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By Anna Bailey

Photography by James Kriszyk James by Photography

The physical aspect of creating art For me, Kim’s ability to develop With her devotion to the natural has long been something that pulled such an intuitive relationship with her form evident in every piece, it’s hardly Kim towards sculpture, even when she materials is one of the standout points surprising that Kim has been chosen was studying to become a jeweller at of her work. I ask her if creating in such to feature alongside a variety of Central St Martins. “I always wanted to a hands-on way means the subject other nature-inspired artists in the do sculpture,” she says, “but my tutors matter influences the material, or if Art Unbound exhibition at Painswick urged me to do jewellery instead!” it’s the other way around. “It depends. Rococo Gardens this summer. “Dominic Kim was intrigued by the relationship Sometimes a shape in my head or a Hamilton, the director of the gardens, between art and the body––something clay model will lend itself to a certain approached the curator Anna Greenacre at OnForm–the renowned stone sculpture show that she curates at Astal Manor in Oxford–and they Sometimes I don’t have dreamed up the idea together. Both very creative and enterprising minds!” The Gardens says that the exhibition a plan at all and just let aims to “embrace the natural and creative energy of the rococo period and connect people to both art and the the stone lead the way. environment”, and in that sense it is the perfect venue for Kim’s sensorial work. Exhibition aside, what’s next for Kim That kind of free carving Francis in 2019? “I’m not sure. I think I’m interested in where sculpture crosses over with the work I do in tattooing. I is very exciting. think at some point I might lean back into some kind of worn sculpture– body adornment/jewellery type of that she has explored through her stone because of its colour, hardness thing–or just smaller precious objects… jewellery as well as her work as a or texture, and sometimes a piece of Who knows! I’m always inspired by tattoo artist–but with sculpture it stone might invite a certain form for the something.” became clear that the body could be same reasons. Sometimes I don’t have When I ask her if she has any advice a tool as well as a canvas. “When I a plan at all and just let the stone lead for our readers out there who fancy finished my jewellery degree, I found the way. That kind of free carving is dipping their toes into sculpting, she myself whittling wood. I’d always loved very exciting.” says: “The best way to learn anything the process of carving. Later, under One of Kim’s most notable is by doing it. Model some clay, carve the encouragement of an amazing techniques is combining materials a piece of wood–or a carrot! Sculpture Welsh woodcarver, I found myself with opposite qualities. “I like the can be made out of anything, I think it’s a chainsaw and started exploring experimental pieces best,” she a question of finding a material and bigger ideas. It kind of evolved from says. “I think my favourite ones are visual language that speaks to you.” there. I found work in various bronze- some pieces where I’ve mixed other casting foundries to learn more about materials with the stone, like inlaid gold To see (and perhaps more importantly sculpture, and eventually discovered or feathers.” Encasing feathers in stone feel) some of Kim’s creations for my love of stone in Italy.” emphasises the respective qualities yourself, don’t miss her work on display Just looking at her work, Kim’s of both–fragility and solidity–in a way at the Painswick Rococo Gardens as affinity for stone as a medium feels that is both oxymoronic and tenderly part of the Art Unbound exhibition incredibly visceral. “I love [stone’s] beautiful. from 26th May to 8th September - stability,” she says. “The fact that it When it comes to sourcing her rococogarden.org.uk/Art-Unbound doesn’t crack or move as wood does I materials, she tells me that she begs, find very reassuring. I love the density borrows and steals. “I sometimes pick For further information, news and weight of stone (even if that can up small pieces when I travel, but I and updates visit kimfrancis. be problematic when moving it from mostly buy offcuts from fellow carvers. com and follow instagram.com/ A to B!) And despite the sweat, I love There is a great solidarity among kimfrancistattoo for examples of Kim’s the physicality of carving it. I’m also stone carvers.” I really like the way hand poked ‘machine free’ tattoos. impressed by the incredibly long that even just gathering her supplies evolutionary process in the earth that feels very genuine. There’s something gives each stone its particular property. of the hunter-gatherer about it, Anna Bailey is a freelance journalist and I love the nobility of stone, how a totally collecting pebbles and feathers from illustrator based in the Cotswolds. She unprocessed, raw material can be the wilderness, and it compliments the enjoys foreign cinema, cider drinking, and turned into something beautiful.” primeval nature of her work. outrunning her student loan repayments. #51 | Jun 2019 Art 05

Photography by Britt Willoughby Dyer Willoughby Britt by Photography 06 Art #51 | Jun 2019

GALLERY PANGOLIN: JON BUCK

By Paul Harper A regular exhibitor with Pangolin, began to investigate the ways in which Images by Steve Russell Studios Ltd Buck’s work has been characterized sculpture could stimulate a deeper by playful interpretations of natural, primal physical response. In earlier animal forms, rendered graphically works Buck explored surface textures The sculptor Jon Buck will be as glyphs – graffiti-like shapes – and and markings imprinted into the exhibiting a new body of work at two an experimental approach to colour surface of the bronze, which led to an and patination. He has often used interest in pushing the boundaries of locations this spring: Pangolin London high-gloss finishes and bright, lively colour. Recently, his colour palette has colours that emphasize humorous and evolved to radiate softer hues, as with and Gallery Pangolin, in Chalford. energetic qualities. ‘The Whole Caboodle’ and ‘In Ferment’, His work has recently seen a shift and more earthy, organic patinations. An ardent advocate of conservation, in focus, from his familiar subjects - Both the colour and texture of these this exhibition celebrates the beauty what the artist refers to as his ‘animals new works are imbued with a mineral of the mind’ - to developing a wider quality, reinforcing their connection to of biodiversity with an exciting perspective, one which looks at the nature. Helen Carnac incredible variation of the life that has The forms of these new pieces combination of timeless forms evolved and exists alongside us. evoke ritual objects: reliquaries, and intricate surface motifs. Buck has always felt compelled totems, funerary vessels and bells. by concerns for the environment, in Whilst retaining their characteristic particular the human relationship humour in the raised graphic imagery, to the natural world. His experience they have taken on a more sombre working as a bird-keeper at Bristol feel than the earlier works. They are Zoo in his youth was an important like petroglyphs, densely incised with creative inspiration, and through his portentous messages from another, knowledge of nature and science he earlier, civilization. #51 | Jun 2019 Art 07

One of the largest works in the intricate network of relief motifs will see evidence of work in progress, It is the product of a tangible reality. exhibition is a maquette for ‘Ark’ celebrating the biodiversity of the finished objects and the detritus of The link between foundry and gallery which was first exhibited at Chester natural world. At the same time these casting and fabricating sculpture. seems vital, making us more attentive Cathedral and marked an important bells can also be seen as a visual If you visit during the week, you will to material, finish and process, and, development in Buck’s work in using lament for the pressures we are see the foundry workers going about drawn in by its sensual and playful raised animal glyphs on the surface imposing on our natural environments their business, engaged in heavy, surface, it invites us to contemplate of a simple form to communicate the and the creatures that inhabit them.” dirty, manual work. At the rear of the man’s place in nature. cultural imagery that is immediately ‘Time of Our Lives’ is an important foundry, you will glimpse the River conjured by the title. Another major solo exhibition, which not only Frome, running clear through the Jon Buck: Time of Our Lives will be new work in the exhibition is one of celebrates life and its incredible ribbon of industrial development along showing at Gallery Pangolin from the three bell forms, ‘Taking the Toll’. Buck diversity but also warns us of the the Golden Valley. By the time that 13th May until the 28th of June. writes that: “I have chosen to use the future. It comes at a poignant time and you enter the incongruously pristine For further information visit bell motif for a number of reasons. will resonate with us all. white gallery, you will recognise that gallery-pangolin.com There is of course a long-standing For anyone who hasn’t visited the sculpture on display is not the tradition of making bells in bronze Gallery Pangolin, it is one of the product of some kind of magical casting but in addition bells are (partially) hidden gems of the Stroud process, but that it has been made of Paul Harper has a wide range of experience redolent with cultural meaning and Valleys. Initially set up to showcase material, shaped and patinated, in of working in the arts. He was a founding there is an inherent ambiguity in how the excellent work that was being collaboration with Pangolin’s highly director of Alias Arts and is Vice-chair of the they are used. In many societies bells made at Pangolin Editions, it has skilled makers. This may seem like an Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust. He currently are rung joyously in celebration but at subsequently expanded to become a obvious observation, but art galleries, combines writing, research and teaching the same time they can also be tolled major exhibition venue with a unique the modernist trope of the white cube, with consultancy in the visual arts and crafts. as dire warnings of imminent danger. connection to a site of art production. separated and distanced from the flow I would like my current work to To visit the Gallery, you must make of everyday life, can be problematic embrace both these aspects. The your way through the precinct of the spaces… and art can seem similarly surfaces of the bronzes have an Pangolin foundry. Everywhere you detached. Buck’s work is anything but. 08 Art #51 | Jun 2019

HIDDEN GARDENS DAVID TEAGER- PORTMAN AND SCULPTURE A sculptor and graduate from the Royal College of Art David has exhibited at OF RODBOROUGH the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, SAMMY Turner Contemporary Margate and the Saatchi Gallery. In 2014 he ADAMS On Sunday 9th June the annual Hidden was the only sculptor finalist at the Sammy has lived and worked in Threadneedle Prize, Figurative Art Rodborough for the last 30 years Gardens and Sculpture of Rodborough Today and in 2018 he was selected as having gained a BA in design from returns to Stroud’s cultural hilltop with a fellow at Chelsea College of Art. His UWE Bristol. She has worked in eleven garden owners (including world sculptures are illustrative and quasi- community-based art projects, with renowned author Katie Fforde) opening their allegorical, the figures in his work the environmental centre and with become characters in a story of direct local schools to help children create gardens raising money for charities Mothers as well as ambiguous and duplicitous and develop their skills. In her work, in Mind, Stroud Valleys Project, TOES and meanings. His work is concerned with she uses mixed media using found Rodborough Parish Church. humanity; its hopes and fears, triumphs and natural elements to create pieces and failures, its inevitabilities and its that are inspired by her love of natural The event is in its fifth year and promises to be a great day out for desire for permanence. forms and our coastal landscapes. families, garden enthusiasts, art lovers and foodies alike. Fourteen local artists specializing in various media including stone, willow, wood, glass and ceramics will be working, exhibiting and selling their work in this unique garden setting.

