11 [epast ling gin in- Produced in association with the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle 0W8 A rts & Leisure the la S p r i n g a r t a s s e x h ib it io n D«Ps chat w ith chart singer THE Barnard Castle and bkssS Teesdale Art Society will be S ^ham Countv r holding its Spring Art DESPITE being off the air for some time the chance to win autographed Maximo Park goodies and s Exhibition later this month. volunteers behind Teesdale’s own radio a Radio Teesdale mug. Set: Two Crows with Katy Brown local governmc i The exhibition will run from station have been hard at work preparing Only last month the presenters were also offered the Thursday, May 26 to Wednesday, for the next broadcast. chance to interview The Kaiser Chiefs, a very popular June 1 in the Castle Gallery, Voluntary work isn’t all hard graft and can certainly band at the moment, but had to turn them down. Triple band elections Witham Hall, Barnard Castle. have its benefits, as Radio Teesdale presenter Colin “Kate still hasn’t quite forgiven me, I couldn’t get It will be open from 10am- Robinson discovered last week when he interviewed time off work so we had to say no” Colin said. s h o w c a s e 4pm each day (Sunday 2pm.- top chart singer Paul Smith, of Maximo Park from “Although we did still get invited along to their ) hadheldfeftJJJH 4pm.). Admission is free. Newcastle for his indie music show The Undercurrent. hometown gig in Leeds which was awesome.” MICKLETON RnB Club’s next gig on years. “It’s been amazing how many bands know other “Radio Teesdale might not be back on air until later Saturday is a Triple Band Showcase" The exhibition will show the in the year, but there’s still a lot of hard work going on The cub introduces three up-and- But, after bei] bands and industry people, and once they get to know coming bands, supporting new local work of some 20 local artists you they’ll talk to each other and you get invited along behind the scenes, both on our show and for the who use a variety of styles and station as a whole” explained Colin talent ihave Paitytostandast^1^ mediums. Many of the exhibits to all sorts,” Colin said afterwards. Kicking off is an acoustic set from Sounty “It was quite nerve-wracking to be fair” he said. “Kate and I are still meeting loads of local bands, the Two Crows, with lead vocalist candidateinlastweeVsirfi; are for sale and often depict listening to demos and keeping up with what’s ii high sueressMydefe^^ local landscapes. “I knew Paul’s time was very short and we had to Katy Brown. nd and set up the equipment and record the interview in only happening in the indie music scene, and when famous Next up is the first Mickleton Auckland TbwnseatfoP Members of the public are bands are prepared to speak to you it is even better.” appearance by The Good, a rland invited to vote for the picture 15 minutes. Interview: Colin Robinson with Paul Smith w ith an increased m aj^' “In the end I needn’t have worried, because he was If anyone wants to get involved with Radio Teesdale Middlebrough-based band. of And at their i they like best. This has proved The third band is Teesdale’s own ses. to be a popular feature of the really friendly and made some very interesting points the band’s sold-out Leeds gig that night as VIP guests. then there are plenty of ways to do so and you needn’t about being a local band and the transition to world The interview itself is available to listen to on be a presenter, there are vital jobs still to do. TCR Bluesband, a 10-piece group gerat controlling Labo®^^ society’s previous exhibitions. Contact Radio Teesdale on 01833 696 750 or visit playing classic blues and funk to back him Further information can be tours and top twenty hits.” www.radioteesdale.co.uk in the Undercurrent section, numbers, featuring talented young unanimously l o ^ . Colin and his co-presenter Kate also went along to and there is also a fuller account of the day and a www.radioteesdale.co.uk for more information. performers, and fostered by Teesdale ast ideroftheauthorkr * obtained from Peter Wilson on i n i t to 01833 637834, or Community Rescources’ Andy CUr Don Ross m [email protected] Y e a d o n . continue as deputy leader Two very different plays linked by common theme Following their brilliant debut gig at linded CllrManton Programme of last year’s Barnard Castle’s Blues is delighted Artist’s work Sweet William - Northern Broadsides at before Hal, Henry V to-be, forsakes the wild photographs of childhood incidents and up to the Festival, and more recently at i The Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond friends of his youth. At the end of Sweet William, present