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1. Polka Dots in person...
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 30 April 2002Fans of children’s TV favourite Polka Dot Shorts are in for a treat this weekend as the characters take centre stage at The Hexagon in Queen’s Walk with Polkaroo Goes Pop.
2. Pop Idols show they are simply the best
Get Bracknell, Monday 29 April 2002Watching Pop Idol: The Live Concert (ITV1, Saturday) was confirmation that the whole concept was a defining moment in TV pop culture and richly deserved the BAFTA last week.
3. Out with James C
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 April 2002The Chilled Zone, Club Bay’s Sunday evening chill out session, seemed to be the perfect antidote to a weekend of unbridled revelry and celebration incited by Reading FC’s victorious promotion news.
4. Pete goes it alone in Scaramouche Jones
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 April 2002Actor Pete Postlethwaite is particularly glad to be bringing his acclaimed one-man play Scaramouche Jones to The Oxford Playhouse next week.
5. Reuben on the rise
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 April 2002Fast-rising Surrey band Reuben continue to do the rounds in Berkshire as they headline Salvage at Newbury’s Corn Exchange tonight.
6. New action hero in The Rock
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 April 2002WWF pro-wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson takes on his first starring role in this fantasy spin-off from the successful The Mummy franchise.
Johnson returns as Mathyus, the Scorpion King of the title, following his brief appearance in The Mummy Returns as the same character.
7. The Rock beats off all competition
Get Bracknell, Thursday 25 April 2002THE ROCK knocked down US box-office records for April as his new film, The Scorpion King, finished its opening weekend at number one.
8. WE'RE NOT SPOOKED BY 'GHOST'
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 24 April 2002A DEEPLY disturbing tale of love, betrayal and hypocrisy where the ghosts of the past haunt the living has prompted a theatre to divulge its own supernatural secret.
9. CHUCKLE AT RAIDERS OF THE LOST BARK
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 24 April 2002A MUMIFIED dog by the name of google-eye was hidden long ago in ancient Egypt.
10. SWASHBUCKLING JIM'S ELECTRIC
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 24 April 2002BY AISHA IQBAL
EVERY now and then, Hollywood feels the need to swash its buckle at the cinema-going audience, and so, one assumes for lack of scriptwriters with imagination, an Alexandre Dumas novel is dusted off for another retelling.