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AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLETED

Work starts on new University building

Scout Group may also get new home

By KEVIN GOVER News Editor A special ceremony has been carried out to open new affordable housing development at Hillier Way in Winchester, with 13 homes and apartments completed. The scheme marks a progression for the City Council – which has announced that it has doubled its target to build 600 new homes by 2020. Planning permission was granted in February 2016 and contractors H H Drew started construction on the site in September that year.

All of the homes at Hillier Way will be owned and managed by the Council, and will be leased at an affordable rent. The development includes three three-bedroom homes, three twobedroom homes, three two-bedroom duplex houses and four one-bedroom apartments.a As part of the development a previously inaccessible site, adjacent to Hillier Way, has been transformed into a natural recreational area for the benefit of local residents and discussions are underway to make it the new home of the 6th Winchester Scout Group.

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Pictured: Winchester City Council leader Caroline Horrill (centre) with residents Mr and Mrs Brown (left) Mayor of Winchester councillor David McLean (centre) and managing director of H H Drew Phil Langdown (right)

It’s Not Worth The Risk

Family talk of heartbreak after relatives killed by lorry driver using a phone HAMPSHIRE Police have just ended a week of activity specifically targeting drivers using hand-held mobile phones, with the aim of drawing attention to the risks posed by being distracted while in control of a vehicle.

The enforcement follows the deaths of Ion Calin and his friend and work colleague, Marian Olteanu - who were

killed instantly when a lorry ploughed into their stationary car on the M271 in December 2015. The lorry driver was distracted, using his mobile phone.

Their families’ lives have been devastated by the impact of the accident and they have shared their story to help raise awareness of the lethal consequence of driving whilst using a mobile phone.

You can see them talk in special videos on our website. Ion’s wife Veronica is begging drivers to think: “There is nothing that’s an emergency - there is nothing that important that you have to answer a phone while driving.

“I have waited for so long to come to terms with what happened, but it doesn’t get any easier over time.”

Road Safety Sergeant, Rob Heard worries that some drivers still fail to heed the warnings: “We are still seeing too many people deciding to take that risk to use their mobile phone whilst driving, whether looking at a text, making and receiving calls or even surfing the internet.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR You are able to witness the total heartbreak in this issue of a family ripped apart by the madness of a lorry driver being distracted by a mobile phone. Our hearts go out to them, along with our admiration in their bravery for speaking out.

Just days after writing up this story came a picture on the front of a national newspaper of someone allegedly driving at 60mph with both hands on the mobile instead of the

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wheel. The accompanying statement read ‘they’re not getting the message’.

I recently upgraded my iPhone - and found that with this particular model a message pops up which says ‘it appears you are driving’. I didn’t even know this facility exists, but I’m jolly glad it does though. What a great idea. Yet you would have thought in this day and age that the technology exists for ALL mobile phones to realise they are being carried at speed - and

that they would simply switch off?

Mobiles and smartphones are great. They can be a lifesaver and a great way to communicate. Many documents and items for this newspaper are transmitted to where they need to be by use of a smartphone.

We can all take fantastic pictures when we want to. Yet it seems they’re also a scourge to society when in the wrong hands.

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“Doing any of these will clearly impair and distract your ability to drive a vehicle safely. Research has shown that talking on a mobile phone can impair your ability to drive more than if you were driving whilst over the drink drive limit. You are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal collision texting as drink driving. You are much less aware of what’s happening around you and fail to see road signs, maintain a proper lane position or a steady speed. Drivers end up feeling more stressed and frustrated and are more likely to ‘tailgate’ the vehicle in front or enter unsafe gaps in traffic.”

Rob is urging all motorists to not take that risk: “A moment’s inattention can be the difference between life and death.

We have all seen the devastation caused by those who take the risks. Please think twice before answering a call, looking at a text or browsing your phone, let’s have no more innocent people lose their life.

“My advice is to turn your phone off whilst driving, put it out of reach, and out of view. This way you won’t be tempted to look at it and become distracted. It’s not worth the risk.”

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Devastated: Veronica, Ion’s wife (far left), The car, barely recognisable under the lorry (above) Ion’s family enjoying a day out (left).

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crash if you use a mobile phone while driving l You are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal collision texting as you are drink driving l Reaction times for drivers using a phone are around 50% slower than normal driving l Even careful drivers can be distracted by a call or text – and a split-second lapse in concentration could result in a crash l It’s illegal to ride a motorcycle or drive using hand-held phones or similar devices. l The rules are the same if you’re stopped at traffic lights or queuing in traffic. l It’s also illegal to use a hand-held phone or similar device when supervising a learner driver or rider.

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MAYBE it was offered on the spur-of-the-moment ahead of the visit by President Macron… but let’s at least place on record that the Great Hall in Winchester was offered up as a host venue for the Bayeaux Tapestry if and when it comes to England in 2020.

Officials even put the Round Table up in exchange.

We understand that the host venue will now be the British Museum. Nice try!

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Ground Broken on £50m Development For University Celebrations mark construction milestone A traditional groundbreaking ceremony has taken place to mark the first official day of construction of the University of Winchester’s new landmark development at West Downs.

University Vice-Chancellor Professor Joy Carter DL, CBE turned the first turf on the building site on Romsey Road, alongside Andy Steele, CEO of construction company Osborne, and Alan Titchmarsh DL, MBE, Chancellor of the University. During the ceremony, Andy Steele presented Professor Carter and Alan Titchmarsh with an engraved spade to commemorate the event.

