The City Adventurers were lucky enough to get tickets for the Global Premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. This was brought to London’s Barbican Theatre by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hisaishi. The story begins with Satsuki and her little sister Mei moving to a rural retreat. Their father has moved the family … More My Neighbour Totoro
The City Adventurers stepped through the wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia recently….. We watched as Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter waved goodbye to wartime Britain and said hello to a talking Faun, an unforgettable Lion and the coldest, cruellest White Witch. A magical production, although there were a number of tearful little ones … More The Lion the witch and the wardrobe
The City Adventurers finally got to see MATILDA THE MUSICAL. The show is winner of 99 international awards, including 24 for Best Musical. It tells the story of an extraordinary girl who dares to change her own destiny. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, it contains a host of songs by Tim Minchin. MATILDA THE … More Matilda – the musical
Edinburgh (2004) Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, designated in 2004. It is the birthplace and home to world-famous writers, poets and playwrights including Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Walter Scott (Waverley), and JK Rowling (Harry Potter). It has its own Poet Laureate, the Edinburgh Makar. Publishing Scotland, the national body for … More UK Cities of Literature – part three
On our recent trip to Nottingham, the City adventurers paid a visit to one of the largest galleries of contemporary art in the UK. The Nottingham Contemporary is free to enter. It is housed near the city centre, in an iconic building, designed by architects Caruso St John. It hosts regular, changing exhibitions of international art, plus a … More Nottingham Contemporary
Nottingham is a UK City of Literature and boasts a rich history of literary figures. (See our previous blogs on Lord Byron, and D.H. Lawrence ) Now it was time to hit the city centre. Keen to discover more about the Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature the City Adventurers set off to follow one of their suggested routes in … More UK Cities of Literature – part two
Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. It is joined by Nottingham and Manchester. … More UK Cities of Literature
This July the City Adventurers flew into town to see Jack Absolute Flies Again … More Jack Absolute Flies Again
The City Adventurers were recently invited to visit the Ambassador Cruise Line’s new ship Ambience. So we headed to London Tilbury port. This new cruise line is aimed at over 50s British cruisers who love no-fly cruises. … More Ambience at sea
The City Adventurers attended a Brewery Tour at the Camden Town Brewery. … More Camden Town Brewery Tours