Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District
May 2017
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A new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s romantic comedy by Deborah McAndrew
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 May Paris, 1640. Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant poet and swordsman, finds himself deeply in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane.
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Opera Verdi’s Macbeth (1847), Britten’s Albert Herring, Mozart’s Lucio Silla
Music World-class soloists and ensembles including Paul Lewis, The Brodsky Quartet, Roderick Williams, Imogen Cooper
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Amanda Penman editor When it comes to cultural events Derbyshire people are definitely spoilt for choice over the next few weeks. Belper is kicking off the festival season with a month-long celebration of art, music, theatre, dance, photography, film, books and comedy. As if that wasn’t enough artists and makers will also be opening their studio doors and inviting us in for Derbyshire Open Arts over the Whitsun weekend. They will promptly be followed by the Derby Book Festival and Ashbourne Festival and StreetFest. I will be trying to see as much of it all as I can, however the one spectacle that I don’t want to miss is the Weeping Window poppy sculpture at Derby’s Silk Mill. As the poppies were originally designed by Derby artist Paul Cummins and made by people from the city it is especially poignant that some of them should return for this display. I didn’t get a chance to visit the ceramic masterpiece when it was in London so I am really excited about seeing it cascading down the side of the historic mill.
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contents performance
48 Festival within a festival brings a medley of musical treats to Belper 50 Patricia Routledge is tops the bill at Ashbourne’s annual arts event 54 Writer Tim Dowling brings his band Police Dog Hogan to county
artists & exhibitions
9 COVER STORY: Join us in a visit to Janet Mayled’s beautiful home studio 13 Iconic Tower of London poppy sculpture returns to Derbyshire 27 Artists and makers open up their studios for bank holiday weekend
film & photography
35 Capture the drama of light with photographer Natasha Braithwaite 66 Find out what films are being screened in our community cinemas
literature
21 Popular authors and thinkers of today talk about books at Buxton 60 Sebastian Faulks heads line-up for the third Derby Book Festival
have a go
43-46 Why not make the most of your free time by learning a new skill?
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15-19 News in brief in arena 39-41 Check out the pick of this month’s exhibitions in gallery 57-59 Arts reviews in attitude 61-67 What’s on listings in agenda
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Drawn to colour Peak District Artisan Janet Mayled invites artsbeat into the working studio in her idyllic countryside cottage
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nviting visitors to her studio for the Derbyshire Open Arts weekend was a decision that Janet Mayled couldn’t make without first asking her neighbours. For she and a handful of other families live in a close-knit little community nestling in the beautiful countryside beside the River Wye. It may be just outside Buxton, but Blackmill Cottages are definitely off the beaten track. To reach them you have to drive down a path used by walkers and cyclists, park in a space reserved for the residents
and then cross the river by a narrow footbridge. With the blessing of her neighbours Janet, pictured, right, plans to share this idyllic setting with a host of art lovers for the bank holiday weekend while she demonstrates how she creates her vibrant colourful paintings. Janet and her husband moved from Glossop to the cottage four years ago having fallen in love with it the minute they saw it. “It really is a perfect setting and I never tire of it. Not even in the winter. I love to watch the seasons changing and there is so much wildlife. Living here provides me with a lot of
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inspiration for my work,� said Janet as she pointed out the view from her upstairs studio. Like many artists she has monopolised a bedroom as her own domain and every
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inch of space is utilised to store her vast and ever growing collection of objects which feature in her still life paintings. There are tins, bottles, glasses, vases, pretty Victorian books and lots of keys. “I have an obsession with keys. Keys feature in a lot of my work and define me more than anything else...although I do also have an obsession with tins and herons,” she adds with a big grin. Janet points out a heron in one of her paintings and I can’t help noticing a tin on a shelf decorated with keys. She is definitely not exaggerating. “I am always looking out for objects to use in my paintings and scour the shops looking for anything a bit unusual. “I take inspiration from rural and urban landscapes and enjoy the juxtaposition of new and old, natural and synthetic, still life and figurative. “What I am working towards are captivating compositions which draw your eye through
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be happier’ the painting, breaking down elements into patterns, leading your eye from one object to the next.” Janet puts her method of working down to the fact that she started out specialising in textiles. She studied textiles and fashion at Manchester Polytechnic in the 80s. When she graduated she set herself up designing screen printed textiles and was so successful she was made Cheshire Young Entrepreneur of the Year 1986. While her two daughters were young she gave up that
business to concentrate on being a mum and painting. She then decided to train as a teacher and embarked on a career as a Art and Design lecturer at Bury College. “I only decided to return to producing my own work four years ago, after my daughters had finished their studies. I have always been painting and working with textiles but now that I am a full-time artist once again I couldn’t be happier,” she explained. Janet uses acrylics, watercolour and dyes to create bold and vivid images and she also uses other media such as paper and fabric to add depth and texture. In the recent past she has become known for her very popular paintings of allotments and her use of bicycles in her compositions. While she still loves both subjects she says that she is also trying new
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work and plans to incorporate the Peak District landscape close to her home in her future work. If you want to see her work there are plenty of opportunities because she is going to be very busy during the rest of this year. She will be opening up her home (postcode SK17 9TE) from May 2729. You can phone her for directions if you need them on 01298 74461. As a Peak District Artisan Janet will be taking part in all their events including the Great Dome Fair in July and she will be at the Patchings Festival in Nottinghamshire from July 13-16. n St John Street Gallery in Ashbourne exhibits her work and she will have a solo exhibition there in October. For more details about her work go to janetmayled.com
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Poppy sculpture returns to Derby
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art of the iconic Tower of London poppy sculpture created by Derby artist Paul Cummins will be returning to the city where it originated in just a few weeks. Weeping Window from the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red will cascade down the historic Silk Mill in the centre of Derby from June 9 until July 23. The presentations by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, has been touring the UK to give people the chance to experience the impact of the ceramic poppy sculpture in a range of places of particular First World War resonance. During the First World War, Derby Silk Mill was divided into two businesses one grinding corn and the other making medical supplies, both scarce by 1916, and integral to the British war effort. Derby as a whole played a vital
part in production during the course of the First World War with Rolls-Royce developing the Eagle Engine at the request of the government to power allied aircraft. As Derby Silk Mill: Museum of Making, the building now holds a great number of industrial and social history objects which help to tell the stories of Derby’s companies and its communities. The original installation designed by Tom Piper consisted of 888,246 poppies – one to honour every death in the British and Colonial forces of the First World War. The two poppy sculptures, Wave and Weeping Window, which together have over 11,000 poppies, have been saved for the nation by the Backstage Trust and the Clore Duffield Foundation, and gifted to 14-18 NOW and Imperial War Museums. Many Derbyshire artists were involved in the making of the poppies in 2014 and you can see how they did it by using your mobile to scan the QR code, right.
As part of the celebrations marking the arrival of the sculpture, the Derby Book Festival will be hosting Sebastian Faulks in conversation with James Naughtie, BBC News’ Books Editor, at the Cathedral on June 9 at 7.30pm. Faulks’ latest book, Where My Heart Used To Beat, returns to what has become a recurring theme in his novels, war and love. It is a tender portrait of a man and a century. Probably his best-loved novel, Birdsong, vividly depicted a British soldier’s experience on the front line during the First World War. After the event, you will be able to follow a Fire Trail to The Silk Mill to view the Weeping Window exhibition. Viewing the poppies is free but you will need to have a ticket for the Sebastian Faulks talk. n Go to derbybookfestival. co.uk for details.
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A variety of shows are being staged this month from musicals and comedy to thrillers and poignant dramas
Physical feats of daring by Finnish circus artists SUPER Sunday is the newest super-fun creation from Race Horse Company, an awardwinning troupe of Finnish circus artists. With its thrilling concoction of physical skill, feats of daring, laid-back humour and carnival atmosphere, this show is a real winner. Against the backdrop of an atmospheric soundtrack, tension builds as the six men perilously propel
themselves with superb synchronisation, higher and higher on trampolines, teeterboards and with catapults. Playful twists are given to old tricks, all delivered on a stage dressed as a derelict fairground. Funny, brave and irreverent, Super Sunday is so exciting that you cannot look away for a second. It is being presented by Derby Theatre and DĂŠda Derby at the theatre on May 26 and 27 in association with Crying out Loud on behalf of Circus Evolution. For tickets to the show go to derbytheatre.co.uk
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arena Medley of arts MEDLEY is a new group of artists and makers being launched as part of the Derbyshire Open Arts event over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend. “We decided to join forces after meeting at various seasonal craft shows. We felt we could work better as a group and put on a really great showcase of high quality crafts,” said one of the seven, Chantal Kelly, who works with stained glass decorative panels. The other Medley members are Richard Pearson, a potter; Janice Allen a jeweller; Fiona Laing who makes handmade pens from wood; Anne Alldread who uses traditional felting techniques to produce a range of accessories and artists Karina Goodman and Ruth Gray. Their first event together will be at Fritchley Congregational Church in Chapel Street, Fritchley, on May 26 for a preview event from 5pm-8pm and then May 27-29 from 10am-5pm.
Call for artists THE Hadfield Hall Open Art Show for 2017 will be held on June 17 and 18 and is being judged by Glossopdale artist Simon Parkin and photographer Adrian Lambert. It is open to all to enter and free for the public to visit. They will welcome drawings, paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, digital and photographic works and each artist can enter two pieces. You will need to take your work to Hadfield Hall on June 13 between 2pm-7.30pm. There are various rules for competitors and they are all at hadfieldhall.btck.co.uk.
BUXTON Opera House’s new season’s brochure has just hit the shelves and is packed with promises of exciting entertainment for all. Among the famous names to tread the boards in Buxton will be musician Rick Wakeman, June 8; Ken Dodd, June 10; 80s heart-throb Jason Donovan, November 6; and Jasper Carrott with Stand up and Rock, November 8. Survival expert Ray Mears will be sharing stories of his adventures and the legendary West End musical Hairspray (cast pictured above) will tour to the theatre in October. Musicals on offer include
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Booking now 80s explosive rock ‘n’ roll sensation Footloose, May 30June 3, starring Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan. Northern drama favourite Brassed Off has been adapted for stage from the 1996 film starring Pete Postlethwaite and Ewan McGregor – and comes to the Opera House from November 13-18. And Strictly Murder a fast-paced thriller where the Third Reich is just emerging as a dangerous regime can be seen from August 10-12. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org. uk for more details. UNIVERSITY of Derby Theatre Arts students will present Pronoun – Evan Placey’s love story about transition, testosterone and James Dean at the venue on May 5 and 6. Josh and Izzy planned to be together for ever. Izzy’s Mum and Dad were figuring out how to raise two teenage daughters. Dani looked up to her older sister. Izzy’s friends expected to always have her around. Izzy is now Dean. Dean, is navigating the trials and tribulations of being transgender. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk
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Fringe sell-out IN TENTS and Purposes starring Alys Metcalf and Roxy Dunn, will be visiting the Derby Guildhall Theatre on May 4. Ten years. Two Friends. One fortune-teller. In Tents and Purposes comes fresh from a five-star sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Join Roxy Dunn (C4’s Babylon, BBC Three’s Top Coppers) and Alys Metcalf (Olivier Award-winning The
Prison drama AN AWARD-WINNING Derbyshire playwright, who teaches Creative Writing at Derby College, is returning to the London stage with a new play exploring the broken lives of five prison inmates. Tina Jay from West Hallam has adapted two of her previous short plays Walking – which won the Kenneth Branagh Award for drama writing – and Dog City to create Held. Directed by Richard Elson and supported by funding
from Arts Council England, the play will run at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London from June 6-17. Among the audience will be several adult learners who join Tina’s weekly Creative Writing sessions at the College’s Roundhouse campus – covering a wide range of genres from short stories to writing plays. Tina explained that she was inspired to write the play from teaching in a male prison although the storyline involving five inmates is entirely fictitious.
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Play That Goes Wrong) as they compete with their egos to tell a comic, time-hopping story exploring whether our lives are predetermined or shaped by our choices. Theatre goers can also stay on for an informal post show Q&A with the performers in the Guildhall Bar, where you can ask any questions that you have about the performance, or the creative processes involved. For tickets go to derbylive. co.uk
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arena One-man show CALL Mr Robeson – A Life with Songs written and performed by Tayo Aluko, with live piano accompaniment can be seen at Crich Glebe Field Centre on May 13 at 7.30pm. Paul Robeson is a worldfamous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. Tayo Aluko revives one of the 20th Century’s most impressive but overlooked figures in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force award-winning performance.
