Events in Surrey: What’s On in Cranleigh & Guildford
Browse local events in Cranleigh, Guildford and nearby villages. Click any event for full details, times, prices and directions.
01jul(jul 1)12:00 amGuildford Shakespeare Company: Open-Air Season
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Guildford Shakespeare Company’s 20th-anniversary open-air season, co-produced with the Orange Tree Theatre, stages Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing in repertory. More info & booking
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Guildford Shakespeare Company’s 20th-anniversary open-air season, co-produced with the Orange Tree Theatre, stages Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing in repertory.
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Braboeuf Manor
01jul(jul 1)12:00 amThe Art of Wallpaper: Morris & Co. (exhibition)
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Exhibition exploring the design and craft of Morris & Co. wallpapers at the Watts Gallery in Compton, near Guildford. More info & booking
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Exhibition exploring the design and craft of Morris & Co. wallpapers at the Watts Gallery in Compton, near Guildford.
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Watts Gallery
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£10 (Friends £9, Under 25s £7) Cinema screening of the historical drama about love, loss and Shakespeare’s family, from Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao. More info & booking
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£10 (Friends £9, Under 25s £7)
Cinema screening of the historical drama about love, loss and Shakespeare’s family, from Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
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£15 Theatre piece telling the story of an Edwardian woman’s fight for freedom and justice over polluted waters and oyster beds. More info & booking
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£15
Theatre piece telling the story of an Edwardian woman’s fight for freedom and justice over polluted waters and oyster beds.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
03jul7:30 pmSimon Bates Plays the Music of Paul Desmond
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£20.50 Jazz evening with saxophonist Simon Bates performing the music of The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Paul Desmond, in partnership with Loxwood Jazz. More info & booking
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£20.50
Jazz evening with saxophonist Simon Bates performing the music of The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Paul Desmond, in partnership with Loxwood Jazz.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
04jul(jul 4)12:00 amGuilFest 2026
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Guildford’s long-running multi-genre music festival returns with headliners including Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Rudimental (DJ set) on Saturday and The Proclaimers and Kula Shaker on Sunday. More info &
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Guildford’s long-running multi-genre music festival returns with headliners including Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Rudimental (DJ set) on Saturday and The Proclaimers and Kula Shaker on Sunday.
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Stoke Park
Stoke Park Parkway Guildford Surrey GU1 1UP
04jul6:30 pmThe Big Bad Wolf: A Rock Musical
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Adult £25.50, child £11.50 Open-air family rock musical retelling of folklore’s most notorious villain, staged in the grounds of the National Trust’s Polesden Lacey. More info & booking
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Adult £25.50, child £11.50
Open-air family rock musical retelling of folklore’s most notorious villain, staged in the grounds of the National Trust’s Polesden Lacey.
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Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham Dorking Surrey RH5 6BD
04jul7:00 pmBeyond the Barricade
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The UK’s longest-running musical theatre concert tour delivers more than two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, climaxing with a finale from Les Miserables.
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The UK’s longest-running musical theatre concert tour delivers more than two hours of the best of Broadway and the West End, climaxing with a finale from Les Miserables.
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G Live
London Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
05jul7:00 pmThe Wife (open-air theatre)
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Adult £25, child £11 Open-air theatre production staged in the gardens of the National Trust’s Polesden Lacey as part of its 2026 outdoor season. More info & booking
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Adult £25, child £11
Open-air theatre production staged in the gardens of the National Trust’s Polesden Lacey as part of its 2026 outdoor season.
