Events Listing

Piano duet recital by Gill Styles and Richard Walker, including Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

The first of this year’s Art Exhibition workshops will be led by the talented potter Lucinda Lovesey. We are pleased to welcome her back following her highly successful and enjoyable visit in 2022 when visitors were delighted to meet her and enthralled at seeing the display of items she made when appearing on the television series The Great Pottery Throw Down.
Under Lucinda’s tuition and guidance workshop participants will have the opportunity to make their own unique piece of pottery using a sgraffito technique to incise their design. Her talent and personality are guaranteed to make this a highly enjoyable experience. All sessions are now fully booked.

Music for wind ensemble and piano: a rare performance of the wonderful Quintet by Heinrich von Herzogenberg.

We welcome Pauline all the way from North Uist in the Hebrides to read her award-winning poetry. Pauline’s poetry, delivered with warmth and humour, beautifully reflects the relationships between men and women and the preoccupations in women’s lives. Many of her poems are deeply rooted reflections on island life, the sea and the shore.
“Pauline’s performance of her clever, funny, poignant and lyrical poems is simply magical.” – Jane Streeter, Director Lowdam Book Festival
Ticket price includes tea/coffee and cake.

A recital by award-winning young harpist Gina Taylor.

Music for clarinet, violin and viola presented by Mark and Claire Tocknell with pianist Brenda Stephenson.

A welcome return of Band on the Edge who ended our week to great acclaim in 2019.

We are delighted to welcome accomplished weaver Sue Christian, along with one of her looms, who will spend the day demonstrating the wonderful craft form of hand weaving. Her acceptance as a member of the prestigious Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft indicates the high level of her talent and we feel privileged to have the opportunity of sharing this with visitors to the Exhibition. Drop in, watch, learn about the technique and appreciate the beauty of the wonderful textile she produces. Normal Exhibition entry fees apply.

Our second workshop will give participants the opportunity of making their own unique mixed media sculpture. Visitors to last year’s exhibition will have seen and admired the beautiful figurines skilled crafts person Stephanie Jacobs entered. We are delighted that this year Stephanie will be sharing her talent by leading a one-day workshop. Under her personal tuition attendees will be guided through the creation process, culminating in having a 45cm high figurine to proudly take home at the end of the day. An enjoyable, fun day being creative will be had by all. All sessions are now fully booked.

We are delighted to invite you to join a magical, musical and moggy-filled adventure for 5-12 year olds and their families. Come and help Rhubarb Theatre find Chester, the missing cat, in this fun-filled fantasy for all the family. Finding Chester is a show told through visual inventiveness, puppetry, mask, dance, song and lots of laughter.

Richard Walker gives a recital on the church's large and versatile electronic organ.

The Bayeux Tapestry is instantly recognisable and one of the most outstanding cultural objects to survive from the early Middle Ages. In this sparkling lecture, Timothy Wilcox will talk about the creation of the tapestry and address many of the unanswered questions that most intrigue modern audiences, while also considering the use of the tapestry in the centuries since its creation. We are delighted that Mr Wilcox, a highly experienced lecturer, writer and exhibition curator, will present this lecture.
Ticket prices include tea/coffee and cake.

David Thomas demonstrates the fine Nicholson organ, that was rebuilt in 2018/19.

Timothy Morris gives a recital on St Laurence's Nicholson organ, built for this church in 1883.