Artsbeat July and August edition for issuu by amanda penman

Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District

July/August 2016

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The Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall. Hardwick Sq. South, Buxton Spa,Hardwick Derbyshire. SK17 6PY The Green Man Gallery, Hall. Hardwick Sq. South, Buxton Spa, Derbyshire. SK17 6PY The Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize The Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize

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A Season of

By Kenneth Grahame Adapted by Stephen Kingsbury & Ben Sleep

Mon 8 to Wed 10 August

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Thurs 11 to Sat 13 August 7.30pm Matinee: 2.30pm

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By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Nicholas Briggs

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Summer Events Hula Hoop Day 17th July Chalk Art Day th 9 July & 6th August Chess Day 21st August Vintage Fair 4th September

Set within the picturesque location of Staunton Harold the Ferrers Centre is home to numerous working craft workshops as well as the Ferrers Gallery, tearoom, deli and artisan bakery, together with paint a pot, hair and beauty studios and various great walks. Open Tuesday - Sunday 11-5pm, closed Mondays. Please check website for individual workshop times. Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts, Staunton Harold, LE65 1RW Just five minutes from Melbourne on the B587

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Amanda Penman editor By the time most of you read this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magazine I will have had the honour of helping to judge the 2016 Buxton Spa Prize. The competition, which is definitely becoming one of the most prestigious in Derbyshire, has attracted more than 100 entries from artists from all over the country so I am expecting it to have been a tough job. I have been lucky enough to spot a few of the artists in action en plein air in the town over the last few weeks and I am really excited about seeing the results of their efforts. Since launching this magazine more than three years ago, I have learned a vast amount about artists and their work as I chat to them in their studios. I am now getting confident enough to be able to recognise an artist who is going places. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featured artist Olivier Marc Thomas Leger is definitely one of them. I first spotted his intricate fantasy creatures at Long Eaton during the Derbyshire Open Arts event a couple of years ago and loved his work straight away. Wherever he goes he always attracts a crowd and you can see him this September at Wirksworth and Melbourne Festivals. Read all about him on page 31 and then make sure you go along and see his work for yourself.

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Putting Derbyshire first: artsbeat is published by Penman Publishing, 19 Nottingham Road, Belper and is printed by Buxton Press

contents performance

25 COVER STORY: Remember Tommy Cooper at Festival Fringe 37 Oddsocks Productions’ outdoor Shakespeare is Bard at its funniest 45-49 Musical events to suit all tastes in our five-page guide to county gigs

artists & exhibitions

15 More than 100 artists vying for 2016 £5,000 Buxton Spa Prize title 21 As the PDA marks 25 years we meet two artists working with silver 31 Olivier Leger’s intricate fantasy creatures draw admiring audience

film & photography

9 It’s all about timing and light for photographer Michael Cummins 60 QUAD screens season of films to honour iconic Russian director

literature

50 Author CJ Flood’s latest novel is on artsbeat’s bookshelf this month 54 Crimewriter’s series grips Scarthin Books’ Guy Cooper 44 Roald Dahl recalled in Derbyshire libraries’ Big Friendly Read event

have a go

39-42 Learn a new skill with our ideas-packed workshops guide

regulars

28-29 Find the best shows in gallery 51-54 Drama and music reviews 55-60 What’s on listings in agenda 7

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henever someone gives up smoking it is always a win-win situation, but when Michael Cummins decided to quit we all got to benefit from his resulting portfolio of landscape photographs. The idea was that he would

buy camera equipment with the money he saved and would keep himself occupied by taking pictures. What started out as a hobby eventually became more serious work, about eight years ago and he says now it is an all-consuming passion. “For the last three or four years I have been out every day –

sometimes twice a day – in all weathers. I really have become passionate about it and I have finally accepted it is not just a phase I am going through. “I find that I like the solitary nature of what I do and like nothing better than to be walking through the hills and moors carrying my kit. Because I like to work alone I much prefer the early mornings

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to sunset as there are lots more people around at the end of the day. “And, if I am honest, I prefer to be able to leave in daylight and not have to try to get off a mountain in the dark,” he added with a laugh. “Truthfully though, there is little to beat the mists at sunrise if you get it right – which at this time of year is quite hard as you have to be up so very early. I can be out of the door at 3am sometimes.” He was rewarded for his tenacity last year by winning a coveted place in the Outdoor Photographer of the Year book for which he had three pictures shortlisted. Michael, who lives in Great Longstone, spent much of his life working in newspapers and magazines and now runs the online tourism directories Let’s Stay UK with his wife

Main picture: Bradwell Barn Mist, right: Country Lane Mist, below left: Michael in the hills. Previous page: Blue Tones, Back Tor

Bridget. His photography work complements the business by helping promote the Peak District and as well as the scenic shots, he also provides a commercial service for cottages, pubs and other businesses. His pictures of the Peak District, which form one of the largest collections online, are available for download, as prints or on canvas and consequently have become some of the most familiar shots of the beautiful landscape. In fact you are now able to see them in some of the unlikeliest places – I did a double take recently when I spotted giant versions of his images in the windows of the Spar store in Hope. Michael says the grocery chain has commissioned him to take more for other stores – Chesterfield and Heanor are first on the list and he will soon be investigating landmark spots in Heanor for some new shots. “The marketing team want to

use large pictures of the local landscape to fill the windows and walls of their shops and it certainly brightens them up. I wasn’t sure what they would look like quite so large, but I am really pleased with the results,” said Michael. While the Peak District is his first love when it comes to landscapes Michael also loves to photograph the Lake

District, Northumberland, Scotland, Wales and Andalusia and you can view all of his images at michaelcummins. co.uk n There is currently an exhibition of Michael’s pictures at the Hassop Station Cafe on the Monsal Trail, and some at the Garden Cafe, Calver Nurseries and The Packhorse Inn, Crowdecote.

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he newest kids on the block when it comes to musical shows in the county are Creatio Youth Theatre who will take to the stage for the first time this month at Derby Theatre with Les Miserables: School Edition. The group are part of Creatio Arts which was founded last year by the young freelance theatre director Matt Powell, following on from his two years with Streetlight Theatre Arts. “I wanted to create an environment that emanates creativity as well as having fun. I looked at the West End and Broadway communities and asked ‘why can’t we have that?’ “That’s what Creatio is. Yes, we’re a theatre company first but at the same time a close knit community who

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with a sense of fun sets out to defy expectations continuously defy expectation and produce innovative works and projects no other company would touch. “As someone who learnt everything through experience, I felt it essential at Creatio’s beginning to create an environment for aspiring future stars to train and develop through the biggest opportunity we could offer. “Thus, we created Creatio Youth: a group of young performers producing some of the biggest musicals with top quality production elements and we are thrilled to be able to make Les Miserables: School Edition our debut show.”

This epic recounts the struggle against adversity in 19th century France. Imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, petty thief Jean Valjean is released from his 19-year term and not only becomes an honest man, but the mayor of a prosperous town and a loving adoptive father – violating his parole in the process. The relentless Inspector Javert, pursues Valjean, making a decent life impossible. Only years later, after Valjean proves his mettle during a student uprising and saves the life of a young man hopelessly in love with his adoptive daughter, does he feel fully redeemed. n You can see Les Miserables: School Edition at Derby Theatre from, July 5-8 at 7.15pm. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk. Creatio Arts Ltd will also be staging Bare: a pop opera from September 14-17 at Long Eaton’s Duchess Theatre.

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£5,000 Buxton Spa Prize? THE WINNER of the £5,000 Buxton Spa Prize 2016 was due to be revealed on June 30, as artsbeat went to press. More than 100 artists entered the competition and have been painting the town en plein air for the past two months. Residents and visitors to the town have been delighted and intrigued to see the artists dotted around the streets with their paints and easels. The prize, now in its third year, aims to raise the profile of artists and their work and further enhance Buxton’s national reputation as a centre for arts and culture. Inspired by similar competitions in Bath and Bristol, The Buxton Spa Prize has a Children’s Prize for the under 12s, The Buxton Spa Teen Prize for 12-17-yearolds, and an open category with a first prize of £5,000 from the Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust. The Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize, has a prize of £2,000. Chairman of the Spa Prize judges was Harold Riley, the renowned Salford artist. He was joined by leading UK en plein air artists Ken Howard and Pete ‘The Street’ Brown and Chairman of Visit England, Penelope, Viscountess Cobham, property developer and main sponsor of the prize

Artist William Savage, who had travelled up from Surrey to take part in the competition, outside the opera house

Trevor Osborne, Derbyshire Museums manager Ros Westwood, Buxton businesswoman Louise Potter and artsbeat’s publishing editor Amanda Penman The winner were due be announced at a special event at the Green Man Gallery on June 30. Artists work will be showcased

in an exhibition at The Green Man Gallery in the town from July 1-August 14. Sponsors include the Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust, Riley Archive, Buxton and Leek College, the University of Derby and Vision Buxton. n Go to buxtonspaprize.co.uk or artsbeatblog.com to find out the names of the winners.

arena A SERIES of new tours are on offer to visitors to Renishaw Hall this summer focusing on each generation of the Sitwell family’s contribution to its amazing treasure trove. The Treasures and Travels tours looks at the impressive Brussels Tapestries, which still hang majestically in Renishaw Hall, before focusing on the Sitwell passion for Italy which began in the 1890s with Sir George Sitwell the 4th Baronet, who designed the gardens still enjoyed today, continuing right up to the collection of the present owner, Alexandra, and her family. The Treasures and Travels tours of Renishaw Hall take place on July 3 and 10 at 11am or 2pm. For more information go to renishawhall.co.uk

Eagle Awards

THE 2016 Eagle Awards are being held at Derby Theatre on July 16. The evening of entertainment celebrates the very best of amateur theatre in the city and nearby towns and villages. The awards celebrate, promote and recognise the wonderful array of theatre the amateur community produces each year. It’s a key event in Derby Theatre’s annual calendar, and many groups will be vying for the ten awards presented on the evening. The list of nominations is due to be out by the end of June and you can check which groups and individual actors are on it by going to artsbeatblog.com You can also book tickets for the event which starts at 7.30pm on the website.

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Tour of treasures

WIRKSWORTH Festival’s main exhibition this September is being curated by two artists from the town Geoff Diego Litherland and Dermot Punnett, It is entitled Nature: Here and Now and looks at how artists challenge their own perceptions to create new ways of seeing and comprehending the natural world around us. The exhibition will include a number of internationally renowned artists such as Mariele Neudecker and Peter Matthews. In the 13th century St. Mary’s Church there will be

Songs for kids

Nature theme an installation by Wolfgang Buttress, the Nottingham artist who was selected to represent the UK at the Milan Expo in 2015 (pictured above). The sculpture he created for the Expo – The Hive is themed around the lifecycle of a bee and the contribution of bees to the planet’s health. It was due to be open to the public in Kew Gardens from June 18. For more information about all the other events at this year’s Wirksworth Festival which is from September 9-25 go to wirksworthfestival.co.uk FRUSTRATED at the lack of high quality music available for children, singer songwriter David Gibb, from Belper, set himself the mission of writing an album of songs aimed at families, with quality and musicianship and song writing being the focus. The result is Letters Through Your Door, a fun and exciting album and stage show packed full of catchy and toe-tapping numbers. The show can be seen at the Guildhall Theatre in Derby on August 13, at 3pm. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk

arena You can have a go PRINTMAKER Duncan Pass is going to be the artist in residence at Derby Arboretum in September. He will be spending two days a week there making new work about trees and landscape and also running workshops for schools. He will have his mangle press with him so people can drop in and have a go at making their own prints. Go to arboretumarts. co.uk for more information about the residencies in the park. Spiral Arts will be hosting summer activities there during August.

