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twitter.com/SubRoomsStroud facebook.com/Subrooms 4 LITERATURE - ELVIS MCGONAGALL #33 | DEC 2017 #33 | DEC 2017 LITERATURE - ELVIS MCGONAGALL 5

Elvis McGonagall Stand-up poet Elvis McGonagall, armchair revolutionary and recumbent rocker, is the sole resident of The Graceland Caravan Park somewhere in the middle of nowhere where he scribbles verse whilst drinking malt whiskey and listening to Johnny Cash.

By Lorna Davies 9.3 % SWING Richard Smith on the other hand, a sea of blue with this little splash started getting up and performing now is that things have taken such lovely satisfaction when you have a my politics, but you can’t pull your A red island in the sea of Cotswold blue lives in Stroud with his wife and two of red and I thought, ‘what’s that?’ it. It was quite organic, I wasn’t sat a surreal turn that, for instance eureka moment for a piece, that’s punches, you’ve just got to go with rescue cats, still scribbling verse ‘oh it’s us!’ It was just a kicking off there thinking, ‘right I want to be a someone like Trump is quite hard lovely, you have that lightbulb it.” A red outcrop in these blue remembered hills but probably with slightly more point to show why Stroud is different poet.’ At the time I was acting, which to satirise, because what you’re moment. There’s also a huge Next, he’s writing a piece about We’re not 25 grand smug shepherd’s huts palatable liquor. Today, it’s frothy from the rest of the Cotswolds,” says meant I wasn’t doing much, so it was doing with satire is trying to take a satisfaction when you’ve then done Morrissey for the BBC, as well as We’re red brick, spit and sawdust, woollen mills coffee at the Black Book Café, where Richard. nice to write your own material, take characteristic and exaggerate and it, and it all fits, you’ve got a piece commissions for birthdays, weddings

Richard (aka Elvis) and I settle down “The main motivating factor [to back control.” distort it to make a point, but there’s written, it’s a pleasure of having and more. On December 2nd he’ll on the squashy sofa to talk all things move] was family, my in-laws live In 2004, he won a poetry slam nowhere really to go with him. It is created something from scratch. be at the SVA with Jonny Fluffypunk A red rose amidst the snarling thorns of May Stroud, stand-up and everything just down the road in Cheltenham. in Cheltenham and “just carried on strange times, really strange times.” Hopefully the stuff is entertaining for the local launch of Viva Loch A red flag sewn from Stroudwater Scarlet in-between. I’m really, really, pleased we landed doing it.” “I think the word career Richard has just released an so it’s lovely when you get a nice Lomond! which promises to be a We’re not the headmistress’s blue-rinse smile The stand-up poet, comedian on Stroud as it was a bit of a stab would be too grandiose to describe anthology of his poems, Viva Loch reaction from an audience, that’s a thoroughly entertaining evening. We’re the crimson kiss of a wanton harlot and broadcaster moved here during in the dark. But I love it, I feel quite what I’m doing,” he laughs. Lomond! Illustrated by Dorset artist buzz. But cathartic? No it probably “Jonny wants to do a launching Stroud Fringe festival in 2016. “I evangelical about it, it’s such a nice Richard’s poetry is written to be Tony Kerins, the book includes makes me more pissed off!” ceremony. There may be bagpipes,” thought, ‘this is a nice party you’ve place.” performed, Elvis’s thick Scottish 14 years’ of work. “It gives me Apart from performing all over Richard teases. We’re not Farrow & Ball “complacent blue-tit” laid on, cheers!’” he smiles, with Many of Richard’s works were accent and character lending itself something to flog at gigs, ‘cos it’s the country in no particular order – Warm, witty, satirical, and not We’re not weekend waxed-jacket and tweed knickers a blink-and-you’d-miss-it hint of inspired by his former home on the perfectly to verses full of anarchy, not a lucrative career choice, poetry. “I know, totally impractical. It’s not afraid to be plain daft, Stroud are just a Scottish accent. “It’s a cracking Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. “I did one satire and…whiskey. His piece ‘Carry Also it’s just a nice thing, a nice exactly a tour is it, if it was a tour as pleased to welcome Richard (and We’re not honey-dipped, chocolate-box bollocks event, and really impressive for the for The One Show, and another on up the Brexit’ includes the record of it. It’s nice to sell books you’d sack the tour manager,” he Elvis) to our ‘Little Metropolis’ as he We’re not mimsy-boo-boutique more tea vicars size of the town.” one about working in the pub there jokes – Richard has just formed a is to be here. This year, he performed, and which was a bit of a rant about band with Dorset group Dead Plants, We’re anarchist printers, poets and painters despite having read his poetry second home owners. The Isle of called Elvis and The Resurrectors. Viva Loch Lomond! Is out now We’re the ghosts of Huguenot weavers everywhere from Radio 4 and The Purbeck is absolutely beautiful and “I AM AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WILL “It’s great doing it with other people via Burning Eye Books, visit We sing protest songs up a hornbeam tree One Show to Edinburgh Fringe and has always had a history of second BE AUDIENCES WHO DON’T AGREE WITH because you get so used to doing elvismcgonagall.co.uk for further Bristol Old Vic, Richard admits he homes. But now it’s got to the point it on your own. It’s like when I was info and goodonpaper.info/ We’re the New Lawn vegan-green believers was a little apprehensive for Stroud where there are so many second MY POLITICS, BUT YOU CAN’T PULL YOUR doing the sitcom [which Richard did literature to read an exclusive Fringe. “It was nerve wracking homes and tourists that it kind of for Radio 4], the lovely thing about extract. Elvis will be appearing at Mr We’re not Johnnie Boden, we’re Jonny Fluffypunk because it’s on your home turf, so if taints and strips the place of its PUNCHES, YOU’VE JUST GOT TO GO WITH IT.” that is that it was collaborative, I Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff together We wield pen and brush not polo mallet you get it wrong then, a) we’ll have essence. That’s one of the things wrote it with my wife Helen, you can with Byron Vincent and Miserable We steer to the left through canals of Budding beer to move, b) there’ll be a wicker man that’s lovely about Stroud is that spend an awful lot of time inside Malcolm on Sat 2nd Dec at the SVA, A splash of vermilion from art’s rich palette pyre round the back of the garden or people live here. There are lots of your own head otherwise.” John Street. Tickets cost just £8.50 something,” he laughs. artists, writers and musicians, which fantastic verse, ‘Shoot yourself in the in these days of digital disposable Leicester, Winchester, Somerset, in advance from sva.org.uk and £10 We don’t twitch the curtains of seething disapproval Luckily, it was a success. Many is a nice thing if you’re doing that, foot, throw dust in your eye/ Jump nothingness. There’s something so Leeds and Walsall are just a few on the door. A framed print by Kitty lines have stuck in my head from you don’t feel so alone. It can be off a cliff, plucky Englishmen can fly/ pleasing about books, I mean look at of Richard’s gig locations. Does he Crossley of verses from the poem A Little Metropolis, we think out loud that performance, particularly his quite isolating.” Smack yourself in the face with a this place,” he gestures at the café’s tailor each show? “To a degree, it’s ‘9.3% Swing’ will be available to Welcome mat unfurled, we’re citizens of the world ode to Stroud, with lines such as, Born in Perth, Richard always custard pie/ Brexit means Brexit.’ book-filled wall. almost impossible to second guess purchase on the night. We’re the People’s Republic of Stroud ‘We’re not Johnnie Boden, we’re read poetry. He dabbled in a career His poems are a satirical view The poems cover everything an audience. Often you might go to Jonny Fluffypunk/ We wield pen in law before turning to acting. “I of the nation through the prism from zero-hours contracts, food a gig where you think that audience Lorna Davies is a journalist who lives in by Elvis McGonagall, June 2017 and brush not polo mallet.’ “The started writing loads of stuff around of a rural idyll. He must have an banks, Blair and Bush to Scottish is going to be like this and it turns Stroud. She also paints and sells her work Stroud one I wrote simply because the time of the Iraq war because I awful lot of material to work with independence, the Queen and cup out completely different. Also I am in Made in Stroud and on Etsy (search I remember looking at the map the was so pissed off so it was about right now? “There always is lots of cakes. I wonder if he finds the writing aware of the fact that there will be ‘PaintingsbyLornaD’). Follow her on day after the election and it was like getting it out of my system. Then I material,” he sighs. “What’s strange process cathartic? “No. There’s a audiences who don’t agree with Twitter and Instagram: @lornabdavies #33 | DEC 2017 LITERATURE - LISTINGS 7

SVA applying pressure to your new pen, and alphabet practices before moving LITERATURE SAT 2ND on to whole words. Emma from Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff with Emerald Paper Design will be giving LISTINGS Byron Vincent, Elvis McGonagall demonstrations each step of the way, and Miserable Malcolm as well as being on hand for individual guidance. You will also receive a Hosted by poet and comedian Jonny goodie bag to take away. Your goodie Fluffypunk, ‘Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny bag will contain: 1 nib, 1 pen holder, 1 Gaff’ brings to Stroud some of the pot of ink and guide sheets for you best, quirkiest and most interesting to practice with at home…10am-12pm performers from the UK’s comedy, £35 spoken word and alternative cabaret scenes. This month features Elvis SAT 9TH McGonagall (see p4!) launching his Little Folded Books with Josie new book “Viva Loch Lomond!” a Brown collection of poems from 2003 to ALE HOUSE beautiful books, cards, gift wrap, bags 2017. BUT there is so much more than This workshop is a riot of paper and other marvellous and magical that, because there is a spectacular play - folding a multitude of clever, WEDS 6TH/13TH/27TH illustrated artefacts! A great chance ace headliner: Byron Vincent. One intriguing and practical little books. Rick Vick: Writing Group to buy unique and unusual gifts and of the BBC’s New Talent Choices, You will progress from the simple to meet up and coming illustrators, the more complicated in easy steps, A weekly writing group run by Stroud Byron Vincent is a regular at the students and makers. 11:30am-4:30pm producing a series of structures for all Festival’s Rick Vick. Discover your nation’s most prestigious literary Free sorts of purposes - notebooks, maze hidden voice, all welcome! 7-9pm £5 and music festivals. He performs on television and national radio, including books and flexagons. Have fun for for further information contact Rick museuminthepark.org.uk yourself and/or create them as gifts on 07973 225 694 Channel 4’s Random Acts, Radio 4’s Bespoken Word and BBC 3’s The for someone special. 10am-4pm £80 SPACEHOPPERS Verb. He has written and presented NO 23 several documentaries including ‘Hell SUN 10TH TUES 5TH Is Other People’ a self help guide to Brush Lettering – Festive Edition SUN 3RD The Gloucester Poetry Society: social anxiety, ‘How To Turn Your Life with The Paper Hare No 23 Book Club Villanelles Poetry Evening Around’ and ‘The Glasgow Boys: From In this Introduction to Brush lettering Chaos To Calm’ for BBC Radio Four. This month’s book is the thrilling, An evening of eclectic open mic workshop you will learn everything And on top of all this …he’s bloody sometimes comic, often absurd and poetry co-hosted between Jason you will need to begin creating your funny and bloody moving..8pm entirely engaging The Heart Goes Last Conway of The Gloucester Poetry very own beautiful hand lettered £8.50adv from SVA/£10otd by Margaret Atwood. The No 23 book Society and SpaceHoppers Co- style, adorn stationery & more. You will begin with the basics, exploring club is run by Nikki Owen, author of Working Ltd. All are welcome, from sva.org.uk the critically acclaimed Project Trilogy. first time performers or writers of the possibilities of lettering with a Stroud bookshop is also offering 10% poetry to traditional, spoken word brush & move through to techniques discount on the 23 Book Club books and slam poets and poetry lovers to NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE & compositions. The class is designed and 23 will be offering discounts on come along and be inspired by an to give you the confidence to use your the day to Book Clubbers too. 5pm evening of eclectic poetry and share THURS 7TH new skills in a variety of ways, we just Free a favourite poem if they like. Names Modern Calligraphy with Emerald know you will fall in love! 10:30am- will be taken on the night, for people Paper Design 1:30pm £40 wishing to perform, so please arrive in MUSEUM IN THE PARK Join Emerald Paper Design on newbreweryarts.org.uk good time to avoid disappointment! a beginners guide to modern 6:30pm Free SAT 2ND calligraphy. During the session, key modern calligraphy basics will be Festive Illustrators Fair spacehoppers.work covered; how to use the essential Come along to admire and buy tools, mark making drills to practice

