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43 In conversation

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9 Sculptor Simon Manby chats to artsbeat about his engaging work 32 Ceramicist Jo Everittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playful candelabra are her latest creations 40 Author Fran Dorricott tells readers about her passion for books

47-51 Five pages of dates for folk, pop, rock and classical performance

Stage 53-57 Theatre, dance, comedy and story-telling on a stage near you artsbeat June 2019

editor’s letter

47 53 Festivals 21 Take your pick for a day in Buxton 43 Line-up for Ashbourne Streetfest

Cover Story 29 Call of the wild is lasting legacy of Oaker painter Pollyanna Pickering artsbeat June 2019

I was thrilled to hear that the Mid-Derbyshire MP Pauline Latham had made a rallying call to the people of Derbyshire to make it a ‘County of Culture’ in 2021/22. She is absolutely right to say that here we have it all – from our magnificent scenery to our fabulous history, boundary-pushing arts scene and ground-breaking innovation throughout our industrial heritage. As publisher of the county’s arts magazine I have been championing all things cultural, from Glossop in the north to Melbourne in the south for more than six years and it still amazes me just how much is going on in Amanda Penman Derbyshire. If all the county’s local authorities, MPs and arts-related businesses worked together Pauline’s dream could indeed become a reality, and it would definitely put Derbyshire on the map. Whatever happens artsbeat will be here to spread the news so watch this space. Please note the editorial and advertising booking deadline for July/August is June 10. email: advertising: advertising@arts-beat.co.uk editorial: editor@arts-beat.co.uk telephone: 07872 066719 post: 19 Nottingham Road, Belper DE56 1JG website: artsbeatblog.com While every effort is made to ensure listings are accurate and up-to-date, readers are advised to check with the venue before travelling, as no responsibility can be accepted for changes to programmes, errors or omissions. artsbeat2

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Applications are invited for a new and exciting opportunity for Artists/Designer-Makers (21-30 yrs old) looking to further establish their career in the creative industries. Peak District Artisans was established over 27 years ago and enjoys regional and national success and recognition. This year they are working in partnership with The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust and St John’s Street Gallery and Café, Ashbourne, for the first time to launch an initiative that will aim to support an emerging artist/maker to establish themselves as a professional in an increasingly important and competitive industry.

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A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

Figurative artist Simon Manby invites Amanda Penman into his studio to chat about a lifetime of creativity

t might not be easy to find Wootton near Ashbourne without a good map or satellite navigation, but once there it is quite easy to find Forge Farm Studio – you just have to look for the collection of sculptures being exhibited in the garden. The studio is at the home of artists Simon Manby and his wife Lee Mackay. They moved to the farm with a large plot of land and a scattering of outbuildings more than 50 years ago and have been working side by side, Simon as a sculptor and printmaker and Lee a painter, for almost as long. They have both found success in their chosen medium and have exhibited across the UK as well as in France. But being an active part of their rural community is also important to the couple. So Simon was thrilled to be invited once again to exhibit his work at this year’s Ashbourne Festival. “It was an honour to be invited to take part and I will be taking some work with a specific link to the town and to the Shrovetide Football,” said the 76-year-old artist. Simon was born into a creative family. His father was an architect and his mother Judith Da Fano was a distinguished artsbeat June 2019

The garden of Simon Manby’s farmhouse is home to many sculptures

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There is beauty, grace and delight in life – let’s celebrate it Lakeland artist. He says with a certain pride that his maternal grandmother Dorothea Landau was also a painter and sculptor and that she knew Auguste Rodin. “In our home art was constantly discussed and their passion for it meant n Simon’s work they encouraged me to look will be on display at and appreciate paintings at Ashbourne and sculptures in beautiful Town Hall churches, museums, ancient Ballroom from June 22-29 as part cathedrals and towns wherever of the Festival’s we travelled. Annual Summer “There were many friends and Exhibition. acquaintances that I met and Artists exhibiting all of that will have had an alongside him influence on me. I remember include Ross Danby, Heather one occasion when I was no Duncan, Martin more than three or four when Hyde, Lewis my mother took me to visit the Noble, Graeme studio of a sculptor. I was just Reed and The knee-high to a modelling stand Clayrooms but as the two women spoke I n You can looked about and inhaled the see more of odours of the clay and boards. Simon’s work at simonmanby.com “Many years later when I was artsbeat June 2019

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looking around the sculpture studios at the Edinburgh College of Art the smell triggered that infant experience and I think it subconsciously drew me to them. I went to the college thinking I would be a painter but at that moment I chose to do sculpture.” After college in 1967 Simon moved to the Midlands with Lee, whom he had met as a student, to start a five-year spell as a lecturer at Stoke College of Art. “I took the job more out of the need to earn money than anything else. It wasn’t for me though, and one day I thought I either resign now or I will never do it. I went home and told Lee I had given my job up and she just said ‘Terrific it was making you miserable’. “I was only 30 and had plenty of energy in those days. We set about converting the cowshed into a studio. We haven’t really looked back since,” he said looking fondly around the gallery space which he says has changed little since. What has changed though is Simon’s work. It has evolved from work in wood to stone artsbeat June 2019

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Simon Manby in his studio in the garden of his Wootton home

and now clay cast in bronze. “In the early years I enjoyed carving in wood but it was very slow. Stone I found could be worked much more rapidly and I enjoyed the challenge it presented but eventually, what must be almost 30 years ago now, I started to get impatient with it and it was physically tiring me. It was then that I started making pieces directly from clay for casting in bronze. “The change of medium has inspired fresh creativity in me. It had a liberating effect, freeing the sculpture from the gravity-bound density of stone,” he explained. His figurative subject matter

however continues to be inspired by the intimacies of human emotional relationships – a woman cradling a child; old men playing boule; a dancer or a couple in an embrace. “My own life has been blessed and I have never suffered, but I have the impression that the world is full of pain and unhappiness and I want to reflect that in my art. At the same time I feel I have an obligation to be positive. “I want to show this ambivalence so while underlying my work there is a kind of sadness it also says there is also beauty, grace, and delight in life, let’s celebrate it.”

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MEGAN HAS BIG SCREEN AMBITIONS

ollywood actor Jack O’Connell’s younger sister Megan is following his footsteps into the film industry with dreams of becoming a director like her role model Angelina Jolie. Megan who, like her brother, went to school at Alvaston in Derby, says she dropped out of sixth form after the first year knowing that she wanted to work in film having been inspired by Jack. “When I was 12, Jack took me to the film set in Bristol where they were filming Skins. I got to see a couple of night shoots, I was so excited – it was insane,” said Megan. “It was the first time I’d seen anything like that, watching all of these busy people behind the scenes working on a professional film set, shooting and directing, and basically putting the show together – it was something that I’ll never forget. “I think it was then I decided that’s what I wanted to do. I remember looking around and thinking how do you learn to do these things? Where do these people go to learn all this?” After dropping out of school artsbeat June 2019

Megan, 23, says she had a few odd jobs until she managed to get one on a set working as a PA. “I was able to see what life would be like from inside the industry and it just made me want to make films even more. “I asked around, trying to work out how I could learn this craft and someone recommended going to a specialist film school.” She is now a first year student studying a BA in Practical Film Making at London’s MetFilm School and has just made a short film as part of her course which is inspired by her grandparents. Set in Derby in 1959, A Mother’s Ruin tells the story of pregnancy outside of marriage and the lengths to which some women had to go to manage their situation, exploring society, social norms and mental anguish. artsbeat June 2019

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Aspiring film director Megan O’Connell, above, has made her debut with a short, set in 1950s Derby called Mother’s Ruin

Directors like Angelina Jolie and Andrea Arnold are so inspirational The story tells of a young working-class couple feeling the pressures from society. Beatrice, a 21 year old offlicence owner, discovers she’s pregnant out of wedlock and she’ll do what she must in order to get her boyfriend Arnie, a football coach for Derby County, to propose – even if it means emotionally blackmailing him. “I really want the film to be historically accurate – I love history almost as much as I love film and the first scene starts with an old Roberts radio broadcasting the 3-0 defeat of Derby County in a football match with Middlesbrough,” said Megan.

Gender bias is close to Megan’s heart, she is very aware that there aren’t enough female directors. “I hate that the film industry is not an equal split between genders, but it’s changing. Strong women have always worked in the industry, and many have paved the way for the likes of me; now’s the time that I feel we’re getting a proper foothold. I’m at a school where I’m pretty sure the gender split is 50/50. “I look at directors like Andrea Arnold and Angelina Jolie and I think they’re so inspirational. They are my role models and I want to do similar work. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll do when I leave MetFilm School, I may decide to do an MA in Directing or I might jump straight into the industry – all I know at this point is that I definitely want to be a director.”

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break? Here’s your chance to have your work exhibited with some of the best creatives in Derbyshire as the winner of Peak District Artisans’ Emerging Artist/ Maker-Designer Award. The group is offering the winner the opportunity to show and sell their work in venues across the region including The Dome in Buxton, Chatsworth and St John Street Gallery in Ashbourne. The award will include free membership of Peak District Artisans for the first year, with discounted membership for a further two years (worth a total of £500); a cash prize of £150; mentoring and advice on exhibiting and selling; exhibition opportunities; inclusion in the Peak District Artisan brochure and promotion online. Sue Prince, Chair of Peak District Artisans said: “We recognise that the wider Peak District has many gifted creative people, and we know how difficult it is to start off as a professional. With this in mind we are excited about finding and supporting new talent. “The amount of knowledge and artsbeat June 2019

experience within Peak District Artisans is immeasurable and very generously shared among members. We really look forward to fostering and encouraging a new member inspired by the Peak District.” Peak District Artisans are working in partnership with The Trevor Osborne Trust and St John Street Gallery for this initiative. If you are interested in applying go to www.peakdistrictartisans. co.uk/emerging Meanwhile the artisans’ Great Dome Art and Design Fair is returning to the Devonshire Dome in Buxton this summer, with a new visitor engagement opportunity. Part of the Buxton Festival Fringe, which runs from July 3 to 24, the fair will see more than 40 members of the group exhibiting their original artwork, handmade products and unique gifts. One of the exhibiting members is magazine-collage artist, Giles Davies from Derby who featured on BBC One’s Home Is Where The Art Is. Throughout the weekend, visitors are invited to watch live demonstrations of artists at work. For the first time this year, in a live participation feature, people will be able to contribute to a community folk art painting. Sue, who specialises in creating and leading community folk art projects, explained: “We’re giving visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in the creative atmosphere and

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capture the event. People will be invited to personalise and paint themselves onto a canvas using basic pre-prepared sketched outlines, they’ll also have the opportunity to add their names to the artwork.” This year’s event is sponsored by Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust. Speaking about the sponsorship, Trevor said: “The art on display not only adds to the town’s cultural reputation but it brings visitors and makes a positive contribution to the local economy. Where art goes, people follow, and I am delighted to be a supporter of Peak District Artisans.” There is a preview evening from 6.30pm-8.30pm on July 19 and the exhibtion is then on from 10am-5pm on July 20 and 21. Go to peakdistrictartisans. co.uk for more details.

n arena Bookfest date THE first Glossop Bookfest will provide a new opportunity for authors and illustrators to meet the public and exhibit their work. The date and venue are booked: July 6, from 2pm6pm, at Glossop Central Methodist Church, Chapel Street, but the organisers are hoping participants will help with the rest and make the event their own. So if you want a stall, or to run a workshop or promote your writing group get in touch with them via captaincuthbertandscatthecat @hotmail.com For more details please visit www.facebook.com/ events/2134397643524529/

Crich creatives ART Stand is a new group of six like-minded artists from the Crich area. Denise Cliffen is a professional painter and muralist, who runs workshops at Willersley Castle Hotel. David Hunns is a retired art teacher who paints landscapes in watercolour and oils. Joanne Hassan creates intricate and delicate forms and wedding favours in leather. Sandra Maycock loves to spin and weave, using the results to produce beautiful and individual garments. Kennedy Hunns uses felting techniques to explore the environment and nature, producing tactile images. Finally, Philip Cox likes to use mixed media to produce sculptures, but is particularly well known for his wonderful full size figures and creations in Papier Mache. Later in the year they intend to hold an exhibition of the group’s work.

AN innovative new art installation, the creation of artist and lighting designer Jo Fairfax will be exhibited at Cromford Mills from July 25. The installation – Mr Arkwright – is a water and cyclepowered drawing machine which takes inspiration from Sir Richard Arkwright’s early career. The installation makes comparisons to Arkwright’s water-frame. Where the water frame made cotton, this machine makes drawings. Visitors will be able to operate

Pedalling art the drawing machine by cycling a tandem, triggering a hydraulic mechanism to create an image. Each participant will be able to take home their drawing as a souvenir. Jo Fairfax said, “I find Richard Arkwright’s achievements really inspiring. His mind combined engineering, architecture, mechanics, nature, housing, entrepreneurship, business and invention.”

