NEWS
	8:00am Thu 8 May 08
	APOLOGIES to one of the young acts featured in the George Ward Rockfest recently - a technical error meant we left out all mention of rock band Overdose, who are frontman Chris Waylen, 13-year-old guitarists Jack Boddington and James King and drummer Jake Welford, who performed with guest bassist Tariq and pianist Rob.

	COMING UP
	8:00am Thu 8 May 08
	ANDREW Bazeley plays blues the way they used to - raw acoustic blues, including songs from the likes of Robert Johnson, Charley Patton and Muddy Waters, played and sung in passionate, authentic style.

	The Gig Guide
	8:00am Thu 8 May 08
	FRIDAY MAY 9 Yellowcake, The George, Woolley St, Bradford on Avon, 8.30pm.

	The 39 Steps
	3:06pm Wed 7 May 08
	Monday, May 12 until Saturday, May 17, Theatre Royal Bath. Maria Aitken’s critically acclaimed West End and Broadway production of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 spy thriller, The 39 Steps, tours to Bath next week.

	What The Butler Saw
	3:25pm Wed 7 May 08
	Until May 24, Salisbury Playhouse. Salisbury Playhouse completes the Spring/Summer season with Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw, which is directed by Philip Wilson, the Playhouse’s artistic director.

	REVIEW: Equus
	3:41pm Wed 7 May 08
	Until Saturday May 10, Theatre Royal Bath. A play that leaves you speechless has to be a play worth seeing, and Peter Shaffer’s Equus (the Latin word for horse) is one that will both haunt and shock you.

	Art in everyday surroundings
	3:48pm Wed 7 May 08
	Intervention/Decoration, Friday May 9 until June 21, Various venues, Frome. Foreground, Frome’s newest arts organisation, is launching its inaugural exhibition, Intervention/Decoration, on Friday.

REVIEW

9:55am Thursday 1st May 2008

"AWESOME evening!" was the widely held view of the 200+ audience making their way home from George Ward School's 14th annual rockfest on Friday April 25.

	REVIEW: Pygmalion
	4:29pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	Until Saturday May 3, Theatre Royal Bath. The Peter Hall company gave theatregoers another chance to see the original 1916 version of George Bernard Shaw’s comedy this week before it opens in the West End.

	Plastic fantastic
	4:32pm Wed 30 Apr 08
	THE third Cloth Road Arts Week, which celebrates the work of local artists, gets under way tomorrow.

	Coming up
	8:00am Thu 24 Apr 08
	MUSIC from the very young to the very experienced this week, starting on Friday April 25 at George Ward School with their annual rock concert.

	REVIEW: She Stoops to Conquer
	12:20pm Wed 23 Apr 08
	Until Saturday April 26, Theatre Royal Bath. BY 21st century standards, 18th century comedy can seem be a little laboured, but the central joke in Goldsmith’s enduring romp is timeless.

	Art with a heart
	1:40pm Wed 23 Apr 08
	THE third Cloth Road Arts Week takes place next month, celebrating the work of local artists. In the weeks before the event, beginning May 3, we are featuring those who taking part.

Reviews

8:55am Thursday 17th April 2008

Dave Swarbrick, The Arc Theatre, Trowbridge.

	REVIEW: His Dark Materials
	5:51pm Wed 16 Apr 08
	Until Sunday April 20, Theatre Royal Bath. THE challenge of staging fantasy is a major one, and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, which has rapidly achieved iconic status with both teenage and adult readers, requires no small feats of characterisation – how do you portray a person’s animal soul?

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