Comedy on the Water

Comedy on Water

Tuesday July 23, 2013 – Tuesday July 23, 2013 Station Road Map and Directions | Register Description: Come and join us aboard the New Orleans Boat for a night of Comedy. Lining up for this year’s popular night out is Luke McQueen, Jessica Fostekew, Simon Feilder and Brett Goldstein. Tickets are always quick to sell [...]

A night with Julie Peasgood

Julie Peasgood

Wednesday July 24, 2013 Map and Directions Julie Peasgood is a successful and versatile TV presenter and journalist as well as an established actress. She recently finished filming Cruise Today for The Travel Channel and has received the prestigious Television Personality of the Year award from the Royal Television Society.

Mr Pick Wick – Preview Review

It’s a shameful thing to acknowledge… but before I saw this show, all I knew about Mr Pickwick was that he was a kindly old gentleman, who was somehow involved with some papers. In his delightful one-man adaptation, Nigel Nevinson cherry-picks highlights from Dickens’ first novel – delivering a witty and warming monologue, which taught [...]

TOTIE

Totie – local singer-songwriter from Henley, will be performing a mixture of covers from the likes of, The Animals, Coldplay, to The Spice Girls and also original songs. 2013 is shaping up to be an exciting year for Totie she recently wrote the soundtrack for the short film ‘Holding On’ which has been accepted to [...]

Jo Southwell

Jo Southwell has recently made her directorial film debut with HOLDING ON – as short film that will be shown in the SFC Cannes, 2013. Holding On is the story of one man’s struggle to hold on to his present life as Alzheimer’s takes hold. His memories are all he has. We see the world [...]

Jo Southwell : BEST PERFORMER finalist

Jo Southwell, founder of The Henley Fringe Trust has been nominated and a finalist of the 2012, Sue Ryder Women of the Year Achievement Awards as BEST PERFORMER. Jo said, ” She was honoured to be nominated and it was a real pleasure to represent other female performers at such an event.” Jo is producing [...]

Naomi Vallance : Live Music – Hotel du vin

As part of  our aims for 2012, The Henley Fringe Trust is creating more opportunity for local up and coming performers. Come along and join us for a night of music by the lovely Naomi Vallance. Her singing voice has the clarity and bell-like tone with a smooth quality, yet powerful. Naomi’s influences include anything [...]

Monthly Music Nights.

As part of the Henley Fringe Trusts aim to support up and coming talent; we are holding monthly music nights at Hotel Du Vin. The last Sunday of every month come along and listen to some music in a relaxed environment. 8.00pm – 10.00pm FREE EVENT. March 26th : Sammy Trotman will take to the [...]

The Fringe Experience 2011 by the Henley Standard

JO SOUTHWELL is founder of the Henley Fringe and Henley Fringe Trust, whose ambitious seedling of a concept has flourished into a well-established branch of Henley’s social calendar in a matter of four years. Jo also runs Aston Productions who have had several previous critical successes at the Fringe with BASH, The Vagina Monologues and [...]

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A and E Comedy

Venue: Kings Barn by The Henley Standard (M.R) One of the things we Henley audiences have to live with is the constant assumption that the town is genteel and posh – and having it shoved down our throats by visiting comics. We got it again from A and E Comedy – an otherwise funny and [...]

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An Ideal husband – Clockhouse Theatre Company

Venue: Hotel Du Vin by The Henley Standard ( M.R) Lord Goring without the sophistication? With a hint of the Basil Fawlty about him? Surely not! Oscar Wilde’s famously cynical central character from his play, An Ideal Husband, is a very different creature in the hands of Clockhouse Theatre from the one we may be [...]