Listings

*Walking Two Ways, exhibition of paintings by Carolyn White and poems by Jehanne Mehta, Stroud Subscription Rooms, 10am to 5pm with free admission daily (closed Sundays) until December 2.

*Eight Rodborough artists are staging the third AlbArt show at the Prince Albert in Rodborough until December 9 during normal pub hours. Entry is free.

*Jason Addison exhibition at Bar Nine until February 17 during normal pub hours.

*Imogen Harvey Lewis exhibition at Star Anise Cafe, Gloucester Street, Stroud until end of January.

*The Little Gallery in Minchinhampton High Street hosts an exhibition of watercolours by Newlyn group artist Sheila Cavell Hicks until Saturday, December 9.

*All Female Cast exhibition of bronze sculpture runs at Gallery Pangolin, Chalford, until December 15 and is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 6pm and Saturday by appointment.

*Art exhibition at Blooms, Haresfield until December 24.

*Maxine Relton exhibition at 4 The Street, Horsley, daily 11am - 6pm until December 10.

*Julie Bharucha and Helen Hardaker show their art at Prema arts centre in Uley until December 16.

Thursday, November 30.

*Vienna Festival Ballet make a welcome return to Stroud with their traditional, enchanting production of Sleeping Beauty at 7.30pm. Some tickets may still be available on the door.

*Art the Musical exhibition at Stroud House Gallery until December 29, opening Wednesday to Saturday 10.30am-5pm.

*Multi-charity Christmas card shop in the Old Town Hall in the Shambles from 10am to 4pm.

*Live music at The Golden Fleece, Nelson Street, Stroud with Lex Luthor at 9pm. Entry free.

*Creeping live music at the Queen Victoria, Gloucester Street, Stroud with Catapilla at 9pm. Entry free. Over 18s only.

*Stroud Camera Club meets weekly at Rodborough Community Hall on Thursdays at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome.

Friday, December 1.

*Stroud Goodwill Evening 6pm to 9pm.

*Hub at the Subs with Ruth Royall, Ceilidh Jo, Gnashville and DJs from 8pm.

*Stroud Country Market at The Shambles 8am to 11.30am.

*Chuffing good live music at the Queen Victoria, Gloucester Street, Stroud with Chuff from 9pm. Entry free. Over 18s only.

*Line dancing for beginners, Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud with the Jolly Stompers at 6.45pm.

*Storytelling Supper at Star Anise cafe, Gloucester Street, Stroud from 7.30pm.

*Nothin' But Trouble play live at The Greyhound, Stroud from 9pm. Entry free.

*Christmas Tree Festival, St Laurence's Church, Stroud, with free admission, until Sunday, December 3. Open on Friday from 10.30am to 9.30pm for the Goodwill Evening, Saturday from 10.30am to 5pm and Sunday from 1.30pm to 4pm, with a closing service.

*Advent Flower Festival at Selsley Church today tomorrow and Sunday.

*Live dance at Prema in Uley with Sean Tuan John in Kill the Klowns, an absurd comedy dance charting the life dismal lives of three tragic clowns from 7.30pm.

*Cinderella opens at the Everyman Cheltenham and runs until January 13 2007. Tickets are flying out of the door but some should still be available from the box office, fairy godmother willing.

*Nailsworth Film Club is showing Offbeat, a quirky Iranian film at Nailsworth Primary School, Forest Green 8pm.

Saturday, December 2.

*Christmas Fayre at King's Stanley Junior School from 10.30 -1pm. Stalls, games and Father Christmas.

*The Made in Stroud farmers market is in the Cornhill from 9am to 2pm, with stalls of fresh local produce and crafts, together with live entertainment and an open air caf.

*Blasphemous live music at the Queen Victoria, Gloucester Street, Stroud with Good God No. Entry free. Over 18s only.

*The Le Page Ensemble play Schubert and Haydn at Hawkwood College at 7.30pm. Tickets from the Stroud tourist information or on the door.

