Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District
November 2017
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Amanda Penman editor It is ‘blow my own trumpet time as artsbeat has been shortlisted for the Magazine of the Year in the Midlands Media Awards for the fourth time! When I started this magazine almost five years ago I could never have imagined how successful it would be, or how much support I would receive from the arts community. I set out to give artists, makers and performers across Derbyshire a platform where they could promote themselves with the help of my journalistic expertise. I think I have proved that if you provide good quality writing and design then people will want to go out of their way to obtain the magazine. About 21,000 people across the county read the magazine each month and that makes me feel quite proud I don’t mind saying. Artsbeat doesn’t receive any funding from the taxpayers’ purse – all my revenue comes from local people advertising because they know artsbeat is the go-to place for the arts in Derbyshire. It’s a bit like one big crowdfunding exercise where everyone’s a winner. Thank you, all of you, for backing me and helping me help you.
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contents performance
16 Ed Byrne’s spoiling for fun on tour with his stand-up show 25 Shakespeare Showcase take a new look at The Bard in Derby 29 Spine-tingling Dracula story unfolds on the stage in Buxton
artists & exhibitions
9 COVER STORY: Heather Duncan perfects her bold abstract paintings 21 Ceramic artist Jo Basnett’s work is winning new admirers 37 The traditional craft of glass blowing is kept alive in Lumsdale
film & photography
31 Student photographer Will Slater focuses on recording social history
literature
16 Storyteller Marty Ross entertains with theatrical spooky tales 35 There are more top titles on artsbeat’s November bookshelf
have a go
41-44 Time for a new hobby? Browse our workshop listings
gallery
26-27 Solo and curated exhibitions are among our choices this month
regulars
15-19 The latest news in arena 45-48 Don’t miss a beat with music 49-52 Arts reviews in attitude 53-59 What’s on listings in agenda
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Heather’s search for perfection
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eather Duncan admits she has no ‘off button’ and that if she isn’t making something she will either be out walking with her beloved ‘scruffy grey’ dog or reading a book. Unless a Strictly series is in progress – that’s her one weakness it seems. It will be her love of colour and drama that attract her to the show – two elements that are clearly evident in her expressive landscape paintings which are splashed with spicy
reds, sparkling blues and invigorating orange. Their vibrancy jumps out at you in the way the television dancers woo their audience. Heather, who lives in a cottage with views of rolling countryside at Kirk Ireton, was brought up on the Lancashire/ Yorkshire border surrounded by expansive open moorlands. “I grew up on those moors. The landscape was my friend and I escaped into the openness whenever I could, whatever the weather,” she said with a wistful look. “It is the same today I love all weather. There is no bad
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weather for me. I like the varied climatic qualities of our temperate landscape. “There is something calming about a misty morning and exciting about an approaching storm. If it is raining I love nothing more than to pull on my wellies and go outside to splash about on a walk. “I don’t ever draw the curtains I like to see outside when I am being forced to work inside. As soon as I saw the view from this room when we looked around the house seven years ago I knew it was where I wanted to live,” she added. Heather was always drawing
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and making as a child, and knew she wanted to study fine art by the time she was 16 but in fact she went to college to study landscape architecture, a job she then did until she took up teaching. Art was her subject of course. “I was lecturing one day a week in landscape architecture and enjoying it so much I decided I wanted to teach my real passion which was art. Her life took a new direction when she gave up work to live briefly in the USA with her IT consultant husband Angus. Heather wasn’t allowed to work so she painted and it was at that point that she realised that life was too short to waste. “When we returned home I decided it was what I wanted to do and eventually I moved into a studio at Banks Mill in Derby where I was able to gain confidence in what I was doing.” Since then, she first moved
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to a studio in Darley Abbey Mills, and now she has a purpose built studio in an extension to her home. She has had many solo shows and has work in international private collections. What the artist does like to have is a challenge and a goal to aim at, whether it’s to get work into a specific gallery or meet a difficult deadline. “I like to push myself. I can’t stop. I am an absolute perfectionist and beat myself up about my work if I am not happy with it.
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“Painting is how I make sense of things, so it is critical I get it right. Sometimes I find I have just painted myself out and then I have to force myself to stop,” she said. That’s why Heather has more recently taken up pottery. She was persuaded to go to a class by Angus who was sure she would enjoy it. Of course, as you might expect, she more than enjoyed it – she found she was really quite good at it – and since then she has gone on to help set up the Claywirks pottery collective in Wirksworth. “It just came naturally to me and I found throwing the pots really relaxed me. It is something I can do to create something functional, decorated in the colours of the landscape I love. “Each pot is unique I have no interest in making pots that are identical but they do hopefully all work together.”
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udding ceramicists are being offered another opportunity to try their hand at the craft this November, in a second open day as part of the launch of a new open access 3D studio in Ashbourne. The Clay Rooms is the new venture launched by co-founders Sarah Heaton and Helen Cammiss. Sarah has worked in the ceramic industry for 23 years, and been responsible for many global best-sellers for Denby Pottery, Burleigh Pottery, her own label and selected retailers. Helen is a seasoned school leader with 25 years’ experience teaching art and design across mainstream and independent education. With an initial focus on ceramics, the Clay Rooms launches with three main offerings: two-hour taster and seasonal events throughout the year at which people have the chance to try their hand at pottery and make something; six-week blocks of two-hour classes, with courses structured to enable and inspire future makers, ending with a miniexhibition; and membership for
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play with clay?
Sarah Heaton and Helen Cammiss outside the Clay Rooms
more independent makers and learners, which includes studio time, timetabled technical support, use of the in-house clay and glaze and a chance to exhibit once a year. All activities will be held in Ashbourne, in a former jail for French officers during the Napoleonic War, recently converted into a fully-equipped 3D studio.
“There is a real movement at the moment of independent makers, and interest in activities such as baking, sewing and making generally,” said Sarah. “As a result, we feel now is a great time to launch the Clay Rooms. We get lots of enquiries about where people can learn pottery for themselves, and so we want
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people to feel inspired to take advantage of our fully equipped facilities. “With Christmas fast approaching, what better gift could there be than the chance to learn the skills to make something unique for a loved one, or to send them on a course to learn how to do it for themselves?” Following the success of October’s open day, which around 100 people attended, the second event on Saturday, November 4, between noon and 4pm, will again introduce people to the facilities, the techniques and skills involved. The studio is at 24 Derby Road, Ashbourne, DE6 1BE. On the day people will have the chance to view the facilities that cover all aspects of pottery making, get hands-on with clay and talk to both Sarah and Helen. November’s event will also have a particularly festive feel, providing timely inspiration for those hard-to-buy-for loved ones. “We are really passionate about inspiring and enabling the creativity of others and helping them to realise their potential,” said Helen. “We want the Clay Rooms to be somewhere people come not only to learn new skills in a friendly environment, but also feel inspired to use those skills to create something beautiful.” n To find out more about the Clay Rooms, visit theclayrooms.co.uk, call 07725 362329, or go to Facebook @theclayrooms.
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Banks Mill for open studios FOR one weekend a year Banks Mill Studios in Derby opens its doors to let us in to see how the resident artists, designers and makers create their unique products. As well as looking around their individual studios in the historic mill in Bridge Street, you will also be able to visit an Artisan Fair just a minutes’ walk away at the University of Derby’s Enterprise Centre where the Peak District Artisans, who are partnering the event will also be present. There is so much to see that you could easily spend the whole day on your visit and obviously it’s the perfect place for a bit of early festive shopping. There will be an array of unique items including fine art, printmaking,
woodwork, jewellery, glass art and sculpture. On show will be paintings by Mark Gordon (above) and Roger Allen (below) as well as the jewellery of Romayne Curzon and Hannah Lobley’s ceramics. They will have an arts trail to keep younger visitors amused and you can also enter a prize
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draw to win an item donated by one of the artists. Entry is free and there is limited free car parking at the Enterprise Centre The events are open from November 24-26, from 5pm8pm on Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. To find out more visit www. banksmill.co.uk/os2017
arena Chai and the City ARTCORE in Derby is staging a special exhibition at the Pickford House Museum as part of the celebrations of 70 years of Indian Independence. Chai and the City comprises two art exhibitions. The Chai exhibition celebrates India’s influence on Britain through the popularity of tea drinking, and the rituals and heritage that accompany its production and consumption. Displayed alongside it, the British Architects in Baroda exhibition celebrates the influence of British architecture in the Indian city of Vadodara. The Chai exhibition is the culmination of ceramic work, produced during a three-week residency at Artcore for five British artists, and Artists’ Books, from 12 Indian artists, professionally selected by curator Sandhya Gajjar. The exhibition is on at the museum until November 18.
Passion is back AFTER a three year break the Belper Passion play will return to the streets and churches of the town in 2018. The performance will see a move to a traditional setting with Roman soldiers and costumes of the period. With a new director, Jannice Richtof, and a new script by George Gunby, the performance is being produced by Churches Together in Belper. Auditions will take place on November 22 at 7.30pm at Bateman Hall, Christ Church, The Triangle, Belper. Actors, dancers, musicians and singers of all ages can try out for roles that include Jesus, Mother Mary, Pontius Pilate, Judas Iscariot and the Chief Priest as well as ‘extras’ such as Roman soldiers.
