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What’s On? May - July 2018 What’s on at Gloucester Cathedral May - July 2018

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1. Wordfest 2018 ...... 02

2. FestivALL 2018 ...... 09

3. Tours ...... 12

4. Services ...... 14

5. Pilgrim Launch Party ...... 16

5. Concerts and Recitals ...... 18 Much Ado About Nothing 6. Events ...... 26

7. Exhibitions ...... 28

8. Children and Family ...... 30

9. Eats, Drinks and Gifts ...... 31

10. Booking Information, Terms & Conditions ...... 32

Cover images by Kevin Lewis

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Welcome to the very ﬁrst Gloucester Cathedral Wordfest – a celebration of all things ‘word’. Join us for an amazing weekend of talks, poetry, music, comedy, storytelling, crafts and much more...

Whether you want to whet your intellectual appetite, ﬁnd out what it’s like to be an author, listen to readings and live music or just relax with a drink and a good book in our beautiful grounds, we’ve got something to suit young and old alike.

Plus we have a full programme of free events, games and workshops taking place all weekend, so put the date in your diary and come and join the conversation.

We are delighted to be supported by Gloucester Quays and partnering with Waterstones Gloucester for this event.

Tickets available from Monday 14 May and throughout the Wordfest weekend at our pop-up box ofﬁce

Reduced ticket prices apply to students and under 18s Multi-buy discounts will be available All ticketed talks are suitable for ages 12+ WORDFEST 2018

FRIDAY 10.00am, 11.00am and 12.00pm - Gloucester Cathedral Library - £7/£3 Cathedral Library Tours Wordfest 2018 Explore some of the literary gems and rare manuscripts in our historic monastic library, including our copies of Shakespeare, Chaucer and more...... FRIDAY 1.30pm–2.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians in Gloucester - Dr Margaret C. Jones Dr Margaret C. Jones describes Aethelflaed’s contributions to the rebuilding of Gloucester after the Viking occupation of 877-8 AD and her heroic achievements as Queen of Mercia...... FRIDAY 3.00pm–4.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 The Secret Lives of Cows - Rosamund Young Praised by Alan Bennett for the way her book The Secret Lives of Cows ‘alters the way one looks at the world’, Rosamund will talk with Faye Hatcher about life on the family farm near Stroud...... FRIDAY 4.30pm–5.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 The Dispossessed Child: From Workhouse to Sweatshop Jamila Gavin and Professor Jennifer Tann Jamila Gavin (Coram Boy) and Professor Jennifer Tann discuss the history of the working child, from the Victorian workhouse to the modernday sweatshops of South East Asia...... FRIDAY 6.00pm–7.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 A Life in the Movies: From 007 to Platform 9¾ - John Richardson BAFTA and Academy Award-winning special effects director John Richardson talks about his long career in the film industry – one that has taken him all over the world, including to Gloucester for his work on the Harry Potter movies...... FRIDAY 7.30pm–8.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Christina Dodwell: Explorer of Wild Places Christina Dodwell and Faye Hatcher Christina Dodwell talks with Faye Hatcher about her twenty years of solo adventure-travel by horse and dugout canoe across Africa and far-flung places, which won her a Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal...... FRIDAY 8.45pm–9.45pm - Lady Chapel - £8 Forest and Vale and High Blue Hill: Songs of the Gloucestershire Poets - Johnny Coppin Well-loved local singer/songwriter Johnny Coppin with his settings of poems by Gloucestershire poets, including Laurie Lee, Ivor Gurney and F. W. Harvey...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

02 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Wordfest 2018 “...a celebration of all things ‘word’...”

SATURDAY 10.00am–10.40am - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 ‘Desert Island Discs’ - With Adrian Partington and Jonathan Hope Gloucester Cathedral’s Director of Music Adrian Partington reveals his desert island discs to Jonathan Hope, Assistant Director of Music......

SATURDAY 11.00am–12.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Romance and the Romanovs - Gill Paul Ten days before the centenary of the execution of the Russian royal family, Gill Paul, author of two books about the Romanovs, ponders whether the course of history could have been changed if the three princesses had chosen to marry European royals......

SATURDAY 12.30pm–1.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Reader and Writer: The Double Life of a Novelist - Diane Setterfield Diane Setterfield (The Thirteenth Tale, Bellman and Black), is a reader first, and a writer second. She describes to Dave Harries how her childhood reading turned her into a writer, and how her adult reading influences her writing......

