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Changing Seasons – Carol Hill at Ingleby Gallery

En pointe with ‘The Trocks’ Creatives in the frame Labelled with love Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District

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9 39 In conversation

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9 Ross Sallaway’s portraits reflect the hidden qualities of his subjects 21 A night with ‘The Trocks’ will froth with tutus and testosterone 31 Thousands of labels are upcycled to create Joy Pitts’ unique artwork

43-47 Peacock Angell are among the musicians performing this month

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Stage 49-54 Theatre, dance, comedy and storytelling on a stage near you artsbeat October 2018

editor’s letter

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21 Gallery 25 COVER STORY: Artist Carol Hill is inspired by the changing seasons

Photography 39 Futt Futt Futt’s Jeremy Lawrence captures artists in their studios artsbeat October 2018

Recycled, reused, upcycled, reclaimed.

Words that crop up in many a conversation with artists these days.

They are using their creative skills and imagination to make use of the materials we want to repurpose as we make efforts to cut the waste mountain.

The results are fascinating and certainly make you think twice before you throw anything in the bin.

This month Jackie Ward, of TreeHuggery has an exhibition of her delightful work at the Two Birds Gallery in Castle Donington.

She uses a treasure trove Amanda Penman of everyday objects as her inspiration.

Joy Pitts (whose work you can see left),however, has singled out clothing labels as the basis for her unique artworks which have won her international acclaim and a commission from fashion designer Paul Smith.

You can read more about her on page 31.

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Jarva Gallery Christmas Exhibition

Featuring 10 Ar tists and Designers exhibiting original ar t works and sculpture.

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NORTHERN HORIZONS A solo exhibition of new paintings by

Kristan Baggaley

Opens on Saturday 13 October at 11.00

Gallerytop Chatsworth Road Rowsley Derbyshire DE4 2EH 01629735580 info@gallerytop.co.uk The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 until 5.00 and on Sundays from 11.00 until 4.00

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NEW PERSPECTIVE

Derbyshire Open winner Ross Sallaway chats to Amanda Penman

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oss Sallaway won his first prize for his art when he was a youngster growing up in Queensland, Australia.

More than 50 years later he has just confirmed that he is one of our county’s most talented artists by winning the 2018 Derbyshire Open with his painting of Derby Cathedral.

The success of the beautiful watercolour of St Mary’s Gate at night, above, is even more remarkable because Ross specialises in portrait painting.

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Ross Sallaway

artist. I enjoy capturing the mood and atmosphere of a place – especially at night. I saw that particular view of the

Cathedral one day and I knew straight away I had to paint it,” explained the artist at his terraced cottage in Belper.

“Of course I was delighted when it won the Derbyshire Trophy this summer. It is quite an honour for me.”

Ross, 74, is a quietly spoken, thoughtful man. At first he appears shy of talking about his life’s work, and it is only when prompted by his partner Tricia that he becomes a little less modest about his achievements over the years.

However, once standing in front of one of his paintings, his face lights up and he is happy to talk passionately

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I like to get in behind the front that people naturally put up about what he does and what has inspired him.

“I love finding out about people. When I am going to paint someone I might spend more than a day with them to get an insight into who they really are – what their personality is like,” he says with vivacity.

“I like to get in behind the front people naturally put up, to reveal something they might not have been expecting.”

Obviously he takes into account the wishes of his clients if he has a commission but he does always tell them that his painting will be his own subjective interpretation of what he sees in them.

As a child he was surrounded by art books as his mother was a commercial painter and

Clockwise from top left: Two of Ross’s portraits and a watercolour painting of the light reflecting on George Stephenson’s cutting and the railway line through Belper Previous page: Nocturn, St Mary’s Gate, Derby which won Ross the Derbyshire Trophy

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he says that it was the colour plates in those books which first captured his attention.

“Rembrandt in particular caught my attention from a very early age and I just loved to paint.

“I entered one of my paintings in an art competition in the Courier Mail newspaper and won it which encouraged me to carry on. artsbeat October 2018

“Part of my prize was free tuition on Saturday mornings with an artist who was wellknown at the time.”

In his late 20s Ross left his homeland to join his then wife in Denmark, where he spent 30 years or so successfully selling his portrait work.

At the turn of the Millennium he began a new stage of his life, living in Derbyshire, where he has been painting people of all ages and in a variety of settings from casual to formal.

On his website you will find among others Pauline Latham MP when she was Mayor of Derby and even Belper’s former town crier Terry Porter in all his regalia.

Ross admits that after a couple of months’ working on a portrait he finds it hard to part with them, which is pretty obvious from the number of paintings in his home, both on the walls and carefully stashed in his studio.

One of his goals for the next

year is to find himself a gallery where he can gain a wider audience for his work and at the same time free up some space in his studio.

“I definitely have difficulty in letting them go...,” he said sheepishly glancing sideways at Tricia who had just expressed a desire for a little more white space on the walls. “...But maybe now is the time to put a bit more effort into selling some of my work,” he added with a smile. n Go to rosssallaway.co.uk for more details about his work.

For more information about the Derbyshire Open go to derbyshire.gov.uk STOP PRESS: Since our interview Ross has already had success in finding gallery space and will be exhibiting his work at Hall of Frames in King Street, Belper, during October.

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FEMMES FATALES INVESTIGATED

Female crime writers discuss why women excel in the killing genre

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omen will be getting away with murder at Buxton International Festival’s Book Weekend in November.

Agatha Christie, PD James, Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid … the list of female crime writers goes on, and two of the latest in their line will be discussing what special quality women bring to the genre.

Peak District author Sarah Ward, creator of Detective Constable Connie Banks whose beat is based on Matlock, will chat with Kate Griffin, whose historical crime novels set in Victorian Limehouse feature the 18-yearold heir to a sprawling criminal empire on the banks of the Thames.

The Book Weekend, sponsored

by Waterstones, will also see former Home Secretary and now popular author Alan Johnson talk about the soundtrack of his life – from Dylan to Bowie, from Lonnie Donegan to Bruce Springsteen, and The Beatles.

He vividly transports us to a world of Dansettes and jukeboxes, of heartfelt love songs and heart-breaking ballads, of smoky coffee shops and dingy dance halls.

Adrian Tinniswood will take his audience behind the throne when talking about

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Buxton Festival Book Weekend returns with big name speakers the domestic history of five centuries of royal households and their power struggles, ranging from life and death feuds to making sure the king always won at tennis.

Closer to home, Kate Hubbard charts the rise and rise of Bess of Hardwick, who from her Derbyshire home at Hardwick Hall became one of the most powerful figures in male-dominated Elizabethan England.

Queen Elizabeth’s ships set England on a course to be a global power, but perhaps one

Kate Griffin

of the most important vessels in our history was a collier built in Whitby which became HM Bark Endeavour. Peter Moore will trace Captain Cook’s ship from the oak trees which formed it to its pioneering voyage to Australia and the battles it took part in during the American War of Independence.

And the man who advises Sir Alan Sugar on TV’s The Apprentice, Nick Hewer, will be talking about his life from A to Z, which has included starring on Have I Got News For You, Countdown and Question Time. n Buxton International Festival Book Weekend, November 23 to 24. For more details, see www.buxtonfestical. co.uk or to book, ring 01298 72190.

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The Peacock at Rowsley Lea Near Matlock by James Preston

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All the latest news from the Derbyshire arts community Ashdown’s book reveals plot to thwart Hitler

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rganisers of the Derby Book Festival are planning to hold a number of ‘off programme’ interim events in the run up to the 2019 event.

The first of these will be with Paddy Ashdown, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Royal Marine and intelligence officer, at Derby QUAD on October 23, at 7.30pm.

He will be talking about his new book Nein! Standing up to Hitler, 1935-1944.

In his last days, Adolf Hitler raged in his bunker that he had been betrayed by his own people, defeated from the inside. In part, he was right.

In Nein! Paddy tells (for the first time) the story of those at the very top of Hitler’s Germany who used every means possible – conspiracy, assassination, espionage – to prevent the Second World War and then to deny Hitler victory.

Based on newly released files, the repeated attempts of the plotters to warn the Allies about Hitler’s plans are revealed.

The European Union we have today, and the central position of Germany within it, is the future envisaged by these plotters, for which they gave their lives.

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Paddy Ashdown will be in Derby on October 23

The event will consist of a 45 minute talk followed by a 15 minute question and answer session.

Tickets cost £7 each and you can book them at derbyquad. co.uk The event will be followed by a book sale and signing, organised by Waterstones.

If you missed out on tickets to the Derby Book Festival opening event with Ken Clarke and Alan Johnson this year (or want to see it again) here is your chance. Just scan the QR code right.

This year for the first time staff and students at the University of Derby filmed two of the Festival events and it can be seen via the festival website.

They will be posting the other filmed event: The Bookshop Band with Louis de Bernières, Joanne Harris and Emma Hooper, in the coming months – as well as some audio recordings of festival events held at QUAD in 2018.

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n arena Programme prize FOLLOWING this summer’s successful Buxton Fringe, organisers are already planning for next year’s eagerly awaited 40th Fringe and have announced a new, open-to-all art competition to create the 2019 programme cover with a £100 prize.

The Fringe is leaving the choice of subject matter up to the entrants but says it would welcome entries celebrating the fact that 2019 is the 40th Fringe Fringe chair Keith Savage said: “2019 is going to be a big year for Buxton and the eyes of the world will be on us. Everyone that does anything to promote the town will be looking to be at their best and the Fringe is no exception.”

Full details are available on www.buxtonfringe.org.uk.

Elvis tribute date THE Elvis World Tour will be coming to Derby Arena on May 17 2019.

Direct from the USA, the world’s largest and most successful Elvis tribute show will be in the UK for an eightdates only tour – so it is a coup for Derby.

The Elvis tribute show stars America’s Shawn Klush and Dean Z backed by a live band and orchestra.

Pennysylvania-born Shawn was crowned “The World’s Greatest Elvis” in front of six million viewers on BBC One’s TV show, hosted by Vernon Kay 11 years ago.

He went on to win many more Elvis tribute titles.

Tickets for the show at the arena are selling fast but there are still some left and they are available from derbylive.co.uk or the visitor centre in Derby.

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MIDDLETON BY WALKING – a family walking festival based around Middleton by Youlgrave – will take place during the autumn half term.

The walks will focus on Sites of Meaning, a Millennium project that marks the entrances to the parish of Middleton and Smerrill.

Seventeen stones around the village boundary bear text chosen by residents.

Pictured above is the sculpture at the Sheepdip.

Oliver’s history

Stepping stones The stones were created by local masons and sculptors.

There will be two promenade talks: The Story of Sites of Meaning with Charles Monkhouse who devised and led the project, and Other Stones, Other Meanings, stories about the stones that inspired the project.

For more details go to middletonbywalking.org.uk THE Story of the British Isles in 100 Places is Neil Oliver’s very personal account of what makes these islands so special, told through the places that have witnessed the unfolding of our history.

Beginning with footprints made in the sand by humankind’s earliest ancestors, he takes us via Romans and Vikings, through civil war, industrial revolution and two world wars. Hear in his amusing and entertaining way what it all means to him, at Derby Theatre on November 2 at 8pm.

For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk artsbeat October 2018

n arena Colourful response A MAJOR new installation by artist and musician Linder Sterling called Bower of Bliss has been unveiled at Chatsworth House as one of the highlights of a new sculpture exhibition called Chatsworth Outdoors: Grounds for Sculpture.

It is in response to an existing bower at Chatsworth, known as Queen Mary’s Bower.

Dancers Lauren Fitzpatrick and Kirstin Halliday (pictured right in the installation) performed at the unveiling.

Opera House role PROFESSOR Judy Simons, has been appointed to chair the board of the High Peak Theatre Trust, which runs both Buxton Opera House and Buxton Cinema.

