Out & About July 2017

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February dates for your diary
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 performThe 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:
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:
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.
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
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
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.
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 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
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Tuesday, February 7
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