SATURDAY 2.00pm–3.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 The Music Shop and Other Stories - Rachel Joyce and Jamila Gavin Award-winning author Rachel Joyce talks to Jamila Gavin about the inspiration for the novels and radio plays and adaptations for which she is so well known......

SATURDAY 3.30pm–4.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 The Rural Idyll: Past and Present - Tim Pears Following the publication of The Wanderers, sequel to The Horseman, Tim Pears describes writing about an agricultural way of life that has all but passed, with his characters and their landscape poised on the brink of the outbreak of WW1......

SATURDAY 5.00pm–6.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Love Letters: Writing Romantic Fiction - Katie Fforde Katie Fforde is a much-loved local writer of romantic novels. In this informal conversation, she tells Faye Hatcher why it is that she adores telling a love story......

SATURDAY 5.00pm–6.30pm - Community Tent - £10 Poetry, Pie and a Pint! - Run by local duo Eley Furrell and Kim Baker Turn your words into poetry at this quick-write pop-up poetry masterclass for all levels. Pie and a pint included in the ticket price!

...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 03 SATURDAY 6.30pm–7.30pm - Theatre marquee - £15/£10 The Hands of the Maker: Living Skills in the Age of Robots Wordfest 2018 Dan Cruickshank and Pascal Mychalysin BBC broadcaster and author Dan Cruickshank joins Gloucester Cathedral’s Master Stonemason Pascal Mychalysin for a lively debate about the place of ancient skills in the modern workplace......

SATURDAY 8.00pm–9.00pm - Cathedral Quire - £15 McEwen at the Movies Patrick Baladi, Cathy Thompson - violin Caroline Dale - cello, Sally Heath - piano Patrick Baladi (The Ofﬁce, Line of Duty) performs readings from the novels of Ian McEwen, with live music from the musicians who played on the soundtracks of Atonement and On Chesil Beach, as they bring the music of these movies to the Cathedral......

SATURDAY 8.30pm–10.00pm - Community tent - £5 Elvis McGonagall Stand-up poet, armchair revolutionary, comedian and broadcaster, Elvis McGonagall has suffered for his poetry. Now it’s your turn......

SUNDAY 12.00pm–1.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Women of the War Margaret Dickinson and Liz Trenow Authors Liz Trenow (In Love and War) and Margaret Dickinson (The Poppy Girls) have both turned to ﬁction to explore the stories of the women who went to the frontline, to offer medical aid or to look for loved ones who never returned from the ﬁelds of Flanders and beyond......

SUNDAY 1.15pm–2.00pm - Lady Chapel - £8/£5 Shadow Cast By Mountains: A Poetic Response to Iraq and War Patrick Howse BBC war correspondent Patrick Howse talks about how he used poetry to combat the PTSD he suffered on returning from covering the Iraq War......

SUNDAY 2.15pm–3.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Life in the Fast Lane: A Lifetime of Working the Streets Helen Marriage Director of Artichoke, the arts company behind spectacular public events such as London Lumiere, Helen Marriage describes the moving and sometimes astonishing stories behind some of her creations...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

04 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Wordfest 2018 “...come and join the conversation!”

SUNDAY 3.30pm–4.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Long Shadows: Crime Fiction and History Emma Flint and Andrew Taylor Andrew Taylor (The Ashes of London) and Emma Flint (Little Deaths) discuss the perils and pitfalls of writing historical ﬁction based on real events and characters......

SUNDAY 3.45pm–4.45pm - Lasy Chapel - £8/£15 ‘Beyond Words’: Exploring the Silence and Mystery of God Janet Williams, David Runcorn and Canon Andrew Braddock Following the publication of David Runcorn’s new book on the subject, Canon Andrew Braddock leads a discussion on the importance of silence within faith.

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SUNDAY 6.30pm–7.30pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Women’s Lives and Women’s Rights, Past, Present and Future: a Conversation with Helen Pankhurst Helen Pankhurst, with Faye Hatcher, reﬂects on the continuity and changes to women’s lives in the UK since the right to a parliamentary vote ﬁrst granted to some women in 1918......

SUNDAY 8.00pm–9.00pm - Theatre marquee - £8/£5 Between Friends: A Life in Comedy Sue Limb and Jon Canter Proliﬁc comedy writers Sue Limb and Jon Canter (Mr Bean, Not the Nine O’Clock News and erstwhile friend of Douglas Adams) enjoy a light-hearted look back at their years as ﬂatmates and Cambridge Footlights cohorts.