Prestigious prize ASHBOURNE artist Martin Hyde has been shortlisted for the prestigious Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize in London. His painting Drifters is one of 25 that has been shortlisted out of 3,743 entries and will be exhibited at the gallery in May. Much of Hyde’s work features abstract figures and landscapes and his paintings
Join the players FOR their tenth anniversary year the Chatsworth Players, who are based at the beautiful theatre at Chatsworth House (pictured) are planning two super productions: Noel Coward’s hilarious Blythe Spirit from June 14-18 and Robert Bolt’s moving A Man For All Seasons from October 18-22. The historical second play has a very large cast, so if you would like to join the players on stage they would love to hear from you. Go to chatsworthplayers.com for more details.
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are exhibited thoughout the region. Martin has been featured in the best of British illustration twice and have recently had his artwork used by the Folk band Lau. He has permanent exhibitions in Derby Hospital and will be exhibiting at art festivals in the area this year. Go to mdhyde. com to find out more. The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize is focused on emerging artists who show potential, interesting ideas and a relevant message.
Steven Tandy Ingleby Gallery 21st May - 4th June Preview Sunday 21st May noon - 4pm
Ingleby, Nr Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 7HW Telephone Gill Watson 01332 865995 e-mail gillwatson@ingleby-gallery.co.uk website www.ingleby-gallery.co.uk
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Buxton’s annual treasure trove
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he 2017 Buxton International Festival is an exciting blend of world-class opera, the finest musicians in the classical music scene and popular authors and thinkers of today. This year’s Music Series presents a rare array of international pianists and has engaged a premier programme of singers including Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams, Alwyn Mellor and Sir John
Tomlinson. Late-night concerts in the Pavilion Café are a perennial favourite showcasing the best in jazz, folk and world music including Oz Clarke and the Armonico Consort, Barb Jungr, Las Nacimientos, Lizzie Ball, Joanne Harris, Jay Rayner Quartet and Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen. Artistic director Stephen Barlow, said: “This series of concerts is one of the most thrilling in the festival’s history. It includes a magisterial collection of internationally acclaimed
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pianists, indeed it is rare to see such a line-up on the same platform within 16 days.” The line-up of popular authors in the Books Series include top historians, politicians, biographers and thinkers including Lucy Worsley talking about Jane Austen and David Starkey about Henry VIII. You can go to buxtonfestival. co.uk to see full details of all the events. If you want to make a day of your visit artsbeat makes some suggestions on the following pages.
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14th May – 10th June 2017 (Preview evening is on Saturday 13th May, 5-8pm) A mixed exhibition of paintings, prints, sculpture & ceramics. For preview invitations please subscribe to our mailing list through our website or contact studio@themarlowgallery.co.uk Please ring Emily on 07980 550 812 to make an appointment to view.
THE MARLOW GALLERY, MELBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE
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Saturday July 8
Why do we love Handel’s Messiah? asks Jonathan Keates, the author of a biography of the composer, in your first event of the day at St John’s Church starting at 9am. Follow this early start with a fascinating insight into the dealings of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee with its no nonsense chair Margaret Hodge in the Opera House at 10.15am. You then have time to have coffee and cake before listening to pianist Paul Lewis. He will be performing at the Pavilion Arts Centre from 121.30pm. After lunch the celebrated historian Michael Haag will be in conversation with Simon Seligman about The Durrells of Corfu. He will be followed by Carol Dyhouse, a Professor of Social History an expert on glamour, talking about her book Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire. The evening’s opera at 7.15pm is Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring and you can also attend a pre-opera talk from 6-6.30pm. If you don’t want to see the opera you could always have dinner followed by jazz singer Barb Jungr celebrating Dylan and Cohen at the Pavilion Cafe from 9pm.
The last artsbeat choice has been chosen more for the intriguing mix of political guests talking about their lives. Douglas Carswell the MP who famously dumped the Conservatives for Ukip and since being booked for this gig has now renaged on his new party will be talking about his life as a rebel at 10.15am. Before that Mark Cocker, an environmental activist, will be talking about Lightwood Reservoir just outside Buxton and its importance to him when he was growing up in the town. From 2-3pm Labour MP and broacaster Alan Johnson will be talking about his autobiography The Long and Winding Road.
The evening opera at 7.15pm is Verdi’s Macbeth and there is a pre-opera talk at 6pm. The alternative for the evening is festival favourite jazz violinist Lizzie Ball and The James Pearson Trio who will be performing in the arts centre at 7.30pm.
Thursday July 20 Not such an early start today as it begins at 10am with a talk by David Crystal who is discussing The Story of Be. He takes us through the incarnations of the most simple and unassuming verb – to be – with examples from sources as varied as Beowulf and Star Wars. You will have time for refreshments before then going on to a performance of Il Letto by the Helios Collective at noon. Alternatively you could join a festival walk investigating Roman Buxton from 12-1.30pm. The afternoon will see you entertained by the broadcaster, vicar and one-time pop star the Rev Richard Coles who will be in conversation with Mike Neary about his life in the ministry from 2-3pm at the arts centre. Music lovers will then be able to enjoy the Northern Chamber Orchestra performing Grieg, Mozart and Massenet at St John’s Church from 3.30-5pm; while others can choose to listen to Annie Gray talking about Queen Victoria’s eating habits from 4-5pm in the arts centre. The evening opera at 7.15pm is Mozart’s Lucio Silla and the musical alternative in the cafe is a performance by Joanne Harris the bestselling author of Chocolat who joins forces with the Storytime Band at 9pm.
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Sarah Connolly
The day starts with a talk by the author of celebrated works on the CIA and FBI. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones will be talking about surveillance in Britain and the US at St John’s Church at 9am. Next up is AN Wilson who will be discussing Queen Elizabeth II, the survival of the monarchy and the case for a republic from 10.15-11.15am You then have the choice of either having a long lunch followed by a talk by the former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at 2pm in the Opera House or also fitting in a concert by The Fitzwilliam Quartet from 12-1pm at St John’s Church. You could also choose to listen to the quartet along with The Consone Quartet from 4.30-5.30pm when they will be performing the rare first version of Mendelssohn’s Octet. They have come together to present an afternoon of fascinating period instrument interpretation and performance.
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Friday July 14
The day’s musical offerings begin at noon in St John’s Church with The Endellion String Quartet, performing Haydn, Tippett and Brahms. Mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly will be singing alongside Joseph Middleton on piano from 3.30-5pm in the arts centre. Her solo recitals are relatively rare and, as such, special occasions. The evening opera is Britten’s Albert Herring and there will be a pre-opera talk at 6pm. The music in the cafe at 9pm will be jazz by Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen on their farewell tour.
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Grand designs Derby lacemaker
Louise West has recreated covers using gold thread
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he return of a lavishly carved and decorated 18th century state bed to the National Trust’s Kedleston Hall marks the final stage of restoration work and includes gold lace made by Derby-based designer Louise West. The restoration of 11 rooms on the state floor of the historic Hall, designed by neoclassical architect Robert Adam as a spectacular show house for his client Nathaniel Curzon, has involved countless skilled carvers, gilders, painters and conservators over the last 30 years. The unique bed, also designed by Adam, is believed to have been made by Kedleston’s carvers in 1768 under Derby’s James Gravenor. However, over time it had become badly damaged and extensive work was needed to repair broken carvings and flaking gilding. Silk upholstery and handmade gold lace and braid also needed to be replaced. Louise was given the amazing task of recreating the lace using real gold thread in 2015 and in total made 30 metres in three different designs. It took her
Louise, pictured by the restored bed and, below lacemaking in progress
1,100 hours over 19 months. “The first stage of the project was to study the original lace, photograph it in situ and work out how the original had been worked. Some of the techniques varied a little from the bobbin lace that is normally used today,” she said. “Once the techniques were identified, the pattern was drafted on paper before being scanned into the computer to true-up and make the accurate pricking.
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“It was a pleasure to be involved with this prestigious project, and it gave me a little insight into the lives of the old lacemakers, sitting at their pillows, for hours a day – although without their cold and damp conditions.” Simon McCormack, conservation manager at the Hall, said: “The state bed is the jewel in the crown of Kedleston Hall’s furniture and is by far the most magnificent item on the state floor. “Of all the luxurious materials deployed at Kedleston, the most expensive were reserved for it, with its gold lace and braid, and it was easily the biggest item of furniture created for the house. “It is incredibly exciting to see the return of this magnificent piece of furniture; it is the icing on the cake in this remarkable 30 year project,” he added. n Go to nationaltrust.org.uk to find out more details about the hall and visiting times.
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It’s open season for visual artists
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rtists in Derbyshire have been opening the doors to their studios during the Whitsun bank holiday weekend for 11 years now, so the team behind the event has decided to tweak the format a little.
With so many artists and makers taking part it was becoming increasingly difficult to visit everyone in just three days. So this year we have Derbyshire Open Arts Plus with several of the venues being open on extra days from May 30 to June 4. There are 226 artists taking
part, from photographer Darren Bartholomew and painter Saima Rasheed in Hadfield in the north to Ami James a textile artist in Swadlincote in the south. Among them are new faces such as oil painter Alison Vasey in New Mills and Tracey Coverley who produces celebrity figures as textile sculptures and will be at Whaley Bridge. There are also quite a few new venues too, such as artist Jennie Merriman’s home in Darley Dale and The Folly in
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Lea, near Matlock, which is home to animal artist Frances Daunt. Even Scarthin Books at Cromford will be taking part with an exhibition of work by Liz Wellby. Over the next few pages artsbeat has picked out some of the new and interesting venues you might want to visit. We haven’t put in all of the details so you will have to download the DOA brochure with full details and a map online at derbyshireopenarts. co.uk
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Sat 27th, Sun 28th & Mon 29th May 2017 10.30am to 5.00pm
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Ten PDA members will be taking part in this Bank Holiday Weekend event at Beechenhill Farm, Ilam, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2BD www.beechenhill.co.uk
Members taking part... • Steve Elliott - pastel artist • Mark Langley - watercolour and pencil artist • Sue Prince - contemporary folk artist • Brian Robinson - watercolour artist • Maggie Robinson - landscape artist • Tim Rose - oil & watercolour artist • Karin Sheldon - jeweller/silversmith • Ray Sylvester - wooden box maker • Roger Waterhouse - wood turner • Vivien Wilson - botanical artist FREE ENTRY • PLENTY OF PARKING REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE
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First time exhibitors For 2017 Derbyshire Open Arts are delighted to be welcoming several new faces and venues and say they are particularly pleased to see artists from the south and north east of the county joining in. At Barn Croft in Eggington, off the A38 towards Burton upon Trent you will find two artists, ceramicist Lesley Nason and jewellery designer Sheila Read. Artist Paula Hallam is opening up her home in Timberbrook Close, Oakwood, Derby, and textile art designer Ami James will be demonstrating in her haberdashery shop Simply Needlecraft in Swadlincote. Not too far away at 173 Main Street, Ticknall, you will be able to meet three artists Peter Wood of Greenwood Days, who specialises in making furniture and wood working; Jane Bevan, who makes beautiful vessels using using natural materials and Mary Johnson, a ceramicist whose work has a contemporary twist. In the north east of the county
it is Chesterfield which is attracting more artists to take part. One of the most interesting buildings worth visiting is the Clocktower Business Centre, Works Road, Hollingwood. The old Staveley colliery works office building still has a lot of its original fixtures. Inside you will find painter Lynne Evans and printmaker Patricia O’Brien. At Chesterfield College’s West Studios in Sheffield Road you will find work by a student collective The Young Contemporaries. Painter Clare Hill and textile artist Susanne Haywood have got together to exhibit their work at 667 Chatsworth Road and painter Linzi Pattison and her friend Sarah a jewellery designer can be found at 213 Lockoford Lane, Tapton.
Ceramics inspired by the sea and shore by Vivienne Silar who will be at Darley Dale
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venues n THE CRAFT BARN, STATION ROAD, HADFIELD Photographs by Darren Bartholomew and paintings by Saima Rasheed n NEW HORWICH STUDIOS, 20 NEW HORWICH ROAD, WHALEY BRIDGE The textile art of Tamsin Cunningham n ROB WILSON, LOCKSIDE MILL, ST MARTIN’S ROAD, MARPLE Award-winning mixed media painter Rob has moved to a new studio this year n SANDRA ORME SKY STUDIO AND GALLERY, HARPUR HILL BUXTON Artist Sandra has just built a new studio and she will be sharing it with Natasha Braitwaite who you can read about on page 35 this month n THE WILLOWS, STATION ROAD, DARLEY DALE DOA committee member Jennie Merriman is hosting four other artists at her home including ceramicist Vivienne Sillar, mixed media artists Gaynor Ann and Annie Nicoll and textile artist Marge Elliott
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Making a difference There is a fascinating array of new artists joining the open studio event this year in a variety of disciplines. n Textile artist Tracey Coverley will be at 9 Rock Bank, Whaley Bridge, with ceramicist Helen Brocklehurst. n Tracey is the inspiration behind Handmade in Horwich End and she is currently making a series of celebrity figures out of fabric. n Woodworker Matilda Simon will be joining an event regular, feltmaker Linda Moss, at her smallholding Brookfold, The Wash, Chapel-en-le-Frith. Apart from Matilda’s unique woodcrafts there will also be lambs and chicks. n Val Hudson is inviting people to her home in Springfield Road, Barlow to see her contemplative abstract oil and wax paintings. She has opened her studio for Sheffield events before but never for DOA.
n Jo Basnett creates all her ceramic pieces by throwing stoneware clay and then bisque, and barrel firing them. She can be found at 67 Mellor Road, New Mills, with four other artists including painter Ruth Marsden. n Hardwick and Fixter, aka Karan Fixter and Angie Hardwick create bespoke ceramic clocks and small sculptures and they will be at Holymoorside Village Hall. n Sculptor Andy Stuart works in stone and steel and is inspired by buildings and architecture. He will be working from his home Rose Tree Cottage, Main Road, Wensley. n Barbara Coulham makes unique decorative and practical items from recycled window and bottle glass. She will be at the United Reformed Church Hall, Holymoorside.
