A personal account of one of this year’s Reading-on-Thames Festival events by Megan Siarey, festival marketing intern. Reading’s Concert Hall was once again taken over by the soaring melodies of music, this time from the London Mozart Players. This event was kindly sponsored by the High Sheriff of Berkshire, Graham Barker. As Graham said in … Read More
Month: September 2018
Local Heroes announced!
The Local Heroes commission is to document in portrait people who have done something amazing for our town. The selected nominees represent the broad spectrum of Reading’s cultural, social and community life. Reviewing the nominations were Larry Watson from the Rising Sun Arts Centre, Mary Genis from CultureMix, and Steph Weller, Reading on Thames Festival … Read More
SINGERS, MOVERS, AND MARCHING BAND PLAYERS WANTED!
Internationally renowned showmakers Cirque Bijou have created a new event for the Reading-on-Thames festival – and you can be part of it! Event: Reading-on-Thames Festival, A Circus Soiree Location: Caversham Court Gardens, Church Rd, Reading RG4 7AD Arrival: 3pm (singers; dancers); 4pm (marching band players) Event times: 18:30-21:00 Rehearsal on the day: There will be a run through for … Read More
The Midnight Run Artist Announcement
The Midnight Run (MNR) lands in Reading on Saturday, to take you on a walking, arts-filled, night-time cultural journey through the town’s hidden and urban spaces. Bringing together strangers and local artists, MNR will see you explore, play and create, whilst Reading sleeps. The MNR aims to break down social barriers and provide a platform … Read More
GRRRL – In Place of War, Thursday 6th September 2018
An personal account of one of this year’s Reading-on-Thames Festival events by Megan Siarey, festival marketing intern. Reading-on-Thames Festival 2018 began the rainy evening of Thursday 6th September 2018 at Reading’s historic Concert Hall. The opening event GRRRL artists were from all corners of the world and came together under the charity In Place of … Read More
Theodore Zeldin’s Feast of Strangers, Friday 7th September 2018
A personal account of one of this year’s Reading-on-Thames Festival events by Megan Siarey, festival marketing intern and volunteer at the event. Feast of Strangers with Theodore Zeldin, a renowned Oxford University philosopher, historian and author, was an event that had a massive impact on me and was one of the highlights of this year’s … Read More