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WE ARE The FGR Christmas By Shane Stocking and Healey Other Stories

Club photographer Shane By Katie Healey’s detailed and colourful photographic account of the Fforde campaign which saw Forest Green Delve inside this Christmas stocking Rovers claim their place in the Football League for the first choc-full of perfectly themed, never- time brings to life a stunning landmark season in the 128- before-published seasonal short stories year history of the Little Club on the Hill. With more than by the Number One Bestselling Stroud 200 images capturing match action and activity behind based author Katie Fforde. Perfect for the scenes, We Are FGR is the perfect recount of an epic anyone who loves romance, humour season at The New Lawn. and happy-ever-after endings… thehistorypress.co.uk | forestgreenroversfc.com katiefforde.com 8 MUSIC - ROLLERCOASTER RECORDS #33 | DEC 2017 #33 | DEC 2017 MUSIC - ROLLERCOASTER RECORDS 9

John Beecher was a south on hard times desperate for any where he realizes that the music part to John and Rollercoaster London lad when he first visited deal. It is as if John is actually a he licensed at a heavy discount Records. John explains Holly and Stroud in the early eighties. He Rock Samaritan, happily dishing was in fact being used on a multi the Crickets are even directly founded Rollercoaster as a direct out percentages of his deals to -million dollar big studio movie. responsible for Rollercoaster’s result of being jilted by a local girl the impoverished artists like some John is a gentle soul but he was name. For the fans reading this, it he was dating. saint giving alms. rancored by this deception and came from Everyday; “Everyday, As he sat waiting for the last One anecdote stands out since gave Tarantino’s representative it’s a getting longer, goin’ faster train home to London, another it involves the parallel world of both blue- language barrels (to than a rollercoaster, love like lady entered the frame, Hollywood and the movies. explicit to print here). yours” etc etc… “I thought I’d missed the train” Quentin Tarantino approached John’s fluent Anglo Saxon did John is a seventy something he recalls, “then this vision came John to license tracks for his the trick, for a cheque arrived –a pensioner with a head of long, in riding a yellow bicycle and movies –(Pulp Fiction and a some days later for double his bouncy grey hair tied in a pony explained the train was late”. Love certain Link Wray tune to be previous license fee. He was tail that merges into a waterfall at first sight exists. They ended precise). John recalls getting a happy but his client, then living as beard and moustache worthy of a up marrying- and still are married. Tolkien wizard. There is a lot to be said for Stroud He has a ready smile and a females it seems. manner devoid of ego. He is John already ran a successful arguably a surviving Hippy- but record store in London but after that would be a slight. John almost a decade supplying an is very focused and an astute esoteric mix of Punk and Rock dealmaker. He still has desire n Roll he had the itch to try and ambitions. He gets animated something more challenging. about a new project with It was long before the global upcoming local Stroud band the selling power of the internet Red Propellers (see page 10!). existed, yet John had grown fond He pressed their new release. Rollercoaster of Stroud and with a new romance As we leave, he is soon in blooming, decided this Cotswold full swing pitching me about blank canvas suited his needs. a long lost film script written Today Rollercoaster Records about Buddy Holly that he wants Records proudly calls Stroud or to be to acquire from 20th Century exact, the satellite village of Fox. The clock strikes five pm- Chalford as its head of operations. homeward bound traffic shakes The label is not housed in the windows of the terraced some trendy loft conversion house and reminds me we are in By Paul Watson atop a gentrified mill (which I’d Stroud on a dark autumnal night expected) but is housed in a and not on Hollywood Boulevard. somewhat rustic former barber I am impressed by his shop on the London Road which knowledge and passion but It is The steep wooded valleys around Stroud John bought many years ago. It is time for John to go back to work. contain evidence of a lost world. Descend easily passed un noticed and this LA is waking up. The internet any slope and the curious explorer finds feral is a deliberate ploy. Yet it fits with never sleeps. John’s low impact lifestyle. Rooms I am presented with some canals that powered the beating heart of a there are piled high with boxes Rollercoaster vinyl to take and once thriving textile industry. This enterprise and if he had a shop cat, you play and John gives me the link certainly couldn’t swing it. to his extensive catalogue of was housed in the giant stone mills that Rollercoaster is a specialist retro rock. He pulls on a jaunty still border these watercourses. Today the retro label with a global clientele. embroidered round cap worthy mills are filled with new enterprise; tech John loves old blue suede rockers of a Rock Legend- more folksy like Gene Vincent, Elvis and Bill Dylan-esque rather than Brian businesses, plumbing outlets, building Hayley. He has a penchant for the Johnson-esque and skips away suppliers being the prosaic majority yet lesser known artists of the period. into the night. He can riff genetic paths of tracks A postscript; there is a very there is a surprising abundance of artists and artists as ably as John Peel. important fact he wants me to and crafts people working here too. There He has a record sales side include in this potted history. John but his main business includes is a world authority on the music is also a global record label hereabouts. licensing, pressing and publishing. and life of Buddy Holly and the Rollercoaster Records is making it happening Given the lack of quiet space at Crickets and was the proud head to be in Stroud and keepin’ it groovy… the HQ, John asked me to meet of Holly’s UK fan club. Now you up in his friend’s Victorian terrace know where to go, right? house on Slad Rd. We shake call from Hollywood pitching a down at heel OAP in Denmark Rave on. hands in the front room. His friend that a low budget film needs was especially grateful for John’s offers us tea. John immediately some vintage rock and roll that efforts for justice. apologises for only having an Rollercoaster has on its roster. John is an affable, eternally Visit rollercoasterrecords.com hour to spare me- yet we end up Film companies pay thousands calm figure. He is physically slight, for further info, browse the talking for four and a half hours. to license music tracks and fans nimble, with an eagerness to talk vast catalogue and purchase We start as the tea arrives. He of Tarantino will no doubt have music like a teenager. He takes out a wide array of Rollercoaster senses my brief intake of breath a well -thumbed CD of the Pulp his latest vinyl 45rpm release –it’s Records vinyl… that precedes the first “so tell Fiction soundtrack. For those who Buddy Holly who beams at me me about how it all began“. He don’t know this work then stay with his trademark Colegate smile fills the room with teased clips with me. from the Technicolour sleeve. Paul Watson lives in Stroud and has been from three decades in the music So John gets the call and is Holly has been dead since a film maker for over thirty years for the industry; he reels off the names basically soft soaped by a very 1959- when his plane crashed in BBC, Discovery, Channel 4 and ITV to of his wars and friendships with polite lady and John agrees to a snowstorm. Yet Holly remains name just a few. He is also a screenwriter the music industry big wigs, license the said tracks “for a alive embalmed in the frontal and artist currently exhibiting at the of duplicitous BBC executives song”. Some months later he is lobes of music fans worldwide. Malthouse Bar and Kitchen until 26th reneging on deals, of the widows having tea and watching Tarantino Holly continues giving pleasure November with another exhibition and wives of Rock stars fallen being interviewed in Cannes in the 21st century in no small planned in 2018. 10 MUSIC - THE RED PROPELLERS #33 | DEC 2017 #33 | DEC 2017 MUSIC - 2017 MUSIC RELEASES 11

Body Clocks Low Chimes Still Life Illumine

2017 Stroud born now Bristol Following their two based duo’s debut EP. acclaimed EPs, released Collating their numerous under previous name, Hot Music influences, from the abrasive Feet, Low Chimes have techno and experimental spent the last three years noise of their local scene touring and working on to more subdued neo- their debut album released Releases classical and world music, via their own label Bellow the EP displays the duo’s intricate production Records. Now joined by former Laura Marling band The Red and the continual evolution of their unique sound. member Pete Roe on keys, they have developed a bodyclocksmusic.com fuller sound, finding influences beyond folk, rock and blues. The core live elements remain, but the introduction of synths, samples and other electronics lends the music new shades and nuances. Hattie Briggs lowchimes.com Propellers Hide