The £50m new development will be built on undeveloped land within the West Downs site next to the GradeII-listed West Downs Centre, and will provide first-class teaching and learning facilities. It will be home to Digital Futures, the University’s computer and digital-related degree programmes.

The building has been designed by award-winning Winchester-based architects Design Engine, and will open in autumn 2019. The contemporary design features an art gallery, a 250-seat auditorium for performances, a café and food hall, a contemplation space, courtyard garden and library. Many of the facilities will be open for members of the local community to enjoy.

Professor Joy Carter says she’s delighted work is now under way: “It represents a significant investment for both the University and the city of Winchester. As a values-driven institution, we are passionate about creating an environment in which students can flourish as individuals; this new development is both a symbol of that passion and of our commitment to high standards of academic achievement.”

The development is being built

by Osborne, one of the UK’s leading construction businesses.

Andy Steele, Chief Executive at Osborne, said: “This is an exciting phase in our partnership as we provide the

We are thrilled to see the scheme move closer to fruition new teaching and learning building for the University of Winchester. We are pleased to be part of this groundbreaking ceremony as a first step in this important project.”

Richard Jobson, Founding Director of Design Engine, said: “We are thrilled to see the West Downs scheme move one step closer to fruition. This is our fifth major project for the University of Winchester and we look forward to working closely with the client team and main contractor Osborne to deliver a landmark building.”

All recent University developments meet the highest environmental standards and the new development is no exception. It boasts a number of sustainable building features, including rainwater harvesting, solar panels to help power the building and environmentallyfriendly building materials. A wildflower roof on top of the auditorium will flower between April and October every year and bat and bird boxes built into the building facades will enhance the biodiversity of the whole site.

Pictured: Andy Steele (CEO, Osborne), Professor Joy Carter (Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester) and Alan Titchmarsh (Chancellor, University of Winchester) break the ground at the site of the new West Downs development.

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Winchester Plays Key Role In New Alliance Winchester BID develops new effort to improve high streets and commercial areas WINCHESTER BID has led the launch of The BID Foundation, a new national body that will champion improvement and investment in towns and cities, such as Winchester.

The Executive Director of Winchester BID, Catherine Turness, says there will be strength in numbers: “The BID Foundation reinforces the importance of the work of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and will help bring place management to the forefront of government agendas.

“The collective voice of UK BIDs will provide a strong voice for business and I am pleased to represent the needs of both Winchester BID Members, and my fellow BID colleagues, as Chair of the South of England BID group.” Catherine Turness has been elected to the national council of The BID Foundation and was part of a leading group of 27 BIDs that developed the concept of the BID Foundation, in partnership with the sector’s professional body, the Institute of Place Management at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Andrew Cooper is CEO of Leeds BID and Chair of The BID Foundation: “Business Improvement Districts have come together to create an independent organisation to champion the needs of

The collective voice of UK BIDs will provide a strong voice for business

Local impact: Executive Director of the Winchester BID Catherine Turness seeks to improve Winchester’s commercial areas

front line practitioners whilst recognising the value and contribution of BIDs to our towns and cities. The BID Foundation is a way to increase the both local impact of each BID involved and further develop the model as a trusted form of urban management”.

Professor Cathy Parker is Chair of the Institute of Place Management: “Around 80,000 businesses contribute to BIDs in the UK bringing more than £75 million of business contributions and a total investment of over £110 million. This is already making a big difference to the

towns and cities in which BIDs are based but through The BID Foundation there is the potential to achieve much more local and national impact. The commitment from Winchester BID has been crucial to getting this important initiative off the ground”.

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New Role For James Tomlinson Winchester-born favourite appointed Hampshire Cricket’s Player Development Manager HAMPSHIRE Cricket have announced that former Hampshire seamer James Tomlinson will fill the Club’s role of Player Development Manager. Within the role, Tomlinson will be responsible for both managing and delivering the player pathway whilst also overseeing all boys County age group sides and Regional Performance Centres.

The 35-year-old made his Hampshire debut back in 2002, and featured for the County in a career spanning 14 years and one which saw him claim 419 wickets, before announcing his retirement in 2016.

Throughout his time at the Ageas Bowl, Tomlinson was a popular figure among fans – not only for his on-field contributions but also for his humorous personality – and since retirement, the Winchester-born left-armer has been heavily involved with the Hampshire agegroup, development and Academy sides.

His new position will see him continue to help grow and develop the game and those playing it within the County.

Director of Cricket, Giles White is delighted: “To have someone with James’ playing experience and passion in this role is a huge plus for our player pathway. We have successfully changed the structure in recent times and we see this appointment as another progressive move in our development process.”

He’s a popular figure among fans

Tomlinson takes the reigns of the position vacated by Matt Drakeley, who has overseen the running of the player pathway since taking up the role in 2014.

Head of Player Development is Charlie Freeston: “Matt has since been instrumental in overseeing and running a vast and highly successful Player Pathway. He has overseen many changes and transitions within his time and will be missed by staff, parents and players alike - I would like to thank him for all his hard work and wish him well for the future.”

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CURTAIN UP! Over £142,000 of grant funding awarded to Hampshire theatre groups CULTURE, Recreation and Countryside boss Andrew Gibson has awarded over £142,000 of grant funding on behalf of the county to two theatre groups and a playing fields organisation.

