THE FREE WESSEX ARTS AND CULTURE GUIDE EVOLVER March and April 2020
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ANN-MARIE JAMES: ‘CHIEFTAIN 1’ Acrylic and 24ct gold leaf on board (160 x 110 cm, 2019) ARTIST’S STATEMENT: “In my practice I explore two main themes. One is the idea of change, of metamorphoses, of one thing turning into another. Change is a constant, and I am interested in the connectedness of all things, in a cultural conversation that stretches right back to antiquity and to ancient Greek and Roman myth in particular. The other is the idea of a connection, or dialogue, with art history via the use of found imagery and texts. I am interested in using the found to investigate my own responses to individual historical works, to the people that made them, and to their themes and origins.” ‘ALCHEMY’ Until 19 April: Poole Museum, 4 High Street, POOLE, BH15 1BW. Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm, Sunday 12noon - 4pm. 01202 262600 / poolemuseum.org.uk / annmariejames.co.uk.
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JOANNA LUMLEY SIMON PENNELL RANKIN: ALIVE - IN THE FACE OF DEATH A powerful exhibition of images by influential photographer “The whole process of them dying really confused me,” the Rankin sets out to explore and challenge our perceptions of photographer has said. “I didn’t know why I was so ill-prepared death. for what happened. That was the spark that started the whole Presented in collaboration with Forest Holme Hospice Charity in project off.” Poole, Alive - In The Face of Death, features a series of haunting Rather than focusing on death itself, the exhibition is a celebration monochrome ‘life mask’ portraits by Rankin of casts made from of life and diversity through work that explores the vitality and the faces of celebrities such as Robert De Niro, Arnold importance of living. As well as the images on show visitors will be Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery, Joanna Lumley, Jarvis Cocker and able to view the book of the original exhibition and leave their Holly Willoughby, as well as his wife Tuuli. own contributions on the gallery wall in words and pictures. Other images include Dr Simon Pennell, the Poole-based Rankin came to the fore as one of enfants terrible of Cool specialist palliative care doctor who worked with the Britannia. He co-founded Dazed and Confused magazine with photographer on the original exhibition in Liverpool’s Walker Jefferson Hack in 1992 and established himself as one of the Gallery in 2013, and photographs of professional mourners from leading photographers of his generation, shooting the likes of Ghana and colourful masks that invoke a more vibrant cultural Kate Moss, Heidi Klum, Madonna and David Bowie for understanding of death and dying in an echo of the Mexican Day publications such as Vogue, GQ and Marie Claire. of the Dead celebrations. The project was inspired by the death of Rankin’s parents - his 14 March - 16 May: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 mother Anne from lung cancer and father Roy from a heart attack 1UG. Monday - Saturday 10am - 9pm. 01202 280000 / - within three weeks of each other in 2005. lighthousepoole.co.uk.
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‘IMPRESSIONS ON PAPER’ Until 3 March David Simon Contemporary, 37 High Street Street, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7AW Monday - Saturday 10am - 5.30pm (Closed Wednesdays). 01963 359102 / davidsimoncontemporary.com. “Paintings by Peter Ceredig-Evans, linocut prints by Olivia Clifton-Bligh, watercolour with pen and ink by Lydia Corbett, linocut prints by Steven Hubbard, and acrylics and works in oil on paper by Bridget Mo.”ore ‘PRINTMAKERS OPEN’ Until 8 March The Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 10.30am - 4.30pm. lymebayarts.co.uk. “Prints by emerging and established printmakers from the Southwest.” BOURNEMOUTH BAY ART GROUP: ‘SPRING EXHIBITION’ Until 9 March The Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country Park, POOLE, BH17 7BJ. 10am - 4pm. bournemouthbayart.co.uk. Paintings and prints.
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‘THE WINTER VISITOR’ SALLY MCCLAREN: THE PASSAGE OF TIME Until 10 March “Sally McLaren is a landscape painter and printmaker living and working from her studio and surrounding Shaftesbury Arts Centre, 13 Bell Street, countryside on the borders of Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset. These different counties provide a varied and SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am - 4pm. 07730 400784 / 07713 277083 / similar but different landscape. Sally trained at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, the Central School of Art, shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk. “Paintings London and Atelier 17 in Paris and taught at Goldsmiths School of Art, London. She has exhibited worldwide and drawings by Nick Andrew, in the UK and abroad and her work is held in many Museums and private collections throughout the world. paintings on reclaimed wood by Tanya 28 March - 25 April: The Art Stable, CHILD OKEFORD, DT11 8HB. Thursday - Saturday 10am - 3pm. 01258 Hinton.” 863866 / theartstable.co.uk. Above: Nick Andrew ‘Winter Wylye, 20/01/20’ (Mixed media drawing) SARAH DUNCAN: ‘SYZYGY’ DAVID BROOKE: ‘MYSTERIOUS hauserwirth.com. “New and existing ‘LANDSCAPES: AN EXPLORATION’ Until 14 March ADVENTURES’ work by contemporary makers Jochen Until 12 March The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Until 15 March Holz and Belfast-based Derek Wilson.” The Hatch Gallery, 7a Church Street, CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 10am - 6pm. The Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis Christchur ch, BH 23 1BW. 10am - 4pm. ‘TREASURE PLANET’ 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. Museum, Bridge Street, LYME REGIS, 078118 58216 / landskip.co.uk. “Two Until 21 March DT7 3QA. Wednesday - Sunday 10am - Dorset artists showcase their latest ‘A SENSE OF PLACE’ Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, 4pm. lymebayarts.co.uk. “Distinctive work. Paul Lipscombe will be displaying Until 15 March BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. Tuesday - paintings that evoke mythology and photographs that capture some of the The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Saturday 10am - 4pm. 07818 257665 / folk tales.” many moods of the New Forest in Art Gallery, Queen Street, EXETER, EX4 artwey.co.uk. “Exploring the beauty winter, and Kevin Flynn’s oil and 3RX. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. ‘DIS/RUPT’ and intrinsic nature of the people, watercolour paintings mainly focus on exeter.gov.uk/RAMM. “Important works Until 21 March places, experiences and geology of the the New Forest and striking areas of from RAMM’s fine art collection from Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 13 Jurassic Coast. An eclectic show of the Dorset coastline.” the 18th century to the late 20th High Street, BRUTON, BA10 0AB. works by Artwey artists, encompassing century exploring the theme of place.” 10am - 4pm. 01749 814060 / diverse styles and media.”
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‘MARINER: A PAINTED SEA’ Until 21 March The Edge, University of Bath, BATH, BA2 7AY. Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm. edgearts.org. “Inspired by The Rime of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this exhibition looks at what connects us across history and the present, showcasing a series of new commissions and artworks that consider the contemporary resonance of the poem.” ‘SMALL WORLDS’ Until 21 March Ace Arts, Market Place, SOMERTON, TA11 7NB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01458 273008 / acearts.co.uk. “Interactive large scale sculptures known as ‘podules’ create excitement and intrigue within an imaginative space, enhanced by the work produced by Imagine Learn & Create artists.”
MA & OTHER POSTGRADUATES 2020 Until 21 March Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Street, BA16 0YD. Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm. atkinsongallery.co.uk. “A visual celebration of emerging contemporary artistic talent from universities across the UK.” Above: Darryn Sharpe ‘Original Sin’ (Oil and oil pastel, 2019) ‘SHING A LING’ ZANJIR AMAK MAHMOODIAN Until 22 March LEONARD GREEN: Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, BRISTOL, BS1 4QA. Tuesday - Saturda y 11am - IN SEARCH OF NORTHERN SOUL 6pm. arnolfini.org.uk. “Leonard Green employs drawing and markmaking to provide a rhythmic ‘dynamic’ in which colour is NICOLA BEALING: ‘THREE ACTS dominant. There are ‘accidental’ suggestions of figurative and organic forms which encourage a wider AND SEVEN SCENES’ personal engagement with the work and its interpretation, but fundamentally the work is pure abstraction - Until 28 March Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, non referential. The titles may conjour up images in the viewer’s mind but they are for contemplation only SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. Monday - rather than a narrative. They come from his passion for 1960s Northern Soul music, which has tremendous Saturday 10am - 3pm. 01722 320333. energy and sense of abandonment in a physical and romantic context, and which reflects his painting style.” “Painter and printmaker Nicola Bealing responds to the play ‘Blood Wedding’ 28 March - 2 May: Ace Arts, Market Place, SOMERTON, TA11 7NB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01458 by Federico Garcia Lorca.” 273008 / acearts.co.uk / leonar dgreenartist.com.
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DEAN AND HELEN MCLACHLAN Until 20 April Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Combe Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday - Sunday 8am - 8pm. 01225 824987 / artatruh.org. “Incredible wildlife photography.” ‘RETAIL AT THE TOWN MILL’ Until 23 April Town Mill Galleries, The Town Mill, Mill Lane, LYME REGIS, DT7 3PU. 11am - 4.30pm. townmill.org.uk. ANGELICA MESITI: ‘ASSEMBLY’ Until 26 April Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, BRISTOL, BS1 4QA. Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm. arnolfini.org.uk. OLD BAKERY ARTISTS Until 30 April Radstock Co-operative, 3 Wells Road, RADSTOCK, BA3 3RQ. Tuesday - Saturday 10.30am - 4.30pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. 07587 212921 / oldbakeryartists.co.uk. NOT VITAL: ‘SCARCH’ Until 4 May Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, BRUTON, BA10 0NL. 10am - 4pm. hauserwirth.com. PLAIN ARTS AND SALISBURY BRIAN RICE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT MUSEUM & ART GALLERY (Photograph by Matt Austin) GRO UP OF ARTISTS Until 18 May Salisbury Medical Practice, Fisherton BRIAN RICE: House, Wilton Road, SALISBURY, SP2 7FD. 8am - 8pm. 60 YEARS OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS salisburygroupofartists.co.uk / “In the 1960s Brian Rice was at the heart of the ground-breaking London art scene, part of the crowd of plainartssalisbury.co.uk. artists associated with the Royal College of Art such as David Hockney and Peter Blake. His abstract paintings from this period were influenced by the De Stiji group and European Constructivists of the 1920s and ‘30s. These formative London years from 1962 to 1978, strengthened Rice’s conviction in abstract work and saw his reputation grow.” Until 3 May: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Queen Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. 01392 265858 / exeter.gov.uk/RAMM.
