Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1902 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Morecambe and Wise homage brings sunshine to Shrewsbury

18/01/2022
Dennis Herdman Mitesh Soni and Thom Tuck in The Play What I Wrote at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Theatregoers in Shropshire are in for a surprise when “The Play What I Wrote” opens at Theatre Severn next week. Audiences will…

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New Ladybird books exhibition takes readers back to childhood

17/01/2022
Ladybird Books exhibition

Visitors to Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery’s latest exhibition will be taken back in time to their childhoods and memories of Ladybird…

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Countryside activities for next generation of rangers

14/01/2022
Shropshire countryside

Young people with a love for the countryside are able to lend a hand managing and protecting the county’s landscape with the…

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Theatre Severn hosting BBC Question Time

12/01/2022
Question Time set

Audiences tuning in to BBC1 Question Time will be enjoying lively debate hosted by Shropshire Council’s Theatre Severn tomorrow evening (Thursday 13…

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Gobowen coin hoard declared treasure

11/01/2022
Gobowen Hoard after conservation

A hoard of 337 Roman silver coins discovered in a field in Gobowen has been declared treasure by a coroner. The hoard…

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Curtain comes down on Theatre Severn’s extraordinary panto season

06/01/2022
Peter Pan at Theatre Severn (Pamela Raith Photography)

Audiences and the pantomime production team at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury are celebrating as the curtain falls on another successful season. Almost…

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Time running out to see Bronze Age bulla at museum

08/12/2021
Bulla sun pendant

Time is running out for people to visit an extraordinary 3,000-year-old sun pendant, or bulla, in a Shropshire museum. Shropshire Council’s Shrewsbury…

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Shaping the future for Acton Scott Historic Working Farm

06/12/2021

Plans are being made for people to share their views over the future of Acton Scott Historic Working Farm in the new…

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Teenagers set up book group at Ellesmere Library

01/12/2021
Founder members of the Ellesmere teen’s book club, (from left ) Victoria Moughton, Josh Martin, Evie Edwards and Charlotte Hynes  (Picture: David Atkinson)

A group of young people have formed their own reading group at Ellesmere Library – proving that not all teenagers are totally…

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Curtain going up on this year’s pantomime at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury

30/11/2021
The Panto Adventures Of Peter Pan cast poster

It’s panto time! Oh yes it is! The curtain is going up on this year’s pantomime at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury.  Audiences will be taking…

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