Victoria Hislop Comes to Harrogate

Victoria Hislop is most famous for her first two books The Island and The Return which have been translated into 30 different languages.

The Island is a romance and set against the background of a 20th Century Leper colony on Spinalonga off the North East coast of Crete and reached the no1 best seller list in the UK for 8 weeks with a series based on the book being shown in Greece with over 3/4 of the population there watching.

For her third novel she has returned to Greece for The Thread which is based in the city of Thessaloniki and covers the relationship of Dimitri and Katerina against the background of fire, population shift, earthquake, occupation and civil war.

Hislop prides herself in making history interesting and digestable, combining facts with a genunie and interesting narrative you learn without realising it.

Mrs Hislop will be appearing at the Wesley Chapel Harrogate as part of the Harrogate International Festival on July 6th at 7.30pm. At time of publishing there were still tickets avaliable from
www.harrogateinternationalfestival.com or 01423 502116

(Victoria Hislop is also the wife of Ian Hislop editor of Private Eye)


(The Wesley Chapel is only 7 minutes walk from The Camberley www.camberleyguestaccommodation.com)

Harrogate Summer Comedy Festival

50 Comedians, 14 Days, 4 Venues!

 

Date	Comedian	Time	Venue
7th October	Sandi Toksvig	7.30pm	Royal Hall
7th October	Seann Walsh	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
8th October	Marcus Brigstocke	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
8th October	Slap & Giggle	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
8th October	Comedian of the year: Heat 1	9.30pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
9th October	Henning Wehn	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
9th October	Carl Donnelly	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
9th October	Comedian of the year: Heat 2	9.30pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
10th October	Stewart Francis	7.30pm	Royal Hall
10th October	Piff the Magic Dragon	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
10th October	Pappy’s	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
11th October	Mark Thomas	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
11th October	Tony Law	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
11th October	Comedian of the Year: Heat 3	9.30pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
12th October	Jon Richardson	8pm	Royal Hall
12th October	Julian Clary	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
12th October	Wit Tank	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
12th October	Chris Ramsey	9.30pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
13th October	Comedy Workshop	10.00am	Harrogate Theatre Studio
13th October	Jimmy Tarbuck	7.30pm	Harrogate Theatre
13th October	Haiste & Lawrence	8pm	Harrogate Theatre Studio
14th October	The Boy with Tape on his Face	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
14th October	The Dog-Eared Collective	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
15th October	Daniel Sloss	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
15th October	Jigsaw	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
15th October	Comedian of the Year: Final	9.30pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
16th October	Jack Dee	8pm	Royal Hall
16th October	Frisky & Mannish	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
16th October	Rob rouse	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
17th October	Josie Long	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
17th October	Francesca Martinez	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
18th October	Andi Osho	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
18th October	Paul Foot	7.30pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
19th October	The Hairy Bikers	7.30pm	Royal Hall
19th October	Danny Bhoy	8pm	Harrogate Theatre
19th October	Hot	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
20th October	Comedy Club for Kids	1.30pm	Harrogate Theatre
20th October	Comedy Quiz	5pm	Jakes Café
20th October	Imran Yusuf	8pm	Harrogate Studio Theatre
20th October	Hyena Closing Gala	8pm	Harrogate Theatre

 All tickets can bee booked through the Harrogate Theatre Web site at www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

(www.camberleyguestaccommodation.com we are within 7 minutes walk of all venues)

Gilbert And Sullivan Comes to Harrogate!

The famous Buxton and Gilbert and Sullivan festival is now in its 19th year and has become so popular it has expanded to Harrogate so that more operas can be performed.

There are to be 3 venues in Harrogate the Harrogate Theatre which was originally built as an Opera house, the Royal Hall which is a Frank Matcham Theatre (a mini version of the Buxton Opera House) and finally the Audiotorium of the Harrogate International Center which seats 2500.

