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AMANDA WALLWORK: ‘LOST FIELD 1883 - JEFFERY’S CLOSE’ Oil, graphite and plaster on board (40 x 50 x 4 cm, 2019) ARTIST’S STATEMENT: “Lost Field 1883 is the first in a series of new work about the Isle of Portland, Dorset. This field, Plot 1883 on the Tithe map of 1841 - listed as Jeffery’s Close, no longer exists - the land having been quarried away and the stone now probably part of some fine building in London. Traces of Portland’s once agricultural landscape can still be seen in the ancient strip field systems of the area around Portland Bill. Much of my work is about landscape - not the picturesque view but a quest for a real understanding of what lies beyond the aesthetic. My work takes a deeper look at the underlying factors that determine our landscape and how it has been formed, used and shaped.” amandawallwork.com
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STEVEN LINDSAY ‘CONVERSATION PIECE’ (c/o Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol) FRESH: ART FAIR Approaching its third Fair at Cheltenham Racecourse, FRESH: has “In these days of retail gloom, art fairs provide an important new exhibitors and fresh ideas to appeal to an ever growing opportunity for galleries to reach potential customers,” says number of art lovers. Eleanor. “They make it easy and enjoyable for art lovers to find The 2018 Fair welcomed 5,000 visitors over three days with the art they love. They can see fifty or more top quality galleries in excellent art sales up 41% over 2017. “We expect these numbers one place in a couple of pleasant hours with a glass of wine in to grow again this year as our name and reputation become their hands. It’s not easy to buy art online… you need to see it, better known. In our first year, people were surprised the Fair was feel it, even walk around it.” so big and the quality of art so good. Now our challenge is to This year, as well as new exhibitors and fresh art, there will be new keep exceeding expectations,” says founder Eleanor Wardle. talks and demonstrations to enjoy. Leading London frame-maker This year Fresh: will host 51 leading UK galleries showing 5,000 Darbyshire will explain the intricacies of framing and art works by 500 national and international artists. There will be conservation. Interior designer and Instagram phenomenon Dee original prints and paintings, sculpture, glass and ceramics from Campling will talk about the world of art and interiors. Acclaimed £100 to £20,000, with exciting new work from emerging talent, international painter and print-maker Jim Starr will demonstrate established artists and Royal Academicians. Blake, McLean, the mysteries of print-making. International Fine Art Auctioneer Hockney, Hirst, Emin, Sutherland, Frost and Rae will all be there. Bonhams is returning to advise visitors on selling their old art and As a tribute to the success of the Fair, 80% of last year’s exhibitors will give some informal talks on art valuation. are returning, each of them with new artists and fresh work. There 26 - 28 April: Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Road, will be a dozen new exhibitors from across the UK, bringing a rich CHELTENHAM, GL50 4SH. Friday and Saturday 11am - 6pm, variety of genres, media and subjects. Sunday 11am - 5pm. £6. 01242 224734 / freshartfair.net.
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CALNE ARTISTS: ‘THE DISCIPLINES OF ART’ Until 2 March Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 10am - 6pm. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. HELEN POWELL: ‘FAUXIDERMY’ Until 3 March Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. 01392 265858.
‘PAINT: THE SEEN, THE UNSEEN AND THE IMAGINED’ Until 3 March Messums Wiltshire, The Barn, TISBURY, SP3 6LW. Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm. 01747 445042. “Featuring works by emerging and established artists, this showcase of contemporary European painting highlights a borderless narrative that explores guration, spirituality, mystery, intuition and folklore.” ‘A STUNTED THORN STANDS HERE AND THERE’ Above: Rene Gonzalez ‘Jardins des Plantes’ BRIAN GRAHAM: THE GREAT HEATH ‘MATERIAL EARTH: THE A magnificent new exhibition of paintings by the eminent artist Brian Graham exploring the ‘Great Heath’ of ABSTRACTED VESSEL’ memory, imagination, literature and music. Inspired by Thomas Hardy’s Egdon Heath from The Return of the Until 3 March Messums Wiltshire, The Barn, TISBURY, Native and taking many of their titles from Hardy, the paintings revisit places which fired Brian Graham’s SP3 6LW. Monday - Saturday 10am - imagination as a child. His powerful textured emotional paintings lie in the borderland between abstraction 5pm, Sunday 10am - 4pm. 01747 and the figurative where he has always thrived. 445042 / messumswiltshire.com. The Great Heath paintings are based on specific places on the heath, where Graham is able to feel his way ‘ARTBOX FROME’ back, just as he did as an imaginative child, to life as it was for those early peoples. Layered on top of that is Until 3 March Hardy’s work, his own childhood experiences and the passions they stir in him now. The resulting ambiguous Round Tower Gallery, Black Swan Arts, moody paintings in deeply textured rich earth colours explore light and feeling with a thorough visceral 2 Bridge Street, FROME, BA11 1BB. enjoyment of paint. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01373 473980 / blackswanarts.org.uk. 16 March - 6 May: Sladers Yard, WEST BAY, Bridport, DT6 4EL. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4.30pm, Sunday RICH AARON WARD 12noon - 4.30pm. 01308 459511 / sladersyard.co.uk. Until 5 March Shaftesbury Arts Centre 13 Bell Street, ‘TIDAL’ Petter Southall are three exploratory ‘GET FRESH 2019’ SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. Monday - Until 10 March artists working in different media, all Until 10 March Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01747 854321. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Bridport, DT6 fascinated by tidal water and Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside “Recent abstract paintings and mixed 4EL. Monday - Saturday 10am - shorelines, responding to them in bold Mill, BOVEY TRACEY, Devon, TQ13 media works on paper, informed by 4.30pm, Sunday 12noon - 4.30pm. gestural paintings, carved painted and 9AF. 10am - 5.30pm. 01626 832223 / ancient and modern landscape and 01308 459511 / sladersyard.co.uk. gilded wood carvings, and in steam- crafts.org.uk. human interaction.” “Anthony Garratt, David West and b ent streamlined furniture design.”
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‘CREATIVE PATHWAY’ Until 12 March LT Gallery, 1 Orchard Street, WESTON- SUPER-MARE, BS23 1RG Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm, Thursday 12noon - 7pm. 07730 431726 / ltgallery.com. ‘A MOMENT IN TIME’ Until 16 March Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Bold, colourful paintings, pastels, glass and photography.” ‘CRIMINAL ORNAMENTATION’ Until 17 March Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. 01392 265858. “Blow away the winter blues with a riot of colour and pattern. An intriguing exhibition of eye-popping art ranging from film to fashion and ceramics to sculpture: 100 objects from 50 artists.” PETER HAYES Until 23 March Long Gallery, Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, FROME, BA11 1BB. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01373 473980 / blackswanarts.org.uk. Ceramics. CHRIS KAMPF: ‘MAY CONTAIN SEEDS’ Until 23 March ACE Arts, Market Place, SOMERTON, TA11 7NB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01458 273008 / acearts.co.uk. ‘SILTON OAK’ “Large steel and recycled metal pieces inspired by natural form.” GARY COOK: TREE.LIFE "Forty new watercolour, ink and charcoal works in celebration of the emblematic oak and woodlands through the seasons. Drawing attention to how the once vast ancient woods covering the UK now occupy just 2%." 3 - 9 April: Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 13 Bell Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR 10am - 6pm. 07922 654615 / cookthepainter.com.
JAMIE GALLAGHER: ‘POST ‘NEW VIEWS ON FAMILIAR PLACES’ CLANCY STEER NORMALITY REALITY DISORDER’ Until 31 March Until 6 April Until 24 March West Gallery, Royal United Hospitals Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, The Hubnub Gallery, Hubnub Centre, Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Combe Salisbury, SP1 3UT. Monday - Saturday ‘RPS IPE 161’ Whittox Lane, FROME, BA11 3BY. Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday - 10am - 3pm. 01722 320333. “Leading Until 24 March Tuesday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday Sunday 8am - 8pm. 01225 824987 / British theatre and film costume RPS House, 337 Paintworks, Arnos Vale, and Sunday 10am - 5pm. 07712 artatruh.org. “David Ringsell’s dramatic designer Deirdre Clancy, working under BRISTOL, BS4 3AR. Thursday 10am - 523734 / hubnubcentre.com. “Debut compositions are realistic but retain a her family name Clancy Steer, opens up 6pm, Friday 11am - 7pm, Saturday and solo show by figurative painter Jamie painterly quality.” her private collection of landscape, icon Sunday 10am - 5pm. £7 / £5 / £0. Gallagher. His collection of heavily ROBIN GRAY: ‘ORGANIC paintings and costume designs.” 01225 325733 / rps.org/ipe161. “100 textural impasto works explores the ABSTRACTS’ ’15 DAYS IN CLAY’ beautiful, strong and accomplished psychological effects on humanity of Until 31 March Until 20 April images by 54 contemporary the current extremes of social, political Red Brick Building and Bocabar, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, photographers.” and cultural disruption.” Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 BH15 1UG. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - Above: Kristin Bedford ‘Gypsy Rose’ 9FT. 9.30am - 5pm. 01458 899564 / 9pm. 01202 280000 / 01458 440558 / redbrickbuilding.co.uk. lighthousepoole.co.uk.
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DORCHESTER CAMERA CLUB Until 27 April Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, DORCHESTER, DT1 2JY. 8am - 6pm. 01305 255144 / dchft.nhs.uk.
