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It seems Stroud’s busy Festival season is well on its way with the Stroud Film PRINTED BY: Festival returning for its fourth year boasting a packed programme of film Tewkesbury Printing Company screenings, Q&A’s, exhibitions and workshops. We are happy to announce that Good On Paper is heavily involved in this year’s festival presenting a screening of Anton Corbijn’s Control at SVA’s Good Shed ft. a Q&A with local actor Craig Parkinson led by Joe Magee, followed by a Factory Records DJ set by Sean Roe from JunKroom Records at SVA John Street. We are also curating an exhibition with nine artists and illustrators reinterpreting iconic SPONSORED BY: film posters in their own unique style…

If that’s not enough to get the season started we are also in for a treat with Fractalight’s month long Festival of Light which will be taking place in the epic surroundings of St Laurence Church featuring breath taking light CO-WORKING STUDIO sculptures alongside live music, talks and much more. stroudbrewery.co.uk stroudcluster.com Elsewhere many pages in this issue is dedicated to events marking the anniversary of women’s suffrage and International Women’s Day 2018 with a hoard of Stroud women artists, musicians, poets and comedians all coming together to celebrate and highlight the battle for equality…

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Let’s get something straight, I don’t Stroud much care for film festivals. They usually comprise of committees with puffed up, missed-my-chance- in-life individuals espousing their third hand critiques of Hitchcock Film and Capra. Festival By Paul Watson #36 | MAR 2018 FILM 5

Heard of the former I assume but fancy showing. Jo and Andy merely workshops are available for all. “Capra who?” I hear you ask. Well for facilitate and do not act as some Both are semi-retired professionals the record, Frank Capra was a one- selective demi gods. This is a work from the world of theatre and time door to door brush salesman of love. production and so full of passion in pre-war America who got tired of Jo, confessing her age before I and selfless enthusiasm for the sleeping in ditches and bus stations ask, still has that twinkle of youth local community that their honesty and decided to become a film in her eyes and she gets excited as and energy hit me like some producer and director (feel free to Andy preaches his love of film and spiritual tsunami, akin to a religious Google him now) and yes, his dream more telling, his love of winning over experience. My only moan is that was realized. Zero to Nero in the film new disciples to film. She listens, they offer me just one cup of coffee pantheon. Now the relevance of his perched like an eager to serve imp in 90 minutes of interrogation… story relates directly to the reason upon the sofa as Andy details how he Jo has decades of theatrical I make an exception in my experience; covering credits preconception- that’s to say, as tutor, writer, director, how I approached being sent producer and performer to write about the Stroud in her resume, “My first Film Festival and how the memory was as a child of two organisers altered my three, acting the part of a perspective on this regional fairy in a play written by endeavor. my father” she says, eyes You see, the programme of sparkling. I imagine her events is rather exceptional running off to get changed in breadth and quality. I have back into that tutu and wings had an epiphany. Where else as she continues, “My father could you find the wonderful was a frustrated thesp- but concept of film workshops, times were different then catering for those who have and he had a desk job in recently just learned how the Navy. He wrote little to put one piece of Lego plays instead...” She drifts a atop another, right up to little as her eyes dim but the octogenarian Spielbergs, outgoing tide of reflection armed with an iPhone? is soon washed away by There is the simply brilliant Andy’s next anecdote, “I and accessible competition taught David Yates when to write and make a 60 he was a lad” in a matter second film- in a day! of fact way and certainly For those of us who not out to impress. Andy is prefer passive entertainment, actually answering one of my the two week festival previous questions, namely is a polyglot of global “why do you not outreach to documentaries and locally some household names to produced, esoteric short headline the festival?” Which films. is not a criticism but the If like impatient me, you way of all things nowadays- like your pudding first, before basically “tack on a bit of the brussel sprouts, here celebrity”. I understand then- is the treat that closes the for Andy is no opportunist festival; entitled The Queens to serve his ego. Celebrity of Syria. It is an uplifting would overshadow the very documentary following egalitarian menu on offer- female Syrian refugees as and not add to the quality. I they stage a production of was however impressed that the Women of Troy. See it. the unassuming Andy taught Please. David Yates, the director Then the grey nag on my du jour of the Harry Potter card is Even when I Fall, a franchise. feature-length documentary So here we go, the festival about the illicit indenturing is a cornucopia of filmic of child performers in the experiences for the curious Indian circus. This practice and cognoscenti. Cheaper has recently been outlawed, than a trip to the multiplex for the record. and you will learn from the For the kids, try the experience by talking to animated masterpiece that is the film makers and seeing The Red Turtle. how film is made. Bring your So who is working the imagination, forget your strings behind the scenes? inhibition. Oh! Just for me, Jo Bousfield and Andy remember to look up Frank Freedman are good mates. Capra, for he made some They live right here in Stroud. landmark Hollywood films; This dynamic duo met some not bad for a door to door 20 years ago and adopted brush salesman eh? Stroud “because of the underlying rebellious nature of the locals” says Andy. The Stroud Film Festival That’s a compliment by the runs from the 4th to the 18th way. Jo adds: “unlike other Cotswold found his own love of film as an only March, visit stroudfilmfestival.org towns it is not merely some green- child, left to watch Laurel and Hardy for the full programme, tickets and welly retreat.” or Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday, in grainy updates. They declare Stroud has a creative black and white at the local flea pit. front and they too have fire and Yet after five decades as film fans, Paul Watson lives in Stroud and has passion in their bellies for film and they are extremely aware of today’s been a film maker for over thirty years the community- and I bloody like ever fragmenting viewing habits of for the BBC, Discovery, Channel 4 and them- a LOT. their audiences. ITV to name just a few. He is also a They finish each other’s sentences Andy is ahead of the game. He is screenwriter and artist. and emphasize the festival has at pains to point out the immersive no political agenda, commercial nature of the festival programme; imperative or even prizes. The film makers will appear for Q and A venues decide what films they sessions for example and immersive 6 FILM #36 | MAR 2018

Anton Corbijn By Rupert Howe

Back in 2009 I interviewed Dutch-born photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn for Q magazine’s list of “The 25 Greatest Rock Movies”. Corbijn’s film Control, a haunting portrait of late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis released two years earlier, placed a respectable eighth. In the years since, Control has proved as enduring as the band’s music thanks to its elegiac visuals, unsentimental depiction of Curtis’s short, troubled life and superb soundtrack. So it seems fitting to again share Corbijn’s thoughts ahead of Good On Paper’s screening of Control as part of this year’s Stroud Film Festival…

You’ve said Control is about Ian what I am now, I needed to connect bass player] Peter Hook says, I was Order were always very supportive and Curtis rather than Joy Division. Why with it again. never a friend to Ian Curtis. I hardly agreed to do the soundtrack album. It’s did you make that distinction? spoke English and only met him two very hard to make a biopic of someone It was still a risky move – you’ve or three times. He could be outgoing, like Ian Curtis because there’s always a I never set out to make a Joy Division said that you and lead actor Sam but not to me. It was the music that I myth surrounding someone who takes film – and as a Joy Division movie it Riley were film “virgins” when you adored. One of the reasons I came to their own life. I don’t know why he would not be correct. In fact, I never started… England was hearing Joy Division for killed himself, I can only hint at possible thought of it as a music film at all. It the first time. reasons in the film. But it becomes a myth was a love story, with fantastic music. Absolutely! One of the reasons I live because of what he created. in Holland now is because I had to By shooting in black and white were Was it a project you’d had in mind for sell my place in London to finance the you concerned the film might be # an edited version of this interview a long time? shoot. We never got proper funding judged on its look? first appeared in the April 2009 issue for the film. All these elements were of Q magazine. I’d been reading scripts for years against us: shooting in black and The Dutch have a very strong visual thinking I should at least try to make a white, Sam Riley was not a name culture – and the English don’t. But The screening of Control takes place movie. But every time I read a script, I actor, I was a first-time director, the what I learned in England was to pay at SVA’s Goods Shed on Friday 9th felt there must be a hundred directors subject matter could have been really more attention to stories. Because I March at 7:30pm followed by a Q&A out there that would do a better job! depressing. Once we had the cast think the English are all actors! with local actor Craig Parkinson (Line When Control came around, I felt and locations the producers said the of Duty, Soulboy, Four Lions) who there was a link to my own story. What money would be there, but on the day Still, Ian Curtis comes across as quite appears in the film as Joy Division’s held me back was the idea, especially it wasn’t. So I said, I’ll pay for a week. a normal bloke… manager Tony Wilson led by film in England, that I’m just a rock Then I paid for the next week. In the maker and illustrator Joe Magee ( a I felt the strength of the story was photographer. I thought people would end the whole thing was shot on my previous Factory Records employee). that he was a normal guy. I went to see it as a rock film. So it took me a money. But it was a film I made out of After the Q&A head on over to SVA the house where he lived and it’s few months to think about it. love. It was a risk, but I was fortunate John Street for a DJ set by Sean Roe so tiny and makes you realise how enough to be in a position I could take from JunKroom Records who will What changed your mind? conservatively they lived. Not at all the that risk. be playing songs from the Factory makings of a so-called rock star. Records archive from 10:30pm – Funnily enough, it was researching a How much did working with the band 12:30am. Tickets costs just £7 and are book I did for U2. Looking through Peter Hook later said Ian’s widow in their early days influence your available now from stroudfilmfestival. all the old contact sheets from the Deborah Curtis hated the film, even approach? org early-80s, I suddenly started to feel though the screenplay was based like I did when I’d come from Holland I was emotionally attached enough on her memoir Touching From A Rupert Howe is a freelance writer based to photograph Joy Division [in 1979]. to be interested in the story, but not Distance. Did that upset you? in Stroud whose work has appeared in How cold it was, waiting at bus stops, so much I would be overcome with Q, Esquire and numerous now-defunct Well, I showed Debbie the film twice not speaking the language, how much emotion when I made it. Contrary to magazines, including The Face and she came to the premiere, so I’m music meant to me. And then I felt what [Joy Division and New Order that the story was so much part of not sure how true that is. Plus New #36 | MAR 2018 FILM LISTINGS 7

