Brand new cafe-bar The Spark has opened in Lichfield.
The venue is at 19 Tamworth Street, in the premises formerly occupied by outdoor clothing chain Millets.
The owners, Della
It was a stirring sight to see Lichfield Cathedral so packed for the closing concert of the Lichfield Festival – a visit from the excellent Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – with people seated
Even those tentatively interested in classical music can’t be unfamiliar with Joanna MacGregor: a dreadlocked pianist famed for her virtuoso playing, funky style and for collaborations with the likes
A bare set with books strewn across the floor, a pumping soundtrack by The Smiths and The Clash, a boy with a poem scrawled on his chest… this new play
On May 30, 1593, the dramatist, poet and translator, Christopher Marlowe, was said to have been stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer in a brawl in a house in Deptford.
Returning to Birmingham Hipporome this week, Welsh National Opera brought two triumphantly modern-dress productions – of Turandot and Cosi Fan Tutti – which could hardly have been more different.
Although it
Amidst the Son of Buskathon event this Saturday, Speakers’ Corner celebrated its second birthday with a rendition of Happy Birthday, led by MP Michael Fabricant.
People gathered to hear a
The disappearance of sunny weather hasn’t put people off this weekend’s Son of Buskathon event, which is raising funds for Lichfield Fuse Festival 2011.
Saturday’s programme kicked
With Spring on the way, it seems the perfect time for Welsh National Opera to tackle the light, frothy world of Johann Strauss’s operetta, Die Fledermaus, and this production,
Businesses across Lichfield and beyond looking for a place to hold an event or think creatively are being offered the opportunity to host events at Erasmus Darwin House.
The museum
The Lichfield Festival is currently recruiting community organisations, local businesses, schools and individuals to help with a new public art project set to launch at this year’s event. Not
Most Lichfeldians will know something about Dr Samuel Johnson, but if you’ve never learnt about the life of Erasmus Darwin – grandfather of Charles, who lived in Lichfield from 1756
