This year during the Edinburgh Fringe at The Space on the Mile you can catch the General Silliness Productions new adaptation of ‘A Servant to Two Masters’ by Carlo Goldoni. Running from the 3rd to11th August at 12:30pm this performance, based on the same classic play as the very successful National Theatre production, One Man Two Guvnors, A Servant to Two Masters goes back to its 18th Century Venetian roots.
No. 67, the independent Café and Restaurant located within the South London Gallery on Peckham Road, is celebrating its second birthday with a party on the 26th of July 2012. The party, which will run from 11am until 3pm, will coincide with the Torch procession -with the Flame travelling down Peckham Road that afternoon.
Flavour Fest, the South West's premier food festival is back for 2012, taking over Plymouth City Centre from 17th -19th August 2012. Now in its 9th year, Flavour Fest has grown to become one of the largest and most successful food festivals in the South West. One of the highlights in Plymouth's events calendar, the free entry event regularly attracts more than 100,000 visitors to the city.
Taste Cumbria Beer Festival, in association with CAMRA and Jennings will be in Cockermouth on 29th and 30th September 2012 as part of the annual Taste Cumbria Food Festival. Festival goers will be spoilt for choice with over 150 beers at the festival from breweries and microbreweries around the county including Barngates, Coniston, Ennerdale, Nine Standards, Foxfield and Jennings.
Ireland won The FEI Nations Cup of Great Britain at Hickstead today, making it their first win this season and indeed their first FEI Nations Cup win at Hickstead since 2001. The Robert Splaine-led team of Shane Breen (Cos I Can), Richie Moloney (Ahorn Van De Zuuthoeve), Darragh Kerins (Lisona) and Clem McMahon (Pacino) finished on just four faults, beating France in a thrilling competition that went down to the final round.
Just a week ago we were standing ankle deep in mud waiting for the rain to stop long enough to run from one stage to the next. And in the last seven days we seem to have seen more sunshine than in the last seven months! Did the persistence of the organisers, musicians, revellers and everybody who was involved with GuilFest 2012 finally win the weather over and chase the clouds away - or did Tim Minchin manage that all on his own!