Judy has a strong belief in the transformative power of the creative arts and its central role in the community.

“I believe the theatre is the jewel in the crown of Buxton,” said Judy, who lives in Bakewell.

“There is a big regeneration programme in Buxton now and the theatre is right at the heart of that.”

Open invitation

THE SEARCH for Britain’s most exciting artists has been launched by The Harley Gallery on the Welbeck Estate near Sherwood Forest.

Artists of all ages and experience are invited to enter their work into The Harley Open, which has a top prize of £1,000.

Encouraged to let their imagination run riot, entries for the biennial competition artsbeat October 2018

can be serious or funny, detailed or abstract, traditional or contemporary, but must be able to be wall-mounted and have been made by the artist in the past two years.

Artworks must be submitted between January 2-6, 2019.

Around 140 of the entries will be selected to go on show in a special exhibition running at The Harley Gallery from January 19-March 24.

For more details go to harleygallery.co.uk

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n arena Dramatic date DERBY Theatre is launching a D/deaf-Friendly Youth Theatre group this autumn.

The group will be fully accessible for young people who are D/deaf, deafened or hard of hearing, their friends and siblings.

The group will run fortnightly over two terms at Derby Theatre, from 5pm-6.30pm.

The sessions will run on Wednesdays starting on September 26 and will work towards a show planned for March. For more details go to derbytheatre.co.uk

Musical youth BURBAGE School was the venue for a world premiere when pupils heard their own musical compositions performed for the first time.

Buxton International Festival’s Celia Dunk had taught the youngsters how to write short pieces of music during outreach sessions at the school, and invited Burbage Band to come and play them.

“I think this is brilliant,” the band’s musical director Steve Critchlow said of the outreach programme.

“I’m very impressed with what the kids have been learning.”

Emily joins team A NEW conductor has been appointed for the Buxton-based young choral organisation Kinder Choirs.

Emily Cousins, left, brings a wealth of classical and modern choir experience.

She has performed in concert halls and festivals across Europe, after beginning her choral training as a founder girl chorister at Lincoln artsbeat October 2018

Cathedral. She is also musical director of the Dementia UK choir, and is currently completing a PhD into arts and dementia research.

Emily said: “I am delighted with this appointment and can’t wait to start working with the children and young adults. Kinder Choirs has a superb reputation and is also a wonderful forum for sharing, laughter and fun.”

To find out more visit kinderschildrenschoirs.org.uk

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3rd & 4th November 10am - 4pm The Whitworth Centre, Station Road, Darley Dale, Derbyshire DE4 2EQ

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TWIST AND POUT

Raffaele Morra tells Diane Parkes about ballet with a difference

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hen dancer Raffaele Morra first saw Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, he knew straight away he wanted to join the company. And so he left his native Italy, moved to New York City and became a member of The Trocks, as the company is affectionately known.

Founded in 1974, the all-male company has built a worldwide reputation for productions which give ballet a new twist.

Blending skilful technique with comedy and drag for a dance show quite unlike any other, For Raffaele, the move was clearly the right decision as he’s been with the company artsbeat October 2018

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, loved world-wide for their sassy spoofs and hilarious homages to classical ballet, is a company of professional male dancers who transform into two personas, both male and female. Every performance frivolously froths with tutus and testosterone, blush-pink ballet pumps, fierce false eyelashes and prima ballerina attitude.

However, what makes ‘The Trocks’ extraordinarily special is their immaculate technique and daring physicality, surpassed only by their impeccable comic timing.

17 years and has performed numerous of lead roles.

He had built up a career in contemporary dance, so moving to The Trocks meant he had to re-think some of his dancing – and learn some new skills.

“The biggest challenge for me in dancing with this company was dancing in a tutu because I couldn’t see my legs, which was

a totally different experience for me,” he recalls.

“I used to dance almost naked most of the time, because in contemporary dance that’s what you do, and then you can see every part of your body and how it moves and you know exactly where you are stepping.”

Raffaele’s other challenge was learning to dance en pointe

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Carol Hill

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The Changing Seasons

Ingleby Gallery 7th - 21st October

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

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because in classical ballet it is the ballerinas who usually dance in pointe shoes.

“Although I was largely doing contemporary dance I was lucky to have had very good ballet teachers who always told me the importance of training fully up,” he says.

“So when I put on my first pair of pointe shoes I didn’t have any trouble going up on my toes, I could do that technically but I still had to suffer the blisters and the black toe nails.”

Raffaele says he was captivated the first time he saw The Trocks.

“I felt the audience really participating, they were part of the show. I felt I was being really entertained and it was a really good night out. So I thought ‘I want to be part of something like that’.

“The comedy aspect of this company really attracted me.

I have always found that comedy is a wonderful way of connecting people.

Picture on previous page and above by Zoran Jelenic

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We explain the ballet stories in a very silly way but in a very clear way “We bring a performance which is really funny and enjoyable and at the same time we bring good quality ballet.

We aim to bring back the soul of those ballets. Sometimes ballet can be a little bit difficult to understand but we explain the stories, in a very silly way but also in a very clear way.

“It’s a really good introduction for people who have never seen ballet. I’ve heard of people who, after they have seen our performance, go onto the internet to find out more about Swan Lake. And when they understand the story and the story feels more approachable they then go and see the fulllength ballet.”

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Raffaele Morra as Larinska Dumbchenko and Giovanni Ravelo as Boris Mudko in Raymonda’s Wedding PICTURE: Sascha Vaughan

playing the occasional character role, is largely to be found backstage where he is ballet master with the company.

He is keen for people to see past any preconceptions they have of The Trocks and to come and see them perform.

“The best way to experience Trockadero is to just see what

we are,” he says. “We say that people will come and have a wonderful time – and they will have a wonderful time, we always keep our promises.” n The ballet will be at Buxton Opera House on October 13 at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

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DERWENT GALLERY Work by Kristan Baggaley

From The Edge

Open Wednesday-Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 1pm-4pm

Main Road, Grindleford, S32 2JN Tel 01433 630458 www.derwentgallery.com

Scarthin Books A homely refuge and social hub

New, secondhand and antiquarian bookshop with almost 100,000 titles We buy books and music by appointment

Cromford Studio and Gallery Featured artist for October

Pete Gill

Mixed media studies of the Derbyshire landscape Open: 10am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday Market Place, Cromford, DE4 3QE 01629 826434

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artsbeat previews this month’s stand-out exhibitions Changing Seasons at Ingleby Gallery near Melbourne

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he Changing Seasons

by Carol Hill is the October exhibition at Ingleby Gallery.

Carol is a landscape and still life artist, having trained initially at Hong Kong University, under the guidance of an American resident tutor together with Chinese painter Professor Lau Ta Po. She is a member of The Society of Women Artists, a member of The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and President of the Matlock Artists’ Society.

As a qualified adult education teacher she organises workshops, painting days and demonstrations to art groups and societies throughout the country and as a visiting artist & tutor on cruise liners.

Carol has exhibited widely and

Exhibitions and galleries

Anvil Gallery, 11 Old Blacksmith’s Yard, Derby This gallery owned by artist April Young has recently reopened in a new venue in Blacksmith’s Yard just off Sadler Gate – a few yards from its previous home. Go to anvilgallery. co.uk for more details.

Art Café and Gallery in the Gardens, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton n The downstairs gallery showcases the work of more than artsbeat October 2018

Afternoon shadows on snow, Holloway, by Carol Hill

when she doing so at the Mall Gallery, London in 2009 for the Society of Women’s Artists’ exhibition she was awarded the HRH Princess Michael of Kent Watercolour Award for the most outstanding watercolour in the Society’s annual exhibition.

In 2017 she was selected by Ken Howard RA for the

Harris Moore Canvases Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists’ Exhibition Prize with her painting Evening Light.

The exhibition at Ingleby Gallery will be on from October 7-21 with a preview from noon-4pm on the 7th.

Go to ingleby-gallery.co.uk for more details.

40 artists and craftspeople from the High Peak Artists group. n In the café the group will have an Autumn Showcase exhibition of paintings, printmaking, photography, ceramics and jewellery by selected members until November 4.

Open daily 10.30am-4pm. Go to galleryinthegardens.co.uk for details.

The Art Room, Barlow Festive Finds and Gorgeous Gifts, November 10-18, 10.30am–3.30pm.

A lovely place to browse for unusual creative gifts, cards and prints to ease you gently into the festive season. Free parking and entrance.

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.

Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery, Chesterfield A Walk Down Chatsworth Road. This exhibition focuses on the community history of Brampton Until December 8. The Museum is open Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 4pm.

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n gallery Jarva Gallery, Whaley Bridge THE annual Christmas Exhibition at the gallery opens on November 3 and runs until Christmas Eve. They have a great mix of sculpture and original paintings from ten of the best British artists and designers – some are already well established while the work of others will not have been seen before.

The artists include Belper-based Jenny Aitken (work pictured), who specialises in the depiction of light especially on seascapes.

Wildlife will be the subject of Zoe Stainton’s felt sculptures as well as the ceramics of Sue Page and Brendan Hesmondaghl.

Chesterfield Art Club, St Thomas’s Church Community Centre, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield Chesterfield Art Club exhibition, October 20-21. Saturday 10am5pm. and Sunday 10am-2pm. Free admission and parking.

Church Farm Art Gallery, Baslow The gallery is a showcase for both professional and talented amateur artists.

Owner Norman Tomlinson, exhibits his own work, and others such as Caroline Appleyard, David Alderman, Mike Connley and Judy Tomlinson.

Open Thursday-Saturday 10.30am5pm. Go to churchfarmgallery.co.uk for details.

Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford Pete Gill, the recent winner of The Friends of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery Trophy, with his work, Gritstone VII at the Derbyshire Open Art Competition, is the featured artist

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Hollie Crossley, a young artist who is exhibiting her work for the first time, uses pencil to draw farm animals.

There will also be work

by Buxton’s Pam Smart, who creates colourful floral paintings and Sandra Orme, who is well-known for her pastel landscapes and skies.

Harry Frost who exhibited his oil paintings at the

Work by Ingrid K Karlsson can be seen at St John Street Gallery in Ashbourne

for October. A recurring feature in his work is a preoccupation with surface and structure. He says Derbyshire grit stone edges and the many varied treescapes provide ample opportunity for continued exploration.

The gallery is open WednesdaySunday 10am-5pm. Go to

gallery for the first time last year is returning, and Yorkshire-based watercolour painter Paul Talbot will be exhibiting his work for the first time.

You will also find Manchester city scenes by David Coulter at the festive exhibition.

For more details go to jarvagallery.com cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details.

The Derwent Gallery, Grindleford From the Edge – Exhibition of paintings that celebrate the iconic view of the Dark Peak. The four miles of the northernmost gritstone escarpment of Stanage Edge and extending to Burbage Rocks, Froggatt Edge, Curbar Edge, Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge.

With paintings by Kristan Baggaley, Tim Hulley and gallery artists. Open 11am-4pm Wednesday-Saturday and 1pm-4pm on Sundays, telephone 01433 630458.

Déda, Chapel Street, Derby Join Dèda’s 20th anniversary celebrations and look back at the history of dance in the city since the 1950s. From Northern Soul to Hip Hop, explore the dance scenes that have taken hold of Derby through the decades. Discover memories and stories of where Derby people artsbeat October 2018

n gallery Gallerytop, Rowsley NORTHERN Horizons is a solo exhibition of new work

by Sheffield artist Kristan Baggaley.

Explaining his inspiration behind the exhibition Kristan said: “I live within five miles of Stanage Edge, Carl Wark and Burbage Moor and these are areas I cycle to every week to paint and walk.

“Therefore, it is these locations I have a particular knowledge of in all seasons and weathers and as such paintings of them predominate in the exhibition.

