AN INDEPENDENT, FREE MONTHLY GUIDE TO MUSIC, ART, THEATRE, ISSUE 41 | AUG 2018 COMEDY, LITERATURE & FILM IN STROUD. WWW.GOODONPAPER.INFO
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EDITOR Advertising/Editorial/Listings: Crazy Golf at the Editor’s Note Alex Hobbis [email protected] DESIGNER Artwork and Design Welcome to the forty fi rst issue of Good On Paper – your free Adam Hinks [email protected] £3/4 per putt monthly guide to music, concerts, art exhibitions, theatre productions, comedy shows, fi lm screenings and literature ONLINE FACEBOOK TWITTER Goods Shed events in Stroud… goodonpaper.info /GoodOnPaperStroud @GoodOnPaper_ PRINTED BY: For the past three years our August issue has taken shape as a bumper Stroud Fringe Special with a guide to the various stages (including our own!) and the artists performing over the bank holiday Tewkesbury Printing Company weekend.
This year the Stroud Fringe team are taking a well-earned break, charging their batteries and planning their return in 2019 however luckily enough for us Stroud dwellers there is still plenty going on as event organisers across the Stroud District step up to fi ll the temporary gap! SPONSORED BY:
Stroud Block Party move indoors across two venues to bring you hip-hop legends (and legends in the making), Crazy Golf returns to the SVA Goods Shed, the Crown and Sceptre once again assembles the Gurt Yurt in their garden for the annual Outer Fringe and Laurence Kapoor (organiser of the Food Street at the Fringe) has just opened up a brand new bar and street food kitchen in the old JRool. CO-WORKING STUDIO
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FRONT COVER: Alex Merry CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Christopher Taylor, Lucy White, Sean Roe, Sarah Edmonds, Matt Shinn and Nikki Owen CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHY: James Kriszyk, Tammy Lynn Photography and Katie Jane Watson
NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE: Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, Stroud Theatre Festival, Elisa Lodato, Ery Burns, collingridgelaw.co.uk the Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra and much more!!
'The Importance of being Earnest' by The Pantaloons Friday 10 August, 7pm at Newark Park The Pantaloons are bringing their hilarious version of this Oscar Wilde classic to the Newark lawn. Tickets are available to purchase online: crazygolf2016.indd 1 21/07/2016 14:27 Adult £13.50, Child £8. cafe + hire shop 31st July - 11th August 2018 OPEN DAILY 10am - 4pm Call 01453 842644 for details #nationaltrust nationaltrust.org.uk/newark-park Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1BB © National Trust 2018. The National Trust is an independent SVA registered charity, number 205846. Photography © National 4th Aug - 2nd Sept 10am - 4pm Trust Images\The Pantaloons. www.sva.org.ukwww.sva.org.uk Opening party: Friday 3rd August 6-8pm
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If you have a penchant for hip-hop then you’ve no doubt heard of Stroud Block Party and have probably experienced one of their now legendary events. I met with Neil Wilson, Will Cookson and Tom Berry who founded the collective back in 2014 Stroud to find out how it all started, the highs and lows and what the future holds...
How did Stroud Block Party start? Will: We liked the idea of mixing up the urban and rural by bringing an Neil: We’re two sets of DJ's, Tom and inner city vibe to a small town in Block Will as Stroud Calling and myself the countryside. The Fringe was the Dubbu. We play a similar type of music, perfect setting. o¢ vinyl, genres like Funk, Hip Hop, Soul and Reggae, we played a few So out of that idea and spirit what was gigs together and then the idea came the reaction to the first year and what about putting on a stage. I planned to do you take from it for future events? Party do a stage at the Fringe Festival and then Tom and Will wanted to do the T: We we’re terrified nobody would Fringe Festival as well and we pooled come. The first day we opened up our resources and did something there was literally a handful of people By Christopher Taylor together. We wanted do something there, but by the third night we had completely di¢erent, something new over a thousand people out on the for Stroud. We wanted to come up with streets. Then we knew we were on to a new fresh idea… something. The act that really set it o¢ was Boca 45, who played on the Tom: We've all been massively Friday night, and then DJ Shepdog on influenced by the music of New York. the Saturday night. It just absolutely We wanted that spirit of New York, kicked o¢! bring it to the five valleys of Stroud. Make something quite unique. N: When it came to the actual #41 | Aug 2018 Music 05
organising the construction of the Tell Good On Paper about some of the block party, we didn't really know what events you have coming up…. it was going to look like, what it was going to be. We had a lot of help from N: Children Of Zeus is a really Lottie Lyster at The Prince Albert and interesting booking, they've been Julie Howe from the Fringe Festival. slowly building on the scene. Their audience has grown massively over W: We really thought about the the past 12 to 18 months. They come aesthetic and the way we promoted with a really good reputation for a live the party but then it just took on a life show and the quality of music is just of its own as it was adopted by the amazing. wider community. T: Interesting because they are young T: Everybody just came together on hip hop act, but very soulful. For me the day, we didn’t have lights and their forbearers for acts like Soul II then somebody showed up with those, Soul. We are putting them on with somebody showed up with some décor Mr Thing, who's probably one of the to put all round the stage… world's greatest DJ’s and a former member of the Scratch Perverts – N: Also, the biggest thing, was the putting them together will be a really actual location: It’s never been used for great combination. Photography Lynn Tammy Image by a party before, the majority of people didn’t even know where it was! We told You’ve also snagged the legendary people it’s a loading bay of a shopping Grandmaster Flash – how did that centre, and they we’re still no clearer happen? where it was. It was a case of listen for the music and you’ll find us. Build it N: Well we were quite lucky. He was in and they will come. the country touring and he happened to be free on that night. And we we’re You've had some pretty impressive delighted when he confirmed he could acts play your stage over the years, play the Subscription Rooms. Have to can you tell us about how those shows also say a big shout out to Joe Dymond went? and the rest of the team at the Sub Rooms for helping it happen! T: The highlight for me was the second year, we had DJ Shepdog come back, What do you think the future of the and he came with Rodney P, who is Stroud Block Party holds? one of the originators of UK Hip Hop. Around 1,500 people turned up and the N: That’s a tough one. We really need whole place was just rammed. the backing of Stroud District Council to understand what we are trying to W: Seeing an artist like Rodney P vibe do. And to work with us actively to find o¢ that crowd was really special! a solution for what the people want. I think you need to understand what N: One of the favourite bits for block we're trying to do. party for me is the meeting we have each year where we just talk about W: We want to promote the area for artists who we want and then build the vibrant and exciting place it can be. a wish list. So the first year we had a few names and we were very tentative T: Also to inspire a younger generation about how to approach them. Now of people into this culture, a lot of that we are established, we’ve got young people aren’t exposed to the the reputation behind us, we know origins of Hip Hop culture and we want people are going to turn up, so we can to provide an opportunity for them to Children of Zeus open the book with more confidence experience this first hand. to contact people from that wish list. W: And maybe it inspires their life down To prove that we’ve approached the line to go and create something Grandmaster Flash, Sugar Hill Gang, themselves… DJ Format, and they’ve heard of Stroud Block Party! Mr Thing and Children Of Zeus takes place at The Marshall Rooms Your success has brought the crowds (themarshallrooms.co.uk) on and the acts, as this gets bigger how Saturday 25th August, tickets cost do you address putting on bigger £16 (plus booking fee). Grandmaster shows? Flash at the Subscription Rooms T: We've always taken health and (subscriptionrooms.org.uk) will be safety really seriously and we've held on Sunday 26th with tickets always worked very closely with both costing £26 (incl. booking fee). Follow security and the Council to make it Stroud Block Party on facebook.com/ safe, like you say we've really been stroudblockparty and instagram.com/ the victims of our own success. People stroudblockparty for further news and Grandmaster Flash have just wanted to get in. We moved updates. the venue in the third year to a much larger site and even that hit capacity. What we are looking for now is a site Christopher Taylor is a creative producer in that can hold a large party. That's the advertising and marketing industry, also meant we had to rethink exactly the specialising in film and music presenting for sort of site we can hold it in. We're TV and Radio. - weareaudiophiles.com working closely with the council to try and find a site for next year. The appetite in Stroud is there, it's just making sure it's a safe event. Image by Tammy Lynn Photography Lynn Tammy Image by 06 Music #41 | Aug 2018
The Outer Fringe
By Lucy White
