wow what's on where october 2010

Complimentary Copy (£2.50 where sold) October 2010Issue 25

MusicGig listingsLive music listings

for October onwards

EventsDays out

and things to do

Combat ChicFor Heroes and Heroines+ WOW takes a look at

Teenage style

THEATRE • CINEMA • DAYS OUT • MUSIC • FASHION • SHOPPING • ART • EVENTS • MOTORING

The essential guide to what’s on in the Midlands

Autumnis here

WOW Kidsmake use of windfall apples

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Win tickets to : Defending the Caveman

Disney On Ice

and more...

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2 UP FRONT – latest news.

3 THEATRE – We look at a few productions coming the

stage this Season.

8 MOVIES – Previews of

releases for this month

12 MUSIC – Gigs in the region.

16 COMEDY – Bags of Laughs

19 WOW Interview - WOW

talks to Caveman - Mark

Little

20 Dance - Making you move.

23 WOW Interview - WOW talks to Julian Llyod Webber

24 FASHION – Combat Chic

26 TEEN FASHION – Teenage

Style

28 HAIR & BEAUTY – Looking

after yourself this Autumn.

30 EVENTS – Things to do in

October/ November.

36 EATING OUT – WOW’s pick

of the eats

38 WOW KIDS – More healthy eating as our mini chefs

make chutney!

40 MOTORING – Mazda2 and Lotus, something for the

boys.

46 WIN WITH WOW

– Competitions and

reader offers

47 CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY

– Big ones & small ones.

48 SECRET MIDLANDS – WOW visits

Geddington.

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The essential guide to what’s on in the Midlands

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On October 31st the Romans had a huge celebration to honorPomona, the goddess of fruit. They did this to thank her forthe harvest. People played games, ran races and enjoyed abig feast. They offered her apples and nuts. Ever since appleshave been a big part of Halloween.

Give each player an apple cut in half. The aim is to countthe seeds found in your apple, to reveal something aboutyour future. Two seeds meant an early marriage, three - aninheritance; four - great wealth, five - a trip across the ocean,and six - fame. Seven was the best of all as this meant that allthe person’s wishes would come true.

Give each child an apple, friut knife and a plate. The children eachhave to peel their apple, the winner is the one who produces thelongest and narrowest peeling. In times past times traditionallyyou would peel a green apple in one long, winding piece. Swingthe peeling over your head three times singing:

Paring, paring, long and green,Tell my fate for Halloween.

Then drop the paring behind you. When it forms the shape ofa letter, that letter is believed to be the first initial of the personyou will marry.

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WOW TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON

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Catwalk into fashion...

Tickets cost £20 per to include a champagne reception, canapés and a fashion catalogue. For further information about The Countryside on the Catwalk or to purchase tickets, please contact Kate Calnan on [email protected] or 07850 018069.

This October, the Northamptonshire Countryside Alliance will be leading the way into next year with style as they host their fashion show for the second time. Countryside on the Catwalk is taking place at The Big Barn, Ashley on Thursday 7th October 2010, show casing a range of clothing from local and well known fashion houses to inspire fashion lovers as to what they should

be wearing at any countryside related event through the winter.

Starting at 6.30pm with a champagne reception and a chance to browse a wide selection of stalls, the fashion show itself takes as its theme a winter walk though countryside events taking place from September to March and dressed by top names including Purdey, Really Wild Company and Moloh.

Modelling the clothes will be

a selection of ladies, gentleman, girls and boys who are all part of our local countryside. The events featured are a mix of local and national, from the hunt ball to Cheltenham Festival, a day’s shooting to a Host a Roast dinner and Christmas drinks to a Scottish Salmon River bank.

Kate Calnan, committee member of the Northamptonshire Countryside Alliance and inspiration behind the event comments: “Last year’s show was so successful that we were asked to do it all again as it is so different to anything else. It’s an event for all ages and for anyone who’s interested in fashion and the best country clothes – and that goes for men and women. Last year was a sell-out and we are confident that this year is going to be even better!”

The evening will finish at 9.30pm after guests have had a chance to win prizes in a fabulous raffle draw and browse and purchase at the retailers stalls that are supporting the event.

If you are over 16 and would like to give Netball a try, get yourself along to the Dome at Harborough Leisure Centre on Saturdays betewwn 12 and 1.30. Sessions are led by coaches and cost only £2 each. No need to book. To find out more call 01858 821 284._____________________

Cancer Research UK are holding a ‘1 in 9’ Breast Cancer walk on Sunday 17th October and Welland Park in market Harborough. This 9km sponsored walk is open to all the family. To find out more cantact Patricia Williams on 01858 461 428

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WOW TAKES A LOOK AT SOME OF THE LATEST THEATRICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Defending The Caveman

WeDnesDay 20 OCTOber This hilarious, award-winning show is touring the UK once again and is stopping to enter-tain Wellingborough audiences for one night only on Wed 20 Oct, 7.30pm.

This latest production of the international hit show stars Mark Little; the much-loved ac-tor, comedian and TV person-ality – formerly Joe Mangel in Neighbours!

Mark has the task of prov-ing to the British public that

men are not ALL revolting – just different! “This play is a humorous saga celebrating the non-evolution of man. The Caveman is dead, long live the Caveman”, says Mark.

The longest running solo play in Broadway history, Defending the Caveman is one man’s light-hearted look /amusing musing on the fundamental differences between the sexes; a hilarious-ly funny and horribly truthful show that appeals to men and women of all ages.

DefenDing The Cavemanis at The Castle Theatre, Wed 20 Oct, 7.30pm. Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk. Defending The Caveman is recommended for age 16 and over. Tickets £17.50

Such is its universal and timeless appeal, the show has become a truly global phenom-enon; translated in over 15 lan-guages and toured in over 30 countries worldwide. Original-ly created and performed by Rob Becker in San Francisco in 1991, it has been seen by over 5 million people across the world; from Germany, to Switzerland and Russia - to America, Australia and South Africa.

If you’re married, see this

show! If you’re dating, see this show! If you’re single…. YOU NEED TO SEE THIS SHOW!

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MOn 18th OctOberCBeebies’ favourite double-act Chris and Pui are coming to town!

Fresh from their hit show ‘Show Me Show Me’, they invite you to join them at De Montfort Hall .

Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee have been the main faces on CBeebies since it started

Show Me

and remain top of the tots with their new high rating show shown every weekday on CBeebies.

Now you can finally meet them and have a giggle with them too in their fabulous new roadshow packed with fantastic songs, games and a few surprises along the way.

Saturday 9 OctOberThe Castle are delighted to welcome Chalkfoot Theatre Productions as they tour with the revival of the acclaimed 2009 production Laurel and Hardy. See Tom McGrath’s play performed on Sat 9 Oct, 7.30pm.

During their trailblazing comedy careers, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appeared in over 100 films. Their influence is clear even today: no comic partnership can avoid comparison with these iconic figures and new generations of fans continue to discover their work through film and the internet.

This touring production of Laurel and Hardy takes the audience through the highs and lows of Stan and Ollie’s film careers: from schoolboy Stan Laurel’s first attempt at stand-up comedy in a Glasgow variety theatre to the disastrous French/Italian movie “Atoll K”, which was one of the last films they made together.

However, McGrath’s play is no conventional showbiz tribute. It begins in a limbo-

Laurel & hardy

like waiting room where Stan and Ollie spend their time in nostalgic banter about the old days: bickering and making up, swapping gags and re-enacting some of the most memorable comedy routines in cinema history. Reluctant to let go of their earthly lives, the pair must re-live the bad times as well as the good before they can move on to comic immortality.

The roles of Stan and Ollie are played by uncanny lookalikes Neil Bromley (Laurel) and Simon Lloyd (Hardy). Neil Bromley is an actor, writer and comedian (formerly half of another double-act, Gonoude and Bromley) while Simon Lloyd comes to the production straight from a successful West End run in The 39 Steps.

LaureL & hardy Is at The Castle Theatre, Sat 9 Oct, 7.30pm. Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk. Tickets for this production are priced £16 (£14) and Friends get £2 off.

ShOW Me - chriS and Pui is at De Montfort Hall, Mon 18th October 11am & 2pm Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU. For tickets call the box office on 0116 233 3111 or visit www.demontforthall.co.uk

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Thursday 28 OcTOberTell Me On A Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl newly arrived in New York. Brimming with optimism, she seeks success, companionship and, of course, love. But as she weaves her way through the maze of the city and her own anxieties, frustrations and heartaches she begins to wonder whether - in fact - she’s been looking for love in all the wrong places.

Claire Sweeney, one of the UK’s best-loved personalities, takes centre stage in this national tour. She joins a stream of legendary musical theatre stars to take on the role – Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman and Denise Van Outen – but it was originally conceived for

Tell Me On asunday

television starring Marti Webb.Featuring a wonderful score

including Take That Look Off Your Face, Unexpected Song and the title track Tell Me on a Sunday, this production has been remodelled for Claire by the masters of musical theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, with an exclusive new song I Still Believe in Love - this is the definitive version of the classic musical for 2010.

Tell Me On a sunday Is at The Castle Theatre, Thu 28 Oct, 7.30pm. Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk. Also Tue 16 Nov , Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

MOn 25 - saT 30 OcTOberNorthampton Amateur Operatic Company return to The Cripps Hall this October to present ‘Je-sus Christ Superstar’ The Ama-teurs are an award winning company and have been part of Northampton’s entertainment scene for over a hundred years.

