What's on this week (From Bucks Free Press)

What's on this week

11:10am Friday 14th September 2012 in Freetime By Rebecca Cain

Friday 14/09/2012

Free Film Night: Documentary: Surviving Progress, 8pm, Chalfont St Peter Parish Church Hall, Church Lane, Chalfont St Peter. Surviving Progress presents the story of human advancement as awe-inspiring and double-edged. It reveals the grave risk of running the 21st century’s software - our know-how - on the ancient hardware of our primate brain which hasn’t been upgraded in 50,000 years. With rich imagery and immersive soundtrack, Surviving Progress launches us on a journey to contemplate our evolution from cave-dwellers to space explorers. The film leaves us with a challenge: To prove that making apes smarter was not an evolutionary dead-end. Presented by Change4Chalfont, a group of people who live in and around Chalfont St Peter, who want to take action to combat climate change. Change4Chalfont is part of the Transition Movement. Free entry. Call 01753 893069. Donations welcome.

Saturday 15/09/2012

Shipwrecked, 8pm, The Wycombe Swan, St Marys Street, High Wycombe, The West End's leading Burlesque show sets sail and is docking in High Wycombe. Starring international showgirl Miss Tempest Rose. Tickets are £21.50 from 01494 512000 or go to www.wycombeswan.co.uk

Tring Chamber Music -Music by Candlelight, 7.30pm, All Saints Church, Long Marston, High Street, Tring. Performances of piano quartets with Howard Shelley have proved very popular in previous seasons.This year they present Beethoven’s own version for piano and three strings of his quintet for piano and five wind instruments. Howard Shelley plays a fresh selection from Mendelssohn’s many Songs without Words. In stark contrast, Sibelius’ String Trio is full of the angst-ridden stirrings of a young Finnish romantic. Tickets are £14 (£12) from 01442 822732.

Jack Rabbit Slim Live, 9pm, Clayton's Marlow, 16, Oxford Road, Marlow. The incredible Rockabilly band Jack Rabbit Slim return to Clayton's Marlow, for another indulgent night of Rockabilly, Rock and Roll and Rhythm and Blues. Festival appearances including Glastonbury, Isle of Wight and The Secret Garden Party. Call 01628 488404 for details.Tickets are free.

Sunday 16/09/2012

Chilterns Countryside Festival, 11am-4pm, Ashridge Estate Visitors Centre, Moneybury Hill, Berkhamsted. Celebrate the different crafts, food, industries and wildlife associated with the Chilterns countryside. For more details go to www.chilternsaonb.org

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 2.30pm, The Elgiva, Chesham. TaleGate Theatre shows this new adaptation of Carroll's classic children's novel with a magical romp through Wonderland. Suitable for ages two plus. Tickets are £8.50 or £7.50 for children. Call 01494 582900 or go to www.elgiva.com

Monday 17/09/2012

Micklefield Amateur Dramatics Pantomime Readthrough, 7.30pm, St Peters Church, Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Following the success of the production of Cinderella in January 2012 Micklefield Amateur Dramatics has been formed. Their next pantomime will be Jack and the Beanstalk which will be performed in January 2013. They are holding an open read through evening for anyone interested in taking part in the production or just come along to see what they are all about. Go to http://www.facebook.com/Micklefield.Pantomime?ref=hl. or call 07530 947739.

Tuesday 18/09/2012

Weekly Hash (Run), 7.45pm, The Crown, The Moor, Cookham. Hash House Harriers - Drinkers with a running problem - meet every Tuesday at a local pub (normally within a 10-mile radius of HW town centre) and go for a run, seeking out a trail that has been previously laid by one of their number. They are (very!) mixed ability and welcome anyone regardless of how fit you are (or aren´t). No-one gets left behind, and they all end up back at the pub for a post-run drink. Find out more at www.hwh3.co.uk. £1 to join in or free the first time.

Chilterns Jaguar Drivers Club, 8pm, Merlin's Cave Public House, High Street, Chalfont St Giles. The speaker at the September meeting will be Mr Ken Wilson, Chairman of the Jaguar Drivers Club. New members and visitors welcome. Why not come and meet members for a meal before the meeting. Excellent food at good prices. Call 0208 428 8056 for details.

Wednesday 19/09/2012

The 52nd (Oxon & Bucks) Light Infantry in the First World War, 2pm, High Wycombe Library, 5 Eden Place.High Wycombe. This presentation by Simon Harris, author of the history of this elite force, will be covering WWI through the eyes of the 2nd. Battalion of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Already an elite professional fighting force at the onset of WWI, their reputation, dating back to the Battle of Waterloo, was further enhanced during the Great War. All welcome. Call 01494713912 for more details.Tickets are £2 (Pay on the door).

Julius Caesar, 7.30pm, until September 22, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Exhange Street, Aylesbury. Paterson Joseph stars as Brutus, Cyri Nri as Cassius and Ray Fearon as Mark Antony is this RSC production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Set in modern Africa. Tickets range from £10-£26 from 0844 8717607 or go to www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury.

Thursday 20/09/2012

The Magic Flute, 7.30pm, Norden Farm, Maidenhead. The Complete Singer in a fully staged production of Mozart's Opera. The cast of young singers will perform in German with English subtitles and English dialogue. Tickets are £12 (£5 under 18s, free with adult.) Call 01628 788997 to book.

Cliff and the Cavaliers Rock 'n' Roll Band playing live at the British Legion in Loudwater, 8pm, The Royal British Legion, Queensmead Road, Loudwater. Rock 'n' Roll band playing live plus DJ Jivin' George. Great dance floor and licensed bar. Open from 8pm till late. Tickets are £9 from: 07721842142.

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