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Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham Dorking Surrey RH5 6BD
05jul7:30 pmCranleigh Comedy Club: Sunday Night Special
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£13 Live stand-up comedy showcase in which two comedians test new material ahead of the Edinburgh Festival in a work-in-progress format. More info & booking
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£13
Live stand-up comedy showcase in which two comedians test new material ahead of the Edinburgh Festival in a work-in-progress format.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
07jul1:00 pmRichard Saxel (Piano)
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Free Admission Lunchtime classical recital by international pianist Richard Saxel, performing Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and Ferguson. More info & booking
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Free Admission
Lunchtime classical recital by international pianist Richard Saxel, performing Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt and Ferguson.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
09jul7:00 pmNT Live: All My Sons
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£20 (Under 25s £15.50) National Theatre Live screening of Arthur Miller’s classic, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. More info & booking
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£20 (Under 25s £15.50)
National Theatre Live screening of Arthur Miller’s classic, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
10jul7:30 pmBeyond The Streets of London
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£25.50 Live music show paying homage to UK folk-pop artists of the late 60s and early 70s, a sequel to Fire and Rain & American Pie. More info &
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£25.50
Live music show paying homage to UK folk-pop artists of the late 60s and early 70s, a sequel to Fire and Rain & American Pie.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
11jul7:00 pmMacbeth (The HandleBards open-air)
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Adult £20.50, child £5 The HandleBards bring their fast-paced, comic open-air staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to the grounds of Polesden Lacey. More info & booking
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Adult £20.50, child £5
The HandleBards bring their fast-paced, comic open-air staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to the grounds of Polesden Lacey.
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Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham Dorking Surrey RH5 6BD
11jul7:30 pmBlack Is the Color of My Voice
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£27.50 Theatre piece inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring her iconic songs; winner of Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe 2024. More info & booking
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£27.50
Theatre piece inspired by the life of Nina Simone and featuring her iconic songs; winner of Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe 2024.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
12jul3:00 pmEncore Theatre Presents: Chicago Teen Edition (Matinee)
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£23 High-energy community theatre production by Encore Theatre with young performers, featuring classic jazz music and choreography. More info & booking
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£23
High-energy community theatre production by Encore Theatre with young performers, featuring classic jazz music and choreography.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
12jul6:30 pmEncore Theatre Presents: Chicago Teen Edition (Evening)
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£23 High-energy community theatre production by Encore Theatre with young performers, featuring classic jazz music and choreography. More info & booking
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£23
High-energy community theatre production by Encore Theatre with young performers, featuring classic jazz music and choreography.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
14jul(jul 14)12:00 amMalory Towers
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Emma Rice’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers comes to the Yvonne Arnaud’s main house. More info & booking
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Emma Rice’s acclaimed stage adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers comes to the Yvonne Arnaud’s main house.
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Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Millbrook, Guildford GU1 3UX
14jul(jul 14)10:00 am25(jul 25)4:30 pmRadiomorphic Angelography (Exhibition)
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Art exhibition on display in the gallery space at Cranleigh Arts. More info & booking
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Art exhibition on display in the gallery space at Cranleigh Arts.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
15jul7:30 pmSong Sung Blue (12A)
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£10 (Friends £9, Under 25s £7) Cinema screening of the 2025 musical drama starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a couple forming a Neil Diamond tribute band. More
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£10 (Friends £9, Under 25s £7)
Cinema screening of the 2025 musical drama starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a couple forming a Neil Diamond tribute band.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
16jul12:00 amStitches Comedy Club: Paul Sinha, Laura Lexx & Chris McCausland
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Stand-up comedy club night at G Live featuring Paul Sinha, Laura Lexx and Chris McCausland. More info & booking
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Stand-up comedy club night at G Live featuring Paul Sinha, Laura Lexx and Chris McCausland.
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G Live
London Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
17jul8:00 pmMichael Spicer: Hope All’s Well – WIP
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£18 Work-in-progress comedy show from the award-winning online sensation, mixing satirical sketches and films. Age 16+. More info & booking
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£18
Work-in-progress comedy show from the award-winning online sensation, mixing satirical sketches and films. Age 16+.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
18jul12:00 amNatural History Museum Presents Dinosaurs Live!
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The Natural History Museum’s touring family theatre show brings life-like dinosaurs to the stage on a journey through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. More info & booking
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The Natural History Museum’s touring family theatre show brings life-like dinosaurs to the stage on a journey through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
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G Live
London Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
18jul(jul 18)10:00 am19(jul 19)5:00 pmGuildford Cheese & Chilli Festival 2026
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Family food festival with a cooking theatre, chilli-eating competition, cheese and chilli stalls, live music and children’s entertainment; under-15s go free. More info & booking
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Family food festival with a cooking theatre, chilli-eating competition, cheese and chilli stalls, live music and children’s entertainment; under-15s go free.
