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24-29 NOVEMBER 2025   BOOK TICKETS

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy, adapted by David Calcutt

Tess's life changes when her alcoholic father learns they're descended from aristocracy. It's the Victorian era, yet could this mean opportunity and love, or is the world too cruel?

Based on the Thomas Hardy novel and adapted for stage by David Calcutt, with live musical accompaniment, Tess of the d'Urbervilles tells the story of Tess - a woman wronged and abandoned by her lover. 

The world in which Tess lives is almost entirely dependent on the land. It is bound up with the yearly cycles of birth, growth, decay and rebirth. For Tess and her people, their way of life is rooted in the earth. Her tragic fate mirrors that of the earth and the inevitable turning of the seasons from spring to winter, life to death.

Inclusive performances:

  • Tuesday 25 November will be a Relaxed Performance​.
  • Wednesday 26 November will include British Sign Language interpretation.

Please note that various themes may be distressing to some audiences. See our list of Content Warnings.

 

Next Jazz Freddie Gavita

7 NOVEMBER 2025  Book Tickets

The Freddie Gavita Quartet in Homage to Freddie Hubbard

  • Freddie Gavita trumpet
  • Tom Cawley keys
  • Daniel Casimir bass
  • Mez Clough drums

Quite a line up to perform music of one of the finest trumpeters in jazz, Freddie Hubbard. He came of age as a soloist in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1961 to 1965. Ten albums for Blue Note and featured on several classic recorded albums with Oliver Nelson, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, to name but a few! Hubbard died in 2008 and deserves to be remembered as being among the jazz greats.

We are therefore delighted to host this gig with wonderful musicians led by 2017 British Jazz Award “Best Trumpeter” Freddie Gavita, who has long been an admirer of Hubbard and will add to our knowledge of his legacy.

Jazz at Progress is presented in association with Jazz in Reading.

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