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Dragon Interview: The Guitarist Who Brings a ‘Darker, Modern Twist’ To The Blues

Ross Harding is a blues rock musician from South Africa, now living in Guildford, who has begun to realise his long-standing dream to be part of the UK music scene.…

Guildford’s Book Festival Is Less Than a Month Away

Preparations continue for Guildford’s Book Festival, which this year takes place in venues across the Borough and beyond between 6 and 20 October. Now in its 35th year, the event…

Major Refurbishment Underway at Guildford’s Leading Theatre

By Martin Giles Major work is underway at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre to improve access, facilities and energy efficiency. The work has been made possible thanks to an award in…

“Life Sentence”: A Short Story About How Age Can Steal Our Liberty But Strengthen Love

During lockdown, Guildford Dragon reporter David Reading teamed up with two friends, both ex Guildfordians, to write and self-publish a book of short stories. The profits are going to local…

Simon Spillett Big Band with Music of Tubby Hayes at Electric Theatre

Hailed as “a living, breathing, positively fizzing jazz orchestra” (Jazz Rag) the Simon Spillett Big Band burst on to the UK jazz scene 2021 with the purpose of revisiting the…

Stage Dragon: Young Actors Breathe Life Into New Musical

By Ferenc Hepp George. A Dragon. A Legend! is a new musical by the Prologue Youth Theatre Company and was performed at the National Trust River Wey Navigations’ Dapdune Wharf,…

Stage Dragon: Guildburys Theatre Company’s Jamaica Inn

By Tricia Marcotti Bodmin Moor comes to the Surrey Hills courtesy of the Guildburys Theatre Company’s production of Jamaica Inn, instituted as picnic theatre at Merrist Wood College, Worplesdon,  until…

Countdown to GuilFest 2024 Has Well and Truly Begun

Music festival GuilFest returns to Stoke Park this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30, and the countdown has begun. The organisers say: “It is unbelievable the Stranglers are…

Glittering Evening at G Live for the UK Pantomime Awards

By Ferenc Hepp We may at last have seen some sunshine and summer weather in the UK, but all eyes were on the stars on and off stage who make…

Romeo & Juliet Production to Raise Awareness of the Facts Around Knife Crime

By Alice Fowler Guildford Shakespeare Company has begun its production of Romeo & Juliet, which is taking place on the streets of Guildford. April Hughes plays Juliet, following her recent…