A glittering world of thrills and intrigue, where one wrong step can mean ruin. Les Liaisons Dangereuses returns to the stage in an acclaimed new version.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos,

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

Tickets £17 standard, £12.50 under 26.

**NEW** Tickets for Isbourne Arts members are £14 standard, £9.50 under 26.

Screening will include sub-titles

Our new membership gives each member £3 off every NT Live Screening at Isbourne Arts. Membership £18 per year. Membership runs for one year from June 1 2026.

Buy your membership here or via the link on the side of the page. Your discount will be applied automatically at checkout.

Saddle up for a night of high-octane country as Taynee Lord brings her powerhouse live show to Isbourne Arts.

Anthemic hooks plus commanding, heartfelt lyrics: Taynee creates music made for sunsets and open highways from Bristol to Nashville…and now Winchcombe.

With a  No.1 iTunes charting single “No God Of Mine”, grabbing airplay on over 250 radio stations worldwide, and songs championed by BBC Introducing, Taynee’s rise has captured international attention.

Rolling Stone magazine named Taynee a “powerhouse vocalist” and one of their Top 10 Artists You Need on Your Radar for 2026.

Backed by her 5 piece band Taynee has wracked up millions of views for her dynamic live performances. With a new album out in April 2026 and festival slots booked this summer, don’t miss your chance to see one of British country music’s brightest stars up close. Get a taster here then book your ticket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ytFGxoZW0

Tickets £15.50 standard, £11 under-26

Show starts at 7.30pm, doors and bar open 45 minutes beforehand.

 https://tayneelord.com

Miranda Priestly is taking over the Izzy. Make sure you're wearing cerulean.

The film of Summer 2026 is heading to the big screen at Isbourne Arts.

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci reprise their iconic roles from The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda, Andy, Emily and Nigel are all back in the offices of Runway Magazine in the long awaited sequel while David Frankel returns as director.

Plus - Isbourne Arts membership gives you £3 off every screening which means that members see this film for a fiver. Unlike florals for spring, it's genuinely groundbreaking.

Tickets £8 standard and £5 for Isbourne Arts members

Screening at 7.30pm, doors and bar open at 6.45pm

Membership is available to buy online. It costs £18 per person per year and offers a saving of £3 on every screening at Isbourne Arts. The savng is automatically applied at checkout. Membership is another way of showing support for Isbourne Arts as well as a great way to save money on our range of screenings. More details and how to join can be found here.

The greatest classical music of all time, brought to life on stage.

Five outstanding voices and the music of Verdi, Mozart and Rossini, all in the stunning acoustics of Isbourne Arts.

Sopranos Emily Campbell and Katherine Cox, tenors Julian Martin and Stephen Skett, and bass Alan Craig present an evening of operatic highlights.

Expect dramatic and romantic scenes from Verdi’s ‘La Traviata’ and Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’, as well as familiar favourites such as The Pearl Fishers’ Duet.

Da Capo Ensemble is an opera collective committed to showcasing incredible music while also making classic opera fun and accessible; fully staged and mixing singing in the operas' original languages with English dialogue and narration to create a unique storytelling experience.

Their brand new show includes some of the most celebrated operatic music ever created.

Tickets £15.50 standard and £11 under-26

Da Capo at 7.30pm, doors and bar at 6.45pm.

One of the hottest acts right now with legendary musicians lining up to play with her - see Lucca Mae at Isbourne Arts.

A powerhouse soul/ ska vocalist, Lucca Mae channels the fire of Sam Cooke and the timeless spirit of Amy Winehouse. What you hear is sensational.

With sold-out tours across the UK, Sweden, Australia and Canada, plus a long-running Covent Garden residency, she’s a proven international ticket-seller and a dynamic force on today’s roots,soul and Americana circuit. Her biggest fans include Steve White, drummer with Paul Weller/ Style Council who says ''the London scene is Lucca Mae'' and Alan White, his brother, and drummer with Oasis.

Hear what they mean right here: https://stradamusic.com/artist/lucca-mae

Her new album is out this spring and this is your chance to hear her live, in the heart of Winchcombe, in this hugely popular tour.

“''There is a nostalgic and organic richness in Lucca’s voice, an incredibly tasteful musician,and an even more talented writer. Her warm and caring nature is felt through her music. An absolute gem to listen and watch. Love her and music!''”-

Will Love, The Motet Collective

Will you love Lucca as much? We think you will.

