Artsbeat September 2018 by amanda penman

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Music of the landscape

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- Art Out Loud - FestĂŠ and Folk - Melbourne

- New Mills - Wirksworth - Woodland

Celebrating the arts in Derbyshire and the Peak District

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32 In conversation

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9 COVER STORY: Interpretative landscapes from Maggie Robinson 32 Sujata Aten dishes up ceramics which look good enough to eat 42 Photographer Manuel Delaflor has an international reputation

51-55 The best of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classical, folk, jazz, pop and rock

Stage 59-63 Theatre, dance, comedy and storytelling on a stage near you artsbeat September 2018

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35 Festivals 13 Woodland goes back to our roots 20 Derby Folk showcases top talent 31 Melbourne adopts poppy theme 35 Wirksworth stretches boundaries 39 New Mills adopts the Fringe 56 Festé’s three-day spectacular artsbeat September 2018

One of the most intriguing features I have written this month has been about an exhibition at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. Lullaby of the Larks by Richard and Amanda Johnson has been inspired by remains from an Iron Age massacre close to Monsal Dale that they discovered while artists-in-residence at the museum. You can read more about the story behind the exhibition on page 40. What has impressed me though is that they have been given the opportunity to work on the project. We are extremely lucky in Derbyshire that our main museums Amanda Penman seem to have survived austerity measures – not only that, they have been invested in and brought up-to-date. At Buxton, Chesterfield and Derby our museums are now centres where there is a refreshingly original approach to the presentation of art and artefacts and they offer our artists very effective gallery environments. Long may it continue. Please note the editorial and advertising booking deadline for October is September 10. email: advertising: advertising@arts-beat.co.uk editorial: editor@arts-beat.co.uk telephone: 07872 066719 post: 19 Nottingham Road, Belper DE56 1JG website: artsbeatblog.com While every effort is made to ensure listings are accurate and up-to-date, readers are advised to check with the venue before travelling, as no responsibility can be accepted for changes to programmes, errors or omissions. artsbeat2

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PICTURES OF NOTE Landscape artist Maggie Robinson chats with Amanda Penman

hythm, harmony, melody and mood are all brought together in a rhapsody of colour in the paintings of Maggie Robinson. Music has always been a large part of the artist’s life and so it seemed natural that she would relate those elements essential for composing to the landscapes she paints – she even gives each painting a

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musical title and an Opus number. “It’s great fun – but it has also become quite challenging now, as I have reached Opus 305, after seven years creating the body of work I have called The Music of the Landscape,” she said. Growing up as part of a large artistic family in the North Yorkshire Moors, Maggie,

Maggie Robinson

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a sister to four brothers, spent much of her childhood outdoors or playing and listening to music. “I played the piano and as a family we were always making music together. The windows of our home would be open and I remember the music soaring over the moors and the smells of the moors coming in. “Everything I create is centred around these memories of the past and my life now walking in the Peak District. “I don’t worry about my landscapes being an exact representation; they are more about movement. One could be peaceful and another excitingly energetic. A lot of it comes from how I am feeling inside that day. “I work with acrylics, charcoal and collage, building up layers until I get to the point where I feel it has a truth about it that makes it mine. I know it’s worked when I know it’s worked,” she said with a smile. It is clear that Maggie is a woman who works hard to artsbeat September 2018

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I remember the music soaring and the smells of the moors coming in achieve her goals and won’t let anything get in her way. She originally trained as a PE teacher and taught that, with music, at secondary schools until she had her family. At one stage in her life she bought a viola with the aim of learning to play well enough to play in a string quartet. I needn’t have asked if she achieved that – of course she did. The same determination came to the fore when about 22 years ago Maggie switched her ambitions from music to her other passion – painting – and she set about researching, learning, studying and above all practising. She completed courses and studied with some renowned tutors but essentially she has found her own path making artsbeat September 2018

