ALL Pubs/clubs looking to enter a team into the East Division of the Oxfordshire Winter Quiz League are being invited to visit the new website at:
http://www.oxfordshire-quiz-league.co.uk/
East Division comprises teams from Long Crendon, Oakley, Haddenham, Wheatley, Ickford, Tiddington etc
FOLLOWING the huge success of Persuasion and Far From The Madding Crowd, The Dorset Corset Theatre Company are proud to launch their adaptation of Jane Austen?s gripping gothic satire Northanger Abbey, touring across the south this autumn.
Local actor, Jonathan Niton, returns to his roots this autumn where he will be playing love interest Henry Tilney, in Northanger Abbey in Henley and Thame.
Jonathan was born in Reading and grew up in Sonning where his love of theatre was ignited. He took a keen interest in drama, often performing in amateur plays, such as The Lady?s Not For Burning at the Kenton Theatre in Henley. On leaving Reading Bluecoat School, Jonathan travelled round Australia for a year before joining the prestigious Webber Douglas drama school in London. On graduating last year, he played Captain Troy in Dorset Corset Theatre Company?s production of Far From The Madding Crowd. ?It was great to work with such an exciting company, and it was wonderful to return to my old stomping ground and play at the Kenton and the Players in Thame?. Since then, Jonathan has been a regular feature at the Mill in Sonning, performing in three plays, most recently Plaza Suite directed by Anthony Valentine.
And when Dorset Corset came knocking again this autumn, Jonathan jumped at the chance to do a bit of Jane Austen. ?The writing is wonderful and I?m pleased that this adaptation remains faithful to the original. After last year?s tour, expectations are high, but I?m sure we?ll more than match them.?
Northanger Abbey can be seen locally at the Players Theatre, Thame on the 18th October and at the Kenton Theatre, Henley on the 25th October. For tickets ring 0871 222 7232 (Thame), 01491 575698 (Henley).
Held every 3rd Sat of the month at Tetsworth Village Hall, Just off the A40.
9.30 -12.30
BBq and refreshments available
On Big Draw Day, because it’s called “the Art of Recording,” from 11am, Thame museum will be showing a remarkable piece of film of the Thame Show in 1935.
REMINDER OF WHAT THE BIG DRAW IS ALL ABOUT
BUDDING artists are once again being encouraged to get out their paints and pencils, as The Big Draw returns for its ninth year, as the national celebration to bring out the artist in everyone.
Thame Museum is, for the second year running, the venue for lots of events for children and adults, led by local Sparksartist, Christine Tacq.
Throughout the event, there will be an exhibition inspired by the title, The Art of Recording, and based around Thame’s new Oral history recordings of people’s memories of life in Thame.
Verbal records include: work as a bricklayer in the “twenties,” memories of a haberdasher shop on market day and those of a secret agent during WW2.
Follow this link
to find out more.
THAME’s October Fair will be held on October 10 and 11, in the Upper High Street.
There will therefore, be no parking in the Upper High Street car park from 8am on October 9, to midday on October 12.
MENTAL HEALTH ? The Last TABOO? A talk with Dr Marcus Roberts on World Mental Health Day. Dr Roberts is the Director of Policy and Research at Drugscope and has worked in mental health, criminal
justice and drug sectors. Friday, 10th October 2008, 5.30 p.m. at the Taylorian Institute, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3NA (the Taylorian Institute is opposite the Randolph Hotel, but the entrance is on St
Giles). For more information please contact Ellie Raikes at Oxfordshire Mind Tel: 01865 263734 or
ellie.raikes@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk FREE admissions (but donations welcome).
