Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District
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Amanda Penman editor Visitors are drawn from all over the world to enjoy opera, music, books, comedy, street theatre, drama, and visual arts at the Buxton Festival. So it’s no surprise that this month’s magazine is full to brimming with festival events. As the spa town hosts the Buxton International Festival and the Festival Fringe during July it really does become the cultural hub of the county. There is an arts trail with artists opening up their homes and studios, the mammoth art exhibition staged by Peak District Artisans and an exhibition of the work created for the Buxton Spa Prize. During the weeks of the festival the atmosphere in the town is electric and that alone is an experience not to be missed. There are still tickets left for some events but even if you have missed out you could still visit the town to enjoy the fun. There is nearly always some free entertainment taking place close to the Opera House – and of course all the art exhibitions are free. But artsbeat is also packed with details of shows, events and artistic opportunities from Belper, Derby and across Derbyshire. And don’t forget the Patchings Festival taking place just over the county boundary at Calverton.
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21 COVER STORY: Wild and wacky shows at the Buxton Festival Fringe 13 Theatre’s Departure Lounge celebrates new performance shows 43 Gilbert & Sullivan company brings music and laughter to town
artists & exhibitions
29 Catch some of the region’s finest artists at the Peak of their talent 30 Coastal discoveries give Vivienne Sillar’s ceramics a special sheen 32 Landscape artist Giles Davies is at the cutting edge of his craft
film & photography
9 Photographer John Blakemore talks about his latest exhibition
literature
53 Read Les Hurst’s review of the Outcasts of Time in Attitude 54 Pick a book to read on your holidays from our bookshelf
have a go
34-35 Parkwood Throwing Courses can get you started with ceramics
gallery
48-49 Discover the new summer exhibitions at the county’s galleries
regulars
15-19 News in brief in arena 39-42 Have A Go at a new skill 51-53 Arts reviews in attitude 55-58 What’s on listings in agenda
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ohn Blakemore is widely regarded as one of the finest photographers and printers in England, and is a recognised master of the black and white medium. He has had one-man exhibitions all over the world including the USA, South America and China; his work is included in many public collections and there is an archive of it at Birmingham Library. He has inspired a generation of young photographers who were taught by him at the University of Derby where he worked for more than 30 years. As he is about to mark his 81st birthday you might think he would be taking it easy, but he can’t give up on his
passion and earlier this year he found himself embarking on a residency at Derby’s Arboretum Park capturing the changing elements of the trees over a period of time on a wide format camera. It was artist Rosalind Pounder who introduced him to the idea. She had her own residency
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at the park where she created intricate sculptural objects using foraged and natural materials. “I saw what she was doing and thought that the park would be something I could immerse myself into and suggested we did a joint residency, creating two bodies of work that
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would be unique but would complement each other. “It was the first time I had taken my 5x4 camera outside since 1986 and it was very pleasurable to be out in the landscape – a tamed inner city landscape, but an interesting one.” As a result of their collaboration we have the rare opportunity to see an exhibition of his work. The couple have chosen to show The Arboretum in small spaces in the county. Some of you may have already been lucky enough to see it at North End Gallery in Wirksworth, but if not they will be taking it to The Smallprint Company in Friary Street, Derby from August 12-September, 9. They will also be joining Chris and Hannah Barker at their open day there on September 2. John was born in Coventry and discovered photography during National Service with the RAF in Tripoli in the 1950s.
“My mother sent me a copy of Picture Post which had a feature on Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man. I asked her to send me the book and that is where photography began for me. I looked at the images and thought ‘I am going to be a photographer’.
‘You need to
gather a sort of intimacy with
one’s subject’ “With my first camera I took pictures of people in Tripoli, I was already interested in themes and I was intrigued by people taking their siesta so I took pictures of them.” Back home he started producing documentary pictures of his own while working in a photographic studio and soon built himself a reputation as a talented photographer, which led to him
being offered the teaching post at Derby in 1970. He enjoyed discussing the hows and whys of photography with his students and in legendary workshops that he held. He still likes nothing better than to lay prints out on the table and talk about them, explaining the thinking behind one; asking for comments about another. His philosophy has always been to spend a great deal of time with his subject which is why he reckons he wasn’t suited to freelance work, but instead preferred documentary assignments. “In my opinion one of the most important aspects of photography is your relationship with the subject. You need to gather a sort of intimacy with one’s subject. It is really important to me that you work in the same place over a long period of time,” he explained. At one stage in his life he only took photographs in his own
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Derby home. By chance there was a vase of tulips in the kitchen and that became the beginning of a series of still life pictures for which he is perhaps best known. “I studied tulips fairly intensively for ten years and then published a book. I became very enamoured with tulips. It is a flower of amazing gesture. Sometimes I just looked at them and didn’t take any pictures at all.” These days he gets pleasure from creating handmade books using prints of his pictures, in carefully grouped grids. His subject matter can be anything from clouds, to the sea; his own garden and of course Derby Arboretum. “Making books has given me a sort of freedom because with end prints I can do whatever I like with them, use them upside down, cut them up. It presents me with a different way of looking at things and I like that. I would recommend making books to anyone.”
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eparture Lounge – the annual summer festival of fresh and innovative performance – arrives at Derby Theatre this month for four days of shows, workshops and talks. There will be the usual array of Edinburgh previews, as well as tried and tested work, and a couple of brand new works-inprogress. The theatre will also be hosting Little Earthquake’s East Meets West Symposium and its family day will again round off the weekend with some exciting new work for young audiences. Performance highlights include Declining Solo by awardwinning Two Destination Language, a heart-breaking story of watching a parent ageing and fading against a background of changing culture, a beautiful piece
presented as choreographed physical movement. Also in the festival are: O No!, by Jamie Wood, a psychedelic ride and a wonky homage to the woman damned for destroying the Beatles, which borrows Yoko Ono’s art instructions to ask whether falling in love is always catastrophic; Lists for the End of the World, an Edinburgh Festival preview by fanSHEN, a show composed entirely of lists, sourced from all kinds of people in all kinds of places; BULLISH, a preview show ahead of its London premiere, by award-winning Milk Presents; and PUBE by Eugénie Pastor, an intimate one-to-one performance that explores our relationship with pubic hair and the reasons that
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PICTURE: Alma Haser
inform the choices we make, and the making of a unique self-portrait. During the festival the theatre will also present Arrivals – a new festival celebrating the best of new writing and young voices. Derby Youth Theatre will present The Blue Road, a new play written by exciting, upand-coming playwright, Laura Lomas. There will also be two newlycommissioned rehearsed readings, presented by local theatre company Fifth Word: Are We Dead Yet Benny? by Phoebe Éclair Powell and Lava by James Fritz. Festival curator, Ruby Glaskin, said: “ Departure Lounge remains a place where doors are opened and new work is championed, and it’s a testament to the region’s artists and audiences that the festival will celebrate its fifth birthday this July.” n For more details go to derbytheatre.co.uk
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Look no further for news of outdoor theatre, a new Indie film festival, art trails and military pomp and ceremony Find out who won this year’s £5,000 Buxton Spa Prize FOR the last few weeks visitors to Buxton may have noticed more artists than usual at their easels dotted around the town. They were all taking part in the fourth Buxton Spa Prize in the hope of winning the generous £5,000 first prize. This year the competition has attracted 140 artists and they have all been tasked with capturing the historic spa town en plein air. Each of them was allotted a specific spot by lottery. The resulting exhibition of their work can be seen at the Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Square South, Buxton from July 1-31. The winners of the prize were due to be announced at a special drinks reception at the gallery on June 29 which was after artsbeat went to press
One of the artists working in Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens and below the 2016 winning entry by Sandra Orme
so we cannot announce the winners here. If you want to know the results go to artsbeatblog.com after that date or to buxtonspaprize. co.uk or of course the gallery.
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The organisers of the prize are Neil Scowcroft, Emma Potter, Liz Mackenzie and Rob Wilson, who is a previous winner of the prize. The event is sponsored by The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust, The Riley Trust, No 6 The Square Tearooms and Accommodation, The University of Derby Buxton, Vision Buxton and Peak District Artisans. Prize founder Trevor Osborne said: “I am delighted that in only four years the Buxton Spa Prize has become a leading en plein air arts event. I am proud of what has been achieved in this beautiful town in the High Peak – it is becoming an arts beacon in the hills.”
arena Fantasy world THE Marlowe Players will be heading into the realms of fantasy when they present Wyrd Sisters – the stage adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s sixth Discworld novel. Experienced actor Rick Law makes his directing debut with Wyrd Sisters for the Darley Abbey-based group: “It’s something a little out of the ordinary and unusual in terms of the things that we do – but I think our existing audience will enjoy it. Wyrd Sisters is largely homage to William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth. The play features a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of a murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players and a land in peril. Who stands between the kingdom and destruction? Three witches. You can see the play at Darley Abbey Village Hall from July 25-29. For tickets go to Marlowe-players.co.uk or call 07961 607372.
Growing interest THE theme of this year’s Melbourne Festival celebrates the town’s market gardeners and organisers are thrilled that they have been awarded a £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant to research the history of the industry. The festival will build on a project already underway called For The Love of Lettuce by working with arts organisations to engage with local people whose families were market gardeners to collect their memories, anecdotes and images of the industry. Initial findings will be shown at Melbourne Festival on September 16 and 17.
DERBY Shakespeare Theatre Company are set to wow audiences with a production of Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors in the grounds of Broomfield Hall. “The enchanted village setting of this show will play out beautifully on the grassy slope beside the hall,” says director Clare Snape. Join the theatre group on a journey of discovery as Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio arrive in Ephesus, where, unbeknown to them their identical twin brothers have lived for years Joyful, mystical and brilliantly farcical, Shakespeare’s shortest play is an early
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The Bard outside romantic comedy of confusion and ultimate reunion. With a colourful array of characters, this riot of farce and slapstick is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Catch this colourful and entertaining production from July 28-30 before it heads to the world-famous cliff-top Minack Theatre in Cornwall in August. There are performances at 7.30pm on the Friday and Saturday and at 2.30pm on the Saturday and Sunday. Take your own chairs, blanket and refreshments. More details at derbyshakespeare.org.uk ART Through Textiles will be presenting an exhibition of mixed media art, with the emphasis on textiles at the Art Room, Barlow next month. They are promising an eclectic mix of style, technique and approach. Art Through Textiles, formed in 1983, is an exhibiting group based in Sheffield with members from Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and the North Midlands. The exhibition will be on from August 26-September 3, from 10am-5pm. For more details go to artthroughtextiles.org.uk
arena Window galleries MORE than 50 independent retailers in Glossop are taking part in Art in the Window 2017 transforming the streets into art galleries from the August 1-31. Shop windows, restaurants and retailers will display work including photography, sculpture, fine art, textiles as well as painting and drawing. It will prove to be an eclectic mix of amateur and professional art, including students’ work from Glossopdale Community College and Glossop Arts Project participants. This year Glossop Arts Project – Arts for Wellbeing will be organising the exhibition and will exhibit work produced by the participants. Many pieces will be for sale and there will be notices to accompany the displays with contact details. Project spokesperson Sonja Quirk said: “We hope people will take the time to walk down the high street sample the fresh coffee, delicious food, individual gift ideas and the amazing art work on offer”.