‘LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND: THE ‘ALCHEMY’ ‘DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?’ ART OF TRISTRAM HILLIER’ Until 19 April Until 19 April RICHARD LONG: ‘BEING IN THE Until 18 April Poole Museum, 4 High Street, POOLE, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Queens MOMENT’ The Museum of Somerset, Taunton BH15 1BW. Monday - Saturday 10am - Road, BRISTOL, BS8 1RL. Tuesday - Until 23 May Castle, Castle Green, TAUNTON, TA1 4pm, Sunday 12noon - 4pm. 01202 Sunday 10am - 5pm. 0117 922 3571 / Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Dowell Street, 4AA. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 262600 / poolemuseum.org.uk. “A bristolmuseums.org.uk. “Over 200 HONITON, EX14 1LX. Tuesday - museumofsomerset.org.uk. compelling new exhibition inspired by fascinating objects and stories that Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01404 45006. “A touring exhibition from one of the most DAVE KING: ‘THEN & NOW’ objects from four museums. The reveal how magic has been used to influential artists of our time. From Until 19 April artworks, all in gold or white, were heal, hunt and harm across the world.” photography to sculpture, this The Shippon Gallery, Hook Farm, created by Ann-Marie James with ALAN BROOK exhibition captures Long’s personal way CHARDSTOCK, Axminster, EX13 7DD. techniques including painting, Until 20 April of being with nature.” Friday - Sunday 2 - 5pm. 01460 220021 printmaking and gilding. The works are Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals, / theshippongallery.com. “Recent and displayed alongside the objects that Combe Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday ‘BOB DYLAN LOUNGE’ earlier sculpture, prints and drawings inspired them. Poole Museum’s ‘Midas’ - Sunday 8am - 8pm. artatruh.org. 1 March - 30 April selected from 50 years of the artist’s series is based on a decorative head “Photographs recording a year’s Westover Gallery, 4 Westover Road, work, including two pieces exhibited at from a Roman wine glass.” See Exhibit journey through Mexico, Belize, Costa Bournemouth, BH1 2BY. 9am - 6pm. the 11th Biennale de Paris in 1980.” A, page 3. Rica and Columbia to name just a few!” 01202 297682 / westovergallery.co.uk.
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JENNY BARRON ‘STILL LIFE’ BY INVITATION: A SILVER CELEBRATION “Ilminster Arts Centre celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020, and is inaugurating this landmark year with an exhibition by some of the artists who have shown there over the years, and who have contributed to the success and reputation of the Arts Centre. Featuring work by a host of well-known local artists including Jenny Barron, Leo Davey, Diane Burnell, John Payne, and Linda Hampson, the show reflects the high standards of artistic endeavour that the Arts Centre has encouraged and promoted over the last twenty five years.” 2 - 21 March: Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, Large studio room on second floor, available to rent in busy ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday art building, The Millhouse, on the outskirts of Ilminster 9.30am - 2.30pm. 01460 54973 / themeetinghouse.org.uk. Available to share or as a whole
‘CUT AND DRY’ ‘BELTS TO BELLOWS - AND MUCH Restaurant and Art Gallery on same floor 3 - 17 March MORE IN BETWEEN’ Enquiries: [email protected] Town Mill Galleries, The Town Mill, Mill 3 - 31 March Lane, LYME REGIS, DT7 3PU. 11am - The Creative Gallery, St John’s Hill, or call Justin: 07980 946465 4.30pm. 01297 444042 / WAREHAM, BH20 4NB. Monday - townmill.org.uk. “Established and new Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01929 551700 / print makers.” creativegallerywareham.co.uk. “A WIMBORNE ART EXHIBITION varied display of items created in 3 - 19 April leather by Martin and Marie Little.” Walford Mill Crafts, Knobcrook Road, JOHN BOYD WIMBORNE MINSTER, BH2 INL. 6 March - 2 April Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Gallery On The Square, Queen Mother Sunday 11am - 4pm. Square, DORCHESTER, DT1 3BL. wimborneartclub.org.uk. “Original art Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm, work.” Sunday 11am - 4pm. 01305 213322 / gallerypoundbury.co.uk. New paintings.
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www.helensimpsonartist.co.uk a momentary suspension of movement
Sally McLaren 28 March - 25 April The Art Stable The passage of time Kelly Ross Fine Art Child Okeford Dorset DT11 8HB Thursday - Saturday 10am - 3pm 01258 863866 theartstable.co.uk
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NICKY CARVELL 6 March - 18 April Artwave West, Morcombelake, DT6 6DY. Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. artwavewest.com. “Abstract digital paintings.”
‘FIGURES AND FACES IV’ 7 - 21 March Andelli Art, Mendip House, Upper Breach, South Horrington, WELLS, BA5 3QG. Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm. 01749 572373 / andelliart.com. Above: David Storey ‘Into The Light II’ ‘THE ART OF SPRING’ 7 - 28 March Clifton Contemporary Art, 25 Portland Street, Clifton, BRISTOL, BS8 4JB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 0117 317 9713. “Work by Stephanie Axtell, Lynne Cartlidge, Maggie Matthews, and Sally Stafford.” WENDY ELIA 7 - 28 March Guggleton Farm Arts, Station Road, STALBRIDGE DT10 2RQ. Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 3pm. 01963 353456 / guggletonfarmarts.com. “Wendy’s portrait work confronts our voyeurism and asks questions about the female gaze and painting’s relationship to authenticity and illusion.” ‘THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF ARTISTIC LABOURERS’ 7 March - 3 April Shire Hall, High West Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1UY. Monday - SARA DUDMAN ‘THE IDEA OF A TREE STUDY 3’ Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01305 261849 / shirehalldorset.org. “Led by artist Simon Lee Dicker, 130 students from COLOURFUL FRIENDS Weymouth College explore the value of “There’s an image of the artist as a lonely, tortured soul (think Van Gogh, Sylvia Plath, Kurt Cobain). Certainly art through collaborative and cross making art can be a lonely activity, so it’s probably no surprise that when artists don’t find the right balance, it disciplinary practice.” can end in tragedy. So, although artists do need ‘discipline and time alone’ as Ingmar Bergman put it, GEORGE DANNATT (1915 - 2009): ‘A collaboration and friendships are also key. Artists need a supportive network for sharing and testing ideas, for RETROSPECTIVE’ boosting them when morale is low, for grounding them when they’re flying too high - and frankly, for just 7 March - 28 April chilling. This exhibition features compelling contemporary work in painting and print making by a group of David Simon Contemporary, 37 High artist friends who live in and around Taunton. Liz Hood, Jane Brossard, Janet Glynn Smith, Lizzie Induni, Street Street, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7AW Monday - Saturday 10am - 5.30pm Rossanne Lee-Bertram, and Elizabeth Earley celebrate creativity and the power of friendship.” (Closed Wednesdays). 01963 359102 / 31 March - 11 April: CICCIC, Paul Street, TAUNTON, TA1 3PF. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm. 01823 davidsimoncontemporary.com. 337477 / creativeinnovationcentre.co.uk.
EVOLVER PRIZE 2020 FIRST PRIZE £1,000 WENDY ELIA + EVOLVER 118 FRONT COVER GUGGLETON FARM ARTS 7 - 28 March See page 35 Tues - Sat 11am - 3pm Station Road, STALBRIDGE, Dorset DT10 2RQ guggletonfarmarts.com EVOLVER evolvermagazine
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‘SEA CHANGE’ ‘ST IVES: MOVEMENTS IN ART AND 9 - 14 March LIFE’ Taunton Library, Paul Street, 14 March - 24 May TAUNTON, TA1 3XZ. 9.30am - 5pm Royal West of England Academy, (Wednesdays 9.30am - 7pm). 03001 Queen’s Road, Clifton, BRISTOL, BS8 232224 / somersetwlc.co.uk. “Paintings 1PX. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - and words developed through a series 5.30pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. £7.95 / of art workshops for Somerset £6.75. rwa.org.uk. “Discover how in Recovery College by artists Annie 1939 St Ives became a temporary home Musgrove and Ann Chester King.” to some of Britain’s most forward- ‘INFOURMATION’ thinking abstract artists fleeing the 12 - 25 March dangers of the Second World War.” The Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, 3 ARTISTS: ‘STUDIO SALE’ SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 15 March 10.30 - 4.30pm. lymebayarts.co.uk. Red Barn Studios, Hemlock Farm, “Recent work by Michael Chappell, WEST CHELBOROUGH, near Evershot, Tracy Linwood, Kathy Hallsworth, and DT2 0PY. 10.30am - 4pm. 07788 Charles Hallsworth.” 523897. “Work by Esther Jeanes, ‘OPTIC NERVE’ Malcolm Giladjian, and Claudia 13 - 23 March Dharamshi.” The Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country ‘WHERE THE MIST RISES’ Park, Poole Road, POOLE, BH17 7BJ. 19 March - 28 April 10am - 4pm. thegalleryupstairs.org.uk. The Rotunda Gallery, Lyme Regis “Paintings by Pam Marshall, Jane Museum, DT7 3QA. Wednesday - Collins, and Sally Holland.” Sunday 10am - 4pm. 01297 443370. THE PAYNE’S GREY SOCIETY “Lyme Bay Artist Annie Ward exhibits 14 - 20 March her latest abstract paintings basedn o The Studio, First View Gallery, Spread her research into satellite photographs Eagle Courtyard, STOURHEAD, BA12 and historic maps of the Dorset 6QE. 11am - 5pm. 01747 840747. coastline.” “Watercolour paintings.” ‘A CELEBRATION OF LAND, SEA AND SKYSCAPES’ 20 March - 2 April Hayloft Gallery, 14 Wick Lane, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1 HX. 10am - 4pm. 07921 227514. Photographs.
SERENA CURMI: ‘UNCHARTED’ ‘IMPERIAL CROWN’ 14 March - 18 April Hybrid Gallery, 51 High Street, HELEN SIMPSON: Honiton, EX14 1PW. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. hybrid-devon.co.uk. PETAL POISE “Serena’s paintings embrace the “East Lambrook Manor Gardens is hosting Helen’s first solo exhibition passage of time, nostalgia and a wistful look at other lands.” in three years and her first in Somerset. A very appro priate place for her RUTH ANDER pastel and oil paintings as many of the plants that inspire her work and 20 March - 10 May WILHELMINA BARNS-GRAHAM: Tincleton Gallery, The Old School ‘INSPIRATIONAL JOURNEYS’ which she has spent many hours of her life staring into grow in this very House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, 14 March - 24 May special garden. Helen’s paintings are no ordinary views of flowers. They DT2 8QR. Friday - Monday 10am - Royal West of England Academy, are well observed, beautifully drawn but not immediately recognisable. 5pm. tincletongallery.com. “Water, light Queen’s Road, Clifton, BRISTOL, BS8 This is partly due to their enlarged scale, but mainly because Helen and vapour are the three elements that 1PX. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - wants to draw you into the silent drama and inherent energy in the inspire Ruth Ander. Her technique is 5.30pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm. £7.95 / cycle of plant life.” perfectly suited to expressing these £6.75. rwa.org.uk. “This exhibition inspirations in delicate, translucent explores the work of Wilhelmina Barns- 28 April - 31 May: Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook Manor Gardens, drifts of colour on fine tissue paper and Graham, a prominent member of the St Silver Street, EAST LAMBROOK, South Petherton, TA13 5HH. Tuesday - traditional hand-made Japanese Ives group and one of Britain’s most Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 10am - 5pm. 01460 240328 / paper.” significant 20th century artists.” helensimpsonartist.co.uk.