Claire Durberry will be exhibiting her work in Matlock
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n ALISON VASEY, 49 MELLOR ROAD, NEW MILLS An oil painter fascinated by changing light in land and seascapes n KATE GREATOREX, WISEHEART STUDIO, 10 CANAL STREET, WHALEY BRIDGE Independent spinner and weaver n REBECCA WEBSTER LAJMI, THE PEVERIL CENTRE, CASTLETON Paintings of flowers and still life. n WENDY BUTLER, 9 THE MARSHES, HOPE A collection of images relating to rocky landscape walks and atmospheric moods n CLAIRE DUBERRY, 5 ST JOSEPH STREET, MATLOCK Abstract, vibrant, verging on the psychedelic, floral pieces n LIN CHEUNG, 87 CORBAR ROAD, BUXTON Impressionistic or abstract paintings in acrylic, oil or mixed media n MADELINE DEVITT, DARFIELD HOUSE, TISSINGTON Handpainted and printed canvasses, lampshades, cushions and scarves
Medley A group of local crafts people Derbyshire Open Arts Preview Friday 26th 5pm until 8pm Saturday 27th - Monday 29th May 10am-5pm Karina Goodman Fine Art karinagoodmanstudio61.co.uk
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Chantal Kelly Stained Glass ckellystainedglass.com
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with
Gallery tour sure
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painter and printmaker Sarah appetite for more Sharpe. There are always There seem to be more venues lovely lunches and cake serving food this year, as more available. pubs offer space to artists and n Evie’s Art Group is a gathering of local artists from various groups add baking to Parwich and they will be in the their creative skills. Here are just some of the ones we have very stylish Parwich Memorial Hall where they are promising spotted. n At The Oakwood in Glossop homemade cakes. n One of the most beautiful you will be able to see seven venues has to be the Haybarn artists including Deiniol Williams who creates medieval at Beechenhill Farm, Ilam near Ashbourne. inspired earthenware tiles. Here you will find the owner n At The Pack Horse in Hayfield you will be able to see Sue Prince and nine other the pen and ink wash drawings artists who are all members of the Peak District Artisans (see of James Horton alongside page 28 for more details). three other artists. The barn is used as a wedding n Holymoorside Village Hall venue, and as the farm is near Chesterfield is home organic you can expect some to seven artists including at least two new faces including tasty treats on offer.
food
n GIOS BARBERS MARKET STREET NEW MILLS Tea and cakes on offer with artists Adele and Steven Kime n 24 GRANGEWOOD ROAD, BIRDHOLME Artist Liz Linell is promising a house full of paintings as well as cake n GREAT LONGSTONE VILLAGE HALL There are home made cakes on offer alongside work by artists Su Woollen, Mark Beresford and Alan Grant
Derbyshire Open Arts at Banks Mill Studios Sat 27 – Mon 29 May, 10am – 5pm
Meet artists, designers and makers with an opportunity to buy original artwork and handmade products Free entry & car parking
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Meet the artists
in their creative
environment There are venues with multiple artists exhibiting spread across the county from Take Ten at the United Reformed Church Hall, Hardwick Square East in Buxton, to The Gallery at Arkwright’s Mill in Cromford and Bank’s Mill Studios in Bridge Street, Derby. At the Derby University venue you will be able to meet eight artists in their working studios. They include Farah Batool with her ceramic wall art and jewellery; abstract artist Lor Bird; mixed media artist Susan Bedford; Barbara Colbert who works with charcoal; Stevie Davies, who works with fused glass; Mig Holder, a mixed media artist; Elsie Jayne, who
creates handmade clothing and ceramicist Sue McNair. At Long Eaton Art Rooms among others you will find the unusual jewellery of Mary Graham who works with porcelain and knitted fine wire, and at Brook Street Studios, Glossop one of the artists will be Kathryn Fruish who creates jewellery inspired by ancient symbols. A new group of artists in the heart of the county are Eclectica – jewellery designer Zoe Adamson, painter Kate Beinder, animal artist Frances Daunt and glass artist Stephanie Platts. They will be exhibiting at The Folly, Main Road, Lea, near Matlock. At Fritchley a group of seven artists named Medley will be exhibiting. For more details see page 32.
eclectica! Animal art, fused glasswork, paintings and jewellery
ZOE ADAMSON : unique jewellery inspired by Derbyshire’s industrial heritage KATE BEINDER : portraits and abstract landscapes FRANCES DAUNT : animal art in various media STEPHANIE PLATTS : modern fused glasswork
Saturday 29th May - Sunday 4th June The Folly, Main Road, Lea, near Matlock DE4 5GJ
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studios n SIMON PARKIN STUDIO GALLERY, GLOSSOP Three floors of paintings by a nationally acclaimed artist n LYNNE WILKINSON, SUMMERLEY HALL, NEAR DRONFIELD Award-winning artist with beautiful studio n JOHN CONNOLLY ORMSCLIFFE STUDIO, BOLSOVER Land and seascapes n EDDIE HALLAM GREENWAYS FARM, RIBER Wildlife sculptures in bronze
Seeing the light
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t is unlikely that the estate agent showing Natasha Braithwaite around her potential new home in Buxton expected her to ask to see the cellar as soon as she stepped through the front door.
But for the photographer the underground room was key to her future and therefore the most important one in the house. When, having clambered down the stone steps, a vast cavern of a cellar opened up in front of her Natasha knew she had found the perfect space for her dream darkroom. “I knew as soon as I saw it that this house was going to
Moving to Buxton
gave Natasha the chance to pursue her photography be perfect for us. So long as there was enough room for us to have dogs we were going to be happy,” she said cheerfully. Natasha and her partner Dave left London to be closer to her family in Derby and were drawn to Buxton as they already had friends there, the artist Sandra Orme and her husband Mike who left the city for the Peak District 15 years ago. Until she moved here Natasha
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Natasha Braithwaite ‘on location’ with her dogs Ned and Shadow Above: Towards Higger Tor
had been following a career in stage management but says it had become a job she just did, rather than enjoyed, so she wanted a change. She believed the move north would give her the opportunity to pursue her interest in photography and more especially using an analogue camera and processing her own black and white films. Natasha has been taking pictures for a few years and used to send the films off to be processed but was never happy with the results. “Eventually I was persuaded
Main Picture: Autumn, Corbar Woods, left: Combs Moss II and above: Setting Sun
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(admittedly a little reluctantly) to go on a course at the London College of Communication to learn darkroom techniques and I couldn’t believe how much I enjoyed it. The process was amazing – so exciting and sometimes unpredictable. I was hooked and really enjoyed experimenting,” she explained. “That’s why when I moved here I was determined to have either a shed or a cellar so I could kit out my own darkroom and take my photography more seriously. “I find my inspiration in the way the fall of light picks
out the tones, textures and contrasts in the landscape and I am fascinated by the way the grain in the film adds a textural dimension to the pictures.” Natasha works hard at fairs and festivals to promote her work having been given her first chance to exhibit at the Green Man Gallery in Buxton when the gallery itself was in its early days. Since then she has become a mainstay of the art festival scene and exhibits at as many as she can in the year. She has just collected her work from the Spring Gathering at
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The Green Man Gallery and from April 30-May 1 she will be taking part in the Belper Art Trail. Then for the Derbyshire Open Arts event from May 27-29 she is teaming up with Sandra Orme at her newly built studio and gallery at 26 Rock Bank, Harpur Hill, Buxton. Natasha became a member of the Peak District Artisans last year and will be at the Great Dome Art Fair in Buxton in July and The Nicholson, in Leek in August. n For details about her work go to natashabraithwaite.co.uk
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artsbeat previews this month’s don’t-miss exhibitions – turn to agenda for further details and other galleries St John Street Gallery, Ashbourne
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ward winning artist Anna Thomas, is the first of two artists who have solo exhibitions at the gallery in May. Songs From the Land is a collection of paintings, see right, inspired directly by the sights and sounds of life in rural Britain. The paintings tell a story of the fields, the trees and the animals which fill the hedgerows and the skies. “I always carry a sketchbook so that I can record any moment that calls to me. “Recently, I have also been recording my observations in writing, as the free-flowing words offer another valuable
way of expressing my feelings.” This exhibition will run from May 5-20, with a Preview on Friday, May 5, from 5-8pm. The second exhibition is A Fresh View on the Landscape with Colin Halliday, from May 26-June 10. Derbyshire artist Colin is
known for his vibrant oil paintings, creating dramatic landscapes with his palette knife. The exhibition will showcase some of his latest exciting and energetic work, featuring many new pieces never shown before. The preview will be on Friday May 26, from 5-8pm.
Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby, near Melbourne Steven Tandy was born in Sheffield and following the award of his degree in Fine Art he spent many years working as a traditional sign writer, however, by 2012 he decided to become a full-time artist. He works in oils expressing his artistic vision primarily through still- life. All of his pieces are painted in a realistic manner to convey the beauty of the subject matter. His work is exquisite in depth and detail, only being truly appreciated by viewing the actual paintings, which are being exhibited at Ingleby Gallery from May 21-June 4.
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gallery High Peak Artists, Art Cafe, Pavilion Gardens Buxton
An exhibition by three High Peak Artists entitled Seeing is Believing is being staged at the upstairs gallery from May 12-July 4. It features work byKathy MacMillan, Maureen Howard and Emma Sidwell, whose painting Alchemy is pictured, left. The artists’ group has also just welcomed four new artists to its Gallery in the Gardens downstairs at the Pavilion Gardens. They are Suzy Shackleton a felt
artist who creates colourful, distinctive artworks of people and animals and has made a new series of birds for the gallery; Pentimento Ceramics & Print, aka Caroline Hewitt and Jaki Darlington who create animal and bird sculptures and unique ceramic tiles and Rebecca Albrecht – trading as Sassy Annie, a silversmith and jewellery designer who works with sterling silver, semi-precious stones and cubic zirconia sparkles.
Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley
Wildlife artist Richard Whittlestone hosts a new exhibition of landscape paintings at his gallery on the Chatsworth Estate until May 14. Most of the works on show have been drawn from the stunning countryside around Richard’s studio, showing deer in the parkland to pheasants in the lanes. Richard said: “This is my first exhibition in 40 years which has not had wildlife as the main subject. Although every painting will of course have some bird or animal as a
focal point, the landscape will dominate, rather than being a backdrop to the subject,
consequently enabling me to show wildlife subjects in the context of their lives.”
The Derwent Wye Gallery, Rowsley The gallery will be exhibiting work by Three Derbyshire Painters from June 3. As well as paintings by one of the gallery’s partners David Naylor there will also be work by Mike Connley and Grahame Wheatley. Grahame, whose work
is pictured right, was a scenic artist for the BBC at its Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham in the 80s. His work is held in a number of public and private collections. The exhibition at Rowsley is being launched with a preview between 10am and 2pm on June 3.
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gallery River’s Edge Gallery, Bamford One of Derbyshire’s newest galleries River’s Edge is based at the Hope Valley Garden Centre on the Castleton to Hathersage Road. It is being run by artist Kirstie Leigh Riley and her partner Ivan Ashmore. During May they are featuring a Landscape Exhibition – Light and Bright in the Peaks – which will be featuring work by Derbyshire artists Pauline Rignall and Colin Halliday and Richard Clare. The gallery will be open on both the Bank Holiday Mondays from 11am-4pm and on May 1 they will be serving free refreshments. Pictured left is Golden Field by Pauline Rignall.