Midlands Open THE MIDLANDS Open 2017 is Tarpey Gallery’s annual open submissions exhibition, this year taking place from August 26 – September 24. The Eighth Midlands Open aims to offer a visually stunning and diverse exhibition presenting a dynamic array of artworks from all contemporary fine art disciplines. This year’s exhibition, at the gallery in Castle Donington, will feature the very best work selected from entries by
Military pomp BUXTON Military Tattoo is returning to the town for the eighth year with two performances inside the Devonshire Dome on July 1. The show promises to provide great entertainment while raising much-needed funds for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity which is the Army’s national charity. The exciting showcase will display the diverse ability of military bands, reservists, cadets and the Military Wives Choir.
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artists living and working in the Midlands region. The gallery will be accepting submissions from August 8-13. A solo show in the main exhibition space of Tarpey Gallery will be the prize for the winner. This is a great opportunity for artists who are looking to establish themselves in the region’s demanding art market and work with a commercial fine art gallery that has a proven track record of gaining national exposure for its exhibitions programme.
arena Indie film fest THE first High Peak Independent Film Festival is being staged at New Mills from July 20-23. It is a non-for-profit film festival that celebrates shorts and feature films from filmmakers, of all ages, from around the world. They aim to showcase the best of up and coming, independent filmmakers across four fantastic days. Other events will include Quizit! With The Office’s Big Keith, Hawk Green Brass Band, a Street Party and an Awards Gala. Screenings and panels will take place at New Mills Art Theatre and St George’s Parish Hall. For more information, including schedules and times, go to highpeakindie. com where you will be able to buy individual passes to all or part of the event.
Winning design BUXTON Fringe is already thinking about 2018 and has announced an open-to-all art competition for next year’s programme cover. The Fringe has had some terrific artwork featured on its programme in the past including those by art students from Fringe sponsor, the University of Derby. Now organisers are looking to widen the net with a competition aimed at professional and nonprofessional artists alike and open to all. The closing deadline for submissions, which must be emailed, is October 1 and there will be a £100 prize for the winning entry. Full details are available at buxtonfringe.org.uk.
MORE than100 artists will be involved in the fourth Buxton Art Trail on July 15 and 16. The event, part of Buxton Fringe, features 55 entries with collectives such as Burbage Art Group, Buxton and High Peak Art Society (work by Maureen Howard pictured) and Buxton Community School each bringing a significant number of extra artists to the trail. The exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and open studios will take place in 30 locations across the town, including galleries and private homes plus new venues such as The Arches at Hogshaw Mill, a music studio
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Fringe trail and even a disused industrial fridge at Underground upstairs at The Old Clubhouse. There is a chance for visitors to see a huge selection of work often meeting the artists in person. Events take place mainly between 11am and 5pm on both days. Organisers Linda Rolland and Suzanne Pearson say they are excited by the range and quality of what’s on offer this year and are very grateful to all those who have made it possible, including their sponsors. PHOTOGRAPHING The Peak District by landscape photographers Chris Gilbert and Mick Ryan is a beautiful 500 page book contains 750 pictures and meticulousy researched advice for visitors to the National Park. From Buckstones in the far north to Norbury in the south. From Tegg’s Nose in the west to Stubbing Court in the east. This book has the Peak District covered. It is due out in August but can be pre-ordered at ravenseye. plus.com at a special price of £20 including post and packaging.
arena Life’s a bench A SIMPLE park bench. The complex inner world of those who sit there. Have you noticed those people? Were you one of them? What takes us there? A desire to be alone and contemplate? To be among others? To have fun? To enjoy nature? To make sense of thoughts and feelings? Tideswell Community Players’ July production, Park Your Thoughts, features original writing by local writer, Suzanne Elvidge, and A Talk in the Park by playwright, Alan Ayckbourn. A summer afternoon, a kaleidoscope of scenes around some park benches. Through spoken word and
lively action we glimpse the inner worlds of those intriguing random characters passing a moment in the park. You can see the show at
Austen tribute TAKE a step back in time with Chapterhouse Theatre Company, when they perform their production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice at the Pavilion Arts Centre in Buxton. Meet Elizabeth Bennet, Austen’s most loveable heroine, during her quest to marry for love, at a time in history that focuses more on
Autumn show THIS autumn Derby Theatre will produce and present a fresh and fast-moving new production of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations adapted by Neil Bartlett using the magnificent language of Dickens’ original. Sarah Brigham’s bold new production will bring the Dickensian world of Estella, Miss Havisham and Pip
to Derby Theatre’s stage and will feature a talented ensemble of actors, including faces both new and familiar to Derby audiences, plus stirring and evocative music from Ivan Stott. The play can be seen from September 29-October 21. For full details of the Theatre’s autumn season which has just been announced go to derbytheatre.co.uk
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7.30pm on July 8 and 9 at The Institute. Tickets from Tideswell Stores and Litton Shop and online through Ticketsource (a small fee applies). convenience and economic security. When Elizabeth meets the rude and abrupt Mr Darcy, she loathes him at first sight. But is there more to him than meets the eye? Brought to life by the awardwinning writer Laura Turner, this brand-new adaptation marks the 200th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. You can see it on August 2 at 7.30pm. For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
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PSYCHICBREAD July 16th, 3pm Show The Palace Hotel, Buxton
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Derbyshire H₂O Exhibition of paintings, ceramics, textiles, linocuts, jewellery, glass & photography illustrating Derbyshire water in all its glory
Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire SK17 6BE www.galleryinthegardens.co.uk Tel: 07849 673058
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Fringe is again at cutting edge
Nathan Cassidy: Watch This. Love Me. It’s Deep, at The Old Clubhouse, July 7 and 9
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uxton Festival Fringe is preparing for its biggest ever event, with 186 entrants having signed up for this year’s exciting schedule from July 5-23. As always there will be an varied programme comprising substantial theatre, comedy and music sections as well as dance, film, spoken word, street theatre, film, visual arts and entertainment for families. This year’s event coincides with World Fringe Day on July 11 so organisers are planning a
series of drop-in events at the historic Pump Room, which is currently being refurbished as part of the town’s prestigious Crescent redevelopment. The diverse musical attractions include Chamber Opera Chicago with a musical version of Jane Austen’s Persuasion; South African voices from Africa Entsha; award-winning harpist Alice Kirwan; New Orleans jazz pianist Dale Storr; City of Manchester Opera; Annette Gregory celebrating Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th anniversary; 100 young musicians from Nottingham and Germany; Finnish songs
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from Enkelit; and several high-profile collaborations with Buxton International Festival such as the Jay Rayner Quartet. Meanwhile theatre explodes across Buxton in a number of different venues. Underground Venues has moved to The Old Clubhouse and boasts shows including Lucky Dog’s Hats Off to Laurel and Hardy; Breathe Out Theatre’s Dark Satanic and The Ladder by the award-winning Helen Rutter. A new pop-up venue, the Rotunda, a geodesic dome which will be in the
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SUNDAY 9TH JULY 2017 The Lee Wood Hotel THE PARK, BUXTON SK17 6TQ
‘Allotment Antics and the Lure of the Love Shed’
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Underground Pavilion Gardens, has a wide programme ranging from South African musical Stimela The Gumboot, to Grist to the Mill’s Call Mr Robeson drama. Elsewhere, among others, there is Alice in Wonderland Underground in Poole’s Cavern; a one-man King Lear at the the United Reformed Church and avant-garde theatre from Jeu Jeu La Foille at the Green Man Gallery. A large comedy category includes Canadian Bobby Mair and Australian stand-up Adam Vincent, Funny Woman award winner Harriet Braine and award-winning Fringe favourites such as Nathan Cassidy and cop-turned-comic Alfie Moore. In smaller categories, the true variety of the Fringe becomes clear with everything from electrifying flamenco from dotdotdot dance (this time in a performance with soprano Gillian Keith) to circus-themed acrobatics in the forest from Whispering Woods. In visual arts, the spectacular Buxton Art Trail is back, while an eloquent spoken word section includes the popular Glummer Twins and psychiatric nurse Rob Gee’s Alzheimer’s Whodunnit. Events are fully listed on the Fringe website, buxtonfringe. org.uk and The Fringe can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and via its blog, accessible from the Fringe website. A completely open-access festival, the Fringe does not
Richard Carpenter Is Close To You written and performed by Matthew Floyd Jones can be seen Underground at The Old Clubhouse on July 6 and 15 PICTURE: Steve Ullathorne
undertake any selection or censorship, and provides a showcase for performers and artists of all kinds in a variety of venues, from a state of the art auditorium to a disused industrial fridge. And Chelmorton, Eyam and New Mills are all getting in on the act by staging Fringe events this year. Fringe at Five, a busking opportunity for performers; takes place at the Bandstand in the Pavilion Gardens at 5pm from July 10-22. Many other events are free, including the new Buxton Pride Picnic and most of the visual arts section. All free shows are listed on the website’s Fringe for Free page.
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King Lear (Alone) – a one-man show is at the United Reformed Church on on July 13 an 14 at 8pm and July 15 at 3pm
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I Found My Horn
Working With Pinter
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Mrs Roosevelt Flies To London
The Empress And Me
Taking Flight Showcase
Call Mr. Robeson
Just An Ordinary Lawyer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Above: The Empress and Me, at The Rotunda Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, July 9, 19, 20 and 21
Above: The Love Shed, Lee Wood Hotel, July 9, 1pm and 5.30pm Left: The Monks, Underground at The Old Clubhouse July 8 and 12
A festival of fun ☻Leoe and Hyde are bringing to the festival a fearlessly caustic satire fusing the most vaunted production in the history of classical opera with one of pop culture’s most explosively tragi-comic unions: The Marriage of Kim K (cover story). What do Mozart and Kim Kardashian have in common? Well, Kim’s 2011 marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries began with a televised fairytale wedding and ended just 72 days later when a mysterious divorce was filed. This epic failure of love is just one of three collapsing marriages at the centre of this brisk, hilarious and ambitious rewrite of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, combining pop, electronic and classical music. See it at the Pavilion Arts Centre on July 6, 13 and 18. ☻Vinnie, Albert, Lisa and Onion Head bring The Love
Shed to this summer’s Buxton festival fringe. Recently published in print to raise funds for the Stroke Association, this allotment aphrodisiac will have your eyes watering with laughter. There is love and lust amongst the onions, as out-of-work nightclub bouncer Vinnie Hollis attempts to recover a 17 foot prize carrot, There are two performances on July 9 at 1pm and 5.30pm at The Lee Wood Hotel. ☻With poems and songs of the Big Bang, a blade of grass, absent friends, one particular lamppost, and a girl called Amaryllis, Mark Gwynne Jones and the PsychicBread are set to delight audiences with an all-new show. Their performance is by turns dramatic, funny, sensitive, and romantic. Their compositions draw on a vein of poetry and
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music described as ‘evocative, surreal and seriously entertaining’. They will be performing at the Palace Hotel on July 16. ☻With almost three decades of experience performing interactive comedy in street theatre shows Mike Raffone is moving indoors. He makes his Buxton Fringe comedy debut with Brain Rinse – Puppetry of the Audience. Through a series of off-thewall sketches Mike tackles all the big themes in life – love, suicide, Beethoven and the Army to name but a few. What makes this show different is that Mike doesn’t perform to the audience he performs with the audience, in the ultimate immersive TV inspired sketch show. You can catch the action at the United Reformed Church Blue Room, from July 20-23 at 8:15pm.
