Going The Rounds 2025
Fri, 12 Dec
|St Michael's Church
The Mellstock Quire Going the Rounds as portrayed in Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy.
Time & Location
12 Dec 2025, 18:30 – 20:30
St Michael's Church, 3 Church Ln, Stinsford, Dorchester DT2 8PT, UK
Guests
About the event
The 2025 Going The Rounds will consist of two performances on two consecutive weekday evenings - Thursday, 11th December and Friday, 12th December.
Thursday's performance will take place soley in St Michael's Church for those who do not wish to walk.
Friday's performance will be a walk around the Parish.
Both events will contain the full content of the performance.
"One Christmas--years agone now, years--I went the rounds wi' the Weatherbury quire. 'Twas a hard frosty night, and the keys of all the clar'nets froze"
Join the Thomas Hardy Society with The New Hardy Players and Alastair Braidwood leading local musicians and singers to recreate the first few chapters of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, Going the Rounds with the Mellstock Quire. Hear Hardy’s words spoken by authentic Dorset voices, and the Christmas carols of former years, rarely heard anymore, sung in the settings the novelist knew from his…
Tickets
GTR2 - THS Member
This ticket is for Friday's Walk the Parish performance and includes Mulled Wine & Mince Pie
£15.00+£0.38 ticket service feeGTR2 - THS Non-Member
This ticket is for Friday's Walk the Parish performance and includes mulled wine and mince pie
£20.00+£0.50 ticket service fee
Total
£0.00