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Literature Festival Statement

It is with much sadness that we have taken the decision to postpone our literature festival. Given current conditions and advice, we want to ensure that all our audiences, authors,

Merry Christmas from Lichfield Festival – Lichfield Literature Box Office Christmas Opening.

Today the Lichfield Festival Office will close until the New Year and our very own Festival Elves will go on a well deserved break for the Festive Period. 🎄🎅🏼🎁 However, do

One Night Only – Tony Hadley in Lichfield Festival Fundraiser!

Lichfield Festival and Lichfield Cathedral present Tony Hadley Live Sponsored by City Jewellers of Lichfield Tuesday 3 December 2019 | 8pm | Lichfield Cathedral Tony Hadley is to give a

Announcement of 2020 Lichfield Literature Festival Dates!

We’re very excited to announce that the 2020 Lichfield Literature Festival will take place from Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th March, at venues across the City. A full programme of

Lichfield Festival Reviews from Weekend Notes

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Moon Comedy Duo (by George Wiggin)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Steampunk Ceilidh (by Sophie Swallow)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Great Jamaican Songbook (by Esme Boyle)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Peter Rabbit (by Sophie Swallow)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Planetarium (by Sophie Swallow)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – BBC NOW (by Martha Skerry)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Messiah (by Natalie Borenstein)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Macbeth (by Emily Robson)

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’.

Young Critics Review 2019 – Kabantu (by Esme Boyle)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Intimate Theatre (by Owen Weaver)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Planetarium (by Jack Wilson)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Michael Petrov (by Martha Skerry)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – HMS Pinafore (by George Wiggin)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – The Mozartists (by Sophie A Nock)

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,

Young Critics Review 2019 – The Death Show (by Hannah Vernon)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – HMS Pinafore (by Owen Weaver)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Lauren Zhang (by Sophie Nock)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Ballet Cymru – “Romeo and Juliet” (by Emily Robson)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Ballet Cymru “Romeo and Juliet” (by Sophie Swallow)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – KT Tunstall (by Samantha Stanley)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – KT Tunstall (by Rebecca Stanley)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Bobby Seagull (by Jamie Robinson)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Composition 2 (by Natalie Borenstein)

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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Ballet Cymru “Romeo and Juliet” (by Hannah Vernon)

“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

Young Critics Review 2019 – Mansfield Park (by Natalie Borenstein)

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