A grant of £88,000 has been given to Live Theatre Winchester; £12,240 to the Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre in Bordon; and £41,900 to the Hampshire Playing Fields Association.

The Theatre Royal’s CEO Deryck Newland says they’re delighted that Hampshire County Council will continue to invest in Live Theatre Winchester Trust: “We were aware that we needed to take a hit as local authority purses continue to be cut. We are pleased that Hampshire County Council are continuing to support us and have allowed us time to build up our resilience as an organisation to withstand future challenges.”

The approved grants include: Live Theatre Winchester (Winchester): £88,105 to help support the running of the Theatre Royal and various outreach programmes. The funding will also support the Hat Fair, a three day outdoors arts festival which involves local, national and international artists.

Work will also be done to engage and work with urban and rural youth groups, the Fringe Festival and a Celebrating Age

Support: The approved grants will help support the Theatre Royal (left) and the Hat Fair

We are pleased that Hampshire County Council are continuing to support us

Project; The Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre (Bordon): £12,240 to continue its programme of work engaging with vulnerable groups in the arts through activities including theatre, a music festival, outdoor performances and community events; The Hampshire Playing Fields Association (countywide): £41,900 to continue providing technical and legal advice to Parish Councils, Sports Clubs and member organisations which promote and support children’s play and sports opportunities across Hampshire.

The grants were awarded from the Culture and Recreation Investment Fund.

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DREAMS OF STEAM Watercress Line collects stories of railways in days gone by

By KEVIN GOVER I don’t know about you, but just a glimpse of these two pictures takes me back to living right next to the Somerset and Dorset Railway line in Bath in the early 1960s. Our garden in Oldfield Park used to back right up to the line - and my dad always reminds me of how the family used to go to the bottom of the garden and wave at the trains as they went by.

Sadly, the line from Bath to Bournemouth was ripped up… although I’m glad to say that the track bed remains and now forms a path for people for people to walk along. I wonder how many of them have enjoyed seeing the soot on the roof of the mini-tunnel that carried Claude Avenue over the line!

Here in Hampshire we’re blessed to have a track that still remains in the form of the Watercress Line. I’m intrigued to learn that a small team of people involved in The Watercress Line’s project to restore its flagship steam locomotive, the Canadian Pacific (CanPac), have embarked on a journey of discovery to collect people’s memories of the railways in the Hampshire area. The aim is to

Stories cover fascinating and treasured memories

build up a bank of memories from a wide range of people relating to the railways during World War 2 onwards until the 1960s.

The oral history project is just one of a wide range of outreach and educational activities which have been part of the ambitious Heritage Lotteryfunded CanPac project. These activities reflect how the rich and precious heritage of railways lies not only in preservation work but also in the very

human stories that show how these railways impacted the everyday lives of so many people.

The stories that have so far been gathered from members of the public cover a wide range of fascinating and treasured memories, including those of a former resident at the Railway Orphanage in Woking, a draftsman in Southern Railway’s Civil Engineers department in the late 1930s, a fireman’s witnessing of a Canadian Pacific journey in record time, travel adventures by rail by one young boy during the 1950s and 60s, memories of an evacuee, a boy’s recollections of travelling to school by train during the war and memories of a Watercress Line former volunteer driver.

The Watercress Line team would like to add more to their collection, so if you have a recollection about steam travel, you went on holiday by train, worked on the railway or you were a train spotter; please let them know.

The team tell us that sharing your memories will usually involve a simple face to face interview and voice recording. However, if you would rather write your story or share pictures or film, you’d also be very welcome to do so. You can get in touch with the CanPac project’s Outreach and Interpretation Officer, Becky Peacock to arrange an interview by emailing canpac@watercressline.co.uk, calling 01962 733810 or writing to Becky at the Canadian Pacific Project, The Railway Station, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9JG. Images, films and written stories can be emailed or sent by post (please make sure it’s recorded/registered!)

Never Mind The Three Month Wait…

Funnyman Phil is coming back to the city YES, one of our favourite comedians is returning to Winchester! Following his hugely successful tour of the UK in 2017, stand-up comedian, poet, improviser and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus continues on the road from February 2018 – with his acclaimed stand-up show JUPLICITY - he’ll be at the Theatre Royal in April.

Watch in delight and/or horror as experienced funny man Jupitus drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it. And by that world, we mean your world too. Warning: Adult themes and situations, delivered childishly.

Phill became a familiar face when he started as team captain on BBC2’s pop quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks in 1996, which went on to run for 19 years.

Aside from Never Mind the Buzzcocks and live stand up shows all over the UK, he also appears as a regular guest on QI (BBC2) and Alan Davies As yet Untitled (Dave), and in 2012 returned

Jupitus drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life

to television stand-up for the first time since 2000 with an appearance on Live at the Apollo (BBC1).

On BBC Radio 4 Phill is a regular panellist of the award winning I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and The Unbelievable Truth and was resident curator on The Museum of Curiosity.

In addition, he has presented numerous radio documentaries including, Phill Jupitus’ Comic Strips, Calvin and Hobbes and The Man Who Bought Hendrix’s Stage.

Phill’s theatre work includes playing Bottom in the Bath Theatre Royal production of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, appearing alongside Jason Manford in the UK touring production of The Producers as Franz Liebkind, the West End production of Urinetown in the role of Caldwell B. Cladwell at the Apollo Theatre and his West End singing debut in 2009 when he played Edna Turnblad in the hit musical Hairspray at The Shaftesbury Theatre.

