Christmas

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A plate showing Sweeney and Todd's Christmas pie is packed with chunks of festive meats, vegetables and cranberries. The pie has been cut open and a slice of it is in the bottom left corner of the plate
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Sweeney and Todd’s Christmas pie goes back on the menu

What marks the start of Christmas for you? Maybe it’s seeing the festive lights go up in town centres. Or the sound of...

Film posters for Gremlins, Die Hard and How The Grinch Stole Christmas – three films set at Christmas and being shown at Brewdog Reaidng
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Festive film or not? Brewdog Reading to screen four favourites

What makes a festive film? Snow? Good cheer? A happy ending? Santa saving the day? Will Ferrell in Elf? Yes, but there is...

The logo for WiFi Wars featuring two faces made from pixels. They are wearing Santa hats - on the left a blue hat, on the right, a red hat. In the middle is a snowflake on top of which are the words WiFi Wars
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WiFi Wars brings hi-tech festive fun to South Street

WiFi Wars is a very different type of theatre show: they want you to spend the event glued to your phone. The live...

Basil Brush (centre) with Mikko Juan (left) and Mia Welsh (right). The two actors are leaning on their elbows looking in
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Dick Whittington is a golden panto – review of Theatre Royal Windsor’s festive show

Dick Whittington is the pantomime at Theatre Royal Windsor this year, gold plated laughs are guaranteed thanks to a star-studded cast. The story...

A production shot from the Norden Farm production of Pinocchio shows the three cast members in a scene. They appear to be sitting on a chest of drawers. One of the cast is holding a chair, another has a whip and an accordian. The third, in the middle, is wearing a red, wavy hat of some kind.
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Enjoy Pinocchio this Christmas at Norden Farm

Tall tales with a happy ending are in store at Norden Farm in Maidenhead this Christmas thanks to its festive production of Pinocchio. ...

Steve and Sarah Boden are sitting in theatre seats and smiling. There are rows of red velvet seats behind them
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Meet Steve and Sarah Boden, the team behind Reading’s pantomime, Cinderella

Reading’s pantomime is going hi-tech this year: an all-new digital set will enable audiences to experience the spectacle as never before … and...

Four Advent candles. Only the first candle is lit to mark the first Sunday in Advent. The candles are red
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Tamesis Chamber Choir’s Advent concert in Shiplake this Saturday

This weekend sees the start of Advent: a four-week journey towards Christmas Day. To celebrate, Tamesis Chamber Choir will be presenting a selection...

A poster promoting the University of Reading's Winter Festival. Part of snowflakes can be seen at the top. The University's logo is top right. In the middle are the words WINTER FESTIVAL. Underneath that is the date and time - Thursday, 28 November 2024, 5.30pm-8pm
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University of Reading to switch on festive lights at Winter Festival

The nights really are drawing in, the weather outside has been frightful, but the University of Reading is preparing to show that there...

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