Music in the Garden reaches week three this weekend, and the content - once again - is exceptional, bright and varied.
What else would you expect from a season of events housed among the beautiful greenery of Dame Cleo Laine's garden?
She won't let just anyone perform under the MitG banner.
Like her and her late husband Sir John Dankworth, the performers need to have a certain wow factor.
And, while John Bird and Rory Bremner don't 'do' scat like Cleo (or at all, we imagine!) they do deliver satire like no-one else.
Bird, Bremner and Fortune became a small-screen essential, a staple in the listings, it ran for 16 series.
The loss of John Fortune in 2013 means that their Wavendon show on Friday evening (June26) - from 5pm - will see the pair 'entertain and reminisce in equal measure.'
Gates open at 4pm, and music will figure too, with the James Pearson Trio taking care of business.
Tickets are £20.
> Just before Christmas, The Stables presented a performance of the seasonal classic, A Christmas Carol.
And who better to deliver the piece than Gerald Dickens, the charismatic great, great grandson of the novelist?
On Saturday (June 27) Gerald will perform Doctor Marigold. Little-known today, it was a hugely popular part of Dickens' performance tours during the 1860s.
'Doctor Marigold is a market cheapjack, addressing the audience directly with his fast-paced, enthusiastic sales-patter.
As he talks, he begins to tell his life story which is funny, tragic, heartbreaking, uplifting, and ultimately, life affirming.
"Having spent time in the company of Marigold you will count him among your most treasured friends," say those in the know.
A new take on 'the Victorian parlour song book' will precede Gerald's delivery, with virtuoso violinist Peter Fisher and pianist James Pearson, back for the second time in as many days.
There is a great link here too - back in 1963, John Dankworth composed a suite based on the works of Dickens - the spectrum of emotions within the writer's work suited John's musical writing style.
New versions of John's What the Dickens works will air at this special event.
What the Dickens! begins at 12.30pm and tickets are £15.
John's legacy will sound loud on Sunday (June 28) - from 2.30pm - too.
Impressed by the originality of the arrangements Kenny Wheeler had been providing for his band, John Dankworth commissioned Wheeler to write a suite.
The Windmill Tilter was the result. Loosely based on the adventures of Don Quixote, it propelled Wheeler to international recognition as a composer and performer.
The London Jazz Orchestra, directed by Scott Stroman, will perform the work.
LJO founding member Henry Lowther, and Sir John and Dame Cleo's son Alec will be among the musicians performing.
Tickets are on sale at £12.
To book tickets for any of the events mentioned call the box office on 01908 280800 or visit www.stables.org