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OXBRIDGE SUCCESS! Barton Peveril students earn prestigious places BARTON Peveril Sixth Form College is once again celebrating the academic success of a group of students who have been offered prestigious places at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (ten for Oxford and four for Cambridge). The total number of successful applicants has been raised threefold, to 48 offers in three years.

The students have received offers to study a wide range of subjects, from Classics and English to Mathematics and Computer Science.

Principal Jonathan Prest speaks very highly of the applicants: ‘I’d like to add my congratulations to those brilliant Barton Peveril students who have won themselves offers from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. They were competing with the brightest people of their age in the UK and internationally and have succeeded because of their exceptional abilities and application.’

The success of the dedicated Oxbridge Support Service, headed by Coordinator Shoonagh Hubble, is also highlighted by the Principal: ‘For the last three years the college has identified students with potential, regardless of background, and prepared them for a successful Oxbridge application. Our Aspire programme includes lectures by local academics, visits to and by Oxford and Cambridge, practice interviews and providing each applicant with a mentor to prepare them, build confidence, and steer their studies,’ said Principal Jonathan Prest.

Barton’s Oxbridge Support Service includes visits to and from both Universities, external mock interviews from individuals with experience in securing students places to Oxford and Cambridge, support from Barton alumni who are current undergraduates at the Universities, and enrichment activities such as taster lectures.

This coincides with Barton’s Aspire

programme, which aids all students pursuing places in the country’s top Universities. The Aspire programme offers students field trips to the country’s Russell Group Universities, University lectures on a wide variety of topics, and tailored application support.

Among the applicants this year are various individual success stories, from local schools.

Individual Student Success Wyvern College, Fair Oak had two successful former pupils this year (pictured). Samuel Barkes was offered a place at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford to study Computer Science whilst Thomas Koeck was successful in his application to study Mathematics and Computer Science at St. Anne’s College, Oxford.

Eoghan Butler, formerly from Thornden School in Chandler’s Ford, was successfully offered a place at Jesus College, Cambridge to study Engineering.

Abigail Robins, who came to Barton Peveril from The Hamble School, was successful in her application to study Chemical Engineering at Kings College, Cambridge.

Former Wildern School, Hedge End, pupil Harry Hyde was successfully offered a place at Somerville College, Oxford to study History.

They were competing with the brightest people of their age in the UK

Samuel Barkes and Thomas Koeck have both gained places at Oxford

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Squirt and Squidge

Where a fresh lick of paint is a fresh burst of energy...

Freya Storey continues to share her life as a mum-of-two ONCE you’ve been in a house 6 years, things start to get a little frayed around the edges. With two little ones ... handprints on the walls, dried milk in crevices of the kitchen and all sorts of treasures found down the back of sofas had become a part of the norm. We were also literally bursting at the seams!

With the recent addition of the Christmas toy carnage, we decided we needed to press the reset button declutter, sort out and freshen up. Now, my hubbie and I don’t seem to do things by halves and upon making this bold proclamation of having ‘a blinking good sort out’ we also decided to rip our lounge completely to pieces, change the colour of our wooden floor and repaint (also deciding to change the colours) of all the walls in the house!

A week later, we had got rid of one sofa, hired an industrial floor sander and I had begun taping colour charts to all the walls in the house.

The outcome - we are now sitting on a giant beanbag, awaiting the 3 month arrival of our recently ordered sofa, we HAVE a gorgeous new lighter, breezier floor throughout the whole of downstairs - husband win! And I am have decided on colours for the walls - next to paint!

I’m a fan of the whole Hygge movement at the moment, the Danish lifestyle trend that seems to be gaining

A new brightness and freshness has come into play

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fast momentum across the UK. ‘Hygge’ derives from a Norwegian word denoting ‘well - being’ dating back to the 1800s. With its overall stance being geared up to ‘enjoy the simple things in life’ we felt an overwhelming need to simplify our living space, with a hope that this would have a knock on effect to our ‘headspace’ I guess.

So far, we’ve found that a new lighter floor has changed ‘the feel’ of things downstairs. A new brightness and freshness has come into play, that light seems to have meant a lot… a sense of Spring appears to be slowly easing its way up the rafters, the whole house seems to be letting out a rejuvenated stretch ready for another bashing and thrashing in 2018. If the heart of hygge is ‘the pursuit of everyday happiness’ then I guess we have become more ‘hygge.’

We are actively looking at ways of making our living space more practical, more functional, to provide for the ever growing needs of a family of four.

To me however, the most important factor of a home is its heart - with a fresh lick of paint and our new brighter floors being just some of OUR recent changes, I hope a focus on our surroundings will help kick the year off with a sense of calm and relaxation, a re-established sense of togetherness as a unit, and a fresh burst of energy as we kickstart 2018!

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New Life for Spring Season at Theatre Royal You may well have seen around town the brochure for the new spring season at the Theatre Royal. Here - with kind permission we reproduce the blog of Deryck Newland, Chief Executive of Live Theatre Winchester Trust, to give an idea of what’s in store WOWZERS! Where did 2017 go?! My job is to support our team to deliver what is happening now, both at Theatre Royal and beyond, while also looking ahead and planning for the future.

