#14 MAY 2016

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ARDYN

BY AMY FLEMMING

BROTHER AND SISTER, KATY AND ROB (In fact it was Hot Feet featured in issue #3 PEARSON, ARE SITTING IN BLACK BOOKS of Good On Paper). “The aim was to get it sounding like a duo with instrumentation - CAFE, REELING OFF WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT a Kate Bushy vibe, and it really worked well,” THE LIST OF FESTIVALS THEIR BAND ARDYN he says. WILL BE PERFORMING AT THIS SUMMER. LATITUDE, SECRET GARDEN PARTY, GREEN The pair are largely self-taught. Their dad makes music for a hobby, so they started MAN, TRAMLINES, THE GREAT ESCAPE AND picking up his instruments when they were little, DOT TO DOT ARE ALL CONFIRMED SO FAR, and eventually progressed into writing songs. ALONG WITH, MORE LOCALLY, FARM FEST, Rob plays guitar and Katy recently taught NEAR BRISTOL, AND BARN ON THE FARM herself piano, to add another dimension. And IN GLOUCESTER. as for her mighty voice, “I kind of made it up as I went along,” she says. “I used to sing all the The duo, who are two-thirds of a set of triplets, time. When I was 14, I was always singing along proudly see themselves as a Stroud band to YouTube karaoke. But I didn’t really know through and through. “We both attended that I could sing until I started doing gigs, and A R people said I could sing in tune.” And Rob’s college in Stroud, and our first gigs were at the Prince Albert, in Rodborough” says Katy. backing vocals weave soulful harmonies. He “It’s so lush, we love it there. Lotte and Miles seems a little quieter than his sister, but he says have been our champions, supporting us at “Katy’s keen to get me singing a song on my D Y every stage.” They currently rehearse there own. We’ll see.” There’s a side of him that loves when the pub is closed. Rob chips in: “We’re to be a front person, but he thinks their duo lucky to be in a band in Stroud, because there’s works best as is. He has been the lead singer so much going on, to have an amazing music in other bands, though. “They were a bit more scene on our doorstep, and to be around so loud,” he says. N . many different bands.” Katy, meanwhile, has only every worked with The pair were formerly known as Kitten and Rob. “We are together all the time,” she says. Bear, a name they had to come up with on the “Living together, like we’re still in the womb.” In spot when they suddenly started playing live, fact they reckon the longest they’ve ever been five years ago. But now they’re twenty, they apart in 20 years is about two weeks. “Crazy,” have a suitably more sophisticated handle. says Rob. They’ve always been in the same class Ardyn happens to be Latin for enthusiastic, at school, and share the same friends. Being so but that’s not why they chose it. They have familiar with each other has its benefits, now a relative called Ardyn. “She’s an artist and has their careers are also entwined. “We’re lucky, loads of peacocks in her garden,” laughs Katy. because we know how to deal with being with “And we were sitting there one day and were each other all the time,” says Katy. like: Ardyn? Can we name our band after you? Their dad has perhaps got the biggest kick out And she was like: Yes! Do you want to pose of their success so far. “Having recorded us for naked in the garden with the peacocks?” years, he loves seeing what we’re up to,” says Friday 29th April sees the release of Over Katy. “We asked him what his best moment of the River, a single from their second EP, it all has been so far, and he said it was ‘finding and momentum is gathering for the pair. out it wasn’t just me who thought you had In a few weeks they’re getting the classic something.’ young buzz-band treatment and being flown Over the River the new single from their to Los Angeles, for a change of songwriting forthcoming EP will be released via Aesop scenery, and to meet a potential producer. Records (aesoplabel.com) on the 29th April. “We’ve never been to America before so, You can follow the band on facebook/ I can’t believe we’re going,” says Katy, like the ardynband and twitter @ardynband for cat that got the cream. Already they have further news and updates, and listen worked with Rodaidh McDonald (among to songs from their debut EP Universe via others), who has created sounds for bands soundcloud.com/ardynband including the XX, Daughter and Savages. He has produced both of Ardyn’s EPs.

Listening to these incredibly polished records, Amy Fleming was a writer and editor at the one wonders how they compare to the demos Guardian for 12 years, and now writes from of the songs that McDonald would have initially home in Stroud, also contributing to Intelligent heard. “He sped them up a hell of a lot,” says Life, Vogue, the FT and the Telegraph Rob. “They had been really folky because we’d demoed them with members of a folk band.” 6 MUSIC - THE PRINCE ALBERT #14 | MAY 2016 #14 | MAY 2016 MUSIC - PERHAPS CONTRAPTION 7

YOU’RE LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE A TENDENCY BY ALEX HOBBIS homeless shelters and schools. It’s an incredible PERHAPS TO ADOPT LESS CONVENTIONAL METHODS MORE grassroots network that’s helping to connect the IN LINE WITH STREET PERFORMERS AND MARCHING street music community and advocate positive BANDS, HOW DOES THIS DIFFER TO PERFORMING social change. We have goals to create a Honk! ON A STAGE? CONTRAPTION festival in the UK soon... It’s mainly about the great impact that comes But saying all that, you still can’t beat potent from changing a banal situation to a celebratory sense of mirth and silliness at a UK festival, it’s WHEN READING THE PRINCE ALBERT’S LISTINGS one, the contrast and spontaneity. where our uptight English-ness dissolves and YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THEIR PENCHANT FOR people get feral! I love the element of surprise and that audiences FREQUENTLY BOOKING ARTISTS WHO DO NOT EASILY are often dictated by chance. There’s also YOU HAVE EMBARKED ON VARIOUS TOURS WITH FIT INTO ONE PARTICULAR GENRE. IT SEEMS EVERY something very special about performing AMANDA PALMER FROM THE DRESDEN DOLLS EVEN THE PRINCE ALBERT Image by James Kriszyk MONTH BRINGS FORTH SOMEONE INDESCRIBABLE completely acoustically; no PA or stage as a OCCASIONALLY JOINING HER ONSTAGE, ARE THERE AND A PRIME EXAMPLE IN MAY COMES IN THE FORM barrier. It means that 8 singers can surround a ANY PLANS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS? small crowd and deliver the vocals just for you, BY JAMIE BALDWIN OF THE LONDON DWELLING MUSICAL MENAGERIE or that we can weave freely through a crowd to Amanda is this incredible creative whirlwind; PERHAPS CONTRAPTION. I CAUGHT UP WITH THE create a sense of chaos. The experience is much a conduit for so many artists. We’ve been on IT’S A VERY SPECIAL PUB THAT BUMPS UP Joe – the double bassist from the Midnight Heist the town centre. When I moved in twenty years BANDS VOCALIST, FLAUTIST, GUITARIST AND MANAGER more powerful for both audience and performer some amazing adventures with her. She has as it is so direct. THE HOUSE PRICES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD – pipes up: “It’s like coming home this place. The ago the place was split into seven tiny rooms, CHRIS SQUIRE PRIOR TO THEIR FIRST PERFORMANCE recently had a beautiful baby boy so is very busy fun-est and best-est place to play in the West and came with its very own bowling green. IN STROUD… being a mama, but she is on her way to the UK IT SITS WITHIN RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY IT SEEMS THIS WAY OF PLAYING HAS BEEN Country.” [He’s got his eye on second helpings, Stroud has always had a great music scene and this summer and there have been talks about ROUND. BUT HEY IT’S THE PRINCE ALBERT, A KEY IN ENABLING YOU TO PERFORM IN MORE potential shows and recording projects... but he’s probably still being sincere] we’ve both wanted to uphold that tradition here IN ITS CURRENT FORMAT PERHAPS CONTRAPTION UNUSUAL PLACES, WHICH SHOWS HAVE BEEN NORMAL RULES DO NOT APPLY. I MET UP in the Albert. It’s not easy – you have to try and IS A MANY LEGGED BEAST INCORPORATING MORE MEMORABLE THAN OTHERS? THE DIZZYING VIDEO TO I AM I THE OPENING TRACK SO THIS IS THE NORMAL SCENE ABOVE THE ALBERT – A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS, HOW WITH THE TWO VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE – do different things and see what works. We used FROM THE LATEST ALBUM MUD BELIEF WAS FILMED A MENAGERIE OF FAMILY MEMBERS, MUSICIANS DIFFERENT IS THE BAND IN 2016 TO WHEN to do food but it didn’t really work for us. We’ve certainly been on some great adventures. WITH PROJECTION MAPPING IN 360 DEGREES VR. HOW LOTTE AND MILES – WHO ARE CELEBRATING AND VARIOUS PETS? IT STARTED BACK IN 2004? The most memorable was performing on a giant DID THIS COME ABOUT AND HOW DOES IT WORK? 20 YEARS RUNNING A STROUD MUSICAL AND Miles: I came into the pub a bit later but I’ve rock at about 3000 metres in the Dolomites last Oh yes, this is totally normal. It’s a lifestyle This device has been through so many changes Lotte: year for Sudtirol Jazz Festival. The band was Our bass trombonist Matt Jolly is also a SOCIAL INSTITUTION. always been aware of the Stroud scene. It’s not over the years, it’s now incredibly different to choice running a pub. This is our life. The split in two and took chairlifts at two opposite fine video editor and all round tech wizard. easy running a pub and I think in Stroud there’s a the 4 piece standard rock band it once was. children enjoy it, and are involved in the day-to- ends of a mountain trail. We then improvised We’ve always been interested in new tech The Prince Albert bar seems Tardis-esque, bigger good feeling that we’re all in it together. One of Though our songs are still very much derived day running of the pub – the eldest daughter separately and paraded for about an hour to the developments and using them to inform on the inside than from the punters side of the my best mates is Ian who runs the Retreat, and from guitars, we rarely perform with them. Being practically runs the bar. The bands are integral to rock in the middle. It took some real dedication our videos. This was first explored with counter. This is good, given the propensity for we’re borrowing the racking from the landlord a guitarist myself, I gradually became very numb to get to that show! But we had a good crowd Perambulations, our interactive video using heaving crowds of musically-literate Stroudies to it all too. They stay in the spare room, along with to the colours and textures they would create, of the Ale House for the beer festival on the May joining us for the hike... YouTube annotations. You can choose which Eric the albino hedgehog. He once climbed into and so decided to try and perform without them. descend upon this little public house haven. And bank holiday. performers to journey with through the video. the Albert really does feel like a public house, bed with Tankus the Henge. I also really enjoyed playing acoustically, so was Another favourite is performing in Glastonbury’s trying to dream up ways of performing without it’s like walking into a family friend’s living room YOU MENTION THE BEER FESTIVAL – WHAT ELSE secret venue ‘the hole’ or ‘the piano bar’. It’s The burgeoning virtual reality revolution is very WHO HAVE YOU BEEN MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS COMING UP FOR THE ALBERT THIS YEAR? amps and sound checks. an electricity free venue dug into the side of a exciting for music, I think many more videos and whose grown up kids are having a jam in the PLAYING AT THE ALBERT OVER THE LAST hill. It’s like some sort of medieval court. We are live events will be filmed this way. The intensity corner. TWO DECADES? Lotte: We’ll have a 20 year anniversary party at THE GROUP’S MUSIC INCORPORATES LOTS sure to pay that place a visit when in Pilton; the of the experience is far greater. The amazing OF DIFFERENT STYLES FROM JAZZ, PROG, BRASS some stage, in between going to the summer atmosphere is incredible. thing is that it’s already began (and that many The ‘kids’ tonight are Sam Green and the Lotte: Ooo, there’s been so many. That’s a hard AND CLASSICAL – WHICH ARTISTS HAVE BEEN YOUR Midnight Heist, albeit Sam Green-less for festivals. From May onwards we’ve got the guys MAIN INFLUENCES OVER THE YEARS? people don’t seem to know about). With Google one. I guess the stand out for me was when THE FESTIVAL SEASON IS AN IMPORTANT TIME from Bison Kitchen setting up a food outlet cardboard and any smart phone you can now tonight’s entertainment. They’re upstairs tucking Huun-Huur-Tu played. They’re a Tuvan throat FOR THE BAND WITH REGULAR SHOWS AT Personally, lots of my core influences comes experience VR (albeit in its most basic form). into a spicy pre-gig Shepherd’s Pie, that Lottie’s singing band from the Mongolia-Russia region. in the back five days a week (Wednesday to GLASTONBURY, BESTIVAL, SECRET GARDEN AND from the 70’s; Captain Beefheart, King Crimson, I am, I is intense when viewed in this way, it’s like cooked – its part of the deal. Sunday). We’re also going to put on Sunday APPEARANCES AT FESTIVALS IN AMERICA, SPAIN They played at WOMAD one year and we just Henry Cow and Frank Zappa have all had a the whole band are around you rocking out. sessions where local bands and musicians curate AND ITALY - HOW DO UK FESTIVALS DIFFER FROM loved them so invited them to the pub. This Is huge bearing on my musical interests. Though OTHERS AROUND THE WORLD? GOOD HOME-COOKING, SO IS THIS THE SWEETENER The Kit were also pretty special. I got chatting stuff together. The normal kind of stuff... WHAT CAN THE AUDIENCE EXPECT FROM YOUR STROUD THAT GETS ALL THESE GREAT BANDS TO PLAY AT more modern ‘other’ bands like Sleepytime We love festivals. Though in the UK, it’s hard to DÉBUT AT THE PRINCE ALBERT LATER THIS MONTH? THE ALBERT? to a woman at school who said one her friends And with that it’s back down to the faded Gorilla Museum, Hella and Godspeed! You Black was in a band. It only took four years from that Emperor provide inspiration too. Mickey Bones, make them work for us financially. Being a large, bunting, the stage spotlights sharing ceiling We will be running most of our new album, Mud who writes lots for the band too often distils his DIY and fairly unknown band it’s hard for us to Lotte: Well, yes, kind of – the deal is food and conversation to get them in the Albert but it space with chintzy candelabras and chandeliers, Belief, plus some brand new songs! There will love for Cardiacs, Oingo Boingo and Raymond secure the funding we need so that we don’t lodging, and some cash thrown in depending was worth the wait. Oh and Keith Allen, he’s likely be a flurry of the colour yellow, and a huge and the poster paraphernalia of Stroud’s most Scott into his songs. make a loss. On the whole we have found that on how we do on the night. We can’t really obviously great too.... [as Keith wanders into the public of public houses. artists are treated better in Europe and USA. We amount of brass and singing. I’m happy to be room]. afford the bands we attract, but it works for With the change of our instrumentation, find it easier to survive financially out there. Even playing in the South West again, the band began them if they’re on tour anyway and are looking theprincealbertstroud.co.uk key influences have shifted more to modern just that fact that you are fed really well at all in Bristol, so it feels good to come home! for a midweek gig venue. Who wants to be in a HOW DID YOU END UP RUNNING THE PUB? and 20th Century classical, particularly from shows makes a big difference! Perhaps Contraption play at the Prince Albert soulless service station eating crappy food when John Adams (we do an arrangement of his on Saturday 21st May, visit goodonpaper. Lotte: I visited Stroud 30 years ago now with no masterpiece ‘Short Ride in a Fast Machine’) Steve Slightly different from that scene is a network we’ve got this! We’re in a good position really, info/music for our monthly YouTube playlist intention to stay, but I loved it and never went Jamie Baldwin is a renewable energy specialist Reich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and David Lang. of festivals in USA (and increasingly the world) and have about seventy bands a week asking featuring the 360 degree VR video to I Am I and back. I was working at The Pelican for nine years, with a background as a freelance journalist I feel like we are trying to find a way to take called Honk! Through community fund-raising to play here which is great because it means perhapscontraption.co.uk for further info but decided that with three small kids in tow it for the BBC, Discover Channel and Panos elements from this world and merge them with we’ve had the chance to visit the states to tour we can be quite selective. The booking side of was time to do something different, away from International the freedom of jazz and footholds of art pop. a couple of times; playing in parks, streets, things runs the pub, and it is an absolute skill. 8 MUSIC LISTINGS #14 | MAY 2016 #14 | MAY 2016 MUSIC LISTINGS 9