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ is the third collaboration penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. The show premiered in 1971 and it’s huge success catapulted the Lloyd Webber/Rice partner-ship to fame.

The show tells the story of the last days of Christ from his triumphal arrival in Jerusalem to his crucifixion. It also attempts to portray how Judas’s concerns and eventual disaffection lead to his betrayal.

All the songs in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ form an integral part of the story and include such numbers as ‘Heaven On Their Mind’, ‘Everything’s Alright’, ‘ Ho-

J.c. superstar

sanna’, ‘ I Don’t Know Him’ as well as the magnificent title song.

The Lloyd Webber/Rice musi-cals are rarely made available for amateur companies to perform so the Amateurs were delighted to be among a small number of amateur groups granted the rights for 2010.

We have been very fortunate to gather together a really strong and talented cast to perform ‘Su-perstar’ and are confident that the audiences will go away feel-ing that they have had a really great theatrical experience.

Jesus chrisT supersTar Mon Oct 25 - Sat Oct 30 2010Evenings at 7:30 pmMatinee Wed Oct 27 2:30The Cripps HallNorthampton School For BoysBilling RoadNorthampton NN1 5RT. Ticket Sales Available only from Nanette Lovell 01604 712 651

Friday 8 OcTOberThe biggest and best Rock’N’Roll tribute show in Britain is com-ing to The Castle on Fri 8 Oct. Take your drape jackets and circle skirts out of the back of the wardrobe and come and enjoy an evening of unashamed fifties nostalgia with C’Mon Eve-rybody!

The music of legends like Bill Haley, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry will be celebrated along with tributes to Brenda Lee and Connie Francis in this fast mov-ing show packed with non-stop music!

Enjoy hits like Rock Around The Clock, Three Steps to Heav-en, Oh Boy! And Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and more!

All acts are completely live and supported by the Chris Black orchestra that includes brass and piano. The show also celebrates the music of Ray Charles, Duane Eddy, the Ram-rods, Ray Campi and more!

c’Mon everybody

It is guaranteed to appeal to age ranges from young teens to grannies who remember the music from the first time round!

c’MOn everybOdy Is at The Castle Theatre, Fri 8 Oct, 7.30pm. Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk. Tickets for this night of nostalgia cost £15 (£12.50)



Fri 15 tO Sat 30 OctOberJohn Webster’s legendary tale of Renaissance evil, The Duch-ess of Malfi, takes to Northamp-ton’s Royal stage from Friday 15 to Saturday 30 October. This new version of the classic play is adapted and directed by Royal & Derngate’s Artistic Director Laurie Sansom, fresh from the success of the Young America season which transferred to the National Theatre in London for a sell-out run.

Lust, vengeance and madness collide in John Webster’s devastat-ing Jacobean masterpiece, based on actual events, set amongst the corruption and claustrophobia of a 16th Century Italian court.

The Duchess remains one of the stage’s most compel-ling and complex characters.

the Duchess of Malfi

Charting her secret marriage to commoner Antonio and the subsequent hounding by her Machiavellian brothers, the play is an extraordinary vision of one woman’s courage and dignity in the face of a dark and terrifying world. In this electrifyng new production the iconic role of the Duchess is played by Charlotte Emmerson, whose recent cred-its include Serenading Louie at the Donmar and the title role in Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin at the National Theatre.

Laurie Sansom’s atmos-pheric adaptation features mad-rigal singers performing music by influential late-Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, the Prince of Venosa, under the musical direction of acclaimed British counter tenor, Jonathan

Peter Kenny. One of early mu-sic’s most notorious individuals, Gesualdo’s murderous past is echoed in his painfully beautiful madrigals obsessed with love, guilt and retribution.

the DucheSS OF MalFiRoyal & Derngate from Friday 15 to Saturday 30 October and tickets from £27 to £11, Box Office 01604 624811. www.royalandderngate.co.uk.



Wednesday 6 OctOberAs part of the Autumn studio drama season, The Castle are pleased to welcome Red Ladder Theatre Company with their dark comedy, Ugly. Enjoy this gripping drama on Wed 6 Oct, 7.45pm.

Set in a future world that

is suffering an environmental eclipse of the heart Ugly tells the darkly comic tale of four people who will have to kill their angels and become more like their devils if they are going to survive. Emotional, intense and visceral, this play breaks rules .It will also break your heart.

Ugly Is at The Castle Theatre, Wed 6 Oct, 7.45pm. Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk.

Ugly

Ugly is not pretty, seeing it might just change your life…

Ugly is Red Ladder’s new commission by Emma Adams. For this production they have reunited the writer, director team who previous created Forgotten Things which was shortlisted for 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award and acclaimed at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009.

Red Ladder is a radical theatre company with 40 years of history; acknowledged as

one of Britain’s leading national touring companies producing high quality theatre contributing to social change and global justice. Ugly is unsuitable for under 15’s and contains strong language and references of a sexual nature.



WOW’S JAZ COX LOOKS AT SOME OF THE NEWEST CINEMA RELEASES

OctOber 1stPOLIce ADJectIVecristi is a young undercover cop who undergoes a crisis of conscience when he is pressured to arrest a teenager who offers hash to classmates. Not wanting to ruin the life of a young man he considers merely irresponsible, cristi must either allow the arrest to be a burden on his conscience, or face censure by his self-serious superior, for whom the word “conscience” has an entirely different meaning.

FrOZeNA typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they’ve been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die.

FrIDAy 22ND OctOberKate and Humphrey are two wolves who are nothing alike. Kate’s an alpha wolf – discipline, duty and responsibility mean everything to her. On the other hand, Humphrey is an omega wolf - fun, friends and living life to the max are important to him. In the world of wolves, alphas and omegas don’t mix, mingle or mate – such is pack law.

As the alpha wolf daughter of the western pack leader, Kate is arranged to marry Garth, the alpha wolf son of the eastern pack leader, not for love but to prevent a deadly war between the two packs. But the marriage is put on hold

Alpha and Omega

when, unbeknownst to anyone, Kate and Humphrey are taken by park rangers from their home in Jasper Park, Canada and relocated to Sawtooth Park, Idaho.

Desperate to get back in time to marry Garth and prevent war, and battling each other’s different points of view and a few bears and porcupines along the way, Kate and Humphrey must work together to make the long journey home to their beloved Jasper Park. But the two that shouldn’t ever mix soon discover a new obstacle: somewhere along the way, Kate and Humphrey have fallen in love.

certIFIcAte: PGGeNre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, FamilyDIrectOr: Anthony Bell, Ben GluckcAst: Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper, Danny Glover, Larry MillerruNNING tIme: TBC

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FRIDAy 15th OctObeROn an autumn night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication known as facebook. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. From director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin comes The Social Network, a

the Social Network

film that proves you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Cean Chaffin and based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich.

CAST:Jesse Eisenberg, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, Justin Timberlake, Brenda SongDIRECTOR: David FincherGENRE: DramaCERTIFICATE: TBCRuNTIME: 2 hours

the Girl Who Played With Fire

FRIDAy 8th OctObeRLisbeth Salander, aka The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, is back and in deep trouble in the breathless second instalment of author Stieg Larsson’s phenomenal crime trilogy. Noomi Rapace returns as the socially challenged cyberpunk who finds herself the prime suspect in a triple murder case involving international sex traffickers, the secret police, and her old friend, journalist Mikael Blomquist (Michael Nyqvist).

But while all are desperate to find her first, Salander is one tough cookie to track down. The Millennium saga continues with another gripping mystery that unfolds at a blistering pace.

CERTIFICATE: 15GENRE: ThrillerDIRECTOR: Daniel AlfredsonCAST: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, RuNTIME: 2hrs 9mins

Friday 8thWALL StReet 2Michael Douglas is back in his Oscar®—winning role as one of the screen’s most notorious villains, Gordon Gekko. emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter Winnie, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiancé Jacob (Shia Labeouf).

MAcheteAfter a violent shakedown from a notorious drug lord nearly kills him, Machete, a renegade Mexican Federale and tough–as–nails vigilante for justice, roams the streets of texas, working as a day laborer. When Machete is hired by a crooked US Senator to execute a covert hit, Machete is double–crossed and forced to run from the cops and an endless stream of assassins. but what they don’t know is that Machete is looking for them so he can settle the score.

LIFe AS We KNOW Itholly berenson is an up and coming caterer and eric Messer is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. but when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, holly and Messer are forced to put their differences aside.

bURIeDPaul conroy is not ready to die. but when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. buried with only a mobile


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Friday 15th OCtOBErAcclaimed filmmaker Zack Sny-der makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adven-ture “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole” based on the beloved Guardians of Ga’Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his fa-ther’s epic stories of the Guard-ians of Ga’ Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all

Legend of Guardians

of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd, scoffs at the notion, and yearns to hunt, fly and steal his father’s favor from his younger sibling.

But Kludd’s jealousy has ter-rible consequences—causing both owlets to fall from their treetop home and right into the talons of the Pure Ones. Now it is up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave young owls. Together they soar across the sea and through the mist to find the Great Tree, home of the legendary Guardians—Soren’s only hope of defeating the Pure Ones and saving the owl king-doms.

