Memory Project – Performance Tackles Real Issues Dementia Brings

Memory Project - Performance Tackles Real Issues Dementia Brings
October 25, 2018

A pop-up theatre production, ‘The Memory Project’ will be touring East Riding libraries in November.

Smashing Mirrors Theatre will bring a touching and emotional new show to Beverley and also six other venues. Based on interviews with real East Yorkshire families. It is looking at the difficult, trying, yet often hilarious journey through dementia.

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Beverley Gardeners Club Winter Talks Return This November

Beverley Gardeners Club Winter Talks Return This November
October 23, 2018

Beverley Gardeners’ Club is gearing up for another gardening themed talks starting this November with Jaime Blake. His talk will focus on horticultural legend, Alan Bloom.

Ahead of the first talk, Terry Hope from the Club explained a little about the club. Since its creation, he says they have flourished in numbers.

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Enjoy A Dead Good Day Out In Beverley At East Riding Festival of Words

Enjoy A Dead Good Day Out In Beverley At East Riding Festival of Words
October 4, 2018

Fans of a good murder mystery should be at Beverley Memorial Hall on Saturday, 20 October, for The Dead Good Day, part of the East Riding Festival of Words.

Hosted by popular local author and short storywriter Nick Quantrill, The Dead Good Day will be a chance to hear top crime writers in conversation about their latest works, and their careers to date.

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Local Authors To Feature In The Festival Of Words

Local Authors To Feature In The Festival Of Words
September 22, 2018

Local authors will be featured heavily in the East Riding Festival of Words – the new look literature festival coming to the area in October.

The festival will be officially launched by Val Wood at Beverley Art Gallery on Thursday, 18 October, at 7.30pm. Val will be giving an exclusive reading of her latest novel, ‘A Place to Call Home’, which will be published in November.

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Beverley Puppet Festival Pulls All The Right Strings

Beverley Puppet Festival Pulls All The Right Strings
July 17, 2018

Beverley Puppet Festival could not have asked for a better weekend for the event that saw the town centre and venues come alive through the magic of puppets.

Visitors and puppeteers both praised the event which included a giant puppets that towered high above people in Toll Gavel.

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GALLERY : Out & About Armed Forces Day in Beverley

GALLERY : Out & About Armed Forces Day in Beverley
July 3, 2018

Photos from around Beverley on a day that saw the town host the annual Armed Forces Day.

While there was entertainment in Saturday Market, including a display by the local model club, The Sun Inn hosted their patriotic event while in the Grapes they held their monthly Grape Vine Night.

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Club Delighted After Record Numbers At Midsummer Gathering

Club Delighted After Record Numbers At Midsummer Gathering
June 21, 2018

East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Classic Car Club say that they were delighted with how their event went in Beverley which set a new record for the number of cars on display.

Not only were there a record number of cars, the club also say that more businesses chose to stay open adding to the ambience of the night.

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Puppet Enthusiasts Encouraged To Stay Longer In East Yorkshire

Puppet Enthusiasts Encouraged To Stay Longer In East Yorkshire
June 5, 2018

The Beverley Puppet Festival team is encouraging visitors to the July festival to stay a little longer and visit the V&A Museum of Childhood touring exhibition ‘Clangers, Bagpuss & Co’ at Hull’s Ferens Art Gallery.

Not that enthusiasts need much more encouragement as the exhibition has been eagerly awaited by fans of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s work.

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Moomins And Mischief At This Summer’s Beverley Puppet Festival

Moomins And Mischief At This Summer’s Beverley Puppet Festival
May 15, 2018

Following the acclaimed exhibition of author and artist Tove Jansson and her tales of Moominvalley at the Dulwich Picture Gallery earlier this year, 2018 sees more Moomin mischief as Beverley Puppet Festival.

Beverley Puppet Festival has announced a puppet version of this much loved fictional family over the festival weekend on Sunday 15th July. Created by the Finnish author in the 1940s, these internationally adored curious creatures are currently undergoing a renaissance with a new animated television series also in the pipeline for 2019.

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Innovative Community Event In Beverley Ahead Of Beverley Early Music Festival

Innovative Community Event In Beverley Ahead Of Beverley Early Music Festival
May 14, 2018

Two groups of young people in Yorkshire have come together across boundaries to take the recorder to their hearts, in an innovative community project as part of the 31st Beverley & East Riding Early Music Festival opening next week, 24-27 May 2018.

York’s Minster Minstrels, an established youth ensemble dedicated to the exploration of early music, and Castaway Musical Theatre Goole, a vibrant group of young people with learning and physical disabilities from the Goole area, have been working on a collaborative project for the last three months, as part of the BBC Ten Pieces project, which aims to make classical music and musical instruments accessible.

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