A FAVOURITE at No.28 in Belper, storyteller and dramatist Marty Ross returns with his latest show, a Victorian ghost story for Christmas in the great tradition of creepy tales by the festive fireside. In this latest dramatic show from the man dubbed by BBC Scotland “the Glaswegian master of radio horror” and by Broadway Baby as “a master craftsman who never turns down the pressur”. A young woman homeless in the streets of Victorian Glasgow is offered an act of charity by a lonely Minister of the Kirk – a chance to stay in his grand
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Master of horror home for the Christmas season. But there is more to this kind offer than meets the eye as dark secrets emerge from the surrounding snowy landscape. Those who have attended Ross’ previous shows will know that this is not storytelling of the “chatty anecdote” school, but full blown theatrical drama, thrilling and visceral. It’s not for the easily unnerved. The show can be seen on December 16 at 7.30pm. For tickets go to brownpapertickets.com ED Byrne returns to the road this year after a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe with his biggest tour to date and his new show called Spoiler Alert. In the show, Ed explores the thin line between righteous complaining and brat-like whining and asks, “are we right to be fed up, or are we spoiled?” Come and watch as Byrne takes this question, turns it upside down and shakes it until the funny falls out. He is at Chesterfield’s Winding Wheel on December 13 and in Buxton and Derby next year.
arena Grassroots funds THE Derbyshire grassroots music, comedy and arts organisation Furthest From the Sea is aiming to raise £250,000 to support the arts scene in the county and ensure its future is bolstered by a strong and thriving wealth of home-grown talent. They have a new Derby city base in The Strand Arcade, which will operate as an office, gallery, performance space, shop and education/ workshop facility. Working with businesses, educational institutions and public/private funding bodies, the money raised will enable outreach performance stages at a number of national music and comedy festivals, as a platform for artists to perform, develop and be celebrated. Matt McGuinness, Creative Director, said: “It’s all about the parochial. For too long the grassroots, where future talent and good mental health come from, have been ignored. It’s time to invest in the people of the city, rather than just the things.” For more details go to furthestfromthesea.co.uk
Playing ball THE Lost Boys, aka Derbybased Paul Broesmith and Ben Adwick, are continuing their exploration of biographical productions, by bringing to life Brian Lobel’s personal and intimate play, Ball. Brian was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2001 at the age of 20. He kept notes about his experience with the disease and eventually produced Ball – his first fulllength monologue, which has since toured the world.
Curtains up MURDER, mystery and intrigue are in store in the Marlowe Players’ next production, Curtain Up On Murder. Director Suzi Illston was looking for a play when she came across Bettine Manktelow’s 1998 comedy thriller. “It caught my attention because it’s a whodunnit with humour and twists which kept me wanting to read right to the end,” she said. The Lost Boys have also taken the opportunity to raise funds for Stand Up To Cancer during the build up to the show opening and the tenth anniversary of The Lost Boys. The two of them competed with each other in as many ball games as possible, cramming them in between rehearsals and asking their fans on social media to donate to the charity. Ball will be performed at the Guildhall Theatre Clubrooms from November 2-4. For tickets go to Derbylive. co.uk.
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The plot involves an amateur drama group rehearsing a play in an end-of-thepier theatre when they are inexplicably locked in. Events take a sinister turn as a mysterious, ghostly presence passes across the stage. When the assistant stage manager falls to her death through a trap door, the actors are thrown into disarray. Curtain Up On Murder is at Darley Abbey Village Hall from November 21-25. For tickets go to marlowe-players.co.uk or call 07961 607372.
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Watercolour landscapes from the winner of the Harris Moore Canvas Award 2017
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Landscapes of the Peak District
Susan Tracey – Oils on Canvas November 4th-17th
Shower at Sunset across Stanage by Kristan Baggaley
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arena Wild night out JOIN Chris Packham and Paul Goldstein for A Wild Night Out with spectacular images and lively discussion, as the two entertain audiences at Buxton Opera House. Featuring recent galleries of their wildlife photography, the evening will focus on conservation – both the success stories and the failures that drive them wild. The show can be seen on November 9 at 7.30pm.
Heart of a lion THE film We Are the Lions, Mr. Manager!, starring Medhavi Patel, will be shown at the Guildhall Theatre, in Derby on November 1. It is the remarkable story of Jayaben Desai – the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Film Processing Factory Strike, who was included on BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour Power List of women considered to
Circus tricks LONG SHOT is a strippedback circus performance with the audience in charge. Using handcrafted remote control contraptions, tight choreography and laugh-outloud humour, PanGottic bring to life one man’s belief in the near impossible, the almost unachievable and the highly unlikely. This show pushes the boundaries of how much risk an audience can bear, or be willing to create. It can be seen at Déda in Derby on November 18 at 7pm.
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have had the biggest impact on women’s lives over the past 70 years. She brought the issue of workplace exploitation and racism to the fore. She not only stood up for workers’ rights and against oppression with selfless dedication, but with her steadfast resolve, she turned the dispute into a national movement for human rights. For tickets go to derbylive. co.uk
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An artist’s artist Ceramicist Jo Basnett was painter Ruth Marsden’s subject in last month’s arstbeat, here she talks to Amanda Penman 21
ST JOHN STREET GALLERY Contemporary Fine Art
‘It was love at first touch – everything else just went out
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ne thing is for certain Jo Basnett is a ceramic artist not a potter. There’s nothing wrong with being a potter of course, it’s just that she is most definitely creating objects of beauty to be admired rather than to be used.
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Jo is relatively new to the concept of promoting herself as an artist and is quite modest about her work, but her warm smile broadens when she admits that it has started attracting attention and people want to buy her pieces. The reason for her reticence was that she had to make sure her work was exactly as she wanted it. “That’ll do is not good enough for me. My work has to reflect what I want and where I want to go,” she said. Jo is buoyed by the response from her peers at the New Mills Gallery and especially her friend, the painter Ruth Marsden, who appeared in last month’s issue of artsbeat. Together the pals were one of the most popular stops during the Derbyshire Open Arts weekend in May (although that was probably as much to do with the gorgeous cake on offer as their own work). Ruth has also painted a series of pictures of Jo at work on her wheel in her summerhouse style studio in the substantial garden of her Furness Vale home.
Jo Basnett’s work is inspired by the shapes and colours of the Peak District
The artist along with her dog was busy in the studio when I arrived and she beckoned me up the path with a cheery wave. “Come on up and I’ll show you around,” she cried. There’s no doubting that she’s an outdoors woman and her work takes inspiration from the shapes and colours of the Peak District landscape.
All Jo’s pieces are thrown using stoneware clay, bisque fired and then barrel fired. Beside her studio are all manner of barrel shaped containers she uses in her craft including the inside of a washing machine. “We used to use it as a fire-pit in the garden, they are brilliant for that, but now I have acquisitioned it for my work,” she said with a satisfied grin. Inside the studio are shelves of
work at different stages of progress and, of course, her precious potter’s wheel where she turns lumps of clay into art forms. “No glazes are used in my current work which has evolved into something that feels unique, with a quality of natural earth but with a contemporary twist,” she said. Jo, 57, who is originally from Norfolk, trained as a graphic designer following a Foundation course in art and design at Great Yarmouth but by then she had already also discovered a passion for pottery. “For me it was love at first touch. I just loved it instantly and everything else went out of the window. “I had a connection the first day I started throwing clay and there was no other choice for me after that.” She moved to the Midlands to spend three years studying the craft at Derby because of the proximity to the Stoke Potteries and of course Derby’s own connections with the industry. She says she had visions of herself one day living on a remote hill immersed in her art.
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But, as with many dreams, reality was quite different, and bringing up a family and earning a living took precedence. There was a long stretch during which she didn’t have a chance to think about the artistic side of what she was doing. Five years ago she moved to her current home, which had the space to accommodate her studio, and a year or so ago she decided to put more of herself into her creations. “In the past I thought I had to do this and that, because I could not afford for things to go wrong. There was no place for experimenting. “I am a new person with the clay now. When I came back to it I decided to put my art into my pots and now my head is just full of the scope of what I can do. I really am quite excited by it and very passionate about my work.”
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As you like it! Players select
Shakespearean scenes to mark 110th anniversary
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the Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company is on the eve of its 110th anniversary, so it may surprise readers to know that there are still some of his plays they have not performed. In an attempt to put that right director James Dean has created a Derby Shakespeare Showcase for their autumn production. The extravaganza will present some intriguing scenes from plays such as All’s Well That Ends Well, Greek stories such as Pericles and Timon of Athens and Henry VI Part 1 and 3. “The first half will consist of scenes from the canon of Shakespeare plays that we have thus far not performed in the company’s history,” said James. “The second half will be a selection of some of my personal favourite scenes in Shakespeare. “We will set these scenes differently, including inverting the genders.” The way that the showcase is to be staged will ensure that the effect is greater than merely a
Mo Pickering-Symes as Duke Senior and Alex Smith as First Lady in Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company’s As You Like It
selection of disparate scenes says James. The intimacy of the venue, Shakespeare House, 93 Kedleston Road, Derby will give audiences a chance to get closer to the action as well. The cast of over 20, who were picked from packed audition sessions, will showcase the talents of members, both old and new, experienced Shakespearean actors and those new to The Bard. Some of the actors have joined from other local drama companies, which will bring a fresh take on some familiar pieces, while the skills of the seasoned performers will be put to good use on the more unusual ones. During the show a raging storm
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casts a prince across the sea, a knight stands up for hated immigrants, roles are reversed in the forest of Arden and a killer woos his victim’s spouse. What happens when Kate is pestered by a female Petruchio? Could a heroic and bloody captain be persuaded to stop fighting by her doting father? Can the low-born ward of a French countess admit her love for the countess’s son? Derby Shakespeare Showcase, which is suitable for most ages, will be performed on November 11, at 7.30pm and November 12, at 2.30pm. Tickets cost £5. Call Charlotte Matthews on 07870 539522. For updates, follow the group on social media: search for derbyshakespeare.
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artsbeat previews this month’s go-to exhibitions – turn to the agenda pages for more details and other galleries Ingleby Gallery Ingleby
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he gallery is hosting a retrospective exhibition of paintings and sketches by the Derbyshire artist Lawrie Williamson following his death this year. Lawrie was born and educated to the age of 16 in Heanor from where he won a major exhibition prize to study at Nottingham College of Art followed by L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, he was a past winner of both the Stanley Grimm Prize and the Canson Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
The exhibition will also mark Lawrie’s life-long passion for fly fishing with the premiere of the new collection of Limited Edition Prints featuring many of his oil paintings and watercolour studies of fishing. A man of boundless skills and talents; rock climbing,
playing the highland pipes, and fencing to mention a few, but his artistic abilities are beyond question. He could paint an ‘atmosphere’ on to canvas. The exhibition starts on October 28 and runs until to November 5.