Bella is role model BELLA Hardy, has agreed to become an Ambassador for High Peak Community Arts. Alison Bowry, creative programme manager, for the group said: “We feel that Bella will be a fantastic role model for young people in the High Peak, interested in Music and the Arts.” Workers for the charity met Bella on her recent visit to play at New Mills Arts Theatre,

Oceanic magic A MAGICAL underwater spectacle will be the headline act at Derby Festé this year. French company Transe Express will bring its new outdoor performance MÚ to the city on September 24. The show will transport crowds to an oceanic world. Colourful neon sea creatures elevated on a huge crane will cavort on the lit surface of the sea with the fish weaving their way through the audience on the sea bed. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk

to cement their friendship and share information about current projects. Bella from Edale, performs a combination of traditional and self-penned material. She was named Folk Singer of the Year at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, having previously won the award for Best Original Song in 2012 for The Herring Girl. For more information about the community arts group go to highpeakarts.org

arena Sleuths in town A NEW live adventure game where you play as a detective is being staged in Buxton on July 30 and 31. The idea is that you piece together the trail, question witnesses, solve the puzzles and finally uncover the mystery. Over a dozen secret locations will take part in the game which takes about three hours to play. Super sleuths taking part will be given their ‘casefile’ and then left to play. The Mystery of the StarEaters is the brainchild of graphic designer Stephen Blackwell, and this first case revolves around the disappearance of a fictional university professor who was researching Buxton’s ancient burial sites. The investigation involves a thousand year old legend, a mythical ancient treasure and a shadowy cult. For more information and tickets go to https://goo.gl/ RH4q2U

Woodland crafts THE DERBYSHIRE Woodland Festival is a celebration of traditional and contemporary woodland crafts, set in the beautiful grounds of Elvaston Castle Country Park. It is aimed at all ages with lots to see and do, including havea-go sessions at many of the crafts on display. The traditional crafts range from willow weaving through pole lathe turning and chair making to horse logging – while the more modern crafts include chainsaw carving, tree climbing and saw milling. The fair is on September 26 and 27 from 10am-5pm. It is free but there is a charge for the car park.

THE WINNER of the 2016 Melbourne Festival Open Art Award was Derbyshire printmaker Jacqueline Currell. This was the first time the open exhibition has been separated from the main Melbourne Festival Art and Architecture Trail which is on September 17 and 18 but many of those exhibiting will also be at the trail. The weekend’s main exhibition in the Assembly Rooms will have the theme of Wild Wood and will be featuring artists linked to the landscape of the National Forest and Derbyshire or creating work featuring

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Open winner woodland creatures. Artists include the wildlife sculptures of Lynn Hazel Smith, the furniture of Peter Woods, Jane Bevan’s woodland vessels, Victoria Brown’s blossom and lace paintings and Paul Johnstone’s pointillist paintings of trees. There will also be a Wind in the Willows theme for children. For details of the full festival go to melbournefestival. co.uk. There will be more in artsbeat’s September issue out at the end of August. YOU can explore the magical world of Cats at a two-day Performing Arts Summer School at the Medway Centre, Bakewell from August 15-16. The school is a collaboration between West End musical theatre professional Andrew Edwards, ballet professional Phillippa Matkin, dance artist Rosalia Pilsworth and dance teacher and theatre choreographer Jilly Ferguson all from the Peak Performance Theatre School. It is for ages 7-18. For more details and to book email bakewelldance@gmail.com

arena Drama double bill DERBY Youth Theatre is staging a double bill at the city’s theatre from July 28-30. The 14-16 year olds are presenting I Am England by David Lane, which offers a unique perspective on political power and social justice and the older youths will be performing Spoonface Steinberg by Lee Hall, a play about the world of a young person diagnosed with autism and cancer.

Researching city DERBYSHIRE artist Kerri Pratt is conducting a research -based project entitled Reinventing the Landscape. Taking inspiration from the city of Derby, Kerri will be exploring and instigating new starting points for her work. She will be inviting people who have lived or worked in Derby to become involved by contributing stories, photographs and ephemera,

Art in the window MORE than 70 retailers on the streets of Glossop, Hadfield and Charlesworth will take part in Art in the Window exhibition throughout August. Artists, such as Susan Johnson, whose painting is pictured here, as well as participants in Art for Wellbeing and Hands on Art sessions and local students will all display their work. For more information go to glossopartsproject.org or follow Art in the Window – Glossopdale on twitter and facebook.

documenting personal recollections of the changing city. She also wants to involve the younger generation, by exploring their aspirations and vision for the future of their city. If you wish to contribute to the project, contact Kerri by email: kerripratt@ymail.com Kerri’s exhibition will be at Banks Mill Studios, from August 1-26 weekdays 10am3pm.There is a launch event on August 5 from 5-7pm.

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s e l p m a x e g n i n i h S Peak District Artisans celebrate their silver anniversary in 2016. To mark the occasion artsbeat focuses on two jewellery designers 21

he Great Dome Art and Design Fair at Buxton in July will have a special significance this year as it is the Peak District Artisans’ 25th anniversary.

From top: Karin’s Aquamarine Sea Ring, Rachel’s Feather Rings, Eclipse Earrings and Tulip Ring with Wedding Bands and finally Karin’s Labradorite Ring Previous page: Karin’s Scribble Necklaces

The award-winning fair is the premier event in their calendar held at the iconic Devonshire Dome and is packed with artists and makers exhibiting and selling their work. Over the weekend there is also a full programme of talks and demonstrations, an artists’ original postcard raffle and a Charity Silent Auction. In 1991 Peak District Products was formed as a way of promoting the wares of producers in the Peak District. The late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire was a founder member and remained president until 2006 when the Earl of Burlington, her grandson, succeeded her as president of the group with the new name of Peak District Artisans. From its beginnings the group has provided the very best of a wide variety of products, although today the emphasis is more on arts and crafts. Members work in many different media from watercolour to wood, crayon to collage and stoneware to sculpture and many more. As part of the group’s silver anniversary celebrations artsbeat is taking a closer look at two artisans who work with silver – jewellery designers Rachel Emmerson and Karin Sheldon. Both of them are using ancient techniques to make stunning contemporary pieces in totally different ways. Rachel designs and creates her range of exquisite fine enamel

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items of beauty jewellery at her studio in the heart of Cromford Mill. She has a fantastic space on the first floor overlooking the heritage site where she is able to use a wide array of tools to engrave her designs on to the silver and gold and fire the richly coloured enamels. On her neatly-ordered shelves are rows and rows of tiny pots containing all the precious minerals, in a rainbow of colours, that she uses to create her designs. “For me, it’s about colour. Enamel is such a dynamic material in terms of its colour range and combining it with engraving creates wonderful refractions of light,” explained the 42-year-old. After studying art in Brighton she went to the School of Jewellery at Birmingham to learn hand-engraving and then she set about creating her collections. “At first it was hard learning how to use the tools, which is probably one of the reasons not many designers are working in this way, but I knew what I wanted to create so I stuck with it,” she said. She has since won several awards for her craftsmanship and is considered by her peers to be one of the best enamellers in the country. The techniques Rachel uses are called Champlevé, which dates back to ancient times and was used in Celtic and Romanesque art – treasures found at Sutton Hoo were decorated using the process – and Basse-taille,

Rachel Emmerson

Karin Sheldon

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which dates to the late middle ages. Put simply, Rachel carves out a design in the silver, fills it with enamel and smooths it down when it comes out of the kiln. Her engraving alters the depth of the enamel and subtly affects the colour. By contrast Karin Sheldon has looked to the Far East for her inspiration and uses age-old techniques from Japan and Korea. One of them, Mokume-Gane, is a process involving the layering of metals which is actually used to make a samurai sword. The other Keum-Bo allows her to fuse 24ct gold to sterling silver. You can see examples of both in a brooch for which Karin won the Jobling Gowler 3D Art Prize in 2011. Karin, 63, works from her home in Macclesfield, a town made famous by its silk

industry. Her family were part of the silk trade and her mother worked as a dressmaker. “I grew up around fashion and textiles and expected to work in the industry, but while I was on my foundation course I found myself messing about in the metalwork department. “One of the tutors was impressed with what I was doing and they suggested I rethink my next step. Instead of textiles they suggested the jewellery and silversmithing course at the then Sheffield School of Art and that’s how it happened. When she left college she worked with a jeweller to learn about the trade and started her own business repairing jewellery. She then concentrated on bringing up her family and it was only about 12 years ago that she began seriously designing her own jewellery.

“I have an enormous fascination for altering the surface of metal and I enjoy learning new techniques and filing them in my library to use when I get an idea. My work is very subject driven and the collections are all different. I don’t think anyone would be able to look at something and say that’s by Karin Sheldon.” Both Rachel and Karin value the peer support they receive by being part of the PDA and considered themselves honoured to have been selected. “I am glad that they go through the strict selection process,” said Karin, who has been a member for eight years “because that makes you feel you have achieved something by getting there.” n The Great Dome Art Fair is from July 16-17 with a preview evening on July 15. Go to peakdistrictartisans.co.uk for details.

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ow in its 37th year, Buxton Festival Fringe – the biggest UK Fringe between Edinburgh and Brighton takes place between July 6 and 24 and features theatre, comedy and music as well as dance, film, shows for families, the spoken word, street theatre, visual arts and more. Venues range from a state-ofthe-art theatre to a cave and festival entrants come from all over the UK and beyond with established acts such as Radio4

Absolute Improv will be at the Underground Venues from July 15-17

comedians Max and Ivan; cop-turned-comic Alfie Moore and controversial comedian/ magician Jerry Sadowitz (who last kicked up a storm in the Buxton Fringe in 1989) joining a host of up-and-coming young performers en route for Edinburgh. Meanwhile Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary is marked by many performers with returning company Butterfly performing Romeo and Juliet in the atmospheric setting of Poole’s Cavern.

There is a good amount of local talent too. Highlights from Buxton include homegrown Three’s Company back with a new Jane Austen spoof, Nonsense and Sensibility following their West End run of Boris: World King, plus, from a packed Music category, Les Trois Amies, Sam Slide, Herding Catz Blues, Peak District String Orchestra and Wind Band, Club Acoustic and Will Hawthorne. In other categories, local treats include Cul-de-sac theatre,

Clockwise from above: Harpist Alice Kirwan, Jerry Sadowitz, The Ladybrook Singers, Cokey Falkow, Drake’s Drummers Theatre Company, Abi Roberts, street performers The Shakspeare Jukebox and Seska

award-winning REC Youth Theatre, Buxton Drama League with an unseasonal panto, High Peak Magic Society, and local artists such as Adrienne and Langley Brown, Ilsa Elford, Paula Hobdey and Louise Jannetta. Some eagerly-awaited newcomers to the Fringe include local crime writer Stephen Booth in the expanded spoken word section, and the innovative Baby Loves Disco, a tots’ party extravaganza at Buxton’s Level 2 nightclub. The Fringe has become known for its wonderful variety, boasting a perfume-making workshop from Buxton Spa Aromatics, a chance to meet Vera Brittain at the Dome courtesy of Discover Buxton Tours, and a festival within a festival in the outlying village of Chelmorton. Underground Venues, responsible for much of the Fringe’s comedy and theatre, will be marking the end of an

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Sunday events era as they use the Paupers Pit at the Old Hall Hotel for the last time; it will soon be out of action because of the Crescent redevelopment. Buxton Fringe’s philosophy is that art is for all and Fringe organisers spread the word by entering a float in the Buxton Carnival and promoting a free open-air showcase of Fringe

events called Fringe Sunday – this year on July 10. Fringe at Five, a busking opportunity for performers; takes place at the Bandstand in Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens at 5pm from July 11-23. Many other events are free, including most of the Visual Arts section, and these are listed on the website’s Fringe for Free page. Other highlights include: n The acclaimed Crimes against Taste, fresh from performances for BBC Music Day in Sheffield, return to the Fringe with their new show Tenor and Baritone – A Musical Comedy exploring the hilariously tragic lives of two