Sipping cold lemonade sees the grand opening of the annual featuring live musical accompaniment trick to win fabulous doggy prizes and Beer Festival, with 30 different ales from The Harding Players. This event rosettes. on the terrace of the and ciders available throughout the will be ticketed at £5 a head and will As well as throwing a brilliant party Crown and Sceptre on weekend. show golden oldie faves from Charlie for the town, each year the Outer a hot summer morning, Saturday's programme will be Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Fringe supports a different charity. headlined by London dwelling folk Friday 31st brings more live bands, This year the event will raise money for Rodda bubbles over rockers the Treetop Flyers who are on headlined by Crown and Sceptre The Halo Trust (halotrust.org) who are with enthusiasm as he the cusp of releasing their new album, regulars The Soul Destroyers - a teaching children in Syria to stay clear alongside performances from well- fantastic fourteen piece band in real of dangerous landmines, a charity that talks me through the loved local bands such as Dry Seamen, Blues Brothers style. Alongside them was close to Princess Diana's heart stellar line up for the The Lost Submarines, The Scrutineers will be performances from Thee during her lifetime. Remember to and newcomers Plush Replica. Pulsations (full on rock and roll with a share the good vibes of the weekend. Outer Fringe -the annual Sunday will be a day of surf-punk nod to The Rolling Stones) and others The Crown and Sceptre have summer extravaganza vibes headlined by The Lone Sharks, to be confirmed. fantastic community support for their up at this well-loved with performances from The Meekers, Saturday 1st of August will be a events. Rodda and his son Ruan, the Forgetting Curve, I, The Lion, Mr (hopefully) sun-soaked celebration staff and the many willing locals who community pub. Markos Outer Space Emporium, 3 Litre of Caribbean reggae culture. There volunteer to prepare and run the event Capri and The Bob Porter Project. will be four live reggae bands each year look forward to give you There will also be a Barbecue (Frankly Skankly, Subduction, The a warm welcome! Their one request Competition sponsored by Webber Dub Thieves, Arankas Cackle) as well is that you please don't try and park Barbecues. Contestants will produce as the DJ Jerksauceproject sound- close to the pub. It only takes a couple In his nine years as landlord, Rodda a range of classic barbecue dishes at system bringing the vibes all day of cars to block the road for local Thomas has been a champion of local intervals throughout the day, topping long. To really get into the flavour access, so Rodda implores you to entertainment, with a year-round it off with full creative license to of Reggae Sun Splash there will be be considerate of the community by programme of live music events. For serve up their own signature 'show- mouthwatering Caribbean food on parking a little further afield. many years the Outer Fringe event stopper' barbecue dish. There will offer all day with carnival faves such Frankly, with such a marvellously at the Crown and Sceptre has run be a barbecue demonstration from as Jerk Chicken and Curry Goat on the packed programme of musical and alongside the Stroud Fringe, which pro griller Shane McBagley of Bison menu. culinary delights for all ages and Rodda played a key role in organising Kitchen and the Crown and Sceptre Sunday September 2nd will feature appetites, it's going to be pretty tough in years gone by. This year however cooks will be serving up the goods for a Great British Cake-Off competition, to top the Outer Fringe for a summer with the main Stroud Fringe Festival spectators. so bring along your meltingly moist weekend to remember. I'll be there taking a well-deserved break the Bank Holiday Monday (August Vicky Sponge or surprise the judges with bells on that's for sure. Outer Fringe will be on hand with a 27th) tops off the weekend with an with a unique creation. Chalford Silver packed line-up more than enough to all-day Open Mic. All are welcome Band and the Boss Morris dancers Visit crownandsceptrestroud.com and keep all comers heartily entertained, to bring their talents to the stage will bring a summer fete atmosphere see the music listings for further info. fed and 'watered' this August. and rock out in front of a nicely to the Vintage Afternoon Tea Party To warm up for two full weekends warmed up audience of Bank Holiday from 12. Everyone is invited to tuck into of festivities, on Thursday 23rd August revellers. Erin Baker of the Natural entries from the cake competition and local MC Gavin Pond will be hosting Lucy White is a freelance writer and creative Cookery School will be offering her help raise funds for the library at Cecily 'Probably the Best Comedy Night Ever' based in Nailsworth, mostly to be found in the hugely popular Vegetarian Pad Thai Court in Minchinhampton. at the pub. woods or by the river when not at her desk. throughout Monday, and of course Make sure to stick around for the Bank Holiday Weekend then kicks Specialising in web content for creatives, Katie's kitchen will be open all weekend Dog Show at 3pm, which is sponsored off in lively style with three bands local businesses and entrepreneurs serving Outer Fringe special menus to by Clockhouse Vets and always a playing through the evening on Friday at glowingphrases.com, instagram @ fuel the fun and frolics. highlight of the Outer Fringe. Last year 24th, headlined by local soul, funk and lucyroseuk The following weekend kicks off saw 74 dogs competing in rounds such blues rock bank Hipkiss. Friday also with Silent Movie Night on Thursday, as the obstacle course and best party #41 | Aug 2018 Music 07
amount of improvisation, when When did you come to Stroud and what performing live are pieces you’ve drew you towards the town? rehearsed very diff erent from one performance to the next? I arrived in Stroud about 15 years ago. It was the heart that drew me. My wife Actually four of the tracks on my Louise was already living and working last release Blue are quite carefully in Stroud. I had been living in Watford constructed. The basis is six after previously living in London and unsynchronised patterns that can had been thinking of living somewhere be a phrase, a single note or texture quieter for some time and never quite with silence. The main melody line is had the nerve to move from what I written, but in performance breathes was used to. I’m generally a solitary to interact with chance meetings in person and need head space. The fi rst the underlying loops. I work hard to few years here I walked and walked create an ambiguity of key (or tonal without a map getting lost. I love the home) and time, which takes some tight wooded valleys and how when thought. These pieces are played from you are above a certain level it looks written music and should be able to be fl at and the valleys disappear. Stroud performed by others. I try to familiarise is also a kind place for artists, diff erent myself totally with the music so I can ways of being and diff erence in perform it as if it has just been freshly general. I doubt there are many places discovered. in rural Britain that are.
Outside of your solo projects, both You have a new album due out later recorded and live performance, do this month - please tell us about it! you have to undertake other work to survive and thrive as a musician? Yes Song Lines. It will be released at the end of July on Naviar Records. For about 17 years my main work The material has diff erent roots but has been writing music and creating through reworking and rerecording sound design for theatre which has has taken on a narrative. In the Autumn taught me lots, especially exploring I was working on a dance piece called playing and making music I wouldn’t Orlando Warrior. It occurred to me think I would. I’ve written tangos, how nudging a melody micro tonally waltzes, jigs, faux baroque, drum and rhythmically in diff erent directions, and bass, hip hop versions of nursery changing the emphasis and intention it By Sean Roe rhymes, brass band music as well as would sound as if it was from another rearranging existing music. It’s silly continent or musical tradition. In some stuff in one way, but has opened up my ways that should not be surprising. Image by Alexander Caminada Alexander Image by personal musical landscape and how Music carries the strata of human to juxtapose moods and textures. I also migrations, even the instruments we write and record library music and that use show that. Hence the title Song All though having lived in Stroud for many a has become an important part of my Lines… moon cellist and composer Simon McCorry’s income. My favourite work has been in contemporary dance and in a sense debut local performance only took place last I owe my journey back to myself and year at the Good On Paper stage at the Stroud my recent refocusing on my solo work to that, especially to choreographer/ Fringe Festival followed by performing live with dancer Julia Cheng and her company the Stroud Fringe Choir and another solo show House of Absolute. back in June at the new series of Sounds for There seems to be a number of A Small Space events at the Museum in the approaches you take to explore your musical ideas, on the one hand there Park. I caught up with Simon at his studio at are quite dense soundscapes, but then the Centre for Science and Art to talk about there are also some pieces that are very melodic. Could you say something his unique approach to music making and the about the processes involved in release of his new album Song Lines… creating your music? Song Lines will be released via Naviar I have a few musical ideas/techniques Records (naviarrecords.com) on the that I have developed over the years 28th July. Simon’s previous releases and these expand into diff erent pieces. including Blue are available now One idea is using loops that don’t on Spotify, Bandcamp, iTunes and meet. The idea came from watching Amazon. For further info and updates When did you develop an interest in play the trumpet, we lived in a small nettle leaves twitch on a rainy day. In visit simonmccorry.com music and what instrument did you one bedroom fl at so my mum said no my feeling they were communicating play when you started out? way and I got cello lessons instead. I with each other, in my head I found the cello to be a way to explore understood that water was building up At the age of 7 I was more interested and articulate feelings I couldn’t in on leaves in the tree above and when Sean Roe is based in Stroud and runs in recording. My sister was given a any other way and enjoyed the mind the weight was too much the water Stroud’s new independent record shop shoe box tape recorder for Christmas space it gave me. I was lucky to be in was released dropping it on the nettle. Sound Records Stroud with Tom Monobrow and I thought the idea of being able a London state school at a time when I started working with pieces using (facebook.com/soundrecordsstroud). He is to record the sounds around and a lot of resources went into music, so loops of diff erent prime number beat also an artist and musician and member of about me very cool, so when at school I went through the London School’s lengths. These work well for theatre synth post-punk duo Junk Props. the class was asked who could play Symphony Orchestra and Centre for underscores as they are not obviously the recorder I thought that was what Young Musicians. I’ve also played bass predictable and don’t force an actor they meant! Anyway, I got recorder guitar, guitar and melodica. into a rhythm. The music holds a space lessons which was fun and a couple of without being dominating and without years later every kid got the chance How do you go about writing your staying the same. at another instrument. I wanted to music? It feels like there is a fair 08 Music Listings #41 | Aug 2018
