Heritage Festival Programme 2015

one big weekend 300 re-enactors • 3,500 years of history spectacular battle displays

in association with perkins 20- 21 june 2015 10am -5pm Set in the heart of the historic city centre and the stunning surroundings of the Cathedral precincts.

city centre

jousting first time for the

in 500 years

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peterborough heritage festival 2015 in association with perkins

Big Weekend 20- 21 june 2015 10am -5pm daily

Cathedral Precincts • Cathedral Square • St John’s Square

Plenty of

FR EE Family Fun

step through a gateway to the past

The Peterborough Heritage Festival is a unique chance to experience 3,500 years of history in the UK’s only city centre multi-period living history festival. Held in the historic heart of Peterborough and the Cathedral precincts, this is the city centre’s popular event, attracting over 30,000 people last year.

• The Heritage Festival features over 300 costumed re-enactors, from Bronze Age warriors to World War II airmen.

• Over 30 local history & community groups with displays celebrating our local heritage.

• Speciality shopping including a period market, craft fair and Food Fayre.

For information vivacity-peterborough.com/heritage-festival

weekend highlight

the joust of st peter This year’s festival will see a first for the city, a twice daily joust, where visitors can see knights tilt at each other on a specially laid surface, experiencing the excitement of a medieval tournament!

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Cathedral visitors will be able to hear the noise of horses’ hooves, the clash of lances and see the spectacle of knights jousting for the first time in an English town centre since 1467.

• Relax with the family in our Children’s Zone - an activity area for the kids with jesters, storytellers, games and activities on St John’s Square.

• On Cathedral Square there will be fun family activities too in our hands-on marquee, as well as the chance to find out the story of local company Perkins Engines and share your memories of it being in the city.

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fringe events 2015

The Peterborough Heritage Festival provides many events around the city that explore different aspects of our city’s story, this year’s theme being ‘Stories’ associated with the area, both fact and fiction.

KEYNOTE LECTURE: An evening with Historian and Broadcaster Dr David Starkey “Magna Carta and us” Sat 20 June, at 7.30pm | Peterborough Cathedral Tickets: Adults £13, Children/Concessions £10 (Includes intermission drink) The Heritage Festival is delighted to welcome back David Starkey, after his sell-out talk in 2011, this time to speak about the importance of Magna Carta in its 800th anniversary year.

Dr Starkey will be talking about the 13th century agreement, which limited for the first time the power of the monarch by stating the basic rights, privileges and liberties of leading citizens and clergy.

He will then show how later monarchs such as Henry VIII made fundamental changes which have shaped our country ever since and discuss the resulting weaknesses in our current constitution, in a talk designed to amaze, entertain and challenge his audience.

Dr David Starkey is the UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for his forthright views. He is a Cambridge educated grammar school boy who became a respected LSE lecturer, a uniquely abrasive debater on Radio 4’s Moral Maze and the creator and presenter of many very popular historical TV series including Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, The Monarchy, The Churchills and Music and Monarchy.

The talk will be followed by a book signing in association with Waterstones.

For tickets, call the Key Theatre Box Office on (01733) 207239 or book online at www.vivacity-peterborough.com

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Wednesdays at One: Faith in History 3, 10, 17 & June, at 1pm Peterborough Cathedral Admission FREE A series of talks offering ideas on how faith illuminates and copes with the everyday mess of history: 3 June Making sense of history in faith

Prof. Paul Ballard from Cardiff University 10 June Looking at the past in faith

Dr Paul Cavill from Nottingham University 17 June Discerning signs of the times

Dr Zoe Bennett from Cambridge

Theological Federation

The Sixteen Choral Pilgrimage: Flight of Angels The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers Fri 12 June, at 6.30pm pre-concert talk, 7pm concert Peterborough Cathedral Tickets: £10/£15/£20 Travel back to 16th century Seville and the Spanish ‘golden age’ for this performance of music by Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo. Don’t miss the pre-concert talk to find out more.

To book, call Sixteen Box Office on (01904) 651485, via www.ncem.co.uk, or Peterborough Visitor Information Centre on (01733) 452336

24 June Where does it all lead?

Rev Canon Jonathan Baker from

Peterborough Cathedral

An Audience with Mary, Queen of Scots Fri 12 June, at 6pm Burghley House Tickets: £16, (Including a glass of wine) A performance in the grandeur of Burghley House by Lesley Smith, playing Mary, Queen of Scots. Learn about Mary’s imprisonment and execution at Fotheringhay, the role of William Cecil and life during Tudor times. Complimentary refreshments from 6pm, with the lecture beginning at 6.30pm.

