Local arts

Pack a picnic and some popcorn and settle down in front of a giant 12-foot inflatable screen at Attingham Park for two nights of open-air

Film fans and families are being promised a premiere with a difference when Severn Hospice hosts its first Sunset Cinema festival, in aid of a

Theatre company Rain or Shine, hailed by The Stage as ‘one of the best companies touring open air theatre’ are set to delight audiences once

Nurses from Shropshire’s two main hospitals gained new skills at a local attraction recently. The clinicians welded items of obsolete equipment onto a sculpture being

If you’d like to find out how we coloured our clothes before chemical dyes came along, a workshop run by Acton Scott Working Farm will

British soprano Mary-Jess Leaverland – winner of the Chinese X-Factor – is to headline Shropshire’s Proms and Prosecco in the Park 2018. Also taking to

A film that wowed the critics and topped $100m at the box office is coming to the Edge Arts Centre in Much Wenlock. Three Billboards

Little theatre-goers will love an all-singing, all-dancing show that’s appearing at Theatre Severn this July. ‘Milkshake! Live’, starring Bob the Builder, the Little Princess, Noddy,

Dudmaston is working with contemporary artist Faye Claridge to present Shaken and Stirred, a new project that aims to uncover stories from the estate’s 875-year

A new photography competition, Green of the Gorge, is being launched by the organisers of the International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) in partnership

Art fans and nosey parkers alike will love this year’s Bridgnorth Open House Arts Trail. Within the walls of some of the town’s oldest buildings

Possibly the most famous conductor of our time, Sir Simon Rattle performs his final concert this June – and the historic event is being live-streamed

A Bridgnorth amateur theatre company will present one of Noel Coward’s popular plays at local venues in May. Bridgnorth Players will perform the comedy ‘Nude

March saw the launch of the much anticipated Bridgnorth Art Trail, with the first Catch Me Who Can locos steaming off the production line. The

The theme of this year’s May Shrewsbury Book Festival is inspiring young minds to be creative, to challenge them with exciting new activities and masterclasses

A popular local band is performing a show at Much Wenlock Priory on Friday 18 May. ‘Putting It on at the Priory’ will feature “a

BalletBoyz was co-founded in 2000 by ex-Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt and the company has been performing around the world for the

A young musical prodigy and his quintet will be visiting Shropshire as part of their UK tour. Alex Hitchcock will be playing at the Hive

A Bridgnorth writer is taking children will be taken on a journey to an unusual place – an orange jelly planet. Sarah Isaacs from Low

A riveting open-air performance with music and fast character changes will captivate audiences when Hotbuckle Productions return to Blists Hill Victorian Town on Friday 1

English Youth Ballet is bringing a glitzy take on a classic tale to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn in June, with some of the performers having been

Students of Bridgnorth’s Pauline Quirke Academy (PQA) are putting the finishing touches on their preparations for their third show in London’s West End, which this

Tickets are selling fast for a music extravaganza coming to Telford on Thursday 28 June. Fresh from its West End debut at Leicester Square, ‘Lipstick

More than three quarters of weekend tickets have already been sold for this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival with organisers still to reveal a major headline

Wednesday 27 June sees a journey through the decades to tell the story of four women in different eras who live, breathe and play football. ‘Offside’