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A wonderful variety of work in an inspiring location Open every Saturday 11 - 4 Then Monday to Saturday from 23rd March Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Dorset BH20 5JF boilerhousegallery.co.uk Don’t miss our Easter Arty Bazaar - check website for details
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STORMZY MUSIC, MUD, MAYHEM “An exhibition bringing together photographs of the iconic festival during the years from 1997 to the present day. The images have been captured by the Somerset-based photographer Jason Bryant, who has chosen his personal favourites for this special exhibition marking the festival’s 50th anniversary.” 4 April - 28 June: Somerset Rural Life Museum, Chilkwell Street, GLASTONBURY, B A6 8DB. Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. £7.50 / £5.95 / £3.50. 01458 831197 / srlm.org.uk.
‘ABOUT TREES’ ‘NORMAN AT 90’ 21 March - 17 April 28 March - 8 April Heritage Courtyard Gallery and The Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, Studios, 6 Heritage Courtyard, Sadler SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. Street, Wells, BA5 2RR. Tuesday - 10.30 - 4.30pm . lymebayarts.co.uk. “A Saturday 10am - 4pm. 07974 255016. solo exhibition of work by Dorset artist “This exhibition is in honour and Norman Saunders-White, ranging from celebration of trees. Celebrate with us naturalistic to abstract.” and our talented West Country artists ROSE HATCHER: ‘HIGH FIBRE’ at the awakening of spring.” 1 - 30 April THE TEXTILE SET: ‘THE NATURAL The Creative Gallery, St John’s Hill, WORLD - MAN’S IMPACT’ WAREHAM, BH20 4NB. Monday - 23 March - 11 April Saturday 10am - 5pm. 01929 551700. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting “Using wool and silk, Rose spins, House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 manipulates, felts and bonds fibres to 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - create rich, soft and textural 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. landscapes, jewel-bright lustrous flower 01460 54973. pictures and bold jewellery.” SHARON O’BRIEN ‘BRAVE ART 13’ 23 March - 11 April 2 - 13 April Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting The Gallery Upstairs, Upton Country House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 Park, POOLE, BH17 7BJ. 10am - 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm. thegalleryupstairs.org.uk. 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. “Close to 200 art works from members 01460 54973. Paintings. of the East Dorset Brave Art Society.” ‘SPIRIT AND ENDEAVOUR’ ‘EXPANSE’ 25 March - 25 October 3 - 25 April Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Salisbury A2 Gallery, 80 High Street, WELLS, BA5 SP1 2EJ. Monday - Saturday 9am - 2AJ. Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm. 5pm, Sunday 12noon - 4pm. 01749 674849 / a2gallery.co.uk. “Anna salisburycathedral.org.uk. Francis and Tara Vignoles both explore “Contemporary art by notable artists land scape. Tara creates emotional, celebrating the 800th anniversary of expressive responses through oil, whilst the laying of the foundation stone.” Anna operates with delicacy and ‘ARTISTS @ ST ALGAR’S’ precision mapping the land using 27 - 29 March digital and traditional media.” St Algar’s Barn, WEST WOODLANDS, ‘DIASPORA’ near Frome, BA11 5ER. Friday 6 - 8pm, 3 April - 9 May Saturday and Sunday 11am - 4pm. Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, 07817 192008. “New work by Emma SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. Monday - Housley, Katy Crabbe, Amanda Bee, Saturday 10am - 3pm. 01722 320333 / Steve Cobbin, and Caroli ne Le Vine.” wiltshirecreative.co.uk. “This ground- ‘EXILE: A MIND IN WINTER’ breaking exhibition brings together 27 March - 2 May artists and makers of African / Allsop Gallery, Bridport Arts Centre, 9 Caribbe an heritage to showcase their South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. work, not previously seen in Salisbury.” bridport-arts.com. Tuesday - Saturday ‘6 BRIDPORT ARTISTS’ 10am - 4pm. “Cedoux Kadima, Robert 4 - 19 April Golden and Ricky Romain present an Eype Centre for the Arts, St Peter's exhibition about the social and Church, Mount Lane, EYPE, Bridport, personal impact of alienation.” DT6 6AR. 10.30am - 4.30pm. 07443
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516141. “Original paintings, textiles and sculpture by Marion Taylor, John Boyd, Sally Derrick, Wendy Hermelin, Sophie Sharp, and Charlotte Miller.” ‘URBAN SPACES’ 4 - 19 April The Old Labour Hall, 2 West Walks, DORCHESTER, DT1 1RE. 11am - 4.30pm (Closed 6 and 7 April). 01305 260215. “Eleven members of Wesca (Wessex Contemporary Art) respond to the theme of ‘urban spaces’, each in their own special way.”
PHILIP WINSTONE AND DEBRA SWEENEY: ‘LANDMARKS’ 4 April - 10 May Gallery On The Square, Queen Mother Square, DORCHESTER, DT1 3BL. Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm. 01305 213322 / ‘THE SOMERSET LEVELS AT DUSK’ (Gelatin silver print, 35 x 51.2 cm, 1998) gallerypoundbury.co.uk. Paintings. © Don McCullin, courtesy of the photographer and Hauser & Wirth ‘HIGH FIVE’ 4 April - 17 May DON MCCULLIN: THE STILLNESS OF LIFE The Whittox Gallery, Whittox Lane, A life, like a black and white photograph, is made up of light and shadows. And legendary photojournalist Frome, BA11 3BY. Tuesday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am - Don McCullin has experienced more dark days than most people during his 84 years on earth. Regarded as 5pm. 07712 523734 / mount-art.co.uk. one of the most accomplished war photographers of all time, Sir Don McCullin CBE has spent decades “High Five celebrates Mount’s 5th travelling the globe, recording harrowing scenes of conflict. Now the man behind some of the most impactful birthday and the re-opening of The photographs of the last 60 years is presenting a more soothing set of images to the world, with an exhibition Whittox Gallery. The exhibition brings in his home county of Somerset. This exhibition is a celebration of McCullin's lesser-known landscapes, many together five artists, Amanda Bee, Gary of them taken near the house he shares with his wife, Catherine, and family. Cook, Jamie Gallagher, Dan Morley, and Miriam Sheppard.” "We've had phenomenal visitor figures," said Alice Workman, senior director of Hauser & Wirth Somerset. ‘SPRING EXHIBITION’ Speaking to Evolver soon after the exhibition opened this year, Alice reported that nearly 1,000 people had 6 April - 11 May arrived at the gallery on one Saturday, just before Storm Ciara swept in. It seems appropriate that McCullin's Churchgate Gallery, High Street, 60-plus black and white landscapes are on display at this bleak and blustery time of year. PORLOCK, TA24 8PT. Monday - In a Hauser & Wirth promotional video for the exhibition, McCullin said he prefers to capture landscapes in Saturday 10.30am - 5.30pm. 01643 winter, when nature is at its most raw. “When you see a tree naked you're seeing the real person. It's telling 862238 / churchgategallery.co.uk. you all about its strength, its character, its struggle against the elements, its age, all kinds of stuff," he said. “Contemporary artwork by Tess Armitage, Ann Farley, Lucy Large, Joe He also talked about feeling at peace within the local landscape. "I've been to hundreds of places in this Lawrence, Anne Mortimer, Ley Roberts, world... and it all comes back to here. I think it's become a spiritual home for me.” Born in London, McCullin Daniel Williams, Sarah Woolfendon, first came to Somerset as a child evacuee during the Blitz. A place of safety then, the countryside fulfils the and Sarah Raphael Balme.” same function for him today. As well as Somerset scenes, the exhibition includes McCullin's work from ‘ART ON WAREHAM QUAY’ Scotland and wider travels. 7 - 9 April Emma Pittard Wareham Quay, South Street, WAREHAM, BH20 4LR. 11am - 5pm. Until 4 May: Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Durslade Farm, Dropping Lane, BRUTON, BA10 0NL. 10am - 4pm. 07889 247981. “Work by local artists.” 01749 814060 / hauserwirth.com.
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ALEX LOWERY ‘PORTLAND 151’ (Oil on canvas, 55 x 140 cm, 2019) LAND USE Alex Lowery’s recent paintings reach further afield with new colours and of a form. With the help of his son, the potter Reuben Batterham, new energy. Paintings of river estuaries, bridges and buildings in Richard has decided to release a good number of these pots, some from Barnstaple and Topsham add to Alex Lowery’s vocabulary of subject the final firings of Richard’s kiln which Richard managed last year with matter refreshing also the Portland and West Bay paintings so many of Reuben, and some dating back as far as the 1960s. us know and love. His subtle and surprising colour combinations, The furniture of Petter Southall completes the exhibition of understated dramatic tonal differences and the manmade structures set against superb examples of craftsmanship, art and design. Made with luminous sky and water work their magic as ever. uncompromising workmanship and a flawless eye for detailing, Petter Acclaimed as the foremost living maker of domestic stoneware in the Southall’s furniture and his larger garden structures, are a joy to look at world, Richard Batterham is very sadly not now able to throw more pots. and to use. However, throughout his long career, he has put aside pots in a private collection which he used for his own reference and as a record of his 7 March - 26 April: Sladers Yard, WEST BAY, Bridport, DT6 4EL. work. Some he chose because they marked a significant development Monday - Saturday 10am - 4.30pm, Sunday and Bank Holidays 10am - that he wanted to replicate and others because they were ideal versions 3pm. 01308 482464 / sladersyard.co.uk.
THE SHAFTESBURY GROUP ART ‘WALKING THE LAND’ THE SOUTH WEST TEXTILE GROUP: FAIR 14 April - 2 May ‘WASTED’ 10 April Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 23 April - 30 May The Town Hall, High Street, House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8LY. 10am - 4pm. 0AN. Monday - Friday 9.30am - CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 10am - 6pm. 01747 850761. “Affordable, 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. contemporary fine art.” 01460 54973. “Three artists explore ST GEORGE’S STUDIOS OPEN DAY CLEVEDON ART CLUB landscape in paint, glass and ceramics.” 25 April 10 - 13 April CAM VALLEY ARTS St George’s Studios, St George’s Science Atrium Clevedon School, Valley 18 April Centre, Reforne, PORTLAND, DT5 Road, CLEVEDON, BS21 6AH. 10.30am Conygre Hall, North Road, TIMSBURY, 2AN. 10.30am - 4.30pm. 07528 - 5.30pm. clevedonartclub.co.uk. BA2 0JQ. 11am - 5pm. 07763 218176. 471611. “Work by Tiffany Scull, Ian ‘CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS’ “Spring exhibition and sale.” Baird, and Caro Lester.” ‘GROUND’ 11 April - 5 May 11 April The Gallery, Symondsbury Estate, ‘PRINT 5’ JOSH HOLLINGSHEAD Hours, 10 Colston Yard, BRISTOL, BS1 SYMONDSBURY, Bridport, DT6 6HG. 20 - 26 April 30 April - 17 May 5BD. 11am - 5pm. 07766 054659. 10.30 - 4.30pm. lymebayarts.co.uk. Somarton Gallery, 1 West Street, Durlston Foundation Gallery, Durlston “Clouds, rain and sun race across “The best of modern crafts made in the SOMERTON, TA11 7PS. 10am - 5pm. Castle Country Park, SWANAGE, BH19 deeply textured broken landscapes.” South West.” 07807 855933. 2JL. 10am - 5pm. 01929 424443.