call to action. There will be time for early 1900”s the other 40 years later. surrounded by the German army and discussion, sharing, seed swapping Karamakate (the younger - Nilbio evacuated during the eponymous FILM and tea drinking. 6:30pm Free Torres, the older Antonio Bolivar) is World War II battle. But this is a war (donations welcome!) an Amazonian Shaman, helping first film like few others, one that may LISTINGS the German, Theo Von Martius (Jan employ a large and expensive canvas SUN 4TH Bijroet) in 1909 and an American Evan but that conveys the whole through Stroud Greenpeace Presents: Two (Brianne Davis) in 1940 to discover a isolated, brilliantly realized, often Short Films About Greenpeace “sacred” plant Yakruna. Art Cinema private moments more than via sheer Award Cannes Film Festival, and many spectacle, although that is here, too. A Time Comes: The Kingsnorth Six other awards. 7:30pm £6 7:30pm £7 (includes one drink!) - Director Nick Broomfield tells the story of the Kingsnorth Six, a group of stroudfilmsociety.org painswickcentre.com Greenpeace volunteers who scaled the 220m chimney at a coal fired power station in Kent in 2007 to protest THE ARKELL CENTRE ELECTRIC PICTURE HOUSE against government plans to build CINEMA WOTTON UNDER EDGE new coal plants across Britain. In 2009 FRI 16TH E-on where forced to shelve their Nailsworth Film Club: Manchester WEDS 14TH plans to build a Kingsnorth coal power By the Sea plant. Black Ice: The Story of the Artic My Generation + Q&A Best Actor Oscar winner Casey Afleck 30 - When the Greenpeace ship Arctic This engaging and playful LANSDOWN HALL stars as Lee, working as a janitor in Sunrise set sail to protest the first ever documentary, narrated by and Boston, socially isolated by choice oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean, none starring the inimitable Michael Caine, FRI 2ND and burdened with a tragedy from of the people on board could have chronicles the cultural revolution of his past. Called back to his home Transition Stroud and Stroud known what was coming. Seized at the Swinging Sixties and the societal Community Seed Bank Presents: town in Massachusetts on the death gunpoint by Russian special forces, the upheaval it cause that still resonates In Our Hands of his brother, he finds he is guardian ‘Arctic 30’ were thrust into headlines today. Sourced from over 1,600 hours to his teenage nephew Joe and is In Our Hands documents a growing all over the world, facing up to 15 years of footage, extensive research and forced to try and deal with his past. movement of farmers and food in prison and finding themselves at the over 50 interviews with key players, It’s a powerful film about life in workers in the UK creating vibrant centre of a bitter international dispute. My Generation is an insider tour of a the real world without Hollywood farms, living soils, thriving food 2:15pm Free (donations welcome!) defining era. The screening is followed endings.7:30pm £6 markets and a fairer food system by a Q&A with Michael Caine and for all. Come and hear their story, lansdownhall.org nailsworthfilmclub.co.uk director David Batty, broadcast live join the discussion - and swap some from the BFI. 6:30pm seeds. This new and beautifully-shot OPEN HOUSE film, created by the Landworkers THE PAINSWICK CENTRE wottoncinema.com Alliance, features farmers and growers THURS 22ND both urban and rural. Exploring FRI 2ND Stroud Film Society Presents: human scale agriculture, from seed Wick Flix: Dunkirk production to dairy farming, and how Embrace of the Serpent Christopher Nolan’s new film follows to connect people to the land and We follow the interwoven stories soldiers from Belgium, the British their food in new and better ways, the of 2 European explorers through Empire, Canada and France as they’re film is both a message of hope and a the Colombian Amazon, one in the

SUN 11TH SAT 17TH – SUN 18TH STROUD Lansdown Film Club Presents: Spaniel in the Works Theatre FILM Cherry Blossoms Company: Meet the Animator FESTIVAL: 7:30pm £6/£5concs (Lansdown Hall) 3pm Free (the Museum in the Park) SUN 11TH SAT 17TH WAAS Presents: Mother’s Day Film Stroud Community TV Awards Screening 7:30pm Free (Lansdown Hall) 3pm £6/£5concs (Atelier) Timetable SUN 18TH TUES 13TH Animation Weekend: The Halas The River: Documentary Premiere and Batchelor Cartoon Café SUN 4TH SAT 10TH + Q&A 11am Free (the Museum in the Park) Festival Launch: George Platts Film School 8pm £12/£9concs (Hawkwood 4pm Free (The Prince Albert) 10am-4pm £50 booking deadline College) SUN 18TH 3rd Mar (Atelier) Drawing Breath WEDS 14TH WEDS 7TH 4pm £3adv/£5otd (SVA, John Street) Cold Water Swimming SAT 10TH Film-Maker Focus: Joe Magee 7:30pm £6/£5concs (The Marshall Lansdown Film Club Presents: The 8pm £5 (the Marshall Rooms) SUN 18TH Rooms) Red Turtle Lansdown Film Club Presents: 3pm £6adults/£3children (Lansdown THURS 15TH Queens of Syria THURS 8TH Hall) Stroud Film Society Presents: Even 7:30pm £6/£5concs (Lansdown Hall) Unrest + Q&A When I Fall + Q&A SAT 10TH Visit stroudfilmfestival.org for tickets 7:30pm £7.50adults/£6.40seniors 8pm £6/£5concs (The British School) and further info! + students (Electric Picture House, Strictly Cinema Presents: A Sci-Fi ‘Alien’ Disco-Topia FRI 16TH Wotton Under Edge) 7:30pm £15 (includes film screening, Jazz Stroud Presents: Wattstax FRI 9TH – SAT 17TH cocktail, snacks and Disco Sucks after 8pm £5 (SVA Goods Shed) Good On Paper Presents: Film party)/£6 (Disco Sucks after party Posters Reinterpreted only) (The Makespace) SAT 17TH 10am-5pm (SVA, John Street) Animation Weekend: Aardman SUN 11TH Animations Clay Modelling FRI 9TH 60 Second Film Challenge Workshops Good On Paper Presents: Control £5 entry fee 10:30am/12pm/2pm £5 (the Museum + Q&A in the Park) 7:30pm £7adv (SVA, Goods Shed)

#36 | MAR 2018 MUSIC 9 Emily Hall By Nikki Owen

Life, sometimes, needs quiet. It requires a calm clarity that, all too often, does not happen, such is the way the busy world today works. But when the need arises, when the need not only for calm but also for understanding arrives, music helps. But not just any music - music written by a composer who can reflect the feelings we feel deep inside.

Step forward composer Emily Once we settle in with our idea, was the creation of some very created in the same way. Hall. Winner of the Paul Hamlyn warm drinks, snow falling outside, poignant and haunting music. Life Very excitingly, on International Foundation Award for Artists, the I ask Emily what inspired her Cycle is a mix of clear water vocals Women’s Day on 8th March, BBC Genesis Opera Prize and the Royal groundbreaking album. “Before I from singer Mara Carlyle (who has Radio 3 will be playing tracks from Philharmonic Society Composition had children,” Emily says, “I was on previously appeared on albums the Life Cycle album, an accolade Award, amongst others, Emily is the cusp of wanting to write more by Plaid and Matthew Herbert), which unassuming Emily only drops the living embodiment of a mindful accessible music for myself, music with melancholic sounds from into conversation right at the end moment. When we meet in a café that I would listen to myself. And cellist Oliver Coates (Mica Levy, when we are about to depart. - Emily wrapped warm from the then I had the baby and writing London Contemporary Orchestra, So, what’s next for this talented cold under a black woolly hat, with while I had a baby meant I had to Jonny Greenwood) and pianist John Stroud-based composer? “After Life a pretty, heart-shaped face, rosy be more direct and quick. Having Reid (Aurora Orchestra). But what Cycle,” Emily says, “I’ve been asked cheeks, a kind smile that reaches the baby meant having little time makes it stand out, is that not to write some music in response her eyes - what strikes me first is and so the music I made was only does it make you think of to a photo by Andreas Gusrsky at what an aura of calm she has. instinctive – the melodies were motherhood and what it means, the Hayward Gallery and I’m going It’s a calm that’s helped Emily not edited, they just came and the it forces you to stop and ponder to do this with my new duo with create some of the most beautiful songs were associated with what I life. Makes you mindful. And this is Misha Law, and I’ve also a written a and emotionally touching music was experiencing at the time. But I all, really, thanks to the quiet, calm new song for a project in USA being around. A composer who’s been wanted to work with lyrics written clarity Emily brings to everything premiered at the Washington Art described by industry magazine by other people.” she creates. Gallery. After that will be another MOJO as having “a restless The lyrics to Life Cycle were “There is so much classical album when I’m ready. But maybe, modernity (that) mixes classical written by Toby Litt. A successful repertoire that covers love and for now, just a bit of a break.” precision with an ear for folk and author shortlisted for the death but not motherhood,” Emily We end our chat laughing how electronics,”. Emily is releasing a notoriously lucrative Sunday Times says, animated by the subject. “Life we all need a little head holiday live recording of her composition EFG Private Bank Short Story cycle covers the extremes of life sometimes, especially when we collection entitled ‘Life Cycle’ Award, while Emily composed the - light then dark then back again - create things for a living. But as on the 8th March 2018 (which is, music, it’s actually Toby who wrote bliss one minute, exhausted the she leaves in a calm, happy fashion, fittingly, International Women’s the words on the rollercoaster that next.” And boy is this true. Just one woolly hat back on, braced for the Day). is motherhood. “He totally gets listen of a track entitled ‘Not Just cold, something tells me it won’t be it,” Emily says of Toby, smiling. Milk’ and you find yourself pausing long until Emily Hall’s back in the “We started working together in for a second, thinking. Breathing. studio, making another hauntingly “THERE IS SO 2006 when I was asked to pitch a It’s no surprise, really, that beautiful piece of music, music that MUCH CLASSICAL children’s opera to Glyndebourne Emily Hall is as good as she is at force you to pause and breathe – in (which didn’t come to anything) but her craft. She has written five the most mindful of ways. REPERTOIRE THAT then he started to send me lyrics for operas. Yep, five. Her first opera, songs and then we worked, the two “Santé”(2006), produced by Life Cycle is COVERS LOVE AND of us, more and more.” Aldeburgh Music, was described by released on the DEATH BUT NOT Life Cycle is the second song The Times as “a dynamic new opera 8th March via the cycle they wrote together, after worth everyone’s time and hopes”. Icelandic based MOTHERHOOD” ‘Befalling’ which was essentially She’s worked with one of the label Bedroom a collection of songs about writers who worked with Bjork. She Community Emily’s latest album is unique. unrequited love. The final part of the is constantly in demand to create (bedroomcommunity.net). Visit Not simply in that it consists of trilogy is ‘Rest’, a secular requiem. sound installations and developing emilyhall.co.uk to find out about enchanting, simple melodies mixed “Toby had lost one of his parents,” live performances. And yet, despite Emily Hall’s back catalogue, updates with hard-edged lyrics, but because Emily says, reflecting for a moment all this, she is quiet and calm and and forthcoming live performances. it’s music that addresses mother on her words. “The idea was for the very unassuming. hood. The anxiety and impatience album to be written for a vocal trio But I think its Emily’s unassuming Nikki Owen is an author and writer. of pregnancy, the shadow of and to be performed on chamber manner, her inner calm mixed with Her third and final book in the loss, the joy of birth, the sleep level, true chamber music. The two a clear rod of ambition and drive to Project Trilogy – The Girl Who Ran (Harper Collins), is out now. deprivation (my days, the sleep elements came together.” always want to create, that results in Follow her on twitter @nikkiwriter deprivation!) and the wonder of The result of this sadness mixed the stunning music she composes, and nikkiowenauthor.com watching a baby grow. with Emily’s talent and Toby’s clear with no two projects ever being 10 MUSIC #36 | MAR 2018