The Marlow Gallery, Melbourne Figures and Forms is a mixed exhibition of paintings and prints, sculpture and ceramics by Amy Isles Freeman, Emma Lawrenson, Peter Startup, Chris Chilton and others. The work pictured is by Emma who is a full time printmaker living and working in Yorkshire. She gained a an MA in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 1998. She has won several awards and exhibited in many exhibitions including the Royal Academy. The exhibition opens on May 14 and there is an invitation only preview on May 13 from 5pm-8pm. To receive an invitation subscribe to the gallery mailing list by going online to themarlowgallery.co.uk
Leabrooks Arts Complex, Somercotes Susan Bedford’s exhibition of mixed media work is on display in the gallery from May 6- 26. It s a rich collection of natural images created in paint and employing a diverse range of materials which create texture and depth. At the end of the month the complex will be presenting an Open Studio event featuring three artists and their friends. Susan Tracey, impressionist, Lynn Presland, mixed media artist, Carol Barton-Jones, experimental colourist and others will be working in the gallery and gardens, sharing their enthusiasm for painting, from 11am-4pm on May 28 and 29. Refreshments will be available in the Lempicka Tea Room.
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An exhibition of Derbyshire landscape paintings by
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Field of Thistles: Pauline Rignall
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have a go
We have two bank holidays in a month so there’s plenty of time to relax and book yourself on to a new course Anne Alldread Textiles n Regular felt making workshops in Belper covering a variety of felting techniques, from the basics, to creating a beautiful scarf, cushion or wall hanging. Or you can join in at the weekly textile groups now on Monday, 2-4pm and Wednesday 10am-12.30pm, to try tapestry, weaving, collage, mixed media, printing, design and much more. A small friendly group with an emphasis on enjoyment while creating. For information contact: Anne Alldread on 07817745705, email annealldread@yahoo.co.uk or visit annealldread.com Astound Exhibition, Nicholson Museum and Art Gallery, Leek n Continuous Line Drawing with Lesley Nixon – Wednesday May 31. n Collage with Laura Hyland – Thursday June 1. n Decoupage with Leanne Brocklehurst – Friday June 2. n Mark Making with Julia Brownsword – Saturday, June 3. n Mindful Drawing with Sally Furness – Saturday, June 10. n Design and Print a Mug with Sandie Bebbington – Tuesday June 13. , Artcore, Charnwood Street, Derby n Joys of Creation workshops at 10am each Thursday. For further information please email info@artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561. Bakewell Community Arts Workshops, Medway Community Centre, Bakewell n Crafternoons – Third Friday of the month during term time 1pm–3pm. n Crafty Kids Club –Tuesdays during term time 10am–12noon.
Wide variety
of life-drawing classes on offer Tracey Fennell, who has several years experience as an illustrator working in a wide range of media, holds regular life drawing classes at The Studios, New Mills, and as well as a six-week taster course she also holds various supplementary figure drawing workshops in acrylics, watercolour, graphite, and even monoprinting, with movement and with fabrics. The stand alone sessions help students to concentrate on skills For further details call the Medway Centre on 01629 813638 or email enquiries@medwaycentre.co.uk Betty’s Sewing Box, Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne n Crochet Clinic first Wednesday of the month 6-9pm. Details of other courses at bettys-sewing-box.co.uk Bob Neill, Pyrography Tuition n One day courses and group workshops. For more details contact Bob on 01332 792036 or visit bobneillpyrography.co.uk Buddhist Meditation, Bakewell n Thursdays – Buddhist Meditation Class, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, Chapel Row, Matlock Street. Bakewell DE45 1EL. All welcome. Samatha tradition. For more information call 07930 975807 samatha.org/bakewell, fb.me/SamathaBakewell
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and techniques they would like to develop with one-to-one tuition at a relaxed pace. Go to thestudios. co for more information about what is on offer. Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford n Watercolour tuition is available for small groups or on a one-to-one basis, all abilities welcome. Contact the gallery on 01629 826434 for more details. Cromford Mill, Cromford n Arkwright Spinsters demonstrating spinning and other crafts, third Sunday of every month, 11-4pm. n Knit and Natter, second Wednesday of every month, 10amnoon. n Once Upon A Time weekend, May 27 and 28. Step into a fairy tale kingdom and meet knights, princesses and dragons. You will be able to take part in enchanting craft workshops throughout the day and make your own fairy or elf door and a fairy or knight puppet to take home More details at cromfordmills.org.uk
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have a go Dave Griffin, Stained Glass Artist n For more details please contact Dave on 07742 481930 or visit dave-griffin.co.uk Esther Tyson, Screen Print at Via Gellia Mill, Bonsall n Regular screenprint workshops using hand-cut stencils, water-based inks, producing a limited edition print. Small groups in a working studio environment. Contact Esther at esther.tyson@ network.rca.ac.uk for more details. Etienne Gallery art classes, In The Flow, Matlock n Etienne Gallery offers year-round studio art classes and workshops taught by experienced artist and teacher, Jason Etienne. Go to jasonetienne.com for details. Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n May 1, Green Woodworking Demonstration by Barry Bate. A chance to see the ancient handcarving techniques he uses to create a range of unique household items. Free event. Drop in any time between 10.30am and 3.30pm. n Every day: 6x4: Inspired by Landscape. Drop-in at any time and join this record-breaking attempt and fundraiser. n The REC Youth Theatre Senior Company (aged 15 to 19+) meets every Monday during term time from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Come to a session or contact the artistic director, Kitty Randle, on recyouththeatre@gmail.com n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model, Tuesdays, 7pm-9pm. Cost £8 per session. Booking essential. Contact Curtis Bollington 07880 535615. Over 18s only. n Changing Faces – A Funny Wonders Inc. project for 11-18 year olds. Creative workshops every Tuesday during term time from 3.30pm-5pm. Contact Ali QuasCohen for more information on hello@funnywonders.org.uk
n Dance Classes: For information classes and to book places, contact, Catherine Farrimond, on 01298 70984. Every Thursday – Theatre Dance for Children (modern, jazz tap and stagecraft) 4.15pm for six to ten years; 5.15pm for 11 to 15 years. Every Thursday – Adult Ballet/Body Conditioning and Tap Dance Ballet/ Body Conditioning at 7pm followed by Tap Dance at 8pm. Every Saturday – Ballet for Children – 10.15am for six to ten years; 11.15am for 11 to 15 years. For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated. Green Door Printing, Banks Mill, Derby n Screen Printing, IPE Editioning, May 6, 11am-4.30pm. n Soap Ground and Spit Bite Etching, May 6, 11am 5pm. n Acrylic Resist Etching, May 8, 15, 22 and 29, 5pm-9pm n Collography, May 13-14, 11am3pm. n Wet Ground Etching, May 20,11am-4pm. n Introduction to T-shirt Screen Printing, BSL Printmakers, May 20, 11am-4.30pm. n Multi-colour Screen Printing onto Paper, May 27-28, 11am-4.30pm n Multi-block Linocut, IPE Editioning, May 27-28, 11am-3pm. For more details and to book online, visit: greendoor-printmaking.co.uk Greenwood Days, National Forest, near Melbourne n Willow hurdle making, May 20. n Beginners willow weaving, May 21. n Greenwood stool making, June 3-4. n Greenwood Experience, June 17. Helen Jagger, sustainable textile design n Drop-in sessions at St Ann’s Catholic Rooms, Buxton, Fridays between 9.15am and 11.15am. n Buxton Campus, Buxton, Tuesday
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evenings in term time,7pm-9pm. Contact the college directly on 0800 0740099 to book. Guidance with a range of sewing projects such as household, soft furnishing, dress, and the recycling of fabrics. Go to helenjagger.co.uk for more details. Helen Moyes, Textile and Mixed Media Artist, Sheffield n Sip and Sew or Knit and Natter, first Monday of the month, 6-7.30pm, in Eccleshall, Sheffield. n Creative Stitch – machine embroidery workshop, May 6, 10am-3pm. n Paint and Stitch workshop, May 20, 10am-3pm. For more information, or to book a place, please contact Helen 0796 711 9591 or moyeshelen@gmail.com. Jane Bevan creating artworks from Found Natural Materials n Full day workshop, 10am-4pm. Join Jane for a day of walking, collecting and making around the Calke National Trust estate in Ticknall, June 29 and October 21. email janebevan@btconnect.com Matlock Artists Society, All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street n The club’s Portrait Group meets the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-12noon. Everyone is welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. Please contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640 or Colin Daffern 01629 733261. Little London Gallery, Holloway n Develop your studio practice and techniques with Chris Tkacz, at his Little London Gallery studio in Holloway near Matlock. Small groups, maximum six or individual attention. All media and techniques offered. Contact Chris Tkacz by email at info@littlelondongallery.co.uk or telephone 01629 534825. Pitchblue, Newbridge Works, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth n Silk painting, May 6. An introduction to silk painting. You
have a go do not need any art experience to try this. n Art Weekend, May 12-13. On this workshop you will tap into your artistic talents through a series of fun practical exercises that will help you start drawing, painting, and working with your imagination and ideas. n Half day machine embroidery, June 17. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of freemachine embroidery. n Full day workshops from 10am3.30pm with lunch and a half day is until 1pm.You can choose one day or two. Go to pitchbluecreative.com for more details. Pauline Townsend Silk Painter n Workshops for beginners and improvers in Buxton. Schedule available on the website: silkpainter. co.uk Parkwood Pottery Alfreton n Evening throwing courses on weekdays. Telephone 07919 838108 for more details. Purple and Grey – courses for emerging artists n Purple and Grey have teamed up with The Society of All Artists to create a regional art group with a programme of meetings and workshops to be staged at Tansley Village Hall from 10.30am12.30pm on Wednesday mornings throughout the year. Book online at purpleandgrey.co.uk or by emailing purpleandgreyinfo@gmail.com. QUAD Derby n Romance Writing and Happy Endings, with bestselling local author Jane Linfoot, May 11. n Fantastic Tales and How To Write them: creative writing course with Ruth de Haas, Tuesdays from May 16 to June 6, 7-9pm. n How to Run a Writing Event with Alex Davis, May 20. n Poetry From Start to Finish, with Sophie Sparham, Mondays from June 12-July 17, 7pm-9pm. For more details go to derbyquad. co.uk
Scandi Workshops by Needle in the Mill, Banks Mill, Bridge Street, Derby n Hygge Lanterns and Cards, Wednesdays, 6.30pm-9pm. n Scandi Embroidery, Fridays 12.30-3pm. For further details, or to book please contact, needleinthemill@gmail.com Instagram:@needleinthemill Small Print Company, 2-3 Friary Street, Derby n Introduction to Letterpress, May 20, June 3 and 22, noon. n Create a Letterpress Print, May 25, June 8, 6pm. n Beginners Bookbinding, June 10, 2pm. n Letterpress Bookplate, June 15, 1pm and 6pm. n Open Day: Celebrating Books, June 17. n Bookbinding with Matt Edwards, June 17, 1pm. Details of various courses at smallprintcompany.co.uk The Studios, Union Road, New Mills n Peak Scribbling Writers’ Group every other Tuesday of the month, 7-8.30pm. n Figure Drawing with Tracy Fennell, May 6, monoprinting; June 3, movement; July 1, colour; July 29, fabrics and August 26, acrylics. n Print Mondays, April 10 and May 15. n Mindfulness for Creativity with Suzanne Bethell, May 3 and 10, 6.30pm-8.45pm. For prices, more details and how to book contact Emma Makarova on 07800510176 or email emmamakarove@googlemail.com StraightCurves, 104 Saltergate, Chesterfield n Sew Socials – Various daytimes and evenings Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. A two and a half hour session for those who can already use a sewing machine. n Woolly Wednesdays – every Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm and 6.30pm-9pm. All arts and crafts are
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welcome at this session. n Little Creatives – every Friday 9.45am-11.15am, and every Monday 9.45am-1.15am. Little Creatives is a workshop designed especially for pre-school children and their parents. n Finish Off Fridays – every Friday, noon-3pm. See straightcurves.co.uk for details. St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n John Connolly, Trees, Woodlands, Forests, May 2. n Lewis Noble, Painting in the Derbyshire Landscape, May 15-17. n Wendy Darker, Painting Highland Cows, May 23 and 24.To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@stjohngalleryandcafe. co.uk. More details at stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Karina Goodman Studio 61 n Workshops and Tuition. Derbyshire RSC for The SAA. New for 2017 – Regional Purple and Grey Art Group. Visit karinagoodmanstudio61.co.uk for more information Louise West Lace Design 6 Friar Gate Studios, Ford Street, Derby n Evening classes in bobbin lace making, Tuesdays 6-8pm. n One-day workshops for a maximum of ten students, £30. The next few courses are on May 20 and 23, June 17 and 20, July 1, and August 15 and 19. There is also a two-day course on Bedfordshire lace on August 26 and 27. Go to louisewestlacedesign.co.uk for booking details. West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield n Go to West Studios facebook page to find out about latest courses planned. You can email hello@ weststudios.co.uk or call 01246 500799 to reserve your place on any courses. Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Hopton n Go to zantium.co.uk for details.