FRI 10TH Blues Explosion Retro Rock (7:30pm), Zone). Sam Taylor (Zone). Blakey The Soul Destroyers: thirteen piece soul/ (Maltings Zone Riga). Jamie Rainbow Chinese Burn pop/cheese/funk/groove party band! (Mumbo Jumbo Fantasia Zone). Playing Music Stroud’s punk rockers will play a typically house music uplifting classics and (9:30pm) Free noisy electric guitar type set toward the broken beats..10pm-3am £6 in advance end of the night but will also attempt crownandsceptrestroud.com to play an acoustic set of songs early FRI 17TH Listings evening – we’re not making this up! 8:30pm Free LITTLE VIC JK Rollers Sounds for dancing played by the ALE HOUSE THURS 16TH SUN 12TH JK Rollers machine, sometimes with special guests but they are pretty fab by Open Mic FRI 3RD Barney’s Live Music ft. Mike Silver themselves. Old skool, happy and lots of Hosted by Stroud’s own Americana Los Gusanos Monthly music club at the Little Vic (the disco. 10pm-3am £6 troubadour the Rev. Stretch…All Queen Vic) - the brainchild of a group of A mutual adoration for Jazz legends welcome! 8pm Free likeminded individuals keen to provide SAT 18TH Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner have a monthly venue for all types of music, Jack Tyson Charles Band driven this virtuosic trio to form a deep FRI 17TH from folk to country, blues, pop and musical bond through their shared beyond. This month’s guest is Mike Silver Jack Tyson Charles has spent the last 5 Luke Philbric and Damon T. love of the medium. With Los Gusanos, – folk musician with nearly fifty years’ years channelling the musical history expect hard swinging Jazz and Blues Original roots music drawing on experience and 18 albums to his credit. and energy of his London hometown to with hints of Latin-inspired grooves. traditional blues and folk influences. Floor spots available if you fancy joining cultivate his own unique brand of 'Epic A collective based across Bristol and Startlingly powerful vocals, raw delta in! 7:30pm Free (suggested donation £4) Soul'. Armed with a seriously enviable London, It was formed by established blues styled guitar and an almost backing band, Jack's musical journey Soul, Jazz and Blues musicians who work tribal foot-stomping beat combine to facebook.com/BarnysLiveMusic has culminated in the 'Restoration together in various projects and come create a special atmosphere. Songs together to play in top form. 8:30pm are distinctive and original relating to EP', where the vintage sounds of his influences blend with his own inimitable Free subjects such as slavery, losing one’s THE MARSHALL ROOMS religion, death, woman-hood and vocal style to create a glorious modern raising ghosts to help write songs! soul sound. SAT 11TH WEDS 1ST 8:30pm Free Southside Speed-Master Records Presents: FRI 24TH Southern rock and Americana. 8:30pm FRI 24TH Xadium, Tristan Gorman Imperial Leisure Free The Outer Fringe: Day 1 Xadium: Alternative hardcore band From their humble beginnings in formed after numerous exhilarating London as party band born out of SAT 18TH Beer Festival opens at 6pm! Live Music jam sessions in the bands' hometown starts at 6.30pm… Hipkiss: Soul, funk, school friendships, Imperial Leisure Jimbo & Griff of Malmesbury and in their college go from strength to strength, forever blues rock fronted by saxophonist Patsy practice room. It was there that their Veterans of blues, ragtime, folk and Gamble and guitarist Muddy Manninen. evolving their style but sticking true to energetic and brutally grooving brand their reputation for delivering fun and good times, Jim Reynolds returns to (9:30pm) Free of alternative and post-hardcore punk the Ale House with partner in crime high energy live performances. Taking rock was born, sealing their position as influences from all around, the music Dave Griffiths. Expect an evening SAT 25TH one of the leading guitar bands in the of outstanding vocals, guitar, bass is a fun-loving throwback to the ska- The Outer Fringe: Day 2 South West underground scene…Tristan 2-tone era combined with more recent and mandolin. Jim's stunning guitar Gorman: Tristan performs acoustic playing delivers blues, ragtime, old Beer Festival opens at Noon…Live Music renditions of songs from his punk rock punkrock-hiphop sounds. 8pm £12adv fashioned ballads and some wonderful starts at 1pm! Dave Purple: Seasoned band, Sunset Sunday, alongside some instrumentals. An exceptionally talented blues harp player, vocalist and guitarist staple covers. He has also been a part SAT 25TH singer/songwriter Jim ranks among the (2:15pm), The Scrutineers: Local indie/ of many other projects since 2014, Stroud Block Party: Children of Zeus, greatest. Dave's mandolin and bass add pop/alternative duo (3:30pm), Plush including post-grunge band, Osmium Mr Thing intricate and atmospheric support with Replica: A cosmic blend of psychedelic Blacksmiths, and his latest project, All extraordinary empathy. In his own right rock and modern electronic dance music Smiles In Wonderland, who take more The guys that brought you the Block his soloing on both instruments is show (4:45pm), The Lost Submarines: Debut of a post-hardcore approach. Sunset Party events at Stroud Fringe have a stopping. 8:30pm Free gig by the Stroud dwelling foursome Sunday are currently on hiatus after very special evening at the MR! First up (6pm), The Dry Seamen: These lickspittle a hefty tour supporting their latest Mr Thing has been non-stop perfecting FRI 24TH landlubbers are the urban shipwreck album, Not Just A Phase, including an his art since 1987 and is now one of waiting to happen…(7:30pm), Treetop appearance at Glastonbury Festival the world’s leading DJs. Touring the Liam Ward Band world with an understanding of records Flyers: London based folk rockers “like 2018. £7adv Get your mojo working with the epic witnessing some stoned gods at the and music that is second to none, he harp-driven sounds of vintage American always creates flawless and exciting Filmore East in '69.” (9:30pm) 12pm Free FRI 3RD dance music: Chicago blues, west coast sets mixing some of the rarest records with some of the best loved records swing and funky, soulful roots music. SUN 26TH Dirty Bourbon River Show ever heard. Children of Zeus are two 8:30pm Free Deftly melds sounds that range from The Outer Fringe: Day 3 of Manchester’s most respected artists hard-edged blues to Lisztian piano Konny Kon and Tyler Daley. Konny Kon is Beer Festival opens at Noon, live Music driven ballads to New Orleans brass SAT 25TH a DJ, MC and beatmaker best known as from 1pm! 3 litre Capri (1pm), Mr Markos into a result that is truly a blast of new Lewis & Dav one third of Broke’N’English alongside Outer Space Emporium: Soundscapes, energy into the musical landscape. fellow Mancunians DRS and Strategy. The finest Acoustic Jazz and Funk in the big beats, big bass and 80’s synths Dirty Bourbon grabs hold of audiences, Tyler Daley, also known as Hoodman Southwest. 2pm Free in a sci-fi stylee. (2:15pm) Bob Porter fascinated by their eccentricity and went from being a respected MC and Project: A fine blend of Americana, dexterity coupled with their ability to actor to one of the most in demand roots, rock and blues…(3:30pm) I, The harken back to by-gone eras in music. SAT 25TH soul singers of recent times, lending Lion: Post-punk trio from Cheltenham Since forming in early 2009, the Dirty his vocals and writing credits to music Albino Tarantino (4:45pm), Forgetting Curve: post- Bourbon River Show has released 10 from Goldie, LSB, Soul II Soul‘s Caron Stroud based Latin Blues band. Think stoner, surf rock power trio (6pm) 7.30 studio albums and played over 1000 Wheeler, Lenzman, Bugsy Malone, Buena Vista Social Club being beaten The Meekers: The West Country's own live shows, fast earning them a stellar and more. 9pm until 3am £16adv from up by Tom Waits while Ry Cooder energy fueled explosion of garage rock reputation for their tight, multi-faceted Trading Post and Eventbrite watches...8:30pm Free and good times. (7:30pm). The Lone sound and high-energy performances. Sharks: South West's pop-punk kings 8pm £10adv FRI 31ST SUN 26TH (9:30pm) 12pm Free FRI 3RD JK Rollers Lewis Clarke & The Essentials MON 27TH Closing down the month the JK Rollers Acoustic based with roots in folk and JK Rollers The Outer Fringe: Day 4 skank it up and schmooze it down. blues. Bristol based live musician Lewis After the Dirty Bourbon River Show Anything goes as long as it’s round and Clark and his band performing original Stroud’s Big Open Mic hosted by the settle in for some great music brought compositions and little heard of folk, soul Very Reverend Stretch! 2pm (Beer to you by the MR’s resident DJ bros JK groovey. 10pm-2am £6 and blues gems. 8:30pm Free Festival opens at 12pm) Free Rollers. Jake and Jasper have a delightful eclectic taste in music and are always themarshallrooms.co.uk THURS 30TH open to a few suggestions. Dance, THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE ragga, house and pop - but always the The Outer Fringe: Day 5 MUSEUM IN THE PARK best of each genre. 11pm-3am £6 Silent Movie Night screening Buster FRI 3RD Keaton and Charlie Chaplin films with FRI 10TH SAT 11TH Meekon Man and the Cry Babies live accompaniment from the Harcourt Players! 8pm £5adv from the pub and JK Rollers Sounds for A Small Space: Kevin Playing garage rockabilly tunes that Buckland, James Dick, Phonosonic their fathers taught them, this band will Trading Post Jasper and Jake are back on it…10pm- remind you that the best place to enjoy 3am £6 Sounds for a Small Space is a regular live music is in your local pub…8:30pm music event with artists performing Free FRI 31ST live work with an emphasis on SAT 11TH accessible and engaging new music The Outer Fringe: Day 6 Midlife Crisis that fringes on the experimental. Thee Pulsations: Pulsating Psychedelic Four of Stroud’s oldest Dj’s. 