...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 05 Free Events

As well as our ticketed talks, we have a whole weekend of free community and family events to engage you with the word and inspire the writers and artists in you.

Wordfest 2018 On top of this, throughout all of Saturday and Sunday, there will be pop-up performances by local poets and musicians as well as free workshops and craft activities designed for all ages. Gloucester Brewery and Waterstones will be on site all weekend, as well as some amazing street food, so bring the whole family along and be part of the conversation.

FRIDAY 1.30pm–3.30pm - Community tent Creative Writing Course with Rick Vick Gloucestershire writer and tutor Rick Vick offers a writing class for beginners to get the creative juices ﬂowing. Ten places only – book early! Please contact [email protected] for more information...... FRIDAY 4.00pm–5.00pm - Community tent Adam Henson: From Country Life to Countryﬁle An informal after-school event for families and schoolchildren, where Adam will talk about the Cotswold Farm Park and about his life as a television presenter...... FRIDAY 6.00pm–8.00pm - Community tent Peppers at the Cathedral with the Reverend Stretch Gloucester’s favourite café brings its popular Friday night live music set to our festival village. Come along after work and listen to the fantastic Reverend Stretch and his rootsy American folk...... FRIDAY, SATURDAY and SUNDAY 10.30am–12.30pm Book conservation workshops Conservators from the Gloucestershire Archives at the Heritage Hub will be on hand to give book lovers some practical guidance on caring for their books. Please contact [email protected] for more information...... SATURDAY 10.00am–1.00pm - Upper College Green Stonemason demonstrations Come along and meet Gloucester Cathedral’s stonemasons who will be giving demonstrations throughout the morning...... SATURDAY 11.00am, 12.30pm, 2.00pm, 3.30pm Nightshade’s Tales of Tooth and Claw The Midnight Storytellers From sea monsters to walking trees, Nightshade the Unwise Woman of the Woods tells thrilling stories from around the world. Best for age 7–12+, everyone welcome...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

06 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Wordfest 2018 SATURDAY 1.15pm–2.00pm and 2.45pm–3.30pm Workshops with Hannah Shaw Children’s writer and illustrator Open to all children who would like to get their characters down on paper......

SATURDAY 3.00pm–3.30pm - Lower College Green Way Out West Is it pop? Can you really play punk on an accordion? No one’s quite sure, but this popular local folk trio will get your feet tapping and bring a smile to your face......

SATURDAY 7.30pm–8.30pm - Community Tent ListenIn - Poetry Punch-Up IV - with Eley Furrell AKA Pinksniper, multi slam champion and runner-up in the UK All-Stars Final! Free poetry slam: Three rounds of poetry battle, known poets and wannabe wordsters will take the ﬂoor. Who will be crowned the winner? ......

SUNDAY 10.30am–1.30pm - Community Tent Hot Off the Tongue: Beginners’ Storytelling Workshop The Midnight Storytellers (adults age 16+) Chloë of the Midnight Storytellers reveals trade secrets that’ll ﬁre up your conﬁdence and keep listeners hanging on your every word......

SUNDAY 2.00pm–3.00pm - Community Tent Time Passages - Marsha Dermott Children ages 10+ are welcome to come and join Marsha for readings from her novel and some fun writing games......

SUNDAY 4.00pm–6.00pm - Community Tent Storytelling Slam! The Bardic Chair of Gloucester A lighthearted battle of words to win a teeny, tiny prize and universal respect for your verbal vigour! ......

SUNDAY Lower College Green Votes for Women! Suffragette banner-making In honour of a real-life Pankhurst coming to Wordfest on Sunday evening, try your hand at making a Suffragette banner - there might even be a parade! Times tbc - check the website for updates...... Look for the family-friendly icon for events that are suitable for all ages ...... Please go to www.gloucestercatherdral.org.uk for full details of each event and to book online

www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 07 Interviewers

Faye Hatcher Faye currently presents a weekly programme on BBC Radio Gloucestershire and loves wildlife, walking and food. Wordfest 2018 She lives and works in Gloucestershire and is married to author Lee Stone, and they have a daughter called Nancy...... Dave Harries Dave Harries is a former BBC producer who among other things runs a video production company focused on using the power of interview - based ﬁlms to help organisations tell their stories.

