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  • “Talking Heads” at the Wharf Theatre September 2nd–7th 2024

    by Ian DiddamsImages by Chris Watkins Media Alan Bennet wrote his series of monologues in 1988 and 1998, with two more in 2019, centring on, though not confined to, stories of “Northern” women, based allegedly on characters he had known in his life, particularly his formative years. The Wharf Theatre has kicked off its autumn… Read more

  • Pantomime Audition at The Wharf Theatre, Devizes

    Pantomime Audition at The Wharf Theatre, Devizes

    Auditions for this year’s pantomime at The Wharf Theatre in Devizes are on Sunday 8th September at 2.30pm, at the theatre; could you make a great Hansel, Gretel, or maybe, dare I say it, a wicked witch?! Yes, this year’s panto is all gingerbread houses in dark forests, and Officer Button and Mrs Brooke Bond… Read more

  • A Chat With Nothing Rhymes With Orange; Goodbye Devizes, or Chow For Now?!

    A Chat With Nothing Rhymes With Orange; Goodbye Devizes, or Chow For Now?!

    Devizes-own indie-pop-punk youth sensation Nothing Rhymes With Orange smashed the Exchange on Friday as a farewell to their local fanbase. They pursue a music course together at Bristol Uni; but is this goodbye forever, or just Chow for Now? (there’s a pun there, but only for ardent fans!) I met them at their rehearsal the… Read more

  • Traffic Lights to be Installed at the Black Dog Crossroads For Political Point Scoring

    Traffic Lights to be Installed at the Black Dog Crossroads For Political Point Scoring

    Reports of another road traffic accident at the notorious Black Dog Crossroads near Lavington today coincides with Wiltshire Councillor for the Lavington constituency, Dominic Muns taking to Facebook to announce a new investment for Highways in the county will include traffic lights at the crossroads to be installed by spring next year…. Hey, look, don’t… Read more

  • Barry Ashworth of Dub Pistols to Play DJ Set at The Muck & Dunder, Devizes

    Barry Ashworth, one half of the mighty big beat pioneers The Dub Pistols is heading to Devizes in November for a DJ set at our fantastic Caribbean holiday at home rum bar, The Muck & Dunder…. Dance music in the UK came of age in the mid-nineties. Subgenres blossomed from the rave scene, but left… Read more

  • This Weekend is Devizes Carnival; What Else? I Want More! Whaaaa!!!

    For that certain some-Karen who drove through town last weekend, jumped on social media to waffle off the cliché rant “nothing happens in Devizes,” but I’m not personally willing to do anything about it other than moan on social media, and to everyone else who most likely didn’t, who either was, or wasn’t, hiding away… Read more