Five track EP which includes By Sean Roe live versions of Hide and Simon McCorry Image by Sean Roe Image by Just Breathe. This is the third release by the ever rising Blue singer songwriter who was recently crowned Fender New album by cellist, Undiscovered Artist of the composer and sound Year 2017… hattiebriggs. designer Simon McCorry infrastructure is Stroud based. reference. Mostly though, Mac or co.uk who played his first home The Red Propellers - an edgy post punk The last year or so has seen a town show at the Good On Mac and I are residents, our label Harry will just start riffing and we all steady influx of albums and 4 piece fronted by long term Stroud Rollercoaster Records is based in join in. The structure of the song that Paper stage at this year’s Chalford, we record at DB Studios on comes out of the improvisation is ep’s released by Stroud based Stroud Fringe with live resident James Dick - are famed for Folley Lane with engineering wizard pretty much always determined by musicians and here are some Fader visuals by Will Simpson. Layered loops that have Andrew Butler, Imogen Shaw of the lyrics and the limitations of my no simple metre, if any, in common, form a swirl their live performances, a full throttled Qwertytop in Slad does our graphics, voice and timing. records you may have missed First Light of evolving sound resulting in a beautiful modern aural attack with incisive poetic vocals, Wheatley’s Printers in Thrupp the or not listened to yet – we classical and alternative record. simonmccorry.com printing and packaging and our Your latest release is on your recommend you lend thine Debut album from Fader pounding drums and crunching guitars, film maker Alasdair Ogilvie lives in own label longblackcoat, please a new band formed by Daglingworth. tell us about it? What is your ears to them… Neil Arthur (Blancmange/ an abrasive sound truly reminiscent relationship with Stroud based label Near Future) and producer/ Milk Teeth I once heard you describe your Rollercoaster Records? electronica artist Benge. of the best music coming out of No vocals as “talking in tune” and The resulting album is full Go Away I’ve seen you perform solo poetry John Beecher of Rollercoaster of powerful electronic pop Wave era (mid to late 1970‘s) New Milk Teeth’s debut readings delivered with the same Records was one of the first people songs up-tempo, dark, with Roadrunner Records EP York. I spoke with James prior to their energy as when you front the band. I met when moving to Stroud. I used flickers of beauty in the sounds and rhythms that ‘Be Nice’ elevated them to Which poets and writers are you to buy rockabilly cassettes from echo old Joy Division tunes and even bands like The Emily Barker become Brit Rock’s brightest performance at The Betsey Trotwood in influenced by? him and we have been close friends Sound at their most synthesizer heavy... facebook. A Sweet Kind Of Blue hope with two Rockest for the last ten years or so. There com/WeAreFader London where they were promoting the I heard Tom Verlaine of Television would be no Red Propeller product Records courtesy of Radio release of their latest 7 inch single. describe his vocals as ‘talking in if not for John’s generosity and Recorded at Sam Phillips 1’s Daniel P Carter as well tune’. Seemed apt! Someone recently support! We created longblackcoat Recording Service in as further daytime support described my vocals as semi-sung, Records together as a subsidiary of Memphis with Grammy- Andrew Heath across the station. While ‘Be Nice’ focused on the which I quite like as well. I was Rollercoaster Records solely for The winning producer Matt Ross- eclectic extremes of Milk Teeth’s sound, ‘Go Away’ fortunate to latch on to Patti Smith Red Propellers. Link Wray and The Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Soundings finds the band streamlining their song craft into James, well done to you and the were all listening to it live. It was early on and have been inspired by Red Propellers both on Rollercoaster Price) and an all-star cast straight-to-the-point firecrackers… milkteethpunx. band for securing a gig at this quite the thrill when it came on. The how she managed to transfer her Records. Kind of cool… of Memphis session players. Soundings continues com prestigious venue - how did it come gracious soundbite afterwards even poetry to song lyrics. Same with Sweet Kind of Blue is her Andrew’s exploration and about? more so. He wrote to say usually Jim Carroll. I am a long time Bob What are your future plans? first full studio album since 2013’s critically lauded manipulation of found people only make contact after a Dylan fan. Jack Kerouac’s poems Dear River and marks a new sound for Barker as she sounds and field recordings To continue playing live and Stroud Riff Raff Poet Jeff Cloves, show to complain but that he had in Scattered Poems, especially the returns to the soul and blues influences that first to create textures and recording. In March next year, we The Red Propellers an early fan of the Red Propellers, an unprecedented positive response western haikus have helped me in inspired her to become a songwriter and musician. pointillist staccato notes have been invited to play live on introduced us to Nigel Cross of to it! writing concise images. Vic Chesnutt of sound which are then No Reprieve Resonance Radio in London, and an emilybarker.com Shagrat Records. He took an from Athens, Georgia has also set against quiet piano phrases and shimmering immediate liking to the band instore gig at Rough Trade East is Stroud dwelling four piece For Good on Paper readers who are been a huge influence, especially electronic treatments. andrewheath.co.uk and suggested that the band be unfamiliar with the band could you also coming up. Interesting one off the Red Propellers (see p10) in reflection on being from the introduced to London with a gig give a brief history and tell us about gigs are what we prefer. are a band inspired by the American south and using my accent Blancmange at the renowned venue Betsey your connections with Stroud? for rhyming and intonation. Velvet Underground and the The Red Propellers two EP’s Trotwood to publicize the launch Unfurnished Rooms late seventies New York punk (Images released in 2016 and this of our new vinyl single Sandi says The Red Propellers have been You seem to enjoy playing with Leveret scene. No Reprieve is their together 5 years now. James Nash year’s No Reprieve) and the new / Johnny, Johnny. So, in a relatively the words - lots of repetition and Blancmange’s new album Intentions new six track EP following our powerhouse drummer and I double A-side 7 inch single Sandi short time, through his contacts, one rhythmic inflections - do you have was written and recorded last year’s Images released are original members. Guitarist Says/Johnny, Johnny are available thing after another has happened; an interest in Jazz? by Stroud’s Neil Arthur and Recorded live at the by the Stroud based label Rollercoaster Records extraordinaire, David ‘Mac’ McEvoy now via rollercoasterrecords.com, the gig, radio airplay and a Shindig co-produced by Benge renowned Real World (see p8-9!). facebook.com/TheRedPropellers joined us three years ago and I listen to discordant jazz. Albert Trading Post record shop in Stroud magazine review. He seems to (Wrangler/John Foxx & Studios and accompanied helped us come into our own as a Ayler, Eric Dolphy and the like. Cat and on amazon. Follow the band at understand the music and wants The Maths and Gazelle by a hand-written tune book, live band. Harry Parkin our bassist scaring music. An extension of facebook.com/TheRedPropellers for to help the band garner a larger Twin co-producer). All Inventions brings Leveret’s audience. We are extremely grateful. has been with us for a year and has my fondness for distorted guitar news and updates. the songs were written by trademark groove, energy strengthened and diversified our feedback… Arthur while Benge added percussion and layers You mentioned radio airplay.....? song writing. He also came up with Sean Roe is based in Stroud and runs the and intuitive playing to of analogue synth, with the pair then mixing the the beautiful riff on ‘As Rumours How do you write the songs? Words invisible record shop JunKroom Records. bear on a set of new songs composed by the three record together in the latter’s Memetune studios in Nigel sent our No Reprieve ep to Abound’ that ends the No Reprieve first or music first, does the band He is also an artist and musician and members of the trio – Andy Cutting, Sam Sweeney Cornwall. The album also features John Grant on DJ Howard Thompson in New York. ep. write collectively? member of synth post-punk duo Junk and Ruscombe resident Rob Harbron. leveretband. He was responsible for furthering Props. piano and backing vocals on ‘Don’t Get Me Wrong’. com the career of the band Suicide in We have always identified as a It varies. Sometimes I will come blancmange.co.uk Europe in the 1970’s. He played Sandi Bristol band rehearsing out of to rehearsal with a set of lyrics Says on his radio show. The band Factory Studios but the band’s and a tempo in mind or a song to 12 MUSIC - LISTINGS #33 | DEC 2017

FRI 15TH An evening of Christmas music and and Barrelhouse-pop, and that’s just Nothin’ But Trouble sing along carols ft. the Stroud Light vague enough to make sense…With MUSIC Music Choir, Tazmin Barnes, Megan support from local groove conjurers Hard rockin Stroud based blues Strachan, Becky Elliott and Gemma Thee Ones. 8pm £8adv/£10otd hounds. 8:30pm Free Cornelius in aid of the Door Youth LISTINGS Project. 7:30pm £8/£5concs (from the SAT 16TH FRI 22ND Door Shop and thedoor.org.uk) Macka B and the Roots Ragga Christmas Punk-Rock Band Extravaganza: Chinese Burn, the holytrinitystroud.co.uk Lone Sharks, Bones Like That The legendary Macka B comes to Stroud with his famous vegan reggae Stroud’s favourite punkers Chinese ALE HOUSE KITSCH beats! Macka B has performed all Burn, Bath and Bristol based around the world including Reggae punkrocknroll gang the Lone Sharks FRI 1ST FRI 8TH Sunsplash in Jamaica, in front of and Gloucestershire punk young guns Ken Wood & The Mixers Dubbu @ Kitsch Nelson Mandela at the Nation Stadium, Bones Like That. 8pm Free Kingston and Toured along such artists Red-hot rhythm & blues, soul and Funked up 45’s from Dubbu (aka Neil as Burning Spear, U-Roy, The Wailers, irresistible dance music. Covers and SAT 23RD Wilson) to accompany the coolest Kool and the Gang, Lee Perry, Culture, originals ranging from ska to soul cocktails in the five valleys…6pm Free Crown and Sceptre’s Christmas Gladiators and many more. 8:30pm via Stax and Atlantic-era R’n’B all Cocktail Party delivered in the high-energy Ken FRI 15TH £12adv The pub’s annual Christmas Cocktail Wood style. 8:30pm Free Live Lounge Party returns for an evening of DJ’s, THURS 21ST FRI 8TH Martini and Absente Bar, Canapes, Put your name down for a set! Nick Helm and the Helmettes Champagne and Prosecco by the glass Message Kitsch on fb or just pop in!! Limelight Comedian, musician, living legend and bottle. Cocktail dresses are de 6pm Free and National Treasure in waiting Nick Classic rock covers out of the very top Rigor…Carriages at midnight! drawer! 8:30pm Free FRI 22ND Helm (loaded LAFTA Award Winner 2013, Sweat The Small Stuff) brings his THURS 28TH Christmas Rocks FRI 15TH band and back-catalogue of stadium Reggae Night with Frankly Skanky DJ’s (including Dubbu + more tba), anthems to Stroud for a one night The Bob Porter Project and Jerksauceproject snow, mulled wine and food…7pm Free only concert that will be sure to kick Local Americana group ft. a fine blend Frankly Skanky: Stroud dwelling your genitals well and truly into the of mellow Alt Country and gritty Roots sacred dub roots reggae band offering SUN 31ST Christmas Spirit whilst at the same Rock. Often described as music with a their own unique take on rare roots New Years Eve Afternoon Party! time make you question everything ‘growl & twang’ the Project offer up a reggae tunes. Jersauceproject: Ital Party like it’s 1999 with DJ’s (including you have ever witnessed in your life up blend of originals and covers. 8:30pm soundscapes blending the skankiest Dubbu and more tba), snow, mulled till this point and beyond. 8pm £10adv Free ingredients from a cornucopia of wine and food…2pm Free reggae influenced grooves and beats SAT 23RD SAT 23RD with the help of one cranky ol’ laptop facebook.com/ The Three Elvises The Choosy Pickers and one skanky ol’ dog…8pm Free KitschCoffeeWineBar Fresh from their WOMAD and Stroud The Choosy Pickers (also known FRI 29TH Fringe success, we have not one, not as John and Ade) are a highly THE MARSHALL ROOMS two but three Elvis’s taking to the Popgang Christmas Party experienced multi-instrumental Marshall Rooms Stage. Fancy dress Gloucestershire based duo. 8:30pm Eighties influenced Stroud based pop- FRI 1ST optional.8pm £6adv/£8after 11pm Free rock troupe. 8:30pm Free 7 Heaven Presents: Bocca 45, Dubbu and Will ‘Mendoza’ THURS 28TH SUN 31ST SAT 30TH Cookson Disco Sucks NYE Bob Bowles duo The Blueshounds The return of Dubbu & Mendozas 7 Originally inspired by the disco revival Rocking blues duo with a big band Playing the blues in all its flavours, the Heaven event at The Marshall Rooms, of the early ’00s, Disco Sucks quickly sound! 8:30pm Free ancient art of weaving, entertaining an event celebrating everything and became a consistently sold-out party and giving an audience what it wants anything to do with the humble 7” that even got an honourable mention from full on Juke Jive, sing and dance THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE vinyl record, and as it’s Christmas time in The Guardian. Now encompassing the house down, to sit down and cry they’ve called upon their good friend disco, house, and anything they into your beer…8:30pm and Block Party favourite Boca45 to consider good music, expect to hear a FRI 1ST join them on the decks! This night mixture of rare, expensive records and Narco Lounge Combo SUN 31ST coincides with the release of a Boca45 cheap, good records played over a big, Bristol’s most handsome band deftly New Years Eve anthology (1997-2017) released from old, loud sound system. 10pm £6adv constructing a lynchian soundscape Come and bring in the New Year at the good people at Bomb Strikes, and otd of nourish jazz, uneasy listening and the Crown and Sceptre! Late licence! featuring classics, remixes and new SAT 30TH space-age exotica. Brushed drums, Tickets needed from 7pm £3adv from tracks… 8pm £8adv/£10otd tremolo guitars and voodoo marimbas the Bar Thabo create spiked cocktails in a nightclub SAT 2ND Stars of the Stroud Fringe Thabo and where it is forever after hours…8:30pm crownandsceptrestroud.com Emily Barker, Pete Roe the Real Deal owned the stage and Free One of Stroud’s most cherished finally return to Stroud. Hosting one THE GOLDEN FLEECE artists Emily Barker is best known of Stroud’s own Aron Kyne on keys FRI 8TH as the writer and performer of the this Leeds based band are steadily Ragged Edge Soul Band SAT 16TH award-winning theme to the hit PBS improving and breaking through. Bare Tight and bright, with a full rich sound Indra’s Web Masterpiece drama Wallander starring knuckle soul that will flow straight RESB plays a wide variety of their own Kenneth Branagh. Her latest album through to our heart, thrill your mind music and rearranged covers, from Stroud and Bristol based world music Sweet Kind of Blue has been lauded and find you dancing with your soul to blues to jazz to contemporary trio with Jazz and Swing influences. as Barker’s best yet and features neighbours all the way home…8pm dance tracks. 8:30pm Free 9pm Free contributions from some of Memphis’ £8adv/£10otd finest musicians. With support from SUN 31ST SAT 9TH former Laura Marling band member themarshallrooms.co.uk Crooked Stylus DJ Rosco & Friends (Disco sucks) and current Low Chimes keysman Pete Roe. 8pm £10adv and otd DJ Night with Darius – disco oddities, See in the New Year in Golden Fleece MEME psyche funk and deep, double-dipped style with DJ Rosco and friends (Disco FRI 8TH house business…8:30pm Free Sucks)! 9pm £5 SAT 23RD Honeyfeet, Thee Ones Monobrow goldenfleecebar.co.uk For a good few years, Honeyfeet Monobrow (Stroud Calling, Stroud THURS 14TH has been a conduit for the ideas and Block Party) eases you into the festive HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Open Mic Night expressions of an exotic mixture of season at Stroud’s favourite late night Manchester based musicians. Jazz? Regular open mic night hosted by bar...Expect furious funk, deep disco, THURS 14TH Yes, some of that! Folk? Stick that in local Americana troubadour Reverend perfect pop, heavy hip hop and a there! Hip-hop? I thought you’d never Stretch. All welcome! 8pm Free Charity Christmas Concert: smattering of festive treats. Free entry Christmas Presence ask! Someone once called it Folk-Hop until 11pm/£4 after... 14 MUSIC - LISTINGS #33 | DEC 2017