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Partners

Our friends from Gloucester Brewery will be on site at Wordfest all weekend, serving their real ales and cider as well as wines, spirits and soft drinks. Grab a pint and a good book and ﬁnd yourself a sunny spot to kick back and enjoy the festival atmosphere...... Treat yourself to a delicious wood-ﬁred pizza from the fabulous folks at Velo Bakery and their mobile pizza oven...... Waterstones will be around all weekend, with a shop in the West Slype, selling a selection of books by our speakers as well as lots more...... Wordfest is delighted to be part of SoMAC 2018......

With thanks to the students of Bath Spa University for giving their time to volunteer during Wordfest.’ I’ve attached a logo, but you’ll prob need to ﬁnd a better-res one.

08 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral FestivALL 2018 09 , a celebration of inclusive , a celebration

FestivALL

come together to organise come together African Community Foundation and Gloucester Cathedral have Foundation and Gloucester African Community The Diocese of Gloucester, Barnwood Trust, Gloucestershire Gloucester, Barnwood Trust, The Diocese of Thursday 17 May to Sunday 17 June 2018 May to Sunday 17 June Thursday 17 the county and beyond. community across FestivALL 2018 FestivALL 01452 229838 [email protected] [email protected] or 07880 721940. To book a space contact [email protected] 01432 894200 [email protected] 01432 894200 participant leaves with a plan and ideas for his/her own wellbeing and/or someone they care for. participant leaves with a plan and ideas for his/her For further details contact the course leader: wellbeing. The session explores physical activity to support mental health with the intention that each wellbeing. The session explores physical activity Run by 2gether Trust, this will be a free, practical workshop that introduces mental health and Run by 2gether Trust, this will be a free, practical Gloucester Cathedral Chapter House An ofﬁcial FestivALL Fringe and Mental Health Awareness Week Event An ofﬁcial FestivALL Fringe and Mental Health 5 Ways to Wellbeing Workshop Tuesday 15 May 10.30am – 11.30am more about the people, places and organisations in our area. more about the people, places and organisations and gender and create opportunities for us all to discover and gender and create opportunities for across ethnicity, faith, ability, sexual orientation, class, age across ethnicity, faith, ability, sexual orientation, FestivALL aims to break down barriers in our communities FestivALL aims to break down barriers join in with, taking place across Gloucestershire and beyond. join in with, taking place across Gloucestershire and music events, as well as other shared activities you can and music events, as well as other shared There will be parties, picnics and coffee mornings, arts, sports picnics and coffee mornings, arts, sports There will be parties, – celebrating the communities in which we live and work. in which we live and work. – celebrating the communities FestivALL is a month of events bringing people closer together of events bringing people closer together FestivALL is a month FestivALL events at Gloucester Cathedral FestivALL events at Gloucester www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk FestivALL 2018

Thursday 17 May Friday 18 May 10.00am - 4.30pm 4.00pm - 7.30pm Sharing and Learning day FestivALL Launch Event A free event in Gloucester Cathedral, open to A free, public event that anyone interested in inclusion and access. The day everyone is welcome to attend. will offer information about local community and The Bishop of Gloucester, the statutory organisations that promote inclusive Right Revd Rachel Treweek will community. Key speakers will give inspiring talks ofﬁcially open the FestivALL in about the importance of community and will the grounds of the Cathedral. explore the theme of inclusion, what it means and Featuring live world music, how can we all get better at it. Workshops will be inclusive sports, face- painting run providing information, knowledge and support and activities for children, on how people and organisations can be as circus skills workshops, arts inclusive as possible. and crafts and much more. Key Note Speaker: Dame Janet Trotter OBE DBE Bring along some picnic food CVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and which you can enjoy in a special South Gloucestershire outdoor food tent. Hot drinks and snacks will also be available For full details and to book a space visit from The Monk’s Kitchen. Come www.gloucester.anglican.org/festival and join the fun! (BSL Interpreted Speech)

10 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral FestivALL 2018 “...to challenge the traditional images of migrants”

Changing Communities - Changing Perceptions

Saturday 26 May to Sunday 3 June Changing Communities – Changing Perceptions Photography Exhibition by students from the University of Gloucestershire Gloucester Cathedral Nave Aisles

In partnership with the University of and inclusive way so as to extend the way that Gloucestershire and the African Community we understand migration and to challenge the Foundation, Changing Communities – Changing traditional images of migrants. The projects Perceptions exhibits a series of photography illustrate the diversity of migrant’s stories and projects by students studying Photojournalism how they are represented as individuals in and Documentary Photography. society.

