Issue #4 FREE July 2015 MAGAZINE

TAKE ME HOME

A FREE MONTHLY GUIDE TO MUSIC, ART, THEATRE, COMEDY & LITERATURE IN STROUD

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EDITORS’ NOTE

WELCOME TO THE FOURTH ISSUE OF GOOD ON PAPER – YOUR FREE MONTHLY GUIDE TO MUSIC CONCERTS, ART EXHIBITIONS, THEATRE PRODUCTIONS, COMEDY SHOWS AND LITERATURE EVENTS IN STROUD...

Good On Paper is an independent magazine put together by the CONTENTS two of us in the minute window of spare time we have outside of our regular nine to five jobs (and fatherhood duties!).

We receive no funding and it’s solely through our advertisers 4 - 5 Seed Festival and contributing writers that we secure the ongoing future of the 6 - 7 Music: Stroud Sounds publication; a publication in which we were keen to start merely to promote the vast amount of artists, musicians, venues and 8 - 11 Music: Listings galleries in Stroud and to celebrate a return to old school print…

12 - 13 Arts: Steve Hubbard The responses we have had since our first issue was launched 14 - 15 Arts: Listings back in April has been amazing, it has really spurred us into carrying on with the task at hand and to also look at new sections/ 16 Theatre: Previews features we can include. 17 Comedy On that note this month’s issue sees the launch of a brand 18 Literature: Bill Jones new comedy section and its writer Chris Head, providing you with regular monthly previews to forthcoming comedy shows 19 Literature: Listings in Stroud. 20 - 21 Exhibition Space: James Horwood We are also excited to announce the line-up our first ever event 22 Contacts and Stockists curating an evening of music, art, comedy and more at the Centre of Science and Art on Saturday 29th August as part of this year’s Stroud Fringe Festival. Visit our website and facebook page for further information and our poster in the music listings!

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EDITOR DESIGNER 4 SEED FESTIVAL ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015

BY CAROLINE AISTROP

IMAGINE WOMAD MEETS THE REITH LECTURES AND THEY GO FOR LUNCH WITH SCHUMACHER. IF YOU CAN MELD THOSE UNLIKELY COMPANIONS INTO ONE PERSONA, THEN YOU HAVE THE ESSENCE OF HAWKWOOD COLLEGE’S SEED FESTIVAL RUNNING BETWEEN 17TH – 19TH JULY. MIXING SERIOUS DISCUSSION WITH MUSICAL GROOVES, POETRY, STORY-TELLING AND PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOPS, SEED LOOKS SQUARELY IN THE FACE OF THAT URGENT 21ST CENTURY CHALLENGE: HOW DO WE CREATE A GREENER AND MORE JUST SOCIETY WHICH SUPPORTS A FLOURISHING ECONOMY AND LEAVES NO-ONE OUT? SEED SEED FESTIVAL Satish Kumar

To analyse this question, Hawkwood College The programme of 26 speakers offers practical tools, banishing any sustainability (or should has enticed some big names from the global advice on many green topics: making fabulous that be the green blues?) at the same time. sustainability and social justice movements compost, why soil matters, whether we should Reflecting the global nature of the sustainability to converge on its secluded valley: Jonathan eat fish, applying permaculture principles to issues, Seed’s stages will host music from Porrit, Dr Scilla Elworthy (3 times Nobel Peace enhance your life, transforming ideas into action, around the world: Sura Susso brings kora Prize nominee), Satish Kumar (founder and how to combine sustainability, human politics, playing from Gambia; AMJ Collective’s Latin editor of Resurgence, the most influential and and our economic systems, and clouds. Yes, American, African and British members explore long-running magazines in this sector), Natalie clouds – you wouldn’t believe how fascinating reggae and dub; multi-instrumentalist Domenic Bennett (leader of the Green Party in England they are. Ben Lewis, one of Stroud’s own, tells Decicco of both Canadian and Italian heritage and Wales), Charles Eisentein (author of ‘Sacred his story of the creation of Pulsin’ natural protein is joined by Paul Sax on violin; Australia’s Lou Economics’ and self-described de-growth bars now bought in over 30 countries and of activist), Julia Davenport (CEO of national Van Stone airs her ethereal vocals; Zimbabwean his passion for organic wholefoods, and local renewable energy company Good Energy), Chartwell Dutiro honours the golden age of resident Lis Parker talks about green housing. Arthur Potts Dawson (chef and presenter of Zim-pop and Afropop, and New Zealand’s Sika This is just a snapshot of the many and varied Channel 4’s series ‘The People’s Supermarket’) brings ancient and contemporary instruments programme planned. and Pamela Warhurst (Yorkshire-based founder from around the world. Anyone wanting to of the now global Incredible Edible movement dance shouldn’t miss English band Billy Rowan encouraging communities to grow food). But hang on, can’t all this serious business be and The Undercover Hippy who fuse music from fun? “Whenever people are struggling to change reggae to hip-hop, folk to pop. Boe Huntress, Nick Walters, Denise Rowe, Sika, Alchemist’s Daryll Hannah will even be there – if only in spirit. the world, they write songs” says Theo Simon, Wardrobe, Mobius Loop, Nigel Shaw with She narrates ‘Arise’, a film that records the lead singer with Seize the Day, an English band Carolyn Hillyer, and Stroud’s own Sophronie, extraordinary stories of women who are inspiring of bold, frontline appearing during a reconnection with nature and the land. the weekend. “Songs are a tool in helping us the teenage singer-song writer who’s attracting transform the world.” The festival’s impressive acclaim, will be adding their distinctive musical musical line-up looks like it’ll include plenty of styles to the weekend. ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015 SEED FESTIVAL 5

“SEED FESTIVAL WILL HAVE AN INTIMACY THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN AT OTHER FESTIVALS”

Had enough of debate? Listen to poetry and story- But where does Schumacher, the proponent of telling to stimulate those creative little grey cells: the ‘Small is Beautiful’ approach, fit in? “The poet Matt Harvey, whose credits include Seed Festival will have an intimacy that doesn’t Festival and Radio 4’s Saturday Live; Martin Kiszko, happen at other festivals” says Katie Lloyd- the UK’s green poet and author of the world’s first Nunn, Communications Manager for the College. collection of green poetry; Helen Moore, award- “Whilst many festivals can attract up to a hundred winning eco-poet; Jackie Juno, the zebra-print thousand people, we’re aiming for around 1,000 poetry queen of the SW and Grand Bard of Exeter; to come to Seed. We want to inspire attendees Kevan Manwaring and Chantrelle Smith will be to believe they can make a difference, and being weaving tales and ballads from the Border Country able to get close to, and have a discussion with, (Scotland, that is) and Milly Jackdaw wants to fill leading green philosophers and change-makers is your mind with strange and wonderful worlds. an important part of this. That can’t happen with Oh, and the friendly neighbourhood one-legged large crowds.” existentialist stand-up beat poet and inspiration engineer will be there, of course. For the full programme, visit seedfestival.co.uk

If you’re not exhausted by this point, try one of the many workshops: green economy, ecopsychology, bee keeping, foods, seeds, soil, mindfulness, Caroline Aistrop has been mad about the natural singing, dance, or take a stroll on the herb walk. world since childhood and has worked for nearly And no chance of the children being bored 30 years in the environmental sector including time either: den-building, hula hooping, making edible at the BBC’s Natural History Unit. She now helps landscapes, drama games for tweens, family green companies and organisations to harness yoga and nature workshops run by Gloucestershire the power of their stories to attract customers and Wildlife Trust. Plus the College’s wonderful inspire people, in whatever walk of life, to choose gardens which just lend themselves to hide-and- the green option. greensparkmarketing.co.uk seek and exploration. 6 MUSIC - STROUD SOUNDS ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015