If you are a member of the Gilbert and Sullivan society you will automatically get a discount on tickets as well as priority booking. www.gsfestivals.org

The program is as follows :-

Tuesday 21st  - Quaker Girl
Wednesday 22nd - Chess
Wednesday 22nd - Afternoon with Flanders & Swann
Thursday 23rd - Merry Widow
Friday 24th - A Little Night Music
Friday 24th - The Mousetrap Man
Saturday 25th - HMS Pinafore - Matinee
Saturday 25th - HMS Pinafore - Evening
Sunday 26th - Die Fledermaus
Sunday 26th - Jubilee Choral Spectacular
Monday 27th - The Mikado - Matinee
Monday 27th - The Mikado - Evening

All three venues are within 8 minutes walk of our location - www.camberleyguestaccommodation.com

White Bear Beer Festival in Masham

At the Theakston's owned White Bear Hotel there started a small evening of beer tasting and music, this was 11 years ago and has now grown into a 3 day event attracting thousands of people from far and wide.

Now Masham has always had a bustling arts scene and the Masham Festival is known all over the country for its variety of events so this fits into a cultural calender very nicely.


Masham is also famous for its clear water which is why it was chosen as a base for several breweries all of whose products will be available for tasting during the festival.

From a musical point of view there will be
Friday the 22nd of June early evening - Scott Adams followed by Borderline
Saturday early afternoon - Mick & Susie Darling & The Rascals
Saturday Afternoon - Cooperage Demonstration
Saturday Late afternoon - The Conspirators
Saturday 8pm - The Lowtones
Sunday afternoon - Mike Green's Jazz Band

www.camberleyguestaccommodation.com

Daisy Pulls it off!

Harrogate-based amateur dramatics group Woodlands, is putting on an ‘absolutely scrummy’ production of ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ at The Harrogate Theatre Studio this June.

The comedy directed by Julie James and written by Denise Deegan, is a comic spoof of a bygone era of jolly hockey sticks, schoolgirl pranks and midnight feasts set in an elite 1920’s English girls school.  The play follows the adventures of super-achiever Daisy Meredith, the first ever elementary school pupil to win a scholarship at Grangewood Girls School.  But life does not run smoothly for Daisy as she fights to keep her place and her honour against the snobbish behaviour of school cronies Sybil Burlington and Monica Smithers.

he original production of ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and enjoyed a long and successful West End run.  It also won an Olivier Award and The Drama Theatre Award for Best Comedy.

This production sees Woodlands celebrate its forty-third year since its beginnings in 1969 at Woodlands School in Harrogate and has grown today to over fifty members.  ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ is the first of two plays the group will perform at The Harrogate Theatre Studio this year.  In previous years Woodlands has performed ‘Equus’, ‘Habeas Corpus’ and ‘Our Day Out.’  The Group also reached this years quarter-finals of the All England Theatre Festivals North Central region.

‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ is running from 20 to 23 June.  Tickets are available from Harrogate Theatre Box Office on 01423 502116 or online http://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/whatson.aspx

For more information please visit www.woodlandsdramagroup.co.uk or follow the group on twitter @woodlandsdrama.

Raworths Literary Festival Harrogate

As a new edition to the Harrogate International Festival Program we are happy to welcome the Raworths Literature and Lecture series of events with appearances from authors such as Philippa Gregory  who wrote "The other Boleyn girl" which has been made into an film with great success.

There will also be appearances from the arts and literary world

Nile Rodgers for example will be speaking at the Harrogate Theatre discussing his amazing life as a producer and working with artists such as Bob Dylan, Duran Duran and the artist formerly known as Prince. (www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk)

For further information on this exciting addition to the Harrogate International Festivals summer program take a look at their web site - http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com

1940's day in Valley Gardens Park -10th of June

In Harrogate for the 10th of June?

Join the Friends of Valley Gardens in their annual 1940's day event!

http://www.friendsofvalleygardens.co.uk/page28/styled-2/index.html

There will be stands, games, music and refreshments.

http://www.pomp-and-circumstance.co.uk/ 

(Peter is also hosting a stand at the fair should you wish to purchase any 1940's tunes)