Stamford Georgian Festival 2019 by Arts Centres

26-29 September 2019

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Welcome to Stamford Georgian Festival 2019 South Kesteven District Council is proud to present its fourth Stamford Georgian Festival – an exciting, colourful and fascinating festival encompassing performance, events and spectacle.

This year we are celebrating the ‘Age of Wonder and Invention’ bringing to life Georgian England’s remarkable period of discovery and innovation. The 2019 festival programme is inspired by some truly captivating stories of Stamford’s past, including one particular pioneering flight from the celebrated English balloonist Mr Green from Stamford gas works in 1825 and a visit from the period’s greatest tragedienne, Sarah Siddons, with her appearance at Stamford Theatre in 1779. This year’s festival will also celebrate the massive legacy of Georgian arts and architecture, exploring the role the town and its residents played in shaping local history. Entertainment on the town’s picturesque Meadows will combine with fascinating talks and events in venues across town and at the Arts Centre. Street markets, re-enactors, a costumed ball and for the first time a costumed Sunday ‘Promenade’ promise a festival to remember. There’s also a free Saturday evening event where you’ll find crowds filling the streets for a town centre spectacular featuring community

participation and street performers creating a wonderful outdoor arts experience for all the family to enjoy.

We are particularly delighted to welcome Audi Peterborough as our main festival sponsor. We thank them and all our partner venues and contributors for their enthusiastic support and involvement. Our last Georgian Festival in 2017 attracted over 56,000 visitors to Stamford to enjoy the delights of a varied and engaging four days of arts and heritage events. Stamford’s Georgian Festival is a key part of South Kesteven's cultural offer and a vital part of making the district a great place to live, work and visit. It will, once again, highlight the importance of Stamford as England’s ‘finest stone town’. We look forward to welcoming both residents and visitors, inviting them to share in the town’s wonderful history, hospitality and creativity.

Don’t miss it!

Book tickets in person at Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Mary’s Street, Stamford PE9 2DL telephone 01780 763203 or online at www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk

Thursday 26 September

Burghley House Organ Recital

Thursday, 26 September 4.30pm Burghley House Chapel - Entrance via Old Ticket Desk, House Entrance £8 Fergus Black, plays music from the library at Burghley House, by Handel and his contemporaries, on the unique instrument in the chapel dating from 1790. Aside from his regular organ concerts at Stamford All Saints, where he is the Director of Music and Organist, Fergus recently gave a recital at Burghley House for The Incorporated Association of Organists Annual Festival. www.fergusblack.com

Georgian Art

Andrew Graham-Dixon Thursday 26 September 7.30pm Oswald Elliot Hall - Stamford School Hall £18 (£17) From Hogarth to JMW Turner art critic, journalist and TV presenter, Andrew Graham-Dixon will give us a grand tour of British Art through the Georgian era. Andrew has presented numerous landmark series on art for the BBC, including the acclaimed ‘A History of British Art’, ‘Renaissance’, and ‘Art of Eternity’ and is the Art Critic for the Sunday Telegraph.

Eboracum Baroque

Thursday 26 September 7.30pm St Martin’s Church £15 (£13) £8 under 26s A delightful programme from across the Georgian period including works from Handel and some of his contemporaries. George Frederick Handel was a favourite of the Georgian Kings in England, Eboracum will perform some of Handel's most famous works including the Water music written in 1717 in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River Thames. As well as instrumental music, Handel brought many celebrity singers to England to perform his large scale operas and oratorios. Eboracum Baroque will perform selections of his virtuosic arias from works including Messiah, Samson and Acis and Galatea. This is also an opportunity to hear lesser known works by composers including Boyce, Arne and Sammartini. Eboracum Baroque are a group of young professional musicians who specialise in the performance of Baroque music and play on period instruments from the time. Georgian Festival 2019 www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk

Friday 27 September

Around The Globe with Captain Cook and Joseph Banks – Exhibition

Type & Forme Antiquarian Booksellers Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September 10am to 3pm Browne’s Hospital FREE One of the greatest scientific journeys ever undertaken, Captain James Cook’s first voyage brought home to his Georgian contemporaries the wonders of new worlds. This selling exhibition is centred on the beautiful engravings of previously unknown plants collected by Sir Joseph Banks during this voyage, together with other Georgian travellers’ works recording journeys to countries both known and unknown.

