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What's On
Well it’s all over now for another two years. Congratulations
to the hundreds of local performers who took part in the Stevenage
Festival 2009 - take a look around this site for an idea of what
went on. The Festival will be back again in June 2011. If you want
to know more or would like to be involved then please contact
us.
The Stevenage Festival provides a showcase for the wealth of local
artistic and performing talent to be found within the Stevenage
area. The heart of the Festival in 2007 is a week of performances
at the Gordon Craig Theatre (listed below) supported by a vibrant
fringe of community arts events
Saturday
13 June to Sunday 28 June 2009
| Saturday 13th
June 7.45 pm |
Stevenage
Choral Society and Stevenage Symphony Orchestra
The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
| The Stevenage Choral Society and Stevenage
Symphony Orchestra join forces to perform the hugely
popular and moving work ‘The Armed Man –
A Mass for Peace’. This piece by the Welsh composer
Karl Jenkins, who is also known for his ‘Adiemus’
compositions, was commissioned by the Royal Armouries
Museum in Leeds for the Millennium celebrations. The
concert also includes a performance of ‘Finlandia’
by Sibelius and Bizet’s Suite ‘L'Arlésienne’.
Tickets: £13.00
Concessions £2.00 off |
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Sunday 14th June
7.45 pm |
Lytton Players
Old Tyme Music Hall |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
| The Stevenage Lytton Players are delighted
to bring their traditional Old Tyme Music Hall to the
Gordon Craig Stage. Our talented and terpsichorean troupe
of players will entertain you with songs, sketches and
comedy, hosted by an avuncular Chairman. An evening
to don your whiskers, hats and boas and let your hair
down.
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off |
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Monday 15th June
7.00 pm |
Stevenage
Primary Schools
‘Sing Up’ In Concert
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| Gordon Craig Concert
Hall |
Young pupils from Primary Schools in Stevenage
and surrounding areas take to the stage to share their musical
talent, and join together to ‘Sing Up’
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions
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Tuesday 16th June
7.45pm |
Stevenage
Dance Schools
Dance Extravaganza!
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
 Our
ever-popular dazzling dance extravaganza making stars of performers
of all ages from Stevenage and the surrounding area. From
ballroom to ballet to boogie - an exciting evening for those
who love all styles and forms of dance.
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off |
Weds 17th June
7.45pm |
Youth Theatre
Night |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
Young actors from Stevenage demonstrate
their ability to enthral and entertain with an evening of
drama and sketches.
Variety Style! The Gordon Craig Youth Theatre presents a
performance not to be missed! Showcasing the remarkable talents
of our young members we will entertain and delight like you’ve
never seen before! Including music, dance and drama our variety
style performance is not to be missed!
Plus, the Lytton Youth Theatre presents the Grimm Tale of
Sleeping Beauty in their own distinctive style
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off
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Thursday 18th
June
7.45pm |
Stevenage
Secondary Schools
Look Who’s Got Talent!
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
Talented young people from John Henry Newman
School and Thomas Alleyne School take to the stage for an
evening of music, dance and drama.
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions
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| Friday 19th June
7:45pm |
Parnassus
Poetry |
| Gordon Craig The
Ellen Terry Suit |
 Stevenage’s
inimitable Parnassus Performance presents an evening of contemporary
poetry and music. NB - may include strong language. Bar available.
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions |
| Friday 19th June
7:45pm |
Fusion Community
Theatre Arts
West Side Story
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
Tickets: £9.00
Concessions £2.50 off |
This timeless musical marks over 50
years of its success and is one of the most famous musical
creations in the history of entertainment. This classic
re-telling of the Romeo and Juliet story
is as relevant today as it always has been and coupled
with the energy and talent that only Fusion can provide,
this show promises to be a landmark production.
Directed by Sarah Ellis
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| Saturday 20th
June 7.45pm |
Fusion Community
Theatre Arts
West Side Story |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
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Tickets: £9.00
Concessions £2.50 off |
This timeless musical marks over 50
years of its success and is one of the most famous musical
creations in the history of entertainment. This classic
re-telling of the Romeo and Juliet story
is as relevant today as it always has been and coupled
with the energy and talent that only Fusion can provide,
this show promises to be a landmark production.
Directed by Sarah Ellis
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| Sunday 21st June
7.45pm |
Michael Leach,
Wildlife Photographer
It’s a Funny Way to Make a Living
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
 Top
wildlife photographer Michael Leach explains the basics of
his art in this revealing and humorous introduction to the
realities of professional wildlife photography. This is definitely
NOT a technical talk, rather, Michael looks at the superlative
highs and painful lows of the job. He explains how to coax
animals into the right spot and convince them that no human
is watching. He uncovers some of the cunning, underhand tricks-of-the-trade
that produce some unlikely photographs. Be prepared to have
some illusions shattered!
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions
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| Monday 22nd June
7.45pm |
Stevenage
Secondary Schools
Look Who’s Got Talent Too!
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
Talented young people from Nobel and Barnwell
schools take to the stage for our second evening of music,
dance and drama.
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions
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| Tuesday 23rd June
7.45pm |
Top Hat Stage
& Screen School
A Night at the Musicals
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
 A
spectacular evening of Song and Dance from the Greatest West
End Musical Classics, including Hairspray, Wicked, Mamma Mia,
Avenue Q, Grease and many more. Come and see the dazzling
costumes and amazing singers perform a variety of great songs
on an amazing stage. A fun, family night out to enjoy. An
amateur youth theatre production starring the students from
Top Hat Stage School. For more information on Top Hat Courses,
please visit: www.tophatstageschool.co.uk
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off
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Wednesday 24th
June
7.45pm |
Wind Band
& Jazz Concert
Summertime |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
 Join
the combined forces of North Herts and Stevenage Wind Bands
in concert as they whisk you away for a laid-back summer evening
of music.
Tickets: £6.00
No concessions
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| Thursday 25th
June 7.45pm |
Knebworth
Players
A Murder is Announced
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
| Villagers are agog when a murder is
announced in the local paper, not the Comet, but the
Chipping Cleghorne Gazette. Luckily Miss Marple is on
hand to unmask the killer but only after numerous plot
twists and turns to keep you guessing to the end. Knebworth
Players present the timeless Agatha Christie mystery.
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off
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| Friday 26th June
7.45pm |
Knebworth
Players
A Murder is Announced
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| Gordon Craig Theatre |
| Villagers are agog when a murder is
announced in the local paper, not the Comet, but the
Chipping Cleghorne Gazette. Luckily Miss Marple is on
hand to unmask the killer but only after numerous plot
twists and turns to keep you guessing to the end. Knebworth
Players present the timeless Agatha Christie mystery.
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off
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| Saturday 27th
June 7.45pm |
Last Night
of the Proms
North Herts Youth Orchestra and Choirs |
| Gordon Craig Theatre |
 Join
Stevenage Youth Orchestra and singers from Stevenage Choral
Society with soloists bringing the 2009 Festival to a resounding
close. All the old favourites will be there in an evening
of traditional light classical music including Edward Elgar's
‘Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1’ (Land of Hope
and Glory) and Sir Henry Wood's ‘Fantasia on British
Sea Songs’, which culminates in Thomas Arne’s
stirring ‘Rule Britannia’. Wave your flag and
join in!
Tickets: £8.00
Concessions £2.00 off
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