Above: Call Mr Robeson The Rotunda Theatre on July 12, 14 and 16 Below: Mark Gwynne Jones and the Psychicbread at the Palace Hotel on July 16
Above: Juliet Myers: This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life, July 21 and 22, The Old Clubhouse
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play host to storytelling artscollective, Parable Arts, with their production The Forgotten Tales – a fast-moving one-man performance breathing life into the hilarious, heroic and heartbreaking stories that were once well-known across the ancient Celtic Isles. Parable Arts founder, Jon Buckeridge, single-handedly brings to life more than 20 unique character across a series of artfully-crafted adventures, playing multiple instruments, singing in three different languages and performing in a dizzying array of accents and attitudes. The performances on July 13 and 14 begin at 7pm. ☻Burbage Art Group’s 2017 Art Exhibition is bigger than ever this year and will run for an extra hour to allow visitors more time to appreciate the wealth of art on view. The show is on Saturday July 15 from 11am-4pm at the Burbage Institute, Nursery Lane, Buxton and also forms part of the popular Buxton Art Trail, back this year with art in homes and studios across the town.
Nina Bambrey performs aerial acrobatics in Whispering Woods’ family show, The Boy Who Grew Wings, on July 8 at 6pm and 8pm
A no-holds-barred
exploration of the lives and loves of
English kings ☻Cupid and the King: The
King’s Courtesans is being brought to the festival by Mr Simpson’s Little Concert, who love discovering the interesting bits of social history and creating performances of historically-informed music with readings. This show explores the lusty, rancid world of English kings and their mistresses. From the gay lovers of James I to the people’s mistress, Nell Gwynne, be prepared for bawdy, no-holds-barred, language and adult content. They will be at the United Reformed Church, Buxton on July 14, Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills on July 15, and with their sister group, The Eisenach Ensemble, at Eyam Parish Church on July 16. ☻The Monks are Kevin Moore and Yazz Fetto. They
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think they can lay claim to being the only Christian comedy sketch group in the UK. They have put together a new show called The All New Ten Commandments during which each of the commandments gets the comedy sketch treatment. They will be at The Old Clubhouse Buxton on July 8 and 12. ☻The Rat Pack Productions presents Nathan Cassidy: Watch This. Love Me. It’s Deep – a one-man theatre show that combines Nathan Cassidy’s distinctive stand-up style with a real- life love story at The Old Clubhouse on July 7 and 9 at 7pm. ☻The Rotunda Theatre, a new 120-seat pop-up theatre, is one of two venues featuring entertainment on the big screen – a unique documentary-film about playwright Harold Pinter. The 90 minutes film Working with Pinter captures how the writer contributed to the rehearsal of extracts from his own plays and worked with actors. The film, directed by Harry Burton, is launching at the festival on July 9.
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erbyshire folk artist Sue Prince has brought the rhythm and movement of Buxton International Festival to life for the cover of its 2017 programme. Waves of colour, sound and applause wash across the brightly coloured scene, featuring performers and the audience dancing outside the town’s Opera House. Award-winning artist Sue, who was delighted to provide this year’s programme cover, tells stories of people and their places, saying: “It’s like folk music only in paint. “During the Festival, Buxton positively thrums with sound and energy, which is what I endeavoured to show – the performers, the audience, the waves of sound and energy set before a timeless background,” she said. “When I paint people they are often repeated a bit like dance. There are several repeated groups of figures in different clothes and sizes. It’s about rhythm and movement.” Sue is vice chair of Peak District Artisans and is looking
Sue Prince, and above, her folk art which will be the cover of the Buxton Festival programme
PICTURE: Nick Lockett
forward to their contribution to the Festival Fringe which you can read about on page 29. The festival is launching a major fund-raising appeal as it enters its fifth decade as the foundation of the town’s cultural economy. “Al fresco culture at its most unpretentious” was how The Sunday Times described Buxton, which continues to draw worldwide audiences, promoting the town’s tourism and bringing in an estimated £3 million to the local economy in just three weeks. It also means the magnificent Buxton Opera House continues
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to be used for its original purpose, the Festival organisers will say at the appeal launch on July 18. This year’s Festival continues its Made in Buxton tradition of creating productions of muchloved but rarely produced operas which will never be seen anywhere else, alongside jazz, classical concerts and talks by some of the nation’s great movers and shakers. The opening nights of the new productions are: Verdi’s Macbeth (July 7), Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring (July 8), and Mozart’s Lucio Silla (July 9). A visiting production, Y Tŵr (July 17), is the only performance of this new Welsh language opera outside Wales. World class pianist Paul Lewis will demonstrate why his talents are in demand across the globe, while Barb Jungr will bring to Buxton her celebrated interpretations of the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Literary speakers include David Starkey, Lucy Worsley, Paddy Ashdown and Jeremy Paxman. n To book tickets, visit www. buxtonfestival.co.uk or phone 01298 72190.
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A summer exhibition of landscapes
Approaching Rain, Stanage Edge by Kristan Baggaley
DERWENT GALLERY
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Peak District Artisans
at the Nicholson Come and see 17 of the region’s leading artists and designers in this eclectic and diverting exhibition. Exhibition open Fri 28th July to Sat 26th August 2017 Mon - Sat 10am to 4pm
(Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays)
Nicholson Institute Stockwell Street, Leek, ST13 6DW
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Artist Sandra Orme paints at last year’s Great Dome Art Fair
he Peak District Artisans’ annual art and design fair will take place from July 21- 23 in Buxton’s Devonshire Dome. The Great Dome Art and Design Fair will see over 50 members of the group exhibiting their work and delivering a range of talks and demonstrations. The eye-catching pieces and live demonstrations will cover a range of disciplines including ceramics, photography, silversmithing, fine art and more. The fair is part of the Buxton Festival Fringe, which runs Wednesday, July 5, to Sunday, July 23, Speaking about the fair, PDA chair and member, Ingrid Karlsson, said: “We’re
delighted to once again be a part of the visual arts element of the festival. “We’re inviting visitors to step into our world in the beautiful surroundings of this stunning building, whilst they browse and buy from our talented members.”
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Among the artisans involved in the talks and demonstrations is Jane Bevan, who will explore how artists can use natural materials with examples of her own work, inspiration and ideas including other contemporary artists and historical museum collections. Liz Welby will talk about her experiences working as artist in residence at Scarthin Books, Cromford, where she created digital images using an iPad, and Roger Waterhouse will share his love of English hardwoods showing how their inner beauty can be revealed in different ways, and demonstrating some of the hidden surprises that inspire him to create his exceptional wood products. You can read about two of the other artists involved Vivienne Sillar and Giles Davies on the following pages.
Beachcomber’s shore-fire success Seaside lends
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he Isle of Arran has been the holiday destination for artist Vivienne Sillar since childhood. Her family swapped city life in Glasgow for the wild mountains and dramatic shores of the island annually, and even though she has moved south to Derbyshire she continues to return each year. The flora and fauna there is not only the catalyst for her incredibly dexterous ceramics but is also used to help create them. Her studio in the garden of her Chesterfield home is filled with not just clay but also driftwood, seaweed, shells
smoky patina and stones from the seashore. The driftwood will find a new life as part of her hand-built sculptures while the rest is used as part of the smoke firing that gives her work its distinctive patina. “Most of the inspiration for my work comes from the island which is home to an amazing variety of sea life. “The fluid streamlined shapes of creatures of the sea are perfect for any artist and I have been fascinated by and drawn to them all my life. I am a compulsive beachcomber and every walk along the shore is a starting point for something else. “I have a holiday home in the village of Kildonan and I head there at least four times a year.
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I can’t wait to get back when I am here,” she said wistfully. Vivienne has been working with clay since being a student in Aberdeen in the late 70s but it is only in recent years that she has had time to work full time as an artist. While her family was growing up she had jobs in a variety of arts centres and galleries organising exhibitions and for 15 years she was teaching ceramics at Chesterfield College. The 59-year-old considers the real turning point in her life to be when she joined the Peak District Artisans just over two years ago. “It is a great organisation and it has given me the opportunity to
get my work seen by so many more people,” she said. However her epiphany moment was when she discovered the effects of smoke firing on her work. “I was getting frustrated with glazing as, quite honestly, I wasn’t very good at it, and so much of my work was being wasted. You can’t undo glaze and I hate to waste anything. “One day I was experimenting with a fellow potter friend and we decided to try out smoke firing. When I saw the results I was really excited. ‘This is
it, this is it,’ I thought. ‘I have found my voice at last.’ I knew then that smoke firing was going to be my thing.” Vivienne creates the tactile smooth surface on her sculptures by burnishing them with a teaspoon and then she uses the natural ingredients she collects, and even such things as banana skins and Marmite, as mark makers during the smoke firing, which she does in old tin baths. The seals, gannets, curlews and herons are all very popular with customers and Vivienne says she wants to continue
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working on them, but she also wants to start designing larger sculptures like Flight Over Stand Wood, above, which she made last year for the PDA’s exhibition at Chatsworth’s Art Out Loud event. In an illustrated talk at the Great Dome Fair this July, Vivienne will explain how the five foot long sculpture was made using only a 15-inch wide kiln and a piece of oak donated from the Chatsworth estate. n For more information about her work go to viviennesillarceramics.uk
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he desk in artist Giles Davies’ studio is awash with colour, which is not unusual for someone creating landscape pictures, but what is out of the ordinary is that instead of paints he is working with paper from magazines. The former graphic designer recycles an amazing variety of hues of every colour from photographs in old magazines and then painstakingly cuts them into shapes to create his landscapes. Giles, who lives in Derby, spent many years working as a graphic designer in the publishing industry, later
however web design left him cold and he found the tactile process of creating magazine collage much more appealing. “I have always found collage fascinating and used to turn to it a lot when I was working as a designer, so when I was invited to create something to exhibit at the Six Streets Art Trail in Derby I turned to collage,” he explained. “I had just returned from an adventure on Snowdon with my sons and the beautiful wall of snow we encountered at the top of the mountain inspired the artworks which I eventually took along. “I couldn’t believe it when they sold to practically the first person who came through the door. I thought, perhaps I am
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Giles Davies at work on a collage Top, clockwise from main picture: Monsal Head, Whitby, Snowdon, Porthcurno and Icy Dawn
are mag-nificent! on to something here. Perhaps I have found something people will like. My friends were saying they were great and that encouraged me to continue and gain confidence. “The strength of colour and detail in printed magazines is brilliant for responding to the rich natural design in a landscape and I have great fun searching out the cuttings with the right colour, tone and texture to create my pictures. It feels a bit like playtime all the time,” he said with a grin playing across his face. Giles works from photographs of the landscape he has taken and uses a scalpel to cut out the paper which he pre-mounts on contact adhesive. That means he can move pieces around
before finally positioning it when he is happy with it. “Food magazines are my favourite resource. The photography is always very good and the natural colours are perfect,” he says as we rummage through the endless bits of paper on his desk. Among the images is a bowl of rice and suddenly I can see it as pebbles on the beach. “Well done,” he says. “That’s exactly how I encourage people who come on my magazine collage workshops to think.” At the Great Dome Art Fair from July 21-23, as well as exhibiting, Giles will be giving an illustrated talk entitled Do I Have To Stand On My Head To Do Magazine Collage?