memecafebar.co.uk Eigg-based Scottish DIY electronic Come to the Albert for an energetic Performing some of the finest folk-tinged croft pop sonic hermit and fun evening. 8:30pm Free Americana being played in the UK MILLS CAFÉ and Lost Map Records founder and today. This is music with an old-time director Johnny Lynch AKA Pictish FRI 22ND feel that reaches back to the America FRI 1ST Trail returns to the PA. Performing as The Lazy Susans of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson a three-piece together with multi- and the Carter Family. 7:30pm Free Yard Sounds Stroud homegrown intoxicant The instrumentalists Suse Bear (Tuff Lazy Susans return to The Albert for a Dubbu and Tunes will be supplying Love) and John B. McKenna from SAT 16TH Christmas Special, to set feet tapping the latest funk and soul to get your Monoganon, who are also the tour and faces smiling. Their eclectic The Bad Dads weekend started right…6pm Free support. 8:30pm Free sound mixes Western Swing with An acoustic vibe, heavily influenced Johnny Cash via The Levellers, and by the Blues, but with elements of facebook.com/MillsCafeandBistro SAT 9TH features close-harmony singing, crazy Folk, Bluegrass, Jazz and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Si Connelly fiddles, accordion, double bass and Mainly original material with some NO 23 Brighton based ex-Cheltonian singer- guitar, augmented by their brand new classic Blues. 7:30pm Free songwriter returns to Gloucestershire. ingredient, a drummer. A festive hoe- SAT 2ND Connelly released his debut album down is guaranteed and dancing may SAT 23RD Monobrow’s Vinyltopia Youth // War // Joy in 2016 which occur. 8:30pm Free Counter Measures was produced by Chris Potter (The Stroud Calling’s Monobrow brings A four part singing group from Verve, Blur) and Dom Morley (Amy THURS 28TH his pop up record shop back to the Cirencester. With the aid of a guitar, Winehouse, Adele) including lead streets of Stroud! Almost 1000 records Los Gusanos they suck in air and blow out soothing track Hurt You which attained lead of the very best quality making With a shared background in soul, harmonies. Performing contemporary sync rotation with ITV & Fox. 8:30pm for great Christmas gifts or a little jazz and blues this threesome make spoken word poetry set to music, to Free something for yourself over the festive hard-hitting music that showcases classic male voice choir numbers sung season. Lots of new stock including their considerable collective skills. in welsh. 7:30pm Free WEDS 13TH rock, reggae, soundtracks, balearic, Their debut EP brings a mixture of breaks, disco, indie and folk. 11am-2pm Hipkiss African dance grooves and Latin blues SAT 30TH Come to the Albert for an evening and the band continue to rise and Steve Ferbrache FRI 8TH of Soul, funk and blues rock fronted make a name for themselves in the live A local musician playing a wide variety Stroud Calling Christmas Party by Patsy Gamble & Muddy Manninen music world. Expect swinging Jazz of music from stomping Blues to (ex. Wishbone Ash) blending original and heavy Blues with hints of Latin- Will Mendoza and Tom Monobrow classic Folk/Country/Rock covers. material with blues and soul classics. inspired grooves. 8:30pm Free take to the decks to rock the jingle Expect to hear some Creedence, Brilliant live entertainment…8:30pm bells at an intimate festive party at No Neil Young, John Martyn, Tom Waits, Free SAT 30TH 23 - expect some seasonal treats as Howlin’ Wolf and many more. 7:30pm well as the usual block rocking mix of Albert Consort Christmas Party Free FRI 15TH soul, funk, reggae, hip hop, boogie and The last time you will hear the carols break beats. Special cocktails, a late Thee Pulsations till next advent! All welcome to join stroudbrewery.co.uk licence and free entry… Pulsating RnB with stax of soul. in or listen - it might be rude….Much Come and have your Christmas rock conviviality in store. 7:30pm Free SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS facebook.com/ out at The Prince Albert with these No23BarAndBistroStroud wonderful musicians! Five of the finest SUN 31ST FRI 1ST handpicked musicians from around the New Years Eve Party Stroud Goodwill Evening THE PRINCE ALBERT county come together for blood sweat Rodborough’s New Years Eve party and a few tears and definitely lots of Procession 6pm from Subscription is always a sell out! This year’s New SAT 2ND laughs. 8:30pm Free Rooms, Bob Porter playing in Mr Year’s theme - Barbie and other Super Twitchett’s (5pm-9pm) Christmas Black Penny Remedy Club Heroes - will hopefully inspire you to SAT 16TH Market, Entertainment, Santa, BPC are known for their energetic live bring out that pink fluffy dress or your Christmas Tree Festival, Food, Mulled shows and a unique musical fusion of Sing A Long Social golden cape. No dress code otherwise wine and an Off The Wall Exhibition by many different genres, including Folk, The Sing Along Social is a zero- anything goes. £10adv (available from Rachel Pegler. Free Americana, Punk and Ska. Highlights commitment choir of craic. It’s a space the PA from 24th Nov)/£12 (after include tracks from their third album to caterwaul alongside friends and Christmas if there are any left!) SAT 2ND released this November produced by strangers to your favourite tunes. Ceilidh: Evolution – The Urban Folk Morrissey’s co songwriter/guitarist/ Sing Along Social is delighted to host theprincealbertstroud.co.uk Theory musical director, and Polecats and a special singalong for Lotte’s 50th The Urban Folk Theory offer a Adam Ant guitarist, Boz Boorer…9pm Birthday at the Prince Albert. Expect a ST LAURENCE CHURCH Free bombastic playlist inspired by one of new approach to ceilidh; where excellent folk musicianship meets Stroud’s favourite ladies…8pm Free FRI 22ND SUN 3RD/10TH/17TH/24TH technology, sweeping audiences into the next generation of full tilt SUN 17TH Le Page Ensemble: To Winter Carols with the Albert Consort ceilidhs, which is The Evolution The Laerie Faeries An evening of festive music from Prince Albert Carol Consort (PACC) across the world and through the Ceilidh, offering Folk for All…8pm sings unusual carols every Sunday Dust of your dancing shoes with the centuries, from Medieval carols to £11adv/£10concs/£12otd/£11concs/£5 lunchtime in December leading up to sounds of this Funky Klezmer Ska re-workings of traditional Christmas U16s the 25th. PACC plunder words and Band and have a fabulous night at The songs, Baroque masterpieces to folk- tunes from books and recordings Prince Albert. 8:30pm Free influenced improvisations. 7:30pm SUN 3RD and perform them in a unique Stroud £15 (under 18s free) from Stroud Dr Feelgood + The HubCap Subscription Rooms Box Office or Star fashion. There are no auditions, you MON 18TH Dr Feelgood are back with their Anise Arts Café just turn up - the Consort is whoever The Ballina Whalers Rhythm & Blues bringing with them turns up on the day! 11:30am Free Pete Truin, Jamie Doe (the Magic hits like Roxette, Milk and Alcohol, Lantern) and Sam Brookes perform stlaurencefuture.org.uk Going Back Home. With support from TUES 5TH three part harmonies with a lusty the HubCap. 8pm £18adv/£20otd Euros Childs approach offering a beautiful and STROUD BREWERY Former Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci main- haunting take on old sea shanties. FRI 8TH man touring his 13th (!) solo album “The Ballina Whalers are by far the SAT 2ND Dreadzone + DJ Joe Dymond House Arrest. The sound is delicate, sweetest honey toned shanty men we The Whiteshillbillies have ever heard bringing a whole new Into their third decade and with the wistfully melodic folk bent into dimension of masculine beauty to this A folky, roots band with a soft spot release of their recent album Dread wayward shapes…8:30pm £10adv from age old tradition” - Sam Lee, The Nest for pop classics. Playing Bluegrass, Times, Dreadzone dig deep into their ticketweb.co.uk Collective. 8:30pm £TBA Rockabilly and sing along modern dub and reggae roots with fresh music, a Whiteshillbillies set should beats and electronic textures. 8pm THURS 7TH THURS 21ST include many of your favourite songs £16adv/£19otd Pictish Trail, Moganon and put a smile on your face. 7:30pm Woo Town Hillbillies SAT 9TH After a fervently busy summer which Free Expect high-flying bluegrass with included triumphant appearance The Bohemians – Tribute to Queen tumbling banjo, mandolin and at festivals including Field Day, SAT 9TH A high energy concert featuring iconic harmonica breaks, all mixed with a Glastonbury and Green Man, Isle of Steve Page hits. 8pm £18/£16concs smattering of beautiful heartfelt tunes. 16 MUSIC - LISTINGS #33 | DEC 2017