From left: The Melody That Creates the Harmony, Opus 257; The Chords Sweet Music Made, Opus 304; and a detail from Melancholy Were The Notes on a Winter’s Night, Opus 280. Previous Page: An Ear Familiar With Your Song, Opus 305

mistakes along the way and overcoming frustrations as they emerged. One of her proudest moments early on in her career as an artist was having three paintings accepted into The Society of Women Artists’ exhibition. “I was so excited because back then it gave me hope that I was on the right path as a serious artist.” Maggie and her artist husband Brian, whom she describes as her “greatest admirer”, moved to Sheffield from Essex eight years ago and it was then that she made another important decision, which was to find her own voice and give her work a theme. Until then, together with Brian, she had been devoting a lot of time to teaching other artists both in their home studio and on painting holidays in Europe, but she decided that this didn’t allow her to develop her own projects. “You get to know yourself better as you get older and I knew I wanted to focus more

on my own work. Since we moved here I have almost started from scratch with my work and I am delighted with the opportunities I am getting to exhibit in several prestigious venues,” she explained. One of the most positive developments for the couple, who share a studio at their city home, was being accepted as members of the Peak District Artisans. “It is a great group where we all share the same passion for what we create and it has provided us with many opportunities to exhibit as well as helping us find our feet in the art world when we first moved up here.” Maggie’s work can be seen at the PDA shows as well as at St John Street Gallery in Ashbourne, Cromford Studio and Gallery, Tarpey Gallery in Castle Donington, Paul Tavernor Gallery in Cheshire, Old Courthouse Gallery in Ambleside and Zillah Bell Gallery in Thirsk. n For more details about her work go to maggiesart.co.uk

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WOODEN IT BE LOVELY?

living history display revealing how Viking families and craftsmen went about their daily routines from cooking and weaving to blacksmithing and wood turning will be the centre-piece of this year’s Derbyshire Woodland Festival. At the event you will be invited to see the various activities and artefacts at first hand and in some cases to have a go yourselves. There will be a chance to strike your own replica Viking or Saxon coin, have a go at calligraphy with ink and a quill, watch candles being made and have a go at grinding flour. artsbeat September 2018

Also new to the 2018 festival at Elvaston Castle Country Park will be an incredible 18foot tall puppet of a tree that interacts with the audience. Arbor is being brought to the festival by Smoking Apples Theatre Company and tells the story of a tree pushed from his home and how his future is preserved. The show celebrates British and Indian folklore. As well as the special new events the two-day festival, on September 22 and 23, will as always celebrate traditional and contemporary woodland crafts. Experienced crafters will be willow weaving, making clogs, chairs, buckets, canoe paddles and even didgeridoos.

You will be able to learn about forestry, bushcraft and survival skills as well as watch traditional pole lathe turning in action. There will be plenty of children’s activities as well as refreshments including wild food. Special parking charges apply for the event which is on from 10am-5pm each day so it will cost you to take your car. If you scan the QR code below or go to derbyshire.gov.uk/ woodlandfestival you will be able to print out a voucher giving you £1 off the daily charge.

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All the latest news from the Derbyshire arts community Prepare to be amazed by magic and mind games

eak Magic Festival returns to The Peak Shopping Village in Rowsley this month. This is its fifth year and promises to be another delightful day of magic, mind games and workshops. It is free to attend between 11am and 4pm. After that there is a ticketed stage show featuring some incredible international guests as well as home grown talent. This celebration of all things magical is popular with all ages; younger children will love the balloon modeller, bubble expert and circus workshops. Children and adults alike will be enthralled by the talented performers in the close-up magic area and street corner as well as those sharing their magic throughout the site. Every year the stage show sells out, so this year it will be held in a much larger space, so more people can enjoy it. It will feature several amazing acts, many of whom are performing at the festival for the first time. The hilarious Tony Balloney is a vastly experienced children’s entertainer from Cork, Ireland; INTO Minds are a telepathy act that will leave you astonished; Paul Brook, from The Midlands, brings psychological entertainment