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He will explain how looking at things differently is fundamental to magazine collage and share some tips which he hopes will inspire people to get creative with their own collages. You can also see his work at Cromford Studio and Gallery where he will be the featured artist for August. “It is still just the beginning of my venture into the very different world of fine art but I am delighted to have been accepted into the Peak District Artisans group and looking forward to more people seeing what I do,” he said. n For more information about his work go to gilesdavieslandscapes.co.uk
Throwing 2017
artsbeat’s Amanda Penman visits an Alfreton pottery to find out about courses for budding ceramicists
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ave you, like me, always fancied trying your hand at ceramics? Have you been inspired to have a go by the Great Pottery Throw Down?
Concerts
1st September – 15th October
Call: 07765 819428
melbournefestival.co.uk
melbourne - south derbyshire - DE73 8EJ
Well, if so, you need to book yourself on to some new courses that have been started by two experienced potters in Alfreton. Graeme McKenna and Inga Heppleston believe that the most important thing is to practise and with that in mind they have launched Parkwood Throwing courses and offer an eight week evening course or a summer weekend course. You can even try it out on a threehour taster session. The tutors have a passion for ceramics and in their day jobs are employed by Derbyshire County Council running Parkwood Pottery which provides skills training for adults with learning disabilities. The pottery is self-funding and pots thrown by Graeme and Inga there are sold commercially to cover the costs. “After running pottery workshops elsewhere in the county in the evenings we got
down a challenge
Top: Graeme McKenna coaches Lisa Thomson, some pots ready for firing, and, right, Sue Smith at the wheel
to the stage where we felt if we combined our efforts we could make a good job of it. “The pottery was unused out of hours, so we asked the council if we could pay to hire it in the evenings and at weekends,” explained Graeme. It was a bit of a no-brainer really, so of course the council agreed. The funds raised are also ploughed back into the day centre’s coffers and Graeme and Inga have a ready- made pottery studio to use to teach the rest of us would-be potters. Inga says that after eight two-
hour sessions even complete beginners can be competent at throwing a pot and go it alone – although they are happy for people to come back and hone their skills further. The classes are small, a maximum of five on each, so you pretty much get one-to-one tuition and all the materials are included. You just have to take an apron and a towel (definitely essential), and a notebook and pen. When artsbeat visited the centre which is near Alfreton Hall there were four students into week four of their course and they were already pretty
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confident (well most of the time anyway) and some interesting shapes were being created. “We are passionate about pottery and throwing and we enjoy being able to pass on our skills. It is great to see so many people becoming inspired and discovering that they can do it with the right help,” said Graeme. There is a summer weekend course in July with one place left, as of going to press, and a new eight-week course starts on September 21. Go to parkwoodthrowingcourses. co.uk for more details.
John Connolly Art Commissions, workshops and one-to-one tuition
Ormscliffe Gallery and Studio
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The Adam & Eve Project Southwell Minster Church St, Southwell, Nottinghamshire NG25 0HD
July 29th – August 20th Preview Evening July 28th 7-9pm
R N Clarke Michael Cook Elizabeth Forrest Lee Mackay Simon Manby Rebecca Mercer Duncan Pass Sue Prince John Rattigan Sarah Sharpe Roger Sutton Anna Thomas Janet Turville
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Better by design
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he Patchings Festival at Calverton may have moved to a new date this year, but it still promises a great weekend during which you can meet artists, watch demonstrations and take part in hands-on workshops. The festival is set in 60 acres of countryside north of Nottingham and will attract visitors from far and wide between July 13-16. The arts centre’s resident artists silversmith Angus McFadyen, printmaker Laura Boswell, portrait painter Stephen Ashurst and stonemasons Southern Stone will all be demonstrating their work during the four days. Guest artists, including John Sprakes (work pictured top centre), Pollyanna Pickering
(top left), Peter Barker, David Allen and Ann Blockley will also be demonstrating. One of the highlights of the festival will be the glass-blowing furnace and demonstrations by E&M Glass. There is a 300-seater audio visual marquee in which, among other events, en-plein air artist Ken Howard will give an illustrated talk and Robert Brindley will give an oil painting demonstration. “Once again as we plan for the 24th Patchings Festival we aim for something very special to be enjoyed and experienced,” said Chas Wood, who co-founded the centre 29 years ago. “There are more than 250 talented artists, makers and photographers exhibiting a huge range of work, individually designed and created.
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“Within the festival we also try to inspire and enthuse visitors to be creative themselves. Demonstrations and presentations help to educate and encourage; a programme of workshops, test and try areas and have a go sessions enable practical hands-on opportunities and those who make materials and equipment are present to advise and instruct. “Again all the painting mediums are represented along with glass blowing, stone masonry, pyrography, marbling, printing and fabric work, to name but a few.” Tickets include parking, festival guide and all workshops and demonstrations apart from the Festival Marquee demonstrations. There is a weekend ticket offer and you can find out more details at patchingsfestival.co.uk
New this summer
Featured artist in July
Rebecca Morledge
Fine Art Wildlife Paintings
Ceramicist Sarah Burton is the featured maker In August we have Giles Davies and Chantal Kelly
Detail of Otter by Colin Smith
Cromford Studio and Gallery
We also offer a bespoke framing service
Hope Valley Garden Centre, Hope Road, Bamford, S33 0AL Open Wednesday to Saturday 10.30am-4.30pm and Sunday 11am-4pm
Open: 10am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday Market Place, Cromford, DE4 3QE 01629 826434
www.riversedgegallery.co.uk
Three days of fascinating personalities and acclaimed writers with great stories to tell Tony Robinson on life without a cunning plan
Timothy Bentinck on 35 years as Radio 4’s David Archer
Jeremy Vine What his listeners say – and why we should take notice
Simon Heffer on the Age of Decadence pre-World War I
Vince Cable the former Business Secretary on his first political thriller
John Higgs on a journey to Britain’s heartland along Watling Street
Alison Weir on the powerful Queens of the Norman Conquest
Poetry Competition Prize Giving Literary Lunch and many more speakers to be announced
Box Office: 01298 72190
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have a go Need to find something to do to occupy the long summer holidays? Why not book yourself on to a new workshop? Anne Alldread Textiles n Regular felt making workshops in Belper covering a variety of felting techniques, from the basics, to creating a beautiful scarf, cushion or wall hanging. Or you can join in at the weekly textile groups now on Monday, 2-4pm and Wednesday 10am-12.30pm, to try tapestry, weaving, collage, mixed media, printing, design and much more. A small friendly group with an emphasis on enjoyment while creating. For information contact: Anne Alldread on 07817745705, email annealldread@yahoo.co.uk or visit annealldread.com Artcore, Charnwood Street, Derby n Joys of Creation workshops at 10am each Thursday. Finishing August 24. n Art For Life, every Wednesday, 1-3pm. n Our Stories which aims to bring together people from migrant communities in a series of ongoing art-based workshops, every Tuesday from 10am-12pm. For further information please email info@ artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561. Bakewell Piano Studio n Tuition (first lesson free), rehearsal, accompaniment, recording, hourly practice room hire. 5 Kings Court, Bakewell, telephone 07811410406 or email lessonsbakewellpianostudio.co.uk Bakewell Community Arts Workshops, Medway Centre n Crafternoons – Third Friday of the month during term time 1pm–3pm. n Crafty Kids Club –Tuesdays during term time 10am–noon. For further details call the Medway Centre on 01629 813638.
Learn the craft of spoon carving from an expert At Greenwood Days’ Spring Wood base near Melbourne you could join a one-day introduction to the popular craft of spoon carving. You’ll spend the day learning Bob Neill, Pyrography Tuition n One day courses and group workshops. For more details contact Bob on 01332 792036 or visit bobneillpyrography.co.uk Buddhist Meditation, Bakewell n Thursdays – Buddhist Meditation Class, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, Bakewell. For more information call 07930 975807 samatha.org/bakewell, fb.me/ SamathaBakewell Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford n Watercolour tuition is available for small groups or on a one-to-one
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the basic skills while carving a handsome cooking spoon. The day enables you to learn effective carving methods in a safe, relaxed environment. You’ll go home with your own spoon and the skills to continue this rewarding craft. The course tutor is Steve Tomlin, who has been carving spoons since 2003 and is recognised as one of the UK’s leading experts. basis, all abilities welcome. Contact the gallery on 01629 826434 for more details. Cromford Mill, Cromford n Arkwright Spinsters demonstrating spinning and other crafts, third Sunday of every month, 11-4pm. n Knit and Natter, second Wednesday of every month, 10amnoon. Details at cromfordmills.org.uk Etienne Gallery art classes, In The Flow, Matlock n Etienne Gallery offers year-round studio art classes and workshops taught by experienced artist and teacher, Jason Etienne. Go to jasonetienne.com for details.
