Ludlow Festival - Announcements

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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS for making the 2008 Festival so successful.

Richard III


A co-production with Exeter Northcott

Read the reviews

'Ben Crocker, the retiring artistic director of Northcott, has created a clear and well-pointed route through this corpse-packed play.'  The Times

'Workmanlike tyranny in a magical setting' Mail on Sunday


 

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Richard III - Meet The Cast
Events Programme 2008

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June

Sat. 21st

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm.

Sun 22nd

Colin Dexter & Gabriel Woolf

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 3.00pm

Mon.23rd

Coach Tour Newtown & Llanidloes
'Queen Victoria's Petticoats'

Lunchtime Concert Vent Cinq Wind Quintet

St.John’s 12.00pm

Ukelele Orchestra

St. Laurence 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Tues. 24th

Festival Walk 1 Morville Hall: 'A garden in Time' SOLD OUT

Lunchtime Concert Harmon8(Eight Harmony singers)

Richard’s Castle 12.00noon

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Wed. 25th

Lunchtime Concert The Zollisi Duo (Flute & Guitar)

Methodist Church 12.00noon

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 2.30pm

Opera Box L’Elisir d’Amore

St. Laurence 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Thur. 26th

Coach Tour 2 Hay on Wye, Kinnersley Castle SOLD OUT

Youth Dance Festival

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Fri. 27th

Musicians of the Globe 'All the King’s Men'

St. Laurence 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Sat. 28th

Gardens Day Morning Paul Stamper,

Feathers Hotel

Friends Reception

Ludlow Castle 12.00noon

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 4.00pm

Gardens Day Afternoon Katherine Swift & Charles Chesshire,

Opera Babes

St Laurence 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Sun. 22nd

Festival Church Service conducted by
The Very Revd Michael Tavinor, Dean of Hereford Cathedral

St. Laurence 11.30am.

Queen’s College Oxford Choir

St. Laurence 7.30pm

Mon 30th

Lady H. Spencer-Churchill Memories of Blenheim

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 3.00pm

Prof. S. Wells 'Is it true what they say about Shakespeare?'

Ludlow Assembly Rooms. 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

July

Tues. 1st

Coach Tour Repeat of tour 1

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Wed. 2nd

Festival Walk 3 Boscobel to Tong along the 'Monarch's Way.'

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 2.30pm

Brother against Brother A History Lecture by Dr. David Lloyd

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 7.30pm>

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Thu. 3rd

Coach Tour Repeat of tour 2  SOLD OUT

 

Richard III – a Bloody Tyrant? Dr.Phil Stone- Chairman of the Richard III Society SOLD OUT

The Prince Charles Suite Feathers Hotel 7.30pm and 3.00pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Fri.4th

Simon Hoggart 'The Hamster that loved Puccini'

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Sat. 5th

Dance Ballet Central

Ludlow Assembly Rooms 7.30pm

Richard III

Ludlow Castle 8.30pm

Sun 6th

Finale Concert with Fireworks.

Ludlow Castle

Sunday 6th July - Ludlow Castle- Gates open at 6.30pm - concert starts at 8pm ( three hour show) - tickets £25

Events Diary:
Walks
Coach Tours
Shakespeare
Talks
Early Music
Classical Music
Dance
Literary
Firework Concert
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Festival Supporters:
Sponsor - Shropshire Star - Click to view website (new window) Sponsor - Advantage West Midlands - Click to view website (new window)
Sponsor - South Shropshire District Council - Click to view website (new window) Sponsor - Exeter Northcott - Click to view website (new window)
Sponsor - Ludlow Assembly Rooms - Click to view website (new window) Sponsor - Ludlow Town Council
Sponsor - SNG Barratt - Click to view website (new window)