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Wednesday 17th March • Auditorium
Acoustic Concert
WBS Music
6.30 p.m. Admission free, with ticket.
William Brookes School present an early evening music concert featuring students performing in the Orchestra, String Group, Sax Group, Choir and Guitar Club.

§ Monday 22nd March • Auditorium
Monday Cinema: Adventureland (15)
Greg Mottola 2009 107 mins
7.30 p.m. £5 / £4
This film about coming-of-age in the 1980s has earned rave reviews for its director/writer Greg Mottola. Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) and Kristen Stewart (Twilight) play two teenagers, spending the summer working at a down-at-heel amusement park. The writing is pitch-perfect, right down to its soundtrack (Wang Chung and Falco). “Adventureland understands the folly of youth but forgives it too, reminding us of how wonderful it is to live so intensely. So allow me a juvenile formulation of my own: I couldn't love anyone who didn't love this movie.” (Independent)

Wednesday 24th – Saturday 27th March • Hall
Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter
WBS Musical Theatre Company
7.30 p.m. £7/ £5
Cole Porter’s celebrated musical version of The Taming of the Shrew has been delighting audiences since its first performance in 1948. It was a hugely popular musical film, and was revived on Broadway and in the West End in the last decade. Boasting fabulous songs like Too Darn Hot, Brush Up Your Shakespeare and So In Love, and a great ensemble cast, Kiss Me Kate is performed by WBS Musical Theatre Company, direct from last year’s triumph with Guys & Dolls. Book early to avoid disappointment!

§ Saturday 27th March • Auditorium
Jazz Notes at the Edge
African Drumming Workshop
2.00 p.m. £7
Appropriate for adults and children (aged 7+).
See notes for 30th January

§ Monday 29th March • Auditorium
Monday Cinema: Julie & Julia (12A)
Nora Ephron 2009 123 mins
7.30 p.m. £5 / £4
Julia Child is an American institution, a cookbook writer and TV chef who did much to popularise French cooking in the US. More recently, Julie Powell wrote a blog recounting her own efforts to conquer every recipe in Child's master work, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. This became the bestseller Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen. Ephron adapted Powell’s book for this screenplay, and directs Amy Adams and Meryl Streep in the title roles. “There are few more civilised, civilising and generally delightful movies around at the moment.” (Observer)