Tickets: £20 standard, £14 under-26

Show at 7.30pm. Doors and bar at 6.45pm.

Do you remember Cranks, England's first chain of vegetarian restaurants? Did you know that Winchcombe Pottery supplied all their pottery from 1961 onwards?

As part of Winchcombe Pottery's centenary celebrations, you'll have a chance to relive or be introduced to the Cranks experience in the Izzy's new Studio. Book for vegetarian lunch or supper or just drop in in-between for snacks, savoury and sweet, and drinks. You'll get to eat food cooked by Izzy volunteers using Cranks recipes served on and in Winchcombe pottery.

Lunch 12-1 or supper 6-7 - book in advance and enjoy a choice of mains with three salads, tea or coffee, and take home your own Winchcombe Pottery mug made for the event.

Tickets for lunch or supper £27 to include your mug (retails at £18).

Both sittings now sold out. We will be in touch with all bookers soon about the choice of mains.

Alongside the Cranks eating experience, we will showcase the long partnership between Cranks and Winchcombe Pottery and display pottery designed for Cranks, some still in production today. Share your memories of Cranks with us and fellow diners.

All afternoon there will be events at Winchcombe Pottery - a kiln opening, throwing demonstrations, tours and talks. After lunch at the Cranks Pop-Up, join a guided walk from the Izzy to the Pottery, or when events at the Pottery wind down, be guided on foot to the Izzy for supper. The walk is just over a mile and includes a stile.

And the evening will continue at the Izzy with screenings about Winchcombe Pottery and the potters who have made it what it is, presented by the Edgeler Collection (see separate entry, coming soon).

A triple bill of archive footage presented by the Edgeler Collection as part of the Winchcombe Pottery centernary celebrations

• One Good Turn: short Pathe newsreel filmed at Winchcombe Pottery in 1930, rare early footage of working life in a small production pottery featuring Michael Cardew and Elijah Comfort's arm!

• Mud and Water Man: 1973 biographical documentary film about the renowned potter, Michael Cardew, founder of Winchcombe Pottery, directed by Alister Hallum. Funded by the Arts Council, now held in the BFI archves. Running time 50 minutes.

• Winchcombe Pottery, directed by Bill Barton: filmed at the Pottery in 1982 featuring Ray and Mike Finch, Eddie Hopkins, Toff Milway, Bob Wilkins, Duncan Shaw, Jane Brooks and Sid Tustin. Music composed and sung by Mike Finch. Running time 30 minutes.

Tickets: £15 standard £10 under-26; £3 off for Isbourne Arts members

Doors and bar open from 5pm

Telling the truth isn’t always that simple...

Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.

Tickets £17 standard, £12.50 under 26.

Isbourne Arts Members get £3 off their individual screening ticket. Join our membership scheme here - £18 per year with £3 off for screenings.

The Misanthrope starts at 7.30pm. Doors and bar open at 6.45pm.

Feel-good tunes for when life gets heavy—Bare Jams are bringing just that to Isbourne Arts on Friday 25 September.

Blending indie pop with soul, dub, funk, jazz, and rock, Bare Jams have crafted a sound that feels both fresh and familiar.

With a back catalogue packed with catchy hooks, uplifting lyrics, and singable horn lines, this is music that stays with you long after the night ends.

Bare Jams have millions of streams under their belts, multiple spins on BBC Radio, and countless sold out shows across the UK and Europe.

With their third album 'Full Circle' dropping in late June, this is your chance to catch Bare Jams at an exciting moment in their story.

Bring your friends, feel the vibe, and lose yourself in a night of pure musical escapism.

Bare Jams will be supported by French beat maker ‘Radiomono’ and this promises to be Isbourne Arts' biggest night of music so far.

This will be a standing gig with very limited seating available. Attendees must be 14 or older, with under 16s accompanied by an adult.

Tickets sold externally at https://www.seetickets.com/event/bare-jams/isbourne-arts/3624122

(this link takes you to an external website authorised by Bare Jams and Isbourne Arts)

Prices from £16-19 (including booking fee), with early bird discounts available.

