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Fair in Rory's memory

11:47am Thursday 18th March 2010

MEMBERS of the family of south Wiltshire teenager Rory Walworth, who died in a cycling accident last September, are fundraising for his favourite charity, Wheels4Life.

World-class opera is sure to delight

Elisabete Matos

11:44am Thursday 18th March 2010

WORLD-class opera visits Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre next week with Welsh National Opera’s enthralling spring programme.

Dickens of a tale...

A scene from Andersen's English.

11:38am Thursday 18th March 2010

OUT of Joint and Hampstead Theatre’s co-production, Andersen’s English, tours to the main house stage of Salisbury Playhouse next week. Directed by Max Stafford-Clark, this new play is written by Sebastian Barry, whose novel The Secret Scripture won the 2008 Costa prize, and he has twice been short-listed for the Booker prize.

And now for something completely different!

Rosalind singing with Eric Idle.

12:17pm Thursday 11th March 2010

MUSIC lovers heading to Southampton’s Odeon cinema on March 25 will see Salisbury’s very own opera star, Rosalind Plowright – but not quite as they know her.

Family concert wows mixed age audience

The Sarum Orchestra family concert. Picture by Carolyn White. DB7510P3

12:00pm Thursday 11th March 2010

THAT Howard Moody is able to play Shostokovich to three-year-olds with only the noise of camera clicks sounding louder than the music is no mean feat, but that is exactly how he opened the orchestra’s family concert on Saturday afternoon.

Glossy musical can't beat classic film

11:45am Thursday 11th March 2010

IF YOU are planning a trip to see the musical version of Whistle Down the Wind, don’t do what I did and rush straight home to watch the film.

Powerful tale of family ties is hauntingly vivid

Emma Lowndes, Imogen Stubbs and Patrick Kennedy. DB7497P09

11:39am Thursday 11th March 2010

WRITING can bring solace, yet when you are unburdening your guilt through memory can also cause pain.

Don't miss this real play for today in Forest setting

Don't miss this real play for today in Forest setting

4:44pm Friday 5th March 2010

IF you have ever driven across the New Forest on a rainy, windswept night and been stopped by a pony on the road or a swollen ford, you will be vividly reminded of the incident in Gary Owen’s beautifully written new play, especially commissioned by Ringwood-based Forest Forge.

From Russia - with a love of culture

A dancer from Paco Pena‘s Flamenca sin Fronteras.

3:04pm Thursday 4th March 2010

RUSSIA, stories, stone and chalk are the three big themes for Salisbury International Arts Festival, which runs for two weeks from Friday, May 21.

Record label for Sarum Consort

Director Andrew Mackay. DB7462P1

2:48pm Thursday 4th March 2010

THE Sarum Consort, Salisbury’s professional mixed voice ensemble has secured a major recording contract with Naxos, possibly the largest classical music label in the world.









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