Crimes Against Taste are bringing their new show Tenor and Baritone

aspiring opera singers on July 14 and 15. n Leicester’s Fishhouse Theatre are bringing their brand new production Cloaks by Alison Dunne to the festival. It is a play set in a theatre cloakroom, where customers’ coats become characters. Kath works in the theatre cloakroom and is friends with young, front-of-house worker, Sam. Sam is leaving her job to join the Army and her plans force Kath to reflect on her own past and face up to the losses she’s had in her life. There will be nine shows from July 7-10 at the Lee Wood Hotel, Manchester Road, Buxton. n Lucille Cailly is a 33 year old French professional poker star (retired). She has been wanted by the police, a coke addict and a millionaire by the age of 30. She tells her story in How to Become a Poker Millionaire (And Still Be a Loser), a fast-paced stand-up show.

n Award winning choir, The Ladybrook Singers present Seasons of Song with Chapel High School Choir on July 9 at 7:30pm, at St John’s Church, Buxton. The programme includes pieces by Elgar, Rutter and a selection from the popular show Les Miserables. The choir will be conducted by Alison Bletcher. n After a hugely successful run at the Buxton Fringe in 2015, Stockport-based Far West Theatre return with a revised, rewritten and rejuvenated, version of Jacques Brel: A Life A Thousand Times at the Green Man Gallery on July 8, 13, 17, 23 and 24 at 7pm. The seminal biopic of Jaques Brel, written by company member Simon Pennicott, incorporates his world famous songs, interspersed with his words on the loves, lyrics and life of their famous creator. n Performance poet Andrew

‘Mulletproof’ Graves will be bringing his acclaimed spoken word show God Save The Teen to the festival this year. The show, about growing up and getting it wrong, has been shortlisted for a Saboteur Award, and has already picked up some brilliant reviews. It can be seen on July 7 at 7.15pm and July 9 at 2.30pm at the Underground Venues. It offers tales of starry-eyed punks, disappearing Goths, disastrous dates and 80s rock ’n’ roll failure. Add in a confused poet and a highly critical, flatulent single dad and you get hilarity and heartbreak in equal measure. n There are details of more drama, music comedy and spoken word events at Scrivener’s Bookshop and the Green Man Gallery, as well as the Burbage Art Group’s exhibition on the agenda pages which start on page 55. n Full festival details can be found at buxtonfringe.org.uk

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artsbeat previews this month’s don’t-miss exhibitions – turn to agenda for further details and other galleries Gallerytop, Rowsley

allerytop opens an exhibition of new paintings of the Derbyshire landscape on July 9. Chris Prout has departed from the usual subject matter for his landscapes and instead has focussed on homes and gardens in his new work, see right. The Northamptonshire-based artist, who is a relatively recent convert to the wonders of the Peak District, has been painting around Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. His fluid style combined with skilled draughtsmanship make his paintings both impressionistic and accurate. Alongside his work will be

paintings by Rex Preston, who has produced a new series of his trademark plein air paintings of Derbyshire which are sumptuous and highly evocative, and Kristan

Baggaley, whose sweeping vistas of the moors and gritstone edges of Derbyshire have wide appeal. The exhibition runs until August 5.

Art Cafe, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton More than 30 members of the High Peak Artists group are staging an exhibition inspired by the theme of The Wild Peak as part of the Buxton Festival Fringe. It will feature paintings, ceramics, jewellery, textiles and printmaking by artists including Louise Jannetta, (work pictured), Jill Kerr, Carl Longmate, Howard Levitt, Kathy Macmillan Yvonne Oates and Pauline Townsend.

St John Street Gallery, Ashbourne The gallery is celebrating summer with joyful and vivacious new paintings by Anna Thomas, Catriona Hall and Lewis Noble. Each artist expresses their unique experience of the season, using a diverse but vibrant set of colours, topics and media. Their art, including Portly Pecker, left, by Catriona will be on display throughout July and August. The gallery has also embarked on supporting promising new and upcoming artists from the area by giving them an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and techniques. These events will take place in place on July 2, 9, 16 and 23 from 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3pm. The artists will also bring along finished work for sale.

Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes

John Connollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s display of exhilarating landscapes is featured in the Main Exhibition Room of Leabrooks Gallery from July 2-15. His acrylic, multi-media canvases convey a world of dappled light and shade, made vibrant by colours which shimmer with life. His response to the dramatic beauty of the countryside has been translated into images which have universal appeal, inspiring a number of enthusiastic collectors. From July 16-29 Belper artist Ruth Gray and jewellery designer Janice Allen will be at the gallery. They have a meet-the-artist day on July 23 from 11am-3pm.

Cromford Gallery and Studio, Cromford Ilkeston artist Rebecca Morledge captures local towns, streets and people in her illustrative watercolour and ink paintings. She is particularly interested in buildings and rooftops, which she says are often the most beautiful part of the building but we so very rarely notice them in our busy lives especially in towns and cities. The featured maker alongside Rebecca at the gallery in July is Pixalum Jewellery.

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f you go to Wirksworth or Melbourne Festival this September the chances are you will spot quite a crowd surrounding the fascinatingly intricate drawings of Olivier Marc Thomas Leger. In the last three years the 27-year-old has gone from putting a few drawings on facebook for his friends, to receiving five figure offers for his originals and being shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition. And if you are lucky enough

Oli’s fantastical

creations take you on a voyage of visual discovery

to see his fantasy animals at the festivals you will be in no doubt as to why, because the drawings are bewitching and you won’t be able to take your eyes off them. Not only that but Oli, who lives with his family in Loughborough, is himself an engaging young man who loves nothing more than to talk about his work and what inspires him to create his mystical creatures. “I have always been interested in wildlife and the environment and my brother and I were brought up in a creative environment. We were always encouraged to draw by our mother when we were young. If we said we were bored she told us to get out our pencils and paints. I always used to doodle monsters and things from my imagination,” he said, hunting for a schoolboy sketch in his studio at his home to prove the point. “A teacher suggested I take A level art and then I took a foundation course in art and design at Loughborough and I absolutely loved it. So much so that I decided then I wanted to have a solo show one day. “I had been thinking of teaching snowboarding in France but that course changed

my mind and instead I went off to study Fine Art in Norwich.” Unfortunately the degree course didn’t live up to Oli’s expectations and although he left with a First he was disillusioned, uninspired and struggling for ideas. It was as if the creativity had been squeezed out of him. “I wasn’t about to give up on what I wanted, so I just started drawing things because it was fun. “This planet is wonderful and so is the wildlife that lives on it and what I like to draw are fantasy animals which are my own ecological imaginations of their physiology and the ecosystems around them. “I started doodling the animals and putting them on facebook for my friends. I drew a goat and people liked it. Someone asked me to draw a yak (which ended up being a Musk Ox) and it got people talking.

I drew and seahorse and everyone loved it. “The response to the drawings was so positive that I entered all three in the Sock Gallery Open in 2013 and was the overall exhibition winner. It was then that I realised could possibly do this after all and I have been working hard at it ever since.” Oli says his drawings are created using fine line pens to achieve intense levels of detail, and to create a vast degree of visual discovery. Some of them are vast and could fill an entire wall and others are quite small. He has learned to scan and print the originals himself so he gets the best possible quality for his queuing customers. “I like to be in control of what I produce and getting it just how I like it,” he says. He is also keen on making sure that his work is enjoyed by as many people as possible and I think he is the first artist to tell me that he has an annual

‘giveaway’. I thought he meant a new year sale but no, he actually gives his work away on facebook on a first come first served basis for a limited number of days each year. “It seems a bit unfair that people cannot enjoy them just because they couldn’t afford to, so I like to give away stuff and make people happy.” He can see my incredulous look and adds: “Well, OK, it is not entirely selfless as I get to promote my work to a wider audience for the future and people keep in touch on facebook as a result,” he says with a huge grin. He must be doing something right as he has more than 1,700 likes on the social media site. n If you want to see more of his work go to olivierleger. co.uk or check him out on facebook. He also has a special exhibition at the New Walk Museum in Leicester from July 16-September 13.

The intricate drawing below is a small section of Narwal, above, and can be found on the lower slopes of the creature’s mountainous back towards the tail

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ou have a room full of lively young boys on half term holiday, scissors, felt-tipped pens, and battery-operated milk frothers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; what could possibly go wrong? As it happens, nothing at all, because the robot workshop at QUAD in Derby engaged the dozen or so children from the outset and within 30 minutes they were watching their creations spinning around, drawing on to a paper-covered floor. Well, maybe there were a few friendly robot wars and maybe one or two of them wandered off the paper into the out of bounds area, but all in all it was great fun and most importantly the boys all learned something about digital technology. And that was down to Ashley

QUAD’s digital

artist-in-residence chats to artsbeat’s Amanda Penman James Brown who was at the city centre arts venue as digital artist in residence and staging special half term creative digital activities for seven- to 11-year-olds. The session I got to watch was based around rebuilding technology for new purposes to create ‘Hex Bug’ style racing drawing machines. I confess I was new to Hex Bugs but my excuse is that my children are now adults, but every child in the room knew what they were even if they didn’t have one themselves. Ashley explained to them

that they could make their own robot very simply and inexpensively by hacking something (in this case the frother) to make something new. “From now on you are all engineers,” he said to his enthralled audience as he finished outlining the plan of action. “It is all about demystifying technology and being playful with it. This is the way I like to teach them and I am quite fierce about it,” Ashley told me in a break during the workshop. He is an internationally respected artist and developer based in Coventry and he was just finishing a six-week residency at QUAD. During his time there he had created works which people could discover as they travelled around the building rather than works which were confined

to a gallery space. He saw it is an experiment in how the diverse audience which uses QUAD (some maybe just for the cinema or cafe, and others for the gallery or workshops) accept digital art in a public space and their perceptions of what it actually is. He spent his first day in the cafe engaging people and at the end he created a cutlery piano with three pieces of cutlery wired to play a musical note when they were touched. “Overall I wanted to create work which engages and encourages exploration and interaction with digital technology and I have really enjoyed my time here.” Ashley was invited to QUAD by the centre’s digital participation curator John Whall. Go to page 42 to find out more about some summer digital workshops.

