Performing Arts & Performing Arts Development News

Peak Performance Theatre School Event

Information of a forthcoming event which also will be held in support of Blythe House Hospice. Ian Morgan OBE will be in attendance as will Bakewell's Town Mayor.

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Community choir High Peak Singers give summer charity concert on July 6th

The concert is given in aid of he  Friends of White Hall Centre, a charity that supports the White Hall outdoor education centre.

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The New Ritz Brochure Is Out Now!

See the latest films over these next months at the Ritz Cinema Belper!

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Summer Showers bring Fringe Flowers

Buxton Fringe volunteers have started turning the town orange for the Festival Fringe (July 3-21). The Fringe’s orange floral Hot Spots are gradually spreading across the town. Originally the brainchild of much-missed vice chair Viv Marriott, the colourful flowers are designed to help brighten up Buxton over the summer.

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The countdown is on for Buxton International Festival 2024, 18 days of knockout opera, music, books and jazz between 4 and 21 July.

Commenting CEO Michael Williams said: “BIF is fast-becoming one of the biggest and most popular festivals in the summer calendar and tickets are flying this year.  The roster at this summer’s festival is bigger and more impressive than ever before with artistic excellence, cultural vibrancy, originality and opinion forming events scheduled every day for 18 days.”

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Power of storytelling to highlight urgent themes right now in storytelling and in society. FEST Conference in Glasgow sold out and programme discusses urgent and relevant themes in UK and in Europe.

FEST – Federation of European Storytellers is one of the biggest international networks that brings together storytellers and artists from across Europe and internationally once a year to discuss themes and practice. This year the host venue is Glasgow (25-27 June) and the event has sold out. The organisers of this year’s FEST Conference programme has said it wants to discuss themes that feel relevant now in storytelling, an artform steeped in traditional form but how does it address issues and urgent themes now in the UK and across the world.

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Local Production, from a Local Writer: “Life’s Little VicToms” Comes to Buxton Fringe

Prepare for an evening of relatable laughter with the comedy "Life’s Little VicToms" at the upcoming Buxton Fringe Festival!

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AWARD WINNING PLAY ABOUT THE GREAT FAMINE COMING TO BUXTON

An award-winning musical play about The Great Famine is coming to Buxton as part of the Buxton Fringe Festival. O’Brien’s Dream follows the story of one young man’s journey from Ireland to Liverpool in 1847, as he searches for salvation in ‘the promised land’ of America, only to find many adversities along the way.

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