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musician, improviser, field-recordist, Sweden, and the USA. Having met upcoming full-length release. No show THURS 2ND photographer and solo Bassist - though at clown school in California, back in is the same and they will be sure to have Albino Tarantino usually not all at the same time. His 2013, That Dog Was A Band Now has you up on your feet. 8pm Free music has featured at installations earned quite a reputation for putting Live session/practice from Albino Tarantino with latin vinyl in the spaces. and exhibitions around the UK; on a show. They sound great and are theprincealbertstroud.co.uk including the 2016 Lightworks event in a perfect band for a rare Friday Albert 8pm Free Grimsby, the recent Sounding Images gig…8:30pm Free exhibition at the Barber Institute THE OUTER FRINGE THURS 14TH of Fine Art in Birmingham, and last SAT 11TH year’s highly successful Token Victory Stroud Jazz Sessions with Adrian exhibition at IKLECTIK in London. Kate Stapley FR 24TH – SUN 26TH AUG / SAT 1ST – Gibson James Dick: Vocalist and lyricist for the Kate has been writing poignant yet SUN 2ND SEPT Stroud Jazz Sessions offer an the Red Propellers and Junk Props. playful songs and playing them to This year the Outer Fringe at the audaciously warm welcome to Adrian Phonsonic: Multimedia artist Phonsonic rooms full of people, sometimes loudly, Crown and Sceptre will be on over two Gibson their special guest trumpeter. (Alexander Caminada) combines sometimes quietly for 8 years. When the weekends at the end of the summer Come to the splendiferous SVA for his his blend of original video with live Albert asked her to play she asked how all in the big tent in the Garden where set at 8:30pm followed by the usual instruments and electronic music. many of her own tracks could she get there will be all manner of events taking energeti-frenetic jam open to all to play, place!!See Crown and Sceptre listings 7:30pm away with and we said ALL originals sing or listen. 8pm £5otd/£3musicians cos' the covers are not what the pub is for further info… museuminthepark.org.uk about! When someone writes this good SAT 4TH they need to be heard! 8:30pm Free crownandsceptrestroud.com DJ Cerveau THE PRINCE ALBERT WEDS 15TH DJ Cerveau has been a resident and STROUD BREWERY popular DJ in the south west scene Ben Catley THURS 2ND/23RD/30TH including The Palm City, Milk & Honey Western Australia's Ben Catley will be THURS 9TH and Influence. Playing house, garage, Open Mic and Decks hiphop, funky, dancehall, reggae…8pm bringing his high energy, feel-good Five Valleys Session For the summer the Albert are adding coastal roots music to festivals around £6adv/£8otd Open Decks to the mix - and Open Mic Australia, New Zealand, Asia and UK Local musicians meet at Stroud Brewery will be changing in the autumn. But for throughout 2018. Expect frantic guitar on first Thursday of the month to play sva.org.uk now if you fancy a sing, to read some playing, grooving footstomping and traditional folk tunes, mostly from words or just to bash out a riff then a huge energy that rivals that of a full Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, come to Stroud’s longest running OM. band. Dripping in sweat and shouting France with a smattering of Danish TETBURY GOODS SHED Originals rather than covers preferred! into his acoustic guitar, Ben is a and North American tunes. Everyone captivating performer with some serious They believe in you…8:30pm Free welcome, to listen or to play. 8pm Free SAT 18TH feel-good vibes and interesting guitar Le Swing SAT 4TH tricks. 8:30pm Free THURS 16TH Bagelites Back by Popular Demand – Le Swing Vinyl Night: DJ Phil G and Midge THURS 16TH bring to The Goods Shed their unique Phil Gallagher (DJ Phil G) ran the chilled Every second Thursday of the month, blend of female jazz vocal, acoustic Ministry of Swing Sunday Vine-L Record Party sessions local musicians gather to play folk and and electric guitars, double bass in The Vine, Cheltenham from 2013 for Conceived and nurtured in the Stroud gypsy style traditional tunes. Come and occasional trumpet to perform three years. His musical interests are Valleys the Ministry Of Swing is the final along and enjoy the atmosphere. 8pm an evening of French chanson and wide-ranging, and he plays an open- authority in bebop, ballads and swing Free American songbook classics, delivered minded mix of records from many eras. jazz. Their unique style is in part due to in their own gypsy jazz-inspired style. The Albert are also lucky to have Scott their varied musical influences; gypsy, stroudbrewery.co.uk 7:30pm £10.50 Graff (DJ Midge), a veteran of the decks classical and folk styles weave their way into a 30's swing and modern bop sound coming out to treat you to his favourite shed-arts.co.uk spins! 7:30pm Free which is exhilarating and compelling. SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS The players are ravishingly skillful, SUN 5TH invariably leaving their audiences in as FRI 24TH FROCESTER BEER FESTIVAL much astonishment as if they had been Reggae Roast elevated by an ecstatic transport of Gary Clail Sound System FRI 24TH – SAT 25TH AUG some divine frenzy…8:30pm Free Emerging from Bristol’s early post-punk An array of food from Jamaica Inn A cricket field, beer, cider, wine, music scene, back in the eighties one-time and sounds from lover’s rock to rub-a and lots more…For over thirty years the roofer Gary Clail began to make musical dub stylee will fill the yard over the FRI 17TH Frocester Beer Festival has been serving waves with his white-boy toasting over afternoon. Come for a friendly skank the local community and recently the Jack Tyson Charles the dub splendours of the On-U Sound and get some grub and life will be great. world! It is a fantastic event which Jack plays an evening of some of his own reggae stable as a warm-up at their live 1pm Free attracts nearly six thousand people over compositions and some popular tunes shows. With his strong Bristol burr and two days on the August bank holiday. (this is not a covers night!) on the piano. ragamuffin stage presence, Gary has MON 6TH The ethos of the festival is for you to Jack is doing a two night residency in remained a force of nature ever since. enjoy a fine selection of ales, whilst Trongate Rum Riots Stroud with the first laid back night He has a polemical street passion that raising much needed money for local Yup - music on a Monday that’s not up here before he explodes on the remains undiminished and his socially charities. Baroque ? WTF. Well the Albert’s good town at The Marshall Rooms with his conscious pronouncements of dissent friend in the North Tam Balloch who band Saturday. Jack Tyson Charles has are both unsettling and yet sometimes knows what’s what asked them to host spent the last 5 years channelling the extremely funny. 9pm £12 frocesterbeerfestival.com this lot on their way to the Netherlands… musical history and energy of his London the pub said yes. Originally a sea shanty hometown to cultivate his own unique SAT 26TH band the band has evolved over the brand of 'Epic Soul'. 8:30pm Free DIDMARTON BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL past seven years to incorporate the Stroud Block Party: Grandmaster many genres its troupe of musicians SAT 18TH Flash FRI 31ST AUG – SUN 2ND SEPT bring on board. Their style ranges Emerging from the South Bronx in One of the UK’s premier Bluegrass, from sweaty punk to dirty folk, with the The Chromatones the early 1970s, Grandmaster Flash is Americana and Old-Time music events, occasional bluesy lick and Balkan riff, Cotswolds-based studio band The inarguably one of Hip Hop’s original held every summer at Kemble Airfield in and is equally as visceral in its plugged- Chromatones have been friends and innovators. In the earliest days of the greenest Gloucestershire. Now in its 30th in form as it is in its stripped-back musical collaborators for over 40 years, genre, he manipulated music by placing year, Didmarton 2018 is hosting another acoustic set. 8:30pm Free during which time they have worked his fingers on the vinyl, perfected awesome line-up of International and with many artists individually and beat looping, and discovered many of UK artists. THURS 9TH sometimes collectively, including Arizona the most iconic beats still commonly Smoke Review, Kevin Brown, Johnny sampled today. Today, he’s the voice of Brooke Sharkey Coppin, Matt Clifford (Rolling Stones), an entire generation of 1970s hip hop didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk With a vocal style that switches Decameron and Andy Fairweather pioneers. From his electric live shows, to Low. Tonight will be their debut as a live effortlessly between lithely melodic and his production role on Netflix’ The Get PHOENIX FESTIVAL CIRENCESTER fiery, set against a deeply atmospheric working unit, performing original songs Down, Grandmaster Flash is at once a musical backdrop, comparisons with from their new album “Michelangelo” historian, a storyteller, and a cultural the likes of Kate Bush, Ane Brun and together with some interesting force…9pm £26 SAT 25TH – SUN 26TH AUG Cat Power are inevitable. ‘Wandering jazz, rock, funk, folk and swamp Two-day festival featuring eclectic music Heart’ is the title track of her new album. interpretations. 8:30pm Free subscriptionrooms.org.uk from the Cotswolds and the wider area, This album is a selection of songs with a host of stalls, traders, artists, food written about the last 3 years of her life WEDS 29TH and drink and charities hosting stalls traveling, playing shows, busking and at the event. The action packed event P A Line SVA tells stories of people, places and delves will also feature children’s activities and An award-winning band from Buffalo, into alternative ways of living and loving WEDS 1ST/8TH/15TH/22ND/29TH performance arts. and their struggles. 8:30pm Free N.Y. Their unique style of harmony- packed/funky Americana-Rock has Funk-In Sessions phoenix-festival.co.uk FRI 10TH previously been described as Mumford Live Funk Jam with Will Vick and Alf & Sons meets Rusted Root. After a Tramontin...FUNK Only...Nothing but That Dog Was A Band Now massive 2017, opening up for some big the Funk!!! All are welcome to listen or acts such as Floodwood, Rusted Root, Alt-folk music by a band of clown- perform! 8pm Free schooled troubadours from Canada, & Rumpke Mountain Boys, they are hitting the road in 2018 to support their Music Listings 13
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Alex Merry By Sarah Edmonds Image by Katie Jane Watson Jane Katie Image by
