Cathedral choir
There’s an odd story on the BBC website about a problem faced by Salisbury Cathedral choir. I’ve seen two or three pieces over the last few years about how children are reaching puberty at an earlier age than they used to. As far as I can tell, nobody really knows why this is, and to be honest I’m not sure whether there is any real data on this.
Anyhow, the phenomena is clearly posing a problem for the Cathedral choir, because the choristers’ voices are breaking at an earlier age. Mr Halls the Cathedral’s director of music says: “If you’ve lost three out of four of your senior boys – they’re your most senior singers as well as the most experienced, you have to be a little bit careful perhaps with the music that you put in front of the remaining boys.”
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The Picture at Salisbury Playhouse
There are largely very positive reviews of Salisbury Playhouse’s new production ‘The Picture’ from:
- The Stage – ‘some of the bawdy humour is very funny’
- Whatsonstage.com – ‘Wilson is the bearer of good news: don’t shoot the Massinger!’
- The Guardian concludes a four star review with ‘this adventurous production leaves you hungry for more of Massinger’s jiggumbobs.’
- The Telegraph also has a four star review, saying ‘a notably ambitious production for a regional theatre that deserves high praise’
Tickets for ‘The Picture’ are available from the Salisbury Playhouse website.
The Haunch in the Telegraph
The Haunch of Venison featured in a Daily Telegraph website review1 under the tagline ‘At the The Haunch of Venison, Salisbury, you don’t just glimpse history, you live it.’
I often take visitors into the Haunch of Venison – it’s on my list of stuff to see in Salisbury just after the Cathedral and the Doom painting in St Thomas’ church.
Drowning the Water Meadows
There are details of the controlled ‘drowning’ of parts of Harnham Water Meadows on the Salisbury U3As’ website. This ‘drowning’ apparently ‘brings forward the ‘early bite’ of grass for livestock’.
The Barber of….Salisbury
The opera ‘The Barber of Seville’ has been re-located to Salisbury in a ‘pub opera’ production at theTHE King’s Head Theatre in London. I don’t know why they picked Salisbury
Salisbury Vision – more shops
Salisbury Vision has appointed a company called DTZ and Wragge & Co as consultants on the redevelopment of the Maltings and the Central Car Park. The Salisbury Vision press release says that the site:
has been earmarked to deliver the missing components of the city’s retail offer in a way that complements the existing retail and city centre activities. Its redevelopment will see up to 350,000 sq ft of new retail space
Bonfire Night, Salisbury 1887
There’s an account of Salisbury’s celebrations of Bonfire night of 1887 on The Victorianist blog. The procession ‘comprised two bands, three cars, over a hundred torchbearers, and 40 bearers of Chinese lanterns.’
Michelle Cook
Michelle Cook is exhibiting at Salisbury Arts Centre. There are details on Michelle’s website.
Footnotes
- I’d assume it was in the newspaper too – I don’t know [↩]
