Cheltenham Festivals came close to being ‘sunk’ by the pandemic
Figures showing hundreds of thousands of visitors to 2020’s Cheltenham Literature Festival hide just how close the town could have come to losing its showpieces events.
Just some of the faces that appeared at The Times & The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2020 and helped make it such a success.
Had the team behind Cheltenham Festivals not executed a dramatic last-minute re-write of its business plan, the organisation may have been may have been ‘sunk’, according to its chairperson Diane Hill, OBE (nee Savory).
New figures showing how many people viewed Cheltenham Literature Festival digitally in 2020, underline just how successful and necessary the organisation’s sudden transformation to embrace online was.
10 top reasons to move to Cheltenham
Bursting with culture, heritage and natural beauty, there are many reasons Cheltenham is a wonderful place to live – with SoGlos sharing 10 of them.
Incredible independent restaurants, world-famous festivals and stunning architecture are just a few of the reasons to move to Cheltenham.
Cheltenham is famous all over the world for its sport, culture and architecture, so it’s no surprise that the Regency town is a top choice for house hunters in Gloucestershire and beyond.
From its gorgeous period properties to its thriving independent scene, SoGlos shares 10 reasons to move to Cheltenham in this hot list, sponsored by Naylor Powell.
Cork tradition of Women’s Little Christmas is cancelled
For the first time in decades, Women’s Little Christmas celebrations won’t go ahead this year, due to Covid-19 restrictions. CHRIS DUNNE talks to some of the performers and event organisers who have been involved in the much-loved Cork tradition over the years
HAPPY MEMORIES: Sandy Kelly celebrating Women’s Little Christmas at the Ardmanning lounge in years gone by.
Chris Dunne
“IT is the first time in 40 years, Women’s Little Christmas, or Nollaig na mBan as it is known, won’t be happening in 2021 in Cork.”
So says Cork showband promoter, Sean O’Sullivan, who is synonymous with showband legends like Joe Mac, Art Supple, Sandy Kelly, Johnny Carroll, Mick Flavin and many more Irish entertainers.
Felicia Curry as Jacqueline Marie Butler
It is a long, LONG way from Queens to Nigeria, and from Nigeria to Vermont. Such is the series of journeys that form Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ Queens Girl trilogy of single-actor plays. Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is now streaming the final entry in the series, “Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains,” directed by Associate Artistic Director Paige Hernandez and starring Felicia Curry.
By itself, this is a gorgeous piece of theater well worthy of one’s time. It is also a highly persuasive argument to see the other plays of the trilogy.
In the first two installments, we saw Jennings’ character, Jackie, transition from girlhood in New York to adolescence at the International School in Nigeria. There she endured more than just the typical fish-out-of-water ordeals, code-switching her way through a different world’s idea of the mid-1960s. As this installment begins, we find Jackie returning to the U.S., enrolled at Bennington C
Tweedy’s (Reduced) Pantomime is now available to watch online
You can watch the Everman Theatre’s production of Tweedy’s (Reduced) Pantomime at home over the Christmas holidays. Oh yes you can!
Watch Tweedy’s (Reduced) Pantomime online to see some hilarious comedy and clever choreography in action this Christmas.
The Everman Theatre is spreading festive joy far and wide this Christmas, with the chance for families across Gloucestershire and beyond to stream Tweedy’s (Reduced) Pantomime from the comfort of their own home.
Costing £10, the filmed version of Tweedy’s (Reduced) Pantomime will be available to watch as many times as you like, for a family treat and plenty of living room booing and hissing after the gifts have been open and the turkey has been eaten, this Christmas.