Staincross

St John’s Church

Morning prayer will take place today, tomorrow and Tuesday at 9am on Zoom. The Benefice Eucharist will take place at 10am on Sunday and will also be streamed on Zoom. Following this there will be a ‘bring and share’ lunch in the church hall. On Sunday at 5.30pm there will be a service of reflection. On Tuesday there will be an Office

Half Hour at Darton Church for those enquiring about weddings, baptisms and marriages. On Wednesday, morning prayer will take place in the church at 9am followed at 10.30am by a said Eucharist which will be available to watch live on Zoom. Choir practice will take place in the evening from 7pm and everyone is welcome.

Theatre and events in St John’s

The next event in the church will be held next Friday and this will be an outdoor performance where the ‘Pantaloons’ will be returning for their own anarchic spin on ‘The Wind In The Willows’ and this is a show suitable for the whole family. The performance will begin from 7pm and you are welcome to bring a picnic and your own outdoor seating. Book online at www.thepantaloons.co.uk or you are welcome to pay on the door.

Tickets are £12 for adults and £8 for under 16s. On August 19, the ‘Not So Grimm Twin’s’ will be performed on ‘Wrongsemble’s’ travelling imaginarium stage, demonstrating how familiar fairy tales can take a turn for the unexpected and heroes of the show will need all the help they can get to defeat the creatures of their own creation and save the world. Ticket details will follow at a later date. On August 31, it is hoped that ‘The HandleBards’ will present an outdoor performance of ‘Twelfth Night’. Tickets are £12 for adults and £8 for the under 16s, you can buy tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/stjohnstaincross. ‘HandleBards’ are a group of Shakespearean actors who carry all of their props and costumes on the back of their bikes, performing energetic and charmingly chaotic plays across the UK.