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  • REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festivalโ€“ Anna Ling โ€“ St Andrewโ€™s Church – Thursday 5th June 2025

    REVIEW โ€“ Devizes Arts Festivalโ€“ Anna Ling โ€“ St Andrewโ€™s Church – Thursday 5th June 2025

    Another Little Sweetie In The Jar Andy Fawthrop Well the Devizes Arts Festival is in full swing now, with several events already under its belt.ย  Thereโ€™s stuff cropping up every day, so I took the chance to pop in to a much-underused venue in the town St Andrewโ€™s Church on Long Street.…. After several big-ticket… Read more

  • โ€œThe Last Actโ€, Devizes Arts Festival at The Wharf Theatre, June 4th and 5th 2025

    โ€œThe Last Actโ€, Devizes Arts Festival at The Wharf Theatre, June 4th and 5th 2025

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Ian Diddams and from Devizes Arts Festival The pea souper smog swirls in the dark. A small light illuminates a bare room โ€“ hatstand bare but for a bowler hat, chair, side table with various bric-a-brac. A rug. Music plays in the distance. London, 1916. And The Wharf Theatre stage, 2025โ€ฆย … Read more

  • One Week Left to Cast Your Votes for Wiltshire Music Awards

    Thatโ€™s right, lovers of local live music countywide, you have less than a week now to cast your votes for your favourite acts in our prestigious, one-of-a-kind Wiltshire Music Awards! The closing date for voting is Tuesday the 10th June, so get your thinking caps on and VOTE HERE NOW. Whoโ€™s tickled your fancy the… Read more

  • Swindon Palestine Solidarity Upcoming Events

    Swindon Palestine Solidarity Upcoming Events

    Swindon Palestine Solidarity continues to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and for aid to be allowed to enter Gazaโ€ฆ.. Their three recent roadside sign actions generated a lot of positive responses. Itโ€™s an effective way to keep people talking about what is happening in Gaza and these actions will be one of the many… Read more

  • No Surprises Living in Devizes; Local Politics Rant Returns!

    I want Devizine to be primarily about arts and entertainment, but Iโ€™m often pathetically persuaded by bickering political factions to pass opinion on local politics for petty point-scoring, despite being more Olly Murs than Andrew Marr; trouble, troublemaker, yeah, thatโ€™s my middle nameโ€ฆ… Butter me up with an overpriced burger if you will, but my… Read more

  • Gender-Queered Production of Shakespearean Classic at Bath’s Rondo Theatre Raises Money for Charities

    Gender-Queered Production of Shakespearean Classic at Bath’s Rondo Theatre Raises Money for Charities

    Photo credit: ยฉ Rondo Theatre Company / Jazz Hazelwood A gender-queered production of William Shakespeareโ€™s classic play, โ€˜The Taming of the Shrewโ€™, will be performed at the Rondo Theatre in Bath this June, as part of Queer Bath and LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, with all profits being donated to charity…… โ€˜The Taming of the Shrewโ€™ is… Read more