THE AGENDA
3 EVENT History Alive!, Kimbolton Castle This immersive living history spectacular invites visitors to step through the centuries over the May bank holiday weekend, with more than 200 reenactors and other performers transforming the castle grounds into a vibrant timeline of Britain’s past. 13 MUSIC Rhythm Across Time, West Road Concert Hall The Academy of Ancient Music joins The Wave Quartet in a musical voyage across five centuries, performing Bertali, Handel, Piazzolla, Bach and more. 19 FESTIVAL Wild Wood Festival, Linton This electronic music party returns in the summer for its ten-year anniversary as an independent and community- led festival in the enchanting woodlands of south Cambridgeshire. Until 21 June. June May May
22 BOOKS Cambridge Literary Festival, various venues Catch Mary Berry sharing the role that nature has played in her life and Harriet Tyce discussing her new novel Witch Trial (also one of our Book Club picks this month!), plus talks by Andrew Miller, Martin Bond, Sophie Raworth, Sarah Perry, Samira Ahmed, Margaret Drabble and more at Cambridge Literary Festival’s inspirational Spring Festival. Until 26 April.
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Handpicked: Painting Flowers, Kettle’s Yard Featuring more than 40 artists (including Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whose Fritillaria is pictured) for whom painting flowers was either a brief but intense or lifelong preoccupation, this exhibition runs until 6 September. MUSIC Brodsky Quartet, Saffron Hall A concert in two parts, the Brodsky Quartet perform music from the string quartet’s heartland: Schubert’s restless energy and Beethoven’s beautifully compressed, profound final quartet. EVENT Spring on the Farm, Wimpole Estate Celebrate spring at Home Farm, as the lambing flock is joined by a cast of newborns including piglets, goat kids, calves and chicks. Until 10 May.
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EVENT Cambridge Bead Fair, Harston Village Hall A must-visit for the home jewellery maker, source beads, pearls, findings and other items for your projects from a range of traders. Entry is free and refreshments will be available. 15 BOOKS An Evening with Elle McNicoll, Waterstones Cambridge Celebrating the launch of Unapologetic Love Story – a smart, sassy and romantic novel with an important message at its heart – catch best-selling novelist Elle McNicoll in conversation with author Bea Ingalls.
Hackney Colliery Band, Cambridge Junction This pioneering nine- piece group continue to push the boundaries of brass band conventions with joyous live shows and a new album. 21 THEATRE Midsomer Murders, Arts Theatre Cambridge When spinster Emily Simpson is found dead in the village of Badger’s Drift, her friend refuses to accept that it was an accident. Starring Daniel Casey, this world premiere production runs until 25 April.
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Pop Goes Classical by Candlelight, Ely Cathedral The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra performs uplifting orchestral versions of the world’s most iconic pop songs by Ed Sheeran, John Legend, Coldplay, U2, Oasis and more in the candlelit cathedral.
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