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Top class virtual school
November 19, 2019
Buckinghamshire’s Virtual School is supporting more care leavers to go on to higher education and university. Currently 20 Buckinghamshire care leavers are at university studying a range of courses including sports therapy, medicine, health and social care, law and nursing, with a further 14 post-16 students who are being supported to apply to university in […]
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WhizzFizz to return
November 10, 2019
Aylesbury Vale District Council has announced the return of WhizzFizzFest on Saturday 27 June 2020. Festival-goers can expect another whizzfizzingly wonderful day as the eagerly-anticipated family-friendly literary and arts festival returns to Aylesbury for 2020. Following on from last year’s success, WhizzFizzFest will be brimming with exciting celebrity author guests, involving county-wide workshops and a giant […]
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Bard comes to Tring
November 9, 2019
Arguably Shakespeare’s greatest work Macbeth will be performed by a talented cast drawn from the Vale area. The production is directed by professional actor and director Andy Faber and the cast includes semi-pro and community players brought together by Frayed Knot Theatre Company. When Macbeth returns home victorious from war he is promised a golden future by […]
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The Bard’s battle-axes
November 5, 2019
Shakespeare’s older women are the stars in The Power Behind the Crone on Sunday 10 November at the Players Theatre, Thame. This one-woman show is given by five-star review-winning actress Alison Skilbeck, from 7.45pm. Alison plays Prof Artemis Turret who sets out to prove there are first-class parts for older women in Shakespeare’s plays. Artemis […]
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Cauldron challenge
October 27, 2019
Aylesbury Vale District Council is offering an opportunity to students from Buckinghamshire, aged over 12, to become part of Aylesbury Vale’s Paralympic history. Students with a keen eye for design and engineering are challenged to help create a dynamic and dramatic cauldron that will be centre stage at the fourth Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony […]
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Joint open day
October 24, 2019
What goes on behind the scenes at Thames arts and heritage venues? All will be revealed on Saturday 26 October, when The Players Theatre and Thame Museum are jointly holding an open day. This is a golden opportunity to visit the main arts and heritage venues of Thame and see what goes on behind the […]
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