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Review of Apollo5 in Chatteris on Saturday 14th April 2018 Apollo5, five amazing singers sang to a packed audience in the Parish Church of St. Peter ad St. Paul in Chatteris Cambridgeshire on Saturday. These singers were Clare Stewart…

On Saturday 24th March, St. Andrew’s Church, Witchford hosted Ely’s triannual Writers’ Day It was held in the church hall, Witchford. Speakers included Dominic O’Sullivan talking about poetry, Rosemary Westwell speaking about copyediting…

Review of the ‘Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra’ at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Wednesday 7th March 2018 Image Credits Gilbert Francois The Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Valery Polyansky gave a splendid…

Review of ‘Hairspray’ presented by Viva at the Brook on Friday the 9th of March 2018 Image Credits Mike Rouse Wow! What a fantastic production by Viva! The musical ‘Hairspray’ swept us up into the world of the early sixties and as the…

With the queue of people spilling right out onto the pavement from the entrance of Ely Cathedral, it was obvious that this evening was going to be something particularly special and G4 is a group that has certainly stood the test of time…

Prime Brass is renowned as an excellent group of brass players and tonight the standard of music was as high as expected. Conducted by Paul Trepte they gave magnificent performances opening proceedings with the majestic but sombre ‘Marche…

Ely Cathedral was the right place for Kirsty Merryn, Steve Knightley, Phil Beer and Miranda Sykes to enthral the packed cathedral with their strong emotive sounds catching that intangible emotional pull of folk-like songs that tell tales of…

‘Brassed Off’ presented by Viva in Soham on Thursday 9th November 2017. What an excellent production it was! ‘Brassed Off’ directed by Keith Gallois and Judith Collingswood and produced by Keith and Alison O’Connor, was a magnificent show.…

Friday 27th October eventswhatson.com reviewed VIVA’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at SVC Performing Arts Centre The production was outstanding and the most enjoyable show, with stacks of talent! Pippa, 10, who assisted…

Inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, the production of ‘The Dreaming’ presented in the Hayward Theatre last week was amazing. The logistics of combining two of the most renowned theatre groups in the area, Viva and King’s…