BAR GREYHOUND SAT 14TH time music, with double bass, guitar time collaborator Adam Beattie as FRI 27TH SUN 8TH SVA well as with the Jacques Briel inspired The Bob Porter Project and great percussion. Solomento: All Cocos Lovers Bad Manners Dead Belgian 8pm Free THURS 12TH MUSIC SAT 7TH hail Dave Andrews and the coolest Hugely fantastic Kent band return Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel, Bad Stroud based Americana with a fine reggae outfit in (our) world. The Stroud Jazz Sessions Notorious blend of mellow Alt Country and gritty FRI 13TH for a night of dancing, smiling and Manners were formed in 1976 and Soggy Bottom Boys: Mark and Jig the hopefully a rendition of one of Lotte’s spent 111 weeks in the UK Singles Chart THE jazz hub, taking place every 2nd LISTINGS Bringing the best of Hip-Hop & RnB Roots Rock 8:30pm Free Terra Lightweight Albert’s regular acoustic duo with the top tunes ever – the beautiful ‘Emily’. between 1980 and 1983 also achieving from the 90’s & 00’s, always a popular Thursday of the month featuring best set list since Neil Young popped Folk/indie artist Terra is from Free gig and it will be packed so come chart success with the first four studio night with the party going on till 2am, FRI 20TH special guest set followed by a in…Free (The Prince Albert Beer & Waterdown, Canada and member of early and wear comfy shoes 8pm Free albums. Max Splodge joins them as Dubbu & Mendoza selecting the tunes Thee Ones stonkingly energetic jazz jam for all ALE HOUSE Music Festival) country band The Dinner Belles. With very special guest for the ultimate ska 8pm – 2am Free players and singers, aficionados and Raised on a diet of Dr John, The influences from Ana Difranco to Sister SUN 29TH party! 8pm £18adv/£21otd improvers, to participate in. All are THURS 5TH Meters and Captain Beefheart their all MON 2ND Rosetta Tharpe she has an inspiration facebook.com/BarGreyhound Lewis Barfoot welcome, to listen or perform 8:30pm- Ben Harrison about the groove…8:30pm Free Stroud & Gloucester all of her own 8pm Free SAT 14TH 11pm £3musicians/£5otd (John Street) Vinyl Connection Half Irish, half English songbird with a Acoustic guitarist & singer - covering beautiful voice deeply ensconced in Weill At Heart: Bremner BLACK BOOK CAFÉ FRI 27TH SUN 15TH WEDS 18TH classics tunes and a few choice Neil Wilson and Darren collate a day the roots of Folk 8pm Free Duthie sings the Cabaret numbers you don’t hear often but will The Worried Men of vinyl – come along, you can play Moscow Drug Club songs of Kurt Weill John Street Blues SAT 7TH three tracks and get the chance to love 8:30pm Free “Think of Thorogood, Gary Moore, MDC is a curious musical place where MON 31ST Acclaimed cabaret singer Bremner Monthly blues night with a full set Joe Summers hang out with record heads and some Wilko Johnson. These boys can show elements of 1930’s Berlin cabaret, Hot The Jagged Ostrich Duthie, and a swinging trio led by from invited guest plus open mic, of the nicest DJs in the county 2pm SAT 7TH Joe Summers has toured Europe with ‘em all a clean pair of heels” British Club de France, Nuevo Tango and Charity Fundraiser pianist David Patrick, celebrate the archive footage andblues on vinyl. Subduction the legendary Steve Winwood, been Blues Connection 8:30pm Free Free (The Prince Albert Beer & Music Gypsy Campfire meet, drink a few dark, decadent and always lovely The popular charity event returns for If you are a musician with a blues invited to support Joan Armatrading, Festival) and then stagger into the darkness of music of Kurt Weill 8pm £12adv/10otd Superb local 5-peice creating a its third outing! Line-up and times song that you feel needs to be heard and was also featured on Steve SAT 28TH some eastern European bar looking complex and bouncing fusion of TBC.. then just turn up and find a slot WEDS 4TH for Django, Jacques, Tom, Bertolt and SUN 15TH reggae, roots and rock grooves Lamacq’s Radio Two show as his Americana Festival Preview Night somewhere in the evening! 8.30pm Alice Phelps Band + Gentrifuge Leonard…The result is this intoxicating 8:30pm Free ‘Act of the week’. His approach to theprincealbertstroud.co.uk Blowzabella £5otd/£3concs/Performing musicians and intimate experience 8pm Free song writing has been generously A preview to this year’s Stroud Alice Phelps Band: Influenced by folk A dance workshop followed by folk free (John Street) THURS 12TH/26TH compared to the likes of Cat Stevens, Americana Festival (3rd – 5th June). from near and far, Celtic to Eastern she legends Blowzabella; a genuinely Ron Sexsmith, Nick Drake and Johnny THURS 19TH STROUD BREWERY SAT 21ST The Human Jukebox Artists TBA 8:30pm Free experiments with delay, blues motifs, unique band that makes an inimitable, Flynn among others 7:30pm £7 (bring and intricate melodies and rhythms to Morning Star + Mistrella driving, drone-based sound played John Metcalf Aron Attwood and friends continue SAT 7TH your own booze/corkage fees apply) crownandsceptrestroud.com create a melting pot of contemporary Jesse D Vernon is the main man with a fabulous sense of melody, the increasingly popular Thursday For this show Metcalfe is performing and traditional styles, traversing the behind Morning Star. With an ever Plucking Different rhythmic expertise and sheer feeling. session - you request the tunes but if FRI 13TH music from his latest solo album ‘The territories between psychedelic folk changing line up, sometimes a trio All the band members compose and you can’t think of anything Aron will THE GOLDEN FLEECE A ukulele band performing popular Appearance of Colour’, out on Peter Teenage Open Mic Night and cosmic jazz. Gentrifuge: A Ghent sometimes a full blown orchestra many of their tunes are “standards” pull a belter out of the bag 8:30pm infectious, feel-good, foot-tapping Gabriel’s Real World label. Described (Belgium) based indie rock jazz trio Jesse collects musicians from his in the modern British/European folk Free This is a free event and is a build SAT 7TH songs. The band’s popularity is as “effervescent, divinely beautiful, up night for youngsters to gain 8pm Free travels, and tonight is playing with defined by their unique approach to repertoire and are played by people Global Beats (DJ) packed with Enoesque­ passages confidence to progress to the Black Parisien band Mistrella. Slightly folky classic songs, which differentiates the all over the world 2:30pm £16/£8 16- of ambience and glistening guitar SAT 14TH THURS 5TH Book’s famous Open Mic night and to The best beats from across the globe and always interesting 8pm Free aptly named Plucking Different from 25yrs/£3 15yrs & under (see website Nothin’ but Trouble lines worthy of Vini Reilly” by Clash perform in various venues/events etc - cumbia, bhangra raga, ska, Scandi, Open Mic with Emily Wood your average covers band 7:30pm for info on Dance Workshop) magazine and ‘staggeringly beautiful’ After a hugely popular performance in 7:30-10pm Free Afrobeat and much more...8:30pm Singer songwriter extraordinaire Emily FRI 20TH Free by 6Music’s Mary Anne Hobbs. For February, Nothin’ But Trouble return Free Wood will be hosting tonight’s Open The Soggy Bottom Boys SAT 21ST these live shows Metcalfe’s has with their rocking blues 8:30pm Free SAT 21ST Mic and giving tips on performance SAT 14TH GSO presents A Free Summer assembled an incredible line up of SAT 14TH Mark and Jig on fiddle and guitar Wes Finch and mic control. Emily is a member of playing tunes we love and hate 8pm Luke Philbrick Concert For Children musicians from the worlds of post- THURS 19TH The Gin Bowlers Making his debut at BB on what will the Bandit team providing guidance Free Luke Philbrick from Solid Gone and Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra classical, electronica and pop: Rae The Reverend Stretch hopefully be the (start) of a lovely The Gin Bowlers are storming the to young musicians in Stroud on twice Gloucester’s NYC-born king of blues, returns for another free children’s Morris’ drummer Daisy Palmer, Red Noted corrupted clergyman summers evening! Wes will be bringing country with their big swing tunes yearly workshops the Prince Albert are SAT 21ST Damon T, unite for a night of blues concert following its sell-out success Snapper’s bassist Ali Friend and the worshiping the church of Johnny Cash, a mix of Folk and Americana, some and fun, dance floor driven charisma! delighted to sponsor 8pm Free Perhaps Contraption and roots music. Soulful vocals, raw last year. BBC Radio Gloucestershire exquisite voice of Rosie Doonan, fresh Neil Young and all things American, covers and some of his own material. Slamming drums, slapping double delta blues guitar, wailing harmonica presenter, Richard Atkin, will be the back from touring with Birdy 8pm FRI 6TH See p7! 8pm Free acoustic and sinful 8:30pm Free His musical influences are from the bass grooves, smoking guitar lines and an almost tribal foot-stomping narrator for Tom Sawyer’s Saturday £10adv online and from SVA/£12otd and hooks by some of the hottest solo Garance Louis and (Goods Shed) likes of Tom Waits, Elliot Smith, Ryan SUN 22ND beat combine to create a special by John Dankworth - based on Mark FRI 20TH Adams, The Bellows and Pavement, to players around 8:30pm Free The Mitochondries atmosphere 7:30pm Free Twain’s famous novels. Children will Rodborough Playgroup Bike Day Patsy Gamble Quartet be invited to submit poems to go with SAT 28TH ­ name a few 7pm £5 (bring your own Former Circus singer and performer and Fundraiser SUN 15TH/29TH Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals Mon 30th Jazz Stroud World class Jazz & Blues from local booze/corkage fees apply) Garance and her merry band play SAT 21ST Music, bikes, a barbeque, kids fun, and the programme ends with a - but globally travelled – saxophonist Afternoon Jazz: impeccable and baffling Gallic music Counter Measures Live Jazz spread over three days SAT 28TH The Tristan Watson Duo adult stuff and all for the good of our rousing version of Rossini’s William Tell 8:30pm Free with such eccentric beats you will find A four part singing group from taking place in various Stroud venues local playgroup. From midday until Overture with children on percussion! Open Mic Night An equally relaxing and rousing very hard not to wiggle along to…8pm Cirencester with material ranging from including Duffle, Golden Fleece, 5ish. 4pm £10/£8concs/under 18’s Free TUES 24TH Black Book’s popular Open Mic night! afternoon of superb jazz led by Stroud Free contemporary spoken word poetry set Ale House, Meme, SVA, the Goods Bob Dylan 75th You know the drill…7:30-10.30pm Free guitarist Tristan Watson 2-4pm Free to music, to classic male voice choir Shed and Subscription Rooms. SUN 8TH WEDS 25TH SUN 22ND Birthday Celebration and you can bring your own booze! numbers sung in welsh 7:30pm Free Friday: Tetraphonic, Swing From Rory Mcleod and Harlem Street Singer - A film (corkage fees apply) SAT 21ST Small Town Jones Paris. Saturday: Ramses, The Tadlib Charlie Graham curates an evening of The Familiar Strangers about the Reverend Gary Davis + Eddy Allen Duo SAT 28TH Collective, Stroud Jazz Jam Sessions, song to celebrate the 75th birthday of Jim Jones is a singer from North Woody Mann blackbookcafe.com Lovely Rory has graced the Albert’s Vels Trio, Maskelyne, Tristan Watson Bob Dylan 8:30pm Free It’s Impossible to pigeon hole this Devon and sometime member of Mr Love and Justice stage a few times but it’s a bit special Harlem Street Singer tells the & John Broomhill, Meme Bar solo jazz well-travelled and multi-talented duo The Peter Bruntnell Band. His new tonight as he brings for the first time Swindon-based English acoustic story of Reverend Gary Davis, the sessions, The Mighty John Street Ska FRI 27TH - expect mixed elements of pop, latin, album ‘Sky Down to the Ground’ THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE his band The Familiar Strangers. guitar-driven folk/pop collective, great blues and gospel musician Orchestra. Sunday: Andy Sheppard ska, & pan-European traditional music sees Jones carving out a sound of Shooting the Crow Playing his songs with a fresh new fronted by singer-songwriter Steve whose unique style and remarkable and the Pushy Doctors, Michelson 8:30pm Free his own with an eery soundscape of Stomping Americana and Bluegrass FRI 6TH approach and bringing a new musical Cox. Layered guitars and vocals Morley, Jazz Friday Special exhibitions honest intensity and real heartfelt and skills on the guitar inspired a 8:30pm Free (the Ale House Sussex Charlton Blues Kings depth as harp, clarinet, sax, and evoking influences from Beatles, and film screenings all weekend in SAT 28TH emotional content, and Stroud’s own generation of musicians. Woody Downs Beer Festival) double bass are added to the offering Floyd, XTC, Weller, Byrds et al melded collaboration with David Corio, Fred Six piece blues band from Emily Barker guests on a track or two Mann is a New Yorker who plays Stroud Calling: Juke Joint straddling the borders of folk, world, into a unique warm predominantly Chance and the Museum in the Park. Gloucestershire playing authentic 8:30pm Free an enticing mix of American SAT 28TH acoustic soundscape 7:30pm Free Chicago and West Coast influenced Another instalment of the busy and soul, jazz and Latin 8pm £TBC (see acoustic blues, roots and jazz guitar More to be announced, see website for Swing from Paris popular DJ night of dusty beats and website for details) 7pm Film/8.45pm Performance info and tickets… Blues 8:30pm Free TUES 10TH stroudbrewery.co.uk funky treats - strictly good time Vinyl £6.50film/£9.50performance/£15both Described as “The Cotswold’s best Gill Sandell 45s 8:30pm Free THURS 26TH SAT 29TH gypsy Jazz quartet’ Swing from Paris SAT 7TH Formerly of Emily Barker and the Red SAT 28TH bring the sound of a Chic Parisian Square Bomb Hot Feet + Leonie Evans SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS The Pushy Doctors facebook.com/goldenfleecebar Clay Halo, Gill is at her most potent Café, and the French jazz of Django Hot Feet are a Stroud band with The Remi Harris Project + Lewis The Pushy Doctors are Andy Stroud’s own situationist New Wave performing her own captivating blend Reinhardt 8:30pm Free (the Ale House each member having grown up in the SAT 7TH and Dav Sheppard on saxophone, Tony band featuring Pav (Pavinyl), Nick of delicate but lyrical modernist folk Sussex Downs Beer Festival) THE PRINCE ALBERT valleys but now based here, London Whole Lotta Led: 20th Anniversary Remi Harris is regarded by many as Orrell on drums and Dan Moore on (Thee Ones) a drum machine and which is making waves on the UK and Bristol, they have spent the last Tour one of the UK’s top up and coming keys. The Doctors play an irreverent artist/performance poet Uta on vocals grasstoos folk and acoustic scene SUN 29TH SUN 1ST few months recording and will be young jazz guitarists with a unique repertoire that will both surprise and 8:30pm Free 8pm £7 With twenty years under their Steve Ferbrache May Day Morris Dance Off introducing new songs from their belt the band have good cause to style blending elements from Gypsy intoxicate, including obscurities from forthcoming release. Leonie Evans is a Swing, Jazz, Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Neil Young, Coltrane, The Beatles, Ale House favourite (or so he thinks) FRI 13TH Sarah Kelly and the Uke Can Ukelele THURS 12TH celebrate! Come along and enjoy five member of Rae and collaborates with Hip Hop and World Music 8pm Pink Floyd amongst others. This is who usually gets gigs in Stroud when The Dukes of Mumbai team will perform and show you their Brooke Sharkey professional musicians perform the some of the Albert’s favourite artists £10/£8concs jazz for medicinal purposes only 8pm other musicians drop out days before skills before handing over 50 – YES incredibly diverse and exciting music Bristol based instrumental four-piece Stunning. Creative. Talented. up and down the country. Her album £9adv/£10otd (Goods Shed) press listings are due 8:30pm Free FIFTY ukes and showing the way to of Led Zeppelin in this two and a half playing loud ‘60s surf-related/TV & Spellbinding. Multi linguist Brooke kickstarted and released last year subscriptionrooms.org.uk (the Ale House Sussex Downs Beer uke heaven. ALL welcome and if you hour show 8pm £15adv/£18otd film theme tune based stuff 8:30pm was brought up between England and featured Honeyfeet, Adam Beattie Festival) have your own uke bring that too. Free France and she alternates at the drop and a whole host of terrific artists Scuffed Up Boots: Acoustic trio from of a hat her singing language. A long 8pm Free Blackwood playing good old fun time performer at The Albert with long 10 MUSIC LISTINGS #14 | MAY 2016

