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  • Congratulations to Chloe Boyle, Fundraising for Devizes OpenDoors

    Congratulations to Chloe Boyle, Fundraising for Devizes OpenDoors

    Again we find ourselves congratulating and thanking young Chloe Boyle for fantastic fundraising efforts for Devizes homeless charity OpenDoorsโ€ฆ. With friends and family she spent Saturday morning selling teddies and soft toys outside Morrisons in Devizes, this time raising ยฃ61.40. But if weโ€™ve featured Chloe before they are usually for her individual fundraising efforts. However,… Read more

  • Hansel & Gretel: Panto at the Wharf!

    Hansel & Gretel: Panto at the Wharf!

    Images: Chris Watkins Media It was lovely to spend Sunday afternoon at Devizesโ€™ Wharf Theatre, to see how this yearโ€™s pantomime Hansel & Gretel, is coming along. If my preview is behind me now, or if โ€œoh, no, it isnโ€™t,โ€ Iโ€™m happy to confirm ticket holders are in for a real treat, and those without… Read more

  • No Worries; Worried Men at The Pump

    No Worries; Worried Men at The Pump

    Long overdue a visit to the Pump in Trowbridge, Jamie Thyer, frontman of the Worried Men twisted my arm Friday night and there I was, to witness, once again, these wonderful weavers of sublime blues to rock n roll tapestriesโ€ฆ.. Itโ€™s been five months since I was last here in the legendary pump room converted… Read more

  • Emo Night: Slash Fiction and The Yacht Club Nationwide Tour Comes to Trowbridgeโ€™s Pump

    Sheffieldโ€™s DIY punk queer emo five-piece, Slash Fiction will be at the Pump in Trowbridge on Wednesday 20th November as part of their nationwide tour. A winter-warming double-header with their tour buddies, Londonโ€™s math-emos, The Yacht Club, and Devizes’ own upcoming nu-gaze band Enguun, with Steatopygous drummer Ewan Middletonโ€ฆ. Comparable to Get Up Kids and… Read more

  • Ian Siegal at Long Street Blues Club

    Ian Siegal at Long Street Blues Club

    Devizes is often spoiled for choice when it comes to live music. Swindon folk ensemble SGO at the Gate would’ve been an excellent decision for this Saturday night, and I considered dropping by at some point during the proceedings at Long Street Blues Club prior to the proceedings at Long Street Blues Club, but during… Read more

  • โ€œThe Real Inspector Houndโ€, at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 8th 2024.

    โ€œThe Real Inspector Houndโ€, at the Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, November 8th 2024.

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Playing Up Theatre Company When is a mousetrap not a mousetrap? When itโ€™s written by Tom Stoppardโ€ฆIf you have seen โ€œThe Mousetrapโ€ you may find elements of โ€œThe Real Inspector Houndโ€ quite familiar. Or alternatively, if once having seen โ€œThe Real inspector Houndโ€ you then progress to seeing โ€œThe Mousetrapโ€ you… Read more