EMMA HART: ‘BANGER’ Until 27 April Andrew Brownsword Gallery, The Edge, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BATH, BA2 7AY. Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm (Wednesday 11am - 7pm). 01225 386777 / www.edgearts.org. “Emma Hart’s new body of ceramic works that continues her investigation into relationships and domestic life, in this case the car as the interior space where so many family dynamics are played out.” Above: ‘Green Light’ (Ceramic, perspex and steel, 2018). ‘ABSTRACT REFLECTION’ KARINA GILL Until 28 April The Shippon Gallery, Hook Farm, CHARDSTOCK, Axminster, EX13 7DD. MAKING DORSET Sunday and Wednesday 2 - 5pm. 01460 For anyone that missed the exciting Fifty Dorset Makers exhibition and book launch at Wolfeton Riding House 220021 / theshippongallery.com. “Dave in 2017, here is another chance to see some of Dorset’s very talented makers together again in an exclusive King's enigmatic sculptures, drawings group show at Furleigh Estate, the world-class vineyard and winery set deep in the Dorset countryside. and prints are paired with gestural and Dorset Visual Arts, the organisation behind Dorset Art Weeks, launched its long-term initiative Making Dorset vibrantly colourful paintings by Patrick Jones. Now based in Devon, both were in July 2017 with their first publication Fifty Dorset Makers, produced in partnership with Evolver. The initiative powerfully influenced by postwar brings together 50 of Dorset’s finest contemporary makers, working in a wide range of craft and other making American abstraction.” disciplines, and this latest exhibition will showcase over half of them. ‘SHOW ME THE COLOUR!’ Many of the makers have important national and international reputations, so this exhibition of ceramics, glass, Until 28 April jewellery, metal, stone, textiles and wood - including spectacular furniture, presents a rare opportunity to see a Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals wide range of the best of Dorset making in one place. Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Combe 9 - 30 March: Furleigh Estate, SALWAY ASH, near Bridport. Monday - Saturday 11am - 5pm. Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday - Sunday 8am - 8pm. 01225 824987 / furleighestate.co.uk / making-dorset.org / dorsetvisualarts.org. artatruh.org. “An exhibition from Marshfield Screenprinters, featuring work by Sarah Targett, Dominique Coiffait, Kate Clark and Elena Zitrone.” JASON DORLEY-BROWN Until 28 April Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Combe Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday - Sunday 8am - 8pm. 01225 824987. “Jason has a passion for colour, symmetry, abstract and pop art along with using and mixing ‘old school’ and JANE BURDEN VICTORIA JARDINE EMSIE SHARP modern techniques to create imagery.”
ceramics glass metal wood textiles jewellery paper and print An exhibition of design and fine craft by 25 of Dorset’s leading makers 9 - 30 MARCH 2019 Monday - Saturday 11am - 5pm Meet the Makers: Thursday 21 + 28 March, 1.30 - 4pm FURLEIGH ESTATE Award winning vineyard and winery SALWAY ASH - BRIDPORT - DORSET - DT6 5JF • 01308 488991 making-dorset.org • furleighestate.co.uk DORSET VISUAL ARTS
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Drawn to Dorset Fifty Drawings
DEADLINE 18 MARCH
An exciting publication opportunity that will showcase the best of drawing, inspired by or happening in the region at this time. It will focus on an expanded notion of drawing made in Dorset, RUTH ANDER ‘FROM EGGARDON HILL’ (Monoprint on tissue) of Dorset or about Dorset - drawing in all its HEADING WEST possibilities. “A mixed show by our artists on the theme of Heading West including works from Ruth Ander, Jazmin Velasco, Kim Pragnell, Mary Gillett, Drawn to Dorset: Fifty Drawings will be presented Philippa Headley, Jenny Sutton and Angelika Seik.” in the form of a high quality publication and an 15 March - 11 May: Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, DT2 8QR. Friday - Monday 10am - 5pm. exhibition / book launch at the Fine Foundation 01305 848909 / tincletongallery.com. Gallery, Durlston Castle, Swanage, in July 2019.
CATHERINE GOODMAN: ‘EVE' The book will feature a foreword by Professor Anita Until 6 May Taylor, Executive Dean of Bath School of Art and Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, BRUTON, BA10 Design and founding Director of the Trinity Buoy 0NL. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm (March - October), Tuesday - Sunday Wharf Drawing Prize. 10am - 4pm (November - February). 01749 814060. “Catherine Goodman’s practice includes expressionistic We are pleased to announce our selection panel: landscapes, vigorous sketches, experimental collages and portraits. Professor Anita Taylor ‘I WELCOME’ Central to her process is the act of Until 4 May drawing from observation, whether Exeter Community Centre, 17 St from life, objects or the great masters Tania Kovats David's Hill, EXETER, EX4 3RG. and their works.” Monday - Saturday 9am - 6pm. 01392 Artist and Professor of Drawing at Bath Spa MATTHEW DAY JACKSON: 420549 / eccentre.org. “An Amnesty ‘PATHETIC FALLACY' International and Magnum Photos University Until 6 May exhibition of photographs of refugee Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade crises past and present.” Farm, Dropping Lane, BRUTON, BA10 Deborah Harty Above: Cristina Garcia Rodero 0NL. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm Artist and Researcher LEONARDO DA VINCI: ‘A LIFE IN (March - October), Tuesday - Sunday DRAWING’ 10am - 4pm (November - February). Until 6 May hauserwirth.com/somerset. “Works Tim Knowles Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens conceived during Matthew Day Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1RL. Tuesday - Jackson’s time as artist-in-residence at Artist and Curator Sunday 10am - 5pm. £6 / £5. 0117 922 Hauser & Wirth Somerset from August 3571. “To mark the 500th anniversary 2018 until January 2019. Painting, of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, twelve of drawing, sculpture, furniture, and Inclusion price is £250 payable on selection. This is his finest drawings.” installation.” a not for profit publication and the inclusion price is necessary only to cover publication and exhibition costs. There is no submission fee.
All selected artists will receive 20 free copies of the book for their own use. The publication will retail at an estimated price of £15, giving the artists the opportunity to recoup £300.
See dorsetvisualarts.org/opportunities for submission details.
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‘MASTERS OF JAPANESE PRINTS: LIFE IN THE CITY’ Until 12 May GEORGE SHAW: ‘A CORNER OF A Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens FOREIGN FIELD’ Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1RL. Tuesday - Until 6 May Sunday 10am - 5pm. 0117 922 3571 / Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney bristolmuseums.org.uk. “Featuring Street, BATH, BA2 4DB. Monday to original woodblock prints from Bristol’s Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - significant collection, this exhibition 5pm. £11 / £5.50. 01225 388569 / explores the sophisticated urban holburne.org. “The first major culture of Japan in the 18th and 19th retrospective of George Shaw’s work, centuries, from fashion and day trips to featuring 20 paintings and 50 drawings geisha and the kabuki theatre.” that span Shaw’s career from 1996 to Above: Isoda Koryusai ‘A Party in the the present day.” Yoshiwara’ © Bristol Culture Above: ‘Ash Wednesday: 8.30am’
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SIX BRIDPORT ARTISTS ‘ON PAPER’ “Kit Glaisyer, Caroline Ireland, David Brooke, Marion Taylor, John Boyd, Until 18 May and Charlotte Miller have a long shared experience of working and Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield exhibiting together, in the same building in Bridport’s Art & Vintage House, Dowell Street, HONITON, EX14 Quarter, only to lose their studios to a fire in July 2018. Each artist has 1LX. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. had to adjust to their new circumstances in their own way, some 01404 45006 / thelmahulbert.com. “Arts Council Collection Touring working at home, others finding new studios or setting off on travels Exhibition showcasing the work of around the country. It has been a time of change and uncertainty for all acclaimed 20th-century and of them, forcing them to consider how, where and why they now want contemporary artists exploring how LOUISE BOURGEOIS to continue their artistic practice. This exhibition features examples of they have used paper as the focus of Until 7 May their work from recent months and is both a reunion, a rebirth and a their work.” Victoria Art Gallery, Pulteney Bridge, Above: Wolfgang Tillmans ‘Paper Drop BATH, BA2 4AT. 10.30am - 5pm. £5 / celebration.” (London)’ (2008, © the artist. Courtesy £4.50. victoriagal.org.uk. “Prints by 13 - 28 April: Eype Centre for the Arts, St Peter’s Church, Mount Lane, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010), best EYPE, Bridport, DT6 6AP. 10.30am - 4.30pm. stmichaelsartists.com. Centre, London known for her powerful, emotionally charged sculptures, steel cage ‘CHINA THROUGH THE LENS OF installations and fabric figures.” ‘SHARMANKA TRAVELLING CIRCUS’ ‘CHINA THROUGH THE LENS OF JOHN THOMSON (1868 - 1872)’ Unt il 7 May THE RUSSELL- COTES’ Until 2 June ‘ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT: Victoria Art Gallery, Pulteney Bridge, Until 12 May Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, CREATIVE RECYCLING’ BATH, BA2 4AT. 10.30am - 5pm. £5 / Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, BH1 3AA. Tuesday - Until 7 May £4.50. victoriagal.org.uk. “Sharmanka, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3AA. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. £7.50. 01202 Victoria Art Gallery, Pulteney Bridge, from the Russian word for barrel organ, Sunday 10am - 5pm. £7.50. 451858. “Stunning images of China in BATH, BA2 4AT. 10.30am - 5pm. 01225 is a performing mechanical theatre that russellcotes.com. “Merton and Annie the 1860-70s taken by legendary 47 7233. “With inspiration, ingenuity, will delight young and old alike. Sound Russell-Cotes visited China in 1885 and photographer, John Thomson. From humour and skill, artist Val Hunt has and movement combine with striking bought many objects, including swords, princes to foundlings, Manchu brides to created a fascinating selection of large images to make for a humorous and, at carvings and ceramics, the basis for the street gamblers, his subjects are and small sculptural pieces, which are times macabre experience.” Russell-Cotes Chinese collection, depicted with the utmost depth and both appealing and informative.” augmented since by further collecting.” aesthetic quality.”
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‘HARD HATS, HIGH HEELS AND HER’ 1 March - 6 April Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8EQ. Monday - Friday 10am - 4pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm. 01225 774306. “This exhibition by Jenna Fox and Nichola Roberts explores the ways women’s roles have transformed in home and industry.”