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have a go Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n July 1 and 29, 21st Century Illumination. Mixed media artist, Wendy Butler, offers you a 21st century take on journalling techniques using inks, collage, stencilling and watercolour. A Coming of Age for the Decorative Page. 2pm to 4pm on both dates. Cost £15. All materials included. n Every day: 6x4: Inspired by Landscape. Drop-in at any time and join this fundraiser. n The REC Youth Theatre Senior Company (aged 15 to 19+) meets every Monday during term time from 6.30pm-8.30pm. Come to a session or contact Kitty Randle on recyouththeatre@gmail.com n Buxton Youth Theatre – for people aged 13-18. Professional training from ex-Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts coach Ada and graduate Karina Tomlinson – leading to public performances. Beginners welcome. Meets Tuesdays during term time from 6.30pm-9pm. Call Ada on 07958 597842 for details. n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model, Tuesdays, 7pm-9pm. Contact Curtis Bollington 07880 535615. Over 18s only. n Dance Classes: For information and to book places, call Catherine Farrimond, on 01298 70984. Every Thursday – Theatre Dance for Children 4.15pm for six-ten years; 5.15pm for 11-15 years. Every Thursday – Adult Ballet/Body Conditioning and Tap Dance at 7pm followed by Tap Dance at 8pm. Every Saturday – Ballet for Children – 10.15am for six- ten years; 11.15am for 11-15 years. For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated. Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill, Derby n Screen Printing, July 1 or 15, 11am-4.30pm.
n Papermaking, July 1, 11am-4pm. n Screen Printing with Textiles, July 8 and 9, 11am-4.30pm. n Multi-block Linocut July 8 and 9, 11am-3pm. n Screen Printing Night Class Mondays in July, 6pm-9pm. This night class offers a multitude of different inspiring and encouraging outcomes that span the classic world of fine art printmaking to commercial product design. n Linocut, July 15, 11am-4pm. n Introduction to T-shirt Screen Printing July 16, 11am-4.30pm. Please note, this course will be conducted entirely in BSL (British Sign Language). n Liquid Photographic Gravure, July 22 and 23, 11am-4.30pm. n Single Colour Linocut July 29, 11am-4.30pm. n Cyanotype, July 29, 11am-5pm. Learn how to create photographic prints using this process which dates back over 160 years. For more details and to book online, visit: greendoor-printmaking.co.uk or call 07919 823 097. Greenwood Days, National Forest, near Melbourne n Willow lantern making, July 16. n Scything, August 11. n Spoon Carving, August 12. n Green woodworking experience, August 12. n Green woodworking experience, August 13. n Sharpening Day, August 14. Go to greenwooddays.co.uk Helen Jagger, sustainable textile design n Drop-in sessions at St Ann’s Catholic Rooms, Buxton, Fridays between 9.15am and 11.15am. n Buxton Campus, Buxton, Tuesday evenings in term time, 7pm-9pm. Contact the college directly on 08000 740099 to book. Guidance with a range of sewing projects such as household, soft furnishing, dress, and the recycling of fabrics. Go to helenjagger.co.uk for more details.
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Helen Moyes, Textile and Mixed Media Artist, Sheffield n Sip and Sew or Knit and Natter, first Monday of the month, 6-7.30pm, in Eccleshall, Sheffield. For more information, or to book a place, please contact Helen 0796 711 9591 or moyeshelen@gmail. com. Jane Bevan creating artworks from Found Natural Materials n Full day workshop, 10am-4pm. Join Jane for a day of walking, collecting and making around the Calke National Trust estate in Ticknall, October 21. email janebevan@btconnect.com Karina Goodman Studio 61 n Workshops and Tuition. Derbyshire RSC for The SAA. New for 2017 – Regional Purple and Grey Art Group. Visit karinagoodmanstudio61.co.uk for more information Louise West Lace Design 6 Friar Gate Studios, Ford Street, Derby n Evening classes in bobbin lace making, Tuesdays 6-8pm. n One-day workshops for a maximum of ten students, £30. The next courses are on July 1, August 15 and 19 and September 2, 12 and 30. There is also a two-day course on Bedfordshire lace on August 26 and 27. Go to louisewestlacedesign. co.uk for booking details. Little London Gallery, Holloway n Develop your studio practice and techniques with Chris Tkacz, at his Little London Gallery studio in Holloway near Matlock. Small groups, maximum six or individual attention. All media and techniques offered. Contact Chris Tkacz by email at info@littlelondongallery. co.uk or telephone 01629 534825. Living Threads Group, Summer School, Risley Village Memorial Hall n Numerous Textile related day courses offered by a variety of tutors during this period.
have a go The courses are usually suitable for both beginners and those with experience, July 28-August 18. For further information and for bookings visit www. leavingthreadstextileartists.com Lucy Gell, printmaking The Studios, New Mills n Lino printing, July 9. n Dry point etching with monoprinting, September 9. More details at lucygell.com/ workshops. Matlock Artists Society, All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street n The club’s Portrait Group meets the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-noon. Everyone is welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. For more information contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640. Pitchblue Creative, Newbridge Works, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth n Printing, lino, mono and screen, June 30 and July 1. n Summer Natural Dyes, July 8. n iPad Art, July 14 and 15, 10am3.30pm. n Full day workshops from 10am3.30pm with lunch and a half day is until 1pm. You can choose one day or two. Go to pitchbluecreative.com for more details. Pauline Townsend Silk Painter n Workshops for beginners and improvers in Buxton. Workshop schedule available on the website: silkpainter.co.uk Parkwood Pottery Alfreton n Eight-week evening throwing courses on Thursdays, two-day weekend courses and three-hour taster sessions. Telephone 07919 838108 for more details. You can read more about the duo behind these courses on pages 34 and 35. Purple and Grey – courses for emerging artists n Purple and Grey have teamed up with The Society of All Artists
to create a regional art group with a programme of meetings and workshops to be staged at Tansley Village Hall from 10.30am-12.30pm on Wednesday mornings. n July 3, Mary Smith demonstration. Book online at purpleandgrey.co.uk or by emailing purpleandgreyinfo@ gmail.com. QUAD Derby n Writing for Life with Eve Makis, July 13, 7-9pm. Join acclaimed author Eve Makis to have a go at life writing through a series of short, structured, fun exercises. For more details go to derbyquad. co.uk Scandi Workshops by Needle in the Mill, Banks Mill, Bridge Street, Derby n Hygge Lanterns and Cards, Wednesdays, 6.30pm-9pm. n Scandi Embroidery, Fridays 12.30-3pm. For further details, or to book please contact, needleinthemill@gmail.com Instagram:@needleinthemill Small Print Company, 2-3 Friary Street, Derby n Introduction to Letterpress, July 6, 6pm, July 15, 12 noon, August 24, 6pm and September 16, 12 noon. n Beginners Bookbinding, July 8, August 12, September 9, 2pm. n Create at Letterpress Print, July 15, August 19 and September 7, 12 noon. Details of various courses at smallprintcompany.co.uk The Studios, Union Road, New Mills n Peak Scribbling Writers’ Group every other Tuesday of the month, 7-8.30pm. n Figure Drawing with Tracy Fennell, July 1, colour; July 29, fabrics and August 26, acrylics. For prices, more details and how to book email emmamakarove@ googlemail.com StraightCurves, 104 Saltergate, Chesterfield n Sew Socials – Various daytimes
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and evenings Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. A two and a half hour session for those who can already use a sewing machine. n Woolly Wednesdays – every Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm and 6.30pm-9pm. All arts and crafts are welcome at this session. n Little Creatives – every Friday 9.45am-11.15am, and every Monday 9.45am-1.15am. Little Creatives is a workshop designed especially for pre-school children and their parents. n Finish Off Fridays – every Friday, noon-3pm. See straightcurves.co.uk for details. St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n Lewis Noble: Sketching and Painting the Derbyshire Landscape, July 3-5, and July 24-26, 9.30am4pm. n John Connolly, Colour Light and Texture in the Landscape, July 11, 10am-4pm. To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk. More details at stjohngalleryandcafe. co.uk West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield n West Studios Makes, children’s workshops, July 1 and 15, 10.30am12.15pm. Tie-dye socks and t-shirt painting with Blue Oxen 4+years. n Games Design and Stop Motion Animation Autism friendly taster sessions with Sparky Ink Studio, July 17. Available upon appointment, runs every third Saturday. Contact ginger@sparkyink.co.uk n August 6, 10am-3pm – Seaside Ceramics Session with Angie Hardwick. You can email hello@weststudios. co.uk or call 01246 500799 to reserve your place on any of the courses. Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Hopton n Go to zantium.co.uk for further details.
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artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live music from classical and choirs to indie, rock’n’roll and folk Glorious week of musical wit with Gilbert & Sullivan THE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company will be returning to Buxton from July 25-29 with a line-up that includes faces old and new. Vivian Coates, who has brought numerous awardwinning productions to the Festival, will direct a brandnew production of The Pirates of Penzance; Michael McCaffery directs an all-new production of The Mikado; Donald Maxwell returns to direct HMS Pinafore and maestro Andrew Nicklin takes over the baton for each of the performances. The fantastic cast includes Richard Gauntlett (Major General, Sir Joseph and Ko-Ko); Toby Stafford-Allen
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Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Joe McElderry, Gloria, August 4. n The Johnny Cash Roadshow, August 6. n Crooners, August 27. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Matlock Bath Music Festival Half a Mile of Music – a series of live music events in and around Matlock Bath on July 8 to promote local talent and showcase up and coming artists as well as established acts. The line-up is yet to be finalised but there are 60 acts across ten venues
(Pirate King, Pish Tush and Captain Corcoran); Simon Wilding (Sergeant of Police, Pooh Bah and Dick Deadeye); Mae Heydorn (Katisha, Buttercup, and Ruth); Emma Walsh (Josephine and Mabel) and Natalie Montakhab (Yum Yum). Another treat in store at the Opera House during the
week will be a performance of Iolanthe by Derby G&S Society and Trent Opera on July 27. Be prepared for W S Gilbert’s razor-sharp wit, Sullivan’s glorious music and lots and lots of laughter. For full details of the show dates and to book tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
including The Fishpond. Go to the festival’s facebook page for details.
Medway Centre, Bakewell Singer songwriter John Reilly, voice of Boy on a Dolphin and Acoustic Angels, accompanied by ace Canadian pianist Lewis Nitikman celebrate the amazing songs of Elton John and Billy Joel. August 6, 7pm. Tickets £10 from the venue (01629 813638) or on-line at artmusicltd. com or phone/text 07918 556552 Old Poets’ Corner, Ashover Tuesdays is open acoustic night More details at oldpoets.co.uk Queen’s Head, Chesterfield Road Belper Kingfisher Blue, July 1. For more
Natural Music at the Whistlestop, Centre, Matlock Bath As part of the Matlock Bath Music Festival you will be able to make music using natural materials and objects. Go along and have a go at being a natural musician and throw down some sounds to rock the natural world. July 8, 11am-3pm. Free. Suitable for children aged four to 11. For more infomation telephone 01773 881188.