“The contrast between the have danced across the city, and artistic responses to the 200 Days of Dancing Call Out. Until December 22. More details at deda.uk.com Derby Museum and Art Gallery Bare Bones: The Fascinating World of Animal Skeletons, until October 7 For more details go to derbymuseums.org Disley Arts Society Exhibition, Disley Methodist Church, Buxton Road, Disley Framed and unframed originals and cards. October 5, 5pm to 9pm and October 6, 10am to 5pm. Raffle, cakes and refreshments. Go to disleyartssociety.weebly.com for more details.

Duffield Gallery, Town Street, Duffield The gallery has work by artists including James Preston, Phil Dyke, Steve Slimm, Lynn Smith, Colin Halliday, Kim Sharratt and Paul Raymond Gregory. Open Thursday-Saturday, 10.30am-5pm and Sundays, 11am-3pm. For more details go to duffield artgallery.co.uk artsbeat October 2018

very wet spring and the very dry summer we experienced this year has also become an important part of the exhibition.

“The dryness in the summer was highlighted by the scorched fields on Mam

Seeds of Peace by Caroline Small can be seen at the Green Man Gallery in Buxton

Ferrers Gallery, Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts, Staunton Harold Words and Wisdom is Ferrers Gallery’s exhibition until October 14.The exhibition of work by renowned ceramicist Blandine Anderson is an exploration into changing beliefs surrounding nature For more details go to ferrersgallery. co.uk

Tor and the Derwent Valley and the wet period on the peat bogs of the open moorlands.”

The exhibition at the gallery in Chatsworth Road, Rowsley will be on from October 13-November 4.

Foxlowe Gallery, Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday 10am-4pm and the first Sunday of the month (11am-4pm).

Gallerytop, Rowsley A solo exhibition by Kristan Baggaley, October 13-November 4, see above for more details The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm.

More details at gallerytop.co.uk Gallery 23, Union Road, New Mills The gallery, open 10am-5pm, Monday to Saturday, will be showing travel photography by Petrer Aitchison in the front gallery and mixed media artist Christine Ormsby will have an exhibition/studio space in another room. The hope is to continue using the gallery as a multispace venue and run workshops. For more information about workshops and exhibitions go to gallery23.co.uk The Gallery, High Street, New Mills The gallery is run collectively by 30 artists and showcases a

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n gallery variety of work including paintings, jewellery, silk scarves, ceramics and feltwork. Open 10am-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday.

The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n The Green Man Artists and Guest Designer Makers – vibrant contemporary art. n More Than A Woman, by Contemporary Mix. Paintings, printmaking, photography and textiles reflecting on 100 years of women’s suffrage. There will be a launch event on September 28 from 6-8pm and the exhibition runs until October 24. n Make a Gift of Art – A shopping night with a difference, October 12.

Meet the gallery’s resident artists; learn about their techniques and inspiration; discover affordable ways to give original art as a gift. Open 5.30pm-9pm.. n Seeds of Peace, October 26-November 18, a joint exhibition by the gallery’s ten resident artists to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. For further information and booking contact hello@thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill Studios, Derby Creating Silence. An exhibition of screen prints and photopolymer etchings by Sarah Roach, September 8-November 5.

Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper This month there will be an exhibition of work by artist Ross Sallaway who you can read about on page 9.

Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk The Harley Gallery, Welbeck Prints and paintings from artist and designer Jill Ra are on display in an exhibition called Bright Woods, Dark Peaks.

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The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford THE tenth Salon to be held at this gallery at 19 The Hill, Swifts Hollow, Cromford, will bring together eight contemporary artists from across the UK. Included are Tom Down (work entitled Cairn right) and Mandy Payne who have previously been shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize and Sarah Ball whose work was in this year’s RA summer show and raved about by Grayson Perry.

Three of the Salon artists are also members of the prestigious Contemporary

Pete Gill’s work can be seen at Cromford Studio and Gallery in October

recently, the woodlands of Sheffield and Chatsworth providing much of the subject matter. The exhibition runs until October 7. More details at harleygallery.co.uk

British Painters’ group. The show opens on October 13 from 3pm-5.30pm and runs until November 3.

For details go to theoldlockupgallery.

Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby The Changing Seasons by Carol Hill, October 7-21. See more details on page 25.The gallery is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10am-5pm and weekends from noon-5pm. Go to ingleby-gallery. co.uk for details.

Isla Fine Art Cards and Gifts, 4b The Colonnade, Buxton As well as fine art cards and gifts there is a gallery space at the shop in the heart of Buxton and regular exhibitions during the year. Go to Isla–Fine Art on facebook for more details.

Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge Jarva Gallery Christmas Exhibition featuring ten artists and designers exhibiting original art works and sculpture. Jenny Aitken, Zoes Stainton, Sue Page, Hollie Crossley, Pam Smart, Paul Talbot,Sandra Orme, David Coulter, Harry Frost, Bredan Hesmondhalgh. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm, and artsbeat October 2018

n gallery Arwyn Quick at Leabrooks ARWYN Quick’s exhibition, From Peaks to Coast, celebrates the artist’s skill in creating atmospheric landscapes characterised by memorable skies.

His masterly use of light and shade lends drama to calm, pastoral scenes which engage the viewer with their narrative power.

The paintings which constitute this, his latest exhibition, are on display in the Main Exhibition Room of the Gallery at Leabrooks Arts Complex from Saturday, October 6-November 2.

Saturdays, 9.30am-4pm. For more details go to jarvagallery.com.

Go to mangergallery.co.uk for details.

John Connolly’s Ormscliffe Gallery, Bolsover More than 300 original paintings are on show at his personal gallery in Bolsover. Go to connollyart.com for more details.

Leabrooks Arts Complex, Somercotes From Peaks to Coast by Arwyn Quick, October 6-November 2. See more details above. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and 11am-3.30pm on Sundays.

Wednesdays by appointment only.

Details at leabrooksartscomplex.com

The Makers, 47 Church Street, Ashbourne

The Manger Gallery, Kings Newton, Melbourne The autumn exhibition – Root & Branch – gathers together work in various media by some of the region’s most interesting artists.

They will be exploring how trees grow in the imagination, their spiritual, symbolic and metaphorical power. The artists involved are Jane artsbeat Octoberr 2018

Award-winning artist Rob Wilson is staging his annual winter show at Marple on November 3 and 4

Bevan,Michael Cook, Elizabeth Forrest, Rebecca Mercer, Sue Olumide, Duncan Pass, Sarah Sharpe and John Rattigan.

Art and gifts made by UK artists, designers and makers. Currently exhibiting work by Long Eaton artist Joy Pitts who turns clothing labels into works of art.

The Old Lock Up Gallery, Swift’s Hollow, Cromford Salon 10, October 13-November 3.

See more details left. The gallery is open 11am-5pm, Friday through to Sunday. Go to The Old Lock Up Gallery on Facebook for details.

Peak District Artisans, Whitworh Centre, Darley Dale Winter Artisan Fair, November 3 and 4, 10am-4pm. More details at peakdistrictartisans.co.uk The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth The gallery is open 10am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk

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n gallery Rob Wilson Art, Lockside Mill, St. Martins Road, Marple Winter Show, November 3 and 4, 10am-4pm. Otherwise the gallery is open to visitors every Friday, 10am4pm. Go to robwilsonart.co.uk for more details.

Smallprint Company, Friary Street, Derby Bernie Rutter, until October 13.

A combination of printmaking, digital imagery and paper fabrication, to create constructed prints. Details at smallprintcompany.com St John Street Gallery, St John Street, Ashbourne Work from mixed-media artist Ingrid Karlsson’s Moon Almanac series, can be seen at the gallery until October 13. The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, Monday-Saturday.

For details go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington During October there will be an exhibition of work by Jackie Ward, of TreeHuggery. See more details

Two Birds Gallery Castle Donington FROM vintage bus tickets, and tax discs, bits of map and tape measure, to tetra paks and bike cogs, you’ll find a treasure trove of memorabilia, ephemera and everyday objects collaged into the work of Jackie Ward, of TreeHuggery.

What’s more, the pieces used are the inspiration for the work.

Jackie, who is based at Brinsley, describes herself as a “materials led” artist, so the things she comes across, at car boot sales, in second hand shops, and – left tied to her gatepost, while she’s above. Art, photography, jewellery and design from a wide range of local and UK based artists. They also offer craft workshops for all

The work of Duncan Pass is part of the Root & Branch exhibition at The Manger Gallery, Kings Newton

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out walking the dog – are the starting point for a piece.

An exhibition of her work will be at The Two Birds Gallery, High Street, Castle Donington, during October. ability levels. Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5pm and 9.30am-4pm on Saturday.

U Choose Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston Christmas Art Fayre, St Mary’s Church Canteloupe Centre, Ilkeston, October 27, 11am-4pm.

Original work by local artists and crafters. Work by more than 20 local artists can always be seen at the gallery. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk West Studios, Chesterfield Go to chesterfield.ac.uk or email hello@weststudios.co.uk for more details.

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 details. artsbeat October 2018

LABELLED WITH LOVE Artist Joy Pitts creates eye-catching pictures using just clothing ‘tabs’

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n the early 1960s, before artist Joy Pitts was born, her mother worked in a Nottingham textile factory as a ‘tabber’, sewing labels into hundreds of items of clothing.

It is no wonder then that she found it a little amusing that her daughter made her name creating unique art work with discarded clothing labels.

“It was a job she did briefly when she first left school so I had no idea about it until I started working with labels and she told me. It’s a little ironic isn’t it?” said Joy with a laugh.

However, rather than her mother’s first job, it was probably the Midlands’ proud history of producing textiles which influenced Joy’s love of material and garments.

“I first started experimenting with materials when I was at college and even used the garments themselves in big installations for shows,” she said.

“The first piece I did when I began exploring the labels in the garments was a plastic shopping bag covered in them.

When it won an award I did something similar and that won another award, as did my third piece. That endorsement of what I was doing kind of led me in the direction I have taken.”

Joy has never really looked

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This portrait of the Queen was constructed using names taken from a Derbyshire War Memorial and machine woven on to the tapes. It was inspired by Her Majesty’s 2014 Christmas message, recalling the 1914 Christmas Truce in the trenches and exhibited to celebrate her 65th year on the throne

back since and has had work exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition twice (most recently this summer for a show curated

by Grayson Perry) and been commissioned to create a piece for the private collection of Nottingham’s fashion designer Paul Smith.

Joy, 52, who lives in Ilkeston, was a civil servant before she made the decision to follow her true vocation and study art. Following courses at college she went on to study

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I unpick labels from unwanted clothes destined for the rag pile Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University in 2001.

“I’d always wanted to be an artist but my parents didn’t encourage it at the time as they thought it wouldn’t go anywhere. ‘Get a safe job’, they said, so I joined the civil service,” she explained.

“Art was always going on in the background though, and I was always creative. After I had the children I thought, I’m going back to college and that took me to university and eventually a new life as a full-time artist.”

Unlike most other artists, Joy’s studio in the attic of her home isn’t cluttered with brushes, tubes of paint and palettes.

Instead there are rows of boxes brimming with thousands and thousands of labels.

As you might imagine the label gathering takes up a large part of her time.

Some she collects from charity shops, others have been donated by manufacturers who no longer have a use for them and others she commissions from Cash’s of Coventry who have been making name tags for almost 150 years.

“The collection of used labels is ongoing, and I usually make visits to charity shops once a week. I unpick labels from discarded clothes destined for the rag pile, so I don’t actually have to buy the garments,” said Joy as she started opening boxes to show me her hoard.

“The new labels, which have been donated to me, are all stored in clear boxes with an index so they are easy to

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locate. The old labels, are in old cardboard shoe boxes in various colourways.”

A sketch based on a photograph is Joy’s starting point for each design. She then covers the background in labels and then overlays the image on top, attaching the labels to the canvas with dressmaker pins.

