Out & About March 2017

March dates for your diary

Wednesday 1 Painting with watercolours .

Wednesday 8 Nineteenth-century Berkshire women: talk by Lin Ricketts, offering an insight into the lives of the different classes of women in Berkshire during the 19th century, 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Shaw church hall. All welcome. Free parking. Entry is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Berkshire Family History Society, Newbury Branch. Meet Fred (theatre) , 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218. Age guide 14 plus Thursday 9 Blazin’ Fiddles, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 The Misfit Analysis, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218 Friday 10 Astronomy Talk : A brief tour of our universe by Tony Hersh, 7.30pm, Stock- cross Village Hall. £3 all welcome Northern Soul Live, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Saturday 11 Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Hickory Smoke, Old Bluecoat School, 7.30pm- 10pm. Bring your own beer. Tickets available from Picture It, 17, Thatcham High Street. £6.50 per person Free Fairtrade refreshments , Aldworth Market, village hall, 9.30am to 12noon. Variety of Traidcraft groceries, fresh produce, flowers and foods, handcrafts etc. Child-friendly. Playground adjacent. Details: 01635 578090 To March 31, Meryl Donoghue: It’s a jungle out there . New Greenham Arts gallery. The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm. Renaissance to Romantic , Pangbourne Choral Society, a programme of sacred music, 7.30pm, Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College Monday 13 Holy Box Chapel talk, 11am-1pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel. £6 plus admission. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ sandham-memorial-chapel Monthly meeting of the Newbury Embroiderers’ Guild , 7.30pm, St Francis

de Sales Church Hall, off Warren Road, off Andover Road. Visitors are welcome £5. Talk by Angie Hughes Creative Icebreaking will show how to overcome the mental blocks you may experience before starting a new piece of work. She will inspire you with a range of useful ideas for getting started. Contact: 01635 862289, info@newburyembroiderers.org.uk, www.newbury-embroiderers.co.uk Tuesday 14 Papercraft Workshops, 11am–12.30pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere. £10. Booking essential 0344 2491895. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memo- rial-chapel Jewellery making workshop, 2pm-4pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere. £15. Booking essential 0344 2491895. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memo- rial-chapel Newbury Floral Society , area demonstrator Annette Urquhart will be presenting Ready to Roll, Royal British Legion Hall, Newbury, 2pm. Guests welcome. Contact 01635 253874 for further information And tomorrow, Romeo and Juliet/Twelfth Night , Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218 Wednesday 15 To March 18, and March 21-25, New Era Players present The Kitchen Sink , a comedy by Tom Wells, 8pm, New Era Theatre, Wash Common. Tickets £10. boxoffice@neweraplayers.org Thursday 16 To Saturday, Showtime Bohème . Pre- sented by Nomads, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Box office 0845 5218218 Friday 17 To Sunday, Babe the Sheep Pig, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Times and prices vary. 0845 5218218 Saturday 18 Newbury Choral Society and Southern Sinfonia present Mendelssohn’s Elijah at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (£5 under 16s) available online at www.newburychoral.org.uk or from Corn Exchange (0845 5218218) 

Five-week course, £50. The Hurst Leisure Centre, 7pm-9pm. To book contact The Adult Learning Office. Telephone: 0118 9812918. Thursday 2 Babajack , 8pm, Arlington Arts. Box office 01635 244246 To March 25, Faust x2 . A version of Goethe’s dramatic poem with music. The Watermill, Bagnor. watermill.org.uk Box office 01635 46044 Carl Donnelly: Bad Man Tings, 8pm, New Greenham Arts. Box Office 0845 5218218 An Audience with Lesley Garrett, 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box Office 0845 5218218 Friday 3 Unplugged. Open Mic night, 7.30pm- 11pm, Ace Space, St Nicolas Road, Newbury. www.acespace.org.uk/wordpress/events/ unplugged-3-2017-03-03/ Saturday 4 Susan Calman : The Calman before the storm , 7.45pm, Corn Exchange, Newbury. Box office 0845 5218218. First World War Poetry Reading, 11am-4pm, Sandham Memorial Chapel (usual entry to the chapel). 01635 278394. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memo- rial-chapel Jewellery valuation day with Frances Jones, 10am-4pm, Hungerford Antiques Arcade Peter Knight’s Gigspanner, 7.30pm, Croft Hall, Hungerford. www.eventbrite. co.uk/e/peter-knights-gigspanner-tick- ets-30692494076 Monday 6 Newbury District Gardeners Associa- tion. Talk by Joy Craig – Propagation and cultivation of fuchsias , 7.15pm, St Nicolas School, Link Road, Newbury. Visitors welcome Tuesday 7 Service led by David Bartholomew, 10am, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burgh- clere. 01635 278394. www.nationaltrust. org.uk/sandham-memorial-chapel

52