Ocelot101 november 2014 final artwork

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 1

OXFORD NEWBURY

l

SWINDON

l

READING

l

SALISBURY

l MARLBOROUGH l WITNEY l DEVIZES l WANTAGE l HUNGERFORD l BASSETT RIVERS

FOOD AND DRINK / THEATRE / ART / COMEDY / LIVE MUSIC

OCELOT THE

ISSUE NO: 101

NOVEMBER 2014

FREE

The bonkers world of Noel Fielding! p28 Win some Hobgoblin Gold p17

The Ocelot Annual Panto guide! p33

Paloma Faith p44

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 2

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 3

Follow Ocelot Mag on Facebook and Twitter @ocelotmag

What’s in your Ocelot?

Andy Zaltzman on page 27

kicked off with an interview with the ever excellent Nigel Havers who is starring in Dick Whittington at The Wyvern in Swindon.

Oh, no he’s not, I hear you declare. Well he certainly is.

Plus we’ve got all the usual goodies for your delectation.

For Starters p4

Jamie Hill

Food and Drink

to the pub with their roaring fires, lovely refreshing real ales and their abundance of blokes who stand by the fruitie waiting for someone to chuck in a load of money and lose it so they can pounce and then claim the jackpot.

This month, we’ve gone a bit all out in the stuff we’re covering.

We’ve got a full-on interview with our cover star Noel Fielding. That is by far the most pyschedelic cover we’ve ever had and we’ve got a feeling it might be a bit Marmite on whether people like it or not. It’s certainly striking.

We’ve also got previews of gigs by Paloma Faith and La Roux as well as a proper preview of the upcoming pantomime season

For Starters

What can I say?

We’re a happy bunch here at The Ocelot. Always looking on the bright side and we hope that you guys get as much enjoyment out of reading this mag as we do in creating it.

We’re now well into Autumn.

Those pesky leaves are everywhere and the nights are drawing in so it’s pitch black when you leave for work in the morning and pitch black when you come home.

But with Autumn comes a whole host of stuff that you lot can get up to from going to gigs, having a laugh at some comedy and making a night of it at the theatre.

It’s also a great time to go out

Michael Bosley; The Goat

Brewery Bird, Pan of Mystery; Bitten Oxford

Arts and Culture p25 Noel Fielding; Panto Guide

The Music section p38

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink p13

Groovers on Manouevres, Gig Monkey

The List p44

The most comprehensive listings in the region.

Telephone: Website:

Ocelot Media, 65 Rogers Meadow, Marlborough, SN8 1DZ 01672 514442

www.theocelot.co.uk

The Ocelot does not accept responsibility for goods or services offered by advertisers.

cat from central and south America.It is also the region’s leading arts and culture magazine letting you know what’s going on and where.

The Ocelot has more than 25,000 readers and is delivered to over 700 different venues on the 1st of every month.To be in it - get in touch!

For Sales call Dave Stewart on 07872 176999 or dave@theocelot.co.uk To get in The List for FREE email listings@theocelot.co.uk

The List

Editor: Jamie Hill jamie@theocelot.co.uk Contributors: Brewery Bird, John Palmgren, Ed Dyer, Dave Franklin, Agony Girl, Sid Siddle, Mark Muggeridge, Dave Stewart, Jacqui Thorndyke Printers: Advent Colour

What is an Ocelot? An Ocelot is a big

Music

Publisher:

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 4

What are you?

Bake Off; so we have quizzes.

These quizzes are meaningless and based on arbitrary marking criteria like “pick your favourite kind of hat” or “how many times have you been to the toilet today?” But we know this. We know how inane they are and how little it matters to us what Disney character we are. We even pause half way through them sometimes, considering whether we should close our browser and just go to bed (after all, it’s probably nearly midnight). But we soldier through, driven by an indolent curiosity to see the final result, only to wind up with Quasimodo.

“Share this on Facebook?” – Nah, I’ll just keep that little nugget of disappointment to myself. Wouldn’t want people finding out the only thing I’ve had worth sharing on social media since last week was a midnight Disney quiz. After all, if you don’t have any significant or enlightened news to share with the world, don’t share it at all, otherwise it’s just spam – life spam.

Life spam consists of all the raw data about your life that bleeds onto your feed, often without you knowing about it; automatically checking into restaurants, automatically posting your Candy Crush scores or how far you ran this morning (which I have been guilty of myself). Things you do with irritating frequency that most people get pretty bored of seeing, of which quizzes fall into the category of.

If the baby boomers get blamed for dwindling the world’s resources, then it’s only fair that internet generation get blamed for filling that void with spam.

The Nerd’s Last Word with Michael Bosley

Which salad dressing are you? Which Hunger Games Character are you? What World War II armoured fighting vehicle are you?

If you don’t know the answers to these fundamental questions, then you simply aren’t in touch with who you really are. If you do know the answers, then you’ve probably spent more time than you’d care to admit completing online quizzes powered by Buzzfeed and their list-format contemporaries.

It’s a well-known fact that twenty-something’s are now unable to focus their attention for more than a picosecond on one thing thanks to the internet, which has become a gaping sluice of never ending entertainment, social engagements and rapidly evolving meme culture; sucking clean the bones of every spare moment they have inbetween choosing Instagram filters for their gym selfies and caramel lattes.

News and information must now be fired into their consciousness in tiny, bite-sizes bursts like Morse code, lest it clog up their bandwidth and disrupt progress on their vintage bicycle refurbishment or backyard allotment.

But that news can sometimes be upsetting, reminding you what the world can sometimes be like without kale smoothies and the Great British

4

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 5

The Goat

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 6

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

The Goat is our resident grumpy gruff. He’s always bloody moaning. So what has got on The Goat’s ..urm. goat this month?

Britain First Okay. This will be a rant and a half.

I’ve got a friend who was always the most openminded of fellas. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.

We were out for a few drinks the other night, as goats do, and he started on an Islamophobic rant. Not against ISIS or fundamentalists but against Muslims in general. He then went on an anti-immigration rant. Not against the influx of nations from all over the world but against Muslims specifically.

Let’s just say that this guy lives in a small British market town with a Muslim population of about 30 or 40 people. But he was saying that it was really affecting his life.

Before this point I did not know he held such racist views.

This is a man who proudly stands up and states that he doesn’t read newspapers or watch the news, so where has this new-found (as far as I know) belief come from?

Facebook. Something else he freely admits.

He’s obsessed with Facebook. His world view has been skewed by all the hate messages and anti-Muslim talk that is so prevalent on what is meant to be a benign social media site. And he doesn’t even know that he’s been the victim of fascist propaganda.

Those fascists who have poisoned Facebook with their hatred of all things not ‘British’ have been quite canny in recent years at getting their message across.

Here’s another example. I know a lady who freely shares stuff from Britain First. The latest one was ‘share this if you wear your Poppy with Pride’. This is a quite worthy thing to post but for the fact that by sharing, commenting or liking you are only strengthening the cause of Britain First who have mastered Facebook’s complex algorithms to get half a million likes, meaning they are able to reach that many people with a click of a button.

Each like, share and comment will go on your Facebook feed meaning it will be seen by scores of your friends who might also share, like and comment, spreading their message still further. The growth of this political party has been unprecedented and every new like bolsters their effectiveness. It might seem like a benign and worthy message that you’re sharing but all you are doing is strengthening a cause that is anything but benign and worthy. This lady doesn’t realise that all she’s doing is supporting fascism in disguise. That’s how they’ve been so canny.

Let me tell you a bit about Britain First. It is a farright British nationalist political party and movement

formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party.

Britain First campaigns primarily against mass immigration and against what it sees as the Islamification of the United Kingdom, instead advocating Christian social conservatism. The group is inspired by Ulster loyalism and has a vigilante wing called the "Britain First Defence Force". It attracted attention by taking direct action such as protests outside homes of Islamists, and what it describes as "Christian patrols" and "invasions" of British mosques.

These aren’t nice people.

In fact I would even go as far to say that they are the very people that are damaging the openmindedness, inclusiveness and generosity of what makes this country so great in the first place.

People are allowed differing views. We don’t live in a fascist state, which is ironically what these hatemongers want, but by supporting this Britain First even through liking, commenting or sharing what seems like a worthy post you are only giving them more power. Besides that it’s a pretty underhand and unethical way of trying to gain more followers.

‘Our boys’ as they are wont to call them actually fought against fascism so it’s pretty ironic that this party is now hijacking ‘soldiers’ and ‘poppies’ for their own political gains.

All I’m saying is that next time you see a message that says ‘share this if you don’t like dead puppies’, please check who is actually behind this message first as you might be supporting a puppy killing political party!

The best bet is not to give these people oxygen in the first place. Although I do realise that even by writing this article I have given them even more oxygen but I’m hoping it’s made people a little bit more aware of what can happen through social media.

And I will be wearing my poppy with pride but not because Britain First tells me to.

6

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 7

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 8

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Oxford lights up for Christmas

Oxford is inviting everyone in to explore spaces around the city and enjoy hundreds of free events over this year's Christmas Light Festival weekend.

The festival will be held from November 21 to 23 and is open to all. Local artists, dancers, performers and musicians are busily working with over 20 of our city's venues to create a programme of free events with the theme of 'See Your City in a Different Light'.

Every year local community groups come together in the spirit of Christmas and create magical events for the festival. This year the festival is delighted to have Westgate Shopping Centre Oxford as lead sponsor of the young people's Light Installation, which will see trainees from the University's museums working with six city primary schools to create giant light sculptures inspired by the museum's collection.

This year's festival will not include a lantern procession or an outdoor stage on St Giles.

The festival hub will be hosted at Gloucester Green where Oxford City Council will work in partnership with Arts at the Old Fire Station and Oxford Playhouse to present an interactive space with an arts-based takeaway, dance by Body Politic, theatre from Slung Low and Fireflow featuring music by DJ Euton Daley and pizzas from the Pizza Midwife.

Other highlights nclude Day of Song – a series of pop-up choirs with a finale at the Town Hall and Oxford Contemporary Music who will be presenting children's sound art workshops and working with local musicians to create a medley for the ears.

8

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 9

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 10

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 11

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 12

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 13

The region’s favourite beer writer

Music The List

13

Arts & Culture

In an age where consumer thirst for locally soured foods, assurance of provenance and, let’s face it, getting one over on the money-grabbing supermarket giants where possible is at its peak, it was only a matter of time before beer joined in.

Back in 2007 in deepest, darkest Nottingham, an idea was born which very quickly was adopted on a National level. The aforementioned CAMRA branch, still in mourning at the closure of their last local brewery Hardy & Hansons; a beery stalwart since 1832 until Greene Kings purchase in 2006 – brewing was then transferred to their main site in Bury St Edmunds - decided enough was enough.

Something had to be done to support the tradition of brewing in the county.

So after many thirst-quenching nights of research and, well, research, the Nottingham branch decided that a scheme was needed to promote the pubs who insisted on stocking locally brewed ale. This initiative would build on a growing consumer demand for quality local produce alongside awareness of environmental issues. In turn this would support local brewers with increased sales and so on. And behold, LocAle was born.

And with 15 breweries now residing in the

Food and Drink

Nottingham area, and counting, coincidence?

Methinks not.

And Everyone Benefits…..

• Pubs, clubs and restaurants stocking local ales can benefit from increased consumer visits • Consumers get to enjoy a much greater and diverse beer choice • Local brewers who employ local people benefit because of increased sales • The local economy because more money is spent by both local consumers and tourists • Fewer ‘beer miles’ – resulting in less road congestion and pollution Getting Involved It’s pretty easy really. To be accredited under the scheme the Landlord/Manager of the premises agrees to ensure that at least one locally brewed beer is on sale at all times, where possible.

Accreditation is arranged at branch level – for a beer to be classed as ‘locally brewed’, the brewery must be situated within 30 miles of the pub claiming LocAle. This figure is as defined by the sustainable Communities Act, which CAMRA supports.

Pubs which are accredited under the LocAle scheme are easily identified by window stickers, posters and pump clip crowners, which are provided by the local branch. As consumers, we have the easy job. Just turn up and drink!

So if you think your local watering-hole could be classed as a LocAle pub, but isn’t then show the landlord this article!

with Brewery Bird

For Starters

Location! Location!

Location!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 14

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 15

For Starters

PULLED PORK: LIVE OR LET DIE?

Food and Drink

15

introduced a pulled chicken burger has just made me sigh repeatedly for days. They are serving it in a brioche bun with two pieces of their normal chicken and a Kentucky Black sauce along with some allegedly Southern coleslaw… Sigh. Interestingly, they haven’t actually launched it in Kentucky itself. I can’t imagine why.

Anyway, if you want really good pulled pork make it yourself.

Get a good shoulder, massage a good rub right into it and then slow cook it for as long as you can.

Finish it off on a barbecue so you get that smoky flavour (assuming you cooked it in the oven) and then slowly pull it apart so you get shreds and chunks, mixing succulent meat with those amazing burnt ends then drizzle over your awesome homemade bbq sauce.

Sorted!

The List

thought.

Sadly though and this is where Jacqui is right, too many places get it wrong. Some recent examples that I’ve experienced include one that was perfectly cooked but smothered in fennel seeds. Another didn't add flavour at all, which made the meat somewhat unloved and neglected. Cold pulled pork in a bun is a huge no - the meat needs to be warm but not hot.

Dripping in bog standard barbecue sauce is another no-no. If you can’t be bothered to make your own, at least buy a decent one, I’d happily recommend Daylesford which has the perfect balance of a thick, smoky, spicy sweetness.

The days of pulled pork may well be coming to an end if so many places can’t get it right. The recent news that KFC have

Music

Jacqui, who runs Bitten Oxford, and I had a fairly heated discussion the other day, over pulled pork! Now I realise there may be more important things we could be discussing but pulled pork is a very serious business and one which has been left to do it’s own thing for far too long.

Jacqui’s opinion was that she is totally and utterly over pulled pork and to some extent I agree. Once you see a dish go from a thing of joy to every pub menu and even a supermarket sandwich filling, then yes it’s days are numbered. But proper, hot, succulent, sticky, slow cooked pig should never go out of favour. It should have meltingly soft strands with the occasional crispy bit. It should be flavoured with herbs and spices and tossed in a smoky, sweet, spicy sauce. It should make you salivate just at the

Arts & Culture

A column by Bitten Oxford Words and Image to the right: Becca Chaplin

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:31 Page 16

Dave for all Seasons

Roasted Autumn Veg with Puy lentils and sweet balsamic dressing

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

with Dave Stewart

The combination of earthy lentils, zingy garlicky dressing, sweet roasted vegetables and fresh mint, is an ideal lunch with a bit of crusty bread, and makes an excellent side dish to roast meats, quiches, and even pizzas. It’s a handy recipe for using up any spare bits of veg you have lying around, and the oven does most of the work for you.

Cut 1 large sweet potato and 1 large courgette into bitesize cubes and mix in a baking tray with 1 red onion, ½ tsp dried thyme, ½ tsp lightly crushed fennel seed, and a generous pinch of ground allspice, salt and pepper in a baking tray and bake for 30-40 minutes at 180°C, until the sweet potato is soft and just beginning to caramelise. Whilst that's cooking, roast 2 bell peppers (any colour) in a pair of tongues or on skewers directly over an open gas flame and BBQ them, caveman style, until completely blackened on all sides. If you don't have a gas stove, grilling will also work - the important thing is to get them thoroughly softened and black on all sides. Once they are at this stage, place both the peppers inside a lidded Tupperware container or sealed plastic bag, and allow to cool in their own steam for about 10 minutes.

