Curiosa: Lost & Found Tunes When: Saturday 20 June 2026| 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Jorge Jimenez - violin and medieval vielle Joy Smith - harps, percussion and storytelling Step into a cabinet of musical curiosities. In CURIOSA, violinist Jorge Jimnez and harpist and storyteller Joy Smith take audiences on a journey across five centuries from medieval laments and Renaissance dances to the brilliance of Bach and the fire of the Spanish Baroque. Performed on period instruments, the programme blends iconic composers with forgotten and traditional melodies, brought to life through improvisation and original arrangements. Featuring baroque violin, vielle, historical harps, and percussion, CURIOSA offers an intimate and atmospheric concert experience that feels both ancient and strikingly immediate. A vibrant exploration of sound, memory, and imagination music rediscovered, reimagined, and shared anew.

Shakespeares Richard II dramatizes the fall of an arrogant, divinely-appointed king and the rise of the pragmatic Henry Bolingbroke. Richard IIs mismanagement and seizure of noble lands provoke rebellion. Bolingbroke returns from exile, rallying support to reclaim his inheritance, which escalates into a power struggle. Richards reliance on divine right crumbles against political reality. Deposed and imprisoned, he delivers poignant soliloquies on identity and loss before being murdered by supporters of the new regime. The play examines the transition from medieval sacred monarchy to Machiavellian politics, questioning the legitimacy of power and the human cost of usurpation.