AN INFORMAL (& FREE) WOODWIND CONCERT – IN TWO HALVES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

All are invited to share two 45-minute concerts at 11am and 2pm, spanning lunchtime, given by diploma-standard players, completing a masterclass here at Higham with Laurence Perkins. A little audience 

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RECITAL: THE INSTRUMENT OF THE DEVIL

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

“CLAR’NETS, HOWEVER BE BAD AT ALL TIMES ... DEPEND UPON’T, IF SO BE YOU HAVE THEM TOOTING CLAR’NETS YOU’LL SPOIL THE WHOLE SET-OUT”. So said Michael Mail and Mr Penny 

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APPRECIATING SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE: TWELFTH NIGHT

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Shakespeare brings together romance and carnival in this world of separated twins, hopeless love triangles, lyrical poetry and practical jokes. Watch the Festival Players' outdoor performance at Higham, followed by 

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: TWELFTH NIGHT

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

We welcome back the Festival Players for this great comedy and hope for good weather! Open 1.30 pm for picnics. Doggies with well-behaved owners welcome.   The Festival Players www.thefestivalplayers.co.uk 

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PIANO KEYBOARD IMPROVISATION MADE SIMPLE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Bring ‘keys’ and ‘cans’ (keyboard and headphones, darling) to develop your improvisational skills based on well-known pop songs. Play tunes you know and like in the way you want to 

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APPRECIATING SHAKESPEARE IN PERFORMANCE: THE TEMPEST

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Join us to explore Shakespeare’s late comedy of love and magic, power struggles and forgiveness. Consider how Prospero and Miranda, Ariel and Caliban respond to the arrival of outsiders from the past 

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SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDEN: THE TEMPEST

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

The Festival Players return, performing Shakespeare's fantastical and some say allegorical play about magic, betrayal, love and forgiveness. With a bit of romance, comedy and tragedy thrown in for good measure, 

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HOLLYWOOD’S VIEW OF AMERICAN HISTORY 1914-1980

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course looks at Hollywood movies and extracts from them the history of the times in which they were made. While films such as Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), 

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