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Now in its third year, Curious is a festival encompassing arts, music and literature set in the beautiful grounds of Pylewell Park.
Wonderful curious happenings include:
Wonderful curious happenings include:
A Jabberwocky Hunt led by a pop up theatre group, for children aged 3 and up
Poetry trail though the 27 acres of beautiful gardens and grounds at Pylewell Park
Insect Walks with Pestival founder and insectophile Bridget Nicholls
Night-time bat walks
Mind reading
Breathing lessons
Life drawing
Faber Academy poetry workshops
A series of events by Niddfest family friendly festival, which celebrates literature and nature in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales every August
Learn how to be lazy with The Lazy Guru Laurence Shorter; consultant, coach, comedian and author of The Mindful Art of Achieving More by Doing Less
Puppet theatre workshop
Shakespeare Not Stirred cocktail making with Fever Tree tonics and Scribe
Snail racing
Garden tour with landscape architect Wade Graham
News and Views Breakfast Club with journalists and broadcasters Kirsty Lang, Misha Glenny, Simon Nixon and Rowan Pelling
Tree walks
Opera
Cricket
Bedtime Stories with Paul Blezard at 7pm each evening in the Children’s Tent
Theatrical bars and foodie fare
Headliners
Music
- Ben Waters
- Skinny Lister
- Matt Maltese
- Orlando Seale And The Swell
- Jake Isaac
- The Bee's Knees
- Gus Robertson (Razorlight)
- The Great Brain Robbery
- Communion Music
- HMS Sweet Charity
Comedy
Literature
- Jennifer Bell
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Michel Faber
- Deborah Moggach
- Jon Lys Turner
- Stephanie Merritt
- DBC Pierre
- Renée Knight
- Harry Parker
- Stephen Moss
- Simon Toyne
- Polly Stenham
- Meg Rosoff
- John Sampson
- Ben Wilson
- Andrew Miller
- Jill Dawson
- Gerad Kite
- Kit Peel
- Andrea Wulf
- Laurence Shorter
- Joanna Cannon
- Louisa Young
- Stephen Kelman
- Max Porter
- Dan Richards
- Clare Conville
- Kirsty Lang
- Piers Torday
- Misha Glenny
- SJ Watson
- Rowan Pelling
- Wade Graham
- Paul Blezard
Lucy Rose
Having raised herself on music with her family home’s piano and a guitar she bought from a shop on the way to school, Lucy Rose began writing songs of…
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Billy Bragg
Described by The Times as a 'National Treasure', Billy Bragg's brand of socially and politically aware punk-folk has made a remarkable dent in the…
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Ben Waters
Young boogie woogie maestro playing jump blues, boogie and rock 'n' roll. This is hard hitting music at its best. Combining the music of his heroes…
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Skinny Lister
Skinny Lister come from the same stable as Emmy The Great, RDA and Slow Club, sounding like The Pogues' rum fuelled English cousin. From day one…
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Matt Maltese
Matt Maltese is a young acoustic singer-songwriter from Reading, now based in South London. Musically, Matt takes cues from a range of influences from…
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