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Welcome to Tamworth Assembly Rooms blog - Mon, 27 Jun 2016

Tamworth Assembly Rooms is closed… but don’t worry, it is only temporary. Thanks to generous funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent local Enterprise Partnership and Tamworth Borough Council, we are beginning a major refurbishment of the building and have set up this blog to keep you up to date with all the developments...

Award-winning Jungle Book adaptation set for Tamworth park - Thu, 02 Jun 2016

An award-winning adaptation of classic tale The Jungle Book will be brought to life in a Tamworth park this spring in the first instalment of outdoor theatre to feature in the town’s 2016 calendar

Performers sought to entertain at new Elford Garden Party - Thu, 02 Jun 2016

Performers across all genres are being offered the opportunity to showcase their talents in beautiful surroundings at an end of summer garden party event being organised by Tamworth Borough Council

Record numbers attend biggest St George’s Festival to date - Tue, 26 Apr 2016

Thousands of people descended on Tamworth Castle Grounds on Saturday April 23 for a record-breaking St George’s Day extravaganza.

Hundreds don their trainers for Tamworth Sport Relief Mile - Thu, 24 Mar 2016

Hundreds of runners, walkers and joggers donned their trainers and got on their marks for the Tamworth Sport Relief Mile held in the Castle Grounds on Sunday March 20.

The show goes on with Tamworth Assembly Rooms ‘on tour’ - Tue, 15 Mar 2016

Tamworth Assembly Rooms may have closed for refurbishment but the show must go on. A number of the theatre’s regular users will be going out into the community, performing in alternative locations, to ensure audiences do not miss out this year.

Biggest ever programme of outdoor events revealed for 2016 - Wed, 24 Feb 2016

Tamworth Borough Council’s Arts and Events team has unveiled its biggest ever programme of outdoor events, promising an exciting jam-packed year of fun activities for the whole family.

Curtains close to rapturous applause at final show before Tamworth Assembly Rooms refurbishment - Wed, 24 Feb 2016

Guides and scouts from across Tamworth ensured that Tamworth Assembly Rooms went out with a bang as the curtain closed to rapturous applause for the last time until the theatre’s modern new look is

Thousands took part in Tamworth’s biggest ever arts project - Wed, 24 Feb 2016

Thousands of people rose to the challenge of getting creative and learning new skills as part of the biggest and most ambitious arts project to ever take place in Tamworth.

Dig out your running shoes for Tamworth Sport Relief 2016 - Fri, 22 Jan 2016

Sport Relief is back and it’s coming to Tamworth Castle Grounds for a fifth time on Sunday March 20.

Dancers enjoy final twirl around the floor at Tamworth Assembly Rooms - Thu, 21 Jan 2016

The last tea dance at Tamworth Assembly Rooms attracted the highest number of dancers for many years as people enjoyed taking a final turn around the floor before the theatre closes for refurbishment.

New stained glass window revealed at Tamworth Library - Tue, 17 Nov 2015

A new stained glass window designed by Tamworth school children together with a professional artist was unveiled during a Remembrance Day service at Tamworth Library.