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SHOWING next Saturday, December 18, at The Thame Players Theatre, Nelson street, Thame – “Some Like it Hot” Free entry and mince pie for everyone followed by mulled wine and a party for all!
Doors open 7.30pm

ON Saturday, April, 8 Thame Cinema is showing “The Constant Gardener” (15) at the Players Theatre, Nelson Street Thame at 8.00, doors open 7.30. Starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, who recently won the 2006 Best Actress Oscar for her heart stopping performance in this moving film, the film is directed by Fernando Meirelles whose outstanding film “City of God” was shown at Thame cinema last year.
The film will be followed by a discussion of the film, reflecting on the adaptation of John le Carre’s novel, and how succsessfully the film has captured the book’s vision. Many of the cinema’s regular audience know Africa well and are keen to discuss this vision of the relationship between multi national companies, the diplomatic service and African life.

FROM time-to-time, ThameNews.Net likes to give local writing talent a voice and here Pascal Ansell, ex pupil from Lord Bill’s, now studying at Leeds University, recalls an interview with a modern, female …yes female, classical composer he met recently, and an encounter with one of his all-time drumming heroes, Zach Hill, from Hella.

Paste this link into your browser for the Judith Bingham interview http://explodingcrotch.blogspot.com/

and this one:
http://www.diskant.net/features/zach-hill/

for Pascal’s brush (?) with Zack Hill (drumming pun intended!)

THE organisers of Towersey Village Festival have challenged festival goers to do the maths before deciding which festivals to go to this summer, claiming a cost of only