Cheese and Port Tastings

Georgian Costume Exhibition

Historic Stitchcraft Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September 10am to 3pm EE Browne’s Hospital FR A selection of beautiful costumes of the Georgian era, including Robes-ala-Francaise (sacque-back), RobesAnglais, Caraco and day dresses.

Tours of the Town Hall

Friday 27 September 10am to 4pm Stamford Town Hall FREE Every hour on the hour. See ancient regalia, the Malcolm Sargent Room and old jail cells. Book direct with the Town Hall on 01780 753808 or email townhall@stamfordtowncouncil.gov.uk Also: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 10am – 4pm

Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September Stamford Cheese Cellar More information at www.stamfordcheese.com 04

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Tours of Browne’s Hospital

Friday 27, Saturday 28 September 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm £5 A fascinating guided tour of this heritage jewel in Stamford’s crown. Featured as “Middlemarch Hospital” in the film adaptation of George Eliot’s novel the Hospital is now home to 12 residents. The main rooms to see are the Common Room, the Chapel, the Staircase, the Audit room and the Confrator's room. The Hospital was founded by William Browne, a rich wool merchant of Stamford, and built in 1475 in the reign of Edward IV.

Stamford in the Georgian Transport Era

Stamford Civic Society Exhibition Friday 27, Saturday 28, Sunday 29 September 10am to 3pm FREE Stamford Arts Centre A fascinating look at Stamford’s history through the developments and innovations in transport.

Friday 27 September

Mrs Biggs: A Most Remarkable Georgian Heroine

Friday 27 September 12 noon Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £6 Fact is often stranger than fiction and nowhere more so than in the incredible life of the Georgian Heroine, Rachel Charlotte Williams Biggs. Abducted, raped, held captive, only to reinvent herself as an author, a 'female politician' and spy working for the Government and later single-handedly instigated George III’s jubilee. Who was this amazing lady?

Georgian Costume Workshop

Friday 27 September 1pm to 3pm Stamford Library FREE Join period costumier Lindsey Holmes to make a festival token to wear over the weekend or bring your own projects to finish or ask advice on.

Fallen Favourites? Sarah Marlborough, Abigail Masham and the Georgians

Dr Nigel Aston – University of Leicester Friday 27 September 2pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £6 Many will have seen the Oscar winning film ‘The Favourite’, but what happened next? Both women long outlived Queen Anne's death in 1714 and had chequered and fascinating lives in the new era. Find out more by coming along.

Stamford Walking Tour

Friday 27 September 2.30pm Walks start from Stamford Arts Centre £5.50 Discover why Stamford is recognised as one of the finest stone towns in Britain with Jill Collinge, the Stamford Town Blue Badge Guide. Also: Saturday 28, 11.30am & 2.30pm Sunday 29, 11.30am

GRE A SCH T FOR OOL S A FAM ND ILIES

The Georgian Sense-O-Matic Show

The Georgian Sense-O-Matic Show Same Difference Arts Friday 27 September 1pm and 6pm Corn Exchange Theatre Schools’ matinee £6 Family evening show £8 adult £6 child £24 family of four Scientist adventurers Anne and Lottie are travelling far and wide, documenting the world through their senses. They dream of winning a Nobel Prize in ‘Senseology’. Real science and historical tales combine in this fabulous interactive show where audiences can take part in experiments, one for each sense (touch, smell, taste, sound and sight). This Georgian-crossed with steampunk-inspired show looks how technology and science is used to understand the world around us. Engaging, educational and funny! Suitable for 5 + and families 45 minutes (no interval) . Georgian Festival 2019 www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk

Friday 27 September

Not So Gorgeous Georgians!

