Award-winning venue to host fabulous Line-up of live entertainment
Rosemoor is proud to present a brand new series of events brought to you live from the award-winning venue that is RHS Garden Rosemoor.
Rosemoor Live! consists of a whole variety of live entertainment, including music, theatre, comedy, talks from TV presenters and children’s shows. Here’s what we’ve got in store:
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time with RHS Garden Rosemoor
On 1 May, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time records a programme at RHS Garden Rosemoor.
The celebrated panel of gardening experts, including Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Neil Porteous along with Eric Robson in the chair, will be tackling the questions put to them by local gardening enthusiasts.
Gardeners’ Question Time is a Radio 4 institution, attracting over 2 million listeners a week. Recorded in a different location each week, this long-standing radio programme has answered well over 30,000 questions since its inception in 1947.
The panel members have been guests of a diverse range of gardening clubs and other organisations; including recording at the top of Snowdon, broadcasting from Buckingham Palace and answering questions from inside Number 10 Downing Street.
The panel never see the questions before the recording. Their encyclopaedic, seemingly effortless answers are completely spontaneous and reveal their huge experience and depth of gardening knowledge. Being on the GQT panel is not for the faint hearted!
THE MUSIC
The Fisherman’s Friends of Port Isaac, 18 May
Bound together by lifelong friendships, Rosemoor favourite the Fisherman’s Friends will be bringing the very best of folk music to Rosemoor Live! as they sing songs of their forefathers and from their many albums. This will definitely be one that you shant-y wanty miss!
The Chamber Ensemble of London, 19 May
A string ensemble boasting some of the finest, hand-picked players that London has to offer, the Chamber Ensemble of London will be joining us for Rosemoor Live! to perform a series of classic shorts, with a garden theme, that will tingle the ears and pluck the heartstrings.
Georgie Fame,* 25 May
The Plough Arts Centre brings to Rosemoor Live! the smooth blues and jazz of Georgie Fame. Breath-taking and deeply relaxing, the three times UK chart topper and founder member of Bill Wyman’s The Rhythm Kings, will soothe the very recesses of your mind with his dulcet tones and keyboard music.
And Finally… Phil Collins, 27 May
This is award-winning tribute band is like no other. They say “there’s a Phil song for everybody” and this ensemble each brings their own special touch to Collins’s music. They’ve got charisma, rhythm and an infectious charm, and they’ll leave you wanting One More Night with Phil.
The Bootleg Beatles, 28 May
Uncanny in appearance, sound and performance, this internationally acclaimed tribute band encompasses the very essence of the Beatles. They promise to deliver all the colour, rock and pizzazz of the 1960s for an evening of infamous music.
TALKS & TV PRESENTERS
Harris Bugg Studio 29 April
Starting National Gardening Week, April 29 – May 4, Chelsea gold-medal winning designers Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg will be sharing their ‘Passion for Plants’ and outlining their top hard-working and beautiful plant choices for gardeners of any level of experience. Charlotte and Hugo have this month been announced as the designers of the kitchen garden for the new RHS Garden Bridgewater, due to open in 2020 so will finish their talk with the first public presentation of their designs for the garden.
An evening with Adam Henson, 16 May
Join the friendly BBC Countryfile’s Adam Henson at Rosemoor Live! when he’ll be sharing stories about his passions of farming and conservation, and be enchanted by tales from his life in televisioncareer, running the Cotswold Wildlife Park and his agricultural trips to places like Australia, New Zealand, California and Canada, and then have the opportunity to chat with the humble farmer from behind the cameras.
Adam Frost, 9 November
BBC Gardener’s World presenter Adam Frost will be at Rosemoor for the first time when he will be guiding you through his landscaping projects including his home featured on the program.
THE COMEDY
Mark Steel, * 26 May
The Plough Arts Centre bring comedian Mark Steel to the South West.
What with the UK’s recent Brexit decision and a pip-ridden orange as the president of the USA, it’s no secret the world is falling to pieces… But fear not, Mark Steel’s coming to Rosemoor Live! with his hysterical comedy show, to reassure you that Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright.
Jay Rayner, 30 May
Award-winning restaurant critic and TV’s Masterchef judge Jay Rayner is on a mission from God: to lead us to the edible promised land with his 10 commandments of eating. This hilarious audio-visual one-man show will make thou’s sides split, and also features an opportunity to meet with the Masterchef-messiah himself.
CHILDREN’S SHOW
The Magic Garden – Interactive Children’s Theatre, 1 June
Boo to a Goose Theatre, will be presenting their highly interactive theatre production of The Magic Garden. Tickets £2 per child plus normal garden admission.
Performances at 11.30am and 2.30pm
OUTDOOR THEATRE
In association with the Plough Arts Centre*, we’d also like to announce five magical outdoor theatre performances for kids and adults alike. Immerse yourself in shows with stories from both classic and modern-day authors, from Emily Bronte and Robert Louis Stevenson to the hilarious David Walliams:
The Winter’s Tale,* 31 May
Wuthering Heights,* 22 June
Pirates of Penzance,* 7 August
The Midnight Gang* by David Walliams, 9 August
Treasure Island,* 14 August
More information, can be found on the Rosemoor website rhs.org.uk/rosemoor and ticket prices and booking link can be found below or contact the Rosemoor Box Office on 01805 626810 or via email at rosemooradmin@rhs.org.uk:
https://gardentickets.rhs.org.uk/rhsrm/sessionseating.aspx?tid=22
The Plough events highlighted with an * need to be booked via the Plough Box office 01805 624624 or via www.theploughartscentre.org.uk.
The award-winning restaurant at Rosemoor will be offering pre-performance two-course dinners on all of the May events, for which menus, prices and booking (highly recommended) is available online or by telephoning the bookings team on 01805 626810.
Normal garden admission applies, which is free for RHS members. For more information on events visit rhs.org.uk/rosemoor.