She explained that her larger pieces (the one of Queen Elizabeth II measures 88 x 72cm) can take several days to create.

She worked for 136 hours and used 125g of dressmaker pins for her Royal subject. Since starting her work she reckons

she must have used close to 100,000 labels.

Joy doesn’t just randomly pick her subjects; there is always an event (such as the death of Muhammad Ali, and Theresa May becoming Prime Minister) that sparks her ideas.

“I am always looking out for a new subject and have lots of ideas in my head.

“Once I have decided what I want to do I then have to set about finding the perfect labels to create it. That alone can take me some time – even years in some cases,” she said. n To learn more about her work go to joypitts.co.uk artsbeat October 2018

This First World War homing pigeon was created from the 466 names of Ilkeston men who gave their lives in the war

Military Boots was specially commissioned by Nottinghamshire County Council for its The Trent to Trenches programme.

It is made up of 520 hand sewn name tapes of men and women who have served or are serving in the armed forces.

The name tapes were stitched by the soldiers’ families, and by soldiers who are still serving now.

The work was preselected for the Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition

Soldiers’ names are individually pinned into the artwork

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Relaxed lunchtime networking for digital & creative people

QUAD and Mainframe invite teaching staff, arts educators, artists and digital facilitators to a panel discussion and Q&A which will explore how we are equipping our young people for their future world of work

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October 6th – November 2nd

Ormscliffe Gallery and Studio

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Open: Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm Wednesday by appointment Sunday 11am-3.30pm Leabrooks House, Leabrooks Road, Somercotes 01773 602961

www.leabrooksartscomplex.com Prints

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Brush up on your skills – or try something entirely new Needle-felting is not as difficult as you imagine

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o you fancy trying your hand atneedle-felting but are not sure where to start?

Well there is a course being run

by Julia Hewgill of The Peak Craft Box at Monyash soon.

Needle-felting may seem like a complicated craft, filled with unfamiliar tools, but you’ll catch on quickly with her help.

Needle-felting, uses a sharp needle to to agitate the wool and turn it into a 3-D object.

You can make pretty much anything with experience from complicated life-like garden birds to fun festive decorations or even the elephant pictured.

Last month Julia, who says she has been crafting for almost

half a century since she was old enough to sit up in her highchair, ran a course at Monyash Village Hall making four-inch high birthday bears and in November she will be on hand to help you make a felt fox.

The course is on November 17 and all you have to take is your own lunch as materials are provided.

Go to thepeakcraftbox.com (or look at the listing on the following pages) to find out more details.

Workshops and Courses

art-based workshops, Tuesdays from 10am-noon. For details email info@ artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561.

9.30-11.30am, New Mills; and Wednesdays 1.15-3.45pm, Hazel Grove. Watercolours, acrylics, drawing and mixed media techniques taught by an experienced tutor. Friendly classes with weekly demonstrations and guidance.

Beginners and Improvers welcome.

For more information go to annamasseyartist.com or call 07947380078

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 .

Artcore, Charnwood Street, Derby n Art For Life, Wednesdays, 1-3pm. n Our Stories brings together people from migrant communities at artsbeat October 2018

Art Afloat, Birdswood narrowboat, Cromford Canal n Autumn Colours, acrylic landscape painting with artist Ruth Gray, October 3.

To book email sales@birdswood.org or telephone 07552 055455.

Anna Massey, Weekly Painting and Drawing Classes n Various venues in and around the Peaks. Several 12 week courses, which started on September 17, in New Mills, Stockport and Sheffield, including Painting and Drawing Classes, Wednesdays

Anne Alldread Textiles n Weekly Textile Groups Monday pm and Wednesday am in Belper.

Small friendly groups with an emphasize on having fun while creating. A variety of techniques to include wet felting, dyeing, tapestry,

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BOBBIN LACE MAKING

one-day workshops and weekly evening classes

leabrooks artists’ forum

6 Friar Gate Studios, Ford Street, Derby Telephone 01332 742533 or visit the website for more details

www.louisewestlacedesign.co.uk

Are you bursting with ideas you want to share or looking for inspiration and guidance?

Join our free forum for artists where we share information, ideas and enterprise First Saturday of the month from 10.30am-1pm Leabrooks Arts Complex, Somercotes, DE55 4HB

www.leabrooksartscomplex.com

Treat yourself to some creative me time

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West Studios, Sheffield Road, Chesterfield, S41 7LL

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n have a go printing and much more. Full day workshops also available.

Please contact Anne for further information at annealldread@yahoo. co.uk, www.annealldread.com or on 07817745705 Chesterfield Branch Embroiderers’ Guild n First Thursday of each month 7-9pm The Saints Parish Rooms. St Mary’s Gate, Chesterfield S41 7TH. Go to embroiderers guild.com for more details.

The Clayrooms, Derby Road, Ashbourne n Various courses, workshops and drop ins. Go to theclayrooms.co.uk for more details .

Cromford Studio and Gallery, Market Place, Cromford n Watercolour tuition is available for small groups or on a one-to-one basis, all abilities welcome. Call 01629 826434 for more details.

Derbyshire Adult Education, derbyshire.gov.uk/coursesearch n Various courses available at different venues including the Derbyshire Eco Centre, near Wirksworth and Sharp’s Pottery at Swadlincote as well as libraries and other centres.

To book a place call 01629 533290, email swadlincote.ace@derbyshire. gov.uk or go to the website link, keyword ‘masterclass’.

Glossop Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild, Glossop Cricket Club, SK13 7AS n Meetings are held on the last Wednesday of the month, 1-3pm.

Go to glostitchedup.blogspot.co.uk for details.

Green Door Printmaking Studio, Banks Mill, Derby n For more details and to book online, visit: greendoor-printmaking. co.uk or call 07919 823 097.

Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a artsbeat October 2018

professional life model, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. n Arabic Dance, every Tuesday, 1.30-2.30pm. n Adult Dance Classes: For information or to book, call Catherine Farrimond, on 01298 70984. n Every Tuesday – Changing Faces with Funny Wonders. A weekly creative session for young people (11 to 18). More information at funnywonders.org.uk.

Full details at www. thgreenmangallery.com n First Steps in Art, September 28.

A full-day workshop for adults with little or no experience in art, with artist/teacher, Lin Cheung. Materials used will include charcoal, graphite, pen and ink; dry and oil pastel; watercolour and acrylic paint. 10am to 4pm. n Mondays October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, The Green Man ‘Inktober’ Group. A sketching group led by Charlie Collins. Techniques will include drawing in biro, pointillism and panting with ink. Bring a pen and a sketchbook. Other materials provided. 7pm to 8.30pm. £6 per session. Booking advised. n Drink and Draw with Andrea Joseph. An alternative Life Drawing soirée! October 5, 7pm to 9.15pm.

Booking essential. Full details at www.thegreenmangallery.com For further information and booking for other courses contact hello@ thegreenmangallery.com or 01298 937375 unless otherwise stated.

High Peak Stitchers, Glossop Cricket and Bowling Club, North Road, Glossop n Meetings first Wednesday of the month, except January, from 2-4pm, visitors entrance is £4.

October 3, Malaysian Batik talk and demonstration by Richard and Chandra Law. Kirstie Adamson, magazine collage, Banks Mill, Derby n Rainy Day Workshop, October 20. n Narnia Winter Wood workshops, November 17 and December

15,10am-3pm.Go to kirstieadamson. co.uk for more details.

Leabrooks Artists Forum, Somercotes n Artists sharing information, ideas and enterprise. Meetings are on the first Saturday of every month from 10.30am-1pm. Beverages and cake cost £3.50, if required; everything else is free. Painters, sculptors and potters who have experience of exhibiting are invited to join the group. Go to leabrooksartscomplex. com for more details.

Louise West Lace Design 6 Friar Gate Studios, Derby n Evening classes in bobbin lace making, Tuesdays 6-8pm. n One-day workshops for a maximum of six students, £30, October 10, November 10 and 21. n Louise also holds Bedfordshire Lace weekend courses.

Go to louisewestlacedesign.co.uk for booking details.

Matlock Artists Society, All Saints Church Hall, Smedley Street n Jenny Oldknow, watercolour artist, will be the guest of the Society on Saturday October 20, 10am12noon, open to non-members. £5 includes refreshments. n The club’s Portrait Group meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-noon. Everyone welcome, £5 to include light refreshments. For details contact Doreen Andrews 01629 824640. n At the same venue, on the second Thursday and fourth Friday of every month, the society invites all keen to paint/draw in a happy, relaxed group to go along. This is a self-help group with no tutor, 9.30am-noon. For details 01629 584708.

Monyash Village Hall, Monyash n Needle felt a fox. Saturday November 17, 10.30am-3.30pm.

Bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee provided. Suitable for beginners and improvers. £30. Contact Julia at thepeakcraftbox.com or phone 07745385178

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n have a go The Old Lock Up Gallery, Swifts Hollow, Cromford n. For more details go to theoldlockupgallery.wordpress.com The Old House Studio, Woodhead Road, Torside, Glossop n Art courses in the Peak District.

Top UK Artists including Carol Hill, and Tim Fisher, and a variety of media. Workshops, which are enjoyable and interactive, for all abilities. Small classes, maximum ten students. Two-course lunch provided. B&B accommodation available. No courses now until the spring.For more details visit pennineart.uk Tel: 01457 857527, email: info@pennine-art.uk Pam Smart, Art Workshops in the Studio with a View, Buxton n Full day workshop from 10am-4pm with materials and refreshments.

For details go to pamsmart.co.uk Purple and Grey – courses for emerging artists, Tansley Village Hall n Go to purpleandgrey.co.uk for details.

Pitchblue Creative, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth n Full day workshops from 10am3.30pm with lunch, a half day is until 1pm. You can choose one day or two. There are also regular weekly courses: Textiles and Felt-making on Tuesdays, Big Brush Painting on Wednesdays, Textiles, Afternoon Crafts and evening Sip and Paint on Thursdays. Go to pitchbluecreative. com for details.

Pauline Townsend Silk Painter n Workshops for beginners and improvers in Buxton. Workshop schedule available on the website: silkpainter.co.uk QUAD Derby n For information on any workshops or to book online go to: https://www. derbyquad.co.uk/category/familyworkshops.aspx or call QUAD Box Office on 01332 290606.

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Richard Holland, Landscape Artist n Commissions taken and available for workshops and demonstrations. n Regular one-day workshops held at The Venue, Ashbourne and Tansley Community Hall near Matlock. n Weekly oil and watercolour classes in the Mansfield, Matlock and Selston areas. Contact Richard on 01629 583359, email richardo2244@yahoo.co.uk or visit richardhollandlandscapeartist.co.uk Small Print Company, 2-3 Friary Street, Derby n Beginners’ Bookbinding, October 13. n Create a Letterpress Print, September 22, October 27 and November 24. Details of various other courses at smallprintcompany. co.uk 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 regular events see details below.

Book online at straightcurves.co.uk 01246 807575. n Woolly Wednesdays – every Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm and 6.30-9pm. All arts and crafts are welcome at this session. n Little Creatives – a workshop designed especially for pre-school children and their parent, every Friday and Monday 9.45-11am. n Book Club – 7-8pm on the third Thursday of the month, refreshments included.

St John Street, Gallery, Ashbourne n Ruth Gray, Street Scenes, Simplified, October 1, 10am-4pm. n John Connolly, Dramatic Seascapes, October 2, 10am-4pm. n Sue Lewis Blake, Surface and Texture, October 4, 10am-4pm. n Wendy Darker, Valais Sheep, October 8-9, 10am-4pm. n Dave Gelder, Jewellery, October 15, 10am-4pm.

n Lewis Noble, Painting the Derbyshire Landscape, October 22-24, 9.30am-4pm. n Maggie Robinson, Taking Risks with tonal variation, October 30, 10am-4pm. n Sue Lewis-Blake, Mixing Media, November 1, 10am-4pm.

