Theatre Royal
2 days to go until 2016 Dumfries and Galloway's Arts Festival starts.
Theatre Royal Movie
A short video we put together for the Theatre Royal in Dumfries.
MARTIN DANIELS THEATRE ROYAL DUMFRIES PROMO 29/09/2018
Comedian & Magician Martin Daniels, Son of the late Paul Daniels will be coming to the Theatre Royal Dumfries for one night only this Saturday 29th September 2018. Book your tickets online at theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01387 254209
Cairndale Hotel And Leisure Club - Dumfries, United Kingdom - Amazing place!
Cairndale Hotel And Leisure Club - Special club price! -
Cairndale Hotel and Leisure Club is situated right in the very heart of Dumfries. DG One leisure club is less than a minute’s walk away, and Odeon cinema and the Theatre Royal can be reached in 5 minutes on foot.
The hotel offers 91 en suite rooms and suites, free car parking, and free Wi-Fi wireless internet access. Its leisure facilities include a heated swimming pool, a sauna, steam room and an air-conditioned gym.
Fine dining and an à la carte dinner menu is available in the restaurant every night, and all-day service is available until 22:00 in the Forum Cafe Bar.
Cairndale also hosts regular weekend entertainment throughout the year, including a pianist in the Reivers Restaurant (on selected dates), as well as dinner dances and cabaret nights.
Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )
Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. Dumfries is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was a civil parish and became the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South. People from Dumfries are known colloquially as Doonhamers.
Like the rest of Dumfries and Galloway, of Scotland's three major geographical areas Dumfries lies in the Southern Uplands. The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West.
Dumfries has a long history as a county town, and as the market town of a surrounding rural hinterland. Dumfries is a relatively prosperous community but the town centre has been exposed to the centrifugal forces that have seen retail, business, educational, residential and other uses gravitate towards the town's urban fringe.
Located on top of a small hill, Dumfries Museum is centred on the 18th century windmill which stands above the town. Included are fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles. Based in the control tower near Tinwald Downs, the aviation museum has an extensive indoor display of memorabilia which strives to preserve aviation heritage, much of which has come via various recovery activities.
The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. There are a number of festivals which take place throughout the year, mostly based on traditional values. Guid Nychburris (Middle Scots, meaning Good Neighbours) is the main festival of the year, a ceremony which is largely based on the theme of a positive community spirit.
Dumfries is linked to the Northbound A74(M) motorway at Beattock via the A701 road. The A75 road eastbound links Dumfries to the southbound A74(M), leading to the M6 motorway and Carlisle. The A75 road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of Stranraer. The A76 road connects to Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. Dumfries railway station lies on the Glasgow South Western Line. It was awarded Best Station Awards by British Rail in 1986 and 1987. The train service is now operated by private company Abellio ScotRail which provides services to Glasgow and Carlisle, and less frequent services direct to Newcastle. The nearest station to Dumfries on the West Coast Mainline is 14 miles (23 km) east along the A709 road at Lockerbie, and the nearest West Coast Mainline station linking directly to Dumfries by rail is Carlisle.
As the largest settlement in Southern Scotland, Dumfries is recognised as a centre for visiting surrounding points of interest. The following are all within easy reach:
John Paul Jones Cottage Museum – The traditional Scottish cottage in which John Paul Jones was born in 1747.
Solway Coast
Sweetheart Abbey in the village of New Abbey
New Abbey Corn Mill Museum
Criffel – a hill on the Solway Coast popular with hill walkers for its magnificent views of the Southern Scottish coastline and across the Solway Firth to the Lake District of Cumbria
Threave Castle in Castle Douglas, home to the Douglas Clan of James Douglas who fought with Robert the Bruce
Moniaive conservation village
Moffat and the views nearby of The Devil's Beef Tub, The Grey Mare's Tail waterfall and the A708 from Moffat past the Grey Mare's Tail to St Mary's Loch.
Mabie Forest - popular destinations for outdoor recreation such as mountain bike and walking.
Ae village and forest
Lochmaben with its lochs popular with boaters and also its history with Robert the Bruce
Wanlockhead – Britain's highest village registered at 1,531 feet (467 m) above sea level and the Lead Mining Museum
Caerlaverock Castle
Drumlanrig Castle
Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West.
Bridge house museum at the foot of the old bridge within Dumfries
Burns' house & mausoleum in St Micheals graveyard
the Robert Burns centre on the mill sands dumfries
At Twynholm is the David Coulthard Museum.
Gretna Green and the Old Blacksmith's Shop famous for runaway marriages.
Tharpaland – International Buddhist Retreat Centre under the auspices of the New Kadampa Tradition. Kelsang Gyatso completed a three-year retreat at Tharpaland.
( Dumfries - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Dumfries . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Dumfries - UK
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The Lady Boys of Bangkok
Heading to Theatre Royal Dumfries on Thursday 28th June for two shows at 5pm and 8pm.
Whitesands, Dumfries, Flooding
Flooding at the Whitesands, Dumfries on 6th December 2015.
WET WET WET DUMFRIES 30 12 2013
A film about the flooding that the people had to endure for many hours on Monday most of the day and through the night. the film shows some people being rescued from flooded properties. There is a follow up video of the aftermath of the flood
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BURNS' BUST GOES TO THE GLOBE INN
Bust of Robert Burns is removed from the Theatre Royal Dumfries and carried to its new temporary home at the Globe Inn. 15th March 2014.
Powderham Castle, Exminster. Devon
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, within the former hundred of Exminster, Devon, about 6 miles south of the city of Exeter and 1⁄4 mile north-east of the village of Kenton, where the main public entrance gates are located. It is a Grade I listed building. The park and gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. It is situated on flat, formerly marshy ground on the west bank of the River Exe estuary where it is joined by its tributary the River Kenn. On the opposite side of the Exe is the small village of Lympstone. The castle was expanded and altered extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries, most notably by James Wyatt in the 1790s. The castle remains the seat of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon.