2018 is going to be an exciting year for Live Theatre Winchester Trust, which operates both Theatre Royal Winchester and Hat Fair. During the year we will be refreshing our brand identity to celebrate the fact that those two brilliant iconic Winchester gems (both now featured on the brand new Winchester edition of Monopoly!) are part of a single charitable trust.

We are also going to explore how we can rejuvenate our front of house areas to better embody our new values which include the commitment to be welcoming, fun, brave and inclusive. We will then fundraise to deliver that vision with a view to achieving it during the course of 2018.

If you would like to know more about either of these two projects or put your views into the mix as we develop them then, get in touch with me directly – deryck.newland@theatreroyalwinchester. co.uk – and we will invite you to come along to informal gatherings to discuss progress and ideas during the course of the year.

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Theatre highlights: The Importance of Being Earnest (top) and The Magic Flute (above)

fully programmed and promises to be the busiest, most diverse and exciting programme at Theatre Royal Winchester for many years. Planning for Hat Fair 2018 is also in full swing, with our new Hat Fair and Engagement Director Andrew Loretto, making some exciting and progressive changes.

I am delighted to be able to tell you that the brilliant dance circus combination of Motionhouse and No Fit State Circus will be opening Hat Fair 2018 on the Friday evening. This

is exciting for me as I am very keen for everyone to become more aware of the connectivity between Theatre Royal and Hat Fair and between indoor and outdoor arts.

So, we were delighted to present Motionhouse indoors at the Theatre Royal earlier this year and in our hot off the press Spring 2018 season we are introducing a regular strand of programming in the theatre, badged as Hat Fair Inspired. Look out for the Hat Fair logo in the brochure. This includes Invisible Music in February, our joint Hat Fair and Theatre Royal commission from Platform 4, a Winchester based theatre company with a national and international reputation. It also includes artists who were a hit in Hat Fair 2017 (Garaghty and Thom aka Streetcomedy) as part of the hilarious cabaret troupe Slightly Fat Features in March. Then in April I am particularly delighted to welcome Candoco Dance to the theatre with their double bill Candoco: CounterActs. Candoco will also be featuring in Hat Fair 2018 with a brand new outdoor work. So the visual, physical and comedic spirit of Hat Fair is well and truly permeating everything we do now.

Talking of dance, my most recent job before this was working in dance development. While not a dancer I have always found myself drawn to dance and dance theatre as a particularly powerful and visually arresting form of expression. During my five years working in dance this view has strengthened further as I had the opportunity to support choreographers to develop and tour new work by commissioning them.

One of those choreographers was Mark Bruce, commissioning his extraordinary production of Dracula. Therefore I am absolutely delighted to open our Spring 2018 season with the World Premiere of his latest dance theatre work, Macbeth.

Elsewhere in the Spring 2018 season there will be plenty to make you laugh of course as that is another key programming strand for us and a wealth of choice for families, with well known titles such as The Wizard of Oz and The Jungle Book, familiar favourites such as Peppa Pig and Tiddler & Other Terrific Tales and the welcome return of Horrible Histories by popular demand to name just a selection from the season!

However, perhaps what I am most proud of in this season is the wealth of high quality theatre and opera we have to tempt you with.

How’s this for a list of titles to embrace all tastes and genuinely offer something for everyone: The Barber of Seville, Brighton Rock, Crimes Under The Sun, The Ghost’s Touch, Great Expectations, Iolanthe, Judy & Liza, The Magic Flute and The Scary Bikers.

I am absolutely committed to opening up our offer to everyone and encouraging both regular theatre goers and those who have never seen live performance before.

So, if you flick through our Spring 2018 season brochure and can’t find anything that takes your fancy then I want to hear from you.

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Mum’s The Word!

Or, as Freya Storey discovers, that’s when it comes to decorating children’s rooms...

ELSEWHERE in this edition, I’ve written about how we’ve managed to debate and deliberate and decide how and when to decorate the main living areas of the house. Children may dream of a bedroom with ‘Lego’ furniture or one that looks like their favourite playground but it seems that mums like me in Hampshire have the final word when it comes to how the room is decorated.

A survey by five star housebuilder Barratt Homes, which is building homes across Hampshire, reveals that mums make the decision in 50 per cent of households with children.

The One Poll survey found dads have the final say in 35 percent of households and just 15 percent of children are trusted with the décor decision.

This year, animals are leading the way

Animal wallpaper brings rooms to life (above) Wooden structures and woodland wallpaper bring the outdoors inside (below)

“It’s really interesting to see the dynamics when it comes to decorating a child’s room,” the company’s Michelle Storer told Winchester Today. “We know that children’s bedrooms are always among the most talked about and copied rooms in our show homes as people are always looking for bold and interesting designs to replicate.”

So, what’s in? Well it appears that this year animals are leading the way when it comes to decorating a child’s bedroom. While the Blue Planet II is providing some dramatic inspiration, interior designer Richard Ornelas from Claude Hooper says that animal heads are currently one of the most popular features: “Animals are always a safe bet with children of all ages and at the moment felt animal heads are being used on walls instead of pictures to add interest and they are easy to replace as children grow older.

“Many design houses are using jungle animals as wallpaper designs which look really exciting.”