STROUD OPENING THE DOORS TO NINE OF THE MOST EXCITING, HARMONIC AND TALENTED GROUPS AND MUSICIANS TO SOUNDS EMERGE FROM OUR HUMBLE TOWN OF STROUD. BY JESS BRACEY

goods that Stroud can produce. Not only @STROUD_FRINGE “A CLEVER being positioned in the top 20 chart of the SONGSTRESS WHO WEAVES CAPTIVATING LYRICS OVER SOFT- reintroduced official vinyl chart this April, Emily LILTING MELODIES TO CREATE has many more acclaims under her Americana, DISTINCTIVE MODERN FOLK” folk and country genred belt. She’s had recognition from the likes of The Times who said that she produced ‘heartfelt songs…that bridge Listen to: ‘Pull Me Down’ from her debut the gap between folk, country and Fleetwood album ‘Red & Gold’ Mac’, and her recent masterpiece has been hattiebriggs.co.uk HOT FEET a true showcase of her soloist grassroots A group that live and breathe not only the accomplishments, recorded with Grammy ethos of Stroud but also export its creativity award winning producer Liam Watson. to realms well beyond the west country, Hot Feet present real musical talent inspired by @TRADINGPOSTRECS “EMILY IS A SUBLIME TALENT, A MOST BEAUTIFUL the folk foursome’s rural surroundings. Oozing VOICE AND SONG WRITING THAT a magical sound that has been captured in JUST TRANSPORTS YOU” the renowned Maida Vale studios with BBC Listen to: Introducing they echo genres from blues to ‘Nostalgia’ from her latest album soul and a hint of . Receiving support from ‘The Toerag Sessions’. BBC 6 Music’s Marc Riley who said that they’re emily-barker.com SHEENA “truly nothing short of fabulous” and Elbow’s Guy Garvey who predicts great things from the A little alternative to our line-up so far, Sheena band, their feet are well and truly grounded and are regulars at the Stroud Valley Art Space with set to curate a stage on home soil at this year’s their ‘dream pop’, psychedelic sound you can’t Stroud Fringe Festival. help but bop along to. Naturally, the five piece are music lovers themselves taking influence @THEPRINCEALBERT “DELIGHTFUL SWIRLING SCRUMPTOUISNESS OF from the likes of The Ramones and Savages POWERFUL VOICES & KICK-ASS TUNES, whilst injecting driving synths and droning AMAZING LIVE AND HANDY IN THE vocals coupled with a unique mature sound that KITCHEN TOO” differentiates them from bands of the same age. Listen to: ‘Three Black Crosses’ from second HATTIE BRIGGS Supporting the likes of The Voyeurs and Filthy EP ‘Mist Is Dust’ Boy they are also behind the ‘Deadly Creatures’ A name that was bubbling with harmonic hotfeetmusic.com and Vine Club’ nights at Stroud’s own SVA excitement even during her time studying where of course they are artists in residence. Russian at Oxford University, Hattie Briggs

took a gamble which has forever in my heart @SVA_ “SHEENA ARE A MESMERISING confirmed how much music truly means to her. DREAM POP/PSYCHEDELIC BAND - Ditching her degree for a future in folk, Hattie DEFINITELY WORTH WATCHING OUT was one of four nominees for the BBC Radio FOR IN THE FUTURE” 2 Young Folk Award in 2014 and has since Listen to: ‘Sanctum’ as heard on BBC released her debut album Red and Gold which Introducing in the West features Dan Cassidy, brother of the late Eve sheena-band.co.uk Cassidy whose track Fields of Gold appears on the album. Topping the Amazon folk chart, Hattie is certainly an artist we are proud to call EMILY BARKER Stroud’s own. The sweetheart of Stroud, Emily Barker who moved to the Five Valleys from Australia has been a real driving force behind the music ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015 MUSIC - STROUD SOUNDS 7

more than just us listeners in Stroud as they music roots. Going form venue to venue played in June in the showcasing their wares, Four Mile House have infamous Rabbit Hole. gained a loyal following who adore their indie, rock sound with a romantic twist. Aspiring @GOODONPAPER_ “AN IMPRESSIVE to the likes of Radiohead, The Maccabees NEW ELECTRONICA DUO INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF FOUR TET, BONOBO and Bon Iver you can find Four Mile House AND KIASMOS. VERY MUCH LOOKING floating around in Stroud at The Prince Albert, FORWARD TO THEIR DEBUT EP!” Star Anise Cafe and venturing out to Bristol

Listen to: ‘Still Life’ the title track from their to expand their reach fronted by the effortless Bryony on vocals. A year on from the release of SOPHRONIE debut EP facebook.com/bodyclocksband their self-titled EP we look forward to hearing On the road playing a number of festivals this what they can deliver next. summer including Wychwood and Hellens Garden Festival, Sophronie is a classic case of @STARANISECAFE “FOUR MILE HOUSE HAD THE CAFE PACKED FROM a singer-songwriter who perfected her craft in FLOOR TO BAR WITH ALL THE YOUNG her bedroom, at church and casually at home N OLD OF STROUD: ¡ESTUPENDO! - a place which has certainly been close to A NEW WORLD!” her heart. It was only after the death of a her Listen to: ‘Little Known Villain’ from their self- father that Sophronie picked up his guitar and titled EP taught herself how to play and let her emotions four-mile-house.tumblr.com be exposed through a medium that she felt truly connected to. Maintaining that tradition of SITUATION SOUNDS music in her family (Sophronie’s brother sang on her first single) she has kept Stroud in her Instantly hooked by their 70’s vibe, Situation peripheral view showcasing her music at The Sounds can often be found behind the decks Convent and supporting Emily Barker at The at the SVA and in collaboration with others to Prince Albert too. bring the funk to the table. As heard on Soho Radio in London their musical edits of synth, @RAGGEDMOON1 “AN INCREDIBLY bass and brass tracks from back in the day HONEST AND PURE VOICE WHO USES HER RAW EMOTIVE LYRICS TO SPEAK certainly bring the dance floor back home to FAR BEYOND HER YEARS” Stroud. DOLLHOUSE Listen to: ‘Fire in the Heavens’ the title track of @STROUDCALLING “ FIRST The bass is deep, the genre teases dance and her debut album HEARD SITUATION SOUNDS ON the group says that their sound is ‘dream pop’ sophronie.co.uk GREG WILSON’S ESSENTIAL MIX. KNOWLEDGEABLE DJS/PRODUCERS and ‘bloody brilliant’, Dollhouse know how to THAT POSSESS THE FUNK!” rule the roost and hope to expand their reach outside of Stroud and into Bristol and London. Listen to: ‘Summer Haze’ collaborating with Also a regular face at the SVA, their electronic their Bengali blues brother Arko vibe is making waves and the four-piece have facebook.com/situation.edit recently been featured on BBC Introducing in the West with their raw sound that encapsulates a sense of being effortlessly cool. Teasing us with a few singles we are yet to hear a full EP and are eagerly awaiting new material.

@BIGISSUESWMEDIA “A GREAT LOCAL BAND PRODUCING SOUNDS BODY CLOCKS REMINISCENT OF THE FACTORY RECORDS/HACIENDA SCENE IN A new name to enter our list of Stroud groups ITS HEYDAY” who we are closely keeping an ear and an eye out for what they do next, Body Clocks are tick- Listen to: ‘Dawning and Rolling Around’ as tocking their way in to our consciousness with heard on BBC Introducing in the West their electronic sounds which take inspiration facebook.com/thedollhouseband from a number of underground artists. Hard FOUR MILE HOUSE to believe that their harmonic sounds are produced by just two music composers - Josef A group who have certainly been doing the Kaspar and Joe Craven - but it seems that even rounds on the Stroud circuit, their name itself their debut track has made an impression on encapsulates how true they are to their local 8 MUSIC LISTINGS ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015