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Shalford Park
Shalford Guildford Surrey GU4 8BL
18jul7:00 pmMuch Ado About Nothing (Changeling Theatre open-air)
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Adult £25, child £11 Changeling Theatre’s revival of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the open air at Polesden Lacey. More info & booking
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Adult £25, child £11
Changeling Theatre’s revival of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the open air at Polesden Lacey.
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Polesden Lacey
Great Bookham Dorking Surrey RH5 6BD
18jul7:30 pmFire and Rain & American Pie
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£25 Live music tribute to late 60s and early 70s American singer-songwriters including James Taylor, Carole King and Simon & Garfunkel. More info & booking
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£25
Live music tribute to late 60s and early 70s American singer-songwriters including James Taylor, Carole King and Simon & Garfunkel.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
22jul7:30 pm10:30 pmCranleigh Live Music Showcase
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Free Admission Open-mic style showcase featuring bands, solo artists, spoken word performers and comedians. More info & booking
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Free Admission
Open-mic style showcase featuring bands, solo artists, spoken word performers and comedians.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
23jul12:00 amBurn the Floor Presents Nikita Kuzmin: Supernova
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Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin headlines a Burn the Floor ballroom and Latin dance spectacular. More info & booking
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Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin headlines a Burn the Floor ballroom and Latin dance spectacular.
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G Live
London Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
23jul7:30 pmRiverdance: 25th Anniversary Show
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£18 Event cinema screening of the Grammy Award-winning Irish dance production, with a documentary introduction. More info & booking
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£18
Event cinema screening of the Grammy Award-winning Irish dance production, with a documentary introduction.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
25jul12:00 amRumours of Fleetwood Mac
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The world’s leading Fleetwood Mac tribute show performs the band’s greatest hits at G Live. More info & booking
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The world’s leading Fleetwood Mac tribute show performs the band’s greatest hits at G Live.
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G Live
London Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2AA
25jul11:00 amSound Bath – July 2026
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£20 Relaxation and wellbeing session using gongs, singing bowls and gentle percussion. More info & booking
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£20
Relaxation and wellbeing session using gongs, singing bowls and gentle percussion.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
25jul7:30 pmThe Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band 2026
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£25 Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan tribute featuring a five-piece band covering iconic hits. More info & booking
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£25
Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan tribute featuring a five-piece band covering iconic hits.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
27jul(jul 27)9:00 am31(jul 31)5:00 pmIn2Drama Academy (Summer Masterclass)
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£695 Five-day summer drama masterclass for ages 11-21 with industry professionals, including Emma Hatton. More info & booking
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£695
Five-day summer drama masterclass for ages 11-21 with industry professionals, including Emma Hatton.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
28jul12:00 amSunbury Antiques Market at Denbies
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Sunbury Antiques Market’s open-air antiques, vintage and collectables fair set at England’s largest vineyard. More info & booking
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Sunbury Antiques Market’s open-air antiques, vintage and collectables fair set at England’s largest vineyard.
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Denbies Wine Estate
Dorking Surrey RH5 6AA
28jul(jul 28)12:00 am9 to 5 The Musical
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Dolly Parton’s hit musical comedy about three colleagues who take on their tyrannical boss comes to the Yvonne Arnaud’s main house. More info & booking
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Dolly Parton’s hit musical comedy about three colleagues who take on their tyrannical boss comes to the Yvonne Arnaud’s main house.
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Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Millbrook, Guildford GU1 3UX
31jul7:30 pmEmma Hatton and Friends in Concert
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£26 An evening of show tunes and classics with Emma Hatton and four academy students. More info & booking
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£26
An evening of show tunes and classics with Emma Hatton and four academy students.
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Cranleigh Arts Centre
Cranleigh Arts Centre, 1 High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8AS