SOMERSET ART WEEKS 2020 CALL TO SOMERSET ARTISTS REGISTRATION NOW OPEN SOMERSET DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2020 Somerset Open Studios 2020 showcases the work of OPEN Somerset Art Works Members in a range of private and pop up workspaces across the county - celebrating the STUDIOS source of art, making, design and craft in Somerset. 19 SEPTEMBER - 4 OCTOBER somersetartworks.org.uk
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Work in progress by Greta Berlin gretaberlinsculpture.com The West Dorset Walkers Welcome project is part of the Dorset Coastal Connections portfolio and funded by the Coastal Communities Fund. Curated by the Arts Development Company and Dorset Council’s Countryside & Greenspace Team Photograph by Pete Millson
# A R T # M U S I C # # C R A F T S CAFE themeetinghouse.org.uk BY INVITATION: A SILVER CELEBRATION 2 - 21 MARCH Invitation exhibition marking 25 years of Ilminster Arts Centre THE NATURAL WORLD: MAN’S IMPACT 23 MARCH - 11 APRIL Exploration of environmental and extinction issues by Textile Set
A compelling new Poole Museum contemporary art exhibition 4 High Street, Poole inspired by objects from Dorset BH15 1BW four museums Until 19 April
The artworks, all in gold or white, were created by Ann-Marie James with techniques including drawing, painting, printmaking and gilding. The works are displayed alongside the objects that inspired them. Pictured is the Chieftain series from Wiltshire Museum’s Bronze Age Bush Barrow lozenge. The artworks are for sale and a share of the proceeds will go to Wessex Museums. For information email [email protected] Wessex Museums Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1171104
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first time I have ever felt the need to describe what an artist was wearing when I interviewed them! In describing his outfit he connected the gentility of this ‘lady’ with what he saw as characterising ‘pottery’ at the time. His choice of apparel projects a particular image, which blurs the distinction between his persona and his work. For Grayson Perry a pot had no pretensions to be anything other than a plate or a vase - it is steeped in domesticity. By retaining this quality he subverts the craft element of his art. In his catalogue essay for the exhibition Towards a pre-history of Grayson Perry, Andrew Wilson draws an analogy between Perry dressing as a woman, but not wanting to be a woman and his use of the language of craft, but not wanting to be to be a craftsperson.
Perry’s identity as an artist is extremely important to him. Despite describing himself as a ‘transvestite potter’, when he won the Turner Prize, he will never allow anyone to photograph him sitting at a GRAYSON PERRY potter’s wheel because he does not want Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years at acquisitions. However following a national to be labeled as a potter. the Holburne Museum in Bath brings appeal in 2018 over seventy works were In the 1980s craft was a second-class together Perry’s earliest works made sourced from private lenders. activity. He chose pottery because of its before he became a household name. Walking into the exhibition the day before “inoffensiveness and the exquisiteness of Few records remain from the fringe it opened was an emotional moment for its history. It is humble, benign and friendly galleries where he showed before he was Perry. Seeing these old friends for the first - police never raided a pottery show!” He approached by the Anthony D’Offay time in over thirty years “was like revisiting says people tend to say “that’s a nice pot”, gallery in 1994. Most of the works at The my former self”. He, or perhaps his alter committing themselves before they spot Holburne are in private collections, a ego Claire, had dressed as “a 1980s lady the terrorists, the violence and sexual notoriously difficult area for curators pottery teacher” - layered frock, red tights, fetishes. His imagery runs counter to the because there is no register of private ballet pumps and a skull necklace. It is the history of ceramics. He has always used
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text in his work, initially because he thought that reading text would force people to spend longer looking and then see other things: the humour, the irreverence and his fantasy life. Grayson sold his first pot in 1984 and in the first years following his graduation he attended evening classes in London. He says it was the cheapest way to make pots. “You made your pot and paid for it by weight at 20p a pound!” He attended these classes for several years even surviving a move by other students to remove him because he was making ‘offensive’ pots. There are eighty pots in the Holburne show, roughly the same number that he was making a year then. Now he makes around a dozen and they are much bigger and meticulously planned. These early works have a raw energ y and immediacy partly because he made them by drawing directly into the clay. They were both his preparatory studies and his finished work and he was not only working out his ideas he was laying his demons. He used to do a lot of his planning in sketchbooks though they pre-date the pots in the show. His sketchbooks are dense, detailed, heavily worked in colour and ink on both sides of the page. “They are works of art in themselves,” he says, and there are only about twenty in existence. Grayson winning the Turner Prize threw all of the ideas about pottery on its head. It outraged different groups of people for different reasons: the elevation of ‘craft’ to the status of art and the shock factor of the content. His work is about class, sex, ‘CLAIRE AS A SOLDIER’ annihilating preconceptions and being subversive. Significantly wh en talking about making the heads that are in the show, he said that they turned out to be GRAYSON PERRY: best sellers but he got bored of making ‘THE PRE-THERAPY YEARS’ them. He is always moving on but Until 25 May: Holburne Museum, Great everything he does is grounded in who he Pulteney Street, BATH, BA2 4DB. Monday is - his art and his life are inextricably - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - entwined. 5pm. £12.50 / £7. 01225 388569 holburne.org Fiona Robinson Portrait photographs by Cameron Reed
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MILL FARM When you live and work on a farm, business is traditionally a Located on the banks of the River Yeo at Bradford Abbas, this is a family affair. And so it is for Mark O’Reilly, wife Anne, his daughter picturesque spot perfectly suited to residential recording, and Amelia and son-in-law Ray Thomson, who run Mill Farm near accommodation is available. Sherborne in Dorset. Former Cavalry officer Mark, now 66, bought Mill Farm in 2014 Formerly a dairy farm, it remains a bustling centre of activity but and has been keeping builders busy ever since. The music studio cows are no longer the stars of the show. Today milk production is the beating heart of an impressive new complex - which also has been replaced by music pro duction! Modern-day Mill Farm is contains a venue space and art gallery - built in the footprint of an home to alpacas, miniature sheep, chickens, ducks, bees, dogs old Dutch barn. and tortoises (when they wake up) - and a top-of-the-range In the beginning, Mark’s intention was to build a home for his recording studio. huge collection of instruments, away from the main house. Playing “We decided to make something awesome,” explained Tom in a covers band called Who Let The Ducks Out? with Anne and Jobling, 30, producer, engineer and manager of the music studio Tom, he is passionate about guitars and loves buying them. His that opened its barn doors a year ago. The team uses a Slate collection includes one signed by American folk singer-songwriter Digital Raven MTi production console, Neve and SSL pr eamps and Arlo Guthrie and a bespoke 12-string green acoustic. “I love Drawmer channel strips, to provide a high-quality recording anything green. I’m a bit Irish,” he said, by way of explanation. experience. For a man who’s been through boarding school and a military “When we put in this equipment a year ago, it was state-of-the- career, he’s surprisingly disinterested in rules. “I’m not a hippie art, the newest Raven desk,” enthused Tom. “It’s all streamlined. but I love the spirit,” he told Evolver. The drum kit is always going to be mic’d up, the guitars are In theory, at least, if you’re staying at Mill Farm and feel inspired always going to be tuned. Someone who came here said: ‘I didn’t in the middle of the night you can go to the recording studio to even know I was recording’!” make music with one of Mark’s guita rs. “You can stagger across in The facility has been hired by all manner of performers from a your pyjamas. I can pick up a guitar at 3am and bring it over for ladies’ choir who dressed in purple and sang Abba songs for you,” he said. “I’m not precious about them!”. charity to Southampton rock band, Subdued. Tom’s own folk-rock Emma Pittard group, Sorry About Shaun, recorded their latest EP Summer in the studio. It has also been used for BBC voiceover work. millfarmdorset.com
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BSO: ‘GLORIOUS HANDEL’ 4 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Laurence Cummings conducts as Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Handel’s Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Dixit Dominus and Zadok the Priest as well as Spring and Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.” LEE AINLEY’S BLUES STORM + MOONBEAMS + ETHEREAL + THE ELEVATED 4 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. THE CHURCHFITTERS 5 March Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £13 / £11. 01305 266926. “Three virtuoso musicians on a stage that bristles with instruments, performing heart- wrenching vocals and infectious rhythms. A folk band like no other.” KIT HAWES & AARON CATLOW 5 March Village Hall, MELBURY OSMOND, DT2 0LS. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 0193 5 83453 / artsreach.co.uk. “Best known as the virtuoso guitar and fiddle players from the band Sheelanagig, Kit Hawes and Aaron Catlow draw on their many influences to created unique NICHOLAS MCCARTHY arrangements of traditional music, as “Nicholas McCarthy was born in 1989 without his right hand and only began to play the piano at the age of 14 after being well as their own compositions.” inspired by hearing a friend play Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata. Having once been told that he would never succeed as a concert pianist, Nicholas was not discouraged and went on to study at the prestigious Royal College of Music in London. His graduation in July 2012 drew press headlines around the world, being the only one-handed pianist to graduate from the Royal College of Music in its 130 year history. Nicholas is a champion of the ‘left hand alone’ repertoire, which first came to prominence in the early 19th century and developed rapidly following the First World War as a result of the many injuries suffered by musicians on the battlefield.” 5 March: The Met hodist Church, 7 The Avenue, MINEHEAD, TA24 5AY. 6.45pm. £15. 01643 706430 / concertsinthewest.org. 6 March: Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11.15am. £12. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. 6 March: Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. 6.45pm. £15. 01460 54973 / themeetinghouse.org.uk. 7 March: Centre for Young Musicians Taunton, Richard Huish College, South Road, TAUNTON, TA1 3DZ. 11.45am. Free entry. EWAN MCLENNAN 07754 217993 / cymtaunton.org.uk. 6 March 7 March: The Dance House, Gouldsbrook View, North Street, CREWKERNE, TA18 7AL. 6.45pm. £15. 01460 75928 / Village Pump, The Lamb, Mortimer helmtickets.com / concertsinthewest.org. Street, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8BN. 8pm. £10. 07941 611262 / villagepump.org.uk. “Brilliant guitarist, JULIAN PHILLIPS KIT HAWES & AARON CATLOW LUCY PARHAM WITH HENRY singer and songwriter, for whom social 6 March 6 March GOODMAN justice is a burning issue.” Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 7 March BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 8pm. £10. 01308 CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm . £12 / Corn Exchange, High East Street, SPRING CEILIDH 424204 / bridport-arts.com. “Boogie £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £24 / 6 March woogie and acoustic blues.” See 5 March. £22. 01305 266926 / The Tithe Barn, Manor Yard, Mill Lane, dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Lucy Parham SYMONDSBURY, DT6 6HG. 7.30pm. ZOE RAHMAN QUARTET KIT HAWES & AARON CATLOW (piano) and Henry Goodman (narrator) £10. 07796 000205. “No partner 6 March 7 March chronicle the life of composer and needed, just comfy shoes. Music from Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Village Hall, BRIANTSPUDDLE, DT2 pianist Rachmaninoff.” Mitchell and Vincent, with caller Olive BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / 7HT. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01929 471002 / Mitchell, interval music from Elfentale.” lighthousepoole.co.uk. Jazz. artsreach.co.uk. See 5 March.