It all starts 11am and runs until 5pm with tickets, brochures and maps available on the day from the Old Endowed School behind the Prince Albert at just £6 per adult. For further information and updates visit facebook.com/HGSRodborough

TRACY HELEN DEBS TOM SPIERS LOMBERG PAPROSKA HARVEY Tracy is an illustrator and writer with a Helen's most recent project is sheep COLE Tom has been working as a wood passion for telling stories in a playful, and lambs for the City Farm in sculptor for over fifteen years, often on Debs work is figurative, based on engaging and colourful way. Small, Gloucester and also a Gloucester Old large-scale commissioned work. His the human form. For her, sculpting with a big imagination, Tracy enjoys Spot and piglets done at the Malvern work can be found in private collections is a mindful, meditative process of turning ordinary objects or everyday Spring Fair (currently on display on the and public places including the Open capturing the emotions and feelings scenes into something fun. As well as Walls roundabout in Gloucester). She University headquarters in Milton and the subtle interplay between over 30 years working in the media, set up the Gloucestershire Arts and Keynes, Regents Park, Highbury Fields them, as well as the bone structure, including many years with the BBC, Crafts Center in the City nine years and numerous other public locations muscle tone, proportion and position Tracy has a Master’s Degree and first ago in which 30 local people sell their around the UK. He likes to explore of the person in front of her. She’s class BA Honours degree in illustration. work and run courses. Helen teaches particular themes in his work such as currently experimenting with more She enjoys working with simple tools at Nature in Art, Prema, Highgrove and the relationship between humans and representational figures, exploring such as pencils, pens, collage, colourful Waterperry Gardens and experiments the natural world and of how we are so emotional and aesthetic concepts in inks and digital forms of mark making. with growing willows at her home in similar yet set apart from the creatures terms of the subject matter and how Butterow. that we share this planet with. individual works of art are interpreted and evaluated. Debs is a founder member of the Cotswold Sculptors Association. #51 | Jun 2019 Art 09

ADRIAN BATES Adrian's work seeks to explore the relationship between inner space MARION and outer form; where they meet and CHRIS merge one into the other. He also looks MITCHELL SHANE to capture a sense of movement and Marion makes unusual decorative BECKETT timeless elegance, which requires planters, bowls and vessels suitable WHITE The forms, structures and patterns each piece to be refined and pared for anywhere in the garden that needs Shane is a traditional blacksmith found in nature and ancient cultures, back to emphasize its essential colour and texture. Her amazing depth and engineer specialising in all are where Chris draws her inspiration qualities. This allows the form to shine of palette and intricate floral designs aspects of ironwork from restoring or to create installation garden art, in through, unencumbered by additional are inspired by early English country- conserving historical ironwork to hand the medium of fused glass. She works pattern or colour, although texture is ware and medieval ceramics and forging and designing new bespoke experimentally and intuitively with retained or added to subtly contrast textiles. Each piece is hand made using unique ironwork to engineering and the qualities, colours and textures of different surfaces. Although following traditional methods such as coiling fabrication. He works with any form glass, adding detailed drawing and a series of original forms, every piece or press moulding and once fired is of metal, from ironwork and steel to natural light to enhance and magnify is unique and each responds slightly a blank canvas for the free and bold a variety of alloys. Based in his own details. This makes her pieces uniquely differently to the making, drying and embellishment she enjoys creating. workshop/forge in the Cotswolds, individual. Chris also facilitates firing process. All are frost and water All her work is high-fired so that every Shane also teaches at the rural collaborative community works of art, resistant stoneware and suitable for piece can remain outdoors all winter. Agricultural University, Cirencester. to raise money for charity. display outside all year round.

YVETTE DAVE GABIREL FRAN GREEN KING BENNETT LAW Yvette is a stained glass mosaic artist David is a stone carver, sculptor and Gabriel trained at Bath College and After a long career in Nursing Fran based in Cirencester. She produces dry stone waller. His work is mainly has been working as a stonemason started working with glass about six vibrant and lively mosaics for the home inspired by the natural forms seen for over ten years. He is drawn to the years ago. She combines her glass and garden inspired by the intense around his studio on the edge of process of carving sculptural forms work with her love of gardening. colours of nature and her love of the Cotswold Water Park. With the which gives a good counterpoint to the Fran works with Cliff Mills, a farrier/ flowers and birds. Yvette has exhibited exception of lettering, David carves strict geometrical discipline of masonry. blacksmith from Cam. Cliff is also a widely around Gloucestershire, and intuitively, allowing the form to reveal The necessary time and effort it takes gardener and much of his metal work mosaiced one of the large hares for itself as he works. Highlights include to draw the form from the block makes is for outside display. Fran’s glass is the Cirencester March Hare Festival, competing in Bristol’s Festival of Stone, carving an evolving process. The end fused, which means it has been in a kiln 2014 and for the Cotswold Hare Trail in demonstrating at the Bradworthy Arts result is often a distant relative to the and heated to a high temperature. It 2017. She is a member of the Cotswold Festival and featuring in BBC 2’s ‘Paul initial sketches. More recently he has is double thickness so quite robust and Craftsmen and the British Association Martin’s Handmade Revolution’. As enjoyed letter carving which combines tough. She has a preference for rusty of Modern Mosaics. well as the UK, David has exported to discipline with a certain amount of ironwork but the metal can be painted. France, Germany and Canada. creative freedom within the design. 10 Arts Listings #51 | Jun 2019

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ALLOMORPHIC 10am-6:30pm/Sun 10am-6pm workshop Weds 19th 2-4pm STROUD COLLEGE

Maeve With Love facebook.com/dufflevintage THURS 27TH – SAT 29TH FRI 7TH – FRI 21ST Artist's studio and shop situated in Peter Todd: A Retrospective School of Art Exhibition Allomorphic shop on Lansdown, ELVERS STUDIO This exhibition presents 50 years’ work One of the most electric nights in the opposite the Library. Maeve specialises be Peter Todd, who died at the end of year at SGS Stroud campus is the in fun and vibrant, affordable prints, JUNE EXHIBITION 2018. Covering landscapes from Italy opening night of the School of Art's cards and t-shirts. Open Tue - Sat Mixture of works including 'End of the to France, to his native Gloucestershire. exhibition which this year takes place on 10am-5pm world' 'Killing Elisabeth' & 'War baby' His work emanates from the English Friday 7th.The calibre of the student's Mixed media pieces and a big selection tradition, also touching on surrealism. final work is often lauded as degree allomorphic.co.uk of unframed originals. Also Steampunky His late work documents his perceptual or industry standard. It's a showcase & Intergalactic jewellery by Tristana struggles following a stroke in 2012. for the best new talent in fine art and design, graphics, illustration, textiles, ART OF CLAY Proceeds will go to Thornbury Stroke facebook.com/Elversstudio Group. 3-5pm/private view 28th 5-7pm fashion, 3D, photography and games design. Clay Sinclair GALLERY PANGOLIN lansdownhall.org Provocative post-pop paintings sgscol.ac.uk on Perspex by local/international MON 13TH MAY – SAT 29TH JUNE artist Clay Sinclair situated at 48 High MUSEUM IN THE PARK Street. Plus prints for those on a budget Jon Buck: Time of Our Lives STEVE RUSSELL GALLERY and People's Republic of Stroud tat for A major body of new work showing SAT 8TH JUNE – SUN 7TH JULY SAT 11TH MAY – TBC NOV those joining the revolution. Open Mon simultaneously at both Pangolin Gloucestershire Printmaking – Fri 11am-5pm/Sat 10am-5pm Galleries. Jon Buck draws inspiration Cooperative Summer Print Show Stereoscopic Vision: A Spotlight on the Chameleons of Rwenzori from a wide range of historical The Gloucestershire Printmaking claysinclair.com and contemporary scientific and Cooperative was founded in 2005 Statuesque creatures, radiating anthropological sources and many of with the mission to promote fine art luminous vibrance from every his new works explore primary patterns CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND ART printmaking. Unique in Gloucestershire, cell, chameleons are mesmerising derived from the natural world. They the GPC has specialist printmaking subjects to photograph. Their jewel- SAT 8TH embellish the surfaces of containers, studios and a gallery at Griffin Mill, like pigments glow from every tiny bells and arks with an implied need for chromatophore, saturating the eye with selectconnect: Canvass Networking Thrupp, near Stroud. Print forms are the preservation of the great diversity living colour and detail. Their ponderous Breakfast with Lorraine Robbins developed and taught in a rich range that is Life. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm/Sat of courses and include etching, stone movements make them brilliantly After 28 years working as an artist 10am-1pm lithography, letterpress, relief print obliging animals in front of the camera, focusing on drawing and installation, forms such as lino, woodcut and wood except when it’s feeding time - but Lorraine has recently started working gallery-pangolin.com engraving, screen print and textile Steve had great fun photographing this in ceramic. Her inspirations are the printing. GPC has over 100 members, in the wild. Back in the UK, a collection materials and forms used and found in HIDDEN GARDENS AND many who regularly exhibit locally and of dead chameleons needed the bronze casting processes. After studying nationally. This exhibition is a sample ultimate studio set-up. Though they for a Drawing MA in London Lorraine SCULPTURE OF RODBOROUGH of the wide range of work from large provide a bit of a contrast to the live worked as a lecturer at Stroud College. screen prints to intricate artists’ books. animals, these dead ones are elevated She combines her own creative practice SUN 9TH Private View Friday 7th June, 6 –8pm/ by a certain opalescent quality, with working as a modeller at Pangolin Art enthusiasts, keen gardeners and Meet the artists on Sundays 9th, 16th, beautiful in its own right. 11am -4pm - Editions. Booking essential: sitselect.org nature lovers can enjoy an inspiring 23rd, 30th June and 7th July, 2– 4pm. show continues until mid-nov / [email protected] 10-11:30am day out at Rodborough’s Hidden Workshops also available – visit website Gardens & Sculpture Trail... Taking for further info! steverussellgallery.com SAT 15TH place in and around Church Place, Rodborough on Sunday 9th, the event selectconnect: Experiments in Black museuminthepark.org.uk will see gardeners opening their gates SVA and White with Neville Gabie to members of public, including the Whilst referencing some of his more ‘secret garden’ around Rodborough STROUD AND STONEHOUSE SAT 8TH familiar public projects on the Olympic Court. The trail will showcase the work RAILWAY STATION Invisible College Stroud Presents: The Park London and elsewhere, Neville of 14 sculptors and artists, an exhibition Art, Ecology and Science Fiction Talks will focus his talk around an ongoing of sculpture created by local primary FRI 26TH APRIL – FRI 26TH JULY with Agnès Villette - Introduced by Dr body of drawings and film-based school children, free drop-in art John Cussans performance work entitled ‘Experiments Connecting Stroud and Stonehouse workshops for children, book signings Angès Villette is an artist photographer in Black and White.’ Initiated during the by local author Katie Fforde and guided On the 26th of April 2019 Stroud Station and film-maker working between four-month period he spent as artist tours of the gardens of the historic Hub and an exhibition of words and London, Normandy and Paris. Her work with the British Antarctic Survey at the Rodborough Court. images celebrating the railway and explores environmental, technological remote Halley Base [2008/09] the work the Stroudwater canal was launched and social issues with a specific is a personal exploration of materials, facebook.com/HGSRodborough at Stroud and Stonehouse Railway focus on nuclear environments and process and place. Booking advised: stations. The images for the exhibitions the Anthropocene. Agnes will be sitselect.org 2pm at Stroud and Stonehouse were created speaking about her current project: LANSDOWN HALL by Stroud-based photographers Ruth sitselect.org ‘Alien of the Species’ a photographic TUES 4TH – SUN 16TH Davey from Look Again and James series about 12 invasive insects that Kriszyk who worked with photography Herb Tandree: Town Crier have recently arrived in Europe. DUFFLE VINTAGE students from Stroud College and local Confronting interviews of An exhibition of paintings, glass pieces, photographers with poems and words entomologists and environmental As well as stocking vintage furniture mobiles and assemblages by Herb written by pupils from local schools. humanities theorists, the project maps and clothing Patrick’s shop acts as Tandree. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm/Sun Creating this exhibition was designed the complex entanglement of human a revolving gallery for local artists 11am-3pm to build confidence and develop / animal relationships within disrupted creating a unique and unconventional opportunities and skills by giving local ecosystems subjected to global exhibition space. Currently showing TUES 18TH – SAT 22ND people a voice, a chance to be creative warming and mass migrations. 4-6pm and to show their work in public. This works by Melvyn Warren-Smith, Dan Creative Sustainability £5otd (John Street) Rawlings, Steven Hubbard, Zoe Heath, is a community project created by Exhibition of nature-based art by Wild Susan Kester, Haruko Boot, Nick Purcell, members of the local community, FRI 28TH Jo Caslin and Emily Seffar plus Lazy Lives Art Group – enabling people Creative Sustainability CIC and GWR. Dog Box guitars and Revelray custom affected by stroke and other long-term Mothers Who Make - Meet-up guitars by Gordon Simpson. Mon –Sat health conditions. 10am-5pm/drop in cscic.org Mothers Who Make is a monthly peer Cast Adrift Cast Mon—Sat 9am–5pm // Sun 10am–4pm www.newbreweryarts.org.uk June —

