Okay, let’s get this out of the way straight off. You’ve never been to the ballet before, and you don’t really think you’d like it. Then
The discovery of buried treasure by Mr Terry Herbert while metal detecting in a field near Lichfield has certainly captured the public imagination. Examples from the hoard of Anglo-Saxon
Yes I know Birmingham Royal Ballet isn’t actually based in Lichfield, but come on, they’re only just down the road, and anyway, you all shop at Harvey Nicks,
In 1967 Kenneth Halliwell bludgeoned his lover the playwright Joe Orton to death, then committed suicide by taking an overdose of prescribed medication. Until Joe’s overnight celebrity as the
RN Clarke’s retrospective of landscape paintings, currently on show at Lichfield Cathedral (until September 17th), is a potent selection of ideas and influences.
Lichfield-born Clarke’s vision is
Drawing the curtain aside to show the laughably humdrum, sometimes tawdry, nature of showbiz has been the topic of many playwrights from David Garrick to Tom Stoppard. This weekend at
Despite a less than impressive turnout, Burntwood Wakes has shown what great talent the area can attract. The three nights of the Wakes saw an unsigned acts night on Friday,
Quintessence, the textile art exhibition currently open at Curborough Hall Farm’s Griffin Art Gallery, is very exciting indeed.
Two Fradley artists have items displayed in the exhibition.
In her
Having been impressed by The Happiness Patrol’s imaginative staging of The Masque of the Red Death at the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham at the end of last year,
It was a wet, muggy day for the Lichfield Festival Market this year – a Georgian-themed event, in honour of Samuel Johnson’s 300th birthday – but it didn’t deter
I always look forward to Elle Knights’s Intimate Theatre productions, here not least for the elegance of her chosen venue, the eighteenth century ballroom of the George Hotel, but
It was a shame to see such a small audience at Matthew Sharp’s Johnny’s Midnight Goggles, which launched the Lichfield Festival at the Garrick’s Studio last night.
