Events

Ford & Etal Estates is hosting two open-air opera performances this summer in the spectacular setting of Ford Castle courtyard. Tonight Opera Brava, Britain’s leading outdoor touring opera company, will present The Barber of Seville.   Written in three weeks, Rossini’s masterpiece is one of the wittiest and most immediately appealing comic operas in the…

Ford & Etal Estates is hosting two open-air opera performances this summer in the spectacular setting of Ford Castle courtyard. Tonight Opera Brava, Britain’s leading outdoor touring opera company, will present the Marriage of Figaro, probably the most perfect and popular opera.   In this joyful farce we witness the foibles and intrigues used to…

The Northumberland Theatre Company are performing The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, in Etal Village Hall, at 7.30pm on Thursday 2nd September. The play tells the story of two young bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win…

The famous SCARYCROW TRAIL has been running for over 10 years and causes great excitement amongst visitors and locals. Follow the trail of weird and wonderful ‘Scarycrows’ around the villages, awarding them scores as you go. Pick up a score sheet from one of the village shops, the railway or the Visitor Centre. Hand in…