To book, phone 01335 347425 or email enquiries@ stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk.

More details can be found on the gallery website: stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Sumacdesigns, Banks Mill Studios, Bridge Street, Derby n Clay workshops. Three separate workshops – flowers, bowls and tile panels. Every day between 12.45pm and 7.30pm. Each session is an hour and a half. For more details email Sue on sumac_53@msn.com or go to sumacdesigns.co.uk Parkwood Throwing Courses, Parkwood Centre, Alfreton Park, Alfreton n Eight week throwing courses Thursday evenings from 7-9pm; three hour taster sessions from 6-9pm and weekend throwing courses, Saturday and Sunday from 10am-5pm. Go to parkwoodthrowingcourses.co.uk for details.

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 07795 804793.

For more information go to www. weststudios.co.uk For more information call west studios on 01246 500 799 or email hello@weststudios.co.uk or go to weststudios.co.uk for details.

Zantium Studios, Godfrey Hole House, Hopton n Go to zantium.co.uk for details. artsbeat October 2018

ARTISTIC ENDEAVOUR Jeremy Lawrence opens up to artsbeat about his Portrait of the Artist exhibition

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very person has their own story and great portrait pictures will capture their spirit and make us feel that we are getting a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into their lives.

Jeremy Lawrence of Futt Futt Futt Photography, pictured below, loves telling stories through his imagery and enjoys the challenge of a project.

Which is one of the reasons why this year he set himself the task of creating an exhibition called Portrait of the Artist for the OpenUp Sheffield event.

He took around 80 or so portrait photographs of other artists taking part, which were exhibited prior to and during the event.

There are just a few of the images on these pages and they will give you an idea of how long it must have taken him to complete the project which he confesses was a bit of a logistical challenge involving a spreadsheet or two.

“I enjoy trying to find the essence of a person by making a connection with them and often spend more time talking than I do taking the picture,” he explained.

“For this exhibition I wanted to include something about their art and their work influences and I had to get to know them artsbeat October 2018

Lyn Littlewood is just one of scores of subjects in Portrait of the Artist

to discover the best way to reveal something about them.”

Explaining his pictures, he said that Lyn Littlewood, a landscape artist who lives near Hathersage, was taken with intertwined exposed roots and branches of a tree behind her, echoing the detailing of the embroidered jumper she was wearing and also referring to her ‘roots’ in textiles, where she originally started.

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People always ask me about the name and will remember it For Brian Robinson he emulated the layering techniques the artist uses in his paintings by using some of his biographical details from the OpenUp catalogue for more texture.

In Annette Petch’s portrait he framed her with some of the many tools she has in her studio.

It was back in the 80s when Jeremy was studying Astronomy and Geology at Sheffield University and working on the University newspaper that he first started seriously taking photographs.

“I discovered I had a knack for it and enjoyed it – especially being able to tell a story through imagery,” he said.

“I grew up sitting in cinemas and have always been into film and film-making. The key to that is telling a story and that skill carries over into photography.”

After university while he was still finding his feet in the world of work Jeremy travelled widely, had a variety of jobs and honed his business skills.

Eventually in 2001 he set up his own photography business Futt Futt Futt in Sheffield.

Asked about the unusual name the photographer explained that it was something that just happened – and he decided to keep it because it’s a bit of a talking point.

“People always ask me about the name and will remember it. If I had used my own name it would probably have been

Finbarr Lucas

Jenny Mather

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Brian Robinson

easily forgotten,” he said, a little tongue-in-cheek.

Jeremy has been visiting artists during the OpenUp weekends for many years but only joined in for the first time last year.

“In part that was to give me the incentive to get my studio at home finished. I needed a deadline OpenUp provided it.

“Then this year I decided to do something different because it was the 20th anniversary of the event.

“Portrait of the Artist was also something which could also be used to promote OpenUp and the artists.” artsbeat October 2018

The exhibition was held at DINA, a relatively new exhibition space at Cambridge Street in the centre of the city.

Jeremy was so pleased with the feedback that he is hoping he may be able to exhibit it and other work elsewhere next year.

“I am in the process of refocusing myself as a fine art photographer and I definitely want to do more exhibition work in the future,” he said. n To find out more about Jeremy’s work and to contact him if you would like to commission a portrait go to futtfuttfutt.com

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artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live tunes Sell-out show for Amy thanks to surprise TV hit

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Peak District village has sold out one of its regular concerts months in advance, due in large part to the performer providing the music for the recent crime drama series, Keeping Faith.

First shown on BBC Wales, it became the most downloaded non-network show on BBC iPlayer, with over 9.5 million downloads so far.

Music for the series is provided

by Grammy award-winner Amy Wadge, right, who is coming to Alstonefield Village Hall on October 20, as part of its monthly concert series.

She has recently received a Welsh BAFTA nomination for her work on the TV programme (winners to be announced on October 14).

Organiser Martin Snodin says: “We sold out some months ago and the reason soon became clear when people rang asking if there might be any cancellations, saying that they’d heard Amy’s songs on the programme.

Rock and Pop

Buxton Opera House, and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, September 27, 7.30pm. n John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest, October 4, 7.30pm. n A Beautiful Noise, a celebration artsbeat October 2018

“She’s actually played in Alstonefield before, a couple of years ago.

“She doesn’t often perform live these days – she mostly writes for others – but I’ve known Amy for many years, and it’s a show that’s been in the diary for a while.”

As a songwriter, Wadge has written or co-written material for a number of well-known artists such as Kyle Minogue, Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran.

Contact Martin on 01335 310121 to see if there have been any ticket cancellations.

of the life of Neil Diamond, October 5, 7.30pm. n Joan Armatrading, October 11, 7.30pm. n Maximum Rhythm n’ Blues with the Manfreds, October 17, 7.30pm.

Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

based electronic dance funk vibes, October 20, 9pm. n The Moonshiners, playing music from the 1950s, October 26, 9pm.

Queen’s Head, Belper n Lady Day-a celebration of the life and song of Billie Holliday October 5. n Hitiro, October 12. n Stepling.October 26.

The Fishpond, Matlock Bath n Water For Dogs, Derbyshire

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n music n Brooks Williams, November 9.

For more details go to queensheadbelper.weebly.com

Folk and Jazz

Alstonefield Village Hall n Amy Wadge – Grammy award winning singer songwriter, October 20, 8pm. Sold out, enquiries 01335 310121. Find out more on the previous page.

Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper n Belper Folk Club, every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk n The multi-award winning Talisk will be live in concert on Saturday October, 27. For tickets go to blackdog-radio.com Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre n Steeleye Span In Concert, October 9, 7.30pm. n Ralph McTell, November 7, 7.30pm.Go to buxtonoperahouse. org.uk for more details.

Chesterfield Library Chesterfield So Long, Farewell, A World War One Production, Words and music

by Linda Woodroffe. A story of The Great War told in word and song with plenty of choruses to join in with.

Taking part are Alison and Pete Robinson; Chris Orme; Jenny Edgson; John Prentice and Jill Drury; Kath and Geoff Deighton; Keith Kendrick and Sylvia Needham; Linda Woodroffe; and Rob Bostock, October 26 at 7.30pm. Tickets from Chesterfield Library or from Linda Woodroffe 07842 821912 or lindawoodroffe@live.co.uk Derby Jazz n Camilla George Quartet, The Cube, Deda, October 5. n Babelfish, Baby People, Forman Street, October 13, 8pm. n Karen Sharp Trio, Northern Light Cinema, Wirksworth, 19.

Go to derby-jazz.co.uk for details.

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Quartet mix folk with classical THE Froe will be in concert at Great Longstone Village Hall on October 27 at 7.30pm.

With sweet vocals soaring over shimmering strings, Derby Folk Festival The 12th festival in various locations in the centre of Derby. Launching on October 4 with Gary Stewart’s Graceland and Zulu Tradition, in the City Marquee at 8pm.

Go to artsbeatblog.com to see previous features on the event and derbyfolkfestival.co.uk for ticket details.

Green Man Gallery, Buxton n September 29, Mean Mary. n The Sunday BuskStop, Cathy Rimer, October 14. Free monthly gig usually the third Sunday of the month, with soup, bread and cake for lunch. Free entry; donations invited, 12 noon to 2pm. n The Great American Songbook – A Celebration, October 20, 7.30pm. Singer Bill Holmes and pianist Tim Mottershead return to

this dauntingly good quartet weaves together folk roots and classical influences to realise music that is as imaginative as it is beautiful.

An intimate and mesmerising evening of chamber folk music.

For tickets for this Live & Local show telephone the promoter on 01629 640 943.

The Green Man Gallery with an unmissable programme of classic songs by American songwriters.

Booking advised. Full details at thegreenmangallery.com Sir William Hotel, Grindleford Open mic/acoustic music night, 8.30pm, normally last Friday in the month. See Sir William Open Mic Night facebook page for details.

Live & Local, various locations n Importance of Digging Holes – The Great War and More, presented

by Harp and A Monkey, Sutton on the Hill Village Hall, October 11, 7.30pm, tickets on 01283 732450; The Verney Institute Pleasley, October 13, tickets on 01623 810035 and Crich Glebe Field Centre, October 14, 7.30pm, tickets on 01773 853260. n 4Square, Manchester’s prodigious artsbeat October 2018

n music Pianist to play at Mayfield THERE will be a piano recital

by Lara Melda as part of the Mayfield Music season on October 21.

At the age of sixteen Lara Melda won the BBC Young Musician 2010 competition. She is most recognised and praised for her Chopin interpretations.

A performance of Chopin’s 2nd sonata prompted this review: “Unquestionably one of the most outstanding performances of the piece I’ve ever heard, it evoked folk foursome, Kirk Langley Village Hall, October 11, 7.30pm, tickets on 01332824403. n Thomas Carnduff, Songs of the Shipyard, presented by Peacock Angell Trio, Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall, Holloway, October 20, 7.30pm, tickets on 01773856545.

For more details go to liveandlocal. org.uk The Old Hall Hotel, Hope Acoustic sessions with guests second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. House of Blue Light, October 10 and Jackalope Tales, October 24. Go to folkandblues. wixsite.com for details.

its yearning, energy, loneliness, lyricism, fury and gutsiness with playing of stunning precision, technical adroitness and immense, perceptive feeling.” of flute, viola and harp from Matthew Featherstone, Rosalind Ventris and Anneke Hodnett. A varied programme that includes music by Debussy, Couperin, Fauré and Ravel. For details go to abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk Belper Singers Music for an English Autumn – A feast of unaccompanied choral pieces. Musical director: Olivia Shotton. October 20 at 7.30pm, at

The Mayfield concert will be 3pm in St John the Baptist Church and tickets can be obtained by email from penny@mayfieldmusic.org. uk St Clement’s Church, Horsley. For tickets contact belpersingers@gmail. com or call Sue on 07990 658071 Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Coffee Concert, Faros String Quartet, October 5, 1pm. n The Hallé, The Magic of Musicals, A Gala Fundraising Concert in aid of Blythe House Hospice. This year the Hallé are presenting something different by dedicating the programme to well-known musicals,

Melbourne Assembly Rooms n Will Pearson Live in Cabaret, September 29. n A Choir’d Taste with London Camerata String Quartet, October 5.

For tickets go to melbournefestival. co.uk

Classical Music

Abbotsholme Arts Society, Abbotsholme School Chapel Trio Anima, a distinctive combination artsbeat October 2018

Sinfonia Viva will be performing at Derby Folk Festival this October

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n music Alfreton gig for War Horse singer YOU will soon have a rare chance to see one of Britain’s top folk singers, Bob Fox, taking time out from his role as the Songman at the National Theatre’s production of War Horse.