Children’s choice CHILDREN in six Derby primary schools have chosen The Girls by Lauren Ace, illustrated by Jenny Løvlie as the winner of the first Derby Book Festival Children’s Picture Book Award, which aims to celebrate picture books that children can relate to and in which the diversity and challenges of modern life are represented. The children read the four shortlisted books in March and voted for their favourite. The winning book is published by Little Tiger

Press and both Lauren and Jenny will visit the schools in July. The award has been run as a pilot in 2019 but the Festival plans to roll it out across the city in 2020. artsbeat June 2019

n arena Festé spectacular DERBY Festé and Derby Cathedral have joined forces to bring a breathtaking attraction to the city. Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram and will be installed in Derby Cathedral for visitors to enjoy in the run up to and throughout Derby Festé which will return to the city streets on September 27 and 28. The installation is a fusion of lunar imagery, moonlight and surround sound composition created by award-winning composer Dan Jones.

Strictly for youth BUXTON Opera House will be holding juvenile chorus auditions for the 2019 pantomime Cinderella at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, on June 15, 1-5pm.Applicants can download a registration form from buxtonoperahouse. org.uk or email the opera house’s learning and engagement officer Beth Holmes at bholmes@boh.org. uk. Writer/director Philip Dart says the panto will have a ‘Strictly’ theme.

Nursing ambition THE 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale is to be celebrated by Belper Arts Festival with an ambitious initiative. Kissing Miss Nightingale’s Shadow is a one-woman play written by George Gunby, the director of Belper Arts Festival. Performances are already scheduled at Lea, where she lived, Belper and Derby during the Festival of artsbeat June 2019

2020. However, George has a wider ambitionand wants to organise 200 per formances of the play to take place at the same time on May 12 2020. The licence to perform the play and music will be £30 with profits going into educational initiatives organised by Belper Arts Festival. For more details contact George at nonnel@sky.com or by telephone on 07847 478251

n arena Classical offer ROLLS-ROYCE is offering 300 free tickets for people living in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Derby to enjoy the Darley Park outdoor classical music concert in September. This will be the third year that tickets have been sold for the concert and Rolls-Royce wants to ensure that people from all communities still have the chance to enjoy the event. The company will be offering tickets through Sinfonia Viva’s involvement in This is Derby – the arts and cultural partnership programme with young people from vulnerable groups, including those eligible for free school meals, in alternative education or in care as well as young carers and children and young people with special education needs and disabilities. To book paid-for tickets ahead of the concert please go to derbylive.co.uk

Artist moves in ORGANISERS of the Wirksworth Festival have appointed an artist in residence to work in the town this summer. Renowned sculptor Mike Shaw will be based at a cottage in the town provided by funds from the charitable organisation – The Ampersand Foundation. He will begin working on a project there on July 1 and will exhibit a work in progress show at the town’s arts festival in September and a final exhibition of finished work in 2020. “We see this as a great development for us, especially in this our 25 anniversary of the Trail,” said festival chair Carol Taylor.

ART saved Notre Dame once and it can save it again, Buxton International Festival’s chief executive Michael Williams said in advance of the UK premiere of an awardwinning musical performance inspired by the Parisian cathedral which was recently ravaged by fire. South African organist Zorada Temmingh will use improvised organ music to add a new dimension to the 1923 silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame which will be shown in the town’s parish church as part of the Festival in July. Victor Hugo’s book, Notre Dame de Paris (1829-1831),

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Restoration play was in part intended to spur the French authorities of the day to restore the cathedral to its former glory. “Hugo’s art inspired the French to save Notre Dame then and it is now, thanks to the books, films and music which made its story an icon of French national life, that art will ensure it rises from the ashes,” said Michael. Zorada Temmingh and the film can be seen on July 7, St John’s Church, Buxton. For more details go to buxtonfestival.co.uk THE Roundhouse at Derby is hosting a themed-screening of the family film Matilda based on Roald Dahl’s awardwinning book as part of Derby Book Festival. The show is on Sunday, June 2, from 11am-2pm in the Carriage Shop Theatre at the iconic building in Pride Park. There will also be a ‘magical’ ‘fancy-dress competition, themed snacks and face painting. The book festival is taking place all over the city until June 8 and there will still be tickets left for some events. Go to derbybookfestival.co.uk for full details. artsbeat June 2019

n arena Forest festival TIMBER a unique, sitespecific festival celebrating nature at Feanedock, in the National Forest, is returning for a second year from July 5-7 – fresh from winning Best New Festival at the UK Festival Awards. It will host dance, performance, arts and debate, with music from Gwenno, Hannah Peel, Stealing Sheep, You Tell Me, Jesca Hoop and guest curator Elizabeth Alker from BBC Radio 3 and 6Music, to name a few. Go to timberfestival.org.uk for tickets.

Village name in art A SCULPTURE at the entrance to the North Derbyshire village Doe Lea has won an East Midlands Royal Institute of British Architects Award. The sculpture was commissioned by BEAM, a Yorkshire based public arts charity, and was designed by Tonkin Liu. It is a careful interpretation of the curved scars of the mining landscape and how these landscape lines can be reinterpreted into a ‘line going for a walk’.

One Step at a time LEE Latchford-Evans from pop super group Steps will headline in the title role of this year’s family pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield. Lee joined pop phenomenon Steps in 1997 and achieved huge success with the band winning numerous awards including the BRIT award for Best Live Act in 2000. artsbeat June 2019

Away from the band, experienced actor Lee has also starred in musicals in London’s West End and numerous pantomimes throughout the UK. Pantomime producer Paul Holman said: “I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect Jack for Chesterfield’s panto.” Tickets for the pantomime, which starts on December 6 are on sale now. Go to chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk for details.

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ONE, TWO, THREE

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ne of the foremost pianists of our time, Peter Donohoe CBE, is to be the Artist-in-Residence at the Buxton International Festival this year. It is all the more fitting as Peter gave his first public performance in the town. He was born in Manchester in 1953; studied at Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, graduated in music at Leeds University, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. In 1982 he made waves by securing the joint first prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and since then he has been in high demand. In recent seasons he has appeared with Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; St Petersburg Philharmonic and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He has also been a jury member for several international competitions. At Buxton this July he will be performing in a series of four concerts at the Pavilion Arts Centre. In the first ( July 3) he offers an entirely Viennese programme; in the second ( July 11) he is joined by violinist Alissa Margulis for two masterpieces of the French romantic repertoire; for the third ( July 15) the two of them will be joined by the Swedish cellist artsbeat June 2019

Peter Donohue is the 2019 Artist-inResidence and Victoria Dawson is the Book Festival organiser

Per NystrÖm for a programme including Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. For the final recital ( July 16) Peter presents an all Russian programme including music by the neglected genius Scriabin. The new book festival organiser Victoria Dawson says that she hopes she has created a programme for 2019 that is thoughtful and creative. She has introduced a new idea to the festival with a series of Literary Salons. “They are my way of bringing new ideas and characters to our festival audience,” she says.

“Designed to be intimate, lush and rather special, they quietly introduce books and music in the bohemian setting of Edwardian Moorcroft House, exactly as the great literary hostesses did at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century,” she added. The evenings will each be complete with a charming hostess and musical accompaniment as well as a gin aperitif. For artsbeat’s pick of the twoweek festival turn the page. n More details of all events can be found at buxtonfestival. co.uk

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Start your festival adventure at the Palace Hotel at 10am listening to Sarah Ward and her crime writing friends, discussing why the best crime novels are reliant on a defined sense of place. You then have time for a coffee before heading to the Pavilion Arts Centre to listen to the dynamic young quartet Improviso. After lunch it is the highlight of the day, the opera Georgiana, which is on from 2-4.30pm. If, however, opera is not your cup of tea then take a long lunch and save yourself for a

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lively afternoon with Lizzie Ball and the Classical Kicks Ensemble at the Pavilion Arts Centre from 3.30-4.30pm. Next up is Mill Songs and Georgian Chamber Music at the Pump Room. Philip Park of the Arkwright Society will be discussing mill song and its contribution to working-class Georgian England. Our choice for the evening is Zorada Temmingh playing the organ to silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame at St John’s Church. You can read more about that on page 18. artsbeat June 2019

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This is a take-it-easy day as you don’t have to arrive in town until noon when you will be able to see a performance by to Soprano Bethan Langford and pianist Keval Shah, who are at the forefront of a new generation of Lieder performers. Their programme, at St John’s Church, celebrates the life of Georgiana Cavendish. Your afternoon will be spent watching the opera Orpheus in the Underworld from Opera della Luna. The new translation by Jeff Clarke casts a satirical eye on our own society in much the same way as the original lampooned Paris. You will then have time to walk over to The Pump Room to listen to Dr Gillian Williamson discussing the role of the Georgian seaside landlady. In the evening you have a choice. It’s either the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, visiting Buxton for the first time and performing in the newly restored Octagon, or an audience with Kate Humble who will be talking about her lastest book as well as her work with wildlife. Ticket availability might be the deciding factor for this conundrum. artsbeat June 2019

Cultural historian Anna Beer with be discussing her book Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh at 10.30am. A thoroughly interesting way to start your day giving you enough time afterwards to sneak a cup of coffee before going to St John’s Church for a performance by the Victoria String Quartet. You will then need to have a quick bite to eat before heading to the day’s opera Lucio Papirio Dittatore. The story of family strife in pre-Imperial Rome, this

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forgotten gem by the Italian composer Antonio Caldara, is the perfect vehicle for the dynamic baroque ensemble La Serenissima. After a day of classical music for the evening our choice would be The Julian Bliss Septet which will transport you back to the heady days of classic swing and jazz. It doesn’t finish until 9.30pm but it might still be worth trying to finish your day out listening to Bella Hardy who will be playing in the Pavilion Cafe from 9pm until 10.30pm.

Nick Robinson

Friday July 19

If you are going to do politics at the festival then it has to be with the BBC’s Nick Robinson. Start the day early at 9am in the Pavilion Arts Centre where Nick will be discussing the future of our political parties with academic and author Martin Moore. He will then be in conversation with Felicity Goodey talking about his career as a journalist and radio presenter. Before lunch there is an intriguing festival walk revealing the sites of the first theatres in Buxton – long before the opera house was built. Apparently the violinist Paganini once played in the town. The walk starts at 12 noon in the tea garden at St John’s Church. The afternoon’s entertainment will be the quartet A Good Reed? who will be playing the bassoon and contrabassoon. At 6pm you will be able to catch the Opera Talk for some insight into Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin before heading to the evening’s peformance. The conductor is the festival’s artistic director Adrian Kelly and the music is by the Northern Chamber Orchestra.