Friday 27 September 5pm and 6pm Start from Arts Centre £3 per person (under 5’s Free) A fantastic and fun walk with interactive storytelling for families. Hear gruesome tales of flogging, birching and drowning witches, stories of the poor and unwashed children of Stamford and what it was like to be truly gut foundered and mulligrubbered? Also: Saturday 28 September 5pm and 6pm

Dressing for the Ball

Friday 27 September 6pm Stamford Arts Centre, Gallery FREE A chance to step into a regency lady’s boudoir as she prepares for a ball. Admire the latest hair styles and period make up as the lady’s maid takes you through the preparations and the gossip!

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Bawdy Babes Walk

Friday 27 September 8pm, 9pm and 10pm Meet in the Arts Centre, Cellar Bar £12 per person (Over 18s only) Start with a drink in the oldest Gin house and join some of Stamford’s finest whores for tall tales of flash mollishers and brothel owning bawds. Who were the maidens of Maiden Lane? Hear what a visit to the theatre actually meant, and maybe learn a few tricks of the trade! Also: Saturday 28 September 8.30pm, 9.30pm and 10.30pm .

Costume Ball

Friday 27 September 7pm for 8pm start Stamford Arts Centre, Ballroom £42 to include a welcome drink and two course buffet supper Get on your best Georgian garb and try a waltz, reel or a quadrille in the fabulous setting of Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom at this splendidly special event. The Regency Players and caller Clare Park will entertain and lead you through some of the dances of the period.

A Celebration of Jane Austen With Robert Powell and Susan Jameson

Friday 27 September 7.30pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £20 (£19) In celebration of the bicentenary decade of Jane Austen’s published works, much loved actors Robert Powell and Susan Jameson take you into Jane Austen’s world… ‘For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn.’ (Pride and Prejudice) This celebration examines the enigmatic figure behind the popular image of bonnets, tea and gentility.

Saturday 28 September

Market on Broad Street

Entertainment on the Meadows

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 10am to 4.30pm Peruse the various goods on sale at our lively street market.

Saturday 28 September Tethered balloon rides from 11.45am – 3.30pm Weather permitting Period traders, fairground, re-enactors food and drink plus free entertainment: FREE

Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 10am to 4.30pm From St George’s Square, Stamford town centre £5 Climb aboard the carriage for a ten minute ride back in time around the centre of Stamford. Carriage carries six people snugly inside with a step up and two more on top. Please note: There are a few steps to access the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride.

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Omnibus Carriage Rides

Mail Coach Rides around Burghley Park

Saturday 28 September 10am to 4.30pm (Advanced bookings advised) From Stable Courtyard, Burghley House £11 A wonderful twenty minute ride around Burghley Park with a special new route over Lion Bridge and up Capability Cutting. Start and finish your journey in the Stable Courtyard at Burghley and enjoy the magnificent park. Then why not enjoy tea in the Orangery Restaurant. Please note – customers should park at Burghley House Car park, Barnack Road. There a few steps up to the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride.

Visitor Information

Don’t forget to pop into the Tourist Information Centre in the Arts Centre where you can get free maps of the town, town trails, souvenirs and much more! www.discoversouthkesteven.com

1.15pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.45pm

Pony rides Punch & Judy show with organ Dance demo – Regency Re-jigged Gunpowder show Children’s drill training with 1815 Regiment Skirmish between 1815 & French re-enactors HMS – boat on the river - press gangs and cooking demo Punch & Judy show with organ Hangman’s show Highwayman’s show Punch & Judy show

Tethered Balloon Rides The tethered 5 minute balloon rides are subject to the weather and require pre-booking for a small £2 donation per person to charity (non-refundable should the weather make the ride unavailable at your given time slot) Georgian Festival 2019 www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk

Saturday 28 September

St George’s Church Open Morning and Tours

Mrs Siddons’ Dressing Room BY HILARY SPIERS

Saturday 28 September 10am to 1pm St George’s Church FREE There will be guided tours of the church at 10am, 11am and 12 noon. The church is mostly medieval but parts were restored in Georgian times and is famous as being the first Chapel of The Order of the Garter (before St George’s Chapel Windsor) and has a ‘Garter window’. Refreshments are available www.stgeorgeschurch.net.