*Stroud Mills Heritage Centre at Kimmins Mill will be open from 2pm to 4.30pm today and tomorrow. Must must be pre-booked on 0117 968 7850 or 07966 227 575. Entrance is via Sainsburys.

*Carols by choir from Ebley Chapel, Subscription Rooms forecourt at 11am and 1pm.

*Victorian Christmas Fayre, Stroud Museum, 10am to 4pm, miniature steam train rides to children by the lake from 11.30am.

*Parliament Primary School Christmas Fair on Saturday December 2 from 1-4pm with Father Christmas.

*Live music at The Duke of York, Nelson Street, Stroud with Al et Al at 9pm. Entry free.

*Bernard Nesfield-Cookson gives an illustrated talk on Michelangelo at the Christian Community, Cainscross Road, Stroud, at 10am, with a retiring collection.

*Exhibition of contemplative drawings by Diane Moran at the Old Town Hall, Shambles Stroud until December 13. Open 10am to 3pm Monday to Saturday.

*Stroud Ceilidhs present a barn dance with the Committee Band in Stroud Subscription Rooms from 8pm, tickets on 01453 760900.

*Chapel Lane Sheltered housing scheme in Ebley holds a Christmas bazaar at 10.30am.

*Will Killeen and support play live at Randwick Village Hall from 8pm. Tickets £7 on the door.

*Underwired play live at the New Red Lion in Chalford from 9pm.

*Live music at The Green Man, Forest Green Rovers, Nailsworth with Rob Dee at 9pm. Entry free.

*Avening Playgroup hold a Christmas bazaar from 2pm to 4pm, opened by Santa with presents for children, raising money for the playgroup, a registered charity.

*John Bailey exhibition at Winsley Cottage, Oakridge Lynch 11am to 5pm daily until December 10.

*Live classical music at Prema in Uley with The Bergonzi Quartet, 7.30pm.

*Bristol Old Vic's Christmas show, The Three Musketeers, runs until January 20. Tickets are available from the box office. Also showing at the Studio Theatre is a production, for under sevens, of Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

Sunday, December 3.

*Live jazz with The Tony Sheppard Big Band at Stroud's Subscription Rooms at 7.30pm.

*Weekly Sunday market in Cornhill from 9am to 4pm.

*Live music at The Golden Fleece, Nelson Street, Stroud with Spiral Step at 4pm. Entry free.

*Live music at the Queen Victoria, Gloucester Street, Stroud with indefatigable TBA from 9pm. Entry free. Over 18s only.

*The Space Cinema Club shows Syriana (15), a topical political thriller centred on the global oil industry, at 8pm. Tickets £5 or £4 on the door. Membership £2 per year.

*Sheepscombe School Christmas Fair from noon.

Monday, December 4.

*Exhibition of images of Stroud in old black and white photographs by Edwin Peckham, printed by Annie Blick, plus panoramic landscapes in colour by Owen Kirton, Stroud Subscription Rooms 10am to 5pm until December 9.

*Artspeak at Stroud Subscription Rooms cafe bar at 8pm. £2.50 on the door.

*Stroud's Tree of Light celebration and switch on at 7pm, Merrywalks shopping centre.

*Stroud Youth Dance Company (12-16s) at The Space at 4.30-6pm. £3.00 per class. Call 01452 550431 to book.

*Folk Night at The Prince Albert in Rodborough. Rod Stradling leads the cream of Gloucestershire's folkies from 8pm.

Tuesday, December 5.

*Stroud Junior Dance Company (7-11s) at The Space, 4.30-5.30pm. £2.50 per class. To book call 01452 550431.

Wednesday, December 6.

*John Dougherty plays live at Hub Acoustic at Stroud's Subscription Rooms at 8.30pm. £3.50 on the door.

*A talk on The Life of Reverend W. Awdry - Thomas the Tank Engine Man by Barbara Hooper at 7.30pm at The Library Schoolroom, Lansdown, Stroud, for Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology.

*Live music and comedy with Fred Wedlock and support at Minchinhampton Market House at 7.45pm.