This performance of King John by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre is in co-production with Royal & Derngate Northampton. The play will be performed in Salisbury Cathedral – just a few feet away from the best surviving copy of King’s John’s Magna Carta and alongside the tomb of his half-brother William Longspée. The Salisbury International Arts Festival […]
Event Date: Friday 24th July – Sunday 26th July Town: Trowbridge County: Wiltshire Website: www.visitwiltshire.co.uk Markets, Entertainments, Business Expo, Town Crier’s Competition, Medieval Sports, Celebrations, Civic Service, Music and Fun for everyone as part of Trowbridge’s Magna Carta 2015 celebrations.
Event Date: Saturday 25 April 2015 – Saturday 25 July 2015 Town: Trowbridge County: Wiltshire Website: www.visitwiltshire.co.uk Magna Carta exhibition – further details of the exhibition to be announced nearer the time.
Event Date: September Tuesday 15th – Sunday 20th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org The Salisbury Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2015 is inspired by the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta. Come and see the spectacular work of over 500 flower arrangers in a feast for the senses with the smell and sight of many thousands […]
Event Date: July Wednesday 15th – Sunday 19th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk/ The Choirs of Salisbury Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral and Chichester Cathedral come together to perform in the magnificent surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral. Cathedral music is truly one of this country’s national treasures – this festival offers sacred choral and organ music […]
Event Date: June Saturday 13th – Monday 15th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta,Salisbury Cathedral will be holding a Gala Weekend. Saturday June 13: A Gala concert with a brand new, Magna Carta based, musical commission by Tarik O’Regan, http://www.tarikoregan.com/. Sunday June 14: […]
Event Date: July 7 – 10 July 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org For four nights, four groups of 200 school children from Wiltshire and Dorset will come together in the magnificent surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral to perform an especially commissioned piece of music inspired by Magna Carta. This piece charts the story of […]
Event Date: June 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org A trail of statues, sponsored by local businesses and created and painted by a wide range of artists and community groups, placed throughout the streets of Salisbury. The statues will be auctioned off to raise money for the Trussell Trust. Produced by Wild in Art, […]
Event Date: June-September 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org Enlightenment: an interactive lighting projection in the Cathedral’s North Porch and an interactive word and light based projection in the Morning Chapel, produced by Squid Soup. Also: inscribed clay tiles with thoughts inspired by Magna Carta produced by prisoners from Erlestoke Prison displayed in the […]
Event Date: March – June 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org A programme of Magna Carta themed lectures given by leading experts in their fields, starting with Neil Macgregor, Director of the British Museum on 6 March 2015. The lectures will include discussions around law and public affairs, history and the charters of King […]