Following his successful adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, Mike Poulton has turned to the power politics of Ancient Rome in Robert Harris’s best selling Cicero trilogy.
Imperium follows Cicero, the greatest orator of his age, through power struggles, civil wars, triumphs and disasters.
Staged as 6 plays presented in 2 performances each with 2 intervals, Imperium runs in The Swan Theatre until 10 Feb. It us directed by Gregory Doran and has been highly praised by the critics.
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night opened at the RSC on November 2nd and stars Kara Tointon and Adrian Edmondson. It runs until Feb 24th.
This winter the RSC has a brand new adaptation of one of Charles Dickens‘ most loved stories ‘A Christmas Carol‘ with Phil Davis as Ebeneezer Scrooge.
The production plays from Nov 27 to 4 Feb and is suitable for all ages above 7 years. Children’s tickets are half price.
Three big new productions of popular Shakespeare plays have been announced for the 2018 season.
Macbeth with Christopher Eccleston in the title role opens on March 13th.
A new production of Romeo and Juliet opens on April 21st.
The Merry Wives of Windsor with David Troughton as Falstaff opens on August 4th.
This is only the second year for this festival and they are building on last year’s success with some great guest writers – Sarah Dunant, Lucinda Hawksley, Dan Jones, Alexander McCall Smith, Charles Spencer and A N Wilson amongst others.
The festival takes place October 2-8 plus there is a series of Teatime Talks in November from the 4-25.
The local history project for 2017 is IN AND AROUND WARWICK.
As well as talks by writers there are all sorts of interesting presentations, tours and quizzes including:
Jane Austen Tea in the Ballroom
Lenin the Dictator
George Eliot and Warwickshire
Kitchen Life of the Tudors
Plants to Pills
Events take place in and around Warwick – many at the historic Lord Leycester Hospital.
Give us a call at Ambleside for more information.
Shakespeare’s Coriolanus opens in the RST on September 15th – a “full throttle war play” that transports us back to the emergence of Rome.
Also opening on September 15th is Marlowe’s play Dido, Queen of Carthage in the Swan Theatre.
The Mischief Festival from September 7- 30 is in the Studio Theatre at The Other Place.
We’ve had some lovely Tripadvisor reviews from guests in the last few months.
Here are some of the headlines:
Amazing Ambleside
Outstanding B&B
Simply Splendid
Fine establishment in ideal location
Lucky us!
A lovely welcoming feeling
Follow our link to Tripadvisor to read the full reviews and thanks to guests who took the time to write them.
Our front garden is looking really lovely at the moment and attracts many admiring gazes from guests and passers by. The beds, pots and baskets have a variety of bedding plants including begonias, petunias and impatiens. Enjoy the photos!
There are three very different dramas to choose from at the RSC next month:
SALOME by Oscar Wilde
a poetic masterpiece
2 June – 6 Sept
VICE VERSA by Phil Porter
a side-splitting comedy romp
June – 9 Sept
TITUS ANDRONICUS
Shakespeare’s gory revenge play
23 June – 19 Jan
For two whole days the riverside comes alive with free events and activities plus food, music and fireworks.
Put the dates in your diary – July 1st and 2nd.