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Silver Tree Gallery paintings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles and interior objet d’art – we also buy art Currently exhibiting: Peter Stanaway, David Barnes, Richard Clare, Rosa Sepple RI, Annabel Thornton, Jiri Borsky, John Thompson (1924-2011), and textile artist Jo Hill Carriage House, Mill Lane, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE43RQ Telephone: 01629 822464 Mobile: 07789524982

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Divine comedy A scene from Much Ado About Nothing by Oddsocks

uch Ado About Nothing, one of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, is a classic story of love, mistaken identity, jealousy, plans and parties, and it is being brought to the outdoor stage at Markeaton Park in Derby in July. Andy Barrow is artistic director, and co-founder of Oddsocks, the Derby-based touring company behind the production. He said their shows were: “A theatrical experience for everyone. Highly energetic, full of life and with plenty of laughs. It’s Shakespeare, but not as you know it.” Their Much Ado About Nothing is a high-octane musical version of

Shakespeare’s witty battle of the sexes featuring well known UK hits (Oddsocks challenge you to see how many song titles you can spot in the following text). The story has soldiers Benedict and Claudio on leave with their friend Prince Don Pedro and knowing that war is good for absolutely nothing, they would much prefer to holiday with their girlfriends Beatrice and Hero. Benedict is tricked into falling for his old flame Beatrice and Claudio gets engaged to his young love Hero. Plans are made for a white wedding and it must be love because things can only get better, or so it seems. The happy-go-lucky mood is broken as the hostile plans of the Prince’s brother, Don John, take shape. He’s a bit of a creep and decides to disrupt the happy

lovers’ romance by creating a tainted love with lies and deception. There is a dramatic confrontation at the wedding and the young bride Hero is presumed dead. Beatrice challenges Benedict to show his love for her because she’s holding out for a hero to challenge Claudio to a fight to the death. Claudio, meanwhile is shocked and saddened at the supposed death of his ex and he will never ever see her again. The scene is set for a dramatic and hilarious conclusion as the true villains are confronted, the deception is revealed and the lovers are reunited in a musical climax that will raise the roof and get everyone on their feet. n The play, which is being presented by Derby LIVE, can be seen from July 26-28. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk

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Summer’s here so why not learn a new skill or technique by trying your hand at something completely different? 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 Wednesday Textile group to try tapestry, weaving, collage, mixed media, printing, design and much more. A small friendly group with an emphasis on enjoyment while creating. For further information contact: Anne Alldread on 07817745705, or email annealldread@yahoo.co.uk or visit annealldread.com Arum-Lilie Designs, Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall n Embroidery workshop where you’ll be able to have a go at making one of Lizzie Adcock’s delightful kits. Materials are provided in the price. Workshop 10am-2pm with light refreshments provided. n Block printing workshop where you’ll be able to print on fabric using her collection of wooden blocks. Materials included in the price,10am2pm with light refreshments. Go to arumliliedesigns.co.uk for more details. 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 Community Centre, New Street, Bakewell n Crafternoons – Fridays during term time 1pm–3pm. Crafts for all abilities provided with support from textile artist Monica

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write sci-fi from expert authors Edge-Lit, Derby’s annual festival of science-fiction, fantasy and horror has three authors as guests of honour for its event at QUAD, in Derby, on July 16. Alastair Reynolds, M John Harrison and Emma Newman, will be joined by more authors of fantasy, science-fiction and crime for a full day of activities including workshops, panels and readings which is aimed at both writers and readers of genre fiction. Alastair Reynolds’ famed series Revelation Space and Poseidon’s Children brought him to prominence within the UK science-fiction scene, and his forthcoming title, The Medusa Chronicles, is co-written with Stephen Baxter. M John Harrison’s science-fiction Haddock. Try your hand at crochet, embroidery, patchwork, rug making, spinning, weaving with pin, flower and backstrap looms, braidmaking, knitting and more. Materials and refreshments are provided. Donations welcome. n Crafty Kids Club –Tuesdays during term time 10am–12noon – Creative play activities for pre-school children, toddlers, babies and their carers. £3 charge for drinks only. For further details call the Medway Centre on 01629 813638 or email

Emma Newman

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titles include the Virconium series, Light, Nova Swing and Empty Space. Emma Newman, is the author of the Split Worlds urban fantasy series. Edge-Lit 5 takes place from 10am until the evening. Tickets are £30 and include access to all sessions plus an event goodie bag. For more information, or to book tickets, please visit derbyquad.co.uk or call QUAD Box Office on 01332 290606. enquiries@medwaycentre.co.uk Betty’s Sewing Box, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne n Crochet Clinic first Wednesday of the month 6-9pm. Details of other courses at bettys-sewing-box.co.uk Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford n Watercolour tuition is available for small groups or on a one-to-one basis, all abilities welcome. Contact the gallery on 10629 826434 for more details.

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have a go 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. Arkwright's Cafe. More details at cromfordmills.org.uk Crafts Cornucopia, King Street, Belper n Various courses including sewing with a machine, crochet, patchwork, and following knitting patterns. Go to craftscornucopia.co.uk. Dave Griffin, Stained Glass Artist n Dave Griffin has one course left this year in September and there are five places. It is a three-day introductory course focusing on the practical aspects of design, glass cutting and soldering. The long weekend is designed for people with little or no previous experience of the craft. The dates are September 23–25. The workshops are held at the Friends Meeting House, in Bakewell. For more details please contact Dave on 07742 481930 or visit dave-griffin.co.uk Designate @ the Gate, Smedley Street, Matlock n For children, Tuesdays to Saturdays 9am-5pm – Drink & Draw: have fun drawing family portraits; Maisy Makes: try making a flower from recycled plastic bags; Lego Ghetto: create an imaginary world in Lego; Beach: sand sculptures is the game. Go to designateatthegate. co.uk or telephone 01629 760033 for more details. Esther Tyson, Screen Print at Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall n Regular screenprint workshops using hand-cut stencils, water-based inks, producing a limited edition print. Small groups in a working studio environment. Contact Esther at esther.tyson@ network.rca.ac.uk for more details. 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 Glass @ The Barn, Carr Hall Farm Business Centre, Hulland Ward n Taster Workshops: £25 – ideal for anyone who would like to have a go at working with ‘warm glass’. They last for two and a half hours. n Day Workshops: £75 – ideal for an individual who would like to experiment a bit more with glass, creating larger items, or experimenting with different procedures. Use of equipment such as grinders, drills and rings saw available after brief demonstration. Go to glass-at-the-barn.co.uk for more details. Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n Life Drawing, Tuesdays, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model. Session 7pm to 9pm. Cost £8 per session. Booking essential as space is limited. Contact Curtis Bollington 07880 535615. Over 16s only. n Saturdays: Mess Allowed! – Art and craft club for children aged 6+, 11am to 12.30pm. Cost £5. Accompanying adults must remain on the premises. n Saturdays: Dance at The Green Man. Ballet and tap dance classes for children aged six to12 years. Various classes between 10.15am and 1.45pm. £5 per class. Full details from Catherine Farrimond on 01298 70984. n Thursdays: Adult Ballet and Tap Dance. Ballet at 7pm followed by Tap Dance at 8pm. £6 per class or £10 for both classes. Beginners welcome. Further details from Catherine Farrimond on 01298 70984. Buxton Family Festival at the Green Man n July 30, August 6 and 13, Doodleicious! – Drop in and doodle. All ages. Free. 11am to 4pm. n July 31, August 7 and 14, make

your own natural perfume with Buxton Spa Aromatics. Children 7+. £30 for one adult and one child. 1pm to 3.30pm. n Monday August 1-5, Summer School Dance Workshop with Katherine Farrimond. Five days of dancing for age eight to 12 years. £75 per child for all five days. 10am to 3pm n August 9, Dragon Days – Stories and craft with Gordon MacLellan. Ages eight to 12. 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm. £6 per child. n August 11, Family Art Adventure Big art, messy art and miniature art for age 4+ with an adult. Drop in between 11am and 3pm. Donations for materials. Download the full Family Festival brochure at www.paviliongardens. co.uk/fairs/buxton-family-festival. For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated. Haddon Hall, Haddon n Haddon Hall this year offers the opportunity to learn the ancient skill of archery. There is evidence of the use of bow and arrows throughout the hall’s architecture, so Haddon is the perfect backdrop. Have-a-go dates for children to come and learn the skill are July 30 and 31 and August 26-29 (as part of the children’s fete weekend), with a small charge for arrows. More details at haddonhall.co.uk Love Hector’s Emporium, Market Place, Crich n Check out the website for full details and booking information lovehector.co.uk Mary Smith, artist and tutor mixed media workshops n Weekly classes in Derby. For more details go to mary-smith. co.uk 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-12noon. Everyone

have a go is welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. Please contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640 or Colin Daffern 01629 733261. Old Station Gallery, Rowsley For more information go to theoldstationgallery.wordpress. com/workshops/ or email: theoldstationgallery@gmail.com Pauline Townsend Silk Painter n Workshops for beginners and improvers in Buxton. Full 2016 schedule available on the website: www.silkpainter.co.uk Purple and Grey – courses for emerging artists n Free Networking Event at Suki Gallery, Tutbury, July 7. n The Art of Writing a Press Release with Artsbeat’s Amanda; Penman, September 21, 10.3012.30pm. See the full 2016 programme at purpleandgrey.co.uk. Book online or by emailing purpleandgreyinfo@ gmail.com QUAD, Derby n KidsQUAD: Superheroes and Villains Comic Making Workshop, August 1 and 2, 10.30am-12.30pm. Join one of our artists to create your own Superhero comic, using Comic Life software in our Digital Studio. n Electronics and Coding for Kids, August 3-5,10.30am-12.30pm. Join one of our coding experts to create inventions with easy-to-use electronic building blocks, and experiment with programming. n DigisQUAD: Digital arts activities for young people aged 12-16 years. 3D modelling and animation, August 810, 1.30-4pm. Join the digital participation curator, John, to design and animate a 3D golf course inspired by the Doug Fishbone Leisureland Golf exhibition. StraightCurves, 104 Saltergate, Chesterfield n Sew Socials – Various daytimes 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 – it doesn’t have to be woolly. 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, 12 noon-3pm. Finish Off Fridays are the perfect opportunity for you to come along and conquer your UFOs (that’s Un-Finished Objects). See straightcurves.co.uk for details. St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n John Connolly will run a workshop Colour, Light and Texture in the Landscape July 5 and 6, while Lewis Noble will be presenting a three-day workshop from July 26-28. To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk. More details at stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Studio 61, Holloway , near Matlock n Peaceful Painting Days – bring your paints, meet other artists, have lunch and enjoy a bit of peace and quiet. Non-painters welcome to make, read and relax in a working art studio on a day closed to the public (Wednesday/Sunday). n Dabble Day – Water Soluble Oils – lunch and all materials included £45 full day, £24 half day. Dabble Mornings, Afternoons, Evenings available. In July they are July 9, 10am-4pm and July 13, 10am12noon. Email karinagoodman@ btinternet.com or sign up for newsletter at www.studio61gallery. co.uk The Studios, Union Road, New Mills n Drink and Draw – Non-tutored alternative life drawing soirées with Andrea Joseph. First Friday of every month, 7pm - 9.15pm, £10

per person. All drawing materials supplied excluding paper. n Peak Scribbling Writers’ Group first and third Tuesdays of the month. For prices, more details and how to book go to thestudios.co Viveka Bowry Land Artist n Make your own pieces of temporary sculpture from natural objects around you. Workshops begin at Derbyshire Eco Centre, or in the artist’s Matlock studio. July 10 and 16, Matlock. Cost: £45. To book and get more details go to vivekabowry.co.uk West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield Check out facebook – West Studios for latest updates and email hello@ weststudios.co.uk or call 01246 500799 to reserve your place on anycourses. Go Wild In Wirksworth with Derbyshire Outdoors n Wednesday mornings, 10am to 12.30pm. Forest School for preschool children and their parents. Woodland based arts and crafts. Drama sessions, music making, campfire cooking, creative play. den building, woods, stream, campfire and rustic shelter. n Monday afternoons, 1.30pm to 4pm. Peaceful painting and woodland based arts and crafts. Relax in a beautiful wood with a stream. Bring your equipment. Have a campfire lunch and mix with other creative people. Rustic shelter and campfire. More details from Peter Spencer at derbyshireoutdoors@ gmail.com Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Hopton n Stained glass summer school July 4-8. n Needle felted dogs, a one-day workshop, July 10. n Mosaic summer school July 18-22. To book go to zantium.co.uk

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or those of you who love murder mystery and horror then Talking Scarlet’s summer season at Buxton Opera House is going to be right up your street.

Theatre series includes murder,

They are staging two plays – James Cawood’s Death Toll followed by a new adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde – with Mob Murder, a murder mystery evening for one night only in between the two. Death Toll is set in a desolate former hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands. A famous playwright and his wife await the arrival of his new ‘muse’ – a charming and charismatic young actor determined to secure a role in his latest production. What starts out as a seemingly innocent though macabre audition, soon leads to an evening of twists, turns and,

eventually, murder. The play mixes black comedy and shocks of the highest order. A classic thriller which will leave you breathless. Jekyll and Hyde is based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and adapted by Nicholas Briggs. Dr Henry Jekyll believes there are two distinct sides to men – good and evil. Unfortunately his experiments unleash Hyde, a monstrous and uncontrollable alter ego. Prepare for the fright of your life in this atmospheric Gothic melodrama. Death Toll is on from August 11-13 and Jekyll and Hyde from August 15-19.

the macabre

and melodrama

On the Sunday evening August 14 you can join Talking Scarlet for an interactive theatre experience like no other as the Pavilion Arts Centre is transformed into 1930s New York. It’s a period of unrest within the Mafia, and the heads of five families assemble in Central Park. But before discussions can begin the boss is shot dead by an unseen assailant. Chaos descends at accusations and bullets start to fly and it is the job of the NYPD to uncover the truth. Tickets to this show include a glass of wine. Fancy dress is optional. For those of you who prefer something a little more genteel, then Talking Scarlet are also staging The Wind in the Willows at the Opera House from August 8-10. n For tickets for all the shows go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

library life

Derbyshire’s libraries play a vital role – not only as a source of information – but also as cultural hubs for the community

Book challenge

marks centenary of Roald Dahl

his year the Summer Reading Challenge theme is… The Big Friendly Read!