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Ale House perform or a table to enjoy, email SUN 26TH Leeds. Then you might hear the [email protected] or send plaintive cry of Sam’s tuba, the Acoustic Project THURS 9TH/23RD a message on the Curio Lounge mournful crow of Dean’s ukulele, facebook page 8pm Bob Porter has always got the excited jazzy croaking of Bob’s The Human Jukebox something good in the line up for thelounges.co.uk piano or the purr of Matty’s drums Aron Attwood famed for his roles in you! Check out posters all around 8:30pm Free Thee Ones & the Achievers set to Stroud to see who… 1-4pm Free entertain with his acoustic guitar & blackbookcafe.com FRI 17TH eclectic humour. ‘You Hum It - He’ll Black Book Cafe Play It!!’8:30pm Free Thee Pulsations SAT 4TH Pulsating R’n’B with stax of soul The Crown And Sceptre FRI 10TH Saskia Griffiths-Moore 8:30pm Free Steve & the Achievers An evening of music, song and FRI 3RD Soul at Saskia’s launch for her EP FRI 24TH Upbeat Soul, lowdown Blues, Rock Ragged Edge ‘Gentle Heart Night’. Saskia is an n’ Roll & Gospel 8:30pm Free Aranka’s Cackle up and coming folk singer song Soul Band 6 piece Soul, Blues and writer - not to be missed! 7pm Visit Funk Party Band 8.30pm Free Live cider ska! 8:30pm Free THURS 16TH musicsongandsoul.com for tickets The Ale House Jazz Ensemble SAT 4TH THURS 30TH FRI 10TH Regular evenings of world class Daisy Bank Fun Day Rodda’s Hairy Craic Open Mic Night jazz from Dave Ayre and members 3rd annual fun day in the park Irish Acoustic Session with Tim of his jazz collective. John Pearce All musicians welcome! Come organized by the Friends Of Daisy Potts 8pm Free (violin), Matt Hopkins (guitar) & along with your voices and Bank. Expect fire jugglers, face Dave (double bass) bring together instruments and share a song or painters, hot dogs, music, stalls FRI 31ST their combined experience of two with fellow Stroud musicians and a lot of fun 1-4pm working with artists such as Dave 6th Birthday Party! and creative’s alike. Non-singing Norton, Chick Corea & Sir John spectators also welcome! SAT 4TH To Celebrate being open every day Dankworth to create a vibrant and for 2185 days! There will be Live 7pm Free unique jazz sound. Red Hot Be- Thee Ones Music from Quiche? (Classic Rock Bop, moving ballads and classic Stroud’s premier R&B band rock done rather well) and a BBQ and swing from an extensive and THURS 23RD the Sceptre 8:30pm Free maybe a little surprise later.. enthralling repertoire 8:30pm Free Jam Sessions crownandsceptrestroud.com Come along and create some new SAT 11TH and experimental music with fellow Curio Lounge Biscuit Head and musicians in Stroud and see what the Biscuit Badgers The Greyhound wonderful stuff you can come up THURS 2ND From time immemorial these with! Great opportunity to sound WEDS 1ST/15TH/29TH Live Lounging out ideas, and maybe even find that four musicians have stood at the Acoustic Open Mic percussionist you have spent years gateway of nonsense begging New open mic night taking place looking for... 7pm Free (BYO £3) for peanuts. Spending most of All acts welcome. Full PA set up on the first Thursday of every month their time trapped in force fields and guitarist on hand to give back at Curio Lounge, featuring the and vortices, occasionally they’re up to singers. Always a great night awesome local talent Stroud has released to stalk the streets of of live music 8:30-11:30pm Free in abundance! To book a slot to ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015 MUSIC LISTINGS 9

SAT 4TH The Prince Albert FRI 10TH this year proves that Kezia is a bit special. Rated by none other than The Newbolds Vicky Clifford THURS 2ND Ralph McTell and with some top The Newbolds playing live from Flamenco evening with performers support slots under her belt she’s 9pm with original material in there Mambo Jambo from Stroud and Bristol. Dancing, due to be playing big stages next funky rock style and a Dj to keep Acoustic roots duo playing a singing and fine guitar playing 8.30 year 8.30pm Free the party going until 2am 9pm-2am pm Free wide range of acoustic roots, theprincealbertstroud.co.uk Free world styles and original music. Performing with numerous SUN 14TH FRI 10TH instruments, they are always fun Baroque Night Sacred Music Festival Acousteoke as well as a musical feast, with their repertoire drawing in such a By popular request, Dave Ayre SAT 4TH Acoustic open mic meets karaoke. wide range of styles but always is back again with his fabulous A fun evening where everyone can incorporating their own sound to musicians from across the UK, for St Laurence Church get involved. A guitarist will play appeal to all audiences 8.30pm another gorgeous Baroque Night. A creative celebration of Stroud’s backing for you while you sing your Free 400-year-old tunes by Vivaldi, favourite songs! 9-12pm Free diverse spiritual life beginning at Handel, Dowland and Purcell to 12 in the Subscriptions Rooms FRI 3RD delight your ears (and some to join forecourt followed by a musical in with too). This time the beautiful Tadlib Collective Quintet procession through Stroud town music is inspired by summer Lansdown Hall centre for an evening of music held Tadek Chylinski Reid brings his five 8:30pm £8adv in the impressive surroundings of SAT 11TH piece to entertain this hot summers St Laurence Church. The line- night 8.30pm Free EppyFest 4 THURS 16TH up includes live Bhangra from

Daniel Meade and the RSVP, the Bristol Renewal Gospel Following three successful SAT 4TH Flying Mules Choir, the soothing devotional EppyFests, a fourth is happening music Kirtan of the Sikh faith by on Saturday 11th July 2015. The Barringtone + Popgang Proper old school honky tonk, husband and wife duo Qi-Rattan, headliners are The Korgis vs. Barringtone – elevator music for boogie woogie…Something for inspirational singer/pianist Jenna Stackridge, which sees Andy headbangers(!) Popgang – power those that have lived a little! 8.30pm Monroe, Keynsham based chamber Davis, James Warren and their pop with an Eighties influence Free choir the Cantabile Consort, world band performing songs from both 8.30pm Free fusion & devotional music from back catalogues. Also on the bill FRI 17TH local 9 piece the Raga Babas and are Arch Garrison, Unto Us, Trojan SUN 5TH Karama formed by Moroccan Horse, Firefly Burning and Death in Dojo Oud player Soufian Saihi finding Texas. The music covers everything Solana A collection of jazz and reggae inspiration from the sacred Gnawa, from folk to metal, from trip hop to artists from South Africa and Ten piece instrumental Gypsy Folk North African and Classical Arabic progressive rock, and from jazz to the UK, with a starkly political band hailing from many corners music 12am-6pm £10 neo-classical 4-11pm £20adv from of UK and Spain, fusing Swing, outlook and an uncanny talent for sacredmusicfestival.org.uk eppyfest.co.uk or £25otd Flamenco, Balkan and the odd melody and harmony. Dojo are bit of Dub. Capable of combining taking reggae back out from the SAT 18TH intricate arrangements with underground celebrating their rich heritage of African, English and Stroud Brewery Day Zero energetic performances 8pm Free American music 8.30pm Free SAT 4TH Dayoo and Trailing Zero are proud THURS 9TH to present Day Zero! An event THURS 23RD Stretch hosted by two unique up and David Morris and Red coming DJ’s showcasing a range River Dialect Luksas Drinkwater and Celebrate the 4th of July when Harry Harding of electronic music. Representing Passed onto the Prince Albert after Stretch opens his American a variety of genres, expect high- Hiss Golden Messenger played Top bloke and rather excellent songbook and combines warm energy bass lines and aggressive there and went down a storm – bassist Lukas returns with a new harmonica melodies and acoustic beats 8pm £8adv via seetickets. more of that delicious organic non duo including drummer Harry guitar to recollect folk and country com/go/dayzerotickets or £10otd definable music from Cornwall, Harding and a new direction bound favourites of Americana, from Neil young to Johnny Cash, John lansdownhall.org slight prog rock, slight rebel rousing to turn heads 8:30pm Free Denver to Gordon Lightfoot…7:30- folk rock and with a new album to 10pm Free promote – come and enjoy this five SAT 25TH piece 8.30pm Free Kezia

A bit above the norm on the singer song writer genre, just the sheer volume of Festivals she is playing at