The Craft Barn hosts activities for people of all ages and is run by Julia Norton, centre
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reatives who live near Hadfield in the High Peak are very lucky to have The Craft Barn in their midst. The small community arts and crafts venue was the brainchild of Julia Norton who launched her business three years ago and has steadily been expanding it since. Her latest idea is to open a gallery space for the village in the room above the studio and she has just successfully raised more than £1,200 via Crowdfunder to get it fitted out professionally. Wall In The Barn will open with its first exhibition,
by photographer Darren Bartholomew and artist Saima Rasheed, on May 26. Julia said: “Our local area is rich in talented painters, photographers and artisans both professional and amateur, however there are few permanent gallery spaces. “We will now be able to celebrate and promote this talent as well as nurture future emerging artists from the local schools and colleges.” The first show at the Station Road gallery will be part of the Derbyshire Open Arts events and run until May 29. It will be followed by a summer exhibition in July as well as a show by sixth form college students in November. Other local artists will be able
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to stage their own exhibitions in between. Downstairs at the Craft Barn there are daily arts and crafts sessions where children can splodge and stick. The upstairs space is used for adult workshops and courses. Four times a year the Barn hosts a Handmade Fayre and you can also book the space for children’s craft parties. “Anyone should be able to come here. It is not about age, ability or experience. If you want to be creative there is a place for you here. There are lots of opportunities and I work very hard to make it accessible and fun for as many people as possible,” said Julia. n To find out more go to thecraftbarnhadfield.co.uk
Musical medley at town festival
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or the whole of May Belper celebrates the arts with an impressive festival packed with music, theatre, dance, photography, film, literature and comedy. It kicks off with the Arts Trail involving 132 artists in 55 venues during the first bank holiday weekend and finishes with Belper Open Houses event over the Whitsun bank holiday at the end of the month. In between there are performances, talks and workshops taking place all over the town. The music festival within the festival has been created by pianist Beate Toyka and Tim Wilmhurst and mostly takes place in St Peter’s Church, although there are also some events at No 28, a community venue in the town. One of those, a performance by Seckou Keita is being billed as an Extra Time event as it is not until June 2 but it promises to be one of the most memorable concerts of the festival. Seckou, who was born in Senegal but now lives in Nottingham is one of the adventurous masters of the kora, an African harp, with which he explores flamenco and jazz-funk as well as African-influenced music. The music festival begins on
May 6, with Esperance Duo, Stewart McCoy and soprano Clare Devine who have come together to play songs from the Renaissance period. The next day The Younger Kanneh Masons – the four siblings of last year’s BBC Young Musician of the Year Sheku – will be performing at the church from 3-4pm. The family from Nottingham each has the same extraordinary talent and potential as their elder brother and will play music by Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin in piano and string trios and various solos. Following tea, during which they will chat with the audience, there will be a chance to listen to their older sister Isata who is launching her career as a professional pianist. She wowed the Belper audience so much last year she has been invited back. A young Sheffield violinist, Lucy Phillips, will be perform alongside Beate on the piano on May 12. Together they will play light classical music for springtime. Beate will be on stage at the Church again on May 13 when she plays piano as a duo with Gillian Bithel alongside the Derwent Singers.
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One of the country’s best organists Tom Corfield, who was assistant organist at Derby Cathedral from 1985 until last year, will give a recital on the church’s restored organ on May 19. Belper based musician Dave Sturt, a bassist with the band Gong will be showcasing tracks from his solo album Dreams & Absurdities with a host of other musicians at No28 on May 20. He will be up against Opera Babe Karen England who is starring in a Last Night of the Proms Concert in the church the same evening with the Dalesmen Male Voice Choir and A Choir’d Taste from Melbourne. One very special event which has been added to the festival line up is With a Little Help From My Friends, a concert inspired by Derby Radio’s Andy Potter who died in February. Andy was always a big supporter of the Belper Festival. Admission to this event on May 25 is free but there will be collections to raise money for the Nightingale Macmillan Unit at the Royal Derby Hospital where Andy spent his last days. n For details of all the events mentioned here, and the many other performances planned for the festival go to belperartsfestival.org
Clockwise from right: Beate Toyka, Lucy Phillips, the late Andy Potter, Isata Kanneh Mason, Karen England, Dave Sturt and Seckou Keita
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Dame Patricia faces the music
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t is still one of the best-kept secrets in show business – that Dame Patricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had success in musical theatre in Britain and on Broadway. In a fascinating encounter with the writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson, Facing The Music, which is coming to Ashbourne Festival in June, she recalls this very special period in her career and reveals some rare and treasured recordings to the audience. Her many awards include a Tony for her Broadway performance in the Styne-Harburg musical Darling of the Day and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. She has delighted us for many years with her colourful characters such as the frightful Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances and the gossip Kitty in Victoria Wood as Seen on TV. There are only a few dates
Comic actress
will tell festival audiences about life on Broadway in her tour each year so Ashbourne is very lucky to have her on the programme and you shouldn’t miss the chance to see her if you can. Another household name coming to the town’s annual festival is Derbyshire born Tim Brooke-Taylor who has had a long career entertaining us most memorably in The Goodies.
He will be in conversation with writer and broadcaster Chris Serle and you can expect an evening of warmth and good humour spiced with a few revealing anecdotes about many of the names he has appeared with including his fellow Goodies Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. For full details about other events during the festival, which include performances by Toyah Willcox, Police Dog Hogan and the Pelleas Ensemble as well as talks by the likes of Sunny Ormonde from The Archers and the Lake District shepherd James Rebanks, go to ashbournefestival.org
County’s finest Garden designer
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nternational garden designer Arne Maynard, best-known for his romantic gardens, each with a unique ‘sense of place’, will give an evening lecture at Haddon Hall, near Bakewell this month. Arne has been involved with the estate for more than 15 years and the redesign of the terraced gardens surrounding the Hall is a continually evolving process. He will speak to guests about ‘evoking the spirit of place in the gardens at Haddon’ before joining them for cocktails in the garden. The talk on June 8 coincides with the inaugural RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, at which Arne will help to judge the show gardens. To celebrate Haddon Hall will put on regular garden tours from June 7-10. Lady Edward Manners, said: “We are thrilled that Arne will be joining us for this very special event in June. “The RHS Chatsworth Flower Show is on our doorstep and we hope visitors travelling to our unique corner of England will be inspired to stay a little longer to explore.
Arne Maynard will be giving a lecture at Haddon Hall to coincide with the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show and will play a leading role in rejuvenating gardens at Renishaw Hall PICTURE: Britt Willoughby Dyer
“Arne’s talk will give guests a unique insight into his approach to redesigning the gardens here, bringing his design philosophy to life.” Tickets to the talk are £45 including cocktails and admission to the gardens. Garden tours throughout the weekend are included in the usual admission fee. For information and to book tickets visit haddonhall.co.uk Speaking about his busy schedule of courses and events in 2017 Arne said: “I love speaking to people about my love of gardening and designing gardens. I am really looking forward to the June event at Haddon Hall – it’s an incredibly beautiful place that is very close to my heart.”
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Arne is an award-winning designer with an impressive catalogue of high profile gardens and clients to his name, including two Gold Medal-winning gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. His love of gardening, coupled with an unstinting passion for design and the creation of beautiful gardens, has earned him a worldwide reputation for quality and style. The latest prestigious gardens he has been taken on to develop are the award-winning Italianate gardens at Renishaw Hall. Owner Alexandra Sitwell has commissioned him to work on the borders in the gardens, which were laid out in the late 19th Century by her greatgrandfather Sir George Sitwell.
music
artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live music from classical and choirs to indie, rock’n’roll and folk Young folk stars
take to the stage in Belper concert IN THE Tradition is a concert, featuring some of the best musicians and singers from the younger generation on the folk scene. It takes place at the Nailers Football Club in Belper on May 13 at 8pm. Granny’s Attic are by far the best young band on the British folk scene and were a big hit at last year’s Derby Folk Festival. This trio play fiddle, guitar and melodeon, alongside stunning vocals with songs and tunes from within the folk tradition. Derbyshire’s own melodeon
Rock and Pop
Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Bla Bla Bla, Buxton Local Artists, topping the bill are Routh 66, May 6, 7.30pm, Pavilion Arts Centre. n The Robert Cray Band, May 8, 7.30pm. n The Solid Silver 60s Show, May 11, 7.30pm. n Hawkwind, May 23, 7.30pm. n Let’s Hang On, The Music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, May 25, 7.30pm. n The Carpenters Story, May 26, 7.30pm. n Whitney, Queen of the Night, May 28, 7.30pm. n Footloose - The Musical starring Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan, May 30-June 3. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Granny’s Attic will be performing at Belper on May 13
wizard, Benammi Swift, is also on the bill. Since becoming a finalist at the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Awards 2016, Benammi has become sought after to play for ceilidhs and concerts all over the country.
Abbie Rechert is an up and coming singer-songwriter from Chesterfield. She plays guitar and sings a mix of traditional and contemporary songs. Tickets available from the Ticket Hotline 01773 853428.
Derby Arena, Derby n Shawn Klush, Elvis World Tour, May 11, 7.30pm. n King of Pop featuring Jennifer Batten and starring the world’s leading Michael Jackson tribute, Navi, May. 12.
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The Flowerpot Derby From The Jam, That’s Entertainment Acoustic Tour 2017– featuring Bruce Foxton and Russell Hastings, May 18. Go to rawpromo.co.uk for tickets. George and Dragon, Bridge Street, Belper Friday Night Music Nights. All the gigs are free, from 9-11pm. Guildhall Theatre, Derby n Sensation, Abba Tribute Band, May 18. n Blues Brothers Experience, May
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The Old Clubhouse, Buxton Live band every Friday. Go to oldclub-house.co.uk for more details. Old Poets’ Corner, Ashover Tuesdays is open acoustic night More details at oldpoets.co.uk Queen’s Head, Chesterfield Road Belper n Bonfire Radicals and Arguably Venomous Mammals, May 5. n Winter Wilson plus support, May 26. For more details go to queensheadbelper.weebly.com
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Alstonefield Village Hall Eleanor McEvoy, May 13. See more details on page 54. The concert
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columnist’s band POLICE Dog Hogan are a high-energy and eclectic eight-piece, combining fiddle, banjo, mandolin, brass, drums and guitars with knockout four-part harmonies in an exuberant fusing of country, pop, folk, and rocking urban bluegrass. Their funny, literate and superbly crafted songs veer from the wistful and poetic to flat-out, foot-stomping tales. Regular readers of Tim Dowling’s column in The is part of Alstonefield’s monthly In Concert series. The full programme can be found online at alstonefield. org/community/alstonefield-events.
Guardian, will know about the trials and tribulations of the band, even if you did not know its name. Tim is the banjo player. You can see them live at the Belper Folk Club, Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper Every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk Belpler Nailers Football Club Concert Room, Belper In The Tradition is a special concert featuring some of the best musicians and singers from the younger generation on the folk scene, May 13, 8pm. See more details on previous page.
ELEANOR McEvoy, one of Ireland’s most accomplished contemporary singersongwriters, best known for composing the song Only A Woman’s Heart, which she sang to provide the title track of A Woman’s Heart, the best-selling Irish album in Irish history, will be at Alstonefield Village Hall on May 13 at 8pm. For tickets Tel. 01335 310322/310322, or email hopedalemusic@ btinternet.com
Buxton Opera House, Buxton Freddie Garner Jazz Quartet, May 7, 1pm, Pavilion Arts Centre. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for more detail on other events. Chesterfield Jazz Club, Chester Street, Chesterfield A Tribute to the Montgomery Brothers: Roger Beaujolais, Wendy Kirkland, Pat Sprakes, Clive Loveday, Paul Jefferies, May 18. More details at chesterfieldjazz. wordpress.com Derby Jazz Partisans, Derby Silk Mill, May 20, 8pm. The band is co-led by Phil Robson (guitars) and Julian Siegel (tenor sax and bass clarinet). The
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Empire Ballroom, Ashbourne, on June 24, at 8pm as part of the town’s festival. For tickets go to ashbournefestival.org where you will find details of many other events. line-up is completed by Thaddeus Kelly (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums). More details from derbyjazz.co.uk Green Man Gallery, Buxton n May 1, Kaleidoscope Community Choir. An informal concert by Buxton’s popular community choir to coincide with Buxton’s fabulous Spring Fair. 1pm to 2pm. Free. n The Sunday BuskStop, May 7, 12-2pm, free lunchtime gig by acoustic musicians with soup, hot drinks and cake for lunch and excellent company. Donations to musicians invited. n A Night of Music #26. Regular showcase gig by young musicians, May 27, doors 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets £3 /£2 under 16s. Advance booking advised. For further information contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375. Guildhall Theatre, Derby Cara Dillion, May 20. See more details on page 56. Live and Local various locations n Tayo Aluko and Friends, Call Mr Robeson, A Life with Songs, Crich Glebe Field Centre, May 13, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01773 853260.