CERTIFICATE: PGGENRE: Adventure, AnimationDIRECTOR: Zack SnyderCAST: Emily Barclay, Abbie Cornish, Essie Davis, Adrienne DeFaria, Joel EdgertonRuNTImE: 1 hour 37 minutes

phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time.

a tOWN CaLLEd PaNiCa town Called Panic follows the wacky, hilarious and often surreal adventures of three plastic toys named Cowboy, indian and horse who share a rambling house in a rural town which never fails to attract the weirdest events. Each speedy character is voiced—and animated—as if they are filled with laughing gas.


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The gigs, The groups, The goss...

If you’ve never heard the name of Krystle Warren, then here’s ample proof of the power of WOW’s preview pages. We don’t need to tell you how to sample the Kansas City singer’s wares on the internet, and once you’ve done so all we’ll need to say is, “See you at the Stables.”

Krystle tip

Krystle’s a little bit jazz, a little bit blues, folk and pop – an original best compared to influences from Rufus Wainwright to Betty Carter, Willie Nelson to Nina Simone. A great new talent ready to break big.

In comparison, Gordon Haskell’s slow-burning talent

Mon 25 KRYSTLE WARREN Wed 27 GORDON HASKELL The Stables MK

saw him in Atlantic Records’ underground psych band Fleur De Lys in the ‘60s, sharing a flat with Jimi Hendrix. Solo jazz wasn’t the flavour of the ‘70s or ‘80s, so Gordon hit the road to Scandinavia. Only in 1990 did his DIY single ‘How Wonderful You Are’ become Radio 2 Single

of the Week – soon making him Amazon’s favourite, most laid-back, vocalist…

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If you only go to 30 gigs this month… with DJ Fontana

Fri 1 GEORGIE FAME & SONS The Castle Wellingborough

Sat 2 ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS Market Harborough Leisure Centre

Sun 3 THE DRIFTERS Royal Centre Nottingham

Mon 4 THE MAGIC NUMBERS O2 Academy Leicester

Tue 5 MUMFORD & SONS Rock City Nottingham HAYSEED DIXIE New Roadmender Northampton WE’LL MEET AGAIN The Castle Wellingborough

Wed 6 MIDWEEK MULE OPEN MIC The Donkey Leicester

Thu 7 GLENN HUGHES The Assembly Leamington BLAKE Royal & Derngate Theatre NorthamptonOYSTERBAND The Stables MK

Fri 8 JEAN MICHEL JARRE NIA Birmingham BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN Warwick Arts Centre Coventry AYNSLEY LISTER O2 Academy Leicester STIFF LITTLE FINGERS The Auditorium Leicester

Sat 9 WISHBONE ASH Wilbarston Hall Market HarboroughIAN McNABB The Musician Leicester

Sun 10 NORMA WATERSON + ELIZA CARTHY Royal & Derngate Northampton

Mon 11 BEVERLEY MARTYN Taylor John’s House Coventry

Tue 12 THE CHARLATANS + SHAUN RYDER Rock City Nottingham

The world is freshly awoken to new guitar hero Joe Bonamassa, and there’s no mistaking he’s the real deal, following right in the line of his heroes Kossoff, Green, Clapton and Gallagher – that’s right, the British heavy school, despite deep New York roots – and taking Radio 2 listeners to a very special

Guitar slingers

place. Meanwhile the Manics are

back with their unique take on indie guitar rock – first gone stadium, then gone soul, which still tugs uncannily at the heartstrings even on the 10th studio album. Support is notable for the giant ‘70s prog sound of the year before last. If it’s large

Tue 19 JOE BONAMASSA Sun 31 MANIC STREET PREACHERS + BRITISH SEA POWER De Montfort Hall Leicester

shiny guitars you’re after, the de Mont certainly delivers this month…


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MARTY WILDE + EDEN KANE + JET HARRIS Royal & Derngate Northampton

Fri 15 CHLOE HALL TRIO Y Theatre Leicester BADLY DRAWN BOY Albert Hall Nottingham

Sat 16 THE TREMELOES + HERMANS HERMITS Bedworth Civic Hall

Sun 17 GUNS N’ ROSES + SEBASTIAN BACH LG Arena Birmingham

Mon 18 WALTER TROUT The Stables MKTRICKY Rock City Nottingham

Mon 18-Sat 23 THRILLER - LIVE! Royal Centre Nottingham

Fri 22 THE STRANGE DEATH OF LIBERAL ENGLAND Firebug Leicester

Sat 23 BLACK CARROT + BABY DEE Taylor John’s House Coventry

Sun 24 PAUL CARRACK Royal & Derngate Northampton WORLDS LARGEST ORCHESTRA LG Arena Birmingham PLAN B O2 Academy Leicester

Mon 25 MIGHTY DIAMONDS The Assembly Leamington Spa

Tues 26 SKINNY MOLLY The Stables MK

Wed 27 THE MIDAS TOUCH TOUR: THE HOLLIES Royal & Derngate NorthamptonMACEO PARKER The Assembly Leamington

Sat 30 JIMI HENDRIX 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR: THE HAMSTERS Market Harborough Leisure Centre

Let’s just come right out and say it: Marina and the Diamonds are WOW’s fave pop act of 2010, packing cheeky retro tunes of an ‘80s bent into the singles chart and a veritable exegesis of self-analytical paranoid angst into the Album of the Year, The Family Jewels. And did we mention squeaky vocal mannerisms? Millions of killer tunes?

A welsh lass of Cypriot origins, Marina is of course quite insane: you only have to glance at her curious

Diamond diva

cheerleader chic and focus in on a single phrase of introverted, boastful psychobabble to realise that. But, Lordie, it’ll be fun watching her have a bit of a bop and a squeal, and effortlessly knock also-rans such as Bush, Amos and our Florence into a cocked hat.

Sat 23 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Birmingham Town HallThu 11 Nov Warwick University Copper Rooms

At Northampton’s R&D, How Sweet It Is celebrates the soulful, dancefloor-tripping sound of Motown, hitting its eighth successive year with a live show combining first-class music, slick choreography and band that steps right into the satin jumpsuits of The Temps, The Tops, Smokey, Marvin and Stevie. Just two weeks later you can double up your Motor City injection in Leicester with another

Motor City running

superbly choreographed tribute show direct from sell-outs in London’s O2 Arena.

Back to Shoetown for more ‘60s nostalgia with the original faces of the era in that huge critical hit, the Maximum Rhythm ‘N’ Blues tour. In its Motown-equalling eighth year, the show stars the gen-yoo-whine Manfreds (reuniting Paul Jones, Mike D’Abo, Mike Hugg and Tom McGuinness) plus the

Fri 8 MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS: HOW SWEET IT IS Royal & Derngate NorthamptonWed 20 MAGIC OF MOTOWN De Montfort Hall LeicesterTues 26 MAXIMUM RHYTHM & BLUES: THE MANFREDS + ALAN PRICE + CLIFF BENNETT Royal & Derngate Northampton

incomparable Alan Price and Dexys’ inspiration Cliff Bennett.


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It isn’t just the East Midlands and the Leicester de Mont that can line up a double whammy of all-time crunching guitar rock: look what they’ve gone and salted on to the menu in the Symphony Hall in the Wild West…

First up is sometime

Very ‘umble, very ‘eavy

Jeff Beck. We’re talking the sometime Yardbird responsible for ‘Heart Full of Soul’, ‘Shapes of Things’ and sundry other ‘60s psychouts – not to mention an ensuing four decades jam-packed with distinctive plectrum prints all over the world of hard rock, jazz-fusion and modern music history.

There aren’t many acts who could follow that; but Robert Plant is a revelation live. Hear the double-Grammy blues growl, yelp and rumble behind all the Led Zep juggernauts and such solo classics as 1988’s triple platinum ‘Now and Zen’…

Sun 17 JEFF BECK + IMELDA MAY Wed 27 ROBERT PLANT & BAND OF JOY + JUSTIN ADAMS AND JULDEH CAMARA Symphony Hall Birmingham

brmb Live 2010

Saturday 27th NOVember This year Birmingham’s LG Arena will play host to the biggest pop music event the city has seen in years with the first brmb Live 2010

The hit radio station has announced The Hoosiers as the next act to sign up and will join already confirmed acts McFly and Olly Murs as they take to the stage for the new star studded concert. Al from The Hoosiers said “we are super, super, super excited to be playing... and I never say

super! We promise to dazzle the audience with our biggest tunes and our best dance moves”.

Look out for more news in next month’s edition of WOW.

Tickets are on sale now and priced at £29.95 or £34.95 for Gold Circle subject to transaction fees and are available online at www.theticketfactory.com or by calling The Ticket Factory on 0844 338 8000.


