Events Around Berkshire

Musical fun for all the family. Join Nick Cope for his ever-popular interactive music sessions with songs about everything from counting to how plants grow. Nick’s Family Music sessions have proved extremely popular so we advise early booking to avoid disappointment.

A fun, creative way for children to explore their dance skills. Each week they will have the chance to go on an adventure using imagination and play to help learn basic ballet techniques. Led by Abbi Lewin

Sing • Dance • Play We’ll get you bouncing, jumping, tickling, giggling, laughing, oh and singing! Teddies is energetic, lively and fun for grown-ups and children alike, with a singer and musician at every session.

Step into the nostalgic world of Ladybird Books told through original artwork, books and objects. Ladybird Books have been a familiar fixture on children’s bookshelves since the 1950s but few people are aware that they actually date back to the early days of the Second World War.

Leave your cares at the door, grab a drink and join us for an evening of laughter as Avalon presents some of the best new names in comedy. So send your friends that group text and start your weekend in style at the Corn Exchange Comedy Club.

A new exhibition of inspiring artworks in the South Pavilion. Booking Not Needed.

Find out more about the parkland that surrounds Basildon Park mansion from our knowledgaeable team of volunteers and rangers as they take you on a guided walk of the park. Join our volunteers and rangers for a walk around Basildon Park.

Put your running shoes on every Tuesday to join our volunteers on a run around the park and woodland trails. Every Tuesday some of our volunteers will be leading a run along the trails at Basildon Park.

Basildon Park comes to life with the style and glamour of its last owners, with select pieces on display from the Fashion and Textile Museum. Booking Not Needed. Suitable for children of all ages.

‘Does it seem strange: a hundred cutthroats against one poor poet?’ Cyrano is the greatest swordsman in all of France whose prowess in battle is only equalled by the beauty of his poetry. Fierce with a pen and notorious in combat, the gifted nobleman appears to have it all.

Poor Polly Buckwheat, the Miller’s daughter, is in a bit of a pickle!  If she doesn’t turn a roomful of straw into gold by morning, the greedy King will turn a bit nasty.  But should she accept the kind help of an eccentric dwarf who mysteriously appears in her prison cell?

The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

Family-friendly event involving a FREE dragon hunt through a dark or dimly lit museum – please bring a torch.

Pattern printing – using brightly-coloured African fabric as inspiration to celebrate Black History Month. You’ll produce your own unique repeating pattern using printing tiles and ink on calico fabric. Disposable aprons will be available but please dress for mess. You are welcome to bring your own apron.

Treat yourself to afternoon tea in the Elizabethan splendour of Shaw House. Afternoon tea includes a selection of Fair Trade tea, finger sandwiches with fillings of smoked salmon, grated cheese, Wiltshire gammon, egg mayonnaise and cress, a scone with clotted cream and locally produced jam and a generous slice of...

You can enjoy browsing, sampling and buying in time for the upcoming Festive Season , in carpeted heated marquees – with everything from Food & Drink, Arts, Crafts and Gifts together with Home and Lifestyle marquees as well as outside trade stands.

The National Hunt season promises to get off to a memorable start and visitors can enjoy one of the region’s largest firework spectaculars. A safe environment for families and there is free entry for under-18s when accompanied by an adult.

‘If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here. While these visions did appear…’ Three actors unlock Shakespeare’s enchanting play in a fast-paced 75 minute production with live music. Midsummer’s night. The costume store backstage at a theatre.

Being able to identify the pests causing problems for our flowers, fruit and vegetables is the first step in dealing with them. Ray will use a hand held digital microscope connected to a computer to project live pictures of the some of the organisms which cause us problems. He will then tell us how to deal with them.

Shakespeare’s timeless stories are brought to life like never before in the world’s largest youth drama festival. An exhilarating evening of theatre, featuring a series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools.

The master of the one-liner comes to Newbury on his final tour. The star of Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and Crackerjack embarks on a brand-new show, in this, his last tour EVER!!! See him before he heads off... INTO THE PUNSET.

Further your knowledge and skills of this fabulously versatile craft to create a more complex and intricate item such as a wall hanging, plant hanger, garland, or accessory.

Imagine living without stress and tension – a life free from worry, anxiety and the many daily problems these negative states of mind create. On this course Gen Nyingpo will explain at how meditation can beat stress and help you to be more relaxed, peaceful and positive in daily life.

Come and meet Blaze, the museum dragon, and join in with an action poem, story, simple craft, treasure hunt and sing-a-long!

Young people of all abilities flourish in the small classes at Claires Court, where achievement is a key focus for all our pupils, whether that be academic, sporting or creative. Claires Court is a school for families, run by a family, providing private education for young people aged 3–18 years.