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Tania Magee

Semi-abstract figurative work in mixed media

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artsbeat previews this month’s stand-out exhibitions Derby Print Open, Green Door Printmaking

he Derby Print Open is an exhibition open to all, showcasing contemporary printmaking from artists based in the United Kingdom. A total of 82 printmakers submitted their work, and more than 200 prints were shortlisted to be exhibited. This year, the Derby Print Open will be hosted within Banks Mill Studios and across four additional supporting venues, encompassing a Print Trail for people to follow. First stop on the trail is The Smallprint Company, Derby’s

Exhibitions and galleries

Art-en-le-Frith, St Thomas Becket Church, Chapel-en-le-Frith n A variety of work from more than 18 artists from Chapel and surrounding areas. The Evening Preview takes place on July 4, at 7.30-10pm. The exhibition will be open from 10am-4pm on July 5 and 6 and from 1-4pm on July 7. For further information please contact: celiamilligan1@aol.com Ashford Art Group, War Memorial Institute, Ashford-in-the-Water n Annual Exhibition, June 15-23. Open 10am-5pm daily. Admission free. Paintings in various media, cards, and sculptures for sale. Member artists will welcome visitors. artsbeat June 2019

unique letterpress studio in Friary Street. Then there is The Squashed Tomato cafe in The Strand, followed by Elements Tea and Coffee House, in Victoria Street and finally Bear, located in the Cathedral Quarter. Awards have been generously donated by businesses within the cultural and

Gallery in the Gardens, Buxton n The Gallery at the heart of the Pavilion Gardens is the home of the High Peak Artists group. It contains the work of 43 artists and craftspeople. Go to galleryinthegardens.co.uk for details. Baslow Pottery,Baslow n The ceramics gallery displays original work from more than 20 local artists. Wednesday to Saturday, 10.30am-5.30pm and 11am-5pm on Sundays and bank holidays. More details at baslowpottery.co.uk. Buxton Garden Trail The annual Buxton Garden Trail will include its first be a pop-up Sculpture Park this year. More than 30 gardens across the town will be open to visitors over the weekend of June 8-9, from 10am-5pm.

creative industries. Selected participating printmakers will be presented with awards, such as exhibition and residency opportunities, art materials and creative workshops during the launch evening at Banks Mill Studios on June 7, from 5-8pm. Anna Johnson, Creative Director of Green Door Printmaking Studio said: “We are delighted by the quality and quantity of submissions that we have received for our second Derby Print Open. “We also wish to thank our award givers and venues for their support and we hope that everyone in Derby enjoys all the work exhibited throughout June, as well as each location on our Print Trail.” The exhibition is on until June 29. For more details go to derbyprintopen.org Buxton Spa Prize, Green Man Gallery, Buxton June 28-July 31, See entries to the annual en-plein air competition staged in Buxton. More details from buxtonspaprize.co.uk Chatsworth House, Chatsworth n The Dog: A Celebration at Chatsworth, until October 6. More details at chatsworth.org Chesterfield Art Club n Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery 10am-4pm. Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday until June 28, a display of memorabilia celebrating the club’s history with an exhibition and sale of art work. n Chesterfield Art Club Exhibition, June 22 and 23, at Cavendish Village Hall, School Lane, Beeley DE4 2NU 10am-4.30pm daily.

n gallery Church Farm Art Gallery, Baslow n The gallery is a showcase for both professional and talented amateur artists. Owner Norman Tomlinson, exhibits his own work, and others such as Caroline Appleyard, David Alderman, Mike Connley and Judy Tomlinson. Open ThursdaySaturday 10.30am-5pm. Go to churchfarmgallery.co.uk for details. John Connollyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ormscliffe Studio-Gallery, Bolsover n More than 300 original paintings are on show at this personal studio and gallery in Bolsover. Go to connollyart.com for more details. Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford n The featured artist for June is Tarnia Magee who works primarily in mixed media and enjoys painting the human form as a structure of realism. To contrast this, she incorporates abstraction using texture in order to express movement and vitality. The gallery is open WednesdaySunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. The Derwent Gallery, Grindleford n The Coloured Landscape Exhibition by Richard Clare. He is known for his colourful and dynamic paintings of the Peak District National Park. Many paintings are created from memory or sketches, using colours not normally associated with the British landscape. The gallery is open

Gallerytop at Rowsley has still life paintings by Paul Stone

Anna Thomas at Ashbourne ST JOHN Street Gallery, in Ashbourne will be exhibiting Stories on the Wind by Anna Thomas, from June 15-29. You can meet the artist on June 15 from 11am-3pm. Anna lived in Derbyshire for many years, but following her recent move to Cumbria we now see a new influence at work in her joyful landscapes. She uses oil, acrylic and mixed media to weave narratives which reflect her 11am-4pm Wednesday-Saturday and 1pm-4pm on Sundays. Telephone 01433 630458. Duffield Gallery, 7 Bridge Street, Belper n Work by James Preston, Colin Halliday, Phil Dyke, James Brereton, Nick Walker, Lynn Smith, Peter Watson, Frank Wright, Jenny Aitken, Robin Mason, Ruth Gray, Mark Fox, Lynne Wilkinson, Mark Beresford and Martin Davis. Open Thursday-Saturday, 10.30am-5pm and Sundays, 11am-3pm. For more details go to duffieldartgallery.co.uk Ferrers Gallery, Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts, Staunton Harold n Down The Garden Path, an

surroundings. Her paintings are busy, colourful and often touched by a tender humour. exhibition that celebrates the beauty of our gardens, until June 16. For details go to ferrersgallery.co.uk Gallerytop, Rowsley n During June the gallery will be showing new paintings as well as sculpture, prints, ceramics and jewellery. New work will be arriving throughout the month including a group of still life paintings by Paul Stone. The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm. More details at gallerytop.co.uk Gallery 23, Union Road, New Mills n The gallery, open 10am-5pm, Monday to Saturday, exhibits travel photography by Peter Aitchison and mixed media work by Christine Ormsby. For more information about workshops and exhibitions go to gallery23.co.uk The Gallery, High Street, New Mills n The gallery is run collectively by 30 artists and showcases a variety of work including paintings, jewellery, silk scarves, ceramics and feltwork. Open 10am-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. n On June 29 and 30, 11am-4pm, Homestead Farm, in Disley, will open its house and grounds to host a pop artsbeat June 2019

n gallery Richard Whittlestone WILDLIFE artist Richard Whittlestone holds his Summer Exhibition from June 15-20 at his gallery on the Chatsworth estate. Many new paintings will be on show for the first time, from close portraits to larger landscape-inspired pieces. Professional for 31 years, Richard’s favoured medium is acrylic – usually on panel – and his style realistic, almost three dimensional. “My aim is to make the viewer trust the subject is believable, that there is life behind their eye and they may make a move up art and craft exhibition of gallery work in support of Cancer Research. Seventeen of the gallery artists will show their art, including paintings and prints, jewellery, felt and silk, ceramics, photography, wood, glass and more. There will also be live music from Gypsy Jazz. Homestead Farm is on Jackson’s Edge Road, SK12 2JR . Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill, Derby n The Derby Print Open. See more details on page 25. The gallery is open 11am-3pm (closed Tuesdays and Sundays). For more details, visit: greendoor-printmaking.co.uk The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n Laura Slade – Watercolours, until June 21 – A special exhibition for Derbyshire Open Arts, inspired by the local landscape, wildlife and working country life. n June 8-July 24, Fringe 40 Archive Exhibition. Artefacts, posters, photos and programmes from 40 years of Buxton Festival Fringe. artsbeat June 2019

at any moment. I have studied birds and animals at close quarters all my life, their connection to the environment and the ebb and flow of their daily lives, it is this that I remember when I paint and it helps create the reality.” Accompanying the originals n June 28-July 31, Acts of Making, joint exhibition for Buxton Fringe by The Green Man Gallery resident artists. For further information contact hello@thegreenmangallery. com or 01298 937375. Haddon Hall, near Bakewell n A new, permanent exhibition exploring Haddon’s restoration and revival by the 9th Duke of Rutland in the 1920s. More details at haddonhall.co.uk

Richard Clare has a exhibition of work at the Derwent Gallery in Grindleford

are new limited edition prints and greetings cards – all will carry Richard’s trademark tiny fly, hidden somewhere in the composition. Daily 10am-5pm and 11am-4pm Sundays. Go to richardwhittlestone.co.uk for more details. Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper n Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk High Stone Gallery, 2D Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall n Featuring work of photographer Ian Daisley, this gallery displays a range of beautiful fine art prints of Derbyshire and The Peak District, along with other areas of the UK and beyond. There will be open weekends throughout the year. The next is June 29-30. For more details go to highstonegallery.co.uk Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby n Summer Exhibition, June 9-23. See more details on page 28. The gallery is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am-5pm and weekends from noon-5pm. Go to ingleby-gallery.co.uk for details. Isla Fine Art Cards and Gifts, 4b The Colonnade, Buxton n A gallery and gift shop with a beautiful range of work. Work by Mark Brighton and Keith How will

n gallery be exhibited during June. Go to Isla–Fine Art on facebook for more details. Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge n The gallery exhibits about 90 per cent British designers’ and artists’ work. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am-5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm, and Saturdays, 9.30am-4pm. For more details go to jarvagallery.com. Leabrooks Arts Complex, Somercotes n Water and Trees is an exhibition from June 1-28 by artist Susan Tracey. Her work in oil or acrylic demands close attention and conveys the power of quiet, natural scenes. The gallery is open MondaySaturday, 10am-5pm and 11am3.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. For details go to leabrooksartscomplex.com The Manger Gallery, Kings Newton, Melbourne n Secret Places: Images of safety and solace by Michael Cook, pottery by Bev Seth and stained glass by Juliet Forrest. To visit – apart from Derbyshire Open Arts and Open Weekends, please phone or email ahead. Go to mangergallery.co.uk for details. The Messy Hare,Crossley House, Burton upon Trent n A vibrant and creative gallery and coffee shop with almost 30 local artists on show. The coffee shop and gallery is open from 8am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sundays. Go to messyharegallery.co.uk for more details. Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery, Leek n Astound 2019, June 1-22, 10am3.45pm, Monday to Saturday. A contemporary art exhibition showcasing the work of the emerging artists on the Foundation Degree at Leek School of Art. n David and Friends, June 29-

Ingleby Gallery, near Melbourne THE gallery’s Summer exhibition has new works from Ashbourne artist Peter D Watson, with his coastal scenes of Norfolk and West Wales, together Robin Mason’s paintings of Cornish beaches and the work of David Meredith, who has been a professional sculptor for 16 years. He September 7. An exhibition of works by award-winning Staffordshire artists David Hunt, Jonathan Walker, John Broadhurst, Anita Hill, photographer Chris Hunt, and sculptors, Rachael Talbot and Carl Longworth.

The Old Lock Up Gallery Cromford is staging its first Open exhibition

will be exhibiting his bronze wildlife scultures. The gallery also welcomes Emma Williams with her hand-crafted ceramic bowls as well as Mayflower bespoke silver jewellery from Staffordshire and Jennifer Chance, a newcomer from Shropshire, who uses the mediums of pen, ink and watercolour on hand-made paper to capture the character of the animals she draws. The exhibition is on from June 9-23. The Old Lock Up Gallery, Swift’s Hollow, Cromford n The Gallery’s inaugural Open Exhibition will be on until June 22. The salon style show has over 50 pieces of work by the 39 selected artists from across the UK. Included, among others, are ceramicist Ann Bates, photographer Valerie Dalling and artist Tim Ball from Derbyshire. Visit theoldlockupgallery.org for more details. The gallery is open 11am5pm, Friday through to Sunday. The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth n Summer exhibition from June 15-22. See previous page. The gallery is open 10am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. See details of his latest artsbeat June 2019

n gallery Brookvale House, Oaker, Matlock THE work of the late wildlife artist Pollyanna Pickering will be celebrated in an exhibition to be staged in her private gallery at Brookvale House Oaker, near Matlock from June 22-30. The Spirit of the Jaguar exhibition will showcase previously unseen paintings inspired by her 2017 journeys into the little known Pantanal region of Brazil, where Pollyanna braved extremes of heat and humidity, plagues of mosquitoes and piranhainfested rivers to gather sketches and inspiration. Two new limited edition prints will be released at the exhibition, one which has been exclusively cosigned by Pollyanna and the Founder of the Born Free Foundation Virginia McKenna OBE. Also on display throughout will be Pollyanna’s extensive ranges of books, greetings exhibition on page 27. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk No28, Market Place, Belper n Paintings by Windley-based artist Rosalind Bliss until July 12. For opening times go to No28’s facebook page. Rob Wilson Art, Lockside Mill, St. Martins Road, Marple n The gallery is open to visitors every Friday, 10am-4pm. Go to robwilsonart.co.uk for more details. Smalley Art Group, The Institute, Main Road, Smalley n Exhibition and sale of new paintings June 21-29. Admission is free, June 21, 1pm-5pm; 24-28, 1pm-3pm and weekends 10am-5pm. artsbeat June 2019

cards, fine art and limited edition prints, and a wide variety of gift ware featuring her work, including brand new card crafting kits as launched live on television. A sneak preview of next year’s charity Christmas cards will also be available. Pollyanna’s daughter AnnaSt John Street Gallery, Ashbourne n Stories on the Wind by Anna Thomas, see more details on page 26. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, Monday-Saturday. For more information go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington n The featured artist for June is Derbyshire’s John Connolly with work in acrylics and mixed media. Inspired by sea, moors and woods, John’s work is full of drama and emotion. The observer can experience a feeling of remoteness and sense of place.The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5pm and 9.30am-4pm on Saturday.

Louise will be in the gallery throughout the exhibition. A minimum of ten percent of all sales throughout the exhibition will be donated to worldwide conservation projects through the Pollyanna Pickering Foundation. Find full details at pollyannapickering.co.uk U Choose Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston n Original work by more than 20 local artists can always be seen at the gallery. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk Wirksworth Framing Company, 22 Market Place, Wirksworth n A family-run framing business that exhibits work by a mixture of local artists and prints by nationally renowned artists. Work by Iain Mackay, Scott Naismith, Jo Grundy, Richard Pett, Sam Tofts, Alex Clarke and Thomas Joseph. Go to wirksworthframing.co.uk for details. West Studios, Chesterfield n Go to chesterfield.ac.uk or email hello@weststudios.co.uk for details.