SUN 10TH of the most exciting bands in Europe SUN 3RD friends welcome!) Tickets available We Three Kings of Rock & Roll drawing comparisons with the likes Bob Bowles from cdch.org.uk of GoGo Penguin and the Portico Three tributes to icons: Billy Fury, Versatile guitar virtuoso spanning Quartet. 8pm £9adv/£12otd (Goods stmaryspainswick.org.uk Buddy Holly & Elvis with all your Shed) blues and rock styles. 2:30pm Free Christmas favourites. 7:30pm CHANTRY CENTRE DURSLEY £19.50/£18.50concs THURS 14TH SUN 10TH Stroud Jazz Sessions SUN 31ST FRI 15TH Steve Ferbrache Doreen Doreen Come along to a great performance New Year’s Eve Contra Dance: set from a special guest musician Acoustic guitarist and Singer playing English Contra Dance Band It’s party time with this energetic (tba soon!), which opens up into the laid-back favourites classic songs and hilarious unstoppable band. 9pm energeti-frenetic jam - all welcome, across the blues, soul, pop and jazz Join in with caller Lisa Heywood for a £15.50adv/£17.50otd singers, players, listeners. Stroud Jazz genres. 2:30pm Free New Year’s Eve shindig! 8pm-12:30am Sessions is a hub for all interested in £11adv/£12otd/£5child SAT 16TH jazz. 8pm £5otd (John Street) SUN 17TH Johnny Coppin Tristan Watson Duo chantrycentre.org SAT 16TH Johnny is joined by Paul Burgess and Jazz guitarist Watson leads an local Dik Cadbury along with special guests SVA Clubnight KINGSHILL HOUSE DURSLEY all-star ensemble. 2:30pm Free to present a rich mix of traditional A DJ night of funk & soul…9pm carols, new songs and Christmas THURS 14TH £7adv/£8otd (John Street) thevaultnailsworth.co.uk stories. 7:30pm £17.50/£16concs The Phoenix Singers: Carols At The THURS 21ST House SAT 30TH THE LAMB INN EASTCOMBE Mermaid Chunky presents The Phoenix Singers will be East 17 and NOASIS Christmas performing a seasonal selection of Party Stroud’s highly addictive afro-funk SUN 10TH songs. Having performed at a number groove gang host the Winter Solstice Champagne Charlie When East 17 stumbled into the curated night of experimental sounds of local events in the last three years limelight in late 1991 they had little and performance with some extra A Covers band guaranteed to get your they are delighted to be performing idea that their rabble-rousing brand special guests tba...8pm £1 before Party started! Playing the very best at Kingshill House. 7:30pm Free of boy-band pop would create such a 9pm/£5 after otd (John Street) Rock, Pop and Party music. 5pm Free (donations welcome!) storm. The band went on to achieve 18 Top 20 hits including It’s Alright and SUN 17TH SAT 23RD kingshillhouse.org.uk Christmas No.1 Stay Another Day. With The B-Sides support from NOASIS – more than SVA Christmas Party: Situations a tribute band: this is Oasis from a Sounds and Girl Collective Bristol based trio consisting of guitar/ parallel universe. £25 Come & join Situation Sounds, Girl vocals, bass and drums playing an Collective and SVA for a festive foray eclectic range of covers from the 50’s up to today’s tunes adding their own subscriptionrooms.org.uk onto the dance floor to bring some boogie into your baubles and some style. 5pm Free SVA soul into your stockings! Mr Mulatto and Frank Situation will be donning SUN 31ST their disco demeanours, down stairs Steve Ferbrache FRI 1ST while GIRL Collective, a fresh female Get your New Year’s off to the best Funk In Goodwill Sessions DJ collective will be upstairs bringing possible start with an bit of early Live Friday Funk Off Jam Session with the majesty of afro beat, soul, funk and evening live music and sing-a-long Will Vick for Stroud Goodwill Evening electronica to groove your soul. 9pm classics. Steve is one of the busiest – all welcome to listen or perform! £7adv/£8otd (John Street) solo acoustic performers in the region. 7pm Free (John Street) Expect classic party songs, firm sva.org.uk favourites, forgotten classics and some WEDS 6TH/13TH/20TH/27TH of the best songs by the greatest bristol Funk-In Sessions CHRIST CHURCH NAILSWORTH artists of all time. 5pm Free OUT 1ST DEC ensemble Live Funk Jam with Will Vick and Alf Tramontin...FUNK Only...Nothing but SUN 3RD thelambinneastcombe.co.uk the Funk!!! All are welcome to listen or The Bristol Ensemble ST CYRS CHURCH STONEHOUSE All on a perform! 8pm Free (John Street) A performance of Shostakovich’s Gadfly Suite, arranged for piano and Winter’s Night TUES 5TH/12TH/19TH/26TH string quartet. The film music, written SUN 10TH Introduction to Flamenco Rhythms for the 1955 Soviet costume drama, Bright Stars For Christmas by Johnny Workshop includes the catchy Galop and lyrical A medley of seasonal music Tea-time An introduction to flamenco rhythms Romance. Plus Piano Quintet No.2 including including Benjamin Coppin for dancers, guitarists, percussionists, in A major Op.81 by Dvořák. In his Britten’s ‘Ceremony of Carols’ ft. the or anyone interested in flamenco expressive Second Piano Quintet, Cotswold Canal Singers, conducted Dvořák creates a dazzling array New Christmas album featuring concerts music. 8pm £5 (John Street) by Hugh Barton, Jemima Phillips original songs, such as the title Join the professional musicians of colour and texture through his (harp) and Major Pipework Recorder imaginative scoring of the ensemble, track, evoking the magic of the of the Bristol Ensemble for a Winter FRI 8TH/15TH/22ND/29TH Consort.7:30pm £10adv (children combined with passages of pure run-up to Christmas, and Snow In John Street Social Club free) from Cotswold Canals Trust series of chamber music concerts beauty.3pm £10otd Wallbridge and Saul Visitor Centres. The Street, a setting of a William A series of weekly Friday night club Morris poem; classic English carols socials hosted by different artists bristolensemble.com stcyrsstonehouse.org.uk like God Rest You Gentlemen, and Christ Church, Nailsworth each week with visuals and audio In The Bleak Midwinter and more. to share. The format: decks, laptop, ST MARY’S CHURCH PAINSWICK Coppin is a Stroud based singer/ Sunday 3 December at 3pm and a limited number of selected ST GEORGES CHURCH YouTube clips of archive footage songwriter and founding member Dvořák’s expressive Second and informative curiosities...7pm £1 NAILSWORTH SAT 9TH of folk band Decameron. He membership on the door Candlelit Christmas Concert has released over 12 albums and Piano Quintet is paired with SAT 9TH Celebrate the festive season with also presents an acoustic music a chamber arrangement of Stroud Choral Society: A Christmas your four-legged friend as the programme every Saturday on FRI 8TH Shostakovich’s Gad y Suite Celebration Cotswolds Dogs & Cats Home BBC Radio Gloucestershire. You Mammal Hands Christmas concert featuring a return with their enchanted candlelit can catch him at the Subscription Sunday 21 January at 3pm Mammal Hands returns to the Goods selection of festive music conducted Christmas Concert, at St Mary’s Rooms on Sat 16th Dec Shed touring their new album Shadow by Simon Bell. 7:30pm £12adv from Church, Painswick. The Charity’s performing songs from All On A A performance of Schubert’s Patron Lisa Maxwell will be hosting Work. Their hypnotic music draws on a Subscription Rooms/Free for under Winter’s Night with Paul Burgess celebrated masterpiece, the rich well of influences from Sufi trance the evening and will be joined by 18’s and Dik Cadbury. and West African music to folk music, her friends from stage and screen to Octet D.803 for wind and strings. contemporary classical, spiritual jazz deliver a magical concert in aid of stroudchoral.org the local animal charity. 7pm £7.50 and electronica to produce something johnnycoppin.co.uk uniquely their own. Their powerful live adult/£4.50child/£20 2 adults & 2 TICKETS £10 on the door THE VAULT NAILSWORTH shows have seen them hailed as one children (well behaved four-legged www.bristolensemble.com 18 ART - CHRISTMAS MARKETS #33 | DEC 2017 #33 | DEC 2017 ART - CHRISTMAS MARKETS 19

CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS GALLERY PANGOLIN – CHRISTMAS CRACKER! STROUD BREWERY WINTER GATHERING STROUD GOOD WILL EVENING RUSKIN MILL CHRISTMAS MARKET Christmas SAT 2ND-SUN 3RD DEC SAT 18TH NOV-FRI 15TH DEC SUN 3RD DEC FRI 1ST DEC SAT 2ND DEC Various locations 9 Chalford Industrial Estate London Road, Thrupp Stroud Town Centre Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth Brought to you by Stroud Valley Artspace a The exhibition features bronze and silver sculpture, Come to the brewery for a relaxed afternoon of This Good Will eve the streets of Stroud will fill with A day of activities awaits, with printing, candle Arts Markets, selection of artists from across the district will once jewellery, limited edition prints and unique drawings socialising, storytelling and comfort food. There will music and dance, a procession of lanterns from dipping and wreath making workshops. Stalls will be again be opening their studios. Visitors will be by Pangolin’s regular gallery artists and some less be select stalls selling beer-related gifts from the under the sea and festive pop up markets. Shops will selling crafts made from metal, willow, leather and Exhibitions spoilt for choice by the variety of art works for sale, familiar names. There will also be a selection of art brewery’s best to beer soap and hop pillows. Stay on be open until 9pm, and Elvis and Father Christmas wood. Hot punch and mince pies will be served all including ceramics, paintings, textiles, jewellery and books and catalogues for sale. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm/ for carols around the fire as evening falls…11am-4pm will be making an appearance…Lantern making day plus delights from the Ruskin Mill Café. 10am- prints. 10am - 4pm Sat 10am-1pm will be taking place at the Old Eclipse shop in King 4pm, Storytelling with Fiona Eadie at 11am, 1pm and stroudbrewery.co.uk Street from the 20th to 30th November (4-6pm 3pm (Park in Brookfield, just before Ruskin Mill) and Open sva.org.uk gallery-pangolin.com each day, all day on 25th and 26th). rmt.org STROUD FARMERS AND CHRISTMAS MARKETS facebook.com/StroudGoodwillEvening Studios CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS WITH HILLES WEDS 20TH-SAT 23RD DEC STUDIO COLLECTIVE MADE IN CHALFORD CHRISTMAS FAIR CRAFTED FOR CHRISTMAS Cornhill Market Place WILD BOAR PRESENTS: A CURIOUS SAT 2ND - SUN 3RD DEC FRI 1ST – SUN 3RD DEC SAT 11TH NOV – SUN 31ST DEC Why not load up your festive table this year, with CHRISTMAS Sevenleaze Lane, Stroud Victoria Works Studios, London Rd the freshest produce from the market or some local New Brewery Arts, Cirencester Tis the time of year for strolling FRI 1ST – SUN 3RD DEC The Collective offer a sprinkling of festive cheer as Resident artists will once again open their doors tipple to make the day merry. Come and peruse Pick up some individual gifts and homewares at around the vast array of food and they showcase sculpture, prints and art projections, and host guest stalls, selling handmade wares from locally made arts and crafts, from jewellery and Centre for Science and Art, Lansdown this exhibition throughout the New Brewery Arts art markets, with something hot alongside mulled wine and mistletoe sprigs. On jewellery and cards to paintings and pots. Friday textiles, to pottery and candles. Christmas Gift Wild Boar promises a festive cornucopia for the buildings. This is an opportunity to acquire high Sunday kids big and small can drop-in for an night visitors can shop while soaking up some live Markets: Weds 20th – Fri 22nd 9am -4pm/Christmas curious. Shop for distinctive gifts from 50 artists and quality crafts from both resident and guest makers. and mulled, soaking up the wealth immersive workshop or to make marble Christmas music, beer, mulled wine and nibbles. Fri 6-9pm/ Farmers Market: Sat 23rd 9am-2pm businesses, while listening to local bands and DJs. Mon-Sat 9am-5pm/Sun 10am-4pm Sat - Sun 11am-5pm. Entry £1 (voluntary donation) of talent and craftsmanship that tree decorations. 10am-5pm For those sporting festive-furrowed brows, the Gin Collecting for Chalford Community Store and the fresh-n-local.co.uk Lounge will be serving their finest gin cocktails. Fri newbreweryarts.org.uk we have in and around Stroud. Feel hillesstudio.co.uk Samaritans. 5-10pm/Sat 11am-9pm/Sun 12-6pm

the warm glow of supporting local victoriaworksstudios.co.uk facebook.com/wildboarginlounge Fern Ryan has a passion for travel and the arts and likes businesses and artists, by sourcing FESTIVE ILLUSTRATORS’ FAIR to write poetry and prose. Her writing is inspired by the SAT 2ND-SUN 3RD DEC people and landscape that surround her on adventures your bespoke Christmas gifts, unique SHAMBLES MARKET abroad and at home. Visit her blog goldonthewater. The Museum in the Park EVERY FRI AND SAT wordpress.com greeting cards and delicious produce This magical event provides the chance to buy The Shambles, High Street right on your doorstep. Here is a beautiful books by local illustrators, unusual cards and gift wrap and other marvellous illustrated items. Located in one of the oldest areas of Stroud by handy guide to what is on offer… Come and meet the illustrators and help raise funds St Laurence Church the popular Shambles Market for George Butler’s Syrian relief charity ‘Hands Up’. will be open every Friday and Saturday up until 11.30am – 4.30pm Christmas Eve with over 25 indoor and outdoor By Fern Ryan stalls. Don’t forget to enter the free Christmas museuminthepark.org.uk Hamper Draw…8am-4pm

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Dan Sparkes, Soozy Roberts, Jess paintings and prints. Mon-Sat 9:30am- through Others’ Eyes’, inviting us to Orr, Andrew Wood, James Green, 5:30pm imagine the world from a different ART Abigail Fallis and James Kriszyk. perspective and reminding us that Exhibition Space: Tues-Sat 12pm-11pm/Sun 12pm-6pm kendrickstgallery.co.uk there are millions of lives beyond our LISTINGS (donnellysisters.co.uk) own. Come and immerse yourself in LANSDOWN HALL this new collection of visual stories! bisleyhousecafe.co.uk Tues-Fri 10am-5pm/Sat-Sun (and TUES 28TH NOV – SUN 3RD DEC Bank Holidays) 11am-5pm Lucy ELVERS STUDIO Georgina Bouzyk An exhibition of paintings by local MON 4TH DEC – SUN 31ST SUN 19TH NOV – SUN 3RD DEC artist Georgina Bouzyk. 10am-4:30pm Colin Heavingham Dolores Phelps: La Nina Aurelia Guenot ART OF CLAY Colin Heavingham exhibits ‘A Stranger MON 4TH – FRI 8TH This MPhil/PhD illustration research In A Cold Town’, also including the The Dragons project is a visual response to a memoir left to Dolores Phelps by Clay Sinclair painting ‘The Sorceress In The Mirror An exhibition presented by Oliver her late mother, who was one of the (Ipswich Harbour)’. The gallery also Ashworth-Martin; a celebration and Provocative post-pop paintings on 4,000 children evacuated from Bilbao houses handmade Christmas cards, expression of the universally symbolic Perspex by local/international artist by the ship Habana to Southampton gifts & jewellery by Tristana. Dragon mythology. 10am-4pm Clay Sinclair situated at 48 High Street. in May 1937. Dolores’ images are Plus prints for those on a budget and an interpretation of her mother’s “THE TEXTURE, GRAIN AND facebook.com/Elversstudio lansdownhall.org People’s Republic of Stroud tat for memories of living in Bilbao during the PATINA OF EACH PIECE OF those joining the revolution. Open Mon Spanish Civil War - air raids, starvation, GALLERY PANGOLIN – Fri 11am-5pm/Sat 10am-5pm MUSEUM IN THE PARK then the terrible voyage and starting OLD WOODEN TYPE, THE life in the UK. Her work is also shaped claysinclair.com SAT 18TH NOV – FRI 15TH DEC SAT 11TH NOV – SUN 3RD DEC by extensive research into the SATISFYING CLUNK OF METAL Christmas Cracker! Cheltenham Illustration Awards collective experiences and memoirs TYPE FITTING EXACTLY INTO BISLEY HOUSE See p18-19! Mon-Fri 10am-6pm/Sat 2017: Tales Through Others’ Eyes of other Basque refugee children who 10am-1pm The Cheltenham Illustration Awards had to flee their homes and families. PLACE ON THE PRINT BED, THE WEDS 1ST NOV – MON 25TH DEC competition has been running for Opening times vary, please call ahead gallery-pangolin.com Donnelly Sisters: Artist in 10 years and attracts entries from to check before making a special visit. SMELL OF THE PRINT ROOM, Residence across the world. Organised by the Tel: 01453 763394 This interchanging exhibition at Bisley KENDRICK STREET GALLERY University of Gloucestershire, the THE HISS OF FRESH INK ON SAT 2ND-SUN 3RD House by Stroud based arts agency Awards exhibition travels to venues Festive Illustrators Fair THE ROLLERS, THE KISS OF the Donnelly Sisters currently features SAT 9TH – SAT 23RD such as London Book Fair and other the work of Dan Hillier, Ashley Amery, Affordable Art For Christmas galleries and universities, and is See p18-19! 11:30am-4:30pm accompanied by a full colour hardback INK ON GOOD PAPER, THE Anna Marrow, Lorraine Robbins, A mixed show of local artists work, ANTICIPATION AS THE FIRST Robert Bloomfield, Debbie Smith, Annual. The theme this year is ‘Tales museuminthepark.org.uk PRINT IS LIFTED OFF THE PRESS - EVERY ASPECT OF LETTERPRESS PRINTING IS COMPELLING TO ME.”

Walking, poetry and word-play are the inspiration for Lucy’s letterpress prints. Letterpress is sometimes combined with lino or relief print. She is a member of Stroud-based artists’ group ‘Walking the Land’ (walkingtheland.org.uk) and uses drawings and notes made on walks as a basis for prints. Her mantra is solvitur ambulando (maxim attributed to St A Call For Work! Jerome) which translates as: it is solved by walking. Ideas about truth and reality Lucy is a full-time member of the Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative January 2018 (gpchq.co.uk) at Griffin Mill in Stroud where Does what you see (or hear, or believe) depend on how you look she runs letterpress courses. She studied (or listen, or think) Graphic Design (BA) at Saint Martin’s School of Art, completed an MA in Multi- Is truth ‘out there’, or ‘in here’? Is there an ‘out there’ and an ‘in here’? Disciplinary Printmaking at UWE in 2015, ‘War does not determine who is right, only who is left’ and works as a freelance book designer. (Bertrand Russell)

Lucy will be participating at the Bristol Is it actually possible to be right? Or wrong? Wayzgoose at The Letterpress Collective (theletterpresscollective.org) on If we agree on a consensual reality, does that make it true? December 9th, and will be exhibiting at The Can you ever know if something is true? Old Passage in Arlingham (theoldpassage. com) from the end of November through to April 2018 as part of a show entitled Any work exploring ideas around truth and reality is welcome! Any medium - 2D, ‘Found’. Visit lucyguenot.blogspot.co.uk 3D, sound, performance, writing etc can be included. The space is 18a Kendrick street (above Made in Stroud). Last two weeks of January 2018. Please get in for news and further examples of her work. touch to look at the space, talk about your work or register interest. Melissa 07767787641, or email [email protected] 22 ART - LISTINGS #33 | DEC 2017 Sil v THE OLIVER VIVIAN GALLERY subscriptionrooms.org.uk PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY and bags to sumptuous knitwear and Christmas Cracker! er pe r upholstered furniture, combining high MON 6TH NOV – SAT 16TH DEC J quality merino lambswool, bamboo Oliver Vivian: I’d Like To Be SVA f Joao Trindade and cotton yarns. A festive mix of sculpture o r The Oliver Vivian Gallery will be a t