I meet Alex early doors, the morning after Alex was brought up in Stroud, one who perform locally and at festivals of three artist siblings and remembers including Port Eliot Festival. Alex England beat Colombia in a penalty shoot Mills Cafe (where we’re sitting right initiated the group but insists that this out, “Stroud came alive at about 12 o’clock, now) and Mother Nature from the lively bunch of ‘strong women’ are a early eighties. Her mother is a self force to be reckoned with, organising there were so many revellers I hardly got any taught artist, and her father was the practice meets and events as a team. sleep,” says Alex, rubbing her eyes, smiling. It local vicar, “Our house was a safe She’s been folk dancing for around ten place for all kinds of people to come years, and is totally passionate about doesn’t take us long to get down to it, sipping and talk to my dad – we grew up as the art “it takes you out of yourself, the part of a rich and loving community.” rhythm, the music. The movement is coffees and marvelling at the whirlwind Returning to Stroud has o¢ered Alex journey she’s been on in the past year, working the chance to pursue her creative ambitions without the crippling rent of "Instagram is with superbrand Gucci creating incredible London living. After studying Illustration central to any illustrations. I am endlessly surprised (and at UWE she worked in Stroud for Damien Hirst, before following him artists work strangely proud) of the number of truly to London where he opened another nowadays. awesome creatives that live and work in the studio. She spent seven years as an Receiving the assistant, painting photo realist work, Stroud valleys – per capita, we must be one before returning to Stroud to work conference call of the most artistic towns in the UK, nurturing for Darbyshire framers. Here she from Gucci head built a large team of local artists who more talent than in 15th century Florence at office in Florence collaborated on another high profile was mind blowing!" the time of Da Vinci! project overseen by Merry. It had been a busy ride and the time felt right to step back from the corporate art world and explore her own creative voice. Stroud is a place she calls home and where she’s gathered her band (or kind of trance-like and spiritual – it’s more specifically ‘side’) of all female a joyful, collective experience. It really Morris dancers called ‘Boss Morris’ connects me to my Englishness.” She’s #41 | Aug 2018 Art 13
even danced on stage with Belle & by a naive style and a world away I am trying to cause a little revolution turn around and multiple designs Sebastian at the Albert Hall...seriously. from the mass produced art world that inside the company. Fashion is about – some of which resulted in printed We take an interesting tangent in she inhabited for so long. She sites creating emotion.” His team have postcards for a Harrods product our conversation as Alex enlightens varied influences such as artist and found fresh energy by collaborating launch, others have been transformed me about the origins of Morris illustrator Kit Williams (best known for with many relatively unknown artists as into giant murals for ‘Gucci street art’ dancing, “what most people see or his 1979 book Masquerade, a pictorial a way of promoting creativity without internationally.Other muralists include know about Morris dancing is the storybook or ‘treasure map’ leading to constraint. IgnasiMonreal, Unskilled Worker, Victorian version – the bells, the white a buried golden hare), the Surrealist Gucci have given Alex total creative Angelica Hicks – keep your eyes peeled hanker chiefs and sticks....when in painter Leonora Carrington OBE and freedom which has been a blessing, for entire walls of eye catching artwork fact, it dates back to early 1500’s founder of the Women’s Liberation “I have remained very focused, in cities all over the world! Or follow when sides of athletic men known as Movement in Mexico in the 70’s and determined not to be distracted by #gucciwall on Instagram. It’s clear that ‘Moresques’ wore highly embellished, the book illustrator Mervyn Peake and other artists. My style and methods Alex is on her merry way, and is up gold costumes and danced in palaces.” his ‘Book of Nonsense’ poetry. She has are developing. If you look closely for the ride wherever it takes her! The It’s true that the earliest mention of an eclectic taste that influences her at my work you will see that not only quality of her art speaks for itself and ‘Moorish dancing’ was 1448 with own illustrations. the strong Gucci symbology is there, she deserves every success. mention of sword dancing in a court Out of nowhere, Alex received but my own too.” In researching the setting and ‘spangled Spanish dancers’ an email from Alessandro Michele, brand identity, which dates back to If you’d like to commission a portrait by performing ‘an energetic dance’ the new creative director of Gucci the 20’s, she drew upon the rich colour Alex (while you still can!), get in touch before King Henry VII. “I think Morris asking her to illustrate a new range of schemes of their catwalk shows, the through her website: alexmerryart. dancing exemplifies England today – a monogrammed accessories. He found interlinking G’s, twisted serpents, evil com. For an A4 portrait in oil, prices melting pot of different cultures. In her paintings on Instagram via her eye, bumblebee and their signature start at £950. She takes human Elizabethan times, Italy and England brother James Merry, an embroiderer green and red stripe. Alex employs and pet commissions. Follow her on were closely connected – many of the and mask maker who lives in Iceland an inherently English catalogue of Instagram and facebook dance sequences are thought to be and works for Bjork. “Instagram is references: crop circles, tarot cards, @alexmerryart Italian.” central to any artists work nowadays. charts with their sun, moons and stars Alex has long been fascinated with Receiving the conference call from and mythological Druid creatures. folk art – it’s more than a genre, it’s a Gucci head office in Florence was Fans often compare her careful Sarah Edmonds, aka Word Bird, enjoys way of life. It represents community mind blowing!” Michele has been colour palette to those of Matisse, but creative copywriting in the Stroud Valleys based art and real skills learnt over credited with moving the fashion house she insists this was not a conscious and marketing fine art materials and workshops for Pegasus Art. @SarahWordBird centuries, for no materialistic gain. Folk in a new, exciting direction. To quote inspiration. @PegasusArtShop art is more decorative, characterised a recent Vogue article, “Night and day Deadlines have determined a fast 14 Art #41 | Aug 2018
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The Stroud Valleys and its surrounding area including the likes of Alison Cockcroft, Nicola until the purchaser turns the work over - so it’s a supports an exceptionally wide range of creative Grellier, Saffron Knight, Peter Randall-Page, discovery! talent. Nailsworth Rotary Club recognises this Deborah Roberts, Mark Stopforth and many and over the last weekend in August will be more! Once the sale starts, all works will be sold The exhibition and sale takes place at the celebrating it by organising an exhibition and on a first-come, first-served basis. Subscription Rooms on Friday 24th and Saturday sale of original artwork, donated by over 120 25th August. The sale will be held from 2pm on known and up-and-coming artists from the The collection includes a wide range of genres the Saturday with proceeds going to Rotary art community. The event builds on the very and media – landscape, still life, nature, abstract, Charities and the local arts community. successful Spot the Artist Charity Art Sale which street art, seascapes, watercolours, oil, acrylic, has been run by the Rotary Club of St Ives for woodblock prints, linocut prints, screenprints, Visit facebook.com/DiscovertheArtists several years. collage, mixed media, pastels, pen and ink and and instagram/Discovertheartists_uk for photography. Works are approximately A5-sized examples of contributing artists work and The public will be invited to view the exhibition with signature and artist’s details on the back. nailsworthrotaryclub.co.uk for further info and try to recognise their favourite artists Each piece costs £40, the artist is not revealed 16 Art Listings #41 | Aug 2018
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ART OF CLAY BLUE DOOR STUDIOS Sat 10am-1pm proceeds will be donated by the artist to Duchenne UK. Tues-Fri 10am-5pm/ Clay Sinclair Oliver Vivian: How Does It Feel? gallery-pangolin.com Sat-Sun 11am-4pm
Provocative post-pop paintings An ongoing exhibition of expressive SAT 4TH AUG – SUN 2ND SEPT on Perspex by local/international abstract paintings in oils on canvas, LANSDOWN GALLERY Hannah Dyson: Landscape and artist Clay Sinclair situated at 48 evoking the elemental forces of the TUES 31ST JULY – SAT 11TH AUG Fairytale High Street. Plus prints for those natural world. on a budget and People's Republic Fractured Identities - A Photographic Hannah Dyson studied Illustration at Exhibition by Jo Sutherst of Stroud tat for those joining the theoliverviviangallery.co.uk Brighton University and then the Royal revolution. Open Mon – Fri 11am-5pm/ The endless electronic messages College of Art. Since working as a freelance illustrator her clients have Sat 10am-5pm DUFFLE VINTAGE and stimulus we receive from social media and other visual sources cause included The Idler, The Guardian, The claysinclair.com As well as stocking vintage furniture us to analyse and judge ourselves Independent and BBC Publishing. She and clothing Patrick’s shop acts as extensively through the eyes of others. has lived in Stroud for the last eight years and has fallen in love with the ATELIER a revolving gallery for local artists The self is eroded and broken down. creating a unique and unconventional As a result, we find ourselves changing rolling hills and mysterious valleys THURS 16TH – FRI 17TH/ THURS exhibition space. Currently showing who we appear to be to meet the which surround the town. She’s 23RD-FRI 24TH/ THURS 30TH – FRI works by Melvyn Warren-Smith, Dan expectations of others. In Fractured currently an artist in residence at 31ST Rawlings, Steven Hubbard, Zoe Heath, Identities, photographer Jo Sutherst Prema Arts Centre in Uley. Using ink, brushes and Rotring pens Hannah Creative Carers Summer Program Susan Kester, Haruko Boot, Nick Purcell, uses performance and self-portraiture to explore the ways in which social draws her elements and textures, A shared studio space for creatives Jo Caslin and Emily Seffar plus Lazy media affects the ways in which we then assembles, cuts and colours with childcare support, for children Dog Box guitars and Revelray custom present ourselves. Using a series of via a graphic, multi-layered digital primary school age. The morning guitars by Gordon Simpson. Mon –Sat often comical props and cosmetics image. She has a passion for paper sessions will be making activities led by 10am-6:30pm/Sun 10am-6pm designed to enhance appearance, collaging and drawing with shapes. a local artists; Viviana Rossi-Caffell will Sutherst explores the world of the Her inspirations include the work be making mobiles on the 16th. ELVERS STUDIO media generated selfie. 