Saturday 28 September 11am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm & 5.30pm Meet at theatre doors outside the Arts Centre £8

PUBLIC NOTICE: Ladies and gentlemen of quality! Indulge in the unique experience of a private and intimate meeting with the legendary MRS SARAH SIDDONS, the greatest tragedienne of the English stage and darling of Drury Lane, on her triumphant return to Stamford. Adored by Mr Samuel Johnson and Miss Jane Austen, immortalised by Mr Thomas Gainsborough, she is a nonpareil. Will you too succumb to The Siddons Fever, crying hysterically or fainting at her portrayal of the great tragic heroines? A once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed. A piece of immersive, promenade theatre commissioned by Stamford Arts Centre Also Sunday 29 September 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm

Tours of Browne’s Hospital

Saturday 28 September 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm £5 A fascinating guided tour of this heritage jewel in Stamford’s crown.

Georgian Makeup

Saturday 28 September 11am to 1pm Stamford Library Applied by theatrical makeup students from New College Stamford. 08

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Georgian Verse with Richard Barter

Saturday 28 September 11am to 1pm FREE Walkers Bookshop Browse the books, listen to some readings and if you are feeling brave, have a go and read a poem yourself or simply sit in the comfy sofas and soak up the atmosphere.

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South Lincolnshire Walking Fest ival Starts Saturda y 28 September – more information at southlincswa lking.com

Saturday 28 September

Stamford Guided Walk

Georgian Crafts/ Make a Parade Lantern Workshop

Saturday 28 September 11am to 3pm Stamford Arts Centre, Ballroom Drop in Come along and create a lantern for the parade at 7pm (see page 11) or just drop in for some themed crafts. Donations gratefully received for cost of materials.

A Mad and Marvellous Mooch Through Georgian Wonders and Inventions

With Stamford Sights and Secrets Tours Saturday 28 September 11am, 1pm and 3pm Meet at Stamford Arts Centre £5.50 (under 5 free) Created with children in mind (bring an adult too), but for anyone who has a sense of humour! Join us for a guided walking tour taking a sideways look at the Georgian Age of Wonder and Invention around Stamford; chocolate, balloons, bovines, toilets and more. Expect prizes and surprises. Also Sunday 29 September 11am and 12.30pm

Meet a Georgian Inventor!

Saturday 28 September 11.30am & 2.30pm Walks start from Stamford Arts Centre £5.50 With Jill Collinge, the Stamford Town Blue Badge Guide. Also Sunday 29 September 11.30am

Saturday 28 September 1pm Old Court Room, Stamford Town Hall £3 See some amazing creations through the eyes of an inventor of the time in this fascinating interactive talk for all the family from Mark Griffin!

Saturday 28 September 12 noon From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard £18 (Advanced bookings only)

Saturday 28 September 1.30pm to 3.10pm and /or 2.30pm to 4.10pm St Mary’s & St Augustine’s Catholic Church Hall, Broad Street £5 Charlie’s Ant Band with Grantham Danserye and Rutland Renaissance dancers present period dance demonstrations and have a go sessions. Come along and dance like Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet! Suitable for all ages and levels of experience. Tea and cake will be on sale.

Special Mail Coach Ride

Very a special experience! The mail coach and horses will drive in a circuit around Burghley Park and through central Stamford for a unique view of the town. Please note – customers should park at Burghley House Car park, Barnack Road. There a few steps up to the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride. 40 minutes approx subject to traffic. Also Sunday 29 September 12 noon .

Photo: Lee Hellwing

Dancing with Darcy and Tea with Mrs Bennet

Georgian Servants in Verse

Saturday 28 September 2pm FREE Stamford Library The servants speak out with the help of period verse and Teresa McLean’s poetry in this delightful event. There may even be an appearance of a maid singing on her day off. Georgian Festival 2019 www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk

Saturday 28 September

Wild Boy – Family Music Workshop

Saturday 28 September 3.30pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £2 per person (20 max) Find out how Lamphouse Theatre created the music for their show and try your hand at some of the songs and tunes! No experience necessary, pre booking essential age 8+.