Jarva Gallery, Whaley Bridge
The gallery’s annual Christmas exhibition this year features the work of eight professional British artists. They are Lindsay Norman – charcoal, pastel and screen prints of wildlife; David Meredith – bronze sculptures; Steve McLoughlin – original landscapes; Jill Ray – contemporary landscapes; Eella Vogel – fine detail
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watercolours of British wildlife; Harry Frost – contemporary scenes; Thomas Petit – hand blown glass, vases and bottles and Suzy Shackleton – brightly coloured contemporary people and birds using felt (work pictured left). The exhibition begins on November 4 and runs until Christmas Eve. Go to jarvagallery.com for more details.
St John Street Gallery, Ashbourne Local Colour is an exhibition of new paintings by Lewis Noble at the gallery from November 9-25 with a preview from 5pm-8pm on the first day. Lewis has been painting the Peak District since he moved here more than 20 years ago and he still finds it endlessly fascinating. “I want the paintings to stand in for the landscape, so when you stand in front of them you get some of the atmosphere of being surrounded by space, air, light and colour. “They are not meant as ‘frozen moments’ in time like a photograph, rather as places that are still happening, moving and alive,” he said.
Riber Art Gallery Greenways Farm, Riber
Eddie Hallam has always been totally absorbed and fascinated by wildlife, and like, nothing better than sketching it in some wild and remote location. His interest in sketching led an interest in working in 3D, initially woodcarvings but bronze was always in his sights. “I have travelled widely to study and sketch wildlife but my favourite subjects are still the British species and I now have more than 75 subjects in bronze ranging from gannets to wrens,” he said. You can visit his gallery from November 18-December 10, 10am-4pm. Go to wildlifesculptures.co.uk for more details.
Pollyanna Pickering, Brookvale House, Oker, Matlock This year Pollyanna is staging a very special event to commemorate the 60th exhibition in her gallery. Visitors can view more than 50 original paintings on display to the public for the very first time, from November 18-December 3. from 10am-6pm. To celebrate this landmark exhibition, one of the original paintings on display will include a real diamond mounted as part of the picture. There will also be a competition to Find the Diamond. All proceeds will go to wildlife conservation. In the exhibition will be the painting of a Barn Owl which was shortlisted for the 2017 Landscape Artist of the Year award and the study which was awarded the gold medal for Best Painting of 2017 by the Association of Animal Artists.
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Wildlife Sculpture Exhibition by Eddie Hallam A breathtaking range of life-size sculptures in bronze, from mighty gannets to tiny wrens Talks and demonstrations daily November 18th to December 10th 10am-4pm
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The play, adapted by Scottish poet Liz Lochhead from Bram Stoker’s novel, brings the legendary vampire to vivid and terrifying life. In Whitby two sisters dream of romance; a young solicitor is sent on a journey to meet a new client; in a London asylum one of the inmates predicts the coming of his ‘Master’;
and in the east, an ancient evil is preparing to leave his homeland in search of new prey. Director Robbie Carnegie said: “Everyone thinks they know Dracula. There’s been so many versions of the story, but the play manages to make the story completely fresh and genuinely scary. We have to keep reminding ourselves how the characters must feel in the play. They’ve never heard of Count Dracula. “They don’t know all the clichés about vampires. So what happens to them is terrifying – and we want the audience to be terrified too!”
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The cast of ten are all being stretched way out of their comfort zone. “If you’re acting in Dracula, you can’t be timid in your performance,” added Robbie. “You need to throw yourself into the play, physically and emotionally. “We’re having a brilliant time rehearsing the show and we know that the audience will get a buzz out of seeing it.” n Dracula will be performed from November 16-18, at the Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton. For tickets, call the Box Office on 01298 72190, go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk
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Taking a break at Marsden’s of Wirksworth
Photographer’s short exposure Will Slater believes he has only limited time to document rural life as it is
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to record as much as he can on camera before it is too late. Just 19, and in his second year studying at Nottingham Trent University, Will’s ambition is to become a photojournalist. The Wirksworth student has an enquiring mind and a determination which has
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Will’s reflective self-portrait taken at a party on the South Bank in London
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already seen him set up his own freelance photography business as well as working on documentary projects for his university course. At last year’s Wirksworth Festival Will showcased a series of photographs capturing characters at cattle auctions and farms around the region, and this year he decided to turn his attention to people working
in local shops and small businesses. “I want to record a social documentary of the folk in the small shops and businesses that may not be around in the future,” he said. “I want to capture the traditional butchers, bakers, mechanics, grocers and so on before they disappear.
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“I have really only just started the project and am looking for more people willing to be included. I have lots of ideas, it is just a matter of persuading them to let me take the pictures. It is a matter of gaining their trust first,” he added. The photographer prefers to use film because it makes him think more about the
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A mechanic outside the former chapel that is now Cromford Garage
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Furniture restorer George Langley in his workshop
composition and the whole process is much slower. His family are collectors of social memorabilia and he has been brought up surrounded by objects from bygone eras so it is no surprise that Will has a collection of old cameras to hand. After school Will chose to go to Joseph Wright College in Derby where he completed
an extended diploma in photography. “That course was brilliant and I learnt absolutely loads while I was there. Nottingham Trent treated the course as a foundation and so it’s thanks to Derby that I got to university. I really do want to become a photojournalist and travel around recording the world. I am hoping this project
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will help me reach that goal eventually,� he said. In the meantime Will is available for any photography and design-related jobs so if you are interested in his work, or would like to become involved in his documentary project go to his website willslater.net where there are details about how to contact him.
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A global survey of 100 of today’s most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. Vitamin C celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists. Packed with illustrations, this book is a vibrant and incredibly timely survey. Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman.
n the sun and her flowers By Rupi Kaur (Simon & Schuster Ltd, £12.99)
From Rupi Kaur, the top ten Sunday Times bestselling
author of milk and honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, the sun and her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. Canadian poet Rupi Kaur’s poetry started as a series on Instagram before Kaur selfpublished a collected volume, Milk and Honey, which quickly became a US bestseller.
n Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsence By Jenny Uglow (Faber and Faber, £25)
Edward Lear is still loved for his ‘nonsenses’, from startling, joyous limericks to great love songs like The Owl and the Pussy Cat and The Dong with a Luminous Nose, and he is famous, too, for his brilliant natural history paintings, landscapes and travel writing. Lear was a man of great simplicity and charm: children adored him, yet his humour masked epilepsy, depression and loneliness. Jenny Uglow’s beautifully illustrated biography, full of the colour of the age, brings us his swooping moods, passionate friendships and restless travels. Above all it shows how this uniquely gifted man lived all his life
on the boundaries of rules and structures, disciplines and desires – an exile of the heart.
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In May 1922, Mr Walter Steen has great plans for Buxton Spa and the distribution of its famous water to a wider market but there is mounting opposition to his project and increasing animosity towards him from various groups within the town, including members of the Burbage Ladies’ Golf Club. When a visiting archaeologist from the University of Liverpool is attacked and left for dead, local solicitor Eleanor Harriman begins an investigation which requires her to solve a murder and save the golf course from destruction. Widow’s Peak, the first in the series, is set in 1920. Autumn’s Peak, the second book, is set in 1921 and the latest in the series, Waters Speak, is set in 1922. Each follow and build on the lives of the main characters, while introducing new characters relevant to each story.
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lass blowing is a dramatic craft, perfect for demonstrating as audiences will always be transfixed by the molten, fluid material, the glowing furnace and the sheer skill of the maker. Timing is the key. It is fascinating to watch as they blow, stretch, turn, pull and twist the glass before it returns to a solid in seconds.
The good news is that you don’t have to go to Venice to watch the age-old techniques in practice, as Derbyshire can boast its own talented craftsmen working from a studio in Lumsdale near Matlock. Jonathan Abbott of Lumsdale Glass will be opening up the studio this December along with Tom Petit and Manchester glass blower Gemma Truman. As well as giving demonstrations they will be
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offering people the chance to get hands-on experience. Christmas has become one of the busiest times of the year for Jonathan, who has only been glass blowing for about six years, as traditional glass baubles for the festive tree have become fashionable once again and he has been inundated with orders. Jonathan, 32, who studied for an HND in art at Liverpool, has always had a passion for traditional skills and crafts
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Jonathan loves using skills that haven’t changed
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and when he first returned to his home town of Matlock he set up a dry stone walling business. “I love using skills that haven’t changed in centuries and living here, dry stone walling seemed the obvious skill to learn. I spent seven years doing it and still keep my hand in occasionally, but now the glass has taken over I really do love making it,” he explained. Left, clockwise from main picture: Jonathan uses a blowpipe to open up the glass; damp newspaper is used to shape the object; recycled glass from Dartington Crystal is rinsed before loading into the furnace; the glass takes shape and the craftsman reheats the glass in the glory hole so he can work it This page: some of his colourful creations including the festive baubles, top
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Back in 2008 when Jonathan was training to become a waller he also took a job as an assistant with Anthony Wassell Glass in Lumsdale one or two days a week. “I helped him out with tasks in the workshop while he was glass blowing and I was really grateful for the chance to learn about the process. It was about five or six years ago that I bumped into him again and he asked if I would be able to help him out again during the winter as he had more work than he could cope with. “I jumped at the chance of guaranteed work in the winter – as you will appreciate dry stone walling is not the easiest job during the bad weather,” he said ruefully. Anthony is one of the craftsmen used by Wirksworth businesswoman Esther Patterson to make the hand blown glass shapes for her lighting company Curiousa & Curiousa. Thanks to her phenomenal success in recent years his business is also thriving and so Jonathan found that the winter work turned into a full time job. “I was not making glass at first, but I was so fascinated by the work Anthony was doing I wanted to learn how to do it myself, so I started a one-daya-week course. “Anthony could see I was keen to learn and passionate about the craft so he took the time to talk me through what he was doing and made me practise
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myself at the end of each day. “It is all about practising – the more you do it the better you will get. “You spend a lot of time swearing and burning yourself, but you only do so the same way once,” he said laughing. Two years ago Jonathan felt confident enough to launch Lumsdale Glass and while he still helps Anthony with the lighting he also has a range of his own work – including the festive baubles. The open weekend, with demonstrations, is on December 9 and 10 but the studio will also be open every weekend in December until Christmas Eve if you just want to go festive shopping. The studio is at Unit 18 Lower Lumsdale Mills, Matlock DE4 5EX. You can check for more details on the Lumsdale Glass facebook page.