MUSIC LISTINGS Tankus The Henge ALE HOUSE

By Christopher Taylor FRI 2ND Hotwires Led by seasoned blues harp player, There’s a rumbling on the horizon, a sound, They trusted us before anyone knew vocalist and guitarist Dave Purple, who or what we were. We played Hot Wires deliver a bluesy & rocky a happening, a frog on roller-skates in a there as a full band two or three mix of originals and covers played thunderstorm!?? I catch up with Jaz Delorean times, then myself and Tim (guitar) with a gritty passion. Dave’s songs as a duo. I have hazy memories cover a wide range of genres and influences from Blues, funk of Tankus the Henge, to talk all things music, but they are all happy, and mostly and rock and content can be centred around the charmingly unashamedly political or personal. his upcoming show in Stroud, life as a new tuned piano in the corner and Eric 8:30pm Free resident here and that all important Tankus the hedgehog. Then we played two strange and beautiful gigs at Prema FRI 9TH The Henge live experience… Arts Centre and the Convent two years ago. Jimbo & Griff Tankus the Henge have been going the words, then we can organise a Bristol guitar legend Jim Reynolds for well over ten years now, which kidnap in twilight hours on the day You are playing the Marshall Rooms and long standing musical is impressive in the music industry, of the gig. Black van. Black windows. later this month - what can the collaborator Dave Griffiths play what’s the secret to your longevity? Sounds like a frog on roller-skates in good people of Stroud expect from a unique collection of blues, folk, a thunderstorm. the gig? ragtime and ballads. 8:30pm Free Smoke and mirrors, and a large dose of madness. Like any belief system, How did the band start? This will be our biggest Stroud THURS 15TH there has to be an element of blind gig ever. To say we’re excited is an Dave Ayre Trio faith and confidence if we’re being The band is made up of musicians understatement. I’ve seen inside Double bass wizard Dave Ayre and honest with ourselves. We believe in who have been kicked out of other the Marshall Rooms and it’s looking his trio returns to the Ale House for bands. I collect them. There have fantastic. If you’re wondering what to this band because it’s the band we another jazz evening with special been a few who have left us, but expect and you’ve never seen Tankus would want to go and see. We tour guests in tow…8:30pm Free extensively. We go to places that the rogue rock n roll contingent the Henge live, then we recommend continues to travel and gather pace. other bands neglect, and because you dress up (it can be a bit of a SAT 17TH of that, we get the people coming Any underdogs, disheartened or psychedelic catwalk), come with the The Badgers out in return. We love our audiences, downtrodden; we will embrace you people you love and prepare to go because they’re so enthusiastic and and give you noisy, joyful hope. down the rabbit hole and out the Rock and Pop Classics from the they care about each other. other side feeling uplifted and ready 60s to modern day. 8:30pm Free The band have been based in to spread some love in the world. On my rough calculations, you have London, but I know that you are FRI 23RD played over 350 gigs, is the live a now a Stroud resident, what Finally, your ‘You Can Do Anything’ Chequered Souls brought you to the town? EP is just out, is there a theme to performance where it is best to Northern Soul, Motown, soul and experience the band? the five tracks? London has many wondrous corners, Rhythm and Blues. 8:30pm Free We have played over 1200 gigs. We and I lived there for a very long time, Yes, this release is doing a couple SAT 31ST play around 120 gigs a year, and in but sadly it is falling victim to the of jobs. It’s the single version of the the last couple of years, in seven or curse of gentrification, and many of song You Can Do Anything which is Nothin’ but Blues eight different countries. We make the venues myself and my friends on the upcoming album (31 March), Straight ahead, loud and proud the live show an interactive and used to play in, night in night out, but it also features four other tracks Stroud Blues-Rock. 8:30pm Free emotional experience, so if that’s have simply disappeared because of which aren’t. Rain On A Sunday with your bag, then come on down. If rising rents. I used to play six nights a gorgeous string arrangement by CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY you have time and prefer to sit at a week before the band started The Langan Band’s Alastair Caplin, home with headphones and a bag touring. I couldn’t do that now, there Glitterlung, Two Steps Ahead and CHURCH of mushrooms, then our twenty aren’t enough places. On a positive Love Me At The End which we’ve three recorded tracks will turn your note, the arts and music scene is been playing live this last year. There FRI 2ND spreading into the regional nooks kaleidoscope mind inside out. We is a broad theme of travel, loneliness, The Ruscombe Duo put a lot of effort and soul into and crannies, and there are some longing and feeling like the world Formed in 2014 the Ruscombe our recorded tracks. It’s a different truly special venues blossoming. you knew is disappearing. All with an duo ft. pianist Geoffrey Poole and art form to the live performance. Don’t hesitate to support live music, underlying feeling of hope. It’s pretty cellist Benjamin Dry, have quickly We have many friends and guest people. I know I’m preaching to special and we’re proud of it… the converted here, but it really established an excellent reputation musicians who pop up on the among discerning music audiences. makes a difference. We now play Tankus the Henge play the Marshall records. So, both is preferable. Live Tonight they perform Vivaldi’s more on the continent than we do Rooms on Fri 16th March, tickets and recorded. Sonata in E Minor, Beethoven’s in the UK, because there are so Why not? cost just £10 in advance from Sonata in F Major Op. 5/1, many flourishing scenes in Germany, themarshallrooms.co.uk. The You Shostakovich’s Sonata and Poole’s For someone who does not know France and Switzerland. I moved to Can Do Anything Ep is out now and own composition Elegy for Keith Tankus the Henge how would you Stroud because the air is cleaner, I available from tankusthehenge.com Nimmo. 7:30pm (free, donations describe your sound? like the Republic, and I love cows. welcome!) Christopher Taylor is a creative We try not to describe it. So many What memories do you have about producer in the advertising and stroud.thechristiancommunity. superlative phrases being bandied playing in Stroud? marketing industry, also specialising in co.uk around. If you’re trying to convince film and music presenting for TV and a friend to come to a Tankus the Well the first time we played in Radio. - weareaudiophiles.com Henge show and you can’t find Stroud was at the Prince Albert. #36 | MAR 2018 MUSIC LISTINGS 11

THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE Industrial Revolution, the show draws producer Tek Gremlin returns with a FRI 30TH a compelling narrative through the late night session of old school drum The Langan Band FRI 2ND radical people’s history of Britain in and bass and other very danceable folk song, stories and poems. Part types of sounds. Confirmed acts A dynamic three piece offering a Alex Chapman TED talk, part history lecture, part folk include Incus, Altered Perception and unique sound emerging from Celtic, A trinity of one man, one voice, one club sing-a-long, part poetry slam, Auzi from Terrabyte records. 8pm £5 Gypsy Swing, Roma and Flamenco guitar…8:30pm Free part storytelling session… Come and and tuned in savvy. Wrapping share in these tales as they have been THURS 15TH pan European traditional acoustic FRI 9TH shared for generations. Ft. Katherine music with infectious grooves, epic, Tom Williams pounding, sing along, punch the Lorise Eton and the Stealers Hallewell and Robin Grey. 6:30pm £10/£8concs from threeacresandacow. Former front man of Adele support air anthems to intricately arranged Gloucester based female fronted co.uk (incl. £1 booking fee) or R&R act, Tom Williams & The Boat. instrumentals. Challenging the blues/rock n roll troupe. 8:30pm Free Books (no booking fee) Deciding to carve his own path as a limitations of what people might solo artist, Williams has released his expect acoustic instruments to sound SAT 10TH lansdownhall.org most successful album to date, All like, the use of bowed harmonics The Reverend Stretch Change. The record, a feast of rock between fiddle and bass can be and folk songs drenched in strings, as menacing and eerie as it can be Acoustic, Americana, country, folk and THE MARSHALL ROOMS has captivated key tastemakers and psychedelic and mesmerising. 8pm £8 blues…8:30pm Free critics alike and has recently been FRI 2ND announced as one of 6Music’s Albums FRI 30TH THURS 15TH Carnyvillains of the Year. 8pm £5 DJ Nutzie Open Mic A raucous circus show band from FRI 16TH Playing cross genre music, it will be Hosted by Stroud’s own Americana Bristol known for their high energy, rocking for sure…11pm £6 Tankus the Henge troubadour the Rev. Stretch…All original, stomping swing and ska, welcome! 8pm Free with balkan-esque folk. Live they are London based, five wheeled, funk SAT 31ST a full power theatrical experience, fuelled, open top, custom paint SAT 17TH Ronald RimRam and the RimRam with clowning and antics that keep job, rock ‘n’ roll jalopy that comes Rammers, Bones Like These St Patrick’s Day ft. Kings and crowds laughing and dancing, until careering round the corner on a Queens of Inishboffin the end where the entire place will be tranquil summer’s day. Ruining the Yes – the MR have gone done it and silence and disturbing the bats. convinced one of the legendary Crown and Sceptre celebrates St jumping…8pm £8 Combining wild showmanship Marshall Rooms bands to re-form for Patrick’s Day screening the England vs and musical dexterity their sound ONE NIGHT ONLY. Coinciding with Ireland 6 Nations Rugby International, SAT 3RD incorporates rock, funk, blues, ska, bands members and friends 50th cheap Guinness and Powers whiskey Uncle Frank and the Allergies roots and gypsy rhythms and their birthdays relive those sweaty nights of and live music from the Kings and Uncle Frank: Fun Lovin’ Criminal Uncle songs tell stories of wonder and the eighties with Sultana Baby, I Love Queens of Inishboffin…The craic will Frank’s star is rising with thrilling live woe. £10adv ((+ booking fee) from Stroud and other classy Rim Ram be mighty! shows throughout the UK, in particular ticketweb and Trading Post Records anthems. Support from Bones like with Craig Charles’ Funk and Soul These. 7:30pm £8 FRI 23RD nights. The Allergies: Since forming in SAT 17TH The Marsh Fires 2012 The Allergies have made a name SAT 31ST Laid Black Four-piece rock band from for themselves with their take on Uptown sample-led beats and breaks. Latest The Laid Blak sound takes massive Glastonbury. 8:30pm Free album Push On, was a melting pot of inspiration from ska and reggae, but Bringin’ the downtown sounds has often been described as ‘street of NYC – Uptown! Hip Hop, Latin THURS 29TH vintage licks and modern production featuring heavily on many end of year soul’. The influences are broad and Breaks, Dance Hall, Post Punk and Rodda’s Hairy Craic roundups when it dropped in 2017. represent sounds that define the NYC Classics from resident DJ’s and Stroud Block Party honchos Dubbu Irish acoustic session with Tim Potts. 10pm £11adv (+ booking fee) from eclecticness of Bristol music, from and Mendoza…10pm £8 (+ booking 8pm Free ticketweb and Trading Post Records reggae, to dancehall, soul, hip hop, funk and jazz, whilst of course never fee) from ticketweb and Trading Post Records FRI 30TH THURS 8TH forgetting their jungle heritage. 9pm £12adv (+ booking fee) from Big Joe Bone 47Soul ticketweb and Trading Post Records themarshallrooms.co.uk Blues-grass music – a heady mix of With a 4* review in the Guardian, front cover of music mags and total respect Delta Blues, Bluegrass, Oldtime, Gospel FRI 23RD NO 23 wherever they play 47Soul combines and Hillbilly. 8:30pm Free Chris the Poets Open Microwave Dabke, traditional Palestinian street crownandsceptrestroud.com music with deep electronic beats The first ever Chris the Poet’s Open SAT 10TH mixed with sounds of the Middle East. Microwave - an eclectic, eccentric Monobrow’s Vinyltopia showcase of the best of British, Taking these sounds to the dance Monobrow returns with his pop up HOLY TRINITY CHURCH and even European underground, floor with analog synthesisers, dub- record store - over 1100 records festival and sideshow acts!! Tonight effects and trance inducing guitar including rock, house, folk, drum features naughty twin legends, My SAT 24TH lines, their lyrics delivered in tripped- n bass, indie, hip hop, latin, funk, Bad Sister as well as Doghouse, Stroud Symphony Orchestra: out verses by four singers in a mixture soundtracks, breaks and experimental previous frontman of cult tekno punks Spring Concert of Arabic and English, call for freedom sounds. A number of free records will Sicknote, all of whom are making of movement on global dance floors be given out to those who arrive early The SSO returns to the Holy Trinity their Stroud debut. Also Ed Cox, and across border checkpoints…8pm and listening facilities are available Church with a programme which Teddy T, Flow Flow, Karaoke…Mind £8/MOTD so you can try before you buy. Full includes Weber’s Overture – Der bending!8pm £10 Freischutz, Borodin’s In the Steps vegetarian/English served downstairs FRI 9TH for the hungry diggers! 11-2pm free of Central Asia, Saint-Saens Piano SAT 24TH Concerto No 2 (ft. soloist Katya Guy Pratt Is the Sideman Danceteria facebook.com/ Apekisheva) and Symphony No 1 by A one man show celebrating 30 years Brahms. 7:30pm £12/£10concs from as a bass player for the heavyweights A brand new club night for Stroud! No23BarAndBistroStroud Subscription Rooms or otd/Children of rock and pop. Pratt is a Grammy Expect records from 30 years ago alongside tracks that were released under 14 free award winning bassist who has played THE PRINCE ALBERT with such megastars as Pink Floyd, and downloaded the day of the party holytrinitystroud.co.uk David Gilmore, Roxy Music, Bryan - an eclectic mix of Disco, Funk, House THURS 1ST Ferry, Robert Palmer, Gary Moore, Techno and Electro, and lots more in Womack & Womack, Jimmy Page between. DMX Krew headlines the Jo Carley and the Old Dry Skulls LANSDOWN HALL and David Coverdale...oh and more maiden voyage to Dancetaria, He’s Imagine a British punk band playing a importantly, he co-wrote Vindaloo released 5 full albums on Aphex Twin’s sleazy 1930’s New Orleans nightclub, SAT 3RD with Fat Les. 8pm £10adv/£12otd label Rephlex Records and numerous armed only with acoustic instruments Three Acres And A Cow singles/EPs for both Rephlex and his from 1890’s Tennessee and you SAT 10TH own Breakin’ Records. Joining him are half way there! Jo Carley and A history of land rights and protest will be regular DJ’s/Producers Brain in folk song and story. Connecting The Tribe, The Gremlins Kremlin The Old Dry Skulls throw Old Time Rays, Tofuti Klein, and Stougie Houzer, Roots music, Ska and Punk into a the Norman Conquest and Peasants’ A new collective have landed! part of the crew behind the legendary backwoods still to make musical Revolt with current issues like Bringing a hip hop & upbeat reggae Bizarre Rituals parties from further moonshine! 8:30pm Free fracking, the housing crisis and sound with snappy lyrics and out west in Totnes, Devon. Also joined Brexit via the Enclosures, English extremely funky beats The Tribe by Mully and Todd Bonzalez. 10pm £6 Civil War, Irish Land League and are an exciting new entity. DJ and 12 MUSIC LISTINGS #36 | MAR 2018