Students explored the theme of migration The exhibition has been displayed in and were asked to work collaboratively with Cheltenham in 2017 as part of the students’ their subjects to produce photographs and end of year show and we are delighted to accompanying interpretation. The aim of the display it here in Gloucester as part of project was to examine migration in a broad FestivALL.

www.gloucestercathedral.org.ukwww.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 11 Tours Tours

Crypt tours Descend the steps from the South Transept to discover the hidden subterranean level of the Cathedral. This is where you’ll ﬁnd remains of the very earliest parts of the building

Monday-Saturday 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm Sunday 12.30pm, 1.30pm Tours last around 30 minutes. Meet outside the gift shop £3.00 per adult, £1.00 per child (under 16). Buy tickets on the day from the gift shop

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Library tours “...the very earliest parts Discover our hidden library – see medieval of the building...” manuscripts and early histories of the “...see medieval Cathedral manuscripts...”

Tuesdays 3.00pm Tours last around 30 minutes. Meet outside the gift shop £3.00 per adult, £1.00 per child (under 16). Buy tickets on the day from the gift shop

“Discover the hidden subterranean level

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...... Scaffolding tours A unique opportunity to join a Cathedral Guide on a tour of the scaffolding at the east end of the building. The Cathedral stone masons are undertaking a project to restore the beautiful stonework of the medieval Lady Chapel and this tour will take you behind the scenes of their work Various dates Tours last around one hour. Tickets £10 (over 18s only) available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, 01452 768928 or www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Tower tours to the top of the 15th Climb the 269 steps the best views of century tower to enjoy Gloucestershire Wednesday - Friday 2.30pm 2.30pm Saturday 1.30pm and hour. Tours last around one Meet outside the gift shop per child (under 16). £10.00 per adult, £1.00 from the gift shop Buy tickets on the day

“ ” ...or climb the 269 steps to the top of the tower... the of top the to steps 269 the climb ...or www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk “...take you behind the scenes...” ”

Please check our website for conﬁrmation of dates and any cancellations before your visit: Please check our website for conﬁrmation of dates and any cancellations before your visit:

“...the best views in Gloucestershire...” www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk of the Cathedral... Special Services

MAY

Special Services Thursday 10 May Ascension Day 40 days after Easter we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus 7.00am Eucharist in the Quire followed by procession to Cathedral Green as the choir sing from the top of the tower 5.30pm Choral Evensong sung by the Girl Choristers

Sunday 20 May Pentecost/Whit Sunday 50 days after Easter the celebration of the work of the Holy Spirit 10.15am Eucharist with Baptism and Conﬁrmation led by the Bishop of Gloucester 3.00pm Evensong with procession around the outside of the cathedral

JUNE

Saturday 2 June Informal worship 2.00pm All are welcome to join us for some informal worship when we will be joined by a local music group in the Cathedral Nave

Tuesday 12 June Commemoration Evensong 5.30pm Commemorating the 1100th anniversary of the death of Aethelﬂaed, who founded Gloucester’s New Minster

JULY

Sunday 8 July 12noon RAF 100 Parade and Service RAFA Concert Band 11.30am Veterans Parade starts in Eastgate Street

14 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Special Services 15 Monday – Saturday Communion 8.00am Holy 8.30am Communion Morning Prayer (said) 12.30pm Holy Evensong 5.30pm Choral (4.30pm on Saturdays) Sunday 7.40am Communion Morning Prayer (said) 8.00am Holy 10.15am Sung Eucharist with Children’s Evensong 3.00pm Choral – All welcome every Sunday Church All are warmly welcome to join us at any of our daily services sung by one of the All are warmly welcome to join us at any of holidays Cathedral Choirs or a visiting Choir during school DAILY SERVICES See our website for full details of services and any changes or closures See our website for full details of services and www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk Come and join us at your Cathedral to celebrate the completion of Project Pilgrim.