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THUMPER “Raucous and frenzied pop and grunge.” 3 March: The Anvil, 15 Holdenhurst Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH8 8EH. 7pm. £7. 01202 295898. 4 March: Crofters Rights, 117 - 119 Stokes Croft, BRISTOL, BS1 3RW. 7pm. £8. 0117 231 0079.
THE CHURCHFITTERS THE CAJUN ROOSTERS TRIO 7 March 12 March Village Hall, Haycrafts Lane, Harmans Village Hall, SANDFORD ORCAS, DT9 Cross, SWANAGE, BH19 3EB. 7.15pm. 4RX. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01963 220208 / £13. 01929 289209. See 5 March. artsreach.co.uk. “With original BSO: ‘HOLLYWOOD HEAD TO arrangements and self-penned songs, HEAD’ the Cajun Roosters Trio take the music 7 March of the Louisiana swamplands into fresh Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, territories, creating a sound that’s BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. uniquely their own.” “Classic soundtracks from the gifted THE OLD MALT HOUSE JAZZ BAND pens of Hans Zimmer and John 12 March EVOLVER PRIZE 2020 Williams, including Star Wars, Batman Martock Church, Church Street, Begins, Inception and Jurassic Park.” MARTOCK, TA12 6JL. 7.30pm. £10 / RATTLE ON THE STOVEPIPE £9. 01935 829576. FIRST PRIZE 8 March PHIL BEER The King William, Barn Street, 13 March CREWKERNE, TA18 8BP. 7.30pm. £10. Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, 07877 206124. “Dave Arthur, Pete BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £15. Cooper and Dan Stewart play British, bridport-arts.com. “Phil has been busily Irish and Appalachian songs on fiddle, engaged in fin ishing a large number of £1,000 banjos, melodeon and guitars.” recordings to make up a definitive box + EVOLVER 118 FRONT COVER KIT HAWES & AARON CATLOW set of songs from the last 40 years.” 8 March ‘WHEN LOUIS MET BIX’ Village Hall, CHILD OKEFORD, DT11 13 March See page 35 8EX. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01258 861621 / Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting artsreach.co.uk. See 5 March. House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 ROSALIND VENTRIS AND ARIANA 0AN. 8pm. £22. 01460 54973. Jazz. KASHEFI THE CAJUN ROOSTERS TRIO EVOLVER 8 March 13 March Rook Lane Chapel, Bath Street, Comrades Hall, BROADWINDSOR, DT8 FROME, BA11 1DN. 10.45am. £13. 3QP. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01308 867252 / fromeconcertsgroup.org. “Fabulous artsreach.co.uk. See 13 March. soloists performing, as a duo, a wide NEW VINYL AND CDS range of repertoire for viola and cello.” INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES KNIGHT & SPIERS INSTRUMENT REPAIRS 11 March GIFTS The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 33A SOUTH STREET CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £15 / BRIDPORT DT6 3NY £14. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. BRIDPORTMUSICCENTRE.CO.UK “An evening of improvisation and 01308 455660 invention of mysterious tunes with legendary violinist Peter Knight and ex- Bellowhead member John Spiers.” THE LEYLINES + NASTY STEVE KNIGHTLEY FISHMONGER + EDD BLEACH VINYL • CD • DVD • AND MORE! 12 March 14 March OFFICIAL Corn Exchange, High East Street, LOADS OF The Old Ship Inn, High West Street, RECORD DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £20. DORCHESTER, DT1 1UW. 7.30pm. £12 phoenix INDIE 01305 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk. STORE / £10. fuelledbycider.com. EXCLUSIVES RETAILER sound KNIGHT & SPIERS MELOS SAXOPHONE QUARTET 12 March QUEEN STREET, NEWTON ABBOT, DEVON TQ12 2AQ 14 March Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME phoenixsound.co.uk • [email protected] Centre for Young Musicians, Richard REGIS, DT7 3QA. 7.30pm. £22 / 01626 334942 • Friend us on facebook Huish College, South Road, TAUNTON, £18.50. 01297 442394. See 11 March. TA1 3DZ. 12noon. 07754 217993.
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ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL 14 March Number 10, 10 East Street, BRIDPORT, DT3 3LF. 12.30pm. 01308 420032. “Jazz, blues, roots and originals.” THE NEIL MAYA QUARTET: ‘THE BRUBECK PROJECT’ 14 March Village Hall, CHARMOUTH, DT6 6QT 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 07967 759135. Jazz. THE CAJUN ROOSTERS TRIO 14 March Memorial Hall, STURMINSTER MARSHALL, BH21 4BQ. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 07903 057427. See 13 March. DAMIAN CLARKE + HUMSTRUM 1 4 March St Mary’s Church, TEMPLECOMBE, BA8 0HQ. 7.30pm. £8. 07773 128885 / damianclarke.co.uk. “Damian plays and sings with two unusual instruments, the ancient hammer dulcimer and the medieval hurdy gurdy. The music is linked to exhibited paintings, with spoken word pieces.” THE CAJUN ROOSTERS TRIO 15 March Village Hall, ASHMORE, SP5 5AQ. 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01747 811364 / DISPATCHES ON THE RED DRESS artsreach.co.uk. See 13 March. Dispatches on The Red Dress is a deeply connecting musical essay, uniquely presented in song, poetry, fiddle BSO: ‘ELEKTRA’ 18 March music and storytelling by twice-BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner, Rowan Rheingans. The show centres around Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Rowan’s German grandmother's stories from her youth in 1940s Germany, using one true story to explore a BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. rich tapestry of themes including: memory, trauma-recovery, waltzes, fascism, history, handicraft, identity, folk- “Kirill Karabits conducts Richard song and bird-song, family and war. It is at once an urgent and very relevant anti-war piece, which questions Strauss’ once controversial opera noted our collective handling of 'dark histories' in the present day political climate, as well as an uplifting and for its study of pathological hatred and poignant celebration of small acts of resistance, transformation, human empathy and hope. self-perpetuating violence.” 31 March: Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £12. 01308 424204 / ARTSREACH 30TH ANNIVERSARY CEILIDH bridport-arts.com. 20 March Ashton Barn, MARTINSTOWN, DT2 MARTIN HARLEY MINIMA: ‘NOSFERATU’ 9HA. 7.30pm. £18. 01305 269512 / 20 March 21 March artsreach.co.uk. “Step into spring and Corn Exchange, High East Street, Village Hall, STUDLAND, BH19 3AE. enjoy a night of dancing to toe-tapping DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £15 / 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01929 450204 / tunes brought to you by an energetic £13. dorchesterarts.org.uk. artsreach.co.uk. “This screening of the band of musicians on strings, wind and CHRIS WALKER & THE PEDIGREE original 1922 film will feature a new percussion. Caller Angela Laycock will JAZZ BAND music score performed live by guide us through some traditional 20 March acclaimed soundscapers Minima.” dances in this celebratory ceilidh, as we St Mary’s Church, Holyrood Street, ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION celebrate 30 years of Artsreach Chard, TA20 2DN. 6pm. £12.50. 01460 23 March entertaining rural communities across 67797 / chard.rotary1200.org. Dean Park Inn, 41 Wimborne Road, Dorset. Tickets include a tasty supper THE JACQUES ROB LUFT QUINTET BOURNEMOUTH, BH2 6NB. 8.30pm. of local fayre by Dike & Son of 21 March 01202 552941. See 14 March. Stalbridge.” 20 March Zed Alley, Host Street, BRISTOL, BS1 Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 4UA. 7pm. £7.50. 07923 827352. BSO: ‘ARABIAN NIGHTS’ BRANCO STOYSIN BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Jazz. 25 March 20 March CYMT LARGE ENSEMBLES Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting ANDY EASTWOOD AND FRIENDS 21 March 21 March BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 Centre for Young Musicians, Richard lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Rachmaninov’s 0AN. 7.30pm. £14. 01460 54973 / Princess Theatre, Princess Street, Huish College, South Road, TAUNTON, BURNHAM-ON-SEA, TA8 1EH. 8pm. Third Piano Concerto and themeetinghouse.org.uk. “World music TA1 3DZ. 1pm. Free entry. 07754 Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov.” from Serbian guitar maestro.” £15. 01278 784464. 21 7993 / cymtaunton.org.uk.
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NORIKO OGAWA JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS 25 March GARRICK Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, 29 March BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £15 / £13.50 / £12. Village Hall, DRIMPTON, DT8 3RF. 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01308 867617 / “A fine Debussy specialist.” artsreach.co.uk. See 26 March. ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL BRIDPORT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 25 March 29 March Jenkins & Sons, 7 - 8 Penn Hill Avenue, St Swithun’s Church, North Allington, POOLE, BH14 9NB. 7.30pm. 01202 BRIDPORT, DT6 5DU. 3pm. £10. 01935 746604. See 14 March. 824786. NORTHUMBRIAN SMALLPIPES MINIMA: ‘THE LODGER’ CONCERT 29 March 26 March Village Hall, ALDERHOLT, SP6 3RB. Halsway Manor, near CROWCOMBE, 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 01425 653766. “This TA4 4BD. 8pm. £10. screening of the original 1927 Alfred halswaymanor.org.uk. Hitchcock film will feature a new music LEWIS CLARK score performed live by acclaimed 26 March soundscapers Minima.” The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / 29 March £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. Chaplins Bar, 529 Christchurch Road, JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS BOSCOMBE, Bournemouth, BH1 4AG. GARRICK 8.45pm. 01202 251953. See 14 March. 26 March SUNSPLASH St John’s Church, HINTON MARTEL, 29 March BH21 7HE. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME 01258 840066 / artsreach.co.uk. REGIS, DT7 3QA. 8pm. £12 / £8. 01297 “Garrick and Etheridge create exotic 442394. “Township jazz.” tapestries of sound, switching MERR ILL OSMOND seamlessly to a pure acoustic, with 29 March rollicking renditions of Hot Club swing, Westlands Entertainment Venue, evoking the spirit of Reinhardt and Westbourne Close, YEOVIL, BA20 2DD. Grappelli. Atmospheric, hypnotic, WILKO JOHNSON 7.30pm. £26.50. westlandsyeovil.co.uk. humorous and entertaining.” “Legendary guitarist Wilko Johnson recovered from a diagnosis of JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS terminal cancer to return to the live arena with an acclaimed album of GARRICK 27 March new material and now a tour fronting his powerhouse R&B trio. The Village Hall, PORTESHAM, DT3 4NS. inimitable John Otway opens the show as special guest.” 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01305 871035 / 10 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. artsreach.co.uk. See 26 March. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. ROZI PLAIN 27 March MIKE DENHAM AND HAMISH Street, WELLINGTON, TA21 8QY. 7pm. Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME MAXWELL: ‘RENT PARTY BLUES’ £14. wellingtonchoralsociety.org.uk. “A BOB FOX REGIS, DT7 3QA. 8pm. £14.50 / £12. 27 and 28 March mass for peace by Karl Jenkins.” marinetheatre.com. “Alt-folk.” 31 March Tincleton Gallery, The Old School OLLY OLSSØN Mill Farm Studios, Mill Farm, DAVE NEWTON TRIO + ANDY House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, 28 March BRADFORD ABBAS, DT9 6RE. 6.45pm. PANAYI & SUE RICHARDSON DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £15. 01305 848909. Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, £15. 01935 414778 / 27 March BATTLE OF THE BANDS BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. “New millfarmstudios.com. “For more than 40 Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 28 March Forest singer songwriter.” years Bob Fox has been regarded as House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, one of ‘the iconic voices’ of British folk 0AN. 8pm. £18. 01460 54973. Jazz. THE NINEBARROW BAND BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 3 - 10.30pm. 28 March song. Deeply influenced by the working ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION £7.50 / £5. bridport-arts.com. Corn Exchange, High East Street, class culture and industrial folk song 27 March CYMT SMALL ENSEMBLES DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £17 / prevalent in his native County Durham Hawthorns, 8 - 12 Northload Street, 28 March £15. 01305 266926. he has become a first rate exponent of GLASTONBURY, BA6 9JJ. 8pm. 01458 Centre for Young Musicians, Richard storytelling through song.” 831255. See 14 March. JOHN ETHERIDGE & CHRIS Huish College, South Road, TAUNTON, GARRICK ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL CAMILLA GEORGE QUARTET TA1 3DZ. 12 noon. cymtaunton.org.uk. 28 March 1 April 27 March ‘THE ARMED MAN’ Jubilee Hall, YETMINSTER, DT9 6LQ. The Lord Bute, 181 - 185 Lymington Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 28 March 7 .30pm. £10 / £6. 01935 873719 / Road, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 4JS. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Jazz. St John the Baptist Church, High artsreach.co.uk. See 26 March. 7pm. 01425 278884. See 14 March.