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SAT 11TH THURS 9TH Jay Mathews, Duncan Abbott and SAT 4TH Janice Anderson 8.00pm Blind River Scare Kast off Kinks The Front Room presents: A Night of Electronic Music A South Wales based band playing Not to be missed! Actual former SAT 18TH original Americana, Alt/Country members of the legendary band The Front Room returns with an and Roots. Currently touring and ‘The Kinks’, getting back together Soul Town exciting night of electronic music, no longer in the small ‘front room’ promoting their new release ‘The to re-live the good times. This great Take a trip back in time with a of SVA but an incredible old Point of No Return’, Blind River line-up features Mick Avory (the heart pumping evening of Soul warehouse. Line-up includes new Scare are creating a distinct niche original drummer), John Dalton & Motown. DJ Andy Edwards electronic duo Body Clocks (see for themselves 7:30-10pm Free (bass/vocals, Kinks 60’s & 70’s), is guaranteed to keep you on feature on p6-7), Leiik, London Ian Gibbons (keyboards/vocals, the dance floor with his STAX of based producer Bunki and a DJ set SAT 18TH Kinks 80’s & 90’s and still with Ray TRAX sounds. Whether you’re from Da Rico drawling from jazz, Davies) with Dave Clarke (guitar/ into Northern Soul, the sound of Edd Donovan and dub, breakbeat and hip hop 8pm vocals, formerly of the Beach Boys, Philadelphia or that unforgettable the Wandering Moles £6adv from Trading Post £8otd Noel Redding & Tim Rose) Detroit Motown Sound, this one Distinctive contemporary folk 8pm £20.00/£18.00concs is for you. In aid of The Door Youth singer-songwriter Edd Donovan has Project; all proceeds will support THURS 9TH an original talent. With his collective local young people 8.00pm £10adv FRI 10TH Stroud Jazz Sessions of musicians - The Wandering £12otd Moles - his sound reflects his Harry’s Homecoming presents: Oliver Stanton sax + group interest in modern folk, producing Speakeasy - Shhh! FRI 24TH songs that are unique, heartfelt and After a little unexpected hiatus, Monthly jazz jam every 2nd Thurs of Jan Vaisey & Ian Harvey wise 7:30-10pm Free Harry is back in circulation and the month, THE jazz hub, featuring is inviting a few friends to his Jan and Ian perform a variety of special guest set followed by SAT 25TH quiet little club for a soiree to songs from contemporary and energeti-frenetic jam for all to play, sing, or listen 8:30-11pm £5otd Danadra celebrate his homecoming. Harry traditional to easy listening, with has “persuaded” The Indigo Ian sensitively accompanying Jan’s sva.org.uk A fusion of semi acoustic guitar Kings, a band of some renown, vocals on guitar. and dynamic percussion creating to provide the swinging music for Their influences range from James a unique and distinctive mix of dancing (or not if you just want Taylor to Alison Krauss, Mary Black bluesy/ latin/ Jazz /indie original The Convent to sit and listen!). In a nutshell: and Cara Dillon to name but a few! material. From solid blues roots music, dancing, sustenance and 8pm (Mr Twitchetts) FRI 3RD and influence - up all you got to do is dress up in your

tempo rhythms and melodies are gladdest 1920s rags Lukas Drinkwater & Tobias FRI 31ST complimented with melancholic Ben Jacob 7.30pm £14.00 (Buy 10 advance soulful numbers to give a vibrant tickets for the price of 9 & get a Jive Dance Being chosen for Folk Radio UK’s and inspiring set 7:30-10pm Free table reserved for your party) A great atmosphere and great ‘Song of the Day’ just ahead of stroudbrewery.co.uk dance floor. Dance the night away release on March 22nd confirmed WEDS 15TH to top swing and jive music 8.30pm the universal appeal of this new £8.00 (£7.00 members) dynamic duo. Being played on Tom The Vogwells Robinson’s BBC 6 Music Show Subscription Rooms subscriptionrooms.org.uk The Vogwells are Martin & was another boost, having been FRI 3RD Emma, a married couple from selected as one of the nine tracks Gloucestershire, who perform, out of almost 300 from the music The Berlin Guitar Ensemble write and arrange traditional British SVA critics on Fresh on the Net new The Berlin Guitar Ensemble are folk music. Described by Roots music platform in February 9-11pm FRI 3RD/10TH a group of guitarists from all over Magazine as having “...strength, £8.50 /17TH/24TH the world, working under the presence and character...a definite direction of Hernán Nuñez. The thumbs up”, their music combines John Street Social Club THURS 9TH BGE’s line up is always changing, traditional lyrical stories and original A series of weekly Friday night club & The moving from 7 to 24 players, and music played in a full bodied guitar socials hosted by different artists Wayward Band so is the repertoire: including own style with stunning harmonies each week, with visuals and audio compositions, rock standards and 7.30pm (Mr Twitchetts) Over the course of her 25-year to share. The format: decks, laptop, traditional classical and folk pieces. career Mercury Award Nominee and and a limited number of selected All the players use the Guitar Craft FRI 17TH multiple BBC Folk Award winner youtube clips of archive footage tuning and technique, which has a Eliza Carthy has become one of Redwing and informative curiosities...7-11pm much wider sonic spectrum than the most dazzling and recognised £1 membership on the door the standard and which brings an Lechlade based Redwing bring folk musicians of her generation.

innovative sound to the guitar 8pm their acoustic set of classic and Eliza has revitalised UK folk music

£12.00/£10.00concs contemporary rock, pop, country, audiences and has captured the

folk covers & original songs to Mr most hardened of hearts with canny,

Twitchett’s. Redwing are Ray & charismatic and boundary-crossing

music and talent 9-11pm £20

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SAT 11TH lyrics and gorgeous melodies are FRI 24TH Marty O’Reilly and The Old Soul guaranteed to bring a tear to your Orchestra deliver an enthralling and Cara Dillon eye and sooth your troubled soul passionate performance, which Music is very much in the blood for 9-11pm £10.50 If you don’t know the voice of Cara often leaves them out of breath Scottish-born Finley Quaye. He’s Dillon, you’re in for a treat. If you and the stage littered with broken the youngest son of jazz musician THURS 23RD are already amongst her legions strings and bow hairs 9-11pm Cab Kaye, half-brother of guitarist of admirers around the world, you £10.50 , and brother of jazz Ciaran Lavery know you have something special theconvent.net musician Terri Quaye. In the late Ciaran has already racked up in store. A Thousand Hearts, Cara 90s he reached the UK Top 20 over 9 million plays on ; Dillon’s fifth solo album, is another twice, with ‘Sunday Shining’ and an unprecedented feat for such a small masterpiece of song and ‘Even After All’. His reputation was new artist. Ciaran Lavery found his emotion, ethereal and radiant, established by the album Maverick musical voice through the simplest beautifully honed and perfectly true A Strike, released in September of means “...listening to old 80s 9-11pm £20 1997 9-11pm £20 singles on my sister’s record player.” Cutting his young teeth in THURS 30TH SUN 19TH various (often noisier) incarnations Marty O’reilly & The Old Paper Aeroplanes over the last decade – that voice Soul Orchestra is now as soothing as it is timeless Paper Aeroplanes specialise in an 9-10pm £8.50 This “orchestra” seamlessly intoxicating brand of Alt folk. Singer weaves trance-based blues music,

Sarah Howells has one of those harkening back to John Lee Hooker voices that is impossible to ignore, and Howlin’ Wolf, with a drunken a soaring yet fragile instrument of minor swing comparable to the finest kind; and their heartfelt some of Tom Waits’ darker works.