To book, call (01780) 752451 or visit www.burghley.co.uk

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Historic Peterborough Guided Walk Sat 13 June, at 2pm Meet outside Peterborough Museum Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £3 Find out more about the fascinating and often undiscovered history of Peterborough, from the foundation of the Saxon abbey to the modern city in an entertaining guided walk.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or email museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

Lines in the Landscape Sat 13 June, at 2pm City Galley, Peterborough Museum Admission FREE An afternoon of poetry reflecting Nisha Keshav’s photographic exhibition at the City Gallery. Peter Irving, the current Poet Laureate of Peterborough, will be reading poetry reflecting the Fens, whilst Keely Mills, Poet Laureate in 2009, will be performing selected extracts from her collections.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or email arts@vivacity-peterborough.com

Death in the Garden: Poisonous plants, Magic, Myths, Passion and Murder Sat 13 June, at 2pm Prebendal Manor Tickets: £10 Over the centuries poisonous plants have been used to kill, as aphrodisiacs, for pest control or the means to foretell the future.

During this fascinating talk, learn about these mysterious plants, but be warned, many may be in your garden!

To book, call (01780) 282575

For information vivacity-peterborough.com/heritage-festival

“Time Team and Archaeology: past and present” An evening with Time Team’s Phil Harding and Francis Pryor

Historic Thorney Guided Walk

Sat 13 June, at 7.30pm John Clare Theatre, Peterborough Central Library

Join us for a guided walk through historic Thorney, starting at its medieval abbey church, before heading through the village and finishing at Thorney Heritage Museum.

This is a free tour, but donations would be welcomed.

Tickets: Adults £10, Concessions £8 A fascinating and fun evening with two of TV’s Time Team! Hear secrets from behind the scenes, as well as Phil and Francis’ thoughts on how they see archaeology developing. Event organised with the Francis and Maisie Pryor Charitable Trust, www.francisandmaisiepryorct.org.uk.

Sun 14 June, at 2pm Meet at Thorney Abbey Admission FREE

To book, call (01733) 270908

Unlock the Box exhibition

Tues 16 - Thurs 25 June To book, call the Key Theatre Box Office on (during normal opening hours) (01733) 207239 or book online at Peterborough Cathedral www.vivacity-peterborough.com Admission FREE Unlock the Box is an exhibition celebrating many cultures within Peterborough, organised by City College to enable volunteers to come together and create boxes about their communities to share with fellow citizens. The boxes provide a window into six cultures, the Pakistani, Kurdish, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Slovakian communities.

Find out more at www.unlockthebox.co.uk

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‘The Royal Armouries – Peterborough Ghost Walk Past, Present and Future’ Heritage Festival Special A talk by Dr Edward Impey, Tues 16 June, at 7.30pm Meet outside Peterborough Museum Master of the Royal Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £3 Armouries Mon 15 June, at 7pm Peterborough Central Museum Tickets: Adults £3, Concessions £2 In the week leading to our joust, find out about the origins of the Royal Armouries, the oldest and best collection of arms and armour in the world! Hear fascinating facts about highlights of the collection from the Museum’s director and its plans for the future.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

Peterborough Crime and Punishment Walk – Heritage Festival Special Thurs 18 June, at 7.30pm Meet outside Peterborough Museum Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £3 A guided walk around the city’s sinister and gruesome history! Tour the city centre with our Victorian policeman and prisoner, to get their views on our past criminals and the law enforcers!

Join us for Peterborough’s most popular guided walk. Explore the city’s ghostly sites with our costumed guide, including one or two places not normally visited on the tour.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

An Audience with Lindsey Davis Fri 19 June, at 7pm John Clare Theatre, Peterborough Central Library Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £4 An evening with bestselling historical novelist Lindsey Davis, author of the popular Falco series and a new series featuring Flavia Alba. Lindsey will be talking about her books and the research behind them, including her latest book Deadly Election.

For tickets, please book at any Peterborough library, Peterborough Museum or Waterstones Bridge Street.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

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Learning from the past and improving the future for ex-service personnel: A Talk by Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes, Anglia Ruskin University Wed 24 June, at 7pm Peterborough Museum Admission FREE Throughout the long history of warfare there have always been psychological consequences. This fascinating talk will look at research by the Veterans and Families Institute at Anglia Ruskin University into the legacy of recent conflicts for veterans and their families.

