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  • โ€œPericlesโ€ at the Wharf Theatre, Devizes, October 21stโ€“26th 2024.

    โ€œPericlesโ€ at the Wharf Theatre, Devizes, October 21stโ€“26th 2024.

    by Ian Diddamsimages by Chris Watkins Media, Jeni Meade. It would be fair to say that once William Shakespeare found or invented a plot device, he wasnโ€™t one to avoid using it again. And again. And โ€“ wellโ€ฆ  again, and again. Letโ€™s play โ€œShakespeare Bingoโ€ and โ€œGuess the Playโ€โ€ฆ Thereโ€™s a STORM AT SEA, a… Read more

  • Watermark: Fulltone Orchestra Brings Enyaโ€™s Iconic Album to Life…

    Our very own illustrious orchestra, The Fulltone Orchestra, are staging live performances of Enyaโ€™s 1988 breakthrough album, Watermark in Basingstoke, Bath and Cheltenham later this month. They promise to be symphonic celebrations of the bestselling artistsโ€™ sublime and distinctive sound….. The Fulltone Orchestra, accompanied by the magnificent female voices of The Cantiamo Choir, revive Enyaโ€™s… Read more

  • Rachel Sinnetta & Rosie Jay at the Crown, Bishops Cannings

    Rachel Sinnetta & Rosie Jay at the Crown, Bishops Cannings

    Must confess it felt somewhat odd to return to The Crown in Bishops Cannings for my weekly ration of live music. The only pub in the village has been closed a short while, since verbal pitchforks and torches from a crotchety minority who wanted the tavern to be little more than a museum artefact drove… Read more

  • Jodie as Adele Tribute Night Fundraising for Devizes School Student to Work in Ecuador

    Jodie as Adele Tribute Night Fundraising for Devizes School Student to Work in Ecuador

    Wiltshire Adele tribute Jodie Evans is all set to ignite the stage on Friday 18th October, at the Bear Hotelโ€™s Cellar Bar in Devizes, with all funds made going to a Devizes School student hopeful to raise enough to visit Ecuador to work over the summerโ€ฆ Jodie is fast building amazing fan reviews and support… Read more

  • The Skimmity Hitchers V Monkey Bizzle: The East/West Somerset Agricultural Hip Hop Turf War!

    The Skimmity Hitchers V Monkey Bizzle: The East/West Somerset Agricultural Hip Hop Turf War!

    Forget the feud between Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, this is England’s West Country rivals The Skimmity Hitchers and Monkey Bizzle in a vicious rap confrontation which can only end one way; best guess, a drive-by cream tea headshotโ€ฆ. Seems shameless merch tarts and purveyors of self-dubbed โ€œidiot music,โ€ Monkey Bizzle started it, Mrs McClusky.… Read more

  • Funked Up Disco Metal; There’s Always Something Happening in Devizes!

    Funked Up Disco Metal; There’s Always Something Happening in Devizes!

    Despite summer being a fleeting memory, and time to batten down the hatches for our major events, even if there’s not โ€˜muchโ€™ going on in Devizes at night, there’s always somethingโ€ฆ. Though tempted by gigs further afield, The Pump in one direction, George Wilding in Pewsey the other, I had had โ€˜one of those weeks.โ€™… Read more