UNIT 2 powerfully to a rhythm section awash SUN 29TH FRI 27TH with elements of funk, jazz and rock Adam Beattie Peeky Blinders & The Bob Porter SAT 14 to create some of the most innovative Scottish singer songwriter Adam The Peeky Blinders are a Stroud- and uplifting instrumental music The Funk Jazz Show Beattie’s “folk stews and dirty blues” based acoustic duo best known for around 9pm £25 Oh for funks sake! Not another mixes Celtic folk, American blues, their sweet harmonies and original wicked Jazz Sessions night at Unit2… SUN 15TH country and early jazz balladry 9pm arrangements in a musical style they All details including line up to be £10 describe as ‘popgrass’ 7:30pm Don Gallardo announced shortly. Please do not contain any excitement 8pm Walking the line between classic theconvent.net The Bob Porter Project: Leading 70’s singer-songwriters and more Stroud Americana band -a fine blend unit2studio.com sva.org.uk contemporary flavours of folk and of mellow alt. country and gritty roots CHRISTCHURCH NAILSWORTH Americana, Gallardo is a diverse and rock 8:30pm (Hogfest) multi-faceted performer with a lyrical THE CONVENT WOODCHESTER SUN 22 depth and a warm, unique vocal style, SAT 28TH which helps him weave between Escher Quartet Swing from Paris & The SUN 1ST genres and become immediately Joining in the festivities all the way Blues Breakout JigDoll relatable 9pm £10 from New York with a programme Swing from Paris: The sounds of a A full-on show, combining dance, featuring music by Haydn and Britten chic Parisian café and the French jazz THURS 19TH music, song, and digital layering, as well as Schubert’s ‘Death and of Django Reinhardt and Stephane with few breaks, and even less Bella Hardy the Maiden’7:30pm £14 (Nailsworth Grappelli. Expect music by Edith Piaf, interpretation 9pm £10 Prolific and ingenious artist touring Festival) Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington and more with her new With The Dawn Band - stylish gypsy jazz and vintage swing, nailsworthfestival.org.uk TUES 3RD featuring regular stage companion with violin, guitars and double bass 4pm JD and the Straight Shot Anna Massie (Blazin’ Fiddles), Ben Seal The Blues Breakout: Superb young Blues The continued evolution of JD & (Urban Farm Hand), Tim Lane (The NAILSWORTH SUB ROOMS outfit covering the Great blues classics The Straight Shot now sees singer- Hidden Orchestra) and Tom Gibbs, in a and many more. From foot stomping songwriter Jim Dolan fronting a four- powerful and evocative collaboration SAT 28TH delta classics to swinging Chicago blues, person group as the band explores a of voice and fiddle, banjo and guitar, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline these guys are sure to get you moving stripped-down version of its sound, piano and keys, electronics and drums Recently been nominated for a 8pm (Hogfest) which is steeped in the quiet fire of 9pm £25 British Blues Award and winners of Americana, with distinctive elements the Reveal records emerging artist SUN 29TH of the blues and mystical, rustic New FRI 20TH competition described as ‘like a young Steve Ferbrache Orleans-flavoured roots music 9pm Simon McBride Billie Holiday gate-crashing a Tom £10 Acoustic guitarist singing soul classics Predicted to be the next Irish guitar Waits Swordfishtrombones recording and great songs from 50-80s - a laid hero in the footsteps of Rory Gallagher session’ 8pm £8.50 (Nailsworth THURS 5TH back vibe, perfect for Sunday beer! and Gary Moore 9pm £25 Festival) Cale Tyson 4pm (Hogfest) SAT 21ST nailsworthfestival.org.uk A singer, songwriter and guitar player MON 30TH from Nashville, Tennessee producing a Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione Weston & Harris melancholy, and undeniably whiskey- VILLAGE INN NAILSWORTH soaked sound 8pm £10 This duo have each been compared Two of Stroud’s most prominent and talented traditional instrumentalists to an impressive array of musical FRI 6TH FRI 6TH geniuses including Janice Joplin and - driving folk reels and laid back Threebagsfull + Special Guests Moulettes Tom Waits. Channelling their energies instrumentals in equal measure 4pm Threebagsfull and a whole heap of (Hogfest) The Moulettes charismatic, together, they share audiences in Italy, guest DJs will be bringing a heavy idiosyncratic yet poppy brand of Britain, and all over the world 9pm £25 heavy soundsystem back to the thehogathorsley.co.uk progressive, psychedelic neo-classical SUN 22ND Village Inn for another night of strickly folk rock has enthralled crowds at reggaematical pressure from way many festivals as varied as Bestival, Rura RUSKIN MILL back when up till right now. Mic Man Glastonbury, End of the Road and Rura are at the forefront of Scottish on the night will be Jos Fletcher of Cropredy 9pm £15 FRI 13 folk. Rugged yet disciplined, and Arankas Cackle Collective + other refreshingly contemporary but rooted Rant SAT 7TH guests including Utopian Sound and in tradition 8pm £10 Shireman Sound 8pm Four fiddles, a dash of Shetland, a Tom Mcrae drop of the Highlands, a handful of THURS 26TH Singer-songwriter Tom McRae with villageinn-nailsworth.co.uk hypnotic harmonies: this is RANT, Fr 6 i 3 rd 201 his regular touring musicians: The Ian Siegal and Jimbo Mathus Scotland’s chamber folk quartet 8pm to Sun 5th June £15/£12under 25’s Standing Band, has been quietly A combination of roots, blues and folk THE HOG AT HORSLEY moving up the ranks of the most Americana delivered with irreverent The June Weekender Special £40.00 respected songwriters in the world TUES 24TH humour and nuggets of folklore 8pm SAT 7TH today after releasing 6 critically £15 Sam Lee Black Cat Bone acclaimed studio albums over the last Since his Mercury Prize nomination in 15 years and writing for a variety of FRI 27TH Newly formed band from Stroud 2012, Sam Lee has blazed a trail as an artists and singers Fairport Convention + Jess Morgan featuring some of the most noted outstanding singer, song collector, and local players - a unique blend of gypsy, founder of the award-winning folk club, Fairport Convention have won a Brooks Hannah Johnson 9pm £15 swing & blues....this is their debut gig The Nest Collective. His two critically coveted BBC Lifetime Achievement and not to be missed! 8:30pm Free acclaimed albums are centred around Award; Radio 2 listeners voted their Williams & the Broken Hearts SUN 8TH songs he has collected first hand from Shook Twins ground-breaking album Liege & Lief THURS 12TH the Gypsy and Traveller communities, ‘The Most Influential Folk Album of Born and raised in Sandpoint Idaho, Steve Ferbrache bringing their ancient music to life for All Time’; and their story has been 21st century audiences through his ADAM SWEET Shook Twins are an Indie folk-pop celebrated with a major documentary A night of acoustic music featuring unconventional, radical interpretations band now hailing from coniferous on BBC Four television. Jess Morgan songs from the 50s to 00s. A 7:30pm £16 (Nailsworth Festival) a The Ponderosa a Sons of the Delta a forested Portland, Oregon 8pm £15 is a songwriter’s songwriter inspired discerning choice of classic songs - by storytelling songwriters like Nancy many you’ll know, many you’ll know rmt.org a a a THURS 12TH VerLin & Brandt The Kevin Brown Trio Griffith, the playfulness of Devon you know but can’t place, and many Ben Savage and Hannah Saunders Sproule and upfront British voices like you didn’t know you liked but do now a Silurian a The Bob Porter Project a 3 IN 1 HORSLEY Singing intimate duets with just Billy Bragg 9pm £25 8:30pm Free a a mountain dulcimer, dobro and guitar Russell Joslin SAT 21ST Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage are a SAT 28TH THURS 19TH Venues folk duo that look & sound classically Jo Harman Jim Reynolds The Jazz Friday Big Band Subscription Rooms, Black Book Cafe & Prince Albert timeless 8pm £10 Recently voted ‘Female Vocalist of the Long standing legend of the Bristol Local Big Band, Jazz Friday, will be ‘A weekend of fine blues, acoustic and country music from Year’ at the British Blues Awards, Jo (and national) Acoustic scene bringing their own eclectic mix of Big both sides of the pond’ FRI 13TH Band Swing, Funk and Jump music Harman is widely regarded as the UK’s garnering a recent loyal following in Box Office 01453 760900 Manran most exciting blues/soul/roots artist the Stroud area - and justifiably so. Jim to opening of the Nailsworth Festival. Cabaret-style seating, bar and www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk With a central ethos built around the 9pm £15 is superb finger-style with a unique opportunity to dance 7.30pm £8.50 www.stroudamericanafestival.co.uk band’s traditional Celtic roots, fiery approach that has audiences asking (Nailsworth Festival) tunes from fiddle, accordion, flute, ‘How does he do that?” 8:30pm Free uillean and Highland bagpipes bind nailsworthfestival.org.uk 12 ARTS -SELECTFESTIVAL ANDTRAIL heritage ofthetextiles industry. Now SITselect The roots ofthearea are deeplyembedded inthe lack offocus onappliedarts,particularlytextiles. London, there seemedto beagapinStroud, a this passion. WhenLizzireturned to Stroud from Running anorganisation like SITselectmaintains THEARTS.” SHEREPLIES,“IHAVE A REALPASSION FOR MAINTAIN HERDRIVEIASKHER?“SIMPLE,” HEARINGABOUTIT. HOWONEARTHDOESSHE CURRENTPROJECTSEXHAUSTSMEJUSTFROM UNWAVERINGLY. 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Annie Hewett is exhaustive andexciting withafirmnod in Residence’ AnnieHutchinson. The programme Not to mentiontheMuseum’s exciting new ‘Artist designer-makers at The MuseuminthePark. collection ofwork from three renowned textile in Lower Street. SoftEngineeringisanartist led programme beingrunby Atelier at theirspace Lansdown Gallery. There isalsoanexciting Sewing Machineproject withStudio 21at the exhibited intheEcotricity window and The exploring thehumanimpactonenvironment talks andevents are CleoMussi andFiHenshaw For me, highlightsfrom thisyear’s exhibitions, I canseewhy Lizziishesitantto pickjust one. of thedresses.” are encouraged to make theirmarkonone Part ofitisthegraffiti dress, whereby thepublic exhibited inparticipating shopsallover Stroud. produced by theSeamCollective whichwillbe I’m really lookingforward to seeingwhat’s favourite. “There’s somuchto seethisyear. But even whenpressed Lizzican’tchooseher economy isboosted over themonthofMay. to thefestival from allover theUKandlocal as well asAtelier inStroud.” Visitors come in Chalford, Frogmarsh MillinWoodchester “We have the Museum in the Park, Victoria Works involved inthisyear’s festival.” Lizzitells me, “We are sopleasedto have somany venues

