{"id":33850,"date":"2025-06-11T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33850"},"modified":"2025-06-11T20:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:33:59","slug":"dancing-at-lughnasa-and-verdis-requiem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=33850","title":{"rendered":"Dancing at Lughnasa and Verdi&#8217;s Requiem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Colette and Pete for these two upcoming events by two important Abingdon institutions.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025061101.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAbingdon Drama Club presents Dancing at Lughnasa, Brian Friel\u2019s lyrical play, from 2nd to 5th July at the Unicorn Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Set in 1930s rural Ireland, the play captures two afternoons in the lives of five sisters during the festival of Lughnasa.<\/p>\n<p>Director Colette Lardner-Browne, who grew up in Galway, brings a personal connection to the production. \u201cI was captivated by the play\u2019s rich characters and lyrical language,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a joy to bring this beautiful story to Abingdon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performances:<br \/>\nWed\u2013Sat, 2nd\u20135th July at 7:30pm<br \/>\nSat matinee, 5th July at 2:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: \u00a315 \/ \u00a312 concessions<br \/>\nAvailable online at abingdon-drama-club.com or from The Bookstore.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025061102.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOn Saturday 14th June at 7:30pm, Abingdon &amp; District Musical Society will perform Verdi&#8217;s Requiem in the Amey Theatre at Abingdon School.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will be conducted by Alexander Walker and the orchestra will be led by Kate Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will cost \u00a315 on the door or \u00a313 in advance (booking fees apply). Under-\u00a316s, \u00a31. Tickets available from boxoffice@abingdon.org.uk, or visit www.ameytheatre.org.uk, or tel. 01235-849063.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Colette and Pete for these two upcoming events by two important Abingdon institutions. Abingdon Drama Club presents Dancing at Lughnasa, Brian Friel\u2019s lyrical play, from 2nd to 5th July at the Unicorn Theatre. Set in 1930s rural Ireland, the play captures two afternoons in the lives of five sisters during the festival of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}