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 Concessions are available on some events for children under 16 and Senior Citizens

Fringe Events must be booked with the event organisers not the festival box office.

 April 2010

 Time

 Festival Programme Events

 Where?

Dates and Seat Prices  

The programme of events, dates and performers is listed below. Performance times are subject to confirmation.
Click on the titles for the full programme notes.

 

 Friday April 23rd.
Tickets available from Thornbury Castle

Tickets £18.50

 3.00-5.00 pm

Traditional St. George's Day Cream Tea

A luxury Traditional Cream Tea in the Tudor Room in Thornbury Castle.
Please book with the individual event organiser.

Thornbury Castle
Tudor Room

 Friday April 23rd.

Reserved Seating
Tickets £18

 8.00 pm
(No interval)

"Food for Thought" A Talk by George Alagiah

Award winning foreign correspondent and BBC News presenter George Alagiah investigates the global food chain and uncovers the absurd and explores the controversial.

George will take questions at the end of his Presentation.

Presented in association with
Sympathetic Developments

Armstrong Hall

Saturday April 24th.
Tickets available from Thornbury Bookshop

Tickets £5.00

10.00 am

Cancellation A Talk on Historical Fiction Cancellation

The Fringe event talk by Rebecca Abrams had to be cancelled as the author was unable to return from Israel due to delays in air travel caused by the Volcanic dust from Iceland.
We apologise to the disappointed ticket holders, to Keith Bradford at Thornbury Bookshop and La Bruschetta who were providing the coffee and cake but the cancellation was unavoidable.

All tickets are refundable so please contact Thornbury Bookshop.

Thornbury Bookshop
then La Bruschetta

 Saturday April 24th.

Tickets Free




10.00 12.00am

12.00 2.00 pm

"A Day of Art Activities"

including Bob Baker, Oscar and Bafta award winning scriptwriter of Wallace and Gromit and Dr Who etc...
Scriptwriting and animation in the morning
limited to 10 participants aged 14 to 18
.

Workshops for young people aged from 7 to 14 in the afternoon. There may be a short wait as numbers attending at any one time are limited.

Venue to be advised

Saturday April 24th.

Reserved Seating
Tickets
£12

 8.00 pm

"The Ian McMillan Orchestra"

Words and music complementing each other in a scintillating night of stories, poems, music, comedy and improvisation.

Presented in association with UK Touring agency

Armstrong Hall

Sunday April 25th.

Ticket £4.00

10.00 am

"Garden Walk and Talk
Sheiling School, Park Road, Thornbury

A garden walk and talk with refreshments.

Please book with the individual event organiser.

Sheiling School
Sunday April 25th.

Tickets
£8.00
(concessions £6)

3.00 pm

"An Afternoon of Music" The Thornbury Orchestra
Conductor Christopher Hill, Leader Janet Lewis

A welcome return to the Festival for the local group of orchestral musicians playing a varied programme

featuring soloist Rosemary Stoner playing Edward Lalo's Cello Concerto.

Armstrong Hall

Monday April 26th

Tickets £5

1.00pm  "History of the British Seaside"
Peter Street
An illustrated talk on the growth of resorts in Victorian times following the development of the raliways.
Cossham Hall

Monday April 26th

Tickets £9
(concessions £7)

7.30pm
(No interval)

"The Incredible Human Journey"
Dr Alice Roberts
Who are we and where do we come from?

Through stones and bones and genes the story unfolds.

Armstrong Hall

Tuesday April 27th

Tickets £5

1.00pm 

Marianne North The Victorian Floral Artist
Gina Merrett Smith
An illustrated talk on the travels, paintings and connections of gallery owner Marianne North, by artist tutor and photographer Gina Merrett Smith

Cossham Hall

Tuesday April 27th.

Tickets £5

 7.30 pm

"King of India"
A film by Arvind Sinha

A beautifully photographed award-winning documentary film following a family of colourful street performers over a six year period.

Armstrong Hall

Tuesday April 27th.

Tickets £5
available from Blend

 7.30 pm

"Vice or Virtue?"
Storytelling by Philip & Jerry

Philip Darley & Jerry Dicker storytelling at Blend Cafe Lounge.
Please book with the individual event organiser.

Blend Cafe lounge
 Wednesday April 28th

Tickets
£5
 1.00 pm

"Musica Mundi"
Clare Griffel, Heather Gibbard and David Griffel

"Music from the drawing rooms and pleasure gardens of Georgian London".

Cossham Hall

 Wednesday April 28th

Tickets £10

 7.30 pm

"The Sociable Plover"
Ronnie Toms and Guy Masterson
Tim Whitnall's 2009 Edinburgh Festival hit set in a hide on the Suffolk marshes graduates from tense thriller to black comedy. A must-see treat.

Presented in association with Theatre Tours International Ltd.

Armstrong Hall

Thursday April 29th.

Tickets £5

 1.00 pm "Life in the Sloe Lane"
Edward Hall

Bramley and Gage of Thornbury produce world class hand made fruit liqueurs and Sloe Gin, come and hear how and sample some of the nectar!
Cossham Hall 
 Thursday April 29th.

Tickets £9.00

(concessions £7)
7.30pm
(No interval)

"Jenner of Berkeley, Fewster of Thornbury
& the defeat of Smallpox"

Prof Gareth Williams
Prof.Williams takes us through the uplifting story of the elimination of smallpox founded on the observations of two local doctors.

Armstrong Hall

 Thursday April 29th

Free entry

 8.00 pm

Acoustic Jazz and Vocalist

Come along and listen to some cool jazz at the Mezze.
Please book with the individual event organiser.

Mezze at the Royal George

 Thursday April 29th.

Free entry

 8.00 pm

"Folk Music Jam session"

Come along, listen and join in (if you wish!) at The Anchor
Please book with the individual event organiser.

The Anchor, Gloucester Road, Morton

 Friday April 30th

All
seating £5

 1.00 pm "Your House has History"
Averil Kear

In an illustrated talk Averil takes us through the use of the resources available in researching the history of buildings and uses a Thornbury house as an example. Yours maybe?
Cossham H all
 Friday April 30th

Reserved Seating
Tickets
£14.00
8.00pm

"These are a Few of my Favourite Things"
SRISHTI
Nina Rajarani brings her dance company to perform a selection of their best loved work combining classical Indian forms within contemporary contexts such as high powered businessmen or footballers.

Armstrong Hall

 Saturday May 1st

Tickets £5.00

 11.00am

"The Fisherman"
Storybox Theater

Rod Burnett presents with Glove Puppets Grimm's tale of the folly of greed in a 50 min performance which will captivate all ages.
Suitable for 4-11 year-olds (and adults of all ages)

Armstrong Hall

Saturday May 1st

Reserved Seating
Tickets
£18.00

8.00 pm

"Claire Martin and her Musicians"
with Laurence Cottle (Bass), Chris Dagley (Drums)
Gareth Williams (Piano)

Returning to Thornbury following her 2006 appearance with Girl Talk,
Claire has been voted the Best Vocalist in the British Jazz Awards for the sixth time. A quality evening of cool jazz is guaranteed

Presented in association with The John Boddy Agency

 Armstrong Hall

 Sunday May 2nd.

Tickets £5.00

 1.45pm

"A stroll around Olveston"
Eric Garrett and Les Harper
A guided walk around the historical sites in the village of Olveston lead by two eminent local historians followed by tea and homemade cakes in the Methodist Hall.
Please note parking may be difficult.

Methodist Hall, Olveston

     

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