Tickets on sale for the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Festival

TICKETS are now available for events in the first Victor Hugo in Guernsey Festival (April 2-10).

The festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Toilers of the Sea, Hugo'novel inspired by and set on Guernsey, where he spent 15 years in exile from 1855.

The festival will explore some of the historic events that influenced the book and celebrate the writer’s life and work.

Exhibitions, paintings, talks, walks, films, performances, photographs, and a one-day seminar with four experts on Victor Hugo will all feature over the eight days, taking place at Guernsey landmarks, Hugo's favourite haunts, and places that provided the inspiration for Toilers of the Sea.

The Victor Hugo in Guernsey Festival is part of the wider Channel Island's Heritage Festival 2016 (March 25-May 10), which this year has a maritime focus, celebrating Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Herm, and Sark's relationship with their coastline and their seas.

Getting there … Return flights from London Gatwick to Guernsey with Aurigny during the Victor Hugo in Guernsey Festival are priced from £100. www.aurigny.com

Tickets for all events are available to purchase at www.Guernseytickets.gg. For more information on the festival, visit www.victorhugoinguernsey.gg 

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Victor Hugo takes centre stage at Channel Islands Heritage Festival

THE 2016 Channel Islands Heritage Festival (March 25-May 10) marks the 150th anniversary of Victor Hugo’s novel, Toilers of the Sea, which was inspired by and set in #Guernsey on which island the writer spent 15 years in exile from 1855.

To celebrate the anniversary of the novel, the festival will run a series of commemorative events. 

These include a guided walk of Portelet, the fishing port that inspired Toilers of the Sea. The walk will include exclusive access to the roof of the iconic Guernsey landmark Fort Grey (locally known as the Cup and Saucer) and a visit to Hauteville House, the house in which Hugo wrote the novel.

‘Hugo’s Banquet’ is a six-course lunch for 200 guests with live music and drama performances. It will be held at Guernsey Market Buildings in St Peter Port to replicate a dinner given by Hugo for his friends at Hauteville House.

The Guernsey Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Club, the first amateur dramatics group to receive the amateur performing rights for Les Misérables, will be putting on a musical production of Hugo’s novel during the festival. 

The full list of events and activities can be found at www.visitchannelislands.com/heritagefestival

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