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Paul Brook will be entertaining at the festival with his Mind Play games

with his Mind Play games and Timon Krause, recently crowned Europe’s best mentalist, promises a unique and mid-blowing show. Scan the QR code to see him in action. The curator of the event is local hypnotist and magician Anthony Jacquin. He will be performing throughout the day along with other festival favourites

including, Tarot reader Paul Voodini, Magical storyspinner Sylvia Sceptre, and one of Derbyshire’s upcoming magicians Laylo. Peak Magic Festival runs from 11am on September 15. n Tickets for the stage show can be booked at peakshopping village.com

n arena Fringe benefits THE main winners of this year’s Buxton Festival Fringe awards included On Behalf of the People, by The Melting Shop, for the best production. Jack Brosnan picked up the Male Actor award for Sea Wall by Sudden Impulse Theatre Company and Debbie Cannon was given the Female Actor award for Green Knight. The cross-category New Writing award went to the musical Guy from leoe&hyde. The Spoken Word winner was Paul Webster for Hitler Alone performed at Scrivener’s Bookshop. In the Comedy section, Nathan & Ida’s Hot Dog Stand won the Event award whilst Gerard Harris took the Comedy Individual award. Music awards were split into Small Ensemble (Une Vie en Rose), Large Ensemble (Burbage Brass Band), Solo Instrumental (Derby-based pianist Eden Walker) and Vocal Performance (the Buxton Studio Choir). The Visual Arts Event prize went to Future Artists @ Buxton Community School while Visual Arts Artist went to The Green Man Gallery’s Ilsa Elford for her walk-in, ultraviolet Closet. The full list of awards and nominations can be found at buxtonfringe.org.uk/ awards2018.html

Tideswell project IF YOU would like to get involved with a Tideswell Community Players project to create a unique performance of music, song and dance to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, to be performed at Litton Church, on November 3 contact Carol Bowns on 07748 161120.

USING silver birch gathered from around the vast Welbeck estate in Sherwood Forest and willow from Somerset, artist Laura Ellen Bacon has created a huge, new, ‘humanscale’ sculpture to twine around the ground floor at The Harley Gallery at Welbeck. LAID will be abstract in design although the sculpture is loosely inspired by hedge laying. Its monumental, site-specific scale will allow visitors to enter the sculpture

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Welbeck weaving and wander within its nest-like intimacy for an immersive experience that displays the intricacy of her work. It is her largest woven space in a gallery setting for nearly four years. It continues her work in making raw materials into large-scale artworks, in both interior and landscape settings. It can be seen until October 7. AS PART of Déda in Derby’s 20th anniversary a new exhibition will open in the autumn celebrating the history of dance styles in the city since the 1950s. Derby Dancing will showcase Derby’s dance history and allow audiences to delve into Déda’s own journey through an interactive archive. The exhibition will open on September 15 with a Northern Soul event. Artistic director, Stephen Munn, left, hosted an anniversary event in July when he said he was looking forward to seeing what happened next with Déda. artsbeat September 2018

n arena Pewter restored THANKS to a visiting member of the Pewter Society, a number of Haddon Hall’s collection of pewter items are now on display after three years of careful restoration. The treasures had been left largely untouched since the family moved to Belvoir Castle in 1703 and one piece was being used as a saucer for a pot plant when it was spotted by the visiting expert. Pictured are Lady Edward Manners, right, and members of the Pewter Society of Bakewell.

Celebrate the table THE Wardlow Mires Pottery and Food Festival – A Celebration of the Table – offers the opportunity to take home a huge range of pots for everyday use. Derbyshire potter Pat Fuller, who organises the event,said many of the exhibitors were among the most renowned in the country but they are also keen to introduce lesser known potters. The event takes place in Wardlow on the B6465, and runs from 10am-5pm on September 8 and from 10am -4pm on September 9.

Outdoor classics DERBYSHIRE’S own singing star firefighter Andy Quinn, left, will be one of the two soloists at the 2018 Hannells Darley Park Concert on September 2. He will join fellow soloist Mary Carewe, Sinfonia Viva and conductor James Holmes at the event which is billed as one of the biggest outdoor classical concerts in the UK. The theme is Hope, Peace artsbeat September 2018

and Reconciliation and the programme will include among others Imagine by John Lennon, Bring Him Home from Les Misérables, What the World Needs Now by Buch Bacharach, I’d Like To Teach the World to Sing and Somewhere from West Side Story. There will also be popular music by Beethoven, Holst, Strauss, Verdi and Cole Porter. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk

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n arena Garden sculpture ARTIST and musician Linder Sterling has created an, installation as part of a new sculpture exhibition in the garden at Chatsworth to be unveiled alongside works by artists such as Antony Gormley, Dame Elisabeth Frink and Barry Flanagan. Called Chatsworth Outdoors, the exhibition opens on September 14 and will feature works by more than 20 artists including Screen by Allen Jones, right.

Thanks to Friends MUSIC enthusiasts are being invited to take a bow at a cabaret which the star is performing as a thank-you for all their hard work. The Friends of Buxton International Festival are hosting an evening of music based on The Great American Songbook performed by their patron Wyn Davies, at Hassop Hall, near Bakewell on September 12. The event is also open to the public. For tickets go to buxtonfestival.co.uk and click on Friends Events.

Larking about COMEDIAN Bill Bailey’s latest tour Larks in Transit will be coming to Derby Arena on June 6, next year. Tickets have been selling fast since they went on sale but there are still plenty left. Larks in Transit is a compendium of travellers’ tales and the general shenanigans of twenty years as a travelling comedian. With musical virtuosity, surreal tangents and trademark artsbeat September 2018

intelligence, Bill Bailey tackles politics, philosophy and the pursuit of happiness. Plus, he fashions a symphony from a ringtone, tells the real story of Old McDonald, and a re-imagines the Stars and Stripes. Book now so you don’t miss out on two decades of touring tales from a comic described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘the brainiest comic of his generation’. For tickets and more information go to derbylive.co.uk

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Clockwise from top: Lucy Ward, Zulu Tradition and Eliza Carty and the Wayward Band

erby Folk Festival is expanding this year with a special extra night which will bring the sights and sounds of South Africa to the centre of the city. Kicking off Thursday evening will be the amazing Zulu Tradition – a company of young Zulu singers and dancers who deliver a heady mix of African harmonies (traditional songs as well as Afro-Gospel) and high-energy, athletic dance – all performed in traditional costume and with drumrhythms. They will be followed by Leeds-based troubadour Gary Stewart, backed by his incredible seven-piece band. This spectacular group of musicians come together to recreate Paul Simon’s landmark Graceland album in all its glory. For the rest of the festival, which is on from October 4-7, many exciting headlining acts will be performing at a variety of venues in Derby’s Cathedral Quarter, including Eliza Carthy and the Wayward Band, Lucy Ward Band, John Tams and Barry Coope, and Cupola. There will also be music from Midnight Skyracer, a new, artsbeat September 2018

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all-female five-piece bluegrass band playing hard driving traditional and modern classics, lesser known songs and a few originals; the John Melrose Quartet; Harri Endersby whose new album has been inspired by her love of Icelandic electrofolk; James Rutter, a young musician who has just released his debut album and the vocal trio Lady Maisery. Bringing the festival to a close on the Sunday evening will be artsbeat September 2018

a concert by Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys, who are one of the most in-demand bands on the UK festival scene and Nine Barrow a multi-award-winning folk duo. The weekend will also include a host of fringe events, dance acts, workshops and sessions, as well as an arts and craft fair. Councillor Amo Raju, Derby City Council’s cabinet member for leisure, culture and tourism

said: “The folk festival is one of the highlights of Derby’s thriving cultural calendar and hosting such a prominent festival contributes toward securing a strong future for the city, with visitors coming from across the UK and indeed the world.” n Find out more at derbyfolkfestival.co.uk and keep up to date with the latest festival announcements on twitter and facebook.

SOMETHING TO SAY

Architecture is theme for Chatsworth’s Art Out Loud festival 2018

n a year that has seen Chatsworth restored to its full glory following a ten-year renovation programme, an appreciation of architecture and design is woven through the 2018 Art Out Loud festival this September. Headline speakers at the event, which is in its fourth year, include collage artist, punk icon and Chatsworth’s first artistin-residence, Linder Sterling, and 2017 Turner Prize winner, Lubaina Himid. They are joined by, among others, art historian Dan Cruickshank, architect John Pawson, Amanda Levete and award-winner Alex de Rijke. On Saturday, in their talk Living with the Builders, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire will be joined by specialist conservation architect Peter Inskip who directed the Chatsworth works. They will be in conversation with Anna Farthing, curator of the current exhibition Chatsworth Renewed: the house past, present and future. John Pawson, the British architect, will be explaining how, whether he is designing a bench or taking a photograph, ‘it’s all architecture’. Alex de Rijke whose design for Hastings Pier won the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize and Herefordshire-based architect Kate Darby will be discussing their practice with Marie Bak Mortensen. Amanda Levete, one of the UK’s leading female architects,

The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire

will talk about the dialogue between history and modernity in her work on two very different museums, the V&A in London and the Museum of Art, Architecture & Technology in Lisbon. Two talks take a more historical view of architecture, as author Kate Hubbard and artist Ed Kluz look back to 16th century Derbyshire with Bess of Hardwick and her houses, and developer Trevor Osborne and James Berresford, chairman of the Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust, discuss the history the Buxton Crescent, as well as plans for its future. Other talks with more of a focus on art include Lubaina Himid, who made history in 2017 as the first black woman – and the oldest artist – to win the Turner Prize. She

will be in conversation with Dr Zoe Whitley, Curator of International Art at the Tate Modern, exploring art as activism, political acts of curating and the sheer joy of art making. Linder Sterling will be joined by Lord Burlington to discuss her Chatsworth exhibition, Her Grace Land, and its unparalleled poly-sensory approach to the past, present and future. Leading British artist Idris Khan will speak about the minimal, yet emotionally charged photographs, videos and sculptures that make up his practice, exploring the influences and creative process behind his work. David Dawson, who was Lucian Freud’s model, devoted assistant, adviser and friend, will be joined by Martin artsbeat September 2018

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Clockwise from top left: Anna Pavord, Lubaina Himid, Peter Murray and Dan Cruickshank

Gayford (subject of Freud’s portrait Man with a Blue Scarf ) for a unique insight and examination into the life and work of Freu, and the complex relationship between artist, sitter and portrait. In conversation with New York-based sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, executive director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park Peter Murray will talk about the evolution of the park and Ursula’s progress from minimalism to the creation of monumental works for open air. A lively discussion and some real-life sketching is on the cards as political cartoonist Peter Brookes joins writer artsbeat September 2018

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Dan Cruickshank will talk about his journey through Syria for BBC TV Ann Treneman to talk about his fascinating work and cartooning of recent political earthquakes for The Times. Art historian Dan Cruickshank will talk about his recent journey through Syria and the BBC TV documentary he made on its architecture, history, national pride and identity, and the new director of the Royal Collection, Tim

Knox will shed light on his role as the keeper of the Queen’s private collection. With its setting in the enchanting grounds of Chatsworth, thoughts of gardens are never far from Art Out Loud. This year, gardening writer Anna Pavord discusses the art of ‘marshalling nature’ and ‘getting her hands dirty’, while landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan talks about the challenges and rewards of gardening in the tropics. n The event is on from September 21-23 and more information about all the events and tickets are available at chatsworth.org

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Jane Bevan, Michael Cook, Elizabeth Forrest, Rebecca Mercer, Sue Olumide, Duncan Pass, John Rattigan, Sarah Sharpe & Anna Thomas

A tiny gallery packed with work featuring flora, fauna, landscapes and seascapes We also offer a framing service with a wide choice of mounts and mouldings

lettering drawings paintings sculpture printmaking photography The Manger Gallery Kings Newton, Derbyshire To view the work telephone Michael Cook on 01332 862365 or go to www.mangergallery.co.uk

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Autumn opening

The Peacock at Rowsley The Peacock at Rowsley is a luxury boutique hotel and restaurant, located right at the heart of the Peak District. On Sundays, guests can enjoy a dedicated lunch menu including Derbyshire rib of beef from £28.50 for two courses and £38 for three, served from 12-2pm.

October 5th to November 25th, Friday to Sunday: 10.30am to 4pm

Step in to Autumn at Renishaw Hall & Gardens Stunning colours in the awardwinning gardens at Renishaw Hall. A perfect time to visit the grounds in peace and tranquillity

Gardens, café and museum remain open throughout October and November Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Come and enjoy!

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Christmas opening: 29th Nov to 9th Dec 2018, Thursday to Sunday

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artsbeat previews this month’s stand-out exhibitions Mixed media installation for town festival

longside Haarlem Artspace’s resident artists’ open studios, for this year’s Wirksworth Festival there will be a new body of site-responsive work from Victoria Lucas. Where Rock & Hard Place Meet is presented as an installation that combines a variety of media, including video, sculpture and photography. The project has been developed during a month-long art residency at Haarlem Artspace. Reclaiming an island of physical space as a form of playful protest, the exhibition investigates culturally engrained representations of femininity using local sites and stories as a backdrop. Victoria’s artworks are often initiated by a physical encounter with a place, site or landscape. She is specifically concerned with the chimerical potential of space; documenting, fabricating or reconstructing places using

Exhibitions and galleries

Art Café and Gallery in the Gardens, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton n The downstairs gallery showcases the work of more than 40 artists and craftspeople from the artsbeat September 2018

A Victoria Lucas installation

digital and sculptural means as a way to reposition socially constructed ideas. “I am interssted in the fluidity of landscape in the context of an over-saturatd, post-truth, post-digital age and these artworks sought toreveal new spaces through their construction using video, photography, sound, sculpture, installation and performance as material,” she said. The exhibition will open at Haarlem Artspace in Wirksworth on Friday, August 31, at 7pm, with large scale projections on the outside of Haarlem Mill by The

Collaborators (Kate Genever and Steve Pool). Video works by a selection of artists as well as Victoria Lucas will be shown. The exhibition will be open for three consecutive weekends, culminating in a seminar on Saturday, September 15, from 11am-1pm, where Victoria Lucas and curator, Haarlem Artspace co director Olivia Punnett will be in conversation. Where Rock & Hard Place Meet will then travel to Bloc Projects in Sheffield from September 19-22, with a private view on Thursday, 20 September, 6-8pm.

High Peak Artists group. n In the café the group will have a Buxton Festival Fringe exhibition until September 2. Nature’s Patterns is an exhibition of paintings, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery, glass, wood, and textiles. n Autumn Showcase an exhibition of paintings, printmaking,

photography, ceramics and jewellery by selected members of the High Peak Artists group will be running from September 3-November 4.. Open daily 10.30am-4pm. Go to galleryinthegardens.co.uk for details. Banks Mill Studios, Derby A Simplification of Everything – Solo art exhibition by Martin D Hyde

n gallery St John Gallery Ashbourne PEAK District Artisan Ingrid K Karlsson is to stage an exhibition of her Moon Almanac series at the gallery this month. The launch event will be on September 22 and the exhibition will run until October 13. “As a mixed media artist I enjoy telling stories inspired by memories, experiences, literature, landmarks and history,” explained Ingrid. “The idea of a Moon Almanac evolved from my move to a new area and the first year of settling in a different environment.” For more information about Ingrid and her work go to ingrid-karlsson-kemp.co.uk