World Mental Health Day ? Friday, 10th October 2008, 11.00 a.m. ? 4.00 p.m., at the Barracks Lane Community Centre (access via Kenilworth
Avenue/Cumberland Road), Off Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 2AP Yoga, Garden Activities, Relaxing in the yurt, Snacks and drinks, Music,Arts and Crafts, Samba Workshop (3.00 p.m.). Organised by Oxfordshire
Mind. Everyone welcome! For more information contact Antonia Hund-Goeschel at oasis@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
“Music in Mind”, Friday, 17th October 2008, 8.00 p.m. – 1.00 a.m., Exeter Hall, 1 Oxford Road, at the top end of Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 2EN (past Majestic Wine, but before the petrol garage), Trev Williams Music Presents: The Dacoits – From a remote farmhouse near Faringdon, Carrie Rossiter fronts the Dacoits, compared to PJ Harvey and “husky,
dark-minded garage-pop? with obvious commercial appeal” Nightshift September 2008. This is their debut performance on Oxford soil, with a brand new EP Dumbstuck, produced with Chris Sheldon
(FooFighters/Oceansize/Idlewild/Pixies), having just been released.
www.myspace.com/thedacoits The Follys – Trev Williams, Luke Gerry and Paul Hancock have recently been busy writing new songs for their forthcoming follow up EP “Maps to Nowhere”. This will be the first Oxford performance of the new songs set to be released early next year. www.myspace.com/thefollys High Risby – Stefano and Alice write surreal, catchy and quirky acoustic songs about almost everything.
Sometimes folk/rock can have a wry smile instead of fey self-indulgence! www.myspace.com/highrisby Bethany Weimers – Bethany is an Oxfordshire-based singer, songwriter and composer. She mesmerises audiences with her captivating unique voice and beautiful infectious folk-tinged songs about love, life and days gone by.
Beautiful, haunting and infectious songs.
www.myspace.com/bethanyweimers DJ John Anthony – Will be finishing off the night playing his funky house tunes! Entry
CRENDON Chamber Orchestra?s first concert of the new season is on Saturday, October 4, and promises to be a very special event – it is their last concert after eight years, with regular conductor, Jonny Williams, and the exciting programme has been chosen by him.
The orchestra will be joined by brilliant young violinist, Rhys Watkins, who leads several orchestras in Wales and was a finalist in Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition in 2006.
Rhys played with the Crendon orchestra in 2005 and returns to play the wonderful Brahms violin concerto.
The programme consists of three great classical favourites: Mozart?s Don Giovanni overture, the Brahms violin concerto and Beethoven?s third Symphony (the ?Eroica?).
Tickets are available from 01844 238478 or from ForeGolf, 10, Buttermarket, Thame.
The concert starts at 8 pm and the venue is St. Mary’s Church, Thame.
THAME Players, in association with Clive Conway Celebrity Productions, is to present “An Audience with Colin Dexter.”
The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame.
7.45pm on Sunday 5th October
A fascinating evening of anecdotes and reminiscences from Colin Dexter is in store for the audience at The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame on Sunday 5th October at 7.45pm.
The irascible author of the Inspector Morse detective stories will talk about how the legendary Morse was created, about the filming in and around Oxford, about John Thaw and the other stars in the show and how the author insisted on walk on roles in many of the episodes, just like Alfred Hitchcock used to do years ago. He will also answer questions from the audience in the second half of the show.
Tickets for the show cost
ON Friday, 10th and Saturday 11th October, two fund-raising events are being held in Tetsworth, to raise funds for the annual Senior Citizens Christmas Party. On the Friday, a Quiz Night, at 7.30 for 8pm. Tickets
are
THE Willie Howe Scholars Concert is to be held at Lord Williams’s School, on Sunday, September 14.
The concert is in aid of the Phoenix Arts and Drama Studio fund and will be presented by the Lord Williams’s School Music Department.
Performed by the Willie Howe Scholars, the programme will include performances on Piano, Double Bass, guitar, trumpet, Cello and violin.
Weather permitting the concert will be held in the wonderful setting of the sunken Garden, next to the school, where concerts were held for many years in the past.
2pm-4pm (gates open 1.45) – Seating will be available.
If the weather is unsuitable, the concert will be moved to a venue inside the school.
For tickets contact: ron_swanson@hotmail.com