Out & About February 2017

February dates for your diary

Afternoon Sunday Concert , spanning the decades and played live by Mark Thompson, William Penney Theatre, AWE Rec Society, Tadley. Interval, raffle, bar. £8 at the door. Sylvia 0118 9323971 Tuesday 21 Anyday – a comic, absurd and surreal trampoline show, 7pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box Office 0845 5218218 Thursday 23 The Vanishing Man, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Age guide 12 plus. Box Office 0845 5218218 Friday 24 Southern Sinfonia Café Concert, 1pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Sing-a-Long-a- Grease, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box Office 0845 5218218 Saturday 25 Mum2mum Market , Park House School, Newbury, 10.30am to 12.30pm. Baby & kids nearly new sale. Contact helen@mum2mummarket.co.uk for more info. Nine Below Zero, Arlington Arts Centre, Snelsmore. Box Office 01635 244 246 A celebration of Neil Diamond, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange. Box Office 0845 5218218

Wednesday 1 To March 9, All Our Own Work, An exhibition showcasing the talents of the Old Chapel, National Needlework, and Country Wife mural volunteers. From cross stitch to gold work, crochet to embroidery, tapestry to quilting and much more. You will be inspired by the variety on show. Friday 3 Jongleurs, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box Office 0845 5218218 Saturday 4 The Bob Dylan Story, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box Office 0845 5218218 Mitch Benn: Don’t Fear the Reaper, 8pm New Greenham Arts. Age guide 14 plus. Box office 0845 5218218 Made in America , St Nicolas Church, Newbury, 7.30pm. Newbury Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jonathan Williams. Music by Bernstein, Copland, Delius, Ives and Dvorak’s Symphony from the New World. Tickets from Hogan Music and Phillip Brown Violins Sunday 5 Newbury Chamber Choir perform The Music of Biber , St John’s Church, Newbury, 4.30pm. The spine-tingling sounds of sackbuts, a quintet of soloists and the Newbury Chamber Choir combine with period string players to bring you this wonderfully atmospheric music by this fine 17th-century composer. Tickets: £15 on the door (school pupils free). Special ticket offers at: www.newburychamberchoir.co.uk Wednesday 8 Henning Wehn: Westphalia is not an option, Corn Exchange, Newbury, 7.45pm. Age guide 16 plus. Box Office 0845 5218218 Thursday 9 To Thursday, Sneaking Into The Theatre by Chris Billingham, New Era Theatre, Andover Road, 8pm. A range of characters who all feel drawn by the nostalgic charm of an abandoned theatre. Some are grieving, some seek to impress, and some simply miss the old place. Tickets £10 from: boxoffice@neweraplayers.org Friday 10 Beyond the Barricade, Corn Exchange, Newbury, 7.45pm. Box Office 0845 5218218 The Dark Room, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Play the world’s only live action text-based adventure game – the fate is in your hands. Box office 0845 5218218 Saturday 11 Solid Gold 70s, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 70s and 80s evening , Hungerford Royal British Legion, 7.30pm. To raise funds for

Beejacks Wallai Primary School in Sierra Leone. Host is fitness instructor Bee Jacks plus a DJ. Tickets £10 from Bee Jacks, at his fitness classes, or telephone 07795154808, or via the www.beejacks. co.uk or the Beejacks Tombo Foundation on Facebook. Snowdrop Saturday at Foxgrove, Enborne, 10am to 4pm. 01635 40554. In Aid of Enborne Church. View snowdrops, plus pot and photographic display and snowdrops for sale. Refreshments. Admission £3. Monday 13 Newbury & District Association of National Trust . Illustrated talk by Peter Preen on How did the Welshman T. E. Lawrence come to Live and Die in Dorset. New Greenham Arts, 7.30pm. Visitors £3. More details call Keith Spires 01635 30457. Wednesday 15 And Thursday, The Very Hungry Caterpillar , Corn Exchange Age guide 2-7 Times vary, £10.50 Box office 0845 5218218 Friday 17 Whitney: Queen of the Night , Corn Exchange, Newbury, 7.45pm. Box Office 0845 5218218 Linking the Landscape: Under the Microscope , 10am-1pm, West Berkshire Museum. Local Wildlife Trust experts will be on hand with microscopes, and an array of remarkable mini-beasts up-close. Drop in any time to this free event. For more info, see www.bbowt.org.uk/whats-on Saturday 18 Wild at Heart: Bird Walk, Bowdown Woods and Lower Farm Lake, 10am-12.30pm. A chance to see and hear any birds enjoying the protection of Bowdown ancient woodland in the winter. Followed by a walk down to the bird hide at Lower Farm Lake. Members of the Newbury District Ornithological Club (NDOC) will be on hand with telescopes, books and plenty of knowledge to help you identify and learn about the birds. Hot drinks will be available at the hide. For more information and booking www.bbowt.org.uk/whats-on Newbury Talent IV. Presented by Young Corn Exchange, 7pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury Box Office 0845 5218218 Jim Causley: Forgotten Kingdom, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218 Sunday 19 Pete Allen Reeds’n’Rhythm, 3pm, Chequers Hotel, Newbury. Tickets on the door £12.50 (cash only) Watermill Sunday Sessions: Smitty’s Big Four, Watermill Theatre, Bagnor. Box office 01635 46044. www.watermill.org.uk

Deadline for listings for March issue: Tuesday, February 7 Email: report@newburynews.co.uk or tweet: @outnaboutberks

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