Don't miss out - book yours today and check Bare Jams out in the following places:

https://www.barejams.com

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oI2CfnF8Oy1rT22ZB176e?si=ww-rm6iEQVqpSbaP1Fxw-g

The Winchcombe Players present:

Blue Murder at the Blue Parrot:

A Dinner Theatre Murder Mystery by Cheryl Barrett

Join us as the Izzy becomes a roaring 20s nightclub: The Blue Parrot

Despite the buzzing social scene and popularity of  jazz, Soho nightclub owner Harry Ferrari is trying to find a way to save his Blue Parrot Club from going under. Is there more to Harry’s employees than meets the eye?  Is his rival, Giuseppe Dolce, intent on putting Harry out of business for good?  And what brings bumbling  Inspector Mayday to the club?  

Join us at the Blue Parrot for Live Jazz (from our very own band) plus mayhem, murder and a delicious dinner.  Audience members are invited to join the cast in 1920's costume (if they wish to!).  

Ticket Price £38 to include a 2 course meal plus nibbles.

Menu: Catering provided by The Tipsy Egg

Main course - Coronation Chicken / Vegetable Quiche / Salmon all served with a selection of salads

Pudding - Fruit Salad / Chocolate Torte / Cheesecake

By purchasing a ticket you agree to Isbourne Arts sharing your email address with the Winchcombe Players for the purpose of contacting you to make your menu selections, notify us of dietary requirements and give any table preferences.  

Tables seat  4 or  8.  Group sizes of up to 8 welcome and we will do our best to arrange for you to sit together if you let us know.

For more information, contact the Winchcombe Players at: winchcombeplayers@gmail.com

This production is by arrangement with Lazy Bee Scripts.

The sound of the century: Tom McRae comes to Isbourne Arts

The songs you know by heart, a few you'd half forgotten, and the candid, witty storytelling between them that makes a Tom McRae show feel less like a concert and more like a long conversation with someone who has been paying close attention to the world.

And it's all on stage at Isbourne Arts this autumn. This is one of our stand out shows of 2026.

McRae's critically acclaimed debut earned him nominations for the Mercury Prize, a Q Award and the BRIT Award for Best Newcomer. In the quarter century since, he has built one of the most quietly devoted audiences in British music across ten albums — from Just Like Blood and The Alphabet of Hurricanes to his most recent record Étrange Hiver — while resisting every

fashion that might have made him more famous and every shortcut that might have made him less himself.

Following the sell-out full band tour marking twenty-five years since his debut album, Tom McRae brings his career-spanning solo show to intimate venues this Autumn — an evening of live music and storytelling that moves between the beloved and the overlooked, with the wit and honesty that has made him one of Britain's most enduring singer-songwriters — alone on stage with a guitar and a catalogue that has quietly accumulated some of the finest songs in British folk and alternative music.

Tickets: £21.50 standard and £15.50 under-26

Tom McRae on stage from 7.30pm. Doors and bar open at 6.45pm.

You might say that fete brought them together...

A new play from Pipeline Theatre presents George and Maddy - a pair of wise-cracking oddballs - set in that bastion of Englishness, a St John's Ambulance Gazebo in a village fete. Oh, and Ushman, a drag queen. You might say fete brought them together.

With three actors, a transmogrifying set and Pipeline Theatre's trademark immersive soundscape, this show will take you on a provocative, darkly funny, but ultimately life-affirming theatrical journey. Trigger warning: contains scenes of empathy and mutual understanding.

Pipeline Theatre uses comedy, heartbreak, music, a transmogrifying set, pin-sharp dialogue and indelible characters to show that, when caught in the riptide of history, you never know who might just save your life.

Tickets: £18.50 standard and £14 under-26

Doors and bar open 45 minutes before the show begins

With Arts Council support through Arts in Rural Gloucestershire

Back by popular demand, Cheltenham’s very own Kim Cypher returns to the Izzy with her wonderful, spellbinding music full of positive energy, uplifting vibes and a whole lot of love

One of the UK’s most exciting and exuberant saxophonists, vocalists and composers, Kim Cypher is a leading figure and much-loved artist on the UK jazz circuit, renowned for her vivacious style and charismatic stage presence.

With four highly acclaimed albums, award-winning music videos, performance in New York and multiple sell-out shows at world-renowned Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Kim Cypher returns to Isbourne Arts as part of her ongoing album tour and fresh from her performance closing the DEYA Arena at the hugely prestigious Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Together with her band of top musicians, Kim will perform a lively mix of jazz, blues, Latin, swing and funky grooves, guaranteed to blow those Autumn cobwebs away and leave you with a spring in your step.

Kim Cypher on saxophones and vocals, Chris Cobbson on guitar, Alex Steele on piano, Mike Green on bass and Mike Cypher on drums.