Summer Exhibition

David Meredith | Peter D Watson | Robin Mason Jennifer Chance | Carolyn Craven | Emma Williams Mayflower Jewellery

Ingleby Gallery 9th - 23rd June

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Ingleby, Nr Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7HW Telephone Gill Watson 01332 865995 e-mail gillwatson@ingleby-gallery.co.uk website www.ingleby-gallery.co.uk Open Wednesday to Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday noon - 5pm

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NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Samantha Lyn Clarke tells John Phillips about the role of Georgiana

ising opera star Samantha Lyn Clarke’s first leading role was as a muchmisunderstood saint. Now she’s following that up as a muchmisunderstood sinner… London-born, but raised in Australia and South Africa, Samantha is taking the lead role in Buxton International Festival’s world premiere of Georgiana, about the life and loves of the Fifth Duchess of Devonshire who fascinated and scandalised high society in Georgian England. Georgiana, the subject of the Keira Knightley film The Duchess, could hardly be more different to the martyred Theodora, Samantha’s first leading role in an opera Handel wrote just before the Fifth Duchess burst forth in the gambling houses, political hustings and salons of the London scene. Theodora bombed at the box office, and Handel complained that some wouldn’t come because it was a Christian story, “and the ladies will not come because it is a virtuous one”. What the Georgians were waiting for was someone like Georgiana. The opera explores the real person behind the scandals – a lover shared with her husband, kisses for votes, gambling debts of £3 million in today’s money – and it is Samantha’s job to reveal the woman behind the headlines. “There are so many different accounts of her life, so artsbeat June 2019

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She was forced into a life which wasn’t what she thought it would be many different biases,” said Samantha, who has just recently completed an intensive Masters of Music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar. “It’s very complex. You just have to go for her side of things completely. She was forced into a life that wasn’t what she thought it was going to be, and forced into a marriage where she was completely alone. “It’s just extraordinary what she went through,” added Samantha, whose many prizes include the Michael and Joyce Kennedy award for the singing of Strauss. Festival chief executive Michael Williams, a novelist and librettist, has written the lyrics for the opera, but the music is a pasticcio – or mix – of music

from the period: literally the soundtrack to Georgiana’s life. “It was such a short life, as all lives were then,” said Samantha. “Everything she was going through was at my age. It’s hard for me to imagine that or even contemplating that happening in my life now.” Having said that, Samantha’s own life has led her in Georgiana’s footsteps as she is now based in London, but she is delighted to be coming back north. “I went to the Northern (RNCM) so I always knew that Buxton was a great company to be with because they really look after you, especially the young artists,” she said. “And I feel so lucky to have had my first years away from Australia in Manchester. It was a perfect breathing space before going to London, where the bus drivers don’t shout: ‘Morning, love!’ ” Georgiana is at Buxton International Festival, July 5 to 21. See buxtonfestival.co.uk for details.

Samantha at a preview of Georgiana, staged for The Friends of Buxton International Festival at Chatsworth House in April

POTS OF FUN IN CERAMICIST’S HOME STUDIO

Artist Jo Everitt first discovered the joys of working with clay as an eight-year-old child

eramicist Jo Everitt is a vivacious woman whose mischievous nature is reflected in her work. Having fun is one of her main aims in life and she wants to make sure that the pieces she creates in her studio resonate with that ethos. You only have to look at the amazing candelabras she is currently making to see that she is succeeding. “I want there to be a certain playfulness about my work as, for me, my idea of fun is when I am in my studio experimenting and exploring new ideas. I am just completely fascinated with what you can do with clay. “You could live your lifetime five times over and still not have tried everything,” she said in the kitchen of her home perched high up above Matlock Bath’s main street. Jo moved to the village with her family 13 years ago around the same time as she started teaching art at Noel-Baker Academy in Derby. The 48-year-old artist says

the house needed some tender loving care when they first arrived and she had to wait five years or so before she could concentrate on creating a new studio. “At first I used a shed at the top of the garden and that was challenging,” she said with a laugh as she pointed skywards. I could see what she meant carrying materials up that rocky slope would not have been easy. Now though she has a small but perfect studio just outside the back door. “There were not many places on the level here so it had to be carefully worked out,” she added. In pride of place in the studio is Jo’s faithful kiln. “I have had it for more than 30 years now. It was a gift from my parents when I was 18. “They had saved up to help me and my two sisters buy cars when we were old enough to drive. I had no intention of having a car and asked for a kiln instead,” she explained.

With that nugget of information you will have guessed that Jo has always been obsessed with ceramics. “I was about eight years old when I made a clay rabbit at school and I remember being fascinated that the clay had come out of the ground and we could turn it into almost anything we wanted. “I then went hunting for clay at home and eventually found some in our neighbour’s potato artsbeat June 2019

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Jo Everitt, above, in her studio, her candelabra, left, are proving popular as are her other playful, colourful cups and pots, below and far left

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patch and since then I have been making things whenever and however I could.” Jo, who was born and brought up just across the border in Staffordshire, completed a ceramics degree at the University of Derby in 1996 and then studied for her art teaching qualification after she had her two children. Now, with her family growing up, she has stepped back from all her teaching responsibilities and devotes some of her time to her ceramics. In the last few years she has been busy exhibiting her work at festivals and fairs and her aim is to do more events so that her ceramics reach a wider audience. “I needed to give it room to breathe a bit, and develop new ideas. I am now putting together a body of work that I can start putting out there. It really is quite exciting and of course I am having lots of fun,” she said. n Jo will be at the Melbourne Festival in September and is also hoping to be at Wirksworth Festival. Meantime you can see her work at joeverittceramics.co.uk

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Brush up on your skills – or try something entirely new Betty’s Sewing Box is a treasure trove for crafters

etty’s Sewing Box is one of those places that can keep you occupied for hours and that’s without even booking yourself on to one of the workshops. The shop is packed with patterns, wool, fabric and all sorts of other vintage bits and bobs. There is also a Vintage Tearoom which always looks packed when we drop off the artsbeat magazines so it must be good. And there’s another reason to pop in – you can pick up artsbeat at the same time. If you are looking to try your hand at something new then

Workshops and Courses Artcore, Charnwood Street, Derby n Many different creative living, health and well-being courses. n Every Wednesday – Clay course for beginners, 6-8pm. For details email info@artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561. Adele Kime, Jewellery, Whaley Bridge n Day workshops at a canal-side studio. Small group – maximum four – with homemade cake and refreshments. Beginners/Improvers. Learn a variety of techniques to make your own unique jewellery. For more information and booking go to facebook.com/adelekimejewellery artsbeat June 2019

on June 29 there is a Felting For All workshop which involves making a landscape picture using felt, and machine or hand embroidery, like the one pictured above. The course price includes lunch. If you are quick you could get on to the Make A Dress in a Day session on June 19, but there were only two places left as I typed this. The day is

being billed by Annie Gardiner, who runs Betty’s as The Great Ashbourne Sewing Bee. It is part of the town’s festival and the dress you will make is from a pattern designed by Tilly, of Tilly and The Buttons, who was a contestant on the first BBC2 Great British Sewing Bee. Go to bettys-sewing-box.co.uk for more details.

or email adelekimejewellery@gmail. com Anna Massey, Weekly Painting and Drawing Classes n Various venues in and around the Peaks. Several courses in New Mills, Stockport and Sheffield, including painting and drawing classes: Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am, New Mills; and Wednesdays 1.15-3.45pm, Hazel Grove. For more details go to annamasseyartist.com or call 07947380078 Anne Alldread Textiles n Weekly Textile Groups, Monday pm and Wednesday am in Belper. Small groups with an emphasis on having fun while creating. A variety of techniques to include wet felting, dyeing, tapestry, printing and much more. Full day workshops also

available. Please contact Anne for further information at annealldread. com or on 07817745705 Betty’s Sewing Box, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne n Craft Workshops, crochet groups, quilting, beginners sewing, felting. See more details above or go to bettys-sewing-box.co.uk Bob Neill, Pyrography Tuition, 10 Long Croft, Aston on Trent n One-day courses and group workshops. Contact 01332 792036 or visit bobneillpyrography.co.uk. Elizabeth Blades, art tuition, Studio 4:2, Banks Mill Derby n One-to-one tuition with artist Elizabeth Blades. For further information and details of how to book a session email elizabethlouieblades@gmail.com.

n have a go Chesterfield Branch Embroiderers’ Guild n First Thursday of each month 7-9pm The Saints Parish Rooms. St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield S41 7TH. Go to embroiderersguild.com 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. Call 01629 826434 for more details. Derbyshire Adult Education n Various courses available at venues including the Derbyshire Eco Centre, near Wirksworth and Sharp’s Pottery at Swadlincote. To book a place call 01629 533290, email swadlincote.ace@derbyshire. gov.uk or go to, derbyshire.gov.uk/ coursesearch. Esther Tyson Screenprinting workshops, Via Gellia Mills, Bonsall n Gain a basic knowledge of screenprinting. All equipment and materials provided. For details email esther.tyson@network.rca.ac.uk Glossop Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, Glossop Cricket Club, SK13 7AS n Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month, 1-3pm. Go to glostitchedup.blogspot.co.uk for details. Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill, Derby n Relief Printing for Beginners Night Class, June 6, 13, 20 and 27, 6-9pm. n Cyanotype for Photography, June 8, 11am-3pm. n Linocut, June 9, 11am-3pm. Learn how to create, carve and print a single colour linocut. n Drypoint on Copper,June 15, 11am-4pm. n Screen Printing with Monotype, June 15, 11am-3pm. n Mono Printing with Found Objects, June 22, 11am-3pm. n Solar Plate Etching, June 22 and 23, 11am-3pm.

n Colour Techniques with Intaglio Printing, June 29, 11am-4pm. n Screen Printing for T-Shirts, June 29, 11am-4pm. Concessions and student discounts available. For more details and to book online, visit: greendoorprintmaking.co.uk or call 07919 823 097. Green Man Gallery, Buxton n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. n Adult Dance Classes: Every Thursday, dance for fun and fitness. 7pm tap dancing, 8pm ballet/body conditioning. For information or to book, call Catherine Farrimond, on 01298 70984. n Mini Mosaic Workshop. Materials provided but you can also bring your own crockery pieces. June 2, 12.303pm. Booking essential. n Writers’ Retreat. A chance to write without distractions, June 9 from 10am-4pm. New monthly event organised by Writers’ HQ. Booking essential. Details at writershq.co.uk/ writing-retreats n Gallery Interactive: An Evening of Zines, Charlie Collins hosts a workshop in zine-making for anyone who loves to draw, paint, create or write. June 10, 7pm-9.30pm. Refreshments available. Booking advised. n Carnival Puppets Workshop. Join Two Left Hands to create puppets large and small to be carried in this summer’s Buxton Carnival Parade. June 23, 11am-4pm. Free. Details at www.facebook.com/ twolefthandsbuxton For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated. Needle Felting with Hannah Dodd, Broadbottom, Glossop n A full day creating cute street scenes in 3d. All equipment, materials and lunch included £45. July 11, 10.30am-3.30pm. Visit

hannahdoddtextileartist.co.uk or call 07590496926 for more details and to book. High Peak Stitchers, Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club, North Road, Glossop n Meetings first Wednesday of the month, from 2-4pm, visitors’ entrance is £4. John Connolly, Ormscliffe Studio, 16 Langwith Road, Bolsover n Acrylics and mixed media tuition is available for very small groups or one-to-one. All abilities welcome. More details at connollyart.com or Call 07967 316622. Jane Bevan, Making Crafts and Jewellery with Natural Materials n Crafts, June 22, 10am-4pm. at the artist’s studio in Ticknall, South Derbyshire. n Jewellery, July 20, 10am–1pm, The Old Village Store, Main Road, Sudbury, DE6 5HS. n Crafts, August 1, 10am–4pm, The Old Village Store, Main Road, Sudbury. Includes a short foraging walk in Sudbury Hall Gardens. To book telephone 0794 1626452 or email janebevan@btconnect.com Viveka Bowry, Life Drawing Classes, Strutts Centre, Belper n Life Drawing group (non-tutored) with yoga poses to draw, first Wednesday of month, 10am-noon. Contact Viveka on 01629 258362. Leabrooks Artists Forum, Somercotes n Artists sharing information, ideas and enterprise. Meetings are on the first Saturday of every month from 10.30am-1pm. Beverages and cake cost £3.50, if required, everything else is free. Painters, sculptors and potters who have experience of exhibiting are invited to join the group. Go to leabrooksartscomplex. com for more details. Life Drawing with Lily Hammond Art, Ashover Village Hall, Ashover n The first Thursday of every month, complete beginners are more than artsbeat June 2019

n have a go welcome. Classes are two hours and cost £15 with materials included. Go to info@lilyhammondart.com for booking and more information. Louise West Lace Design 6 Friar Gate Studios, Derby n Evening classes in bobbin lace making, Tuesdays 6-8pm. n One-day bobbin lace workshops for a maximum of ten students, £30, June 5 and August 14. n Louise also holds Bedfordshire Lace weekend courses. Go to louisewestlacedesign.co.uk for booking details. Matlock Artists’ Society, All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street n The club’s Portrait Group meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-noon. Everyone welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. For details contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640. n At the same venue, on the second Thursday and fourth Friday of every month, the society invites all keen to paint/draw in a happy, relaxed group to go along. This is a self-help group with no tutor, 9.30am-noon. For details 01629 584708. The Old Lock Up Gallery, Swifts Hollow, Cromford n Life drawing, Tuesdays 6.308.30pm weekly £12. n Sketch Group Mondays 7pm 8.30pm weekly £6.50. n Spoon Carving, June 15. n Abstracting from Nature – Day 1, July 13. n Coptic Book Binding, August 5. n Abstracting from Nature – Day 2, August 18. n Japanese Bookbinding, September 16. Booking essential. Go to the website for further information theoldlockupgallery.org The Old House Studio, Woodhead Road, Torside, Glossop n Art courses in the Peak District. Top UK Artists. For more details visit pennine-art.uk Tel: 01457 857527, email: info@pennine-art.uk artsbeat June 2019