When the peppers are cool enough to handle, peel off most of the blackened skin (leaving on a few bits won't matter) and chop off the stalks, and remove most of the seeds. Roughly chop the roasted peppers and add them to a large bowl with a rinsed 400g can of cooked puy lentils, and the roasted sweet potato, courgette and onion. Make a dressing by mixing 1 crushed garlic clove, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp fine caster sugar, 3 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp walnut oil, and a good pinch of salt and black pepper in an old jam jar and shake it until the dressing emulsifies. Taste for seasoning (the sweetness needed will vary depending on the balsamic vinegar you're using) and then add the dressing to the lentil and veg mixture.

Toss in the fresh mint or basil (about 1 roughly chopped, large handful) and serve.

16

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 17

Win a case of Hobgoblin Gold!

For Starters Food and Drink Arts & Culture

A hidden treasure has been unearthed in the Wychwood Brewery…and it’s as pure and precious as it’s forefather.

Hobgoblin Gold is the latest beer carrying the little fella’s moniker, and while Gold might be lighter in colour, it’s definitely no lightweight. At 4.5% abv, the combination of four hop varieties and an infusion of wheat and malted barley has resulted in the perfect golden beer – with a huge hop punch.

Guilt edged golden refreshment. Well what did you expect?

And those lovely lot at Wychwood Brewery are offering you the chance to win a case of this hidden treasure. All you have to do is answer the following question:What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Send your answers to the email address below with GOLD in the subject line by November 30.

Please include your name, address and date of birth (it is beer you know!) Only one entry per person. The winner will be picked at random.

Good luck!

Music The List

Email your answers to stuff@theocelot.co.uk

17

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 18

International Pan of Mystery

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Turning up the heat on some familiar and not so familiar ingredients from around the world.

Apothic Winemakers' Blend Red

Inspired by the "Apotheca" a mysterious place where wine was blended and stored in 13th century Europe.

Apothic Red offers a masterful blend of wines including Zinfadel, Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, creating layers of dark red fruit complemented by hints of vanilla and mocha. Winemaker Boyd Morrison melds California Zinfandel, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot to create a unique red blend with rich, dramatic flavours and a smooth, velvety texture. These are all from grapes picked from Californian valleys. At £10 a bottle from Sainsbury’s it’s pretty good.

NATIONAL WEEKS OF WHATEVER Homemade Bread Day

Asafoetida

A dried gum resin originally cultivated in Iran (as seems always to be the beginning point of any story involving spices), though now widely used in South Indian cuisine to such an extent that is a characteristic regional flavour.

It’s extremely powerful stuff when you first give the jar a sniff, so much so in fact that cooks often advise that you store it separately from your other spices for fear of the odours cross-contaminating, though I personally have never found this to be a problem. Like many other pungent savoury flavours, it takes a bit of getting

Vinho di Montho

November 17

used to initially but you’ll soon be tempering dhals and wondering how you ever did without it. Once it hits hot oil, it’s flavour profile lessens from the initial impact and it mellows into a sort of leek-garlic flavour which adds, surprisingly, quite a subtle note to the finished dish.

It’s almost always cooked this way (known as ‘tempering’ in Indian cuisine, with perhaps a scattering of cumin and/or mustard seeds and/or curry leaves, and then after a few seconds, the seasoned hot oil is poured onto the cooked lentils and left to infuse for a couple of minutes.

18

Man has been making flatbreads since 10,000 BC and without doubt the ancient Egyptians have been making leavened (raised) breads with yeast for 5,000 years. Bread in one form or another has been a staple in most civilisations earning itself the title “staff of life”. With all the wonderful types of bread readily available to buy, making bread has become a rare activity for many. However the advent of breadmaking machines has encouraged many people to start making their own again.

So let’s celebrate that!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 19

Winemakers'

ah, Cabernet Sauvignon

, dramatic flavours and a

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 20

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 21

Gavin Lazurus

Sunday 2nd November

Friday night music and Thursday Comedy is back in the Cellar Bar!

Moonrakers Comedy - Thursday 6th November - Doors open at 8pm Show starts 8.30pm Opener: Orry Gibbens and Headliner: Paul Kerensa Tickets available in advance or on door ÂŁ10.00 Friday 21st November - Innes Sibun - Doors 8pm Music 9pm Entry ÂŁ5.00 Cellar Bar is available for private hire.

Book Now for our delicious Sunday Roasts Christmas Menu now available

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 22

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 23

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 24

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 25

“You talkin’ to me?”

A film column with Jamie Hill

For Starters The List

25

work, is ripe for the picking and there has been some movement on that front in recent times.

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics are in development at the moment with Joseph Gordon Levitt championing the project.

There’s also plans for Max Gillingham’s Fables to reach the big screen. If you’ve read the comics you know that this epic meta tale of fairy folk in the modern world would definitely be good at the movies.

On the small screen, Constantine launched last month in America. The adaptation of Hellblazer about a wise-cracking magician who is basically out for himself.

There’s also a TV adaptation of iZombie in the works and the very popular Preacher.

Comics have always been rich source material and in my opinion long may this continue.

Music

breathless just thinking about it.

You’re not going to be able to take a single step without treading on a cape in the next few years.

It does help that the quality of the superhero movie has improved a fair bit over the past few years with X-men, Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and the entire Marvel output.

Studios have recognised that there’s money to be made and are chucking loads at it and are not scrimping on good scriptwriters either.

But, for me, the world of comics has always been so much more than just superheroes. If you look at the British comic 2000AD, there’s hardly a superhero in sight and Judge Dredd doesn’t count as he’s a lawman at the end of the day. That’s one sequel I’d like to see though.

The entire work of Vertigo comics, DC’s alternative line of

Arts & Culture

You can’t move for superheroes at the moment. They’re everywhere.

And they’re not going anywhere. For the forseeable anyway.

I, personally, love superheroes.

I grew up on comics and still collect them so for me I’m in geek heaven.

But I can understand why some people are feeling a bit superheroed out at the moment.

Warner Bros and Marvel have both announced what films will be hurtling our way in the next seven years or so and they include next year’s Avenger’s sequel, Batman V Superman, Antman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Shazam, plus loads more.

Then there’s Sony who have announced the next X-Men sequel will be in 2016, as well as a reboot of the Fantastic Four, and the opening up of the Spider-man universe with Sinister Six. It leaves you all a bit

Food and Drink

A piece of cape!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 26

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 27

For Starters The List

27

Music

Andy Zaltzman, best known for Political Animal, The Department and the hit podcast The Bugle, has taken his one man show, Satire for Hire, on the road.

After a successful run in Edinburgh and Soho it’s on its way to Oxford and Reading. I spoke to him to find out what it’s all about.

Satire for Hire gives the audience a chance to have the issues they care about satirised live on stage. Andy is inviting audience members to send in anything from a general grumble to a specific irk via email him directly before the show so he can turn it into comedy gold.

Andy said he’s already received a massive range of subjects from the Scottish referendum, the Middle East and the economy to people wanting him to satirise their partners, Pokémon characters and the lyrics of Carly Rae Jepsen.

When I asked him about the audience participation he said “I wanted to do something a

bit more interactive than my regular shows and thought it would be an interesting idea to get the audience involved.”

“The shows have a more conversational feeling and forced me to write about issues that I otherwise would never have considered. It also allows me to be a bit more spontaneous on stage” Andy’s comedy has always had a political slant and with an election looming and UKIP on the rise there is plenty to talk about. Andy said “I think most people who aren’t interested in politics are turned off by Westminster politics and politicians. We’ve had low turnouts at elections over the last 15 years and yet most of the biggest protests in British history have happened during that time. While there’s a massive amount of dissatisfaction with Westminster politics and a lack of trust, there’s still a lot of interest in political issues.

Satire for Hire is coming to Oxford’s Glee Club on the 14th November and Reading South Street Arts Centre on the 6th December. According to Andy you should expect “an enjoyable cavalcade of satire and hogwash.” And remember to tell him what you want satirised at satirisethis@satiristforhire.com.

Arts & Culture

Breaking a Leg with John Palmgren

Food and Drink

Have I got satire for you?

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 28

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Beating around the Bo Noel Fielding is about to embark on his first solo tour for five years. The comedian, who thanks to his work on The Mighty Boosh, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, has an enormously loyal following, is starring in a new show, simply entitled, “An Evening with Noel Fielding.” Featuring Noel’s inimitable blend of stand-up, animation, music and appearances by some of his best-loved characters, including The Moon, The Dark Side of the Moon and Fantasy Man, it’s a blinding show. As Noel himself puts it, “You’d be a fool to miss out. Come along, bring your Nan. Fancy dress optional.” He will be appearing as part of the tour at Reading’s Hexagon Theatre on November 27 and 28. James Rampton caught up with him for a chat.

Noel and I are chatting in his north London studio. Surrounded by props – including life-size cardboard cut-outs of a robber with a stripy jumper and a swag bag and a nun wielding a huge gun – and his own arresting paintings, he makes for entertaining company.

The five years away from the live arena have only whetted Noel’s appetite for stand-up. He has spent the last few years occupied by the meticulously produced, semi-animated E4 show, Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy, and begins by underlining that nothing beats the rush generated by live work.

“The problem with TV is that it takes years to make, and after a while you can’t remember what it’s like to tell a joke and get a laugh from it.

“The great thing about live comedy is that it cuts out the middle men - all those TV producers and directors. It takes out everything that gets in the way, so it’s just you and the audience. It’s a really pure setup.”

Noel’s comedy can divide

people. But he thinks that the infectious nature of his stand-up show can help to win over the agnostics. “Some people might think they’re allergic to you, but if they come to a live show and see everyone is laughing, it’s hard to say that it’s not funny. It was the same with the Boosh.

Sceptics were convinced when they came to our shows.

“As a stand-up, you spend all day being nervous. But as soon as you step onto the stage and get the first laugh, it’s magic time. It’s like being in a dream.

It’s a real buzz.”

28

Noel, who for many years has been a team captain on BBC2's Never Mind the Buzzcocks, is also relishing the prospect of touring the country.

“It’s great," he enthuses. "You get to visit all these nice places you’ve never been to before.

When you arrive at a lot of towns, you just go, ‘Wow!’” The comedian, who will be joined on stage in “An Evening with Noel Fielding” by the loose stylings of his brother Michael Fielding (best known as Naboo and Smooth from The Mighty Boosh) and the physical lunacy of

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 29

nd the Boosh with Noel For Starters Food and Drink The List

29

Music

day find the time to make a long-planned movie, continues that, "There are certain things that you just know will work. At one point, I play a herbal tea bag. I knew that would strike a chord because everyone has tea.

“The Chicken Man was more of a gamble, but people really seem to like him. They’re also really enjoying a section where Tom plays Antonio Banderas and Michael plays Hawkeye, the living embodiment of the tennis line judge. It’s great to think up these ideas and then watch them take flight."

The comedian attempts to sum up the style of the show. "It's so abstract. It's like you turn the radio dial, and something random comes on. You're not quite sure what it is, but you warm to it."

The only drawback about touring as far as Noel is concerned is that, "You're buzzing with adrenaline when you come off stage. You have to do something with that, and it's very hard not to go and get drunk. In the old days, we'd give the Rolling Stones a run for their money with our after-show behaviour.

“But now I'm in my forties, I have to find new ways to calm myself down. Like Mick Jagger, I'll have to get fit. After the show, Michael and I used to go drinking. This time we'll have to go to mazes and local markets and drink peppermint tea.”

Arts & Culture

Tom Meeten (who plays Andy Warhol in Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy), proceeds to let us in on the plot for “An Evening with Noel Fielding.”

"The first half is set in a cabaret club," he reveals.

"Then I get kidnapped from my own show, and in the second half the rest of the characters have to find me. I'll be playing other characters during the second half. It becomes like a play. It's a sort of farce.

"That's why I've called it 'An Evening with Noel Fielding', because it's not something I'd usually do," he explains. "It's more like something Barry Humphries would do."

The evening will also feature music that Noel has composed with Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian and stand-up routines. Noel, who for many years performed with his close friend Julian Barratt in The Mighty Boosh, dubbed “The funniest comedy double act in Britain” by the NME, discloses some of the themes he will be addressing in this part of the show. "I touch on turning 40 and my Peter Pan complex. Because I'm now 40, I try to do a bleak bit, but of course it soon becomes completely fantastical. I attempt to go gritty, but I can't help going fantasy."

As an example, Noel says he has been working up the character of Chicken Man. "He's like a figure from a Jodorowsky Spaghetti Western. He's half man, half chicken. He has to fight a bandit, and he's got Tourette's. He's like a cross between A Streetcar Named Desire and Foghorn Leghorn. He keeps flipping in and out of madness."

Noel's comedy is always richly imaginative, but can he tell if he's gone too far? "No!" laughs the comedian, who has also acted in The IT Crowd, Nathan Barley and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.

"Locked away in North London for years making Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, we'd think, 'Let's do something based on William Blake's painting, The Ghost of a Flea.' That could be very self-indulgent.

"But it could only exist on telly. Doing stand-up, you're edited by the audience. If you take too mad a line, you'll lose people. But on the other hand, if something is getting big laughs, it'll never leave the show."

Noel, who is hopeful that he and Julian will one

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 30

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 31

Monday November 3 Fancy a laugh?

Four Comedians and a compere all for free!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 32

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 33

The cast of this year’s Wyvern panto Dick Whittington

For Starters

33

The List

year’s pantomime launch, he was obviously a bit weary after sitting through a non-stop rotation of different journalists but being ever the professional he was still very friendly.

He said: “I think there’s something very lovely about panto. It’s very honest and goes back to the earliest traditions of when theatre first started.

There was a lot more audience participation. The audience would sit in a circle around the actors when the performed and they felt a lot more part of the performance. Panto still does that. It’s what makes it so fun.”

Havers, who starred in Empire of the Sun, Downton Abbey, The Charmer and Chariots of Fire, loves panto for many reasons.

He said: “It’s very British isn’t it? There’s something innocent about it. As an actor you’re also able to cut loose a bit more. It’s a lot more informal and just fun.

“I might end up a dancing a little but I don’t think anyone would look forward to my singing voice. I’m also looking forward to some good boo hissing!”

Music

There’s a big Keith Chegwin type hole at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre this year. The irrepressible star has been in the last three successive pantos but this year they’ve got the brilliant Nigel Havers to fill his shoes. He will be playing King Rat. Dick Whittington, this year’s panto, will run from Saturday December 6 to Sunday January 4.

Nigel Havers will be joined in the pantomime by newcomer Lucy Kane and pantomime favourite David Ashley, who has performed in the Wyvern Theatre’s festive productions for the last three years. Lewis Barnshaw and Suzie Chard will also be in attendance, both returning having performed in pantomime at the Wyvern Theatre previously – Lewis as Dandini in Cinderella and Suzie as the Genie in Aladdin.

This year’s pantomime adventure will be spectacularly brought to life with an abundance of comedy, stunning sets and fabulous costumes – plus, as is tradition plenty of audience participation.

When I sat down to talk with Nigel Havers in the beautiful setting of Lechlade where they held this

Arts & Culture

Panto season is upon us again. And in the next few pages we will provide a complete guide to all the pantos that are happening in Ocelotshire. And there’s a hell of a lot!

Jamie Hill caught up with Nigel Havers who is starring in Dick Whittington at Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre.

Food and Drink

The Ocelot Panto Guide

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 34

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

The Annual Ocelot Pan Arlington Arts, Newbury www.arlingtonarts.co.uk As is always the case with Arlington Arts they never do the expected so there’s no panto as such but in the lead-up to Christmas from December 19 to 21 they have Ballet Theatre UK’s fantastic

City Hall, Salisbury www.cityhallsalisbury.co.uk

With their usual range of quality acts in the run-up to Christmas like The South (Dec 18) and Frank Skinner (Dec 21) City Hall gets into the Christmas spirit with the Big Snows Ball (Dec 5) and That’ll Be The Day

performance of Swan Lake.