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SITE 2016 MARKS THE TWENTIETH One of the highlights of the event is “OPEN STUDIOS CONTINUES TO ANNIVERSARY OF SITE FESTIVAL the Open Studio Hubs where visitors NURTURE CREATIVE TALENT IN can find artists working collaboratively STROUD AND HAS ENCOURAGED OPEN STUDIOS – AN EVENT or individually in a variety of venues ARTISTS TO EXPRESS THAT NOT ONLY ALLOWS VISITORS across the Stroud area. This year, young THEMSELVES IN A RANGE OF TO PURCHASE WORK DIRECTLY graduate artists renting space at SVA will WAYS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE OPEN have the opportunity to showcase their BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE.” FROM PARTICIPATING ARTISTS, work as they open their studio doors to BUT ALSO GIVES THEM THE the public: “SVA already work with lots of ALEXANDER CAMINADA SONIC EVOLUTIONARY ARTS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER young people - 15-19 years old - through MOULD, SVA’s young contemporary art There is also a strong emphasis on STUDIOS MORE ABOUT THE TECHNIQUES group and by supporting young bands, performance art during Open Studios. AND IDEAS UTILISED IN A VARIETY but there was a gap of provision and In St Mary’s Mill in Chalford, Gareth representation of artists between 20-30 BY LEAH GRANT OF DISCIPLINES INCLUDING Brock and Alexander Caminada will years old because there isn’t a degree perform improvised electronic music SCULPTURE, PAINTING, level art college in Stroud. However, a against a backdrop of original video and lot of young artists were moving back to PERFORMANCE AND Optikinetics. After first meeting at last Ellys Beale Ellys the area after being away studying and ILLUSTRATION. year’s Open Studios, Gareth explained working in London and SVA began to let that a shared interest in electronic To celebrate this major milestone in our subsidised studio space to this age music became the basis for the pair’s Stroud’s artistic history, this year’s group to encourage this new dynamic collaborative offering at the 2016 event: Open Studios will feature 99 artists in 53 to the work environment.” “We have not been practicing together locations across the district, the biggest for that long but have found that by Graduate artists participating this number the event has ever seen. pooling resources, we have a good range year include mixed-media artists Sean of tools to make unique and inventive Heather and Holly English; visual artist, “THE FIRST OPEN STUDIOS TOOK synthesized soundscapes. This intention puppetry specialist and performance PLACE IN 1997 WITH A HANDFUL for the Site Festival and Open Studios maker, Isabel Lyster; textile designer OF ARTISTS AND HAS NOW is to perform a relaxed style of music to maker, Ellys Beale; and painter and complement the visuals and create EXPANDED INTO ONE OF THE drawer, Lorna Bamsey. Discussing a pleasant and interesting place to visit.” BEST RURALLY BASED OPEN the benefits of Open Studios, Sean STUDIO EVENTS IN THE UK.” Heather emphasised the importance of SVA in giving recently graduated JO LEAHY 2016 VENUES INCLUDE: SVA artists a platform for their work: “As a young artist, the SVA has offered me Organised by Stroud Valleys Artspace, the opportunity to continue my artistic SVA Open Studios 2016 will be held on the practice in an environment where I can 4 JOHN STREET, STROUD GL5 2HA 7th-8th and 14th-15th May. A handy explore, develop and realise my ideas. directory will be available from local Open Studios is a great way to showcase