day, with her visits to a former cotton Darlington’s Forum in December they Will also departs to keep company in future with mill, now a heritage site, and to a youth drama British music are ready for Mickleton! Doors open ts of On Pendle Hill - Blaize Theatre Company confidence within the hut in new friends, his patrons from the gentry. project conceptualising the Pendle witches 8pm. Full Bar. ing IN the month when the nation days, one finm the people i goes on show at Bowes & Gilmonby Parish Hall_______ The focus of the play, however, is not this through dance. Next up on Saturday, October 8 is iramics story; it is simply the regulars, who come to drink commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Bishop Auckland and anxig IT may seem surprising, but these two very The genuinely remarkable achievement of this the Micky Moody Band. A WATERCOLOUR and china together at the Inn. It could almost be an allied victory in Europe, Barnard Castle from my county coandl different plays are linked by a common theme: Blaize company of four immensely talented Micky Moody is best known for his painting exhibition and sale will how does a playwright obtain the dramatic episode from an Elizabethan soap. The stories, actors and Mike Bettison, their director, is that School Choral Society presents a programme guitar work and song writing talents pus the badinage and the songs, containing colleagues," he added. be staged by the well-known material and the characters that he or she uses. this complex, multi-layered narrative is woven of British music including Sir Edward with multi-million sellers Whitesnake. chas occasional recognisable phrases that Plater has into a coherent and compelling whole. The “It is my job now toshov North East artist Sylvia Leech Sweet William is designed to play in repertory Elgar’s anthem ‘Give unto the Lord’ and his However, his recording and touring borrowed back from Shakespeare to put into the juxtaposition of terrifying scenes from the ivalin ____________ earn with Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, and career spans a generation with the at the Castle Gallery, Witham mouths of their supposed originators, all create witches' story with modem expressions of social setting of the Te Deum and Benedictus in F. this premiere production specifically matches the likes of Paul Rogers, Juicy Lucy, ichas not misplaced and I ha* Hall, Barnard Castle. an authentic atmosphere of a relaxed, friendly malaise and dramatic exercises that Other composers featured in the Northern Broadsides current Shakespearean Snafu, Chris Farlowe, Frankie Miller, he ■ — p p sta drinking session. The enjoyment on the stage demonstrate the ease with which excitement The exhibition will run from production in its use of jazzy musical numbers, programme include Henry Purcell, Ralph flows out into the auditorium, thus ensuring an within a group can escalate, provides just one of Graham Bonnet, Roger Chapman, nson: county council is in a straps 10am-4pm from Thursday, June composed by Conrad Nelson, here playing Will Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten, entertaining piece of theatre. the many telling insights that emerge. Eric Burdon, Meat Loaf, Ben E King healthy position 9, to Wednesday, June 15. himself. with the range of music spanning over 300 and Walter Trout. On Pendle Hill also draws the audience into The four actors - Ruth Rayyah McCaul, John icent “Our priorities will inchde The play opens with a gloriously bawdy song, Sylvia is a self-taught artist its atmosphere. Maureen Lawrence wrote it Tearney, Pete Toon and Marianne McNamara - years. Micky Moody has recently been almost a rap, filled with uninhibited lyrics. seeking to retain our stats i specialising in landscapes and when she was asked to work on a drama project each play six or more parts and unerringly For this concert, the Choral Society will acknowledged as Britain’s ‘finest slide The scene is The Tabard Inn, where Will is i East an ‘excellent’councilandra: flower painting, but will also about contemporary issues and their impact on capture the essence of each character. Most be accompanied by orchestra and organ and guitar player’. expected by his drinking friends, including Fat young people in rural areas. memorable are their characterisations of the He will be touring with his own the best authorities in the have many other styles and Jack (Barrie Rutter), Mac, a wrestler, the will be joined by soloists Jessica Holmes and The play opens with the writer herself, played main protagonists in the Pendle witch trial: John excellent blues band and Micky has a country, tackling job losses subjects on show.