have a go Thinking about making all your own Christmas gifts this year? There’s a wealth of craft workshops here to help Alfreton Life Drawing Classes, Firs House, Firs Gardens, Alfreton n There is no teacher, so you are free to express yourself artistically. Please bring your own materials and equipment. Everyone over 18 is welcome, £7 per session, Thursdays, 7pm-9pm. For further information contact Julie on 07881383282 . Ami James, Textile Artist and Sewing Studio 64-66 High Street Swadlincote n Thread painting, November 15 n Botanical Fabric Journal, November 16-17 n Pieced Landscapes,November 28 n Art collage quilt, November 30 For more details go to simplyneedlecraft.com 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 Art Afloat, Birdswood narrowboat, Cromford Canal To book email sales@birdswood.org or telephone 07552 055455 Artcore, Charnwood Street, Derby n Art For Life, every Wednesday, 1-3pm. n Our Stories, which aims to
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Sue is a contemporary British folk artist creating narrative paintings in traditional egg tempera (inspired by Swedish folk art). bring together people from migrant communities in a series of ongoing art-based workshops, every Tuesday from 10am-12pm. For further information please email info@ artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561. Bakewell Community Arts Workshops, Medway Centre n Crafternoons – Third Friday of the month during term time 1pm–3pm. n Crafty Kids Club –Tuesdays
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“It’s like folk music only paint!” she says. Sue makes her own egg tempera paint, and tells stories in her paintings that comment on society, reflect current affairs and celebrate rural life. You will be able to learn the technique for yourself and complete a personal piece of folk art to take home. To book a place email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk PICTURE: Nick Lockett
during term time 10am-noon. For further details call the Medway Centre on 01629 813638. Bob Neill, Pyrography Tuition n One day courses and group workshops. For more details contact Bob on 01332 792036 or visit bobneillpyrography.co.uk Bakewell Piano Studio n Tuition (first lesson free),
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have a go rehearsal, accompaniment, recording, hourly practice room hire. 5 Kings Court, Bakewell, telephone 07811410406 or email lessonsbakewellpianostudio.co.uk Richard Bett’s Jewellery Studio, Belper n Six-session jewellery making courses. Please ring 0787 1240179 to book a place. Buddhist Meditation, Bakewell n Thursdays – Buddhist Meditation Class, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, Bakewell. For more information call 07930 975807 samatha.org/bakewell, fb.me/ SamathaBakewell Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford n Watercolour tuition is available for small groups or on a one-to-one basis, all abilities welcome. Contact the gallery on 01629 826434 for more details. Cromford Mill, Cromford n Arkwright Spinsters demonstrating spinning and other crafts, third Sunday of every month, 11-4pm. n Knit and Natter, second Wednesday of every month, 10amnoon. Details at cromfordmills.org.uk Etienne Gallery art classes, In The Flow, Matlock n Etienne Gallery offers year-round studio art classes and workshops taught by experienced artist and teacher, Jason Etienne. Go to jasonetienne.com for details. Glossop Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, Glossop Cricket Club, SK13 7AS n Go to glossopstitchedup.blogspot. co.uk for details. Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n Inspiring Derbyshire – Mixed Media Workshop, November 4 – Sarah Morley teaches mixed-media techniques in conjunction with her Inspiring Derbyshire exhibition. 10.30am-3pm. Cost £25. Booking essential.
n The REC Youth Theatre Senior Company (aged 15 to 19+) meets every Monday during term time from 6.30pm-8.30pm. Come to a session or contact Kitty Randle on recyouththeatre@gmail.com n Buxton Youth Theatre – for people aged 13-18. Professional training from ex-Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts coach Ada and graduate Karina Tomlinson – leading to public performances. Beginners welcome. Meets Tuesdays during term time from 6.30pm-9pm. Call Ada on 07958 597842 for details. n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model, Tuesdays, 7pm-9pm. Contact Curtis Bollington 07880 535615. Over 18s only. n Dance Classes: For information and to book places, call Catherine Farrimond, on 01298 70984. For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated. Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill, Derby n Woodcut, November 4, 11am4.30pm. n Screenprinted Christmas Cards, December 2 and 9, 11am-3pm. For more details and to book online, visit: greendoor-printmaking.co.uk or call 07919 823 097. Greenwood Days, National Forest, near Melbourne n Courses start again in April. Go to greenwooddays.co.uk Helen Jagger, sustainable textile design n Drop-in sessions at St Ann’s Catholic Rooms, Buxton, Fridays, 9.15am-1.15am. n Buxton Campus, Buxton, Tuesday evenings in term time, 7pm-9pm. Contact the college on 08000 740099 to book. Guidance with a range of sewing projects such as household, soft furnishing, dress, and the recycling of fabrics. Go to helenjagger.co.uk for more details.
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Helen Moyes, Textile and Mixed Media Artist, Sheffield n Sip and Sew or Knit and Natter, first Monday of the month, 6-7.30pm, in Eccleshall, Sheffield. For more information, or to book a place, contact Helen 0796 711 9591 or moyeshelen@gmail.com. Jenny Oldknow Art, The Oldknow Studio, Pinewood Road, Belper n Weekly Watercolour Painting Club, Term-time Monday mornings 10am-12noon. Advance booking for each half term block is essential, as space is limited. Email jenny. oldknow@btinternet.com to book. Leabrooks Artists Forum, Leabrooks Arts Complex, Somercotes DE55 4HB n Artists sharing information, ideas and enterprise. The meetings take place on the first Saturday of every month from 10.30am-1pm. Beverages and cake cost £3.50, if required; everything else is free. Painters, sculptors and potters who have experience of exhibiting are invited to join the group. This month’s core presentation on November 4 will be Immersion in Waterlicht, by Lynne Evans. Go to leabrooksartscomplex.com for more details. Louise West Lace Design 6 Friar Gate Studios, Ford Street, Derby n Evening classes in bobbin lace making, Tuesdays 6-8pm. n One-day workshops for a maximum of ten students, £30. The next courses are on November 4 and December 9. Go to louisewestlacedesign.co.uk for booking details. Little London Gallery, Holloway n Develop your studio practice and techniques with Chris Tkacz, at his Little London Gallery studio in Holloway near Matlock. Contact Chris Tkacz by email at info@littlelondongallery.co.uk or telephone 01629 534825 for more details.
have a go Long Eaton Art Room, Lime Grove, Long Eaton n Feel Good Fridays – free craft club, 9.30am-11.30am, every Friday until December 15. Open to all ages and abilities. All materials included totally free but donations are welcome. Children and vulnerable adults will need to be accompanied. For more details go to longeatonartroom.co.uk Lucy Gell, printmaking The Studios, New Mills n Intro to Linocut Printmaking, November 12. n Linocut Christmas Greeting Cards, December 3. More details at lucygell.com/ workshops. Matlock Artists Society, All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street n The club’s Portrait Group meets the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-noon. Everyone welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. For details contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640. n At the same venue, on the second Thursday of every month, the society invites all keen to paint/ draw in a happy, relaxed group to go along. This is a self-help group with no tutor, 9.30am-noon. For details 01629 584708. Pitchblue Creative, Newbridge Works, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth n Full day workshops from 10am3.30pm with lunch and a half day is until 1pm. You can choose one day or two. Go to pitchbluecreative.com for more details. Pauline Townsend Silk Painter n Workshops for beginners and improvers in Buxton. Workshop schedule available on the website: silkpainter.co.uk Parkwood Pottery Alfreton n Eight-week evening throwing courses on Thursdays, two-day weekend courses and three-hour taster sessions. Telephone 07919 838108 for more details.
Purple and Grey – courses for emerging artists n November 15, 10.30am-12.30pm, Art Group Tansley Village Hall, Church Street, Tansley, Matlock. n November 29, 10.30am-12.30pm, A Christmas themed art group meet. n From January 2018 Purple and Grey Derbyshire Art Group will meet every first and third Wednesday of each month 10.30am-12.30pm, at Tansley Village Hall, new members always welcome £4.95. See purpleandgrey.co.uk for workshops and artist networking events. 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 Beginners Bookbinding, November 11, 2pm-4.30pm. n Create a Letterpress Print, afternoon session, November 4; evening session November 23. n Introduction to Letterpress, evening, November 9. n Print a Poster Drop-in Sessions, November 25 and December 9. 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. For prices, more details and how to book email emmamakarove@ googlemail.com StraightCurves, 104 Saltergate, Chesterfield n A range of arts and crafts workshops and courses for all ages and abilities from accessible studios in Chesterfield. There are also
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regular events see details below. Book online www.straightcurves. co.uk 01246 807575 info@ straightcurves.co.uk n Make and decorate a pinch pot cup, with Clare Gage, November 5. n Woolly Wednesdays – every Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm and 6.30pm-9pm. All arts and crafts are welcome at this session. n Little Creatives – every Friday 9.45-11.15am, and every Monday 9.45-1.15am. Little Creatives is a workshop designed especially for pre-school children and their parents. n Book Club – 7-8pm on the third Thursday of the month refreshments included. St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n Sue Lewis-Blake, drawing workshop Mixing Media, November 2. n Lewis Noble, painting and sketching the Derbyshire landscape, November 13-15. n Sue Prince, Egg tempera folk art painting, November 20. n Wendy Darker Paint a stag in the snow’, November 21 and 22. To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk. More details can be found on the gallery website: stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield n Tutored Life Drawing Class by Wallspace Visual Arts, held the first Tuesday of the month. Contact John King on john@wallspacevisualarts. co.uk or phone 07795804793. n November 4, Bonfire Night Children’s Workshop, 10:30am12.15pm, £12 per child. n Create a hand-felted snowman with Karen Herrick from Harlequin Arts, December 16, 10am-12noon. Workshop is suitable for children in Year Two and above.You can email hello@weststudios.co.uk or call 01246 500799 to reserve your place.