‘SPRING EXHIBITION’ 1 Marc h - 27 April Artwave West, MORCOMBELAKE, DT6 6DY. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. artwavewest.com. “An uplifting exhibition full of colour and light featuring Sophie Capron, Louise McClary, Robert Hewer, Val Hudson, Amy Albright, Zoe Hyde, Stephen Bishop, and Martin Goold.” Above: Sophie Capron ‘Revive’ (Reclaimed materials, 48 x 48 cm) ‘SILVER LIGHT ON POOLE HARBOUR’ ‘EELES POTTER’S LAST WOOD FIRING’ RICHARD PRICE: INTO THE LIGHT 1 March - 31 October “Celebrating the work of Dorset painter Richard Price, who passed away in October 2018. Richard’s work was North Undercroft , Forde Abbey and Gardens, CHARD, TA20 4LU. 10.30am - inspired by light and atmosphere, capturing the constantly moving drama of the world around him.” 4.30pm. £13 / £5 / free entry. 01308 17 - 30 March: The Gallery at 41, 41 East Street, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5EE. 11am - 4pm. 01929 480095 / 868257 / eelespottery.co.uk. “New galleryat41.com. stoneware, porcelain and raku by the Eeles pottery. The best work from the final wood firing from the dragon kiln, ‘WOMEN ARTISTS’ your surroundings. TG Freeson aims to ‘SPRING FEVER’ which held three years production. Until 9 June show how objects and subjects interact 1 - 28 March Including the last pots by David Eeles.” Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen with their surroundings and vice versa.” The Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, CHRISTOPHER JARRATT: ‘STUMPS / Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday - ‘SIDMOUTH: A SELF-PORTRAIT’ CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1HX. 10am - FUTURE METEORITES’ Sunday 10am - 5pm. 01392 265858. 1 - 10 March 4pm. 01202 428004. “Paintings, 2 March - 13 April “Shining a spotlight on women artists Kennaway House, Coburg Road, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, and more.” Kobi & Teal, 57 Catherine Stre et, in RAMM’s fine art collection, featuring SIDMOUTH, EX10 8NG. 10am - 4pm. ‘NOT JUST PENS’ FROME, BA11 1DA. Tuesday - Saturday works from the 1770s until 2011. 01395 515551 / kennawayhouse.org.uk. 1 - 31 March 10am - 4.30pm. 07737 367419 / Includes Barbara Hepworth, Gillian “An exhibition of work by four young, The Creative Gallery, St John’s Hill, kobiandteal.co.uk. “Exploring a future Ayres and Olive Wharry.” local artists, celebrating the unique WAREHAM, BH20 4NB. Monday - where the origins and remains of life TG FREESON: ‘BREATHING SPACES’ geography of the South West, the Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01929 551700 / become future meteorites for us to 1 - 6 March opportunities it gives, and the limits it creativegallerywareham.co.uk. “Andy behold and question their history. The Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, impo ses. An exploration of youthful Millar, known as the penman, makes paintings and sculptures are set in part Bristol, BRISTOL, BS1 1EA. 11am - creativity and artistic expression more than pens - boxes, chopping real-world, part fantasy landscapes 5pm. 0117 929 1234. “Stop, take a through photographic technology and boards, and bottle stoppers to name a experienced by the artist.” breath and think about yourself and fine art.” few. All beautifully crafted in wood.”
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YO THOM Yo Thom’s practice and life embrace two amount about technique. To this technical initiated these ceremonies he asked a roof cultures. Born and raised in Japan she facility Yo applies her ideas about tile maker to make a bowl that was as came to the UK in her twenties. Studying imperfection. The sort of perfection that simple as possible, not a perfect highly ceramics in England was a strange reversal comes with mass production is an finished piece with a celadon glaze. “He of the pull Japanese culture had exerted anathema to her. She will throw pots on thought it was important to appreciate on potters like Bernard Leach who the wheel and then hand-finish them. something that is not perfect... but to see travelled to Japan to soak up the A gift of a book on making ‘chawan’, the the beauty in nature, in old and broken techniques of Japanese makers. Yo does bowls for the Japanese Tea Ceremony, things”. It is this philosophy that Yo not feel as if she is part of that Japanese gave her the permission she needed to embraces in her work. tradition of ceramics because she learned interfere with the perfection of the bowls Yo’s process is unique. She uses a her craft in England, but her work is heavily she made on the wheel, to “break the combination of smooth clay into which she influenced by her upbringing and the shape”. She feels that the simplest and mixes a small quantity of course Raku clay, Japanese way of life. As a child her most abstract way of making these cups is giving the surface a texture that she likes. mother, taught by Yo’s primary school to treat them like sculpture. The rims of Although she has always preferred the teacher, made the family tableware, a not the chawan are wavy “like the mountains”. versatility of gas or wood fired kilns she uncommon practice in Japan. The underneath of the bowl is finished with has of necessity been forced to use an For Yo, the cups, plates and bowls that she a scoop of clay dug out with a movement electric kiln, initially through living on a makes for domestic use are part of a made with a swift flick of the wrist, making Thames- side boat and now having her continuity that represents the philosophy each vessel unique. The combination of workshop adjacent to her family kitchen. of Japanese life. An holistic approach abstract simplification and these important She has developed glazes which re- which sees the preparing and eatinfg o gouged marks made each chawan introduce an element of risk and food as a ritual centred on aesthetics. The individual, special and very expensive. The unpredictability. Deliberately not mixing platter is not a complete work of art until Japanese Tea Ceremony is unique in world her glaze ingredients fully she achieves her the food becomes part of it. culture. When the original Tea Master aim of wonderfully random effects which One of the potters who she admires is are impossible to replicate. Her sgraffito Rosanjui Kitaoji, a former chef, whose lines are a perfect combination of the complete collection of antique ceramics English and Japanese cultures that was destroyed in the earthquake in Tokyo influence her. Her response to the in 1923. He had used his beautiful pots to patchwork of fields surrounding her Dorset serve his food to a very select clientele and workshop is informed by Japanese Boro when they were destroyed he could not patterns developed from the patching of find any which worked aesthetically to old farm-workers clothes, indigo died complement the food that he wanted to textiles and folk decoration. Yo relates this serve. Finally he resorted to making his serendipitous use of decoration to the own tableware. Plundering ideas from everyday functionality of her pots. She many other areas of Japan he developed a intentionally limits herself to function, “but way of making ceramics which married this limitation can be creative”. simplicity of decoration with beauty. As is Her idea of perfection is to pursue the traditional in Japan his unglazed plates imperfections that are characteristic of our were dampened before use so the food unique individuality as human beings. did not stain, and the use of chopsticks Fiona Robinson avoided any damage to the surface. Whilst completing her studies Yo became ‘MAKING DORSET’ studio assistant to the English ceramicist 9 - 30 March: Furleigh Estate, SALWAY Lisa Hammond, who taught her a huge ASH, near Bridport. See page 8.
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‘WATCHET’ (1960) A LIFE IN COLOUR “The 20th century artist Doris Hatt (1890 - 1969) was a Somerset pioneer of British modernism. She exhibited her vibrant works over almost five decades, beginning in 1920, and contributed to many exhibitions in the South West. Doris’s painting style developed over time as she absorbed the major influences of 20th-century modernism, ART GALLERY including cubism, purism, abstraction and the works of Cézanne, Pictures, ceramics and more for you Picasso, Braque, Dufy and Léger. Her work includes portraiture, still lifes and your home and landscapes. Clevedon, Watchet, East Quantoxhead and Wedmore ARTISTS AT WORK are among the recognisable South West landscapes depicted in her art. Owner Gina Marshall and fellow artists Doris’s modernist approach extended beyond her work as an artist. She ART CLASSES designed her own Art Deco / Bauhaus style home in Clevedon where Art courses, art workshops, pottery classes she lived with her partner Margery Mack Smith, a school teacher and ROOM HIRE weaver. It became a meeting place for radical activity in both the arts Open 10am - 5pm daily and politics. As a member of the Communist Party Doris twice stood 25 Commercial Road, Swanage, unsuccessfully for local election.” Dorset BH19 1DF (next to Chococo) ‘A LIFE IN COLOUR: THE ART OF DORIS HATT’ www.purbecknewwave.co.uk 16 March - 29 June: The Museum of Somerset, TAUNTON, TA1 4AA. 07434 814384 01823 347418 / museumofsomerset.org.uk. [email protected] LYDIA CORBETT: ‘INNER VISION’ IAN FRASER (1933 – 1986) 3 - 30 March 4 - 30 March # # # David Simon Contemporary, 37 High Axle Arts, Leighton Road, BATH, BA1 A R T M U S I C Street, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7AP. 4NF. Monday - Friday 10am -12noon. C R A F T S # CAFE Monday - Saturday 10am - 6pm. 01225 461230 / axlearts.com. “Ian www.themeetinghouse.org.uk davidsimoncontemporary.com. “In her Fraser’s ‘block’ paintings are quiet and 85th year, many of Lydia Corbett’s new contemplative studies of balance REFLECTIONS Mon 18 March - Sat 6 April paintings have a sense of looking back, through reductive form and colour.” Group exhibition. Painting, sculpture and photography both on her own painting practice as ‘SPRING INTO COLOUR’ well as the model / painter relationship TELLING TALES Mon 8 - Sat 27 April 6 March - 2 April that she had with Pablo Picasso in the Narrative works in fabric and stitch by Stitch Textile Artists The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, 1950s.” BRISTOL, BS3 1TF. 10am - 11pm. 0117
EXHIBITING OPPORTUNITIES APPLY FOR AN EXHIBITION ACE Arts invites proposals from professional artists and groups, we seek to inspire our audience, promote the highest standard of local and national artists work and create opportunities for everyone to learn through art. APPLY FOR OUR RETAIL GALLERY Our light and airy retail galle ry supports 100 artists, designers and makers. Here we have a constantly CHRIS KAMPF changing display of the best art and contemporary craft. BARBARA KARN ‘MAY CONTAIN SEEDS’ See www.acearts.co.uk/about/exhibiting-opportunities ‘COURSE OF EVENTS’ 16 February - 23 March for further information and how to apply 30 March - 4 May
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902 0060 / artistintheshed.com. IAN SHIPTON, PAUL THIRKELL, AND “Intuitive paintings and batik art by SIMON TAYLOR Mary Price and Jo Whiteland.” 14 - 26 March ‘THE PLEASURE GARDEN’ LT Gallery, 1 Orchard Street, WESTON- 7 - 19 March SUPER-MARE, BS23 1RG Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10am - Institution, 16 - 18 Queen Square, 4pm, Thursday 12noon - 7pm. 07730 BATH, BA1 2HN. Monday - Saturday 431726. Sculpture and prints. 10am - 4pm. 01225 312084. “Sculptor Liz Watts and artist Susan Thomson are joined by poet Dawn Gorman.”