Greenwood Quire

Saturday 28 September 3pm St Mary’s Church £4 The Greenwood Quire sings and plays choral items, including West Gallery pieces which were popular in the church of the 18th & 19th centuries. The Quire evokes an experience of earlier times, an agricultural community, un-mechanised and largely unchanged for hundreds of years.

Regency Re-jigged at Burghley House

Saturday 28 September 3pm A demonstration of dancing in the Great Hall at Burghley House. Included in house admission price. 10

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Wild Boy

Not So Gorgeous Georgians!

Saturday 28 September 5pm and 6pm Start from Arts Centre £3 per person (under 5’s Free) A fantastic and fun walk with interactive storytelling for families. Hear gruesome tales of flogging, birching and drowning witches. Stories of the poor and unwashed children of Stamford and what it was to be truly gut foundered and mulligrubbered?

Lamphouse Theatre Saturday 28 September 8.30pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £10 (£8) £32 family of four Wild Boy is the incredible, true, moving story of a feral child, found in the woods of Hanover, Germany in 1726. Unable to speak, or stand up straight, the Wild Boy was named Peter and taken to the court of King George I, where he lived as a pet. The King quickly became bored of the child and soon Peter’s story was lost to legend, until a fire broke out in Norwich prison. During the evacuation one of the inmates was recognised as the Wild Boy. This production tells Peter’s story with luscious live music, movement, puppetry and magic, and questions what it means to be human. Suitable for adventurous audiences aged 8 and above. 90 minutes including interval.

Saturday 28 September

The Age of Wonder

a family-friendly free spectacular event

6.30pm Lantern Parade gathers on St Mary’s Street and entertainment on St George’s Square Join us on the streets of Stamford for a spectacular family-friendly event celebrating the Georgians’ fascination with invention, spectacle and wonder. A fantastical tale featuring a lantern parade, live performance, projection mapping, period music and some surprises too!

Approximate Timings 6.30pm Lantern Parade gathers on St Mary’s Street and entertainment on St George’s Square 7pm Lantern Parade ready to depart 7.15pm Lantern Parade begins to arrive on Broad St, Live Music & Entertainment 7.30pm Age of Wonder Performance begins 8pm Performance ends

To find out how your school can get involved in the parade, contact jo.dobbs@investsk.co.uk Stamford is likely to be very busy on this night, so please allow extra time for travel & parking.

Frumenty

Saturday 28 September 8.30pm FREE Stamford Arts Centre, Cellar Bar Relax in the cellar bar after all the excitement of the parade and listen to Frumenty, a 4-piece band playing traditional English, Irish and European songs/music from the era and beyond.

Bawdy Babes Walk

Saturday 28 September 8.30pm, 9.30pm and 10.30pm Meet in the Arts Centre, Cellar Bar £12 (Over 18s only) Start with a drink in the oldest Gin house and join some of Stamford’s finest whores for tall tales of Flash mollishers to bagnio owning bawds. Who were the maidens of Maiden Lane? Hear what a visit to the theatre actually meant, and maybe learn a few tricks of the trade!

Steampunk Cabaret

Saturday 28 September 8pm- 8.15pm start Stamford Corn Exchange £19 from www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk 01780 766455 Doctor Gray and his Orchestra of One will be introducing Lux DeLioux, Ichabod Steam's Dark Side Gothic Adventure, Feline and Strange from Berlin, and The Captain of The Lost Waves. Music, spectacle, thrills, laughs, glamour - this show will delight anyone from 12 to 112. This event is programmed and organised by the Corn Exchange Theatre .