10am-4pm of Maurice Sendak, Edward Gorey, Parents/carers stay and make. There Richard Scarry and Tove Jansson. She MON 2ND – TUES 31ST is wifi, desk space, sewing machines lansdownhall.org is also fascinated by fairytales and folk and refreshments. All creatives The Phantom Ship legends, and her images sometimes welcome, all carers welcome, spaces A collection of pastel and water colours MUSEUM IN THE PARK hint at darker, other-worldly goings are limited! Book via Atelier website. featuring 'The Remains' plus Pop art on the deep woods beyond the sun- 16th/17th/23rd/24th/30th 10am- colourful acrylic necklaces and cosmic/ SAT 7TH JULY – SUN 5TH AUG dappled fields. Tues-Fri 10am-5pm/ 4pm/31st 10am-1pm celestial range of jewellery by Tristana. Yasemin Wigglesworth: A4 Sat-Sun 11am-4pm FRI 31ST facebook.com/Elversstudio Yasemin is a local papercut artist who museuminthepark.org.uk Mother’s Who Make creates unique pieces of work. From a small home-based studio in A space for all mothers at any stage in GALLERY PANGOLIN STAR ANISE ARTS CAFÉ their practice. Mothers Who Make is Stroud, she cuts her own original a valuable space to share ideas, meet MON 13TH AUG – FRI 14TH SEPT designs from paper using a scalpel. MON 30TH JULY – SAT 25TH AUG Each piece is unique and entire, cut other creatives and make connections. Sunny Side Up Peter Gill: Forgotten 2-4pm £5 from a single sheet of paper. Nature Celebrating summer with sculpture and The Arts & Crafts Movement are Local photographer Peter Gill, shares atelierstroud.co.uk and works on paper by all of the her main sources of inspiration. This his contemplative and reflective gallery artists, including two newly- colourful collection demonstrates how approach to photography with an issued coloured prints from the Terence a single piece of A4 sized paper can be exhibition of explorations of forgotten Coventry Estate which are exclusive to transformed. Works are for sale and and abandoned Gloucestershire. All Gallery Pangolin. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm/ taken within 10 miles of Stroud. There is Sunny Side Up
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EXHIBITION Creative Coterie at WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM
Thursday 2nd August (pm) to Monday 13th August. 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
The Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury, GL8 8QS Free entry to exhibition after Arboretum admission 18 Art Listings #41 | Aug 2018
beauty in the lost, forgotten, decayed Wed-Sat 12pm-11pm Sundays 12pm- prema.org.uk Each has their own unique approach to and abandoned. Mon-Fri 8am-5pm/ 7pm painting and the methods they employ Sat 8:30am-4pm/Sun 10am-2pm COTSWOLD SCULPTURE PARK are many and varied. Ft. works by thevaultnailsworth.co.uk Daphne Malfi ggiani, Valerie Jordan, staraniseartscafe.com SOMERFORD KEYNES Christine Smith and Ann Cracknell. RUSKIN MILL SUN 1ST APR – SUN 30TH SEPT STEVE RUSSELL GALLERY coriniummuseum.org FRI 10TH – THURS 30TH Elemental MON 20TH AUG – FRI 9TH NOV Sanctuary: A Place of Refuge, Safety, The Cotswold Sculpture Park is home NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE Mountains of the Moon: A Peace to “Elemental”, a collection of exciting Photographic Exploration of the Frances Clark-Stone's new collection of sculptures displayed outdoors. Open SAT 11TH AUG – SUN 21ST OCT Rwenzori Mountains - from Savannah paintings includes responses to places until the 30th September this years Banner: 100 Years of Protest to Snow-cap featured artists include Adrian Bates, which are dear and familiar to many. This exhibition brings together two Steve Russell Gallery presents a Amy Vans, Andrew Lee, Bailey Curtis, Open daily 10am-4pm collections of banners separated by collection of exquisite photographs, Christine Baxter, Daniel Cordell, Doug some 100 years and produced in two including some unique photines, rmt.org Cormack, Fiona Campbell, Glenis diff erent continents: Suff rage banners documenting what ancient Deverux, Gordon Senior, Jeanette from The Women’s Library collection mathematician and geographer Therrien, Jeremy Mousldale, Julie THE OLD PASSAGE ARLINGHAM and contemporary banners from the Claudius Ptolemy termed the Grose, Katie Green, Katie Netley, Liane Protest Banner Lending Library, a ‘Mountains of the Moon’ and their Lang, Martin Elphick, Mel Fraser, JUNE 12TH – NOV 26TH contemporary project by American diverse and magnifi cent fl ora and Michie Herbert, Nicola Godden, Paul Between the Seeing and Dreaming based artist Aram Han Sifuentes. Each fauna. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, other times Tuppeny, Renee Kilburn, Richard banner in the exhibition has been by appointment. Private View Saturday A new exhibition ft. works by Anne Baronio, Ros Burgin, Roz Read, Ruth made by hand to express a political 18th Aug – contact the gallery for an Bate-Williams, Chris Bingle, Frances Brenner, Sophie Marsham, Stathis position in a succinct form. invitation! Clark Stone, Alex Collins, Sabine Dimitriadis, Stuart Anderson, Tanya Crittall, Sally Ellwood, Angela Findlay, Russell, Wendy Staff ord and William newbreweryarts.org.uk steverussellgallery.com Sylvain Guenot, Pat Homewood, Harling. Open 10:30am-5pm (closed Sophia Hughes, Liz Lancashire, Rachel Tues and Weds) Markwick, Peter Maynard, Rachel WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS McDonnell, Anthea Millier, Cathy Mills, cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk THURS 2ND – MON 13TH FRI 24TH – SAT 25TH Valerie Olsen, Kerry Phippen, Teresa Poole, Kel Portman, Vicki Portman, Creative Coterie at Westonbirt Discover the Artists CORINIUM MUSEUM Deborah Roberts, Alisdair Shepherd, Arboretum Nailsworth Rotary invites you to come Chris Smith, Angie Spencer, Mel THURS 2ND – SEPT 1ST An exhibition at the Great Oak Hall ft. and buy mystery artworks! Talented Steiner, Peter Sumner and Melvyn paintings, glassworks, picture frames Cotswold Artists: Colour and Line artists from Stroud and beyond have Warren-Smith. Open daily from 11am- and much more…10am-4pm Free entry generously donated anonymous 2:30pm and 6:30-9:30pm (closed from Four artist friends who live and work in with Arboretum admission A5-sized original pieces to be sold in 3pm Sundays and all day Monday) the Cotswolds, who are inspired by the aid of charity. See them displayed in landscape and buildings of the area. forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt the George Room then come and buy theoldpassage.com your favourites for only £40 each on Saturday 25th August from 2pm and PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY discover whose work you’ve bought… TUES 26TH JUNE – SAT 4TH AUG - subscriptionrooms.org.uk Andy Rose Wiltshire-based photographer Andy SVA Rose has been truly bitten by the travel SAT 4TH – SAT 25TH bug! In his exhibition Andy off ers glimpses of his travels across Europe, Stroud Summer Show India and the Arctic. His journey A coming together of all of Stroud’s throughout life has been as varied as many and varied artists and makers the locations he visits each year. Tues- in one gallery space. The ambition is Sat 9am-4pm to tile the walls of the gallery with art. From fl oor to ceiling and back again, TUES 26TH JUNE – SAT 4TH AUG every spare patch of white should be Owen Davey YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER COMPETITION covered. Open Weds and Sat 10am- Owen Davey is an award-winning 5pm/Private view Fri 3rd 6-9pm (John 2018 illustrator who lives and works in Street Gallery) Leicester. Inspired by mid-century The Stroud Camera Club Young Photographer Competition 2018 is now open for FRI 3RD AUG – MON 3RD SEPT design, he uses a palette of warm, entries and the closing deadline is midnight on 31st August 2018 muted colours to create illustration and Crazy Golf All images entered must have been taken after 1st January 2018 and must be digital. We regret we are environments that are simultaneously unable to accept prints The annual Crazy Golf returns! This contemporary and nostalgic. He has year the 18 holes will be designed by There are two age categories for entries: Under 14 years, and 14 to 18 years worked with clients from across the 1st prize in each age group is a £150 photographic voucher donated by Renishaw the kids. The fi nal selected designs can globe and is behind the Flying Eye 2nd prize in each age group is a £75 photographic voucher donated by Sigma Freight Systems be seen in action for the whole month best-sellers Mad About Monkeys and 3rd prize in each age group is a £50 photographic voucher donated by London Camera Exchange of August until the fi rst weekend of Smart About Sharks. Tues-Sat 9am- The Richard Pearse Memorial Prize of £100, donated by Stroud News & Journal, is an additional September. 10am - 4pm. £3children 4pm special award to the entrant submitting the photograph which, in the opinion of his family, would most (under 15yrs)/£4adults Opening event have been enjoyed by the founder of the competition, Richard Pearse 1953 - 2017
Fri 3rd 6-8pm (Goods Shed) TUES 26TH JUNE – SAT 4TH AUG The competition will be judged this year by Martin Fry FRPS APAGB EFIAP AV-AFIAP BPE3
Vanessa Conyers sva.org.uk Finalists will be invited to the Awards Evening to be held on Wednesday 26th September 2018 at the Dorset-based ceramic artist Vanessa Renishaw Innovation Centre.
Conyers is renowned for her luxurious Prizes will be presented by Sabet Choudhury from BBC Television’s “Points West” and “Inside Out” THE VAULT NAILSWORTH ceramics that deftly blend constructed
earthenware clay with graphic textile For details of how to enter and for full terms and conditions please visit WEDS 4TH JULY – SUN 19TH AUG prints, traditional enamel decals www.stroudcameraclub.co.uk/competition/ Deborah Roberts Photographic and shimmering metallic lustre. She Exhibition graduated from Bath Spa University Sponsored By Images celebrating Cotswold in 2004 and now exhibits in galleries
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Chris Head ‘When I said I wanted to be a comedian, everyone laughed. Well, they’re not laughing now.’ These days if you want to follow Bob Monkhouse into a career in comedy, there are all kinds of people who can help you take your first steps. Budding stand-ups are particularly well-served, with everything from evening classes to university courses, teaching you how to milk the laughs and ride the heckles.