LEANNE STEPHENS: ‘IN THE NETTLE GRELLIER: ‘EASY PEELERS’ SILENCE’ 15 March - 6 April 8 March - 20 April That Art Gallery, 17 Christmas Steps, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, BRISTOL, BS1 5BS. Tuesday - Saturday CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 10am - 6pm. 11am - 6pm. 0117 329 2522 / 01249 701628 / poundarts.org .uk. thatartgallery.com. “New paintings.” “Leanne Stephens’ striking ‘REFLECTIONS’ landscapes celebrate the beauty and 18 March - 6 April richness of natural vistas, and urge us Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting to consider mankind’s impact on our House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 changing environment.” 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - Above: ‘Big Wild’ 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. ‘ANDERSWO IST HIER: ELSEWHERE themeetinghouse.org.uk. IS HERE’ TERRY WARD 9 - 17 March ANN FAGAN 18 March - 6 April Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting Bristol, BRISTOL, BS1 1EA. 12noon - PRINTS House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 6pm. 0117 929 1234 / 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - centrespacegallery.com. “New Exhibition of original prints by Somerset printmakers Julia Manning, 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. contemporary works diversely created Ann Fagan, Jenny Graham and Jackie Curtis. themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Oil paintings in the twi n cities of Hannover and Until 7 May: John Leach Gallery, Muchelney Pottery, MUCHELNEY, of the British coast and countryside.” Bristol by artists Marlene Bart, Sven- near Langport, TA10 0DW. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 1pm and 2 - 4pm. Julien Kanclerski, Catherine Knight, ROY FRASER Robert Luzar, David Morgan-Davies, 01458 250324 / johnleachpottery.co.uk. 19 March - 13 April Ruth Piper, Jean D Sikiaridis, Alec Mezzanine Gallery, Lighthouse, 21 Stevens, Conrad Veit, and Rui Zhang.” Mortimer and Phil Hale, the sharply well as a sale of donated pictures of all Kingland Road, P OOLE, BH15 1UG. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 9pm. 01202 ‘FIGURES AND FACES’ focussed realism of Daniel Sequeira, to shapes, sizes, types and tastes, there the symbolic and devotional imagery of will be a gallery of affordable local 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. 9 - 30 March Photographs. Andelli Art, Mendip House, Upper Leslie Glenn Damhus.” artists, talks and practical advice from Breach, SOUTH HORRINGTON, Wells, ‘THE BIG PICTURE SALE’ experts. And cake.” JASON WILSHER-MILLS: BA5 3QG. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 10 March BROADSTONE ART SOCIETY ‘TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS REMIXED’ 6pm. 01749 572373 / andelliart.com. The Corn Exchange, High East Street, 14 - 26 March 19 March - 14 June “The works in this exhibition illustrate a DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 12noon - The Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, diverse range of styles, mediums and 4.30pm. 01305 266926 / Park, POOLE, BH17 7BJ. 9.30am - 4pm High West Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 techniques, from the powerful, dorchesterarts.org.uk. “A fundraising (5pm on 26 March). 01202 888461 / 1UY. 10am - 5pm. £8.50 / £4.50. 01305 troubling beauty in the works of Justin afternoon devoted to the visual arts. As broadstoneartsociety.org. 261849 / shirehalldorset.org.
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PEDAS: ‘EROSION’ 29 March - 15 April The Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country Park, POOLE, BH17 7BJ. 10am - 5pm. pedas.org.uk. “Paintings, collage and sculpture.”
BARBARA KARN: ‘COURSE OF EVENTS’ 30 March - 4 May ACE Arts, Market Place, SOMERTON, TA11 7NB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. acearts.co.uk. “A celebration of movement, change and the ground beneath our feet.”
DAVID SMITH ‘AT CROSS PURPOSES’
TRACES PINE FERODA “In their work, Sharon James and David Smith both explore the traces of things past and endeavour to create 30 March - 9 June something more beautiful from subjects that are sometimes not so pretty. Sharon James’s latest works are The Hubnub Gallery, Hubnub Centre, concerned with what has gone before in her own history and in the world around her: investigating matters Whittox Lane, FROME, BA11 3BY. both deep and superficial. Her autobiographical work explores her black identity and links to slavery through Tuesday - Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm. 07712 a series of drawings and paintings. Usually Smith’s abstract and often minimalist work is directly inspired by 523734 / hubnubcentre.com. “The the patterns and processes in our landscape, but much of the work in Traces focusses on human conflict and latest work by Julia Manning, Merlyn the sad fact that wars will always flare up again and the causes can never be covered up or eradicated.” Chesterman, Judith Westcott, and Ian DAVID SMITH AND SHA RON JAMES: ‘TRACES’ Phillips, a collective of four professional 9 March - 11 May: L’Artishe Gallery, 71 High Street, SWANAGE, BH19 2LY. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and printmakers who together create Saturday 10am - 5.30pm. 01929 425050 / lartishegallery.com. dramatic large scale woodcuts.” ‘NATURE RECLAIMED’ 1 - 30 April ‘SPRING SHOW’ ‘CERTAINE WYTCHES FEAR, MYTH SALISBURY GROUP OF ARTISTS: The Creative Gallery, St John’s Hill, 20 March - 1 April AND MAGIC’ ‘PICTURE SALISBURY’ WAREHAM, BH20 4NB. Monday - Shaftesbury Art Centre, 11 - 13 Bell 23 March - 6 May 23 March - 21 May Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01929 551700. Street, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Arundells, 59 The Close, SALISBURY, “Using recycled wood as her canvas, - 4pm. 07974 798044. “Paintings by Mill, BOVEY TRACEY, Devon, TQ13 SP1 2EN. Saturday - Wednesday 11am Karen Frampton paints woodland Lindsay Keir, jewellery by Rachel Raine, 9AF. 10am - 5.30pm. 01626 832223 / - 4.30pm. £3.50. 01722 326280 / scenes and landscapes, bringing the ceramics by Caroline Hughes, plus crafts.org.uk. “Through a series of large salisburygroupofartists.co.uk. wood back to life.” glass by Gillian McCormick.” and small-scale knotted tapestries, “Arundells, the former home of Sir ‘ART ON WAREH AM QUAY’ CRAFT FAIR artist Anne Jackson explores the ideas Edward Heath, provides the perfect 2 - 4 April 23 March of witchcraft and historic witch- setting for SGA’s latest exhibition, in Italian Kitchen, Wareham Quay, South Village Hall, High Street, LYTCHETT persecution across Europe, both as which over 40 works on display depict Street, WAREHAM, BH20 4LR. 11am - MATRAVERS, BH16 6DF. 2 - 5pm. commemoration and as a metaphor for the City and the surrounding 5pm. 07889 247981. 01202 632241. our contemporary fears.” countryside.”
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16 February - 30 March ROBIN TANNER Young Gallery’s new acquisitions Clive Melbourne 16 March - 9 April clive.melbourne TIM KIDNER @btinternet.com 50 photographs www.artistsandillustrators/ younggallerysalisbury.co.uk clivemelbourne
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STEPHEN BISHOP ‘EASTER ARTY BAZAAR’ 6 April 13 April Luna Gallery, Faith House, Holton Lee, Boilerhouse Gallery, Sandy Hill Lane, East Holton, HOLTON HEATH, Poole, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5JF. 12noon - BH16 6JN. 11am - 4pm. 07981 685704. 4pm. 01929 481073 / boilerhousegallery.co.uk. “Art, craft, local produce, music, food and live music.”
ID-ARTISTS: ‘NEW WORK’ 13 - 28 April ‘TO THE FORE’ 6 Heritage Courtyard Gallery, Sadler 6 and 7 April Street, WELLS, BA5 2RR. Tuesday - Mount Art Services, Silk Mill West, Sunday 10am - 5pm. 07708 406888 / Frome. 10am - 3pm. 01373 473894 / id-artists.co.uk. “Exceptional inter- mount-art.co.uk. “Mount is four. To disciplinary contemporary art work by celebrate we’ve brought together a Gail Mason (above), Tina Hill, Stephanie selection of artists we’ve worked with Wooster, Vicki Campbell and Sara so far who we consider to be at the Parsons. Pushing the boundaries of forefront of the Wessex art scene, painting, sculpture, textile art, sculpture including Anita Taylor, Mark Karasick, mosaics and printmaking.” Christopher Bucklow, and many more.” ROBIN DOYLE: ‘WHAT HAVE I DONE Above: Anita Taylor ‘Deianira decides ‘THE PINNACLES AT OLD HARRY’ NOW’ to use Nessus’s Potion’ 15 - 21 April ‘THE SPRING EXHIBITION’ ROBIN MACKENZIE: 27 Paris Street, EXETER, EX1 2JB 6 April - 11 May Opening / performance times: The Gallery at 41, 41 East Street, IMPRESSIONS Monday - Thursday and Sunday 10am - CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5EE. Tuesday - 3pm, Friday and Saturday 10am - 5pm. “Walford Mill Crafts’ resident printmaker Robin Mackenzie creates Saturday 11am - 4pm. 01929 480095 / whathaveidonenow.co.uk. “Most of galleryat41.com. “Paintings by David detailed wood engravings and vinyl cuts inspired by Dorset’s Jurassic Robin’s work is political in nature and Atkins, Felicity House, Richard Price, Coast and works as an illustrator specialising in printmaking. attempts to challenge systems that Judy Tate, Edward Vine, Vicky Finding, Impressions brings together Robin’s prints alongside work by those that exist to disempower, disenfranchise Rob Adams, Roger Dell Seddon, have inspired him in his creative journey - Angie Lewin, Ian Phillips, and divide the many for the benefit of Lawrence Quigley, and Angela Holland, Rena Gardiner, Andy English, Hilary Paynter, and Preeti Sood.” the few.” with sculpture by Moira Purver, Sue THE SHAFTESBURY GROUP Lansbury, Brendon Murless, and Laura 13 April - 19 May: Walford Mill Crafts, Knobcrook Road, WIMBORNE, 19 April Pentreath.” BH21 1NL. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. 01202 Town Hall, 21 High Street, 841400 / walfordmillcrafts.co.uk. ‘WILD LANDSCAPES’ SHAFTESBURY, SO7 8LY. 10am - 4pm. 8 - 27 April 01747 853822. “Affordable Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting ‘TELLING TALES’ ANDREW BUTLER: ‘REMEDY’ contemporary fine art. Drawing, House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 8 - 27 April 9 April - 11 May painting, printmaking and sculpture.” 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, ANTHONY DOVER 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 BH15 1UG. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 23 April - 18 May 01460 54973 / 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 9pm. 01202 280000 / Mezzanine Gallery, Lighthouse, 21 themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Atmospheric 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. lighthousepoole.co.uk. “17 paintings Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. ink and oil paintings of wild places and themeetinghouse.org.uk. “New and and 12 drawings made between 2016 Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 9pm. wild weather by Margaret original textile art by the Stitch Textiles and 2019.” lighthousepoole.co.uk. Paintings. Micklewright.” group.”
