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VIA Spring 2016-2 Villages in Action EAST DEVON - MID SOUTH HAMS TEIGNBRIDGE WEST Performance Programme January to April 2016 support-us and set up a standing order or Afternoons in Concert make a one-off donation. Your support is We will carry on our work to bring musicians much-needed and very much appreciated. into rural residential settings for the elderly this season. Our Afternoons in Concert Promoter Development performances have been very much enjoyed Last year, aided by a grant from The Big Lottery in recent years and we are excited to be Welcome to Villages in Action’s Spring 2016 Fund Awards for All Scheme, we were able continuing this very rewarding project. programme – and we’re delighted to present to spend more time with our dedicated and another season of exceptional arts events rather marvellous rural volunteer promoters, Ticket Information being performed across Devon. running skill and experience-sharing gatherings Ticket prices will vary according to the type Villages in Action (VIA) is a rural touring across the region. We want to keep up of event, but will usually be between £7 and scheme that brings top quality professional this momentum this year, concentrating £10 for adults and between £5 and £7 for arts events to rural communities in Devon. We on developing the networks between our children. If you want to book tickets, just phone work with local volunteer promoters to select promoters and encouraging the use of social the contact number for the event. And don’t and present an exciting and wide ranging media to raise awareness of our events. Rural forget, if you have any particular requirements programme of high quality events right in the touring couldn’t work without our volunteers of access or parking or similar, please mention heart of each community. There are lots of and we are very grateful for all of their these when you call, because most matters can fantastic shows to choose from and they often continued support. be accommodated with some prior notice! We sell out, so put those dates in your diary and do try to ensure that the information contained book your tickets now! Young Promoters in this leaflet is accurate, but sometimes Our Young Promoters programme enables changes are made after going to press so we VIA is fund-raising! younger members of our rural communities to recommend that you check details with the We launched a new phase of fund-raising last experience all that is involved with promoting a venue well in advance of the event. season, starting in September with a fabulous show as well as the opportunity to undertake Evening with Michael Morpurgo (one of our an Arts Award. We currently have vacancies Find out what’s new at VIA by visiting patrons) at the Beehive in Honiton. But the for new YP groups to join the team. If any www.villagesinaction.co.uk, join us fund-raising hasn’t stopped there! If you like young people in your village are interested on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ villagesinactiond or tweet us what we do and would like to support us, in forming a YP group, contact @VillagesIAction please visit www.villagesinaction.co.uk/ [email protected] ALISON NEIL AMALTHEA DUO Flute and Harp Fantasia The Fossil Lady of Lyme Alison Neil has delighted The Amalthea Duo charm their audiences with a unique programme Villages in Action audiences and innate ability to create a beautiful and unforgettable atmosphere. over many years with her Classically trained, Klio and Siobhan draw inspiration from both the acclaimed one-woman shows, baroque and classical eras as well as from different cultures and including “The Just-William continents thus creating a unique blend of sounds. Lady”, “The Shakespeare They have performed both as soloists and ensemble players in Ladies Club” and “The venues such as St James’s Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields, The Sixth Wife”. Making a very welcome return, Alison now presents the Wallace Collection, St John’s Smith Square, The Royal Academy story of Mary Anning, who at the tender age of 12, discovered the of Arts, Tate Modern, Shakespeare Music Society, The Blenheim first complete fossil of a prehistoric reptile in Great Britain and then Music Circle, The Royal Academy of Arts and Blackheath Halls in continued throughout her life to make spectacular discoveries which London and have recently changed the way we see the world. In this entertaining one-woman toured Dorset as part of the play, Mary Anning tells her story, and the story of “the fine clever men of Artsreach Touring Scheme. We science” who took most of the credit for her work. Her life, friendships are therefore delighted to have and struggle to make her mark (and put food