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WOW FINDS OUT WHERE THE LAUGHS ARE THIS MONTH

If you only go to 20 comedy gigs this month… with DJ Fontana

Fri 1 DARA O’BRIAIN De Montfort Hall Leicester ROB DEERING Uppingham Theatre Oakham

Sat 2 COMEDY & CLUB NIGHT: JEREMY O’DONNELL, RHODRI RHYS + Highlight Comedy Leicester

Sun 3 OLD DOG, NEW TRICKS: JENNY ECLAIR The Castle Wellingborough

Tue 5 MAGNERS FUNHOUSE COMEDY CLUB: BRIAN DAMAGE & KRYSSTAL, NATHAN CATON + The Willow Leicester

Thu 7 ARDAL O’HANLON Loughborough Town Hall FUNNY THURSDAYS: TREVOR LOCK, JOE ROWNTREE Momo Northampton

Fri 8 THE COMEDY CLUB: GUEST COMEDIANS Lodge Park Sports Centre Corby

Fri 8-Sat 9 RUFUS HOUND The Cornerhouse Nottingham

Sat 9 BOTTLE ROCKET COMEDY CLUB: SEAN HUGHES, JO CAULFIELD + Y Theatre Leicester LAST LAUGH COMEDY EVENT: CURTIS WALKER, RICHARD BLACKWOOD + Athena

In the Chinese Year of the Tiger, Joe has been honing his psychic skills with the legendary Zen Master, The Emperor Wang (otherwise know as Kevin Bloss). Now it’s time for Joe to hit the road and open his third eye, where audiences will take part in amazing experiments that will answer age old questions like why do we only use 28% of our brain power while the other 31% lays dormant? And why do

E.S.P.

ESP = EXTRA SENSORY PASQUALE: JOE PASQUALE Sunday 3, Stamford, Corn Exchange Theatre Wed 6 Royal & Derngate NorthamptonSaturday 23 Lincoln, Theatre RoyalSat 6 Nov CHRIS ADDISON Royal & Derngate

birds suddenly appear… every time you are near?

He might not hail from Essex, have a high-pitched voice or have been voted TV’s ‘King of the Jungle’ but – STOP PRESS! – Chris ‘The Thick Of It’ Addison just added a Northampton date to his 2010 tour, and he’s a funny bloke on the up and up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct.

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Julian Clary is 50, and very much ashamed of the fact. But is he reaching for his pipe and slippers and considering a life snuggled in from of the telly? No – he’s still out and about, battling on gamely, determined to make the most of the few remaining years of his life.

“This will be an intimate evening,” promises the grand old dame, “a celebration, no less, of my twenty-five years

Julian can’t cope

in the camp spotlight: how I got there and why I refuse to leave.”

Best come and see him sharpish… “before they put me in a home for tired old knackers”

Fri 29 LORD OF THE MINCE: JULIAN CLARY The Castle WellingboroughWed 3 Nov The Stables MK

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High-intensity Irish comic Tom-my Tiernan would like to take this chance to flag up some hot new acts on the scene: There’s “Brian O’Brian – a sword swal-lower with a pacemaker. He opens his throat, plunges the steel and gets any FM station in the world to play through his nip-ples.” Look out also for “Rex – a dog ventriloquist with a human dummy. The dummy can only say ‘sausages’, but it’s a good laugh.” And then there’s “Busty McMahon – a post-op person of smaller stature who dresses up as a giant tit and then shoots low fat squirting cream over the crowd.”

Gotcha, Tom. But strangely no mention of Felix Dexter: no tit, but instead a fount of wonder-ful and eccentric characters, described by the Guardian as an “excellent, explosive and exhila-rating performer. Ptoof!

Tom tit

Tue 5 FELIX DEXTER: MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES IN ORDERFri 15 CROOKED MAN: TOMMY TIERNAN The Stables MK

Poor old Mark Watson: just one big cheque in the bank for performing in an ad as a blind-date loser on behalf of a certain cider company, and suddenly his advert is the stuff of comedy legend. Then what should befall the Bristolian comedian-novelist but his little brother Paul became the youngest coach in international football history, boss of the Federated States of Micronesia team aged just 25. Not funny, but true.

Stil l , at least Watson can reflect that his own misfortune provided the mighty Stewart Lee with an unforgettable, hate-fil led 30-minute comedy routine

Elementary, my dear

based around the well-known phrase “Just give it to me straight, Doctor – like a pear cider that ’s made from 100% pear”.

WOW predicts the un-shaven Welsh funnyman’s bounceback will begin here.

Tue 5 MARK WATSON De Montfort Hall LeicesterFri 8 Alexandra Theatre BirminghamSat 16 STEWART LEE: VEGETABLE STEW Birmingham Town Hall Sun 17 Curve Leicester Mon 18 Cornerhouse Nottingham Fri 22 Warwick Arts Centre

Leicester

Sun 10 PATRICK MONAHAN The Cornerhouse Nottingham JOKES. LIFE. AND JOKES ABOUT LIFE: ALUN COCHRANE The Glee Club Nottingham

Thu 14 BAD BOOK CLUB: ROBIN INCE Fishmarket Northampton

Sun 17 THE ARMSTRONG & MILLER SHOW Milton Keynes Theatre PETE FIRMAN The Cornerhouse Nottingham DAPHNE FAIRFAX: ARTHUR SMITH Warwick Arts Centre Coventry

Mon 18 LOCKIPEDIA: SEAN LOCK Royal & Derngate Northampton

Wed 20 SCREAMING BLUE MURDER: ANDREW BIRD, SALLY-ANNE HAYWARD + The Stables MK

Fri 22 JOHN BISHOP Royal & Derngate Theatre Northampton LAUGHTER THERAPY: JIMMY CARR Royal Centre Nottingham

Sat 23 BE HONOURABLE:JOSIE LONG Firebug LeicesterMITCH BENN, THE ATTRACTIONS The Musician Leicester

Thu 28 JERRY SADOWITZ The Assembly Leamington SpaNONSENSORY OVERLOAD: ROSS NOBLE De Montfort Hall Leicester

Fri 29 BARREL OF FUN: AL MURRAY De Montfort Hall Leicester

Sat 30 GERRY K Vjay Leicester


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here’s a lot more to Mark Little than ‘80s beach barbies with Kylie and Jason. He’s a veteran of the

Edinburgh Festival with a string of one-man stand-up shows, and has been in 15 feature films. TV slots include Wish You Were Here, The Big Breakfast, and even a guest role in Emmerdale. In 2000, he won a coveted Olivier Award for the one-man play ‘Defending The Caveman’ – a role which he has recently reprised to rave reviews, and is touring in the Midlands this month..

Tell us a little bit about being a Caveman…

Oh, the play is a massive hit. It ran in the West End for longer than any other one-man play in recent years. In America it holds the record for the longest one-man run on Broadway. They named a street after it I think – Caveman Avenue!

Olivier Award winner Mark Little shakes off the shackles of ‘Joe Mangel’ – and talks Caveman to WOW’s Derek Hammond

It’s an American play, but the material about understanding the opposite sex is clearly timeless, universal…

The Americans lapped it up, but even when we won the award I was walking a bit of a tightrope as we weren’t allowed to change the lecture parts or the therapy element to suit an English audience. Then recently the rights were sold and the new owners came to me again, and now it’s far better adapted to resolving the battle of the sexes for England. If the original play won an Olivier Award, then this version deserves three!

Did you see the headlines this week? ‘Kylie Embarrassed About Neighbours Past’. She doesn’t want them to show reruns of her marrying Jason!

Kylie, Jason, Guy Pearce, they should all be embarrassed! I’m embarrassed! It was just a little job I did before the next Scorsese film came along. It was never meant to last. Neighbours was like Dr Who, you could transmogrify. I had a son called Toby and one day he came home with a new head!

It must have given your career a bit of a lift?

Well, yes and no. I was finished with Neighbours when I first went to Edinburgh; but Neighbours was running two years behind here and my time was peaking on air. I came to England to do my stand-up everybody went mental. ‘You are Joe Mangel’! ‘You will be Joe Mangel forever’!

What are your plans post Caveman? More stand-up, or another play?

I’ll be touring another one-man play called ‘A Stretch Of The Imagination’. It’s about a 100-year-old hermit at the end of his life. It’s quite surreal, absurd, touching,

funny, deep. It shows off my classically trained acting skills quite well! It was Critic’s Choice in Time Out. It’s a really good play, very funny. It’s very Australian, very smart. Which is odd!

You’re an old-school alternative comic at heart, aren’t you?

Oh, I’m ancient. An old dinosaur of comedy. The Caveman thing has been very good to me, so I’m letting him get me over the Russell Brand/Michael McIntyre era of comedy, and now I reckon young people are ready again for strong, adult, political, revolutionary comedy. Yes, I’ll be doing more stand-up.

Your final word on ‘Defending The Caveman’?

It’s a classic night out, especially for couples to come, to look at each other and their relationships and try to figure out why they bother to be together! I’ll help them with a bit of a comic analysis they’ll remember forever. It’s a beaut!

DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN Fri 8-Sat 9 Royal Spa Centre Leamington Mon 11 Loughborough Town HallWed 20 The Castle Wellingborough

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WOW TAKES A LOOK AT THE DANCE, CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY

MOn 4 & Tues 5 OcTOberDirected by the multi award winning Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia!, Sister Act), BLAZE – the streetdance sensation features 16 of the best streetdancers in the world with nine different nationalities including BBC1’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ finalists Tommy Franzen and Lizzie Gough together with Lil Steph, UK B-boy Champion Mouse and BC-one finalists Neguin and Pelezinho. The choreography is by five of the brightest and hottest names in streetdance including Lyle Beniga, Mike

blaze

Song, Chris Baldock, Ryan Chappell and Kenny Wormald. There are stunning sets by Es Devlin (designer for Kanye West and Lady GaGa), lighting by Patrick Woodroffe and Adam Bassett (Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson -This is It) and amazing visuals by MSA Visuals and Flat-E.

