On Saturday, July 22, there will be a new summer project launching call The Mustard Seed Project. It comes from RISE Theatre and takes place in St Bart’s Church in east Reading – a church that is also a theatre. The new creative initiative aims to encourage people explore their artistic abilities. They say no experience is necessary, just openness …
Catch The Shack at special Showcase screening
THE DIRECTOR of a new film about a Dad struggling to come to terms with the murder of his daughter will reveal his secrets at a special screening event next week. Stuart Hazeldine will be at the Showcase Cinema in Winnersh on Friday, June 16 to talk about the making of The Shack, based on the best-selling book. In it, …
Martyn Joseph to perform at St Nicolas in Earley on Saturday, June 3
A SINGER/SONGWRITER dubbed the Welsh Springsteen is planning to come to Earley next month. Martyn Joseph, who fuses jaw-dropping guitar playing with a show-stopping voice, will be bringing his latest show to St Nicolas Church in Sutcliffe Avenue on Saturday, June 3. His songlist includes a focus on challenging injustice wherever it’s found, educating via advocacy and campaigning for human …
St John’s Passion at All Saints Wokingham
Wokingham Choral Society is presenting St John’s Passion, telling the story of Christ’s last week. The music is based on John’s Gospel and was originally intended to be broken up by a sermon in the middle. That won’t be the case today, but you will be made very welcome as the Choral Society present the Passion at All Saints Church …
The Follower – taking the passion into the 21st century
A new play for Easter sees the events of Holy Week moved to the 21st century. The Passion has been devised by members of Wycliffe Baptist Church and will be performed at the East Reading church and at Tyndale Baptist Church and The Gate church in the run-up to Easter. The Follower is a production based around the Easter story …
Enharmonic Choir in concert Sunday, February 5
Head to St Mary’s Church in Beenham on Sunday, February 5, and you can enjoy a special concert by the Enharmonic Choir. This is a choir from Chapel Row directed by Daniel Nicholls. They sing a mix of both modern and classical pieces as well as new compositions. The concert at St Mary’s includes, being a Sunday, hymn and a …
Reading Guild of Artists hold a slam sale
The Reading Guild of Artists (RGA), founded in 1930, is a 150-strong body of Reading artists and will be holding a ‘slam sale’ on Saturday, February 11, at Reading Museum, in support of the Ray Atkins’ exhibition. 25% of the proceeds will go to museum. The RGA exhibition is free to attend and as it is in in the same venue as the Atkins’ …
Jonathan Veira to sing in Reading later this month
‘He just brings the place alive’ – that’s one of the comments from people who have watched Jonathan Veira, the musician who will be coming to Reading this February. He will be presenting an evening of songs, laughter and music at The Pavilion in Reading’s Oxford Road on Saturday, February 11. Organisers have shared some information about the concert: Jonathan …
Local writer has first novel published
Winnersh author Linda Fawke has recently published her first novel A Taste of his own Medicine. It is a story of love, lust, loss and revenge with a touch of black humour. The novel was started about four years ago when Linda took part in Na-No-Wri-Mo (National Novel Writing Month). This is an event where writers are challenged to produce 50,000 …
Wokingham Music Club announces busy year ahead
For those of you who know Wokingham Music Club you will be glad to know that there will be even more dates this year. Some of those gigs will be at a new venue in town – The Whitty Theatre at Luckley House School. It is a purpose built theatre. Pictures of the theatre can be found at here Tickets …