Sean Heather Bingle Christina PICCADILLY MILL shops and cafes as well as from Stroud’s work and engage with the public through LOWER STREET, Tourist Information Centre and the SVA art, also it helps and supports up and STROUD GL5 2HT itself, enabling visitors to plan their coming local artists.” weekend itineraries in order to get the HILLES STUDIO most out of the exciting array of studio In Piccadilly Mill, visitors will uncover the SEVENLEAZE LANE, exhibits on offer. works of poet and performance artist, PAINSWICK GL6 6N Uta Baldauf; oil painter, Christina Bingle;

“AS A NEW MEMBER OF SVA drawer, painter and etcher, Colin Glen; ST MARYS MILL AND A FAIRLY NEW RESIDENT and enamel artist, Anita Brayford; as well CHALFORD GL6 8PX OF STROUD TOWN, I FEEL THAT as the cards, books and ink drawings THE STUDIOS HAVE CONNECTED of Bill Jones (aka Miserable Malcolm). Similarly, at Hilles Studio in Painswick, ME TO MY SURROUNDINGS… Leah Grant is a writer and photographer Alex Merry will once again showcase her OPEN STUDIOS BRINGS PEOPLE with a keen interest in art and literature. TOGETHER TO SHARE IDEAS AND figurative oil painting, stained glass and On her blog, Bellyful of Art, you can find MAYBE EVEN SELL A THING OR 3D folk giant and beast making, whilst reviews of exhibitions, installations, dance TWO!” her sister Kate Merry’s unique illustration, performances and literary events as well painting and sculpture is sure to keep as her own lovingly created pieces of ELLYS BEALE visitors enthralled. short fiction artbellyful.wordpress.com TEXTILE DESIGNER MAKER Alex Merry Alex Arts Sonic Evolutionary 16 ART LISTINGS #14 | MAY 2016

style of Classical and Jazz record MEME SAT 30TH APR – SUN 22ND MAY sleeves of the 1950s and 1960s, Seam Collective: shiftWORKS Nature of the Beast ART using a repertoire of re-appropriated SAT 30TH APR – 22ND MAY A shop trail in Stroud Town Centre by imagery, incidental markings & An alternative look at the animal world through Pamela Bowden the Seam collective, a contemporary collage Fri + Sat 11am- 5pm/Sun textile collective based in Bath, sculpture prints and drawings by a LISTINGS 12pm - 4pm or by appointment: Working with domestic objects England. They are emerging printers, 07969 488818 (SITE Festival) Pamela looks for the imprint, the diverse group of artists record of exposure, left inscribed embroiderers, knitters, weavers, ATELIER facebook.com/junkroomrecords on an object by a previous life and dyers, fashion designers, eco- Until 27th May function. In Through she presents designers, makers and artists www.victoriaworksstudios.co.uk SUN 1ST the ubiquitous dishcloth as relic, a KENDRICK STREET GALLERY manifestation of time embodying SAT 30TH APR – TBC JULY William Kroll: Jeans – beauty and loss (Select Festival) Exhibition of Contemporary A Design Story SAT 7TH – SAT 21ST Textiles William Kroll, founder of Tender jeans memecafebar.co.uk VICTORIA WORKS STUDIOS Holly Saunders Exhibition of contemporary textiles and lecturer in denim at Central St Recent oil paintings by local artist – opening with Michelle House and STUDIOS / COURSES / EXHIBITIONS / Martins & University of Westminster, Holly Saunders Mon-Sat 9:30am- MUSEUM IN THE PARK Carole Waller (The Malt House Bar & WORKSHOPS AND COURSES will introduce some of the history of 5:30pm Kitchen, Salmon Springs) jeans design and talk about the ideas SAT 30TH APR – SUN 22ND MAY behind the world’s favourite trousers. kendrickstgallery.co.uk SAT 30TH APR - SUN 1ST MAY JUNE Discuss production techniques, Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking World Textile Weekend early branding and marketing in Shape Sat 4th Felt Butterflies 10am-4pm £50 the American West, contemporary LANSDOWN HALL Soft Engineering brings together, Ten collectors of world/ethnic textiles Sat 11th Lino Cut Printing with Lizzie Mabley 10am-4pm £55 Japanese reproduction culture, and for the first time, the work of Alison and artefacts gather to sell and talk innovative recent examples of jeans TUES 3RD – SUN 22ND Ellen, Ann Richards and Deirdre about their ware at Bisley Village design 2pm £6 Hall. Cafe on suite by Woodruffs Sat 18th Printing with Stencils & Rollers with Sophie Rae 10am-4pm £50 Studio 21 Present: The Sewing Wood. Having pursued separate Stroud Machine Project Sun 19th Tapestry with Sarah Beadsmoore 10am-4pm £55 atelierstroud.co.uk careers in knitting and weaving, they Studio 21 is a well-established find many common threads that FRI 6TH – FRI 27TH MAY Sat 25th Start that Novel with Kate Montgomery 10am-12.30pm £25 group of textile artists that aims have now inspired them to work Bailey Curtis THE BLUE ROOMS GALLERY to challenge and support its together on this joint exhibition. members and to provide regular Throughout the exhibition there is Bailey uses vibrant mix of colours SAT 7TH/14TH/21ST/28TH opportunities for exhibiting at a a central theme of textiles taking with interesting textures of wool Oliver Vivian professional level. The group was shape through the interplay of raw or silk and wool mix. The work is formed in 1997 to develop and landscape based. Meet the artist Exhibiting Oliver Vivian’s expressive material and structure with pleating, For more information or to book please visit extend innovative techniques and to on Sun 22nd May 11am – 4pm (The Walrus Nick Bibby abstract paintings in oils on canvas, folding, twisting, double-sided www.VictoriaWorksStudios.co.uk or push the boundaries of traditional Canteen, Nailsworth) evocative of the primal forces of the fabrics. Finished pieces of work will email [email protected] expectations in textile art and stitch. natural world. Also open for SITE be complemented by explanatory Many members undertake personal See p12-13, pick up free programme London Road, Chalford, GL6 8HN GALLERY PANGOLIN Open Studios 10am – 3pm and by research, studies and courses; others materials including loomstate pieces, and see website for full listings! CHALFORD - GLOS - GL6 8NT 01453 889765 appointment 07532071457 In partnership with South West Art Workshops work as teachers, lecturers and are photographs and paper models, [email protected] www.gallery-pangolin.com showing the processes of making sitselect.org www.southwestartworkshops.co.uk facebook.com/The-Blue-Rooms- authors of books and magazine and finishing. The exhibition is Gallery-Stroud articles. Studio 21 aims to produce a new body of work for exhibition accompanied by talks and artist-led SELECT TRAIL bi-annually and The Sewing Machine workshops Tues-Fri 10am-5pm/ GALLERY PANGOLIN Project is their latest venture. Sat,Sun & Bank Holidays 11am – SAT 7TH – SUN 8TH Tues-Sat 10am – 4:30pm/Sun 11am – 5pm(Select Festival) /SAT 14TH – SUN 15TH MON 18TH APR – FRI 27TH MAY 4:30pm (Select Festival) See p12-13, pick up free programme SAT 28TH MAY – SUN 26TH Nature of the Beast and see website for full listings! lansdownhall.org JUNE Throughout the ages, Man has sitselect.org used images of the beast as a Fred Chance and David Corio: means of understanding himself THE LINE GALLERY – SVA Keeping Time and even today in the 21st century, Over the years, David Corio has SITE OPEN STUDIOS animals continue to be an important FRI 6TH – SAT 14TH documented musicians from the vehicle for artists of many different Spot and Stripe world of rock, reggae, hip hop, jazz, SAT 7TH – SUN 8TH backgrounds. The exhibition is a /SAT 14TH – SUN 15TH An exhibition exploring a connection blues and world music along with powerful demonstration of this between fine art and pattern. Martin portraits of many people in the See p14-15, pick up free programme relationship and celebrates the Heron a Nottingham based sculptor arts and has worked with the likes and see website for full listings! diversity of expression alive in will be showing alongside Sam of NME, Time Out, City Limits, The sitefestival.org.uk contemporary art featuring the work Marsh, both use paint and colour in Guardian, Q, Mojo and Rolling Stone. of Nick Bibby, Christie Brown, Ralph an expressionistic way Open Fri and Fred Chance has made photographs Brown, Jon Buck, Lynn Chadwick, SVA Sat 11am-4pm/Preview Fri 6th 6-9pm with musicians relaxing, rehearsing Michael Cooper, Terence Coventry, and performing for over 30 years. Steve Dilworth, Damien Hirst, FRI 20TH – SAT 28TH SAT 30TH APR –SUN 15TH MAY Marcus James, Jonathan Kingdon, He lives in Stroud with his family and Zig and Zag Open Studios Taster Exhibition Bryan Kneale, Anita Mandl, Eduardo has and has been curator of a range Paolozzi, Lorraine Robbins, Steve Line Gallery will be celebrating all of important exhibitions including Stroud Valleys Open Studios is a Russell and Deborah van der Beek things pattern during the month of work by Don McCullin and Andy fantastic way to not only enjoy the Mon-Fri 10am – 6pm/Sat 10am – 1pm May! Come along to Zig and Zag Goldsworthy. The exhibition will be beautiful Cotswold countryside but with a chance to see work from accompanied by film screenings and also engage with the amazing variety gallery-pangolin.com Juliet Chadwick, Sarika Thakorlal and musical happenings - keep an eye on of art on offer. The Taster Exhibition provides the perfect opportunity for Martin Heron Open Fri and Sat 11am- the website for further info… 4pm/Preview Fri 20th 6-9pm planning your visits to the studios, JUNKROOM RECORDS museuminthepark.org.uk workshops or homes of the artists MON 30TH MAY – SUN 12TH to see and buy their original artwork FRI 22ND APRIL – SAT 22ND JUNE Millets, 20 High Street Sat 30th Apr MAY SELECT FESTIVAL 6-8pm/Tues-Sat 10am-4pm/Sun 8th Alexandra Darbyshire: Flood JunKroom Art Projects Presents: & 15th May 10am-4pm Louise Howlett Exhibition Alexandra’s paintings are a collage SAT 30TH APR – SUN 22ND MAY of paint, photographs and found sva.org.uk JunKroom Art Projects exists within Solving For Pattern images on the internet. These layered JunKroom Records offering artists paintings have a surreal and mystical “Restraint – for us, now – above all: the opportunity to exhibit works, UPPER LOCK intrigue about them .Open Fri and the ability to accept and live within that relate exclusively to the world Sat 11am-4Sunpm/ Private View Fri limits’’ of recorded music and vinyl lps. 3rd SUN 1ST – SAT 28TH For the opening exhibition, London Cleo Mussi (mosaic sculptures) and Hazel King: Animal Magic based artist Louise Howlett has linegallery.co.uk Fi Henshall (automata) in the window been commissioned to create work of Ecotricity on Russell Street Originally from Surrey, Hazel lived that is informed by the distinctive in Canada for fifteen years, and has lived in Stroud for over thirty. She 18 ART LISTINGS #14 | MAY 2016 #14 | MAY 2016 THEATRE 19