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artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live music from classical and choirs to indie, rock’n’roll and folk Enjoy northern
folk from Harp and a Monkey THE harp ‘n’ banjo driven electro-folk-storytelling of Harp and a Monkey is imbued with a deep Lancashire sensibility that shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance. Martin Purdy (vocals, glockenspiel, accordion, harmonica and keyboards), Simon Jones (harp, guitar, viola) and Andy Smith (banjo, melodica, guitar and programming), sing songs about cuckolded molecatchers, a lone English oak tree that grows
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Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Lulu, All about the Music, November 19, 7.30pm. n Hazel O’Connor, November 22, 7.30pm.Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Queen’s Head, Chesterfield Road Belper n November 3, Simon Wells and Carol Hodge, Slice of Life, plus Addictive Philosophy, Mr Chris Butler and Sophie Sparham. For more details go to queensheadbelper. weebly.com The Venue, Derby Kerri Watt, November 2. The
at Gallipoli, care in the community and medieval pilgrims. You can see them on November 4 at 8pm at the
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Scottish born singer-songwriter’s influences range from Sheryl Crow and Sara Bareilles to The Rolling Stones and John Mayer, with a hint of celtic charm.
Belper Folk Club, Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper Every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk Buxton Opera House, Buxton The Tame Valley Stompers, November 5, 1pm, Pavilion Arts Centre. For details go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Chesterfield Jazz Club, Chester Street, Chesterfield
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Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell n Mawkin, November 17, 7.30pm (doors 7pm) – a host of rebel-rousing folk songs and instrumentals. Tickets from 01629 810152 or ticketsource. co.uk/date/305693. n Sheffield Folk Chorale – I am Christmas, December 9, 7.30pm. Tickets from ticketsource.co.uk/ date/370555. More details at bakewelltownhall.co.uk
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November 16 – Christian Brewer, alto saxophone More details at chesterfieldjazz.wordpress.com Derby Jazz, various Derby venues n Gary Reader’s Moja, November 3, The Cube, Déda.
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New, secondhand and antiquarian bookshop with Guildhall n Clark Tracey, The Stan Tracey almost 100,000 titles Theatre, Derby LegacyWe Octet, November 25, 8pm, Creeds Cross, The Celtic Journey, buy books and music by appointment Guildhall Theatre. November 3, 8pm. Go to derbylive. Go to derby-jazz.co.uk for details. for details. Vegetarian & Veganco.uk Cafe Green Man Gallery, with cosyBuxton outdoor seatingHollingwood area Hub, Staveley, n Harp and a Monkey - folk Chesterfield Bookshop 9-6pm Monday-Saturday, 10-6pm Sunday experimentalists, November 4.See Hannah James will be performing at Cafedetails 10-5.15pm Monday Sunday more on page 45. - Saturday, 10-6pm the hub on November 22 at 7.30pm. n The Listed Sundayby BuskStop. Free the Guardian online as one ofis one of the most versatile Hannah lunchtimethe gigten by ‘best local musicians bookshops in theand world’ prolific musicians on the folk with soup, bread and cake for scene today. The concert is being Theand Promenade, Scarthin, Cromford, DE4 3QF lunch excellent company. promoted by the Chesterfield Canal Tel: 0162912, 823272 email: nickscarthin@gmail.com November noon-2pm. Donations Trust. Tickets via chesterifled-canalto performers invited. Drop in for www.scarthinbooks.com trust.org.uk or by ringing 01246 a short time or stay for the full two 477569. hours. Further Follow us ondetails from hello@ and watch our film on Live & Local, various event at thegreenmangallery.com various locations Contact hello@thegreenmangallery. Go to liveandlocal.org.uk for details com or 01298 937375 for tickets and more information. of times and tickets.
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Mayfield concert – entitled Veni Emmanuel – is based on the themes of the readings from Advent – a mix of early and modern, classics and a few different pieces. The concert is at St John the Baptist Church, Mayfield on November 25 at 6pm. For tickets email penny@ mayfieldmusic.org.uk phone 01335 342114 or at Natural Choice, St. John’s Street, Ashbourne. The Old Hall Hotel, Hope 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. PR Promotions Melrose Quartet, November 24, 8pm. One of Britain’s leading traditionally based groups known for their outstanding a cappella harmonies and energy-packed instrumentals on fiddle, bouzouki, melodeon, and guitar. Nailers Football Club, Bridge Street, Belper. Ticket Hotline 01773 853428 Peak Concerts, Imperial Rooms, Matlock Megson, November 18. More details at peakconcerts.co.uk
music Replaying the
Summer of Love THE Summer of Love anniversary concert is a celebration of the psychedelia, flower-power, freedom, peace, love – and the unforgettable music that inspired a generation. Musical Director Jake Field leads a world class live band, featuring many West End musicians and vocalists in this dynamic concert performance. Featuring original footage from the era, The Summer of Love blends film from the defining decade with
a full live band to create a phenomenal performance of hits from the incredible summer of 1967. You can see the show at
Andrew Randall, baritone. More details from buxtonmusicalsociety. org.uk
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Abbotsholme Arts Society, Abbotsholme School Chapel The Wihan and Sacconi Quartets November 3, 8pm. For more details of all events go to abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell Klezmer-ish is what happens when four classically trained musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra let down their hair, explore a wide range of music from travelling people across the world and fuse it all together with their own unique sound. November 3, at 7.30pm (doors 7pm). Tickets from ticketsource. co.uk/date/367302. More details from bakewelltownhall.co.uk Belper Singers, Christ Church, Belper Songs of Light – a special fundraising concert on November 18, in support of Treetops Hospice Care. The theme of the programme is everlasting light, with music from 16th century composers Tallis and Byrd through to contemporary works by Eric Whitacre and Morten
Buxton Opera House on November 20. Go to buxtonoperahouse. org.uk for tickets and more information.
Hannah James who will be playing at Hollingwood Hub, Chesterfield this month
Lauridsen. The choir will perform three movements from awardwinning British composer, Howard Goodall’s moving work Eternal Light composed in 2008. Goodall describes this as a modern Requiem for the living using poetry and hymns alongside the more traditional Latin text. Tickets £7 from belpersingers@ gmail.com, 07990 658071, or on the door. Buxton Musical Society, Buxton Methodist Church, Buxton November 26,7.30pm, Brahms and Dvořák with young soloists Alexandra Lowe, soprano and
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Chesterfield Co-operative Choral Society The society will conclude a year of musical celebration with Handel’s Messiah with both local professional musicians and musicians from Birmingham Conservatoire and London College of Music. November 25, at 7.15pm, Saint Thomas’ Church, Brampton. Tickets from chesterfieldchoir.com. Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir, Central Methodist Church, Saltergate, Chesterfield Autumn Concert – Sacred Sounds. Music will include works by Faure and Ramirez together with items by Gorecki, Mozart and Bruckner, November 11, 3pm. Tickets available on the door, from choir members, Cornerstones Coffee Shop, Central Methodist Church and the Tourist Information Centre, Chesterfield. Derby Chamber Music Society, Multi-Faith Centre, Derby University November 10, Michael Foyle
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and anarchy FOLK legends Steve Tilston and Jez Lowe will be performing in Alstonefield Village Hall on November 11 at 8pm. The singer/songwriters will be joined by Hugh Bradley on double bass,as they join forces for a concert filled with songs and music, chat and banter and intimate insights into their approach to their craft. Head to head, neck and neck (guitar necks, that is) listen in as they rekindle the spontaneity of their late-night living-room song swaps. (violin) and Maksim Stsura (piano), Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A, Op.47 Kreutzer; Franck: Violin Sonata in A and Elgar: Chanson de Nuit et de Matin, Op.15. Details at derbychambermusic.org Derby Cathedral, Derby n November 10, 7.15pm, MS Society Derby and District, Celebration Concert. n November 18, 7.30pm, Derby Bach Choir and Derventio Brass will perform Rutter – Gloria; Bruckner – Locus Iste, Ecce Sacardos; Gabrieli – Selection of brass pieces; Schutz – Psalm 150; Parry – Blest Pair of Sirens and Monteverdi – Beatus Vir. Tickets from derbybachchoir.com. Details from derbycathedral.org. Derbyshire Singers, St John’s Church, Ashbourne The Derbyshire Singers with soloists Lesley-Jane Rogers (Soprano), Louise Collett (Mezzo-soprano), Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks (Tenor), Tim Mirfin (Bass). Organist: John Keys. November 18, 7.30pm. Puccini: Messa di Gloria and Mozart: Mass in C Major, Coronation Mass.
