Salzburg Festival 2010

Advance Ticket Sales Exceed Expectations

(SF, March 18, 2010) Advance ticket sales for the 2010 summer Festival are excellent. By the order deadline, 1,800 orders more than the previous year had been received. This amounts to an increase over 2009 of 18% – only slightly less than during the record year of 2008.

 Orders from Friends and Patrons of the Festival have also increased this year. International orders (not including Germany) have already increased by more than 20% - even beyond the 2008 figures. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/salzburgfestival.htm

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OXFORD MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010

Science, music and the arts meet in creative harmony 28 April – 3 May Holywell Music Room, Oxford Returning for its 3rd year, the Oxford May Music Festival once again takes place in the historic centre of Oxford. Based in one of the gems of 18th century architecture, the Holywell Music Room, with one of the best acoustics in the world, the festival brings together some of the finest musicians performing in the UK today and many leading lecturers in their fields. Festival Director Jack Liebeck says; “The previous two festivals attracted almost 2000 people to the concerts and lectures exploring literature, science and music and this year we are hoping the diverse and acclaimed blend of talented musicians and intellectual minds will entice people to one of the most beautiful and historic city’s in the UK for what promises to be a very exciting programme.” http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/oxfordmusic.htm

Romantic Novelists’ Association celebrates 50th anniversary at glittering awards ceremony

Romantic Novelists’ Association celebrates 50^th anniversary at glittering awards ceremony

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOURS FOR MAEVE BINCHY AND JOANNA TROLLOPE

 London, 16 March 2010:  The Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA) today marked their 50^th Anniversary by honouring two of the world’s best-selling and much-loved authors, Maeve Binchy and Joanna Trollope, with Lifetime Achievement Awards for their contributions to this ever popular, block-busting genre. The winners were announced today at the RNA’s Pure Passion Awards lunch at the Royal Garden Hotel, London, hosted by critic and TV personality Barry Norman.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is the second award Joanna Trollope has received from the RNA having, thirty years ago, won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award for her novel Parson Harding’s Daughter (1980).

 Joanna Trollope said: “I am amazed and thrilled to be given this, and so touched, too. Of course it means a lot in itself, but it means even more to me because I have such admiration and respect for the RNA, which must be one of the most professional and supportive of literary associations around, as all its aspiring writer members know, and of course, http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/oxfordbooks.htm

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King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table come to Oxford this Autumn

Audiences all around the world have been roaring with laughter since Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’, by Eric Idle and John DuPrez, won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2005.

‘Spamalot’ tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and features a bevy (or possibly a brace) of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and French people. The show features the hilarious songs ‘He Is Not Dead Yet’, ‘Knights Of The Round Table’, ‘Find Your Grail’ and of course the Nation’s Favourite Comedy Song (Reader’s Digest Poll 2009) ‘Always Look On The Bright Side of Life’. http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/theatrenews.htm