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With 25 years at the Newbury Weekly News, Arts Editor Trish, previously enjoyed a 25-year career as an arts centre director, Arts Council crafts assessor and critic.

Have you room for a rockstar?

09 May 2025
Have you room for a rockstar?

Have you room for a rockstar?

09 May 2025

The Watermill is on the hunt for local hosts to accommodate Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar company this summer.


Pianists! Here’s your chance to perform at Latitude Festival

09 May 2025
Pianists! Here’s your chance to perform at Latitude Festival

Pianists! Here’s your chance to perform at Latitude Festival

09 May 2025

Latitude Festival is inviting 12 pianists from across the UK to apply for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform at The Piano.


The Bubble Show is coming…

08 May 2025
The Bubble Show is coming…

The Bubble Show is coming…

08 May 2025

Journey through the awe-inspiring story of the origins of Bubbleland as it’s brought to life in a dazzling display of soap and water.


What’s on this week

08 May 2025
What’s on this week

What’s on this week

08 May 2025

Community events in and around Newbury


This week’s Arts & Entertainment hitlist

08 May 2025
This week’s Arts & Entertainment hitlist

This week’s Arts & Entertainment hitlist

08 May 2025

A bumper week for events with the start of Spring Festival and Open Studios.


Enborne circus proprietor pushes for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status

08 May 2025
Enborne circus proprietor pushes for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status

Enborne circus proprietor pushes for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status

08 May 2025

The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) recently announced they would be seeking letters of support from supporters of the industry.


The National Rural Touring Forum’s flagship annual conference to take place in Newbury

08 May 2025
The National Rural Touring Forum’s flagship annual conference to take place in Newbury

The National Rural Touring Forum’s flagship annual conference to take place in Newbury

08 May 2025

People from arts organisations from across the UK will gather to champion rural and small-scale touring.


Veteran war chronicler Sir Max Hastings to talk in Hungerford on Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle

07 May 2025
Veteran war chronicler Sir Max Hastings to talk in Hungerford on Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle

Veteran war chronicler Sir Max Hastings to talk in Hungerford on Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle

07 May 2025

Sir Max’s latest book offers a searching analysis of why British troops did not reach Caen on June 6, as Montgomery had promised Churchill.


Corn Exchange announces two fantastic events at 101 Outdoor Arts, exploring sound art in outdoor spaces

07 May 2025
Corn Exchange announces two fantastic events at 101 Outdoor Arts, exploring sound art in outdoor spaces

Corn Exchange announces two fantastic events at 101 Outdoor Arts, exploring sound art in outdoor spaces

07 May 2025

Project comes with new partnership with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and their new Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity.


What it is like to be brown, Indian and Muslim in Britain where the power structures, whether political or sporting, are predominantly white

07 May 2025
What it is like to be brown, Indian and Muslim in Britain where the power structures, whether political or sporting, are predominantly white

What it is like to be brown, Indian and Muslim in Britain where the power structures, whether political or sporting, are predominantly white

07 May 2025

Cricket play Duck, which came to the Corn Exchange last week, reviewed


Local young people’s photography, paintings, prints, drawings on show in theatre foyer

06 May 2025
Local young people’s photography, paintings, prints, drawings on show in theatre foyer

Local young people’s photography, paintings, prints, drawings on show in theatre foyer

06 May 2025

CHALLENGES! exhibitors at New Era Theatre are all from local schools.


Take a listen to Granny’s Attic then grab a ticket

06 May 2025
Take a listen to Granny’s Attic then grab a ticket

Take a listen to Granny’s Attic then grab a ticket

06 May 2025

Described by Folk Radio as one of the most exciting and accomplished English folk acts on the scene right now this outstanding trio plays ACE Space.


Festival Parade’s giant bandmaster puppet to bring music, dance and community to town centre

05 May 2025
Festival Parade’s giant bandmaster puppet to bring music, dance and community to town centre

Festival Parade’s giant bandmaster puppet to bring music, dance and community to town centre

05 May 2025

The 46th Newbury Spring Festival will open in joyful, community-driven fashion on Saturday with the inaugural parade.


Trailblazing Art Deco designer Betty Joel was a feisty modern woman

04 May 2025
Trailblazing Art Deco designer Betty Joel was a feisty modern woman

Trailblazing Art Deco designer Betty Joel was a feisty modern woman

04 May 2025

Aged 80 and invited to tea at the V&A, she harangued the director for 20 minutes because one of her rugs on display had been cleaned incorrectly.


Arts Society Newbury celebrate a golden jubilee of lectures

04 May 2025
Arts Society Newbury celebrate a golden jubilee of lectures

Arts Society Newbury celebrate a golden jubilee of lectures

04 May 2025

Society members recently marked 50 years since its inaugural lecture with one on a remarkable woman designer of the interwar years… and cake.


Veteran Theale jazzband pays tribute with wartime tunes

03 May 2025
Veteran Theale jazzband pays tribute with wartime tunes

Veteran Theale jazzband pays tribute with wartime tunes

03 May 2025

Expect toe-tappers The Siegfried Line, A Long Way to Tipperary, Run Rabbit Run and the We'll Meet Again finale.


An elegy for lost Mancunian youth, young black men shot or stabbed

03 May 2025
An elegy for lost Mancunian youth, young black men shot or stabbed

An elegy for lost Mancunian youth, young black men shot or stabbed

03 May 2025

‘An exhilarating, truthful, performance’. This Kind of Black reviewed.


Take a listen to riff-laced Brighton outfit Slung coming to Reading’s Purple Turtle

02 May 2025
Take a listen to riff-laced Brighton outfit Slung coming to Reading’s Purple Turtle

Take a listen to riff-laced Brighton outfit Slung coming to Reading’s Purple Turtle

02 May 2025

Slung deliver blistering riffs, sinister drums and sugary sweet vocals, all wrapped up in a tasty tortellini of 90s slacker rock nostalgia.


Bucklebury ballet dancer excited to be returning to home town with prestigious company

01 May 2025
Bucklebury ballet dancer excited to be returning to home town with prestigious company

Bucklebury ballet dancer excited to be returning to home town with prestigious company

01 May 2025

Ballet Central tour showcases the extraordinary talent of Central School of Ballet’s graduating class of 2025.


Frisco’s ‘sonic magpie’ fiddler teams up with groovy Ghent accordionist for ACE global folk gig

01 May 2025
Frisco’s ‘sonic magpie’ fiddler teams up with groovy Ghent accordionist for ACE global folk gig

Frisco’s ‘sonic magpie’ fiddler teams up with groovy Ghent accordionist for ACE global folk gig

01 May 2025

Laura Cortese and Bert Ruymbeek to perform together in must-see concert at The Forge.


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