Questions, answers, anecdotes and anarchy and a very special evening of music. The gig will be supported
by the Staffordshire singer/ songwriter Clair Brennan. For tickets telephone 01335 310121 or buy online at wegottickets.com. Derby Concert Band, December, 16,7.30pm, St. Luke’s Church, Parliament Street, Derby. details at derwentsingers.org.uk Derby Choral Union, St Osmund’s Church, Alvaston Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; J.S. Bach: Motet Lobet den Herrn BWV 230, November 11, 7:30pm. More details at dcu.org.uk
Soloist Lesley-Jane Rogers who will be performing with the Derbyshire Singers at Ashbourne
Tickets from Natural Choice in Ashbourne (01335-346096), Robert Young Florists in Matlock or derbyshiresingers.org The Derwent Singers n Music for Remembrance, Saturday November 11, 8pm, St. Mary’s Church, Bridge Gate, Derby. n Christmas Concert with
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Music at Duffield, Ecclesbourne School, Duffield Remembrance Day Proms Night, November 11, 7.30pm, British Police Symphony Orchestra, Richard Jenkinson, conductor and Claire Prewer, soprano. For more details go to musicatduffield.com The Pleyel Ensemble, Methodist Church, Chapel-en-Le-Frith Sunday November 19, Sarah, Heather and Harvey will be joined by Susie Meszaros, violist in the Chilingirian Quartet,for a programme of piano quartets including Brahms C minor. More details at pleyelensemble.com
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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers on the topics being talked about in Derbyshire’s arts community Don’t miss this arresting take on
Dickens’ classic
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was expecting a great night out from Derby Theatre’s autumn production but it was so much more – a visual feast that raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations by Neil Bartlett is storytelling theatre at its best, and combined with the slick direction of Sarah Brigham and the haunting set designed by Barney George it becomes a masterpiece. Great Expectation remains a story of self-discovery told by some of literature’s most iconic characters and Bartlett’s adaptation focuses on the guilt, love and forgiveness felt by the main protagonists – the orphan Pip, the wealthy Miss Havisham and her adoptive daughter, the haughty and beautiful Estella. Bartlett’s script is chilling, yet tender, punchy and not without some humour. The acting by the whole company of performers was superb, but Polly Lister’s Miss Havisham was something else. She was electrifying as the wretched, heartbroken spinster and gave a performance that left me open-mouthed in awe.
Brigham will have had a vision of how she wanted to portray Barlett’s work and with the skills of designer Barney George, Ivan Stott’s sound compositions and lighting by Tim Skelly she must have achieved something beyond even her dreams. The set was subtle and poetic conjuring up both the melancholic, misty marshes and the decaying grandeur of Satis Hall. So as not to spoil the most dramatic moments there is much I can’t say, but be
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assured that this arresting play is one you don’t want to miss. The company are Robert Beck as Magwitch; Geoffrey Breton, Pip; Bryn Holding, Herbert Pocket; Michael Lambourne, Mr Pumblechook; Polly Lister, Miss Havisham; Jack Quarton, Joe Gargery; Helena Rimmer, Sarah Pocket; Kate Spencer, Estella and Ella Vale, Mrs Joe. The rest of the production team are Ian Stapleton, Kay Magson, Beth Williams, Zoe Saunders, Mason Walter Cooper and Robert Day. AP
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Mike Wheeler London Concertante, Derby Cathedral There was an enthusiastic reception for chamber ensemble London Concertante’s first visit to Derby Cathedral in September but, sadly, I found myself unable to raise the full three cheers. The mostly-Vivaldi evening began well, but doubts started to creep in with some over-romanticised moments in Summer from The Four Seasons. To end the evening the players powered through the outer movements of JS Bach’s twoviolin Concerto, BWV 1043 as though this was just more Vivaldi. By this time a general air of self-congratulation had become distinctly offputting, underlined by the disappointingly slapdash editing of the printed programme. Derby Chamber Music: Rogeri Ensemble, MultiFaith Centre, Derby University Exactly how many ensembles does cellist Katherine Jenkinson play with? This time she appeared as a member of string quintet the Rogeri Ensemble alongside violinists Simon Smith and Dominic Moore, and viola-players Jon Thorne and Rose Redgrave. But it was a trio that kicked off, with Dohnányi’s engagingly unpretentious Serenade, Op 10, getting a performance to match. The first movement of
Katherine Jenkinson who played with the Rogeri Ensemble at Derby
Mozart’s String Quintet in C, K515, set off with a spring in its step, but the sound-world tended to become somewhat homogenised. There was much that was enjoyable but the performance seemed overlaid with an inappropriately romantic patina that didn’t really allow Mozart to shine on his own terms. Perhaps it was due to the shadow of Brahms’ G major Quintet, Op 111, looming up in the second half. There was plenty of fire and energy in the performance but, tellingly, it was the elegance of more lightly-scored passages that communicated the most effectively. Sinfonia Viva, Derby Cathedral Derby’s resident professional orchestra was more than usually busy at the start of October. In the opening concert of its Twilight season, Duncan Ward conducted a warm, lovingly-shaped reading of Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, before changing tone with a couple of jazz-influenced 1920s ballet scores – Milhaud’s La Création du Monde and Martinů’s La Revue de Cuisine. The Milhaud was tart and
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punchy, the Martinů bright as a button. Another twentiethcentury dance classic, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, ended the evening, Viva championing his original 13-instrument scoring with clarity and precision. Two days later the orchestra’s five wind principals were back, in a curtain-raiser to Derby Folk Festival. The programme included Malcolm Arnold’s irrepressible Three Shanties, two of Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, and a couple of pieces by Percy Grainger. Bartók’s Romanian Dances were vigorous, plaintive, and fast and furious by turns. Finally, there was a nod to Chesterfieldborn Paul Patterson in his seventieth birthday year, with his Westerly Winds. The following day four hardy Viva brass players and composer/conductor Raphael Clarkson climbed to the Cathedral tower roof for a set of short pieces responding to sounds associated with the tower, including the hour chimes, various tunes played by the carillon, and the now familiar screech of the peregrine falcons, all idiomatically scored and played with panache.
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music and poetic storytelling it was aimed at the best possible audience. They probably could only have enjoyed it more if they also happened to be Welsh-speaking. Indeed the women seated behind this reviewer were totally immersed in the magic of it all as they could appreciate the bewitching language. The three players use tree branches to help them conjure
up the seashore, a mountain range, deer and wolves as the story unfolds on stage. The storyteller, Michael, first had the idea to use the sticks having been inspired by sculptor Andy Goldworthy’s work with a ballet company. Set designer Sophia Clist, who likes to create installations for performers to manipulate and transform, was tasked with making it work and she excelled. The producer of the show was the founder of Derbyshirebased Adverse Camber Naomi Wilds. Dreaming The Night Field is now touring the UK and the closest it can be seen to Derbyshire is Colston Bassett Village Hall, Nottinghamshire, on November 24. AP A longer version of this review is at artsbeatblog.com
Theatre in Derby came about following a Facebook chat between award-winning playwright Kevin Fegan and international soprano and actress Michelle Todd. It turns out they were in the same class at school in Mansfield, but having not kept in touch neither knew of the other’s success. Michelle, who had long wanted to play the part of the intriguing Bess, introduced Kevin to the story of her life and he says he knew straight away there was a play to be written. The couple approached First Art, an Arts Council England project to promote arts in North East Derbyshire, for funding and the resulting production deserves to
become an award-winner for the way in which it allows the audience to become enveloped in the real world of Bess. Michelle took centre stage in the one-woman drama, in which all the other major players in the life of Bess appeared in filmed excerpts on a stage-size backdrop. The filming all took place at Hardwick Hall earlier in the month and it oozed the atmosphere of the historic surroundings in a way that could never otherwise have been recreated in the theatre. It was a bold yet simple decision that enabled the duo to condense the long life of Bess into just two hours. AP A full of this review is at artsbeatblog.com
Welsh legend was spellbinding The Guildhall Theatre in Derby is the perfect setting for the intimate telling of an incredible tale by three masters of their craft. Between them, storyteller Michael Harvey, composer and musician Stacey Blythe and singer Lynn Denman, give a spellbinding performance that draws the audience into an ancient Celtic landscape for a retelling of the mythological, magical fantasy The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion. Dreaming The Night Field: A Legend of Wales was brought to the theatre by Adverse Camber Productions as part of the Derby Folk Festival – and with its beautiful evocative
Atmospheric tale of fascinating life The story behind the new drama Bess: The Commoner Queen is almost as fascinating as the life of Bess of Hardwick herself. Well, that is perhaps a bit of an exaggeration – it would be hard to match the extraordinary life of the woman who married four times; became a lady-inwaiting and confidante of Queen Elizabeth I and become the matriarch of the Cavendish dynasty, the Dukes of Devonshire. However the new play, which was staged at the Guildhall
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railway stations We in Derbyshire have some historic stations, though we have lost many, too. Among our best is Cromford station – with its spire-like decorations it is reminiscent of a French chateau. George Stokes who designed it may not have been to France but his boss and father-inlaw Joseph Paxton (he who built the Crystal Palace) was reconstructing the glories of Mentmore at the time in the same high style. When DH Lawrence walked down from Middleton to catch the Derby train in Cromford he was seeing world-class architecture put to everyday use. Like me, Jenkins appreciates cast iron and glass. His favourite is the incredible Wemyss Bay station on the
A privilege to see top-class drama We were privileged last month to be able to watch a piece of extraordinary theatre at Derby thanks to an alliance between five Northern venues with a kindred passion for presenting challenging and entertaining work to their audiences. The international tour of The Market Theatre, Johannesburg’s, The Suitcase fittingly opened in Hull – the
Review by Les Hurst of Scarthin Books, Cromford
edge of the Clyde. It looks like a mother spider ready to shelter every lost and wayward traveller that comes under its mighty span, yet light cascades across its vestibules and platforms. Another coastal station he rates is Dawlish, which for all practical purposes sits on the UK’s City of Culture 2017, since then it has been to the Northern Stage in Newcastle and after Derby it was at Lancaster and then Liverpool. Set in 1950s apartheid South Africa The Suitcase tells the story of a young couple, Timi (Siyabonga Caswell Thwala) and Namhla (Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni), who leave their village for the city with few possessions and a dream of a better life. But racial discrimination stacks the odds against them. It is not unusual to see