Libraries all over the county and in Derby City will be celebrating the wonderful writer Roald Dahl and his gloriumptious stories. The event is being held to mark the centenary of his birth in 1916. Taking part in The Big Friendly Read is simple – when the summer holidays start, you can sign up at your local library. Read any six library books (or more) over the holidays to complete the challenge and collect special rewards. There will be a collector’s wallet and six cards to collect, with illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake, Dahl’s most celebrated illustrator. He was the first ever Children’s Laureate in 1999. In the north of the county

the challenge,which runs until September 17, is being launched at Chesterfield Library on July 16 between 10am and 12noon and then again between 1pm and 3pm. Activities inspired by Roald Dahl’s best-loved characters are suitable for all the family. To find out more

about the event go to summerreadingchallenge. org.uk or pop into your local library and ask. If you scan the QR code here you will see a video explaining the challenge.

music

artsbeat’s guide to the best live music concerts, as well as news of recent releases and profiles of performers Award-winning

line-up for Derby Folk Festival

o fewer than three artists set to perform at the tenth Derby Folk Festival won awards at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards earlier this year.

The Young’uns, above, and John McCusker, below, are performing at the Derby Folk Festival

It is a great indication of the quality of performers lined up for this year’s festival which takes place from Friday September 30 to October 2. The Young’uns who will be playing on the Saturday evening of the festival took Best Group for the second year in a row. The Young’uns have fast become one of the foremost groups on the UK folk scene. Beguiling audiences around the world, they seamlessly switch from beautiful ballads to brilliant banter, from profoundly poignant songs to infectiously irreverent humour. Sam Kelly was pleased to take the Horizon Award which celebrates artists who push the boundaries. His widely-anticipated debut full-length album, The Lost Boys released last November takes the listener to all corners of the British Isles, across

the Atlantic, and back again. Festival goers can see Sam play on the Friday night. Musician of the Year was won by friend of the festival and Derby resident Andy Cutting, who often plays with the winner of the Good Tradition Award, John McCusker. John’s band will performing on the Sunday night in the City Marquee. In addition to the award winners, local young musician Benammi Swift was nominated for the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. He was shortlisted into the final four from an original group of ten, but narrowly missed out on the top spot. Benammi can be seen at two venues over the weekend. The festival will also include a host of free fringe events, dance acts, sessions, as well as an arts and craft fair. These free events will be taking place in Derby City Centre.

Festival tickets are available from derbylive.co.uk or you can book in person at the Derby LIVE Box Office, or call 01332 255800. Find out more at derbyfolkfestival.co.uk and keep up to date with the latest festival announcements on twitter and facebook.

music Rock and Pop

Bookcafe, Derby Acoustic Nights Fridays and Saturdays from 7pm. Chatsworth House, Chatsworth Funk and soul classics from Craig Charles and his special guests Lemar, Mica Paris, Roachford and James Junior will set the rhythm at Chatsworth this summer. DJ and festival regular Craig Charles will be hosting an ultimate night of funk and soul on July 15. The show will be followed by an evening of classic favourites at The Proms Spectacular on July 16. Tickets are available online at chatsworthhouse.org Designate@TheGate, Smedley Street, Matlock Young Musicians’ Open Mic Night – an opportunity for seven to 17-yearolds to showcase their talent, last Friday of every month, 7-8.30pm followed by Adult Open Mic Night –

Rule The World – a Take That tribute band will be performing at the Party in the Park at Dronfield on July 9. Scan the QR code to see them in action 9pm-late. Phone 01629 760033 for enquiries or bookings. The Defiance Sessions, Glossop Labour Club, Chapel Street, Glossop July still to be confirmed. Go to

defiancesessions.co.uk for details. The George and Dragon, Bridge Street, Belper Friday Night Music Nights offer some of the best festival acts from all over the UK. All the gigs are free and will run most Friday nights 9-11pm.

music The Old Clubhouse, Buxton Live band every Friday. Go to oldclub-house.co.uk for more details. The Old Poets’ Corner, Ashover n Every Tuesday open acoustic night n First and third Sundays Shaun Byrne and guests. More details at oldpoets.co.uk Party in the Park, Cliffe Park, Dronfield On the bill are The Jive Aces, T.Rextasy, Rule The World (Take That tribute), Mike Pender (exSearchers), Mike d’Abo (ex-Manfred Mann) and Vanity Fare. And making a return to the Dronfield Town Council-organised show is Chris Farlowe. Proceeds from the Saturday, July 9, show will be split between the Chesterfield Royal Macmillan Cancer Appeal and the Mayor’s charity fund. Tickets cost £23 in advance and are available on 01246 418573 or online (booking fee applies) at www.seetickets.com. On the day admission costs £25.

Folk and Jazz

Alstonefield Village Hall Natalie Duncan – a soul and jazz-influenced singer-songwriter and pianist from Nottingham, who has been compared to the likes of Alicia Keys and Nina Simone, July 16, 7.30pm. Tickets 01335 310322, online at WeGotTickets or visit alstonefield.org. Still only 27, Natalie appeared on BBC 2 Jools Holland’s ‘Later’ four years ago, just after her debut album The Devil iIn Me album came out, to very positive reviews. Belper Folk Club, The 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 n Lady Sings The Blues, the music of Billie Holiday, August 28, 7.30pm. n Buxton Festival which takes

Natalie Duncan a jazz-influenced singer-songwriter from Nottingham will be performing at Alstonefield Village Hall on July 16 place from July 8-24 will again feature Music in the Café at Pavilion Gardens.The relaxed concerts which feature jazz, folk and Eastern European music start at 9pm, tickets are £20. For more details go to buxtonfestival.co.uk The Bull’s Head, Youlgrave East Nashville singer-songwriter Amelia White will be performing at the pub on Saturday July 9, accompanied by English singersongwriter Dan Webster, in support of her acclaimed 2016 album Home Sweet Hotel. Chesterfield Jazz n July 21, Joel Purnell – saxophone. n August 18,Andy Derrick – trombone. More details at wendykirkland.com Furthest from the Sea, Derby Maypole Café, Bar and Theatre n July 1, Isaac Smith Music presents The Pressure EP Launch. With support from Yakobo, Ben Parker and Scapez Music.Tickets £3 from Isaac Smith Music or £4 on the door which open at 7.30pm. n July 2, Cuban Social – enjoy an evening of Cuban music and culture, with Drumshack,7pm – 11pm. Tickets £3 on the door. n July 4, a night of live music featuring Joe McCorriston and

David Kay. All donations on the night are split between the musicians. 7pm–10pm n July 10,The Gaslight Cafe presents Carl J North, Ryan Farmer and Jess Kenton – a brand new night featuring some of the UK’s best singer songwriters. Tickets £2.50 on the door. n July 28, 8pm, Sirens of the Sea – an evening of the finest variety, cabaret and burlesque performances. Tickets £8.50 in advance from Derby LIVE or £9.50 on the door. Formal dress is required. (No jeans or trainers). n August 19, A Night of Jazz – songs and jazz tap by Rebecca Jayne. Doors open 8pm for 8.30pm performance.Tickets £5 in advance through Derby LIVE or £6 on the door. Formal dress is required. (No jeans or trainers). n August 20, An evening with Delicata. After a three-year hiatus, Derby based folk/acoustic duo Delicata are back performing a special one-off gig raising money for the British Heart Foundation, Doors open 7.30pm. Tickets £5 available from Derby LIVE or on the door. Go to furthestfromthesea.co.uk for more details for all events. Furthest from the Sea @ the Y-Not? Festival July 28–31, The Creative Intentions

music Cafe live at Y-Not? 2016 – the place to relax, sit back and unwind away from the hustle and bustle of the Y-Not? festival. Join them in the intimate setting of the cafe where you will find a host of musicians and spoken word artists to entertain you throughout the weekend. Guildhall Theatre, Derby n The Same Sky, a brand new musical from songwriter Phil Baggaley and author Tim Harvey, June 28-July 2. Set in the Nottinghamshire coalfields against the backdrop of WW1. A story of love, loss and reconciliation. David Gibb, Letters Through Your Door, music for children, August 13, 3pm. More details in arena. More details at derbylive.co.uk Out Front! Derby Follow them on twitter @outfrontderby and facebook for more details. The Old Hall Hotel, Hope n Folk Blues and Beyond events. Singers and musicians in the bar, 8pm, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. n July 10, Patrick Walker Trio. n July 13,Skinner and T’witch n July 27, Daria Kulesh. n August 10, Ar Faoued.

Soprano Anna Dennis will be performing with the Derbyshire Singers at Edensor Church on July 9 n August 24, Chris McMahon and Ceri Ashton. Go to folkandblues.club for more details or call 07913331078.

Classical Music

Buxton Opera House, Buxton The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra presents The Last Waltz, The Strauss Dynasty in Vienna. An all Strauss programme including Blue Danube Waltz and

Get tickets now SHEFFIELD-BASED Lucy Spraggan will be setting this year’s New Mills Festival off with what is sure to be another sell-out gig when she takes to the stage, supported by energetic popsters Heir. Lucy appeared on the X Factor in 2012, and since then her audition video has been viewed 35 million times on YouTube. She was also the most Googled musician of 2012, after she came off the show

the Radetsky March, presented by Classic FM’s John Suchet and directed by James Clark, August 20, 7pm. More details from buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Buxton Musical Society, St John’s Church, Buxton Festival Mass, July 17, 11.15am. More details from buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk Chapel-en-le-Frith Ladies’ Choir The choir’s Summer Concert is on Saturday July 16 in Chapel’s Methodist Church. The Concert, entitled Razzle Jazzle, will start at 7.30pm and the guests for the evening will be Lucas and the Jazz Turnips. Tickets will be on sale at Hall’s Mica Hardware Store in Chapel. Further details may be found by ringing 01298 81 5965 or by visiting chapelen-le-frithladieschoir.co.uk Methodist Church, Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith Sunday Afternoon Tea Concerts The Pleyel Ensemble – Sarah Ewins, violin; Heather Bills, cello; Harvey Davies, piano July 3, 3pm. Tickets £10 including tea coffee and homemade cakes. Under 16 free entry. Tickets available from pleyelensemble.com and immediately signed to Columbia Records. With her debut album – Join the Club – a top-ten success, Lucy has enjoyed sell-out tours ever since. Her latest record We Are was released on her own label, CTRL Records. The album just missed out on a top twenty position. The festival gig is at New Mills Art Theatre on September 10. For more information email newmillsfestival@hotmail. co.uk or to book online visit www.newmillsfestival.co.uk

music

G&S treat THE National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company are back in Buxton Opera House with three brand new productions of The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard, accompanied by the 24-strong National Gilbert & Sullivan Orchestra. The Yeomen of the Guard directed by John Savournin kicks off the 2016 season on Tuesday July 26 (repeated again on Friday Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra, County Hall, Matlock Scandinavian Splendour, for their summer concert they invite you to enjoy music by Sibelius and Grieg, July 9, 7.30pm. For more details go to their website of the same name. Derby Cathedral Lunchtime Concerts July 1, Reiko Fujisawa (piano) – JS Bach Goldberg Variations. July 8, Stephen Oxley (organ). July 15, instrumentalist tbc and Hugh Morris (piano) Concerts begin at 1pm, and last 45 minutes. Lunches and drinks are available from the Cathedral Café to bring over to the Cathedral, or attendees are welcome to bring their

