Theatre

DUNSINANE

Oxford Playhouse

September 17-21

Box office: 01865 303305 oxfordplayhouse.com

Macbeth is dead. Under cover of night, an English army has swept through the landscape, killed the tyrant and taken the seat of power. Attempting to restore peace and put in place a new ruler, Siward, the commanding officer, is beset by a brutal guerrilla uprising. Increasingly isolated from his own men and Scottish allies alike, his efforts to restore order appear futile as the situation spins out of control. Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company, and written by multi-award winning Scottish playwright David Greig, this sequel to Macbeth is an exhilarating play about one man’s attempt to restore peace in a country ravaged by war.

Art

ROBERT E. WELLS

Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford

September 8-21 Tues-Sat 9.30am-5pm

Admission free

Robert E. Wells was born in Leeds in 1956. He was educated in Yorkshire at the local art school after which he studied in London, receiving an MA in Illustration and Rendering Architectural Spaces.

During the 1980s and 90s he worked for the oldest architects in London as a senior associate and as a freelance illustrator special-ising in architec-tural subjects. His work is based firmly in the tradition of the New English Art Club, exemplified by good drawing and composition and a solid understand of tone and colour. His subjects reflect his abiding interest in architecture to which he is continually drawn; London and Florence feature regularly in his work. He became a full time painter in 2000.

Music

KATMEN, PLUS CROSS TOWN TRIO

Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury n September 7 at 8pm

Box office: 01635 244246 arlingtonarts.co.uk

After tearing the roof off the Later… with Jools Holland studio in the spring, Katmen come to Arlington Arts as part of their second UK tour. Katmen are the partnership of Slim Jim Phantom (of Stray Cats fame) and Darrel Higham (of the Imelda May band), along with Imelda’s bassist Al Gare. The KatMen are almost certainly one of the mos exciting rockabilly trios on the planet.