S a t 1 5 Sun 25 Aug 2019 Sun 25 Aug 01453 889765 both galleries Until 29th June CHALFORD GLOS GL6 8NT CHALFORD GLOS GL6 8NT www.gallery-pangolin.com GALLERY PANGOLIN GL7 1JH [email protected] Pangolin London Until 8th June Jon Buck Cirencester John John Brewery Court Brewery Die Time of our Lives New Brewery Arts Brewery New Must A major body of new work showing simultaneously at Barleycorn Barleycorn 12 Art Listings #51 | Jun 2019 ARTBURST Continues its reputation support group for mothers who are PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY artists and makers, in any discipline and at any stage on their creative TUES 30TH APR – SAT 8TH JUNE for promoting the Fine Arts, SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST For arts DANNY ROLPH, paths. Every kind of maker is welcome- Ros Wise professional and/or passionate – Arts Events and Creative Professor of Fine Art, Buckingham University writers, painters, performers, producers, For the exhibition of her new paintings, musicians, bakers, crafters, architects, Ros Wise turns her focus to the and crafts 10.00AM TO 1.00 PM PART 1 historians…1pm £3 donation (John magnificent Uley Bury – an Iron Age hill Activities spread across Street) fort which keeps watch over our village ‘An Introduction to Abstract Art’ and its inhabitants…10am – 4pm workshops and venues in and around 2.00 PM TO 4.00 PM. PART 2 SAT 29TH TUES 30TH APR – SAT 8TH JUNE ‘Practical Abstract Art Workshop’ Invisible College Stroud Presents: The Painswick. From Art, Ecology and Science Fiction Stephanie Cole courses visit: Danny Rolph has an MA in painting from the Royal Talks with Maggie (Mer) Roberts - Illustrator and designer-maker College of Art, London and was the Rome Scholarship Stephanie Cole works across several Sat17th toMon 26th Introduced by Dr John Cussans. at the British School at Rome. He is visiting Professor mediums from commissioned design Maggie Roberts (aka Mer) is a of Fine Art at Buckingham University UK. His work is British artist who lives and works work and large murals to her range of Atelier Pegasus Art August 2019 represented in many international collections including between London and Capetown. She crafted wooden jewellery, stationery atelierstroud.co.uk pegasusart.co.uk is a founder member of the cyber- and home accessories. The result is a the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the lifestyle range of illustrated curiosities arts collective 0rphan Drift that Tate Gallery, London which inspire her to constantly evolve The Clay Loft The Sculpture Studio worked with CCRU (Cybernetic theclayloft.co.uk thesculpturestudio.co.uk MASTERCLASSES Cultural Research Unit) in the late 90’s within her practice.10am-4pm and early ‘00’s. Her work employs TUES 30TH APR – SAT 8TH JUNE Craft at the Centre Sit Select collage techniques across audio- WORKSHOPS visual, digital, sculptural and Mary Maddocks craftatthecentre.com sitselect.org painterly mediums as a way Mary’s creative work combines a of manifesting virtual frequencies that passion for woven crafts with a lifelong Gloucestershire Printmaking Stroud College AND TALKS. affect visible reality. Her current love of the natural world to create wall- Cooperative sgscol.ac.uk artburstpainswick.co.uk SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST show Uncanny Valley, Difficult hangings and woven jewellery, inspired gpchq.co.uk For the first time Artburst have Kin at Aspex gallery (Portsmouth) by landscape and texture. She is Stroud Valley Artspace LYNNE GIBSON BEd. MA. comprises multimedia artworks, Art Historian and Lecturer particularly drawn to the landscapes of Hawkwood College sva.org.uk organised a series of Masterclasses including a Youtube ASMR inspired West Wales and the Scottish Highlands hawkwoodcollege.co.uk 10.00 TO 11.30 AM audio fiction, an ambient soundscape, and the muted, elegant, natural tones for 2019, these will run throughout Victoria Works Studio TALK AND DISCUSSION HD videos and a wandering sculpture/ are present within of her work. 10am- installation made of crystals, detritus, 4pm Imagine Therapeutic Arts victoriaworksstudios.co.uk the festival. All full day courses start ocean flotsam, photographic imagine-therapeutic-arts.co.uk ‘But …Is it Art?’ collage, laser cut stencils and prema.org.uk New Brewery Arts at 10 am and finish at 4.30pm with “If this question gives you food for thought you have fabrics. Maggie will be talking about Kendrick Street Gallery newbreweryarts.org.uk plenty in common with artists, thinkers and educators, her two current shows Uncanny kendrickstgallery.co.uk an hour for lunch. not just in the present time but throughout Western Valley, Difficult Kin and ‘If AI were FRESH AIR SCULPTURE SHOW Prema Arts Centre Art History” Cephalopod’ at Telematic Gallery CIRENCESTER for details of how to book please visit; San Francisco. 4-6pm £5otd (John Make It Studios prema.org.uk Street) SUN 16TH JUNE – SUN 7TH JULY makeitstudios.com artburstpainswick.co.uk This biennial sculpture exhibition sva.org.uk provides a unique opportunity to see a creative mixture of traditional, modern RUSKIN MILL NAILSWORTH and cutting-edge contemporary work in a stunning outdoor setting. FRI 17TH MAY – FRI 14TH JUNE Fresh Air Sculpture 2019 will bring over 130 contemporary pieces of Nailsworth Festival: Walter Lewis outside sculptural work to this fantastic An exhibition of photography and more tranquil setting at the Old Rectory in by Walter Lewis as part of this year’s Quenington, with its expansive organic SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST THURSDAY 22ND AUGUST SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST Nailsworth Festival. The closing event garden, lovely lawns, and River Coln All day session JACKIE GARNER JOSIE BROWN- on Friday 14 June will be an evening of running through. The list of contributing BETH JENKINS Wildlife Artist Master Gilder discussion and celebration of all things artists will be announced in March. Artist and printmaker Evening session All day session local. The details are to be confirmed Artwork will include installations but there will be a talk and a warm specifically for the gardens. Lino cut Masterclass Life Drawing Workshop. Gilding Masterclass invitation to the floor to contribute, and workshop “I believe in the value of traditional drawing skills “Josie is a professional scribe, heraldic artist and book livened up by a bit of music! freshairsculpture.com “Educated at Swansea, Stroud and UWE colleges of as a basis for creativity. My aim is to help students maker. She has been teaching these skills for over 30 rmt.org art, with degrees in Creative Practices and Fine Art, to develop skills in an encouraging and supportive - NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE currently living in Gloucestershire. I teach printmaking atmosphere.” ings and decorative techniques. She is a sensitive PAINSWICK ROCOCO GARDEN SAT 30TH MAR – SUN 2ND JUNE across Gloucestershire and from my home studio for and enthusiastic teacher, and particularly passionate Aimee Lax: Radioactive Boglach private groups, as well as continuing my printmaking about helping people to reach the potential of their SUN 26TH MAY – SUN 8TH SEPT creativity”. Recent work by Aimee Lax using a practice. I mainly make relief prints in lino and wood. Art Unbound range of materials including ceramics, I am interested in lonely and wild places, atmospheric This summer, renowned curator Anna steel and acrylic glass, to explore Greenacre brings together works her fear and fascination of human from both established sculptors and effects on the natural world. Meet the emerging British talent, set against the artist Sat 1st June at 2pm stunning backdrop of Painswick Rococo Garden. In a range of media including SAT 15TH JUNE – MON 26TH AUG SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST wood, stone, wire, ceramics and bronze, John Barleycorn Must Die this contemporary outdoor exhibition MIKE SKIDMORE MONDAY 26TH AUGUST Taking its title from a traditional folk has been designed to embrace the Portait Artist HANNAH ELLIS song that celebrates the agricultural natural beauty and creative energy of All day session Artist the rococo period. Sculptors include cycle of wheat production, this TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST All day session Peter Beard, David Begbie, Aly exhibition marks the end of a GREG THATCHER– Portrait in oils Masterclass Brown, Mike Chaikin, Alison Crowther, programme of work led by artists Artist and lecturer Masterclass & workshop Matt Rowe and Laura Mansfield. The “I teach traditional techniques to create Portraits of Sophie Dickens, Luke Dickinson, Kim All day session Francis,Alex Jones, Tony Lattimer, Sophie exhibtion looks at contemporary crafts compelling darks and evocative lights. We will begin in acrylics for beginners and Marsham, Rebecca Newnham, Yorgos such as corn dollies and corn weaving Drawing Masterclass. with a pencil drawing, followed by a grisaille (grey with local community groups who work improvers. Papadopoulos, Joe & Jenny Smith, “My yew tree series is based upon the trees growing in and white underpainting) to address composition Guy Stevens, Anthony Turner, Clare with wheat growing, trading and use… During the workshop you will learn various painting the famous St. Mary’s Church churchyard in Painswick. and tone. We will then use transparent layers of oil Trenchard and Dominic Welch. techniques as well as practicing colour mixing before newbreweryarts.org.uk I will be introducing the class to the drawing and other creating your own masterpiece! Please bring along of the chosen portrait.” rococogarden.org.uk techniques I use and the importance of using the dramatic some photographs/ images of seascapes which inspire

quality of the light. When ready the class will move into you as a starting point. Hannah will provide lots of the Churchyard (weather permitting) to use their skills to inspiration also and will bring some examples of create their own interpretations”. her own work. A fun workshop in a non-intimidating environment.” ARTBURST Continues its reputation for promoting the Fine Arts, SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST DANNY ROLPH, Arts Events and Creative Professor of Fine Art, Buckingham University Activities spread across 10.00AM TO 1.00 PM PART 1 ‘An Introduction to Abstract Art’ venues in and around 2.00 PM TO 4.00 PM. PART 2 Painswick. From ‘Practical Abstract Art Workshop’ Danny Rolph has an MA in painting from the Royal Sat17th toMon 26th College of Art, London and was the Rome Scholarship at the British School at Rome. He is visiting Professor August 2019 of Fine Art at Buckingham University UK. His work is represented in many international collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the MASTERCLASSES Tate Gallery, London WORKSHOPS

artburstpainswick.co.uk AND TALKS. For the first time Artburst have SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST LYNNE GIBSON BEd. MA. organised a series of Masterclasses Art Historian and Lecturer for 2019, these will run throughout 10.00 TO 11.30 AM TALK AND DISCUSSION the festival. All full day courses start ‘But …Is it Art?’ at 10 am and finish at 4.30pm with “If this question gives you food for thought you have plenty in common with artists, thinkers and educators, an hour for lunch. not just in the present time but throughout Western for details of how to book please visit; Art History” artburstpainswick.co.uk

SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST THURSDAY 22ND AUGUST SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST All day session JACKIE GARNER JOSIE BROWN- BETH JENKINS Wildlife Artist Master Gilder Artist and printmaker Evening session All day session Lino cut Masterclass Life Drawing Workshop. Gilding Masterclass and workshop “I believe in the value of traditional drawing skills “Josie is a professional scribe, heraldic artist and book “Educated at Swansea, Stroud and UWE colleges of as a basis for creativity. My aim is to help students maker. She has been teaching these skills for over 30 art, with degrees in Creative Practices and Fine Art, to develop skills in an encouraging and supportive - currently living in Gloucestershire. I teach printmaking atmosphere.” ings and decorative techniques. She is a sensitive across Gloucestershire and from my home studio for and enthusiastic teacher, and particularly passionate private groups, as well as continuing my printmaking about helping people to reach the potential of their practice. I mainly make relief prints in lino and wood. creativity”. I am interested in lonely and wild places, atmospheric

SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST MIKE SKIDMORE MONDAY 26TH AUGUST Portait Artist HANNAH ELLIS All day session Artist TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST All day session GREG THATCHER– Portrait in oils Masterclass Artist and lecturer “I teach traditional techniques to create Portraits of Masterclass & workshop All day session compelling darks and evocative lights. We will begin in acrylics for beginners and Drawing Masterclass. with a pencil drawing, followed by a grisaille (grey improvers. and white underpainting) to address composition “My yew tree series is based upon the trees growing in During the workshop you will learn various painting and tone. We will then use transparent layers of oil the famous St. Mary’s Church churchyard in Painswick. techniques as well as practicing colour mixing before I will be introducing the class to the drawing and other creating your own masterpiece! Please bring along of the chosen portrait.” techniques I use and the importance of using the dramatic some photographs/ images of seascapes which inspire quality of the light. When ready the class will move into you as a starting point. Hannah will provide lots of the Churchyard (weather permitting) to use their skills to inspiration also and will bring some examples of create their own interpretations”. her own work. A fun workshop in a non-intimidating environment.” 14 Literature #51 | Jun 2019

NELL GIFFORD By Lucy White

“I geek out all the time in chicken called Rosebud, who did sleep famous faces like Tweedy the clown, MacColl’s ‘Days’. It was in this moment circuses,” says Nell Gifford, on our bed and all of that. She’s a real- returning favourites such as Emmanuel that Gifford’s Circus truly touched my life character.” the Italian acrobat and new stars heart and I confess I cried real, salty her turquoise eyes glittering The story also speaks directly to like Lil Smith, who grew up watching tears into my popcorn as it did. “I love under a crown of red roses the very real experience of being a Gifford’s Circus. Following the theme doing the act with my daughter,” Nell as she pulls a little jar of child with an ill parent - something of the book, I ask the performers tells me as I gush at her about the sand from the pocket of Nell experienced with her own mother about their earliest memory of feeling beauty of it, “and I hope she loves it her fluffy coat. “This is from and is experiencing now as a mother inspired to join the circus. “When I too, I think she does. It’s a really special another circus in Paris. herself, who was very ill at the time was young I really loved monkeys,” thing.” of beginning to write this book: “The begins Nell, “I wanted to be a monkey That’s the kind of thing central character’s mother is ill. I trainer in the circus, but it wasn’t really Nell and her circus of dreams have I just find in my pockets. wanted to write about the boredom - to do with the circus so it’s strange now taken to the open road for the I had to bring this back how boring it is for a child to have an in a way how it’s worked out.” For Lil, summer season. Tickets are available because I wanted to find ill parent.” her earliest memory was watching from the Gifford’s box office or through out what it was but, you The illustrations for the book are her Aunt Nell ride an elephant in the website giffordscircus.com. Copies know - walking around with also drawn closely from real life. Nell’s a circus in Germany: “I was really of ‘Nell and the Circus of Dreams’ publishers at Oxford University Press young and I remember thinking that can now also be purchased online at a sample from a French brought her together with illustrator must be the coolest job ever,” she giffordscircus.com/shop and local circus in your pocket - Briony May Smith, and together they tells us. Emmanuel shares the story bookshops including Stroud Bookshop that’s sort of the epitome translated the art and the heart of of his childhood as part of a family of and the Yellow Lighted Bookshop in of geekiness.” circus life into vibrant images which tell acrobats who ran a circus. Nailsworth. the story of little Nell’s visit to the world Not everyone who performs in the behind the velvet curtain. Nell tells me circus is born to it, and for children who It is the interval of Gifford’s Circus it was tricky trying to fit all of the circus dream of joining Nell has the following 2019 show ‘Xanadu’ and Nell and I into one book, and so she has more piece of advice: “If you want to join share a bench in the bustling tea tent, books planned for the future! the circus the best thing to do is learn which is alive with excited chatter and I ask Nell what is the gift that she dance, gymnastics and languages. sparkly bunting. In the middle of the had received from writing this book: “It Everything else will follow.” Nell explains tent stands a display table decked out made me more aware that the circus is that, in her experience, people tend to with crisp new copies of Nell’s recently quite a simple story,” she tells me. “I’m bring to the circus whatever skill they published children’s book ‘Nell and the always trying to overcomplicate things, have naturally and then to train and Circus of Dreams’. but now I’m starting to understand exaggerate that skill until it becomes a Although it speaks of dreams, the that magnifying a simple idea is better performance. book draws its characters very much than complicated ideas that are Nell’s skill growing up was riding from real life. When I ask Nell how hard to follow.” The idea for Gifford’s horses. She began riding at the age of much of herself is in the lead character Circus this year comes straight from a 6 and has since ridden horses - and of the book, she responds with a sixties summer of love. The performers elephants! - in several circus rings disarmingly straightforward “Pretty present a love-drenched, technicolour around the world. In the first half of much all. The dream of running away spectacle of song, dance, acrobatics, this year’s show, Nell appears in the Lucy White is a freelance writer and creative to the circus has been my life story. I horsemanship, juggling and clowning - ring on a showy grey stallion alongside based in Nailsworth, mostly to be found in the wanted to tell that story for children.” all decked out in long hippy wigs, glitter her daughter Red riding a beautifully woods or by the river when not at her desk. Even the chicken who leads young galore and even doves! dappled rare Eriskay pony. Mother and Specialising in web content for creatives, Nell to the circus comes directly from At the end of the show, I am lucky daughter float around the ring in a local businesses and entrepreneurs Nell’s own childhood: “When we were to catch the weekly Q&A session with dreamlike harmony to the dulcet tones at glowingphrases.com, instagram@ little we actually had a really sweet pet performers. The line-up features of the house band performing Kirsty lucyroseuk #51 | Jun 2019 Literature / Spoken Word /Comedy Listings 15

