1. Searching for inspiration

Actress Shobna Gulati, best-known for her role as Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street, is currently appearing in a bold new play, The Sacred Thread.

2. The Witches Of Eastwick at The Hexagon

3. Stripped for action

It’s a one-man show with a difference for actor Robert Bathurst at Windsor’s Theatre Royal this week and Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud next week.

4. The Sainsbury Singers present The Witches of Eastwick

5. Strictly swing with Syd Lawrence

It will be Strictly Big Band when the internationally renowned Syd Lawrence Orchestra returns to The Hexagon on Sunday, November 9.

6. Why Laura turns the room blue

Midsomer Murders actress Laura Howard is currently playing five different roles at The Haymarket in Basingstoke.

7. Our Country’s Good

The role of an 18th century convict has brought actress Tanya Franks to The Watermill in Newbury for the first time.

8. Romeo & Juliet

I have seen Romeo and Juliet in various versions, both on stage and as a film, but I have never believed in it as much as I did when watching R&J.

9. Fighting sunset of a film star’s career

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s interpretation of movie classic Sunset Boulevard has been bringing a touch of old Hollywood to The Watermill in Newbury.

10. We’re all in this together

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is one of the most romantic and tragic love stories of all time. But sometimes I can’t help but think: “Wouldn’t it be better if there were a few songs in it?”