SOMERSET ART WEEKS FESTIVAL 2019 21 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER REGISTRATION NOW OPEN DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2019 Our Silver Anniversary programme will feature a range of exciting exhibitions, projects and events in over 100 Somerset locations, alongside new bursaries, residencies and commissions responding to the theme ‘A County of Contrasts’. We welcome submissions from artists, curators, galleries, arts organisations, education establishments and arts groups. See somersetartworks.org.uk for more details Email: [email protected] Tel: 01458 253800 / Facebook: @somersetartworks Twitter: @SAW_Somerset / Instagram: somerset_art_works
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DIANE CLUCK Diane Cluck is a singer-songwriter of Griffen. The album and singles received She contributed to New York’s burgeoning intuitive folk music based in Charlottesville, the distinction of premiering through Antifolk scene in the early 2000s. Since Virginia. She tours the US, UK and Europe, NPR’s First Listen, All Songs Considered then, singer-songwriters Laura Marling, employing singing as a healing, textural and Tiny Desk Contest series. Florence Welch (of Florence And The experience in which audiences may Machine), and Sharon Van Etten have cited wander, ponder, or simply be. Her vocal Diane’s work as influential. style has been noted for its clipped, glottal Starting in 2017 Diane began bringing an beauty, and was described by NPR original workshop Singing as Self-Care and (National Public Radio) as “an unlikely mix Embodied Expression to cities across the of Aaron Neville, the Baka people, and US and UK. At home in Virginia, Diane Joni Mitchell... unaffected yet unusual”. teaches at The Front Porch, She accompanies herself on various Charlottesville’s roots music school, and instruments including guitar, piano, was songwriting instructor for the harmonium, zither, and a copper pipe University of Virginia’s Young Writers instrument she built by hand. Time Out Workshop in 2018. New York cited her as a “brilliant 26 April: Other Side @ Haydon Church idiosyncratic guitarist”. Studio, HAYDON, Sherborne, DT9 5JB. Diane re leased her seventh album Boneset 7pm. £10 / £8. otherside- through Important Records, featuring dianecluck.eventbrite.co.uk. cellist Isabel Castellvi and drummer Anders dianecluck.info
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GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY “Using a raucous combination of physical theatre, live music and clowning, Scratchworks Theatre unfold the untold tale of the four feisty forgotten females from the Great Train Robbery, as they leave behind their kitchen-sink lives and embark on a madcap adventure of mischief and mayhem.” 8 March: Village Hall, STALBRIDGE, DT10 2NF. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01963 362355 / artsreach.co.uk. 9 Marc h: Village Hall, WINTERBORNE STICKLAND, DT11 0NT. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258 880920 / artsreach.co.uk.
HEXAGONAL 1 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. JAMES MORTON’S GROOVE DEN 1 March Bocabar, The Red Brick Building, Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9FT. 7.30pm. £7. 01458 440558 / HOLY MOLY & THE CRACKERS glastonburybocabar.co.uk. “One of the 1 March most exciting saxophone players of his Village Hall, HALSTOCK, BA22 9SG. generation. Soul, gospel and tough, 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01935 891744 / grooving, beats.” artsreach.co.uk. “With an amazing 2018 THE ZOOTS behind them, 2019 brings folk rock 1 March band Holy Moly & The Crackers back The Exchange, Old Market Hill, out onto the stage with a brand new Sturminster Newton, DT10 1FH. album and an army of growing fans. 7.30pm. £17. stur-exchange.co.uk. Come along for the ride - the craziest party in town alw ays has room for one more!” RICHARD DIGANCE 1 March The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, EX14 1LZ. 7.30pm. £17 / £15.50. 01404 384050 / beehivehoniton.co.uk. “Comedy songs and stories.” HAL CRUTTENDEN: ‘CHUBSTER’ 1 March Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 7.30pm. £19 / £17. 01305 266926 ‘INTRONAUTS’ / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “This hilarious 1 March show not only touches on Hal’s usual Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, moans abo ut being a middle-aged, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £12 / middle-class father of fat-shaming £10. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. teenagers but also introduces us to “Taking its cue from classic sci-fi new problems like his struggles with IQ movies, and fuelled by absurd visual tests, political zealots and the trauma comedy and innovative puppetry, of supporting the England rugby Green Ginger’s new show offers an team.” intoxicating inner body experience that STEVEN BAILEY: ‘OUR KID’ is out of this world.” 1 March THE SAVANNAH JAZZ BAND Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, 1 March BATH, BA1 6RT. 7.30pm. £14 / £11. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 01225 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “A House, East Str eet, ILMINSTER, TA19 story full of Northern warmth, some 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973 / working-class guilt and a bit of blue.” themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Tip-top, toe- tapping trad jazz.”
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JOHN OSBORNE: ‘JOHN PEEL’S SHED’ 1 March Village Hall, TARRANT GUNVILLE, DT11 8JN. 8pm. £8 / £6. 01258 830361 / artsreach.co.uk. “In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel’s Radio 1 show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. This is an ode to radio, those records and anyone who’s ever sought solace in the wireless. Featuring a selection of records previously owned by the late John Peel, this is a unique opportunity for any Peel fans.” CHEAP DATE DANCE COMPANY: ‘DIRTY WORDS’ 2 March Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £14 / £12. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. “A crash landing of self-expression, communication, humour, action and reaction through live music, dance, theatre, and digital media.” ‘WHERE THE HELL IS BERNARD?’ 2 March Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, BATH, BA1 6RT. 7.30pm. £14 / £12. 01225 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “In a world where no one plays, no one questions, and no one ever leaves, four women work in an office high above the city to anonymously return NINEBARROW lost items.” Multi-award-winning folk duo from Dorset, impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and ‘SHE’S A GOOD BOY’ captivating take on the folk tradition. Most recently, the duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk 2 March Awards in the category for Best Emerging Artist. Their third album The Waters and the Wild was awarded 5 The Pound Arts Ce ntre, Pound Pill, stars in both The Morning Star and the English Folk Dance & Song Society’s EDS Magazine. Folk luminary CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. £12 / Mike Harding has hailed it as ‘absolutely monumental’, and in June 2018 the album reached Number 2 in £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. Amazon’s Folk best-seller chart. ‘PERIL AT SEA’ 8 March: Village Hall, HINTON MARTEL, BH21 7HE. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258 840066. 2 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 9 March: Village Hall, MELBURY OSMOND, DT2 0NL. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01935 83453. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / 10 March: Village Hall, MILBORNE ST ANDREW, DT11 0JX. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258 839230. lighthousepoole.co.uk. “A journey into our seafaring past and present.” BSO KOKORO: ‘A NIGHT IN ‘BUTTERFLY’ TOM STATE: ‘I SWEAR TO…’ HOLY MOLY & THE CRACKERS VIENNA’ 5 - 7 March 6 March 2 March 2 March The Loco Klub, Clock Tower Yard, Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, The Exchange, STURMINSTER Village Hall, BRIANTSPUDDLE, DT2 Bristol BS1 6QH. 6pm. £9 / £8. 0117 BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £17.50. 01225 NEWTON, DT10 1FH. 7.30pm. £10 / 7HT. 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01929 471002. 941 3857 / 07873 708233. “Butterfly 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. £7. 01258 475137. See 1 March. ALEXANDRA VADUVA unearths untold stories of queer history. ‘THE ISLE OF BRIMSKER’ ‘NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES’ 3 March From loud and proud activism to 6 and 7 March 2 March Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth individual acts of defiance. 10 stories Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, come together to highlight the passion, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 CROWCOMBE, TA4 4B. 8pm. £10 / £4. POOLE, BH12 5BB. 3pm. £18. 01202 love and defiance in the refusal of the 1HF. Wednesday 11am and 2.30pm, 01984 618274 / halswaymanor.org.uk. 395474. Piano recital. LGBT to have their voices driven Thursday 11am and 1.30pm. 01305 underground.” JOHN OSBORNE: ‘JOHN PEEL’S JOHN OSBORNE: ‘JOHN PEEL’S 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “A new SHED’ SHED’ BSO: ‘MAGICAL FAIRYTALES’ multi-sensory story from Frozen Light, 2 March 3 March 6 March specialists in making theatre for Village Hall, WINFRITH, DT2 8JR. Village Hall, SHIPTON GORGE, DT6 Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, au diences with profound and multiple 7.30pm. £10 / £7.50. 01305 853783 / 4NA. 7.30pm. £8 / £6. 0 1308 897407 / BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / learning disabilities.” artsreach.co.uk. See 1 March. artsreach.co.uk. See 1 March. lighthousepoole.co.uk.
