show about autism and space adventures. The children will Read more