bank transfer or paypal). Lovdev Barpaga, Laura Ollerton, special guest as Clara Schumann. LITERATURE/ Samantha Day, MC Geoff Whiting. Live violin played by Eleanor Ryan. htstroud.org Produced by Oyster Creatives, After a two year absence, the directed by Amy Bonsall. 8pm CrazyBird Comedy Club returns SPOKEN £15/£12concs STAR ANISE to the fantastic Stroud Brewery at their new premises for a night of thesubrooms.co.uk WORD side splitting hilarity. Headlining the SUN 2ND night will be the super talented Tom LISTINGS Taking Action: Stroud Greenpeace Deacon who has been performing live PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY stand-up for the last 9 years – with Volunteers tell their stories of taking four Edinburgh solo shows under nonviolent direct action…Come his belt and has been the host of his SAT 29TH ALE HOUSE and find out what nonviolent direct own TV, radio and online shows on action is, why Greenpeace does Robin Dale: What Does Stuff Do? BBC2, BBC Radio1, The Capital FM direct actions, what it's like to go on In his charmingly rhetorical debut MON 10TH breakfast show and YouTube football one, some of the bizarre things that show, Robin Dale utilises innovative channel Copa90. Supporting Tom Piranha Poetry with Chloë Jacquet happen, what it's like to be arrested – juggling, physical comedy, and will be Lovdev Barpaga who lifted All female open mic night hosted and ultimately how our actions bring almost-philosophy to guide you the title of UK Pun Champion at The by multi-slam winning poet Chloë about change. Hear about getting a through his mind and body of Leicester Comedy Festival in 2017. Jacquet. 7:30pm Free lift to a protest in a police boat, the research. This afternoon showing is a Lovdev’s act consists of one liners nicest judge in the world, spending special, shorter, more child-friendly and short stories. Joining these the night on the roof of the Houses of performance (look bout for Robin’s two comedy heavyweights will be BLACK BOOK CAFÉ Parliament, being chased around a brilliant family workshop at 3pm) for Laura Ollerton who is fast becoming field and what it's like to be chained those members of the family who just one to watch on the Comedy to a petrol pump, with sparks flying can't help themselves! 2:45pm/7:30pm WEDS 19TH scene and Samantha Day who has everywhere as you're being cut £8/£6concs/£7friends/ been described by former English Stroud Radical Reading Group: A out! And find out how you can get £5concs/£19family/£17concs /£10otd Comedian of the Year & Britain’s History of the World in Seven Cheap involved. 3pm Free Things Got Talent Semi Finalist as “new but prema.org.uk very, very funny!”. Finally back to MC Part of SRRG's series of discussions - FRI 7TH for the evening, fans favourite, the based around texts reflecting on the Coffee House Meeting: Is This A inimitable Geoff Whiting. Prior to the UNDER THE EDGE ARTS environmental and climate crises we Citizens Assembly? show, Stroud Brewery as always will face. In A History of the World in Seven have their Pizza oven on the go if WOTTON UNDER EDGE How difficult decisions can be made Cheap Things, Raj Patel and Jason you’re a bit peckish! 7pm £12.50adv with people power. How can decisions W. Moore present a new approach from Trading Post, seetickets.com and be made when the tribes do not SAT 1ST to analysing today’s planetary [email protected] emergencies. Bringing the latest agree? How can we even decide Les Admirables efficiently what we need to decide ecological research together with stroudbrewery.co.uk A musical comedy show by multi- histories of colonialism, indigenous about? Government seems frozen in inaction. You may have heard about award-winning comedian Harriet struggles, slave revolts, and other Braine, which focuses on a selection rebellions and uprisings, Patel and the Citizens Assembly. You probably SUB ROOMS have only a vague idea of how it could of women from the history of science Moore demonstrate that throughout and technology. Some of them you history crises have always prompted work, even in theory. Sarah Lunnon, local activist and politician, leads us FRI 21ST will be familiar with, others perhaps fresh strategies to make the world not! 8pm £10.50/£8.50concs cheap and safe for capitalism. More on an interactive journey! Come along Oysters by Neil Savage and join the discussion. 7:30pm Free details and excerpt for discussion A dark comedy about Johannes utea.org.uk (donations welcome) available from stroudradicalreading. Brahms with live music. Cast includes wordpress.com. 7:30pm Free facebook.com/StarAniseStroud Nicholas Collett, Neil Salvage with blackbookcafe.com NEW BREWERY ARTS HAWKWOOD COLLEGE BOOKING/CONTACT: SAT 22ND FRI 21ST – SUN 23RD Improvers Modern Calligraphy BOOK ONLINE AT: THESUBROOMS.CO.UK OR CALL BOX OFFICE: 01453 796880 The Magic of Storytelling with Sue Join Emerald Paper Design on EMAIL: [email protected] Hollingsworth an improver’s guide to modern Traditional stories are the basis for calligraphy. This class is for anyone beginning to explore the world of who has already taken a beginner’s storytelling. You will be coached in workshop or is self-taught. During confident speaking in front of a group the session, we will be focusing on and learn some key skills. Suitable for your technique as well as developing complete beginners or those wanting and refining your own, personal to refresh their narrative flair. £215 calligraphy look. This is a much non-residential/£255 residential more individual class where Emma shared/£295 residential single will be on hand to give you bespoke guidance and help. The price hawkwoodcollege.co.uk includes an improver's kit full of the goodies you can use on your modern calligraphy journey. 1pm £40 SOUND RECORDS newbreweryarts.org.uk WEDS 12TH Poetry Jam Jar COMEDY A new monthly event at Sound Records ft. poetry and spoken word COMEDY interludes on vinyl…7pm Free LISTINGS facebook.com/soundrecordsstroud THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE Oysters TRINITY ROOMS THURS 20TH Fri 21st June | 8pm SAT 1ST Probably the Best Comedy Night in the £12 - £15 Come of Age with Stephen Jenkinson World Featuring up and coming talent and A dark comedy about Johannes Brahms with live music. Come of Age - day long talk by Cast includes Nicholas Collett, Neil Salvage with special Stephen Jenkinson. The sages seem headlined by Marti - all held together to be departing. Elections enthrone by the inimitable Gavin Pond…8pm guest as Clara Schumann. Live violin played by Eleanor Ryan. Change, that’s all. The tribal lines Free Produced by Oyster Creatives, directed by Amy Bonsall. deepen. And there’s the weather, crownandsceptrestroud.com and the waters. The appearance of it all is this: We’d rather be defeated than persuaded. Perhaps we will be. STROUD BREWERY Scholarships may be available on request. “Getting older is inevitable, Please support our ongoing work becoming an elder is a skill.” 10am- THURS 13TH SUPPORT uS at thesubrooms.co.uk/donations 4pm £75 from Eventbrite or contact CrazyBird Comedy Club: Tom Deacon, [email protected] (to pay by 16 Theatre #51 | Jun 2019

BILL ALEXANDER RSC, 1986 Windsor, of Wives Merry The

By Jo Bousfield

within a group of actors and director performed on Ed Berman’s ‘Fun Art Many skilled arts professionals live in attempting to make sense of these Bus’ – a double decker red London bus. the Stroud Valleys. Their jobs regularly plays. Why is Shakespeare the greatest Actors entered from a hatch above take them away from home, whether dramatist that ever lived? This is easily the driver’s seat and performed to the it be directing a film in London, Paris said, but not so easily explained.” audience on the top deck while driving and LA, or conducting an orchestra He wants to run enjoyable sessions through the streets of London. He in Sydney or Rome. These hills and with a group of actors who happen to soon became a Trainee Director at the live here in Stroud who want to get a Bristol Old Vic, then assistant director valleys are a joy and solace to return better understanding of Shakespeare. at the Royal Court, then 14 years with to, from high-profile work in the public Bill has been directing Shakespeare the Royal Shakespeare Company eye. But what happens when the skilled professional productions for 40 years, but he says; and 7 years as Artistic Director of decides to permanently come home? What will happen “Every time I open a Shakespeare text Birmingham Repertory Theatre, to the wealth of knowledge s/he has amassed and and start thinking about it, I become followed by free-lance work, directing shared? Will they write their life story? Or will they, as more and more aware of the things I plays at the National, various regional don’t know. The thing is working out theatres and the USA. they dig their garden or bake a cake, remember the how to do it. No one is the ultimate Now he has decided to settle down work they did and the places they inhabited as if it was expert, no one knows ‘all about’ how to at home, to the potential benefit of a dream? do Shakespeare.” lucky actors living locally who’d like to At 12 years old Bill was first explore Bill Shakespeare’s work with introduced to the Bard at school by an Bill Alexander. Bill Alexander is a British Theatre thing I love, and come home again.” inspiring English teacher who directed Director, with a particular interest in Bill is setting up what he initially an annual Shakespeare. Bill played If you are interested in joining The Shakespeare. He has lived with his wife will call ‘The Shakespeare Club’. He Perdita in The Winter’s Tale. He gave a Shakespeare Club, or finding out Juliet Harmer in a rural cottage 5 miles is putting out a call to professional self-conscious performance because more, please contact Bill Alexander from Stroud for 40 years or so, and actors living in Stroud. Actors who he didn’t like his frock; “I looked like at [email protected]. There spent the best part of his life working are between jobs or who have a mediaeval Barbie Doll - the boy will be a small charge at each session away from home. Now 71, he has currently stopped working. Actors playing Autolycus was a horrible bully to cover costs of room hire. The first decided he doesn’t want to retire from who’d be interested in meeting on and made my life a misery but I got my one is likely to be in September and be work but to “retire from going away and off for a couple of hours in the own back and in my last year I played based at the Centre for Science and Art from home.” day to discuss Shakespeare, work Prospero and through that I realised in Lansdown, Stroud. “I don’t want to go away anymore. on texts, experiment with staging of that I loved Theatre, there was nothing Directing plays is the only thing I’ve scenes, talk about different styles and else I wanted to do.” Jo Bousfield has worked in theatre for over ever been able to do, but there isn’t a approaches, the meaning of the plays At Keele University studying 40 years and was Gloucestershire County theatre here in the woods where we and the relevance of Shakespeare as English and Politics in the early 70’s Council’s Theatre Development Co-ordinator live. I want to do interesting work, the a writer. “Professional actors who are Bill formed an experimental theatre from 2004 – 2011. Amongst her ongoing kind I’ve done all my life (which has a interested in joining a Shakespeare group called Guerrilla Theatre. Lots of free-lance work Jo has been running Flies On lot to do with exploring Shakespeare workshop - actors who haven’t got companies at that time were breaking The Wall Youth Theatre (for teenagers) and and the way Shakespeare works) here much experience of Shakespeare, or the boundaries of theatre convention, a weekly toddler dance class for parents and where I live, so that I can get up in the do have and want to have more – to doing away with the proscenium pre-school children for 25 years in Stroud morning, hope that Juliet will give me meet together with me in a room arch, and creating drama in non- jobousfield.co.uk a lift into Stroud (I don’t drive) do this and explore the paradoxes that exist theatre settings. 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STROUD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL relationship with the absent father. 7:30pm SAT 15TH £6/£5concs/£2 annual membership THEATRE Missing Link THURS 30TH MAY – SUN 2ND JUNE Animated comedy from the makers of Stroud Shakespeare Festival returns lansdownhall.org The Boxtrolls, with the voice of Hugh /DANCE to the Museum in the Park to kick off Jackman. 10:30am £7.50adults/£3children your summer with a kaleidoscope of all ST LAURENCE CHURCH LISTINGS things Bill. Theatre, visual arts, children’s workshops, and plenty of “mirth and THURS 27TH merriment” in between, SSF will delight SAT 15TH NT Live: Small Island both newcomers to Shakespeare, and COTSWOLD PLAYHOUSE The Sultan and the Saint Stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s those with annotated complete works. Orange Prize-winning novel, filmed on Come along and “fall into revelry!” Visit Set in a past period of East-West conflict stage at the National Theatre. 7:30pm THURS 13TH – SAT 15TH/THURS 20TH website for full programme… The Sultan and the Saint tells one of the – SAT 22ND great, lost stories from history. Narrated £13/£11concs stroudshakespearefestival.com by Jeremy Irons, and starring Zach Beyer, Cotswold Players: Dial M for Murder Alexander McPherson, Eric Kramer, Erik SUN 30TH Solliard, Patric Boyer and Aaron Bliden. Frederick Knott’s Dial M for Murder is Glyndebourne Opera: Cinderella a classic thriller from the early 1950’s, CHANTRY CENTRE DURSLEY Presented by the Franciscan Third Order a golden age for thrillers. It was first of Gloucestershire. 7:30pm Live broadcast of the opera, which takes presented on stage in London’s West End the classic Cinderella story and put FRI 14TH – 15TH in 1952 and was an immediate smash hit, stlaurencefuture.org.uk through the lens of composer Massenet’s getting its debut on Broadway shortly Just Us Productions: Big Fish sensuous and lavish score. 5:30pm thereafter and being played on stages £13/£11concs A family friendly musical for all ages. ELECTRIC PICTURE HOUSE around the world to rave reviews. Alfred With spine-tingling music Big Fish wottoncinema.com Hitchcock immediately snapped up the is a magnificent big fish of a tale – WOTTON UNDER EDGE film rights and released it as one of his spectacular, fantastical and overflowing most successful movies in 1954, starring with love…Fri 7:30pm/Sat 2:30pm and TUES 4TH UNDER THE EDGE ARTS Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. It says a 7:30pm £15/£12concs lot about the gripping nature of Knott’s Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh and WOTTON UNDER EDGE original play that Hitchcock chose to chantrycentre.org Japan replicate the stage experience in a Documentary. In this little known story of screenplay that was derived straight from WEDS 12TH Van Gogh's art we see just how important that text. 7:30pm £12 The Art of Catching Lobsters UNDER THE EDGE ARTS his study of Japan was. The film travels The Art of Catching Lobsters is a cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk WOTTON UNDER EDGE not only to France and the Netherlands but also to Japan to further explore the profoundly moving new film by Jane Darke remarkable heritage that so affected Van about the life and death of her husband, SAT 29TH Cornish playwright and lobster fisherman LANSDOWN HALL Gogh and made him the artist we know of Wotton Dramatic Society: Cider With today. 8pm £10/£9concs Nick Darke 7:45pm £7.50 Rosie THURS 27TH – FRI 28TH WEDS 26TH This summer Wotton-under-Edge WEDS 5TH Amerta Movement in Performance: Dramatic Society will be performing a Taming of the Shrew About the Land Intercultural Talks, Workshops and rehearsed reading of Cider with Rosie. The Live broadcast of the play, from Stratford- The fourth and final in our series of Performances play is adapted from Laurie Lee’s novel, a upon-Avon. 7pm £13/£11 documentary films by Jane Darke who Afternoon and evening talks, workshops, poetic evocation of his childhood growing made the iconic film The Wrecking Season and performances by dance, movement, up in the early 20th Century in the Slad SAT 8TH about a winter of beach-combing on the performance artists and musicians Valley near Stroud which has become a North coast of Cornwall, About the Land from the UK, Indonesia, Germany and modern classic worldwide and is here Take That: Greatest Hits Live film looks inland from the same coast. imaginatively adapted for the stage by USA. Performances, will include solo Live broadcast of the band’s tour. 8pm 7:45pm £7.50 and collaborative work, formal and James Roose-Evans. 2:30pm and 7:30pm £13/£11concs improvisational approaches, ritual £7.50 utea.org.uk art and celebration. The event is the culmination of a week-long workshop utea.org.uk in Stroud ‘Amerta in Performance’ with Indonesian movement artist Suprapto Suryadarmo (Prapto). Amerta draws on BARN THEATRE CIRENCESTER the basic movements of daily life as well as meditation, spiritual and performance WEDS 22ND MAY – SAT 22ND JUNE approaches. For details of programme contact: [email protected] and Henry V [email protected] This timeless Shakespeare tale is cleverly brought up to date and explores the SAT 15TH – SUN 16TH conflict between tradition and modernity in Britain through the lens of a nation at Dramarama Youth Theatre: Cut, war. Fold, Fly and Read, Dream, Rebel Two interconnected plays. THURS 27TH – SAT 29TH Stan, a young boy eager to change the Bad Girls – The Musical world, is trying to work out how best to do this…from his bedroom. The plays draw New Wing Governor Helen arrives at HMP on a childhood passion for flight and Larkhall and finds an ally in inmate Nikki. origami and an adolescent desire to rebel! Both face an adversary in corrupt Officer He’s just a boy….will he be able to make a Jim Fenner, who will do anything he can difference? Sat 3pm/Sun 11am and 3pm for Helen’s job… tickets from trybooking.co.uk or otd barntheatre.org.uk lansdownhall.org