SAT 3RD Laila Diallo, Theatre Rites, Arthur performances together with three SAT 3RD The Magnificent AK47 Pita, Redweather Productions and other eclectic musicians. Simon Ceilidh: Committee Band Champloo Dance Company among McCorry on solo cello, Andrew Heath Unlocking the inner minstrel by others. 8pm Free on piano and treated field recordings Described as “...barnstorming ceilidh lowering the tone with their deep, and Phonsonic on electronics and band”. 8pm £11adv/£10concs/ Georgian-inspired harmonies and FRI 23RD glitch percussion. A continuous £12otd/£11concs/£5 U16s serious silliness, those Magnificent performance with each artist giving Men of Ashton Keynes and their multi- Garance and the Mitochondries way to the next. Featuring live visuals SUN 4TH hatted singing machine love taking Garance Louis. Extrovert, eccentric by Patrick Dunn. 7pm £10adv/£11otd Virtuosi GUS Band to the stage to prove they can truly composer, singer and accordionist live up to the claim of perhaps being Hailing from Northamptonshire this from Perpignan, who finds a fresh and SAT 17TH the best all bloke singing troupe ever new way of interpreting the French outstanding brass band, have won to escape from the depths of North, Chanson tradition with her formidable Fractalight: Reclaim the Light six national titles and have produced North Wiltshire. 8pm Free band The Mitochondries. Her band An evening of women performers 75 years of outstanding musi. 3pm is a mixture of Tom Waits, Edith Piaf to mark International Women’s Day. £12/£10concs/£7children (Season THURS 8TH and Frank Zappa, with the melancholy Molteno: Atmospheric dream pop Ticket: 5 for the price of 4) Open Mic softness of alternative post-musette with flavours of folk and trip hop. SAT 10TH All welcome to join in the Albert’s songwriting.You may recognise her Aunt Fish: A fine selection of disco, popular Open Mic night, the longest from a certain circus…8:30pm Free funk, soul and boogie to help you Electric Swing Circus running in the Stroud district and shake off your winter blues. Further A live six piece fusion of saucy most friendly. Experienced people to SAT 24TH performers to be announced! 7pm ‘20s swing and stomping electro help you set up if you are a newbie Solana £7.50adv/£8otd beats with an explosive sound with and great equipment for you to use as everything from electronica, big beat With their polyrhythmic folk-world fractalight.co.uk well! 8pm Free fusion, Solana have made quite a & Rock n’ Roll, with their own unique splash on the music and festival style of swing. 8pm £14adv/£17otd SAT 10TH scene managing to appeal to both STROUD BREWERY Green Rock River Band sit-down audiences and lively crowds SUN 11TH Fuelled by their love of Big Bill with their rhythmically complex and SAT 3RD Refugee Mozart Requiem Broonzy, Silver bands, Delta Blues harmonically rich sound. With flute/ Bex Jazz After the tremendous success of and northern colliery bands and Hank accordion, violin weaving together Messiah-in-a-day last year, the Possessing an impressive vocal Williams this mega band delight in folk- and klezmer-inspired melodies Refugee Choir returns to tackle range, Bex moves seamlessly from performance with bouncing from old which soar over a tight rhythm Mozart’s formidable Requiem, big and powerful to soft and subtle, time Bluegrass but bringing it right up section. 8pm Free accompanied by Capriol Chamber through jazz, Latin and pop with to date. This is the real Americana but Orchestra, who also play Mozart’s ease. She specialises in singing in born in London ...and here in Stroud SAT 31ST Symphony No.35. This is a grand Brazilian Portuguese and is also an community event, with over 100 tonight. 8pm Free The Model Folk accomplished percussionist. 7:30pm singers of all abilities plus four A six piece band hailing from the Free THURS 15TH deepest darkest reaches of North soloists, conducted by Hugh Barton The Underscore Orkestra Somerset. Their sound is an eclectic SAT 10TH and Jon Trim. The concert is in aid of two charities: the Emergency Ft. members hailing from many cocktail of influences that could Madi Stimpson Trio Appeal for Rohingya refugees and corners of the globe playing a blend loosely fit in the folk canon. Live Madi set up his own trio in 2011, Stroud Women’s Refuge. 7:30pm of Balkan, Klezmer, Hot Jazz, Swing shows are full of self-deprecating playing a mix of gypsy, jazz, bluegrass £13.50/£11.50concs and Americana music, both original humour, romance, pathos, audience and folk roots, but with a definite and traditional. Evokes the old world engagement and interaction with emphasis on the manouche sound TUES 13TH and the new, the eerily haunting music created with clarinet wizardry, pioneered and made famous by the sounds from the east, with definite trumpets, trombones and accordion Skerryvore great Django Reinhardt. 7:30pm Free roots in the west. 8pm Free topped off with epic harmonies…8pm Twice winners of Scotland’s Free SAT 17TH Traditional Music ‘Live Act of the SAT 17TH Year’ Award, Skerryvore hail from theprincealbertstroud.co.uk Wildwood Jack Tangerine Cat different regions of Scotland creating A unique acoustic duo from Kent. a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Fierce yet tender vocals, provocatively Their melodic songs blend the Americana. 8pm £18 honest lyrics, the huge many faceted ST LAURENCE CHURCH guitar and ukulele with outstanding sound of the hurdy-gurdy played with fingerstyle playing drawing influences SAT 17TH unparalleled virtuosity, mesmerizing SAT 3RD from folk, country and world music. Roving Crows’ St Patrick’s Day whistles, massive drone bass, field Fractalight: A Different Kind of 7:30pm Free Party recordings, loops, and electronic Honey beats all come together in brilliant Pushing the boundaries of Celtic Folk Opening night of Fractalight at SAT 24TH compositions which utterly captivate and playing with passion, energy and St Laurence Church ft. live music you in an image evoking, emotionally Aroha soul, Roving Crows are a must see live from A Different Kind of Honey. intense, hypnotic, healing and Australian/German acoustic folk act. 8pm £15.50/£14.50concs This extraordinary group with unforgettable live experience…8pm rock trio playing nyckleharpa, guitar their foot tapping, upbeat sound, and bass guitar. Their tunes range THURS 22ND Free have been quietly building a buzz in from Celtic influenced and Latin the West Country scene since they The Jar Family WEDS 21ST instrumentals to Australian rock started touring last year. £6adv/£7otd Hartlepool-based The Jar Family, music, the Levellers and Bob Dylan. The Odd Folk are five songwriters and musicians 7:30pm Free A passionately ramshackle SAT 10TH who decided to pool their talent and create their ‘industrial folk’ sound. quintet, playing their own brand of Fractalight: Tony Hymas Jazz Trio SAT 31ST “triumphant folk” while journeying up 8pm £12 Three outstanding figures in British and down the country in a vintage Dead Dog Cider jazz and contemporary music whose Renault 4! Recently seen supporting Pru on Bodhran and Mark on Guitar FRI 23RD combined experience encompasses young troubadour Johnny Flynn and playing a lively mix of English, Celtic an extraordinarily wide variety of Jive Dance folk legend Steve Tilston, and equally and American Song - all powered by musical life. Ft. pianist Tony Hymas Great atmosphere on a great dance at home on the main stage of the Pru’s mighty Bodhran! 7:30pm Free (Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Jack floor with top swing and jive music. corner of an old barn, the boys treat Bruce, Jeff Beck, Evan Parker, Frank 8pm £8 each ‘giggle’ with the same gusto stroudbrewery.co.uk Sinatra), bassist Chris Laurence and aim to make people smile and (John Taylor, Sting, Elton John, Peter THURS 29TH bounce! 8pm Free Gabriel) and drummer Martin France SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS Dr and the Medics (Lee Konitz, Elvis Costello, Ralph THURS 22ND Celebrating their 35th Anniversary Tower) 7pm £12.50adv/£14otd FRI 2ND Phil King this year, the current line-up brings The Marley Experience you a flamboyant show! 8pm Since his last visit has had his music FRI 16TH £12adv/£14otd played on many local radio stations Fractalight: Luminance This Bob Marley tribute band, are

and also by Bob Harris, Steve Lamacq committed to bringing you the An evening of immersive and and Alex Lester on BBC Radio 2. Phil closest thing to the original Wailers experimental, ambient music. Toby has also composed music for Theatre, sound with lead singer ‘Lionart’. 8pm Marks (Banco de Gaia) on guitar and Dance, TV and film and worked with £16.50adv/£18otd electronics, leads a set of improvised