Critics and audiences have been raving since the show’s opening last March at The Peacock Theatre in London.

‘Blaze is big, slick and exuberantly delivered package of wall-to-wall dance…’, ‘…eye-catchingly imaginative set…’,

bLAZe is at the Nottingham Royal Centre, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND. Ticket Prices: £15 - £25 with concessions availableBox Office: 0115 989 5555Website & Online Booking: www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk

‘…dazzling variety of digital graphics’ and ‘The dancing, too, reaches spectacular levels’, wrote the Times. While The Financial Times awarded the show five stars and wrote ‘ Here is the most blissfully energetic, sassy, to-hell-with-everything-exept-street-dance show’, ‘The sound system…it’s like a vitamin shot to the evening’, ‘the cast is superb’, ‘the show has voltage enough to light a small Belgian town for a year’ and ‘Amazing video projections’.

Described as a combination of a West End theatre show

mixed with the feel of a night club and the energy of a pop concert, BLAZE – the streetdance sensation is simply a show where you cannot sit still.

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Fri 22 & Sat 23 Oct Enjoy a pre-Christmas treat at The Castle when Moscow Ballet return with their beauitful production of the most-loved classical ballet of all, Swan Lake. This performance takes place on Fri 22 and Sat 23 Oct, 7.30pm.

As Prince Siegfried reaches his 21st birthday, he must select his future wife from the ladies attending his formal ball. However when he meets Odette, Queen of the Swans, he falls helplessly in love. Only true love can save Odette from the spell that has been cast on her by evil sorcerer, Von Rothbart, so he proposes marriage. But his proposal is not as it seems and true love is in risk.

Moscow Ballet - La Classique has thrilled ballet lovers during hugely successful tours of Egypt, Morocco, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Norway, Israel, Thailand, Taiwan, China, Japan,

Swan lake

Australia and New Zealand as well as the UK and this world famous company have gained vast international acclaim.

Some of the male dancers in this talented Company have themselves achieved star status in their own country and the incredibly athletic Andrey Lyapin is one such principal dancer who is featured in this

SWan Lake Is at The Castle Theatre, Fri 22 & Sat 23 Oct, 7.30pm, Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk.

most entertaining production of Swan Lake.

World-renowned soloists Nadezda Ivanova, Andrey Shalin, Andrey Lyapin, and Dmitry Smirnov lead the Moscow Ballet Company under the direction of Elik Melikov. As the company of Moscow Ballet – La Classique once more dance themselves into the dreams that legends

are made of and yet another world class production of Swan Lake.

Wed 13 Oct Enjoy an evening of powerful contemporary dance, when Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company perform their fantastic double bill Bruise Blood and Faultline. Let yourself be inspired by this amazing night of dance on Wed 13 Oct, 7.30pm.

This sensational double-bill is inspired by the drive and bustle of youth and cities. The Company’s stunning international cast of dancers convey Jeyasingh’s commitment to presenting dance that is powerful, strikingly original and beautiful to watch.

Bruise Blood and Faultline

Bruise Blood (2009) brings together beatbox artist Shlomo and composer Glyn Perrin to remix Come out by Steve Reich, written in response to the arrest of six black youths during the Harlem riots in New

BruiSe BLOOd and FauLtLine Is at The Castle Theatre, Wed 13 Oct, 7.30pm, Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk.

York during the 1960s. By way of contrast, the popular and critically acclaimed Faultline (2007) features the hauntingly beautiful voice of Indian soprano Patricia Rosario and is inspired by Gautam Malkhani’s hit novel Londonstani, vividly portraying turbulent tensions amongst British Asian youth.

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Havana Rakatan

SATURDAY 9TH OCTOBERThe Vienna Festival Ballet returns to Stamford with their traditional, enchant-ing production of The Sleep-ing Beauty. A classic fairy tale set to Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, stunning choreography, beautiful cos-tumes, all combine to portray the struggle between good and evil . Incensed at being snubbed at the christening of Princess Aurora, the wicked fairy Carabosse lays a curse on the child, proclaiming that she will one day pierce her finger - and die. But the Lilac Fairy intervenes, and when the fateful day arrives, the princess and the entire pal-

Sleeping Beauty

ace instead fall into a deep sleep. A century later, Prince Florimund is guided to the castle by the Lilac Fairy, overcoming the obstacles created by Carabosse, and

Saturday 9th october 2.30Pm & 6.30Pm Tel 01780 766455www.stamford-corn-exchange.co.uk

awakening the sleeping prin-cess with a kiss. It is love at first sight, the palace awakes and a parade of fairytale characters attends the royal wedding.

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 31 From the sexy, spontaneous rumba to the slick footwork of the cha-cha-cha, Havana Rakatan is a dazzling music and dance spectacular direct from Cuba, and is guaranteed to get heads nodding and feet tapping when it comes to Royal & Derngate from Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 October.

After four sensational seasons at Sadler’s Wells’

West End home, the Peacock Theatre, Havana Rakatan is now bringing all the heat of the Cuban summer to Northampton. Featuring one of Cuba’s most popular bands live on stage, this is a captivating and colourful journey through the music and dance of a truly unique country. From the fusion of Spanish and Afro-Caribbean elements in the bolero to the popular, sexy salsa, and from the quick-footed

HAvAnA RAkATAn performs on the Derngate stage from Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 October. Box Office 01604 624811.www.royalandderngate.co.uk

rumba to the vivacious mambo and cha-cha-cha, this red-hot show has all the ingredients audiences need for a fantastic night at the theatre.

Originally the dream of one Cuban woman, Nilda Guerra, this high-octane dance spectacular has now travelled around the world. From the heart of Cuba, where Ballet Rakatan was formed, to the world stage, Havana Rakatan

has been enjoyed by thousands thanks to Nilda’s passion and determination


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ot only is Julian the world’s greatest cellist – he’s also the head of a wonderful charity that

brings music to deprived kids; a man who’s been inspired by Elton John, Roy Orbison and Goldfrapp; a secret fan of dubstep… and Leyton Orient!

How important to you is playing in front of a live audience?

It is everything. Music is all about communication. I try to convey my feeling of what whichever composer I am playing wanted to say as clearly and directly as I can to each and every member of the audience.

Apart from your father and Pierre Fournier, which of the musicians you’ve played with has most inspired you? And who has most surprised you?

I have been so lucky to work with so many wonderful musicians! I’ve learned as much from non-classical musicians like Elton John, Cleo Laine and Stephane Grappelli as anyone. But I would have to say that playing and recording Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin conducting was a beautiful experience in every way.

WOW’s Tracy Webber enjoys a chinwag with Julian Lloyd Webber

The In Harmony programme is a wonderful idea for inspiring kids from deprived areas. How did you get involved?

I have always believed that playing music should be for every child - not just the ones whose parents can afford to pay for instruments and lessons. In Harmony enables children from some of the poorest communities in England to do this. The effect on the children and their families has been extraordinary - it is the most exciting thing I’ve ever been involved with!

Please tell us all about your 17th-century Stradivarius cello.

It is a wonderful instrument that has been my ‘partner’ for twenty seven years! It is called the ‘Barjansky Stradivarius’ after the Russian cellist who played it in the early years of last century. It is certainly the best cello I have ever played - but I don’t really regard it as ‘mine’ -or even my bank manager’s! I am merely it’s custodian over the period I play it.

What would you rate/recommend as your favourite of all cello concertos?

The Elgar concerto is an extraordinary

work of art - the culmination of Elgar’s genius. Shostakovich’s First concerto is another great introduction to the cello.

Apart from cello music, what other types of music do you enjoy listening to? And do you ever pick up and play any other instruments – either not very well, or just for fun?

I like lots of different music, from my boyhood ‘pop’- Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Everly Brothers to Bossa Nova - Tom Jobim, Astrud and Bebel Gilberto to all kinds of contemporary artists like Goldfrapp, Kelis and even Dubstep - which makes me fall about laughing! As far as playing other instruments, I used to enjoy playing the trumpet as a child until one day my father sold it to one of his student’s at the Royal College of Music! Obviously he failed to appreciate my trumpeting abilities!

WED 20 - JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER - ARRIVAL (AND DEPARTURE) OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA - ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Birmingham Town HallThurs 4 - nOv TrAvELs WITh MY CELLO Is at The Castle Theatre, Castle Way, Wellingborough, NN8 1XA. For tickets call the box office on 01933 270 007 or online at www.thecastle.org.uk.

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The most popular trend in menswear for A/W is military. Out in force! having drifted from one season to another this look has been polished up and will make our Heroes proud.

lean cut and smart is the word, pay attention to detail look for button detailing and motifs, and keep your eyes open for

man broaches or pins. Foot wear - aviator boots are a must. Be inspired by designers such Ralph Lauren, John Galliano, and Gareth Pugh.

Fashion is like a chocolate box at the moment, there is so much choice! but if you fancy a rest from those heels then WOW recommends adding some boyish charm with this sea-sons display of ladies brogues and loafers. For the feminine touch look for those sprinkled with glitter!

Help for Heroes was co-founded by Bryn and

Emma Parry, and launched on October 1st 2007. Bryn had served with the Royal Green Jackets for ten years.The couple were profoundly moved after a visit to Selly Oak hospital in Birming-ham, where they met injured service-men and women and decided they needed to do something to help. H4H has since raised over £66m. Find out more at www.helpforheroes.org.uk

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1. Berlin overcoat, Denim

borg shirt, Cigarette pants,

Leather waister belt. River

Island.

