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  • 15/10/12….Little Bill’s Big Band wows talent judges

    A band from Thame, made up of youngsters aged 13-16 years-old, failed to win the final of an Oxford talent show recently, but caught the eye of the judges whose comments included: “‘absolutely amazing voice for a 15 year-old…. you are unbelievable…great choreography and costume…good to see flute and saxes really the getting crowd involved….good to see young people playing a variety of instruments ..love the song choice….backing singers worked hard…. you moved really well..we can see a lot of work has gone into the band…. it was a really good performance!”

    One of the band members’ parents managed to capture this video of their set: LINK

    Little Bill’s Big Band say that they can’t wait until the Christmas lights event in Thame on November 30, when they will be playing a full set of some of their great dance numbers.

    The band are all students at Lord Williams’s school in Thame.

  • 14/10/12….Our Mutual Friend coming to Thame

    SOME tickets are still available for the production of Our Mutual Friend, by Myriad Productions, on Sunday evening, October 14, at 7.45 at the Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, part of the TAL (Thame Arts & Literature festival.

    “We are delighted to welcome the return of Myriad Productions for their third visit with another clever adaptation of a classic novel. Those who saw Wuthering Heights last month will know how good this young company is. This time the story is Charles Dickens classic novel, Our Mutual Friend. The performance is part of the Thame Arts and Literature festival which runs from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th October.”

    Tickets for this professional production are

  • 13/10/12….Artists and Makers Fairs – including Thame

    WHEN? Thame Town Hall – 13th October and 24th November 10-4pm.

    Great mix of local artists and makers taking part including ceramicists, painters, silversmiths, leatherworker and lots of lovely illustratative work and textiles. Jazzy Lily hot glass will be selling her beautiful glass beads. Lots of beautiful gifts to buy for yourself or for presents.

  • 13/10/12….Coriolanus at Thame Cinema – Part of TAL festival

    SHOWING at Thame Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, as part of the Thame Arts & Literary Festival, by thame Cinema 4 All: Coriolanus Directed by Ralph Fiennes. “This is an intelligent and powerful film with political relevance for today.”

    If you were one of the lucky few to see the RSC?s Pan African adaptation of Julius Caeser at the Waterside in Aylesbury (as part of the World Shakespeare Festival) you?ll now how well Shakespeare adapts to contemporary settings and how relevant and powerful the messages are for us now.

    This is the first time Shakespeare?s last tragedy has been brought to the screen and we are delighted that the opportunity has arisen to screen this fantastic production during the Thame Art and Literature Festival. Tickets on door only ? not from TAL Box Office.

    Film starts: 8pm – doors open 7.30pm – Licenced bar
    http://thamecinema.org.uk/

  • 13/10/12….Coriolanus at Thame Cinema – Part of TAL festival

    SHOWING at Thame Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, as part of the Thame Arts & Literary Festival, by thame Cinema 4 All: Coriolanus Directed by Ralph Fiennes. “This is an intelligent and powerful film with political relevance for today.”

    If you were one of the lucky few to see the RSC?s Pan African adaptation of Julius Caeser at the Waterside in Aylesbury (as part of the World Shakespeare Festival) you?ll now how well Shakespeare adapts to contemporary settings and how relevant and powerful the messages are for us now.

    This is the first time Shakespeare?s last tragedy has been brought to the screen and we are delighted that the opportunity has arisen to screen this fantastic production during the Thame Art and Literature Festival. Tickets on door only ? not from TAL Box Office.

    Film starts: 8pm – doors open 7.30pm – Licenced bar
    http://thamecinema.org.uk/

  • 13/10/12…..Narnia coming to Thame – Part of TAL festival

    WHEN? Saturday, October 13. WHERE? Lord Williams’s school. Groups of six or more can enjoy a discounted ticket rate of

  • 12/10/12 – 14/10/12….Thame Fair

    THE October Fair will be in Thame on 12 and 13 October. During the October Fair a Temporary Road Closure and Traffic Regulation Order will be in force.

    The North East side of the Upper High Street and Upper High Street Car Park will be closed from 8am on Thursday 11 October 2012 to midday on Sunday 14 October 2012.

  • 07/10/12….The ‘Ultimate Wedding Show’

    THE Ultimate Wedding Show is once again coming soon to the Thame area. On Sunday, October 7, 2012, at The Oxfordshire, Rycote Lane, Milton Common, Thame OX9 2PU,
    The Ultimate Wedding Show will offer brides-to-be the opportunity to plan their perfect day and meet some of the area’s finest wedding professionals and experts.

    From the essential to the unexpected, come along and enjoy the experience of preparing the wedding of your dreams. 11am – 3.30pm – Free entry and free parking.
    www.theultimateweddingshow.co.uk

  • 07/10/12…..Cracking Cryptics at The Swan, Tetsworth

    THAME Players stalwart, Tony Long, is at it again! He?s been presenting his show, Cracking Cryptics, which is a light-hearted look at the mysteries of solving cryptic crosswords, all over the place in recent weeks.

    He?s played Didcot, Chipping Norton, Camberley, Maidenhead and Swindon. He?s got Potters Bar, Great Torrington and Cirencester coming up, but right on his doorstep he?s performing the show at The Swan Restaurant in Tetsworth.

    The evening includes a delicious three course meal as well as the show, and all this costs only

  • 06/10/12…..Heart-warming tale at Thame Cinema

    MOONRISE KINGDOM – USA 2012, 94 minutes, 12A certificate, Directed by Wes Anderson, Starring Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Harvey Keitel, Jared Gilman, Jason Schwartzman, Kara Hayward and Tilda Swinton.

    Wes Anderson?s latest is arguably his most genuinely heart-warming film to date ? it has all the hand-made style and wit that characterised everything from Rushmore to Mr Fox, but perhaps with more real affection for its protagonists. A whimsical and poignant tale of teenage misfit love, extreme boy-scouting, and gently dysfunctional grown-ups with their own small crises to deal with, it is set in 1965 on an island off the coast of New England.

    Like those of all the director?s films, this is a world of families and individuals who are like islands in themselves, their eccentric inner lives and domestic habits sealed off from the outside world. Sam is 12 years old, an orphan with a taste for arson and an encyclopaedic catalogue of survival skills. His pen pal Suzy is another loner who spies on grown-ups with her binoculars, and enjoys scifi novels. They are in love and decide to run away together, pursued by a crack squad of vigilante scouts, Suzy?s troubled parents (Murray and McDormand, who in spite of their marital hiatus seem made for each other), and the lonely local law enforcement authority (Bruce Willis, with some of the maverick qualities of his most iconic roles, but with more hesitance and vulnerability).

    All are in thrall to the threat of Social Services ? Tilda Swinton with knife-edge hairdo and laser-sharp tailoring. She represents the authority and scrutiny of an outside world, closing in with her paperwork to remove Sam to an orphanage, threatening to unsettle a little moral and social ecosystem that would prefer to be left alone. All the while, a fierce and climactic storm is brewing… It is very funny and sweetly nostalgic for a more innocent and kinder time and place, and like all Anderson?s films each frame is meticulously composed, sumptuously coloured, and rich with quirky period detail. A joyous delight that will guarantee to leave a smile on your face.