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FITTING TAKE ON A CLASSIC

anything. The most rudimentary good manners require them to eat something of this feast, even just a mouthful or two, but they won’t. Later, Adela offends Aziz by asking how many wives he has. She isn’t malicious, just ignorant and casually inconsiderate. We are instantly reminded of an earlier wry comment that all the British arrive with good intentions about their life in India, but within a short while they have become just as rude and arrogant as the rest. Interestingly, of all the things that the two communities could accuse each other of, rudeness seems to be the thing that concerns them most.

The consequences of Adela’s accusation and her subsequent retraction of it in court are wide-reaching: Aziz’s career is ruined, relationships between the British

and the Indians become even more sour, Adela’s engagement is broken off and, worst of all, the friendship between Aziz and Fielding is wrecked.

Some years later, Fielding visits Aziz, now working in a different state. A number of misunderstandings are cleared up and there is some rapprochement.

However, Aziz declares that they can never truly be friends until the British are driven out of India. Naively, in light of what happens within just a few years, he envisages an India run by the Indians where Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs all live in harmony.

Preferring to focus on character and relationships, directors Sebastian Armesto and Simon Dormandy and set and costume designer Dora Schweitzer have used a simple set and minimal props.

Nevertheless, a compelling sense of time and place is created, enhanced by clever lighting and Kuljit Bhamra’s beautifully atmospheric music, played live onstage.

Particularly powerful are the chants which open and close the play and which are used to portray the Marabar echo, an echo of almost supernatural force, which reduces any utterance made within the caves to the same primal sound – o-boum – and which is offered up as one of the explanations for Adela’s extraordinary accusations. We certainly get a sense of how claustrophobic the caves are for Mrs Moore (Liz Crowther), and the nihilistic power of the echo drives her sudden and disturbingly well-portrayed descent into bitter and snarling dementia. The caves themselves and their various entrances are cleverly represented by members of the cast holding up bamboo poles. The cast as an ensemble work their socks off, transitioning seamlessly between playing the various speaking roles and doing service as caves, elephants, trains, jungle undergrowth and whatever else is needed to bring India to life.

This is a thought-provoking production that is well worth watching.

The history and politics of India may have moved on a great deal since Forster wrote his novel, but its themes of social, cultural and religious division are as relevant today as they ever were.

Collins TV Show Negro Day’ is reluctantly given over to black talent but then with no white kids in sight. Despite glitzy host Collins’ enlightened attitude, white sponsors, TV owners and bigoted producers see to that. Gina Murray is wonderful as Velma Von Tussle, the Cruella-like ex-Miss Baltimore diva with the determination and funds to see her daughter Amber shine above all others.

But Tracy succeeds in breaking down the barriers, along with some other enlightened characters like her pal Penny Pingleton (Annalise Liard-Bailey, another recent performing graduate);

Seaweed, an incredibly athletic Layton Williams who arrives doing backflips and cartwheels; and his blousy mum Motormouth Maybelle, played by X Factor’s Brenda Edwards. What a voice!

The gatecrashing integration of blacks and whites results in everyone being arrested and thrown in jail, so the opening of the second half sees most of the female cast dressed in prison garb singing ‘The Big Doll House’, a catchy ensemble number embellished with hilarious support from prison warder Tracey Penn, who also plays Penny’s austere mother and other ‘female authority figures’ to great comedic effect.

Wonderfully inspired casting sees Matt Rixon playing Edna, Tracy’s (much) larger than life mum, opposite Norman Pace (one half of comedy duo Hale & Pace) as ‘her’ shorter but no less rotund husband Wilbur. Their duet in the second act is wonderful, a rather Morecambe & Wise scene complete with carefully rehearsed ad libs and precision comedy timing.

They have the audience in stitches and rightly so, it is a masterpiece of theatrical comedy. In fact there are enough great performances to go round every cast member. There are no weak links at all.

A simple set, lit beautifully, a 7-piece band in view at the back of the stage on occasions, upbeat songs, some amazing voices (explosive singing trio Dynamites live up to their name), athletic dancing and a very colourful wardrobe department combine to make this a must-see show for all ages. In delivering its message, the show is never morbid or downbeat for a second. As Mark Goucher, Producer, says: “theatre has an obligation to both educate and entertain”.

Hairspray certainly does both.

Helena Gomm finds relevance for the present in echoes of the past

A PASSAGE TO INDIA Salisbury Playhouse

SIMON Dormandy’s engaging play opens with the chanting of lines from Walt Whitman’s poem ‘Passage to India’, a hymn of praise to the technological progress which Whitman saw as a means of bringing the nations of the world together in love, peace and harmony, informed by the spirituality of the East. The title of Forster’s novel, on which this play is based, is an ironic reference to this poem, as the story challenges the idea that the races can ever be friends, particularly in India where there are so many inherent divisions between its peoples: divisions of race, culture, wealth and religion.

By setting the story in 1910, even though the novel was published in 1924, Forster deftly avoided having to deal with the more brutal realities of British rule in India, notably the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 when British troops killed several hundred pilgrims at a religious festival. Forster’s British are snobbish and unpleasant, to be sure, but there is no real malice in them, just monumental arrogance, insecurity and fear of ‘the other’, which causes them to stick to what they know – the club, the bridge parties and the polo – rather than getting to know the Indians around them, whom they consider uncivilised.

The only exception is Fielding, the principal of the government college, an independent, open-minded man who believes in treating the Indians as peers.