2. 1/4 Button Cream Chunky

Knitted Top, £35. Jacamo

3. Military Green Cropped

Wool Trench Coat, D&G.

£625.00. my-wardrobe.com

4. Burberry - Leather mid

calf explorer boot. £495

5. Military Coat £75, Long

Sleeve Waffle Grandad £15,

Washed Five Pocket Jean

£36, Fingerless Gloves £6,

Grey Leather Holdall £80,

High Top Leather Boot £90.

Burton

6. Chocolate Soft Leather

Aviator Jacket. APC, £660,

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7. White Military Cross Tee

Vivienne Westwood, £47

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8. Coat T50 1819 £99,

Trouser T54 7032 £18,

Gloves T01 2903D £29.50,

Hat T01 4535 £15, Boot T02

1828 £85, Marks & Spencer.

9. Dark Military Straight Fit

Garbardine Chinos.

CP Company, £145 .

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10. Waxed Canvas Holdall

£65.00. French Connection.

11. Silver eagle keyring, £50.

Vivienne Westwood, House

of Fraser.

12. Crystal Spitfire Cufflinks

£50. Simon Carter, House of

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OW teenagers take a break from their studies to experience a WOW

photoshoot with Nigel Ord-Smith, modelling Fatface Autumn/Winter Collections, styling by Becky Thurston at Fatface, Market Harborough.

Singer, Actress, Dancer, Chef!Plays Violin (Grade 5) and was Finalist at National Junior Chef.Ambition: To own an event manage-ment/catering co.

Actor, Singer, Dancer, Plays Saxaphone and sang with the RSS Soul Band at ISME 29th World Confer-ence in Beijing.Ambition: Theatre/Film Director

Singer, Actress, Dancer, Model.Plays Flute (Grade 7) + has 11 GCSE’sAmbition: Fashion Designer/Retailer

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Lauren Wears: Iris Knit Dress - £45, semi Plain scarf - £15, stata Printed Top, Leggings - £15 - BeThany Wears: floppy Beanie - £12.50, nadia Waistcoat - £25, Betsy Tee - £17, straightstretch Denim - £45, susie scoop Bag - £32.50, Ditsy Print lota Tunic - £35, yana Cardi - £50, selection of necklaces from - £9 - Jaz Wears: Clatter Gillet - £55, surf Classic Tee - £20, Bootcut Light Denim - £50, Lumberjack Check shirt - £40, Original shortsleeve Crew Tee - £20, easy Dark Denim -£50 - all available from Fatface. - shoes models own

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MAKE SURE YOU’RE BEAUTY, NOT THE BEAST...

October isn’t all about Halloween and half term, endless horror film re runs and complaining about the clocks going back. No October a great month full of exciting new trends.

First up we have something I call ‘glunge’ which is a com-bination of red hot glamour and grunge. Think posh frock, killer heels and smoky eyes teamed with big volume out of bed hair over backcombed with a generous splash of sea

VIVID HAIR is at 44 St. Marys Road, Market Harborough LE16 7DU. To book an appointment telephone 01858 468 394

salt spray by Davines.For those who prefer the

glam without the grunge, then the 50’s starlet wave could be the look for you.

Hair slides and side part-ings are well and truly back just like in that school photo from 1974 (well my sisters anyway!). The always versa-tile midi bob is still a strong look, but the quiff is out in fa-vour of the slick back. Time to get the gel out again! Pretty

If you have any haircare questions you would like to ask our expert, please write to: Adam @ Vivid Hair, C/O WOW, 50 St. Marys Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7DU.

Get ready for glamour

ballerina style top knots and simple long pony tails with the odd fish plait finish off this seasons looks.

For colour lose the beach blond and reach for the choco-late, and I’m not talking dairy milk here! Its got to be dark all the way. Now talking of dark have you noticed how early it gets dark these days……….!

Cheers Adam

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But not to worry, Decleor have launched a new range to support our skin through the cold months and the abuse at Christmas (sorry had to mention it ).

Harmonie Calm - The infinite softness of Aromatherapy for Sensitive Skin. The aim of the range –

A specific and innovative response to the needs of sensitive skins.

Rose, Lily and Cotton Essential Milks and Rose Essential Oil to work on every layer of the skin.

A complete range of four products that will restore tranquillity and peace to the skin.

An intensive mask has been created to give a bandage effect with a feather like brush to bathe the skin in a silk texture.

60% of women claim to have sensitive skin, which affects all age groups and all skin types, with normal skin 20%, Oily Skin 8%, Combination Skin 42% and Dry Skin 30%.

Behind Harmonie Calm is Decleor Innovation- LACTO CALM COMPLEX

Lacto Calm Complex has four complimentary actions-

Beauty ManOr is above Browns Hairdressing, Manor House, High Street, Market Harborough, LE16 7NL. To book an appointment telephone 0844 999 4365www.thebeautymanor.co.uk

If you have any beauty questions you would like to ask our expert, please write to: Kara @ Beauty Manor, C/O WOW, 50 St. Mary’s Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7DU.

Protect your skin

Soothe immediately and strengthens the skin long term

Restores skin’s tolerance and acts as an anit-inflammatory when the skin is stressed.

Strengthen skin’s barrier protection by providing minerals and vitamins, especially Omega 3 and 6.

Boost the skin’s natural defences, Damask Rose Essential Oil strengthens the skin by 33%.

In the range we have two moisturisers- Soothing Milk Cream and Delicate Milky Cream Fluid, the cream is more suitable for a dry sensitive skin and the fluid is best suited for normal to combination sensitive skin.

Relaxing Milky Gel Cream for Eyes, is soft, cool and has a melting effect, ideal for fragile eye contour and instantly soothes and comforts.

Last but not least the amazing Comforting Milky Gel Cream Mask, this product is to die for, with the application being a feather brush, this helps to soothe and moisturise the skin immediately. This is the first time Decleor has created a retail product that is applied with a brush. Im in love

with it and so are clients skin, the results are instant!

I had better stop there otherwise I will keep going on about this range day and night!

Don’t forget Facial Sale at The Beauty Manor starts 17th October.

See you soon.

Kara x

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WOW LOOKS AT WHAT’S GOING ON...

Fri 22-Tues 26 NOvemberSitting atop its hillside like something out of a fairy tale, there’s nowhere quite like Rockingham Castle to get into the mood for a magical

The ultimate traditional Christmas!

Christmas – especially as this November the 900-year-old royal castle (a family home these past 450 years!) is staging a wonderfully nostalgic return to Christmas

Fri 22-Tues 26 November CHRISTMAS EVE 1849 Rockingham Castle The grounds of the Castle are open from 11am – 8pm. The costumed tours run throughout the day from 11am until 7.30pm and no booking is required. The Castle tours cost £6 for adults and £2.50 for children. For additional information please telephone 01536 770240 or visit the Castle’s website at www.rockinghamcastle.com

Eve, 1949.It was in the Victorian era

that so many of our great Christmas traditions were first instigated. The Christmas tree was first decorated by Prince Albert and the Royal Family, while Charles Dickens revived many a dying tradition to create a template

for snowy carollers outdoors and cosy family excess indoors.

Now Rockingham Castle is to be transformed, taken back in time to the classic era of great, flickering fires, the Great Hall table straining under the weight of seasonal fayre being ferried up from below stairs. Best of all , it will be possible for visitors to walk right back into this world via a fully costumed recreation, and watch the likes of the Butler, Governess, Footman and Housekeeper

make their final Christmas preparations.

With dramatic seasonal illuminations and period decorations, traditional meals and snacks and gift ideas galore, there’s no better way to set the stage for the start of the Christmas season, and warm the festive cockles of your heart.

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Saturday 6th NOvemberBe dazzled by Leicester’s big-gest bonfire and firework dis-play! With around 10,000 visi-tors attending the city’s official celebration, enjoy a fantastic family event with a funfair, food stalls, live entertainment stage hosted by BBC Radio Leicester and special guests, The ZingZillas.

abbey Park bONfire & fireWOrk diSPlay Saturday 6th November 5.00pm - 9.30pmabbey Park, leicester 5pm - Gates open, last admission 7.30pm6.45pm - Children’s firework display followed by lighting the bonfire8pm - leicester’s biggest firework displayadvance tickets: adults £4.00, Concessions £2.50, family (2 adults, 2 children) £12.00On the gate: adults £5.00, Concessions £3.00 (No family tickets available on the gate)Children under 5 free

abbey Park bonfire & firework display

Celebrate with disney On ice

3rd - 14th NOvemberA one-of-a-kind skating spec-tacular featuring more than 60 Disney stars is coming to The NIA, Birmingham. Mickey, Minnie and friends from Disney’s Mulan, The Lion King and Pinocchio, and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo, will be taking to the ice while Stitch from Lilo & Stitch drops in to wreak his usual havoc. This grand celebration in Disney On Ice celebrates 100 Years of Magic and features more than 60 Dis-ney stars, a sing-along score of award-winning Disney music, stunning choreography, elaborate sets and beautiful costumes.

To discover more about Disney On Ice, log on to www.disneyonice.com. Tickets can be purchased online at www.theticketfactory.com or by calling The Ticket Factory on 0844 338 8000.


