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Exciting festival of drama starts next week in Tamworth
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AN exciting five-night run of theatre gets underway next week with the 2019 Tamworth Hastilow Drama Festival, featuring a series of one-act plays by the region’s best amateur dramatic groups. Adult and youth theatre companies...
Exciting new season of events revealed for Tamworth
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LIVE musical shows, theatre performances, St George’s Day extravaganza, Tamworth in Bloom celebrations, outdoor cinema and We Love Tamworth festival – these are just some of the highlights lined up in Tamworth’s exciting new season...
Grab a bargain this World Book day for the Wind in the Willows outdoor theatre production
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CELEBRATE World Book Day today and grab a bargain ticket price of £5 per person to the Wind in the Willows performance, coming to Dosthill Park this June. This year World Book Day has the theme...
Get behind the scenes on a ‘hard hat’ tour of Tamworth Assembly Rooms
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TAMWORTH residents are being invited to take part in free hard hat tours of Tamworth Assembly Rooms to see first-hand what’s been happening behind the scenes at the historic theatre. The Corporation Street entertainment venue...
Exciting festival of drama starts later this month in Tamworth
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AN exciting five-night run of theatre gets underway next month with the 2019 Tamworth Hastilow Drama Festival, featuring a series of one-act plays by the region’s best amateur dramatic groups. Adult and youth theatre companies...
BBC Presenter Lined Up for Media Student Awards
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A TALENTED young radio presenter will be a guest speaker at the Midlands Media Student Awards, being held in Birmingham on Wednesday, 10 April. Alex Noble (pictured), a graduate from the University of Nottingham, showcases...
Hundred’s vote for this year’s Outdoor Cinema film choices – these are the chosen films…
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ALMOST 1,000 movie lovers have voted to decide the two films that are shown at this year’s popular Outdoor Cinema in Tamworth Castle Grounds. Votes were cast online and via social media after...
WIN TICKETS to see Charlie James Tennant in Concert
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ON Saturday 21 September, enter the mesmerising world of Charlie James Tennant, pianist and synth player, joined with a blissful string quartet and special guest Rory Cannon for a night of enchanting cinematic soundscapes. The...
Snowdrop week at Middleton Hall and Gardens
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WHAT’S more joyful than the first sight of clusters of tiny snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) popping up all over the gardens of Britain? Blooming in February and flowering through to March, these hardy little perennial bulbs...
Tamworth up for three awards in Midlands-wide competition
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TAMWORTH has been shortlisted for three top awards in a Midlands-wide competition recognising the best of the best in arts and entertainment – and your votes are now needed to bring the titles home. Tamworth...
Midlands Media Students Awards back on the calendar
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THE talents of the Midlands’ next-generation journalists and photographers are to be showcased at an awards ceremony hosted by Birmingham Press Club. The Press Club is to revive the Midlands Media Students’ Awards, after a...
The lasting legacy of successful two-year arts project in Tamworth
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AN ambitious two-year project which brought art to unusual spaces across Tamworth has been nominated for an award in a Midlands-wide competition recognising the best of the best in arts and entertainment. Tamworth Borough Council’s...
Christmas comes early for local arts group and helps secure 2019 event
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CHRISTMAS has come early for local arts group New urban era after being awarded a substantial grant from Arts Council England to develop the organisation and host the annual Tamworth urban arts and sports festival...
Thigh slapping puns and innuendos galore at Tamworth Panto
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TAMWORTH Pantomime Company bring a performance to the town every year, and this year it is the tale of Dick Whittington.  We went along to see how good it was - oh yes we...
Popular Kids Characters Join Local Pantomime Cast
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DICK Whittington starts in Tamworth this week, and some popular Children's TV characters are joining the cast. Marshall from PAW Patrol and two of the Minions will both appear in the pantomime – oh yes they...
Free Creative Network launched for local artists and venues
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LOCAL artists and venues are invited to join a new and exciting hub to bring creative people and event organisers together in Tamworth. Free to sign up, Tamworth Creative Network is an online platform developed...
Tamworth Singer-Songwriting duo, release new Video
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TAMWORTH based singer-songwriting duo 'One Week Later', has an exciting new video out on YouTube to coincide with the general digital release of a new EP entitled, 'Things That Make No Sense'. The duo of...
Tamworth Voices presents special guests at this year’s festive concert
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TAMWORTH Voices popular Christmas concert at St Editha’s Church will be made extra special this year, as winning Christmas poems will be featured as part of a festive Girlguiding Tamworth competition. Rainbows, Brownies and...
Back to where it all began for Dick Whittington
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TAMWORTH’S hilarious pantomime adventure is nearly here – oh yes it is! Dick Whittington comes to QEMS Theatre from 15 – 23 December and features a selection of local stars, but the man playing the...
Tamworth Voices and Mercian singers bringing Christmas cheer
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POPULAR Christmas concerts return in December when Tamworth Voices and Mercian Singers perform at popular Tamworth venues for a night of festive cheer. The Tamworth Voices concert will be extra special this year as special guests...
Tamworth Pantomime in a brand new Theatre
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PANTOMIME comes to Tamworth this Christmas in a brand new venue – oh yes it does! Dick Whittington will sail into QEMS Theatre on the Ashby Road from 15 – 23 December, and the company...
A Dame a Dozen!
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DICK Whittington comes to Tamworth this December and one cast member is embarking on his twelfth pantomime – oh yes he is! Alex Farrell is well known for playing the Dame every year, and this...
Get your school kit ready for an evening of comedy!
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FAST-MOVING and highly entertaining comedy is coming to Birch Coppice Club this November with a live performance of ‘Teechers’, presented by award-winning theatre group TACT. New to this season’s programme of Tamworth Borough Council’s Arts &...
Tickets on sale for an evening of music inspired by books
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BE enchanted and enthralled with entertainment this Saturday when The Bookshop Band visits St Francis Church, Leyfields fora performance of a mesmerising musical delight. Tamworth Borough Council’s programme of Arts & Events continues this Saturday...
Staffordshire fostering film shortlisted for prestigious award
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A SHORT film to highlight the urgent need for foster carers in Staffordshire has been nominated for a prestigious television award. Staffordshire County Council’s Fostering Service worked with 15 other local authorities and film production...
Tamworth gets creative as Art Attack’s Big Draw hits the town
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TAMWORTH was packed with creative ideas and colourful activities on Saturday, October 6, when Art Attack hit the town centre offering free arts activities for people of all ages. The event attracted over 1000 people...
Dick Whittington comes to Tamworth this December
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TAMWORTH’s funniest pantomime adventure has a new home this Christmas. Dick Whittington comes to Landau Forte Academy QEMS from 13 – 23 December – oh yes it does!Tamworth Pantomime Company manager, Alex Farrell...
7-year-old holds photo exhibition at Tamworth Library
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A TAMWORTH schoolboy, aged just 7-years-old is holding his first photography exhibition thanks to Tamworth Library. Harvey Payne has a collection of photographs on display at Tamworth Library from now until the end of November...