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THURS 13TH LISTINGS The Festival Players: Much Ado About Nothing LANSDOWN HALL This delicious comedy, popular for over THE four hundred years, will be performed SUN 9TH COTSWOLD present the stage hit that became one of Alfred for you by The Festival Players acclaimed Hitchcock’s most successful movies. all-male Company, in a crystal clear, Lansdown Film Club Presents: Sweet PLAYERS energetic, colourful production, enhanced Country by original songs composed by Johnny Directed by Warwick Thornton, a 1920s-set Coppin. Don’t miss this summer treat - fun tale of racial tension and rough justice June 13, 14 & 15 and Jun 20, 21 & 22 for all the family. Bring your own low- in Australia’s Northern Territory. 7:30pm backed chairs or blankets to sit on and £6/£5concs/£2 annual membership at the Cotswold Playhouse clothing to suit all weathers, this outdoor show will go on come rain or shine. Gates SUN 23RD 7.30pm open at 6pm, picnics welcome, ice creams and drinks on sale/show at 7:30pm Lansdown Film Club Presents: An £15/£13.50concs Box Office: Cornish Impossible Love Riviera 01726 879 500 or crbo.co.uk France 2018. Directed by Catherine Tickets £12 Corsini. A heart-breaking story of museuminthepark.org.uk unconditional love of a mother for cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk/tickets or phone 0333 666 3366 her daughter overshadowed by a 18 Music #51 | Jun 2019

JACOB AND DRINKWATER By Christopher Taylor

Tobias Jacob and Lukas Drinkwater have been tone, it’s a nostalgic album, a lot of That programme is a huge platform, delving into the past. The song, There's it has millions of listeners, and they described as “stand out new folk” by the BBC - a Shadow on the Sun - stands out in have some really big names on the but they are much more than that. Following the subject matter on the album, it’s taken show. We gave them a few options of release of their debut full length album in March from firsthand accounts of life in Syria songs to play, and they selected There's during the war, Tobias constructed a Shadow on the Sun - as mentioned I caught up with one of half of the duo Lukas the story from someone who is caught earlier it has a great story and talking Drinkwater on a Friday evening in Nailsworth to talk right in the middle of the bombing point that fitted in well. It was a about writing, the recording process, touring and their - someone who loses his wife in the terrifying experience to be on there, as war. We decided it would be a really it was recorded live alongside the likes penchant for wild swimming… poignant song to add to the album. of Alexei Sayle and Paul Whitehouse, plus Tana French, who’s an amazing Congratulations on the first full studio such as Roots Union, and lots of other This album also coincided with your author. We actually traded a copy of album, This Old River - you decided bands he has fronted over the years. largest tour to date, and did you get to our album for her latest novel called to crowdfund this album, how did that He just writes and writes and writes, do more wild swimming like you did on The Witch Elm - which is totally brilliant idea come about and what was the more than anything it is trying to pick your last tour? by the way. We got through that nerve- response like? the best of his material, it’s all great. racking experience, delighted that the The last tour we did was our ‘Waters He just doesn’t write a bad song. Then guests loved the performance and we Of England’ tour in September 2018, We’ve always had a lot of support we work out the arrangements, often got lots of great feedback and gained where we made a point of discovering from our fans and we haven’t been playing out live and seeing where they a few new fans from it. wild swimming places every day - by particularly pro-active in recording go - we don’t rehearse loads as we like going out to our fans and asking for and releasing new music. We have that spontaneity in the set. We mostly When not out touring (or wild recommendations. We would wild been working as a duo for five years recorded new songs on this album, swimming) Lukas can be found in swim before or even after the shows, and only recorded an E.P and a live this was all fresh, there’s quite a lot of his studio Polyphonic Recording occasionally taking a late night dip. album. People were asking us at gigs improvisation on it. Tobias would bring (facebook.com/PolyphonicRecording) This Old River tour was in February about material coming out, and there is the song to me, and play it through on Lower Street in Stroud. and March - and the appeal for no reason why we haven’t put anything once, then I would join in through the outdoor swimming was considerably This Old River out, we have just been very busy! We second play through writing parts lower. We had a few dips and we even by Jacob and crowdfunded enough to initially make and arrangements as we went along, wore wetsuits and one particular dip Drinkwater is a E.P, but there was so much interest making a few adjustments here and in the Lake District was far too cold - available now. the crowdfunding got up to enough there. to record a full album, our first studio measuring between 0-2 degrees - we For further album. We were so happy people Is there a theme running through 'This do consider ourselves pretty hardy, but information supported us and helped us out. Old River' and can you tell us about the not that hardy… and to ensure song There's a Shadow on the Sun. you don’t miss You are rightly lauded as a very I was delighted to hear you got to play out on their mesmerising live sets visit accomplished act, how does the So the title track ‘This Old River’ - is your song ‘There's a Shadow on the jacobanddrinkwater.com. writing and recording process work all about Tobias’ grandfather Eric, Sun’ on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends - between you and Tobias? and his memories. He was so fond of what was that experience like? Lancashire, he believed that everything That was an amazing stroke of luck, I Christopher Taylor is a creative producer in Tobias is the writer and he is a prolific good came from, and was invented happened to vaguely know one of the the advertising and marketing industry, also writer, he’s already got 10 albums in Lancashire. The song has a lot of producers on the show who’s a great specialising in film and music presenting for worth of songs that he’s written in quotes from Eric, and lots of reminisces supporter of new and original music. TV and Radio. - weareaudiophiles.com different guises, either solo or in bands from childhood. That sort of sets the #51 | Jun 2019 Music Listings 19

THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE Vision Soundsystem! 8pm £10adv from homeless charity. Sat from 2 – 11pm: MUSIC Trading Post/£10otd Spidasense, 2ToneAll-Skas, The Blue FRI 7TH Rose Band, The Useless Aters, Bobbi, lansdownhall.org Thee Pulsations The Q. Sun from 12:30 – 7pm: Skandals, LISTINGS The Liabilities AD, The Shaggy Dog Pulsating vibes of psychedelic sixties Raconteurs, Beatelles electric blues explosion retro rock. LITTLE VIC ALE HOUSE 8:30pm Free MON 3RD SUN 9TH Singing Group SAT 1ST THURS 13TH Barney’s Live Music: Jon Asprey Open Mic Night The first Monday of every month Route 61 This month’s guests are John Asprey you are welcome to join the friendly Gloucestershire-based 5-piece blues Hosted by Stroud’s own Americana with MC Kieran Archer. Floor spots group that meet and organised by band comprising well-seasoned troubadour the Rev. Stretch. All available! 7:30pm Free (suggested Amy. Song, poetry and stories - bring and experienced musicians. Some welcome! 8pm Free donation £4) your own tune, words and voice. No members are familiar faces on the experience required. 8pm Free local blues scene, whilst others bring FRI 14TH facebook.com/BarnysLiveMusic fresh inspiration and renewed vitality. Trevor Babajack Stieger THURS 6TH The music they play varies from Howling Wolf meets Screaming Jay MUSEUM IN THE PARK Katy J Pearson, Orbury Common standard traditional classic blues Hawkins.....carried on the wings of a through to modern blues rock and Combining a unique voice with a knack wailing slide guitar…8:30pm Free SAT 15TH for melodies that lodge themselves in everything in between. 8:30pm Free Sounds for A Small Space: Joseph your brain, Katy J Pearson writes songs FRI 21ST Hyde, Batteries Beats and the Great SAT 8TH could only have come from her time The Narco Lounge Combo Outdoors, Phonsonic growing up in the rolling hills of the Jamie Thyer and The Worried Men Bristol’s most handsome band, Narco Joseph Hyde will be exploring simple West Country. Having first explored The Worried Men have toured the Lounge Combo construct a Lynchian minimalist patterns and harmonic songwriting as one half of dream- UK and Europe non-stop and these soundscape of noirish jazz, uneasy ratios using various analogue and pop duo Ardyn, her new solo project road tested veterans have only just listening and space-age exotica. self-build modular synthesisers. He will casts a more intimate light upon her begun! Think of Thorogood, Gary Brushed drums, tremolo guitars and be joined by Batteries, Beats and the distinctive vocals, whilst also refining Moore, Wilko Johnson. These boys can voodoo marimbas create spiked Great Outdoors (synths/video) and her portrayal of the wondrous world show ‘em all a clean pair of heels… cocktails in a nightclub where it is host Phonsonic (synths/flute/video) around her. With support from Orbury 8:30pm Free forever after hours…8:30pm Free to create an intimate and eclectic live Common is a collaborative project by music evening.7:30pm £5/£2.50concs Emlyn Bainbridge and Josh Day-Jones, SAT 15TH THURS 27TH electronic artists united by a mutual museuminthepark.org.uk curiosity for supernatural fanaticism Bacchus Rodda’s Hairy Craic and British nostalgia…8:30pm Free Bacchus plays rock, rock'n'roll, rhythm Irish Acoustic Session with Tim Potts. and blues and blues in a wide-ranging 8pm Free THE PRINCE ALBERT FRI 7TH repertoire that includes many of your Super Cumbia Y La Liga De La Alegría guitar favourites along with our own FRI 28TH SAT 1ST – SUN 2ND songs. 8:30pm Free Totally fun-loving migratory Wildwood Jack The All Yellow Fest superheroes fly in for a full-on show FRI 21ST Melodic songs blend the acoustic A two day event for the Big Yellow Bus encompassing dance, humour, Project raising vital funds for a brilliant Texas Tick Fever guitar and ukulele with outstanding costumes changes and world peace , fingerstyle playing, drawing influences Foot stompin', barn raisin', moonshine from folk, country and world music. swillin' sounds from two good ole 8:30pm Free Cotswold boys. 8:30pm Free BOOKING/CONTACT: crownandsceptrestroud.com SAT 29TH BOOK ONLINE AT: THESUBROOMS.CO.UK Liam Ward Band OR CALL BOX OFFICE: 01453 796880 GALGOS LATINO EMAIL: [email protected] The Liam Ward Band bring you award- winning original and classic rhythm SAT 15TH and blues! Get your mojo working with the epic harp-driven sounds of vintage Sound Records Presents: Bongo Mondo American dance music: Chicago blues, west coast swing and funky, soulful Sean and Tom from Sound Records roots music. 8:30pm Free start a new residency at Galgos and promise to take us on a journey 'around' the globe. Expect latin CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ART strut, afro boogie, bollywood brass and turkish psych, and that's just for SUN 2ND starters! Dress colourfully and wear Georgian Singing Workshop with Carl your dancing shoes! 10pm Free entry Linich A day of exquisite and uplifting facebook.com/galgoslatino Georgian singing! Under the expert guidance of visiting teacher Carl Linich, LANSDOWN HALL we will learn three-part songs in a MUSIC variety of styles from different regions FRI 7TH of Georgia (Caucasus), a country SGS Music Dept: End Of Year Show renowned for its extraordinary musical heritage. The workshop is suitable for District Audio and Events presents Los Pacaminos Ft. Paul Young singers of all abilities and you don’t SGS Music Tech. Showcase. The need to be able to read music: songs Music Tech Department has been an Sat 8th June | 8pm will be taught by ear and word sheets integral part of the Stroud music scene will be provided! Carl Linich (USA) is for many years helping successive £20 alumni into the work place and an internationally acclaimed singer One of the UK’s most popular live touring bands playing the and teacher who has been honoured further education. 7:30pm £5adv from by the Georgian government for ticketsource.co.uk/£6otd very best in Tex Mex Border music from The Texas Tornadoes his work in helping to promote and and Ry Cooder to Los Lobos and more! A great night’s preserve Georgian folk music. 10am- SAT 8TH rocking with the cactus sharp, tequila filled, Stetson wearing, 12:30pm/1:30-4pm Morning session Stroud Dub Club magnificent 6, Los Pacaminos!!. £15/£12concs/Afternoon session Resident selectas Threebagsfull and £15/£12concs/All day £25/£22concs Shireman Sound meet Bristol’s Dub Booking: Fionaandnick@btinternet. From Above crew showcasing home com. 01453 752978 or 07778 324005 grown productions and crucial roots SUPPORT uS Please support our ongoing work music. With live vocals from Sista at thesubrooms.co.uk/donations facebook.com/ Oona and harmonica from Rufus CentreforScienceArtRoomHireStroud Fry plus guests. Powered by Majestic 20 Music Listings #51 | Jun 2019

love and happiness. Comprehendez? Glastonbury festival and tour around of past masters such as Miles Davis, SAT 8TH No neither do we but they are the the UK. They will be gracing a number Bill Evans, John Coltrane and many Los Pacaminos ft. Paul Young June schizz. Free entry as always but bring of stages mostly large, and the Albert others. 8pm Free 8pm plenty of dollar to put in the ‘hat’. And are lucky enough to have them back One of the UK’s most popular live to buy booze. 8:30pm Free for a show here. Expect fun funky THURS 6TH touring bands playing the very best in crazy zany music and wacky circus Five Valleys Session Tex Mex Border music from The Texas SAT 8TH performances. 8:45pm Free Local musicians meet at Stroud Tornadoes and Ry Cooder to Los Lobos Scott Lavene SAT 29TH Brewery on the first Thursday of and more! A great night’s rocking Scott Lavene returns to the Albert with Reggae Roast the month to play traditional folk with the cactus sharp, tequila filled, his newly formed band. They sing tunes. Mostly from Ireland, Scotland, Stetson wearing, magnificent 6, Los songs about small talk, being skint, The regular reggae roast returns England, Wales, France with a Pacaminos!! 8pm £20 doomed affairs and the sweetness of for reggae tunes and food in the smattering of Danish and North falling in love over a cup of tea… courtyard… American tunes. Everyone welcome, to SAT 22ND 8:30pm listen or to play. 8pm Free Fleetwood Bac theprincealbertstroud.co.uk THURS 13TH SAT 8TH This world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band are endorsed by Ed Dowie Danadra RODBOROUGH FETE AND Mick Fleetwood himself, as the only Dorset vocalist and songwriter returns From solid blues roots and world Mac tribute to authentically replicate SUMMER SOCIAL to the Albert following a much talked music influence - up tempo rhythms the classic ‘Rumour’ line-up…8pm £18 about set back in February last year. and melodies are complimented with - £20.50 A Lost Map Records (Pictish Trail, SAT 15TH melancholic soulful numbers to give a The hugely popular Rodborough Grasscourt, Roxi Plain) artist the music vibrant and inspiring set. 8pm Free thesubrooms.co.uk of Mr Dowie is sometimes wistful, Fete returns to the Pavilions where sometimes sad, sometimes uplifting entertainment includes live music, THURS 13TH children’s activities and workshops, SVA and at all times surprising…8:30pm Bagelites bars, selection of local food from local Free vendors, community group stalls and Every second Thursday of the month, WEDS 5TH/12TH/19TH/26TH FRI 14TH displays all based around a seaside local musicians gather to play folk and Funk-In Sessions theme! The evening then brings forth gypsy style traditional tunes. Come Gideon Conn and Tom Briggs: Rubber Live Funk Jam with Will Vick and Alf the Summer Social… along and enjoy the atmosphere. 8pm Soul Free Tramontin...FUNK Only...Nothing but Two iconic Beatles albums, played live, rodboroughfete.co.uk the Funk!!! All are welcome to listen or by Gideon Conn and Tom Briggs. With SAT 15TH perform! 8pm £1otd (John Street) lyric projection to help you reconnect Greg Brice with these amazing albums in a unique SOUND RECORDS THURS 13TH A solo jazz, blues and roots, guitarist and special way. 8:30pm Free Stroud Jazz Sessions with Andy Hague SAT 1ST – SAT 29TH and singer based in Warwickshire Stroud and its surroundings have SAT 15TH In Store DJ Sets playing a mix of originals, ragtime and blues standards (think Eric Clapton a great range of jazz players. This Milena Sa: Percussion Workshop Sound Records continues their in store unplugged). 8pm Free night is for their coming together, Ahead of tonights performance live DJ performances throughout and tonight features Andy Hague by the whole band, Milena gives a the month on Saturdays ft. 1st Tek SAT 29TH on trumpet. Set in the comfortable Gremlin/8th Simon McCorry album subdued lounge setting, each will masterclass in many forms of Brazilian Tristan Watson and Patsy Gamble Trio music using traditional instruments. launch/15th Ross Lilly/22nd Oli/29th feature a performance by the house An exciting Jazz trio combing Swing, 7pm £15 Mat Blythe. 1-3pm Free band and guest, an interval with Be Bop, Latin and Blues and three eclectic jazz records to mull over, and SAT 15TH facebook.com/soundrecordsstroud of the hottest local players. Tristan a stonkingly energetic jazz jam for Watson’s swinging guitar lines all players and singers, aficionados Amile Trio are complemented by the bluesy participate in. All are welcome, to listen ST LAURENCE CHURCH This group of exceptionally talented saxophone of Patsy Gamble. The or perform. Second Thursday of every musicians from backgrounds of trio sound is completed by the month at SVA. 8pm £5otd/£3musicians SAT 15TH Brazilian music to form an exuberant extraordinary bass skills of James Agg. (John Street) styles of Instrumental music. Playing Community Drum Circle with Katie 8pm Free percussion, brass and woodwind, think Harris sva.org.uk about Global warming and stay in A fun, energising event using rhythm stroudbrewery.co.uk Stroud but still experience the hi life as a way to connect, communicate and thrills of the Americas. 8:45pm CHRIST CHURCH NAILSWORTH and build community. Everyone STUDIO 18 Free welcome, no experience necessary. All SUN 9TH drums and percussion provided. No SAT 22ND SUN 16TH booking necessary just turn up and Bristol Ensemble Tea-time Concert Love Music Hate Racism: Lensmen, Ian A Anderson enjoy! 11:30am suggested donation: Come and enjoy a summer serenade Felix Jupiter, Global Beats Sound Veteran deathfolk, blues, psych-fi, £5adult/£1child System of joyful and uplifting chamber music traditional and world twangist and given by the professional musicians of Stroud Loves Music Hates Racism singer Ian A Anderson ( not that one) stlaurencefuture.org.uk the Bristol Ensemble.3pm £10otd presents Lensmen, Felix Jupiter and has returned to solo gigs after years Global Beats Sound System plus playing in bands, not playing and then nailsworthchristchurch.org.uk ST MARY’S CHURCH guests. Far Right. Tommy Robinson. playing with Albert faves Lu Edmonds EDL UKIP. All sowing seeds of hate and and Ben Mandelson. So the Albert WOODCHESTER division. Our music is living testimony RUSKIN MILL NAILSWORTH asked him to play here. And he is. 8pm to the fact that cultures can and do Free SAT 29TH mix. It unites us and gives us strength, FRI 14TH The Cappella Singers THURS 18TH and offers a vibrant celebration of our Ewan McLennan A concert of choral music with a multicultural and multiracial society. Known as a guitarist at the forefront David Celia and Marla geographical twist. All proceeds Love Music Hate Racism want to use of his generation: a troubadour, This Canadian duo are quirky , with from this concert will be donated to the energy of our music scene to balladeer and storyteller cut in the their folky/americana/beatlish original St Mary’s Woodchester fundraising celebrate diversity and involve people old style; a singer that can move songs full of sublime harmonies and appeal - A Building for Everyone. in anti-racist activity. More artists to be audiences with his passion and pathos. snappy lyrics ,a Bob Harris fave , from 7:30pm £10adv from cappellasingers. announced soon! 8pm The songs he sings and writes are Toronto. Touring their new album co.uk / £12.50otd rooted in the tradition of folk music as Daydreamers they will inspire you to facebook.com/Studio18Stroud social commentary. 7:30pm £8 fly to all the places in the world where stmaryswoodchester.org.uk Marla and David have shared their THE SUB ROOMS rmt.org music and left their mark. The warm STROUD BREWERY and vulnerable songs act as both FRI 7TH THE VILLAGE INN NAILSWORTH windows into their lives and mirrors SAT 1ST into your own. 8:30pm Free Jive Dance presented by JustJive Zero Day Jazz A great atmosphere and dance floor; SAT 29TH SAT 22ND A collaboration between noted Bristol dance the evening away to music from Ken Wood and the Mixers Blackberry Wood artists Jim Blomfield (keys) and Alex the 1920’s to current including Swing Taylor (violin), embodying the classic Ken Wood and the Mixers return to The First performance at the Albert for and Rock ‘n’ Roll. 8pm £8 jazz style, drawing upon the influence Village Inn offering red-hot rhythm & this band over from Canada to play blues, soul and irresistible dance music Friday 5th - Saturday 6th July 2019 SAINT LAURENCE PARISH CHURCH, STROUD