Cornerstone Arts, Didcot www.cornerstone-arts.org

Apart from the festive jazz show ‘What a Wonderful Christmas’ (Dec 13) the big festive performce will be ‘The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus’ from December 15 to December 24 - a fun-

Corn Exchange, Newbury www.cornexchangenew.com

The Corn Exchange’s panto this year is Aladdin. It runs from November 28 to January 4 2015. Will Aladdin manage to rescue the Princess from the evil Abanazar?

And will Widow

filled show about Santa Claus’ early life.

Creation Theatre, Oxford www.creationtheatre.co.uk Creation Theatre’s big Christmas production this year is Wind in the Willows at Oxford’s North Wall Arts Centre from December 5 to January 10 2015. This is the daring adventures of Mr Toad

Twankey ever get her washing dry?

The Hexagon, Reading www.readingarts.com/thehexagon

That belle of the ball Cinderella is the panto at The Hexagon with Hairy Biker Dave Myers and Liza Goddard. It takes place from December 6 to January 4, 2015.

The royal invitations are

and his riverside friends.

New Theatre, Oxford www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-theatre-oxford There’s always something a bit different about New Theatre as they never go down the traditional panto route. The big show they have over Christmas is Dirty Dancing straight from the West End. An

Christmas Show (Dec19).

unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensationally sexy dancing. The show is performed from December 9 to January 3. You will have the time of your life!

34

out and you shall go to the Ball!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:32 Page 35

celot Panto Guide It’s Beauty and The Beast at Oxford Playhouse this year. It takes place from December 5 to January 18 2014. Round the corner at BT Studio they’ve got Hurry up Father Christmas from

20). A chaotic night in the country awaits.

Pegasus Theatre, Oxford www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

Salisbury Playhouse www.salisburyplayhouse.com

You should take a gander at Mother Goose at Salisbury Playhouse from December 3 to January 10 2015. Packed with plenty of laughs and silly yolks, eggcelent music and audience

heart of the frozen snow queen.

Swindon Arts Centre www.swindontheatres.co.uk

The Watermill Theatre, Newbury www.watermill.org.uk

Peter Pan is the big production at The Watermill this year and it takes place from November 20 to January 4. A classic story of magic, courage and friendship with original music to warm

to Sunday December 28.

Wyvern Theatre, Swindon www.swindontheatres.co.uk

brought to life with an abundance of comedy, stunning sets and fabulous costumes – plus, as is tradition with the Wyvern Theatre's annual pantomime promises plenty of audience participation.

35

The List

As reported a couple of pages ago Nigel Havers is the big bad in the Wyvern’s panto Dick Whittington this year. It takes place from December 6 to January 4. This magical production will be spectacularly

your heart, fly away for to Neverland.

Music

From Tuesday November 25 to Saturday November 29 you can catch Stagestruck’s Cinderella. Failing that there’s Rod Campbell’s Dear Santa from Monday December 22

participation this will be good for all ages.

Arts & Culture

The Show Queen by Mike Kenny is the big Christmas show at the wonderful Pegasus Theatre this year. It takes place from December 5 to January 4 and tells the story of rescue and melting the

December 11 to January 4 2015.

Food and Drink

There’s loads of stuff going at The Old Fire Station this season but one thing you wouldn’t expect is a taste of summer from Oxford Theatre Guild with Noel Coward’s Hayfever (Dec16 to

Oxford Playhouse www.oxfordplayhouse.com

For Starters

Old Fire Station,Oxford www.oldfirestation.org.uk

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 36

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 37

Fri 7th - Aqua Vista + Support Fri 14th - Dreams Divide + Supports Fri 21st - Bonsai Pirates + Robb Blake (Acoustic) Fri 28th - Bands to be Announced

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 38

with Mark Muggeridge

This is Panama Wedding

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

This is New Music

New York based Panama Wedding is one of the hippest names to drop right now as they grow an international reputation at the speed of light. This is feelgood electro pop that superbly straddles the cool indie scene as well as finding favour with mainstream music fans who simply crave a tune that can uplift them. Much of the band's sudden success has been driven by fans sharing the music across social media. Tastemaker websites Neon Gold, Indie Shuffle, and A Crack In The Road gave fans the early heads-up. A No1 placing on The Hype Machine did the rest. The band are releasing their debut EP on November 3 and key tracks for you to hunt down include UMA and All Of The People. facebook.com/panamawedding

This is These Reigning Days

These Reigning Days come from Devon and look set to blast through on an international level with a slick, urgent guitar sound that puts them head and shoulders above many of the other young hopefuls being touted as the future of rock. They recently released their debut album, Opera of Love which has already produced two radio hits, Opera of Love and Thrones which have been supported by Radio1 and Xfm. The guys have also had terrific support via the BBC’s Introducing scheme which shows that this line of approach can produce mainstream hit producing acts. The release comes at the end of two years of almost continuous touring which saw the guys travel as far as Vladivostock Rocks in Eastern Russia and Emerge Festival in Mumbai. One fan described These Reigning Days as ‘Coldplay with Balls’ so if stadium style rock is your thing then hunt out key tracks including I Need Time and Living It Up. (thesereigningdays.co.uk)

This is Purple

Instantly in your face with an exuberant guitar rush and a screaming lead vocal from singer and drummer Hanna Brewer, trio Purple bring us top slice of power pop-rock from their debut album titled (409), which is named after their local area post-code.

Influenced by artists such as The Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Dave Grohl the members of Purple come from Texan oil town Beaumont and clearly they are survivors. Their bio tells us ‘Half their friends ended up in their refineries. Some couldn’t take it; some ended their lives’ but as an antidote these small town misfits chose to form Purple. (409) was recorded in El Paso with producer Chris 'Frenchie' Smith noted for his work with rock acts such as Jet and And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead which should give you a good idea of the direction their music is going in. There’s cool indie humour in their videos of the Weezer variety, so hunt down tracks like Leche Loco and Target. (purpletexasmusic.com) 38

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 39

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 40

The Gig Mon key

For Starters

Gig Monkey, AKA Ed Dyer, is a primate on a mission to discover as muc be out and about as well as reviewing as much stuff as you can send h

Gig Monkey’s Oxford Special

Following on from my mini-rant last month I decide that if the mountain won’t come to Gig Monkey, then Gig Monkey will go to the mountain. Consequently, a scan of the Ocelot Gig Guide, and a perusal of my oh-sohectic social calendar highlighted a show of some potential down at the Bullingdon / Art Bar or whatever it is being called at the moment. It also gave me some material for my reviews page in a bit of a bonus, meaning this month I dedicate my whole column to the musical delights of Oxford! So, the gauntlet is down Reading – can you fill both pages next month? Get those recordings and gig suggestions in to me - ed@theocelot.co.uk

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

Co-Pilgrim, The August List & Swindlestock live at The Bullingdon In a change to the advertised openers (Vienna Ditto succumbing to illness) I arrived in time to catch most of the replacement. To my delight, this substitute was a couple of members of Swindlestock, a band I had enjoyed immensely at the Punt earlier in the year, and been meaning to catch again.

Straight away I was reminded why, there is an honesty about what these folk do, they are unashamedly country and don’t care. Singer Dava really does have a voice to behold; it is perfectly suited to their homespun, bluesy rock ‘n’ roll Americana, a sound that belongs in Bob’s Country Bunker, played behind chickenwire to a raucous audience of rednecks. Stripping the band down to a guitar and vocal two-piece worked a treat, it gave a real sense of the craft of their songs.

Since hearing their initial releases I had been champing at the bit to see The August List live, so I was somewhat excited to finally be getting the chance. Celebrating the release of their debut album (see review on the next page) the guys were also treating us to a full band show for the first time. I wasn’t sure whether this was a good thing or not for my first August List show as I had heard about the array of homemade, toy and vintage instruments that Kerraleigh and Martin play as a duo, giving me amusing mental images of one-man-bands (Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins?) and had been excited to witness this, still, if I needed an excuse to see them again there it was.

Any adverse thoughts such as this were soon banished however when the music started. On stage there is an appealing awkwardness about the two, a humbleness and gratitude that makes you want to give them a big hug and reassure them that all is going well. This downbeat persona increases the focus on the songs, which is a very good thing, as it is the songs that are the bands ace card. They have hit upon a winning formula of sublime melody, foot

40

stomping beats, authentic southern sounds and hooks galore. Oh those hooks! Songs like Cut Yer Teeth, All to Break and the stomping sing-along Forty Rod of Lightnin’ are more contagious than a tropical virus.

The second trump these two have is their singing.

Martin’s style is understated whilst Kerraleighs voice makes your eyes widen – cutting and animated and the perfect, effusive counterpoint to her partners hangdog subtlety. The delight and joy that the duo take in performing a set of songs that lyrically can be fairly dark is a wonder, and it is this that made the live set so compelling - I didn’t really think the whole band set-up added a great deal extra to the party, so I am looking forward to catching them as a twosome. Although when music is this genuine, this exciting and this fun, who needs an excuse to go and see it?

Co-Pilgrim were also celebrating an album release (reviewed opposite) and in a further parallel also could be bracketed as an “Americana” act.

There the similarities start to run out though, as they are a slicker, more polished outfit. Oozing a confidence on stage that only comes with experience they play a more West-Coast Americana, with honeyed harmony vocals and soaring melodies.

Everything they did was considered, professional and highly polished right down to the on stage banter. And excellent stuff it all was too, really giving a sense of place that other bands struggle to do.

But, after the exciting rough and ready nature of the August List however, this came over as too smooth and too perfect and I was left feeling like I wanted some rough edges to appear in the music. Not a fair judgement perhaps, but the sort of thing that can happen at a multi-band live show. I will be seeking out my own second opinion on them soon, as I have a feeling there is much more to their show than I was able to pick up on.

Mon key Bit Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 41

ate on a mission to discover as much quality original music playing as possible. He will ng as much stuff as you can send him to ed@theocelot.co.uk

The August List – O Hinterland (LP)

Co-Pilgrim – Plumes (LP)

The Ideas – Kicking Up Stones / Between The Rain I don’t usually review older material, or random tracks, but these guys wrote a rather nice email to me and I am in a charitable mood and open to politeness and ego smoothing for a change. Also, following on from last month’s complaining I ought to follow up on someone who has made the effort to get in touch! These guys sent over some links that led me to a complete track and a demo which do show some promise. However, they do seem to have something of an identity issue going on, categorising themselves as an alternative rock band but having a rootsier, folk style to their music. Kicking Up Stones has a great Springsteen vibe to it once the chorus kicks in although lyrically is a tad repetitive. The demo track Between The Rain is stripped back and basic, as you would expect perhaps,but it does sound like this is intentional, and it is a more considered and constructed song with hints of Benjamin Francis Leftwich to it. Keep at it guys!

41

The List

Nice little collection of tracks with a great mellow pop vibe about them – Oxford seems to do this sort of dreamy stuff better than most (see Trophy Wife and The Winchell Riots among many others).

Featuring a couple of new tracks, a remix and a demo this is a tidy introduction to the band and suggests some promise for the future. Glass is the standout track, building gently into a hooky pop song with catchy melodies and lyrics. The remix of this track boosts the bassline and beats into Friendly

More country / folk music, it seems to be the month for it and again it is damn fine. In fact, the only thing that is wrong with it is it is not as good as The August List (unfortunate timing really) as it bears much resemblance – male / female twin vocals, backwoods style Americana with stomping rhythms and a lo-fi attitude. That still means this is pretty respectable and much better than much of the dreary and increasingly formulaic acoustic guitar based music out there at the moment. There is a real atmosphere created and the songs have surprising depth to them. This would have been a standout record in almost any other month.

Music

Yew – Yew (EP)

Little Red – Sticks and Stones (EP)

Arts & Culture

The third album from this Oxon / Hants mini supergroup (a pedigree that includes Goldrush, Black Neilson and The Dreaming Spires cannot be ignored) is a handsome slice of fabulous dreamy west-coast Americana; full of sunny Beach Boys harmony vocals yet dripping with an authentic melancholy. It is a record of contrasts; the beautiful, sweeping melodies float around deliciously, lifting the spirits as they flow around your ears. However, listening in to the poetic and erudite lyrics and you find heartworm tales of sadness and a mellow misery that is curiously compelling. This is a fantastically deep record, beautifully put together and will have an appeal that will grow and change over time.

Fire territory but doesn’t add a great deal to the song. The Floor is a softer, textured affair but suffers slightly from a lack of drive. The demo track Don’t Ask adds nothing to the package. Frankly I don’t see why bands feel a need to release development tracks alongside complete songs. That gripe aside, with a little more direction and drive (and a more obvious to find internet presence) Yew could be worth keeping an eye on.

Food and Drink

Record of the month!

This album left me slack-jawed in amazement when I first heard it. And pretty much every time there after. Could I be declaring the album of the year early? Possibly, as it is going to take something special to beat this. Fabulously and unashamedly lofi, rough around the edges and rustic the strength of this collection is in the immediacy of the songs, they are catchy, foot-stomping backwoods folk tunes, infectious and drenched with atmosphere. The subtleties and nuances of the sounds are astonishing, the twin vocals contrast and complement perfectly and the sparse instrumentation just serves to create genuinely tingling moments. Pull up your rocking chair, crack a beer open and enjoy a musical moment on your porch.

For Starters

Gig Monkey’s big fat jukebox

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 42

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Groovers on Manouevres

Waxing Lyrical with the Ghost of Corelli

By Dave Franklin When people ask me what is most important, lyrics or music, whilst I understand both sides of the debate, I have no hesitation but to say lyrics. For me good lyrics are poetry, a contemporary literary form set to music. And whereas anyone listening to music hears pretty much the same thing, different life experiences can mean that we all get something different out of the lyrics, intentionally or otherwise. That’s why, for example, most people don’t get the love/hate dichotomy in Springsteen’s blue-collar anthems or why the BNP didn’t see the irony of using a song by the left leaning Manic Street Preachers for a recruitment campaign.

That’s also why I find the AKPoets latest album, The Ghost of Corelli, so rewarding from a literary point of view. There are

obvious, direct metaphors especially with the boxing imagery of Cassius Clay used to put the central character on the pedestal through his girlfriends eyes, but there are also less tangible images being painted.

The philosophical and insightful reflections of In an Empty Room to the layered meanings of Sweet Dreams - running the gamut of the innocence of putting a child to bed to the heartache of losing a loved one.

It is this ability for songs, in the right hands, to be all things to all people that are the reason that music videos are often disappointing. Their rigid limitation to present only one view of all the myriad possibilities is on par with your favourite literary creation being put on screen and feeling like a deliberate character assassination.

But it is not all introspection

and simile, the track that bucks the trend is swansong Eleven Thousand Martyred Virgins, which juxtaposes cliché and poeticism, deliberately mixes metaphor and literary references and which remains obtuse if not obscure throughout yet does so with a pallet of primary colours.

Great music is great music but great lyrics are literature.

By Sid Siddle of Club Velocity On paper I should totally loathe these kids. I should spit blood every time I hear their music.

Well pop kids.Club Velocity is all about great music - whatever genre. As long it is amazing - then count us in. I want to join the party.

The Blank Bibles are already creating greeaaatttttt music.

The Blank Bibles were born in Reading - now based in London.

You will be very much pushed to hear a better-instantly accessible band this year. They might number six - but it all makes sense.

Check out their ditty 'Down The Line' and within thirty seconds it sounds like a long lost classic

that you already know.

Although they might be teasing us with a commercial pop folk sound - this isn't your run of the mill beard and sandals copy cats. This is real. Also let us mention a tad of world beat. Soaring harmonies.

Their lead singer has a wonderful juicy voice that melts butter at fifty paces. Guitars that soar. Drum patterns that flow. Topped off with keys.

