KT Tunstall The annual Lichfield Festival got off to the best possible start with a superb performance by multi BRIT and Grammy award winner KT Tunstall. The Scottish singer-songwriter and musician was in
Moon Comedy Duo The Moon Duo are a great comedy Duo incorporating dark humour, with witty sketches showing both Jack and Joshua’s comedic ingenuity such as the seamless transitions between
Steampunk Ceilidh The Steampunk Ceilidh was a unique experience. The venue was a giant tent in the middle of the Fuse Festival at Beacon Park. All of the band members
Great Jamaican Songbook When we arrived at the lovely Swinfen Hall we were shown through the trees to the court yard, adjacent to the walled garden. It was a beautiful
Peter Rabbit’s Musical Adventure The Peter Rabbit storytelling was a fun, interactive show that all of the children really enjoyed. Just before the show began, the narrator and the musicians
Planetarium The planetarium was a good experience for people who would like to find out about space. At first all the children thought it was a bouncy castle but they
BBC National Orchestra of Wales Combining award-winning artists and an incredible orchestra was undoubtedly going to make a brilliant performance and it still blew me away. The performance was yet
Handel’s Messiah Handel’s Messiah was introduced at the beginning of the performance as one of his most incredible spiritual and musical works. It is said that, when Handel completed his
Macbeth – The Malachites The Guildhall, bearing flags on the ceiling, glistening stained-glass windows from the walls and a large fireplace was a perfect space for the performance of ‘Macbeth’.
Kabantu Last week I went to see Kabantu. The dark wood ornate panelling and glowing candles of the grand Swinfen Hall Hotel ballroom seemed the perfect setting, and we knew
The Horse, The Crook and the Little Chair by David Titley The intimate, yet atmospheric, George Hotel was the setting for a specially commissioned piece for Intimate Theatre, written and
Review of Pole star planetarium You enter a 360 degree black dome to find a pitch black circular room and you will be told what will happen in case of
Michael Petrov (cello) – Bach by Candelight Michael Petrov is a Bulgarian cellist who has won awards such as the ECHO rising star 2015/16 and was a Young Artist at
HMS Pinafore Going into HMS Pinafore filled me with trepidation having realised that it was in fact an opera. I wanted it to change my opinion of opera for good
The Mozartists – Mozart’s Travels In his short life, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travelled far, going all around Europe with his parents and later alone. This concert follows his extensive travels,
The Death Show Death. A bit morbid, is it not? Morbid, macabre, unmentionable – the list of adjectives to describe this natural yet significantly haunting aspect of life continues, almost
HMS Pinafore – Charles Court Opera Company. The Guildhall, 7 July 2019 On Sunday evening I watched Charles Court Opera perform HMS Pinafore. Charles Court Opera Company specialise in bringing Gilbert
Lauren Zhang – Piano Opening piece This piece was played in a gentle and smooth manner. Lauren’s dedication to the music was clear and she had memorised it well, giving
Ballet Cymru – Romeo and Juliet ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was performed by Ballet Cymru on a warm night, which was a perfect match for the climate of ‘fair Verona’. Throughout
Ballet Cymru – “Romeo and Juliet” Romeo and Juliet by the Ballet Cymru on Saturday 6th July 2019 was an outstanding performance. The cast were so expressive and emotional, that
KT Tunstall at Lichfield Cathedral – Friday 5th July 2019 The Lichfield festival started today, I was excited to see the opening act KT Tunstall for the first time. At
KT Tunstall at the Lichfield Cathedral It is the first show of the Lichfield festival today and I was very excited to see how this was going to work because
Maths Genius Bobby Seagull Bobby Seagull is 35 and he grew up in East Ham in London. He was named after Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, from his father’s favourite book! His
Composition 2 Exhibition Review Composition 2 Exhibition was an artistically varied gallery with many extraordinary media. The cathedral provided a beautiful environment and supported the different tones of the artwork
“For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” – Ballet Cymru, Romeo and Juliet< review Having experienced difficulty in completing recent mundane tasks, I was hoping to see something
Mansfield Park – An opera by Johnathan Dove, based on the novel by Jane Austen Jonathan Dove’s Mansfield Park at Swinfen Hall was a truly phenomenal event to attend. The
Please be aware that the Lichfield Cathedral Shop, in Three Spires Shopping Centre, will be closing on Friday 14th June. After this date you will still be able to book
Several months ago, we decided to include “Farewell to Europe” as one of the themes of this year’s Festival. Historically, our Festival has acknowledged significant moments in history (for example,
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Hello, my name is Rebecca and I am a young critic for the Lichfield Literature festival. Today I am reviewing ‘writing fictional world’s workshop’. A presentation by Emma Pass. She