Pam Smart, Art Workshops in the Studio with a View, Buxton n Fabulous Flowers, June 22. n Seaside Sketchbook, July 23. n Glorious Gardens August 10 and 11. n Autumn Sketchbook, October 19. Full day workshop from 10am-4pm with materials and refreshments. For details go to pamsmart.co.uk Sew Need A Drink, Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall, sewing classes with Louise James n Make a patchwork vanity bag with Handle, June 7, 9.30am-2.30pm. n Absolute Beginners: make a fully adjustable full length apron (for a child or adult), June 12, 6.30-10pm. n Make a nautical beach bag with rope handles, Thursday June 27, 6.30pm-10pm. n Creative Day. Design and make your own free motion embroidered wall art. June 30, 10am-3pm. All classes include a kit with all the materials cut out and ready to sew, instructions, tuition, homemade cake and refreshment. For more details go to sewneedadrink.co.uk Small Print Company, 2-3 Friary Street, Derby n Various courses including Creating a Letterpress Print, and Coptic and Japanese Bookbinding. Details of all the courses and their prices can be found at smallprintcompany.co.uk StraightCurves, 104 Saltergate, Chesterfield n A range of arts and crafts workshops and courses from drawing and painting to mosaics and beading, for all ages and abilities from accessible studios in Chesterfield. There are also regular events see details below. Book online at straightcurves.co.uk 01246 807575. n Woolly Wednesdays – every Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm and 6.30-9pm. All arts and crafts are welcome at this session. n Little Creatives – a workshop

designed especially for pre-school children and their parent, every Friday and Monday 9.45-11am. n Book Club – 7-8pm on the third Thursday of the month, refreshments included. St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n Sue Prince Folk Art workshop, June 3 and 4. n Dave Gelder Silver Jewellery workshop, June 10. n Maggie Robinson, Experimenting with Composition, June 12. n Lewis Noble Painting and Sketching the Derbyshire Landscape, June 17-19. n Louise Jannetta Abstract Collaging, Mark Making, Texture and Colour, June 24-25. n Valerie Dalling Photography workshop A Different Way of Painting, June 26. To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk. Storer Farm Landscape Painting Courses, Ashleyhay, near Wirksworth n Course leader: Jeremy Bournon, retired director of art, Repton School. June 8, 9, 15 and 16 and October 5 and 6. Further details on application to jeremyhbournon64@outlook.com. West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield n For more information call West Studios on 01246 500 799, email hello@weststudios.co.uk or go to weststudios.co.uk for details. Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Hopton n Silver Clay Jewellery, two days, June 6-7, tutor Lori Ridgway. n Willow Basket Weaving, two days, June 8-9, tutor Eddie Glew. n Painted Stained Glass, two days, June 20-21, tutor Jane Littlefield. n Willow Animal Sculpture, two days, June 22-23, tutor Emma Parkins. Go to zantium.co.uk or telephone 01629 824377 for details.

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DON’T MISS SIX STREETS ARTS TRAIL

esidents in and around the Six Streets area of Derby will open up their homes and gardens once again for the fifth biennial Arts Trail this month. There will be 50 artists and makers displaying their work at homes and community venues in the area to the north of Kedleston Road. “The Arts Trail is a fantastic way for us to celebrate the creativity and real sense of community which has built up in the Six Streets area,” said Harriet Thompson, one of the local residents organising the event. “Our last trail in 2017 attracted a great crowd and I think we delivered something for every taste at affordable prices. There’s also the area’s period architecture – and for many of us, half the fun is looking around other people’s homes,” she added. Exhibitors will include painters, printers, textile artists, ceramicists, photographers and jewellery makers. They are not all from Derby and among those taking part are magazine collage artist Giles Davies, painter Lor Bird, sculptor Roger Davies, textile artsbeat June 2019

Behind the doors, in the gardens and in the six streets themselves you will discover art and crafts of all kinds

artist Abigail Wastie and photographer David Edge. There will also be impromptu performances from local buskers and bands, a choir, pop-up cafĂŠs and trees yarn bombed with handmade knitted decorations. This year yarn bombers can choose their own theme and anyone wanting to take part should email tinalhampton262@gmail.com to book themselves a tree. artsbeat June 2019

The Six Streets Arts Trail is open from 10am-5pm on June 22 and 23. A guide listing artists and where to find them will be on sale throughout the event. The Six Streets area includes Bromley Street, Park Grove, Wheeldon Avenue, Statham Street, White Street and Parkfields Drive. The community venues are at Markeaton School in Bromley Street and the Broadway Baptist Church.

Six Streets is a not-for-profit community group aiming to make life better by encouraging friendship and a spirit or neighbourliness. It is run by local residents, and they always interested in new people getting involved. n Full details about the artists and locations will be available closer to the event at sixstreetsderby.org, on Facebook @SixStreets and Twitter @SixStreetsArts.

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ebut author Fran Dorricott is a self-confessed bookaholic. If she is not writing one then she is either selling them or reading them. She didn’t say, but I suspect books also find their way into her dreams at night. The 28-year-old from Derby had her first novel, After the Eclipse, published in March and she takes well-deserved delight in the fact it is on the shelves at Waterstones in the city where she works part-time. “I am definitely obsessed with books and for me Derby Waterstones is a pinnacle among bookshops. It is the one I always went to when I was younger and I love it – the staircase is just so beautiful. “I always hoped that one day I might get a job there but there never seemed to be any vacancies and then one day I saw a notice pinned to the door saying they wanted a temp for Christmas. “At the time I was commuting from Derby to London each week to study for my MA artsbeat June 2019

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in Creative Writing. I had a couple of jobs but I decided I would rather give them both up and take on the temporary job as I wanted to work there so much. “I rather hoped that once they realised how passionate I was about books they would want to keep me on. And fortunately they did,” she said happily. That was more than three years ago and Fran, who studied American Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, has since also graduated with her MA from City University and written her book, which she says took her just a couple of months to complete. “I am quite a fast writer as I have been doing it since I was 14 or 15. I used to enter a competition called the NaNoWriMo which involves writing a novel in a month. It artsbeat June 2019

gave me experience at writing about 1,500 words a day. “I knew then that I wanted to get something published. I was so determined that it was definitely a case of when not if for me. I wasn’t sure if I was limiting my options by studying creative writing but a teacher told me that if I was going to spend my whole life regretting not doing it then I should go for it,” she explained. It was another tutor at university who, impressed by Fran’s work, recommended her to the agent who in turn won her a book deal with the publishers Titan Books. After The Eclipse is an adult psychological thriller that explores community and family

ties in a story about two girls who go missing 16 years apart, both during a solar eclipse. Fran says she has set the story in a fictional Derbyshire village based on a mixture Matlock Bath and Bakewell. Fran will be talking about her experience as a debut crime novel author at Derby Book Festival on June 2. She will be alongside best-selling novelist John Harvy and midlist writer AA Dhand at the event in Déda at 5pm. “I absolutely love the Derby Book Festival and have always really enjoyed being part of the Waterstones team selling books at the events. To be taking part myself this year as an author is unbelievable,” she said. n For more details about the festival go to derbybookfestival. co.uk and to buy Fran’s book go to frandorricott.com or Waterstones.

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GET STREETWISE

artsbeat previews some of the must-see acts at Ashbourne Festival

shbourne is promising us 17 days of non-stop entertainment during its annual festival from June 21-July 7. As usual the fortnight kicks off with two days of Streetfest – a distinctive blend of daring and silliness for which this festival within a festival is known. There will be a great selection of street performers from around the world, including Ashbourne’s favourites, The Wardens and Ocho a sevenmetre-wide roaming octopus. Other street acts will both thrill you and make you laugh with clowning, mime, gymnastics, contortion, hula hoops, pole balancing and, of course, catching cabbages on their heads. Headline speakers and performers include many who you will know from television and radio. These include; Val McDermid, the Queen of crime writing; popular historian David Olusoga who has made many brilliant television documentaries and will be talking about the Windrush scandal, artist and art historian Lachlan Goudie who has also made a number of TV shows; the young explorer Will Millard; ‘smart machine’ scientist Professor Danielle George and poet and TV producer Henry Normal who, in addition to having made many famous comedy shows and feature films, is now a regular broadcaster. There will be a fascinating talk from locally-based artsbeat June 2019

Speed painter Jon Hicks has been enthralling crowds with his high skill repertoire for almost 20 years. His legendary rapid fire outsized paintings have earned him a reputation as an international man of artistry and he has appeared on TV on several occasions. He may even steal the show from Ashbourne favourites The Wardens and the giant octopus!

international photographer Clive Booth on the making of his documentary with Don McCullin in Kolkota who we featured in artsbeat last month. The music programme ranges from the fast pace rock and roll band Hope & Social on the opening night; the popular folk rock group Oysterband; Rob Heron and The Tea Pad Orchestra and, on a return visit to Ashbourne, the brilliant Dante Quartet. The string quartet, Krysia Osostowicz, violin, Oscar Perks, violin, Yuko Inoue, viola

and Richard Jenkinson, cello, is known for its imaginative programming and impassioned performances. They are frequently on BBC Radio 3 and have appeared many times at the Wigmore Hall in London. Old friends of the festival, The Peakland Players, are performing a piece based on the children’s writing of Oscar Wilde. The versatile actor Guy Masterton is performing all the parts in his award winning production of Under Milk Wood.

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Pictured clockwise from top left are Fraser Hooper, The Dante Quartet, Silly People, Oysterband, Val McDermid, The Wardens, Lisa Lottie with her hoops and Dado The Clown

The Summer Art Exhibition welcomes entries from professional and amateur artists to be exhibited alongside invited artists such as painter Lewis Noble, sculptor Simon Manby, who you can read about on page 9, print maker Graeme Reed and the ceramic studio, The Clayrooms. The headline acts for the popular Comedy Night are, stand up and broadcaster, Adam Bloom and Canadian comedian Craig Campbell with the whole evening under the watchful eye of flamboyant MC Jonathan Mayor. Poetry in the Garden will once again take place in the beautiful surroundings of Offcote Grange and the final free event, Picnic in the Park, features the brilliant Hot House band. Alongside the main programme are a number of fringe events, including The Angel Project, a trail of artworks from Midlands artists in places around the town. Other events will take place in churches and The Clayrooms. Tickets are available from ashbournefestival.org or from the Tourist Information Centre in the Town Hall, Market Square, Ashbourne. artsbeat June 2019

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artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live tunes Music and much more at friendly family festival

xile Music Festival is probably the best kept secret in Derbyshire. Nestled in a beautiful wooded valley, on privately-owned land, in Darley Dale this family friendly music festival takes place June 28-30. It features an eclectic group of performers such as Bonfire Radicals, Granny’s Attic and Leatherat to name but a few. The ‘Exile Introduces’ competition showcases upcoming local musicians. The six competition finalists will perform on the Sunday afternoon, with the winner receiving a paid gig at next year’s festival. Aside from the music, there’s plenty to do; guided walks with the promise of an ice

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Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Woman to Woman, Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham, June 2, 7.30pm. n Killer Queen, June 7, 7.30pm. n Take That: Greatest hits Live, prerecorded screening, June 9, Buxton Cinema. n The Story of Guitar Heroes, June 13. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Derby Arena, Derby n Magic of Motown, June 8. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk artsbeat June 2019

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cream stop en-route, various activities for the chuldren including storytelling, games, face painting and plenty more bedsides. For the young at heart, Fancy Dress Saturday will have a Space theme to celebrate 50 years since the moon landing. Several traders will be present to tempt you with their wares. If retail therapy is your thing, you’ll certainly enjoy browsing

the stalls for that must-read novel or hand-made leather goods. As usual Oxfam will set up their pop-up shop - a real Aladdin’s Cave of things you absolutely can’t do without. The bar is hosted by The Fishpond at Matlock Bath. Exile Music Festival takes place at Sabine Hay, Darley Dale. Go to exilemusicfestival.co.uk for more details.