They even have a song about spiders.

They adore Paul Simon.

The potential here is huge.The question is are they punk enough to go and eat at the big table and clean their plates.

A major record wet dream of a band.

And not a banjo in sight!

The Blank Bibles play the Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street Reading November 15th Doors 8pm £5 (door) £4 (adavance) www.wegottickets.co.uk soundcloud.com/BlankBibles

The Blank Bibles

42

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 43

NOVEMBER LISTINGS Sat 1st

Four Fighters tribute act 8pm £8

Mon 3rd

The Ocelot Comedy Night 8pm free

Thurs 6th

Songs of Praise presents Vienna Ditto + Bad Sounds + Winston and Goldstein 8pm £3

Fri 7th

Penfold 8pm free

Sat 8th

Are you Experienced? The ultimate Jimi Hendrix tribute 8pm £8

Thurs 13th

Ghost of Machines EP Launch + Carnival 8pm free

Fri 14th

Marc O’Reilly plus support - in support of album Human Herdings 8pm £6adv £7dr

Sat 15th

Buswell + Last Box Of Sparklers 8pm £3adv £5dr

Thurs 20th

The St Pierre + Blindmans Bastion + Gag Reflex 8pm £3

Fri 21st

Stop Stop + Vynal Matt 8pm £3adv £4dr

Sat 22nd

Whole Lotta DC 8pm £6adv £8dr

Thurs 27th

The Wires + Ben Maggs + Jimmy Moore 8pm free

Fri 28th

Felix and The Funk 8pm free

Sat 29th

Kova Me Badd + The Racket 8pm £4 Fundraising event in loving memory of Jock (Ian Kerr) yer auld pal!

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 44

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Paloma was looking for a stable relationship

Paloma Faith in Reading The ever popular Paloma Faith is coming to Reading this month as part of her nationwide tour.

The tour is in support of her third album ‘A Perfect Contradiction’ and she will be playing Reading’s Hexagon on Sunday November 9.

The album, which follows 2012’s double platinum selling ‘Fall To Grace’, features a roster of legendary music icons, singer-songwriters and producers including Pharrell Williams (who collaborated on first single ‘Can’t Rely On You’), Diane Warren, Plan B, John Legend, Stewart Matthewman and Raphael Saadiq.

Most of the collaborators actively courted Paloma, with Pharrell approaching her at the Met Ball, and Diane Warren repeatedly calling to ask Paloma to listen to a song she had written with her in mind.

‘A Perfect Contradiction’ marks a change in sound for Paloma. She said: “Its tone is the very opposite of what the last album was. There are a couple of melancholy moments, sure, but it’s much

more a ‘if it’s all gone to shit, fuck it, let’s have a dance’ kind of record.”

Paloma wrote a lot of the album whilst living in New York last year, and completed the recording process between there, Miami, LA and London. As well as the older sounds she has always adored, Paloma channelled Eryka Badu and Jill Scott, The Fugees and N.E.R.D. One of the benchmarks for the album was Candi Staton’s classic ‘Young Hearts Run Free’: a song in which the lyrics speak of sadness, but the delivery leaves you feeling absolutely empowered: “I’ve been reflecting on things that have been tough, but I’m almost celebrating that. If you haven’t been to the bottom, you wouldn’t be able to recognise how it feels to feel really amazing, after all”.

"This album feels like the real me, almost," Paloma says, . "And in a funny way, it feels like coming home. I've realised that learning confidence really makes you capable of things...and that together we can be capable of anything."

44

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 45

ART EXHIBITONS AND CRAFT Thurs September 11 to Thurs November 6 New Greenham Arts GREENHAM COMMON OPEN EXHIBITION Tuesday November 11 Arlington Arts Centre NEWBURY FLORAL SOCIETY: 'THE MERRY BELLS OF YULE' 2pm

CABARET

READING

Saturday November 8

South Street Arts Centre MORGAN AND WEST - Time travelling Victorian magicians return to South Street.

7pm

COMEDY

NEWBURY

Friday November 7 New Greenham Arts SEAN HUGHES 8pm Sean Hughes is back on tour following the success of his new show ‘Penguins’ at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Friday November 21 Corn Exchange JONGLEURS - Newbury's favourite monthly comedy club.

Saturday November 1 Jongleurs Comedy Club SUZY BENNETT + LUISA OMIELAN + PETER BRUSH + BEN NORRIS Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17 Concert Hall STEPHEN K AMOS: WELCOME TO MY WORLD Part of Reading Comedy Festival 8pm

Saturday November 8

Saturday November 22 Concert Hall MARK WATSON: FLAWS 7.30pm Jongleurs Comedy Club JOJO SUTHERLAND + LUKE TOULSON + TOBIAS PERSSON Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17

Weds November 26 and Thurs November 27 The Hexagon AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING 8pm Friday November 28 Olympia COMEDY AND CURRY doors 7pm, curry served at 7.30pm, last admission at 8pm.

The Hexagon DAVID BADDIEL: FAME: NOT THE MUSICAL First full show for 15 years! 7.30pm

Saturday November 29 Jongleurs Comedy Club DAVID WARD + LUISA OMIELAN + ROBERT WHITE + WAYNE DEAKIN Doors 6:45 pm | Show 8:30 pm DANCE

NEWBURY

Saturday November 1 Liberty Newbury CEROC SPOOKTOPIA 7pm-2am Friday November 7

Monday November 3

The Hexagon MOSCOW BALLET LA CLASSIQUE - THE NUTCRACKER 7.30pm Saturday November 22 The Hexagon DANCING IN THE STREETS 8pm DJ NIGHTS NEWBURY

Saturday November 1 Corn Exchange SKELETON BALL 7.30pm Hocus Pocus and Halloween spirit come out to play at out the Skeleton Ball.

Saturday November 15 Liberty Newbury 60S & 70S PARTY £7otd – 7pm-1am READING

Every Thursday Oakford Social Club REMIX CLUB NIGHT 8pm to 1am Sub89 PROPAGANDA CLUB NIGHT 10.30pm Every Friday Face Bar RELOADED CLUB NIGHT 9pm Every Saturday The Abbot Cook DJ NIGHT 8pm

Friday November 7 Sub89 ADJUSTED AUDIO 5TH BIRTHDAY W/ HAZARD, BAD COMPANY, RENE LA VICE, ULTERIOR MOTIVE + MORE! 10pm £8

Friday November 14 Sub89 TROUPE W/ REDLIGHT + MARIBOU STATE + CAPULET + MORE (2 Floor Event!) 10:30pm £8 Saturday November 29

45

The List

Friday November 7 Olympia COMEDY AND CURRY doors 7pm, curry served at 7.30pm, last admission at 8pm.

The Hexagon DAVE GORMAN GETS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT (THE POWERPOINT) 8pm South Street Arts Centre SCOUNDRELS COMEDY CLUB WITH ROMESH RANGANATHAN + MATT CROSBY + KATIE MULGREW + TOM PRICE (MC) 8pm

READING

Music

READING

Friday November 21

Friday November 28 Liberty Newbury LINE DANCING SOCIAL WITH CAROLINE DEWSBURY- £6otd– 7pm-11pm

Arts & Culture

Monday November 17 The Hexagon Sally Morgan: Psychic Sally on the road 7.30pm

Saturday November 15 Jongleurs Comedy Club JOHN ROBERTSON + JAY HAMPSON + JOHN HASTINGS + IAN MOORE Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm prices from £17

Friday November 14 Liberty Newbury BALLROOM SOCIAL WITH ZOEY PRICE £8otd– 7pm-11pm

Food and Drink

Weds November 12 to Mon November 24 New Greenham Arts IN STITCHES EXHIBITION Our Stitch and Chat group meets fortnightly at New Greenham Arts and is run by Textiles artist, Mandi Bainbridge.

Friday November 14 South Street Arts Centre SARA PASCOE VS HISTORY - Star of Stand Up For the Week, QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week & Twenty Twelve.

8pm

Corn Exchange MANMADE DANCE 7.30pm See the future stars of male dance on the Corn Exchange stage.

For Starters

NEWBURY

Jongleurs Comedy Club RORY O'HANLON + LUISA OMIELAN + MICKEY SHARMA + JONNY AWSUM Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:30 pm from £17 The Hexagon AL MURRAY THE PUB LANDLORD: ONE MAN, ONE GUVNOR - The Pub Landlord returns...

7.30pm

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 46

South Street Arts Centre DARKLANDS - Club night playing post-punk, fuzz, C86, Goth, Electronic, Indie pop and Industrial. 8pm FAMILY EVENTS

NEWBURY

Saturday November 1 Newbury Racecourse CHARITY FIREWORKS & FUNFAIR SPECTACULAR 2014 - Join Roary the Lion and his friends from The Lions' Club of Newbury for Newbury's biggest, brightest and loudest Charity Firework and Funfair Spectacular!

Saturday November 8 Corn Exchange NICK COPE: FAMILY MUSIC on the Corn Exchange Balcony Bar - Enjoy a delightful morning of songs and fun about everything from counting and animals to how plants grow.

Saturday November 22 Corn Exchange SATURDAY STORIES - Corn Exchange Balcony Bar - Come and spend a morning with your family at the Corn Exchange and listen to some stories in a friendly environment.

Arts & Culture

FILM

NEWBURY

Fri October 31 to Thurs November 6 Corn Exchange THE JUDGE (15) Corn Exchange Cinema

Fri November 7 to Thurs November 13 Corn Exchange SERENA (15) Corn Exchange Cinema -The future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated during the depressionera in North Carolina.

Music

Corn Exchange ‘71 (15) Corn Exchange Cinema - An ordinary British soldier on a tour of duty in the crisis zone that is 1971 Northern Ireland.

Tuesday November 25 Corn Exchange HOCKNEY: LIVE FROM LA Corn Exchange Cinema - An exclusive gala screening of the highly anticipated new feature GIGS AND CONCERTS

NEWBURY

The List

Saturday November 1 Arlington Arts Centre NELL BRYDEN 8pm

Wednesday November 5 Arlington Arts Centre BENEATH THE ALBION SKY 8pm

Thursday November 6 Arlington Arts Centre RUARRI JOSEPH PLUS LILLY AND MEG 8pm

Saturday November 8 St John’s Church MUSIC BY MOZART AND HAYDN -A special evening of classical music presented by Newbury Chamber Choir. in St John's Church Corn Exchange CEILIDH - THREEPENNY BIT - A raucous evening from an energetic eight piece concert/ceilidh band. 7.30pm Arlington Arts Centre SANDI THOM 8pm

Saturday November 15 Arlington Arts Centre LADY NADE & THE SILHOUETTES + OCEAN RUINS 8pm

Wednesday November 19 Corn Exchange LOCAL COMEDY SINGER/ SONGWRITER LEGEND MIKE SCOTT SUPPORT FROM ROSIE UPTON £4. Floor singers welcome. 8pm.

Thursday November 20

Corn Exchange LIVE AND LYRICAL 7.30pm Open-Mic Talent night Arlington Arts Centre PETER KNIGHT GIGSPANNER 8pm

Friday November 21 Corn Exchange CAFÉ CONCERT: SECRETS OF ORCHESTRA BRASS UNWRAPPED A continuation of the popular ‘Secrets of the Orchestra’ series.

Arlington Arts Centre THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN PLUS HEG & THE WOLF CHORUS 8pm

Saturday November 22 Liberty Newbury ROCK ‘N’ ROLL GREGGI G AND HIS CRAZY GANG & DJ West End Pete £10otd – 7pm1am Corn Exchange CAROLS AT THE CORN EXCHANGE 7.30pm A wonderful evening of Carols to start the Christmas Season.

Arlington Arts Centre THE POOZIES 8pm Friday November 28 Arlington Arts Centre MATT SCHOFIELD PLUS SPECIAL GUEST BEN POOLE 8pm The Dolphin GOULDY - SINGER FROM GOING UNDERGROUND 9pm free Saturday November 29

46

Liberty Newbury THE REGULAR JOES 40s Jump Jive & Swing £10otd – 7pm-1am St Nicholas Church FOR THE FALLEN: MUSIC OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR - A unique chance to hear three rarely performed, high-quality choral works

by British and French composers in response to the carnage of the First World War. PANGBOURNE

Friday November 7 Pangbourne Working Men’s Club AN EVENING WITH JOHN OTWAY plus special guest BEN CHAMPION 7.30pm Tickets £10 from www.wegottickets.com READING

Wednesdays Pavlov’s Dog OPEN MIC 8pm free

The Junction UP THE JUNCTION Acoustic night with 4 artists every week, free entry, 8pm start.

Thursdays The Walkabout OPEN MIC 8pm free - all styles welcome

Saturday November 1 The Hexagon DICK GAUGHAN & JIM PAGE - Gaughan makes a rare appearance in Reading! 8pm

Sunday November 2 Face Bar CREATE TO INSPIRE + I CRIED WOLF + RISE OF ROME 8pm Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents CRAOBH RUA 8pm £6 (www.craobhrua.com) This widely acclaimed band from Belfast is regarded as one of the finest exponents of Irish traditional music.

Tuesday November 4 The Hexagon 10CC + special guests - One of the most influential bands in popular music history. 8pm Wednesday November 5 The Hexagon JOOLS HOLLAND AND HIS RHYTHM AND BLUES ORCHESTRA 7.30pm Thursday November 6 Sub89 B.DOLAN + SCROOBIUS PIP + WARRENPEACE 7pm £10

The Hexagon CHRIS DIFFORD & GLENN TILBROOK OF SQUEEZE + SPECIAL GUESTS 'The At Odds Couple' Tour 8pm Friday November 7 Sub89

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:33 Page 47

THE BEAT + THE BAND FROM COUNTY HELL 7pm £15

Sunday November 9

Tuesday November 11 Sub89 CHALI 2NA (JURASSIC 5) 7pm @ The Bowery District £15

Thursday November 13 South Street Arts Centre Pull Up The Roots present ANAIS MITCHELL + support - Acclaimed Vermount, US, based singer-songwriter doors 7.30pm Friday November 14 Sub89 CLOUDBUSTING - AN AUDIO/VISUAL TRIBUTE TO KATE BUSH 7pm @ The Bowery District £10

Tuesday November 18 Sub89 SPUNGE "20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR" + FISH HOOK + BANDITS + ILL GOTTEN GAINS 7:30pm @ The Bowery District £10 Wednesday November 19 The Hexagon BELLOWHEAD + special guests doors 7pm

Sub89 ATTENTION THIEVES + CALLING ALL CARS 7:30pm £6.50 Thursday November 20 Sub89 BROTHER STRUT 7pm £10

South Street Arts Centre Thirdsday Blues - ROBIN BIBI BAND Monthly Blues Night doors 8pm Friday November 21

Sub89 FROM THE JAM - Performing 'Setting Sons' in it's entirety! 7pm £20 Sub89 THE DROP 7pm @ The Bowery District £8 Queens Arms Club Velocity/Malfunction/TBC presents TERRICS + STATIC IN MOTION + ZAD + TINDALL 8pm £5 (door) £4 (advance) www.wegottickets.co.uk Saturday November 22

47

Thursday November 27 Concert Hall RADU LUPU, PIANO - Classical Music Alive 7.30pm Friday November 28

Sub89 BOOT LED ZEPPELIN 7pm £12.50 Rising Sun Arts Centre Club Velocity presents VIENNA DITTO + THE PINK DIAMOND REVUE + MATT MALTESE 8pm All Ages £5 (door) £4 (advance) www.wegottickets.co.uk Saturday November 29 The Hexagon CHRISTMAS WITH THE SALVATION ARMY 6.30pm Concert Hall READING COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR 7.30pm

Jazz Café SIR DUKE WITH DJ - Sir Duke are a fantastic ten-piece act with two vocalists and a horn section featuring some of the region's top professionals. They are guaranteed to entertain you with some Swing/Big Band classics during dinner then with Soul, Funk and Dance to keep you on the dance floor. Dinner Including Entry : £34.50 Entry Only Tickets : £8.00 Sunday November 30 Risc and Global Cafe READIFOLK THEME NIGHT ‘NORTH OF THE BORDER’ 8pm £2 It’s St Andrews day so let’s mark it with appropriate songs from across the border.