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SAT 31ST FRI 23RD ST MARY’S PARISH CHURCH The Schubert Ensemble is widely recognised as one of the world’s Subtrax presents: Krafty Kuts, Evil Remi Harris Trio WOODCHESTER Nine leading exponents of music for piano The Remi Harris Trio take Gypsy and strings and have decided to bring Renowned for his technical Swing characteristics and infuse them SAT 17TH their 35 year career to a close at the turnatablism with meticulously with influences from Jazz, Blues, The Cappella Singers end of June 2018 so their Painswick crafted DJ sets and party-punching Rock’n’Roll, Funk, World Music and concert will be part of their final Spiritual choral music for Passiontide productions, Krafty Kuts is in a league more. £10adv/£12otd (John Street) celebratory season and will include the from the 19th and 20th centuries. of his own. Evil Nine use post punk, second performance of a new quintet Includes Funeral Ikos by John Tavener, italo-disco, vintage, electronic, jungle, SAT 24TH by Master of the Queen’s Music, Judith The Reproaches by John Sanders and house, R&B, techno, Krautrock, R&B Weir, to be premiered at the Wigmore Kamura Obscura (ft. Atsuko The Lamentations of Jeremiah by and 80’s electronic horror movie Hall 3 days previously… Kamura), Bethany Kay, DJ Sean Edward Bairstow. With John Marsh, soundtrack influences in their music. Roe (JunKroom Records) Organ. 7:30pm £10adv/£12otd (carers 9pm £14adv/£17otd painswickmusicsoc.co.uk Kamura Obscura explores and school students free) subscriptionrooms.org.uk experimental original composition across genres including traditional stmaryswoodchester.org.uk PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY Japanese folk songs, surreal chanson, SVA electric vocal improvisation and avant- SAT 10TH THE VAULT NAILSWORTH classical. Their songs are cut through Tantz FRI 2ND/9TH/16TH/23RD with humour but with a political edge. SUN 4TH Tantz consists of six musicians: clarinet, John Street Social Club Fronted by Atsuko Kamura from Mizutama Shobodan, a pioneering Bob Bowles violin, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and drums. Their sound is hailed as a A series of weekly Friday night club female punk band in Japan, she was Superb, versatile Blues and roots “frenzied hyper klezmer”, fusing many socials hosted by different artists also a member of Frank Chickens cult guitarist. 2:30pm Free genres and styles alongside the more each week with visuals and audio award winning UK based performance traditional Jewish sound. 7:30pm to share. The format: decks, laptop, group. Support from Bethany Kay, SUN 11TH £11concs/£12friends/£9concs/£18otd and a limited number of selected member of experimental rock band YouTube clips of archive footage Indra’s Web Nature Centre, exhibition of prints prema.org.uk and informative curiosities...7pm £1 by Haruko Boot and Japanese music Stroud and Bristol based trio that membership on the door DJ set from Sean Roe (JunKroom travels through world folk musics, with Records).7:30pm £3adv and jazz and swing sensibilities to keep PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY MON 5TH/12TH/19TH/26TH the grooves moving. 2:30pm Free before 9pm/£5otd after 9pm (John THE VIRGIN WOOTON UNDER Kids Chill Out Lounge Street) SUN 18TH EDGE Kids disco for children and adults, bubble machines, cakes, tea and THURS 29TH The Reverend Stretch SAT 3RD coffee with an episode of Clangers Andy Nowak Trio Folk, blues, country, Americana and to finish off. 9:30am-12:30pm Launching their 2nd Album…Since beyond! 2:30pm Free The Schubert Ensemble of London: £3adults/£1children (John Street) 2005, the ANT have been captivating Spring Concert of Chamber Music audiences throughout the South SUN 25TH The Wotton Concert Series continues WEDS 7TH/14TH/21ST/28TH West, Wales and London with their Honeymoon trio with the Schubert Ensemble of Funk-In Sessions enthralling combination of powerful London performing Schumann’s Three Songs and tunes from the golden era themes, subtle interplay and raw Canonic Studies Op.56, Faure’s Piano Live Funk Jam with Will Vick and Alf of the 1930’s, combining the great beauty. The combination of truly Quartet No.1 in C minor and Piano Tramontin...FUNK Only...Nothing but American song book with a touch of original compositions and striking Quartet in G Minor by Brahms. 7:30pm the Funk!!! All are welcome to listen or pre-war continental Europe. 2:30pm reworking’s of well-known material £30/£18/£12/£10/£5 for students perform! 8pm Free (John Street) Free is fast becoming a hallmark of this wottonconcertseries.co.uk THURS 8TH highly empathic and musically thevaultnailsworth.co.uk adventurous trio. £8adv/£9otd (John Stroud Jazz Sessions with Craig Street) Crofton UNDER THE EDGE ARTS THE VILLAGE INN NAILSWORTH Stroud Jazz Sessions is delighted to sva.org.uk WOTTON UNDER EDGE host Craig Crofton on sax as special SAT 10TH guest. Craig is jazzegorically fantastic, SAT 3RD TRINITY ROOMS Ken Wood and the Mixers packing a fluid bebop punch and The Hut People weaving the masters into his playing... Ken Wood and The Mixers return to It shall be a delight to j-star him at SAT 17TH offer red-hot rhythm & blues, soul Mixing global rhythms with folk tunes the jazz session! Craig’s opening Raga Babas: St Patrick’s Day and irresistible dance music to the from Quebec to Spain, Scandinavia to performance will be followed by Celebration good people of Nailsworth. Covers Sussex and everywhere in between, and originals ranging from ska to this is a quirky celebration of our rich the usual energeti-frenetic jam. All Come celebrate St Patrick’s Day with soul via Stax and Atlantic-era R’n’B musical heritage – and it works so welcome, singers, players, listeners. the Raga Babas - a 9 to 15 piece band all delivered in the high-energy Ken well! 8pm Stroud Jazz Sessions is a hub for all based on World Fusion Devotional interested in jazz. 8pm £5otd (John Wood style. 8:30pm Free music with ancient and contemporary SAT 10TH Street) sounds specifically for dancing! 7pm villageinn-nailsworth.co.uk The Achievers £5-£10 (suggested donation). SAT 10TH Professional touring band from Sailing Stones holytrinitystroud.co.uk RUSKIN MILL HORSLEY Stroud specialising in vintage dance music. They light-up events with a Sailing Stones is the musical moniker setlist packed full of Rhythm & Blues, of singer songwriter Jenny Lindfors. FRI 16TH CHRIST CHURCH NAILSWORTH jump-blues, boogie-woogie, gospel Both elegiac and mesmerizing there Lady Maisery and a hint of southern soul – music are classic soundtrack influences SUN 11TH Whether unearthing a feminist twist in that inspires even the most casual of from the likes of Blade Runner and a traditional tale, delivering a poignant dancers. 8pm £10/£8.50concs Paris, Texas and heroes such as Neil Bristol Ensemble: Tea Time anti-war ballad, or showcasing their Young and Fleetwood Mac. 8pm Concerts immense multi-instrumental talents SUN 18TH £7adv/£8otd (John Street) The Bristol Ensemble’s popular in original compositions that draw on series of tea-time concerts at Steve Knightley a myriad of musical influences, Lady THURS 22ND Christ Church continues with Multi-award-winning songwriter Steve Maisery are skilful explorers of the a recital of oboe quartets. As Knightley invites his audience on a Introduction to Flamenco Rhythms power, beauty and vitality of song. part of the Ensemble’s Notes for musical journey, charting the winding Workshop + Performance 8pm £15/£13concs Women series, the recital includes roads of his unrivalled career…8pm A free workshop introducing flamenco Marie Grandval’s Romance, Scherzo £19.50 rhythms for dancers, guitarists, rmt.org and Gavotte for oboe and strings. percussionists, or anyone interested 3pm £10otd utea.org.uk in flamenco music. Workshop ST MARY’S CHURCH PAINSWICK 7pm/Performance 8pm £5otd for bristolensemble.com performance/workshop free (John Street) SAT 24TH Painswick Music Society: The Schubert Ensemble

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Fractalight: Festival of Light Fractalight, a new creative venture specialising in light sculptures, are creating and curating a month long Festival of Light this March in Stroud. A collaboration between yurt aficionado Hal Wynne Jones and lighting genius Jack Wimperis Fractalight’s multi-sensory light sculptures focus on using the basic building blocks of lighting and construction to craft intricate and ingenious pop-up pieces. These include the dazzling light and mirror combination ‘Tusk’ and the monumental ‘96 Tons’, as recently seen in the forecourt of the Subscription Rooms.