SAT 2ND-SUN 3RD e open every Saturday with his current Portuguese artist Joao Trindade’s prema.org.uk prints & drawings d b exhibition, ‘I’d Like To Be’ – Oliver’s Christmas Open Studios work examines the “secret structures’’ angle : continued adventure working with embedded in nature and architecture, Artists are opening their studios for a CORINIUM MUSEUM Until 15th December an unique process in oils on canvas. special Winter Open Studios weekend with trademark sweeping, bold lines Gu y 10am – 3pm or by appointment on where you’ll find contemporary, that vanish into multiple perspectives. 07532071457. Recalling the futurists and vorticists THURS 30TH NOV – SUN 7TH hand-crafted, unique presents for the JAN R who celebrated modernity almost o

upcoming festive season. 10am -4pm yle theoliverviviangallery.co.uk a century ago, he produces both Anita Saunders: Animal Magnetism FRI 1ST – SUN 24TH abstract and more figurative works Anita Saunders is a figurative artist, STEVE RUSSELL STUDIOS Nothing But Navy using paint and mixed media. printmaker and illustrator taking inspiration from the stunning rural The popular Nothing But Navy NOV 20TH – DATE TBC MON 6TH NOV – SAT 16TH DEC setting of the Cotswolds in the UK. pop-up shop returns to the Stroud Tom Frost Growing up surrounded by the natural Steve Russell: Two In the Bush Valley Artspace Gallery for a carefully beauty of the Cotswolds; the people, A new show collects a varied and curated selection of navy products Print maker and illustrator Tom Frost animals and plants of her childhood colourful assortment of African birds. for all… divides his time between print making, delighted and fascinated her. This Steve’s images, captured over the restoring his crumbling Georgian exhibition shares Anita’s love and course of many trips to Eastern Africa, Meanwhile Space: UP This Way house in rural Wales and raising a young family. His work highlights admiration for the natural world, celebrate the beauty and nature of UP This Way is an outlet within a fascination for old matchboxes, expressed through a variety of media: or birds with great wit and precision. All f Merrywalks highlighting the work of paintings, textiles and print making. prints are mounted on aluminium and stamps, folk art, tin toys, children’s d furniture and accessory makers within books and the natural world. Tom is Beautiful artworks and furnishings for rafte are available in an edition of 5. C the broader Stroud area. Open Fri-Sat also one half of Frost & Kin with his the country home. Perfect gifts for 9am-6pm or by appointment 01453 steverussellstudios.com partner Teresa Murfin that focuses on Christmas. 297260 producing affordable prints, cushions, coriniummuseum.org s toys and models for the young and stma STUDIO 19A LOWER STREET i Meanwhile Space: Fungusloci hr young at heart. C Artist and permaculture practitioner NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE FRI 1ST – SUN 3RD Dominic Thomas has designed and MON 6TH NOV – SAT 16TH DEC Carefully selected gifts Deborah Roberts: This and That built a sustainable urban micro-farm Katie Victoria SAT 11TH NOV – SUN 31ST DEC and homewares by in which oyster mushrooms are Images by Deborah Roberts of poets, Katie Victoria works from her studio Crafted For Christmas GALLERY PANGOLIN exceptional makers. performers and artists encountered cultivated on spent coffee grounds in Swansea where she creates her See p18-19! Mon-Sat 9am-5pm/Sun around Stroud and a display of from local cafes. Fungusloci is a CHALFORD - GLOS - GL6 8NT 01453 889765 collections of exquisite knitted goods. (and Bank Holidays) 10am-4pm 11th November - 31st December pieces of their work. Included in the project of Sustainable Creativity [email protected] www.gallery-pangolin.com Working on a hand powered domestic 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun CIC with the help of Stroud District exhibition are images of and work knitting machine she creates a variety newbreweryarts.org.uk Fantail Turkey, Jonathan Kingdon Food Grants taking place at Unit 23, by Alex Merry, Jonny Fluffypunk, Bill of fabrics and products from cushions Jones, Adam Horovitz, Dennis Gould, Merrywalks. Open by appointment Stuart Butler, Elvis McGonagall, Robin [email protected] Treefellow Collins, Melvyn Warren- Smith, Ruth Davey, Lucy Guenot, sva.org.uk Kel Portman and other artists from FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS ‘Walking the Land’. Fri 12pm-2pm/ THE VAULT NAILSWORTH Spring Workshops and Courses 2018 Sat- Sun 11am-6pm/Weekdays by appointment. WEDS 1ST NOV – SUN 31ST DEC WORKSHOPS AND Stained Glass Landscapes with Sarah Davis Diane Young and Rachel Marwick deborahroberts.biz COURSES VISIT: Saturday 20th January, 10-4pm £70 A new art exhibition of paintings by Diane Young and stamp collages Aromatherapy Candle Making with Hestia’s Flame SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS by Rachel Markwick with subjects Saturday 24th February, 10-4pm £70 ranging from birds and other MON 27TH NOV – SAT 2ND DEC ATELIER THE SCULPTURE STUDIO Lino Printing on Fabric with Lizzie Mabley animals, history, fables and flags and Saturday 3rd March, 10-4pm £60 Stroud Festival Presents: Dark < patchwork designs in stamps! It’s all ATELIERSTROUD.CO.UK THESCULPTURESTUDIO.CO.UK > Light in the detail, with Diane including the Mosaic Bird Bath with Emma Leith Stroud Festival is proud to present an luxurious touch of gold leaf in some CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ART SIT SELECT Saturday 17th March, 10-2pm £55 exhibition of paintings and sculpture of her paintings and Rachel creating ROOMHIRESTROUD.CO.UK SITSELECT.ORG from local artists on the theme of Dark fascinating and intricate collages using Nuno Felting for Beginners with Helen Taylor <> Light. The title wryly compliments postage stamps and postal material. CREATIVE NETWORK SOUTH WEST ART WORKSHOPS Saturday 24th March, 10-4pm £65 the ballet The Dark Princess at the Framed originals and prints will be on CREATIVENETWORK.ORG.UK SWARTWORKSHOPS.CO.UK Mixed Media Collage Course with Emily Lawlor Cotswold Playhouse on Thursday display mainly in the upstairs dining Starting Friday 20th April (6 weeks), 10-1pm, £130 Nov 30th. Artists contributing are: Jo area on the balcony which is open GLOUCESTERSHIRE STROUD COLLEGE Casling, Gypsy, Saffron Knight, Ann- every day from 12 noon until 11 pm. PRINTMAKING COOPERATIVE SGSCOL.AC.UK Margreth Bohl and Holly English. GPCHQ.CO.UK Made In Chalford Christmas Fair thevaultnailsworth.co.uk STROUD VALLEY ARTSPACE MON 11TH – SAT 16TH Browse for original and Friday 1st Dec 6pm – 9pm HAWKWOOD COLLEGE SVA.ORG.UK Flotsam and Jetsam THE OLD PASSAGE ARLINGHAM HAWKWOODCOLLEGE.CO.UK handmade gifts. Music, Saturday 2nd Dec 11am – 5pm This Christmas exhibition is a SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS mulled wine and mince pies. Sunday 3rd Dec 11am – 5pm display of original paintings, prints, TUES 28TH NOV – APRIL TBA KENDRICK STREET GALLERY SUBSCRIPTIONROOMS.ORG.UK greetings cards and stained glass Found KENDRICKSTGALLERY.CO.UK Facebook: VictoriaWorksStudios Twitter: VicWorksStudios mirrors created by members of A new collection of artworks for the VICTORIA WORKS STUDIO the Preparation for Work and Life winter exhibition with another hoard LET’S TRY ARTS VICTORIAWORKSSTUDIOS.CO.UK Department at SGS College. On their of forward thinking local artists… LETSTRYARTS.COM annual residential trip this May they NEW BREWERY ARTS were talking together, about things theoldpassage.com PEGASUS ART NEWBREWERYARTS.ORG.UK other than work, and discovered PEGASUSART.CO.UK how creative they were as a team. PREMA ARTS CENTRE Featuring Amanda Cooke, Judith RUSKIN MILL PREMA.ORG.UK Birkett, Val Saunders, Fay Crawford, RMT.ORG Victoria Works Studios Charlotte Darleston and Katie McCue. www.victoriaworksstudios.co.uk 24 FILM - STROUD FILM SOCIETY #33 | DEC 2017 #33 | DEC 2017 FILM- LISTINGS 25

in a house close to the bush. The creates a convincing emotional bond THURS 7TH Mother dies, leaving her husband Hec between two strong characters. Highly National Theatre Live: Young Marx FILM (Sam Neill). Ricky runs away, but is acclaimed, often quite emotional and Broke and restless, a 32-year-old Karl found by Hec in the bush, but their very entertaining. 7:30pm £6guest Marx is hiding out in Soho, England. LISTINGS disappearance sets off a national man ticket/Season Membership: £27.50 Step into 19th century London and hunt. An amusing and entertaining single adult/£49.50 couple discover Marx at the midway point in film.7:30pm £6guest ticket/£40 his life. 6:45pm season membership nailsworthfilmclub.co.uk myvue.com stroudfilmsociety.org VUE