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beach, where the platforms are like the bridge of a battered trawler he says. This work with colour photographic illustrations captures stations in towns, in villages, and even – such as Rannoch Moor – in the middle of Scottish wilderness. Jenkins rates stations from one star (such as Ingatestone in Essex, where my father arrived as an evacuee in 1940) to five (all of which, bar Wemyss Bay, are in cities). Cromford has two stars, while its nearest rival, Worksop, has only one. England’s newest station, Ilkeston, has none, which is understandable as it is little better than a bus-stop; yet just looking at the re-opened Victorian approach reveals that even our simplest stations have some magic about them if you know where to look. With this book your search has only just begun. Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins (Viking, £25) powerful thought-provoking theatre at Derby but it is definitely a rare treat to see an international tour of this calibre with such a profound story that can resonate with the people of the city. If that is what collaboration between theatres and some help from Arts Council England Lottery funding brings, then long may it continue. AP A longer version of this review can be found at artsbeatblog.com
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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
The Anvil Gallery, Sadler Gate, Derby Solo exhibition by Derby sculptor and painter April Young, until November 16. Go to aprilyoung. co.uk for details. Art Café, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton n Response to the Environment until November 7. n Winter Sale, November 7– December 22, 10.30am-4pm in November and from 11am in December. Banks Mill Studios, Derby Open Studios and Artisan Fair, November 24-26, more details on page 15. 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. Breaston Art Group, Breaston Village Hall, Blind Lane, Breaston 22nd Annual Show of work by members, November 9-11, 1pm-5pm on Thursday and 10am-5pm on Friday and Saturday. Buxton Museum and Art Gallery Reincarnated Rubbish – Endangered and Extinct is an exhibition by creative recycling artist Val Hunt. Until November 18. Castle Fine Art, Intu, Derby A new exhibition of works by Bob Dylan will be displayed for the first time in Derby in November.Titled The Beaten Path, the collection of
As I Walked Out by Richard Whittlestone will be part of his Winter Exhibition at his Chatsworth studio from November 18
15 limited edition graphics have been released by the UK’s leading fine art publisher, Washington Green Fine Art, go to castlefineart.com for details. 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. Go to churchfarmgallery.co.uk for more details. Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford The featured artist for November is Carol Hill, who was awarded the The Harris Moore Canvas award for her watercolour painting at the RBSA in June. Carol is President of the Matlock Art Society. The featured maker is Peak District Artisan Sue Gorman, a
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ceramicist working in Porcelain. The gallery is open WednesdaySunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. The Derwent Gallery, Main Road, Grindleford The Colour Autumn – Work by Kristan Baggaley, Pauline Rignall, Colin Halliday, Tim Hulley and Philip Dyke. Paintings can be previewed at derwentgallery.com. Open 11am to 4pm Thursday to Sunday, telephone 01433 630458. Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n David Manley: People; what are they like? And how do we see them? Six artists whose focus is firmly on aspects of human condition examine how and what moves and motivate those around them, November 2 December 23. Launch, November 2, 6.30-8pm. n We Are Kunst – The Kunst Gallery in Belper is an alternative arts venue that contains a small collection of expressionistic art forms. This exhibition, from November 2-
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Derbyshire watercolour artist Carol Hill has an exhibition at Cromford Studio and Gallery in November
December 23, will showcase work by Ralph McGaul, Adam Quinn, Julian Woodcock, David Culleton and Eleanor Adair. The exhibition is being launched with a special event on November 4. Details at deda.uk.com Derbyshire Arts Co-operative Christmas Show 2017 The annual show from November 5-19, 9.30am-4pm, is at a new venue this year –The Courtyard Gallery, Dronfield Hall Barn, Dronfield S18 1PX. Derby Museum and Art Gallery n Dear Reader, an exhibition of paintings by artist Eleanor Watson celebrating famous Derbyshire women, until November 19. n A Curious Turn: Moving Mechanical Sculpture until November 19. A For more details go to derbymuseums.org Etienne Gallery at In The Flow, Crown Square, Matlock For the latest exhibitions go to jasonetienne.com Ferrers Gallery, Staunton Harold Estate, Ashby de la Zouch Shimmer and Sparkle is a Christmas exhibition showcasing the work of British artists and designer makers. From Derbyshire are pencil artists
Kimberley Dewhurst and Casey Allum and Kay Taylor who makes vintage treasures from old tins and an assortment of trinkets. The exhibition opens on November 3. For details go to ferrersgallery.co.uk Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek The Staffordshire Contemporary Artist & Designer Fair on December 2 and 3, 10am-4pm, showcases original and contemporary art and design. Leek School of Art – Buxton and Leek College, co-host this event with the Foxlowe Arts Centre allowing work created by students to be exhibited alongside established professional artists and designers. Follow the event on the fair’s Facebook page: Gallery in the Gardens, Buxton The gallery showcases the work of more than 40 artists and craftspeople from the High Peak Artists group. Open daily. Details at galleryinthegardens.co.uk Gallerytop, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley n Colour and Form, an exhibition curated by Derbyshire artist Val Hudson, until November 5. n The Christmas exhibition opens at 11am on November 11. Paintings,
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limited edition prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass and jewellery 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 I AM/WE ARE – The I AM Collective presents an open exhibition by artists aged 13-21 exploring themes of unity and division, until November 23. n Sarah Morley – Landscapes. Powerful oil paintings inspired by a season of Peak District walks until November 23. n The Winter Emporium – an Aladdin’s cave full of unique, original, affordable treasures – opens on November 24, with a launch night event from 6pm to 9.30pm. For more details go to the gallery’s facebook page or greenmangallery.com. Hallam Art Group, Hallam Community Hall, Grange Crescent, Sheffield S10 4BD Annual exhibition of work by the group November 25, 2pm-5pm and November 26t, 11am - 5pm. Go to hallamartgroup.wordpress.com for more details. Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk The Harley Gallery, Welbeck War and Pieces 4 November 4-January 7. An epic eight-metre long sculpture made from thousands of fragments of porcelain created by the renowned ceramic artist Bouke de Vries. More details harleygallery. co.uk Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby Lawrie Williamson, October 28-November 5. More details
agenda on page 26. 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 Christmas exhibition opens on November 4 and runs until Christmas Eve. More details on page 26. The gallery exhibits about 90 per cent British designers’ and artists’ work. They are passionate about craftsmanship and exhibit jewellery, ceramics, original art, bronze sculpture and glassware, Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm, and Saturdays, 9.30am-4pm. More details at jarvagallery.com. John Connolly's Ormscliffe Gallery, Bolsover Winter sale throughout December and January. More than 300 original paintings on show. Go to connollyart. com for more details. Kunst Gallery, The Old Nail Shed, Campbell Street, Belper Go to weare kunst on facebook for details of exhibitions and events at this alternative arts venue. Leabrooks Gallery, Somercotes n Susan Tracey, November 4-17 – large paintings with a subtle nuance. She creates a sense of the movement in nature, the rhythm of water, foliage and trees, in delicate layers of paint.
The abstract paintings of Chris Tkacz can be seen at his Holloway gallery
n Patricia Lane, November 18-December 1, warm evocative landscapes lit by a stunning use of colour. The gallery is open from Monday to Saturday, 10am-5pm and 11am4.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. Details at leabrooksartscomplex.com Little London Gallery, Church Street, Holloway Featuring the work of resident artist Chris Tkacz. There are also prints by David Harban and Paul Hipkiss, paintings by 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
Colin Halliday’s work is at Derwent Gallery in Grindleford
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Louise Jannetta, The Art Studio, Rear of 24 Dale Road, Buxton Special open days November 16 and November 20-23, noon-5pm and then every Saturday until Christmas, 10am-4pm. Go to louisejannetta. co.uk for more details. The Manger Gallery, Kings Newton, Melbourne Currently showing a selection of work by the gallery owner Michael Cook. The first mixed exhibition Seeing Stars will begin with Advent on December 1. Go to mangergallery.co.uk for up-to-date details. The Marlow Gallery, The Close, Church Square, Melbourne Contemporary paintings, ceramics, sculpture and glass. Email Emily Daley at studio@themarlowgallery. co.uk or phone her on 07980550812 to book an appointment to view. More details at themarlowgallery. co.uk The Old Lock Up Gallery, Swift's Hollow, Cromford An exhibition by Heather Duncan, from November 11. You can read more about the artist on page 9. The gallery is open 11am-5pm ThursdaySaturday and 11am-4.30pm on Sundays until November 4. go to oldlockupgallery.wordpress.com Opus Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne Jane Ford is the featured artist for November. More details at opusgalleryashbourne.com. Patchings Arts Centre, Calverton n The Barn Gallery – The Artist Collection, until November 19. n Patchings Christmas Market, November 24-26, 10am-4pm. For details about other exhibitions and events go to patchingsartcentre. co.uk Pots and Pix, Bankfield, Chase Road, Ambergate Annual pre-Christmas At Home Open Studio, November 25 and 26, 11am-5pm, with Liz Tatam’s
agenda The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife stoneware ceramics. Friends of Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth Cromford Canal Archivist Hugh Potter will be putting on a display of A Winter Exhibition of Richard’s work historic photographs and slide shows opens on November 18. Alongside of the Cromford Canal through the new originals, will be a painting from ages. Details and directions at www. 2000 which Richard is reselling for canalsidepotters.co.uk. a client. QUAD Derby It was his Millennium painting into which he put lots of intricate detail. Hetain Patel, until November 19. The In the background is a self portrait new exhibition consists of two film of the artist walking his pointer. He works: a major new work, Don’t Look rarely depicts people in his paintings at the Finger (2017), commissioned and this was the first and only time by Film and Video Umbrella with Willow by Susan Tracey is part of he has painted himself. Manchester Art Gallery and QUAD, an exhibition at Leabrooks Gallery, The exhibition is on until-December and The Jump (2015). Go to Somercotes 3 and the gallery is open 10am-5pm derbyquad.co.uk for more details. Tuesday to Saturday. More details at Rachel Emmerson and Lucy River´s Edge Gallery, Hope Valley richardwhittlestone.co.uk Palmer, Open Studio, Cromford Garden Centre, Bamford Rob Wilson Art, Lockside Mill, St. Mills, Cromford Work by various artists including Martins Road, Marple Open studio featuring the work of Pauline Rignall, Kristan Baggaley, Winter Show, November 4-5. A two Derbyshire jewellery designers, Duncan Friend and Colin Smith. chance to see first hand, Rob’s November 18 and 19, 10.30amWednesday-Saturday, 10.30amnewest pieces and the beautiful 4.30pm. Go to rachelemmerson.com 4.30pm and Sundays 11am-4pm. Go Artsbeat Turners Advert 2015_Artsbeat Turners Advert for 13/01/2015 11:47setting Page 1 studio in which he creates for more details. to riversedgegallery.co.uk details.