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THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA “Pack up your troubles, come on get happy, and experience an evening of superlative live music, with more than a dash of wit and humour.” 17 April: Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £24 / £22. 01305 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk.
MISCHA AND HIS MERRY MEN + ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION CHERRY MORRIS + RUSSELL 5 April STARMORE The Lord Nelson, The Quay, POOLE, 1 April BH15 1HJ. 3pm. 01202 776226. See 14 Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, March. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL BSO: ‘IMPERIAL BEETHOVEN’ 7 April 1 April Ye Olde George Inn, 2A Castle Street, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1DT. 7.29pm. BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. 01202 496939. See 14 March. THOM, UPSHAW AND ARMSTRONG THE YORUBA WOMEN CHOIR 3 April 9 April Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 11.30am. £12. BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £20 / 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. £18. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. “Violin, viola and piano concert.” “Africa’s greatest choir creates music of THOM, UPSHAW AND ARMSTRONG astounding power.” 3 April CALAN Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting 9 April House, East Street, Ilminster. TA19 Corn Exchange, High East Street, 0AN. 7.30pm. £15. 01460 54973 / DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £16 / themeetinghouse.org.uk. See above. £14. 01305 266926. “Welsh folk ALBUCA supergroup.” 3 April GABRIELLE DUCOMBLE Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 10 April BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting “Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley joins House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 newly formed jazz supergroup Albuca 0AN. 8pm. £16. 01460 54973 / in intimate surroundings.” themeetinghouse.org.uk. “Smouldering BOB AND GILL BERRY Parisian chanson, jazz and tango.” 3 April ROB DEERING + PHIL JERROD + Village Pump, The Lamb, Mortimer MARTIN WRATTEN St reet, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8BN. 11 April 8pm. £10. 07941 611262. Folk. Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, THE DARIUS BRUBECK QUARTET BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. 3 April ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL Corn Exchange, High East Street, 11 April DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £20 / Number 10, 10 East Street, BRIDPORT, £18. 01305 266926. Jazz. DT3 3LF. 12.30pm. 01308 420032. THE MANFREDS TRIO ANGLAIS 3 April 12 April Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal Farmers Arms, WEST HATCH, near Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 7.30pm. Taunton, TA3 5RS. 1.30pm. Free entry. £25.50. thebrewhouse.net. 01823 480980. “Gypsy swing jazz.” THE SURFIN’ BIRDS + AMY BROWN ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION + SLICK GRIEF + THE BLACK CIRCLE 12 April 4 April The Thomas Tr ipp, 10 Wick Lane, Corn Exchange, High East Street, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1HX. 8.45pm. DORCHESTE R, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £13 / 01202 490498. See 14 March. £11. 01305 266926. “A celebration of local musical talent.”
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NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ORCHESTRA YEOVILTON MILITARY WIVES CHOIR GB SPRING CONCERT 2020 26 April 12 April Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £16. 01935 422884 BH15 1UG. 3pm. 01202 280000. / octagon-theatre.co.uk. HALSWAY EUROPEAN ENSEMBLE THE DRYSTONES 12 April 29 April Halsway Manor, near CROWCOMBE, Corn Exchange, High East Street, TA4 4BD. 8pm. £10. DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £12 / halswayman or.org.uk. “European folk.” £10. 01305 266926. Folk. ZOE SCHWARZ AND ROB KORAL BSO: ‘LIGHT AND MAGIC’ 15 April 29 April Jenkins & Sons, 7 - 8 Penn Hill Avenue, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, POOLE, BH14 9NB. 7.30pm. 01202 BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / 746604. See 14 March. lighthousepoole.co.uk. “In one of her ALAN BARNES AND DAVID farewell performances before she NEWTON DUO retires violinist Tasmin Little joins 17 April Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, the notoriously challenging Brahms BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. Jazz. Violin Concerto. The programme also features music by Martucci, Prokofiev ‘BEATLES WITH WINGS’ and Rimsky-Korsakov.” 17 April Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. 8pm. £20. 01460 54973 / themeetinghouse.org .uk. “Covers band led by Wings’ sax player Howie Casey.” THE PHIL BEER BAND KATHRYN ROBERTS AND 19 April Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal SEAN LAKEMAN Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 7.30pm. “2020 marks 25 years of making music together for this popular wife £22. thebrewhouse.net. and husband duo. Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman have long BSO: ‘ORCHESTRAL POSTCARDS’ established themselves as one of the UK Folk scene's most rewardingly 22 April enduring partnerships.” WORBEY & FARRELL Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 30 April BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / 13 March: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Ion Marin BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000 / conducts Bournemouth Symphony 20 March: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, SALISBU RY, SP1 3UT. lighthousepoole.co.uk. “The acclaimed Orchestra in Enescu’s elaborate First 8pm. £15.50. 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk concert pianists with the wicked wit.” Symphony and a rare performance of all three parts of Debussy’s Images.” RALPH MCTELL MARTIN CARTHY 30 April THE WANDERING HEARTS 25 April Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal 23 April Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 7.30pm. Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £15. £25. thebrewhouse.net. BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000. 01308 42 4204. “One of folk music's “Harmony-laden Americana band.” EXILE: ‘A MIND IN WINTER’ greatest innovators.” 30 April ‘A FESTIVAL OF SONG’ JULU & HEG Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, 23 April 25 April BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £5. Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £13 / £11.50. CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / “This concert, linked to the exhibition 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. Exile a Mind in Winter, features “Choirs from across the county join “Harmony-rich songs telling tales of musicians both local and international. together for an evening of fantastic RONAN MAGILL 24 and 25 April struggle and triumph.” They discuss the challenges of music and enchanting songs.” enforced displacement; whilst Tincleton Gallery, The Old School ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION JEAN TOUSSAINT + CRAIG celebrating our common humanity.” House, TINCLETON, near Dorchester, 25 April MILVERTON TRIO DT2 8QR. 7.30pm. £15. 01305 848909. Chapel Arts Centre, St James Memorial THE LYRA SINGERS 24 April “Ronan was the last pupil of Benjamin Hall, Lower Borough Walls, BATH, BA1 30 April Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting Britten and now lives much of the time 1QR. 8pm. £15 / £14. 01225 463362. Martock Church, Church Street, House, East Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 in Tokyo. However he pilgrimages to See 14 March. MARTOCK, TA12 6JL. 7.30pm. £10 / 0AN. 8pm. £15. 01460 54973. “Modern Britain periodically, including an annual £9. 01935 829576. “Russian vocal jazz with top US saxophonist.” visit to Tincleton.” quartet.”
MUSIC STUDIO MILL FARM MUSIC VENUE BRADFORD ABBAS, DORSET ACCOMMODATION WWW.MILLFARMDORSET.COM WILDLIFE AND FARM 01935 413168
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GARY CLARKE COMPANY: WASTELAND They fought for their families, their that not only marked another nail in the miners and with people who, like him, livelihoods, their communities, their futures coffin of Britain’s mining industry but also found escape through rave’s m usic and and for an industry... but what happened added to the destruction of the working alternative sub culture. to the families who survived the epic year- class community that surrounded it. It brings together Clarke’s blistering long battle of the Miners’ Strike of 1984 Wasteland, looks at how two different physical dance language performed by a and 1985? generations coped in this turbulent era of company of exceptional dancers - headed Created to mark the 25th anniversary of radical upheaval as industrial Britain fell by Coal’s lead dancer Alistair Goldsmith - the demolition of Grimethorpe Colliery in and a new subculture emerged. and a community cast of four male singers, South Yorkshire and 30 years since the rise As one generation grinds exhaustedly to a a total of 76 men. of UK rave culture, acclaimed halt, the next generation heads into the Also on stage will be two brass musicians, choreographer Gary Clarke proudly illegal rave scene of 1990s Britain, where specially selected for every venue from the presents Wasteland, a thrilling yet deeply derelict warehouses and abandoned work 14 championship brass bands that made touching dance theatre production and the spaces become home for a new such a vital and important contribution to eagerly-awaited sequel to Clarke’s multi- community of music and dance. the success of Coal. award winning hit Coal. Wasteland, is based on Gary’s own In 1994, Gary Clarke joined family, friends experience of reaching maturity at the 22 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, and neighbours to witness the downfall of height of the rave movement and also on POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 Grimethorpe Colliery, an act of ruination many hours of interviews with former 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk.
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LADYKILLER “A blood-soaked morality tale about power, privilege, and tearing up the gender rule book on psychopathy. A jet-black comedy for the age of the gig economy.” 5 March: The Lyric Theatre, BRIDPORT, DT6 3LX. 8pm. £12. 01308 424901 / bridportandwestbay.co.uk.
