1. Hey, it’s The Fonz!

Henry ‘The Fonz’ Winkler is a glutton for  punishment – he’s crossing the pond this Christmas for his second panto, playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre.

2. Big laughs from comedy giant

COMEDY giant and former Reading boy Lenny Henry will take the stage at the town’s biggest venue next week.

3. New book round-up

This extensively researched book reveals the complete, millennia-spanning history of George Lucas’s long-ago, far-away galaxy, from the origins of the noble Jedi and the evil Sith to the rise of the Luke Skywalker’s New Jedi Order.

4. Two genders for two genres

Tam Williams didn’t set out to be a classical actor when he left drama school – “But that’s what I seem to have become,” he told me.

5. theCOLOURS

Saviours of the Real Ale and Jazz Festival 'theCOLOURS' have sent us two tracks - 'January' and 'Bad Light', which you can enjoy online now!

Come and see what all the fuss is about.

6. Young chefs ‘cook off’

It is a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for the finalists in the 10th annual Young Chef Competition.

7. The Departed is more of a thriller than a gangster movie

FLUSH from its Oscar success, The Departed deserves a second look now it’s out on DVD.

8. Comic social comment

Bernard Shaw’s comedy Pygmalion is not just My Fair Lady without the songs says actor Tim Pigott-Smith.

9. ‘Privilege to work with a veteran’

YOUNG actor David Sturzaker says that sharing a stage with veteran Warren Mitchell is “a privilege”.

10. Award winning comedy

FOUR stand-ups will take the stage at a central Reading comedy club over the next three days.