 In 2009 the Mill Studio in Guildford featured the English premiere of the one-woman musical, "Estelle Bright", starring actress/singer Sarah Tullamore.Guildford Shakespeare Company performs in the town, using the bandstand in the castle grounds as the stage in the summer and several churches close to the High Street through the winter.The Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, founded as the Guildford Municipal Orchestra, received full council funding from 1945 until it was withdrawn in 2012.