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Autumn Activity
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Basil’s back
Holiday Inn Winchester’s autumn/winter
entertainment programme sees the return of
the Fawlty Towers tribute cast on December 6,
back by popular demand in Basil’s Christmas
Carol, a hilarious take on the Dickens’ classic
which features visiting ghosts from Basil’s past.
A three-course dinner is included in the ticket
price £42. The hotel will also be presenting the
Ultimate Elton Tribute Night on November 29.
Voices for Hospices
Voices for Hospices Choir is performing a
‘Massed Come and Sing’ of Mendelssohn’s
Elijah in Winchester Cathedral on October 12.
The concert will support all seven Hampshire-
based Hospices: Countess of Brecknock,
Countess Mountbatten, Naomi House and
Jacksplace, Oakhaven, Rowans, St Michael’s
and the soon-to-be opened Winchester
Hospice. More than 500 singers will be present
with an orchestra,

soloists and
conductor. Singers
and the audience
pay £25 per
person, with the
title role sung by
world renowned
bass baritone
Thomas Allen.
vfhchoir.com
hiwinchester.co.uk
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On stage
Award-winning homegrown talent is at the Theatre Royal Winchester in the form of The Great
Big Radio Show (October 21-22) about a Saturday night radio programme that has lost its star
– it’s written by city playwright Philip Glassborow and brought to the stage by Winchester’s
The Discarded Nut Theatre Company and The Spitfire Sisters. Sarah Thomas stars as Miss
Marple in Agatha Christie classic A Murder Is Announced, from November 11-16. Children will
enjoy The Gruffalo, The Witch and The Warthog, from October 31 to November 2, when author
Julia Donaldson takes to the stage to perform her beloved tales, whilst family pantomime Dick
Whittington runs from November 30 to January 5.
playtothecrowd.co.uk
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