By Dan Guthrie

The Festival of Light will be held alongside them. Fractalight have complemented with live visuals on Friday the 23rd of March. at the picturesque St Laurence’s also curated the event to feature from Patrick Dunn. Panellists including environmental Church, located in the heart of a variety of different performers To mark International Women’s lawyer and author Polly Higgins Stroud, which was also the venue and experiences whose work you Day 2018, Reclaim the Light an and Lotte Lyster director of the for the Good On Paper’s shows might not necessarily associate evening of music with a solely Stroud Fringe, the Marshall Rooms at the Stroud Fringe last year. St with light sculptures, with music on female line-up takes place on and proprietor of the Prince Albert Laurence’s is currently undergoing the opening night coming courtesy Saturday the 17th of March. discussing their understanding of a transformation from solely being of A Different Kind of Honey, a big Confirmed so far are dream pop true wealth, after which the floor a place of worship into becoming band group from Cornwall. musician Molento and disco fanatic will be opened up for questions a vibrant and thriving community On Saturday the 10th of March, Aunt Fish, with more performers from the audience. Sadly, the space for the whole of Stroud, and the church will be filled with the to be announced in the coming festival closes the day after, on what better way to do so than by sounds of free improv jazz from weeks. If you’re as much as a fan Saturday the 24th of March, with hosting this festival. Jack and Hal the Tony Hymas Jazz Trio, led by of miniature car racing as you one last night of music and light have been hard at work over the Tony Hymas (Cleo Laine, John are live music, then the inaugural before Fractalight’s sculptures are last few months refining old pieces Dankworth, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Stroud Grand Prix will be right up packed away... and building new ones for the Evan Parker, Frank Sinatra) on your street. On Wednesday the exhibition, in order to transform electric piano with Chris Laurence 21st of March, Fractalight and St This is certainly not an event to be the magnificent Victorian parish (John Taylor, Sting, Elton John) on Laurence’s will be opening their missed, as the Fractalight team will church into a cavern of curiosities double bass and Martin France (Lee doors for help with building a be working flat out to make sure and wonder. Konitz, Elvis Costello, Ralph Tower) mammoth, community sourced the Festival of Light will be their It all begins on Saturday the on drums. The trio’s melodies are Scalextric track around the church best work yet. Head to fractalight. 3rd of March, and is open every certain to coalesce beautifully with and installations ahead of race day co.uk and stlaurencefuture.org.uk Thursday, Friday and Saturday the light sculptures. Luminance, on Thursday the 22nd, where prizes for further information and ticket until the 24th of March. During an evening of immersive and will be available for the best car… links. the festival, visitors can walk experimental ambient music, takes Two millennia after the death around the church to experience over the space on Friday the 16th of of St Laurence, the patron saint of Dan Guthrie is a Stroud based writer and the amazing visual installations March, featuring performances by chefs and comedians, his namesake filmmaker. He tweets from @danglefree, close up, or alternatively just sit Banco de Gaia, Phonsonic, Simon church will be hosting a debate he blogs as Black Boy in da Burbs and he down, have a drink and relax McCorry and Andrew Heath, all about the meaning of true wealth now has a website too - danguthrie.net #36 | MAR 2018 ART/MUSIC 17 18 ART #36 | MAR 2018

Stroud Women Artists: Suffrage & International Women’s Day

By Jill MacKeith & Sarah Dixon

Having been decreed ‘a dangerous woman’ by Winston Churchill, one might imagine that had she been alive today, suffragist Margaret Hills (Stroud Urban and District Council’s first woman councillor, 1928) may have shown solidarity with the ‘Nasty Women’ movement and been interested in the artistic activity it, along with other women’s rights campaigns, Kim Francis has sparked here in Stroud.

One hundred years on since Wikithon last year; among its a talk on Margaret Hills on March the Global Peace Party (GPP) are the first women were given the achievements was WAAS member 8th at 7.30pm by councillor Chas curating a series of events to both vote, and there is still so much Deborah Abramson creating a new Townley, a Mothers Day film event honour and mark the centenary and to do. Equally, thanks to the entry on Suffragette Jewellery. They Sunday 11th March - screening of to explore femininity. likes of Margaret, there is much will be working around the suffrage Those Dangerous Women as part Joziet Khimba of the GPP gave to celebrate. Indeed Stroud’s theme this year, with a focus on the womenfolk have been planning a centenary of The Representation number of exciting events to mark of the People Act being passed. THROUGH VISUAL ART AND the centenary of partial suffrage Here in Stroud they’ll be celebrating (6th February) and to celebrate the contributions of suffragist and PERFORMANCE STROUD’S WOMEN International Women’s Day on 8th district councillor Margaret Hills as WILL BE EXPLORING LIFE FROM March. well as offering a list of suggested Local art collective, Women’s subjects to write about. The public THE FEMININE PERSPECTIVE; Art Activation System (thewaas. can also bring their own material org) are organising a number of and subjects on feminism and art in THE DARK AND THE LIGHT; THE events kicking off on Saturday 3rd Gloucestershire - the WAAS will be FRAGMENTED VICTIM ALONGSIDE March (10am - 4pm) when they on hand to help people learn how will be hosting the second Stroud it’s done. THE POWERFUL MATRIXA; THE Art+Feminism Wikithon at Atelier They also plan to draw on their Textile & Craft Club on Lower own banner-making tradition, with WOUNDS AND THE GIFTS WHICH Street. This free event is to improve workshops at the Museum in the COMPRISE THE WHOLENESS OF coverage of women, feminism and Park (dates tbc), where members art on Wikipedia, and particularly of the public will be invited to make WOMANKIND to encourage women and girls in banners inspired by the campaigns Gloucestershire to learn to edit the for suffrage. If funding bids are JO KHIMBA content. successful, the resulting banners In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia will form part of processions and Foundation found that less than may also be used during public 10% of its contributors were female. speech making and street theatre, of the Stroud Film Festival and us a brief overview of their plans: This lack of female participation, linking with events in Gloucester a feminist craft day on the 20th “The exhibition, (‘Honouring the and other factors, have led to an and Cheltenham too. May as part of the arts festivals Divine Feminine’), which is being alarming shortage of content about WAAS member Katharina (atelierstroud.co.uk). organised by Leonie Alleman, will women and art in the world’s most Child of Atelier Stroud will also be Moving on from Atelier, and take place at the Lansdown Gallery popular online research tool. hosting a Radio Cinema Podcast mirroring the men’s exhibition from the 5th - 10th of March (10am The WAAS launched the Stroud evening on Tuesday 27 February, ‘eMANcipated?’ of a month earlier, - 5pm). Also, on Saturday 10th #36 | MAR 2018 ART 19

March at Lansdown Hall, there will too. As Leonie elucidates, “during be a cabaret called ‘WombSong’ the week the gallery will be offering featuring a range of acts including free events and activities (10am dance performance from Poheng - 5pm) including: - ‘She Sings’ San with Sharon Gimpel and Martha workshops by Liz Terry, which will Locke who embody landscape and also help in preparation for the honour the Earth through their singing & nia gathering in front of creative movement; spoken word the Subscription Rooms on 8th from Jo Khimba and Jo Bousfield March at 5pm. There will be Yoga with friends; poetry from Leisa sessions offered by Dani Jones, Red DeBurka and Jay Wilkinson; song Tent Tasters by Stroud Sisterhood, from Liz Terry alongside some Poetry readings by Louise Amelia young voices adding their strand Phelps, Sam Causon will offer a to the general mix; and a dash of wish tree and a Stroud Sisterhood comedy from Kate Lewis, Amy offline ‘sisters connection board’, on Godfrey, the comic ukulele band which you can both offer or request and others.” some sisterhood assistance”. Leonie told us about some of the Jo Khimba offers some artists taking part in the exhibition: background context to the “There are some fantastic artists exhibition and cabaret: “through involved, including Amy Dadachanji visual art and performance Stroud’s of the wild apothecary, with her women will be exploring life from amazing work of ink and aquarelle, the feminine perspective; the dark combining nature & feminine and the light; the fragmented powers; and Ellie Sumpter of victim alongside the powerful surreal spaces who will create a matrixa; the wounds and the gifts hazel structure embodying ‘the which comprise the wholeness of womb’, and acrylic paintings on womankind”. Jo goes on to explain canvas. Louise Amelia Phelps, an “for the GPP, this is not about established artist, will bring words women reclaiming their power of poetry & watercolour goddess from patriarchal domination; it is paintings. Kim Francis is a sculptor about women recognising that making divine forms of natural their power comes from within; materials with inspiration found in from meeting the shadow and nature that invite you to touch. Sam embracing those aspects which Causon will be exploring the theme have been ignored, suppressed ‘Honouring the Divine Femininity’ or unacknowledged through by women connecting together shame, fear or the distorted body on small watercolour paintings”. perceptions which cause such pain Proceeds from sales of artwork and anguish. It’s time to heal these will go to support Stroud Woman’s things and through making peace Refuge. with these facets of ourselves Leonie and Jo are keen that within, space is created for greater there are many opportunities for harmony in our external relations women who may not consider with both men and women” themselves artists to get involved (lansdownhall.org). Next, from a visual feast that has been achieved” and there’s to a gastronomic one, Stroud certainly plenty of opportunities Constituency Labour Party planned for that. Later in the year Women’s officer, Gemma Jerome, is Gemma talks of organising “a naked planning a year of women’s events bike ride with a fiesta feel where beginning with a celebratory meal women will be encouraged to at the Old Town Hall in Stroud decorate their bodies with radical on the 10th March. “The idea is words of political and artistic for women to bring a dish using freedom”, a woman only club night a recipe passed down from their to encourage women to dance mother or grandmother to honour without inhibition, and more. Visit their lineage and pass it forward facebook.com/StroudCelebrates by sharing with others” Gemma for future events and further info. explained. “The centenary of partial suffrage and International Women’s With so many opportunities to join Day offer some great opportunities together and celebrate, let’s hope for all people who identify as International Women’s Day 2018 in women to take a moment to Stroud supports our community to celebrate regardless of what ‘press for progress’ in a creative and political party they support. The collaborative way… journey for women becoming equal members of society took over 86 Jill MacKeith is a Stroud based freelance years of hard campaigning. The researcher, project manager, budding struggle continues with equal pay, writer, curator and mother of two. representation in the boardroom and on the front benches. However, Sarah Dixon is a local artist there also needs to be space to sarahdixonfineart.co.uk take stock and celebrate everything 20 EXHIBITION SPACE #36 | MAR 2018

Exhibition Space: A Mother’s Gaze

By Emilie Marsden & Gillian Holmes

“Physical practices, breathing exercises expressions, quickly followed by and relaxation practices may be an expressions of happiness - sometimes appropriate form of light physical relief. Here we also see a glimpse of the activity to manage depressive personality within: the child. symptoms.” (Kinser, 2015). A survey by the NCT of 1,000 women A Mother’s Gaze aims to promote the who had recently given birth found positive benefits of practicing mindful half suffered from mental or emotional yoga during and after pregnancy. difficulties before and/or after birth.

