The librettist and composer preview work on their musical production about Herbert Rowse Armstrong based on Martin Beales’ book Dead Not Buried and Robin Odell’s Exhumation of a Murder. The Hay solicitor was hanged for the murder of his wife exactly 80 years ago. Their opera explores the way someone can be destroyed by human and inhuman forces, and the impact of adult machinations on children.
King spins the discs and discusses his rollicking history The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005 with the founder of Creation records and the author of Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll. Some soundtrack!
The permaculture pioneer guides us around his sustainable food centre, which has won 12 True Taste of Wales awards in 3 years including gold for sustainable development in 2011. The centre is probably the most productive acre and a half in the UK and is a blueprint model for future food security.
Discover Why Elephant Has A Trunk as we bring the much-loved animated African folk tales to the big screen. Then trot off to our Make and Take tent for your very own Tinga Tinga-inspired crafts.
Duration 30 mins. 3+ years.
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In association with Storymoja Hay Festival, Nairobi, courtesy of Tiger Aspect
Come to The Castle for a special royal visit from Princess Fiona! Go on a magical adventure with the feisty princess from Shrek the Musical as she reads classic fairytales including the original story Shrek! by William Steig.
This special performance will include original music from the award-winning West End musical that brings the well loved characters from the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks Animation film to life in a hilarious and spectacular production. The world of fairytales is turned upside down in an all singing, all dancing, irresistible mix of adventure, laughter and romance.
There will also be Shrek The Musical goody bags for all the children!
Join local agronomist Jonathon Harrington and vet Barney Sampson as they explore farms in the local area. Expedition parties meet at 9am at the box office on the day of their excursion, to return at around 1pm. On the day please wear suitable footwear and waterproof clothing in case of inclement weather.
Penny Chantler’s farm sits high on the side of the Black Mountains and produces New Zealand Romneys. See a demonstration of sheep dogs at work and sheep shearing, and handle newly-born lambs. Lamb rolls made from farm produce will be served at the end of a short farm walk.
Join the Wye & Usk Foundation trip around the Wye and its tributaries near Hay to see the rare and unusual creatures that live in the river, and to see what progress is being made to restore the run of salmon.
For all outdoors events and walks we recommend walking boots and warm and waterproof clothing. Please bring packed lunches.
The linguistics Prof mines the work of the novelist - one of the greatest ever writers of dialect, dialogue and description, and an inventive master of vocabulary and language.
The first sexual revolution in Western Europe was a central part of the Enlightenment, intertwined with the era’s major social, political and intellectual trends. It helped create a new model of Western civilization, whose principles of privacy, equality and freedom of the individual remain distinctive to this day.
A funny and touching novel about what happens when someone stops being the person everyone wants them to be. Britain’s funniest writer eviscerates modern family life.
Mayhem in the Marches - Ambushes, Battles and Sieges of the Civil War
Event 361 • •
Venue: Big Tent
The historian recounts the C17 conflicts in Herefordshire and the Marches: Hopton Castle massacre, the destruction of Brampton Bryan, the battle at Stokesay, the siege of Cwm Hir Abbey, and Lingen’s Last Stand for King Charles in Radnorshire after the battle of Preston in 1648.
Translators Gwyn and Hahn produce English versions of the same 1,000-word short story – Madre Atrás - originally written in Spanish by the Alfaguara prize-winning Argentinian novelist and Bogota 39 star Andrés Neuman. The author and his translators discuss the nuances, divergences and creativity of their translations. See also events 207 and 271.
FREE BUT TICKETED
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In partnership with the British Centre for Literary Translation
Four short testimonies followed by a wide-ranging discussion on the big changes happening already in communities and identifying those areas where change needs to be speeded up.
The film of the book by Michael Morpurgo. Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on. Directed by Steven Spielberg, screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, produced by Revel Guest.
Two brothers go head to head in a battle of the books - Gladiator: Streetfighter and Time Riders: Gates of Rome. They’ll put your Roman knowledge to the ultimate test.