29 July). Matinee and evening performances of The Pirates of Penzance are on Wednesday July 27; HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury will be performed by Derby G&S Society and Trent Opera on Thursday July 28 and a hilarious, traditional production of The Mikado rounds off a magical week on Saturday July 30 . Book tickets at Buxton Opera House box office on 0845 127 2190 or book online at www. buxtonoperahouse.org.uk own lunch. Admission is free, with a retiring collection. More information on the concert series is available from the Cathedral’s website, www. derbycathedral.org. Derby Bach Choir Summer Concert, July 2, 7.30pm, St John the Evangelist Church, Derby, DE1 3HZ. The work features virtuosic double choruses showcasing some of Handel’s most colourful music.Soloists are Gillian von Fragstein, soprano; Andrea McGregor, alto; James Gallimore, tenor and Tom Corfield, organ. Tickets cost (including light refreshments): £12. More details at derbybachchoir.com

The Derbyshire Singers Saturday, July 9, at 7.30 pm at St. Peter’s Church, Edensor. In Quires and Places Where They Sing – Church choral music from the 17th to the 20th centuries. With Anna Dennis (soprano), John Keys (organ). In their Summer Concert The Derbyshire Singers explore the wealth and diversity of music written for church choirs over the past 400 year. It will include the Te Deum and choruses from the Nelson Mass by Haydn, and pieces by Allegri, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Rossini, Pitoni and Rachmaninov. The choir will be joined by internationally renowned soprano Anna Dennis and by organist John Keys. As seating in St Peter’s is restricted it is advisable to purchase tickets in advance as entry at the door cannot be guaranteed. Tickets at £13 (programme included) can be purchased from Robert Young Florists in Matlock, Natural Choice in Ashbourne (01335-346096), or online via the website www. derbyshiresingers.org . Haddon Hall, Haddon, near Bakewell Lady Edward Manners has worked with regional music director, Philip King, to present a unique programme of musical recitals at Haddon Hall for a second season this year. The concerts will involve instrumental ensembles from three of the county’s area music centres. In addition there will be adult guitar ensembles and choirs. High Peak Orchestra Summer concert, July 10, 7.30pm, St John’s Church, Buxton. Walton, Orb and Sceptre; Tchaikovsky, Orchestral Suite No 1 and Dvorak, Symphony No 8. The conductor is Andrew Hodkinson. Supporting the Grapevine Project in Buxton. Tickets availabe from Buxton Opera House on 08451272190.

bookshelf 9780993572500. Signed copies can be ordered through thenanatroll.co.uk. It is also available on Amazon. Mike is a Derbyshire author and you can read more about him in the next issue of artsbeat.

n The Nana Troll By Mike Molloy (Andrew Molloy Publishers)

This story is about a little boy who spends a lot of time with his grandmother. As time goes by he becomes convinced his Nana is a troll. Together they share some fantastic adventures and the boy observes with complete fascination as his ‘Nana troll’gets up to some hilarious and crazy things. Nana is a doting but very unorthodox grandmother displaying some very strange and comical behaviour. As the story unfolds we get to meet more characters in Nana troll’s circle of friends. The little boy becomes even more convinced that not only is Nana a troll but most of the people she knows are also trolls. These trolls are living among everyday people as part of everyday life. Although The Nana Troll book is aimed at five to 11-yearolds it appreciated by a large section of the population. Grandmothers buy it because they are Nanas, children and adults buy it for their Nanas and parents buy it to read with their children The Nana Troll is available to order through the Waterstones quoting the ISBN

n Lament Photographs by Bettina von Zwehl and texts by Josh Cohen (Art/Books out July 5, £19.99) n Nightwanderers By CJ Flood (Simon and Schuster £7.99)

This stunning, sad and darkly funny story about intense female friendship is aimed at young adults. Rosie and Titania are as close as sisters – closer, in fact. While Rosie is shy, red-faced and passive, Ti is big, tough and daring. They shouldn’t be friends, but they are. Creeping out at night, the girls love to secretly wander through their coastal town, exploring empty streets and sharing their frustrations about school and their different, but equally difficult, families. But when Rosie betrays Ti, the two girls run in different directions – making decisions that could do irreparable damage to both of their lives. As Rosie confronts harsh truths, she must find a way back to Ti, and to herself. CJ, or Chelsey as she is known to her family was a teenager in Allestree. Find out more at cjfloodblogspot.co.uk

Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Freud Museum in London and the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, this beautiful, original and affecting volume is the result of a unique collaboration between the artist Bettina von Zwehl and the psychoanalyst and academic Josh Cohen. Two series of photographs by von Zwehl – 15 black-andwhite silhouette portraits of women in near darkness, and fifty fragments of a single repeated photo of a young girl – appear alongside and within two parallel pieces of writing by Cohen – one a critical reflection on light and shadow, truth and lies, the other a short story inspired by the torn fragments – to create an extraordinary hybrid work of art and letters. Von Zwehl produced the silhouette portraits of women – which she called Laments – following a residency at the Freud Museum. Inspired by Anna Freud’s passionate letters with women friends, they are an expression of the female bonds in the artist’s own life after the sudden death of a close friend

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attitude

Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers on the topics being talked about in Derbyshire’s arts community Stage show will delight fans of

Heartbeat series

he first time I visited Goathland I was surprised to run into a coachload of Dutch visitors there to mark their enthusiasm for Heartbeat. I hadn’t anticipated that such an ‘English’ programme would travel so well. Goathland is, of course, Aidensfield – the North Yorkshire village in which the TV programme is set. Over a period of 18 years nearly 400 episodes of the programme were made and it stands to reason that it has a huge and loyal following. One of the intriguing things about this stage adaptation was how the sense of the moors and the wide-open spaces surrounding the village could be suggested. One of the attractions of the programme was the scenery and the confines of the theatre would surely work against it? Skilful use of some projected images – of the heather and skylines – plus the on-stage scenery of dry stone walls and grass verges (sadly no sheep though) reminded us that Aidensfield does indeed sit high on the Yorkshire moors and the constant movement from scenes in the pub to

The cast of the stage version of Heartbeat

others in the churchyard served to emphasise that this was a story about place as much as people. Heartbeat is famously set in the 1960s. The soundtrack for the show must have featured 20 or so songs – mostly from the early 60s – and just in case you forgot the mini-dresses and flared trousers helped fix the story in 1969. The serious plot element hinted at IRA pub bombings – Guildford and Birmingham were in 1974 – and this ‘darkness’ surprised me; I had expected something altogether frothier throughout. For the most part the storyline was lighter – based on the characters and their foibles –

and laughter came easily. This touring production is packed with professional experience and expertise and you’d expect it to be ‘well-done’. Fans were glad to welcome Steven Blakeley (PC Geoff Younger) and David Lonsdale (David Stockwell) to the stage and Lonsdale also wrote the script. The story was told with pace – more than 20 short scenes in two hours – and the set was managed smoothly so that interest was never lost. David Graham has produced a show which will surely delight fans of a programme which is nostalgic but not sentimental. Keith Savage

attitude Fans get a taste for lunchtime

concerts Lunchtime Concerts, Derby Cathedral DERBY Cathedral’s series of lunchtime concerts has been expanded this year from four to ten, and it seems to have paid off, with audience numbers holding up nicely. Jonathan Eyre, organist to Sheffield University, began the series on May 13. Marcel Dupré’s transcription of the Sinfonia to JS Bach’s Cantata No 29 seems to drain a lot of the sparkle out of the original, and there wasn’t much Eyre could do about that. Sweelinck’s Variations on the song Mein junges Leben hat ein End, were characterful, and the contrast between the two movements of Mendelssohn’s Third Sonata was well judged. The Georgian elegance of Stanley’s Voluntary in E minor was an effective upbeat to Parry’s neo-Gothic Fantasia and Fugue in G. Pianist Carolin Hlusiak’s allRussian programme on May 20 George Gunby is no stranger to writing new plays and has penned many in recent years. He likes to get into the minds of his subjects and portray their thoughts on stage. He did just that with Boleyn which was debuted at this year’s Belper Arts Festival. It is a challenging piece of work and the cast who performed it in St Peter’s Church in the town should be

contrived, in addition, to be a nod to the current Shakespeare celebrations. After ‘May’ and ‘June’ from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, the first of her Shakespeare readings took us to seven of the piano pieces Prokofiev transcribed from his Romeo and Juliet ballet score – Scene, Minuet, The Young Juliet, Montagues and Capulets, Friar Laurence, Dance of The Girls With Lilies and Romeo Bids Juliet Farewell. It was a neat idea to intersperse these with more readings, from the play itself, and it worked well. May 27 saw two singers currently studying at the VoiceBox, Derby’s centre for all things vocal, with Tom Corfield, piano. Between them, soprano Hannah Grivell and baritone Alex Vilkaitis chose a nicely varied selection of songs and opera arias taking in, among many others, Wolf, Chausson, Handel, Quilter, Mendelssohn and Butterworth. Grivell handled the high-lying voice-part of Wolf’s Die Ihr Schwebet with seeming ease and produced some pleasing tonal variety in her other numbers.

Boleyn drama

was a challenge applauded for the tremendous effort they must have put in at rehearsals. While the church setting was magnificent for the telling of the story of the downfall of Anne Boleyn who was so famously beheaded by Henry VIII, it did mean that for some

Vilkaitis was less successful in this respect; the dialogue of Butterworth’s Is My Team Ploughing needing greater differentiation between the two characters. A second song recital followed on June 3, from alto Caroline Summers and pianist David Charlston. They began with a group of Britten’s folksong arrangements, including a deliciously sly approach to The Lincolnshire Poacher. After a song each by Clara and Robert Schumann, the main item was touchingly sympathetic account of Robert Schumann’s song-cycle Frauenliebe und -Leben. Following Schubert’s The Trout, a delightfully tall story wrapped things, in the shape of another Britten arrangement, The Crocodile. On June 10, string orchestra Derby Sinfonia conducted by Ralph Bacon, played a programme mixing baroque and recent works. Peter Rose was the soloist in a movement from a suite for viola and strings by Telemann, and the concert ended with the orchestra on sprightly form in Philip Wilby’s St Cecilia Rag. Mike Wheeler it was difficult to see what was going on and keep up with the action. If you missed it the play has been snapped up by the organisers of the Melbourne Festival in September. The cast were Judy Richter, Jeff Foster, Michael Fletcher, Larry Waller, Sali Greasham, Terry Stevenson, Fliss Goldsmith and Chelsea Anne Richter. AP

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new work from Belper Players I CANNOT imagine that many young people spend their gap year after A Levels writing a new play but that is exactly what 19-year-old Sophie Mander (pictured) decided to do and the results of her labours were premiered at Belper’s Strutts Centre during the Belper Arts Festival. The play – My Kingdom For A What? – was performed by the Belper Players as part of a double bill of new work for the Belper Arts Festival and proved that Sophie is a name to watch in the future. Sophie, who also directed her debut production, says she was fascinated and inspired by King Richard III after spending a year researching him for her history A Level. Her new storyline has a once-successful actor Lionel Maddox MBE returning to a small theatre in Leicester to revive his flagging career by once again playing the part for which he was most famous – Richard III. What he doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with the ghost of King Richard in his dressing room. The piece was brilliantly funny with plenty of great one-liners and comic misunderstandings, as well as a more serious underlying message, and the audience loved it. Sophie may be one of the youngest members of Belper Players but she called upon some experienced actors to take on the three roles she had created.

