A final reminder the production dates for Ladies’ Day are nearly here. I trust April 24th, 25th OR 26th is marked in you diary at Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Village Hall, 7.30pm.
Tickets are £7 each and are available from Southmoor village shops or call 01865 820375 and ask for Betty. Great night out folks AND a chance to win two tickets for the real Ladies’ Day at Ascot this year.
Full report and crit in the next blog.
Now I have some new readers, one from Canada no less and another I heard about today somewhere in England. We are way into double figures now and hot on the heals of the circulation of the Guardian. Spread the word, spread the word.

I went to see Dad’s Army at the New Theatre this week. I have always been a fan of the TV series and indeed much written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft appeals to my simple taste in comedy. Hi De Hi for instance-great stuff, heightened by the fact I actually spent a week in Butlin’s Holiday Camp in the 1960’s so I know just how much of the show is true and the answer is a lot of it. Knobbly knees contests, Glam Grannies it was all there.

I digress, Dad’s Army, well the guy who played Captain Mainwaring could have been Arthur Lowe reincarnated and was excellent, Leslie Grantham as Private Walker looked bored to death with the whole exercise and in general I thought the show a mediocre affair.
A personal note here, my bride and I used to go to live theatre at least once a month but I have seen so much mediocrity and been disappointed so often and paid handsomely for the privilege we now rarely visit the theatre at all unless we are more or less guaranteed a superb evening’s entertainment. Again getting back to Dad’s Army and using the immortal words in my title this week of Groucho Marx, we did have a good night at the theatre but this wasn’t it. Nothing wrong with the script, this is a play I would come out of retirement for if KIngston Bagpuize Drama Group put it on, oh yes.
The final thought this week: Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Think on.