Concerts & Recitals

MAY

Wednesday 2 May 6.00pm Cathedral Junior Voices Project Concert Concerts & Recitals The Cathedral Choristers and Cathedral Junior Choir will be joined by local school children to perform a short concert of choral music Admission free with a retiring collection for the Junior Voices Project

Friday 4 May 7.30pm Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose Wynstones School presents Ahoy! Sing for the Mary Rose. A multi-school fundraising concert for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the completion of the Wynstones Hall. Ahoy! is the story of the Mary Rose with adult and children’s choirs, narrator, band and dancers Tickets £5.00 (children under ten free) with a retiring collection. An Alumni Reception will take place following the concert in the South Transept of the Cathedral. www.wynstonesahoy.eventbrite.co.uk

Saturday 5 May 7.15pm ‘Parry Festival’ Gala Concert: Parry and his Pupils Gloucester Cathedral Gloucester Choral Society Gloucester Cathedral Choristers Oxford Bach Choir Soloist: Eleanor Dennis (Soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Partington Tickets: £30, £25, £18, £10 from www.gloucesterchoral.com or 01452 768928 This concert is the centrepiece of Gloucester Choral Society’s ‘Parry Festival’ weekend which runs from 4 to 7 May.

18 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Concerts & Recitals 19 Evening Organ Recital Andrew Lumsden Director of Music, Winchester Cathedral Admission free with retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music Saturday 12 May 1.00pm Informal Lunchtime Concert Di Voci Ladies Choir Admission free Wednesday 16 May 7.30pm

aid of Cathedral Music Monday 7 May 12.30pm Admission free with retiring collection in visit www.gloucesterchoral.com Ludlow Parish Church For details of other ‘Parry Festival’ events Bank Holiday Lunchtime Organ Recital Roger Judd www.gloucesterchoral.com or 01452 768928 Tickets: £15 from Parry: Songs of Farewell Bridge: Two Part Songs Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Conductor: Jonathan Hope Saint Cecilia Singers ‘Parry Festival’ Chamber Concert Gloucester Cathedral Sunday 6 May 5.30pm MAY www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk MAY

Friday 18 May 7.30pm - 9.45pm

Concerts & Recitals Jazz in the Lady Chapel: Dom Franks and the Strayhorns Gloucester Cathedral Lady Chapel

The StrayHorn quartet was formed in 2010 to showcase the lyrical original compositions of Cheltenham-based saxophonist Dom Franks, a former student of Jazz Messenger Jean Toussaint, and winner of the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Musician competition. The band’s sound is accessible, lyrical but rooted in creative improvisation and hard-driving grooves. Wide-ranging inﬂuences include Robert Glasper, Kenny Garrett, Kneebody and Joe Lovano, as well as Vaughan Williams and Afrobeat.

This concert will focus on material from the band’s newly launched third album Living With Spooks. The lineup will feature guest pianist John Law , as well as regular members Billy Weir (recent winner of the Tony Levin ‘most swinging drummer’ award), bassist James Agg) and Alex Steele on keyboards.

Doors open at 7.00pm for pre-concert drinks. Interval drinks will be served in the garth. Tickets £16 available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, 01452 768928 or www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

Saturday 19 May 7.00pm Spring Concert Flowers Brass Band and ReChoir (local well-known brass band Tickets £15/£20 available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, 01452 768928 or www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

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the perfect opportunity to experience beautiful music in this wonderful space and acoustic. to experience beautiful music in this wonderful the perfect opportunity composers Sheppard, Tye and Taverner, centred around Tye's majestic "Missa Euge Bone will be Tye and Taverner, centred around Tye's majestic composers Sheppard, specialising in performing early music. ‘In Manus Tuas’ - music by the great 16th Century English early music. ‘In Manus Tuas’ - music by specialising in performing Cathedral. Gloucester based Chamber Choir, Glevum Consort, are unique in the West Country, based Chamber Choir, Glevum Consort, are Cathedral. Gloucester Join us for the ﬁrst choral concert to be performed in the newly restored Lady Chapel of Gloucester concert to be performed in the newly restored Join us for the ﬁrst choral Director: Edward Rimmer ‘In Manus Tuas’ – Glevum Consort ‘In Manus Tuas’ – Glevum Saturday 2 June 7.30pm Saturday 2 Admission free Saturday 16 June 1.00pm Informal Lunchtime Concert Chess Valley Male Voice Choir in aid of Cathedral Music Admission free with retiring collection Organ Scholar, Gloucester Cathedral George Gillow Wednesday 13 June 7.30pm Evening Organ Recital Admission free Larimer Chorale and Voices West Tuesday 12 June 3.00pm Informal Concert www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk 01452 768928 or free, available from the Cathedral Gift Shop, free, available from the Tickets £15 - £12 for concessions and under 16 Tickets £15 - £12 for concessions JUNE www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk JUNE

