We hope you enjoy browsing through this selection of highlights from the 2018 Festival.
All images copyright Helen Beynon Photography, except * copyright Penkhull Festival.
All images copyright Helen Beynon Photography, except * copyright Penkhull Festival.
Event 1
Thursday 20th September, 7.30pm
English Song Recital
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Thomas Isherwood, baritone
Jonathan Fisher, piano
Programme to include:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
George Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
Event 2
Friday 21st September, 1.00pm
Concert given by pupils of Newcastle-under-Lyme School
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
The annual May Walley Award will be presented.
Admission free and unticketed.
Event 3
Friday 21st September, 2.15pm
Singing Workshop for local school pupils
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Lin Marsh, vocal leader
Invited schools only.
Event 4
Friday 21st September, 7.30pm
Pirrouetting and Pictures
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Jocelyn Freeman, piano
Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance
Alissa Firsova - Lune Rouge
Chris Brammeld - Four Little Pieces
Maurice Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Modest Mussorksy - Pictures at an Exhibition
Event 5
Saturday 22nd September, 10.00am
Singing Workshop for adults
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Lin Marsh, vocal leader
Event 6
Saturday 22nd September, 2.00pm
Clay Together - figure making workshop with British Ceramics Biennial
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Join local ceramic artists to make two ceramic figures, one that will be part of ‘Cast of Thousands’, a huge artwork for the British Ceramics Biennial 2019 festival, and another for you to take home.
Suitable for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There is an additional £3 charge if you wish your figure to be taken away to be fired.
Event 7
Saturday 22nd September, 7.30pm
Voyages: Music From Around The Globe
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Equinox Saxophone Ensemble
Grainger arr. Smith - Handel in the Strand
Bach arr. Pennill - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, first movement
Dubois arr. Tomsett-Rowe - A la Parisienne
Trad. arr. Rickards and Wood - Songs of the British Isles
Tweed/Wood - Birmingham Suite
Wood - Serendip
Monti arr. Tomsett-Rowe - Czardas
Tomsett-Rowe - Antalogia Latina
Molinelli - Four Pictures from New York, Nos. 1 and 2
Buttall arr. Wood - Waltzing Soprilda
Event 8
Sunday 23rd September, time tba
Artistic Festival Finale
Trent Art Gallery, Brunswick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1HF
Fizz and nibbles
Presentation of the Trent Art Young Artist Prize
Royal Society of British Artists group show
Admission free and unticketed.
Thursday 20th September, 7.30pm
English Song Recital
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Thomas Isherwood, baritone
Jonathan Fisher, piano
Programme to include:
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel
George Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad
Event 2
Friday 21st September, 1.00pm
Concert given by pupils of Newcastle-under-Lyme School
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
The annual May Walley Award will be presented.
Admission free and unticketed.
Event 3
Friday 21st September, 2.15pm
Singing Workshop for local school pupils
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Lin Marsh, vocal leader
Invited schools only.
Event 4
Friday 21st September, 7.30pm
Pirrouetting and Pictures
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Jocelyn Freeman, piano
Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance
Alissa Firsova - Lune Rouge
Chris Brammeld - Four Little Pieces
Maurice Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
Modest Mussorksy - Pictures at an Exhibition
Event 5
Saturday 22nd September, 10.00am
Singing Workshop for adults
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Lin Marsh, vocal leader
Event 6
Saturday 22nd September, 2.00pm
Clay Together - figure making workshop with British Ceramics Biennial
Penkhull Village Hall, Trent Valley Road, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 5JB
Join local ceramic artists to make two ceramic figures, one that will be part of ‘Cast of Thousands’, a huge artwork for the British Ceramics Biennial 2019 festival, and another for you to take home.
Suitable for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. There is an additional £3 charge if you wish your figure to be taken away to be fired.
Event 7
Saturday 22nd September, 7.30pm
Voyages: Music From Around The Globe
St Thomas's Church, Manor Court St, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 7LG
Equinox Saxophone Ensemble
Grainger arr. Smith - Handel in the Strand
Bach arr. Pennill - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, first movement
Dubois arr. Tomsett-Rowe - A la Parisienne
Trad. arr. Rickards and Wood - Songs of the British Isles
Tweed/Wood - Birmingham Suite
Wood - Serendip
Monti arr. Tomsett-Rowe - Czardas
Tomsett-Rowe - Antalogia Latina
Molinelli - Four Pictures from New York, Nos. 1 and 2
Buttall arr. Wood - Waltzing Soprilda
Event 8
Sunday 23rd September, time tba
Artistic Festival Finale
Trent Art Gallery, Brunswick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1HF
Fizz and nibbles
Presentation of the Trent Art Young Artist Prize
Royal Society of British Artists group show
Admission free and unticketed.