The concert at the Genesis Centre, Alfreton on November 4, will feature songs from the show, plus songs from his vast repertoire.

Bob is an English folk guitarist and singer, specialising in traditional

and contemporary songs of the north-east of England and in particular, the coal mining communities.

Also appearing on the show is one of the best young bands to emerge on the music scene, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winners, Granny’s Attic, three young men playing guitar, melodeon and fiddle with unique arrangements of traditional songs delivered with style and enthusiasm.

This is an early evening concert, 6pm until about 9pm. Tickets are available from derbylive.co.uk, or Ticket Hotline 01773 853428.

including Les Misérables, La La Land, West Side Story and Beauty and the Beast. n Coffee Concert, Patrick Relph and Yang Zhou, November 2, 1pm.

Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk

4 with soloist Matthew McLachlan from Chetham’s School of Music.

For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse. org.uk.

For more details about the society go to buxtonmusicalsociety.org.uk

Buxton Musical Society, St John’s Church, Buxton The society opens its 75th Season with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No

Chesterfield Co-operative Choral Society Lunchtime concert, Chesterfield Library, Chesterfield. Hadyn,

Mister Keith will be staging A Parlour Concert at Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Hall on November 3, at 7:30pm – call 0333 6663366 for tickets

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Schubert and Chilcott, October 6, 11.45am. For more details go to chesterfieldchoir.com Derby A Capella n Enjoy afternoon tea and make a contribution to the McMillan Day Care Unit, Royal Derby Hospital.

Tea, cake and singing at Chester Green Community Centre, City Road, 1pm-3 pm, September 29. n Open Rehearsal Night, Chester Green Community Centre, City Road, Derby,7:30 pm, on October 30. For more information please contact Gordon.Tel: 01332 518594 or gordonsavage@yahoo.co.uk For details go to derbyacappella. co.uk and facebook.com/ derbyacappella/ Derbyshire Singers, Highfields School, Matlock ​Music to Remember Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens; Grieg: Piano Concerto, soloist, Eleanor KornasKarl Jenkins: The Armed Man, soloist, Louise Collett.

November 10, 7.30pm.

Details at derbyshiresingers.org Derby Chamber Music, Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby The Aquinas Piano Trio, October artsbeat October 2018

n music Billy Bragg is a fan of Varley FOLK singer/songwriter Will Varley will be bringing the Spirit of Minnie tour to Derby’s Venue on October 12.

Already counting fans in Tim Minchin and Billy Bragg and with his fifth album hailed as his ‘strongest work to date’ (Clash), Varley has been going from strength to strength.

Fresh from his huge Shepherd’s Bush Empire headline gig in the spring, plus a run of high profile festival slots at Green Man, Boom Town, Derbyshire’s own Bearded Theory and Cropredy Festival this summer, the Deal-based singer-songwriter will now jump into an autumn packed

with his biggest UK shows to date.

Darkly comic, often politically charged and always emotionally loaded, Varley’s

live shows have been drawing crowds across the world.

Tickets are available from tix.to/WillVarleyUKTour

12, 7.30pm. More details at derbychambermusic.org Derby Cathedral, Derby Sinfonia Viva, The Italian Symphony, October 17, 7.30pm. Conductor Frank Zielhorst, soloist violin Benedict Holland and soloist oboe Maddy Aldis-Evans.

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks; Bach: Oboe & Violin concerto; Respighi: Gli Uccelli (The Birds); Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 More details from derbycathedral.org Music at Duffield, Ecclesbourne School, Duffield Alma Trio, inspired by fiddle traditions from England and across the world, October 5. For more details go to musicatduffield.com Matlock Music, Wheeldon Hall, Highfields School, Matlock The Oakham Trio, Martin Cropper, Richard Jenkinson and Anne Bolt will be playing Haydn, Shostakovich and Schubert, October 20.

For details go to matlockmusic. org.uk The Northern Chamber Orchestra, St John’s Church, Buxton One of the greatest pianists of his generation, Freddy Kempf, joins the orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, September 30, at 4pm.

Peak Music Society, Cavendish Hall, Edensor, Chatsworth Estate The new season begins on October 16 with an organ recital by Jonathan Scott. For details go to peakmusicsociety.btck.co.uk Pleyel Ensemble, Afternoon Tea Concert, Methodist Church, Market Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith Programme: Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Hummel’s Piano Quintet. Piano Harvey Davies; violin Sarah Ewins; viola Susie Meszaros; cello Heather Bills; Double Bass Mike Escreet. September 30, 3pm.

Tickets available on the door or from

Reading Matters in High Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith.

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Sinfonia Viva, Derby Folk Festival Derby-based Sinfonia Viva will perform at this year’s Derby Folk Festival with a classical music programme inspired by folk heritage.

Forever Folk at the Guildhall Theatre on October 5 at 7.30pm will be directed by orchestra leader and principal violin Benedict Holland. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk Sitwell Singers, St Peter’s Church, Chesterfield Road, Belper British Sacred Music from the 20th Century including Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb.

Also featuring music by Jonathan Dove and James MacMillan amongst others. With Tom Corfield on the organ, November 3, 7.30pm. Tickets available from sitwellsingers.org.uk; Foulds Music Shop, Irongate, Derby and by telephone on 01332 662519.

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n bookshelf

n Art Matters

By Neil Gaiman (Headline Publishing Group £9.99)

A creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman, combining his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell; Art Matters will inspire its readers to seize the day in the name of art.

Gaiman once said that ‘the world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before’.

This little book is the embodiment of that vision.

Drawn together from speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters explores how reading, imagining and creating can change the world, and will be inspirational to all.

cradles his sleeping son as they wait for dawn to break and a boat to arrive. He speaks to his boy of the long summers of his childhood, recalling his grandfather’s house in Syria, the stirring of olive trees in the breeze, the bleating of his grandmother’s goat, the clanking of her cooking pots.

And he remembers, too, the bustling city of Homs in the days before the sky spat bombs and they had to flee.

When the sun rises they and those around them will gather their possessions and embark on a perilous sea journey in search of a new home.

Khaled Hosseini will donate author proceeds from this book to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund life-saving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe.

n Melmoth

By Sarah Perry (Profile Books £16.99)

n Sea Prayer

By Khaled Hosseini (Bloomsbury Publishing £12.99)

A heart-wrenching story from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner.

On a moonlit beach a father

From the best-selling author of The Essex Serpent.

Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But her sheltered life is about to change.

A strange manuscript has come into her possession.

It is filled with testimonies

from the darkest chapters of human history, which all record sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth, the loneliest being in the world.

Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she tries to beguile the guilty and lure them away for a lifetime wandering alongside her.

Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they’ve done, or be led into the darkness.

Helen can’t stop reading, or shake the feeling that someone is watching her. As her past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.

n Irreplacable: A History of England in 100 Places

By Philip Wilkinson (Historic England £20)

With striking photographs of 100 historic places across England, and an insightful foreword by historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes, this volume highlights places that are surprising, intriguing and enlightening, from Greenwich Observatory, where the modern measurement of time began, to England’s oldest inn carved into sandstone in Nottingham. Cromford Mills and Chatsworth House are also featured.

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Catch the best shows and performances in the county Thrill to the tale of the making of Frankenstein

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ary Shelley’s Frankenstein is probably the greatest horror story ever told.

It was published 200 years ago and written when she was just 19.

The Creation of Frankenstein

by Peter Roberts, interweaves her novel with the story of its writing, and is being premiered

by Derby LIVE and The Lost Boys at the Guildhall Theatre in Derby at the end of October.

Directed by Derby LIVE’s Pete Meakin and with a cast of five playing multiple roles audiences will see the actors move seamlessly between the gothic world of the Frankenstein novel and the ‘real’ world of Geneva, Switzerland where the novel was written.

In 1814, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary had scandalised society by eloping together.

They were not married, or at least, not to each other.

In the summer of 1816 they escaped to Switzerland. There they joined the “mad, bad and dangerous to know” Lord Byron.

They were accompanied by Mary’s half-sister, Claire.

Unbeknown to them, Claire was already pregnant. And Lord Byron was the father.

These great writers, romantics and lovers decided upon a

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competition – who could write the best horror story? Thus Frankenstein was born. And history was created.

The Lost Boys are a Derbybased theatre company who specialise in producing published works and new writing, creating exciting opportunities to work with emerging local artists and new talent.

This production will be an extension of their repertory work but with a larger cast, larger venue and larger team than ever before.

The cast for this production has a wealth of experience playing to Derby audiences on the Guildhall stage, with a variety of local companies.

Brought together for the first time for The Creation of

Frankenstein are Ben Adwick as Lord Byron/The Creature, Paul Broesmith as Percy Shelley/Victor Frankenstein, Anna Cousins as Mary Shelley/Elizabeth Lavenza, Laura Mae Mellor as Claire Clairmont/Justine Moritz and Mat Shepherd as Dr. Polidori/ Robert Walton.

Behind the scenes photographs and videos, direct from the rehearsal room are being shared weekly on The Lost Boys social media channels. Audiences can follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @ lostboysevents.

The Creation of Frankenstein will run from October 2427 including a matinee on Saturday 27 October. n For tickets go to derbylive. co.uk

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Shakespeare in 60s Newcastle HEARTSPUR is a new play with music by Bob Shannon.

The story of Harry Hotspur set in gangland Newcastle in 1963; Henry IV Part 1

Theatre

Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre n Chapterhouse Theatre Company present Sense and Sensibility, October 11, 7.30pm. n Paper Moon Theatre Company present, Pack Up Your Troubles, a heartwarming show in celebration of the centenary year of the end of the First World War, October 14, 3pm. n The Case of the Frightened Lady,

by Edgar Wallace presented by Bill Kenwright and the Classic Thriller Theatre Company. The show stars John Partridge, Deborah Grant,

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meets Get Carter meets Six-Five Special: a jukebox tragedy.

Using the very best of Shakespeare’s words alongside modern dialogue and truly memorable songs from the girl bands of the 60s this is one show you Robert Duncan, Harry Potter’s Oliver Phelps, Scarlett Archer, ~Matt Barber and Philip Lowrie, October 22-27. n David Walliams, Awful Auntie, November 1-4.

For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse. org.uk Derby Theatre, Derby n Abigail’s Party, by Mike Leigh, a Derby Theatre production directed

by Douglas Rintoul, until October 20. n Abi, a contemporary response to Abigail’s Party, a Derby Theatre production directed by Sarah Brigham, until October 20. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets.

should definitely not miss It is being staged by the Northumberland Theatre Company and is being brought to Spring Bank Arts Centre in New Mills by Live & Local.

Heartspur can be seen on October 20 at 7.30pm. n Dishoom!, a new play by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, October 23-27. Read more about this on page 59. n Good Companions Stage Society present Guys and Dolls, a musical romantic comedy, November 6-10 at 7.30pm with a matinee at 2.30pm on the Saturday.

Derby Theatre Studio n One Item Only – If you had to take a long journey away from home and you could only take one item what would it be? This is the decision the young hero has to make in this story of human migration, Sunday, October 7, 11am and 1.30pm. artsbeat October 2018

n stage Catch Rain Man on Derby stage BILL Kenwright’s inaugural Classic Screen to Stage Theatre Company production of Rain Man, is coming to Derby Theatre in November.

The show stars Mathew Horne best known for playing Gavin in Gavin and Stacey and Ed Speleers who was Jimmy Kent in Downton Abbey.

When self-centred salesman Charlie Babbitt discovers that he has a long-lost older brother, Raymond, who has inherited the family multi-million dollar fortune, he sets out to get ‘his half’.

Determined to get his hands on the money, Charlie ‘borrows’ Raymond from the institution where he has spent most of his life. As the two brothers embark on a trip across America, n Come As You Are Festival – A festival of trans, non-binary and gender queer theatre from Camden People’s Theatre, October 12-14. n 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane, a lyrical and haunting play about mental health, October 19 and 20. n Knock Knock, family theatre from Hot Coals Theatre, October 26, 7pm.