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Singer and pianist channelling the voices of Kate Bush, Björk and Joanna Newsom weaving them into her own emotive style

BODY CLOCKS

A brand new electronica duo from Stroud influenced by the likes of Four Tet, Bonobo and Kiasmos

JAMES KRISZYK – PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Resident Good On Paper photographer exhibiting a series of black and white photographs taken for the magazine since our second issue

BILL JONES: MISERABLE MALCOLM

Droll, inventive and very funny, Bill Jones makes merry out of misery

GOODONPAPER.INFO STROUDFRINGE.CO.UK 12 ARTS - STEVE HUBBARD ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015

STEVE HUBBARD BY NIKKI GREEN

STEVE HUBBARD HAS HAD TWO from a young age. I was taken to exhibitions as WHAT IS YOUR MAIN CHALLENGE PRINTS ACCEPTED INTO THIS soon as I could walk, and many artists and writers WHEN BEGINNING A PIECE OF WORK? HOW DO YOU CHOOSE YEAR’S ROYAL ACADEMY visited our Paddington flat. Creativity was taken for YOUR SUBJECT MATTER? SUMMER EXHIBITION. THIS IS granted. Unlike many children who ‘grow out’ of THE FOURTH YEAR RUNNING HE making art, I found no reason to stop. The answer is in the question. The main HAS ACHIEVED A PLACE ON THE challenge is finding subject matter, or the germ WALLS OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS WHY DO YOU MAKE ART? of an idea that I can imagine going forward with. INSTITUTION AND AS A In desperation I will just paint/draw anything…. I like practical work, and I enjoy investigating COLLEAGUE AND ADMIRER OF as you’re working the mind almost solves HIS WORK I THOUGHT IT WAS the way things are and how they work. Looking the problem for you, something floats to the IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE AND is a constantly surprising activity. Ideas can surface if you give it time. It’s not very rational. DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THIS be stimulated by the work of others, or the When working for The Francis Kyle Gallery in TALENTED BUT HUMBLE ARTIST. manipulation of materials, so learning to Mayfair, (from the mid-Nineties until it closed use different techniques and media can be last year), the group shows I took part in were a motivation. Making art seems a harmless WHAT OR WHO INSPIRED YOU TO themed, usually on places, (Rome, Russia BECOME AN ARTIST? way of using one’s time! I remember Eduardo etc), or writers, (James Joyce, T S Eliot, Marcel Paolozzi saying that he loved the studio My mother was an artist, and my father, though a Proust and Giuseppe Lampedusa). I found this because there were always 100 different things Civil Servant by day was also a writer. My aunt and interesting and stimulating, it encouraged me to to do there every day. uncle were painters so art was a familiar constant try things I would not otherwise have done. An ISSUE #4 | JULY 2015 ARTS - STEVE HUBBARD 13

image like the Typewriter Lino print started life WHAT QUALITIES DO YOU LOOK as an oil painting I did for the TS Eliot exhibition FOR IN OTHER ARTISTS? ARE THERE ANY LOCAL ARTISTS THAT at Francis Kyle’s. I imagined Eliot working at YOU ADMIRE? the Four Quartets on a battered old portable typewriter, so I bought a suitable one from E My constructions, oil paintings and prints reflect my interests in British art of the inter- Bay. I drew it first, and the oil painting followed, war period, the Renaissance, and the sea. presented in a purpose built frame decorated They often reflect a sort of internal nostalgia with all the letters from the phrase in Burnt for places and things that may never have Norton “Only by the form, the pattern, can existed. I have very catholic tastes, and find words or music reach the stillness”. The letters all sorts of art exciting. However, one’s tastes were laser cut in MDF, mixed up and scattered changes over time, round the image on the frame. On completion so whereas I might have picked out Ingres I felt the Typewriter image still had possibilities and Bellini as particularly relevant a few years as a print, so I began to develop one from the ago, today I might be more likely to lean painting, and found that through the necessary towards Walter Sickert and Whistler or the simplifications and abstractions it became prints of the Grosvenor School, (Cyril Power, something linked but different. Sybil Andrews etc). William Nicholson and Pierre Bonnard YOUR WORK ENCOMPASSES have been constant favourites, but then so A RANGE OF MEDIA; PAINTING, has Rembrandt, Chardin, Frank Auerbach, PRINTMAKING AND MARQUETRY. Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth and Giorgio HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TO USE? Morandi and……I could go on! Subtlety, sophisticated use of oil paint, a clear eye, It might be whichever seems right for the integrity, colour, design, simplicity, all are nugatory idea I am pursuing, but it can be as important. I am perhaps not over keen on simple as what I have been doing previously, narrative in art, or clever technique for its because making art is never easy! If I have been own sake, but I’m sure I could think of some struggling with a painting, then the idea of a examples of these things I do like if I tried. little light marquetry seems an excellent idea. Stroud is full of talent, so an exhaustive list It can also depend on what is required, is impossible, but again, some highlights: Cleo Mussi and Matthew Harris, if the deadline for submitting applications to the Kate Loveday, John and Fiona Owen, Royal Academy is approaching and I don’t Helen Ward, Terry Millington, Colin Glen, have something I’m happy with, then that Tony Meeuwissen, etc. etc. forces a decision.

WHEN DID YOU MOVE TO STROUD? IS THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IN YOUR STUDIO? I moved to Stroud in 1977, after completing a degree in Fine Art at what was Time to make mistakes. Gloucestershire College of Art and Design,

YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR (GCAD), in Cheltenham, (now subsumed THE RA SUMMER SHOW FOR THE into Gloucestershire University). I came FOURTH YEAR RUNNING - IS THIS here because my art teacher at school had A CAREER HIGHLIGHT? been to GCAD, and told me he had ridden The Academy has certainly been a highlight, his motorcycle down the corridor in the art partly because printmaking is a reasonably school, which sounded exciting. At the time The Summer exhibition at the RA runs recent thing for me, so acceptance by the this seemed as good a reason as any until the 16th August and the shop stocks a Academy reassured me it was something by which to choose my destination for postcard wallet featuring two of his wonderful worth pursuing. When starting out as a Portrait Higher Education! print designs. A selection of Steve’s prints and painter, winning a prize at the National Portrait I stayed for the same reason so many artists cards are also available to purchase from Duffle Gallery BP Award and having my entry on the and creatives have stayed in Stroud, because Vintage Outfitters on John Street in Stroud. poster all over London was a boost, as was (then) there was cheap studio space and it has my first major portrait commission, a set of beautiful countryside, liberal and welcoming Find more examples of Steve’s work portraits of his friends from Sir John Plumb, at people and easy access to London. An added and news of forthcoming exhibitions the time Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge factor came when I obtained a part-time at stevenhubbard.co.uk and a Trustee of the NPG. Also, being taken on job teaching art at Wycliffe College in 1981, by The Francis Kyle Gallery changed the way I something I do to this day and which I find worked and gave me opportunities that were makes a nice balance to the isolation of s Nikki Green lives in Stroud and is an art teacher new and exciting, but also daunting! Until then tudio life. at Wycliffe College with a keen interest in art, I had done a little of what I fancied, afterwards I textiles and craft. had to work more consistently.

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The Blue Room Gallery forays into wearable sculpture, Bank Holidays 11am-5pm Royal West Academy’s Open and ‘Corten Owl III’, a new Terence Millington will be Autumn Exhibition 2014. This SAT 4TH/11TH/ work fabricated in corten steel available to meet visitors to the Exhibition (her first solo show) is 18TH/25TH which perfectly captures the exhibition on Saturdays and mostly sculptural but anything concentration of a powerful Wednesdays between 2pm and goes! It shows the journey Oliver Vivian: Lucidity predator poised for flight Mon-Fri 4pm from Foundation to present day, 10am-6pm/Sat 10am-1pm including experimental work with A brand new gallery at Unit 1, material, processes, form and Farrs Lane just off Nelson Street gallery-pangolin.com TUES 28TH JULY – finish Tues-Sat 10am-5pm/Sun beginning with an exhibition of MON 31ST AUG 10am-3pm/Preview Tues 6-9pm impressive works by local artist Oliver Vivian comprising of oil on Museum In The Park Gloucestershire Printmaking canvases 10am-3pm Cooperative: Without TUES 14TH-SUN 19TH Borders TUES 7TH JUNE – Stroud Embroiderers Guild SUN 12TH JULY This exhibition explores the Gallery Pangolin use of print on a wide variety of Various article hand and machine Terence Millington: Etchings, surfaces, showing contemporary embroidered by members of Drawings and Paintings MON 15TH JUNE-FRI examples of how and why artists Stroud Embroiderers Guild. Each 24TH JULY This exhibition covers the entire use print, and re-examining piece is either a Bag, Bonnet or career of painter and printmaker what print actually is. It is also Book or has some connection Terence Coventry: Terence Millington. It includes a preview exhibition for the with one of these groups and has Recent Sculpture and some rare copies from the artist’s Impress Printmaking Festival been designed and made from Works on Paper earliest published editions, which is run by Gloucestershire new and/or recycled material through to examples of his most Printmaking Cooperative (GPC). 10am-4:30pm One of the gallery’s most recent work. It also charts his The next festival will take place in popular and best-selling artists development of multiple plate Terence Coventry returns for etching, for which he is now a March 2016 TUES 21ST-SUN 26TH his fourth solo show at Gallery highly regarded exponent. Born museuminthepark.org.uk Pangolin. Coventry’s recent in 1942, Terence began his artistic Ebley Art Group works continue his career-long training at Moseley Secondary exploration of familiar birds Art School, aged thirteen. Further Paintings captured by amateur years of study at Birmingham and and beasts, subjects drawn artists in a broad range of Manchester Colleges of Art laid from his intimate knowledge Lansdown Hall subjects and styles using oils, the foundations for a professional acrylics, watercolour, pastel, of the natural inhabitants of career spanning five decades. inks etc. Ebley Art Group meets the Cornish landscape where His early monochromatic TUES 7TH-SUN 12TH he lives and works. Other every Thursday (10am-12:30pm) etchings established a wide Gina Baum: The Other sculptures examine the ancient range of subject matter and at Ebley Chapel Schoolrooms. Side of Me relationship between Man and on-going themes, including still Casual friendly drop in centre, Nature. In ‘Woman Releasing life, landscape, architectural Gina, who continues her Drawing any ability welcome to join! Bird’ and ‘Man Releasing Bird façades and animal studies. and Applied Arts Degree at 10am-4pm II’ Coventry expresses a joyous His work is always based on the University of the West of lansdownhall.org sound draughtsmanship, closely sense of exhilaration and vitality. England, has already been short observed and often combined Highlights of the show include listed for The Clarke Wilmott with a good measure of wit and ‘Swallow Brooch‘ and ‘Spinning invention Emerging Artist Award 2014 Piece Pendant’, Coventry’s first and selected to show at the Tues-Fri 10am-5pm/Sat-Sun and