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play at Litton CELLIST and chamber musician Tom Collingwood will perform at a charity concert at Litton on June 3. Tom has performed at the Manchester International String Quartet Festival and is regularly invited to European festivals. He is a founding member of the Zemlinsky Trio and continues to play in various orchestral groups. At Christ Church in Litton, alongside John Hackett on n Martin Harley, Bakewell Town Hall, May 28, 7.30pm. Tickets from 01629 810152. n Sonrisa – Latin Flavours, an exhilarating Latin Jazz burn-up. Warm, vibrant and toe tapping, Tutbury Village Hall, May 5, tickets 01283 8112248 and Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall, Holloway, tickets 01773 856545. The Medway Centre, Bakewell n Live at The Medway Cabaret Evening, May 5, 7.30pm. An exciting evening of comedy, magic, music, sketches and fun. Among the cast are your host compere Mick Partridge; Comedy Magic with Steve Faulkner, the Hilarious Dr Pandemonious Fish on the amazing Cyr Wheel and Trevor Organ Circus in a Suitcase. There will be music by Sarah Bownes and guitarist/vocalist Jack T Harper. The show will be supporting Helen’s Trust and tickets are available from medwaycentre.co.uk;The Bakewell Bookshop or at the Medway Centre on 01629 813638. n May 14, from 10.30am to 12.30pm, Bakewell Oxfam Supporters Group are staging a Jazz Breakfast with the music of The Steve Salfield Quartet. Steve,
the flute and Nick Fletcher, guitar he will be presenting El Alma de America Latina – the soul of Latin America with Café 1930 and Libertango, composed by Astor Pizzolla, Heitor VillaLobbos and others. Tickets are £10 and £5 for the under 16s. To reserve a seat, ring Rosie Ford on 01298 871564. Tickets are also available in Litton shop. The concert is supporting the Disaster Emergency Committee’s appeal to help save the lives of millions of people, otherwise dying of malnutrition, in parched East Africa. on tenor and soprano saxes, has played not only in contemporary jazz groups, blues and rock’n’roll bands, but also in classical orchestras. Wendy Kirkland on keyboards leads her own band, The Organik Trio. Pat Sprakes is brilliant on double bass and guitar and Clive Loveday is a talented and inventive drummer. For more details go to stevesalfield. com. A continental style breakfast is included. Tickets can be bought from Bakewell Book and Gift Shop or reserved from Jude 01629 815469 or Daryl 01629 813209. The Old Hall Hotel, Hope n Peter Buxton, May 24. n Singers and musicians in the bar, 8pm, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. Go to folkandblues.club for more details or call 07913331078. Winding Wheel Chesterfield Kate Rusby, May 13, 7.30pm. Box Office: 01246 345 or go to chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk.
Classical Music
Abbotsholme Arts Society, Abbotsholme School Chapel Stephen Hough, piano, May 24, 8pm.
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For more details of all events go to abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk Belper Singers April 29 at 7.30pm, at the Unitarian Chapel, Field Row, Belper. The gift of re-birth and renewal is the theme for this concert with a programme of English and European a capella music of the 16th Century Tickets £7 at the door or for reservations contact belpersingers@ gmail.com or call Sue on 07990 658071. Buxton Opera House, Buxton n English Touring Opera, Tosca, by Puccini, May 4 and 5, 7.30pm and Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan, May 6, 7.30pm. n Coffee Concert, Dominic Degavino, piano, May 12, 1pm, Pavilion Arts Centre.More details from buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Methodist Church, Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith Pleyel Ensemble Afternoon Tea Concert Sunday May 28, 3pm. Piano Trios including Niels Gade and Schubert’s B Flat. Tickets £10 on the door, from Reading Matters in Market Street or online at wegottickets.com/ event/386853.
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concert at Derby CARA Dillon, will be performing at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre on May 20 at 8pm. Those who don’t know the voice of Cara Dillon are in for a treat asd her legions of admirers around the world will tell you – there is something special in store at a Cara Dillon performance. A Thousand Hearts, Cara Dillon’s fifth solo album, is another small masterpiece of song and emotion. It is ethereal and radiant, beautifully honed and perfectly true. The Irish singer makes music that transcends Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir, June 24, The Phil at 50: Feeling Good, 7pm. Lively, upbeat concert to finish the choir’s 50th Season, with popular music set in a cabaret environment. Piano accompaniment by Tim Kennedy Go to chestphilchoir.org.uk for more details. Chapel-en-le-Frith Ladies Choir The choir will hold their Charity Concert in support of the Thomas Theyer charity and a local Alzheimer’s charity at Chapel Methodist Church on May 12 at 7.30pm, when the guest for the evening will be the soprano April Grimes. Refreshments are included in the ticket price. Tickets will be available from Hall’s Mica Hardware Store in Chapel, or on the door. For further details, please ring 01298 81 5965 or visit chapel-en-lefrithladieschoir.co.uk. Derby Cathedral n Derbyshire Singers - Bach B
genres and crosses barriers. She has won every folk award going, but confesses to being no purist, making music that reaches beyond the constraints and limitations of tradition. For tickets go to derbylive. co.uk Minor Mass, May 20, 7pm. Lucy Hall, Soprano; Margaret McDonald, Mezzo; Adam Temple-Smith, Tenor; Marcus Farnsworth, Baritone and The Derbyshire Sinfonia. Tickets will be available from. derbyshiresingers.org and other outlets as detailed on their website. n Rotary Club of Derby Mercia presents A Spring Charity Concert, May 27, 7.30 pm. Featuring Derwent Brass and offering an evening of classical big band and film music. Tickets are available online or by phone 01332 341516. Proceeds are in aid of Children First Derby and MacMillan Cancer Support. More details from derbycathedral.org. Derby Concert Orchestra May 20, 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Wirksworth, Wagner, Mahler, Sibelius and Neilsen. For more details go to derbyconcertorchestra. co.uk Derby Bach Choir Come and Sing event May 13 at 1.30pm at St George’s Church,
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Ticknall.Everyone is welcome to join them for an opportunity to sing Great British Anthems including Parry’s I was Glad, Blest Pair of Sirens and Zadok the Priest. Whether you are familiar with these works or they are new to you, this will be a wonderful opportunity to rehearse and perform with one of the Midlands’ best amateur choirs.The choir has issued an invitation to bring friends, colleagues and family to join the audience (at a cost of £5 per adult payable at the door) 6.30pm. Tickets for singers are priced at £20 which includes a buffet supper. More details at derbybachchoir.com Music at Duffield, Ecclesbourne School, Duffield Derby Piano Quartet, May 6, 7.30pm. The quartet founded in 2001 by Beate Toyka, and now with new member Jane Ford, returns to explore the strange and wonderful repertoire of music for eight hands on two pianos. High Peak Orchestra More information at highpeakorchestra.org.uk Peak and City Voices, St John’s Church, Buxton Whaley Choir directed by Patrick Gundry-White and the Manchester Community Choir directed by Liz Powers singing in aid of Target Ovarian Cancer, May 6, 7pm. Pop, traditional and classical a cappella songs from around the world, including a work by award-winning Buxworth poet Linda Goulden. Tickets from High Street Books, New Mills; Pear Tree Cafe, Whaley Bridge; Muzik and More, Concert Place, Buxton and online via wegottickets.com/2choirs For other enquiries telephone 01663 747282 Spring Bank Arts, New Mills Sunday Coffee Concert Series with members of the Hallé, 11am, May 21. For tickets to go wegottickets. com/springbankarts
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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers on the topics being talked about in Derbyshire’s arts community Debut director Lekan made
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irector Lekan Lawal made Harold Pinter’s classic Betrayal his own with a visionary contemporary production at Derby Theatre. With a brave use of cinematic styling he projected the menace and tension created amid the emotional chaos of the fractured lives of the adulterers on to the stage. Twice. The innovative set design – a rotating Perspex room – gave the audience a unique voyeuristic perspective of the love triangle, reflecting on their decaying passion. And their potent body language was all the more poignant for also being screened close-up on to the backdrop of the stage. Betrayal is the story of a seven-year affair between Emma and Jerry, the close friend of her husband Robert. It was inspired by Pinter’s own affair with the TV presenter Joan Bakewell. In Lekan’s production the dramatic conceit of having all the characters in the same space during the most intimate moments of the affair echoed the reality of marital deceit –
the cuckolded partner never really leaving the room. There is a lot of tenderness and humour in Betrayal, and the small team of talented actors perfectly captured all the workings of the human heart – passion, love, guilt and bitterness. The structure of the play going mostly backwards in time, from the dying embers of the affair to the first illicit kiss was a challenge which excited and fascinated Lekan, who was directing his main-house debut at the end of an 18-month placement at Derby with
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the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme. Together with the show’s three designers he did a superb job of spooling back to 1968 and those first flickers of attraction by making clever use of the revolving stage and the rewinding of the video during the scene changes. Emma was played by Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Jerry by Philip Correia and Robert by Ben Addis. Matthew Curnier was the waiter. The set designer was Neil Irish, sound Paul Arditti and lighting Arnim Friess. Amanda Penman
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Mike Wheeler Derby Concert Orchestra, Derby Cathedral Derby Concert Orchestra has a strong track record in Mahler, and in this account of Symphony No 1 there was much to enjoy. There was a fine balance between stillness and energy in the first movement, a bluff, vigorous scherzo, and a nicely wry, understated fatalism in the third movement. The first half opened with Mendelssohn’s Midsummernight’s Dream Overture, in a reading strong on robustness and vigour, with Bottom braying heartily, less so perhaps on fairy magic. The orchestra’s leader Clair Stanley was the soloist in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending. Her colleagues’ warm muted-string sound cushioned her gentle, easy flow, in an engagingly cleareyed performance Sitwell Singers and Zelkova Quartet, St Nicholas’ Church, Derby John Tavener’s last major work, Requiem Fragments, is scored for solo soprano, chorus, string quartet and three trombones, prompting the Sitwell Singers and Derby Chamber Music to jointly promote only its second UK performance. The choir, conducted by Malcolm Goldring, the Zelkova Quartet, soprano Celena Bridge and trombonists Jonathan Pippen, Beth Calderbank and
The Zelkova Quartet, Caroline Pether, Ed Pether, Alex Mitchell and Jonathan Pether, who performed with the Sitwell Singers
Chris Fowler, all responded to its extraordinary demands with seemingly total confidence. The choir opened the first half with a short group of motets by Bruckner and Tavener, with the Zelkova Quartet confirming the outstanding impression made when they first played for Derby Chamber Music, just over a year ago in a gripping account of Beethoven’s String Quartet E minor, Op 59 No 2. Derby Chamber Music: Alexei Grynyuk, Multi-Faith Centre, Derby University Alexei Grynyuk’s piano recital opened with a well-planned group of Scarlatti sonatas. In Chopin’s Nocturne in B, Op 9 No 3, he mixed gentle elegance and turbulence, before diving, with hardly any pause, straight into a vividly colourful performance of Rachmaninov’s Second Sonata. After the interval he explored the emotional complexities of Schubert’s Sonata in A, D959,
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with similar determination, drawing us inexorably into the second movement’s secretive inner world, and setting off fierce outbursts of rage in the finale. Derby Bach Choir, Derby Cathedral Derby Bach Choir’s exuberant, vigorous performance of JS Bach’s Magnificat, with conductor Richard Roddis, was the culmination of an allBach evening, preceded by a selection of single movements, from the Christmas Oratorio and B minor Mass, and less familiar items. The soloists included two regular visitors, soprano Julia Gooding and counter-tenor William Purefoy, and two new faces, tenor Jason Darnell and bass Michael Dewis. The lively, colourful orchestral contribution was in the hands of The Baroque Ensemble, led by Nicolette Moonen. Members of Sinfonia Viva, Derby Cathedral The chamber music repertoire for piano and wind ensemble is not that extensive, but it does include two undoubted masterpieces, Mozart’s Quintet, K452, and Poulenc’s Sextet, and it was a rare treat to hear them both in one sitting. Duncan Ward, Sinfonia Viva’s Principal Conductor, was the pianist, joined by players from the orchestra. In between, we heard Ward’s own Hopscotch, for wind quintet, which he composed at the age of sixteen – a highly accomplished and entertaining piece that deserves more performances. n Full versions of these reviews can be read online at artsbeatblog.com
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thriller series If you haven’t come across Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther thrillers before now then I have a couple of treats for you. Not only do you get the pleasure of reading one of our finest authors, but you can then discover that this is the twelfth in the series, which means many lost hours ahead. Kerr originally wrote three books about Gunther – a man who left the Berlin police force as the Nazis came to power, to work as a private detective, only to discover that the party he hated would indirectly cause him more missing persons jobs than he could handle. You can now read them in one omnibus volume, Berlin Noir. Then the war came and Gunther’s life became a lot
Review by Les Hurst of Scarthin Books, Cromford
more complicated. In the previous book, The Other Side of Silence, by 1956 Gunther was reduced to working as a concierge on the Riviera, only to find himself mixed up in the mess left by Burgess and Maclean. Don’t think that because he hated the Nazis Gunther would
be on our side: he once said of the British that ‘I’d seen how they were capable of fighting to the last American’. Prussian Blue starts on the Riviera again, but a large part of is told in flashback to 1939, when Gunther was strongarmed to investigate a murder at Hitler’s Bavarian mountaintop retreat – before Führer found out. As all the Nazis come to visit and toady they bring their own little rackets with them, including drugs which might be useful on the home front, but are more needed to put a little lightning in the blitzkriegers preparing to invade Poland and France. Meanwhile another drug, with no beneficial uses, is being put into Gunther’s 1956 hands. Could he keep his hands clean? Discover if he could do it twice and double your reading pleasure. Prussian Blue, by Philip Kerr (Quercus Books, £18.99)
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Naming names 2017 Derby Book
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he complete programme for the third Derby Book Festival has now been revealed and as well as Sebastian Faulks headlining the event there are several other household names in the line-up. Among the those taking part are comedians Jenny Eclair and Shappi Khorsandi, Guardian columnist Tim Dowling, the broadcaster and writer Dame Jenni Murray and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP. Tickets for more than 70 events, which will be staged at venues across the city including Déda, Derby Theatre, Guildhall Theatre, Cathedral Quarter Hotel and Derby Cathedral, are now on sale from the box office at QUAD. The Festival also includes events with a local flavour, including James HamiltonPatterson on World War One aircraft at Rolls-Royce, Royal Crown Derby ceramic painter, ‘Quaker’ Pegg and the launch of a new book on Joseph Wright of Derby at the Museum and Art Gallery. Liz Fothergill, Chair of the Festival, said: “We believe that this year’s Festival is even more exciting, varied and inclusive than our first two Festivals.