DadMan: The Bathtime Warrior, from Notnow Collective, October 27. n The Missing Light, an enchanting show for ages seven plus. October 28, 2.30pm and 4pm.

Dronfield Musical Theatre Group, Dronfield Civic Hall Made in Dagenham,October 10-13.

Tickets on 01246 416364.

Guildhall Theatre, Derby n The Devil’s Bride, by Rumpus Theatre, October 10, 7.30pm. n The Creation of Frankenstein, artsbeat October 2018

Charlie soon discovers that Raymond is worth more than he could have ever imagined.

October 24-27. Read more about this production on page 49. n All Shook Up, by Gatepost Theatre Company, October 17-20. n Good Toes, Naughty Toes, from Big Adventures, a comedy about the world of Dancing Schools, October 31-November 3.

Live & Local, various locations n Heartspur presented by Northumberland Theatre Company, Spring Bank Arts Centre, New Mills, October 20, 7.30pm, for tickets call 01663 308202. n The Thankful Village presented by BadappleTheatre, a comedy drama set against the backdrop of the First World War, All Saints Church, Bradbourne, October 24, 7.30pm, for tickets call 07495 349002.

Long Eaton Musical Society Strictly Musicals, September 29,

The show will be at Derby from November 12-17. For tickets go to derbytheatre. co.uk 2.30pm and 7.30pm at May Hall, Trent College, Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, For tickets go to longeatonoperatic. com or telephone the Box Office on 01332 874352.

Marde Hen Productions, The Strutts Centre, Belper Donor, directed By Richard Platt written by Sén Lee Rees, November 8-10. Mike and Elaine want to cement their marriage by having a family but are have difficulty conceiving. However, when Elaine becomes pregnant with donated sperm the strength of their relationship is not as solid as it seemed.

Lesbian couple Bex and Jess take advantage of their friend Liam who wants to be more than just a donor to help them achieve parenthood.

This exciting play takes you on

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n stage A love story re-imagined LOST Dog’s new show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet.

It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after.

Well they lived at least.

Now they are 40ish, and at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis. They feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves, and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love.

They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance – about themselves. a roller-coaster of emotions and explores their lives and the lives of the donor.

Tickets are available at ticketsource. co.uk/mardehenproductions Tideswell Community Players, St John’s Church, Tideswell

Fantastic tale of land and ocean MATLOCK Storytelling Cafe’s first guest of the new season, is Michael O’Leary. with his spellbinding tale Intertidal on October 5, at 7.30pm.

Here be creatures betwixt land and sea; malefic mermaids playing bone harps, amphibious creatures in a land of corpse candles...find out more at the Imperial Rooms in Matlock.

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With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet, directed by Ben Duke, takes on our cultural obsession with youth, and our inevitable issues with longevity. Set to a powerful soundtrack; (Prokofiev, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Sinatra), this is Gail Young’s Bothered and Bewildered October 25 – 27.

It is a comedy drama about one woman’s struggle with Alzheimer’s.

The play, directed by Rob Puckett, follows Irene and her two daughters Louise and Beth as the girls lose

a no-holds-barred dance/ theatre show, with adult themes and some bad language.

You can see it at Deda in Derby on October 4 (tickets from deda.uk.com) and at Crich Glebe Field Centre, on November 17 (tickets from 01773 853260). their mum in spirit but not in body. A play about memory, loss and love.

Tickets from ticketsource.co.uk/ tideswelltheatre

Comedy

The Butterfly House, The Torrs, New Mills Following on from their time at The Edinburgh Festival, local comedians Matt Woodward and Jayne Sanders will bring to the Butterfly House the first in a series of comedy club nights, September 28. Go to newmillsfestival.co.uk for details.

Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Buxton Buzz Comedy Club, October 5, and November 2, 8pm. n Ross Noble, October 10, 8pm.

Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Cabaret Boom Boom Live fun returns to the Medway Centre, Bakewell, on September 28 with stunning juggler Jon Udry, virtuoso saw player Dennis Teeth artsbeat October 2018

n stage and hula hooper Jenny Collins.

The show will be at Wirksworth Town Hall on October 5 with Barbara Nice, Hattie Hatstar and foolish Trixie von Maynard. Tickets from cabaretboomboom.co.uk Derby Theatre and Derby Theatre Studio n Felicity Ward: Busting A Nut, October 3. n Jamali Maddix: Vape Lord, a critically acclaimed comedian with brutally honest and unflinching material on the state of society, October 20, 8pm. n Ross Noble, October 28, 8pm. n Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads, November 3, 8pm.

Funhouse Comedy Club, various locations n The Old Bell, Sadler Gate, Derby September 28, Paul Pirie with Kate Smurthwaite, Jack Barry and compere Barry Dodds.

October 26, Wes Zahruk, Andy Watson and Peter McCole with compere Barry Dodds. n The Blessington Carriage, Derby, October 1, the Should I Go or Should I Stay Gong Show with compere Spiky Mike.

Book tickets for all shows at funhousecomedyclub.co.uk

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Buxton Opera House, and Pavilon Arts Centre, Buxton n Aurora’s Wedding and Ballet Études from the English Youth Ballet, October 19 and 20, at 7.30pm with a 2.30pm matinee on the Saturday. n Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, October 13, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Read more about The Trocks on page 21.

For more details go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Circa Tsuica: Now Or Never, part of Festé, on the Bass Recreation Ground, September 27-29. n Juliet and Romeo, October 4, artsbeat October 2018

Morpurgo novel of The Great War

COMMEMORATING the 100th year anniversary of the end of the First World War, Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a young soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn.

During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and

injustices of war that brought him to the front line.

Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year, Private Peaceful is by Michael Morpurgo. His inspiration came from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many young soldiers were courtmartialled and shot for cowardice during the First World War. The book has been adapted for the stage

by Simon Reade who is directing the production for Scamp Theatre at Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre on October 19 and 20. For tickets go to chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk

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n stage Second play in a Tudor trilogy THE reign of Mary Tudor, England’s first Queen Regnant, is the subject of a new play by Belper-based playwright George Gunby.

He has teamed up with theatre director Sue Reaney to stage Bloody Mary on November 17, the 460th anniversary of her death.

George said: “Compared with Henry VIII and Elizabeth I very little has been written about the Tudor Queen best known as Bloody Mary.

“This is the chance to tell her story and highlight the intrigue surrounding her.”

Sue said “It’s a period in history packed with great 7.40pm. See more details on page 52. n May-We-Go-Round? presented

by The Hiccup Project, October 18, 7.30pm.

Sensational Salsa, The Old Clubhouse, Buxton Sensational Salsa will be starting its new autumn season with a two-forone offer for newcomers.

The relaxed dance classes are on Tuesdays upstairs at The Old Clubhouse, with beginners from 7.30pm to 8.30pm and improvers from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.

Anyone looking to find out more should contact Sensational Salsa on 07811 100191 or email sensationalsalsa@yahoo.co.uk .

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Buxton Opera House, and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Yorkshire Rows, Tuesday October 9, 7.30pm.

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characters. I love the Tudor period and this is a great opportunity to investigate Mary and her court. I can promise people that it will be a lively evening.”

Bloody Mary is the second play in George Gunby’s To book tickets and for details go to buxtonfestival.co.uk St Mary’s Church, Crich Lesley Smith, Curator of Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire is performing one of her highly acclaimed and very popular historical presentations on Friday November 9, at 7.30pm.

Her subject is Peggy Knight, a very ordinary woman who, after brief training as a Special Operations Executive, was parachuted into Nazi occupied France. Proceeds are in aid of CHIKs – supporting orphaned children in Kenya. Tickets are available from 01773 853722, 01773 856212 or 01773 857921.

Derby Performance Poets at Déda The group welcome all poets/poetry fans to their meeting on October 4, which is National Poetry Day, this year’s theme is Change.

Meet at 7pm in Cube Cafe at Quad to book a slot. This is a free evening with a relaxed and friendly ambiance. Host Les Baynton.

Tudor trilogy based around Anne Boleyn, Mary Tudor and, next year, Elizabeth I. It is being staged at St Peter’s Church, Belper at 7.30pm.

For tickets go to belperartsfestival.org Derby Poetry Society October 12, Nerissa Kisdon explores to the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Monthly meetings on the second Friday of the month.

Room 3, Friends’ Meeting House, Derby, 7.30pm. Contact Gina Clarke on 01773 825215 for details.

Matlock Storytelling Cafe, Imperial Rooms, Matlock See more details page 52.The storytellingcafe is always on the first Friday of the month. Doors open at 6.30pm with stories at 7.30pm.

More details at matlockstorytellingcafe.co.uk Scrivener’s Bookshop, Buxton n Book Club, first Wednesday of every month 7-8pm. Everyone welcome. Call 01298 73100. n Storytelling Sundays: these free meetings are held on the second Sunday of the month, from 2-3.30pm, at Scrivener’s Books, 42 High Street, Buxton.Telephone 0129871622. artsbeat October 2018

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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers Distilled version of novel makes superb theatre

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ew Perspectives delivered a powerful piece of theatre in this skillfully adapted version of Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen.

The Man Booker prizenominated story had been stripped back to just two characters, the surviving pair of the four brothers, Ben and Obembe played by Michael Ajao and Valentine Olukoga.

We met the other people who populated their lives as they shared their memories with each other on stage at Derby Theatre.

The two actors displayed great empathy and energy as they shifted swiftly from character to character.

Director Jack McNamara managed to capture the true spirit of the book with the help of the superb writing of Gbolahan Obisesan, who himself has as intimate knowledge of growing up in Nigeria.

The distilled stage version differs considerally from the book and begins with the two brothers being reunited after eight years, before they begin to recall the haunting story of the Agwu family in 1990s Africa.

The pace was certainly fast and at times it was an effort to keep up. As a result you

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found yourself enjoying the humour despite the fact they had already moved on to darker recollections.

The strict father of the four brothers was a determined man who wanted his sons to become successful “doctors, lawyers, professors or pilots”.

But when he travels away, as part of his job with the national bank, the boys bunk off school to go fishing in the river where they have been forbidden to go.

There they encounted Abulu, half madman, half prophet, who told the oldest brother Ikenna that he would die at the hands of a fisherman – that is by one of his siblings.

His dire warnings set the novel’s tragic plot in motion as before long the paranoid and suspicious Ikenna drives a wedge of hatred between himself and his younger brother Boja.

In a fight between the two Ikenna is stabbed to death and Boja is later found dead,

floating in the family well.

Obembe becomes obsessed with taking revenge on the prophet he holds responsible and persuades his ten-year-old brother Ben to help kill him.

Panicking after the deed is done Obembe runs away and Ben is sentenced for the manslaughter.

He was held for six years with only visits from a prison priest before he returned to his family.

The startlingly simple, yet incredibly effective, set by designer Amelia Jane Hankin was a series of upright metal poles which cut the stage in half, evoking the feelings of division and confrontation faced by the protagonists.

The clever lighting of Amy Mae was particularly effective during the compelling fight between the older brothers and the murder of the madman when the poles burned bright red.

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n attitude Classical music reviews by Mike Wheeler Derby Cathedral organ recitals A theme of Crossing Borders for this year’s organ series encouraged recitalists to explore a wide geographical spread.

Hugh Morris started the ball rolling by tucking some unusual choices among the expected JS Bach, Widor, Duruflé and Alain. Furthest from the beaten track was Spanish composer Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (15611627), for which Hugh looked out some of the Cathedral organ’s more Hispanically tangy reed stops.

