Get Out! Ents new this week...
Amy Danbrowsky • Published 2 Feb 2012 09:30
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SIMON Mayor's mandolinquents will strum up a storm when they jangle over to the New Greenham Arts Auditorium next week.
With special guests A Band Like Alice, they'll host an evening combining sounds from hot swing and ragtime instrumentals to traditional Irish airs and Brazilian folk tunes.
This entertaining ensemble, who play on Thursday, February 9, assure us we'll go home with a smile.
So go on, grab your tickets from www.mandolin.co.uk or call 01635 522 733. Tickets are £15. The show starts at 8pm.
NETTLEBED Folk Club would love to see you for an evening with their special guests, The Tannahill Weavers.
The gig, on Monday, shines a stellar light on one of Scotland's best traditional, acoustic, rythm bands.
Centuries of Celtic ballads, topical songs and lullabies will echo from every corner of the room as they drive their unique musical heritage from the heart of the Highland into the heads of Nettlebed.
For tickets call 01628 636620 or visit www.nettlebedfolkclub.co.uk
TESTIN the Nuclear family is the subject of a play at Norden Farm.
One-woman character powerhouse, Yael Gezentsvey, will act out the parts of 12 multi-cultural characters coping with a new life in New Zealand on the eve of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
See The Nuclear Family on Saturday at 7.30pm and Sunday at 2.30pm. Call 01628 788997 for the £12 tickets, or visit www.nordenfarm.org.
A UNIQUE show that is sure to deliver plenty of laughs and an even bigger dose of intrigue is heading for South Hill Park.
Jeremy Hardy, Radio 4 Newsquiz team regular and Guardian and Evening Standard magazine columnist, will bring his own brand of stand-up to Bracknell for his Comedy Tour 2012 on Tuesday.
For tickets visit www.southhillpark.org.uk or call 01344 484123.
START February with a smile by making a trip to see Corpus Christi parish's production of Snow White at The Oakwood Centre, in Woodley.
Pantoland joins Fairyland to deliver magic and mayhem in its plight to save Snow White from Cruella.
Shows are today (Friday) at 7.30pm with performances at 1pm and 5pm on Saturday. Tickets are £7 for adults and £4 to children and are available by emailing ccparishpanto@hotmail.co.uk Alternatively, get them on the door.
This article appeared in Reading Chronicle 02 Feb 12
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