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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical; Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot, Feb 13
9:00am Wednesday 3rd February 2010
When you book tickets for a musical at your local theatre, you normally know what kind of show you are in for.
Invictus
3:19pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010
On February 11, 1990, when Nelson Mandela walked free from Robben Island after more than a quarter of a century of incarceration in his eight feet by eight feet cell, he discovered a country divided by apartheid. His release lit the touchpaper on civil unrest as he worked together with President de Klerk to end apartheid and begin the difficult healing process.
The Life and Poems of Sir John Betjeman; Lance Pierson, Wallingford Corn Exchange, Feb 20
9:00am Wednesday 27th January 2010
A ONE-MAN show celebrating the life of the late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman is heading to the Corn Exchange theatre at Wallingford. Actor Lance Pierson will perform The Life and Poems of Sir John Betjeman on Saturday, February 20, at 7.45pm.
Edge of Darkness
3:51pm Wednesday 27th January 2010
Award-winning, meaty British television dramas are providing plentiful food for thought across the pond in Hollywood. Last year, Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams headlined an accomplished distillation of the Bafta award-winning 2003 mini-series, State of Play. Now, we have more political intrigue and corporate skulduggery in Martin Campbell’s slick reduction of the 1985 BBC mini-series, Edge of Darkness.
Aladdin; Didcot Phoenix Drama Group, Didcot Civic Hall, Jan 28-30.
9:00am Wednesday 20th January 2010
IT’S time to flex those chuckle muscles again as members of Didcot Phoenix Drama Group stage their annual pantomime.
Brothers
3:42pm Wednesday 20th January 2010
All’s fair in love and war. In Jim Sheridan’s English language remake of Susanne Bier’s celebrated Danish drama Brodre, love is war as two siblings – polar opposites – are divided by their deep bond to the same woman.
Up In The Air
10:11am Thursday 14th January 2010
DAMON SMITH says George Clooney is set for yet another Oscar nomination
Lady Windermere's Fan; Breakaleg Productions, Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon, Jan 27-30
9:00am Wednesday 13th January 2010
BREAKALEG Productions’ next show at the Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon, will be in complete contrast to their autumn production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan, writes Colin Palmer.
Bugsy Malone; Wantage Junior Showstoppers, Wantage Civic Hall, Jan 15-16, 22-23
9:00am Wednesday 6th January 2010
A NEW children’s theatre group is set to stage its first production, Bugsy Malone, at Wantage Civic Hall this month.
It's complicated
3:17pm Wednesday 6th January 2010
Failure is an education. That’s particularly true of romantic dalliances: to truly appreciate perfection, first you must recognise the qualities that will drive you to distraction. Everybody wants the fairytale ending, but to find a prince or princess, you are going to have to kiss a lot of frogs so prepare to pucker up.
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