STROUD SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL 2019 JUNE EVENTS music to celebrate our beautiful earth

Liverpool v Spurs Saturday 1st UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL Kick-off 8:00pm

Booking Essential Wednesday 5st STEAK NIGHT From 6pm-7pm psychedelic sixties electric Friday 7th THEE PULSATIONS Live blues explosion retro rock from 8:30pm

Hosted by Reverend Stretch Thursday 13th OPEN MIC NIGHT All are Welcome from 8pm

Original Alt. Blues - Roots Friday 14th TREVOR BABAJACK STIEGER Live from 8:30pm

Comedy Hosted by Gavin Pond Thursday 20th PROBABLY THE BEST COMEDY with Marti and more NIGHT IN THE WORLD Live from 8pm A Soundscape of Norish Jazz and Space-age Exotica Friday 21st THE NARCO LOUNGE COMBO Live from 8:30pm

Inspired Vegetarian Cuisine by Erin Monday 24th MEAT FREE MONDAY Bookings Essential From 6pm - 7:30pm Friday 5th July: 'Conscious Dance' night, with Awakening Wednesday 26th Taste of the East by Reverend Stretch THE CURRY LOUNGE Bookings Essential From 6pm-7:30pm The Wild and the Raga Babas Irish Sessions wih Tim Potts Thursday 27th RODDA’S HAIRY CRAC Live From 8pm Saturday 6th July: Main festival events, including all day Melodic songs blend the chant space, youth and children's area, drumming Friday 28th WILDWOOD JACK Live acoustic guitar and ukulele From 8:30pm procession through town and much more

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OPENOrganic Beer Vélo Wood-fired Pizza Coffee & Cake Live Music Film Nights Tea-time Brewery Tours Opening Hours: concert Café Bar: Daily 11am-5pm Christ Church, Nailsworth Evenings: Sunday 9 June at 3pm Weds-Sat until 11pm Come and enjoy a summer serenade of joyful and uplifting chamber music given by the professional musicians of the Bristol Ensemble. A WEEK FOR: 7 DAYS TICKETS £10 on the door www.bristolensemble.com 22 Music Listings #51 | Jun 2019

to Nailsworth. Covers and originals FRI 14TH ranging from ska to soul via Stax and SCJC Jazz Jam Atlantic-era R'n'B, all delivered in the high-energy Ken Wood style. 8:30pm, Bringing the benefit of jazz as an art form to the local community Free. and to multiple levels of ability. All villageinn-nailsworth.co.uk instruments/vocalists will be made welcome. If you can play the blues and want to have a crack at jazz – this is KINGS STANLEY VILLAGE HALL for you! If you want to come and just listen that is fine too. 8pm Free SUN 30TH The Stanley Singers SAT 22ND The Stanley Singers annual summer The Achievers concert.This popular female three part The highly dynamic and unique choir will be performing a rich variety 5-piece band from Stroud are injecting of music from the cautionary tales of a fresh sense of excitement and Hillaire Belloc to familiar show songs, creativity into trusted Blues traditions. all specially arranged by their musical Some call it Rhythm & Blues, some director, Barrie Cooper. 7:30pm £5 call it Roots, some call it 'Dance available from members of the choir, Floor Gospel' but whatever it is, The OUT 14th JUNE: BORDER LAND Yew Street Stores or on the door. This Achievers have been leaving festival BY SIMON MCCORRY year the chosen local recipient of all and blues club audiences across the proceeds is Teckles Animal Sanctuary. UK & Europe elated and wanting more. 8pm £10.50/£8.50concs Border Land is the new album by Stroud based cellist and composer kingsstanleyvillagehall.org.uk Simon McCorry. Originally born in London to mixed Indian/British utea.org.uk heritage, McCorry trained in cello at The Centre for Young Musicians THE PAINSWICK CENTRE and Morley College then studied philosophy at Durham University. TETBURY GOODS SHED Border Land will be released on the 14th June, and follows the albums SUN 16TH Blue in 2017 and Song Lines in 2018. Steve Knightley SAT 8TH Steve once again takes to England’s Faeland The album is a rich combination of field recordings, adept loop-based highways and byways to present Uplifting acoustic-pop. Albums of the cello compositions and atmospheric improvisations that explore the ‘Roadworks’ – a show which builds Year Lists 2018: Folk Radio UK; BBC rich sonic possibilities of the cello through a host of treatments and on the success of his sell-out 2018 Introducing; Folk Radio UK. Faeland’s effects chains. The results of these experimentations are diverse to say solo tour ‘Songs and Stories’. This is a music is enchanting, uplifting, the least, from the droning stillness and devastating harmonic simplicity stripped-back, one-man show that’s technically impressive & extremely of Spheric to the abstract microtonal atmospheres of Not One Thing, infused with wit, warmth and alchemy, accessible. You will be singing along beautifully illustrated by his trenchant and moved instantaneously. Original Border Land recalls post classical work from greats such as A Silver Mt songs of history, love and conscience. songs which resonate. Performed Zion at their most plaintive, and Stars of The Lid at their most majestic…. 7:30pm £18 acoustically on guitars, accordion, banjo, charango, violins, lush vocals & simonmccorry.com painswickcentre.com Celtic harp. 7:30pm £9

SAT 15TH PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY Swing from Paris SAT 8TH Great music in an upbeat and An exhibition to entice, intrigue and delight. Duotone accessible style, performed with class and verve…7:30pm £14 Like an alchemist Barney Morse-Brown weaves a plethora of instruments of SAT 22ND 26 May – 8 September 2019 epic orchestral power; including his pioneering and unconventional cello Rautio Piano Trio playing. The coterie of instruments Captivating and innovative award are layered with a masterful use of a winning ensemble the Rautio Piano This summer, renowned curator looper and overlaid with his gentle, Trio perform a selection from Sculptors: sonorous vocals to create a body Beethoven, Haydn, Turina and Ravel. Anna Greenacre brings together works from of music wrapped in a comforting 7:30pm £16.50 Peter Beard, David Begbie, Aly Brown, blanket of musical intimacy.7:30pm both established sculptors and emerging £12/£9concs/£10friends/ shed-arts.co.uk Mike Chaikin, Alison Crowther, £7concs/£15otd British talent, set against the stunning FOREST LIVE Sophie Dickens, Luke Dickinson, prema.org.uk backdrop of Painswick Rococo Garden. THURS 13TH – SUN 16TH JUNE Kim Francis,Alex Jones, Tony Lattimer, UNDER THE EDGE ARTS Now in its nineteenth season, Forest WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE Live takes place at seven fantastic In a range of media including wood, Sophie Marsham, Rebecca Newnham, forest locations including Westonbirt OUT NOW: EPICADUS FRI 7TH Arboretum. The gigs are well known BY MESADORM stone, wire, ceramics and bronze, this Yorgos Papadopoulos, Joe & Jenny Smith, for their eclectic range of international Friday Night Blues Jam artists, amazing atmosphere and their Mesadorm is a collaborative project between Blythe Pepino, Aaron contemporary outdoor exhibition has been Guy Stevens, Anthony Turner, The Friday Night Blues Jam is an stunning locations. This year includes invitation to join in and play 'the blues' performances by the Stereophonics, Zahl, Daisy Palmer (Paloma Faith, Goldfrapp, MIKA), Jo Silverston (The designed to embrace the natural beauty Clare Trenchard, Dominic Welch. as part of a band. You can bring your Paul Weller, Jack Savoretti and Unthanks, Red Clay Halo, Frank Turner, Spindle Ensemble) and David instruments along, sing or just enjoy a Hacienda Classical. Johnston (ZunZun Egui, Phil King, Chairfight!). and creative energy of the rococo period. drink and tap along to the groove! All levels of ability welcome. 7:30pm Free forestry.gov.uk/music Epicadus sees the band re-imagine songs from their acclaimed debut SAT 8TH album ‘Heterogaster’ and new compositions including the Joy it Joins Us Up and When She’s in that Mood. Using purely timbres from acoustic Keith James instruments the album was recorded in the amazing natural acoustic A dramatic and extraordinary new surroundings of Eype Church in Dorset where PJ Harvey recorded 'Let concert. Featuring a collection of For more details about events & workshops Follow us on: Media Partner: the most powerful and loving poetry England Shake'. written in modern times, meticulously during the exhibition please visit our website: set to music using captivating The album is available now as a digital download via babylegsrecords. and intriguing vocal and guitar com/mesadorm rococogarden.org.uk/artunbound arrangements. 8pm £16.50 An exhibition to entice, intrigue and delight. 26 May – 8 September 2019

This summer, renowned curator Sculptors: Anna Greenacre brings together works from Peter Beard, David Begbie, Aly Brown, both established sculptors and emerging Mike Chaikin, Alison Crowther, British talent, set against the stunning Sophie Dickens, Luke Dickinson, backdrop of Painswick Rococo Garden. Kim Francis,Alex Jones, Tony Lattimer, In a range of media including wood, Sophie Marsham, Rebecca Newnham, stone, wire, ceramics and bronze, this Yorgos Papadopoulos, Joe & Jenny Smith, contemporary outdoor exhibition has been Guy Stevens, Anthony Turner, designed to embrace the natural beauty Clare Trenchard, Dominic Welch. and creative energy of the rococo period.

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