What’s On Compiled by Siobhan Newman
Skate into Windsor on Ice, November 17 to January 6
Sunday November 18 WOODLAND CAPERS FOR FAMILY Under the Canopy Forest School, Dukes Valley, Windsor Road, Gerrards Cross SL9 8SR 07971 406 671 Come along with your family for 2 hours of outdoor adventure. Build a den, light your own fire and toast some marshmallows! 2-4pm, £15 per person. Pre-book at www.underthecanopy.org.uk Tuesday November 20 to Sunday December 30 THE FIR TREE Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2PF, 01628 788997 The Moomin family was
Plant a sapling at Maidenhead Thicket, November 24
hibernating in the drawing room. They had been sleeping for a few months already and were going to keep it up until spring. Now all at once a cold draught disturbed Moomintroll’s dreams. Someone was pulling at his quilt and shouting that he was tired and Christmas was coming. The show features live puppetry and music. It is a gloriously unselfish take on Christmas. Tickets are £13.50 (£11.50 under 16s), Friends and Family (4 people) £46. Suitable for all audiences aged 3 years and upwards. www.norden.farm
REDROOFS BRAND NEW THEMES - BOOKING NOW! THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SCHOOL OF ROCK • MARY POPPINS
www.redroofs.co.uk/parties
01628 674092 • emayling@redroofs-school.co.uk
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Traditional Christmas at Chiltern Open Air Museum, December 1 and 2
Thursday November 22 CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ON AND SHOP Marlow Town Centre. The Christmas lights will be switched on at 6.30pm by this year’s celebrity (Russell Brand did the honours last year) plus stalls, carols, mulled wine and more. Visit website for further details www.marlow-tc.gov.uk Thursday November 22 WESSEX CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENT Wessex Primary School, St Adrian’s Close, Maidenhead SL6 3AT. Plenty of stalls to browse to get the Christmas shopping done. 7-9pm Friday November 23 to Sunday January 6 DICK WHITTINGTON Theatre Royal Windsor Thames Street Windsor 01753 853888 Celebrate 80 years of traditional Panto at the beautiful Edwardian theatre. Get ready for even more laughs than ever before. Anne Hegerty, The Governess from The Chase joins old favourites…Basil Brush is back, Mike Read and of course Kevin Cruise, Windsor’s calamitous comic returns along with our resident dame Steven Blakeley. New family ticket available on selected shows. www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk Saturday November 24 SPONSOR A SAPLING INITIATIVE Maidenhead Thicket, Cannon Lane, SL6 4QQ Maidenhead and Cookham Common rangers are looking for tree-lovers to sponsor a sapling at £15 per tree. They are also inviting anyone and everyone to come and help settle the saplings into their new home in a tree-planting day on Saturday 24 November, at the start of National Tree Week. Tree-lovers can donate online via www.nationaltrust.org.uk/maidenheadand-cookham-commons Saturday November 24 MAIDENHEAD CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ON Maidenhead town centre. Throughout the day in Maidenhead there will be a Christmas Market with a fabulous selection of stalls and street food as well as children’s funfair rides. At 4.30pm entertainment begins on the stage at the Town Hall followed by the official countdown and lights switch on at 6pm. After the lights go on there’s a spectacular fireworks display from the roof of the Town Hall. www.windsor.gov.uk/whats-
on/maidenhead-christmas-lightsswitch-on-p779761 Sunday November 25 ADS SANTA FUN RUN Dorney Lake, off Court Lane, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6QP 07513762900 Fun for all the Family raising money to support local people with dementia, their carers and families. 5k run (walk, wheel or jog) once round Dorney Lake. Dogs on leads and kids on scooters/pushchairs/wheelchairs welcome. 1pm. www.alzheimersdementiasupport.co.u k/santa-fun-run-2018 Sunday November 25 ALEXANDER DEVINE’S SANTA DASH Bachelors Acre, Windsor, SL4 1ER 01628 822777 Kick start Christmas with Windsor's Santa dash taking in the Long Walk, the Castle and more. Grab family, friends, colleagues, even dogs for this 5K festive fun run. Includes a free Santa suit or children's reindeer antlers. All proceeds donated to Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service. Start at 9am and finish with great offers on winter warmers in Windsor eateries. £20/ £7.50. www.alexanderdevine.org Sunday November 25 WOKINGHAM WINTER CARNIVAL Berkshire, RG40 1AS A free fun-packed day held in the town centre streets. Visitors from across Berkshire travel to enjoy the Ferris wheel, funfair rides, more than 100 food, craft and charity stalls and non-stop free entertainment including Santa's Grotto, a magic show, comedy jugglers, clowns and entertainers. Santa's Grotto in the town library. Carnival procession from 4pm (to be confirmed). The fun starts at 11am. www.wintercarnival.org.uk Monday November 26 GREAT FOSTERS Christmas Gift Fayre Great Fosters Hotel, Stroude Road, Egham TW20 9UR 01784 433822 AWBS International women's club hosts a fair packed with diverse gifts in the beautiful manor. 9.30-4pm £3 charity entrance fee. www.awbs.org.uk Contact sunitashroff@mac.com Friday 30 November COOKING AHEAD FOR CHRISTMAS Beverley Glock Cookery School, Princes Risborough. Cooking class 10am-2.30pm, booking required, adults £85. www.beverleyglock.com
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