UPPER WOOLHAMPTON

The List

Saturday November 15 Concert Hall MEET THE ORGAN Part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations 10.30am, 1.15pm & 4.15pm

Risc and Global Cafe READIFOLK SINGERS NIGHT 8pm £2 An opportunity for you to make a contribution to a warm and friendly evening.

Monday November 24 The Hexagon JOAN ARMATRADING 7.30pm

Music

Sub89 JME + SKEPTA (Boy Better Know) 7pm £10 Jazz Café OYE SANTANA - a tribute to Carlos Santana Oye Santana pride themselves on providing a truly breath-taking LIVE performance that you won’t forget. They feature superb guitar wizardry, keyboard mastery, astonishing vocals, powerful brass and a rhythm section with more groove than you could shake a pair of maracas at. Entry £8.00 Dining including entry £34.50

Tuesday November 25 The Hexagon ROYAL PHILHAMONIC ORCHESTRA - Classical Music Alive 7.30pm

Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents PORCHLIGHT SMOKER 8pm £6 (www.porchlightsmoker.com) Newcomers to Readifolk, this versatile 4piece band perform a mix of traditional and self-penned songs. A wide range of instruments accompany the band’s trademark four-part vocal harmonies.

Arts & Culture

Wednesday November 12 Concert Hall LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL with Anthony Hammond, Cirencester 1pm The Hexagon ERASURE plus special guests doors 7pm Sub89 OZRIC TENTACLES + MANTISMASH 7:30pm @ The Bowery District £15

Concert Hall HENLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH SOPRANO SARAH-JANE LEWIS 4pm The Hexagon IMELDA MAY PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS doors 7pm

Sunday November 16

Sunday November 23 The Hexagon THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE 6pm

Food and Drink

The Hexagon PALOMA FAITH SOLD OUT doors 7pm Risc and Global Cafe Readifolk presents THE FOXGLOVE TRIO 8pm £6 (www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk) - A welcome return of this lively young trio with lots of instruments, playing and singing mainly traditional songs from the British Isles.

South Street Arts Centre LARRY MILLER - Larry Miller brings his unique showmanship back to South Street this autumn! doors 8pm

For Starters

Saturday November 8 Queens Arms Club Velocity/Malfunction/TBC presents........

Zounds + BELLYEYESMILE + THE TWIN DRACULA + THE KAZOOPREMES (FEATURING CRAPAPPELLA) Doors 8pm 18 plus £10 (door) £8.00 (advance) www.wegottickets.co.uk

Concert Hall BIG PIPE BUSK - Part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations From 3.30pm Sub89 GAZ COOMBES 6:30pm @ The Bowery District £15 The Hexagon PAUL CARRACK 7.30pm Rising Sun Arts Centre Bandoramma/Club Velocity presents QUIET QUIET BAND + BLANK BIBLES + LITTLE RED 8pm All Ages £5 (doors) £4 (advance) www.wegottickets.co.uk South Street Arts Centre THE RETREAT SINGERS PRESENT 'A VOYAGE HOME' - An evening of musical celebration to soothe, delight and entertain. 8pm

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 48

Saturday November 22 Douai Abbey O RADIANT DAWN A special evening of vocal and choral music QUIZ NIGHT

READING

Mondays The Abbot Cook QUIZ NIGHT 8pm

TALKS AND POETRY

NEWBURY

Food and Drink

Friday November 14

The Watermill Theatre BOOK CLUB - RITA CARTER - BEING GOOD IS GOOD... check times with venue Monday November 17 Corn Exchange ALBERT ROUX 7.30pm An evening with the head of the famous Roux cooking dynasty.

Thursday November 27 The Watermill Theatre AN AUDIENCE WITH JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER 7.30pm

Arts & Culture

READING

Friday November 7 The Hexagon PAUL HOLLYWOOD: GET YOUR BAKE ON An evening of Baking, Fun, Demos and Audience Participation. 8pm Friday November 21 South Street Arts Centre POETS' CAFE - JANE WILLIAMS - Monthly poetry night hosted by A F Harrold - doors 8pm

Music

Friday November 28 Concert Hall OUR LIFE ON ICE: IN CONVERSATION WITH TORVILL & DEAN 8pm THEATRE

NEWBURY

Thurs October 23 to Sat November 8 The Watermill Theatre BUT FIRST THIS 7.30pm

The List

Tuesday November 4 Corn Exchange SHAKESPEARE SCHOOL FESTIVAL - Four local Newbury schools will perform four different Shakespeare plays.

Thursday November 6 Corn Exchange THE TRENCH 7.30pm Inspired by the story of a miner who became entombed in a tunnel

during WW1, Les Enfants Terribles tour with their award-winning Edinburgh Fringe sell out show.

Weds November 12 to Sat November 15 The Watermill Theatre TWELFTH NIGHT presented by THE WATERMILL YOUNG COMPANY By William Shakespeare Thurs November 13 and Fri November 14 Arlington Arts NOT ABOUT HEROES: Blackeyed Theatre 7:30pm (thurs) 1.30pm and 7.30pm (Fri) Thurs November 13 to Sat November 15 Corn Exchange NABUCCO - Kennet Opera presents the opera in English with orchestral backing.

Thurs November 20 to Sun January 4 The Watermill Theatre PETER PAN the Watermill’s annual Christmas show. Check with venue for times and prices.

Wednesday November 26 Arlington Arts Centre CLOUT THEATRE: THE VARIOUS LIVES OF INFINITE NULLITY 8pm - A post-suicide support group meet to reflect upon their lives.

Ignoring symptoms of their own deaths, three characters guide us through the strange and disquieting landscape they now inhabit. A plastic wasteland where domestic disputes last thousands of years, death doesn't work and milk-drinking children make the rules.

Saturday November 29 Phoenix Theatre THE TRAGEDY ON ENBORNE ROAD BY ROS CLOW - Theatre at Phoenix Resource Centre One May evening in 1892 a young couple went for a walk from Newbury along Enborne Road. Neither returned.

READING

Tues October 28 to Sat November 1 The Hexagon JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE 7.30pm

Sunday November 2 The Hexagon PRIVATE PEACEFUL By Michael Morpurgo 7pm Thurs November 6 and Fri November 7

South Street Arts Centre ISLANDS or (How to play dirty and get away with it) - Caroline Horton & Co with China Plate and the Bush Theatre present 2 special preview performances. 8pm

Mon November 10 and Tues November 11 South Street Arts Centre A SHAKE-UP FOR SHAKESPEARE’S 450TH ANNIVERSARY - The Abbey Presents a TragiComic Evening of Shakespeare at South Street

48

7.30pm

Thursday November 13 South Street Arts Centre GREG WOHEAD - THE MANY APOLOGIES OF PECOS BILL - Storytelling theatre with live banjo. Presented by house. 8pm Wednesday November 19

South Street Arts Centre THE SPINNING WHEEL BY BABA ISRAEL & LEO KAY - International collaboration between New York hip-hop Theatre artist Baba Israel and Artistic Director of Unfinished Business; Leo Kay. 8pm THEATRICAL SCREENINGS

NEWBURY

Sunday November 23 Corn Exchange BOLSHOI ENCORE: THE PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER An exotic Egyptian treat in this remarkable Bolshoi production of The Pharao's Daughter.

VINTAGE FAIRS AND CRAFT MARKETS

NEWBURY

Friday November 14 The Watermill Theatre CHRISTMAS FAIR 2014

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 49

La Roux at the O2

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 50

As soon as she stepped out as La Roux, it all just felt right for Elly Jackson. The shock of red hair. The androgynous image. The yearning yet furious songs about love lost and gained. The catchy pop hooks, all wrapped up in quirky melodies that NME, early on, accurately described as ‘Let’s Dance’ era Bowie crossed with The Knife's edgy electro-pop. It was a perfect pop storm, with her first single ‘In For The Kill’ reaching number two in the UK charts, and the follow-up ‘Bulletproof’ going to number one.

But as with all overnight success, the La Roux sound took time to evolve. Music was always an escape, a way of expressing herself, and Elly started writing songs on guitar when she was 13, influenced by singers her parents played, like Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake. But she didn’t find an identity of her own until she was 17 and discovered clubbing, dancing, and the endless possibilities of

electronic music.

It was a sound the world was ready for. In total, La Roux sold more than six million singles worldwide, and over two million copies of her eponymous debut album. And the only person surprised seemed to be Elly herself.

‘I wasn’t prepared for it,’ she laughs. ‘I was 21 and still living with my parents! The record was supposed to be cold and hard and jagged and cheap-sounding, and I just didn’t see it as being particularly commercial.’

The record was released in the US a year later, winning the Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance album in 2011.

And now she’s back with a new album Trouble In Paradise which she’s taking on tour this month. She’ll be appearing at Oxford’s O2 Academy on Cowley Road on Saturday November 15.

50

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 51

ART EXHIBITIONS Thurs October 2 to Sun November 9 Cornerstone Arts THE BULLPEN: INDUSTRY TO ART EXHIBITION OXFORD

Saturday November 1 Old Fire Station DOH MIX MEH UP - a one-day international art exhibition and performance programme

CABARET OXFORD

Every Thursday East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Rd CATWEAZLE CLUB 8pm to 11pm the city’s longest running and best cabaret show

CHARITY EVENTS

DIDCOT

Saturday November 15

Cornerstone Arts THE 6TH BACA AWARDS 7:30pm Join us for the annual Business & Community Awards hosted by Didcot First www.didcotfirst.org.uk OXFORD

Monday November 3 to Friday November 7 Bonn Square CATS PROTECTION at Bonn Square 9am- 5pm - www.innerspace.uk.com

Wednesday November 12 Fat Lil's MONTHLY COMEDY SHOW 7.30pm Adv: £8 / Door: £10 DANCE

DIDCOT

Friday November 14 Cornerstone Arts CRAIG CAMPBELL 8:00pm Supported by STEVE BOWDITCH Saturday November 22 Cornerstone Arts SUSAN CALMAN: LADY LIKE 8:00pm OXFORD

Saturday November 1 Glee Club GEOFF NORCOTT + BENNY BOOT + KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN + LLOYD GRIFFITH 8pm Wednesday November 5 Oxford Playhouse MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE 8pm Friday November 7

Glee Club Comedy Tour Show - SIMON EVANS 7.30pm Saturday November 8 Glee Club PAUL THORNE + CRAIG MURRAY + JOE WELLS + SULLY O'SULLIVAN 8pm Friday November 14 Glee Club Comedy Tour Show - ANDY ZALTZMAN 7.30pm

Saturday November 15 Glee Club MATT GREEN + ANDREA HUBERT + CHARLIE BAKER + MICHAEL FABBRI 8pm Thursday November 20 Glee Club Comedy Tour Show - KATHERINE RYAN 7.30pm

Friday November 21 Glee Club Comedy Tour Show - TOM STADE 7.30pm

51

DIDCOT

Weds November 19 to Thurs November 20 Cornerstone Arts DIDCOT GIRLS' SCHOOL DANCE SHOW 2014 7.30pm OXFORD

Tues October 28 to Sat November 1 New Theatre ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET – COPPELIA 7.30PM

Friday November 7 Pegasus Theatre RUN THIS TOWN £13, £9 cons, £6, U18/ Show and workshop £8 7.30 pm

Fri November 7 and Saturday November 8 Oxford Playhouse THE FIVE & THE PROPHECY OF PRANA 7.30pm The Olivier Award-winning Boy Blue presents a dazzling dance theatre show fusing hip hop, martial arts and Japanese manga.

Thursday November 20 Pegasus Theatre ¡DOWNSIDE UP! £9, £6 concs. 7.30 pm A celebration of dance with Oxford Youth Dance Company Tues November 25 to Sun November 30

New Theatre RIVERDANCE20 8pm, plus 2.30pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday DJ NIGHTS/DISCO OXFORD

Every Wednesday O2 Academy, Cowley Road 0844 4772000 BROOKES BIG NIGHT OUT w/ Dub Focus - Students only 10.30pm to 2am O2 Academy 2, Cowley Road 190 CLUB NIGHT 10pm to 2am Over 18s

The List

Thursday November 6 Bonn Square OUSU RAG FIREWALK 6.30-9.30pm (Charity firewalk) www.oxfordrag.wordpress.com

COMEDY

WITNEY

Music

Saturday November 1 Bonn Square DISCO SOUP 12pm-6pm - (Disco soup brings people to the public space to chop locally vegetable that otherwise they would have been wasted) www.abundanceoxford.wordpress.com

Venues across Oxford OXFORD'S CHRISTMAS www.oxfordschristmas.com

Arts & Culture

Thursday November 6 Jericho Tavern BUMPS IN THE NIGHT a Halloween special - a cabaret creep show featuring - Fire eating, sideshow act, magic, burlesque, comedy and more! There are many more acts and a balloon pop act.

Fri November 21 to Sun November 23

Saturday November 29 Glee Club GARY DELANEY + ROB DEERING + ERIC LAMPAERT + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED 8pm

Food and Drink

Saturday November 29 Old Fire Station CARDS WITH KATE HAZELL - Come one and all and make your own Christmas Cards!

Saturday November 8 South Park OXFORD ROUND TABLE FIREWORK DISPLAY AND BONFIRE 4pm-9pm www.oxfordfireworks.co.uk

Saturday November 22 Glee Club BRYAN LACEY + PRINCE ABDI + GORDON SOUTHERN + COMIC TO BE CONFIRMED 8pm

For Starters

DIDCOT

Friday November 7 St Giles REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE AND PARADE 10.45am-12.15pm

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 52

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Every Friday O2 Academy, Cowley Road 0844 4772000 SWITCH DJ NIGHT 11pm

Every Saturday O2 Academy, Cowley Road Tel - 0844 4772000 PROPAGANDA + TRASHY + ROOM 101 + JACK FM Oxford’s biggest indie night. 18+ 10:30pm £5-£6 The Cellar, Frewin Court EXTRA CURRICULAR weekly electronic and bass-heavy music night FREE B4 11pm £5after Saturday November 1 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) LEON VYNEHAL 11:00 pm - 2:00 am Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: TURF HALLOWEEN 11pm-4am / £6/£7/£8 RANDOMER + TESSELA - Techno / Breaks / Beats Friday November 7 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LAID BLAK 10:00 pm - 3:00 am £5 (early bird) / £6 (advance) / £7 (door)

O2 Academy Oxford SWITCH PRESENTS IN HOUSE WITH REAL CONNOISSEUR + MAXQUERADE + ARCHIE B 11:00 pm - 3:00 am £5-£6

Saturday November 8 O2 Academy Oxford CONGO NATTY + NANCI & PHOEBE + DIRTY DIKE 10.00pm Over 18s only Tuesday November 11 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court INTRUSION 8.30pm-2am / £4 otd Resident DJs DOKTOR JOY + BOOKHOUSE + Guests Goth / EBM / Industrial Thursday November 13

The List

Music

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: SUPERMARKET 10.30pm-3am / £3 before 11 / £5 after - Pop/Disco/ UKG/90s House

Friday November 14 O2 Academy Oxford GARAGE NATION FEATURING DJ LUCK & MC NEAT 11:00 pm - 3:00 am £6-£9 Saturday November 15 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: TURF 11pm-3am / £6/£7 HACKMAN B2B CROPPER + ANUSHKA - Soul / House / Garage Friday November 21 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court HIPBONE SLIM & THE KNEE TREMBLERS + COUNT SKYLARKIN + KERRY SMALLMAN + more 10pm-3am / £5 adv / £6 otd THE BIG 10INCH - jump blues / rock n roll / vintage O2 Academy Oxford

SWITCH FEATURING ANDY C + LOADSTAR + AUDIO 11:00 pm - 4:00 am £8-£11 Saturday November 22 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) BEDROCK (rock club) 11:00 pm - 2:00 am

Tuesday November 25 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: RECOGNISE Doors tbc / £3 entry with name on the wall / £5 standard - House / Disco / Funk / Edits / Garage / Techno Thursday November 27

Cellar Bar, Frewin Court LATE SLOT: SUPERMARKET 10.30pm-3am / £3 before 11 / £5 after

Friday November 28 O2 Academy Oxford SWITCH FEATURING ETON MESSY + BLONDE + TCTS 10:00 pm - 3:00 am £6-£8 Saturday November 29

The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) A Nite of Music: GAPPY RANKS + WHITE MAGIC SOUND 11:00 pm - 2:00 am O2 Academy Oxford HIP HOP HISTORY TOUR - AFRIKA BAMBAATAA 11.00pm FAMILY EVENTS

DIDCOT

Sunday November 2 Cornerstone Arts THREE WISE MONKEYS 2:00pm

Sunday November 9 Cornerstone Arts MEGSON FAMILY FOLK SHOW 2pm Organic, Interactive & Fun Folk Concerts for Big & Little Music Connoisseurs Sunday November 16

Cornerstone Arts THE MAGIC PORRIDGE POT 2:00pm Sunday November 23 Cornerstone Arts SILVER MOON 2:00pm

Sunday November 30 Cornerstone Arts COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS 2:00pm OXFORD

Sat November 1 to Sun November 2 North Wall Arts Centre A LITTLE ROUGH MUSIC Sat 1.30pm - 5pm, Sun 10am - 5pm This project is is part of the nationwideFamily Arts Festival (17 Oct-2 Nov) andOxford’s Christmas Light Festival (21-23 Nov 2014.)