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Framing
music Sisters singing
in harmony ALSTONEFIELD Village Hall likes to ring the changes with its regular monthly concerts, so in August it will be hosting a country music act for the first time. Well known to Derbyshire audiences, The Haley Sisters, pictured, are Britain’s most awarded country music duo, who were joined in 1993 by guitarist Brian Smith – a superb guitarist who worked in Nashville for artists such as Crystal Gayle. With their sisterly harmonies, Jo-Ann and Becky have been referred to as the “female Everlys” With their magical blend of vocal harmonies, dazzling flat-picking and slide guitar, coupled with warm, funny stage banter that has delighted audiences for over two decades, the group have performed at clubs, theatres, details go to queensheadbelper. weebly.com
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Alstonefield Village Hall The Hayley Sisters, August 19, see above. The full programme can be found online at alstonefield.org/ community/alstonefield-events. Belper Folk Club, Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper Every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk Buxton Opera House, Buxton Buxton International Festival, July 7-23. Various musical events including Barb Jungr, The Songs of Bob Dylan
festivals and events across the UK, Ireland and Europe. They are natural entertainers and their repertoire includes traditional country, pop hits and new-style altcountry. In 1996 they won the Best UK Group/Duo award in the Great British Country Music Awards. The following year, they formed their own record label, Comet Records, and and Leonard Cohen, July 8; Lizzie Ball and James Pearson Trio, July 14 and the Jay Rayner Quartet, July 21, are planned during the festival. For details go to buxtonfestival.co.uk or buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Chesterfield Jazz Club, Chester Street, Chesterfield Wendy Kirkland, Pat Sprakes and Clive Loveday, July 20. More details at chesterfieldjazz.wordpress.com Derby Beer Festival, Marquee Derby Market Place A charity folk night takes place on July 5, with the Derbyshire Volunteers Big Band. The good times of old England celebrating English beer, music and dance with a drinking dong or two thrown in, and toe-tapping jigs and reels,
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have three albums under their belt. Their first album The Sweetest Gift received national airplay, including by Bob Harris and Aled Jones on BBC Radio 2. You can see them on August 19 at 8pm (doors 7.30pm) Tickets £12 online at WeGotTickets, call 01335 310322 or email hopedalemusic@btinternet. com interspersed with traditional dances from Ripley Morris, Stonemonkey, Sword Dancers and Makeney Morris. Proceeds are going to local charities. Tickets are £3 on the door and doors open at 6.30pm. Green Man Gallery, Buxton n Tildon Krautz July 2 see more details on following page. n The Sunday BuskStop, August 13. Free lunchtime gig by local musicians with soup, bread and cake for lunch and excellent company. 12pm-2pm. Donations to performers invited. Drop in for a short time or stay for the full two hours. n American artist Anny Celsi’s music has been described as ‘beatnik cool, pop noir’. A singer/ songwriter with wit and soul. At Buxton on August 16 with Nelson
music Brooklyn band
plays bluegrass TILDON Krautz will be performing bluegrass, old time, folk, jazz and blues at The Green Man Gallery in Buxton on July 2. Originally from Brooklyn, NYC, Tildon Krautz perform a classy mixture of original and traditional rootsy sounds. Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start. Contact hello@thegreenmangallery. com or 01298 937375 for tickets and more information. Bragg from The Brian Wilson band, Anny will be supported by, Fun of the Pier. Tickets £10. Doors 7.30pm for 8pm start. Booking essential. n Will Hawthorne, Doug Torr and Charlie Moritz, August 27. Contact hello@thegreenmangallery. com or 01298 937375 for tickets and more information. Holymoorside Arts, Holymoorside Village Hall Jazz Supper with Wendy Kirkland’s Piano Divas. Go to holymoorsidearts.co.uk or call Ann on 01246 567118 or Carole on 01246 861997 for your ticket. The Old Hall Hotel, Hope n Singers and musicians in the bar, 8pm, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. n July 12, Amy Griffiths; July 26, Ar Faoued; August 9, Daria Kulesh; August 23, Treebeard and September 13, Wilson-McGladdery Duo. Go to folkandblues.club for more details or call 07913331078. Spital Arts, St Leonard’s Church, Chesterfield Lorraine Lucas with Joe Jones, July 7. Lorraine digs deep in her songwriting, uncovering current and universal aspects of life and love. When pushed into some kind of
genre her music could be described as new time country blues with a folky twist. Doors open at 7pm and the event starts at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10 waged and £7 unwaged and are available from 01246 220741, the Spital Arts Facebook page or by emailing spitalarts@gmail.com The Studios, Union Road, New Mills n The August List, July 21, 8pm. n Mock Deer, August 25, 8pm. Bring your own beer. Online booking at thestudios.co
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Belper Singers n July 14 at 7.30pm, Strutts Centre, Belper – Summertime – an evening of music from both sides of the Atlantic including Vaughan Williams’: Shakespeare Songs, Tippett’s: Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of Our Time and works by Finzi, Parry, Eric Whitacre and others.They will be joined by guest artist Beate Toyka, who will perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.Tickets £10, please call 07990 658071, or go to belpersingers.webs.com Buxton Opera House, Buxton
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Buxton International Festival, July 7-23. Various musical events includingThe Brodsky Quartet; The Fitzwilliam Quartet; Melvyn Tan and Imogen Cooper are planned during the festival and artsbeat has been featuring them over the past few months. For more details go to buxtonfestival.co.uk or buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Buxton Musical Society, St John’s Church, Buxton Festival Mass, July 16, 10.45am. Chapel-en-le-Frith Ladies’ Choir The Summer Concert will be held in Whaley Bridge Uniting Church on Saturday July 8, when the guests will be pupils from Chapel-en-le-Frith High School. The Concert will start at 7.30pm and tickets will be available from Hall’s Miica Hardware Store in Chapel, or on the door. For further details please ring 01298 81 5965, or visit chapel-en-lefrithladieschoir.co.uk. Derby Cathedral, Derby n Summer Lunchtime Concerts: n July 7 – Amanda Bonsall (soprano). n July 14 - Baroque and baroqueinspired delights Hugh Morris (piano) n The Rotary Club of Derby presents an Evening of Celebrations
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headline festival OYSTERBAND will be joining this year’s Derby Folk Festival as the headline evening act on October 6. Their appearance at this year’s festival will be part of their 40th Celebration Special, with the band performing classic songs from every era of their long, celebrated career. Oysterband are the multiaward-winning outfit that brought passion, power and poetry to folk and roots music. This year’s folk festival lineup is already a who’s who from the broad spectrum of folk music, with many exciting artists confirmed for a variety of venues in Derby’s Cathedral Quarter. – a selection of popular music with Opera Babe Karen England, The Dalesmen Male Voice Choir and The Derventio Choir. July 8, 7.30pm. Proceeds will go to Friends of Amasango, Treetops Hospice Care and Padley Group. n Summer organ recitals. Wednesdays, 7.45pm-9pm, July 19-August 23. July 19: Hugh Morris (Cathedral Director of Music); July 26: Rupert Jeffcoat (St Luke’s Chelsea); August 2: Jennifer Bate (International concert organist); August 9: David Davies (Exeter);August 16: Michael Overbury (Newark) and August 23: Gordon Stewart (International concert organist). A limited number of season tickets for all six concerts are now on sale from the Cathedral Bookshop, priced at £40. Tickets £8.50 in advance from Derby LIVE Online Box Office, in person at the Market Place
The festival will also include a host of free fringe events, dance acts, workshops and sessions, as well as an Arts and Craft Fair box office, via telephone (01332 255443), or on the door. Details from derbycathedral.org. Derby Concert Orchestra July 8, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth – Elgar: Violin Concerto, soloist Sophie Rosa; Arnold: Scottish Dances; Holst: Suite The Perfect Fool; Maxwell Davies: Orkney Wedding with Sunrise. For details go to derbyconcertorchestra.co.uk Derby Bach Choir Summer Concert, English Music and Poems, Derby Grammar School, Rykneld Road, Littleover. Concert celebrating English summer music and will also include the performance of musical settings of war poems commissioned by the choir and written by local artists. Conductor Richard Roddis, organist Tom Corfield. More details at derbybachchoir.com
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The October 6 concert will also be featuring The Hut People and Martin Simpson. Find out more at derbyfolkfestival.co.uk Derby Theatre, Derby n OperaUpClose, La Bohème. The Phantom of the Opera, Creatio Youth Theatre, July 12-15. High Peak Orchestra Concert in St John’s Church, Buxton, July 8, 7.30pm. Conductor David Chatwin. Humperdinck: Overture Hansel and Gretel; Prokofieff: Violin Concerto No 1, soloist Iona McDonald; Franck, Symphony in D Minor. Supporting The Samaritans. Tickets on the door or from Rosemary Rose on 07930 975807. West Studios, Chesterfield College, Chesterfield Community Choir, Every Thursday morning 10am-12noon. Running until performance on Saturday August 19 at Spital Cemetery, Hady Hill. Contact hello@weststudios.co.uk or 01246500799 for more info or book your place.
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artsbeat previews this month’s don’t-miss exhibitions – turn to agenda for further details and other galleries St John Street Gallery, Ashbourne
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uxton-based artist Louise Jannetta is continuing to develop her work, and her latest exhibition will reveal her new body of work entitled Immersed in Colour. It explores the influence of textures, their effect on medium application and colour.
Paint is applied to the recesses and crevices of the paintings, with highlights and contrasts to the prominent texture. Glazes and washes are juxtaposed with pointillism and colour and contrasts add dynamism and expression. Louise is currently working on a series of paintings depicting trees and woodlands inspired by the landscape around her studio She is concentrating
on the patterns and textures playing with light, both within and across it. Louise achieves an almost hypnotic invitation to the mysteries and beauty of a forest, drawing the viewer into the depths of the painting with a sensitive use of atmosphere and light. The exhibition at Ashbourne is on from July 14-29, with a preview on July 29, 5pm-8pm.
The Harley Gallery, Welbeck A huge whale takes centre stage in a playful series of dream-like drawings inspired by ecology, biology and nature in the forthcoming exhibition by former Harley Open winner Olivier Marc Thomas Leger. Whale Wails and Waves is set to be one of the biggest solo shows to date by the Loughborough based artist which runs until August 20. Visitors are encouraged to explore the drawings in more detail and discover surprises often hidden within his work. His largest piece - La Baleine (the whale) - took around a year to create.
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The Anvil, Sadler Gate, Derby The gallery’s first summer exhibition which is on until July 15 is inspired by the holiday season. The featured artist is Patrick Pentrice who is exhibiting a beautiful new collection inspired by his love of travel and the ongoing search for the perfect light. Pictured, left, is Cayman Shore. For lovers of the waterfront, prepare to be seduced by exotic locations and an accomplished painterly approach and wonderfully distinctive colour palette. They are also delighted to introduce a selection of new
work from their most recent invited artist Heather Duncan. Heather’s paintings are full of vibrant colour and her inspiration derives from her connections with landscape, music and poetry. The gallery, which has just celebrated its first six months, is run by resident artists Kerri Pratt and April Young. Alongside their own work they also have a strong portfolio of invited artists – Andrew Macara, Jackie Berridge, John Paul Cooke and Mark Gordon – who all have a very individual and distinctive style.
Cromford Studio and Gallery, Cromford
The featured artist in July is illustrator Rebecca Morledge. Her paintings capture local towns, streets and people. She is particularly interested in buildings and rooftops, which she feels are often the most beautiful part of the building and often missed. The featured artist for August is Giles Davies who makes collage pictures from magazine pages. Read more about him on page 32.
Art Cafe, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton More than 30 members of the High Peak Artists group have been challenged to produce a piece of work inspired by the title of this Buxton Festival Fringe exhibition – H20. It will include paintings, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture, as well as jewellery, textiles, glass, embroidery and photography. Members taking part include: Louise Jannetta; Kathy MacMillan; Adele Kime; Claude and Helen Andre; Pentimento Ceramics; Howard Levitt; Pauline Townsend; Ingrid Karlsson; Jan Butcher and Jill Kerr, whose work Heron is pictured. The exhibition continues until September 12.
