July 2018
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Multi Story Theatre Workshop
An hour long active workshop with the two wonderful actors from the Golden Fleece show. Have fun making a drama with them and go away fired up with ideas and tips to make and stage your very own play. Whether you see their show or not - and we hope you do - this is a great opportunity to learn from professionals in a fun way. Suitable for age 8+ (If you see the show and join in the workshop…
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Join in with Julia!
Splash in the Big Red Bath! Stamp your feet with a very cross pirate and listen to some great stories from Julia Jarman. Prolific and popular childrens' author Julia Jarman will be telling us some great stories when she joins us on Sunday at the Children's Festival. You might already know her 'Time Travelling Cat' series but her full range of stories spans all ages and interests. She says that children sometimes need books to relax with and sometimes to…
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The Minpins Children’s Choir
Catch this enchanting children's choir performing especially for the Children’s Festival. Formed three years ago by Stroud Choral Society, The Minpins was created with the support of the Roald Dahl Literary Estate, and particularly Felicity Dahl, Roald's widow. They are named after the author's final book in which the Minpins are a 'city of little people'. Under the guidance of Music Director Zoe Hynes the choir currently has 35 members, aged 8-13 years. They make many public performances, both on their own and with the…
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From Valley to Vale
An exhibition by six local artists at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetland Centre. Varied works, all capturing aspects of nature and all developed from a passion to appreciate and conserve the landscape and the wildlife within it.
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Pop Up Opera
On their first visit to Stroud this exciting young company brings us La Tragédie de Carmen, a reimagining of Bizet’s famous masterpiece by acclaimed British theatre director Peter Brook. The intense and tragic tale of the four characters who lie at the heart of the original story plays out in a thought-provoking drama of unhinged love and jealousy. Actions are not without consequences, and the stark reality of the repercussions for Don José are laid bare as the story unfolds…
Find out more »November 2018
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Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-sort: The Life and Work of Ivor Gurney
“From Severn to Somme: an enduring friendship” Fresh from its acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe this summer, we celebrate the work of Gloucestershire poet and composer Ivor Gurney with this one-woman show featuring writer and actor Jan Carey, Leading us from rural Gloucestershire to the battlefields of France, “Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-sort” gives us a compelling dramatised introduction to Ivor Gurney’s poetry and music, told through the voice of his devoted friend, the pioneering music critic, Marion Scott. Performed by…
Find out more »December 2018
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Ballet Cymru
A Child's Christmas in Wales
A Child's Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs by Dylan Thomas A brand new ballet by award-winning Welsh Dance Company Ballet Cymru, narrated by Cerys Matthews. Ballet Cymru presents a timeless interpretation of the Dylan Thomas classic A Child's Christmas In Wales with music by Mason Neely and Wales' own icon, Cerys Matthews. Step into the imagination of a genius and follow us on a journey through snow, cats and melancholy. Featuring choreography by Creative Wales Award winner Darius James and Amy Doughty, and evocative,…
Find out more »May 2019
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Winter Hill
Hexagon Theatre present Winter Hill, a play by Timberlake Wertenbaker There are big plans for Winter Hill, and work has already begun on a fabulous new building. But is it a boon for the local economy or a reckless, destructive folly? And why is this group of women gathered here at dusk to discuss female heroism? Is it a book club debate or a revolution in the making? Darkness is falling. Someone is going to die. First performed in 2017…
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Stroud and the Chartists – A Radical Stroud Walk
Photo: Deborah Roberts
May 26th 1839. Revolution was in the air and in Stroud around 5,000 people met on Selsley Common in support of the Chartist demands for democracy. Radical Stroud commemorates this event 180 years on with a performative walk up to Selsley Hill. Meet at the Kitsch café (opposite Ebley Mill) on Sunday 26 May at 10am. A stiff walk follows up to the common, allowing 3 hours maximum for up and talk and discuss and back down again. The…
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FIlm premiere: Day of Hope
The Grand Demonstration took place on Selsley Hill in May 1839
Day of Hope is a new community film about the Chartist movement in Stroud. Written and directed by John Bassett of local theatre company Spaniel in the Works, the film explores the fight for the right to vote and the variety of campaign methods adopted to finally succeed. Part drama, part comedy, part surreal journey through the Stroud political landscape, the film commemorates the meeting on Selsley Common which took place 180 years ago, in May 1839, in support of…
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