Jazz and Poetry Superjam
Lansdown Hall & Gallery Lansdown, StroudLansdown Hall The Patsy Gamble Jazz Trio and Adam Horovitz Having last performed together a decade ago at the Nailsworth Festival, the Patsy Gamble Jazz Trio and Adam Horovitz reunite to present a free-flowing night of jazz, poetry and jazz-poetry in which words and music intertwine and play off each other. The trio features […]
Connections: The Carducci Quartet & The Dave Ayre Trio with Anthony Burton
Subscription Rooms George St, StroudThis exciting, jazz-classical collaboration between the Carducci Quartet and the Dave Ayre Trio perform a joyful, eclectic programme of music representing local heritage and landscape, including pieces by Gloucestershire-born Gustav Holst . A narrative thread from author and producer Anthony Burton draw links with local industry, with mills, canals and railway weaving a web across […]
Peter Pan – A New Musical
Subscription Rooms George St, StroudSOLD OUT! Peter Pan - A New Musical Hewletts Opera returns to Stroud Arts Festival with a brand new musical based on the enchanting story of the boy who never grew up - Peter Pan! We are thrilled to have this world premiere performance as the highlight of our 76th Festival, with words written […]
Down in the Valley – Songs of Landscape and Legend
Lansdown Hall & Gallery Lansdown, StroudLisa Fitzgibbon & The PowerFolk Quartet with oration by Adam Horovitz These songs and stories are inspired by the picturesque Slad Valley, composed by Stroud-based singer/songwriter & music producer Lisa Fitzgibbon. They are informed by the life and work of local writer and poet Laurie Lee, whose writing explored our relationship with nature and the […]
Relaxed Opera for Everyone
Subscription Rooms George St, StroudAbigail Sudbury and Alistair Sutherland with The Stroud Arts Festival Ensemble Stroud Arts Festival is dedicated to bringing world-class music to people of any age and background. Some people find it difficult to attend traditional performances of classical music and opera. We are delighted to announce two relaxed performances of a wonderful new production by […]
Silent Film Sunrise – A Song of Two Humans
Lansdown Hall & Gallery Lansdown, StroudLansdown Hall Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Director – F W Murnau Elizabeth-Jane Baldry – Harp One of the most revered films of all time, a stunning masterpiece and a pinnacle of craft which belies the resources of the time, Sunrise won the Academy Award for Unique & Artistic Picture at the very […]
Activist Alphabet – An Exhibition of Prints and Poems
Prema Arts Vestry Cafe Bethesda Chapel, South St, Uley, Nr. Dursley, GloucestershireActivist Alphabet at Prema Vestry Arts Cafe An exhibition of alphabet prints from Gloucestershire Printmaker's Co-operative's Christine Felce. Inspiration for the work came from research around the climate crisis and a desire to help. A mixed media combination of collagraphs, screen printing and letterpress. Open Wednesday to Saturday until 9 December. The cafes closes […]
Days of Hope
Lansdown Hall & Gallery Lansdown, StroudDays of Hope - The Chartists in Stroud Premiere of the community film Days of Hope which focuses on the Chartists in Stroud. Those who marched and held meetings and protests to get the vote for all men in the U.K. On 21st May 1839, a meeting took place on Selsley Common where over 10,000 […]
Pressure
Cotswold Playhouse Parliament Street, Stroud, GloucestershireSponsored by Stroud Arts Festival The Cotswold Players present Pressure, by David Haig. An intense real-life thriller centred around the most important weather forecast in the history of warfare. Southwick House, Portsmouth, June 1944: one man’s decision is about to change the course of history. Everything is in place for a pivotal event that could […]
Dave Ayre’s Baroque Night
Lansdown Hall & Gallery Lansdown, StroudIt's been some months since the last Baroque Night, so we are really delighted that Dave Ayre's Baroque Band of wonderful,skilled musicians is returning to perform on Friday 9 December at Lansdown Hall, Stroud. It's going to be 'all about that bass'! Come and hear some great 400-year-old music featuring some of the best basslines […]