worked as a draughtswoman and has WETPAINT GALLERY and art of the incredible space at NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE drawn and painted in her spare time the Convent, and was created to be for as long as she can remember. FRI 1ST – SAT 30TH shown there General public opening: SAT 16TH APRIL – SAT 7TH MAY Hazel studied botanical illustration A Celebration of Spring Tuesdays 4-8pm/Exhibition open New Brewery Arts and ceramics for five years, but every day to members and gig Student Showcase now paints many subjects in various An exhibition celebrating spring in visitors media. She has chosen animals as all its glory. An uplifting collection of Gifted, skillful, accomplished, her subject matter for her current original works by some of Wetpaint’s theconvent.net inspired, proficient... A round exhibition Mon - Sat 9am-4pm/Sun best loved artists including Vanessa of applause for the 800 plus 10am - 3pm Bowman. Further details about students who attended courses participating artists to be announced RUSKIN MILL HORSLEY and workshops here over the last upperlockcafe.co.uk soon year. In this exhibition we proudly SAT 16TH – SUN 8TH MAY present the very best of our wetpaintgalleryonline.com Deborah Cox: tutors and students. Raw Talent VICTORIA WORKS Exploring Lansdcape gives New Brewery Arts students An artist/printmaker inspired by an opportunity for professional SAT 7TH – SUN 8TH/SAT 14TH – THE CONVENT WOODCHESTER landscape and the forces that have development, and presents the SUN 15TH wealth of ability cultivated during TUES 12TH APR – TUES 28TH shaped the land, whether glaciers, SITE Open Studios and our classes. Many pieces are available JUNE weather or human industry. She uses Select Trail a variety of printmaking techniques, for sale Mel Cross THEATRE Many of the Victoria Works residents deploying mostly water based newbreweryarts.org.uk and visiting artists will be taking Creativity, Spirituality and Surrender’ materials such as acrylics, pastels Juju Allishina part this year showcasing a fabulous is the latest exhibition by artist Mel and inks, together with collage, to LISTINGS selection of paintings, ceramics, Cross, currently Artist in Residence create texture and surface 10am – glass, felt, textiles, candles and so at The Convent in Woodchester. The 4pm much more…Visit website for further exhibition looks at how we connect info! to the space of infinite possibility rmt.org from where creativity emerges and COTSWOLD PLAYHOUSE in English 8pm £12otd/£10adv from NAILSWORTH TOWN HALL language and justice looking at the victoriaworksstudios.co.uk parallels this with how we connect trybookingc.o.uk/423 or from the Star difficulties facing people who dare in a similar way to our own spiritual Anise Arts Café to challenge authority. Age advice nature. The exhibition was inspired THURS 5TH – SAT 7TH FRI 27TH 10+ 8pm £10/£7concs available from by the creativity, music, spirituality Cotswold Players Youth Theatre: The Pantaloons: Gulliver’s Travels SAT 21ST TicketSource and the Painswick Centre Peter Pan Jr Join Lemuel Gulliver on a fantastical Stroud Song: Our Song Peter Pan JR. is the story of the boy and hilarious voyage into the painswickcentre.com who wouldn’t grow up and the girl Stroud Song (one of Stroud’s unknown...meet the tiny people of who has to. After finding his shadow community choirs) gives another Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag; in the Darling family nursery, Peter performance of Our Song last seen visit the floating island of Laputa PREMA ARTS CENTRE ULEY teaches Wendy, Michael and John how in June 2015. The choir’s musical and a country peopled (or horsed) to fly and sweeps them off to Never director, Jo McAndrews, commissioned entirely by talking horses... A brand SAT 21ST Land, where they meet Lost Boys, local writer and theatre director, new, adventurous and delightfully Flabbergast Theatre: mermaids, indians and, of course, Jo Bousfield to write a piece about innovative adaptation of Jonathan Tatterdemalion what a community choir means to its pirates. Peter Pan JR. features classic Swift’s classic satirical story loved by Tatterdemalion introduces loneliness participants. songs from the 1953 film such as, adults and children alike. Just please and (be)longing to a rip-roaring You Can Fly!, Following the Leader don’t step on any Lilliputians in the Choir members talked to Jo Bousfield sense of joy and exhilaration and The Second Star to the Right as rush to get tickets. “Part alternative and she gathered their stories, writing through one man’s quest for a well as songs from the Pirates of the rock band, part thespian ...wholly the play throughout the autumn, friend in a world that can, at times, Caribbean ride and the 2008 Disney charming” The Times. Suitable for all OUT OF THE and passing lyrics on to six Stroud feel mightily chilly. Riotous hilarity film Tinker Bell Thurs – Fri 6pm/Sat ages 7:30pm £15 (Nailsworth Festival) composers to put to music. The result ensues as Henry Maynard (originator 2:30pm £8adults/£5under 16 and is a heart-lifting and often amusing of the Balkan bad-boys Boris & over 60 nailsworthfestival.org.uk ART ROOM account of life in a community choir, Sergey) creates our loveable fool who may know more than he lets cotswoldplayhouse.co.uk punctuated with 15 lively and moving songs on such subjects as protest, THE PAINSWICK CENTRE on - without ever saying a word! A dogs, bereavement, birth, and knitting really brilliant night out for audience EXHIBITION AT WYCLIFFE COLLEGE LANSDOWN HALL 3pm and 7pm £8adults/£4children FRI 20TH members over the age of eight 7pm £7/£5concs £6friends/£4(concs) available from Star Anise Arts Café Spaniel in the Works Theatre FRI 6TH Company: The Life and Times £20family/£18concs/£12otd FEATURING WORK FROM EX-PUPILS AND CURRENT STAFF Juju Alishina: lansdownhall.org of Jack Sheppard/The Sentence prema.org.uk OF THE WYCLIFFE COLLEGE ART DEPARTMENT, THE OUT Nuit Rouge Red Night First performed at the Museum Juju Alishina is one of the veterans SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS of London, the Life and Times of OF THE ART ROOM EXHIBITION WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY of Japanese Butoh dance having Jack Sheppard is a 45 minute solo VUE CINEMA WITH THE SITE OPEN STUDIOS WEEKENDS. had a professional career spanning FRI 6TH performance which looks at the SUN 1ST 33 years and danced on more than a Otherstory Theatre: Escape infamous life of the thief and jail Colin Glen Alex Merry thousand stages in Japan, Europe and Was On Everyone’s Mind – breaker. Notorious as the only man to Royal Opera House 7TH - 8TH MAY AND 14TH - 15TH MAY the USA. Her work is appreciated as The Tale of Jack Sheppard escape from the inescapable Newgate Lucia Di Lammermoor 1:50pm (15) FROM 11AM UNTIL 4.00PM a fine blend of the traditional and the Jail three times, this performance A paper theatre show by Otherstory avant-garde and its trademark is the incorporates traditional songs to reveal for adults and older children (age TUES 10TH paradoxical combination of both the his life, from his early small thefts to advice 10 + the show lasts 70 mins). Globe On Screen shadow and the celebration. Usually his battle with Jonathan Wilde, the Over the years the senior school Staff / Oliver Marsden (OW 1984 See how an ordinary apprentice she performs with her dancers and thief-taker, his friendship with Daniel Measure for Measure 6:45pm (CTBC) Art Department has produced – 1991) / Alexandra Merry (OW carpenter from East London became musicians but for this occasion she Defoe and his tragic death on the many artists who have gone on to 1989 – 1997) / Katherine Merry the legendary jailbreaker and hero of has composed a solo dance show gallows as a national hero. Part drama THURS 12TH develop successful careers in the (OW 1988 -1997) / Alex Norman- the people, whose fame spread across especially. The first part is a part of part pantomime it offers an exciting National Theatre visual arts. They are delighted to Walker – Wycliffe Staff / Asya oceans. Witness his daring escapes! her choreography Sweet Beasts and insight into the story of one of the 18th have this opportunity to welcome Segalovich (OW 2008 – 2013) / Watch him outwit judges, jailers and A View From The Bridge 6:50pm (12A) the second part is Desire for Infinity century’s most notorious characters. a select group back to Wycliffe Sabrina Shah Hakim (OW 2006 the Thieftaker General - until the accompanied on violin by Thol Mason. to celebrate their work, as well as – 2010) / Rose Wordsworth – hangman’s noose beckons and it’s now WEDS 18TH + SUN 22ND The theme throughout this evening is The Sentence is the story of John to show current students and the Wycliffe Staff or never, neck or nothing...A playful, Royal Opera House red and you will journey through an Scrivener who, in the 16th century wider community what they are political tale of daring and resistance. The exhibition will be in the exciting red nightmare of aesthetic was sentenced to death by burning. Frankenstein Weds 7pm/Sun 1:50pm doing now. The show will be followed by a post- Atrium, School House on the confusion where you may find His crime was to translate the Bible (12A) show discussion with guest speaker Exhibitors: weekends of 7th - 8th May and experimental images that are heart into English. His daughter Joan Stuart Butler from Radical Stroud myvue.com 14th - 15th May from 11am until piercing. Finally you may experience was sentenced to light the fire. Duncan Beedie (OW 1988 – 1996) Both are the victims of illogical and 4.00pm and is open to the a zen state of mind of calmness, (Part of the George Room Theatre / James Bingham (OW 1986 – unreasonable rules which have angry general public, so please feel stability, and clarity. Japanese tea and Season) 7:30pm £8/£5concs 1992) / Freya Gabie (OW 1995 echoes for anyone confronted by an free to bring friends, family and snacks are available in the bar and (including post show discussion) -2002) / Colin Glen (OW 1978 guests. you will find some DVD’s of her other insane enforcement of law which is -1986) / Nikki Green - Wycliffe dance pieces and the book written by subscriptionrooms.org.uk outdated, outmoded and cruel. This Staff / Steven Hubbard – Wycliffe wycliffe.co.uk Sabrina Shah Haksim Oliver Marsden Juju Alishina and recently published powerful play explores themes of 20 LITERATURE - NAILSWORTH FESTIVAL #14 | MAY 2016 #14 | MAY 2016 LITERATURE - LISTINGS 21