Sunday November 2

52

Pegasus Theatre FUNDAY SUNDAYS: BABY BOOGIE £5 Adult, £3 child Workshop 10.30 am & 1.30 pm Disco 11.30 & 2.30 pm Disco & Workshop £ 8 Adult; £ 5 child Disco only £ 5 adult; £ 3 child Friday November 7 North Wall Arts Centre DARE TO SEA 1.30pm & 6.30pm

Saturday November 8 Pegasus Theatre MUSICAL RUMPUS: BACH BABIES £5 adults / £3 children 2 pm & 4 pm Friday November 21

Pegasus Theatre THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA £9, £6 concs.

2pm & 4.30 pm

Fri November 21 to Sat November 22 Venues across Oxford CHRISTMAS LIGHT FESTIVAL - See your city in a different light at Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival!

Sunday November 23 Gloucester Green THE KNOWLEDGE EMPORIUM - Playhouse Plays Out - The Emporium is an old-fashioned sweetshop in a converted 1960’s airstream caravan. But it is a sweetshop with a difference: It trades only in knowledge – your stories, recipes, anecdotes or facts WITNEY

Sunday November 30 Cogges Manor Farm ALADDIN - Cogges Christmas Panto, 1pm & 3pm, Adult £10/ Child £8.50 FESTIVALS

OXFORD

Wednesday November 26 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court OXFORD CITY FESTIVAL PRESENTS... RUSSIAN COWBOYS + PROD THE SHEEPLE + RAYZO + RUSHIL + SYLVA KAY 7pm / £5 wegotickets An eclectic mix of bands & solo artists strait out of Oxford FILM

DIDCOT Cornerstone Arts CARNAGE (2011) 8:00pm - A 2011 black comedy-drama film directed by Roman Polanski. Two sets of parents find themselves in a never-ending argument after their boys have a fight. Starring Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz and Jodie Foster.

FARINGDON

Wednesday November 5

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 53

Friday November 21

Corn Exchange at Faringdon HERCULES (12A) Blockbuster Night @ The Regent Cinema Doors open 7pm, film starts 7.30pm. £4 Adult. £3 Under 18s. £10 Family ticket. www.visitfaringdon.info/cinema GIGS AND CONCERTS

ABINGDON

Tuesdays

Old Anchor Inn OPEN MIC NIGHT 8:30pm all welcome Saturdays

Old Anchor Inn LIVE BANDS 9pm free DIDCOT

Saturday November 1

Friday November 7 Cornerstone Arts PEATBOG FAERIES 8:00pm Sunday November 9 Cornerstone Arts MEGSON 7pm

Friday November 28 Cornerstone Arts INDIA ELECTRIC COMPANY 8:00pm Every Sunday The Crown, Cornmarket Street JAZZ AT THE CROWN with OXFORD JAZZ KITCHEN 4pm to 6pm free The Harcourt Arms, Jericho HOAM OPEN MIC 8pm Free

The Old Bookbinders Arms, Victor Street BOOKIE’S OPEN MIC hosted by Chris Padmore 8pm Free

Tuesday November 4

O2 Academy Oxford COURTEENERS 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £19.50 Old Fire Station SAMUEL RODGERS & REBECCA LEE + PEDRO ALBUQUERQUE + MARIA CLARA VALLE & RENATA NEVES 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm £8 / £6 (concessions)

Jericho Tavern GEORGE INSULL + FUNCTION UNKNOWN + SACREDS 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm £5 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) STUART HENDERSON QUARTET 8:30 pm 10:30pm Free

Wednesday November 5 O2 Academy Oxford NETSKY 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £14

O2 Academy 2 NME New Breed Tour with SUPERFOOD + HONEYBLOOD + ORANGE VISION 7:00 pm 11pm £9 Sheldonian Theatre STORNOWAY 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £18

Thursday November 6 O2 Academy 2 MONSTER TRUCK + THE GRAVELTONES 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £11.50 O2 Academy Oxford GERARD WAY + DARLIA 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £22.50 Jericho Tavern

53

Jericho Tavern AUDIOSCOPE14 with PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING + SILVER APPLES and more 1:30 pm - 12:00 am £15 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) DO THE SKA 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cellar Bar, Frewin Court OXROX PRESENTS.... MOTHERLOAD + SANSARA + TWISTED STATE OF MIND 7pm / £4 adv (via WeGotTickets), £5 otd £4 nus North Wall Arts Centre IVO NEAME: ‘ESCAPE HATCH’ 8:00 pm - 11pm £14 (£10 concessions) Jacqueline de Pre Music Building Electronic Music: OSEMP 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Kennington Village Hall Oxfolk Ceilidhs present BEDLAM 8:00 pm 11:00 pm £10 (adult) / £7 (12-18 year old / student / OAP). Family and group discounts available George Inn, Littlemore Live Music with SHAKEDOWN PROPHETS 9pm Start £2 Entry Sunday November 9

O2 Academy 2 WARD THOMAS + THE SHIRES 7pm - 11pm £11 O2 Academy Oxford THE WAILERS 7pm - 11 pm £19.50 Monday November 10 O2 Academy Oxford JAMES 7pm - 11pm £35

Tuesday November 11 O2 Academy Oxford ROYAL BLOOD + TURBOWOLF 7pm - 11pm £14

Wheatsheaf, High Street SLOW DOWN MOLASSES + WE AERONAUTS

The List

Saturday November 1 O2 Academy Oxford THE BOOMTOWN RATS: ‘RATLIFE’ UK TOUR 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £25 / £200 (VIP) O2 Academy 2

Monday November 3 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) KIRK FLETCHER W/ KATIE BRADLEY BAND presented by Haven Club Doors 8:00pm Music 8:30pm £10 adv £12 door

Saturday November 8

Music

OXFORD

The Jam Factory FACEOMETER (OXFORD ALBUM LAUNCH) 6:30 pm - 9pm £4 O2 Academy 2 Raleigh Ritchie 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £8

Friday November 7 O2 Academy Oxford BAND OF SKULLS + BO NINGEN 6pm - 10pm £17.50 O2 Academy 2 KATE TEMPEST 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £12.50 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) ‘New Faces’ tour with AMBER RUN + FYFE + KIMBERLY ANNE + PIXEL FIX 7:00 pm 10:30pm £8 Jacqueline de Pre Music Building MANIFESTO – FUTURISM CONCERT 8:00 pm 10:30 pm £20 (gallery) / £15 (stalls) / £5 (student)

Arts & Culture

Cornerstone Arts STRINGFEVER 8pm Giles, Ralph, Graham and Neal Broadbent are the world’s first genetically modified string quartet.

Sunday November 2

‘BUMPS IN THE NIGHT’ – a Hallowe’en Cabaret Creep Show 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm £20 (VIP) / £15 (door) / £12 (advance) / £8 (concessions)

Food and Drink

Mondays Old Anchor Inn MONDAY NIGHT MUSIC GROUP (folk singing, poetry reading etc). 8:30pm and all welcome

THE SMYTHS – 30th anniversary of ‘Hatful of Hollow’ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm £11 North Wall Arts Centre ORLANDO GOUGH: ‘BREATHE’ 6:30 pm 11:00 pm £14 (£10 concessions) The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) DEDICATION WITH JABRONI SANDWICH + DEAD MESA and more 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm £9 Holywell Music Room CATWEAZLE’S 20TH BIRTHDAY 7:30 pm 10:30 pm £10 Modern Art Oxford MAIIANS ‘TOKYO’ EP LAUNCH + KID KIN 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm £6

For Starters

Corn Exchange at Faringdon THE BOOK THIEF (12A) Matinee Club @ The Regent Cinema Doors open 12 noon, film starts 12.30. £4 Single Entry. www.visitfaringdon.info/cinema

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 54

+ ROBOT SWANS 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm £4 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) HUGH TURNER BAND 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Free Thursday November 13

O2 Academy Oxford THE WEDDING PRESENT 7pm - 11pm £14 Sheldonian Theatre STORNOWAY 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £18 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court CELLAR MUSIC PRESENTS... ELLIE ROSE + JORDAN O'SHEA AND THE COMMONWEALTH + tbc 7.30pm Dreamy / Alt-Folk / Indie Thurs November 13 to Fri November 14 Old Fire Station WHO CARES Concert for Carers An evening of original music written and performed by the Rocky Rockliff Friday November 14

O2 Academy 2 CIRCA WAVES 6:00pm - 10:00 pm £8 Old Fire Station LITTLE RED + STUART CLARK + GUS HEWLETT 8pm - 11pm £7 / £5.50 (concessions)

Saturday November 15 O2 Academy Oxford LA ROUX + MEANWHILE 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £17.50

O2 Academy 2 SAEDLY DORUS AND THE HOOLIE BAND 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm £8.50 Venue TBC SHAHBAZ HUSSAIN + TANYA WELLS 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm £7 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) WITTSTOCK FUNDRAISER 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Music

Wheatsheaf, High Street MASSIVE + SKAM + tbc 8pm £5 adv and £6 otd

George Inn, Littlemore Live Music with W.A.M - Punk and Ska Night 9pm start £5 Entry Sunday November 16

O2 Academy 2 BOY & BEAR 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £10

The List

Monday November 17 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) THE BREW - one of the finest, most creative and energetically enthused classic rock bands in the UK! 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Tuesday November 18 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) THE MARTIN PICKETT ORGANISATION 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Free

Thursday November 20 O2 Academy 2 SPRING OFFENSIVE + SALVATION BILL + WILLIE J HEALEY 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £8 Jericho Tavern ALEX CORNISH 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

Friday November 21 O2 Academy Oxford MALLORY KNOX 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm £13 O2 Academy 2 MAD CADDIES 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm £15 The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) WESTERN SAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PISTON and more 7pm £5 adv £6 otd

Jericho Tavern FLIGHTS OF HELIOS 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm £2.22 (early bird) / £3.85 (advance)

Saturday November 22 O2 Academy Oxford THE PRETTY RECKLESS + HEAVEN’S BASEMENT + NOTHING MORE 6:30 pm 10:00 pm £17.50 / £49 (VIP) The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) SALVAGE + I CRIED WOLF + EVAVOID + GODSBANE 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm Jacqueline de Pre Music Building PANUFNIK CENTENARY CONCERT – CLARE HAMMOND (Piano) 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm£20 (gallery) / £15 (stalls) / £5 (student) George Inn, Littlemore Live Music with MICKEY FLYNN BLUES AND ROCK 9pm Start £2 Entry Sunday November 23

O2 Academy 2 THE SUMMER SET 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £12.50 Wheatsheaf, High Street ART OF BURNING WATER + ISOLATION TANK + BLACK VEINS + GIRLPOWER 7:30 pm - 10:45 pm £4 (advance) / £5 (door) Tuesday November 25

The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) EDDIE CONDON LEGACY BAND 8:30 pm 10:30 pm Free The White House DEEP WHOLE TRIO 8:30 pm - 11:00 pm Wednesday November 26 O2 Academy Oxford BEARDYMAN 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm £12.50

Thursday November 27 Cellar Bar, Frewin Court OXFORD CITY FESTIVAL PRESENTS... PEERLESS PIRATES + DUCHESS + MAN MAKE FIRE 7pm / £5 adv (WeGotTickets) North Wall Arts Centre CHRIS WOOD: NONE THE WISER 8:00 pm 10:30 pm £13 / £11 (concessions)

54

The Library Arms SEXTODECIMO ALBUM LAUNCH + GUNNBUNNY 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Friday November 28 O2 Academy 2 BALLOON ASCENTS + THE AUGUST LIST + OSPREY & THE OX4 ALLSTARS 6pm - 10pm £7

Saturday November 29 O2 Academy 2 LITTLE DRAGON + NAO 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm £19.50 Wheatsheaf, High Street Gappy Tooth Industries presents JULIA MEIJER + LOST HARBOURS + THE BALKAN WANDERERS 20.20 – 23.00 £4.50 on the door, cheaper at www.wegottickets.com/event/289774 Sunday November 30 Jacqueline de Pre Music Building HARRY FEST – CAVALERI QUARTET, POWELL (PIANO), LIXENBERG (SOPRANO) 7:00 pm 10:00 pm £7.50 (gallery) / £5 (stalls) / £3 (student) The Art Bar (formerly The Bullingdon) 3 DAFT MONKEYS 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm £12 (advance)

WITNEY

Saturday November 1 Fat Lil's EYECON 8pm £4

Wednesday November 5 Fat Lil's MONTHLY ACOUSTIC LOUNGE 8pm free Saturday November 8 Fat Lil's DAMN GOOD REASON 8pm £4 Thursday November 13 Fat Lil's BOO HEWERDINE 7.30pm £10 Friday November 14

Fat Lil's NOASIS 8pm Adv: £8 / Door: £10 The world's top OASIS tribute band Thursday November 20

Fat Lil's POLLY AND THE BILLETS DOUX 7.30pm £8 Saturday November 22 Fat Lil's BREEZE 8pm £4 LADIES NIGHTS

OXFORD

Saturday November 29 George Inn, Littlemore

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 55

LADIES NIGHT WITH BELLA BERSERK 9pm Start £5 Ticket Only

Tuesday November 4 Cornerstone Arts INDUSTRY TO ART - Meet The Artists 6:30pm Wednesday November 5 Cornerstone Arts THE WORLD OF THE DIDCOT IRON AGE MIRROR 7:30pm OXFORD

Oxford Playhouse THE CHARLES SIMONYI ANNUAL LECTURE WITH DAVID MACKAY, acclaimed author of Sustainable Energy – Without The Hot Air.