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And who better to have in your laughs. Of course, for the comedians explore a range of di¢erent registers: to co-create the material that the corner than comedy connoisseur Chris who understand Stroud a bit better, “I love it when you can make people comedian uses. Yet often the director Head? Stroud-based Chris works with things like Green politics and Steiner laugh consistently, but also talk about has to keep out of the limelight: comedians to develop and refine their education make much more e¢ective things that are quite profound.” One the very term ‘stand-up’ seems to stand-up acts, whether they’re new to comedy targets!” And increasingly, of the things that Chris talks about emphasise the isolation and bravery the lonely stage and the microphone, Chris has been working as a comedy in his new book (the first ever to be of the comedian, alone on a stage, or are among the biggest names in the director. It’s something that has dedicated to the art of the comedy apparently just being themselves. laughter game. developed naturally out of his courses director) is all the di¢erent levels that “You have to be happy to stay in the Stroudies may know Chris from for beginners: where those usually a stand-up can hit: “a great comedian shadows, as a stand-up director. the stand-up courses he’s run here, involve teaching in small groups, such as Bill Hicks can move e¢ortlessly Nobody knows what you did, and teaching stand-up techniques such comedy directing tends to be more from the basest nob gag up through many people wouldn’t think you’d done as misdirection, joke writing, and the involved, providing ongoing, one-to- emotional stu¢, to a transcendent, anything. They’ll say ‘that person just development of a stand-up persona. one support to people who are a bit spiritual message. I think it’s amazing came on stage and started saying stu¢ “It’s interesting teaching stand-up in a further down the comedy career path. that the stand-up form can do that.” – what did you do?’”. small town like Stroud,” he says, “when “That’s one way that comedy directing, Chris’s publication fits into a bigger I normally do it in London. There you as a thing, has evolved,” says Chris: trend, with many big-name comedians A Director’s Guide to have a high degree of anonymity: “comedy courses lead to professional now working with directors to hone the Art of Stand- in Stroud you really don’t. I like to comedians coming on the scene who their acts. Contributors to the book up, by Chris Head, encourage my students to be quite understand the value of working with include Gloucestershire-based actor is published by revealing in their stand-up, but in a someone else on their act – a second and theatre director Simon McBurney, Methuen. Good on small town it makes it trickier to use the pair of eyes, a sounding board, a who worked with comedian Lenny Paper readers can kinds of confessional material, about source of suggestions and advice.” Henry on his show So Much Things get a discount code your relationship for example, that you Another reason why comedy to Say. Often, says Chris, established by emailing chris@ might in a big city.” directing has become ‘a thing’ is the comedians will work with directors chrishead.com. For Chris has also been instrumental fact that stand-up comedians have when they want to try something further info including in bringing comedy acts to Stroud, become much more ambitious in what di¢erent: “in Lenny Henry’s case, he forthcoming courses visit chrishead. including as part of the Stroud Fringe they want to do, particularly when their had a desire to talk more truthfully com Festival. But comics who are new shows last an hour or more (as they do about the politics of race, for example, to Stroud sometimes misread the at the Edinburgh Fringe, for example). rather than continuing with the more town: “they sometimes think it’s like “Suddenly stand-up has some of the knockabout humour that he’d been Matt Shinn runs Whole New Chapter Ltd, a Cheltenham and other places in the ambition of theatre, with narrative and known for”. Stroud-based editorial and design agency. Cotswolds – they tell jokes about emotional content, changes of pace, Finally, for Chris, stand-up directing wholenewchapter.co.uk Land Rovers and green wellies, and and use of music or projection.” involves a particularly intense form of wonder why they’re not getting Chris encourages stand-ups to collaboration, with the director helping 20 Literature #41 | Aug 2018 Penny Parkes By Nikki Owen
Community is the glue of society. It’s the glue of Stroud, that ability to look out for each other, to care - it’s what keeps us together when times get tough. Because, the more we build on our community, the happier we feel and the more settled life becomes.
So what, then, has this got to do with responsible for writing the bestselling Alice’s motto is that anything in life also a grand plan with my editor.” I’m fiction, and romantic comedy fiction Larkford series of books (published by worth having, is worth taking a risk for eager to hear more about the plans, at that? Step forward local author, Simon and Schuster). The latest, Best and jumping in with both feet. but Penny can’t say too much yet, only Penny Parkes. An award-winning Practice, is just out now and is The second influential character that she’s looking at going even more romantic novelist, before turning to already set to top the audio charts is the formidable octogenarian, Elsie in-depth, looking at the darker side of writing, Penny studied International following in the success of her previous Townsend, and as Penny talks about writing and comedy. And, of course, of Management in Bath and Germany, two novels, Out of Practice (2016) her, you realise quickly that it’s this community. working with the BBC, then setting up and Practice Makes Perfect (2017). figure especially who’s had the biggest I end my chat with Penny by an independent Film Location Agency, The popular series follows the fictional e¢ect on Penny and the way she now catching up on her family (“My children but its books that are her first love. village of Larkford and centres on a views life. “Elsie Townsend,” Penny says, are my first readers!”) and talking After taking a gamble and switching GP surgery filled with doctors and their “oh wow, I wish I'd had one of those about what the Stroud author gang, careers to become a full time novelist, complex (love) lives, with the latest in my life back when I was growing which includes the prolific writer, Katie in 2016 it all paid o¢ when Penny instalment, Best Practice, seeing the up, someone who can say to you that Fforde, means to her (“There’s always won the coveted Romantic Novelist return of all the much-loved characters yes, bad things do happen, but there someone on the end of the phone Association’s top prize for Romantic of the series so far, plus a crucial new is community and support and advice when things get tough - I couldn’t write Comedy of the Year, sitting alongside addition or two. to help you come out the other side. without them.”) previous big-hitting, household-name On the surface, Penny’s books That’s what Elsie is to me and now, We say good bye and, done, I sit winners such as Jojo Moyes and Joanna seem familiar. Their covers have that now I think, with my books, with the back and smile. Because that’s the Trollope. accessible, frothy pink candy bounce to creation of Elsie, maybe I should be e¢ect Penny has on you. Whether it’s With one so successful, you might them, and certainly they are sunny and the one to pass it down, to pass her through one of her bestselling books assume that Penny’s attitude to life is uplifting and downright fun, yet, what wisdom and advice on to others.” or via talking about air ambulance somewhat higher, somewhat above makes Penny’s books stand out from so That passing it down, that services or heck, even nattering about all else, but you could not be more many others is that, un-peel the outer highlighting the importance of what to have for tea that night, Penny wrong. Penny Parkes, you see, is one of layer of her writing and what you’ll achieving a strong sense of community Parkes has that rare knack of making the most grounded, most considerate find underneath is something else is an ethos that, with her Best Practice you feel as if everything in life will be and most down-right friendly (global altogether more profound, thought- novel, Penny has put into action. The alright. And as you read or listen, you bestselling) authors you’ll ever meet. provoking and rewarding. novel sees the introduction of a new begin to feel happier. And you find life I was first introduced to Penny at a “I’m a mum, wife, daughter character, air ambulance service pilot, feels more settled. Except this time, it’s friend’s birthday party. It was about and author,” Penny says, “but just Chris Virtue, and not only does Chris not fiction. three years ago and I was new to occasionally it’s important to stop provide new and in-depth plot lines to Stroud and, wanting to make me feel and ask why am I doing all this. As the Larkford series, he also brings with Best Practice welcome, Penny came up to me with my readership has grown, I’ve found him something else: a spotlight on the published by the biggest, warmest smile to say myself coming back and asking why I Great Western Air Ambulance service. Simon & Schuster hi. Voluminous flowing hair, a fresh, do what I do, and increasingly, I keep “The Great Western air ambulance (simonandschuster. happy face with freckles, and eyes that finding parallels between my writing is a charity and we assume it will just co.uk) is out now. shone in a way only they can when a and home life.” be there,” Penny says when she talks Follow Penny on person’s found their way in life, I soon By parallels, she is referring to the about why she’s included the charity facebook.com/ came to realise that she is one big characters in her books, characters in her book, a charity which she now PennyParkesWrites bubble of fun. We began chatting, and that, for Penny, have actually been actively fundraises for. “I thought about and twitter.com/ by chatting I mean laughing, Penny a growing influence on her life. the notion that we just expect it to be cotswoldpenny for throwing her arms around and making “Normally,” Penny says, “real life there, that service. I thought about news and updates. me feel so welcome that I recall influences fiction, but with my books, what that service really means to the coming away that evening feeling I’d I’ve found it’s the other way around.” community.” Nikki Owen is an author and writer. Her made a friend for life. And that’s Penny Two characters in particular have As well as supporting the Great third and final book in the Project Trilogy all over, that bubbly yet thoughtful and, had a special influence on Penny’s life. Western Air Ambulance, Penny – The Girl Who Ran (Harper Collins), is out at times, quite deep and reflective The first is Dr. Alice Walker, who joined continues to write and has plans for now. Follow her on twitter @nikkiwriter quality, a quality that translates the Larkford medical practice team, the future. “I’ve just handed in Private and nikkiowenauthor.com straight into her novels. along with her medical detection dog, Practice,” Penny says of her next book. And they’re some novels. Penny is Coco, in the second book in the series. “It’s out next summer, and there’s #41 | Aug 2018 Literature/Spoken Word Listings 21
