WitTank bring some silliness to CourtLaughing
4:20pm Saturday 12th May 2012
A THREE-piece sketch show group are hoping that the audience share their silliness when they perform at The Courtyard.
Thu, 17th May 2012
Wye Theatre Company celebrates its Diamond Jubilee with a touch of the absurd
4:30pm Friday 11th May 2012
THE Queen isn’t the only one with a Diamond Jubilee this year – it is also 60 years since the Y Players, now the Wye Theatre Company, was set up.
Backgammon for Beginners at The Courtyard
2:27pm Friday 11th May 2012
A young man arrives from Iran in 1974, or was it 75? Maybe 76? The only thing that’s certain is that he arrived with a single suitcase and a backgammon board.
Virtuoso pianist Kenneth Hamilton to perform at The Rodd in Presteigne
10:10am Friday 11th May 2012
ON Saturday, May 19, virtuoso pianist Kenneth Hamilton performs a programme including some of Chopin’s best-loved pieces and an arrangement of Mozart’s Concerto in D minor by Alkan. He also presents two of the most celebrated pieces by John Ireland, including the sensuously beautiful Chelsea Reach, inspired by Chopin’s Barcarolle, to commemmorate the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death.
The Britten Singers in concert at All Saints Church, Hereford
10:10am Friday 11th May 2012
THE Britten Singers will be performing their 216th concert on May 19 at 7.30pm in All Saints Church.
Pop-Up Opera Company presents Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore
4:20pm Thursday 10th May 2012
THE innovative and exciting Pop-Up Opera company returns to the county on May 19, with a performance of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) at St Mary’s Church in Pembridge.
Hay Festival launches The Sound Castle to present the best in contemporary music
8:50am Thursday 10th May 2012
NEW musical talent is celebrated at Hay Festival this year with the introduction of an exciting new strand of programming as the Sound Castle opens.
CourtLaughing welcomes Tom Craine
3:40pm Tuesday 8th May 2012
COMEDIAN Tom Craine cannot wait to make his audience laugh when he appears at The Courtyard during the CourtLaughing festival.
Leominster Choral Society perform La Petite Messe Solennelle in Leominster Priory
3:50pm Monday 7th May 2012
Leominster’S Priory Church will resound to Rossini’s La Petite Messe Solonnelle when James Atherton joins Leominster Choral Society for their first concert together on Saturday, May 19.
Celtish head for Ledbury's Market Theatre
9:50am Monday 7th May 2012
FOLK band Celtish will be playing at The Market Theatre, Ledbury, on May 12 at 8pm.
Courtyard's panto roadshow seeks venues
1:40pm Sunday 6th May 2012
FOLLOWING the success of last year’s Panto Roadshow, The Courtyard is issuing an invitation to local venues to get involved with this year’s event, which will run during the half-term, from October 22 to 27.
What a feeling - the Magic of Motown arrives in Malvern
1:30pm Sunday 6th May 2012
THERE’LL be dancing in the streets when the sounds of one of the world’s favourite record labels are recreated in a sparkling stage show.
Old Time Appalachian concert at Booth's Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye
10:50am Saturday 5th May 2012
LOVERS of Old Time Appalachian music will be delighted to learn that Beverly Smith and John Grimm from Georgia, USA are performing at Booth’s Bookshop in Hay-on-Wye on Friday, May 11 at 7.30pm.
Birds of a Feather flock to Malvern Theatres
8:40am Saturday 5th May 2012
BIRDS of a Feather, one of BBC TV’s most popular and fondly remembered sitcoms, ran for almost 10 years until 1998.
Opera della Luna presents The Parson's Pirates at Ludlow Assembly Rooms
12:30pm Friday 4th May 2012
OPERA della Luna is delighted to return to Ludlow Assembly Rooms on May 12 with The Parson’s Pirates, its much-loved version of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic.