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Contributed review by Ian Codd The Guildford Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1919 by Claud Powell and is now celebrating its centenary. During all that time it has, astonishingly, had…
November 19, 2019 / No Comment / Read More
By Alice Fowler Prism, on show at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this week, is a celebration of the golden age of Hollywood. The story is told through the life of…
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By Alice Fowler As the Guildford Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed All’s Well That Ends Well transfers to London, the company’s sights are turning to 2020: its 14th year of locally made,…
November 9, 2019 / No Comment / Read More
Three years ago, there were just trees. Now there are two theatres in the woods behind West Horsley Place, a 14th-century manor house. The Theatre in the Woods, the five-tiered…
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Guildford’s own orchestra, the GSO, will perform a grand centenary concert at G Live on Saturday, November 16, to celebrate 100 years of music making. Echoing the programme of its…
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By Tricia Marcotti The Classic Spring Theatre Company brings its production of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this week. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, the…
October 30, 2019 / No Comment / Read More
By Alice Fowler Not many plays give away their ending quite so daringly as Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. Its themes – unrequited passion and sexual misconduct on a…
October 18, 2019 / 1 Comment / Read More
By Dave Reading Nine years ago Marianne Windham had a high-powered job as director of an IT consultancy. But there was a bigger passion in her life – the double bass. And so…
October 6, 2019 / 4 Comments / Read More
Sponsored article Festival press releases all too often boast ‘bigger and better’ almost by default. But Petworth Festival’s Literary Week is by any standards bigger and better this coming autumn.…
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Sponsored article It’s been quite a summer of cricket. The stand out moments must be the nailbiting finish to the world cup final in July and the heroic Ben Stokes…
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