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Tales of the Riverbank

Now here’s a great idea that’s been taken up by over 1,000 groups so far this year: take a broad-bottomed canoe for two or four, paddle off into the tran-quil Northamptonshire country-side in the vague direction of Pe-terborough, in search of peace and quiet and country pubs… and then call up those nice peo-ple at Canoe2, who will happily come and fetch you so you don’t have to paddle back!

Believe us, it’s the best option when you successfully locate an idyllic boozer late in the day; though it’s also perfectly okay to stay out overnight and go on an an extended expedition for as long as you like. The canoe-ing season ends around the end of October, but until then there’s the added attraction of a stopo-ver in a yurt by the river near Oundle, offered to Canoe2 cus-tomers in partnership with Nene Valley Boats. They’re beautifully decorated inside, fitted with a cosy woodburner for the cooler evenings, and suitable for up to six people.

Needless to say, proper training and all the equipment you’ll need – like lifejackets and watertight barrels for your gear – are all supplied. Prices from £30 per canoe.

Canoe2, Ditchford Lock, Ditchford Road, Irthlingborough, Northants NN8 1RLTel: 01604 832115 www.canoe2.co.uk


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Goalden Globe Awards 2010

On Saturday September 18, Athena in Leicester, played host to England Netball’s Goalden Globe Awards 2010.

Now in its sixth year, the event celebrates the countless volunteers who give up their time to support the sport of netball.

This year Califonia Prunes really put on a spectacular show, as we found out whan we arrived at this 1920’s themed evening. The award presentations were followed by an excellent three course meal and entertainment was left in the very capable hands of Strictly Come Dancing Latin Specialists, Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova.

Darren and Lilia put on a fabulous show and then filled the floor with a Salsa lesson, getting almost all the 300 guests on their feet.

Long Service Awards supported by California Prunes went to:Elizabeth Alsop, East MidlandsPat Harper, SouthJenny Poore, SouthFrank Scott, South WestJoyce Smailes, West MidlandsUrsula Smith, West MidlandsColette Thomson, West MidlandsJoan Young, Yorkshire & Humberside

Lubenham-based California Prune Board is the main sponsor of the award ceremony. The

company markets California Prunes – official snackfood of England Netball.

Esther Ritson-Elliott, Euro-pean Marketing Manager of the California Prune Board summed up the ceremony: “We are de-lighted to have been able to give England Netball volunteers a glamorous evening – everyone had a wonderful time.”

California Prunes have kindly donated 5 copies of the Oracle Diet book to give away. See page 46 for details.

For recipe information go to www.californiaprunes.co.uk Esther Ritson-Elliott (Centre) with Long Service Award winners

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What do you call a witch

who lives at the beach?

A sand-witch

What is a Mummy’s

favorite type of music?

Wrap!

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party?

Because he had no body to go with!

Why did the skeleton cross the road?

To go to the body shop!

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DON’T JUST STICK TO YOUR USUAL HAUNTS, TRY SOMEWHERE NEW TO EAT!

Imli Lounge

ImLI LOunge76 Kingsley Park Terracenorthampton nn2 7HHTel: 01604 791555/791697www.imli-lounge.co.uk

It’s three years now since the Imli Lounge underwent a complete transformation, proudly opening for business with a newly warm and modern ambience, offering an new menu with a dash of fusion inspiration and origins right across the subcontinent.

For eight years, the reputation of the old Prince of Bengal had spread far and wide; but even-long-standing fans of Mr Choudhury’s warm hospitality – take us, for example! – were instantly won over by the atmosphere of the Imli, and the wide-ranging menu which of course still retained those classic signature dishes.

Mr Choudhury doesn’t need to think for too long before recommending his own personal favourite dish to us prevaricating guests in need of help: the Imli Chef’s Special (£10.95) is a tandoori-cooked explosion of rich meat including chicken tikka, lamb tikka and sheek kebab in a special sauce whose ingredients even we have never got to discover!

The range of tastes and origins here is simply stunning – from the south Indian thali to the north-western frontier’s balti, from exotic cuts of venison to the personally recommended batak tawa (duck cooked with ginger, tomato, onion and capsicum, £8.95) – and yet the ingredients are entirely consistent in their

quality and freshness. Taste the bay leaves, the cardamon, the fresh coriander: just as the menu notes, “Whilst the chilli heat equates to a medium strength, the flavours herein are gastronomically explosive!”

From poppadoms and pickles to the last hunk of tandoori nan and the final scoop of good old touk dali side-dish, the Imli rates close to perfect. Now to test out the special Sunday buffet, where £8.95 promises unlimited culinary pleasure

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The Saracen’s Head, Little Brington

THe Saracen’S HeadMain Street, Little Bringtonnorthants nn7 4HSTel: 01604 770640www.thesaracensatbrington.co.uk

Congratulations to all five final-ists in the Pub or Bar Restau-rant of the Year category in this year’s Northants Food and Drink Awards. Now the proud propri-etors, talented chefs and staff, and of course the loyal custom-ers of the finalists face a nerv-ous wait as mystery diners and voters do their stuff, all building up to the announcement of re-sults in all seven categories at a special Awards Dinner at Hold-enby House on 6th October.

We’re pleased to note that four of the five finalists have already been brought to your attention in these pages – The Olde Red Lion, Kislingbury; The Saracen’s Head, Little Brington; The Red Lion, Sibbertoft, and The Tollemache Arms, Har-rington – so the very least the

WOW Food & Drink team can now do is share our insider tip for the pub that we reckon might be favourite to scoop the prestigious foodie award, hav-ing been runner-up last year.

Situated two miles from Althorp, the 17th-century Sara-cen’s Head in Little Brington is a textbook village pub, blending all the traditional elements any serious hostelry lover demands – real ale and exemplary wine list: check! Olde worlde beams, floorboards and flagstones, red

telephone box in the corner: check! – with the offering of first-rate food, accommodation and function facilities.

But it’s the food that brings us back here time after time, heightened by the ambience of the art gallery and library res-taurants. The lunchtime spe-cials (home-baked ham, egg and chips for little more than the price of snack food); the Sunday lunches (try the roast pork belly with peach and apri-cot stuffing, £9.95); chef Adam

Tindall’s ever-tempting pie of the day, or his fantastic roast venison, served with thyme po-lenta cake and gruyere cheese, drizzled with port.

And, oh gosh, here comes Christmas…

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WOW kids put on the witches hat and embark on some hubble, bubble, toil and trouble by clearing the garden of windfall apples...

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The original quote: “Double, double toil and trouble.” was penned by William Shakespeare (Macbeth). “Bubble bubble” was popularized in the hit Disney cartoon “DuckTales” - “Much Ado About Scrooge.” The witches on the island chanted “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. Leave this island on the double.”

efore long WOW kids have abandoned the windfall and can be found racing up the tree

to pick the apples hanging the highest! With enough apples to fill a barn they head straight for the caldron to boil and bake some apple chutney, then they make some more, then some more...

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450g/16oz onions, chopped18g/4lb Cooking apples, cored and chopped220g/8oz raisins, sultanas, or chopped dates30g/1oz ground coriander30g/1oz paprika30g/1oz ground mixed spice30g/1oz salt680g/24oz granulated sugar850ml/1.5 pints malt vinegar

Scales £5. Mixing Bowls - Set of three, £25. John Lewis, Leicester

This recipe will be ready for, dare I say it - Christmas! With its festive flavour it makes a perfect festive gift.

Put all the ingredients into a preserving pan. Slowly bring to the boil until the sugar has dissolved.

Simmer for 1½-2 hours, stirring from time to time to stop the chutney stick-

ing to the pan.When it is very thick and you can draw a wooden spoon across the base of the pan so that it leaves a channel behind it that does not im-mediately fill with liquid, the chutney is ready.

Turn into sterilised jars, seal and cool.Store in a cool, dark cupboard for

John Lewis Food Processer. £115.

Preparation time: less than 30 mins. Cooking time: 1 to 2 hoursMakes 6-8 Jam jars (to sterilize, wash and stand upside down in the oven for 10 mins at 160C)

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WOW TAKES A LOOK AT THE LATEST DEALS ON WHEELS

Modestly brilliant.

Light and nippy, the Mazda2 has everything you’d expect from a small car and more.

It does well for perform-ance, driveability, fuel economy and attractive pricing, but while ideal as a car for people without children – or as a second car to quickly ferry the kids to school - it is not really roomy enough as a main family car. I should know, I have two small children

and it was a squeeze, to say the least.

The car has been around for over a couple of years (it was voted World Car of the Year 2008) – but still looks fresh and is well laid out with good visibility. My test car, with a 1.3-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine, was perfect for in-town driving

and it coped with motorway journeys without any worries.

Toys like the remote audio controls and CD/MP3 player make the mini-Mazda fun to be in, but the interior plastics let it down. They look and feel cheap, but the upholstery is

decent and the seats are very comfortable. The driving po-sition is great, with plenty of seat adjustment to meet the needs of all drivers. Leg and head room is not bad either, but the minimum boot space is a modest 250 litres, not leaving

Mazda2 1.3 3dr TS2Max Speed: 107mph0-62 mph 12.9 secondsCOMbined MpG: 54.3enGine layOuT: 1,349cc 4 cylinder 16-valve petrolMax. pOWer (bhp): 86 @ 6000 rpmMax. TOrque (lb.fT): 90 @ 3500 rpmCO2: 125 g/kmpriCe: £ 10,820

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drive over anything other than a smooth road surface and the ride is harsh. The steering is light, so parking is easy and the brakes scrub off speed well. Add an average fuel consump-tion of 54.3mpg to all that and you have a car that is not just competent, but also cheap to run.

