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Newbury Weekly News

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Coming soon

SIXTY works by 30 sculptors – from Saturday, May 29, to Sunday, June 27 (11am-4pm, entry free), the Orangery Lawn at Shaw House will be transformed into an open- air sculpture exhibition, curated by Newbury artist Jim Crockatt, where you can discover artworks by acclaimed sculptors in the grounds of this lovely historic setting and we’ve been giving you a taster. Follow the trail By Teresa Martin, a sculpture tutor at the Northbrook College and City College Brighton for more than 35 years, who graduated and qualified to teach at Winchester School of Art and Brighton University. Now running private workshops and exhibiting in Shoreham Gallery, she still enjoys encouraging creative skills, seeing people’s lives enriched as a result. Her own work often involves the rhythmic manipulation of clay in differing states. The consistency of clay is affected by the passing of time, and application can become a performance – frantic, fiddly and fatalistic. These clay works are then cast in the Martin Sculpture Workshops. Often very complex forms are created by the artist, using rubber moulds to enable her to create original, durable forms to survive public spaces. Some of her installations can be visited while walking or cycling along the banks of River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea, her birth-town. Sculptures will be well spaced apart to allow social distancing. Monday to Friday: Access to the grounds only, toilets available. Weekends: The house and grounds will be available, café take-out service. Toilets available www.westberkshireheritage.org/ shaw-house This week we feature Marlinspike Monolith

Half-term Secret Garden magic

Contact us n EDITORIAL: Arts Editor Trish Lee. If you have Arts news, diary dates and pictures, send her an email at trish.lee@newburynews.co.uk n ADVERTISING: For advertising inquiries and bookings in this section telephone the leisure team on (01635) 550444 Mild-mannered priest Father Brown always seems to be in the right place at the right time, if you count always being around when a murder is committed as being in the right place! When a famous actor is found dead before the opening of his latest West End production, Fr Brown – invited to the dress re- hearsal - sees in the shattered dressing room mirror that all is not as it seems. If all the possible suspects were on stage at the time, watched by Fr Brown, who could possibly be the murderer? www.anvilarts.org.uk THE much-loved Frances Hodgson Burnett family classic The Secret Garden , is brought to life in a unique experience this May half-term by Wizard Presents in partnership with Oxford Playhouse and Watford Palace Theatre. Special Secret Garden Experience boxes filled with surprises and activities will be delivered to the doors of families for them to discover and rediscover this engaging story through an interactive and multi-sensory experience. This interactive blend of audio, physical and digital experiences can be enjoyed entirely from home. It encompasses eight gripping podcast episodes, a beautifully-crafted ‘Secret Box’ containing eight ac- tivities related to each episode of the story, together with a key. The key, which adults are encouraged to hide at home or in an outdoor space for children to discover, unlocks exclusive and magical digital content, including online games, challenges and augmented reality features on the experience website www.thesecretgardenexperience.co.uk Phil Wang and friends STAND-UP Phil Wang and his friends come to the Corn Exchange on Thursday, June 3 (8pm) in a night of stand-up comedy. Phil has made a name for himself exploring romance, politics, and his mixed British Malaysian heritage, in shows that delight in his unique Wang brand of smart/silly stupidity. Broadcast credits include Have I Got News For You (BBC One), hosting Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), Taskmaster (Dave), The Last Leg (Channel 4) and performing as one of only two non-US acts on The Comedy Line-Up (Netflix). Please remember to bring your face covering as visitors over the age of 11 are required to wear them in the building, unless exempt. If you remove your mask to eat or drink you must put it back on straight after. Father Brown Rumpus RUMPUS Theatre Company bring a dramatic new thriller by John Goodrum, based on the classic mysteries by GK Chesterton, Father Brown – The Murderer in the Mirror , to The Haymarket, Basingstoke, from Thursday, June 3, to Saturday, June 5, in a socially distanced performance.

Ar tists and makers welcome visitors to their open studios They’re all waiting to see you

OPEN Studios WBNH is taking place in both May and September this year. Full details of the artists opening their studios in May can be found on the Open Studios website https://www. open-studios.org.uk The flagship OS INSIGHT exhibition at The Base,

Greenham, will take place in September. Pictured above are some of the volunteer OS committee members who are opening their studios to the public. Clockwise from top: Kevin Akhurst, Diana Pattenden, Isabel Carmona, Ben Honisett, Jim Crockatt, Sue Crook, Lizzie Perkins and John Brazendale.

On the web

n For daily local Arts & Entertainment news online, log on to www.newburytoday.co.uk and click the link to ‘Arts’.

Marlinspike Monolith , Tessa Martin