Sophie Mander

PICTURE: Jenny Gavin-Wear

Jane Wilton was absolutely marvellous as the Leicester theatre’s dotty, star-struck director and the stage lit up every time she stepped on to it. Mik Horvath was hilarious as the alcoholic washed-up Lionel Maddox and he delivered his somewhat sardonic lines effortlessly. Josh Sly obviously relished the role of the swashbuckling Richard III who doesn’t realise he is dead, and carried it off with great enthusiasm. The other play performed for the double bill, Another Chalk Circle, was written and directed by a drama stalwart in Belper, Jeff Moule. He has taken the classic by Brecht – The Caucasian Chalk Circle – and brought it bang up-to-date. The storyline was changed little so we had the parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its wealthy natural parents but is eventually forced to fight with the natural mother for the right to keep the child. The judge draws a chalk circle and places the child in the middle telling the women to pull the child from either side.

In a Solomon-like judgement the Judge gives the child to the peasant girl as she cannot face harming the child by pulling him apart and lets her rival win. Jeff changed the play by making very obvious references to recent political events (pick your own war zone, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan) and giving it an unexpected ending which makes it relevant to the migrant crisis. The playwright says his aim was to quite literally challenge the audience to have an opinion on whether or not we should accept migrants into the UK at the end of the production. It was a brave move to tackle such a difficult subject. As always the experienced actors from the Belper Players held it together and there were extremely good performances from Sheila Kay Sly as Natell Abaschivili, the wealthy mother; Paul Davies as the evil dictator Governor Georgi Abaschvili and Nick Mothershaw as the Captain of the Guard. The heroine of the play Grusha the peasant girl was played with confidence by Morgan Richter. The rest of the cast were Al Grant, Alyson Koe, Roger Whiting, Rob Chambers, Jeremy Crane, Helen Barley, Ben Turner, Ann Taylor, Terry Stevenson and Arun Hayes. Musical accompaniment was by Susan Stevenson, the set was designed by Barry Brown, costumes and props were by Ann Taylor, lighting and sound Jamie Vella and Andy Boles, front of house Sarah McMullen and publicity Alyson Koe. A full version of this review is on artsbeatblog.com AP

attitude Gripping crime series has kept

me hooked AS someone who enjoys crime fiction, it is always a pleasure to come across a new author, particularly if one discovers them mid-series and has the prospect of a few titles to catch up on. Having come across Adrian McKinty I have now just finished the latest and fifth book in a gripping series set in Northern Ireland in the early 1980s. The central character of McKinty’s books is a Catholic policeman, Sean Duffy, who works in the RUC, which makes for an unusual and interesting perspective, given the sectarian nature of Northern Ireland. While pursuing cases, wider historical and political events crop up in his books and these THERE’S nothing namby pamby about Oddsocks when it comes to rain. The show will go on, whatever the weather throws at us, the touring theatre company defiantly declares. Well the weather was clearly out to test them in Derby’s Markeaton Park on June 15 but they rose to the challenge and gave the sodden audience a great evening of entertainment with their steam punk musical version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. What was probably most surprising was that there was anyone in the audience at all – but it takes more than a monsoon to dampen our summer spirit and around

Reviewed by Guy Cooper, new books manager, Scarthin Books, Cromford

give an additional note of authenticity to the books. In the latest, Rain Dogs, Duffy is presented with a classic version of the locked room scenario, whereby a woman is found dead inside a locked castle with only the caretaker on the premises. It seems to be suicide at first, but Duffy is not convinced, and the caretaker

Oddsocks

refused to let rain stop play 100 determined souls were there at the start. At this point I have to confess that I lack the backbone of many others and as the water started to seep into my socks and pants I retreated home before the end. However I saw enough of the show to be able to say it was the most exciting, energetic and downright funny version of Macbeth I have ever seen. Derby-based Oddsocks are passionate about creating memorable and unique

seems a highly unlikely murderer. Soon he is digging further into the background of the woman – a journalist – and uncovers elements of child abuse, which entails a visit to Finland and even encounters with Jimmy Savile. McKinty writes in a fine, almost laconic style, that is very enjoyable to read and provides some humour. There are interesting regular characters and the general atmosphere of living in Northern Ireland amid the troubles is conveyed very well (Duffy has to check beneath his car for bombs everytime he uses it). Duffy himself is, of course, a flawed character with vices, but endears himself to the reader with the way he maneouvres through his dangerous life. I look forward to the next instalment. Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Serpent’s Tail. Pb. £12.99) comedy productions of the classics and this was seriously silly Shakespeare. The ingenious set with its dystopian retro-tech style gave the show a gritty edge and the gaudy steampunk costumes added plenty of glamour. The cast, headed up by the group’s co-founder and artistic director Andy Barrow as Macbeth and Rebecca Little as Lady Macbeth, were all accomplished multi-taskers fizzing over with fun. This is definitely Shakespeare as you have never seen it before. They will be performing in the park again in July turn to page 37 for details. AP

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Art Café, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton The Wild Peak. More than 30 artists exhibiting as part of the Buxton Festival Fringe. See more on page 28.The gallery is up the spiral staircase in the café and is open daily from 9.30am-4.30pm. Call 01298 23114 for details. Buxton Museum and Art Gallery The Derbyshire Open – this event is now in its 34th year and attracts amateur and professional artists of all ages competing for a range of prizes and a place in the exhibition which is on until September 2. Check out artsbeatblog.com to find out who won prizes this year. Burbage Art Group, Burbage Institute, Buxton Burbage Art Group’s 2016 Art Exhibition is featuring more variety than ever this year with several artists choosing to work with fabric for the first time. Works come in every size and medium. One of Burbage’s artists, Laura Critchlow, has had a painting exhibited by the Royal Society of Miniature Painters in London. The exhibition is on July 16, from 11am-3pm. Banks Mill Studios, Bridge Street, Derby A is for Art, A is for Africa – This new work by Derby artist Dom Elger is a series of mixed media works exploring the contrast between life in a pastoralist society in Southern Ethiopia and the lifestyle of Western Europe. The collection will include a series of drawings made in Ethiopia and accompanying photographs. You can join Dom at his launch

Gavin Buxton's work is being exhibited at Derwent Gallery, Grindleford evening on July 4, from 5-7pm. Go to banksmill.co.uk for details. Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford The July featured artist is Rebecca Morledge and the featured maker is Pixalum Jewellery. In August the featured artist is a former winner of the Derbyshire Open, Sandy Bartle. See more on page 29.The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. Cromford Mill, Cromford A Breath of Fresh Air – Marion Anniss, textile and printmaking artist, Jason Heppenstall who makes sculptures from recycled materials and painter and printmaker Gina Hodges are having an exhibition in the mill gallery from July 16-21, 10am-4.30pm. The Derwent Gallery, Main Road, Grindleford The gallery's landscapes are represented in a broad range of media: watercolours, oil and acrylics, pastel and pencil drawings, monoprints and photography, including a selection of limited editions and prints.

The summer exhibition features work by Gavin Buxton, Kristan Baggaley and Colin Halliday. The gallery is open Thursday to Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays 11am-4pm. Go to derwentgallery.com for more details. Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Green Door Printmaking Studio and The Smallprint Company: Illuminated Tales and The Beauty of Books. n Fi Burke, a visual artist and philosopher who is fascinated by the things we generally can’t see like love, sound, memory, social history and much of reality. n Lor Bird is a contemporary fine artist who paints in an abstract and expressive way. All three exhibitions are on until July 30. 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 For details go to ferrersgallery.co.uk Foxlowe Arts Centre, Foxlowe, Leek n A new exhibition of works by award-winning Leek artist David Hunt entitled My Moorland View opens on July 9. n Unlocked by five textile artists called Mainly Stitch will be on from August 20-September 24. The gallery is upstairs at the Foxlowe Arts Centre, open Wednesday to Saturday 10am-4pm.Details at foxloweartscentre.co.uk Gallery in the Gardens, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton The gallery showcases the work of more than 40 artists and

agenda craftspeople from the High Peak Artists group. Open daily, 9.30am5pm. Details at galleryinthegardens. co.uk Gallerytop, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley New paintings of the Derbyshire landscape by Chris Prout, Rex Preston ad Kristan Baggaley. More details on page 28. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm. 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 including paintings, jewellery, silk scarves, ceramics and feltwork. Open 10-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n July 1- August 14,The Buxton Spa Prize 2016 See more details on page 15. n July 6-August 31, The Green Man Goes Rambling. The artist members of The Green Man Gallery take their feet and their imaginations on a ramble. Launch party July 6, 6pm-8.30pm. n July 16-24,The Writing on the Wall by Ilsa Elford in The Green Man Yard. The three, seven metre long, hand-painted, banners illustrate how the protest movement has permanently shifted our morality. Launch party July 16, 6pm-8.30pm. n August 18 -September 14, Contemporary Mix– Five artists return for their third exhibition. Launch party August 18, 7pm-9pm. For details see the gallery’s facebook page, greenmangallery.com or contact hello@thegreenmangallery. com or 07977 956707. Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge The gallery is a stockist for Emma

Former Derbyshire Open winner Sandy Bartle will be at Cromford Gallery in August

Bridgewater ceramics. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am5pm and on Saturdays from 9.30am4pm. More details at jarvagallery. com. Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes n John Connolly’s display of exhilarating landscapes from July 2-15. n From July 16-29, Ruth Gray is showing her stunning mixed media, ink and pastel images for the first time. Alongside her will be her friend and colleague, Janice Allen, who produces exquisite silver and fused glass jewellery. Meet the artists on July 23 from 11am-3pm. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and 11am4.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. Details at leabrooksgallery.co.uk Little London Gallery, Church Street, Holloway Paintings by the gallery owner Chris Tkacz are always exhibited. The gallery also has a framing and restoration service and Chris offers tuition, demonstrations and workshops. The gallery is open from 9am-5pm Wednesday to Saturday. For details go to littlelondongallery. co.uk Matlock Artists' Society Exhibition at Carsington Water in the Henmore Room from July 2-10, 10am-5pm. Further details from 01629 584708 or at matlockartistssociety.co.uk

The Mustard Seed Café, Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith Art and craftwork from seven local professional artists. There are a range of original paintings and prints, hand-made glassware and textiles, organic cosmetics and cards, all at affordable prices and much of it unique. Open mornings, Monday to Saturday. North End Gallery, North End Institute Building, Wirksworth Derby-based artist Andy Allen, has created a new limited-edition set of intaglio prints which see a departure from his original interest in sculptural public art, and reflects his love of the print-making processes and photography. Until July 16.The gallery is above North End Nostalgia open Thursday to Saturday from 10am-4pm. Email northendnostalgia@yahoo.co.uk No28, Market Place, Belper The Rycote Arts Group based in Derby will be exhibiting figurative work in mixed media from July 9-September 9. Go to facebook.com/ twentyeightbelper for more details. The Old Station Gallery, Peak Shopping Village, Rowsley n Derbyshire Days Out – landscapes by Deb Allitt, until July 6. This is the first solo show at the gallery by one of the OSG Open 2015 – Solo Show prize winners. n Fine Artist Pip Seymour will be exhibiting The Moughton Mysteries in a solo show at the gallery from July 16 Opening event July 23, 1-5pm – there will be poetry readings from two poets whose work has close links to Pip's paintings. n Green Door Printmakers, August 13-September 10. Printmakers from the Derby studio were challenged to interpret the theme of Worn. This exhibition reflects each ones individual response to this theme. The gallery is open Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday from 11am-4pm. Check for any updates at theoldstationgallery.wordpress.com

agenda Opus Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne The featured artist for July is Brian Steventon and for August it is Susan Burgess, of Lea near Matlock. The gallery is open from 9.30am4.30pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-3.30pm on Sundays. Go to opusgalleryashbourne.com for more details. Parwich Art Group, Parwich Village Hall The Parwich Art Group will be exhibiting and selling their work from August 20-21, from 10am-5pm at the village Hall. Refreshments will be available. Peak District Photographers Gallery, Bakewell Visitor Centre Doug Chinnery, July 19-August 31. More details from peakgallery.co.uk QUAD Derby This summer Doug Fishbone will transform QUAD Gallery in Derby

into a playful environment, taking visitors on an amusing and thoughtprovoking journey with an artistdesigned mini-golf course entitled Leisure Land Golf. The artists include: Turner Prize nominee, Yinka Shonibare MBE, John Akomfrah OBE, Hetain Patel, Yara El-Sherbini, Ellie Harrison, Candice Jacobs, Lindsay Seers, Eyal Weizman, Reactor and Doug Fishbone himself. Accompanying the exhibition will be a presentation of Sunscreen – 40 digital artworks in the form of downloadable screensavers which visitors to the Sunscreen website are invited to install onto their own work stations for free. Go to derbyquad. co.uk for further information. 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. Open 10am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. He also currently has an exhibition at the Devonshire Arms Hotel, Bolton Abbey, Skipton. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk The Silver Gallery, Mill Lane, Cromford Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, textiles and interior objet d'art. Currently exhibiting: Peter Stanaway, David Barnes, Richard Clare, Rosa Sepple RI, Annabel Thornton, Jiri Borsky, John Thompson (19242011), and textile artist Jo Hill. More details at silvertree.co.uk. Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston More than 20 local artists displaying a wide selection of original paintings, prints and photographs. Penny Harding and Clive Fawkes July 4-16, Pat Grantham July 18-20, Kathryn Green August 1-13 and Emma Farrow August 15-27. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk

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agenda St John Street Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne A summer exhibition with joyful and vivacious new paintings by Anna Thomas, Catriona Hall and Louise Jannetta. More details on page 29. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, Monday to Saturday. For more information go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Derbyshire Records Office, Matlock Have Bike, Will Travel – From penny farthings to velodromes, take a journey through the decades with this celebration of cycling in Derbyshire from the records office archive and local studies collections. Until July 30, 9.30am-5pm Monday to Friday and 9.30am-1pm Saturday. Go to derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice for more details. Sir Richard Morris Lounge, Cathedral Centre, Derby Derby Cathedral, Past and Present, throughout July and August. In celebration of its refurbishment Juliet Goodden worked as artist in residence creating several works reflecting people responding to the interior. These will be hung along with historic pictures on loan from Derby Museums showing the Cathedral as it was during the nineteenth century. Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm, closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. Studio 61 – Karina Goodman Gallery, Leashaw, Holloway The Fundraising Exhibition for July is entitled Over The Rainbow in aid of the National Autistic Society and in August it is Wish You Were Here in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionThe gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm and on Wednesdays by appointment only. For more information about the gallery go to karinagoodman.com Tarpey Gallery, High Street, Castle Donington n Colin Halliday, the Untameable

the gallery’s facebook page whynotgalleryuk Wirksworth Framing Gallery, Wirksworth For more details go to wirksworthframing.co.uk

Comedy Work by Karina Goodman can be found at her Holloway gallery Nature of Nature, until August 7. n Midlands Open – exhibiting work by artists from around the region. August 20-September 18. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday 10am-5pm. More information at tarpeygallery.com Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington A new gallery opened by Melonie Anderson, formerly of the Buzz Gallery and HWR Designs. Open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am-5pm. West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield n Animal Exhibition July 1-30. An eclectic menagerie from aardvarks to zebras depicted through contemporary art to fine art, drawing, sculpture, textiles and taxidermy by artists from across the country. Open Monday – Friday 10am-4pm and for a special event on July 30. n Artist Call Out – West Studios are calling for artists to take part in their Open Exhibition from September 9-October 28. West Studios have linked up with creative business Purple and Grey and will be awarding prizes at the launch on September 9. For details and application forms, contact hello@weststudios.co.uk or call 01246 500799. Whynot Gallery, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent Check out all the latest events, workshops and exhibitions on

Furthest From The Sea, The Maypole Café, Bar and Theatre, Brook Street, Derby July 16, How to Win a Pub Quiz with Alex Love. A highly interactive show – part stand-up, part actual pub quiz. Doors open 7.30pm.Tickets £5 from Derby LIVE or on the door. Funhouse Comedy n Derby Old Bell, July 29, Dalliso Chaponda and Matt Rudge and Mark Smith, Compere Barry Dodds. n Midland Railway, Ripley, August 5, John Ryan, James Dowdeswell and Wayne the Weird, compere Carl Jones. Tickets £15 adv (includes short train ride from car park to venue). Arrive 7.15pm, train 7.30pm, show 8.15pm. More details from funhousecomedy.co.uk Green Man Gallery, Buxton n July 15, Ship of Fool – Rob Coleman, 7pm to 8pm. Doors open 6.30pm. n July 15, Something Funny Happened on the Way Here – Chris Norton Walker, 8.15pm to 9pm. Doors open 8pm. n July 22, The Zoo and Cox & Box – PB Theatricals. Two short comic Gilbert & Sullivan style operettas (by Sullivan without Gilbert) performed by a talented young company, 8pm to 9.30pm. Doors open 7.30pm.

Theatre

Derby Theatre n DEparture Lounge, July 21-24. n Creatio Youth Theatre, Les Miserables, School Edition, July 5-8. n Derby Youth Theatre Double Bill, July 28-30, 7.30pm. See more details on page 19. See

agenda more details on page13. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets. Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Tea With Oscar Wilde, from Don't Go Into The Cellar, August 4, 7.30pm. n Talking Scarlet summer season, August 9-19. See page 43. n A Midsummer Night's Dream, presented by the Chapterhouse Theatre Company, August 31, 7.30pm. For ticket details go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Cathedral Quarter, Derby Street Theatre, by Ashrow Theatre will return every fourth Saturday until August. Go to derbycathedralquarter. co.uk for details. Chatsworth House, Chatsworth Much Ado About Nothing, August 10. Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men performing in the open air with Elizabethan costume, music and dance, spend a glorious summer’s evening watching this funny, moving and fast-paced production of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. More details at chatsworth.org Green Man Gallery, Buxton n July 6, Rosalita: The Story of Rosa Luxemburg. Poet and lyricist Jim MacCool with his tale MarxismLeninism's martyr and saint. 1pm to 2pm. Free. (Themes of sex and violence so adults only.) n July 8, 13,17, 23 and 24, Jacques Brel: A Life a Thousand Times – Far West Theatre. The musical celebration of Jacques Brel. All performances 7pm to 9pm. Doors open 6.30pm. n July 9 and 10,Storytelling for families with Beneath the Stars. Traditional storytelling for a family audience. 12pm, 2pm and 4pm on both days. Free. For children aged 5+ with an adult. n July 11 and 12, Waiting Room – All Things Considered Theatre – a chilling exploration into the nature of control. 7.30pm to 8.15pm. Doors open at 7pm. Adults only.

Red Admiral by Rachel Slaney will be part of the Burgage Art Group's exhibition in Buxton on July 16

Guildhall Theatre, Derby Big Adventure Youth Theatre with Urinetown which is set in a dystopian future where everyone hs to pay for the privilege to pee. July 6-9. For tickets and more details go to derbylive.co.uk Marlow Players, Darley Abbey Village Hall Post Horn Gallop, by Derek Benfield, a farce rich in colour. July 19-23, 7.30m. Box office 07961 607372. Scrivener's Bookshop, Buxton Cul-de-sac Theatre present Return to Eredurf, Monday 18 July 7-8pm.

Dance

Cathedral Quarter Derby From May onwards, the second Saturday will see the CQ Saturdays Street Circus and Déda Producing, perform live acts at the Waterfall stage in the Market Place. Déda Derby n Hubbub Club, presented by the Hubbub Theatre Company, Go and dance to their mix of sunshine tunes and enjoy the performance. Suitable for all ages and abilities. July 8, 7pm n The Deda Academy Show, July 16, 10am, 12.30pm and 3pm. More details online at deda.uk.com

Spoken word

Ashbourne Town Hall, Ashbourne An evening with author and music agent Paul Charles who has recently published his latest crime thriller

St Ernan's Blues. He was agent for some top stars including Elvis Costello, the Waterboys, Tom Waits and the Buzzcocks. With him will be singer guitarist Chris Houlihan. July 16, tickets £10 in advance from the TIC, town hall and Wigleys Shoes all in Ashbourne. The Barley Mow, Bonsall Muse – an evening of lyrical delights is being hosted on the third Thursday of the month by poet and performer, Mark Gwynne Jones. A mix of comedy, tragedy and iridescent ideas from voices past and present. For more details go to markgwynnejones.com Derby Poetry Society AGM and book sale, July 8. Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Fee £2. Members £1. Derby’s Cathedral Quarter n Towers, Tunnels and Tales Tours led by historian Richard Felix, will be held on the first Saturday of every month. Matlock Storytelling Cafe Matlock Storytelling Cafe takes place on the first Friday of each month at the Imperial Rooms in Matlock. Doors open at 6.30pm with stories at 7.30pm. More details on 01629 580023. Scrivener’s Bookshop, Buxton n July 10, 1pm, Music and Musings on Espionage and The Cold War by Steve Roberts. n July 11-15 5.30–6.30pm, Storytelling from Will Teller n July 13, 11.am, Dr Raman Singh reads from his latest book Border Crossings. This award-winning author who worked as a journalist in Libya and divided Berlin, and a professor. In his life, as in his writing, “border crossings” has served as a metaphor for the journey from one continent to another, from conflict to peace, and has mirrored the passage from Indian childhood and European adolescence to American adulthood. n July 16 and 17, 6pm Paul

agenda Richards, 50 Ways to Leave Your Drummer. n 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. Spital Arts, St Leonard's Church, Valley Road, Spital, Chesterfield Antarctica – Artist Chris Dobrowolski’s charming and witty performance lecture about his time as artist in residence at the coldest place on Earth, July 8, 7.30pm, Call 01246 220 741 or facebook.com/ SpitalArts The Tea Chest, George Street, Buxton Spoken Words – original poetry and short stories, open mic 7.45pm-

10pm, first Tuesday of every month. Contact Julian Cohen 07713246391. U Choose Smoothie Bar, Bath Street, Ikeston Open Mic Poetry Night, 7-9pm the last Thursday of the month. More information on 01159 322263.

Cinema

Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre Hotel Transylvania 2, August 3, 2.30pm; The Assassin, August 3, 7.30pm; Kung Fu Panda 3, August 10, 2.30pm; Man Up, August 10, 7.30pm; The Martian, August 17, 2.30pm; Room August 17, 7.30pm; Oddball and the Penguins, August 22, 2.30pm and Trumbo, August 24, 7.30pm.Booking is recommended. More details from buxtonfilm.org.uk

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Markeaton Park, Outdoor Cinema Ghost, August 12, 9pm and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, August 13, 9pm. For details go to derbylive. co.uk QUAD, Derby A season of films entitled Sculpting Time will celebrate the iconic Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in June, July and August and include all his films, starting chronologically with Ivan’s Childhood (already shown in June) and ending with his final film The Sacrifice. All films have English subtitles and are presented in new digital restorations: Andrei Rublev (15) screening from July 3-5; Solaris (12A) screening from July 18-19; Mirror (U) screening from July 31-August 2; Stalker (PG) screening from August 14-16; Nostalgia (12A) screening from August 21-23, The Sacrifice (12A) screening from August 28-30. Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details.

Miscellaneous

Summer's Lease, Christ Church, Holloway, near Matlock A celebration in music and drama of all that is lovely about summer. Family and friends sharing, music, songs, poems and sketches with each other in the way they would have done years ago. The performance takes place on Sunday July 17 at 7.30pm. Email Susanjhooper@icloud.com for details. Susan originally started the event as a small concert for her woodwind pupils Buxton Festival The festival is on from July 8-24. There will still be tickets left for some events. Go to buxtonfestival. co.uk for details. Buxton Festival Fringe For more details turn to page 25.

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