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agenda them. Also open to visit every Friday, 10am-4pm up to Christmas. Go to robwilsonart.co.uk for more details. U Choose Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston n Nandine Mason until November 4. Work by more than 20 local artists can always be seen at the gallery. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk St John Street Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne New work by Lewis Noble the gallery’s resident artist. More details on page 27. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, MondaySaturday. For more details go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Tarpey Gallery, High Street, Castle Donington Fantastical Landscapes by Jackie Berridge. The gallery is open Thursday to Sunday 10am-5pm. Details at tarpeygallery.com 1066 Open Studio, 1066 London Road, Derby The annual open studio showcasing the work of Angela Verdon, Dennis Farrell, Russell Wilson and Ellen Yates, November 24-26. Private view November 24, 5-8pm all welcome. The studio will be open from 10am6pm on the Saturday and 11am-5pm on the Sunday. 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 n Dark Flowers, an exhibition by John King. November 3-25,. Free entry. Go to chesterfield.ac.uk or email hello@weststudios.co.uk for more details. Whynot Gallery, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent Check out all the latest events,
Centre, Darley Dale, all 7.30pm. Tickets from hightorplayers.co.uk Buxton Opera House Buxton
Artist John Connolly has a winter sale of his work throughout December and January
workshops and exhibitions on the whynotgalleryuk facebook page Wirksworth Framing Company, 22 Market Place, Wirksworth A family-run framing business that exhibits work by a mixture of local artists and prints by nationally renowned artists. Work by Iain Mackay, Richard Pett, Ian Daisley, Sam Toft, Alex Clarke and Thomas Joseph. Go to wirksworthframing. co.uk for more details.
Comedy
Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Buxton Buzz Comedy Club, November 3, 8pm. More information at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Derby Theatre Daniel Sloss – Now, November 18, 8pm. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets Guildhall Theatre, Derby James Acaster, Classic Scrapes Book Tour, November 4, 8pm. Go to derbylive.co.uk for details.
Theatre
High Tor Players Absent Friends, by Alan Ayckbourn, November 23, Ashover Parish Hall; November 24, Bakewell Town Hall; November 25, The Whitworth
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n Soho Theatre and Tim Whitehead present The Vaudevillians, November 4, 7.30pm. n The Book of Darkness and Light, three chilling tales from two ghostly performers, November 6, 7.30pm. n Brassed Off from Talking Scarlet, November 13-18, 7.30pm with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. n Buxton Drama League’s Dracula, November 16-18. More details on page 29. n A Christmas Carol, November 23, 7.30pm. Go to buxtonoperahouse. org.uk for details. Belper Players, Strutt Centre, Belper Five Tales in Verse – And Sometimes Worse, five classic folk tales adapted by Jeff Moule, November 8-11, 7.30m with a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Go to belperplayers.com for details. Crich Glebe Field Centre Ring of Fire, by JKB Productions, November 18, 7:30 pm. The remarkable life story of Johnny Cash, is told through his music with over two dozen classic songs. The cast is performing free of charge to raise funds for DayCare at the Glebe. Call 01773 853260 for tickets. Derby Theatre, Derby n Good Companions Stage Society present Follies, October 31-November 4. n Around the World in 80 Days, November 7-12. n Rita, Sue and Bob Too, by Andrea Dunbar, a major restaging of this classic comedy, November 21-25. n White Christmas, Irving Berlin’s classic, by Present Company November 17-19, 7.30pm with a 2.30pm matinee on the Saturday. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets. Derby Theatre Studio n Tell Me Anything, November 3, 8pm.
agenda n Scratch Night, November 5, 5pm. n Remote, November 17, 8pm.More details at derbytheatre.co.uk Guildhall Theatre, Derby n Lost Boys present Ball by Brian Lobel, November 2-4. Read more about this on page 17. n Ring of Fire, the story of Johnny Cash, November 9-11. n Cool Hand Luke from the Four Blokes Theatre Company, November 14-18. For details go to derbylive.co.uk Live & Local, various events in venues across the county n Spitz & Co, Glorilla, November 2, 7pm, Friesland School, Sandiacre, tickets from 01159 397326 Ex 168. n Uchenna Dance, The Headwrap Diaries, November 10, 7.30pm, The Peel Centre Dronfield, tickets 07814 140034 and November 11, 7.30pm, Crich Clebe Field Centre, 01773 853260. n Louise Jordan, No Petticoats Here, stories of female heroism in World War I, Parwich Memorial Hall, November 24, 7.30pm, tickets 07846906848. n Christine St John, Bette Davis On The Edge, Melbourne Assembly Rooms, November 30, 7.30pm, tickets 01332 863522. Go to liveandlocal.org.uk for more details.
Spoken word
Buxton Opera House, Buxton National treasure Patricia Routledge is making good on her pledge that the show must go on after having to cancel her appearance at July’s Buxton International Festival because of a fall just before going on stage. She is returning to the town to present Facing The Music – A Life In Musical Theatre on November 17, 7.30pm.For tickets go to buxtonfestival.co.uk Buxton Book Weekend, Buxton Liberal Democrat Paty leader Vince Cable, TV personality Tony Robinson and Jeremy Vine are topping the
Ceramics by Dennis Farrell can be found at 1066 London Road, Derby from November 24-26
bill at this literary festival from November 24-26. More details at buxtonfestival.co.uk Matlock Storytelling Cafe, Imperial Rooms Matlock Doors open at 6.30pm with stories at 7.30pm. More details at matlockstorytellingcafe.co.uk Derby Poetry Society Les Hurst, A Sideways Look at Poetry of the 1930s, November 10. Monthly meetings on the second Friday of the month. Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Contact Gina Clarke on 01773 825215 for details. 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.
Dance
Buxton Opera House, Buxton Romeo and Juliet from the Russian State Ballet, November 26, 7.30pm. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Rewind Forward, presented by Yorke Dance Project, November 9, 7.30pm. (An exhilarating evening of dance from world-renowned masters
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of choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan, and Royal Ballet choreographer Charlotte Edmonds, and Artistic Director, Yolande Yorke-Edgell. Recommended for ages 12+. n Long Shot presented by PanGottic Saturday 18 November 7.00pm |Tickets: £12 (£10). More details in arena and at deda. uk.com Derby Theatre, Derby Ballet Black, triple bill featuring Red Riding Hood. Bold choreography blending the classical with the contemporary, November 15, 7.30pm. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets.
Cinema
Bakewell Town Hall, Socialist Cinema Season First film of the season is Salt of the Earth. Made in Mexico in 1954 this is the story of a Miners Strike. Based on the long and difficult 1951 strike against the Empire Zinc Company in Grant County, New Mexico. November 10, 7.30pm. Tickets £5 on the door. Bakewell and Ashfield Film Society Denial, November 12. Medway Centre, Bakewell, 7.30pm. More details at bashfilms.org.uk Calver Film, The Village Hall, Calver La La Land, November 9. Films Every second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. Membership needed, details from 01433 630760. Belper Ritz, King Street, Belper Go to ritz-belper.co.uk. Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n My Life and a Courgette, November 8, 7.30pm. n Paris Texas, November 13, 7.30pm. n Churchill, November 20, 2.30pm.
agenda n Clash, November 20, 7.30pm. n Hamlet, November 26, 6.30pm. More details at buxtonfilm.org.uk Guildhall Theatre, Derby n Townsend Productions with We Are The Lions Mr Manager, November 1, 7.30pm. New Mills Cinema@ SpringBankArts Every second and fourth Thursday at 7.30pm. Go to springbankarts.org. uk for details The Northern Light Cinema, North End, Wirksworth Go to thenorthernlightcinema.co.uk Peak Film Society, Partington Players Theatre, Glossop The Light Between Oceans, November 4. More details about
membership at peakfilmsociety.org QUAD, Derby n QUAD and Derbyshire LGBT+ present 50 Years Ago, 50 Years On, a season of film screenings commemorating the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. Prick Up Your Ears is Stephen Frears’ 1987 biopic of the British playwright Joe Orton, and it can be seen on November 24, at 8:30pm. n QUAD presents a screening of the new film Unrest in association with M.E. Derbyshire on November 4 at noon. Unrest is a moving and eloquent documentary which confronts stigmas around an illness affecting millions worldwide, Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details
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Tansley Film Community Cinema, Tansley Village Hall Manchester by the Sea, November 7. Seat reservations essential at book@tansleyfilm.org.uk. More information at tansleyfilm.co.uk Tideswell Cinema, George Inn Bicycle Thieves, (Italian with subtitles) November 30, 7.30pm.Go to tideswellcinema.com for details. Youlgrave Cinema, Youlgrave Village Hall, Holywell Lane Moonlight, November 10 and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, November 17. Monthly September-May, usually on a Friday and at 7.30pm. Go to youlgrave.org.uk for details.
Miscellaneous
Chatsworth House, Chatsworth The Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future will all visit Chatsworth this year as the festive season is given a Victorian gothic twist with Oh Dickens! It’s Christmas, November 11-January 7. Green Man Gallery, Buxton The Green Man Gallery’s Fifth Birthday Celebration. Friday November 24. Late opening, live music, food, Winter Emporium launch 6pm to 9.30pm. For more details go to the gallery’s facebook page or greenmangallery.com. Haddon Hall, Haddon The Artisan Christmas Markets will return to Haddon Hall, showcasing the wares of local artisans. Opening at 10am, the markets will run from November 17-19. More details at haddonhall.co.uk Peak Shopping Village, Chatsworth Road, Rowsley Festive Spectacular, November 18 and 19 with a light switch-on event with Peak FM’s Craig Bailey, 4.30pm-8pm on the Saturday. Details at peakshoppingvillage.com
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