Queen’s Head, Belper n Helen Gayle and Matt Ratcliffe, June 7. n Constell8. featuring Jamie Joseph, July 6. n Mersey Belles plus Phil DolemanJuly 13. For more details and dates of other gigs go to queensheadbelper.weebly. com

n Reg Meuross (support: Sadie Jemmett), June 22, 8pm. For tickets go to alstonefield.org or wegottickets.com Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper n Belper Folk Club, every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk For tickets go to black-dog-radio. com. No 28, Market Place, Belper n Vegan Revelation Music Night with The Herron Brothers, booking essential via facebook, June 28.

Folk and Jazz

Alstonefield Village Hall n Charlie Dore with Steeleye Span’s Julian Littman, June 8, 8pm.

n music Project blends ballet and ballad AWARD-WINNING Derbyshire folk singer Lucy Ward has taken on a new challenge and written a folk ballet – The Sisters of Elva Hill, which is based on traditional folk music and a Scottish fairytale. She joined forced with critically-acclaimed contemporary choreographer Deborah Norris to form a production company called Henwives Tales and wrote a score in collaboration with musicians Helga Ragnarsdóttir and Anna Esslemont. The music is woven from traditional tunes and song, mixed in with new original material and a dash of magic, to create a captivating and authentic story about a princess who saves her beautiful sister from an evil curse. The live performances, which will be premiered at the Cambridge Folk Festival in August, will Chesterfield Jazz, Club, Chester Street, Chesterfield n Gary Grace, June 20, 8.30pm. n Dennis Rollins, trombone, July 18, 8.30pm. n Mike Outram,guitar, October 17, 8.30pm. For gig details go to chesterfieldjazz. wordpress.com. Coach House Studios, Wirksworth n For tickets go to wegottickets.com or contact thecoachhousestudios. co.uk Derby Jazz, Derby Theatre n The James Taylor Quartet, June 14, 7.30pm. For more than 25 years the quartet have set the standard

see the musicians and dancers sharing the stage, interacting with one another – ballad and ballet interweaving to tell the story. “I’m so so excited as this is, quite a different and ambitious new venture for me and it will be on the main stage at Cambridge,” said Lucy. Describing the ballet she said: “Think girls with gumption, magic, intrigue and a score made out of a patchwork of traditional British tunes, songs, with a few original bits thrown in.” for the coolest sounds in funky acid jazz. In addition to his work with JTQ James has collaborated with the likes of U2, The Wonderstuff, Manic Street Preachers and The Pogues. The JTQ concerts include reworkings of classics such as Green Onions and Time is Tight as well as their debut single Blow Up. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk Go to derby-jazz.co.uk for details. Green Man Gallery, Buxton n Cathy Rimer, Doug Torr, Scott Allsop and Martin Hall, June 1.Local singer/songwriter/guitarists join forces in a charity gig in aid of Ashgate Hospice and in memory of

Henwives Tales also have plans to produce a CD and story book to accompany the live shows. “The thing about live performance is that it is ultimately transient. We want to be able to deliver the music and magic of this new ballet to all. To create something special; a lasting piece of art for people to take away and enjoy,” explained Lucy, who raised funds by Indiegogo to help pay for the CD and book. To find out more go to lucywardsings.com Buxton’s Kevin Allsop. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. n The Sunday BuskStop with Wragged Tree. Lunchtime gig by local musicians plus soup for lunch. June16, noon-2pm. Free entry. Donations invited. n Buxton Festival Fringe Programme Launch Party, June 8. Celebrate the publication of the programme for the 40th Buxton Fringe. Live entertainment, food and drink. 7-9.30pm. Free entry. Full details at thegreenmangallery. com Live & Local, various locations n For more details go to liveandlocal.org.uk. artsbeat June 2019

n music The Old Hall Hotel, Hope n Johny Phillips, June 12. n Peter Buxton,June 26. n Wilson McGladdery, July 10. n The Crafters, July 24. Acoustic sessions with guests second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Go to folkandblues.wixsite.com for details.

Classical Music

Abbotsholme Arts Society, Abbotsholme School Chapel n Roderick Williams and Susie Allan, June 5. For details go to abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell n Town Hall Chamber Series with members of the Hallé Orchestra, June 23 Baroque. Biber, Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann. Ensemble directed by Lyn Fletcher with Elena Chiara Comelli, bassoon and Stephane Rancourt, oboe. Tickets from bakewelltownhall.co.uk Belper Singers n St Peter’s Church, Belper, June 8, 7.30pm, a joint concert with Norwegian choir Brandalskoret, piano and string quartet. For tickets email belpersingers@

Lesley Garrett will be performing in Chesterfield with the town’s Philharmonic Choir on June 29

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Famous singers ‘join’ Joe on stage A SINGER famed for an endless repertoire of the voices of the world’s top singers – Joe Longthorne – is coming to Buxton. A special greatest hits performance is promised as the star of TV and stage marks more than 50 years in the music business. Joe’s commanding voice has seen a succession of gold and platinum albums and he promises a rollercoaster ride of songs and impressions from Tom Jones to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr,. Joe’s incredible career in showbiz began with appearances on TV’s Junior

Showtime. His big break came in 1981 when he was a finalist on London Weekend Television’s iconic Search for a Star. Joining him as support will be comedian George King. To get tickets for the show at on June 10 go to buxtonoperahouse.co.uk

gmail.com or call 07990 658071. For more details go to belpersingers. webs.com Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n The annual David and Rowena Hammond Piano Recital: Wyn Chan of the Royal Northern College of Music, June 7, PAC. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for tickets. St John’s Church, Buxton n Buxton Musical Society, Duruflé’s Requiem, June 8. n Buxton Musical Society Concerto June 16. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for tickets. Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir, The Winding Wheel, Chesterfield n Doncaster-born super soprano Lesley Garrett returns to Chesterfield for a one-off summer concert with the choir, 40 years after performing with them at the start of her career. Now, fresh from the world première

performances of ENO’s Jack the Ripper; the Women of Whitehall, Lesley is revisiting Chesterfield and will be performing with other special guests – the Choir of the Chesterfield Parish Church and up-and-coming soprano, Charlotte Potter. Conducted and directed by Steven Roberts, this concert demonstrates the Phil looking to the future while valuing its rich musical history, performing music from a range of different composers and eras, including Rutter, Mascagni, Duruflé and Jenkins. They will also be revisiting some of the music that Lesley sang with the choir in that first performance. This one can be seen on June 29, 7pm.Tickets are subject to a fee levied by Chesterfield Theatres and are only available from chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk or the Chesterfield Visitor Information Centre, Rykneld Square, Chesterfield.

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Fusion of styles in choral classic CHESTERFIELD Cooperative Choral Society is staging Karl Jenkins’ epic Symphonic Adiemus at the Winding Wheel in Chesterfield on June 15, at 7.30pm. It is part of a project to promote the Five Ways to Well-being through music and performance. Joining them for this special Derby A Cappella n Last year, members raised nearly £1,000 for charities. Their chosen charity this year is Prostate Cancer UK, so please help them to raise even more. Anyone who would like them to sing at an event in 2019, or would like to go along to a rehearsal should contact derbyacappella.co.uk Derby Chamber Music, Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby n The current season of music has just finished for details of the next go to derbychambermusic.org Derby Concert Orchestra, St Mary’s Church Wirksworth Tchaikovsky, Heln Grime, Arnold Baz and Elgar,July 6, 7.30pm. For more details go to derbyconcertorchestra.co.uk Derby Cathedral, Derby n Lunchtime concerts: May 31, Luca Luciano, clarinet; June 7, Ingrid Cusio, piano; June 14, Curzon Brass

performance are three other groups – Wirksworth Community Orchestra, North East Derbyshire Music Centre and Honey Belles. The performance is supported by professional musicians. Since it was first heard in 1994, Adiemus has captured the imagination of music lovers worldwide thanks to its unique combination of classical principles with the flavours of world and ethnic music.

One of the UK’s most respected songwriters Charlie Dore, who has written for the likes of Tina Turner and Celine Dion will be at Alstonefield on June 8

Quintet; June 21, Boglarka Gyorgy, violin and Brigitta Sveda, piano; June 28, Derby Arts’ Festival; July 5, James Gaughan, Baritone and David

Musical director Adam Green thinks this is a big part of why the music is such a good choice for this project. “Jenkins uses the choir as another instrument rather than as voices singing a poetic text, so it transcends language barriers. This is very exciting as this arrangement is very new, so it’s not often been performed outside London, Birmingham or Manchester.” For tickets go to chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk Hammond, piano; July 12, High Edge Recorder Orchestra. All concerts are at 1-1.45pm. Entry is free with a retiring collection. n Organ Recitals: July 24, Alex Binns of Derby Cathedral;July 31, Sachin Gunga of Portsmouth Cathedral; August 7, Nicholas Freestone of Worcester Cathedral; August 14, Simon Russell, of Nantwich Church; August 21, Roger Sayer of Temple Church London and August 28 Edward Turner of Derby Catherdral. n The Gary Reader Jazz Band,June 7, 7.30pm. Tickets from derbylive. co.uk n An Evening with Samantha Harvey, June 22, 7.30pm. Samantha is a social media phenomenon racking up 60 million views on her first cover. Her debut single Forgive Forget peaked at number 4 on the iTunes UK chart. Tickets from derbylive.co.uk. n Sam Callahan Live, July 6, 7pm. artsbeat June 2019

n music A former X Factor finalist. Tickets derbylive.co.uk n La Vaghezza, a dynamic group of international award-winning young musicians, July 10, 7.30pm. Tickets from derbylive.co.uk. More details from derbycathedral.org Derwent Singers, St Mary’s Church Darley Lane, Derby n Summer Serenade Weekend, June 29, 7.30pm, Broadway Baptist Chuch, Derby, tickets £10; June 30, 3pm, St Mary’s Church, The Green Tissington. Free admission with retiring collection. For more details go to derwent singers.co.uk Music at Duffield, Saint Alkmund’s Church, Duffield n For more details go to musicatduffield.com Matlock Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Medway Centre, Bakewell n Iolanthe, June 13-15, 7.30pm. As constitutional crisis rages in the House of Lords over the betrothal of Phyllis, a ward of Chancery, and with no ‘meaningful vote’ in sight, the Fairy Queen, with her fairy cohort, step in to impose their will to quell all political dissent. An allegorical tale for our current predicament. Tickets are available from 01629 812276 or the Medway Centre (01629 813638). For further information go to matlockgilbertandsullivan.org.uk The Pleyel Ensemble, Methodist Church, Chapel-en-le-Frith n Janet Hilton, clarinet, Sarah Ewins, violin, Heather Bills, cello and Harvey Davies, piano,June 9, 3pm. Programme: Stravinsky’s Soldier Tale, Walter Rabl Quartet and Nino Rota trio. Go to pleyelensemble.com for more details. The Sitwell Singers, The Strutts Centre, Belper n Songs of Love and Nonsense with Beate Toyka and Gillian Bithel, piano; nonsense by Richard Rodney Bennett; Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms, Jeux d’enfants by Bizet artsbeat June 2019

Peak District return for Joe THE warm, deep voice of singer-songwriter Jon Allen is perhaps reminiscent of Van Morrison, Rod Stewart and Sam Cooke. He was discovered in 2006 by Mark Knopfler, who later offered to play guitar in his band. After hearing him on the radio, Jools Holland demanded Jon appear on his BBC2 show. Jon broke through in 2009 with the single In Your Light from his debut album Dead Man’s Suit. (for piano duet) plus other choral music by Brahms, Saturday June, 29, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 (under 16s free), available from sitwellsingers. org.uk, 01332 662519 or on the door Spring Bank Arts, New Mills n Spring Bank Arts are looking forward to welcoming cellist Dale Culliford and pianist Cathy Riley to perform a wonderful programme of music by Beethoven, Debussy and Fauré on June 1, doors open at 7pm. Dale is well known to many as the

By May last year, he’d released his fourth album Blue Flame, which has already amassed over five million plays on Spotify. His fans are known to include people like Guy Chambers, Duffy and Jo Whiley. He’s also well-known already to Peak District audiences, after two sell-out concerts near Ashbourne in 2016 and 2017, and a 2018 appearance with his band at the Picturedrome in Holmfirth. He will be playing at the Medway Centre, Bakewell on August 30. Tickets are selling fast, hence the early headsup. Go to wegottickets.com organiser of the popular Coffee Concert series with members of the Hallé. Following their successful recital in Adlington Hall 18 months ago, Dale and Cathy are excited to perform in the lovely acoustic and surroundings of Spring Bank Arts. The concert will contrast the work of Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré with Beethoven’s first cello sonata. Tickets available at Spring Bank Arts (01663 308202) and High Street Books and on.wegottickets.com/ springbankarts.