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Roberts And Robbins, Subscription Rooms Upper Lock Cafe Prema Arts Centre (Uley) SVA TUES 7TH – SAT 25TH SUN 28TH JUNE – TUES 30TH JUNE – SAT 4TH – SAT 25TH SUN 26TH JULY SUN 2ND AUG Paul Aston: The Most Secret Neville Gabie: Breathless River and the Other One Creedy Sean Delahay

Neville Gabie will be working with The Leadon at Pauntley, the Creedy believes he was born with Sean Delahay studied the young artists’ group MOULD Severn at Awre. Carved and a gift. Having been an artist his photography at Stroud College to create a new show which painted reliefs and shaped whole life, art has been the one and photojournalism at the develops ideas from his popular paintings on the theme and thing to keep him going through University of Gloucestershire. 2014 artist residency, Collective experience of two Gloucestershire times of adversity, so he feels For his solo exhibition at Prema, Breath, at WOMAD Festival Tues/ rivers. very strongly about it. Creedy the focus is on his most recent Fri and Sat 10am-4pm “The two rivers called for different mainly draws and paints, but also trip to document the lives of robbinsandroberts.com handling. Sand, mud, tide, sculpts, crafts, and origami. He those affected by Super-Typhoon shimmering wind with granular works in a variety of styles and Haiyan (Or ‘Yolanda’). This points of colour at Awre. Density mediums with a focus on fantasy collection of images depicts the of foliage, planes of shadow and art (both light & dark), but will lives of those living on Bantayan Stroud College light, water so perfect at Pauntley. also work in realism, surrealism, Island on the northern tip of Cebu manga and more... Mon-Sat province, over which the eye of I painted it to stop it WEDS 1ST – FRI 3RD 10am-4pm/Sun 10am-3pm the storm passed, completely disappearing.” Paul Aston, Lidney upperlockcafe.co.uk destroying 80% of infrastructure Stroud Part Time Courses subscriptionrooms.org.uk on the island Art & Design Show prema.org.uk

An annual summer exhibition held at the School of Art to celebrate the creativity of the students who attend part-time leisure courses 10am-4pm sgscol.ac.uk/studentshows

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THEATRE BY JOHN BASSETT

John Bassett is an actor, writer and the director of Stroud Theatre Festival and Spaniel PREVIEWS in the Works Theatre Company

JENNY WREN PRODUCTIONS: TWELFTH NIGHT (OPEN AIR TOUR)

Cheltenham based company Jenny Wren are Hound of The Baskervilles and Twelfth Night promises celebrating their 12th year of open air summer to have all the hallmarks of a Jenny Wren production – productions with appropriately Shakespeare’s very silly with lots of laughs. Twelfth Night. Shipwrecks, unrequited love and mistaken identity, cross dressing, a couple of A cast of 6 will take on all the roles in the play fights and some drunken revels are all thrown doubling up and working their yellow cross – gartered into the mix to create a complete entertainment. stockings off to play all the characters between them.

Jenny Wren’s previous productions include Around Join them on their jaunt to Illyria but as with any open the World in 80 Days, Pickwick Papers and The air performance take a brolly just in case!

COURT LODGE, RANDWICK ST AUGUSTINE’S FARM, MUSEUM IN THE PARK, ARLINGHAM STROUD FRI 10TH - SAT 11TH JULY SAT 18TH JULY SUN 2ND AUG Box Office: 01453 763485

Performance 7pm – grounds open from 6pm for Box Office 01242 572573 (Everyman Theatre) Box Office Stroud TIC: 01453 760900 picnics. Refreshments, including wine, on sale. Performance 7pm – grounds open from 6pm Performance 7.30pm – Museum open from 6.30pm

Tickets £10.00 (£8.00 concs.) Family ticket for picnics where tea, coffee, ice creams and cakes will be on £29.00 for 2 adults 2 concs Tickets £10.00 (£8.00 concs.) sale, or for picnics in Stratford Park grounds

Soft drinks and alcohol will be on sale Tickets £12.00 (10.00 concs.) £8.00 Friends of MIP

MADCAP THEATRE PRODUCTIONS: THEATRE ON SCREEN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Live screenings at VUE cinema

North Worcestershire company MadCap Weds 1st English National Opera Productions bring their own version of the tale Carmen 7:15pm

of magic, forbidden love, asses and fairies Sun 5th The Royal Opera House Live to the Cotswold Playhouse. Guillaume Tell 2:30pm

Formed in 2012, MadCap Theatre Productions focus on Thurs 9th Globe on Screen classical and historical plays and their previous tours Comedy of Errors 7pm have included The Tempest and Taming of the Shrew. COTSWOLD Sun 12th The Royal Opera House Live This production promises to be fast paced, fun and PLAYHOUSE Guillaume Tell (Encore) 1:45pm entertaining with the Madcap’s own style and flair Thurs 16th National Theatre Live 31st July 7.30 p.m £12 brought to the play. Combining music, dance, stage Everyman 6:45pm combat and physicality with the original script join them cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk for an evening of Shakespeare that is not to be missed! myvue.com