A tentative relationship is beginning to blossom between him and Aziz, a Muslim doctor, who, though initially sceptical, has come to entertain the belief that friendship between British and Indian

Powerful: Liz Crowther as Mrs Moore (above), Edward Killingback as Ronny and Phoebe Pryce as Adela (left) Images: Idil Sukan

might be possible. These characters are strongly played by Asif Khan and Richard Goulding, and it is their portrayal of Aziz and Fielding’s crossing of the great divide between their two communities that forms the most interesting part of the play. There is a point of great beauty towards the beginning when the two, deeply engaged in conversation and able to put aside their cultural baggage, almost reach out to touch each other, but not quite, and the moment passes. In some ways, this production is all about touch – who is allowed to touch whom, and what it might mean if they did.

Into this situation come Mrs Moore and Adela Quested, just off the boat from Britain, and in India because Adela is about to become engaged to Mrs Moore’s

son Ronny, the local magistrate. Both are anxious to encounter the ‘real India’, but their naive pursuit of this goal leads them to irritate the British, who would much prefer to keep the real India at arm’s length, and the Indians, for whom accommodating their desires means considerable trouble and expense.

The central event of the play is, of course, the visit to the Marabar Caves, where something happens to Adela (we never find out exactly what), causing her to accuse Aziz of assault. Despite their openness to social interaction with the Indians, the women are British to the core. Aziz has prepared a lavish breakfast banquet for them but, completely oblivious to the expense and trouble that he has gone to, both decline to eat

Big, Blonde and Beautiful!

David Cradduck watches ‘Hairspray The Musical’ at the Mayflower and experiences feel-good and serious messages in equal measure HAIRSPRAY Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

BIG, Blonde and Beautiful. Not just the first act finale of Hairspray, but apt adjectives to describe the show itself, along with a few of the cast of this yearlong UK tour.

Add to that: Brave, Brash, Blousy before moving on to the Cs – Colourful, Clever and Classy. In fact you could probably find words starting with nearly every letter in the alphabet to describe this upbeat ensemble piece that, on the face of it, is like a feel-good sister to that other hair embellishment, Grease.

Always at the centre of the action is plump, bubbly Tracy Turnbald, the high school kid whose driving ambition is to dance on the ‘Corny Collins TV Show’ and against all the odds becomes a high school idol with an eye for Link Larkin, the heart-throb dancer (Edward Chitticks, in great form). It is almost unbelievable that this lead role is the professional debut for recently graduated Rebecca Mendoza, who captures the audience from the start with her infectious, crazy, energetic portrayal of Tracy. Her facial expressions are brilliant, she sure can dance and sing and – for the first half of the show at least – she is hardly ever offstage.

But Hairspray’s 1960s Baltimore

Wonderfully inspired casting

backdrop is more than just a colourful snapshot of the frivolous teenage ambitions of the era. This is a story that deals, in a serious but lighthearted way, with issues like racism and fattism. This is the age of overt segregation in virtually all walks of life, of real and harmful prejudice and ignorance. It is the era that saw Martin Luther King fight to heal “the festering wounds of a nation’s original sin” (Senator Barack Obama, 2006). Some 60 years later, Baltimore unbelievably still bears witness to riots caused by such discrimination.

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Gold Standard!

Work experience programme at Hampshire Hospitals gets further recognition HAMPSHIRE Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been reaccredited as running a gold standard work experience programme for young people. The Work Experience Quality Standard is a national accreditation which recognises those organisations offering high quality work experience opportunities.

The news comes after the Trust applied to be recognised as operating at gold level two years ago, and an audit at the end of 2017 confirmed that Hampshire Hospitals is still running an exemplary programme to help young people get their first taste of a workplace environment.

It’s important that young people can make informed decisions There are over 300 different careers within the NHS, and Hampshire Hospitals is committed to inspiring its future workforce to get first-hand experience of what it means to work as part of the Trust, and the future opportunities that may be available.

Over the last 12 months, Hampshire Hospitals provided placements for over 250 students aged 15 and over in a range of different work placements.

The placements on offer vary from non-clinical roles in areas such as administration and medical records, to shadowing senior medical staff and

Members of the education team at Hampshire Hospitals celebrating their success (Left to right: Megan Fell, Karen Bishop, Jude Davison)

clinical staff on wards.

The Trust works with education providers within the local community to give students this extraordinary first look into the world of the NHS. The young people who take advantage of the gold standard work experience programme come from secondary schools, sixth form colleges and through The Prince’s Trust.

Jude Davison is head of education and workforce development for the Trust: “We are thrilled with the reaccreditation. It’s really important that young people can make informed decisions when thinking about what path they want to take. By offering placements from one to five days, students see first-hand what they might like to work

Way Ahead Found For Buses?

County Council and bus operators meet to “sort” Hampshire bus travel COUNTY transport boss Rob Humby has held a summit with senior figures of Hampshire’s major bus operators – First, Stagecoach and Go South Coast - to discuss how to reduce the impact of public sector budget pressures on bus travel: “We’ve reached a watershed in how bus travel is supported. Bus travel in Hampshire continues to be a success, with the number of passengers increasing – a different story to the falling numbers we hear about in other parts of the country.

“However, even though 87% of bus services in Hampshire run without public subsidy, the well-publicised pressure on the County Council’s revenue budget means we can no longer afford the level of subsidies we have provided to operators in the past.

“We know a reduction in services would raise concerns across the county, as residents told us in our recent ‘Serving Hampshire’ consultation, but we are in a difficult financial position.