‘SHIRLEY VALENTINE’ 2FACED DANCE: ‘EVERYTHING (BUT Until 7 March THE GIRL)’ Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, 5 and 6 March SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.30pm (+ Pavilion Dance South West, Thursday and Saturday matinees Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 2.15pm). £29 / £13. 01722 320333 / 2BU. 7.30pm. £14 / £10 / £8. 01202 wiltshirecreative.co.uk. 203630 / pdsw.org.uk. “A formidable triple bill from choreographers Tamsin Fitzgerald and Fleur Darkin.” ‘VOLPONE’ 6 March The Exchange, STURMINSTER NEWTON, DT10 1FH. 7.30pm. £10 / £7. 01258 475137 / artsreach.co.uk “Inspired by Southern African township theatre, a multi-skilled ensemble of three actors perform to an enticing backdrop of jazz-fusion, delivered with ‘SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM’ Tangle Theatre’s trademark dynamism.” 3 - 7 March ‘RAT’ Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 7 March BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday and The Lyric Theatre, BRIDPORT, DT6 3LX. Saturday matinees 2.30pm). 01202 8pm. £12 / £5. 01308 424901 / 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. bridportandwestbay.co.uk. “The Pied DOM JOLY Piper of Hamelin reimagined through 4 March live music and shadow puppetry.” Corn Exchange, High East Street, JOEL DOMMETT DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £19 / 8 March £17. 01305 266926 / Westlands Entertainment Venue, dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Trigger Happy Westbourne Close, YEOVIL, BA20 2DD. TV star Dom Joly presents a rip-roaring 8pm. £19.50. westlandsyeovil.co.uk. travelogue featuring stories from his childhood home in the Lebanon - ‘DIAL M FOR MURDER’ where he went to school with Osama 10 - 14 March Bin Laden - to North Korea, Chernobyl Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, and Cambodia.” SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.30pm (+ Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday ‘THE NAVY LARK’ matinees 2.15pm). £25 / £14. 01722 5 March 320333. “Tom C hambers (Top Hat, Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, Strictly Come Dancing) stars as the BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £19.50 / £17.50. charismatic and manipulative Tony 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who “A cast of three bring to life three has given it all up for his wife Margot, classic episodes from the much loved performed by Sally Bretton (Not Going radio series.” Out, The Office, Death in Paradise).”
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‘THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & JEN BRISTER: ‘UNDER PRIVILEGE’ HYDE’ 13 March 11 March Corn Exchange, High East Street, Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £13 / DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £14 / £11. 01305 266926 / £12. dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Robert dorchesterarts.org.uk. Louis Stevenson’s iconic gothic classic BOBBY MAIR + SIMON LOMAS + reimagined as a gripping political PETE PHILIPSON thriller set in the halls of American 14 March power.” Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, MARK THOMAS BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / 11 March lighthousepoole.co.uk. Comedy. Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME OWDYADO THEATRE: ‘TWISTED REGIS, DT7 3QA. 8pm. £18.50. 01297 TALES 2’ 442394 / marinetheatre.com. “Stand-up 14 March show about songs, gongs, loot, Village Hall, HALSTOCK, BA22 9SG. tradition, wigs, nicking, statues, art and 7.30pm. £9 / £6 . 01935 891782 / identity, from the lefty campaigning artsreach.co.uk. See 13 March. legend.” ‘BLEAK HOUSE’ ‘BORN TO MANIFEST’ 15 March 12 March King Alfred Hall, St Andrew’s Church, Pavilion Dance South West, Market Place, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3HT. 3pm. £15. 01249 654417. 2BU. 7.30pm. £12 / £10 / £8. 01202 “Hilarious, tragic and romantic by turns, 203630 / pdsw.org.uk. “The suspicion Dickens' darkly comic masterpiece is and stereotypes encountered by young retold by The Pantaloons in their own black men are explored by hip hop inimitable style.” choreographer Joseph Toonga in his latest double bill, Born to Manifest. ‘THE HERO LIGHT’ Both dir ecting and performing Toonga 17 March draws from real life accounts.” The Lyric Theatre, BRIDPORT, DT6 3LX. 7.30pm. £10. 01308 424901. “Dominic CRICK CRACK CLUB: Kelly's wild epic Irish myth.” ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ 12 March Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 7. 30pm. £10 / £8. 01823 283244 / thebrewhouse.net. ‘AUGMENTED’ 12 - 14 March Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm. £13.50 / £9. 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. “Sophie Woolley’s brand new play is a personal story of the joy and conflict of becoming ‘hearing’ again after years of total deafness.” RHODRI MILES: SHYLOCK OWDYADO THEATRE: ‘TWISTED “Celebrating the richness of Shakespeare’s language and conjuring up a TALES 2’ whole cast of characters from Portia to Pontius Pilate, from Romeo to 13 March Max Reinhardt, and from Barabbas to Richard Burbage, this dazzling, TOMMY TIERNAN: ‘TOMFOOLERY’ Village Hall, WINTERBORNE 17 March STICKLAND, DT11 0NT. 7.30pm. £10. moving, often hilarious performance is a fascinating exploration of Shylock and his people.” Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 01258 880920. “Inspired by cult series BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / The Twilight Zone and Inside No.9, get 20 March: Village Hall, TARRANT GUNVILLE, DT11 8JN. 7.30pm. £9 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. Comedy. ready for an anarchic night of £6. 01258 830361. hilariously dark theatre!” ‘THE KITE RUNNER’ 21 March: Village Hall, SYDLING ST NICHOLAS, DT2 9NX. 7.30pm. £9 17 - 21 March ‘THE NAVY LARK’ / £6. 01300 341777. Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, 13 March SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.30pm (+ 22 March: Village Hall, LYTCHETT MATRAVERS, BH16 6DF. 7.30pm. £9 Marine Theatre, Church Street, LYME Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday REGIS, DT7 3QA. 7.30pm. £17 / / £6. 01202 623299 matinees 2.15pm). £28 / £16. 01722 £15.50. marinetheatre.com. artsreach.co.uk 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk.
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BALLETBOYZ: ‘DELUXE’ ‘HAVANA NIGHTS’ 18 March 21 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Westlands Entertainment Venue, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000. Westbourne Close, YEOVIL, BA20 2DD. “Six exceptional young dancers star in 7.30pm. £29.50 / £28.50. 01935 this feast of mesmerising and sublime 422884 / westlandsyeovil.co.uk. “An dance, cleverly fused with the use of exciting mix of Latin dances with film and behind the scenes footage.” Strictly Come Dancing’s Grazianio D ‘A GIRL IN SCHOOL UNIFORM Prima and his dance partner Giada.” (WALKS INTO A BAR)’ ‘ORIGINS’ 19 - 21 March 22 March Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, Pavilion Dance South West, SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm. £13.50 / Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 £9. wiltshirecreative.co.uk. 2BU. 7pm. £8. 01202 203630 / ‘THE MAN WHO LEFT IS NOT THE pdsw.org.uk. “Contemporary to hip MAN WHO CAME HOME’ hop dance performed by the most 20 March talented young dancers in the South Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, West.” BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £12 / ‘THE THRILL OF LOVE’ £10. bridport-arts.com. “Kevin Dyer’s 23 - 28 March new play is the product of over a Studio Theatre, Ashley Road, hundred interviews with soldiers and SALISBURY, SP2 7TN. 7.30pm. £12 / their wives - vulnerable one-to-one £8. 01722 342860. “Amanda conversations where their experiences Whittington’s hugely popular and have been shared for the first time.” gripping drama about the true story of ENGLISH TOURING OPERA: ‘COSI Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged FAN TUTTE’ in Britain, takes a fresh look behind the 20 March headlines.’’ Lighthouse, 21 K ingland Road, POOLE, ‘ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR’ BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000. 24 and 25 March Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday matinee 2.30pm). 01202 280000. “Alan Ayckbourn’s comic masterpiece of social climbing in 1970s suburbia follows the fortunes of three married couples in three kitchens over the VERVE course of three Christmas parties.” “Physically ambitious, strikingly original dance. Fourteen dancers. Four ‘MARY ANNING: THE MAD WOMAN distinct, exhilarating works. See where dance is now and where it may OF LYME’ go next.” 25 March ‘UNDER MY SKIN’ Corn Exchange, High East Street, 21 March 23 April: Pavilion Dance South West, Westover Road, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £13 / School Theatre, GILLINGHAM, SP8 BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 2BU. 7.30pm. £14 / £10 / £8. 01202 203630 / £11. 01305 266926 / 4QR. 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01747 833844 / pdsw.org.uk. dorchesterarts.org.uk. “Dying and artsreach.co.uk. “A neatly stitched increasingly dependent on laudanum, together performance of highly Mary Anning is haunted by ‘JOHN PEEL’S SHED’ “Seven dancers, a soundtrack of physical dance, medicine and science, hallucinations. A gripping story about 21 March thundering electro-rock specially exploring the unseen practices of the life and death; frustration and Village Hall, New Road, NORTON-SUB- composed by Amarok and thousands hospital operating theatre. Drawing on achievement; dreams and memories of HAMDON, TA14 6SF. 6.30pm. £10 / £5. of pieces of paper combine to create a Bharata Natyam technique, Sadhana long, long ago.” Dance invites you to witness an 01935 881227 / takeart.org. “Writer work that will astound you.” VINCENT DANCE THEATRE: ‘IN operating theatre in motion where and theatre maker John Osborne’s ode ENGLISH TOURING OPERA: ‘JULIO LOCO PARENTIS’ dexterity, intricate movement and to radio, and a unique opportunity for CESARE’ 26 March pr ecisely controlled exchanges are vital any Peel fans, featuring a selection of 21 March Pavilion Dance South West, in the preservation of life.” records previously owned by the late Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 and infamous John Peel.” BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / ‘THE EXTRAORDINARY 2BU. 7.30pm. £14 / £10 / £8. 01202 JAMES WILTON DANCE: ‘THE lighthousepoole.co.uk. “One of ADVENTURES OF YOU & ME’ 203630 / pdsw.org.uk. “In Loco STORY’ Handel’s most celebrated operas, a 21 March Parentis explores what it’s like to grow 21 March story of passion and revenge based on Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, up in care. What happens to young Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Julius Caesar’s conquest of Egypt and BH15 1UG. 2pm. 01202 280000 / people when their parents can’t look SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. 8pm. £16 / £14. alliance with Cleopatra, features a lighthousepoole.co.uk. “English Touring after them?” Opera’s children’s opera.” 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. treasure trove of great arias.”
