Events
(please check with the venues to confirm details)

Art Galleries and Museums

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2PH. Tel: 01865 278000
New Work by Qu Lei Lei: Everyone's life is an epic
Until August

The Lost Emperor: Roman History from Oxfordshire Mud
21 March-25 July

A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art
2 May-11 September

Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50 3JT. Tel: 01242 237431
Mythscapes. Alice Kettle. Textiles
16 April-11 June

Joseph Southall. Arts and Crafts painter, founder of Birmingham School
23 April-4 June

A Cotswold Home: The People's Arts and Crafts Show
18 June-20 August

Corinium Museum, Park Street
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 2BX. Tel: 01285 655611
Lunchtime Gallery Talks

Roman Food and Cooking
3 May

Fourth Earl Bathurst
5 May

Roman Jewellery
10 May

Cabinets of Curiosity - Major Wilfred Crips
12 May

Hazleton Long Barrow
17 May

Cabinets of Curiosity - Reverend Joyce
19 May

Early Curators of the Corinium Museum
26 May

Roman Cosmetics
7 June

Cirencester Abbey
14 June

Saxon Clothing
21 June

Cirencester Amphitheatre
28 June

Evening Events

Antiquarians, Archaeologists and Curators
12 May

The Collectors' Dilemma
17 May

World Heritage Sites
26 May

The Bingham Collection
31 May

A Victorian Evening
2 June

The Cotswolds and the Civil War
20 June

Family Events

Discovering Dinosaurs with Dr Dinosaur
13 June

Life in Cirencester 200AD
15 June

Toys and Games through the Ages
22 June

The Travelling Theatre Show, various venues
2, 3 June

(Also please note that the museum runs after-school events at various local libraries throughout the district. Please contact either the museum or your library.)

Corinium Courses
(Please contact the museum for further booking details)

Calligraphy Course
10 weeks, starts 5 May, Moreton-in-Marsh

Corinium Mosaic course
6 weeks, starts 23 May, Lechlade

Medieval People
various dates, Moreton-in-Marsh

Roman Myths and Masks
for children 6-10 yrs, 1 June, Bourton-on-the-Water

Holst Birthplace Museum
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, GL52 2AY Tel: 01242 524846 (email: holstmuseum@btconnect.com)
[Please check with museum for times and venues unless stated)
Lectures

Gramophone Society: John France, Holst & Friends
13 May (Venue: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum)

Steven Blake: The Perils of Speculation in Regency Cheltenham:: The Rise & Fall of Catherine Munson
8 June (Venue: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum)

Other Events

'Victorian' Garden Tea Party with Music'
15 May

All Saints Arts Festival & Holst Birthplace Museum Exhibition: Holst & All Saints
8-19 June
(Contact Jill Bradley for opening times: JillBradley@eldonroad.freeserve.co.uk. Venue: All Saints Church, All Saint's Road, Cheltenham)

Martin's Gallery
Imperial House, Montpellier Parade, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1UA. Tel: 01242 526044
Live Jazz (in conjunction with Cheltenham International Jazz Festival Weekend)
30 April, 1 May

Royal Watercolour Society Bicentenary Exhibition
Until 4 May

Contemporary Scottish Colourists
21 May-15 June

Open Studios (in conjunction with Cheltenham Artists Open Week)
4-12 June

Museum in the Park
Stroud. Tel: 01453 763394
Trompe L'Oeil and Other Work by John Flint
19 April-19 May

Museum of Modern Art
Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, OX1 1BP. Tel: 01865 722733
Fiona Tan
Until 29 May

National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
London WC2N 5DN. Tel: 020 7747 2885
Caravaggio: The Final Years
Until 22 May

John Virtue: London Paintings
Until 5 June

Natural History Museum
South Kensington, London SW7 5BD. Tel: 020 7942 5000
Diane Maclean
Until 4 September

The Quenington Sculpture Trust
Quenington Old Rectory, Quenington, Cirencester, GL7 5BN. Tel: 01285 750540
Fresh Air 2005
25 June-16 July

Royal Academy, Burlington House
Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD. Tel: 020 7300 8000
Matisse Textiles
Until 30 May

Summer Exhibition
7 June-15 August

Samantha Dadd Art Studio
Conderton, Nr. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7PU. Tel: 01386 725679
Summer Exhibition
28 May-31 August

Tate Britain, Millbank
London SW1P 4RG. Tel: 020 7887 8000
Turner, Whistler, Monet.
Until 1 May

Art Now: Andrew Grassie
5 May-19 June

Joshua Reynolds: The Creation of Celebrity
26 May-18 September

A Picture of Britain
15 June-4 September

Tate Modern
Bankside, London SE1 9TG. Tel: 020 7887 8000
Bruce Nauman
Until 2 May

Joseph Beuys
Until 2 May

August Strindberg
Until 15 May

Frida Kahlo
9 June-9 October

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Tel: 020 7942 2000
International Arts and Crafts
17 March - 24 July 2005

Theatre

Chipping Norton Theatre
9 Middle Row, Chipping Norton, OX7 5NL. Box Office 01608 642350
Macbeth
5, 6 May