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A new direction Jane plots change
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hanges are taking place at Fleet Arts in Belper thanks to the appointment of new arts director Jane Hardstaff. The community arts charity has been behind many exciting projects over the past 25 years, but with the growing interest in the arts in the mill town Jane believed she could see a more important role for the centre. She is an artist, curator and community arts leader who had been working at Derby Museums for ten years. She is also the founder and co-director of the arts organisation Common Threads as well as a co-manager for the Six Streets Arts Trail in Derby. “I could see that it was a great opportunity to really shape something and make a difference,” explained Jane, who lives in Derby. “There is a lot going on in Belper and I want Fleet Arts to be a big part of that creative momentum.” The centre will still stage children’s art workshops, creative projects and music events as well as other community activities, but it will also become more of an
Jane Hardstaff, right, with, from left, arts volunteer Sam Webster, music co-ordinator Loz Shaw and ceramicist Tracey Holt-Walkden
arts centre – more of a gallery space with workshops, artists’ studios, classes, courses and other events. “The building is not in a brilliant state and we are going to bring in a new broom, refresh the building and give it a new image,” said Jane enthusiastically. “I envisage focusing on visual arts, participatory arts, music and health and well-being. The centre needs to be instantly recognisable as a vibrant and relevant centre for creative practice and somewhere people want to come and exhibit their work.” Soon after she arrived they got stuck in to taking part in the Belper Arts Trail which she says was a great success and
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they have just hosted a poetry workshop with the former Derbyshire Poet Laureate River Wolton to celebrate National Writer’s Day on June 21. Drawing and painting workshops with Derby artist Deb Allitt have also begun on Saturdays and there will be the usual Children’s Art Club during the summer holidays. Fleet Arts is run by a voluntary management team that meets quarterly and Jane says they would like to appoint some new members. Anyone interested in getting involved with Fleet Arts as a management committee member, a volunteer or by simply sharing ideas can contact her on janehardstaff@ fleet-arts.org
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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers on the topics being talked about in Derbyshire’s arts community Production of Hamp deserves a
wider audience “The Larry Waller factor.” It is an indefinable something, akin to stardust, that Larry Waller sprinkles on everything he directs. Fifteen months of commitment, vision and rehearsal has resulted in a piece of community theatre that would grace any professional stage in the country. This isn’t just about excellent performances – and there are plenty. It’s about the whole... the set, the lighting, the sound, the attention to detail and, yes, “the Larry Waller factor”. Hamp was written by John Wilson and first performed in 1963. The premise is simple. Set during the Battle of Passcheandaele, Private Arthur Hamp staggers from a shell hole and finds himself accused of desertion. From that simplicity emerges a story that takes the audience on an emotional rollercoaster as questions and doubts begin to appear as, with historical hindsight, modern sensibilities are jarred by the events unfolding in front of us. Pivotal to the story is the relationship between the ‘gormless’ Hamp (Josh Sly) and Leiutenant Hargreaves (Paul Davies), the officer designated to defend him.
Josh Sly, centre, in the title role as Hamp
Josh Sly delivers a stunning performance. He IS Arthur Hamp. For such a young actor it is mature and finely honed. Paul Davies gets under the skin of Hargreaves and Jeff Foster is outstanding as Lt. Webb, the foil to Hargreaves. Michael Fletcher (Padre), Eddie Bennett (Court President), Nick Mothershaw (M.O.) and Terry Stevenson (as the weaselly prosecutor Midgley) have clearly investigated their characters and spent hours learning and understanding them. Luke Barrett’s knowing Corporal is well worth looking out for. The truth is that every single performance, including the many minor roles, are substantive. This production of Hamp
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is a real team effort. The set, designed by Andy Mayers, is inspired and it is complemented by Jamie Vella’s imaginative and exciting lighting design. Sound technician Andy Boles ensures that most difficult of things – ensuring that the audience can hear during this ‘in the round’ presentation. At two and half hours Hamp is lengthy and wordy but the first night audience did not seem deterred. ‘Hamp’ was greeted with lengthy applause and cheers, the like of which I have not heard for a long time. This production deserves a wider audience. Then others will experience the “Larry Waller factor”. by George Gunby
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Mike Wheeler Lunchtime concerts Derby Cathedral In the first of this year’s series of its Friday lunchtime concerts, on May 12, Derby Cathedral further cemented its relationship with Sinfonia Viva. Two members of the orchestra, Rachel Holt, flute and Anna Christensen, harp, played a programme with a strong dance element, including a sonata by Benedetto Marcello ending with a delightfully skippy gigue; Cinq Nuances by Marc Berthomieu, including an engaging waltz and tango; another waltz, the delicious Danse Lente by Joseph Jongen, and John Marson’s Suite for flute and harp, with its nicely bright and bouncy third movement, Can’t Stop to Talk. n On May 19, violin-andorgan duo Lucy Philips and Mark Swinton included music by two Bachs. Johann Sebastian’s well-loved Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, was taken at a somewhat overstately pace better suited to the aria Erbame Dich from the St Matthew Passion, that followed. In Biber’s solo violin Passacaglia, Lucy Philips was more successful at projecting individual moments than its overall shape. Mark Swinton brought some elegantly turned phrases and piquant registrations to an organ sonata by Johann Sebastian’s youngest son, Johann Christian, before the two came together again
Rachel Holt Principal Flute with Sinfonia Viva
for Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, where their somewhat hesitant start was not inappropriate. n The University of Nottingham String Quartet, comprising first and secondyear undergraduates, made its public debut on the 26th in Borodin’s Quartet No 2. Their lovely gentle opening augured well for the rest, with a beautifully judged final cadence. A lighter touch in the second movement will come, while the central waltz already had a delightful swaying feel. The song-like nature of the third movement and the quartet’s pacing of the finale were well followed through. There were some technically insecure moments but the group was able to pull the performance back into focus with aplomb. n Two song recitals followed. On June 2, another Nottingham University undergraduate, soprano Rebecca Sarginson, and Hugh Morris, piano, began by highlighting the variety of mood and characterisation in Mozart’s aria Voi Avete un Cor fidele, before moving on
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to some soulful Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Sarginson navigated with ease the athletic vocalise of Saint-Saëns’ Le Rossignol et la Rose, showed an innate feel for the theatricality of Purcell’s ‘Tell me, Some Pitying Angel’, and caught the rarefied atmosphere of Vaughan Williams’ The New Ghost. n Harriet Russ, soprano, and George Gatford, baritone, both students at Derby’s VoiceBox, were joined, again, by Hugh Morris at the piano on June 9. At this very early stage in their careers they are both accomplished singers, while each has specific areas of the voice that will doubtless mature. Harriet Russ relished some arching phrases in Quilter’s June, melancholy in Debussy’s Il Pleure dans mon Coeur, dance in Richard Hageman’s Belloc setting, Miranda, and a lightly ironic touch in Britten’s Johnny, while George Gatford was forceful in Schubert’s Afenthalt, moving and dignified in Finzi’s Fear No More the Heat o’the Sun, bringing a powerful ending to Stars, from Les Misérables.
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Their first day is in 1447: they must try to use their short time to improve their souls, but how can they when at every arrival the country is so different? By 1546 Henry VIII has fallen out with the Pope, 99 years later religions have divided even further and England is in Civil War between the
Anglican Royalists and the Puritan Roundheads. Even the countryside is different – the huge monastic estates have been broken up, the church no longer gives alms or maintains hospitals, and the enclosures have begun. Ian Mortimer is already well-known for his “TimeTraveller’s Guides” to the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Restoration. Histories, though, are written with hindsight – a novel puts characters in the time itself. Ask yourself if you would understand the language, or how you would get by without your spectacles (not invented for 150 years), a cup of tea, or WC. Now go a bit further – ask yourself when you struggle with all this shock of the new how you would find a way to save your soul. That is what John and William must do. The Outcasts Of Time, by Ian Mortimer (Simon and Schuster, £12.99)
first act from Alan’s hopeful, romantic perspective and south-Yorkshire playwright Fiona, the second, as seen through Zoe’s cynical eyes. Alan’s single status wouldn’t be a problem, but his sisters are all living romantic dreams with their various successful partners. So when his judgemental parents invite the family together for an anniversary dinner, Alan does something rather reckless and asks Zoe, on work experience at his office, to pose as his girlfriend for the night. Imagine a cross between Educating Rita and Jane Eyre with a bit of Shameless
mixed in and you will be just about there. The play, which was staged at the Guildhall Theatre in Derby, was great fun and packed with hilarious one-liners. As the two, talented actors also played the other family members and, as it was set on a bare stage except for a simple backdrop, it was more like watching a comedy duo doing stand-up than a drama. Despite being a little rough around the edges presentation wise, the writing was terrific and it certainly gave the actors the chance to show off their skills at characterisation. Amanda Penman
Time travelling brothers battle to
save their souls It can be a strange experience to arrive in a distant British city. You’ve cut yourself off from the world in a motorcar or a railway carriage for a few hours, and in Newcastle or Glasgow, say, you emerge and no one talks like you. You don’t know what a “piece” might be, or why things are not crushed when put in a “press”, or why “messages” transmit no information. Now historian Ian Mortimer has written his first novel, and he has extended that cut-off time for brothers William and John from hours to 99 years. During the Black Death of the 1340s the brothers make an unholy pact – rather than have a week to put their souls in order, they will have seven days taken 99 years apart.
New play was packed with
great one-liners Hopeless Romantics was the result of Reform Theatre Company joining forces with Nick Lane and new writer Fiona Wass. Just two actors Kivan Dene and Hannah Douglas played middle-class hedge fund manager and singleton Alan and feisty, council-estate girl Zoe. Nick apparently wrote the
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n Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire by Carol Dyhouse (Oxford University Press, £20)
From dreams of Prince Charming or dashing military heroes, to the lure of dark strangers and vampire lovers; from rock stars and rebels to soulmates, dependable family types or simply good companions, female fantasies about men tell us as much about the history of women as about masculine icons. Carol Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing position of women has shaped their dreams about men. Reflecting on the history of women as consumers and on the nature of fantasy, escapism, and ‘fandom’, she takes us deep into the world of gender and the imagination.
n War and the Death of News by Martin Bell (Oneworld Publications, £18.99) Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. He has witnessed
A bookshelf special edition this month features a selection of the titles which will be talked about at the Buxton International Festival See buxtonfestival.co.uk for details
first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste – grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed. In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain rather than inform. In this compelling account, Bell provides a moving, personal account of war and issues an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news.
n Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley (Hodder and Stoughton £25)
Historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.This new
telling of the story of Jane’s life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn’t all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a ‘life without incident’, but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.
n Resolution by David Rutland and Emma Ellis (Head of Zeus £30)
Resolution is both an enthralling saga of two generations of the Manners family and a finely delineated portrait of aristocratic, political and naval life in mid-Georgian England. John Manners, Marquis of Granby, predeceased his father, the 3rd Duke of Rutland, and never inherited his title, but left two sons whose contrasting fortunes and tragically short lives are the subject of this meticulously researched and richly illustrated book.
