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The HandleBards on tour

The HandleBards head out on bikes to pedal their plays

Fancy some open-air theatre this summer? The popular Shakespearean troupe known as The Handlebards are back with another bicycle-powered tour…

Cast of Platform 4's Triffids (Image: Andi Sapey)

Go on a gig-theatre adventure with Triffids!

Take time out this month to go on an gig-theatre adventure with music, sound and pictures…

Hero and Leander second image credit Chelsey Cliff

Outdoor theatre gig show tours with its own bandstand

Hero & Leander — Or, I Love You, But Everything’s Under Water — is a classic Greek myth that will be retold this summer as an outdoor theatre gig show…

A Haunted Existence

A Haunted Existence tours the UK

Tom Marshman’s true life show, A Haunted Existence, about a West Country town rocked by homophobia in the 1950s, will tour the UK…

Antic Disposition Henry V - Nathan Hamilton as Henry V – Photo Scott Rylander

Antic Disposition’s reimagining of Henry V tours historic cathedrals

Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Henry V returns to English cathedrals this autumn; marking the centenary of the end of the First World War…

CVHF - Napoleonics Firing - Martin Cook

A shed of doom and pop up history talks at Wiltshire festival

Chalke Valley History Festival will take place from Monday 25th June to Sunday 1st July in Wiltshire, with living history encampments, air displays and interactive events…

Pizza & Prosecco Festival 2017

Pizza and Prosecco come together for touring festival

Like pizza? Love Prosecco? Then head to the Pizza & Prosecco Festival which is touring nationwide over the next few months…

Old Wardour Castle - Art Workshop - English Heritage

Get creative with a workshop at Old Wardour Castle

Get creative at Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire on 23rd November with English Heritage’s art workshop…

The HandleBards - Peculius - (Photo: Callum Cheatle)

4 actors, 4 bicycles, 40 characters and a 926 mile adventure

The HandleBards, a cycling tour of two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, will be pedalling to a town near you…

Lacock Abbey (Photo © NTPL Andrew Butler)

Make some noise for Lacock Abbey’s wassail

Bring a pot or a pan and a wooden spoon to help scare the evil spirits out of apple trees at Lacock Abbey’s first ever Wassail…

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Fungi Forage & Nature Walk at Old Wardour Castle

Enjoy an autumnal walk in the beautiful grounds of Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire on 17th November 2012…

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Jubilee picnic party at Old Wardour Castle

Celebrate with English Heritage this Diamond Jubilee with a picnic party in the beautiful grounds of Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire…

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Meet Robin Hood in Wiltshire

Meet Robin Hood and his band of merry men at Old Wardour this weekend at Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire…

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Crack the clues at the Castle this Easter

Join in the Easter family fun trail at Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire which takes place between 31st March and 15th April 2012…

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Egg-citing fun with trails and crafts in Wiltshire

Join in the Easter family fun trail at Old Sarum in Wiltshire which takes place between 31st March and 15th April 2012…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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