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Sunday 29 September

Entertainment on the Meadows

Period traders, fairground, re-enactors food and drink plus free entertainment: FREE 10am-4pm 10.30am 11.15am

Pony rides Dance demo - Regency Re-jigged Highwayman’s show

12.30pm 1.30pm

Skirmish between 1815 & French re-enactors HMS – boat on the river - press gangs and cooking demo Promenade participants gather on the Meadows

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Highwayman’s show

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Children’s drill training with 1815 Regiment

Promenade sets off

Picnic on the Meadows (weather permitting) Dance accompanied by dancing from Regency Re-jigged. All welcome, bring your own picnic.

Tethered balloon rides from 11.45am – 3.30pm weather permitting. Bookable tickets see page 7 for details.

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Market on Broad Street

Sunday 29 September 10am to 4.30pm Peruse the various goods on sale at our lively street market.

Omnibus Carriage Rides

Sunday 29 September 10am to 4.30pm From St George’s Square, Stamford town centre £5 Climb aboard the carriage for a ten minute ride back in time around the centre of Stamford. Carriage carries six people snugly inside with a step up and two more on top. Please note: There are a few steps to access the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride.

Mail Coach Rides around Burghley Park

Sunday 29 September 10am to 4.30pm (Advanced bookings advised) From Stable Courtyard, Burghley House £11 A wonderful twenty minute ride around Burghley Park. Start and finish your journey in the Stable Courtyard at Burghley and enjoy the magnificent park. Please note – customers should park at Burghley House Car park, Barnack Road. There a few steps up to the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride. Photo: Lee Hellwing

Sunday 29 September

Tours of the Town Hall

Sunday 29 September 10am to 4pm Stamford Town Hall FREE Every hour on the hour. Book direct with the Town Hall on 01780 753808 or email townhall@stamfordtowncouncil.gov.uk

A Mad and Marvellous Mooch Through Georgian Wonders and Inventions

With Stamford Sights and Secrets Tours Sunday 29 September 11am, 12.30pm Meet at Stamford Arts Centre £5.50 (under 5 free) Created with children in mind (bring an adult too), but for anyone who has a sense of humour! Join us for a guided walking tour taking a sideways look at the Georgian Age of Wonders and Inventions around Stamford; chocolate, balloons, bovines, toilets and more. Expect prizes and surprises.

Mrs Siddons’ Dressing Room

by Hilary Spiers Sunday 29 September 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm Meet at theatre doors outside the Arts Centre £8 PUBLIC NOTICE: Ladies and gentlemen of quality! Indulge in the unique experience of a private and intimate meeting with the legendary MRS SARAH SIDDONS, the greatest tragedienne of the English stage and darling of Drury Lane, on her triumphant return to Stamford. A piece of immersive, promenade theatre commissioned by Stamford Arts Centre

Stamford Guided Walk

Sunday 29 September 11.30am Walks start from Stamford Arts Centre £5.50 Discover why Stamford is recognised as one of the finest Georgian stone towns in Britain with Jill Collinge, the Stamford Town Blue Badge Guide.

The Honours of the Table with Adams the Butler

Sunday 29 September 12 noon Old Court Room, Stamford Town Hall £6 ‘Adams’ is the Butler who has been in service for many years in a grand Regency house. He tells tales of life ‘below stairs’, the duties of servants and all that was needed to keep the household in good order. See the ‘Honours of the Table’ and the ceremony associated with the taking of tea. Pop along to the Arts Centre for Afternoon Tea at 3.30pm, pre booking advised!

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Sunday 29 September

Special Mail Coach Ride

Sunday 29 September 12 noon From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard £18 (Advanced bookings only) Very a special experience! The mail coach and horses will drive in a circuit around Burghley Park and through central Stamford for a unique view of the town. Please note – customers should park at Burghley House Car park, Barnack Road. There a few steps up to the carriage, please arrive 10 minutes before your booked ride. 40 minutes approx subject to traffic.

