Events Organised by The Friends of The Watermill Autumn/Winter Leaflet

The Watermill Antiques Fair 10am to 3pm

The Friends of The Watermill welcome a selection of antique and vintage stalls. Browse and buy a variety of beautiful items including antique jewellery, collectables, clothing, glassware, china and textiles.

Light lunches, cakes, coffee and tea will be served in the bar.

Entry £3

Friday 10 November

The Watermill Christmas Fair 9.30am to 2.30pm

The annual Watermill Christmas Fair will offer an exciting array of beautiful gift stalls.

Enjoy browsing and buying presents to delight your loved ones along with festive decorations to bring that magical sparkle to your home.

Light lunches, mulled wine and coffee will be on sale.

Entry £3.50

Don’t forget…

Sunday 4 June from 12 noon to 4pm

The Watermill Summer Fair

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Enjoy live entertainment from ‘60s band Twist, stalls, activities, games, produce, great food, and a duck derby on the crystal clear waters of the River Lambourn.

Entry Adults £1, 12 years and under FREE

Dates for your Diary More information to follow in our next mailing.

Monday 23 October

AGM and Quiz Night Tuesday 21 November

Lunch and Social Bridge Monday 11 December

The Friends Christmas Party Wednesday 7 June

Lunchtime Talk House and Garden

Contact us

Director Elizabeth Freestone will talk about her approach to directing House and Garden for The Watermill Theatre during its 50th anniversary year.

Friends’ Secretary, Julie Pearson, Tel: 01635 45834 Email: admin@watermill.org.uk

watermill.org.uk BOX OFFICE 01635 46044 The Watermill Theatre and Restaurant Bagnor, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 8AE There are a limited number of tickets for Friends’ events so you are advised to book early.

For both Fairs there is organised free parking.

No pre-booking is required and everyone is welcome. Prams are restricted to the bar area.

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Friday 22 September

Elizabeth is the former Artistic Director of Pentabus Theatre Company and is now a freelance Theatre Director working in the UK and USA. She trained at the National Theatre Studio and Rose Bruford College from where she has a First Class BA Hons in Directing (First Class).

Her recent bold and innovative production of The Rape of Lucrece for the RSC was described as ‘a triumph’ by The Times and continues to tour internationally.

The bar opens at 11.30am and the talks commence at 12 noon for these events. A one course lunch and coffee is served at approximately 1pm.

Price: £17.50

Thursday 29 June

Wednesday 12 July

Wednesday 30 August

A Day in the Haseleys

Visit to Rooksnest

Lunchtime Talk

Meet at 10.15am in the car park of Haseley Court Gardens, in the village of Little Haseley, Oxfordshire.

Postcode for sat navs is OX44 7LL. The day will begin with a private tour of Haseley Court Gardens arranged by kind permission of the present owners. This stylish 10 acre garden with topiary chess set, hornbeam tunnels and nut walks was created by the designer Nancy Lancaster over a period of 30 years from the early fifties and is continued today by the current owners.

After a short drive to the neighbouring village of Great Haseley, lunch will be at The Plough, a community pub owned by the village.

After lunch there will be a tour of the village guided by the local History Archive Group. Great Haseley is mentioned in the Domesday Book and includes a historic church with links to Windsor Castle, 17th century houses and the beautiful Grade II listed Old Rectory.

Directions, maps and timings are available from the Box Office when booking. There is wheelchair accessibility.

Price: £25 including lunch.

Monday 3 July

Supper Clubs Rageh Omaar

Rageh Omaar is a Somalian born British journalist who is now ITV’s International Affairs Editor and responsible for covering major news stories across the world.

He is also the presenter of ITV’s current affairs programme On Assignment. Previously he was Senior Foreign Correspondent for the BBC where he covered the second Gulf War from Baghdad before leaving to report and present for Al Jazeera.

The bar opens at 6.30pm, supper is served at 7.30pm and the talk begins at approximately 8.30pm. If you have any special dietary requirements please call the Box Office. Supper Clubs are unreserved seating.

Price: £21

Rooksnest Garden, Lambourn Woodlands

Meet at Rooksnest Gardens for 2pm.

Postcode for sat navs is RG17 7SB. Friends of The Watermill have been invited to a private viewing by kind permission of Dame Theresa Sackler with a guided walk by the head gardener.

The formal gardens adjacent to the house were principally designed

by Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd and are managed using organic principles and consist of ten acres of traditional English gardens including rose gardens, a herbaceous garden, a pond garden and a herb garden together with vegetables and glasshouses. There are also many specimen trees and fine shrubs, orchard and terraces.

Directions and a map are available from the box office when booking. Wheelchair access available.

Price: £17.50 including homemade cakes and tea and coffee.

Monday 24 July

Supper Club

Lady Carnarvon - Medieval Abbey to Downton Abbey At Home at Highclere

A Little Night Music Multiple musical instruments, dance routines and classic songs, Paul Foster will talk about the elements involved in directing Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music for The Watermill this summer. Paul’s previous productions at The Watermill include Laurel and Hardy in 2013 and Tell Me on a Sunday with Jodie Prenger which toured the UK following its sold out debut at The Watermill.

The bar opens at 11.30am and the talks commence at 12 noon for these events. A one course lunch and coffee is served at approximately 1pm.

Price: £17.50

Tuesday 19 September

Lunchtime Talk

Ladies that Lingerie - An exclusive Lunchtime Talk with Angela Knight and fashion show for ladies only

Lady Carnarvon’s love of history is richly rewarded at Highclere Castle with its mine of family records going back some 300 years. Throughout the centuries, Highclere has welcomed royalty, statesmen, egyptologists and pioneers of technology along with men and women from the worlds of music, art and letters. Today Highclere is still a very much loved family home and Lady Carnarvon’s latest book At Home at Highclere – Entertaining at The Real Downton Abbey explores four historical weekends; the characters, stories and menus as well as taking you behind the scenes at Highclere. It is a beautiful coffee table book sharing photographs from the archives and interiors past and present.

The owner of Angela Knight Lingerie, Hungerford will explain how, if you feel good, you look good and says she has the ability to show us how we can do both!

A passionate believer in encouraging her customers to feel confident from within, her aim is to help bring out inner beauty by sculpting women’s bodies into the perfect bra, helping them to feel comfortable and reflecting their true natural beauty. Angela has carefully selected designer lingerie, bridal underwear and swimwear collections that structure and sculpt the female form to perfection.

The bar opens at 6.30pm, supper is served at 7.30pm and the talk begins at approximately 8.30pm. If you have any special dietary requirements please call the Box Office. Supper Clubs are unreserved seating.

The bar opens at 11.30am and the talks commence at 12 noon for these events. A one course lunch and coffee is served at approximately 1pm.

Price: £21

Price: £17.50