Kathakali (Classical dance drama from South India)
12 May

Goodnight Sweetheart
8 May

Everyman Theatre
Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1HQ. Box Office 01242 572573
Going Dutch
3-7 May

Journey's End
9-14 May

Arsenic and Old Lace
16-21 May

The Gruffalo
18-21 May

The Merry Widow
23-28 May

The Keith Barret Show, Live
29 May

Lady Salsa
31 May-4 June

Phoenix Dance Theatre
7 June

Abba Mania
8-10 June

The Counterfeit Stones
11 June

Princess Ida
13-18 June

Spirit of the Dance
20-22 June

Northern Ballet Theatre
23-25 June

42nd Street
28 June-2 July

Oxford Playhouse
Beaumont St, Oxford, OX1 2LW. Box office 01865 305305
The Winter's Tale
10-14 May

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
20-28 May

The Fence
8-11 June

Uncle Vanya
14-18 June

An Inspector Calls
21-25 June

Jamaica Inn
28 June-2 July

Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BB.
Ticket Hotline 0870 609 1110.
Online www.rsc.org.uk
(please check with venue for precise dates)

Midsummer Night's Dream

Twelfth Night

Thomas More

A New Way to Please You

Solstice

The American Pilot

Believe What You Will

Theatre Royal Bath (main house)
Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1ET. Box Office 01225 448844
Dracula
2-7 May

The Drifters Live in 2005!
8 May

When Harry Met Sally
9-14 May

The Syd Lawrence Orchestra
15 May

Stepping Out
16-21 May

Tractor Tom
22 May

The Unexpected Man
23-28 May

Mary, Queen of Scots
31 May and 2 June

Cosi Fan Tutte
1 June

The Knot Garden
3 June

The (Little) Magic Flute
4 June

Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music
5 June

An Inspector Calls
7-11 June

Spirit of Broadway
12 June

Fame - The Musical
13-18

Music

Cheltenham Town Hall
Imperial Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1QA, Telephone 01242 22797
(Please check venue with Cheltenham Town Hall)
An Evening with Donovan and his Band
18 May

The Glenn Miller Orchestra
21 May

Orchestra of St John's
24 May

'From Basin Street to Broadway', Keith Smith & his Hefty Jazz All Stars
2 June

Kathryn Tickell Band
15 June

Martyn Joseph
17 June

Cheltenham College Charity Concert
30 June

Summer Ballroom Dancing Festival
3-5 June

Chipping Campden Music Festival
4-15 June Tel: 01386 849018

Outdoor Events

Chalford and France Lynch Garden Trail
(approx 50 gardens open to public)
18-19 June, 12 noon-6 pm
More details: Jane Calvert, 01453 731054

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Lower Woods Dawn Chorus
Nr Wickwar, Sth Gloucestershire 1 May
Book in advance: 01452 383333

Short walks around one of Gloucestershire's rarest hay meadows at Clarke's Pool Meadow
Nr Blakeney, Forest of Dean 14 May
Tel: 01452 383333

Guided walk on Selsey Common (butterflies and orchids)
28 May Tel: 01452 383333

Family Bughunt
Forest of Deen's Greathough Brook Valley 11 June Tel: 01285 659631

Badgeworth Buttercup (rare species)
Badgeworth Nature Reserve 12 June Tel: 01452 383333

Lechlade Riverside Marina Boat Trips in aid of restoration of Thames and Severn Canal
Call 01285 740507 for details

RHS Spring Gardening Show, Malvern
The Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6NW
7-9 May

Sudeley Castle, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire GL54 5JD
Tel: 01242 602308
Medieval Fun Day
2 May

Pheasants & Falcons
30 May

Archery Demonstration
19 June

Rose Week
20- 26 June

An Inspector Calls
7-11 June

Westonbirt Arboretum
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QS.
Events Booking Line 01666 880147
(Please check with venue for times)
Native Trees of Britain and their Origin
1 May

Riotous Flora
3 May

Dawn Chorus (Guided Tour)
7 May

Basket Making
7 May, 7 June

Badgers Night Out (Guided Tour)
11 May, 19 May, 27 May, 2 June

Fly a bird of prey (Talk/ Walk)
14 May, 25 June

Wild Spring Flowers of Westonbirt
14 May

Tree Gazing
15 May

Build a Windsor Chair
15 May, 13 June

Dry Willow Garden Structures
18 May

Marquetry
28 May

Teddy Bears Picnic
31 May

Tall Tree Tales
2 June

Shapes and Textures
15 May

The Beautiful South
17 Jun

Madness
18 June

Other Events

A Male Approach to Flower Arranging
4 May, Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham (Tel: 01242 255589/230199)

Health and Well-Being for Older People
16 June, Cheltenham Town Hall (Tel: 01242 227979

Cheltenham Science Festival
8-12 June Tel: 01242 237377

Tai Chi Relaxation Day
6 June, Whatley Manor, Malmesbury Book: 01666 827070

Champagne Event
29 June, Whatley Manor, Malmesbury Book: 01666 834026

Broadway Parish Fete
30 May, Village Green, Broadway

Cheltenham Artists Open Houses
4-12 June