Music
25th June
3:30 PM
St Laurence
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear St Laurence’s magnificent church organ played by one of the UK’s finest concert organists.
The Play
25th June
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Music
26th June
7:30 PM
St Laurence
Back in the late 1600s, the idea of the Grand Tour was born. For the next 200 years privileged young people embraced the opportunity to visit Europe’s capital cities for
‘cultural enlightenment’. Musicians, painters and writers all found inspiration in the peoples and architecture of the great European cities. Much of this music is very
familiar to us now but the travellers would mostly have been hearing this music for the very first time and the impact was often astounding
Music
27th June
7:30 PM
St Laurence
Three Welsh tenors, yet surprisingly different voices which complement each other perfectly. Alun Rhys-Jenkins, Aled Hall and Rhys Meirion, all professional opera singers, present a programme of songs, hymns and operatic arias, each delivered in their own inimitable style
The Play
27th June
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Music
28th June
7:30 PM
St Laurence
In this concert, Ensemble Sine Nomine (their name is Latin for ‘no name’) will explore the extraordinary output of sacred and secular choral music in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
The Play
28th June
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Music
29th June
12:00 PM
St Laurence
Ben, just 15 years of age, but already a veteran of the Ludlow Festival, started learning the harp when he was just 4 years old.
The Play (Schools Matinee)
29th June
2:30 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
The Play
29th June
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Coach Tours
30th June
9:00 AM
Departing from Smithfield Car Park
Our first visit is to Hawkstone Park gardens which offers an amazing array of follies, grottoes rocky outcrops and cliffs. There is a fair amount of walking involved, but a Land Rover will be available to take less mobile people around Hawkstone Park.
Music
30th June
1:00 PM
St Laurence
Michael Bochmann takes us through a programme of inspirational violin music from Bach to Paganini, with a sprinkling of folk and modern melodies.
Talks
30th June
7:30 PM
St Laurence
An illustrated talk by the Conservation Architect Andrew Arrol and Clerk of Works Shaun Ward.
The Play
30th June
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Walks
1st July
9:00 AM
Departing from Smithfield Car Park
Martin Hackett takes us on a journey from one of the possible sites of Caratacus’s last stand against the Romans in the year AD 51, then via Hopton Castle on to Brampton Bryan.
Talks
1st July
7:30 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Shakespeare is above all the poet of marriage. Before him Tragedies were about loving “not wisely but too well” and Comedies were about getting away with adultery. But in play after play Shakespeare presents the finding of a worthy wife as a triumphant dénouement, and again and again constant wives redeem unjust and deluded husbands
The Play
1st July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
The Play
2nd July
8:00 AM
Ludlow Castle
2nd July
1:00 AM
2nd July
1:00 AM
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
The Play
2nd July
2:30 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Workshop
2nd July
2:30 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Twelfth Night, a story of disguises, and a night for revelling... Perfect time for a Masquerade!
Make and decorate masks with Tanith Kinton.
Music
2nd July
7:30 PM
St Laurence
Widely regarded as the UK’s leading and most versatile jazz orchestra, the BBC Big Band broadcasts on BBC Radio, particularly on BBC Radio 2’s long running series Big Band Special. The band regularly features on the UK jazz festival circuit, and has been voted the best Big Band many times in the British Jazz Awards, while concert tours with major artists have taken them all over the world.
The Play
2nd July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Talks
3rd July
11:00 AM
Ludlow Castle
Charlie Walker-Wise, the Director of this year’s production of Twelfth Night, talks about his inspiration for the staging of the play and offers insight into the development of the performance.
Poetry
3rd July
7:30 PM
Moor Park School
An amusing and entertaining evening of poetry, prose and music with a local theme. Presented by our own John Challis (Boycie from Only Fools and Horses), Gabrielle Drake, (UFO, Peak Practice, Heartbeat, Crossroads and Coronation Street). Christopher Good (Murder Most Horrid, Rumpole of the Bailey, Danger UXB and The Famous Five) Colin Prockter (Dr Who, Toast, Rock ‘n’ Chips, Eddie Maddocks in Coronation Street) plus regular Ludlow Festival supporter, Janet Wantling, an accomplished actor, who founded a youth theatre in the town in the 1980s.
The Play
4th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Walks
5th July
9:00 AM
Departing from Smithfield Car Park
We start our 8 mile walk in the impressive grounds of Chirk Castle. After hiking through some undulating countryside with distant views of the Welsh hills, we reach the Llangollen (or Ellesmere) Canal, arriving at the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct then along the towpath to the basin at Trevor, where refreshments are available.
Music
5th July
7:30 PM
Moor Park School
A selection of Schubert’s works for the violin and piano performed by outstanding Australian violinist, Madeleine Easton, and award winning British concert pianist Daniel Grimwood.
The Play
5th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
The Play (Schools Matinee)
6th July
2:30 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Music
6th July
7:30 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Arguably Gilbert & Sullivan’s most popular operetta, featuring such songs as Loudly let the Trumpet Bray, Strephon’s a Member of Parliament and If you go in, You’re sure to Win, Iolanthe or “The Peer & the Peri” is presented in a concert version by Tenbury Amateur Operatic Society.
The Play
6th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Coach Tours
7th July
9:00 AM
Departing from Smithfield Car Park
Wroxeter Hotel for coffee followed by a visit to the replica Roman villa, and an opportunity to visit Wroxeter Church. We then travel to Loton Park, seat of the Leightons, for lunch in the grounds.
The Play
7th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Talks
8th July
7:30 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
They say all political careers end in tears. In Gyles Brandreth’s case it’s tears of laughter as the author, broadcaster, former MP and government whip takes us on an hilarious roller-coaster ride through the corridors of power – from Buckingham Palace to the Kremlin, from the green benches of Westminster to the green rooms of the West End.
The Play
8th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Workshop
9th July
2:30 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Twelfth Night, a story of disguises, and a night for revelling... Perfect time for a Masquerade!
Make and decorate masks with Tanith Kinton.
The Play
9th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
Music
9th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Over four decades, Barbara Dickson OBE has established herself as one of the most popular entertainers in Britain today. Globally renowned for musical hits including Caravans, Another Suitcase, and I Know Him So Well.
Please note this event now starts at 8pm
The Play
9th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
This is a play about people. Real people who do everything we do. They laugh, sing, sometimes they even get drunk and occasionally they fall in love. These are not just figures from a dusty old book, they are alive and exciting. They have intrigues, jealousies and all the things you would expect from the people around you.
Put aside any preconceptions you may have about Shakespeare and be prepared for a surprise.
The Pop Concert
10th July
8:00 PM
Ludlow Castle
