21st December 2015 - Woodley Theatre at Broad Street Tavern

On the 21^st night of the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar we had an amusing medley of song and comedy. Woodley Theatre joined us in the Broad Street Tavern for a little “Christmas Cheer”.

In their words:
“A performance of seasonal poems, readings & skits to get us all in the festive mood!  Reflecting the different sides of Christmas, our performance will make you laugh, reflect, chuckle & groan!” and it certainly delivered. 

All broadly themed around Christmas in company and in the pub there was a take-off of a quiz (more famously a skit by the fantastic Two Ronnies), a sing-a-long to “Have Yourself a Merry little Christmas”, Christmas jokes, some amusing reworked Christmas carols and finishing with a rendition of twelve “days” of Christmas.

The pub was packed with all ages enjoying the performance recently refurbished surroundings.

Tonight you will find us for our penultimate performance outside Dollshouse Boutique on Rose Street featuring Opera at Bearwood.

20th December - Live Nativity at Wokingham Theatre

Always a highlight in the season, the 20^th saw the return of the Live Nativity this year produced and performed by Wokingham Theatre. 

The 25 minute performance saw us experience a mostly traditional nativity story set with a 50’s twist. We met a jealous King Herod, his lovely wife (not in the original story but a wonderful balance) and he was indeed “the King”. We followed a star, learnt about the Magi (and met their very musical wives), encountered an angel and witnessed the holy birth along with some sharply dressed shepherds. But see for yourself in this trimmed version of the performance.  

Many thanks to Wokingham Theatre and in particular the cast and crew who put this on. It was a sell-out even with an extra performance added.

19th December - Gillie at Kaanaanmaa

Saturday 19^th saw us at Kaanaanmaa the jewellers for another Wokingham Living Advent Calendar performance. Gillie performed a light-hearted jazz standards set, including popular American Songbook compositions, with a touch of Tina Turner!

Kaanaanmaa were great hosts providing some tasty refreshments to the gathered crowd.

The Wokingham paper has a lovely article with photos of the event. 

 http://www.wokinghampaper.com/wokingham-living-advent-calendar-day-19-kaanaanmaa/

Later that evening Gillie made a special appearance at Code Boutique with the Wokingham Living Advent Calendar team to support a special performance put on to celebrate the life of Cloudglider Elisa who sadly passed away this year. Ex Cloudglider singers and students joined in with some songs to remember her. 

Tonight the WLAC will be at Broad Street Tavern for a little bit of Woodley Theatre.