WEDS 4TH/11TH/18TH/25TH Part of Museums at Night, the annual Harvey, consists of an intimate dinner LITERATURE Wild Writing with Kevan UK-wide festival of inspiring after- and conversation in the beautiful Manwaring hours events, designed to encourage surroundings of Calcot Manor. Every people to see arts, culture and heritage penny raised from the event will This rule-breaking writing workshop is LISTINGS in a different light 8pm £5 help fund vital vaccine research designed to encourage you to explore and invaluable support to those the untamed fringes of your desires museuminthepark.org.uk whose lives have been torn apart by and fears, to express that inner howl, Meningitis 7pm £95 (which includes a ALE HOUSE to give voice to that long-denied SPACEHOPPERS drinks reception and a gourmet three- cry. You’ll be supported in a friendly, course dinner served with wines) email WEDS 4TH/11TH/18TH/25TH safe environment to venture beyond [email protected] or call Rick Vick: Writing Group comfort zones and tap into words SUN 15TH 0345 120 4530 One Day Writer’s Retreat A weekly writing group run by Stroud that can electrify, shock, motivate and Festival’s Rick Vick. Discover your move. All you need is a pen and paper The hardest part of writing can be meningitisnow.org hidden voice, all welcome! 7-9pm £5 and a willingness to be wild! 7-9pm to actually turning up at the desk and for further information contact Rick on book a space call 01453 759034 getting on with it. This one day writer’s NEW BREWERY ARTS CENTRE 07973 225 694 retreat is designed to give you the space and time you need to get away from the distractions of daily life and SAT 7TH WEDS 11TH MAY – WEDS 22ND ATELIER to focus on your work in the quiet Rona Laycock: Travel Writing JUN company of a handful of like-minded Workshop TUES 24TH Fiona Longsdon: Creative Writing writers, keen to make some headway A day spent exploring the Toolkit Radio Cinema on their own projects. With no opportunities of writing travel articles. A sound event that will try to give There are words and stories in embarrassing read-outs or feedback, Using your own experiences of travel NAILSWORTH another way to experience spoken- abundance but what if getting them this retreat is for any writer, working at home and abroad to give colour and on the page was as simple as having word radio by lifting it out of its at any level 9:30am-4:30pm for more life to your work 10am-4pm £75 the right tools with which to craft traditional settings and celebrating information and to book, contact them? This six-week course, run in it in new and exciting ways. – and [email protected] SAT 28TH weekly sessions of 2½ hours, will to celebrate stories told by words Rona Laycock: Writing Poetry get you writing beautiful and fluent writingspacestroud.wordpress.com FESTIVAL and sounds. A listening event, lasting prose, fire up your imagination and This workshop will offer opportunities around an hour where we will listen to give you the confidence to write in to explore and write poetry through one of the many interesting podcasts an accomplished and uninhibited SVA discussion and written exercises. available today 7pm £3 way. Suitable for beginners and those Look at where to find ideas for your BY NIKKI OWEN with some writing experience. Fiona SAT 14TH poetry, writing from memory and the atelierstroud.co.uk Longsdon wrote for newspapers and Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff imagination, rules and how to break magazines before turning to fiction. them 10am-4pm £75 In 2013, she completed the Bath Cracking alternative cabaret with AS FESTIVALS GO, NAILSWORTH FESTIVAL part of the meeting we approved the final cover of family, another great literature event is The BLACK BOOK CAFÉ Spa Creative Writing MA and was a spoken word spine. This month design, and I can’t tell you how much I love it!” Pantaloons present: Gulliver’s Travels. Suitable MAY 31ST SEEMS INCREASINGLY LIKE THE PLACE TO shortlisted for the Janklow and Nesbit featuring comedian Jack Stratten as Fans will indeed love it too, as I See You is hotly for all ages, The Pantaloons (described by The SUN 22ND Writers in the Brewery with Kevan BE. JUST DOWN THE ROAD AND NESTLED IN prize. She has read her work at Novel Malcolm Head ­poet and part-time anticipated to become another huge bestseller, Sunday Times as, “Part rock band, part thespian… Transition Stroud Book Group Nights, a Bristol based showcase for police archivist; fantastic spoken word Manwaring THE LUSH GREEN GLOUCESTERSHIRE VALLEY, debut authors, and helped compile the which is why Clare appearing at Nailsworth wholly charming”) will be performing a brand Exploring the psychological barriers from Anna Freeman, sketch comedy A regular event that takes place on shortlist for the 2015 Bath Short Story to action on Climate Change via a from Brewhaha, Stroud’s female the last Tuesday of the month in the 21ST-29TH MAY THIS YEAR WILL SEE NOT ONLY Festival this year is such a big deal. She’ll be new, adventurous and innovative adaptation of Award. She has now finished her first discussion of George Marshall’s book improv trio and Malcolm Jones, being cafe. Everyone is welcome to come A HUGE ARRAY OF LOCAL FOLK PERFORMING there talking about her life from crime fighter Jonathon Swift’s classical satirical story loved novel, Mother Love, and is currently miserable. Plus film, silly quizzes along, share their ideas and writing “Don’t Even Think About It - why our writing her second x6 2 hour sessions to crime writer, with Cotswold Life journalist, by grown ups and young ones alike (27th May, and your host, Jonny Fluffypunk! or just enjoy meeting writers and MUSIC AND SHOWS, BUT IT’LL ALSO BE A brains are wired to ignore climate 9:30-11:30am £70 Katie Jarvis, and it’s not only us book lovers who 7.30pm). change” 8pm £8.50 advance online and from listening to their fiction, poetry, articles CHANCE FOR YOU TO CATCH THE SORT OF BIG SVA/£10otd and autobiographical writings. This are excited to be at Nailsworth Festival – turns hawkwoodcollege.co.uk With so much going on, I think it’s the sheer Transition Stroud is a dynamic group month’s guest is Kevan Manwaring a LITERARY NAMES OFTEN ONLY RESERVED FOR out Clare is, too. Says Clare of her appearance, sva.org.uk amount of amazing arts events that makes of volunteers who are supporting Hawthornden fellow who teaches for THE LIKES OF MAJOR ARTS FESTIVALS. “I’m delighted to be involved in the Nailsworth the local community to strengthen MUSEUM IN THE PARK the Open University and writes for the Nailsworth Festival feel as if there’s a real buzz Festival this year, and honoured to be part of its’ local economy, reduce the cost of CALCOT MANOR London Magazine. From Fosseway to about it this year. I mean, just check out the such a wonderful line-up.” living and prepare for a future with less FRI 13TH Wolden Pond, be taken on a journey One of those big names appearing at the festival cracking international mix of music. There’ll be, oil and a changing climate. Join them Ghostly Tales of Gloucestershire TUES 10TH as Kevan reads from and discusses his for a cup of coffee and a stimulating latest collection published by Chrysalis this year is Clare Mackintosh. Author of Sunday And, a wonderful line up it is indeed. Not only from New York, the sublime classical group The Whether it’s white ladies or old ladies, Meningitis Now: Evening in discussion! 12 – 2pm Free 7-9pm £4 (incl. free tea and coffee; because of the appearances on offer, but also Escher Quartet (22nd May); from London, the monks or miners, blacksmiths or Conversation with Joanna Times bestseller I Let You Go, Clare Mackintosh is other drinks at bar prices) beggars, horses or hounds, priests because the Nailsworth Festival committee, amazing Ma Poliane’s Great Decline (27th May); blackbookcafe.com Trollope, Katie Fforde and Fiona no stranger to Gloucestershire. A former copper or poltergeists, unwilling brides Fullerton newbreweryarts.org.uk (she spent 12 years in CID), the acclaimed writer chaired by the very experienced Mary Saunders and, straight from winning a Mercury Prize, or all too willing femmes fatales, The Stroud based charity Meningitis is also a columnist for Cotswold Life Magazine and helped by a wonderfully dedicated team of folk singer Sam Lee (24th May). All this plus an HAWKWOOD COLLEGE Gloucestershire’s hidden places are seething with spooks. Fire Springs now are delighted to announce a and is the founder of a volunteers, has ensured prices for the public are eclectic mix of acappella bands, Jazz groups, very special literary event that is MON 2ND storytellers Anthony Nanson and Kirsty festival herself – the now very accessible. And so, with such manageable craft workshops, Saturday street performers and Hartsiotis tell a spooky selection of the taking place to support their 30th Bard of Hawkwood Contest anniversary. Three celebrated authors very popular Chipping entry prices that big festivals can only dream guided walks, it looks like the 32nd Nailsworth county’s creepiest ghost stories. You and supporters of the charity; Joanna of, other literary talent for us to enjoy will also Festival isn’t just going to be huge – it’s going to Find out who will be the Bard of won’t look at Gloucestershire’s towns Norton Literature Festival. and landscapes the same way again, Trollope, Katie Fforde and Fiona be writer Wendy Cope. Author of One Wedding be mighty good fun, too. Hawkwood 2016 at the Hawkwood She’ll be appearing on College Open Day! especially after dark. Not suitable for Fullerton - will be sharing their insights Tuesday 24th May at and a Funeral, festival-goers will have a chance under 12s. Booking advised to be sure into writing. The evening, hosted by I guess it’s like Clare Mackintosh said, “it’s a of a seat, please call on 01453 763394. 7.30pm over at Egypt Mill, to hear Wendy talk about her wry, ironic poetry the charity’s President, Andrew wonderful line up,” and she’s a bestselling author and with tickets at only £6, over at Nailwsworth Town Hall at 7.30pm on and pretty dab handy with words, so who are it’s an amazing opportunity Thursday 26th May (tickets are just £12.50 and we to argue? Yep, bring on the summer, people, for literature lovers to see that includes wine and canapés!). And if it’s talks and the books and the music and the glorious a major author without of nature you’re after, then Wednesday 25th Stroud Valley walks. Yep, it’s May. It’s Nailsworth breaking the bank. May at 7.30pm will see broadcaster Miranda Festival time. Krestovnikoff, resident expert of BBC’s The One So, with her first Show, discuss her A Whistle Stop Tour around For all events & bookings see VISIT GOODONPAPER.INFO/LITERATURE FOR psychological crime thriller the Coast (tickets only £8). nailsworthfestival.org.uk EXTRA CONTENT AND FEATURES. selected in 2015 for Richard and Judy’s Book Club, and This exceptional literary talent for us to enjoy is the novel translated into also paralleled by the great work of Nailsworth over 30 languages, what next for Clare? “I met Library, where for kids and adults alike there’ll be Nikki Owen is an author and writer. Her debut goodonpaper.info with my publishers to discuss the plans for I plenty of books, displays and activities to take thriller, Subject 375 (Harper Collins), is out now. See You, which comes out on the 28th July. As part in all through the festival and especially Catch her at blog nikkiowen.wordpress.com or on the Family Day on 21st May. Plus, speaking website nikkiowenauthor.com 22 COMEDY #14 | MAY 2016