on the table) provides an them in our Spring programme! amusing and moving theatrical treat. Amalthea will presenting works by Debussy, Mozart, Ravel and Shankar amongst others. “Research meticulous, writing compelling, spot on, acting marvellous” Tenby Observer amaltheaduo.com alisonneil.co.uk LONGDOWN, HOLCOMBE SHEEPSTOR ST. LEONARD’s CHURCH MARY Tavy CORONatiON HALL YARCOMBE JUBILEE HALL BURNELL CHURCH FRI 4TH MARCH 7.30PM WEDS 3RD FEBRUARY 7.30PM FRI 5TH FEBRUARY 7.30PM WEDS 2ND MARCH 7.30PM 01822 853186 7SF 01822 810408 7SF 01404 861353 7SFE 01392 811246 7S AWLISCOMBE ST. MICHAEL’s MILTON COMBE VILLAGE HALL AXMOUTH VILLAGE HALL ASHPRINGTON, ST David’s CHURCH CHURCH THURS 4TH FEBRUARY 7.30PM Sat 6TH FEBRUARY 7.00PM THURS 3RD MARCH 7.30PM Sat 5TH MARCH 7.30PM 01822 854865 SF 01297 20679 7SF 01803 731006 7 01404 45145 S ANGEL HEART THEatRE GONZO MOOSE THEatRE CO Great Scott! Freya, A Viking Saga Angel Heart’s new show for 2016 is about Antarctica, 1912. Captain Scott and his men perish in their doomed Freya, a Viking girl and friend of the gods, attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. who is in a bit of a pickle. She is about to But what if this isn’t what actually happened? What if the truth become a giant’s dinner! Freya must use all was so shocking that it’s been covered up for more than a hundred her wits to escape old Gorm’s cooking pot. years? What if Captain Scott actually perished whilst saving the world The rivalry between the Norse gods and the Frost Giants is brought from aliens? Based on newly discovered evidence, Professor George humorously to life in this colourful re-telling of two famous Viking myths Cranston and The Brinkley Conspiracy Society come together to and Freya’s own saga. reconstruct Scott’s last days and reveal the explosive truth about Over recent years, Angel Heart have established themselves as what really happened at the bottom of the world. Featuring a desolate one of the best puppet theatre companies in the South West and a landscape full of nothing but snow, frozen beards, giant penguins and firm favourite with VIA audiences - we are thrilled that ViA venues will be of course, aliens. some of the first to host their brand new show! From much-loved ViA favourites, the company that brought you angelhearttheatre.com What The Dickens? and I’m An Aristocrat, Get Me Out Of RattERY VILLAGE HALL YEOFORD COMMUNITY HALL Here! now introduce their most Sat 9TH JANUARY 3.00PM Sat 6TH FEBRUARY 4.30PM adventurous production yet. 01364 643741 7SFE 01363 84067 7SF This is anarchic comedy on an ILSINGTON VILLAGE HALL KENN CENTRE, KENNFORD epic scale! SUN 10TH JANUARY 3.00PM SUN 7TH FEBRUARY 3.00PM gonzomoose.co.uk 01364 661128 7SF 01392 833583 7SFE CREDITON ARTS CENTRE SOUTH ZEAL VICTORY HALL Sat 16TH JANUARY 3.00PM SUN 28TH FEBRUARY 3.00PM CLYST HYDON VILLAGE HALL CREDITON ARTS CENTRE 01363 773260 SF 07980 837156 SF WEDS 20TH APRIL 7.30PM FRI 22ND APRIL 7.30PM CHUDLEIGH COMMUNITY 01884 277819 7SFE 01363 773260 SF SCHOOL HALL LympSTONE VILLAGE HALL SOUTH BRENT VILLAGE HALL SUN 31ST JANUARY 3.00PM THURS 21ST APRIL 7.30PM Sat 23RD APRIL 7.30PM 01626 852553 7SF 01395 272243 7SF 01364 72617 SF CLIVE CARROLL A Thousand Years in Music Born into a family of musicians in 1975, Clive has been immersed in an eclectic range of music ever since. He gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Composition & Guitar from Trinity College in 1998 and has toured extensively throughout Europe, the USA and Australia with legends John Renbourn and Tommy Emmanuel. In 1999, Clive was given his first record deal and since then his three solo albums have established him as one of the top virtuosi of today, prompting Acoustic magazine to declare him ‘Probably the Best and Most Original Young Acoustic Guitar Player and Composer in Britain’. A Thousand Years of Music is a show that demonstrates the CLYST HYDON VILLAGE HALL ILSINGTON VILLAGE HALL versatility of the guitar to its fullest extent. For the last 7 years, audiences WEDS 3RD FEBRUARY 7.30PM Sat 6TH FEBRUARY 8.00PM all over the world have been kept in a constant state of awe and 01884 277819 7SFE 01364 661128 7SF amazement at his virtuosity and skill. With his breath-taking mastery BRAMPFORD SPEKE VILLAGE HALL CHERITON FitzpaiNE PARISH HALL of techniques and antecedents from Benjamin Britten to Nick Drake THURS 4TH FEBRUARY 8.00pm SUN 7TH FEBRUARY 7.30PM and from Renbourn through Gordon Giltrap to Pat Metheny, join this 01363 866279 7SF stunningly versatile guitarist on a joyful fairground ride of instrumental 01392 841785 F styles spanning the fields of traditional, classical and jazz with SHELDON VILLAGE HALL inspirations running from newgrass and fusion jazz to Irish stylings.
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