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“Ticket sales for our Opening Event with Sebastian Faulks are selling fast and there seems to be even more awareness and excitement about the Festival this year.” If your Saturdays aren’t complete until you’ve read Tim Dowling’s take on life in Guardian Weekend, you will have a chance to hear from the man himself on June 11 at 6pm, in QUAD. In his latest book, Dad You Suck, Tim examines the banalities and rigours of family life with his usual self-deprecating humour and dry wit. It is a book about fatherhood, families and being a modern man. Tim said: “Perhaps this is my
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life’s true purpose: maybe I’m here to teach my sons that self-esteem comes and goes – it can get rolled right out of you at short notice – but that you still can get by in life without any, as long as you don’t want to be a contestant on The Apprentice.” At a launch event held in QUAD the six winners of the Festival’s Fifty Word Flash Fiction Writing Competition were announced: Sue Forrester, Catherine Newnham, Sherri Turner and for the under 16s Halle Burton, Freddie Goddard and Sophie Martin. The stories on the theme of Journeys, have been illustrated by University of Derby student, Jessica Colclough and made into bookmarks for the festival. There will be another roundup of the festival in the June edition of artsbeat, but you can find out more now at derbybookfestival.co.uk n You can also see Tim in his much talked-about band Police Dog Hogan at Ashbourne Festival. Turn to page 54
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Catch the best of the action across Derbyshire and the Peak District with artsbeat’s unbeatable what’s on listings Exhibitions and galleries
Art Café, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton n Wildlife artist Eric Wilson until May 12. n Seeing is Believing exhibition by three High Peak Artists, Kathy MacMillan, Emma Sidwell and Maureen Howard, May 12-July 4. See more details on page 40. The gallery is up the spiral staircase and is open daily from 11am-4pm. Call 01298 23114 for details. Astound Contemporary Art Exhibition, The Nicolson Gallery, Leek Creative contemporary artwork by emerging artists from Leek School of Art, May 20-June 17, 10am4pm. Free entry. Closed Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. More information on their facebook pages. Banks Mill Studios, Bridge Street, Derby Prints: Past and Present, by Chris Barker. Chris from The Smallprint Company will showcase his printed works created over the last 20 years. The exhibition runs from May 1-May 19 and will be open weekdays from 10am-3pm.For more details go to banksmill.co.uk Baslow Pottery, Ivy House, Nether End, Baslow The gallery displays original work from more than 20 local artists. Wednesday to Saturday, 10.30am5.30pm and 11am-5pm on Sundays and bank holidays. More details at baslowpottery.co.uk. Blackberry Barn Studio, Bamford, Hope Valley Open Studio Event with three artists. resident artist Jenny Mather, guest
Andrew Macara has a solo exhibition at Gallerytop, Rowsley in May. His work can also be seen at Déda in Derby
ceramicist Gerald Unwin and guest artisan Brenda Ford. April 29, 30 and May 1 and May 6 and 7 in conjunction with Sheffield Open Up; May 27-29 and June 2-4 in conjunction with Derbyshire Open Arts. Church Farm Art Gallery, Church Street, Baslow The gallery is a showcase for both professional and talented amateur artists. Owner Norman Tomlinson, who paints mainly in watercolour, exhibits his own work, and others such as Caroline Appleyard, David Alderman, Mike Connley and Richard Towers. Open ThursdaySaturday 10.30am-5pm. On other days ring the bell or telephone 01246 582334. Go to churchfarmgallery. co.uk for more details. The Chesterfield Art Club Exhibition, Ashover Parish Hall, Ashover April 30, 11am-4pm and May 1, 10am-4.30pm. The second day coincides with the village May Day Carnival. Cromford Mill Gallery, Cromford n Main Gallery: The Lie of the Land An exhibition by Ev-ol-ve group of
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Textile Artists. Reflections on the land and times in which we are living, May 13-18, 11am-4pm each day. Go to ev-ol-ve.uk for more details. n Small Gallery: Matlock Artists Society first summer exhibition,. May 20-24, 10am-5pm and from 10am2pm May 25. For further details tel: 01629 584708. More details of both from cromfordmills.org.uk Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford n The featured artist from May 3 is Lynne Wilkinson and the featured maker is Pixalum Jewellery. n There will be working demonstrations by three artists from May 27-29, 10am-5pm – the gallery owner Martin Sloman will be joined at the bank holiday event by Louise West Lace Design and painter Rebecca Morledge. The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. Claim to Frame, 26 Market Place, Bolsover, Chesterfield Original artwork by Derbyshire artist John Connolly is exhibited at this framing studio.
agenda The Derwent Gallery, Main Road, Grindleford Painting in a traditional style, Ken Burton reveals the Dark Peak and White Peak landscapes on days that you would enjoy a walk in the countryside. Paintings can be previewed at derwentgallery.com. Open 11am to 5pm Wednesday to Sunday. Derwent Wye Gallery, Bakewell Road, Rowsley n The gallery will be exhibiting work by three Derbyshire Painters from June 3. As well as paintings by one of the gallery’s partners David Naylor there will also be work by Mike Connley and Grahame Wheatley. See more details on page 40. n David Naylor is also exhibiting figurative pieces at the Devonshire Arms pub at Beeley this summer in celebration of the House Style exhibition being staged at Chatsworth House. Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Del Coombs' exhibition, created from found items, will continue until the end of the year changing every four weeks. n Children's illustrator Kate Smith and Derby painter Andrew Macara will exhibit their work from May11July 29. There is a launch event May 11, from 6.30-8pm.More details at deda.uk.com
Lynne Wilkinson is the featured artist at Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford
Derby Museum and Art Gallery n Second Bridge the Gap Artist in Residence Exhibition from Artcore, until May 14. Derby Sketching Club, Markeaton Park Craft Centre, Derby The club is staging their annual Trophy Exhibition from May 26-29. Open 10am-5pm Friday to Sunday and 10am-4pm on the Monday. Derby Teaching Hospitals Ten: Celebrating Ten Years of Air Arts, at Royal Derby and London Road hospitals. Work by various artists. Etienne Gallery at In The Flow, Crown Square, Matlock For the latest exhibitions go to jasonetienne.com Etwall Art Group, Frank Wickham Hall, Etwall Annual Art Exhibition during the Well Dressing weekend. A painting by a well-known artist will be raffled. May 20, 9.30am-6pm and May 21, 9.30am-5.30pm. All profits made will go to the Etwall Well Dressing organisation. Ferrers Gallery, Staunton Harold Estate, Ashby de la Zouch
Print maker Chris Barker has a solo exhibition at Banks Mill Derby
The Great Outdoors until June 11. A celebration of nature through mixed media, glass, ceramics and paintings.The gallery's first exhibition of 2017 is a fusion of
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ideas and materials. For details go to ferrersgallery.co.uk Foxlowe Arts Centre, Market Place, Leek Making a Mark, an exhibition by a group of Cheshire artists until May 13. Details at foxloweartscentre. org.uk Gallery in the Gardens, Buxton The gallery showcases the work of more than 40 artists and craftspeople from the High Peak Artists group. Open daily from 11am4pm. Details at galleryinthegardens. co.uk Gallerytop, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley Andrew Macara solo exhibition, May 6-28. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm. More details at gallerytop.co.uk The Gallery, High Street, New Mills The gallery is run collectively by 30 artists and showcases a variety of work including paintings, jewellery, silk scarves, ceramics and feltwork. Open 10-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n There is art by the Green Man Gallery's resident artists throughout the gallery. n April 28 to May 24, Rebecca Louise Webster-Lajmi – watercolours and acrylics. n May 5-31,Taking the Water by Ilsa Elford. A series of 120 paintings following the River Wye throughout the year in all its moods. Launch event on May 5, from 6.30pm-9pm. All welcome. For more details go to the gallery’s facebook page or greenmangallery.com. Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby, near Melbourne Steven Tandy still life, May 21-June 4. See more details on page
agenda 39.The gallery is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am-5pm and weekends from noon-5pm. Go to ingleby-gallery.co.uk for details. Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge The gallery exhibits about 90 per cent British designers and artists work. They are passionate about craftsmanship and exhibit jewellery, ceramics, original art, bronze sculpture and glassware, Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm and on Saturdays from 9.30am-4pm. More details at jarvagallery.com. John Connolly's Ormscliffe Gallery, Bolsover More than 300 original paintings with up to 75 per cent off the original price. Go to connollyart.com for more details. Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes Susan Bedford May 6-26. Open studios with three artists and their friends, May 28-29. More details on page 41. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and 11am-4.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. Details at leabrooksartscomplex.com
Little London Gallery, Church Street, Holloway Prints by David Harban and Paul Hipkiss, paintings by Chris Tkacz, Carol Hill and John Scott-Martin, textiles by Jacqui Wakeley and ceramics by Andrew Metheson. The gallery is open from 9am-5pm Wednesday to Saturday. For details go to littlelondongallery. co.uk The Marlow Gallery, The Close, Church Square, Melbourne Figures and Forms, opening May 14. More details on page 41. More information and at themarlowgallery. co.uk North End Gallery, North End Institute Building, Wirksworth Arboretum, new work by photographer John Blakemore and mixed media artist Rosalind Pounder, until May 27. The gallery is above North End Nostalgia and is open Thursday to Saturday from 10am-4pm. Email northendnostalgia@yahoo.co.uk Opus Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne The May exhibition is by Iain Mackay. Go to opusgallery ashbourne.com for more details.