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Striking memorial to Belper’s gallant 14

t was in 2016 that a sculpture by artist Andy Mayers was first unveiled to the public as part of a commemorative event to honour those men from Belper who died in the Battle of the Somme. Three years later to the day, on June 30, the eve of the Great War battle, a permanent version of the sculpture will be installed in the town’s Memorial Gardens. Sacrifice depicts Jim Green a Lance Corporal in the 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters who lived on Cow Hill – he was one of 14 Belper men to die in the battle on July 1. Andy designed the original sculpture using wood and foam board with help from The Belper Art Group, and it was met with so many plaudits that people asked for a steel version to be made. The Belper In Wartime group have been raising funds to enable the vision to become reality ever since and are being given a final helping hand by musicians John Tams and Barry Coope who agreed to close Belper Arts Festival with a charity concert. The ‘One Day... ?’ concert will take place on June 1 at St Peter’s Church, Belper, at 7.30pm. The duo will also be performing at the unveiling of Sacrifice along with Mat Williams, Paddy Stafford and Belper Musical Theatre, seniors and juniors.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them

“It is an extremely generous gesture by John and Barry,” said Belper In Wartime group member George Gunby. The concert has also attracted sponsorship and additional donations, including grants from Belper Town Council and Belper and Duffield Rotary Club. Individuals have contributed a substantial amount including a donation from relatives of Private Walter Pepper in New Zealand. n The unveiling of Sacrifice will take place at 1.30pm on June 30.

Sculptor Andy Mayers

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Catch the best shows and performances in the county Dramatic events take place in the Departure Lounge

eparture Lounge is a summer festival of fresh and thrilling contemporary theatre with a bumper line-up of innovative shows, Edinburgh previews, works-in-progress, workshops and talks being staged at Derby Theatre. Highlights of the festival, which runs from July 18-20, include Tokyo Rose by Burnt Lemon Theatre (Winners of the New Diorama and Underbelly Untapped Award 2019), a piece where five female wartime disc jockeys spit piercing verse in a rappacked musical broadcast; and Opal Fruits by Holly BeasleyGarrigan, an unreliable solo show about the fetishisation of the feral female, workingclass women and the trouble with 90s nostalgia, spliced with stories from four generations

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Derby Theatre, and Derby Theatre Studio, Derby n Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, June 18-22. Starring Union J’s Jaymi Hensley. n Journeys of Destiny, a new play for young people about the life of Saad Al-Kassab, a young Syrian refugee, June 20, 6.30pm. n Horrible Histories Live on Stage, June 22-23. n Open Mic in the studio, June 6, 7pm. artsbeat June 2019

Burnt Lemon Theatre’s Tokyo Rose

of women who came of age on the same council estate. One of several discussion sessions during the festival will be hosted by MAYK Theatre and In Good Company, the team behind the festival, on the opening day. We Are All (Made of ) Stars, is an afternoon of conversation

about making participatory performance across borders. Departure Lounge exists to present theatre of the most radical nature right in the heart of the country; proving that the Midlands is a vibrant place to shape the future of theatre. For tickets and further details go to derbytheatre.co.uk

n Footloose – The Musical from Centre Stage Theatre Arts, June 2628. Details at derbytheatre.co.uk

As constitutional crisis rages in the House of Lords over the betrothal of Phyllis, a ward of Chancery, and with no ‘meaningful vote’ in sight, the Fairy Queen, with her fairy cohort, step in to impose their will to quell all political dissent. An allegorical tale for our current predicament. Tickets are available from 01629 812276 or the Medway Centre (01629 813638). For further information please visitmatlockgilbertandsullivan.org.uk

Buxton Opera House, Buxton n The musicals Oliver! and Rent, directed by Paul Kerryson and presented by Buxton Opera House, May 24-June 9. The two shows are on alternate days during the run. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for full details. Matlock Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Medway Centre, Bakewell n Iolanthe, June 13-15, 7.30pm.

Markeaton Park, Derby n The ever-popular Outdoor Theatre and Cinema season will

n stage Classic comedy for Chatsworth THE Chatsworth Players are on a mission to cheer everyone up in these turbulent times by staging the hilarious classic play Charley’s Aunt as their next production in the intimate little theatre at Chatsworth House. Director Lindsay Jackson said: “We’ve been looking at about half-a-dozen Ealing-style comedies, but we finally decided that Charley’s Aunt was just the sort of gentle, light and funny offering that we all need at the moment. It’s funny in a Jeeves and Wooster sort of way, a real return to the Craft Village this June, July and August. Derby LIVE and Derby Parks will be bringing shows from Oddsocks Productions, The Lost Boys and Babbling Vagabonds, as well as showings of awardwinning films. Outdoor theatre favourites Oddsocks Productions will kick-off the season with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, from June 11-15. Experience Shakespeare as you have have never seen it before in this festival of music, magic and mayhem. The Lost Boys will be bringing their new show, Monsters, Myths and Mayhem, to the Park from July 24-27. Expect a wacky adventure featuring wigs, swords, sandals and sticky back plastic as they turn their attention to Ancient Greek Mythology. Tickets from derbylive.co.uk

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No28, Market Place, Belper n Ship of Fools Comedy Night, June

antidote to our cares and woes.” As always, the cast and backstage crew will be brought together from all over the region. The title role of Charley’s Aunt has been played by many star actors over the years, including Frankie Howerd, Tom Courtenay and Griff Rhys Jones. Taking it on for the Chatsworth Players will be Peter Wilmot, of Tansley, a founding member of the society who has played many key roles before. Charley’s Aunt will be staged from June 19-22, with a celebratory black-tie dinner before the Saturday performance. For tickets go to chatsworthplayers.com Derby Arena n Bill Bailey – Larks in Transit, June 6. A compendium of travellers’ tales and the general shenanigans of 20 years as a travelling comedian. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk Derby Theatre, Derby n Reginald D Hunter: Facing The Beast, June 9, 8pm.. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk Funhouse Comedy Club Oddsocks will be entertaining outdoors at Markeaton Park

22, 7.30pm. Booking essential at shipoffoolscomedy@yahoo.co.uk Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Mark Steel, Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright, May 31. n Paul Merton’s Impro Chums, June 3, 8pm. n Buxton Buzz Comedy Club, June 7, 8pm, PAC. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

n Bar One, Newland Street, Derby,Should I Stay Go Gong Show Competition, Monday June 17. Book tickets at funhousecomedyclub. co.uk

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Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Buxton Adventure Festival, a evening with Kate Rew, founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society in conversation with filmmaker Natasha Brookes. Tickets: buxtonoperathouse.org.uk artsbeat June 2019

n stage Derby welcomes summer festival FURTHEST from the Sea return to Derby Market Place on June 15, 11am-4pm, for their seventh annual event – this year a swashbuckling Pirate Festival, with a free day of fun for all the family. Join in with workshops and enjoy a variety of performances from Derbyshire’s very own artists. Ukulele-playing, poetrywriting, flag-making and a good old fashioned treasure hunt are just some of the activities to get involved with. If you want to get a flavour of what will be on offer then scan the QR code below, which is of Maison Foo as The Person Birds. This street theatre walkabout sees the Foos raise their bar of ridiculousness even higher with surreal and comical life size birds with a Foo twist. They are half bird, half human. The creatures are renowned for their mischievous nature, curious hobbies, silly walks and their ability to run amok despite their scientific trainer, The Professor. Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust Buxton Pump Room, Buxton n The Georgian Gentleman’s Library Talk by Jim Dixon, June 12, 6-7pm. An exploration of the ideas and influence of Georgian men (and women) of letters through their books, their libraries and their conversations. n Chatsworth – The Dog, a celebration at Chatsworth. Talk by Alexander Hodby, June 19, 6-7pm. Chatsworth’s 2019 exhibition was inspired by the Duchess of Devonshire’s love for her four-legged artsbeat June 2019

Drawing on Maison Foo’s passion for clowning, physical theatre and visual surreality, this piece is very funny, very silly and very accessible to families of all ages and backgrounds – typical of the Furthest From the Sea Festival. Other performers at the event will include Derby Youth Musical Theatre; the Diana Mehira School of Dance (Oriental dance); Alif Laila and Pritam Singh, with classical Sitar and the band friends The Chatsworth Curator of Exhibitions will talk about the themes and artworks in the exhibition, and give an insight into how such a project comes together. For tickets contact the Buxton Opera House box office on 01298 72190. Details at buxtoncrescenttrust.org Derby Poetry Society n Beatrice Garland reads her own poetry. Winner of the National Poetry Prize in 2001 and Strokestown International Poetry Prize. Her first volume, The invention of Fireworks (2013) was shortlisted

Scribble Victory. Workshops include learning juggling and circus skills, hula hoop dancing and creating pirate masks. There will also be a spoken word workshop; an introduction to comedy writing and radio and media production. For more information go to furthest fromthe sea.co.uk for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, June 14. n Monthly meetings on the second Friday of the month. Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Contact Gina Clarke on 01773 825215 for details. Matlock Storytelling Cafe, Imperial Rooms, Matlock n Abduction and Enchantment, June 7, stories from Welsh folklore and legend, brought to life by master storyteller and musician Guto Dafis. They are stories from South Wales and an age when ploughing a field

n stage Young players take to the stage IN THE hands of the adults a war rages. Thirteen children find themselves adrift at sea following the bombing of the ship that was supposed to carry them to safety. They fight to survive, fight to stay decent, fight against superstition and fear taking hold.They become more like the adults from whom they were escaping. The Raft of the Medusa is a chilling insight into the human condition and the follies of adulthood, played out through a vision of disintegrating childhood that had never been ploughed before could lead to dire consequences that would last generations, and a door left carelessly open could result in a child being exchanged for a stubbornly alien fairy creature. Always the first Friday of the month.

innocence by the Buxton Opera House Young Company (aged 12-16). You can see it on June 20 and 22 at 7.30pm. In the Lap of the Gods will be performed by the Buxton Opera House Young Company (aged five-11) on June 21 at Doors at 6.45pm. For more details go to matlockstorytellingcafe.co.uk Scrivener’s Bookshop, High Street, Buxton n Book Club, first Wednesday of every month 7-8pm. Everyone

Shakespeare’s famous comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, as you’ve never it’s Shakespeare seen it before! EXPECT merriment, mayhem They will be cycling to New Mills on August 14, at and cross-dressing a-plenty 6.30pm to perform at High when the HandleBards’, Lea Park for this event which an all-male troupe of is a taster for New ,Mills four actors on bicycles, Festival in September. No perform a riotous bicyclepowered interpretation of tickets needed – it’s free.