The juxtaposed black & white images This exhibition has been produced share two intimate moments of time; by Emilie and Gillian to highlight this a Mother’s gaze into the unknown, striking, often unspoken statistic, followed by her gaze into the now and draw attention to the strength, known. vulnerability and joy of women at this pivotal moment in their lives. Presented with a diptych of a Mother- to-be; and then Mother - both in The exhibition takes place at the the same powerful yoga stance - Subscription Rooms from Sat 3rd to encourages the viewer to witness the Sat 10th March. Visit facebook.com/ emotions of apprehension and joy of amothersgaze and subscriptionrooms. parenthood; captured in the serene Art org.uk for further info and nct.org. of Yoga. uk/get-involved/campaigns/hidden- half to find out about the NCT’s Hidden Colour portraits also follow the Half campaign. mothers’ pre & post birth. Firstly, apprehension evident on facial #36 | MAR 2018 EXHIBITION SPACE 21 22 ART LISTINGS #36 | MAR 2018

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AMBERLEY INN CROWN AND SCEPTRE Ruskin Mill College. 10am-4pm Valleys. The finest cloth for Victorian gentlemen was made there, but also THURS 1ST FEB – SUN 4TH MAR THURS 1ST – THURS 15TH TUES 6TH – SAT 10TH materials for 1960s dolly birds and Photographic Exhibition by Kirsty Tallon Honouring the Divine Feminine racing car drivers. This fascinating exhibition presented by Stroudwater Deborah Roberts An interactive exhibition of the artistic A new exhibition of motorcycle and Textile Trust in partnership with the exploration of Stroud women ft. Images from the Stroud Valleys by vehicle artwork by local artist Kirsty Museum in the Park reveals the stories works by Ellie Sumpter, Kim Francis, local photographer Deborah Roberts. Tallon. Her sensitive but technical of the famous people and the ordinary Private view Thurs 8th at 7pm. watercolours capture the spirit Amy Dadachanji, Sam Causon, workers connected to the mill and and essence of the subjects she is the Red Thread Project and many includes many rarely seen items. Tues- TUES 27TH FEB – SAT 28TH APR depicting. 15% of any commissions other beautiful women from Stroud Fri 10am-4pm/Sat-Sun 11am-4pm Tony Meeuwissen taken from the exhibition will be Sisterhood. For more details see facebook.com/stroudsisterhood. An exhibition of prints and drawings donated to the Daisybank Defibrillator SAT 10TH MAR – SUN 15TH APR 10am-4pm in the restaurant of the Amberley Fund. Sandra Porter: All Things Being Inn. Tony Meeuwissen has designed Equal crownandsceptrestroud.com TUES 13TH – SAT 17TH postage stamps for The Royal Mail, Grids and stripes feature heavily in Expressions covers for the Radio Times and Sandra Porter’s work which often illustrated feature articles for the ELVERS STUDIO A group art exhibition showcasing the finds its beginnings in architecture, London Sunday Times Magazine. Tony very varied creative work by artists usually grand as in St Basil’s Cathedral is not just the only illustrator ever to THURS 1ST FEB – SAT 31ST MAR who attend Stroud Life Drawing’s in Moscow or Siena Cathedral in Italy. Recently, humble corrugated win the D&AD Black pencil award, he’s Colin Heavingham sessions at the Centre for Science & won it twice! Art. Their sixth group exhibition and iron bothans on the Isle of Skye New work by Colin Heavingham the most varied and interesting so far, have caught her eye, appearing including ‘Looking for a Mother in theamberleyinn.co.uk the gallery walls will be covered with like drawings in the landscape and a Well’ and ‘From the Beginning to inspiring the new works which are approximately one hundred pictures! the End’. New addition – Wall of Art shown in this exhibition. This is Sandra Well worth a visit! 10am – 4:30pm ATELIER Studio Sale – affordable works of art in Porter’s first solo museum show and a mixture of media. Plus new jewellery TUES 20TH – SUN 25TH will include large-scale carborundum SAT 3RD prints, drawings and paintings. Join the designs including Handmade Silver Lynne Woods: The Voice Within The WAAS Presents: Stroud jewellery, Crystals & Stars by Tristana Artist for drinks to mark the opening Wikithon Working predominantly in charcoal on Saturday 10 March, 1-4pm. Tues-Fri Stroud-based collective the Women’s facebook.com/Elversstudio and pencil on large scale archive 10am-4pm/Sat-Sun 11am-4pm Art Activation System return to Atelier paper, this body of work showcases the exploration and development museuminthepark.org.uk for their annual Stroud Wikithon. This GALLERY PANGOLIN all-day event is designed to improve of the artist’s “voice within” and symbolizes her perception of coverage of women and the arts on MON 15TH JAN – FRI 2ND MAR ST LAURENCE CHURCH the female struggle against male Wikipedia, and encourage women Fast Forward and girls in Gloucestershire to learn to domination. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm/Sun SAT 3RD – SAT 24TH A glimpse of what’s coming up in edit Wikipedia. It will be child-friendly 10am-2pm Fractalight: Festival of Light 2018, featuring works by Jon Buck, and free to take part. Drop in for a Marino Marini, Anita Mandl, Peter TUES 27TH – SAT 31ST Fractalight is a new venture supplying short while or stay all day - bring lit sculptures for events and by kind Randall-Page and Terence Coventry Conversations suggestions and reference material, arrangement with St. Laurence amongst others. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm/ learn to edit Wikipedia, help others to A group exhibition by five local Church they are running a major Sat 10am-1pm (closed Sundays and learn and discover local women artists contemporary artists featuring works show of their mesmerising work in Bank Holidays) you may not have heard about! 10am- by Imogen Ash, Lori Tebbutt, Dean one of Stroud’s most iconic buildings. Noble, Judith Dipple and Caroline Each open night will have a different 4pm Free MON 19TH MAR – FRI 18TH MAY Howells. Presented as collective theme or headline act and will be a Marino Marini: A Sculptor’s Prints atelierstroud.co.uk conversations using a range of multi-sensorial experience. There is a The Gallery’s annual exhibition of materials, techniques and ideas. An bar and comfortable heated spaces to hang out, so bring your friends and ART OF CLAY sculptors’ prints is this year dedicated opportunity to engage with new to the work of Marino Marini… Mon-Fri artists. 10am-4pm make a night of it. Open exhibitions 10am-6pm/Sat 10am-1pm 8th/9th/15th 7pm £5otd visit the Clay Sinclair lansdownhall.org website and music listings for other Provocative post-pop paintings gallery-pangolin.com dates and further info! on Perspex by local/international MUSEUM IN THE PARK fractalight.co.uk artist Clay Sinclair situated at 48 LANSDOWN GALLERY High Street. Plus prints for those SAT 3RD FEB – SUN 4TH MAR on a budget and People’s Republic STAR ANISE TUES 27TH FEB – SAT 3RD MAR Cathedral of Cloth of Stroud tat for those joining the Ruskin Mill Exhibition revolution. Open Mon – Fri 11am-5pm/ In 2018 Ebley Mill celebrates the TUES 6TH MAR – SUN 8TH APR Sat 10am-5pm Inspired by the insights expressed building of the Long Block at Ebley Imagine Therapeutic Arts by Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and 200 years ago. The story of the mill claysinclair.com William Morris, Ruskin Mill College reaches back to the early 1400s; it was An exhibition of new artwork staff and students have joined owned by a fashionable man about from studio members of Imagine together to celebrate the creativity town before Samuel Marling made it Therapeutic Arts. and skills central to the curriculum at into the powerhouse of the Stroud staraniseartscafe.com Release your creativity! A practical course on three Mondays in Amberley, to rediscover and enjoy using your own unique creative process. April 9th, 16th and 23rd

No experience needed - your willingness to ‘It helped me“ do things ‘have a go’ is all that is I didn’t know I was required! capable of!’

For information and to book your place, contact Liz Willis on 01453 836898 or email: [email protected] 24 ARTS LISTINGS #36 | MAR 2018

STEVE RUSSELL STUDIOS WETPAINT GALLERY PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE CIRENCESTER MON 5TH – FRI 30TH THURS 22ND FEB – SAT 31ST MAR TUES 6TH MAR – SAT 14TH APR The Future of Imagery Dreaming: Western Desert Art Greg Harris SAT 6TH JAN – SUN 11TH MAR A visual demonstration of the A cosmos of narratives through In his paintings, Harris invites the Methods of Making process of capturing sculpture time and space. Contemporary spectator to reconnect with the Methods of Making brings together in detailed 3D and virtual reality. Australian Aboriginal Art Exhibition familiar by bringing together both a designers working in Britain and By appointment Monday- Nadia Phillips’ curated collection literal and non-literal interpretation explores different materials, concepts Friday 9am-5pm. Contact rebekah@ from Aboriginal communities in of the people he depicts and and making processes used in steverussellstudios.com the Northern Territory and Western environment around them. Greg contemporary furniture. Artists Australia. Weds-Sat 10:30am-4:30pm achieves this through the use Edward Teasdale, Jim Partridge & steverussellstudios.com of carefully-considered colour Liz Walmsley, Gareth Neal, Sebastian wetpaintgalleryonline.com combinations and his characteristic Cox, David Gates, Jay Watson, Ben SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS painterly style. Huggins, Nicola Henshaw. Mon-Sat RUSKIN MILL HORSLEY 9am-5pm/Sun 10am-4pm SAT 3RD – SAT 10TH TUES 6TH MAR – SAT 14TH APR Emilie Marsden and Gillian Holmes: WEDS 28TH FEB – SUN 25TH MAR Pam Smy SAT 17TH MAR – SUN 20TH MAY A Mother’s Gaze Andrew Hardwick: Fragmented Fuelled by a love of literature (for all Lucienne Day: Living Design Land A collection of photographs of 12 ages) and an over-enthusiasm for This exhibition celebrates the life women, firstly pregnant and then Andrew Hardwick’s work is large and ghost stories and period and crime and work of one of most influential postnatally with their babies. The landscape based, he creates collaged dramas, Pam produces work with an designers of the post-war generation, women are shown in strong yoga images by glueing and sticking. He atmosphere of romance and mystery Lucienne Day. Lucienne Day: Living positions both in pregnancy and then uses different types of paint, varnish, for publishers. Her first illustrated Design tells the story of Lucienne incorporating their new-born baby into pigment, soil, plastic and other novel, Thornhill, was published in 2017. Day’s design career, unfolding in a the pose. The women photographed unconventional materials in their sequence of photographs drawn all attended Yoga for Pregnancy TUES 6TH MAR – SAT 14TH APR construction. Edgeland zones are a from the archives of the Robin and classes antenatally, most postnatally Martha Opher continuous theme. His work looks at too, and benefitted from many weeks’ Lucienne Day Foundation. Mon-Sat all kinds of wilderness areas, some yoga practice to nourish their bodies Young artist Martha Opher’s passion 9am-5pm/Sun 10am-4pm and minds. The exhibition aims to of which could be manmade, like for painting has inspired her to create newbreweryarts.org.uk highlight the National Childbirth Trust neglected sites around heavy industry a range of ceramic enamel transfers, (NCT)’s current campaign ‘Half Hidden’ or major ports. For this exhibition old allowing her to create multiples and on mental health to improve postnatal quarries and M.O.D land on Dartmoor ranges within her work. In addition to check-ups so that all new mothers feature. 10am-5pm the transfer decoration, her porcelain with mental health problems get the thrown pots are washed with oxides rmt.org treatment they need. 10am-5:30pm painted directly onto un-fired ceramic.