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‘TROWBRIDGE LAUGHS’ ‘THE BOY AND THE MERMAID’ 7 March 9 March Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8EQ. 8pm. £10. BH15 1UG. 11am and 2pm. 01202 01225 774306 / townhallarts.co.uk. 280000. “Live music, puppetry, a STEVE KNIGHTLEY rapping octopus and a shifting set of 7 March surprises for all the family.” The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, THE UNRAVELLING WILBURYS EX14 1LZ. 7.30pm. £18. 01404 384050. 9 March LEWIS CLARK & THE ESSENTIALS Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, 7 March High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 1HF. 7.30pm. £15 / £13. 01305 266926. CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. £12 / ‘ANTIGONE NA H’EIREANN’ £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. 9 March “Jazz-folk meets soul.” Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, BATH, BA1 6RT. 7.30pm. £14 / £12. 01225 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “A hard-border Brexit has severed Ireland in two. Driven by faith to resurrect the IRA, Annie battles to bring her family the honour they deserve.” ‘WEST COUNTRY CONCERTINAS’ 9 March Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near CROWCOMBE, TA4 4B. 8pm. £10 / £4. 01984 618274 / halswaymanor.org.uk. BSO TRIO 9 March Village Hall, LITTON CHENEY, DT2 9AU 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01308 482552 / ‘UNSIGNED’ EDGELARKS artsreach.co.uk. See 8 March. 7 March AQUINAS PIANO TRIO Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street, “Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin showcase new songs in an upbeat celebration, an incitement to hope.” 10 March TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8EQ. 7.30pm. £4. Rook Lane Chapel, FROME, BA11 1DN. 01225 774306 / townhallarts.co.uk. 3 March: Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, 10.30am. £16. fromeconcertgroup.org. “Young, local, unsigned musicians take DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 7.30pm. £15 / £13 / £5. 01305 266926 / “One of Britain’s most sought-after to the stage.” dorchesterarts.org.uk. chamber groups!” ‘FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD’ 7 - 9 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, MOSCOW DRUG CLUB BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / 8 March lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Hardy’s classic Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting story performed by students from Arts House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 University Bournemouth.” 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973 / themeetinghouse.org.uk. “A heady and BSO TRIO darkly comic fix of Weimar Berlin 8 March cabaret, Hot Club de France, gypsy jazz Village Hall, IBBERTON, DT11 0EL. and Nuevo Tango.” 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258 817269 / ‘A COUNTRY NIGHT IN NASHVILLE’ artsreach.co.uk. “Bournemouth ‘ORLANDO’ 8 March Symphony Orchestra musicians Barbara 12 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Brown (flute), Judith Preston (viola) and Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. Eluned Pierce (harp) present an evening BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £15 / of trio music featuring Debussy, Faure, CHRIS WOODS GEORGIE FAME £13. 01308 424204. “The comedic tale Handel and Armold Bax.” 8 March 8 March of an immortal poet.” The Exchange, Old Market Hill, OLGA KOCH: ‘FIGHT’ Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, THEATRE ALIBI: ‘FALLING’ STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1FH. 8 March BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000.. “A 12 March 7.30pm. £19.50. stur-exchange.co.uk. Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, rare chance to see one of our greatest Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £12 / £10. 01225 traditional singer songwriters up close THE RONNIE SCOTT'S ALL STARS TAUNTON, TA2 7SH. 7.30pm. £15 / £9. 282138. “In 2014, Olga Koch’s father and personal. Chris Woods is an 9 March 01823 414141 / tacchi-morris.com. “In got stopped by authorities on the uncompromising writer whose music The Exchange, Old Market Hill, the blink of an eye, Alice has Russian border, which resulted in the reveals his love for the unofficial history STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1FH. disappeared down a hole that’s most surreal year of her family’s life.” of the English-speaking peoples.” 7.30pm. £18. 01258 475137. suddenly yawned open on the lawn...”
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CAMPBELL & THE QUARTER TURNS “Bristol’s rock’n’soul collective promise an unforgettable night of live music. Expect rock steady grooves, blasting organ riffs, screaming solos and a red-hot horn section.” 2 March: Mother’s Ruin, 7 - 9 St Nicholas Street, BRISTOL, BS1 1UE. 8pm. £5 / £4. 0117 329 0143 / thequarterturns.com / mothersruinbristol.co.uk.
‘THE COUNTRY TEAM’ SARA DEBORAH AND FRIENDS 12 March 15 March Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £10. BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11am. £12. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. See FARNHAM MALTINGS: ‘TITLE & 14 March. DEED’ SARA DEBORAH AND FRIENDS 14 March 15 March Village Hall, DRIMPTON, DT8 3RF. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01308 867617 / House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 artsreach.co.uk. “A haunting, funny, 0AN. 7.30pm. £15. 01460 54973. See quietly moving examination of what it 14 March. is to search for ‘home’ - that singular FOIL ARMS AND HOG: ‘CRAICLING’ place in the world where we can feel 15 March complete.” Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, ROBERT WHITE: ‘THE TANK TOP Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 TOUR’ 2BU. 8pm. £23.25. 01202 055660. 14 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Musical stand up.” SARA DEBORAH AND FRIENDS 14 March Wellhayes Vineyard, CLAYHANGER, Tiverton, EX16 7NY. 7.30pm. £15. 01398 361612. “Multi-talented violinist Sara Deborah Timossi’s elegant playing has been compared to the ‘instrumental voice of an angel’ and she has been described as ‘one of the THE PHIL BEER BAND rising stars of the baroque violin’. 16 March Accompanying Sara will be two equally The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, accomplished classical musicians, cellist EX14 1LZ. 8pm. £21. 01404 384050 / Lucy Scotchmer and guitarist Johan beehivehoniton.co.uk. “A unique blend Löfving.” of folk’n’roll trawled from Phil’s treasure trove of traditional tunes and American WESSEX BIG BAND CONCERT country rock.” 14 March Martock Church, Church Street, ‘ENSONGLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE’ MARTOCK, TA12 6JL. 7.30pm. £9 / £8. 16 March 01935 829576 / martockonline.co.uk. Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street, “A 24-piece brass band playing popular TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8EQ. 3pm. £10 / and contemporary music made famous £8. 01225 774306 / townhallarts.co.uk. by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn “A song about science for each letter Miller, Ted Heath and James Last.” of the alphabet. Expect the unexpected, and expect it to rhyme!” DORCHESTER YOUTH THEATRE: ‘CHAOS’ SARA DEBORAH AND FRIENDS 14 and 15 March 16 March Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, Creative Innovation Centre, Paul Street, High East Street, DT1 1HF. 7pm. £7.50 TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. 7.30pm. £15. / £4. 01305 266926 / 01823 337477. See 14 March. dorchesterarts.org.uk.
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SHYLOCK RHODRI MILES WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL Rhodri Miles (Game of Thrones, Burton, Dylan Thomas: Clown in the Moon) celebrates Shakespeare’s unique and rich language in the latest in his series of masterful one-man shows.
THE NOISE NEXT DOOR REMIX THURSDAY 4 APRIL Unstoppably funny and uniquely talented, The Noise Next Door are the next big thing
COMEDYin THEATRE British comedy. JAZZ “Comedy Gold” The Guardian MELA GUITAR QUARTET “Bringing the colours and textures of four classical guitars to life with a THE NASH ENSEMBLE wonderfully inventive, eclectic mix of repertoire, Mela explore the art of WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL a classical quartet to the highest level.” 22 March: Jubilee Hall, YETMINSTER, DT9 6LQ. 7.30pm. £10 / £5. “Is there a better-equipped, more polished, 01935 873719 / artsreach.co.uk. stylish, or characterful chamber music group than the Nash Ensemble anywhere 23 March: Village Hall, MARNHULL, DT10 1JZ. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258
CLASSICAL MUSIC on the planet?” Herald Scotland 820381 / artsreach.co.uk.
BRIAN BLESSED 01305 266926 21 March www.dorchesterarts.org.uk Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000. Charity No. 1015546 ARTS Dorchester “Brian’s eloquence and humour will have the audience gripped from the moment he steps on stage to deliver anecdotes from his glittering career on stage and screen as well as stories from his climbs on Everest and Kilimanjaro. It’s probably fair to expect an expletive or two.” ALEC DANKWORTH’S WORLD MARTIN TAYLOR AND ULF SPIRIT WAKENIUS 16 March 21 March Memorial Hall, STURMINSTER Lighth ouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, MARSHALL, BH21 4BQ. 7.30pm. £10 / BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. “Two £7. 07903 057427 / artsreach.co.uk. of the world’s greatest jazz guitarists “Renowned bass player Alec share a stage.” Dankworth joins forces with daughter Emily Dankworth, leading tenorist NORTHERN HARMONY Brandon Allen and world percussionist 21 March Paul Clarvis to explore melodies from St Andrew’s Church, FONTMELL Africa, South America and other MAGNA, SP7 0NY. 7.30pm. £10 / £8. continents from a jazz perspective.” 01747 811853 / artsreach.co.uk. “These 14 extraordinary intergenerational WESSEX YOUTH ORCHESTRA singers present thrilling harmony 17 March singing from South Africa, Corsica, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Georgia, the Balkans and many BH15 1UG. 3pm. 01202 280000. American traditions.” ALEC DANKWORTH’S WORLD ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ SPIRIT 21 March 17 March Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, SUBSCRIBE TO EVOLVER Village Hall, BUCKLAND NEWTON, TAUNTON, TA2 7SH. 7.30pm. £13 / £9. DT2 7BZ. 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01300 01823 414141 / tacchi-morris.com. “A £24 for 6 issues starting with EVOLVER 111 (May / June 2019 issue) 345455. See 16 March. haunting, twisted reimagining of Franz KATHRYN ROBERTS & SEAN Kafka’s absurd tale, using state-of-the- NAME LAKEMAN art makeup and prosthetic effects to 19 March present Gregor’s transformation in ADDRESS Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, exquisite, ultra-realistic detail.” TAUNTON, TA2 7SH. 7.30pm. £15. THE BLACKHEART ORCHESTRA 01823 414141 / tacchi-morris.com. 21 March BSO: ‘MUSIC FOR THE SOUL’ Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, 20 March BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £14 / £12. 01225 Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “Award- BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. winning British songwriters, composers POSTCODE DORCHESTER PIANO QUARTET and multi-instrumentalists Chrissy 21 March Mostyn and Rick Pilkington are The Send cheque (payable to ‘Evolver Media’) to: Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, Blackheart Orchestra. The pioneering EVOLVER MEDIA, 8 BUCKLAND ROAD, PEN MILL TRADING ESTATE, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 duo blend musical styles seamlessly YEOVIL, SOMERSET BA21 5EA 1HF. 11.30am. Free entry. 01305 sidestepping boundaries to create 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk. music huge enough to fill a cathedral.”