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FOLK MUSIC THEATRE Phil Beer The Man Who Left... Friday 13 March Friday 20 March
KING LEAR “An inventive, irreverent and highly accessible take on one of Shakespeare’s most brilliant plays.” 24 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. DANCE FOLK MUSIC Sitaraha (The Stars) Martin Carthy RUSSIAN STATE OPERA: ‘AIDA’ 26 March Thursday 23 April Saturday 25 April Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £36 / £34 / £22. 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. BRIDPORTARTSCENTRE ‘AMSTERDAM’ 26 - 28 March 9 South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NR • 01308 424204 • bridport-arts.com Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm (+ Saturday matinee 2.45pm). £13.50 / £9. 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. “Captivating, superbly energetic” “The UK premiere of a strikingly Fourteen dancers, four The State of the Arts original, audacious thriller.” distinct, exhilarating works. ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA See where dance is now WOOLF?’ VERVE 26 March - 11 April and where it may go next. Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.30pm (+ HENNING WEHN: ‘GET ON WITH IT’ THURSDAY 23 APRIL Thursday and Saturday matinees 28 March Pavilion Dance South West, Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, 2.15pm). £29 / £15. 01722 320333 / Westover Road, wiltshirecreative.co.uk. “Brilliantly funny BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / and utterly devastating.” lighthousepoole.co.uk. Bournemouth, BH1 2BU. STUART GOLDSMITH ANDY PARSONS: ‘HEALING THE 7.30pm. £14 / £12 / £10 / £8. 27 March NATION’ 01202 203630 / pdsw.org.uk Hotel Celebrity, 47 Gervis Road, 29 March BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 3DD. 7.15pm. Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal £20 / £15. 01202 316316 / Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 8pm. coastalcomedy.com. Comedy. £16. 01823 283244 / thebrewhouse.net. SAM AVERY: ‘TODDLERGEDDON’ 27 March ‘MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2: Corn Exchange , High East Street, CRUISING THROUGH MENOPAUSE!’ DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £19 / 31 March £17. 01305 266926 / Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, dorchesterarts.org.uk. Comedy. BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £31. 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. ‘ROUND THE HORNE’ EVOLVER PRIZE 2020 27 March NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, WALES: ‘KIN’ FIRST PRIZE BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000 / 31 March lighthousepoole.co.uk. Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 7.30pm. ‘WE’VE GOT EACH OTHER’ £10. 01823 283244 / 28 March thebrewhouse.net. Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. 8pm. £14 / £12. ‘MEDICINE’S MONSTROUS DAUGHTERS’ £1,000 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. 3 April LOUISE JORDAN: ‘THE HARD WAY’ Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, + EVOLVER 118 FRONT COVER 28 March BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £12. The Poun d Arts Centre, Pound Pill, 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. See page 35 CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / “Two plays, inspired by real events, £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. exposing unpalatable truths about the “The story of Hannah Mitchell, the treatment of people deemed ‘different’ latest one-woman show of storytelling or ‘damaged’. How much of our EVOLVER with song by acclaimed musician and humanity do we lose seeking the composer Louise Jordan.” cure?”
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WHAT’S IN A NAME? “Ferocious comedy of manners in which egos, childish resentment and unspoken feelings are hilariously exposed at a family dinner party.” 31 March - 4 April: Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm (Wednesday and Saturday matinees 2.30pm). 01202 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk.
KEVIN CLIFTON AND JOANNE ‘HAGS: A MAGICAL CLIFTON: ‘BURN THE FLOOR’ EXTRAVAGANZA’ 3 April 4 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, BH15 1UG. 7.30pm. 01202 280000 / CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. CAN’T SIT STILL: ‘OH NO, GEORGE!’ “In 1682, the final witch trial in Britain 3 April took place. Now, three fearless females Pavilion Dance South West, are climbing out of their boxes, shaking Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 off the sequins and investigating what 2BU. 1 and 5pm. £5. 01202 203630 / really happened.” pdsw.org.uk. “Brand-new show for 3 to ‘SPINNING THE MOON’ 7 year olds and their families.” 6 - 18 April ‘POLLY: THE HEARTBREAK OPERA’ Thomas Hardye School, Queens 3 and 4 April Avenue, DORCHESTER, DT1 2ET. Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, 7.30pm. 01305 266926. “With a cast of SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm. £13.50 / 140 including musicians led by Tim THE DORSET Laycock and assisted by Alastair £9.01722 320333. “A joyous dissection of love, loss and revenge.” Simpson, Spinning the Moon is a compelling tale set shortly after the OPEN 2020 War of the Roses. Blending historical fact and fiction, drama and comedy, it PRELUDE will easily be one of the most powerful pieces of theatre you will see all year.” CALLING ALL WESSEX ARTISTS ‘THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER’ Wessex artists are invited to submit work in any media for 7 April THE DORSET OPEN (formerly the Dorchester Arts Open). Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, BH15 1UG. 2 and 4pm. 01202 280000. Work chosen by the selection panel will be shown at Bridport HURN COURT OPERA: ‘COSI FAN Arts Centre during Dorset Art Weeks 2020. TUTTE’ 7 - 9 April PRIZES: Regent Centre, 51 High Street, • Solo exhibition with promotional support at Dorset CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1AS. 7.30pm. • County Museum in May / June 2021 £22 / £20 / £10. 01202 499199. “Mozart's bittersweet comic opera • £250 cash performed by a cast of rising young • Exhibit A feature in Evolver Magazine ROB NEWMAN operatic stars and orchestra. Sung in 4 April Italian with English subtitles.” Entry opens Monday 6 January Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, ‘FACES PLACES’ BH15 1UG. 8pm. 01202 280000 / Deadline for submissions Thursday 26 March 8 April lighthousepoole.co.uk. “Comedy Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, FULL DETAILS AND ENTRY FORMS: royalty.” BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. 7.30pm. £6 / £5. dorsetvisualarts.org/opportunities BALLET THEATRE UK: ‘GISELLE’ 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. 4 April “Our odd but evenly-matched couple SELECTION PANEL: Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, School Road, go on the road all over France in JR’s Simon Barber (Editor, Evolver magazine) Monkton Heathfield, TAUNTON, TA2 specially adapted mobile photo booth. 8PD. 7.30pm. £16 / £11. 01823 414141 The results are utterly spectacular, and Chris Dunseath (Winner of Exhibition Prize, Dorchester Arts Open 2017) / tacchi-morris.com. often very moving.” Jem Main (Creative Director, Dorset Visual Arts) ‘CRIMES, CAMERA, ACTION’ BREAKIN’ CONVENTION: ‘OPEN Jon Murden (Director, Dorset County Museum) 4 April ART SURGERY’ Anna Powell (Director, Sladers Yard) Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, 9 April Suzy Rushbrook (Programme Curator, Dorset Visual Arts) BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £16.50 / £15. Pavilion Dance South West, Mark Tattersall (Artistic Director, Dorchester Arts) 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre .co.uk. Westover Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH1 “Whisking the audience to golden-era 2BU. 7.30pm. £5. 01202 203630 / DORSET VISUAL ARTS DorchesterARTS EVOLVER Hollywood and introducing a new lead pdsw.org.uk. “Performance in its rawest detective, a world-weary, hard-boiled form, with artists trying n ew ideas to private-eye in the mould of Humphrey see what works in front of a live and Bogart: meet Stan Shakespeare.” participatory audience.”
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BALLETBOYZ: ‘DELUXE’ LUCY PORTER: ‘BE PREPARED’ 14 April 24 April Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Coal BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £19 / £17.50. Orchard, TAUNTON, TA1 1JL. 8pm. 01935 422884. See 18 March. £17 / £15. thebrewhouse.net. BALLET THEATRE UK: ‘GISELLE’ 15 April Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £19 / £17 / £11. 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. ‘YOUR TOYS ON A BIG ADVENTURE’ 15 April Corn Exchange, High East Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 11am and 2pm. £6. 01305 266926 / dorchesterarts.org.uk. “An anthem to ‘LOUDER IS NOT ALWAYS CLEARER’ creative play and silliness, fun for adults 24 April and children alike. Bring your toys!” The Lyric Theatre, BRIDPORT, DT6 3LX. ‘A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WORDS 8pm. £12. 01308 424901. “Meet Jonny FOR LOVE’ - a teacher, a workshop leader and an 16 - 18 April avid football fan. He’s an artist, a Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, campaigner, he’s just become a father, SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm. £13.50 / and he is deaf. He loves to dance, but £9. 01722 320333. “A hilarious, heart- he can’t hear the music unless the bass lifting story of romance, despair, and is turned right up.” friendship.” ‘THE SELFISH GIANT’ ‘FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL PARODY’ 25 April 18 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, BH15 1UG. 11am and 2pm. 01202 BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £31. 01935 422884 280000 / lighthousepoole.co.uk. / octagon-theatre.co.uk. CHRIS RAMSEY ‘THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER’ 29 April 19 April Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, POOLE, Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, BH15 1UG. 7.45pm. 01202 280000. BA20 1UX. 1 and 4pm. £10.50 / £8.50. SARAH CORBETT: ‘VERY MODERN’ 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. 30 April “A total delight for all the family, full of The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, wit, charm and surprising puppetry.” CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 7.30pm. £12 / ‘THE THREE MUSKETEERS’ £10. 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. 21 and 22 April SITARAHA: THE STARS “A testimony to a modernist ideal and Octagon Theatre, Hendford, YEOVIL, “Powerful and moving stories of three Afghani women from different a future lost.” BA20 1UX. 7.30pm. £20 / £18.50. periods in history. Intertwining through their experiences of war and ‘THE CHORE OF ENCHANTMENT’ 01935 422884 / octagon-theatre.co.uk. religious oppression, their narratives given life through dance and 30 April Corn Exchange, High East Street, ‘WAITING FOR GODOT’ song.” 22 April DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £13 / Corn Exchange, High East Street, 23 April: Bridport Arts Centre, 9 South Street, BRIDPORT, DT6 3NR. £11. 01305 266926. “Combining DORCHESTER, DT1 1HF. 8pm. £14 / 7.30pm. £10 / £6. 01308 424204 / bridport-arts.com. deadpan comedy with jaw-dropping £12. 01305 266926. “Theatre Nation 25 April: Memorial Hall, STURMINSTER MARSHALL, BH21 4BQ. sleight-of-hand magic, Vincent Gambini plays expertly with deception, artifice bring their wit, humour and flair for 7.30pm. £9 / £6. 07903 057427 / artsreach.co.uk. See 23 April. highly expressive physical theatre to and theatrical make-believe.” Samuel B eckett’s masterpiece of ‘OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE modern drama.” ROB AUTON: ‘THE TIME SHOW’ ‘LAVA’ 30 April - 2 May 23 April 23 - 25 April Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, BATH DRAMA: ‘THE SCHOOL FOR The Pound Arts Centre, Pound Pill, Salisbury Playhouse, Malthouse Lane, SCANDAL’ SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm. £13.50 / CORSHAM, SN13 9HX. 8pm. £12. SALISBURY, SP1 7RA. 7.45pm (+ £9. 01722 320333. “Gertrude: Wife. 22 - 25 April 01249 701628 / poundarts.org.uk. Sunday matinee 2.45pm). £13.50 / £9. The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 Mother. Queen of Denmark. An LEVANTES DANCE: ‘THE BAND’ 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. intelligent, fearless woman whose 6RT. 7pm, performances start 7.30pm. “A funny, tender, necessary story about £14 / £12. rondotheatre.co.uk. 23 April power was consi stently undermined by Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, human connection in the face of the the men around her. In the 400 years “Comedy and deep emotions mix inexplicable.” in this scintillating satire.” SALISBURY, SP1 3UT. 8pm. £14 / £12. since Hamlet was written, what’s 01722 320333 / wiltshirecreative.co.uk. changed?”
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EVOLVER PRIZE 2020 FIRST PRIZE: EVOLVER 118 FRONT COVER + £1,000
ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS and DESIGNERS are invited to submit actual cover size 2D work in any media for selection for the FRONT COVERF O EVOLVER 118 (July and August 2020 issue) + £1,000 The judges will also select an additional 49 WORKS for a TOP 50 EXHIBITION at ACE ARTS, Sorrento (4 July - 1 August) and publication in EVOLVER 118 JUDGES: Simon Barber (Editor, Evolver) Nina Gronw-Lewis (Artistic Director, Ace Arts) Debbie Lee (Winner, Evolver Prize 2019) Will Wilkinson (Photographer) DEADLINE: THURSDAY 14 MAY 2020 Further information: evolver.org.uk/evolverprize [email protected]
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