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COMEDY

BY CHRIS HEAD

IN THE FIRST OF HIS out doing unpaid five and ten minute confirm that two local graduates excited about seeing Simon Bligh MONTHLY COMEDY open-spots in small clubs in pubs, of my Stroud stand-up comedy perform as his reviews are fantastic. COLUMNS CHRIS HEAD arts centres, cafés and more. course are on the bill; hit children’s We also have rising Ausssie stand- EXPLORES THE author John Dougherty and Elvis up Craig Leggo and putting it all impersonator Joe Reeve, both now together is Geoff Whiting as MC. GROWTH OF On Wednesday July 15th at Black fledgling and surprisingly good OPPORTUNITIES TO Black Book Café is the second stand-up comics. SEE AND DO STAND-UP of their monthly new acts nights. IN STROUD... Hosted by the charming and highly experienced George Rigden from Meanwhile Nick Bird, Stroud born- Bristol, this night gives new and and-bred, has been running a good There are stirrings in the world old-fashioned stand-up night at I don’t think there’s a better MC on of Stroud comedy that suggest Frocester Cricket Club. His is the the circuit.” this monthly write-up could well classic format with an experienced be justified. For example Jonny compère or MC running the night, July then is looking like a great night Fluffypunk has been running his a professional opening act doing for Stroud comedy and in August nearly-new comics a chance to get around 20 minutes, two newer acts I’m bringing four (yes four!) one hour on stage and try their stuff. You’ll see doing 10 minute open-spots in the comedy shows to the Stroud Fringe. a mix of very raw newcomers (you middle and a top closing act doing More on that next issue. Then we’ll could be one!), acts who have been a longer set. Following success with see what September and beyond gigging at this level for a while and his cricket club nights he is bringing hold. If this tempo of comedy keeps have built up some solid stuff as well a night to Stroud town centre’s up there’ll be plenty to write about. offbeat bi-monthly nights at the SVA. as more experienced acts trying out Lansdown Hall. The next show is on Saturday 11th new material. These gigs by their July and features the quirky and nature vary wildly from act to act but If you’re planning a comedy He told me, “I love live comedy. So hilarious Liz Bentley who, armed with the fun is in seeing something new show whether it’s stand-up, I thought I’d promote a night in my a ukele and a Casio keyboard, will and being part of a supportive night sketch or something else email home town with a view to running a perform her show about becoming giving people their early breaks on your comedy listings and info to regular comedy club night here that a psychotherapist, “Crash! Bash! the circuit. [email protected] hosts local acts as well as bringing Trash!”. well known acts to Stroud too.” Here Carrie at Black Book Cafe said the then is another opportunity for new There has always been comedy in first night was a blast. “Me and local comics to get stage time and of the town of course, from nights at Kelly behind the counter couldn’t course for Stroudies to see comedy. Chris Head has established himself the Prince Albert to shows at the stop giggling! It was a great turn out as one of the UK’s leading comedy Subs Rooms, but now more than too. Cannot wait for the next one.” The line-up for his new night in town coaches and has nearly twenty ever is a great time to see comedy in Bristol’s James Ryan who headlined looks good and features Danny years’ experience as a director of Stroud and to do comedy here too. the show summed up the night as, Posthill. “Having Danny come to live comedy. Practically every night The starting point for all stand-ups is “knitting, halloumi salads and plenty Stroud just weeks after appearing of the week there is a comedian on the open-spot which can either be of laughter.” The acts for the July on the Britains Got Talent final to stage somewhere putting his ideas, on a night of all new acts or on a bill night are being booked as we go to perform his impressions is a massive direction and training into practice with professional comics. Everyone press (I’m helping with this so if you coup for Stroud! I’m also really chrishead.com you see on Live at the Apollo started want a gig get in touch!). But I can

Black Book Café Lansdown Hall SVA

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BILL JONES

BY LEAH GRANT

MISERABLE COMEDY; lucky enough to catch his one- is not new to Bill who set up development of Miserable Malcolm THE TWO WORDS SEEM man show, ‘Graveside Manner’, Stroud Short Stories when he and Bill explains that it is the INCONGRUOUS, DON’T at Black Book Café shortly before first moved to the area four and support he has received since he THEY? AND YET FOR Bill set off for – I am a half years ago. The popular moved to the area that has really BILL JONES surprised to discover the marked story-reading evening, held at SVA, helped to progress his career: “It’s – COMEDIAN, differences between Bill and his encourages selected writers to a very, very encouraging place to ILLUSTRATOR, WRITER comic creation and I wonder how read their stories to an audience – try new things out…I’m not sure AND BOOK-MAKER – easy it is to get out of his own an experience Bill enjoyed whilst I ever would have got round to THESE TWO DISPARATE cheery mind-set and into the head living in Brighton and one that he doing this if I’d continued to live in THEMES HAVE PROVIDED of someone completely different? was keen to recreate in his new a big city.” HIS COMIC ALTER-EGO, “It takes a bit of time after the home town. Though he no longer The next stop on Miserable MISERABLE MALCOLM, shows to shake off and it takes a runs the event, Stroud Short Malcolm’s ‘Tour of Misery’ is WITH ENOUGH bit of time to get into beforehand, Stories continues to thrive in the the Barnstaple Fringe Theatre MATERIAL TO CREATE but I do find it very easy once I’m hands of its new co-ordinator, John Festival (June 25th-28th) where AN HOUR-LONG SHOW there.” Holland, and handing over the Malcolm will continue to depress THAT IS AS FUNNY AS IT As well as ‘Graveside Manner’, reins has afforded Bill the time and his audience with dreary poems IS CHARMING. Bill has recently started to energy to develop his quirky brand dedicated to his estranged compère events as Malcolm; just of poetic humour. girlfriend, Mavis; endeavour to before Valentine’s Day this year, On sale in Made in Stroud, recruit more members to his I catch up with Bill on his brief on what happened to be Friday Bill’s handmade books and cards support group, Melancholics return from Brighton Fringe and he 13th, he co-hosted (with Rebecca expand the miserable theme Anonymous; and attempt to hug explains how this most depressing Tomlinson of Strangeness and and showcase his skills as an someone…using a safe word. character came about: “I started Charm Vintage Boutique) ‘Unlucky illustrator: “For the last ten years or It really is funny. Honest. doing Miserable Malcolm about a in Love’, an open mic’ and DJ night so I’ve made little books because year ago. I did a clowning course at Stroud Valleys Artspace where they’re so immediate. You’re able in Stroud with Elle Holliday and heartbreak was the evening’s to print them out and stitch them Visit Bill’s blog at www.hawkerspot. Adam Fotheringham - for fun principal theme. Similarly, as part up without having to go through com for forthcoming events, really because I’d not performed of this year’s Site Festival, Malcolm anyone else. That’s what’s really drawings and further musings... before - and then I started thinking introduced ‘Miserable Poets’ Café’, attracted me to them.” Bill’s latest about it. Then, in last year’s Site an event purely for poems on book, The Weight on my Chest, Festival, I had a little show of misery: “I had about ten different cleverly injects his distinctive wit old postcards and poems at The people who came to read and into a series of gloomy vignettes Weaving Shed on the high street there was a competitive element that echo the despondent Leah Grant is a writer and and I did a ten minute performance about which poems were the most sentiments of ‘Graveside Manner’ photographer with a keen interest of this miserable poet reading odd miserable; people got marked and yet the book itself remains a in art and literature. On her blog, poems three times a day for the down for having glimmers of powerful and enjoyable stand- Bellyful of Art, you can find reviews weekends. It went really well and hope. It was great, there was a lot alone creation. of exhibitions, installations, dance it’s sort of grown from there.” audience interaction and everyone As our interview draws to performances and literary events Given the depth of Bill’s really engaged with it.” a close, I begin to ponder the as well as her own lovingly created performance as Malcolm - I was Organising and running events impact that Stroud has had on the pieces of short fiction