here potential is realised IMPROVISATIONAL

HELEN WOOD AND COMEDY: KERRY UPCHURCH

BY CHRIS HEAD

IMPROVISATION WORKSHOPS HMM. OKAY, I’M GOING TO GO WITH amateur dramatics around five years cried at times and been very happy IMPROV. SORRY HELEN. KERRY, YOU’VE ago when a member of a local group that there are no scripts to learn… AND SHOWS ARE BRINGING A JUST MOVED TO STROUD. WHEN DID was so impressed with my sales patter YOU MOVE TO STROUD AND WHY? GnK improv workshop takes place TOUCH OF SPONTANEITY TO THE (I was collecting for an air ambulance) that I was invited to the stage and every Tuesday at 7 to 9 pm in the Blue BURGEONING COMEDY SCENE Kerry: Stroud was a fresh start for I took to it like a fish to water. A Room at the Centre for Science and me and for my partner Gill. We felt random search on the internet threw Art in Lansdown for just £3 a session. IN STROUD. I RECENTLY CAUGHT the beauty of the countryside and up a fledgling comedy theatre improv Brewhaha will next be performing the art-house feel of the town was workshop group in Bath and I thought UP WITH KERRY UPCHURCH their comedy impro show, Village an attractive combination. We finally I’d give that a try. That was 2013. I People, at the British School Hall on (GROUP LEADER OF GNK IMPROV moved here in late January. I felt the love improv and actually became the Saturday 21st May at 8pm. Tickets are gods had conspired to make it rain group leader for around a year in 2015. STROUD; A WEEKLY WORKSHOP £5 and available from Star Anise Café. well… each and every day really. But The move to Stroud has encouraged They will also be joining Jack Stratton, pah... it brought the flowers on early. me to set up a brand new workshop INTRODUCING AND PRACTISING Anna Freeman and Miserable Malcolm right here with Gill. This might lead at Jonny Fluffy Punk’s next Penny Gaff THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF SHORT- HELEN, HOW DID YOU GET to occasional public performances or at the SVA earlier in the month on Sat INTO IMPROV? simply be a drop-in. FORM COMEDY THEATRE IMPROV) 14th May (see listings for further info). AND HELEN WOOD (A COMIC Helen: By watching the 1990s TV WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT HELEN? programme, Whose Line is it Anyway? I’ll also be running my own Live Sketch Comedy: Improv to Script to Stage ACTOR, WRITER AND IMPROVISER) I got the book of the show and started Helen: Where to begin? There’s just so playing the games with friends. At course on Friday evenings from the TO FIND OUT MORE… much. There’s such a sense of freedom 10th June – 29th July at the Black the same time I learned how useful when performing impro, you go where improvising was when devising shows. Book Café, but more on that in next the spirit takes you, you don’t know month’s issue! FIRST UP, IMPRO OR IMPROV? I GATHER I was living in London and there were what’s going to happen and you don’t “IMPROV” IS AMERICAN BUT I FIND a lot of opportunities to go to impro need to over think. I love it that you MYSELF INCREASINGLY USING IT. classes offering different forms of can take risks and make mistakes. In impro. fact there’s often much hilarity when Chris Head has established himself Helen: I’ve always tended to say impro, you mess up. You can learn some as one of the UK’s leading comedy but improv definitely seems to be OKAY, I SEE YOU’RE STICKING WITH great life lessons from doing impro, coaches and has nearly twenty getting more widely used in the UK. ‘IMPRO’. KERRY, HOW DID YOU GET such as not blocking and making years’ experience as a director of INTO, ER… IMPROVISATION. live comedy. Visit chrishead.com for Kerry: I have never really known offers. It’s made me more courageous about doing all sorts of things in life as further info improv as anything but ‘improv’ so the Kerry: I first discovered it by a agony of choice never came my way. well as when performing. With impro roundabout route. I stumbled into I’ve surprised myself, laughed a lot,

BRITISH SCHOOL HALL into the dark heart of growing up and “An incredibly funny man... well COMEDY the dark arts of parenting. Cautionary crafted, funny and full of heart. SAT 21ST Tales for Daughters is written by Go and see it!” The Skinny 8pm Our community truly values the individual characteristics LISTINGS Brewhaha! Presents: Village People composer and mother Tanya Holt, £10adv/£8concs/£12otd/£10concs who turns an unflinching eye on the and qualities of each boy or girl. Every child’s potential is A hilarious, quick-witted, fast-paced, mistakes she has made. The audience subscriptionrooms.org.uk improvised comedy show. Meet will be invited to submit their words of nurtured and developed. Our academic value-added scores eccentric characters, visit unusual caution or advice anonymously on a SVA locations and experience bizarre postcard in the interval. Some of these consistently see us placed in the top 20% of all UK schools. village pursuits during an evening of will be read out in the second half. SAT 14TH spontaneity, fun and laughter 8pm £5 8pm £14/£12concs Age advice 15+ Mr Fluffypunk’s Penny Gaff available from Star Anise Arts Cafe Wycliffe Nursery, Preparatory, Senior School & Sixth Form Co-educational day and boarding school for 2-18 THURS 26TH Cracking alternative cabaret with SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS John Williams: My Son’s Not a spoken word spine. This month Please contact: Charlotte Phillips (Senior) on 01453 820412 or Wendy Robertson (Preparatory) on 01453 820471. Rainman featuring comedian Jack Stratten as Malcolm Head ­poet and part-time Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL10 2JQ | Twitter @WycliffeCollege FRI 20TH John is a stand-up comedian and police archivist; fantastic spoken word Cautionary Tales For Daughters single dad. His son is twelve years old from Anna Freeman; sketch comedy (Songs Your Mother Never Taught and autistic. He isn’t a genius. His only from Brewhaha, Stroud’s female You) special power is making his Dad laugh. improv trio and Malcolm Jones, being A lot. This is their true story of Lego, What is the right advice and when miserable. Plus film, silly quizzes magic trains, the number 75 bus. All and how should you deliver it? This and your host, Jonny Fluffypunk! proceeds to Stroud Court Community witty new show of song and animation wycliffe.co.uk 8pm £8.50 advance online and from Trust. premiered to outstanding reviews at SVA/£10otd Founded 1882 the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and is a foray through music and animation sva.org.uk JAZZ STROUD May 27-29

Live Jazz spread over three days in Stroud town centre Goods Shed, SVA, Meme, Ale House, Duffle Golden Fleece, Sub Rooms

Andy Sheppard and the Pushy Doctors Remi Harris, Michelson Morley Ramses, The Tadlib Collective Tetraphonic, Vels Trio, Maskelyne The Mighty John Street Ska Orchestra Tristan Watson & John Broomhill, Pure Evil, Cheltenham Improvisers Orchestra Swing From Paris, Dave Ayre Trio Stroud Jazz Jam Sessions , Jazz Friday Meme Bar solo jazz sessions With more announcements to come check web for event info & updates

Special exhibitions in collabaration with David Corio, Fred Chance and Museum in the Park www.sva.org.uk