A Sterling Renaissance – British silver design from the 1950’s to date

2024-11-08T17:56:56+00:00November 7th, 2024|, |

As part of our 'Silver Day' at the festival, join Silver Historian John Andrew for a fascinating talk on silver design. The story of the Renaissance  is unbelievable - a grumpy king, the controller of London Transport, civil servants galore, the Royal Navy’s Camouflage Directorate, an unemployed old Etonian, an architect, a fine painter, an [...]

‘Unlawful Killings & Rough Justice’ – Tales from the bench by Wendy Joseph KC

2024-10-25T15:27:55+01:00October 25th, 2024|, , |

In this talk, Her Honour Wendy Joseph seeks to answer: Do we have the law we deserve? Has justice improved for the victim, the accused and society? What even is justice? Described as a ‘natural storyteller’ by the Times and based on the book which was described by Lady Hale as ‘compelling’, this talk is [...]

Julian Lloyd Webber to speak at Birmingham Philharmonic Concert on 13th October

2024-06-21T10:35:04+01:00June 21st, 2024|Music, Talk, The festival|

We are delighted to announce that Julian Lloyd Webber will be delivering the introductory talk for our concert by the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday 13th October in Chipping Campden. Julian is a Patron for the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra and the Purcell School of Music, where our guest Cellist for Elgar's Cello Concerto Ella Harrison is [...]

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath in conversation with the BBC’s Nick Owen 23rd June

2024-04-19T15:25:19+01:00April 19th, 2024|In conversation, Music, Talk|

We are excited to announce that Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath will be appearing at Cidermill Theatre for us in conversation with the BBC's Nick Owen on Sunday 23rd June 2024 at 6pm. Without Black Sabbath there wouldn’t be heavy metal, they defined an entire genre. Tony Iommi’s detuned guitar style and deep resonating [...]

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath in conversation with the BBC’s Nick Owen MBE

2024-06-18T14:49:59+01:00April 19th, 2024|, , |

Without Black Sabbath there wouldn't be heavy metal, they defined an entire genre. Tony Iommi's detuned guitar style and deep resonating dark riffs made them sound like no other band. Tony will be in conversation with his close friend, the BBC’s Nick Owen at the new Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden. They’ll cover his early [...]

‘An English Journey’ with The Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra

2024-06-18T15:33:02+01:00October 18th, 2023||

The Birmingham Philharmonic will be presenting a bespoke programme of English composers for the Broadway Arts Festival at the new Cidermill Theatre in Chipping Campden on the afternoon of Sunday 13th October 2024. The Orchestra’s patron is the celebrated cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, who will be providing an introduction to the works to be performed [...]

Sue Barker ‘Calling the Shots’

2023-03-28T12:26:19+01:00March 28th, 2023|, |

We are delighted to announce that Sue Barker will be speaking at Broadway Arts Festival in June! Tennis and broadcasting legend Sue Barker shares the remarkable story of her life from her former tennis career as Britain’s No 1 player and world No 3, to her four decades on camera as an award-winning broadcaster. Following [...]

Burnt Norton Gardens Literary Tour & Talk

2023-02-02T11:58:55+00:00November 23rd, 2022|, , , , |

A rare chance to visit the gardens at Burnt Norton, near Chipping Campden which inspired T S Eliot’s poem, the first of his Four Quartets. Owner Lady Harrowby will lead a guided tour of the gardens and explain the extraordinary history of the estate, renamed Burnt Norton after a disastrous fire in 1741 where the owner, [...]

‘Reread, Revisit, Rethink’ with Loyd Grossman

2023-03-16T15:34:08+00:00November 23rd, 2022||

Distinguished art historian, travel writer and broadcaster, Loyd Grossman, reflects on places he thought he knew well, but continues to find new and surprising insights.  His next book is on Paris, a city that he is now learning to know and enjoy much more intensely. Join him on this journey of rediscovery. "I reread, not because [...]

Sue Barker “Calling the Shots” at Broadway Arts Festival

2022-11-15T16:02:24+00:00November 15th, 2022|Uncategorized|

We are delighted to announce that Sue Barker will be speaking at Broadway Arts Festival in June! Sue will share stories from her 2 careers as a professional tennis player through the 70’s and 80’s, winning the French Open, the Wightman Cup and reaching world number 3. Following her tennis career she turned to television [...]

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