MINCHINHAMPTON MARKET SUN 3RD HOUSE Bolshoi: The Nutcracker As the clock strikes midnight on SAT 16TH Christmas Eve, Marie’s wooden Children’s Film Matinee: nutcracker doll comes to life and Paddington transforms into a prince! Soon joined After a deadly earthquake destroys his by her other toys that have also come to life, Marie and her prince embark LANSDOWN HALL home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear (Ben Whishaw) makes his way on a dreamy unforgettable adventure. 2:45pm SUN 10TH to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed “Paddington” for the Lansdown Film Club: The Fencer MON 4TH london train station, finds shelter with A touching 1950s-set drama about the family of Henry (Hugh Bonneville) Human Flow Live Premiere love and a man who finds meaning in and Mary Brown (Sally Hawkins). An epic documentary focusing on war, his life through the children who need Although Paddington’s amazement famine and climate change, as well him. Endel Nelis is a young man who at urban living soon endears him to as the plight of refugees across the leaves Leningrad to escape the secret the Browns, someone else has her eye globe. Ai Weiwei in conversation with Stroud Film police. Arriving in Haapsalu, Estonia, on him: Taxidermist Millicent Clyde Jon Snow and special guests. Time tba he finds work as a teacher and founds (Nicole Kidman) has designs on the FOR FILM a sports club for his students, teaching rare bear and his hide..2pm check TUES 5TH them his great passion – fencing. But website for tickets and further info The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker TRAILERS Endel is faced with a hard choice Society The young Clara creeps downstairs when the children want to participate minchinhamptonmarkethouse.co.uk on Christmas Eve to play with her AND By Judith Gunn in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad. 8pm £6/£5 concessions favourite present – a Nutcracker THE ARKELL CENTRE MORE with an annual membership fee of £2 doll. But the mysterious magician Stroud Film Society in 1982 with Mike Hodges, the director of Get Carter Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep lansdownhall.org FRI 1ST her off on a magical adventure. INFO VISIT: Nailsworth Film Club: Hunt for the After defeating the Mouse King, the If anyone deserves a lifetime achievement award society has been able to maintain again” says Kirsten and she highly Wilderpeople Nutcracker and Clara travel through a membership waiting list for recommends the animation My Life OPEN HOUSE Raised on foster care, defiant city kid, the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of in film, it should be the organisers of the Stroud twenty successive seasons - surely as a Courgette that will be shown Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy THURS 14TH Ricky, gets a fresh start in the New goodonpaper.info/film Film Society - Tim and Kirsten Mugford, who have a triumphant success story.” In that together with the Eagle Huntress Zealand countryside. When a tragedy treats them to a wonderful display Stroud Film Society: Hunt for the been an integral part of the society since it was year they ran The China Syndrome, on 22nd February 2018 at Open strikes that threatens to ship him off of dances. Back home, Clara thinks The Last Wave, and Kramer vs House Community Hall (AKA the Wilder People she must have been dreaming – but founded sixty years ago. to yet another new home, he and his Kramer. Kirsten still recalls the British School). New Zealand, the present. Ricky cantankerous foster father, Uncle Hec, doesn’t she recognize Drosselmeyer’s popularity of Kramer vs Kramer, the Membership is lower than it used (Julian Denison) is fostered to a family decide to go on the run. What follows nephew? 7pm event was packed. Other highlights to be, television, 3D and Netflix are Tim Mugford came to Stroud in It was John Halas who presented for Kirsten include A Matter of all a factor, the 16mm projectors 1958 and joined the Stroud Film the society with their first award in Life and Death (dir. Michael Powell are packed away and Blu Ray is Society, then in its first year, straight 1970, when they were joint winner also a Stroud district man) and the preferred projection method. away. Kirsten joined soon after that. of Film Society of the Year, which The Third Man. One of the best Membership is still by subscription, Tim became the society’s chairman won them a cinemascope screen. moments for Tim, was the visit, in guest tickets cost slightly more in 1978. The society had no funding Sixty years ago showing a film 1982, by Mike Hodges, the director than 1/6d but £40 a year for 11 films when it began, just the enthusiasm was a bit of an effort. The society of the iconic and gritty Seventies this season is an excellent deal. The OUT NOW of its co-founders Jack and Grace had two 16mm projectors that had gangster film, Get Carter, who BFI has renamed the film societies’ Allington who had started the to be raised up to the projection gave a talk using excerpts from his umbrella organisation Cinema For Camelot Film Club, which they then room on pulleys. The film reels ongoing projects. All and its next award ceremony affiliated to the BFI to become a were then put on (in order) bulbs To get technical for a moment, is this month, so here’s to many film society. Membership was by changed and films projected. Never a film society is different from a more awards for Stroud and District subscription and guest tickets were once did their film burn through like film club in that film societies are Film Society, it truly is a lifetime’s Blade Runners, 1/6d (one shilling and sixpence for it always does in the movies! In the affiliated to the British Film Institute achievement! those who don’t remember, that’s Seventies, power cuts threatened and each has a space on the BFI Deer Hunters And Blowing about 8p). Their first film was Oh to disrupt the program, but, Neighbourhood Cinema website. The next film in the Society’s Mr Porter (dir. Marcel Varnel, 1937) undaunted, Jack Allington set up a There are regular selection viewings current programme is Taiki Waititi’s The Bloody Doors Off starring Will Hay; then there was generator - the show must go on! and an annual awards ceremony Hunt for the Wilder People which French romance, Polish comedy, a Films have been couriered that encourages societies to keep will be screened at the Open House By Michael Deeley and Matthew Field Japanese film of a child at war and through the rain, one arrived just going even when there is poor Hall (opposite Star Anise Arts Stroud’s own Animal Farm. on time and one did not arrive at public transport! Members of the Café) on Thursday 14th December. Animal Farm was made in Stroud all. There were screens 1 and 2, committee attend viewings to Visit stroudfilmsociety.org, the Few would imagine that one man links Ridley Scott’s visionary sci-fi classic Blade by John Halas and Joy Batchelor, standing room only and waiting select films. They vote on those film listings andfacebook.com/ and it was Stroud Film Society that lists. All this led to the Stroud films through a card system that stroudfilmsociety for further info. Runner; The Deer Hunter, that searing study of lives ruined by the Vietnam War; organised the plaque to the Halas Film Society winning again in feeds back comments to the and The Italian Job, the much loved British caper that made an icon of Michael and Batchelor Studios in Ebley. 1980 and this time they received distributors. The audience in Stroud Judith Gunn was previously a lecturer Caine. But Michael Deeley has worked with some of the toughest film-makers, The society hosted a Halas and six free films. The “great and the votes on the films using brass discs, in Media Studies at Cirencester and lived to tell the tale, in this frank and humorous rollercoaster-ride through the rating them from “Excellent” to Batchelor evening in conjunction good” says Tim Mugford, were College, a writer on film studies for ways and wiles of getting great movies made…Out now via Stroud based book “Poor”. The selection process is Auteur Publishing and is the author of with the Stroud Film Festival back so impressed by the win, that the publisher the History Press thehistorypress.co.uk in March this year. Presented by society was described as an “oasis rigorous to harsh (the most recent Dostoyevsky: A Life of Contradiction their daughter Vivien Halas, the in the desert of Stroud culture”! viewing programme from Tim which is available now via Amberley event showcased H&B animation Even the citation from the BFI includes scribbled comments on it Publishing judithgunn.com shorts and Animal Farm to a full mentioned “poor public transport” such as “Rubbish!”) “The ones that house. There was also an exhibition and a meeting place which “was we suggest we choose to show of their work in Stroud Museum. not very central” and yet, “the would be films we would like to see 26 LISTINGS - THEATRE / DANCE / COMEDY #33 | DEC 2017

for dark Christmas nights. 8pm Around’ and ‘The Glasgow Boys: From £12adv/£10concs/£14otd/£12concs Chaos To Calm’ for BBC Radio Four. THEATRE/ COMEDY And on top of all this …he’s bloody THURS 14TH funny and bloody moving..8pm DANCE Vienna Festival Ballet: Sleeping LISTINGS £8.50adv from SVA/£10otd Beauty FRI 15TH A classic fairy-tale set to LISTINGS Tonight with Elvis: Christmas Tchaikovsky’s magnificent score, Karaoke special stunning choreography, beautiful costumes all combine to portray ‘Ho ho ho’ or should I say ‘Huh Huh the struggle between good and SVA Huh’. Come along and be part of the festive mayhem at the 2017 Tonight evil. Following the traditional tale of COTSWOLD PLAYHOUSE with Elvis Christmas Party –featuring Sleeping Beauty, this ballet is sure to SAT 2ND surprise guests, party games, Karaoke enchant audiences of all ages.7pm Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff FRI 8TH and plenty of 1970’s style seasonal £19adult/£17concs/£13children/ with Byron Vincent and Elvis high jinx, and maybe even a glass of Bada Presents: Hervey – At The £25grandparent and grandchild offer McGonagall Babysham. 8pm £1otd (John Street) Court of George II Hosted by poet and comedian Jonny 1737 is a bad year for the royal family. FRI 22ND –SUN 24TH Fluffypunk, ‘Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny sva.org.uk King George II and Queen Caroline That’s Entertainment Productions: Gaff’ brings to Stroud some of the loathe their son and heir, the Prince Robin Hood best, quirkiest and most interesting performers from the UK’s comedy, of Wales; and the Prince of Wales Join That’s Entertainment Productions spoken word and alternative cabaret loathes them back, with interest. in association with the Subscription scenes. This month features Elvis Fanning the flames of this bitter feud Rooms for their 1st ever resident McGonagall (see p4!) launching his is the Queen’s Vice-Chamberlain, the pantomime! Robin Hood see’s the witty and vicious Lord Hervey, whose new book “Viva Loch Lomond!” a wicked Sheriff ruling over the people collection of poems from 2003 to uninhibited reminiscences provide and collecting taxes to pay for his own 2017. BUT there is so much more than a wickedly entertaining picture of evil plans to take the English crown. that, because there is a spectacular Georgian life-at-the-top in this new We need a hero – but will Robin Hood ace headliner: Byron Vincent. One one-man show by A.P. Waxkirsh. win the heart of Maid Marian, rescue of the BBC’s New Talent Choices, 7:30pm £12 the babes, and win the day? Featuring Byron Vincent is a regular at the a headlining cast including BBC`s nation’s most prestigious literary cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk comedy legend, `Allo `Allo`s Sue and music festivals. He performs on Hodge, CBEEBIES Rhyme Rocket`s television and national radio, including LANSDOWN HALL Joe Chambers and West-End Disney`s Channel 4’s Random Acts, Radio 4’s Lion King star Lloyd Notice. 2pm Bespoken Word and BBC 3’s The Verb. He has written and presented FRI 1ST-SUN 3RD £14/£12concs/£46family several documentaries including ‘Hell Generate: Performance Making subscriptionrooms.org.uk Is Other People’ a self help guide to Workshop social anxiety, ‘How To Turn Your Life The first workshop of a series that provide fundamental tools in the BERKELEY CASTLE art of interdisciplinary performance making. Presented by Sally E Dean. Fri WEDS 29TH NOV – FRI 8TH DEC 7-9:30pm/Sat 10am-4pm/Sun 11am- Split Second Productions: A 6pm £175/£165concs Christmas Carol Critically acclaimed Split Second THURS 21ST-FRI 22ND Productions (A Midsummer Night’s Daylight Theatre: Cinderella Dream, Much Ado About Nothing) Join in the fun with Buttons, the return to Berkeley Castle to present Fairy Godmother, Wuff the dog, Ruff a magical and enchanting re-telling the rat, a charming Prince and two of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, ‘A ghastly ugly sisters and help Cinderella Christmas Carol’. This charming, go the ball! This wonderfully jolly family-friendly production promises to family show uses actors, puppets fill you up to the brim with Christmas and a little help from the audience…A spirit. 7:30pm £20/£15 magical mini-panto for families with children aged 4+ (grownups berkeley-castle.com without children welcome too!) 11am and 2:30pm/£8adult/£6children/ PREMA ARTS CENTRE £25family SUB 10TH lansdownhall.org The Bone Ensemble: Where’s My Igloo Gone? SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS Sitting in her igloo, a drop of water falls on Oolik’s head. And then FRI 1ST another! Is her home melting? Venture DYAD Productions: Christmas into a dazzling, Arctic world of soaring Gothic snow geese, pet husky dogs and Christmas: a time to remember the starry, starry nights. And the kind past, celebrate the present, and look of cold that makes your skin tingle! to the future; a time of feasts and Travelling through snowstorms, across festivities; of holly and mistletoe; a oceans and into our hearts, Oolik is time of visits and visitations. A time not the kind of girl to give up on her of ghosts. Come in from the cold quest for help. This morning’s show is and enter into the Christmas spirit performed in “Iglooish” and is suitable as a dark and spectral woman tells for anyone over the age of five and haunting tales of the festive season, is accessible to Deaf, hearing and lighting a candle to the frailties of non-English speaking audiences. 11am human nature and illuminating the £10/£7concs/£8friends/£6concs/ cold and chilling depths of the bleak, £25family/£23concs/£15otd wintry dark… Dyad Productions resurrects a Victorian tradition by prema.org.uk presenting three seasonal tales of Hazel’s classes start on Sunday 14th January 2018 at 6.30pm terror to scintillate the gooseflesh Stroud Xmas poster 2017_A4_v1.pdf 2 29/06/2017 13:02

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