Saturday 16 June 7.00pm Herbert Howells Concert Concerts & Recitals Cathedral Youth Choir Cathedral Junior Choir Chapter House Tickets £20 available from the Cathedral Shop, 01452 768928, www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk

Saturday 23 June 7.00pm Claudio Monteverdi Vespers (1610) City of Birmingham Choir Conductor Adrian Lucas With the Period instrument ensembles: QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornet Ensemble Musical & Amicable Society Enjoy a rare opportunity to hear this incredible and remarkable piece of music in the magniﬁcent surroundings of Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets £10/£25 available from the Cathedral Shop, 01452 768928, www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk or www.citychoir.org.uk Please note there will be no interval in this performance

Monday 25 June 11.30am Informal Lunchtime Concert Northern California Children’s Youth Choir Admission free

22 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Concerts & Recitals 23 Gloucester Music Festival Concert - Gaudeamus Concert - Music Festival Gloucester “...pieces written in honour of King Richard III...” King Richard of in honour written “...pieces

Wednesday 27 June 1.00pm Admission free Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra Admission free with a retiring collection Admission free with a concert Informal Lunchtime medieval and Tudor periods honour of King Richard III, and some historical works from the honour of King Richard performed in the Lady Chapel, together with pieces written in performed in the Lady the Æthelﬂæd 1100 commemorations in June will be the Æthelﬂæd 1100 An evening of newly commissioned choral pieces written for An evening of newly commissioned Gloucester Music Festival Concert - Gaudeamus Gloucester Music Festival Tuesday 26 June 7.30pm Tuesday 26 JUNE www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk / 01452 528095 www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk JULY

Wednesday 4 July 7.30pm Evening Organ Recital Concerts & Recitals Colin Andrews Indiana University, USA Admission free with retiring collection in aid of Cathedral Music

Thursday 5 July 8.00pm City Choir of Washington Classical Movements Concert Admission free

Saturday 14 July 7.30pm Berlioz Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5 90’ Nick Pritchard tenor British Sinfonietta South Cotswold Big Sing Group Saint Cecilia Singers Adrian Partington conductor The enormous forces of Berlioz’s Grande messe des morts – including extended orchestra, four off-stage brass ensembles, ten pairs of timpani and a massed choir – make hearing it a rare and unforgettable experience. Add the exceptional acoustic of Gloucester Cathedral and one of the country’s ﬁnest choral directors, Adrian Partington, and it becomes unmissable. Berlioz’s thrilling masterpiece alternates from thundering drama to hushed intimacy. Tickets £10 - £35 plus booking fee* available from www.cheltenhamfestivals.com Supported by an anonymous donor

24 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Layered Memories of Conflict

Sculpture Installation by Alison Lochhead

Gloucester Cathedral South Transept, Gloucester GL1 2LX

June 6 –15 July 2018

Opening times: 10am – 4pm daily and Sunday 12 noon – 3pm

The work is a reflection on the repetition and memories of conflict and war.

It is 100 years since the end of World War I. Why do we continue to think we can solve our differences through violence and conflict? Let us abolish War.

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JUNE

Tuesday 5 June 7.00pm Michael Perham Cathedral University Lecture 2018 Dr Paula Gooder The lecture is named after the former Bishop of Gloucester, who introduced an annual lecture organised between the University of Gloucestershire and Gloucester Cathedral. This year, we are delighted to welcome writer and theologian Dr Paula Gooder, currently the Director for Mission and Development in the Birmingham Diocese, Paula is a Reader in the Church of England. She is passionate about igniting enthusiasm for reading The Bible today, and making scholarship accessible. Join us for refreshments in Chapter House at 6.15pm. The event is free, but please book your place at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-perham-university-cathedral-lecture-dr-paula-gooder

Saturday 16 June 10.00am – 8.00pm PSALMS Football Tournament In celebration of the Football World Cup we are holding a Football Tournament inside the Cathedral with 5 different categories available to enter. To ﬁnd out more go to www.gloucester.anglican.org/about-us/our-vision/sports

Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June 10.30am Greek Literature Weekend Spend a weekend with the creators of the western literary tradition in the Parliament Suite at Gloucester Cathedral. Our topics will be Helen, for whose sake so many died at Troy, and Clytemnestra, whose husband survived the War but not his home-coming. We’ll follow them through several different genres, including epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, tragi-comedy and historiography. Clearly, one theme is dangerous women: other themes will include death, revenge, prophecy and myth. No previous knowledge will be required, and all the texts will be translated into English. Τutor: Dr Paul Pritchard Course fee: £100.00 (£75.00 unwaged) For further information see www.ancientgreekinbristol.com or email [email protected]

26 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Events “One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies...”