The Re-Discovery of Sir Joseph Banks’ Florilegium

Mark James FLS, Type & Forme Antiquarian Booksellers Sunday 29 September 1pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £6 The plants Cook and Banks discovered during the Endeavour voyage of 1768 to 1771 were immortalised in copper printing plates thanks to Banks’ efforts, but it was only in 1980 that all 743 of these beautiful and important botanical engravings were printed. Mark James’ talk will examine the history of Banks’ Florilegium, and investigate why these remarkable engravings remained forgotten for so long. 14

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Meet a Georgian Inventor!

Sunday 29 September 1pm Stamford Arts Centre, Gallery £3 See some amazing creations through the eyes of an inventor of the time in this fascinating interactive talk for all the family from Mark Griffin!

Costumed Promenade

Sunday 29 September 2pm From the Meadows – FREE around town Put on your best outfit and take a walk around town! Meet from 1.30pm to start at 2pm 3pm Georgian picnic – everyone welcome to join in with your own picnic!

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Afternoon Tea with Music

Sunday 29 September 3.30pm – 4.30pm Stamford Arts Centre, Ballroom £10 Enjoy a wonderful afternoon tea in the Georgian Ballroom at the Arts Centre with a little musical accompaniment.

England’s First Balloonist

Mark Davies, Oxford local historian and author Sunday 29 September 3pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £6 James Sadler, an Oxford pastry cook, defied the constraints of his upbringing to become the unlikely first Englishman to build and fly an air balloon in 1784. Against the vivid backdrop of Georgian England, Mark Davies outlines the life of this astonishing adventurer, engineer, naval chemist, and inventor, exploring the ups and the downs of his amazing career. The talk will also highlight several Lincolnshire associations and allude to Sadler’s familiarity with the first women to fly, including the truly ‘adventurous lady’ who accompanied Charles Green on the first ever ascent from Stamford in 1825.

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Starring Adrian Lukis Sunday 29 September 7pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £18 (£17) Written off as a rake and reviled as a rogue, join George Wickham on the eve of his sixtieth birthday to discover his version of some very famous literary events. From childhood games at Pemberley to a run-in with Lord Byron, via marriage to Lydia and just a little bit of matchmaking for Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, Mr Wickham is ready to set the record straight. This brand new production by Catherine Curzon sees Adrian Lukis return to his celebrated role as George Wickham, Jane Austen's most quintessential trouble-maker. A fabulous finale to our festival!

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Catherine Curzon Sunday 29 September 5pm Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre £6 In the Georgian era, knowledge and technology moved at a breathless pace. The Age of Enlightenment changed the landscape of the nation and from breathtaking architecture to intriguing experiments such as the so-called Electrical Boy, people couldn’t get enough of this brave new world. This entertaining talk will look at invention and innovation in the Age of Enlightenment and examine what enlightenment really meant to the Georgians.

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Diary

Thursday 26 September Burghley House Organ Recital - Burghley House Chapel 4.30pm Georgian Art, Andrew Graham-Dixon - Oswald Elliot Hall 7.30pm Eboracum Baroque - St Martin’s Church 7.30pm

Friday 27 September Joseph Banks Prints / Costume Exhibition - Browne’s Hospital 10am to 3pm Tours of the Town Hall – Stamford Town Hall 10am to 4pm Tours of Browne’s Hospital 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm Stamford in the Georgian Transport Era – Arts Centre 10am to 3pm Mrs Biggs: A Most Remarkable Georgian Heroine – Arts Centre 12 noon Georgian Costume Workshop – Stamford Library 1pm to 3pm The Georgian Sense-O-Matic Show – Corn Exchange Theatre 1pm and 6pm Fallen Favourites? - Arts Centre, Theatre 2pm Stamford Walking Tour – From Arts Centre 2.30pm Not So Gorgeous Georgians! - From Arts Centre 5pm and 6pm Dressing for the Ball - Arts Centre, Gallery 6pm Costume Ball - Arts Centre, Ballroom 7pm A Celebration of Jane Austen with Robert Powell & Susan Jameson – Arts Centre, Theatre 7.30pm Bawdy Babes Walk – Meet in the Arts Centre, Cellar Bar, 8pm, 9pm and 10pm