As I said earlier, this car has

much space for shopping bags once a pushchair is stuffed in there. This can be increased to a maximum of 787-litres with the rear seats folded, but that means leaving the kids behind – if you have them!

The suspension is firm, al-lowing you to take corners without much body roll, but been around for a little while

now, but if you want an even fresher looking little Mazda, then you won’t have long to wait. At this month’s Paris Mo-tor Show (2-17 October) the up-graded version of the Mazda2 will be unveiled. It will feature changes including: new front styling features, an upgraded interior, an improved Euro V

compliant powertrain, an up-dated chassis and an automatic transmission version.

Just for info, if you’re inter-ested, the upgraded Mazda2 will be joined in Paris by the all-new Mazda5. It will premier with a more economical 1.6 die-sel engine. WOW will be test driving the new Mazda5 soon - so watch this space!

POSITIVE• Attractive • Lots of kit• Fuel economy

NEGATIVE • Space

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‘Oomph’ Pa Pa

THE 2010 Lotus Elise has fun written all the way through it like a piece of rock. It’s a gorgeous little number, stripped right down - perfect as a weekend pleasure-machine or, if you’re not bothered about space or luxury, it’s an economical enough everyday car.

The third-generation 2010-spec Lotus Elise’s basic chas-sis, brakes and dimensions remain unchanged, but the styling is delicately tweaked

and the base model now has a 1.6-litre Toyota-sourced engine and a six-speed gearbox to re-place the outgoing 1.8 lump that mated up to a five-speed box.

The 1.6-litre engine has very comparable performance to the old, lower-power 1.8-litre; it has 9lb ft more torque, does the same top speed, but takes 0.4sec longer to get to 62mph. The fresh, ecologically aware engine and new gearbox also improves fuel economy from

37.2mpg to 45mpg, while C02 falls from 179 to 149g/km.

On the move, the Elise talks to the road – there is loads of feedback through the non-pow-er assisted steering and a rigid direct sense to everything. The seats are stiff yet comfortable, the throttle and brake pedals are easy to reach and the ride is bone-shakingly hard – but that’s what you want and ex-pect from a true sports car.

There’s plenty of ‘oomph’ from

the Lotus to give you an adrena-line rush, but it won’t ‘whale-tail’ all over the place without warn-ing, unless you’re driving insanely on a greasy road. The 6800rpm rev limit can feel a little miserly, but other than that, the Norfolk based sports car maker offers a revised Elise which will give you years of unadulterated driv-ing pleasure, along with a sense that you haven’t quite conformed to the ways of the world com-pletely.

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Max speed: 127 mph0-62 Mph: 6.5 secondsCOMbined Mpg: 45engine layOut: 1598cc 16v 4-cylinderMax. pOWer (bhp): 134 at 6700 rpmMax. tOrque (lb.ft): 118 at 4300 rpm CO2: 149 g/kmpriCe: £27,450

pOsitiVe• looks• fun• economy

negative• space

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Where to buy a rocket ship!

Never before has a WOW Motoring article attracted reader interest like Tim Barnes-Clay’s review of the jawdropping Mazda 3 MPS in last issue – presented under the eye-catching but entirely accurate headline of ‘Rocket Ship’! Online and walk-in feedback to the turbocharged 2.3-litre, 155mph projectile was so positive we decided this issue to follow up with a visit to the dream car’s local home base, at Northampton Mazda.

Right from the welcoming greeting from sales manager Chris Lovell, the friendly and personal service offered by this exclusive Mazda-only dealer-ship is apparent. As he intro-duces the wonderful Mazda 3 and its slick sibling Mazdas 2 and 6, Chris’s pride in the prod-uct beams through. In a series of joyful test-drives available to any guest at the dealership, that pride is readily explained – together with Mazda’s enticing ‘Dance with the Devil’ tagline. And it’s a pride that runs throughout Northampton Mazda.

Chris’s colleague John Stanley explains the attractions and

benefits of the 0% finance / 50% deposit-50% finance deals avail-able – and the generous PCP (Personal Contract Purchase) of-fers which can instantly wipe up to £1,250 off the price of a new Mazda. In the on-site workshop, after-sales expert Philip Lane is the man who guarantees your new Mazda remains in as-new condition for years to come. And finally, we’re greeted with a warm handshake from general manager Manjit Kang, whose role ensures no guest will leave this dealership with anything but a glowing impression…

And a guaranteed yearning to call one of these bright-red rocket ships their very own

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...AND READER OFFERS FROM WOW WHAT’S ON WHERE.

Please state clearly which competition you are entering and send your entries along with your name, address, phone number and email address to WOW What’s On Where, 50 St Mary’s Road, Market Harborough LE16 7DU.

WOW has 2 pairs of tickets to Give away to see Defending the Caveman at the Castle theatre, Wellingborough on Wed 20 Oct, 7.30pm.

For your chance to win apply to ‘Caveman Competition’ to the address at the foot of the page. Closing date for entries is Friday 15 October.

N o r t h a m p t o n Amateur Operatic Company return to The Cripps Hall this October to present ‘Jesus Christ Su-perstar’ from Mon Oct 25 - Sat Oct 30. They have kindly given us a pair of tickets for a lucky WOW reader. For your chance to win, send your en-tries to ‘JCS’ Com-petition. Closing date for entries is Monday 18th Octo-ber.

The Oracle Diet promises to help you:• Look Younger• Feal healthier• Combat the aging processand• Fight life-threatening diseases.

California Prunes have kindly donated WOW 5 copies of the Oracle Diet book to give away. For your chance to win, write to ‘California Prunes’ to the address at the foot of the page. Closing date for entries is Monday 1st November.

A one-of-a-kind skating spectacular featuring more than 60 Disney stars is coming to The NIA, Birmingham for 20 performances from 3rd – 14th November. To be in with a chance of winning one of three family tickets for 4 people to

the show on Wednesday November 3rd, just answer this question:Q: What is the name of the space ranger in Toy Story?A: a) Buzz Lightyear b) Buck Rodgers c) Luke SkywalkerClosing date for entries is Friday 29 October.

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email [email protected] or call 01858 439 999

WOW is expanding andlooking for

highly motivated Account Managers. If you feel you are the right person,

please email sales@wowwhatsonwhere.

co.uk and explain why!

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Derek Hammond and family pay their respects at Geddington

ROyal Hunting lOdgelong since disappeared from the garden mound behind the church, the palatial wooden lodge was the haunt of kings throughout the Plantagenet and Medieval period, when councils, a parliament and and royal assemblies were held here.

St MaRy Magdalene CHuRCHthe status of the visitors here from the 12th to 14th centuries ensure this originally 9th-century Saxon church is even now full of treasures, atmosphere and stories. look out for the personal royal entrance known as the King’s door.

geddingtOn CHaSethe remains of the once-great Rockingham Forest, perfect for an autumn walk – when you might just stumble across Mary Queen of Scots’ stolen treasure, hidden here by the two crims but never recovered. accessed via Wood lane, off grafton Road.

tHe StaR innPublic house number one, within a shandy’s slosh of the good Queen herself. Real ale and a real welcome.http://www.star-inn-geddington.com

No, no, no: we didn’t go and pay our respects to some long-forgotten unfortunate by the name of Eleanor Cross. We went and paid our respects at the Eleanor Cross, an ancient memorial which takes pride of place at the heart of the unspoilt village of Geddington, situated between Corby and Kettering.

A well-to-do little place built of warm honey stone, there are hours of fun to be had in the pub overlooking the cross, never mind clustering in one of the pedestrian retreats on the narrow medieval packhorse bridge over the Ise, watching cars splash by in the thrillingly lengthy ford below, and secretly hoping they get washed away downstream.

But first the little matter of Queen Eleanor’s Cross – though not before we’ve expended more time and energy musing over the mysterious little lock-up located beneath ground level at its side, which proved almost as attractive to the kids as clambering all over the village’s historic centrepiece.

And so to Queen Eleanor, who

departed this life near Lincoln, in the year of our Lord 1290. The Spanish princess was in her fiftieth year, having enjoyed the title of Queen Consort to King Edward I – her husband of 26 years – since 1279. The eldest of her 14 children was to become King Edward II.

Originally there were 12 of these lavishly decorated monuments erected by the King in the years following her death, each one marking a stopping place on the meandering route of the funeral procession from Lincoln to London. The most famous Eleanor Cross is Charing Cross in London, a replica for the original which once stood at the top of Whitehall, from which

all mileages from London were reckoned. Only three complete originals are left, one in Waltham Cross, Essex, and the other two in Northamptonshire – here in Geddington, and at Hardingstone, south of Northampton on the road out to the M1.

It’s worth dropping by to gaze up at the serene figures of Queen Eleanor, carved by Master Sculptor William of Ireland in order to preserve her memory. The Geddington cross is the finest of the three survivors, triangular in section with a wonderfully preserved hexagonal pinnacle over the canopied statues.

Seven hundred years melt away.

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