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Ale House Hawkwood College Seed Festival have, to develop new works and meet other writers. The group is hosted by John Bassett from WEDS 1ST/8TH/15TH MON 27TH FRI 17TH - SUN 19TH Spaniel in the Works Theatre, /22ND/29TH Introduction to Calligraphy Hawkwood College Stroud Theatre Festival and Good On Paper Theatre columnist! 7-9pm Rick Vick: Writing Group Ever wanted to try your hand at Featuring poets Matt Harvey Free A weekly writing group run by calligraphy? This is the perfect (including a Creative Writing subscriptionrooms.org.uk Stroud Art Festival’s Rick Vick. opportunity. Using straightforward Workshop) Martin Kiszko, Helen Discover your hidden voice, all techniques and easily available Moore, Chris Paradox, Jackie welcome! 7-9pm £5 for further materials, Fiona Mitchell will be Juno and authors Charles information contact Rick on 07973 guide you through simple projects Eisenstein, Martin Whitlock and Mother Goose 225 694 to get you started. No previous much more…See feature on (Nailsworth) experience is necessary. Materials p4-5 for further info! Weekend included tickets: £50adv/£45cons/£55otg Day tickets: Fri Eve £12/Sat £37/ TUES 11TH Sun £25 Children 5-18 (Weekend Black Book Cafe Making Needle Felted TUES 28TH tickets) £10 Children under 5 free Animals Book Launch WEDS 1ST Letterpress Printing seedfestival.co.uk Join Hawthorn Press at Mother Word Up Using a vintage Farley flat bed Good on Paper Goose to mark the publication of hand press Dennis Gould will Quarter page £150.00 in Literature‘Making section Needle Felted Animals’. Calling all Spoken Word artists, take you through the process of Subscription Rooms Meet the authors, Steffi Stern Poets and Prose writers alike! July issue 2015 placing, setting and hand pressing and Sophie Buckley, as well as Come and showcase your crafted Copy deadline 12 June your very own posters and type the Hawthorn Press team. Enjoy word to music (or without) and MON 8TH cards on a choice of handmade needle-felting demonstrations and join in the conversation with other paper. Materials included Scriptwriting try your hand at making your own writers in Stroud. Non writers piece to add to the wool garden. welcome too – feel free to come A monthly group for anyone who Signed copies of the book will be along as spectators 7pm £3 FRI 31ST is interested in scriptwriting for available to purchase on the day theatre, radio or television. These 11am-3pm Free Creative Writing: Landscape, groups will offer an opportunity to hawthornpress.com THURS 2ND Memory & Imagination share scripts that you may already The Cotswold landscape has Tim Hall: Book Signing inspired some of the best-loved arts • sustainability • spirituality • well-being Tim Hall is launching is latest writers in the English language novel Shadow of the Wolf at the (Lee, Thomas, Gurney). Taking Black Book Cafe. He will be doing inspiration from their work and a short reading from his book through poetry, memoir, or fiction, and signing copies which will be Kevan Manwaring will guide HAWKWOOD for sale, one day before Amazon you to the well-spring of your release! 3:30pm Free creativity, creating new work that Courses and events all year round is embodied, authentic, and with a strong sense of place. Bring a 17 July Charles Eisenstein Arts & Ecology SUN 19TH notebook or laptop Centre for Future Thinking Launch 17-19 July Seed Festival—a plethora of poets Children’s Story Time in the amazing line-up including Matt Harvey, A great opportunity to take the FRI 31ST JUL – Helen Moore & The Bard of Hawkwood little ones to an entertaining and SUN 2ND AUG 27July Introduction to Calligraphy educational story telling where 28 July Letterpress Printing Letter Carving their imaginations and creativity 31 July Creative Writing—Landscape can run wild! Whilst you have a Come and learn the basic skills of 31 July-2 Aug Letter Carving in Wood nice civilised coffee and cake, of woodcarving or incised lettering 10-14 Aug Rest-ival—includes creative writing course...11am Free with David Lovemore, sculptor 19 Sept African Music concert and stories in residence at Amber Sculpture 26 Sept Exploring your Happy Studio. You’ll be shown how to 8 Nov Poetic Edges with Jay Ramsay WEDS 22ND select and handle tools and learn 22 Nov Standup Comedy with Chris Head

Book Club techniques to create the letter Welcoming atmosphere * lovely surroundings shapes of your choice. Materials BOOK NOW! Tel. 01453 759034 This month the chosen book is Tim extra £5 – £20 Hall’s latest novel Shadow of the -Visit the Hawkwood College Wolf 7pm Free website or call 01453 759034 for blackbookcafe.com booking details and costs hawkwoodcollege.co.uk

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JAMES HORWOOD’S FERVOUR Being entirely self-taught James is which he finds nearly impossible to always learning and forever trying to answer! Black and white, HDR, stars, FOR PHOTOGRAPHY BEGAN improve what he does. facial expressions, special moments, A MERE 5 YEARS AGO He loves working creatively, and he wants his photos to stand out and WHEN A FRIEND INTRODUCED takes huge pride in his work and is prefers to take photos of things that somewhat of a perfectionist finding it are a little less conventional. HIM TO HIS RECENTLY difficult to be wholly satisfied with any PURCHASED FIRST DSLR of his photos only sharing a very few With the development of technology, CAMERA. SINCE THAT MOMENT number of the images he takes. it’s really easy for anybody to take nice photos – even on their mobile JAMES’S PASSION FOR THE Living in Stroud creates many photo phone. James is exceptionally MEDIUM GREW QUICKLY opportunities. He take pleasure in impatient, but he says there is nothing DESCRIBING THE EXCITEMENT photographing many different subjects more satisfying then spending time including people, landscape, street, tweaking with all of the settings on his HE GETS OF BEING ABLE TO food and abstract and is often asked camera to capture the perfect shot. CAPTURE A SINGLE, PURE the questions ‘what’s your style’ or EVERLASTING MOMENT. ‘what type of photos do you take?’ jameshorwood.com STOCKISTS

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Cuffing It! The Academy of Magic :- The Academy of Magic :- 10 Week Improv Comedy Magic Club With Colin Dymond Summer Workshops Course with Joy-Amy Wigman Thursday 17 September – Thursday 22 October Taster Tuesday 21 July 10.00am-11.30am £10.00 Taster Session Tuesday 15 September 8.00pm- 6.00pm-7.00pm Workshops Tuesday 11, 18 & 25 August 10.00am- 9.30pm £10.00 £60.00 (early booking essential) 11.30am £12.50 Tuesday 22 September 10 weeks 8.00pm-9.30pm Run by, Member of The Magic Circle, Colin Special offer £30 if you book all 3 August (no class Tue 27 Oct) Dymond Magic Club is a six week program workshops Over ten weeks, through the use of theatre games that will teach your child the fundamental rules, Member of The Magic Circle, Colin Dymond is (think “Whose Line is it Anyway?” or Cheltenham’s sleight of hand and performance skills required to running four Magic workshops. Fun filled session own “Knowing Smirk” show) and stagecraft skills, become a magician, designed to teach a few impressive but simple to this course will build up your comedy confidence Children will learn tricks from the following magic perform tricks. All the props used to perform the and help you to embrace your inner idiot. disciplines. tricks are included. Suitable for children aged 7-12. Taught by Comedian and Actress Joy-Amy Disappearance, Appearance, Penetration, Wigman using a mixture of her own techniques Transformation and Mentalism. Learn different tricks at each workshop and get a and influences. discount if you attend all 3. Suitable for children aged 7-12. Magic is a great, screen free, hobby! Over 16s only please. £60.00 (early booking essential) Booking Essential £75.00 (early booking essential)

My Stage School Open Day - Creative Writing Hi Jinks! Summer School Sunday 6 September (Beginners & Improvers) With Cheryl Parmenter FREE TRIAL SESSION with Kevan Manwaring MA Tuesday 28 - Thursday 30 July 9.00am-3.00pm 10am to 10.30am for ages 2 to 4 and 4 to 6 Wednesday 23 September (10weeks) Three fun-packed days for 6-9 year olds! There will 7.00pm-9.00pm be high energy team games, brain teasers, mask 11am to 12pm for ages 7 to 18 Whether you are a curious beginner, a secret making, puppetry and storytelling plus singing, We are a vibrant, ambitious, friendly and exciting scribbler or someone in need of fresh inspiration, dancing and acting. ‘The Jungle’ will be our theme performing arts academy, offering only the very feedback and advice, this friendly, supportive as we bring creatures to life and act out tales, best standards and training in dance, drama and and informative class will be for you. We’ll look inspired The Lion King and Rudyard Kipling’s Just singing. We cater for any child age 2 to 18 as well at finding and developing ideas in prose fiction So stories. There will be a showcase on the last as adults age 30 plus. and life-writing, cultivating a healthy writing day for families. Anyone who joins us in our first term receives a practice and pathways to publication. By the free personalised ‘My Stage School’ hoodie! end of the course you’ll have a writer’s tool-kit of Children will need to bring a packed lunch, drinks Spaces are limited and booking fast so book your techniques, a portfolio of work, and a clear idea FREE TRIAL SPACE now! of how to proceed. Each week there will be a and healthy snacks. My Stage School Classes chance to workshop your writing, give and receive £65.00 for 3 days (£59.50 for additional children) constructive criticism and hone your critical Tuesday 22 September – Tuesday 15 December (no £25.00 a day (£22.50 for additional children) faculties as a writer - cultivating a professional class Tue 27 October) approach to editing and submitting your work for Stage Babies Age 2 to 4 15.30 - 16.15 profit or for pleasure. All abilities welcome. Stage Starters Age 4 to 6 16:15 - 19.45

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