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Catch the best of the action across Derbyshire and the Peak District with artsbeat’s unbeatable what’s on listings Exhibitions and galleries
Anvil Gallery, Sadler Gate, Derby Summer Exhibition until July 15 featuring the work of Patrick Pentrice and Heather Duncan. Work by Kerri Pratt, April Young, Andrew Macara, Jackie Berridge, John Paul Cooke and Mark Gordon can also be found at the gallery. Art Café, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton H2O – an exhibition entered in the Buxton Festival Fringe and extended to September 12. More details on page 49. Open daily from 11am4pm. Call 01298 23114 for details. Art In the Window, Glossopdale Auugst 1-31, Launch Day and Makers' Fair, July 29, 2pm-6pm. More details on page 17. Derby University, Markeaton Street, Derby AA2A Resident Artist Exhibition: Four women weaving together themes of materiality and irreversible change, questioning our relationship with memory, objects and the passage of time. July 10-September 1. More details at derby.ac.uk Banks Mill Studios, Bridge Street, Derby Surface Details – an exploration of the overlooked details, textures and patterns found all around us by contemporary glass artist, Stevie Davies, July 7-August 4, weekdays between 10am-3pm and weekend’s by appointment by contacting info@ stevie-davies.co.uk. Meet the Maker event on July 23 from 10am–2pm. Baslow Pottery, Ivy House, Nether End, Baslow The gallery displays original work
Landscapes by Pauline Rignall are at Derwent Gallery, Grindleford
from more than 20 local artists. Wednesday to Saturday, 10.30am5.30pm and 11am-5pm on Sundays and bank holidays. More details at baslowpottery.co.uk. Church Farm Art Gallery, Church Street, Baslow The gallery is a showcase for both professional and talented amateur artists. Open Thursday-Saturday 10.30am-5pm. On other days ring the bell or telephone 01246 582334. Go to churchfarmgallery.co.uk for more details. Cromford Mill Gallery, Cromford n Phoenix Art Group Annual Exhibition until July 13, Sunday to Thursday, 10am-4.30pm. n July 29-August 3, Marion Annissa, contemporary textile exhibition. n August 5-17, InSPIREation21 Colourscape: A textile exhibition of all new work by 21 artists based in Chesterfield. n August 19-31, Lydia Solmona, a retrospective exhibitions. Details from cromfordmills.org.uk Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford The featured artist in July is
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Rebecca Morledge and maker Sarah Burton. More details on page 49. The featured artist in August is Giles Davies, who you can read about on page 32, and the maker is Chantal Kelly. Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. The Derwent Gallery, Main Road, Grindleford Summer landscapes by Kristan Baggaley, Colin Halliday and Pauline Rignall. Paintings can be previewed at derwentgallery.com Open 11am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday. Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Children's illustrator Kate Smith and Derby painter Andrew Macara will exhibit their work until July 29. More details at deda.uk.com Etienne Gallery at In The Flow, Crown Square, Matlock For the latest exhibitions go to jasonetienne.com Ferrers Gallery, Staunton Harold Estate, Ashby de la Zouch n The Spectrum exhibition, celebrating the colours of the rainbow, runs until August 20. For details go to ferrersgallery.co.uk Gallery in the Gardens, Buxton The gallery showcases the work of more than 40 artists and craftspeople from the High Peak Artists group. Open daily. Details at galleryinthegardens.co.uk Gallerytop, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley The summer exhibition opens on July 8 with new work from a variety of artists including for the first time the paintings of Dawn Stacey; new work by Beckie Reed, Richard Barrett, John Paul Cooke and
agenda Kristan Baggaley and new prints by Angela Harding. More details at gallerytop.co.uk The Gallery, High Street, New Mills The gallery is run collectively by 30 artists and showcases a variety of work. Open 10-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n Buxton Spa Prize, July 1-31. More details on page 15. n Wildness and Wet, a gallery show for the Buxton Festival Fringe, July 7-August 31. For more details go to the gallery’s facebook page or greenmangallery.com. Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk Hathersage Contemporary Art Group Summer Exhibition, Methodist Hall, Hathersage, July 8 and 9,
10am-4pm, paintings, sculpture, photography, textiles. The Harley Gallery, Wellbeck Whale Wails and Waves, by Olivier Marc Thomas Leger, until August 20. More details on page 48 and at harleygallery.co.uk Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge The gallery exhibits about 90 per cent British designers and artists work. They are passionate about craftsmanship and exhibit jewellery, ceramics, original art, bronze sculpture and glassware, Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm, and Saturdays, 9.30am-4pm. More details at jarvagallery.com. John Connolly's Ormscliffe Gallery, Bolsover More than 300 original paintings on show. Go to connollyart.com for more details.
Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes n Artists from Leabrooks Artists’ Forum, which meets on the first Saturday of every month, have created an exhibition called Letting Go and it will be on from July 1-14. It’s a collection of work which represents the artists at their most exuberant as they abandon themselves to an unrestrained celebration of colour and form. n Charles Wilby’s naturalistic landscapes will be on show from July 15-28. He’s a master of light and shade who identifies and celebrates the spirit of place. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and 11am4.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. Details at leabrooksartscomplex.com The Marlow Gallery, The Close, Church Square, Melbourne Contemporary paintings, ceramics, sculpture and glass. Email Emily
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agenda Daley at studio@themarlowgallery. co.uk or phone her on 07980550812 to book an appointment to view. More details at themarlowgallery. co.uk Matlock Artists Society The group's main summer exhibition will be held in the Henmore Room at Carsington Water Visitor Centre. Open daily 10am-4pm, July 8-16. For further details call 01629 584708 The Nicholson Gallery, Nicholson Institute, Leek n David A Hunt, A Journey Through Art, until July 22. n Peak District Artisans, 17 artists from the region, July 28-August 26.Gallery open 10am-4pm. Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. Patchings Arts Centre, Calverton Read about the Patchings Festival on page 37. For details about various exhibitions go to patchingsartcentre.co.uk QUAD Derby Our Friends Electric, Adventures in Robotics, AI and Other Stories from July 1-September 10. Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details. River´s Edge Gallery, Hope Valley Garden Centre, Bamford Work by various artists including Kirstie-Leigh Riley, Pauline Rignall, Kristan Baggaley, Duncan Friend and Colin Smith. WednesdaySaturday, 10.30am-4.30pm and Sundays 11am-4pm. Go to riversedgegallery.co.uk for details. The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery is home to the artist’s stunningly detailed paintings of popular native wildlife and exotic big game. 10am5pm Tuesday to Saturday. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk Southwell Minster, Church Street, Southwell The Adam and Eve Project, July 29-August 20, preview evening July 28, 7pm-9pm. Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston
West Studios, Chesterfield n June 30-July 28, – Flowers through the seasons by Rebecca Webster-Lejmi. n August 18-24 – Annie French in support of Junction Arts. Go to chesterfield.ac.uk/artsfestival-competition or email hello@ weststudios.co.uk for more details.
Comedy Charles Wilby is exhibiting at Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes
Work by more than 20 local artists. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk St John Street Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne Louise Jannetta, Immersed in Colour, from July 14-29. more details on page 48. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, MondaySaturday. For more details go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Studio Valentine Exhibition, at Gallery 5 Market Hall, Derby Mindscapes, an exhibition by Peter Valentine, until July 21, 11am–3pm Monday to Friday. More details about his work at studiovalentine.co.uk Tarpey Gallery, High Street, Castle Donington n Language of Form – work by Lewis Noble, Heather Duncan, Elaine Kazimierczuk and Alison Tyldesley until July 23. n Midland Open from August 26-September 24. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday 10am5pm. Details at tarpeygallery.com Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington Art, photography, jewellery and design from a wide range of local and UK based artists. They also offer a selection of craft workshops for all ability levels. Open Monday to Friday, 9.30am-5pm and 9.30am4pm on Saturday.
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Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Buxton Comedy Festival from August 31-September 3. More information at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Theatre
Buxton Opera House Buxton n Pride and Prejudice, August 2. n Talking Scarlet presents Strictly Murder, August 10-12 and Kiss of Death August 17-19. n Present Company with Camelot, August 24-26. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for details. Chesterfield Theatre Company Hairspray Jr, The Rose Theatre, Chesterfield, July 15-16, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm matinee on the Sunday. More details at rosetheatrechesterfield.co.uk Derby Theatre, Derby n The Eagle Awards July 16. n Departure Lounge 5, July 20-23. More details on page 13. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets. Guildhall Theatre, Derby Monty Python's Spamalot, July 5-8. For details go to derbylive.co.uk Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton Regis Theatre Company presents Bouncers by John Godber, July 1819, 7.30pm. Directed by Ollie Turner. Tickets available at duchess-theatre. com Mansfield Palace Theatre, Mansfield Ripley and Alfreton Musical Theatre Company, Oklahoma, July 5-8. For
agenda tickets telephone 01623 633133. Go to ramtc.org for more details. Markeaton Park , Outdoor Theatre Oddsocks with Macbeth, July 26-27. Tideswell Community Players Park Your Thoughts, June 30-July 2 at The Institute. For more details turn to page 19 or see Tideswell Theatre's facebook page.
Spoken word
Matlock Storytelling Cafe, Imperial Rooms Matlock Mike Payton with a set entitled Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Mike will be joined on stage by Rachel Murray, who, not to be beaten, has entitled her set Sisters Are Doing it For Themselves. July 7, doors open at 6.30pm with stories at 7.30pm.
More details on 01629 580023. Derby Poetry Society Katie Hale readers her own poems, July 14. Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Contact Gina Clarke on 01773 825215 for details. There is no meeting in August. Renishaw Hall and Gardens, Renishaw A series of tours focusing on its literary links as the home of the famous literary Trio, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, August 13, 11.30am and Setember 3, 2pm. More details at renishaw-hall.co.uk Scarthin Books, Cromford Derbyshire crime writer Stephen Booth will be signing books at the shop on July 15, 2:30pm-4:30pm, just after the release of his new book Dead in the Dark.
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Scrivener’s Bookshop, Buxton Storytelling Sundays: the free meetings will be held on the second Sunday of the month 2pm to 3.30pm, at Scrivener’s Books, 42 High Street, Buxton.Telephone 0129871622.
Cinema
Belper Ritz, Belper Go to ritz-belper.co.uk. Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton More details at buxtonfilm.org.uk The Northern Light Cinema, North End, Wirksworth Go to thenorthernlightcinema.co.uk. Tideswell Cinema, George Inn Foxcatcher, July 25 and Swallows and Amazons, August 24.Go to tideswellcinema.com for details.
Miscellaneous
High Peak Stitchers, Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club Black and White to Gold – a talk by Kate Wells, July 5. Members: £2 Visitors: £3 per meeting.Details can be obtained at any of the meetings. Peak Shopping Village, Rowsley n Summer Craft Fair, July 1 and 2, 10am-4pm. n Summer Fair, August 5 and 6. The Pirates invade the shopping centre for a weekend of swashbuckling shenanigans, cutthroat tomfoolery and pirate-themed music with help from musicians from Furthest From the Sea. Go to peakshoppingvillage.com for more details. Vintage and Quirky, Cavendish Hall, Edensor A Vintage and Quirky handmade event is being held on July 16 from 10am until 5pm There will also be a pop-up cafe.
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