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LAST CHANCE SALOON: ‘CURSE OF TAUNTON CONCERT BAND THE MUMMY / SHERLOCK HOLMES 23 March AND THE BLUE CARBUNCLE’ Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, 21 March TAUNTON, TA2 7SH. 7.30pm. £9 / £8. Village Hall, CORFE CASTLE, BH20 5EE 01823 414141 / tacchi-morris.com. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 07590 352219. “Using ‘DRACULA: THE BLOODY TRUTH’ twisted, catchy pop songs, an 23 March assortment of characters, lashings of Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, good old fashioned British humour, and BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000. a touch of classic slapstick comedy, Last “Hilarious smash hit comedy.” Chance Saloon take you on a whirlwind adventure in this double-bill.” CLARE TEAL AND HER TRIO 23 March ‘PLATFORM’ Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, 22 March High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 The Edge, University of Bath, Claverton 1HF. 7.30pm. £23 / £21. 01305 266926 Down, BATH, BA2 7AY. 6.45pm. £6 / / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Jazz vocalist £5. 01225 386777 / edgearts.org. and BBC Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal “Experience an evening of live music, and her Trio feature the very best of visual arts, theatre and dance from popular music from the golden age of University of Bath’s impressive arts song in this upbeat and uplifting new scholars. Enjoy a varied repertoire show.” featuring jazz and classical music, Latin and ballroom dancing, photographic works, physical theatre, and more.” LAST CHANCE SALOON: ‘CURSE OF THE MUMMY / SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE BLUE CARBUNCLE’ 22 March Village Hall, DURWESTON, DT11 0QA. 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01258 488883 / artsreach.co.uk. See 21 March. MAD DOG MCREA 22 March NORTHERN HARMONY Bocabar, The Red Brick Building, 26 March Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 St Peter’s Church, High East Street, 9FT. 8pm. £16.50. 01458 440558. DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 7.30pm. £13 / £11. 01305 266926. “These 14 brilliant DUNCAN ANSELM QUINTET young singers return with another 22 March thrilling mix of world harmony Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting traditions including South African songs House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 and dances, traditional polyphony from 0AN. 8pm. £14. 01460 54973. Jazz. Georgia, Corsica and the Balkans, EFFRA IN LOYAL COMPANY American shape-note singing and 22 March qu artet gospel, as well as renaissance The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, “May 1941. Hitler’s bombs rain on Liverpool. Local packer, Arthur motets.” CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / Robinson, joins up becoming a private in the 18th reconnaissance ‘RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO’ £10. 01249 701628. Folk. division. Deployed to Singapore, his ship is destroyed by Japanese dive 26 - 30 March HICCUP PROJECT: ‘LOVELY GIRLS’ bombers on arrival. Arthur is declared missing. This extraordinary true Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 22 March story of survival is a tour-de-force war epic, written and performed by BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday and Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, Arthur’s great-nephew, David William Bryan.” Saturday matinees 2.30pm). 01202 BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £15. 280000. “Kate Wasserburg’s bold 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. 8 March: Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, production of Andrea Dunbar’s DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 7.30pm. £13 / £11. 01305 266926 / JOHN KIRKPATRICK landmark coming-of-age tale.” 23 March dorchesterarts.org.uk. ‘TO WIN THE DAY’ Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, 27 March BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £13 / ALTERED IMAGES LAST CHANCE SALOON: ‘CURSE OF Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, £11. bridport-arts.com. Folk. 23 March THE MUMMY / SHERLOCK HOLMES High West Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 ‘WOMANS’ The Exchange, Old Market Hill, AND THE BLUE CARBUNCLE’ 1UY. 7.30pm. £12 / £10. 01305 261849. 23 March STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1FH. 23 March “Acclaimed folk-drama, by Dorset- The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 7.30pm. £22.50 / £21.50. 01258 Village Hall, MARTINSTOWN, DT2 9LF. based group Time & Tide, uses CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / 475137 / stur-exchange.co.uk. “Early 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01305 889738 / historical record combined with folk £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. 1980s Scottish new wave / post-punk artsreach.co.uk. See 21 March. music of the time and area to create a band led by lead singer Clare Grogan.” song cycle of the Tolpuddle women.”
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BSO: ‘EAST MEETS WEST’ JENNIFER CROOK TRIO 27 March 3 0 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / CHARLOTTE ROWAN & CHARLOTTE £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. STEVENSON “Jennifer Crook creates atmospheric 27 March arrangements around vivid storytelling. The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Simply stunning.” CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 1pm. £7.50 / MIKE DENHAM, TREVOR WHITING £5. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. AND ALI WHITING “Violin and piano recital.” 30 March ‘PLAYHOUSE CREATURES’ Tincleton Gallery, The Old School 27 - 30 March House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £15. 01305 848909 BATH, BA1 6RT. 7.30pm. £12 / £10. / tincletongallery.com. “Mike Denham 01225 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uAk. “ and Trevor W hiting (see 29 March) are hilarious and shocking romp through joined by Ali Whiting for a programme theatrical history, as the Rondo that includes Ali’s tuneful and becomes a seventeenth century theatre expressive vocals and ragtime and for a moving and funny play which swing violin.” shows that the exploitation of women ‘HOW DOES THIS POLITICS THING in entertainment is nothing new.” WORK THEN?’ IVO GRAHAM: ‘MOTION SICKNESS’ 30 March 28 March The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 2pm. £8 / £7. CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. £12. poundarts.org.uk. “Politics is boring. poundarts.org.uk. Comedy. Politics is complicated. Politics is for adults. Rubbish! Politics is actually SPITZ & CO: ‘LES GLORIABLES’ super important and can be made 29 March really fun, if you know how.” Comrades Hall, BROADWINDSOR, DT8 3QP. 7.30pm. £9. 01308 867644 / ‘SPARKPLUG’ artsreach.co.uk. “Inspired by Victor 30 March Hugo’s classic French novel ‘Les Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Miserables’, legendary French actress BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Gloria Delaneuf is determined to create “Manchester, 1983. Dave loves Rod a piece of theatre with the power to Stewart, Joanne and his Ford Capri, reunite Europe.” only Joanne is about to have someone RICH HALL’S HOEDOWN else’s baby. This autobiographical story explores realities surrounding family, “Beginning as a withering dissection of Trump’s America, but ending as race, identify and love.” a celebration of Americana, Rich Hall makes room for stand-up, improv ‘FLANDERS AND SWANN: AT THE ballads, great musicianship and a foot-stomping good time, y’all.” DROP OF (ANOTHER) 6 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 HIPPOPOTAMUS’ 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. 30 March Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 PETE OXLEY & NICK MEIER SARAH GILLESPIE 1HF. 7.30pm. £17 / £15. 01305 266926. 29 March 29 March Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, D’CLICK CIRCO: ‘ISLA’ House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Jazz. 30 March 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973 / Village Hall, WEST LULWORTH, BH20 RAMSHACKLE COMMUNITY STRING 5SG. 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01929 400490. MIKE DENHAM AND TREVOR themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Jazz and ORCHESTRA world music.” “Based on movement, acrobatics, the WHITING 29 March Chinese pole and other circus skills, this 29 March POP CLUB: ‘BIRTHDAY BASH’ The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Spanish company explores the subtle Tincleton Gallery, The Old School 29 March CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. Free barrier that exists between physical House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, entry. 01249 701628. “Folk music.” theatre and dance, between circus and DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £15. 01305 848909 High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 FEROCIOUS DOG + NICK PARKER risk, and between magic and dreams.” / tincletongallery.com. “A varied 1HF. 7.30pm. £5. 01305 266926 / 29 March programme inspired by 1920s and SPITZ & CO: ‘LES GLORIABLES’ dorchesterarts.org.uk. “An evening of Bocabar, The Red Brick Building, 1930s jazz styles. Trevor is one of the 30 March musical entertainment featuring Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 UK’s top jazz reed players and plays Village Hall, SANDFORD ORCAS, DT9 multiple stag es filled with music of 9FT. 8pm. £16.60. 01458 440558. with many of the UK’s top jazz 4RX. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01963 220208 / many genres and styles, such as pop, “Celtic-folk punk.” musicians.” rock, folk, soul and more.” artsreach.co.uk. See 29 March.
Street performers, musicians, choirs, buskers, bands etc to entertain crowds in the streets of Ringwood! 30 minute alloted sets throughout the day, with breaks in between If you or your group are interested in taking part in this event please contact a.s.a.p. to ensure a place: Ringwood’s International Roger Bettle 01425 489350 Festival of [email protected] Street Performance Art Saturday 18th May 2019
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MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD “Bittersweet story of love, jealousy and the price of freedom follows four women in Manchester, Oldham and London through the immense social changes of the twentieth century. Charlotte Keatley’s award- winning play is the world’s most commonly performed work by a female playwright.” 12 and 13 March: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday matinee 2.30pm). 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk.