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SVA TUES 28TH NOV – APRIL Found FRI 9TH – SAT 17TH An exhibition curated by Kel Portman Good On Paper Presents: Film showing a variety of approaches, Posters Reinterpreted media and techniques; painting, An exhibition curated by Good On photography, collage, jewellery and Paper as part of this year’s Stroud printmaking. The work creatively MADE Film Festival of prints by Stroud based explores the theme through objects artists and illustrators reinterpreting and places, as well as real and iconic film posters from classic and imagined events. Ft works by Alice cult films in their own unique style. Adams, Anne Bate Williams, Chris IN STROUD Featuring works by Joe Magee, Bingle, Carolyn Black, Alexander Marcus Walters, Hannah Dyson, Caminada, Valerie Coffin Price, Mark Levy, Andy Lovell, Adam Hinks, Alexandra Collins, Debbie Cox, Sabine Handmade, unique & beautiful Rosalie Darien Jones, Tom Percival and Crittall, Lucy Guenot, Sylvain Guenot, Imogen Harvey Lewis. All prints will Patricia Homewood, Valerie Jordan, be available to order! Open Fridays Susan Kester, Sara Kirby, Penel Kirk, We’ve got Mother’s Day covered… and Saturdays 10am-5pm/Private view Tonia Maddison, Barbara Manzi-fe, Thurs 8th 6-9pm (John Street) Rachel McDonnell, Linn O’Carroll, John And Easter. And birthdays. Leaving Playfoot, Teresa Poole. Kel Portman, Meanwhile Space: UP This Way Vicki Portman, Christine Smith, presents. Treats. Little surprises. UP This Way is an outlet within Angie Spencer,Nik Taylor and Melyvn Merrywalks highlighting the work of Warren-Smith. furniture and accessory makers within theoldpassage.com the broader Stroud area. Open Fri-Sat 9am-6pm or by appointment 01453 297260 PAINSWICK CENTRE

Meanwhile Space: Fungusloci SAT 24TH – SUN 25TH Artist and permaculture practitioner Ange Mullen-Bryan: Pop-Up Dominic Thomas has designed and Exhibition of Paintings built a sustainable urban micro-farm An opportunity to view some new in which oyster mushrooms are work and some smaller pieces cultivated on spent coffee grounds all inspired by the Scandinavian from local cafes. Fungusloci is a landscape. Oil paintings and prints project of Sustainable Creativity available. Also an opportunity to CIC with the help of Stroud District see the Artists studio space in same 16 Kendrick Street Food Grants taking place at Unit 23, building. 10am-5pm Made in Stroud Stroud Merrywalks. Open by appointment GL5 1AA Good for the community [email protected] painswickcentre.com madeinstroud.co.uk Good for the planet sva.org.uk #36 | MAR 2018 LITERATURE/SPOKEN WORD LISTINGS 25

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ALE HOUSE George and aim to read a variety of grey mould-blob suddenly appearing NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE articles and books on radical issues, on the crumpet you’d been really CIRENCESTER MON 5TH feminism, environmentalism, trade looking forward to – Miserable unionism, politics, and current affairs. Malcolm. 7:30pm £10adv/£8.50otd Piranha Poetry This month the group will focus on (John Street) MON 19TH A brand new open mic night for poets Michel Foucault’s Governmentality. Calligraphy with Josie Brown hosted by Gary Death (Glastonbury Governmentality is a concept sva.org.uk This workshop is a chance to learn Poetry and Words Compare 2009). developed by Foucault in the later a new creative skill as it introduces Piranha Poetry was established in years of his life (between 1977 and RUSKIN MILL HORSLEY the popular Modern script for various Edinburgh back in 2003 and has his death in 1984) particularly in his practical and decorative uses. played host for lots of performers lectures at the Collège de France. Beginning with how to use a dip pen, including Buddy Wakefield the two- 7:30pm Free SAT 24TH the basic strokes and letter shapes, time Individual World Poetry Slam Stories To Welcome in Spring with then progressing to using colour for Champion (2004 and 2005), Rob Gee, stroudmicropub.co.uk Fiona Eadie writing tags, cards or decorating a Jenny Lindsay, The Poetry Vandals Come and join storyteller Fiona Eadie folded box or gift bag. A fun and and many more. This month it will be round the fire and listen to stories useful day. 10am-4pm £80 headlined by Ziggy Dicks, founder of ST LAURENCE CHURCH from all over the world…Some old, the Gloucester Poetry Society and some new and all enthralling tales, newbreweryarts.org.uk Festival. He draws inspiration from FRI 23RD fabulous fables or elaborate lies… socialist ideals, esoteric teachings and Fractalight: Question Time Suggested minimum age 5. 10:30am martial training…7:30pm Free What is the meaning of true wealth? £4/£3concs/£10family Two millennia after the death of St WEDS 7TH/14TH/21ST/28TH Laurence, a debate will take place WEDS 28TH Rick Vick: Writing Group as part of the Fractalight exhibition Sarah Corbett: Craftivism – How To A weekly writing group run by Stroud on the contemporary definitions of Be A Craftivist Festival’s Rick Vick. Discover your true wealth. The format will be for Sarah Corbett is the founder of the hidden voice, all welcome! 7-9pm £5 each to speak in turn about their Craftivist Collective, a social enterprise for further information contact Rick on understanding of what true wealth which uses the technique of craftivism 07973 225 694 consists and then open the panel to questions from the floor. Featuring - combining craft and activism - to environmental lawyer and author Polly engage people in social justice issues LANSDOWN HALL Higgins and Lotte Lyster – Director “in a quiet, non-confrontational at The Marshall Rooms, Stroud manner involving pretty, handcrafted SAT 3RD Fringe and proprietor at The Prince gestures of defiance.” She will be talking about her book ‘How to be a Three Acres And A Cow Albert…Further panellists tba! 7pm £5adv/£6otd Craftivist’, and the potential for radical Three Acres And A Cow, A History Of social change through small acts of Land Rights And Protest In Folk Song fractalight.co.uk craftmaking. 7pm £7.50/£5concs from And Story. Connecting the Norman ticketsource.co.uk Conquest and Peasants’ Revolt with OPEN NOW current issues like fracking, the housing SVA rmt.org crisis and Brexit via the Enclosures, English Civil War, Irish Land League THURS 1ST ST GEORGES CHURCH Stroud and Industrial Revolution, the show Stroud Artists Books draws a compelling narrative through NAILSWORTH Short the radical people’s history of Britain A group of practising artists and other creative individuals with an interest Stories in folk song, stories and poems. Part WEDS 14TH TED talk, part history lecture, part folk in Artist Books. An inclusive group, George Monbiot: Out of the club sing-a-long, part poetry slam, part one which embraces all abilities and Wreckage – A New Politics for An SSS is now open for storytelling session… Come and share interests Stroud Artists Books meet Age of Crisis in these tales as they have been shared at SVA Johns Street on the first submissions from for generations. Featuring Katherine Thursday of each month. It is involved Based on his latest book, Out of the Gloucestershire and South Hallewell and Robin Grey. 6:30pm in Open Studio Events, Artist Book Wreckage, Monbiot seeks out the Gloucestershire writers for Fairs and Workshops. You are very best new ideas and streamlines them £10/£8concs from threeacresandacow. its 16th event taking place co.uk (incl. £1 booking fee) or R&R welcome to come and see what they into a coherent, inspiring story that Books (no booking fee) are all about! 11am Free (John Street) describes the present and shows the on Sunday 20th May 2018 at way to a better future. Although this the SVA, John Street. SAT 10TH SAT 3RD special event is aimed at younger people (16-25), everyone interested It’s free to submit - max two Wombsong Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff: Rob Auton, Tina Sederholm and in radical political change is very stories, upto 1,500 words. A cabaret show for International Miserable Malcolm welcome! 7:30pm £5/£3concs from Published or unpublished. Women’s Day, featuring dance ticketsource.co.uk Ten are chosen with the performance, comedy, song, spoken Hosted by affable word-bandit Jonny word, music and poetry starring Jo Fluffypunk, Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny thenailsworthbenefice.co.uk winning authors reading Bousfield, Amy Godfrey, Kate Lewis, Gaff brings to Stroud a splendid to a packed audience of ‘spoken word cabaret’, featuring Joziet Khimba, Poheng San, Leisa short story lovers and will Deburca, Liz Terry, Young Voices some of the best, quirkiest and PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY also be included in the new Comic Ukulele band and more most interesting performers from TBA…7:30pm £6otd the UK’s comedy, spoken word and SAT 24TH anthology due out this alternative cabaret scenes. This month Modern Calligraphy year. Submissions close on lansdownhall.org featuring Penny Gaff and Edinburgh favourite Rob Auton, bringing his Have you often fancied having dandier Saturday 14th April. uncombed Edinburgh Fringe hit handwriting? During the session, For further information LITTLE GEORGE you’ll be learning all the key modern the Hair Show. The award winning including how to stand-up comedian and poet returns calligraphy basics. Discover how to WEDS 21ST with another heart-felt and offbeat use the essential tools, mark making submit your works visit: drills and alphabet practices before stroudshortstories.blogspot. Stroud Radical Reading Group: comedy/theatre/spoken word show moving on to full words.10am-1pm Michel Foucault – Governmentality that explores hair and hairs. Plus, co.uk from Oxford, Edinburgh veteran, £34/£31concs/£32friends/£29concs The Stroud Radical Reading Group raconteur and poet Tina Sederholm meet every month at the Little wows with words. And- like a green/ prema.org.uk 26 LITERATURE/COMEDY LISTINGS #36 | MAR 2018

favourite sing-along songs based on TETBURY GOODS SHED SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS THEATRE the popular children’s nursery rhyme with a uniquely entertaining mixture SAT 3RD THURS 8TH LISTINGS of live action, puppetry and animation. 2:30pm £12/£11concs/£42family ticket Keira Martin: Here Comes Trouble Simon Day (2 children + 2 adults) A rigorous personal investigation British comedian Simon Day comes to COTSWOLD PLAYHOUSE into womanhood and Keira Martin’s Stroud, performing sketches for some SAT 24TH individual identity. Through a series of his greatest characters. The creator WEDS 14TH – SAT 17TH Tassels: The Burlesque Show of robust episodes drawing on of characters such as Competitive Dad Cotswold Players: Murder On Cue social and cultural influences from and Tommy Cockles in The Fast Show, Enter the titillating world of Tassels… Yorkshire, Ireland and Jamaica, Simon will be touring throughout Murder on Cue is a murder mystery Burlesque, but not as you know it. Keira rhythmically weaves together the UK in 2018. Expect to see prog in the vein of Agatha Christie. Set in Prepare for a show that breathes traditional music, authentic song and rocker and humanitarian Brian Pern, a Retirement Home for aged actors, new life and a touch of fire into gutsy dance. 7:30pm £9 the Fast Show pub bore Billy Bleach, the residents all know each other the much-loved genre. Be seduced unpublished Yorkshire poet Geoffrey and have worked on-stage together by glamorous dancers, exotic SAT 10TH Allerton and one of Britain’s most over the years. There are the usual contortionists and thrilling acrobats. dangerous men Tony Beckton…8pm egos found among a group of actors. Tassels combines the wonders of Rhodri Miles: Dylan Thomas – £21.50 Someone is sending poison-pen the circus with the decadence of the Clown in the Moon letters, which is making everyone original art form to create the perfect The Clown in the Moon (the title of a SAT 31ST anxious. The home is also under blend of danger and delight. 7:30pm poem written when Dylan was 14) is a threat of closure by the Council, £25 (over 18’s only) dramatic portrait of the poet’s chaotic, Tweedy’s Slapstick Symphony which also adds to the anxiety. While frequently hilarious, and all-too-brief Tweedy - the comedy and slapstick they are trying to work out who is subscriptionrooms.org.uk life. Set in a BBC studio, it recreates legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, sending these vicious letters, one some of Dylan’s famous broadcasts Cirque Berserk and the Cheltenham of the residents is murdered. Snow and iconic works alongside vivid Everyman pantomime, returns with has been falling for a couple of days PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY reminiscences of his clownish antics a brand new theatre show for all the and the home is cut off. A visitor to in pubs, bars and at parties and his family! 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