Carleton Etherington, director of music at Tewkesbury Abbey, was the only player to acknowledge Parry’s centenary, with an imposing account of his Chorale Fantasia on The Old Hundredth. After sharply characterised Buxtehude and thoughtful Franck, he invited us into the fun and games of Mozart Changes by contemporary Hungarian composer Zsolt Gárdonyi, which slowly infuses a Mozart piano sonata movement with jazz harmonies and rhythms. The last movement of Guilmant’s Sonata No 1 was sent spinning on its merry way to end the evening.

The crossing borders theme prompted Andy von Oppenkowski, Director of Music at the Kreuzeskirche, Essen, Germany, to include examples of borders crossed in a single piece. Opening with JS Bach in a multi-coloured

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Carleton Etherington, director of music at Tewkesbury Abbey

transcription by Marcel Dupré, he moved on to four movements from Music for the Royal Fireworks by the AngloGerman Handel. To end with, he created a composite organ sonata, taking two movements each from Guilmant’s Sonata No 4 and Vierne’s Symphony No 1. The slight stylistic mis-match between the two composers meant it didn’t quite come off, but it was an interesting experience, all the same.

Director of Music at Hexham Abbey, Michael Haynes clearly has no qualms about throwing his audience in at the deep end, starting with Liszt’s Fantasia and Fugue on BACH. But he kept it remarkably lucid, enabling us to follow closely the mileage Liszt gets out of those four notes. He included three transcriptions (another form of border-crossing, if you like) – his own of the second movement from Dvořák’s New World Symphony, and Fauré’s Pavane, and one by William Strickland of Barber’s Adagio. Russian organ music is not exactly thick on the ground, but the Toccata by

Georgy Mushel’ does not only have rarity value – it’s also engagingly jolly, suggesting the kind of organ piece Prokofiev might have written.

Derby Cathedral Choir, Derby Cathedral An end-of-term summer concert was a new venture for Derby Cathedral Choir.

The headline work, John Rutter’s Visions, for treble voices, seemed, on first acquaintance, to be overdeferential to its Vaughan Williams models, and felt a bit samey. The performers did their best to make a case for it, with good blend from the choir, Laura Waters eloquent in the solo violin part, as was harpist Rowena Bass, and organist Edward Turner offering solid support.

Afterwards, the full choir caught the philosophical calm of Brahms’ Geistliches Lied, turned in a fine, bouncy reading of Purcell’s Rejoice in the Lord Alway, and produced a vigorous account of Vivaldi’s well-known Gloria in D. RV 589, among other things. artsbeat October 2018

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Derbyshire Where Writers Walked dedicates one chapter per individual, with many illustrations from the life of its subjects along with photographs of the places and buildings as they exist today.

Enjoying new things, some of the chapters that I found interesting were John Wesley

in Rowditch, Daniel Defoe in Quarndon, and Charlotte Bronte in Hathersage.

Hathersage, Catherine James says, inspired the village of Morton in Jane Eyre.

Derbyshire has always been a place to discover: regency tourists would take coaches to Derby and then walk the Derwent Valley. Sir Walter Scott wrote Peveril of the Peak, and even before she was queen, Victoria had visited the Peak Cavern. Catherine James ends her book with a table of the buses and trains to reach her destinations so the modern traveller can do the same.

Missing from this book is D H Lawrence, but luckily Stephen Bailey’s Heartlands (Matador £9.75) deals with his peregrinations. Whether you are walking alone or going out with friends to explore the county, our writers make a great introduction.

Derbyshire Where Writers Walked by Catherine James (£14.99, Country Books)

Given the highly decorated medieval manuscripts that have survived we might feel entitled to suppose that the singing and music have similar flourishes.

Certainly The Telling in their singing bring plenty of expression – vocal and physical to the performance.

Clare Norburn (soprano) wrote the text for the Hildegard’s testimony and was joined by Adrianne Prussner (mezzo) and Joy Smith (harp) in a performance of quiet serenity.

The singers moved around the Church, sometimes singing

solo, sometimes together, creating different patterns.

Jan Chappell took the role of Hildegard. She didn’t use a microphone and whilst the acoustic of the Church suited the singers very well it did the actor no favours. It is likely that many in the audience struggled to catch the entire text.

The Telling are always well worth listening to and searching out and the music of St Hildegard was well served in this production.

A full version of this review and others by Keith Savage are on artsbeatblog.com

Derbyshire is featured in many a masterpiece Derbyshire is sometimes sold short. We never think of it as a literary place like Thomas Hardy’s Wessex or Winston Graham’s Cornwall, but it has featured in various guises in many a masterpiece, while for other people it has been their place of contemplation.

Now Catherine James has brought these together. Some of the connections are better known, such as George Eliot and Wirksworth, or Alison Uttley and Cromford, where the places feature in their books. In other cases such as Erasmus Darwin (the grandfather of Charles, who wrote about evolution long before the younger man) and Breadsall Priory, or John Ruskin who was inspired by the gorge of Matlock Bath, the connection is biographical.

A visionary piece from The Telling Vision: The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard von Bingen, The Telling, St John’s Church, Buxton Hildegard of Bingen (10981179) is one of the earliest known European composers and despite all the scholarly research there must be an element of guesswork when it comes to performing the music 1,000 years later. Quite how ornate or decorative the vocal lines should be, for example, we cannot be sure. artsbeat October 2018

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BACK TO THE 70s

t is the summer of 1978, Simon and his friends should be looking forward to leaving school, but the National Front are on the streets, Simon’s ‘Bibi’ is ashamed of him and his dad spends his life hiding in the pub.

When Simon’s cousin Baljit comes to stay, she introduces him to the Bollywood classic, Sholay.

Inspired by the film’s dynamic duo, Jai and Veeru, Simon and Baljit find their inner superheroes and set out to change their world forever.

Dishoom! can be seen at Derby Theatre from October 23-27. artsbeat October 2018

Rifco Theatre Company, which celebrates and reflects contemporary British Asian experiences, culture and society, presents a new play about friendship and courage.

Artistic director, Pravesh Kumar founded Rifco Theatre Company in 1999 and since 2011, Rifco has been the resident company at Watford Palace Theatre.

Kumar’s work is ‘homegrown’ and he believes in gently challenging perceptions and warmly reflecting the communities he knows.

“We present theatre of scale and spectacle that is authentic, topical, thought-provoking,

rich and entertaining. Our success lies in understanding our audience. A vital part of creating new work is through listening and working alongside British Asian communities,” he says.

“We are committed to diversifying the kind of work seen in British theatres. We do this by commissioning British Asian playwrights and working with as many diverse actors, designers, directors as we can.”

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Find out where movies are being screened near you Chekhov’s classic now on screen

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ased on Anton Chekhov’s classic play, The Seagull explores, with comedy and melancholy, the obsessive nature of love, the tangled relationships between parents and children, and the transcendent value and psychic toll of art.

One summer at a lakeside Russian estate, friends and family gather for a weekend in the countryside.

While everyone is caught up in passionately loving someone who loves somebody else, a tragi-comedy unfolds about art, fame, human folly, and the eternal desire to live a purposeful life.

Aristocratic actress Irina pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin.

On one occasion, her lover,

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Bakewell and Ashfield Film Society The Dressmaker (12A). A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong, October 8.

Medway Centre, Bakewell, 7.30pm on the second Sunday of the month.

More details at bashfilms.org.uk Belper Ritz, King Street, Belper The Seagull (12A), October 1-4.

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Saoirse Ronan in a scene from The Seagull

the successful novelist Boris Trigorin, accompanies her.

When Nina, a free and innocent girl who lives on a neighbouring estate, falls in love with Boris, he basks in her adulation, while Konstantin is in love with Nina.

Cast: Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Corey Stoll, Billy Howle Director: Michael MayerThe

film can be seen at Buxton Cinema from October 6-9; at Belper Ritz cinema from October 1-4 and at the Northern Light Cinema in Wirksworth on October 21.

Full monthly programme. Top films, silver screen, Ritz Recommends and dementia-friendly screenings. Go to ritz-belper.co.uk for the full details of the month’s films on offer.

Buxton Cinema, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Cliff Richard Live: 60th Anniversary Tour, live screening, October 12, 8pm.All the latest blockbusters and live screenings are shown throughout the month.

Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for the details.

Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre Studio, Buxton n A Ciambra (15), October 1.Pio

is a 14 year-old boy growing up in a small Romany community in Calabria, Italy.

Desperate to be an adult, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to befriend the different factions in the region. When his older brother is arrested Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes. With amazing performances from non-professional actors, the film does not romanticise the topic. n Dark River (15), October 8. n Happy End (15), October 15. n Pad Man (12A), October 22.

This is the fictionalised account of a humble Indian metalworker who challenged entrenched taboos in

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n cinema a patriarchal society when he set about inventing a cheap way to produce sanitary pads.

Enduring the disapproval of his family and the embarrassment of his new wife, he was determined to end the need for women to use dirty rags during their periods because they couldn’t afford branded products. An enjoyable, uplifting and big-hearted film. n The Wound (15), October 29. n The Guardians (15), November 5.

Monday evening art house films at 7.30pm. Details at buxtonfilm.org.uk QUAD, Derby This Autumn QUAD joins with Derby Cathedral for a programme of ten cinema screenings in the unique surroundings of the Cathedral nave. n There will be two screenings of The Greatest Showman (PG), on October 26 at 6.30pm and on November 9,at 6.30pm with a Singalong led by Derby Cathedral Choir, . n For Halloween you can see The Princess Bride (PG) at 5.30pm and a double bill of Frankenstein & Bride of Frankenstein (PG) at 7.45pm. Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details The Northern Light Cinema, North End, Wirksworth The King of Thieves, starring Michael Caine, October 25-28. A great cast and a great caper film about the unlikely gang of retirees that pulled off the daring Hatton Garden jewellery heist of 2015, the multi-million-pound robbery initially believed to be undertaken by a gang of super-thieves.

Go to thenorthernlightcinema.co.uk for the full details of the month’s films on offer.

Parwich Film, Memorial Hall Usually, but not always, on the second Friday of the month. Go to parwich.org for more details.

Peak Film Society, Partington Players Theatre, Glossop A Fantastic Woman (15).Oscar winning Chilean art-house drama artsbeat October 2018

Dark River can be seen at Buxton Film on October 8. Alice (Ruth Wilson) receives news that her tenant farmer father has died. She returns to find her brother Joe (Mark Stanley) struggling to keep on top of things. Alice’s appearance after a long absence isn’t easy for her and Joe resents her interference. Set in North Yorkshire this dark and brooding film from Clio Barnard is brilliantly acted.

in which a young transgender woman is subjected to suspicion and prejudice when her older boyfriend suddenly dies.

This award-winning film handles its timely, sensitive subject matter with care.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Starring Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes and directed bySebastián Lelio.

Films on a Saturday evening usually twice a month. More details about membership at peakfilmsociety.org Tansley Film Community Cinema, Tansley Village Hall n Darkest Hour (PG), Winston Churchill in his early days as Prime Minister during the Second World War is under pressure to negotiate peace with Hitler rather than to fight the seemingly invincible Nazi regime, whatever the cost. Starring Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. October 2. n Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (15), November 6.

First Tuesday of the month, Seat reservations essential at book@

tansleyfilm.org.uk. More information at tansleyfilm.co.uk Tideswell Cinema, George Inn,Tideswell I Tonya (15), October 25. The true story of competitive ice skater Tonya Harding.

Despite her humble background, she rises through the ranks of the US Figure Skating Championships, becoming national champion, a World Championship medallist and an Olympian.

She is never really accepted by the figure skating community due to her poor background. Then in January 1994 there is a leg bashing incident, which destroys her future and breaks her heart.

Starring Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney All films at the George Inn at 7.30pm. Go to tideswellcinema.com for membership details.

Youlgrave Cinema, Youlgrave Village Hall, Holywell Lane Monthly, September-May, usually on a Friday at 7.30pm. Go to youlgrave. org.uk for details.

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