Friday November 21 Oxford Playhouse WAR POETS 7.30pm - Live Canon returns to Oxford Playhouse with a collection of war poetry in commemoration of the centenary of World War One. THEATRE

Saturday November 8 Cornerstone Arts ST. GILES ORCHESTRA: A NIGHT IN VIENNA 7:30pm

Wednesday November 12 Cornerstone Arts NOT ABOUT HEROES 7:30pm The unforgettable story of two of the finest ‘Great War’ poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon

OXFORD

Weds October 29 to Sat November 1 Oxford Playhouse THE PILLOWMAN 7.30pm

Thurs October 30 to Sat November 1 Pegasus Theatre SHOP OF LITTLE HORRORS 7.30pm

Weds November 12 to Sun November 23 New Theatre SHREK THE MUSICAL (Wed – Sat eve 7pm / Wed & Sat matinee 2.30pm / November 16 at 1.30pm & 5.30pm / November 23 at 1.30pm) Audio described performance on November 20 at 7pm Thurs November 13 and Fri November 14

Pegasus Theatre HOPELESSLY DEVOTED by Kate Tempest £13, £9 cons, £6, U18 7.30pm A Paines Plough and Birmingham Repertory Theatre Production Fri November 14 to Sat November 22 Venues across Oxfordshire WANTAGE STAGE MUSICAL COMPANY (WSMC) CONCERT ‘SONGS FROM THE SILVER SCREEN’ featuring a wide variety of songs from popular films such as Back to the Future, Pretty Woman, Lord of the Rings, Footloose and Frozen.

Fri 14 Nov – East Hagbourne Village Hall Sat 15 Nov – Old Mill Hall, Grove Fri 21 Nov – Old Mill Hall, Grove Sat 22 Nov – Stanford-in-the-Vale Village Hall Doors open at 7pm; Show starts at 7:30pm Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions). www.WantageStageMusical.co.uk

Saturday November 29 North Wall Arts Centre GROUNDED 8pm She’s a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She’s pregnant. Her career in the sky is over.

Saturday November 15

Old Fire Station SIKES AND NANCY 7.30pm

Tues November 18 to Sat November 22 Oxford Playhouse REGENERATION 7.30pm - Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland 1917. Poet and soldier

55

The List

Mon November 3 to Sat November 8 New Theatre THE FULL MONTY – THE PLAY (7.30pm, plus 2.30pm matinees on Wed/Sat) - (Starring Gary Lucy, Rupert Hill, Louis Emerick, Andrew Dunn, Martin Miller and Bobby Schofield)

Oxford Playhouse PITCAIRN 7.30pm With salty humour and growing horror, multi award-winning writer Richard Bean (One Man, Two Guvnors) charts the colony’s descent from a new Eden to brutal dystopia.

Music

Saturday November 29 Cornerstone Arts THE FALCON'S MALTESER 7:30pm – a new stage adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s brilliantly funny film noir pastiche.

Tues November 11 to Sat November 15

Arts & Culture

DIDCOT

Wednesday November 5 North Wall Arts Centre JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN 8pm A World War One drama

Mon November 24 to Sat November 29 Oxford Playhouse CAROUSEL 7.30pm Oxford Operatic Society returns to the Playhouse stage withRodgers and Hammerstein’s powerful story of love and tragedy in the classic American musical Carousel. Deeply touching, with a beautiful score that includes some of the most powerful music ever written for the stage, Carousel will capture your heart.

Food and Drink

Friday November 14

Tuesday November 4 Oxford Playhouse THE MAN JESUS 7.30pm Simon Callow stars in an extraordinary play that looks back 2000 years to witness key moments in the life of Jesus

Siegfried Sassoon has been institutionalised in an attempt to undermine his public disapproval of the war. Army Psychiatrist, Dr William Rivers, has been tasked with returning shell-shocked officers to the trenches, yet under Sassoon’s influence, he has become tormented by the morality of what is being done in the name of medicine.

For Starters

TALKS AND POETRY

DIDCOT

Oxford Playhouse THE TRIAL 7.30pm | Opera - Philip Glass, one of the world’s most popular contemporary composers, has created a new opera for Music Theatre Wales, based on Kafka’s cult novel The Trial.

Getting up, close and personal at City Hall

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 56

Let’s give a big hand to Big Country!

City Hall in Salisbury has always brought along some great musical acts for your delectation and there’s a real treat in store for all you music fans over the next couple of months with Think Live nights.

Think Live nights aim to bring the best in alternative music to Salisbury. With a history of legendary performers appearing at City Hall, to namedrop a few... The Beatles, The Kinks and Bowie, music lovers will love the new nights.

Performing in City Hall’s most intimate performance spaces, these unique nights give ticket holders the chance to be up, close and personal with some of the best music including reggae, ska, folk, indie, punk and rock.

Highlights for this winter include Big Country on Thursday November 27 at 8pm. Presenting their 30th anniversary tour the band will be performing songs from their classic multi-million selling album Steeltown. The band enjoy a stunning catalogue of proud and stirring hit songs including Fields of Fire, Chance, In A Big Country, which sold two million records, , East of Eden and their biggest UK hit Look Away, along with massive albums such as The Seer, Steeltown, Peace in Our Time and the triple grammy

winning The Crossing.

A special DJ set on Saturday December 13 at 8pm comes from Terry Hall. When he was frontman of The Specials, he established himself as a unique voice and iconic character. As a ska-punk pioneer, Terry Hall’s influences are many and audiences can expect to hear anything from Daft Punk to Stevie Wonder with Cypress Hill thrown in along the way.

Special guest on the evening will be By The Rivers.

Oysterband returns on Sunday December 7 at 8pm. With their unique blend of rock energy and folk sensibility, they will be performing a festival special. In their fourth decade , their restless creativity seems undimmed and they will be performing songs from new album Diamonds on the Water.

Full listings can be found at cityhallsalisbury.co.uk where you can also purchase tickets, alternatively ring the box office on 01722 434434.

Each concert takes place in City Hall’s CH2 format , which is when they cleverly make the auditorium a little smaller and up, close and personal gig. Each gig is for people of 14 years of age and older.

56

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:34 Page 57

ART EXHIBITIONS & CRAFTS Friday November 14 Salisbury Arts Centre VIRTUAL WORLDS - Free - A digital exhibition uniting three artists who connect real and virtual worlds.

SWINDON

Wednesdays Riffs Bar, Greatfield ART CLASSES WITH MIKE YORK 6.30pm

CABARET

SWINDON

Monday November 3 Wyvern Theatre MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC 7PM in the Wyvern Restaurant

COMEDY

CHIPPENHAM

First Sunday of every month Old Road Tavern COMEDY CLUB 8pm DEVIZES

Thursday November 6 Bear Hotel, Market Place MOONRAKERS COMEDY CLUB – Cellar Bar - Doors 8pm, Show 8.30pm - Tickets £10 Opener: ORRY GIBBENS and Headliner: PAUL KERENSA Wednesday November 5 Salisbury City Hall AL MURRAY – THE PUB LANDLORD: ONE MAN ONE GUVNOR 7.30pm £25.50 Wednesday November 12 Salisbury City Hall CHRIS RAMSEY – THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ON SATURDAY MORNING TELEVISION 8pm £16.50

Friday November 28

Thursday November 13 Wyvern Theatre CARDINAL BURNS 7.30pm

Sunday November 16 Wyvern Theatre ROSS NOBLE 7.30pm free Monday November 17 Wyvern Theatre HAL CRUTTENDEN 8pm

Friday November 21 Swindon Arts Centre PETE JOHANSSON 8pm DANCE

SALISBURY

Wednesday November 12 Salisbury Arts Centre ARTIFICIAL THINGS 7.30pm An evocative production from the UK's leading dance company that integrates disabled and non-disabled dancers.

Wednesday November 26 Salisbury Arts Centre BEAUTY OF THE BEAST 7.30pm A physical exploration of male group behaviour in all it's tribal glory.

SWINDON

Friday November 7 to Saturday

November 8 Wyvern Theatre KIRSTY FARROW DANCE ACADEMY 7.30pm

Fri November 21 to Sat November 22 Wyvern Theatre TANWOOD SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS 7.30pm DJ NIGHTS/PARTY NIGHTS

MARLBOROUGH

57

FAMILY EVENTS

SALISBURY

Saturday November 1 Salisbury Arts Centre THE STORY GAME - A "brilliantly bonkers" (Three Weeks) show for 8 - 12 year olds.

Sunday November 30 Salisbury Arts Centre EMILY BROWN AND THE THING - A musical and magical adaptation of the much-loved book by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton.

SWINDON

Saturday November 1 Wyvern Theatre FAMILY FUN DAY with DRAMA WORKSHOP-AGES 5-8 + MAKE A PLAY IN 3 HOURS (AGE 13+) + DICK WHITTINGTON STORY TIME + MINI MOVERS TASTER SESSION + DRAMA WORKSHOP-AGES 9-12 + PUNCH AND JUDY FILM

MARLBOROUGH

Thursday November 6 Marlborough Town Hall Marlborough Downs Movies present FADING GIGILO (15) 7.30pm Tickets are available from The White Horse Bookshop Sound Knowledge or www.kvat.co.uk Friday November 7 Theatre on the Hill Marlborough Downs Movies present FREE BIRDS (U) 6.30pm Tickets are available from The White Horse Bookshop Sound Knowledge or www.kvat.co.uk SALISBURY

Tuesday November 4 Salisbury Arts Centre LEARNING FOR REAL 7.30pm Litmus Films presents 3 short documentaries from Norway, Hungary and Somerset with a common educational theme.

Thursday November 6 Salisbury Arts Centre THE WIND RISES 7.30pm - A final

The List

Friday November 21 Salisbury City Hall DAVID BADDIEL – FAME: NOT THE MUSICAL 7.30pm £20

Wednesday November 12 Wyvern Theatre DAVE GORMAN 7.30pm

AZUZA, Hughendon Yard Tel - 01672 513380 TOP DJS 11pm to 3am £3 before midnight £4 after

Music

SALISBURY

Tuesday November 4 Wyvern Theatre JIM DAVIDSON 8pm

Saturdays

Arts & Culture

Sunday November 9 Wyvern Theatre CHAMPIONS OF MAGIC 7.30pm

Monday November 3 The Vic OCELOT COMEDY CLUB with ALAN FRANCIS + CERYS NELMES + DANNY HURST + GABRIEL EBULUE + BISHA K ALI 8pm free

AZUZA, Hughendon Yard Tel - 01672 513380 TOP DJS 11pm to 2.30am only £2 all night. Drink promos...

Food and Drink

Fridays Riffs Bar, Greatfield CAFE @ RIFFS 10am - 2pm - Crafty Coffee morning

SWINDON

Fridays

For Starters

SALISBURY

Salisbury Arts Centre BARNSTORMERS COMEDY 7.30pm

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 58

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

masterpiece from Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki.

Friday November 14 Salisbury Arts Centre CALVARY 7.30pm A black comedy

Sunday November 16 Salisbury Arts Centre THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET - An extraordinary story of a prodigy's secret mission to accept a prestigious prize.

Sunday November 30 Salisbury Arts Centre BOYHOOD - A groundbreaking story of growing up filmed over 12 years with the same cast.

SWINDON

Wednesday November 12 Swindon Arts Centre SWINDON FILM SOCIETY - LIKE FATHER,LIKE SON 7:45 PM

Wednesday November 19 Swindon Arts Centre SWINDON FILM SOCIETY-WE ARE THE BEST! 7:45 PM Saturday November 22 Wyvern Theatre CHOCOLAT 7.30pm in the Wyvern Restaurant GIGS AND CONCERTS

ASHTON KEYNES

First Sunday of the month White Hart OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free

Music

BRADFORD ON AVON

Tuesday November 4 The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club SINGAROUND – Floor spots. Free entry.

8pm.

Tuesday November 11 The Swan AMI KAELYN - multi-instrumental singer/ songwriter. Floor spots. Free entry. 8pm.

The List

Tuesday November 18 The Swan Bradford on Avon Folk Club SINGAROUND - Floor spots. Free entry.

8pm.

Tuesday November 25 The Swan JASON HINCHEY - singer/ songwriter, appearing with Bob Smith. Floor spots.

Free entry. 8pm.

Thursday November 27 The Swan BLUES NIGHT Free entry. 8pm.

Saturday November 29 Mount Pleasant Social Club DOUBLE IMPACT 9pm £5 CHIPPENHAM

Second Sunday of the month Old Road Tavern FRENCH OPEN FOLK SESSION 8pm free Third Sunday of the month Old Road Tavern OPEN FOLK SESSION 8pm free Fourth Sunday of the month Old Road Tavern OPEN MIC NIGHT 8pm free CORSHAM

Thursday November 6 Royal Oak of Corsham Acoustic Oak presents SINGERS NIGHT Floor spots. £2 entry. 8pm Thursday November 13 Royal Oak of Corsham Acoustic Oak presents SINGERS NIGHT Floor spots. £2 entry. 8pm

Thursday November 20 Royal Oak of Corsham Acoustic Oak presents SPOTLIGHT NIGHT - Floor spots. £2 entry. 8pm Thursday November 27 Royal Oak of Corsham Acoustic Oak presents SINGERS NIGHT Floor spots. £2 entry. 8pm DEVIZES

Saturday November 1 Bear Hotel, Market Place RUSTY MIKES - Enjoy sausage and mash with music by the Rusty Mikes Tickets £10 or music only £5.00 Doors open 7.30pm Long Street Blues Club VIRGIL AND THE ACCELERATORS - Doors 8pm Band 9pm Advance Tickets £13.00 Tel 01380 722005

Sunday November 2 Bear Hotel, Market Place Jazz Sunday Lunch with GAVIN LAZARUS – Bear Grills Bistro & Bar – Noon – 2.30pm- book your table with Reception – 01380 722444 Friday November 7 The Lamb Inn, Devizes SHAUN BUSWELL W/ LAST BOX OF SPARKLERS - FREE ENTRY. 16+. 8pm -

58

11.30pm.

Bear Hotel, Market Place SHADES OF BLUE – Cellar Bar – Doors 8pm – Music 9pm - £5 entry

Friday November 14 Bear Hotel, Market Place THE BLUESTARS - Cellar Bar – Doors 8pm – Music 9pm - £5 entry Friday November 21 Bear Hotel, Market Place INNES SIBUN - Cellar Bar – Doors 8pm – Music 9pm - £5 entry Thursday November 27 Bear Hotel, Market Place OPEN MIC NIGHT – Doors 7pm – Free Entry

Friday November 28 Bear Hotel, Market Place WILL EDMUNDS TRIO in the Cellar Bar – Doors 8pm – Music 9pm - £5 entry

Saturday November 29 Long Street Blues Club FOCUS PLUS ACOUSTIC SUPPORT FROM CLAIRE IN THE COMMUNITY Doors 8pm £15 HIGHWORTH

Friday November 7 King and Queen THE HYPERBOLICS 9pm

Saturday November 22 Goldfinger Tavern GREAT NOTHING 9pm free ROCK COVERS MARLBOROUGH

Saturday November 1 Green Dragon ACOUSTIC JUNKIES 8.30pm free ROCK,INDIE COVERS Saturday November 8 Green Dragon CORSAIRS 8.30pm free PSYCHOBILLY/PUNKABILLY

Saturday November 15 Green Dragon NO MIDDLE GROUND 8.30pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS

Saturday November 22 Green Dragon GOING UNDERGROUND 8.30pm free SKA/ PUNK /MOD Saturday November 29 Green Dragon ANGEL UP FRONT 8.30pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 59

PEWSEY

SALISBURY

Saturday November 1 Salisbury City Hall CHAS AND DAVE 7.30pm£25.50 and £24.50

Friday November 7 Salisbury Arts Centre DREADZONE 7.30pm Winchester Gate AQUA VISTA plus supports 8.30pm free

Saturday November 8 Salisbury Arts Centre Live Lunch: THE LANGFORDS Midday free Salisbury City Hall SECRET AFFAIR 8pm £19.50

Friday November 14 Salisbury City Hall JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR 7.30pm £17.50 Winchester Gate DREAMS DIVIDE + Supports 8.30pm free

Saturday November 15 Salisbury Arts Centre Live Lunch: STEVE MARSHALL Midday free Salisbury City Hall THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES EXPERIENCE 7.30pm £25.50 and £23.50 Wednesday November 19 Salisbury City Hall COUNTRY SUPERSTARS EXPERIENCE 7.30pm £16.50

Friday November 28 Salisbury City Hall SKINDRED 7pm Winchester Gate BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCED 8.30pm, Free Saturday November 29 Salisbury Arts Centre Altar Club w/BIGTOPP + FUNKE & THE TWO TONE BABY + PUGWALL + COUGAR PILOT + SPEAKEASY SOUND SYSTEM £5adv/£6 on the door - 7.30pm SEEND

Wednesday November 5 Seend Acoustic Club Vocal harmony trio THORNBRIDGE – support TBA. £5. Floor singers welcome.

