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Summer in Gloucester
Posted by Culture Vulture in Events, Film, Food, Live Music, Theatre on June 18th, 2010
With over 30 great events happening this summer in Gloucester you can experience fireworks, live music, carnival, open air cinema and theatre, sport, family fun days, exhibitions, motorcycle and car shows, choral and blues festivals and even a real beach all bringing the city to life by day and by night.
July sees Open Air Theatre, Gloucester Carnival & the World Together Festival, whilst August includes Volleyball, Witches & Wizards, Seaside Fun and a celebration of Jamaican Independence Day.
Find out more at www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/site/whats-on/summer-in-gloucester
Dark Tales Of Gloucestershire
Posted by Culture Vulture in Events, Theatre on March 22nd, 2010
Dark Tales Of Gloucestershire – 24th April
Presented by Spaniel in The Works Theatre Company at the Gloucester Guildhall.
Hanged men, witches, sea serpents and drunken fairies can all be found in Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company popular one hour show Dark Tales of Gloucestershire.
Dark Tales of Gloucestershire takes traditional folk tales from the county and retells them in a lively, funny and exciting way using rhyme, music, dance and puppets.
Tickets can be purchased from Gloucester Guildhall.
Sleepwalk on the Severn: the book and the performance
Posted by Culture Vulture in Events, Live Music, Theatre on June 1st, 2009
Faber & Faber’s publication of Alice Oswald’s ‘Sleepwalk on the Severn’ adds to the mystery of the River Severn and the Severn Estuary, one of Britain’s most enigmatic places.
To coincide and as part of 2009’s Severn Project, live performances of the poem have been set to voices and music by Stroud-based theatre group Taurus Voice, with music by by Pete Rosser.
An incredible place, the Severn. Britain’s longest river, was named ‘Sabrina’ by the Romans and is home to Britain’s longest tidal wave. Visitors these days head for Gloucester Docks or the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust at Slimbridge to encounter the atmosphere, history or wildlife of the area.
WOMAD line up annouced
Posted by Culture Vulture in Events, Live Music, Theatre on March 26th, 2009
WOMAD has now announced the first names of the exciting line-up for 2009; Ethiopia’s biggest music names, The Ethiopiques, the funky, hi-Tec septet from New Zealand Fat Freddy’s Drop and US soul legend and Grammy winner Solomon Burke will be joined by his band. Also joining us this year will be Nigeria’s Afro beat singer/songwriter Nneka, another thrilling sound from Ethiopia, Dub Colossus, and two of Mali’s most talented musicians, Oumou Sangare and Rokia Traoré.
WOMAD Charlton Park is so much more than just first class world music festival and returning this year will be the popular ‘Taste the World’ tent where some of the artists will show off their cooking prowess and which, more often than not, turns into a impromptu gig. The Drum and Dance Tent will make a welcome return with early-bird yoga sessions to salsa lessons to night owl happenings. And for those who fancy a luxurious moment to themselves and a scrub up, the WOMAD spa, complete with treatments, spa pools, great showers and a cocktail bar, is the place to go.
God of Carnage
Posted by Culture Vulture in Theatre on February 18th, 2009
God of Carnage played to packed houses, at Gielgud Theatre earlier this year becoming one of the most successful plays in the history of the West End. Originally starring Ralph Fiennes, Ken Stott, Janet McTeer and Tamsin Greig, it now plays the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham before returning to the West End with an equally stellar cast of Richard E Grant, Lia Williams, Roger Allam and Serena Evans. Running from 18th – 21st Feb 2009.