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ALE HOUSE will also touch on calligraphy, Leicester. Inspired by mid-century novel explores a collision between fl ourishes and brush-lettering. All design, he uses a palette of warm, childish hero worship and extremely SUN 19TH materials are included in the ticket muted colours to create illustration messy adult love lives. Copies will be price, including a Hand Lettering and environments that are available to purchase on the evening A Night of Bards Guide Sheet, some sheets of beautiful simultaneously contemporary and which Patrick will sign and dedicate. Celebrating the birthday launch paper to practice on, a pencil, fi ne nostalgic. He has worked with clients 7:30pm £10 of Silver Branch: bardic poems by liners and templates to take home to from across the globe and is behind Kevan Manwaring, a glittering bardic continue with your new skill. 7pm £40 the Flying Eye best-sellers Mad About shed-arts.co.uk showcase of poetry, storytelling and Monkeys and Smart About Sharks. song featuring Earthwards (Jehanne atelierstroud.co.uk & Rob Mehta with Will Mercer), prema.org.uk Richard Austin, Je¢ Cloves, Chantelle NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE Smith, Wayland the Skald, Kirsty MUSEUM IN THE PARK Hartsiotis, Anthony Nanson, Fiona TETBURY GOODS SHED Eadie, Robin Collins, Madeleine TUES 17TH JULY ® SUN 2ND SEPT WEDS 1ST ® FRI 3RD Harwood (3rd Bard of Hawkwood), Collections Display: Comic Book FRI 31ST Calligraphy with Gaynor Go¯ e Simon Andrews, Marko Gallaidhe, Cabinet Yellow Lighted Bookshop Presents: An Content will include learning a Kirsten Bolwig and Peter Please. Don’t miss the Museum’s mini display Evening with Patrick Gale script, letter spacing and its use in Hosted by the author, who will be of marvellous comics from their An evening with author Patrick Gale lay-out and design of brief texts. performing a selection from the new Collections! This display coincides in which he will be talking about More experienced calligraphers book. All are welcome. Come and be with the Summer Reading Challenge and read from his latest book Take can learn/fi ne-tune scripts and/or entertained! 7pm Free organised by libraries across the Nothing With You. 1970s Weston- experiment with script variations with country. This year the theme is Super-Mare and ten-year-old led exercises and projects, and use in short texts, scripts to select from ATELIER ‘Mischief Makers’, inspired by the oddball Eustace, an only child, has iconic Beano, which celebrates 80 life transformed by his mother's will include, italic, foundational hand, years in 2018. Show your Reading quixotic decision to sign him up for uncial, Roman capitals, italic capitals, THURS 16TH Challenge passport to claim a special cello lessons. Music-making brings copperplate amongst others. This Hand-Lettering 101 with Rose and sticker when you visit! Free release for a boy who is discovering 3 day calligraphy course is suitable Willow he is an emotional volcano. He laps for all levels – beginner to advanced You will start with exercises to museuminthepark.org.uk up lessons from his young teacher, not – as much of the tuition is on an practice making shapes and basic noticing how her brand of glamour individual basis, with frequent group is casting a damaging spell over his demonstrations. It is also suitable as lettering. You’ll then practice writing PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY the alphabet, words and phrases with frustrated and controlling mother. a basic introduction to calligraphy for plenty of help and guidance on hand. When he is enrolled in holiday courses letter carvers. 10am-4pm £255 By the end of the workshop you’ll be TUES 26TH JUNE ® SAT 4TH AUG in the Scottish borders, lessons in love, newbreweryarts.org.uk well on your way to developing your Owen Davey rejection and humility are added to daily practice. Drawing in part on own unique lettering style and master Owen Davey is an award-winning his own boyhood, Patrick Gale's new some of most popular. The workshop illustrator who lives and works in
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Theatre/Dance/Comedy/ Nikky & Sophia. Lewes, East Sussex. Film Listings Art enthusiasts who wanted colour Summer day and night. Sale GIFFORDS CIRCUS PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN Voice has something for everyone. See website for times and ticket details.
THURS 16TH ® TUES 28TH SUN 26TH ® MON 27TH barntheatre.org.uk My Beautiful Circus IK Productions: The Three Musketeers The year 2018 is the 250th anniversary Come on a whistle-stop tour of France of the birth of circus. To celebrate this with three daring heros who busy particularly English invention, Gi¢ ords themselves saving the day as they travel It’s your story. Circus, the nation’s most glamorous the length and breadth of the country. troupe, are throwing a summer-long IKP return with a hilarious comedy Comedy party. In a gorgeous array of 1930’s adaptation of the classic novel. Expect inspired sequinned dresses, tail coats plenty of swashbuckling, sword-fi ghts and top hats the Gi¢ ords Circus and subterfuge in this fast-paced and Listings So it’s tailored to you. company – talented musicians, Cuban quick-witted performance. Suitable acrobats, Italian gymnasts, Russian for all ages, under 3's are free. 3:30pm dachshunds, the girl with saucer eyes Tickets include access to the Garden Nancy Trotter Landry and her talking and are on sale from everymantheatre. THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE turkey, Nell with the wonderful miniature org.uk ponies – is celebrating the golden age THURS 23RD of circus. Directed by Cal McCrystal rococogarden.org.uk and featuring mischief-maker Tweedy Probably the Best Comedy Night in the the clown, the good times are going to World… roll. Gershwin, Cole Porter, Henry Hall, KINGSHILL HOUSE DURSLEY Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed An evening of comedy hosted by Gavin provide the soundtrack to sultry nights Pond – line TBA…8pm Free under the canvas and the addictive fun SAT 11TH of a circus company in full swing. Check Downpour Theatre Company: The crownandsceptrestroud.com website for times and to book tickets. Witches (Minchinhampton Common) Kingshill House is excited to welcome SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS gi¯ ordscircus.com Downpour Theatre Company who will OUT NOW be performing their Production of Roald Dahl's The Witches in Kingshill House SAT 25TH MUSEUM IN THE PARK gardens. A faithful adaption, bringing to Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown life, a classic from one of Britain’s most celebrated children's authors. Can one He’s back naughtier than ever. His WATCHING SKIES SUN 19TH young boy and his Grandmother defeat choice of language and politically incorrect jokes are delivered with a IK Productions: The Three Musketeers the Grand High Witch's plan to turn By Mark O'Connel every child in England into a mouse? cheeky grin and perfect comedy timing. His trademark fl ying helmet, goggles Join D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and A fun and magically way to spend a Mark O'Connell didn't want to be Aramis as they travel the length and summer afternoon, as we journey from and coat of many patches, make him breadth of France saving the day, the mountains of Norway to a seafront instantly recognisable as the man who Luke Skywalker, He wanted to be rescuing people in distress and generally hotel in Bournemouth, and meet a host put the “F” in Alice, in his version of “that” one of the mop-haired kids on the being heroes. This hilarious comedy of crazy characters, puppets, magic, song. 7:30pm £25.50 adaptation takes the audience on a frogs, mice and cackling witches along Star Wars toy commercials. And whistle-stop tour around France, and the way. Matinee 12pm/Evening 5:30pm subscriptionrooms.org.uk he would have done it had his still has time for a quick trip across the £9adults/£7children Channel. With swash-buckling physical parents had better pine furniture comedy, fast-paced action and quick wit, kingshillhouse.org.uk and a condo in California. Star IKP’s production promises to entertain all Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters ages. 5pm £12/£10concs/£8children NEWARK PARK OZLEWORTH Film of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra museuminthepark.org.uk Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark FRI 10TH Listings and Superman didn't just change RODBOROUGH COMMUNITY HALL The Pantaloons: The Importance of cinema – they made lasting Being Earnest highways into our childhoods, SAT 18TH A summer evening of outdoor theatre toy boxes and video stores like Mikron Theatre Company: Get Well in the glorious grounds of Newark Park. Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece never before. In Watching Skies, Soon CROWN AND SCEPTRE gets The Pantaloons treatment in this O'Connell pilots a gilded X-Wing 70 years of the NHS! All is not well at anarchic take on the classic comedy of fl ight through that shared universe St Monica’s Hospital. They’re on life manners. Everybody loves Ernest. The THURS 30TH support; facing bugs, bed-blockers only trouble is, he doesn't exist. Or does of bedroom remakes of Return Silent Movie Night and a battle to save A & E. With tunes, he? Bring a picnic and rug to make the of the Jedi, close encounters transfusions and titters, join Mikron most of this summer evening treat. 7pm Silent Movie Night screening Buster as they make a surgical strike on the £13.50adults/£8children Keaton and Charlie Chaplin fi lms with with Christopher Reeve, sticker state of our NHS…1pm (free – donations live accompaniment from the Harcourt album swaps, the trauma of welcome!) nationaltrust.org.uk/newark-park Players! 8pm £5adv from the pub and Trading Post losing an entire Stars Wars fi gure mikron.org.uk collection and honeymooning crownandsceptrestroud.com BARN THEATRE CIRENCESTER on Amity Island. From the author RANDWICK VILLAGE HALL of Catching Bullets – Memoirs SAT 7TH JULY ® SAT 4TH AUG THE PRINCE ALBERT of a Bond Fan, Watching Skies is The small Petworth sofa and king size Islington The Rise and Fall of Little Voice SAT 18TH a timely hologram from all our bed in Mixed Tones fabric. Mikron Theatre Company: Revolting Olivier award winner for Best Comedy SAT 25TH ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’ tells memory systems. It is about how Women Weinik the heart-warming story of a reclusive George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Fight for the vote. London. 1918. Sylvia Northern girl-next-door whose The Prince Albert and Mary Holditch Pankhurst meets Lettie Turner and they remarkable ability to impersonate the present Weinik - a night exploring a shark, two motherships, some push together to Parliament, to bend great singers of old brings her into the Palestinian culture through food fi lm gremlins, ghostbusters and a man the ear of the Cabinet. Full of political spotlight. Pushed by a foul-mouthed, and funk. 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