“Kim Cypher is a rare musical treasure” – David Freeman Jazz FM

“Thank you for bringing such joy to BBC4” – Anita Rani BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNiKwbzffI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_XJXCKVMA

https://kimcypher.com/

Tickets: £21.50 standard and £15.50 under-26.

Kim and the band on stage at 7.30pm, doors and bar open 45 minutes beforehand.

 An all American classic comes to the big screen at Isbourne Arts

Josh O’Connor (The Crown; Challengers) leads the cast in this searing revival of Clifford Odets’ knockout American classic.

1930s New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.

Filmed live from the Almeida Theatre and featuring a live string quartet, Olivier Award-winner Sam Yates (Vanya) directs this propulsive drama exploring ambition, identity, and the high price of success. It was sold out on its London stage run - now is your chance to see it as it comes to the big screen at Isbourne Arts.

Tickets £17 standard and £12.50 under 26. Isbourne Arts Members £14 standard and £9.50 under 26.

Golden Boy debuts on screens across the UK on November 5 and you can see it first at Isbourne Arts at 7.30pm. Doors and bar open at 6.45pm.

Isbourne Arts Membership is £18 per person per year and memebers get £3 off screenings. It's another way to support Isbourne Arts as we continue to bring the best of the arts to Winchcombe.

A dynamic indie-folk band with a knack for turning existential musings into bursts of optimism

Vocals, cello, accordion, synths and drums, combine in a virtuosic, cinematic and joyfully genre-blending sound world inspired by Kate Bush, The Who, Sylvan Esso and more.

Formed by singer-cellist Bonnie and accordionist/synth player Pete while stranded in New Zealand during the pandemic, the band built their identity around adventure, connection and creativity. In 2025, the addition of drums (Jen Walinetski) supercharged their live show with electrifying rhythmic drive.

Their UK Top 40 Folk charting album Quarter-Life earned praise from BBC Radio and appearances at Glastonbury, WOMAD, Cambridge, Green Man and more. With a new album on the horizon, Good Habits are stepping into their next chapter with vibrant stories, playful energy and sheer musical joy.

Tickets: £18.50 standard, £14 under-26

Doors and bar will open 45 minutes before the show begins.

This winter, a magical tale is coming to Isbourne Arts. And you can join in....

One winter, Olidlocks finds a teddy bear in the park and remembers a delicious bowl of porridge she tasted years ago in the woods. Something else happended but she can't remember what ..... so she sets off for the forest. Will she find the bears' house and what will happen then?

A wonderfully funny and warmhearted celebration of the classic story starring a naughty old lady who looks very familiar ........ and three funny bears who love their breakfast.

Garlic Theatre hold their audience spellbound with lovingly crafted puppets, music and some steaming bowls of porridge. Enjoy a sneak preview here

This mesmerising play is for children aged 3 to 7  - and their grown ups.

The show lasts 45-50 minutes PLUS there will be an opportunity to meet the puppets after the show. This is a wonderful festive treat for all the family.

Tickets: £15.50 standard; £8 children

Oldilocks and the Three Bears starts at 2.pm. Drinks and snacks available from the bar beforehand and afterwards with doors and bar open from 1.15pm

With Arts Council support through Arts in Rural Gloucestershire

Christmas Time, Mistletoe and Wine....Julie July and friends, including Dik Cadbury, are at Isbourne Arts this Christmas.

An evening of carols, wassails and winter folk songs plus swing and jazz Christmas favourites.

Heartwarming music hosted by Julie July, with friends including folk rock legend Dik Cadbury as well as singer-songwriter Carol Lee Sampson, guitarist Steve Rezillo, drummer Mick Candler and multi-talented guitarist & fiddle player Jools Street.

Julie Julie and Festive Folk's Christmas magic has already added sparkle to festive seasons. This is some of the audience appreciation for the show:

“Wonderful evening and a fab collection of songs I half expected to see snow when leaving!'' (Don)

“A wonderful festive evening…thank you” (Eve)

“Great performance and thoroughly enjoyable. A sell-out full capacity audience who were singing, swaying and tapping along with you'' (Charles)

“Such an awesome band, with superb musicians and a mighty fine Songbird too!” (Rob)

This is the perfect start to your season so join us for a festive treat on December 10.

Tickets: £20 standard £14 under-26

Julie July and Festive Folk starts at 7.30pm. Doors and bar (with mulled wine) open at 6.45