To book, call (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacitypeterborough.com

Peterborough Pub Quiz Thurs 25 June, at 7pm Brewery Tap, Westgate Admission FREE Can you tell your Baker Perkins from your Perkins Engines? Do you know which bus route goes from Werrington to Orton?

Then this could be the quiz for you‌ Come to the Brewery Tap to test your knowledge of Peterborough in a special pub quiz.

Teams must be 3 to 6 people and there are prizes to be won!

To enter a team call (01733) 864663 or email museum@vivacity- peterborough.com

Teachers CPD event: BIG FISH! Thurs 25 June, at 4pm Peterborough Museum Admission FREE FACT: the largest fish ever known lived in Jurassic Peterborough! Discover more about this leviathan at an event in partnership with the Natural History Museum aimed at teachers, providing ideas to take back to the classroom. This session supports the new Science and English NC KS1-3.

Find out more email Rachel.walmsley@ vivacity-peterborough.com

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Peterborough Armed Forces Day

Open-Air Theatre…

The Three Musketeers

Sat 27 June, 10am-5pm Cathedral Square

Sat 27 June, at 7pm Doors open at 6pm - picnics welcome Flag Fen Archaeology Park

Admission FREE In the heart of Peterborough city centre, come and celebrate all that Britain’s Armed Forces do - stalls to displays, military bands, cadets to veterans, local communities and a tea party too!

A fun-filled day for all the family, for more details and information visit www.peterborough.gov.uk

Forest for Peterborough: Woodland Heritage Conservation & Craft Day

Tickets: Adults £12, Concessions £8 Join D’Artagnan as he is plunged into an adventure across France in a whirlwind of excitement, comedy, romance and dazzling swordplay in an open-air production from Illyria. Please bring your own seating/rug if required. Refreshments will be for sale.

To book, call the Key Theatre Box Office on (01733) 207239 or book online at www.vivacity-peterborough.com

Sat 27 June, 10am-4pm Grimeshaw Wood, Essendyke Road, Bretton, Peterborough PE3 8JD Admission FREE Learn traditional skills associated with our ancient woodlands in Bretton, including woodland management, wildlife surveying, traditional woodcraft and carving, plus bush craft. Please wear suitable clothing. This event is run by Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT).

For more information, call (01733) 568408 or visit www.pect.org.uk

For information vivacity-peterborough.com/heritage-festival

Historic Peterborough Guided Walk Sat 27 June, at 2pm Meet outside Peterborough Museum Tickets: Adults £5, Concessions £3 Find out more about the fascinating and often undiscovered history of Peterborough, from the foundation of the Saxon abbey to the modern city in an entertaining guided walk.

To book, (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

Peterborough Book of Days Guided Walk Sun 28 June, at 2pm Meet outside Peterborough Museum Admission FREE The Peterborough Book of Days contains around 80,000 words and tells some 400 stories from our city’s past. Join the author on a stroll around the city centre to expand on some of the stories in the book and tell of others that didn’t quite make it to the written word. You’ll look at our city in a different way after the walk!

Help to support this year’s Heritage Festival!

This year marks the seventh Peterborough Heritage Festival and this year’s historical extravaganza will be the biggest and boldest yet! We have something extraordinary lined up for the thousands of visitors that attend the event, which will not only be a first for Peterborough, but will be something that has not happened in England for several centuries.

How you can help With no public funding, we are looking for a minimum of £7,500 to ensure that this year’s Heritage Festival is not only the biggest and best so far, but also becomes fully sustainable in its own right.

So please help, go to our JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/Heritage-Appeals.

Don’t forget to check out some of the VIP experience we can offer you in return for a donation, and we’ll see you at the tournament!

To book, call (01733) 864663 or e-mail museum@vivacity-peterborough.com

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This year’s festival has only been possible thanks to the generous support of Perkins Engines Limited.

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Acknowledgments Vivacity would like to thank all supporters, attractions, organisations and individuals that contribute to the success of the Heritage Festival.

Vivacity Culture & Leisure is a registered charitable trust, charity no. 1138230.

With thanks to photographer John Moore All information correct at the time of going to press.

We reserve the right to change programmes as necessary.

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