Saturday 28 September

Market on Broad Street - 10am – 4.30pm Entertainment on the Meadows - 10am – 4.30pm Joseph Banks Prints / Costume Exhibition - Browne’s Hospital 10am to 3pm Tours of the Town Hall – Stamford Town Hall 10am to 4pm

Tours of Browne’s Hospital 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm Stamford in the Georgian Transport Era – Arts Centre 10am to 3pm Omnibus Carriage Rides – From St George’s Square 10am to 4.30pm Mail Coach Rides Around Burghley Park – From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard 10am to 4.30pm Open Morning and Tours - St George’s Church 10am to 1pm Mrs Siddons’ Dressing Room – Meet at Arts Centre 11am, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm & 5.30pm Georgian Makeup – Stamford Library 11am onwards Georgian Verse with Richard Barter - Walkers Bookshop 11am to 1pm A Mad and Marvellous Mooch – From Arts Centre 11am, 1pm and 3pm Georgian Crafts/ Make a Parade Lantern Workshop – Arts Centre, Ballroom 11am to 3pm Stamford Guided Walk – From Arts Centre 11.30am & 2.30pm Tethered Balloon Rides – From the meadows 11.45am – 3.30pm (weather permitting) Special Mail Coach Ride - From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard 12 noon Meet a Georgian Inventor! Stamford Town Hall 1pm Dancing with Darcy - St Mary’s & St Augustine’s Catholic Church Hall 1.30pm & 2.30pm Georgian Servants in Verse – Stamford Library 2pm Greenwood Quire - St Mary’s Church 3pm Regency Re-jigged - Burghley House 3pm Wild Boy, Family Music Workshop – Arts Centre, Theatre 3.30pm Not So Gorgeous Georgians! From Arts Centre 5pm and 6pm THE AGE OF WONDER! Parade begins from St Mary’s Street, outside the Arts Centre 7pm to 8pm Steampunk Cabaret Show – Corn Exchange Theatre 8pm for a 8.15pm start Wild Boy, Show – Arts Centre, Theatre 8.30pm Bawdy Babes Walk - Meet in Arts Centre, Cellar Bar 8.30pm, 9.30pm and 10.30pm Frumenty Band Arts Centre, Cellar Bar 8.30pm

Sunday 29 September Market on Broad Street - 10am – 4.30pm Entertainment on the Meadows - 10am – 4.30pm Omnibus Carriage Rides – From St George’s Square 10am to 4.30pm Mail Coach Rides around Burghley Park - From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard 10am to 4.30pm Joseph Banks Prints / Costume Exhibition - Browne’s Hospital 10am to 3pm Stamford in the Georgian Transport Era – Arts Centre 10am to 3pm Tours of the Town Hall – Stamford Town Hall 10am to 4pm A Mad and Marvellous Mooch – From the Arts Centre 11am, 12.30pm Mrs Siddons’ Dressing Room – Meet at Arts Centre 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm Stamford Guided Walk – From the Arts Centre 11.30am Tethered Balloon Rides – From the Meadows 11.45am – 3.30pm (weather permitting) Special Mail Coach Ride - From Burghley’s Stable Courtyard 12 noon The Honours of the Table - Old Court Room, Stamford Town Hall 12 noon Meet a Georgian Inventor! – Stamford Arts Centre, Gallery 1pm The Re-Discovery of Sir Joseph Banks’ Florilegium Arts Centre, Theatre 1pm Costumed Promenade - On the Meadows 2pm (weather permitting) Georgian Picnic – On the Meadows 3pm England’s First Balloonist - Arts Centre, Theatre 3pm Afternoon Tea with Music - Arts Centre, Ballroom 3.30pm – 4.30pm More Than a Dream, Catherine Curzon - Arts Centre, Theatre 5pm Being Mr Wickham, Adrian Lukis - Arts Centre, Theatre 7pm

Kindly supported by:

Stamford Town Council

Book tickets in person at Stamford Arts Centre, telephone 01780 763203 or online at www.stamfordgeorgianfestival.co.uk