I must confess I have a particular interest in this play – I taught it for A level and came to love it.
Based on Australian author Thomas Kenneally’s novel
A handful of harmonicas, an array of effects pedals, a button accordion and an acoustic guitar were all the critically acclaimed and award winning duo of Brendan Power and Tim
Well, I have seen the future of so-called “amateur” theatre in Lichfield, where the standard is already impossibly high thanks to set-ups like our much-loved Players and
It says a lot for the Lichfield Players’ reputation that they can muster such a large audience on a chilly September night, but we were always in for some nicely
Well there’s Broadway, there’s off-Broadway, there’s off-off Broadway and now there’s the Lichfield Garrick. Because last night in the Studio I got to see
The Lichfield Festival seemed more international than ever on Friday when the legendary actress and singer Ute Lemper flew in from Beirut for her cathedral concert.
Amongst other career triumphs
I always look forward to Elle Knight’s sophisticated productions because she invariably manages to re-examine wrongly neglected classics you couldn’t see anywhere else. How lucky are we
It is said that Festivals are places to try to new things. This usually applies to the audience, but in this case it also applied to the performer.
Phill Jupitus
I reckon quite a lot of potential punters were put off this Festival event by the idea that anything to do with opera would be boring highbrow nonsense (Baroque music?
