Arts

Paul McCaffrey can still remember the first successful comedy routine he wrote, even though it was over a decade ago. “It was about cash machines and how frustrating it was...

A HALF-TERM treat is coming to the Theatre Royal Windsor next week in the form of David Walliams’ best-selling story, Billionaire Boy.  The show tells the story of 12-year-old Joe...

TWO new headliners have been announced for this year’s Reading Festival, joining Liam Gallagher and a host of other bands and musicians for the August bank holiday event.  Tickets go...

A MEETING of the Wokingham Waterstones Feminist Book Club will take place in the Hope & Anchor pub in Station Road, Wokingham on Monday, February 10. The group meets to...

THEY JUST can’t stay away. And who can blame them when they’re having fun?  The wicked stepsisters from The Hexagon’s recent production of Cinderella are returning for the Reading-based theatre’s...

Aldworth Philharmonic OrchestraStrauss: Sunrise from Also Sprach Zarathustra, Holst The PlanetsSaturday, February 1The Great Hall, University of Reading The Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra is not afraid to offer something a little...

A MEETING for Hurst’s pantomime will take place next week … but the show isn’t due to be performed until next year. The Castle Inn in Church Hill is the...

YOUNG children love Sarah & Duck. Adults do too. It’s a charming cartoon that lives on CBeebies, and tells the story of a wide-eyed, seven-year-old girl and her feathered best...

If you pieced a play together out of overheard snippets of British conversation – what would you end up with?

BOOKING is now open for a choral workshop run by Wokingham Choral Society. The group will be meeting on Saturday, February 29, at The Holt School in Holt Lane. They...