Whose Turn is it Anyway? , the comedy improvisation show is back at at MADCAP on Saturday 13th December with a festive edition!

Lots of daft games - including a number of brand new ones - all using suggestions from you the audience!

Call 01908 605502 or email David for tickets. £6.00 if booked in advance or £7.50 on the door.

Doors open 7.30pm. The silliness starts at 8pm start - Bar available!

Hoop Dance is an amazing movement form appealing to actors for many reasons.  It's a fantastic opportunity to explore the spaces around you, to incorporate the hoop as a performance tool allowing the hoop to speak, as previously seen in the televised performance of Cost of Living (2003) by DV8 .  Apart from the un-ending possibilities in which a hoop can be incorporated in a theatrical performance hoop dance strengthens the core muscles, rib cage flexibility, balance, energised and engaged breath and increases self esteem, all of which has links to the physical discipline an actor relies on.  I'm excited to offer an amazing workshop geared towards actors who might find Hoop Dance as useful as I have!  http://www.spirithoopcake.co.uk

This workshop will be at the hweld at MADCAP on Monday 1st December at 7.30pmf £5 (£3 concessions). Please can you let me know if you think you'll be coming along, just so we can give Janine an idea of how many hoops to bring.

Nicola
On behalf of Pepper's Ghost Theatre Company

Sunday 14th December – 6.00pm. KiK Music’s - Milton Keynes City Community Choir  join The Symphonic Brass of Milton Keynes City Orchestra for an evening of family festivities and performances of Christmas Songs and Carols at St George’s Church,

Tickets: £10, concessions £5. Box office and information 01908 558311

Rehearsal dates for the choir next year are as follows:

Spring Term - Jan 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, Feb 3rd, 10th

Spring Half Term - Feb 24th, Mar 3rd, 10th 17th, 24th, 31st

Summer Term - Apr 21th, 28th,  May 5th, 12th, 19th,

Summer Half Term - Jun 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, Jul 7th, 14th

And The World Goes ’Round is Company MK’s next production, taking place at the Chrysalis Theatre on 23 to 25 April 2009. The show is a fantastic concert musical made up of songs by Kander and Ebb, the talented team that wrote Chicago and Cabaret. Well known songs such as ‘All That Jazz’ and ‘Money, Money’ appear alongside lesser known songs from other shows, such as Woman of the Year, The Rink and Kiss of the Spiderwoman.

Directed by Alex Taylor and with musical direction by Chris Tennant, we are looking for a cast of five women and three men. With very little dialogue in the show, we are looking for strong singers who can communicate the emotion and humour of the pieces through their performance.

If you’re interested, we’d love to see you at the Introductory Evening at 7.30 pm at the Chrysalis Theatre, Camphill, Milton Keynes (Click here for a map) on Sunday 23 November. There, you’ll have the chance to hear Alex and Chris’ vision for the show, hear some of the music (including the audition pieces) and chat to the production team and the steering group of Company MK.

Company MK do not have a fixed membership (the only permanent parts of our organisation are the Steering Group and Production Team), so the parts are open to all those who are interested, and we welcome new members.

Hold onto your Christmas stockings, boys and girls, as Poetry Kapow Productions need poets of all shapes and sizes to get scribbling, get up on stage and show off at our Seasonal Climax at the MADCAP on 7th December.

We also need appreciative audience members – coz you guys are the beat that rocks our socks, baby.

Yes, the hottest live poetry event in town is back to warm the cockles of your heart now the nights are drawing in. There’ll be a poetry slam, Open Mic poetry slots, other competitions, and more entertaining interludes than we’ve even dreamed up yet, including live music from local artists. But we need Rhyming Rudolfs, Pantomime Dames and serious poets who think we’ve gone a bit silly to sign up and join in. So if you’ve a sonnet in your bonnet, a poem in your pants, or just some angst to vent in a rhyming fashion, get in touch on info@poetrykapow.co.uk or 07904 488009.

Check out the details here

'Unfinished Symph' by the Bolivian Sunshine Dogs

Appall your friends at Christmas with The Bolivian Sunshine Dogs new CD!

£11 including p and p.

Cheques to D.Pibworth, The Workshop, Clickers Yard, Olney, Bucks, MK46 5DX (01234 240793)

Tracks:Jollity Farm - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park - Hunting Tigers - Werewolves Of London - Pasadena - I Hold Your Hand In Mine - The Monster Mash - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion - On Her Doorstep - Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Istanbul - By George! (Formby) - Watermelon - If You Could See Her - Canyons Of Your Mind - Urban Spaceman - Twinkle Twinkle - The Galaxy Song - Hello Mabe

Special Gordon Brown 'Credit Crunch' Deal:Buy one, get another one at the same price.

Centre Stage Theatre School MK are thrilled to announce the launch of their New Afternoon School for 7 – 18 year olds.

Come for a Free Trial Session at our afternoon launch on Saturday 15th November at 12.30pm and join the fun.

Every week our pupils learn to act, sing and dance.  They face new challenges, make new friends, have lots of fun and leave each week with that all-important sense of achievement!

If you think your child has a talent for performing or if they need a confidence boost, then contact us now. 

For further details contact Peter or Jacqueline on 01908 242649 or at enquiries@centrestagemk.co.uk  

A Christmas Card from Voice Versa - Come join us in words and music, as we enter the festivities of the Christmas season

Saturday 15th November 2008, 7.30pm

At the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Milton Road, Willen. MK15 9AB

Tickets cost £5 each, or a family ticket is £12.00 (2 children, 2 adults) 

From Aileen, tel: 01908 231610: Email:or from Paul, tel: 01908 606689: Email:

For more information about Voice Versa, visit the website:                

Just a reminder that the closing date for entries to the MK Drama and Music Festival is 12 December 2008

Their website has the syllabus avaiable to view: www.miltonkeynesfestival.org

Hanslope Entertainments Group are performing the true historie and tragicke death of Henry the 10th (part seven) in support of a wine tasting event at Hanslope Village Hall on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November, to raise funds for the hall.

From a suggestion by William Shakespeare, this piece charts the rise of Henry 10th, bastard son of Elizabeth, and his struggle with the lords Wolverhampton, Dudley and Smethwick in their quest to usurp the throne of England. Witness the funeral of Henry 9th, the battle of St Albans, the death of Henry and the coronation of Henry 11th.

All in between 7 tastings of some fine wines accompanied by tasting notes from Charles Bennett, the proprietor of Hanslope Wines. All for £12.50 a head.

Tickets are available from Hanslope Wines or phone 01908 510 474.