On your bike –

7.30pm and 22 at 2.30pm. They have been stranded on a desert island. With just the sand, sea and a very strange treasure chest for company, they have their work cut out for them.For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk welcome. Call 01298 73100. n Storytelling Sundays: the second Sunday of the month, from 2-3.30pm, telephone 0129871622. Spring Bank Arts, New Mills n Poetry Launch Party. Join Linda Goulden to celebrate the launch of her poetry pamphlet Speaking Parts on June 14, 6:30-8:30pm. While many recent poems are personal or address the natural world, this new pamphlet, published on June 8, by Half Moon Books, is made up of monologues and dialogues from a range of voices as varied as a newborn baby, a space colonist, a queen bee and Mary Queen of Scots. There are Derbyshire links in many of the poems e.g. the voice of Mompesson in Eyam, of Mary Stuart at Buxton Spa, of the Toad Rock, of James Brindley, the canal engineer who was born near Buxton and died while working on the Chesterfield canal, of painter Joseph Wright of Derby. For further details or to purchase the book at £7 plus p&p contact itslindasbox@btinternet.com artsbeat June 2019

n stage One great show, two theatres THE main house production for the autumn at Derby Theatre is Richard Bean’s smash-hit comedy, One Man, Two Guvnors. It is a side-splitting mix of physical comedy, farce and live music and has remained a huge hit with audiences and the press alike since the National Theatre’s production opened to rave reviews in 2011. After being fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall is skint and hungry. He manages to secure a new job as a minder for small time gangster Roscoe Crabbe. What Francis doesn’t know, is his new guvnor is really Roscoe’s sister Rachel in disguise as her own dead brother, who has been killed

by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. To further complicate things, Francis nabs a second job working for that very Stanley Stubbers who is hiding from the police. All Francis has to do to ensure his two guvnors don’t meet. What could go wrong? The play, a co-production with the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, will be directed

by Sarah Brigham, Derby Theatre’s chief executive. She said: I am confident that our audiences (and those in Hornchurch) will have a truly great night in our theatres this autumn seeing this superb slapstick comedy.” It will run at Derby Theatre from September 7-28, before a run at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from October 2-19.

Spoken Words, CODA vinyl cafe, 2 South Avenue, Buxton n An open mic without a mic where people can read out their own poems and/or short stories or just listen to the performers and be well entertained. Every first Tuesday of each month, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Free entry. For more details call 07713 246391.

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Buxton Opera House, and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n TheRoyal Ballet live via satallite with Romeo and Juliet,June 11, 7.15pm, PAC. For more details go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Dance Degree Show, May 10 and artsbeat June 2019

Guto Dafis will be telling tales about Wales at the Matlock Storytelling Club on June 7

11. For more details and tickets go to deda.uk.com Derby Theatre, Derby n Celebrating Carnival 2019, June 15, 7pm. An evening full of vibrant costumes, comedy and carnival dance displays. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk

Sensational Salsa, The Old Clubhouse, Buxton n Salsa dance classes, Tuesdays upstairs at The Old Clubhouse, in Buxton. Beginners 7.30-8.30pm. Improvers 8.30-9.30pm. For details telephone 07811 100191.

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Railway and ten poems by the author. It is supported with photographs from Robert Gratton’s collection and a magnificent selection of Eric Leslie’s watercolours and drawings.

n Genre Fluid By Dan Webber (Big White Shed)

Genre Fluid is the culmination of three years of writing, touring and performing at various events and festivals across the country. Being constantly told you’re a comic at poetry nights and a poet at comedy nights can be very confusing, as is the constant pressure to define yourself and your work. Genre Fluid is a study into labels in everyday life, in the arts and the LGBT+ community and marks the launch of the first collection of poetry by Dan Webber. The Genre Fluid Book Launch (part of Derby Book Festival) is on June 7 at The Guildhall Clubrooms at 7pm. Tickets are £5 (as part of the Friday Fringe ticket offer).

n The Ashover Light Railway By David Siddon (£4.95 from alrs.org)

With a fascinating introduction by David Siddon of his early memories of the Ashover Light

n The Old Roads of Derbyshire By Stephen Bailey (Matador, £9.75)

Derbyshire has a wealth of old roads, lanes, tracks, hollow ways and paths, some dating back thousands of years. It is a network which links a fascinating variety of sometimes enigmatic monuments, from fortified hilltops and stone circles to ruined abbeys and hermitages, ancient churches and tumuli. The Old Roads of Derbyshire traces the development of these roads, from prehistoric ridgeways, Roman ‘streets’ and medieval pilgrimage routes to the growth of the turnpikes, and finally to leisure use by cyclists and hikers. Travellers of all kinds are included: ‘jaggers’ with their packhorse trains, pilgrims, drovers, pedlars and tramps, and passengers in stage coaches and wagons, as well as the essential infrastructure of bridges and inns. The Derbyshire Portway is explored as an example of an ancient route which was old before the Romans arrived,

but was used well into the eighteenth century, and one that can still be followed today. A detailed walking guide, fully illustrated with maps and photos, is provided for the sixty-plus miles of its route, from the River Trent, near Nottingham, to deep into the Dark Peak.

n Around the World in 80 Trains By Monisha Rajesh (Bloomsbury, £20)

When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in 80 train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn’t long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles almost twice the circumference of the earth – coasting along the world’s most remarkable railways; from the cloudskimming heights of Tibet’s Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the VeniceSimplon Orient Express. It is witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in a book that will make you laugh out loud - and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen. The author will be at Derby Book Festival on May 31.

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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers Young Belper players captivate their audience

uite how the young Captive Audience cast remembered all their lines for their latest production, Romeo and Juliet, I have no idea. But it was a challenge they mastered perfectly in order to stage an incredibly polished version of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy. The play, part of the Belper Arts Festival, was billed as one of its key events and it certainly embodied the strong community ethos of the month-long event. A 17-strong cast of teenagers were aided by a creative team of adults, led by Larry Waller, who set up the group to offer acting opportunities to young people in the Belper area. What made this production stand out from others was that it was entirely dependant on their acting talent. We all know the plot, the stage is practically bare for this show and the costumes are all simple – jeans, T-shirts and pumps. So, with no distractions, all eyes were on the players and they all performed with confidence and bucketfuls of talent. Although Waller’s version was set pretty much in the present, the original language of Shakespeare was maintained, emphasising the modern

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The balcony scene with Jessica Waller as Juliet and Philip Lamb as Romeo

relevance and versatility of The Bard’s writing and themes. What the cast therefore had to do was get to grips with that complex language and bring it into the 21st century in a way that would engage the audience. One woman watching declared that she was moved to tears, so I think Captive Audience can tick that particular box. I was going to pick out a couple of the cast for a special mention and then my list started to lengthen so there was no-one to leave out – although I must just say that the lighting and sound by Jamie Vella was excellent. The whole production was executed with a pace and vigour that ensured we didn’t get bored – even though it is more than two hours long. It was a great evening of drama from a team of spirited young people. The cast was: Romeo, Philip

Lamb and George Comber (different shows); Juliet, Jessica Waller and Dolcie Stewart-Douglas (different shows); Friars, Isabel Hawley and Solomon Thomas; Nurse, Molly Boursnell; Capulet, Peter Lamb; Lady Capulet, Emma Nelson; Montague, George Cooke; Tybalt, Ben Waller; Paris, Ben Pimperton; Mercutio, Maddie Bogue; Benvolio, Leo Pedder; Prince and Friar John, Dan Pimperton; Peter and others, Ben Dawson and The Apothercary and others, Jesamine Machin. The creative team was: directors Larry Waller and Sheila Kay Sly; assistant directors, Sarah Holme, Geoff Moule and Henry Stubbs; marketing Paul Davies; stage manager Caroline Hawley; music Ben and Sophie Waller; lighting and sound Jamie Vella and backstage Tracy Comber and Lucy Pedder. AP

n attitude Classical music reviews by Mike Wheeler Derby Choral Union, Derby Cathedral Richard Dacey stepped down as Derby Choral Union’s musical director with the choir on generally fine form in Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV589 and Beethoven’s Mass in C, prefaced by Central England Camerata’s spirited performance of the overture to Mozart’s Così fan Tutte. The Vivaldi got off to an incisive start. Soloists Natalie Montakhab and mezzosoprano Jeanette Ager were appropriately operatic in their Laudamus te duet. There was a good, bouncy tempo for Domine Fili Unigenite, though here the choir sounded a touch inhibited. But there an engagingly sinewy account of the Cum Sancto Spiritu fugue to round things off. In the Beethoven, the singers sounded fully engaged as they explored the light and the dark of a work they can’t have sung all that often. The quartet of soloists, completed by tenor Christopher Steele and bass Alan Fairs, explored some wide dynamic extremes in the Benedictus, and there was a beautifully smooth transition to the calm recollection of the Mass’s opening at the end of the Agnus Dei. Derby Chamber Music: Marmen Quartet, MultiFaith Centre, Derby University It’s easy to hear why the Marmen Quartet, just a few

Look out for the Marmen Quartet

years out of the Royal College of Music, has already won several awards. The players explored the expressive variety of colours of Haydn’s Quartet in C, Op 74 No 1 with delightfully crisp tone and rock-solid unanimity. Being an almost complete Philip Glass heretic, after his String Quartet No 3, Mishima I was left with my usual reaction to his music – that, for all the surface activity, it was going nowhere underneath. The quartet brought intensity and humour to Beethoven’s Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131, unafraid to follow him all the way when he goes off on an outrageous expressive limb, which he frequently does. These players have a breadth of vision to match Beethoven’s own – look out for them. Sinfonia Viva, Derby Central Library After putting Mozart in the spotlight in February, Sinfonia Viva and conductor Frank Zielhorst turned to Tchaikovsky in the second of

their ‘Searching for...’ concerts. The sound in Mozart’s Adagio and Fugue, K546, was a bit too hefty, certainly in this acoustic, but the players adjusted as the evening went on. In Arensky’s Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, part of a string quartet he composed in Tchaikovsky’s memory, there was some nimble playing in the quick variations, and a profoundly moving ending, based on an Orthodox funeral chant. The strident opening to Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto was suitably gruff, to which principal clarinettist Chris Swann made the perfect good-humoured reply. The withdrawn second movement produced playing of quiet, sorrowful intensity, while the finale went at a brisk lick, with some gritted-teeth determination. Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings was full of bounce and spring, genuinely balletic in the Waltz, with a fine sense of Slavic melancholy in the third movement, and one of the most exuberant accounts of the end of the finale I think I’ve heard. artsbeat June 2019

n attitude Working-class writers recall their roots “No one ever tells you that, however you die in our tower block, you will leave this world upright. It’s impossible to fit a stretcher horizontally in the lift.” That’s Loretta Ramkisssoon thinking about the flats in which she was brought up and from which ultimately she finds strength, like her fellow residents: “When the wind blows we don’t sway, because when us tower people die, we rest in peace upright.” There are 33 contributors to his collection of essays, poems and memoirs: some of them well-known such as Malorie Blackman. Daljit Nagra describes minds going to waste in west London and Stuart Maconie remembers

Conquistadors of Quarndon When Alan Ayckbourn wrote his trilogy – The Norman Conquests – in the early 1970s it is said he was inspired by The Archers and was aiming to woo his audience away from their TV screens and in particular Coronation Street by offering up his own version of a soap. The result was three standalone plays which take place during the same July weekend in different parts of a family home. Quarndon Amateur artsbeat June 2019

Review by Les Hurst of Scarthin Books, Cromford

growing up on an estate in Wigan. Other contributors have been writing for years, but only achieved publication now. They recall grandparents and parents just getting by; describe what were once called broken families, and now called something else; sharing bedrooms with step-siblings only just met. Unbound is an unusual publisher, it works by Dramatic Society’s version of the second – Living Together was brilliant. Director Peter Konowalik had cast the perfect sextet to play the three dysfunctional couples gathered together at the home of their elderly mother. Ayckbourn himself would have been delighted with the way each had perfected his characters. Alex Wrampling played the lonely, but ultimately feisty Annie. Richard Whitehorn played her brother Reg, who is really just a little boy who has never grown up and is happy to be told what to do by his self-centred, deeply unhappy wife Sarah, played

crowdfunding, and Kit de Waal laboured throughout 2018 encouraging support. It has worked. This is a fine large paperback volume, with a short introduction, nearly 300 pages of original contributions, and notes on those appearing. Inhabitants of many of our Derbyshire cottages were probably brought down narrow cottage staircases vertically when they died in their feather beds. Those cottages now, though, are holiday lets and second homes, and the descendants of their former owners are struggling for social housing or hoping for a new property infilling a former playground or pub car park. We need more descriptions of those who were once inhabitants and are now out of luck. Common People is a good place to start. Common People: An anthology of working-class writers, edited by Kit de Waal (Unbound, £9.99) by Sonia Hardy. The third sibling, Ruth, was played by Clare Snape and it is her husband Norman, Rick Law, who is the wild card in the pack. His driving force is to be liked by everyone but even though he doesn’t realise it himself he is totally transparent to the others. Last, but not least, we had Tom, played by Edward Pickering-Symes, the seemingly sweet, but dithering vet, who is dating Annie. AP The full version of this review was posted online at artsbeatblog.com

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