FROMAGE EN FEU SINDU VEE: ‘SANDHOG’ 30 March 3 April Bocabar, The Red Brick Building, Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 BATH, BA1 6RT. 7.30pm. £14 / £12. 9FT. 8pm. £10 / £8. 01458 440558. 01225 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “The quintessential faux French fiery WE ARE ROBOT + SOULCREEK + gypsy band.” ISSY WHITLOCK ALAN BARNES, IAN SMITH, AND 3 April DAVID NEWTON Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 30 March BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Cafe Sladers, Sladers Yard, WEST BAY, Bridport, DT6 4EL. 8pm. £18. 01308 459511 / sladersyard.co.uk. “Expect flawless jazz with plenty of anecdotes and laughter from some of the finest jazz musicians in this country.” DIVERTIMENTI STRING SEXTET 31 March Kimmeridge House, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, POOLE, BH12 5BB. 3pm. £18. bournemouthchambermusic.co.uk. SPITZ & CO: ‘LES GLORIABLES’ 31 March Village Hall, WEST STAFFORD, DT2 8AG. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01305 261984 / artsreach.co.uk. See 29 March. D’CLICK CIRCO: ‘ISLA’ 31 March Corn Exchange, BLANDFORD, DT11 RHODRI MILES: ‘SHYLOCK’ 7AG. 6pm. £10 / £6. 01258 452074 / 3 April artsreach.co.uk. See 30 March. Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, THE FUREYS High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1 April 1HF. 7.30pm. £13 / £11. 01305 266926 Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Come and BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £22. celebrate Shakespeare’s unique and 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. rich language in this intimate, magical “Legends of Irish music and song.” and humorous treatment of Shylock and his people.” BSO: ‘ACCLAIMED ELGAR’ 3 April MELA GUITAR QUARTET Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 4 April BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. Jordans Courtyard, HORTON CROSS, Ilminster, TA19 9PT. 6.45pm. £15. GLENN TILLBROOK 01823 252658 / helmtickets.com. 3 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, ‘THE MAGNIFICENT MUSIC HALL’ BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000 / 4 April lighthousepoole.co.uk. Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 2.30pm. 01202 280000.
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ORFEO ED EURIDICE “Grassroots Opera present Gluck’s masterpiece, exploring the fine lines between love and obsession.” 12 April: Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973 / themeetinghouse.org.uk.
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MELA GUITAR QUARTET KITTY MCFARLANE + NAMER OF 5 April CLOUDS Creative Innovation Centre, Memorial 12 April Hall, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 6.45pm. £15. 01823 337477. CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / OLLY OLSSON £10. poundarts.org.uk. “Kitty 5 April Macfarlane’s music is rich with visual Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, imagery and written with an eco-eye.” BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. THE JONAH HITCHENS BAND MELA GUITAR QUARTET 12 April 5 April The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, EX14 1LZ. 8pm. £10 / £5. 01404 BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11am. £12. 384050. “Funk and soul.” 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. ART THEMAN + LAURA JURD D'CLICK CIRCUS COMPANY: ‘ISLA’ QUINTET 5 April 12 April The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, EX14 1LZ. 7.30pm. £9.50 / £7.50. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 28 0000. Jazz. 01404 384050. See 30 March. JOHN LUKE ROBERTS: ‘ALL I RONNIE JONES QUARTET WANNA DO...’ 5 April 12 April Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £12. 01225 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973. Jazz. 282138. “One with a blue moustache. Who thinks far more about the Spice SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET Girls than anyone should. A masterclass THEATRE in prop, clown, costume and Mel C- 6 April themed comedy.” Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £14 / £12. 01225 THE UNDERCOVER HIPPY + SMILEY 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. Comedy. & THE UNDERCLASS 13 April ‘SWAN LAKE’ Bocabar, The Red Brick Building, 6 April Morland Road, GLASTONBURY, BA6 Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, 9FT. 8pm. £12 / £10. 01458 440558 / TAU NTON, TA2 7SH. 2.30pm and glastonburybocabar.co.uk. “Infectious 7.30pm. £16 / £11. tacchi-morris.com. reggae rhythms, provocative lyrics, MELA GUITAR QUARTET dangerously catchy hooks and a feel 6 April good groove.” The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, JEN BRISTER + JOEY PAGE + DAVID North Street, CREWKERNE, TA18 7AL. ARNOLD 6.45pm. £15. helmtickets.com. 58 FORDWYCH ROAD 13 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, “Singer songwriter Nick Harper pays tribute to the time and the place BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / in which, as a small boy in his dad Roy’s flat, he encountered music lighthousepoole.co.uk. Comedy. legends including Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Marc Bolan and Sandy Denny.” 25 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk.
BSO: ‘ECHOES OF HOME’ ‘STATUS’ 10 April 11 April SEAN MCLOUGHLIN: ‘HAIL MARY’ Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 7 April BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. “The The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, lighthousepoole.co.uk. globe-spanning journey of one man’s Bristol BS3 1TF. 8pm. £12. 0117 902 TOM NEENAN: ‘IT’S ALWAYS attempted escape - with songs - from 0344. Comedy. INFINITY’ the national story he was given.” TUMLYN BRASS QUINTET 10 April SEAN MCLOUGHLIN: ‘HAIL MARY’ MARTIN TURNER 7 April Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, 11 April 13 April Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £14 / £12. 01225 Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. Comedy. BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £12. 01225 EX14 1LZ. 8pm. £20 / £17.50. 01404 1HF. 2.30pm. £14 / £12. 01305 266926. 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. Comedy. 384050 / beehivehoniton.co.uk.
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‘THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN’ ADAM GLASSER SEXTET 13 April 26 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / ‘PERCUSSIVE DANCE’ lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Focussing on 13 April the music of Hugh Masekela and other Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near great composers of his homeland, the CROWCOMBE, TA4 4B. 8pm. £10 / £4. piano and harmonica wizard showcases 01984 618274 / halswaymanor.org.uk. his new album ‘South Africa and Beyond’.” KIERAN HODGSON: ‘75’ 13 April NIKKI ILES TRIO Rondo Theatre, St Saviours Road, 26 April BATH, BA1 6RT. 8pm. £14 / £12. 01225 Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 282138 / rondotheatre.co.uk. “Passion. House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 Betrayal. Harold Wilson. Character 0AN. 8pm. £17. 01460 54973. comedian Kieran Hodgson returns with “Superlative contemporary jazz, with the epic and surprising tale of how Karen Sharpe and Stan Sulzmann.” Britain joined Europe in the first place.” JACK COOKSON ‘THE LONG WALK BACK’ 26 April 14 April The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. Free High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 entry. poundarts.org.uk. “Jack 1HF. 7pm. £13 / £11 / £5. 01305 Cookson’s distinct style combines his 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “The deeply articulate lyrics with memorable epic true story of England cricket star melodic hooks and intricate, fingerstyle Chris Lewis’s catastrophic fall from RONAN MAGILL guitar arrangements, influenced by grace.” “Returning to Tincleton from Tokyo the international concert pianist roots music from either side of the Ronan Magill will play a full Beethoven programme on the Friday, and Atlantic.” selections from Scarlatti, Schubert, Ravel, Stravinsky, Bartok and Magill YEOVIL CONCERT BAND on the Saturday. Prepare to be wowed!” 27 April Martock Church, Church Street, 26 and 27 April: Tincleton Gallery, The Old School House, MARTOCK, TA12 6JL. 7.30pm. £9 / £8. TINCLETON, near Dorchester, DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £15. 01305 848909 / 01935 829576 / martockonline.co.uk. tincletongallery.com. “Songs from stage shows and films, marches, folk music, classical suites, plus tributes to classical and popular DAN EVANS EUROPEAN FOLK ENSEMBLE composers.” 18 April 21 April ‘THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA’ The Beehive, Dowell Street, HONITON, Halsway Manor, Halsway Lane, near MOORE MOSS RUTTER 16 - 18 April EX14 1LZ. 8pm. £10.50 / £8.50. 01404 CROWCOMBE, TA4 4B. 8pm. £10 / £4. 27 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 384050 / beehivehoniton.co.uk. 01984 618274 “Music from the The Pound A rts Centre, Pound Pill, BH15 1UG. Tuesday 1.30pm, Comedy. European folk, traditional and popular CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. £14 / Wednesday and Thursday 11am and music traditions.” £12. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. NEW ORLEANS HEAT “Widely regarded as three of the best 2pm. lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Direct 19 April ‘THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK from the West End, the Olivier Award- players, innovators and performers in Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting ROBBERY’ traditional folk amongst a precociously nominated smash-hit family show in House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 23 - 27 April which an unexpected tiger causes gifted generation, their finely-crafted 0AN. 8pm. £15. 01460 54973 / Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, arrangements wield a rare potency.” mayhem at teatime.” themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Red hot old BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday and THE NASH ENSEMBLE style jazz by an accomplished 7-piece Saturday matinees 2.30pm). 01202 THREE CANE WHALE 17 April band.” 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. 27 April Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, Cafe Sladers, Sladers Yard, WEST BAY, ‘SEVEN DRUNKEN NIGHTS - THE WYVERN: ‘WORDS TAKE WING’ Bridport, DT6 4EL. 8pm. £15. 01308 High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 STORY OF THE DUBLINERS’ 24 April 1HF. 8pm. £22 / £2 0. 01305 266926. 459511 / sladersyard.co.uk. “Highly 19 April Dorchester Arts, The Corn Exchange, acclaimed multi-instrumental acoustic ‘THE BIRD SHOW’ Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 trio featuring members of Spiro and 17 April BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / 1HF. 7.30pm. £13 / £11. 01305 266926. Get the Blessing, whose spare, intricate Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, lighthousepoole.co.uk. “This original folk-drama draws on the compositions combine ancient folk with BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11am. £6. 01308 ‘SWAN LAKE’ notebooks of Thomas Hardy, telling of modern classical ideas.” 424204 / bridport-arts.com. “The Bird 20 April 19th century lives and dreams, hopes Show uses live music, object and despair, love and laughter. These XAVIER DE SOUSA: ‘POST’ Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, 27 April manipulation and lots more silly bird BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £18 / extraordinary stories, always observant puns in this heart-fluttering physical and often quirky, are brought to life Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, £15 / £10. 01308 424204 / bridport- BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / comedy about conservation, migration arts.com. through carefully chosen extracts, lively and imagination.” music and dramatic readings.” lighthousepoole.co.uk.
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