Our thanks to Bentley Operatic Society, the Friends of the Festival and our appreciative audience for last week’s successful fundraiser. We sat down to a delicious Cottom’s hot pot – confession time – some of us had seconds, and even thirds! – before enjoying an evening of Songs from the Shows with our Bentley friends…
21Mar
Press release: A Treat for Movie Buffs at the 2018 Prescot Festival
A Merseyside arts festival will pay tribute to a late film director and a living local playwright later this year. Educating Rita, based on the comedy drama by Whiston-born Willy Russell, screens as part of the 14th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts on Thursday 21 June. The 1983 film stars Julie Walters…
21Feb
Press Release: Prescot Festival Announces Lineup for Milestone Year
With work on Shakespeare North’s Prescot Playhouse beginning in 2018, organisers of the town’s pioneering arts festival are ensuring this year’s programme is one to remember. The 14th Annual Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts promises 10 days of entertainment, with an eclectic schedule encompassing all tastes in music. The festival opens on Friday…
21Feb
2018 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition
Are you imaginative? Do you love to tell a good story? Do you have the urge to put pen to paper? Entry to the 2018 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition is FREE and open to non-professional writers of ALL AGES living in Merseyside and Halton. This year’s theme is DARKNESS & LIGHT. The word cloud…
10Feb
Bentley are back with Songs from the Shows
Bentley Operatic Society return to Prescot on Friday 16 March with Songs from the Shows. The evening concert takes place in Prescot Parish Meeting Room at 7pm (finishing at 9.15pm), and the £6 ticket price includes a Cottom’s Hot Pot supper. A soft bar is available, but guests are welcome to bring their own alcoholic …