Theatre, song and poetry in the Library
A new venue for 2006, Newbury Central Library will play host to actors, singers, poets a writer and a storyteller in an afternoon of words, music and movement.
A new venue for 2006, Newbury Central Library will play host to actors, singers, poets a writer and a storyteller in an afternoon of words, music and movement.
The Newbury Fringe Festival 2006 has been funded by:
| 12:00 | Chris Bennett - Recycling Stories and Poetry | |
| 12:15 | Oi' are you reading at me? - Watermill Theatre | |
| 12:30 & 1pm |
Chris Bennett - Recycling Stories and Poetry | |
| 1:15 | Oi' are you reading at me? - Watermill Theatre | |
| 1:45 | Chris Bennett - Recycling Stories and Poetry | |
| 2:00 | Newbury Poets Workshop and Enborne Consort | |
| 2:45 | Chris Bennett - Recycling Stories and Poetry | |
| 3:00 | Nick Channer - A Waterside walk in West Berkshire (in the Carnegie Room) |
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| 3:15 | Oi' are you reading at me? - Watermill Theatre | |
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The Watermill Theatre's Will Wollen has written a short play specially for the Fringe at the Library on Sunday afternoon. Oi! Are you reading at me? will be performed throughout the afternoon at 12:15, 1:15 and 3:15pm, by actors from the Watermill Theatre.
Will's play is set to challenge how we see and use our library and will be performed throughout the library during the afternoon - an exceptional opportunity to see the actors of our famous and intimate Watermill Theatre in a unique piece of drama by Will Wollen.
During the afternoon, there will be the wonderful blending of original poetry with members of The Newbury Poets Workshop with the traditional singing of madrigals by the Enborne Consort. Come and listen to poets reading their own work interspersed with the amazing songs from the Enborne Consort. These stunning integrated performances will take place on the first floor balcony of the library at 2pm.
Chris Bennett is a professional storyteller and performance poet who works in schools, community settings, arts centres, prisons and festivals. He provides fun and interactive performances and workshops and training in the use of stories poetry and drama. His work is all about encouraging groups and individuals to have fun while communicating and exploring ideas.
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Nick Channer is a freelance journalist and author specializing in walking, countryside issues and social history. He has written more than 40 books, contributes regularly to various newspapers and magazines about walking and travel, has worked on BBC Radio Four and has a weekly column about walking in the Reading Chronicle.
The walk illustrates the beauty of the West Berkshire countryside from the walker's perspective. Beginning on the Ridgeway near Wantage, it heads for the Thames Path at Streatley, follows the river to Reading, then takes the Kennet & Avon Canal to Newbury, the Lambourn Valley Way to Welford, and the canal again to Kintbury and Hungerford before finishing in the remote south-west corner of Berkshire, high up by Combe Gibbet. Along the way, we discover Betjeman country, stroll beside a wonderfully restored canal and solve a literary mystery before finishing with a grisly 17th-century double murder.