1 SCOTS 2012 TOUR DEDICATION
DEDICATION VIDEO
Tour of the Globe Hotel
Building demolished in November of 2012
Scottish Opera: Opera Highlights trailer
Teaser trailer for Opera Highlights, here at Theatre Royal Dumfries on Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Swing That Music ~ Down for the Count's 2020 UK Tour, coming to a theatre or jazz club near you!
Join the DOWN FOR THE COUNT SWING ORCHESTRA on their tour of UK theatres and jazz clubs to celebrate the launch of their new album SWING THAT MUSIC.
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2019 DATES:
Sun 8 Sept - Hideaway Streatham, London
Sat 14 Sept - Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Sun 22 Sept - Theatre Royal, Winchester for Winchester Jazz Festival
Sun 29 Sep - Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho, London - SOLD OUT
Fri 11 Oct - Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay
Sun 20 Oct - PizzaExpress Live, Soho, London - SOLD OUT
Fri 7 Nov - artsdepot, North Finchley, Londonun
10 Nov - Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa
2020 DATES:
Thu 16 Jan - Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen
Fri 17 Jan - Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow
Sat 18 Jan - Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
Sun 19 Jan - Theatre Royal, Dumfries
Fri 24 Jan - Town Hall, Sutton Coldfield
Sat 25 Jan - Chequer Mead, East Grinstead
Sat 1 Feb - Princess Theatre, Hunstanton
Fri 7 Feb - Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
Fri 28 Feb - Theatre Royal, Wakefield
Sun 15 Mar - Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne
Fri 15 May - Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Down for the Count are a mini big band with an electrifying show full of incredible energy and musicianship. They recreate classic tunes from the Swing Era, but this is no mere nostalgia trip – they perform each song in their own unmistakable style, breathing new life into the best vintage music.
Their new album Swing That Music features the music of the big bands of the 1930s and 1940s. Expect to hear hit songs from the likes of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Glenn Miller, and classics from singers such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat ‘King’ Cole.
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Cinema & Regeneration Briefing
There is a growing recognition that community cinema, at a national and local level, can play an important role in tackling cultural isolation, improving health and well-being and sustaining community cohesion.
The Briefing identified the specific contribution social enterprise makes, bringing about positive social change through a range of activities. Two examples are included in this video: Driftwood (Dumfries and Galloway) and The Birks (Aberfeldy).
The Princess of Wales shocked the audience—and her husband—by dancing onstage-Royal News
Don’t drop the future Queen of England..That's all dancer Wayne Sleep could think about during his surreal duet with Princess Diana at the Royal Opera House. And after Kate Middleton's visit to the costume department at the same theater yesterday morning, we're dwelling on it too. According to Sleep, who told his side of the story to The Guardian, the 1985 dance was all Diana's idea. The Princess of Wales reached out to him, asking if he might help her surprise supporters of the Royal Ballet—particularly her husband, Prince Charles—by taking to the stage herself. We met in a rehearsal studio in west London, Sleep said. She was in leg-warmers and a leotard. My first thought was, she’s too tall to dance with me, I’ll be a laughing stock: I’m 5ft 2in and she’s 5ft 11in. But I soon realized she had a good sense of humor, and that we could have some fun with our height difference. She’d already decided on the music: Billy Joel’s 'Uptown Girl.'.The choreography reportedly included jazz, ballet, even a kick line, and Diana seemed to love every minute of it. Now I understand the buzz you get from performing, she later told Sleep.The whole ordeal was meant to remain under wraps—but in 1995, the tabloids got their hands on photos taken by the Royal Opera House's photographer. Those few black-and-white stills (which you can see in the video above) are all that remains of one of Diana's most beloved stunts.
A Legend of Loch Arthur
A short clip of A Legend of Loch Arthur; an evening of inclusive music and theatre performed at the Theatre Royal, Dumfries in May 2017. This performance followed a project between Loch Arthur, Paragon Music and local Dumfries and Galloway artists.
Prince Charles Does Sport Relief
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The first Sport Relief Mile of the year was given the royal seal of approval by HRH The Prince of Wales at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, Scotland, today (Tuesday 21st January), marking the launch of this year's Sport Relief campaign. To get Sport Relief officially underway and the nation geared up and ready, Prince Charles, who is known as The Duke of Rothesay in Scotland, started his own special mile event at the historical estate he saved for the nation in 2007. His Royal Highness was joined by 100 children from local schools, community organisations and Sport Relief funded projects as well as Alex Jones and Matt Baker from the BBC's One Show, staff from The Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust and Scottish celebrities including X Factor finalist, Nicholas Macdonald.
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Dumfries Show Preview 2017 gtritchie5
I have a preview of the Dumfries & Lockerbie Agricultural Show on Friday 4th of August 2017:)
Timbertown Girls Part 1 - First World War Women Munitions Musical Drama
.A new musical theatre production telling the story of the thousands of women workers who came to HM Factory Gretna during the First World War.
This production draws on images from the period in a combination of filmed pieces and live drama.
Premier Tour
29/30 2015 – St Andrews Church, Gretna
5 June 2015 – Eastriggs Social Club, Eastriggs
6 June 2015 – The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm
13 June 2015 – Greyfriars Church, Dumfries
18/19 June 2015– The Undercroft, Carlisle Railway Station
26July 2015 – The Steamie@Govanhill Baths, Govanhill, Glasgow
This performance was filmed at The Undercroft, Carlisle Railway Station.
Centre Stage Theatre is part of the First World War Centenary Partnership led by Imperial War Museums and funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund and Holywood Trust.