“I was pleased to be able to get together with the leaders of Hampshire’s bus industry to see what we could do between us, to maintain the levels of public transport service, while reducing dependence on public subsidies.

“Together with the bus operators, we’ve invested in new infrastructure and new technology to improve bus travel, including contactless payments, on

towards, and hopefully feel inspired to work with us again in the future. “ Donna Green is chief nurse at Hampshire Hospitals, which runs Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital: “Learning and development is incredibly important

for all our staff, and for us this starts as early as offering opportunities to young people through our work experience programme. We are really proud of the opportunities we offer students here at Hampshire Hospitals, and I want to give thanks to the team who work so hard to make sure young people have a valuable work placement at the Trust.”

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board Wi-Fi, next stop announcements and real time information. By making bus travel more comfortable, reliable and attractive, we’ve worked hard to encourage more bus passengers which means that services have a better chance of operating independent of public subsidy, into the future.

“In these times of ongoing pressure on local authority budgets, I believe this is the way forward.

“I’m keen to press for improvements, and welcome commitments from the bus companies that they will play their part in supporting financially sustainable bus travel. This will ensure that any funding the County Council is able to provide for bus subsidies can be targeted at the areas of greatest need.”

Proposals will be finalised at the meeting of the full County Council on 22 February 2018.

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‘SUNSET’ BRINGS OUT THE STARS Eleanor Marsden reckons it’s “the best thing she’s seen at the Mayflower!”

of singing Norma, she inhabits the gestures and dreaminess of the pre‘talkies’ era actress to perfection. Dougie Carter, as her reluctant toy boy Joe Gillis, is ably up to the task of carrying the plot and audiences deserve to hear more from him in the future.

A supremely strong cast all deserve a mention, but it is Portsmouth’s Adam Pearce as Max von Meyerling who caused a collective intake of breath when we first heard his wonderfully rich baritone.

Given the state of Hollywood today, and given this musical’s concern with the film industry’s treatment of older actresses, this is an interesting time for a revival. Taken in the context of the story’s era, Sunset Boulevard is a vivid comment on the myth of celebrity and the pressures on women to appear ageless – but at its heart it is a comment on people’s foibles, flaws and free will.

Director Nikolai Foster has a team of creatives working with him to make innovative use of the sets, space and lighting, as well as the addition of projection throughout the production which is particularly fitting in this piece based around Paramount Pictures.

Do not be fooled into thinking that this is a ‘B-list’ Lloyd-Webber. This production puts Sunset Boulevard squarely in the limelight thanks to its stellar cast and creatives.

SUNSET BOULEVARD Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

IT is at times like this that we realise how lucky we are to have a theatre of the calibre of the Mayflower on our doorsteps. Watching the opening of Lloyd-Webber’s 90’s hit, Sunset Boulevard, brought this home, the full orchestra bringing an all-consuming richness of sound to the auditorium and Colin Richmond’s stunninglycreative sets and costumes just as vibrant as if they had been in the West End. The cast had not a weak link amongst them and the quality of performance and richness of tone was universal.

Sunset Boulevard exceeded my every expectation.

Many people will know the story from the 1950 film: faded silent movie star, Norma Desmond, lives as a recluse on the eponymous boulevard until a chance meeting with young film writer, Joe. It is not an easy role: Norma is needy, deluded, and manipulative. Yet by the end we are moved to real compassion for her, despite her faults. This in spite of the fact that the plot is melodramatic, the characters almost all flawed, the trajectory – tragic. Lloyd-Webber had the luxury of re-writing his original 1993 version and by all accounts, the relationship drama in the subsequent version was much stronger. Make no mistake: melodramatic it may be, but it certainly sucks you into the story.

Those who know their LloydWebber will notice echoes of Evita and Phantom within the songs, yet there are no ‘Memory’-like numbers which you will be humming for ever more.

However, this production is lucky enough to feature Ria Jones in the lead role (Who? you may ask – a talent to rival Elaine Paige, and yet not an actor I am conscious of having watched before).

Jones not only owns the vocal challenges

Stunning: A supremely strong cast are headed by Ria Jones (below) photos: Manuel Harlan

It is a comment on people’s foibles, flaws and free will

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★ ★★WINCHESTER TODAY ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ COMMUNITY AWARDS ★ ★ We’re very proud to announce the Winchester Today Community Awards, designed to recognise the most talented and caring people in Winchester and beyond.

We invite your nominations for the awards that you can vote for in the following categories:

EDUCATION Best Pre-School Teacher (Winchester District).........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best Primary School Teacher (Winchester District).............................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best Senior School Teacher (Winchester District). ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best College Teacher (Hampshire). .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best University Lecturer (Hampshire). ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CUSTOMER SUPPORT Best Independent Shop Winchester District.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best Chain Store Winchester District..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

BUSINESS Best Local Business - Winchester District.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

ATTRACTIONS Best Attraction in Winchester.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Best Attraction in Hampshire..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CHARITY Best Charity in Hampshire..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Rules: All nominations must be for people who live or work in Winchester District Area - except where indicated in the College/University/Attraction/Charity categories.

The awards cover the timescale 1 Jan - 31 December 2017. Nominations can be submitted by post to Winchester Today, Suite 123, 80 High Street, Winchester SO23 9AT - or by email to news@winchestertoday.co.uk - the closing date is Friday 23 March 2018. You cannot vote for yourself.

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