Theatre-lovers in Oxford are blessed with a wealth of outdoor shows at this time of year. None, however, will be as sweet, charming and such rollicking good fun as Creation Theatre’s al fresco production of “Swallows and Amazons” – which is making a splash in the University Parks, writes Tim Hughes. Arthur Ransome’s engaging story of jolly japes in […]
The new production of “Swallows and Amazons” at the Storyhouse theatre in Chester has been receiving positive reviews by the critics. Writing in the Reviews Hub, Jo Beggs says that the new adapation by Bryony Lavery “retains all of the charm of the Ransome’s original story” with no great attempt to update it, and so “perfectly reflects […]
If you are a Swallows and Amazons fan then there are a number of events and activities across the UK this month to go to or participate in. This Saturday (9th June) you can visit Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone Marina, near Ipswich in Suffolk, as part of their Marina Day – […]
Swallows and Amazons fans can now get specially discounted tickets for this summer’s theatre productions of “Swallows and Amazons” in Chester, thanks to Storyhouse. A new version of the stage play by Bryony Lavery will have just ten performances at the Storyhouse Theatre between 1st and 30th June, before transferring to the Grosvenor Park Open […]
A new stage version of “Swallows and Amazons” will be performed this summer in Chester, at both the Storyhouse and Grosvenor Open Air Theatres, reports Broadway World. Written by award-winning playwright Bryony Lavery, and directed by Katie Posner, “Swallows and Amazons” is Arthur Ransome’s 1930’s story of adventure and childhood. Alex Clifton, artistic director of Storyhouse, […]
You can grab a chance to see Helen Edmundson’s theatrical adapation of “Swallows and Amazons” in Norwich from mid-August. The Norwich Players are putting on a production of “Swallows and Amazons” at Norwich’s Maddermarket Theatre from 18th August to 2nd September, with a “Swallows and Amazons”-themed Open Day in advance on 5th August. Arthur Ransome’s […]
Take the works of Arthur Ransome for inspiration, add over 200 children from eight local schools, a poet, a composer and the City of London Sinfonia and you have the “Shanties on the Shore” creative project – the results of which can be seen and heard in two concerts on Thursday 22nd June at Woolverstone […]
It is autumn 1919. Moscow is surrounded by counter-revolutionaries. Arthur Ransome is known to be a Bolshevik sympathiser. He’s fallen in love with Trotsky’s secretary. They both know they’ll be lynched or shot if Moscow falls. Somehow they must escape. On Ransome’s desk is a stone from Peel Island on Coniston Water. Is it a […]
Peter Willis reviews Eastern Angles’ new production of the stage version of the Ransome classic. You enter via a proper checkpoint, then drive for ages across a seemingly disused, but actually repurposed airfield (a film studio here, an onion grading depot there) until you come to a huge hangar-like building. This is the Hush House, […]
The cast of Eastern Angles’ production of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took a few hours out of rehearsals on Thursday to literally learn the ropes. They visited the Nancy Blackett – Arthur Ransome’s own boat and the original of the Goblin in the book (and play) – at Woolverstone Marina to find […]
The popular theatrical adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” returns to the stage this summer. The critically acclaimed play is produced by the Ipswich-based touring theatre company Eastern Angles, and first premiered in Ipswich in July 2008. Adapted by Nick Wood, it translates well to the stage and brings out the underlying humour of Ransome’s […]
Apart from the events in the United Kingdom to mark the 130th Anniversary of Arthur Ransome's birth on Saturday, other parts of the world have not been left out. In Melbourne, Australia, members of the Arthur Ransome Society will be celebrating Arthur Ransome's birthday after their AGM, while New Zealand members marked the occasion in […]
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