8pm SWINDON

Wednesdays The Vic WACKY WEDNESDAY 8.30pm free Riffs Bar, Greatfield BLUEGRASS JAM Free entry. starts at 7:30pm.

Thursdays Riffs Bar, Greatfield CROONER NIGHT WITH STEVEN COLEMAN - bringing the Rat Pack to Riffs!

8pm

Fridays Riffs Bar, Greatfield THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS with featured artists and Open Mic, starts at 19:30. Free Saturday November 1 Beehive

59

Sunday November 2 Wyvern Theatre FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE with MILITARY WIVES CHOIR AND WESSEX VOICE CHOIR 2pm £10/£5 The Plough, Devizes Road JONATHAN TAYLOR TRIO 3pm free

Tuesday November 4 Baker Street JOHN-PAUL GARDS ‘THE COOKBOOK’ – A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE BENSON 8.30pm Wednesday November 5 Wyvern Theatre SWINDON RECITAL SERIES 1:05 PM Wyvern Theatre MARTY WILDE'S ROCK AND ROLL PARTY 7.30pm

Friday November 7 The Vic PENFOLD 8pm free The Messenger ROBBIE WILLIAMS TRIBUTE 8.30pm free Rolleston PISTOL SLAPPER 9pm free BLUES TRIBUTE TO RORY GALLAGHER

Thursday November 6 The Vic SONGS OF PRAISE PRESENTS.... VIENNA DITTO + BAD SOUNDS + WINSTON AND GOLDSTEIN 8pm £3

Saturday November 8 Wyvern Theatre THE ADDAMS FAMILY-DINING INVITATION 7.30pm in the Wyvern Restaurant Oasis Leisure Centre THE GIG TO REMEMBER-THE BOOTLEG BEATLES AND DUKE BEATBOX 7.30pm The Vic ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? - THE ULTIMATE

The List

Thursday November 20 Salisbury City Hall MARTY WILDE’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY 7.30pm £25, £23 and £21

Thursday November 27 Salisbury City Hall BIG COUNTRY 8pm £20 in advance, £22 on the door

Music

Wednesday November 12 Chapel Club SHARON SHANNON with ALAN CONNOR AND LILY MCCAULEY 7.30pm £20

Wednesday November 26 Salisbury City Hall SHOW OF HANDS 7.30pm £18.50

Arts & Culture

Sunday November 9 Salisbury Arts Centre Live Lunch: THE CROUTONS Midday free Salisbury Arts Centre SONGS FOR THE VOICELESS 7.30pm

Sunday November 23 Salisbury Arts Centre LIVE LUNCH: PATRICK DUFF Midday Free Salisbury City Hall UB40 8pm £32.50 reserved seating and £28.50 standing

D'BIZE 3pm - D'Bize masterfully mix the best of the old Irish tradition with a young beating heart.

Swindon Arts Centre INTO THE SHADOWS 7.30pm Riffs Bar, Greatfield RIFFOWEEN, fancy dress party with PENFOLD 8pm The Vic FOUR FIGHTERS - Foo Fighters tribute 8pm £8 Rolleston BAD OBSESSION 9pm free ROCK COVERS The Abbeymead IMPERIAL G-MEN 9pm free Woodlands Edge ZING 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS

Food and Drink

Sunday November 2 Salisbury Arts Centre Big Band Brunch Midday with GIRLS ONLY JAZZ ORCHESTRA Salisbury City Hall WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 3pm

Friday November 21 Salisbury Arts Centre SECKOU KEITA AND PERUNIKA TRIO 7.30pm Winchester Gate BONSAI PIRATES + ROBB BLAKE (Acoustic) 8.30pm free

For Starters

Tuesday November 4 The Bruce Arms, Easton Road OPEN MIC NiGHT All welcome 8pm

The List

Music

Arts & Culture

Food and Drink

For Starters

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 60

JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE 8pm £8 Level 3 ALADDINSANE TRIBUTE TO BOWIE 8.30pm Rolleston DOBBERMAN 9pm free ROCK BAND FROM ITALY Woodlands Edge FLY ON THE WALL 9pm free CLASSIC ROCK COVERS Sunday November 9 The Plough, Devizes Road MARTIN PICKET TRIO 3pm free Monday November 10 Wyvern Theatre THAT'LL BE THE DAY 7.30pm

Tuesday November 11 Baker Street REMI HARRIS QUARTET 8.30pm The club debut of one of the countries leading Gypsy Jazz guitarists!

Thursday November 13 The Vic GHOST OF MACHINES EP LAUNCH + CARNIVAL 8pm free

Friday November 14 Wyvern Theatre TALON-THE BEST OF THE EAGLES 7.30pm Swindon Arts Centre GIGSPANNER 8pm The Vic MARC O REILLY In support of his new album HUMAN HERDINGS 8pm £6adv £7dr The Messenger BIG AL FROM PENFOLD GOES SOLO 8.30pm free Rolleston MIKE HODDINOTT BLUES ALLSTARS 9pm free QUALITY ROCK/ BLUES /SOUL Windmill Pub CORSAIRS 9pm free PSYCHOBILLY/ PUNKABILLY

Saturday November 15 Wyvern Theatre LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 7.30pm The Vic BUSWELL + LAST BOX OF SPARKLERS 8pm £3adv £5dr Rolleston THE BLOX 9pm free TRIBUTE TO IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS The Abbeymead BORED HORSES 9pm free Woodlands Edge DARREN HUNT 9pm free ROCK COVERS

Sunday November 16 The Plough, Devizes Road MOLLY KING TRIO 3pm free Swindon Arts Centre Lazy Sunday Afternoon with MR LOVE & JUSTICE AND FRIENDS WITH ORIENT EXPRESS + CHARLIE-ANNE BRADFIELD 3pm-5pm Castle, Prospect Place DYLEGANS 6pm free SKIFFLE/ COUNTRY/ FOLK DUO Tuesday November 18 Wyvern Theatre JOAN ARMATRADING 7.30pm Baker Street MARTIN JENKINS FREIGHT 8.30pm Post bop jazz sprinkled with stuinning ballads, Monk-influenced melodies and thick harmonies.

Friday November 21 Riffs Bar, Greatfield DEBORAH BONHAM 8pm - John Bonhams Little Sister! Blues/Rock The Vic STOP STOP + VYNAL MATT 8pm £3adv £4dr Level 3 LONDON CALLING!! 8.30pm free CLASH TRIBUTE Castle, Prospect Place GREAT NOTHING 8.30pm ROCK COVERS Rolleston BARRELHOUSE 9pm free BLUES ROCK Windmill Pub TRIBUTE TO ELVIS 9pm free Saturday November 22 Riffs Bar, Greatfield BLONDIE TRIBUTE 8pm Swindon Arts Centre NATHAN JONES ALLSTARS 8pm The Vic WHOLE LOTTA DC 8pm £6adv £8dr Queens Tap HAMSTERS FROM HELL 9pm free Rolleston ERIN BARDWELL 9pm free BOSS REGGAE/SKA/ROCKSTEADY Sunday November 23 The Plough, Devizes Road GRAEME TAYLOR TRIO 3pm free Swindon Arts Centre SWINDON RECITAL SERIES 3pm Wyvern Theatre KENTWOOD CRACKER 7.30pm Tuesday November 25 Baker Street

60

STUART HENDERSON QUINTET 8.30pm Back by huge demand, this all star group bring heart, musicianship, and excitement to every session Thursday November 27 The Vic THE WIRES + BEN MAGGS + JIMMY MOORE 8pm free

Friday November 28 The Vic FELIX AND THE FUNK 8pm free The Messenger ARRAN HARDING - TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL BUBLE 8.30pm free Rolleston METALGODS 9pm free ROCK & METAL COVERS Saturday November 29 Riffs Bar, Greatfield RUFF DIAMOND 8pm - Neil Diamond Tribute The Vic KOVA ME BADD + THE RACKET In loving memory of Jock (Ian Kerr) yer auld pal!

8pm £4 Rolleston LEWIS CREAVEN BAND 9pm free BLUES ROCK Woodlands Edge TUNDRA 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Crumpled Horn FLY ON THE WALL 9pm free CLASSIC ROCK COVERS Brookhouse Farm COVER JUNKIES 9pm free POP,ROCK,INDIE COVERS Sunday November 30 The Plough, Devizes Road ROB TERRY TRIO 3pm free Swindon Arts Centre RICHARD DURRANT-CHRISTMAS CONCERT 8pm WROUGHTON

Sunday November 2 White Hart HAMSTERS FROM HELL 9pm free SINGLES NIGHT

DEVIZES

Monday November 24 Bear Hotel, Market Place WILTSHIRE SINGLES at The Bear Hotel – Doors 8pm - £5 entry or Free with membership card

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 61

SPORTING EVENTS Saturday November 15 Wyvern Theatre RACE NIGHT 7.30pm in the Wyvern Restaurant THEATRE

SALISBURY

Thurs October 16 to Saturday Nov 8 Salisbury Playhouse SEPARATE TABLES check times with venue

Tuesday November 4 Salisbury Playhouse HANSEL AND GRETEL in THE SALBERG 7.30pm

Thurs November 6 to Sat November 8 Salisbury Playhouse DO WE DO THE RIGHT THING? in THE SALBERG 7.30pm

Mon November 17 to Tues November 18 Salisbury Playhouse THE MUDDY CHOIR in THE SALBERG 7.30pm Mon November 17 to Sat November 22 Salisbury Playhouse THE KITE RUNNER 7.30pm

Wednesday November 19 Salisbury Arts Centre PRACTICE 7.30pm - An evening of dance and theatre extracts of works in progress.

Saturday November 22 Salisbury Arts Centre FLINT 7.30pm Resident company Two Destination Language presents an exhilarating programme of new work by UK artists.

Weds November 5 to Sat November 8 Swindon Arts Centre THE WESTERN PLAYERS - JOURNEYS END 7.30pm Tuesday November 11 Wyvern Theatre STONES IN HIS POCKETS 7.30pm

Thursday November 13 Swindon Arts Centre PASSION- LOVE AND WAR 100 YEARS APART 7.30pm Wednesday November 19 Wyvern Theatre ERIC & LITTLE ERN 7.30pm

Thursday November 20 Swindon Arts Centre A NOVEMBER DAY 7.30pm

Mon November 24 to Sat November 29 Wyvern Theatre THE WOMAN IN BLACK 7.30pm

Tues November 25 to Sat November 29 Swindon Arts Centre STAGE STRUCK - CINDERELLA check times THEATRICAL SCREENINGS

SWINDON

Sunday November 30 Commonweal School THE COMMONWEAL SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CRAFT MARKET - organised by the Commonweal School PTA 11 am - 4 pm - Attractions/activities: A variety of crafts, gifts and produce stalls, Santa's Grotto, cafe, festive music, raffle and tombola.

MARLBOROUGH

Wednesday November 26 Marlborough Town Hall Marlborough Downs Live present L'Elisir D'Amore Live from the ROH 7.15pm (The Elixir of Love) is a comic opera (melodramma giocoso) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. tickets: £15 in advance, £17.50 on door SALISBURY

Saturday November 1 Salisbury Arts Centre BIZET'S CARMEN - Anita Rachvelishvili stars in the title role of the ill-fated temptress in Richard Eyre's production.

Sunday November 23 Salisbury Arts Centre ROSSINI'S IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Encore Screening) - Isabel Leonard, Lawrence Brownlee and Christopher Maltman star in

61

The List

Saturday November 29 Salisbury City Hall VAMPIRES ROCK 7.30pm Steve Steinman plays the supremely evil Baron Von Rockula owner of the Live and Let Die club.

In search of a new bride the Baron must convince the unsuspecting Pandora, who

Monday November 3 Wyvern Theatre PRIVATE PEACEFUL 7.30pm

Saturday November 29 Salisbury Arts Centre CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR - Buy original gifts from the makers in this relaxed Christmas shopping experience.

Free entry

Music

Friday November 21 Salisbury Playhouse THE RESTORATION OF NELL GWYN in THE SALBERG 7.30pm

SALISBURY

VINTAGE FAIRS AND CRAFT MARKETS

Arts & Culture

Friday November 14 to Sat November 15 Salisbury Playhouse DRACULA 7.30pm

Saturday November 1 Wyvern Theatre HA HA HOOD 7.30pm

SWINDON

Food and Drink

Saturday November 1 Salisbury Playhouse TONY & MIKE check times with venue

Bartlett Sher's effervescent production of Rossini's most popular opera.

For Starters

SWINDON

auditions for the new singing position, to cross over to the dark side and live forever in Rock N Roll Hell.£16

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 62

Agony Girl

Everybody’s favourite advice columnist!

Seven-year-old Agony Girl is doing really well at school but she still has time to help with your problems. We read her the questions and these are her answers. Honest!

DEAR ANNABEL Wahey! My bird says I’m really sexist but what does she know?

She’s a woman. She says I’m driving her away. Well it’d have to be me driving as she can’t drive for toffee like all chicks. Anyway how do I stop her leaving me?

Jordan, Devizes Be nice to her!

DEAR ANNABEL My boyfriend is really sexist. He treats me like dirt. Burps all the time. Says I’ve got to stay in the kitchen and slave over him as that’s a woman’s role. I’m thinking of leaving him. Should I? Stacey, Devizes Yes. Because he’s disgusting.

DEAR ANNABEL I was staying down on the coast

and there was some kind of conference for older women going on. Then they caught me spying on them and they were actually all witches and they turned me into a mouse. What should I do?

Stig, Pewsey Call the police using your mouse voice. Build a little mouse hole. I wouldn’t like to be a mouse as you can get eaten by cats and eat lots of cheese. I do like cheese but I wouldn’t want to eat it all the time.

DEAR ANNABEL What do you want for Christmas?

Mummy, Marlborough I would like a big fluffy wolf teddy like Sparkle with the eyelids over the eyes. And I would like my own lamp so I can read in bed.

And big cuddles!

Twisted Peel (www.twistedpeel.com)

Next month’s issue..

DEAR ANNABEL There’s disease everywhere at the moment. Everyone’s got colds and I’m scared that I might catch Ebola if I get close to anybody else. How do I protect myself from germs?

Steve, Abingdon Move somewhere else like Marlborough and live in a house there as there’s no ebully here.

You should always wash your hands after going to the toilet and when you first get in from school and after and before dinner. The same with lunch and breakfast.

Keep yourself clean by going in the bath and the showers. I’ve got ill before but I don’t know how I caught it.

Send your questions to stuff@theocelot.co.uk

by Peter Roy

cember 1st is out on De

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 63

Ocelot101 27/10/2014 09:35 Page 64