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Christmas music and theatre at Rural Arts
Plumhall on 3 December, the Courthouse Festive Choir's concert on the 5th, a festive ghost story on the 16th and the Eclectic Harmony Gospel Choir on the 19th, at the Old Courthouse on Westgate
Rural Arts' December programme at the Old Courthouse on Westgate starts with its monthly music night on Thursday 3 December at 7.30pm, when the songwriting duo Plumhall play folk-rock. Tickets are 15.
On Saturday 5 December the Courthouse Festive Choir sings Christmas songs at 6pm, after a single day of rehearsal led by Jenny and Cameron McArthur, and the concert is open to anyone for 8. On Wednesday 16 December at 7.30pm Neu Noir Theatre performs The Listener, Algernon Blackwood's ghost story about a writer who rents a cheap London flat, for 10.
The Eclectic Harmony Gospel Choir closes the run on Saturday 19 December at 7.30pm with traditional and modern Christmas songs, at 22. All four are booked through Rural Arts, and the Courthouse is five minutes' walk from the Market Place.
Dates still to come
- 3 December 2026Rural Arts: Plumhall, Music MonthliesThe songwriting duo Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall, folk-rock. 15, seated or standing
- 5 December 2026Rural Arts: The Courthouse Festive Choir ConcertChristmas songs from a choir that rehearses for one day beforehand, led by Jenny and Cameron McArthur. 8
- 16 December 2026Rural Arts: The Listener, a festive ghost storyNeu Noir Theatre, with Richard Usher performing Algernon Blackwood's ghost story, about 90 minutes. 10
- 19 December 2026Rural Arts: Eclectic Harmony Gospel ChoirTraditional and modern Christmas songs from three gospel singers with keyboard, 7.30pm to 10pm with an interval. 22
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