Whatʼs On The Local Answer Event Listings are compiled and presented in good faith with the kind support of many contributors. We recommend you use the contact details provided to check event information updates prior to planning your visit. 7-8 MAY HARVEY Since their mother’s death, Veta has lived with elder brother Elwood in the old mansion he inherited. She aspires to social acceptance and seeks a good marriage for her daughter, but Elwood’s behaviour is getting in the way. He drinks, plays cards, mixes with riff-raff, but worse than anything: his best friend is a six-foot white rabbit that nobody else can see. This charming comedy of psychiatric errors asks the question, just who is sane in an insane world? Various times. Tickets £8-£12. The Roses Theatre, Sun Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5NX. 01684 295074. rosestheatre.org CIRENCESTER BOWLS CLUB OPEN DAYS You are welcome to try your hand at bowls. We are offering free taster sessions from 10.30 onwards. The Club is adjacent to the Brewery Car Park in the centre of Cirencester. For more information please visit www.cirencesterbowls.org.uk 10-14 MAY ‘AND THEN THERE WERE NONE’ BY AGATHA CHRISTIE Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate… A performance by St. John’s Players at St. John’s Hall, Churchdown, GL3 2DB. 7.30pm. £10. Concessions £8. Box Office: 01452 713952. Bar. Car park. www.stjohnsplayers.org.uk
12 MAY KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN LAKEMAN This multi award-winning husband and wife duo exude timeless class with their exquisite brand of traditional and contemporary music. From early days in folk supergroup ‘Equation’ through to their most recent work, the evening promises a whistle-stop tour through their artistic journey. 6.30pm. £21.50£23.50. The Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE. thesubrooms.co.uk 14 MAY BARNSLEY VILLAGE FESTIVAL 10.30am-5pm. 15 Open Gardens, stalls, BBQ, tea, coffee and cake, jazz band, Morris dancers, bell ringing, church choir. £10 in advance (Eventbrite.co.uk) or £12 on the day, includes car parking. Children under 14 free of charge. 15 MAY ROUNDHOUSE POETRY SLAM – GLOUCESTER HEAT One of the highlights from across the Roundhouse calendar, the competition offers young poets from across the UK the chance to compete for the coveted Roundhouse Poetry Slam champion title. 7pm. Tickets £5. Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, GL1 1NS. gloucesterguildhall.co.uk 20 MAY JAY RAYNER: MY LAST SUPPER Imagine you are about to die. You have one meal left. What are you going to have? It’s the question award-winning restaurant critic, MasterChef judge
and writer Jay Rayner has been asked most often by audiences across the UK. It happened so often that he decided to investigate the concept of the last supper and why it intrigues us so. 6pm. Tickets £24. The Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE. thesubrooms.co.uk 21 MAY CHARLTON KINGS CHORAL SOCIETY Vierne; Mass for choir and two organs; Carillon de Westminster; Rutter Psalmfest; Parry I was glad. Soloists Helen Wright (soprano), David Smith (tenor), Fiona Brown and Russell Burton (organs). Conductor: John Wright with the Regency Sinfonia. Saturday 21st May 2022 at 7.30pm. St Philip and St James’s Church, 60 Grafton Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham GL50 2DL. Tickets £18 (under 25s in full time education £10). 01242 510820. www.ckcsonline.org.uk 22 MAY AN AUDIENCE WITH MARK ‘BILLY’ BILLINGHAM TV’s most experienced, highest-ranking and most decorated SAS leader and sniper. Billy is a former SAS Sergeant Major Class 1 and Bodyguard to Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sir Michael Caine and other stars. Hosted and produced by Endurance Running World Record Breaker and Bestselling Author Mark Llewhellin. There will also be a Q&A and a chance to meet Billy. 7.30pm. Tickets £24 (£22). 01242 258002. The Bacon Theatre, Hatherley Road, GL51 6EP. bacontheatre.co.uk
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