LEISURE: On the ball at Westlands Yeovil with Sheringham and Merson

LEISURE: On the ball at Westlands Yeovil with Sheringham and Merson

Posted: 8th March 2018
TWO former England international footballers will be at the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil next week to talk about their careers in football and explain what it is like to play at the top level in the beautiful game. The England Legends date at Westlands is set for Monday (March 12, 2018) at 7.30pm and will feature Teddy Sheringham and Paul Merson who chalked up…

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LEISURE: Discount ticket offer ends on February 28 for Peter Pan the Musical

LEISURE: Discount ticket offer ends on February 28 for Peter Pan the Musical

Posted: 28th February 2018
PEOPLE have a last chance on Wednesday (February 28, 2018) to buy discounted tickets for the forthcoming production of Peter Pan the Musical by members of the Yeovil-based Castaway Theatre Group. The talented Castaways youth group will be performing Peter Pan at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from Thursday, May 31, 2018, through to Saturday, June 2, 2018. An ‘early bird’…

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Lions Club quiz night results in great answer for St Margaret’s Hospice

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Lions Club quiz night results in great answer for St Margaret’s Hospice

Posted: 26th February 2018
MEMBERS of the Yeovil Lions Club presented a whopping £2,000 cheque donation to St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice. The money was raised during the club’s annual Christmas Quiz with a Difference Night held at West Coker village hall in the run-up to last year’s festive season. It was another fantastic success and the club members were delighted to hand the cheque over to…

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LEISURE: Oh! What a Lovely War with Cary Amateur Theatrical Society

LEISURE: Oh! What a Lovely War with Cary Amateur Theatrical Society

Posted: 13th February 2018
  FINAL preparations are being made ahead of this week’s production by the Cary Amateur Theatrical Society which will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. CATS, as the group is more commonly known, will be presenting Oh! What a Lovely War at Ansford Academy in Castle Cary from Wednesday (February 14, 2018) through to Saturday (February 17…

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LEISURE: Proper laugh-out-loud moments in Has Anyone Seen My Dentures?

LEISURE: Proper laugh-out-loud moments in Has Anyone Seen My Dentures?

Posted: 10th February 2018
AUDIENCES were roaring with laughter as adult members of the Yeovil-based Castaway Theatre Group put on a fabulous two-night comedy Has Anyone Seen My Dentures. The comedy was written by Castaways’ very own Tammie Lloyd and two sell-out audiences at East Coker Village Hall laughed from start to finish at the hilarious goings-on among the residents of the fictitious…

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LEISURE: Castaways take Tesco shoppers off to Neverland and Peter Pan

LEISURE: Castaways take Tesco shoppers off to Neverland and Peter Pan

Posted: 8th February 2018
TESCO shoppers in Yeovil were given a musical treat on a busy Saturday afternoon recently when members of the Castaway Theatre Group gave a short performance. The youthful singers performed a couple of songs at the main Tesco store in the town centre from their forthcoming production of Peter Pan the Musical. Shoppers stood, listened and clapped in appreciation as the…

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LEISURE: Laughter all the way for the Castaway adults

LEISURE: Laughter all the way for the Castaway adults

Posted: 25th January 2018
OLDER members of the Castaway Theatre Group will be providing the entertainment and – most definitely – the laughs when they take to the stage of East Coker Village Hall. Tammie Lloyd has written and directed the comedy Has Anyone Seen My Dentures and it is based around some of the residents living in a fictional nursing home called Skyview. The play is being performed…

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LEISURE: Six LOCAL super shows coming up at the Octagon Theatre in 2018

LEISURE: Six LOCAL super shows coming up at the Octagon Theatre in 2018

Posted: 22nd January 2018
THE award-winning Octagon Theatre in Yeovil has got a packed programme of events lined-up for 2018 for all the family to enjoy. Here we have selected six events which might prove to be of interest to people involving LOCAL groups and organisations who rely so much on your continued support. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018, to SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018 – Yeovil Amateur…

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LEISURE: Octagon panto audiences donate over £6,000

LEISURE: Octagon panto audiences donate over £6,000

Posted: 22nd January 2018
THE Octagon Theatre in Yeovil has handed out cheques worth more than £6,000 to two local groups with money raised from collections during the theatre’s annual festive pantomime production. The Yeovil Hospital Charity received £3,054.75 for the hospital’s breast care team while a further £3,054.75 was presented to the Octagon’s very own Foyer Club which provides…

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LEISURE: Win tickets to see Teddy Sheringham and Paul Merson at Westlands

LEISURE: Win tickets to see Teddy Sheringham and Paul Merson at Westlands

Posted: 22nd January 2018
TWO former England international footballers will be at the Westlands Entertainment Venue in Yeovil later this year to talk about their careers in football and explain what it is like to play at the top level in the beautiful game. The England Legends date at Westlands is set for Monday, March 12, 2018, at 7.30pm and will feature Teddy Sheringham and Paul Merson who…

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