Much Ado About Nothing

JULY

Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 July 7.30pm Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Performed in the Quire of Gloucester Cathedral Following their sold-out performances of Henry V in 2016 and Richard III in 2017, award-winning theatre company Antic Disposition return to Gloucester Cathedral with a new production of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. Performed by a talented company of British and French actors, Much Ado About Nothing is ﬁlled with sparkling wit, tender romance and atmospheric live music and songs. Tickets £25 – £35 (Under 26s £10 off) available from www.much-ado.co.uk or call: 0333 666 3366

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Exhibitions MAY

Tuesday 10 to Friday 18 May Inside-Out Gloucester: 'Kingdom Come' Exhibition Inside-Out return this year with an exhibition that coincides with ‘Thy Kingdom Come’, an International initiative, and the beginning of 'FestivALL' at the Cathedral. As a group of six Christian artists working with paint, stone and textiles, 'Inside-Out Gloucester' was formed in 2015 to exhibit art in the public domain and encourage dialogue about spiritual issues.

Tuesday 10 to Monday 21 May Charities Aid Foundation Exhibition Quilt Project South Ambulatory

JUNE

Monday 4 to Sunday 24 June Magna Carta tapestry Exhibition Amnesty International Cloisters

Wednesday 6 to Saturday 16 June Herbert Howells Exhibition Prior to concert Cloisters

28 GloucesterCathedral @GlosCathedral @GloucesterCathedral Exhibitions “It portrays life in the Andes and in the Amazon...”

Inherit the Earth

JULY

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 July RAF in Gloucestershire Embroidery panels Cloisters

Monday 16 to Tuesday 31 July Inherit the Earth Inherit the Earth is a stunning photography exhibition of Christian Aid’s work in Bolivia and three British women’s extraordinary journey to witness how gifts in Wills make a lasting difference. The exhibition shows how Christian Aid’s partners’ work installing solar ovens and pumps, using resilient seeds and sharing skills is transforming people’s lives. It portrays life in the Andes and in the Amazon and shows how practical, effective projects are tackling the big issues of deforestation, land rights and climate change. www.facebook.com/ChristianAidWest/

Monday 6 June to Friday 15 July Layered Memories of Conflict Sculpture Sculpture Installation by Alison Lochhead South Transept The work is a reflection on the repetition and memories of conflict and war. It is 100 years since the end of World War I. Why do we continue to think we can solve our differences through violence and conflict? Let us abolish War.

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Children & Family Saturday 12 May Saturday 9 June Saturday 14 July 09.30am - 11.30am Brunch & Bounce A fun and relaxed coffee morning with a bouncy castle and activities to keep the children entertained Admission Free

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Cathedral Gift Shop 01452 229813

A warm welcome is waiting for you at our gift shop,op, located at the back of the nave by the main entrance.ce. You will ﬁnd a wide range of cards, CDs, gifts andnd souvenirs.

Mon-Fri 10.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm Sunday 11.45am – 2.45pm

The Monk’s Kitchen 01452 527701

Situated just off the west walk of the cloisters, youu will ﬁnd a delicious selection of hot and cold drinks, cakes, hot soup and sandwiches as well as our famous Pilgrim’s Pie.

Mon-Fri 10.00am – 5.00pm Saturday 09.30am – 5.00pm Sunday 11.00am – 4.00pm

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How to How to ﬁnd us The Cathedral is located in the historic heart of ﬁnd us Gloucester and our spectacular tower can be seen from many spots in and around the city.

Arriving by Public Transport The Cathedral is located in Gloucester Town Centre and is located within easy reach of the main railway and bus station. It is a 10-15 minute steady walk. Look out for Finger sign posts that will point you in the right direction.

There are several public car parks within Parking easy walking distance of the Cathedral. To find out more please see www.gloucesterca- Parking in the Cathedral Close is restricted to thedral.org.uk/visit/plan-your-visit/find-us/ pass holders only. There are eight disabled parking spaces which are for use by Blue Badge For information about car park charges visit www.gloucester.gov.uk holders on a first come first served basis.

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