http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/ Wiltshire Times /leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/ en-gb Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:19:42 +0100 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:19:42 +0100 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/resources/images/771175/?type=rsslogo http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/ http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4479268.Review__The_Merchant_of_Venice__Shakespeare_Live__Hazelbury_Manor__Box/?ref=rss When Graham Paton, as Antonio, opened Shakespeare Live's production of The Merchant of Venice by declaiming “I know not why I am so sad,” he may have been being slightly economical with the truth. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:42:38 +0100 cce77a177d495abbd50f0f92d8bfdf36 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4476511.Review__City_of_Bath_Bach_Choir_with_the_Will_Todd_Trio__Wiltshire_Music_Centre/?ref=rss It’s inevitable, emotionally, I suppose that most of the attention would focus on the first half of this programme because of the appearance of the Junior Choir but, musically and significantly, the second half, featuring Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, was monumental. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:01:24 +0100 4458d6a9fee1a658ed76d21de57aed44 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4477102.Review__The_Apple_Cart_by_George_Bernard_Shaw__Theatre_Royal_Bath/?ref=rss This is an extraordinarily timely revival of Shaw’s political comedy on a government in crisis. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:59:50 +0100 c1777da6058c11c764c833d432169f23 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4466623.Corsham_Festival__Makrokosmos__Nicholas_Keyworth__piano__Julia_Leyden__visuals/?ref=rss One shouldn’t expect this immensely challenging festival to produce anything ordinary. This concert was totally extraordinary; intense, gripping and deeply moving. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:21:54 +0100 8574ce1b9c0c98e815be468b8491bf72 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4466638.Corsham_Festival__Retorica_Duo__Harriet_Mackenzie_and_Philippa_Mo_violins__St_Bartholomew___s_Church/?ref=rss Few could have expected this concert to have been so good. Dressed in matching white and white these two young, attractive violinists made a charming picture standing in front of a too-small audience; when they started to play it was a case of not just pretty faces… Mozart’s Duo for 2 violins, from the Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311, was a touch hurried causing a phrenetic, somewhat muddy final movement. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:25:47 +0100 378f85a6b9b95d0bab3371ee1db9a736 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4466586.Corsham_Festival__Hannah_Marcinowicz__saxophone__Daniel_Swain__piano/?ref=rss Finely balanced playing with telling accenting showed how well saxophone and piano can blend. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:32 +0100 9f6c8d773c0028b660e43943c9482afe http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4463268.Corsham_Festival__Barb_Jungr__The_Pound/?ref=rss Corsham Festival: Barb Jungr: The Pound From her opening number, Walking In Memphis, I was hooked. And through almost all the first half of her show, the penultimate in the festival, I felt Barb Jungr had flicked through my personal music collection and plucked out the favourites. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:19:57 +0100 2d1a87b33bb6acfec9a760348b323bbf http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4463266.Corsham_Festival__Black_Hair/?ref=rss This is the kind of off-the-wall performance for which festivals are the perfect ambience. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:14:16 +0100 11939f7eac85fd2366bc181e97d4a4b0 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4463265.Corsham_Festival__Linda_Marlowe__The_World___s_Wife/?ref=rss Linda Marlowe is another of the festival’s previous cover girls invited back to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:09:56 +0100 ae1af4fb2412cc5c4a03ecb44788bbdb http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4462785.Corsham_Festival__Pluck__The_specialists/?ref=rss These three madcap musicians are a splendid means of easing young people into classical music. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:12:28 +0100 77706a85dd0716180f2a5d90f367838f http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4462741.Corsham_Festival__Festival_Walk_along_the_Ladbrook/?ref=rss An increasingly popular festival fringe event is the Sunday morning walk with expert guides. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:07:26 +0100 9187b18030019c2a68ce6de1c19b97ec http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4460026.Corsham_Festival__CoMA_Collision/?ref=rss There’s generally an invisible yet real gulf between amateur musicians and amateurs. It’s just as much in the mind as in the fingers. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:24:49 +0100 55afab8cbd32979c9cbeb4fc8c122170 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4455708.Corsham_Festival__Midsummer_Music__Michael_Cainen/?ref=rss Whilst this little gem of a festival is as professional as it needs to be there’s a refreshing non-elitist element that keeps its feet firmly on the ground. And when half the “staff” are there as performers it really does make the point that much of it is for and by the town. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:07:25 +0100 14b1fccd28c1f48530b4ce5ac2cc59a7 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4454122.Corsham_Festival__Light_puts_new_art_work_in_several_perspectives/?ref=rss The Festival was the perfect time to unveil The Pound Arts Trust’s fifth piece of new public art. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:06:24 +0100 b0a8d0ea27ca9615f14c699ccddadc98 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/leisure/wtimesleisuretheatre/4449931.Corsham_Festival__Rich_feast_of_art_at_festival/?ref=rss Four art exhibitions opened simultaneously on Friday night before the official start of Corsham Festival. Three were in The Pound, where most of the Festival events take place. Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:48:22 +0100 ad3973cc3fd0d5ed2e05e04587b5dbab