Figurative work by David Naylor is at the Devonshire Arms, Beeley
Patchings Arts Centre, Calverton #ConnectedTen – 10th anniversary. A celebration of photography and creativity until May 7. For more details go to patchingsartcentre. co.uk QUAD Derby Ahead Still Lies Our Future,the key exhibition of FORMAT17, features the work of ten artists ranging from Ester Vonplon’s requiem for the melting glaciers in her native Switzerland, to a monumental video installation by Lida Abdul made in her homeland of Afghanistan, until June 11. Go to derbyquad.co.uk or formatfestival.com for more details. River´s Edge Gallery, Hope Valley Garden Centre, Bamford Landscape exhibition, Light and Bright in the Peaks. See more details on page 41. It is open WednesdaySaturday, 10.30am-4.30pm and Sundays 11am-4pm. Go to riversedgegallery.co.uk for details. The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth
Peter Valentine's work can be found at Gallery 5 (Horizons), Market Hall in Derby
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An exhibition of landscape paintings until May 14. See more details on page 40. Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery is home to the artist’s stunningly detailed paintings of
agenda popular native wildlife and exotic big game. The gallery is open 10am5pm Tuesday to Saturday. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston More than 20 local artists displaying a wide selection of original paintings, prints and photographs. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk St John Street Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne Anna Thomas, May 5-20. Colin Halliday, May 26-June 10. For more details go to page 39. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, Monday to Saturday. For more information go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Studio Valentine Exhibition, at Gallery 5 (Horizons) Market Hall, Derby Mindscapes, an exhibition by Peter Valentine, from May 9– July 21, 1 am–3pm Monday to Friday. More details about his work at studiovalentine.co.uk Smalley Art Group, The Institute, 79 Main Road, Smalley Summer Exhibition and Sale of Paintings, May 26-June 4. Open:Monday-Friday 3.30-5.30pm and weekends 11-6pm. Tarpey Gallery, High Street, Castle Donington The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday 10am-5pm. More information at tarpeygallery.com Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington Art, photography, jewellery and design from a wide range of local and UK based artists. They also offer a selection of craft workshops for all ability levels. Open Monday to Friday, 9.30am-5pm and 9.30am4pm on Saturday. West Studios, Chesterfield For details contact hello@ weststudios.co.uk. Whynot Gallery, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent Check out all the latest events,
May 22, and June 5, Panelbeaters, panel show created by Gary Delaney and Caimh McDonnell featuring top comedian guests. n Tower Brewery, Burton-on-Trent, May 24, 8pm, Tom Wrigglesworth, Pete Teckman and Mandy Muden. Compere Dave Bryon. n The Old Bell, Sadler Gate, Derby Derby Comedy Festival Special, May 12, Brian Damage and Krysstal, Brennan Reece and Carl Jones. Compere Barry Dodds. May 26, 8.15pm, Ignacio Lopez, Alfie Brown and Lenny Sherman. Compere Rob Mullholland.More details at funhousecomedy.co.uk Work such as this painting by Derby Sketching Club chairman Joseph Read can be found at their art exhibition in Markeaton Park Craft Centre from May 26-29
workshops and exhibitions on the gallery’s facebook page whynotgalleryuk
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Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Buxton Buzz Comedy Club, May 5, 80m. Russell Hicks, Zahra Barri and Rod Shepherd with compere Paul Savage. n Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, May 9, 7.30pm. Read more about comedy at Buxton on page 67. More information at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Derby Comedy Festival, Derby Various locations around the city, May 5-14. Go to derbycomedyfestival.co.uk for full listings. Stars lined up include Tony Law, Lee Hurst and Jeremy Hardy. Funhouse Comedy Club n The Blessington Carriage, Derby, May 8, Derby Comedy Festival Special – Leo Kearse, Faye Treacy, Jack Kirwan and Lucy Pearman. Compere Spiky Mike.
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Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton The Buxton Drama League presents, Enlightenment, by Shelagh Stephenson, May 18-20. For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell High Tor Players present Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett, May 12. Go to bakewelltownhall.co.uk for details. Chellaston Players, St Peter's Church Hall, Chellaston Blythe Spirit by Noel Coward May 17-20, 7.30pm. For tickets ring 07399203215 or email chellastonbooking@hotmail.com Derby Theatre, Derby Cyrano, a new adaptation of Edmond Rostand's romantic comedy by Deborah McAndrew. May 16-20. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets. Derby Theatre Studio n Waves, written and performed by Alice Mary Cooper, May 6, 8pm. n Kessoku ReMix! by the Hubbub Theatre Company, May 31, 11am and 2.30pm. Go to derbytheatre. co.uk for tickets. Guildhall Theatre, Derby n Reform Theatre Company present Hopeless Romantics, May 16, 7.30pm.
agenda n Burton, performed by Rhodri Miles. Burton vividly presents the life of the great actor in his own words. May 17, 7.30pm. n Creatio Arts present Punk Rock by Simon Stephens, May 25-27. For more details go to derbylive.co.uk Strutts Centre, Belper Hamp, John Wilson's powerful play, directed by Larry Waller for Captive Audience. May 18-20, 7.30pm, 2,30pm matinee on Saturday. Tickets from Oxfam Books, Belper, and details from belperartsfestival.org Live and Local, various locations n Call Me Mr Robeson, May 13, Crich Glebe Field Centre, 7.30pm. Tickets 01773 853260. n Spitz & Co, Gloriator, The Oscarwinning Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator re-imagined on shoestring with just two actors and everything made out of cardboard, May 13, 7.30pm, Waingroves Community Centre, tickets 01773 749809.
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Buxton Opera House, Buxton Footloose The Musical, starring Gareth Gates and Maureen Nolan, May 30-June 3, 7.30pm with a matinee at 2.30pm on Thursday and Saturday Further details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Déda Derby May 18 Company Chameleon with a powerful, double bill – Witness. The main piece is a relevant and up-tothe-minute piece of dance theatre which draws from the personal experience of choreographer Kevin Turner to create an original view on mental health. More details online at deda.uk.com Derby Theatre, Derby n Coal by the Gary Clarke Comapny , May 9 and 10, 8pm. n Super Sunday by Race Horse Company, May 27 and 27, 7.30pm. More details on page 15 and at derbytheatre.co.uk
Footloose The Musical starring Gareth Gates is being staged at Buxton
Spoken word
at 7.30pm. More details on 01629 580023.
Matlock Storytelling Cafe, Imperial Rooms Matlock May's storyteller is Steve Lally, whose repertoire of tales ranges from ancient Celtic epics of Ireland and beyond, stories of adventure and romance. Matlock Storytelling Cafe takes place on the first Friday of each month at the Imperial Rooms in Matlock. Doors open at 6.30pm with stories
REMS Cafe, Chapel-en-le-Frith May 10, 7.30-9.30pm Meet authors with Mark P Henderson, Margaret Holbrook and Pamela Turton. Renishaw Hall and Gardens, Renishaw In connection with the Historic Houses Association’s new Literary Trail a series of tours been organised at the hall during which you will be able to learn about its literary links as the home of the famous literary Trio: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. Led by curator Christine Beevers, they are on May 28, 2pm, June 25, 2pm, August 13, 11.30am and Setember 3, 2pm. More details at renishaw-hall.co.uk Scrivener’s Bookshop, Buxton Storytelling Sundays: the free meetings will be held on the second Sunday of the month 2pm to 3.30pm, at Scrivener’s Books, 42 High Street, Buxton.Telephone 0129871622. n May 14, Mark P. Henderson, author of Folktales of the Peak District. U Choose Smoothie Bar, Bath Street, Ilkeston Open Mic Poetry Night, 7-9pm the last Thursday of the month. More information on 01159 322263.
Cromford Mill, Cromford May 11, 7pm, Arkwright Society Lecture Series: The Lesser Known Houses of Derbyshire, Lea Hurst, the home of Florence Nightingale. More details at cromfordmills.org.uk Derby Poetry Society A Pastoral Poet of Everyday Life, an exploration of Robert Frost's poetry, May 12, Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Contact Gina Clarke on 01773 825215 for more details. The Muse, The Whitworth Centre, Darley Dale The Muse – an evening of poetry and music which Mark Gwynne Jones hosts in The Whitworth Centre. For tickets telephone 01629 733678. For more details go to markgwynnejones.com
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Bakewell and Ashford Film Society Eye in the Sky, May 14. More details at bashfilms.org.uk Belper Ritz, Belper Go to ritz-belper.co.uk for up-to-date film information. Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Films on May 8, 15, 22 and 31. More information from buxtonfilm.org.uk Hathersage Film Club, Hathersage Memorial Hall, Oddfellows Road Friday films 7.30pm, Saturday films, 11am. More details at hathersagefilmclub.co.uk Holymoorside Film, Holymoorside Village Hall Films twice a month from September
to March. Fourth Friday films at 7.30pm and Mid-week Movies at 8pm on Tuesdays. Go to holymoorsidearts.co.uk for details. New Mills Cinema@ SpringBankArts Every second and fourth Thursday at 7.30pm. See springbankarts.org. uk for details. Peak Film Society, Partington Players Theatre Glossop Films always 7.30pm on Saturdays. Season ticket, £30. More details at peakfilmsociety.org QUAD, Derby Fantastiq festival takes place from April 28-May 1. Details are available on the Derby Film Festival website. Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details. Tideswell Cinema, George Inn May Double Bill with a meal, May
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6, 4pm, Timbuktu and A United Kingdom. I Daniel Blake, May 25, 7.30pm.Go to tideswellcinema.com for details. Tansley Film Community Cinema, Tansley Village Hall Allied, May 2. Always the first Tuesday evening of the month. Go to tansleyfilm.org.uk for more details.
Miscellaneous
Derby Cathedral Quarter events n CQ Saturdays – Towers, Tunnels and Tales Tours, first Saturday of the month. The second Saturday of the month will see the Street Circus at the Waterfall stage in the Market Place. Knickerbocker Glorious is free, entertainment in the Market Place on the third Saturday of the month. Street Theatre, every fourth Saturday until September. Go to derbycathedralquarter.co.uk for more details. High Peak Stitchers, Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club, North Road, Glossop n May 3, 2pm, African Landscape – a talk by Marion Aniss n June 7, 2pm, Stitch and Chat/ Hands on session. n July 5 Black and White to Gold – a talk by Kate Wells. Members: £2 Visitors: £3 per meeting. Membership details can be obtained at any of the meetings. Parwich Open Gardens, Arts and Crafts, Parwich near Ashbourne June 25, 1-6 pm. Visit the beautiful gardens in this lovely village, many of which are hosting artists and crafters selling their work. Cream teas served in the Memorial Hall. Plants for sale. £3 entry tickets on the day from Parwich Memorial Hall, Contact egertonashes@gmail.com for further details.
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The funny guys
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Joel Dommett
..and girls
Tanyalee Davis
hree of the best stand-up comics in the UK are coming to Buxton in May, Reginald D Hunter, Jon Richardson and Henning Wehn, but if you haven’t already got a ticket then sadly you may miss out because they have been racing out of the box office. However, the good news is that there is still time to get tickets for the first-ever Buxton Comedy Festival planned for the end of the summer. The four-day event from August 31-September 3 is being sponsored by Thornbridge Brewery and has Jimmy Carr headlining on the final night. His Best Of, Ultimate, Gold, Greatest Hits Tour is exactly as described and will be a selection of his very best jokes with some brand new material. Also on September 3 the multi-award-winning physical comedy act the Kagools will be performing Tutti, in the Pavilion Arts Centre. Their
Kagools
unique brand of wordless (but far from silent) spontaneous, anarchic buffoonery has fans far and wide. One of the UK’s most energetic and exciting comedians, Joel Dommett, will be the main act on Saturday, September 2. He has received critical acclaim for his Edinburgh Fringe shows but you may remember him for his appearance in I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here last year.
As well as the stand-up comics and shows the festival will also include three comedy films, Mon Oncle, The Ladykillers and Funny Bones presented by Buxton Film; a comedy club for kids; a session from the established Buxton Buzz Comedy Club and a clowning and improvisation workshop. On the Friday evening you can enjoy a Northern knees-
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On the Saturday afternoon you can also see Actual Size by Tanyalee Davis –a little lady with a big voice and a live show which leaves audiences reeling from her torrent of gags, feisty attitude and unique life story. She may be just 3ft 6in, but Tanyalee has a gargantuan personality. She is part of a double bill with Damian Kingsley at the Pavilion Arts Centre up full of sing-along music and mad-cap fun from the Lancashire Hotpots. Kicking off the festival on Thursday August 31 will be a Buzz Comedy Club favourite Tom Taylor and Sitting Room Productions with a double bill of Charlie Montague Mysteries. n For more details of all events go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
Three Derbyshire Painters an exhibition of work by
Grahame Wheatley, Mike Connley & David Naylor
Preview June 3rd from 10am-2pm Exhibition continues until June 17th
Bakewell Road, Rowsley, DE4 2EB 01629 733310
RICHARD WHITTLESTONE wildlife gallery
EXHIBITION OF LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS April 29th - May 14th
Broomes Barns, Pilsley, Chatsworth, DE45 1PF Open Every Day 10am - 5pm
art@richardwhittlestone.co.uk 01246 582720
Cromford Studio and Gallery
Spring Bank Holiday
Open Art Weekend May 27th - 29th 10am-5pm
Cromford Studio and Gallery invites you to demonstrations by local artists
Martin Sloman, Louise West Lace Design and Rebecca Morledge and from May 3rd there will be exhibitions by
artist Lynne Wilkinson and maker Pixalum jewellery Open: 10am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday Market Place, Cromford, DE4 3QE 01629 826434
Crying Out Loud on behalf of Circus Evolution
Super Sunday
by Race Horse Company
Friday 26 – Saturday 27 May
Super Sunday is the newest super-fun creation from Race Horse Company, an award-winning company of Finnish circus artists.
Box Office 01332 593939 Book Online derbytheatre.co.uk
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