showing from September, 3-28. For more details go to banksmill.co.uk. Baslow Pottery, Ivy House, Nether End, Baslow The gallery displays original work from more than 20 local artists. Wednesday to Saturday, 10.30am5.30pm and 11am-5pm on Sundays and bank holidays. More details at baslowpottery.co.uk. Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery, Chesterfield Reincarnated Rubbish – Endangered and Extinct. With inspiration, ingenuity, humour and skill ,creative recycling artist Val Hunt has created a fascinating selection of large and small sculptural pieces which will appeal to visitors of all ages. Animals, exotic birds, fish and dinosaurs,all on the edge or now extinct and with explanatory captions, have been made from a selection of throw away material, especially Val’s favourite medium

Lynn Presland’s vibrant work can be seen at Leabrooks Arts Complext at Somercotes

of drinks can metal. This exhibition presents a subtle message about recycling and preservation, raising awareness of why the creatures on show are endangered or extinct. Find out why species are disappearing from this planet at an alarming rate. The exhibition is on until September 30.

Church Farm Art Gallery, Church Street, 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 ThursdaySaturday 10.30am-5pm. Go to churchfarmgallery.co.uk for details. Cromford Gallery and Studio, Market Place, Cromford Pam Smart, who has a love of colour and continues to take inspiration from her travels to India and Asia, is the featured artist for September. She is drawn to the vibrant colours and details which can be found in flowers, landscapes, and the natural world and this is a recurrent theme in her work. The gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm. Go to cromfordstudioandgallery.weebly. com for details. artsbeat September 2018

n gallery Gallery 23 opens in New Mills A NEW art gallery has been opened in New Mills by photographer Peter Aitchison and landscape artist Christine Ormesby. The couple have been running a gallery in Stalybridge for the last six years and when they saw that the former Studios on Union Road were available it seemed to good an opportunity to miss. They officially opened in the building which was once New Mills Post Office at the end of July and Peter says that since then they have been warmly welcomed by the town. The Derwent Gallery, Grindleford From the Edge featuring paintings of the Peak District’s dramatic gritstone edges by Kristan Baggaley, Tim Hulley and Pauline Rignall. Open 11am-4pm Thursday-Saturday and 1pm-4pm on Sundays, telephone 01433 630458. Déda, Chapel Street, Derby Join Dèda’s 20 year anniversary celebrations and look back at the history of dance in 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 have danced across the city, and artistic responses to the 200 Days of Dancing Call Out. From September 15-December 22. More details at deda.uk.com Derby Museum and Art Gallery Bare Bones: The Fascinating World of Animal Skeletons, until October 7 The first vertebrates appeared 525 million years ago. Since then they artsbeat September 2018

The gallery, open 10am5pm, Monday to Saturday, will be showing Peter’s travel photography (pictured) in the front gallery and Christine will have an exhibition/studio space in

Prints by High Peak Artist Jill Kerr can be found at the Gallery in the Gardens at Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens

have evolved into a vast array of animals of all shapes and sizes. From the tiny Papua New Guinea frog which measures only 7.7mm in length to the blue whale which grows to over 30 metres. Bare Bones explores the form and function of the skeleton in animal physiology. This family-friendly exhibition looks at the adaptation and the evolution of species by examining skeletal

another room. The hope is to continue using the gallery as a multi-space venue and run workshops. For more information about workshops and exhibitions go to gallery23.co.uk anatomy. For more details go to derbymuseums.org 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 Ferrers Gallery, Ferrers Centre for Arts and Crafts, Staunton Harold Words and Wisdom is Ferrers Gallery’s new and exclusive exhibition from September 1-October 14.The exhibition of work by renowned ceramicist Blandine Anderson will see an exploration into changing beliefs surrounding Nature For more details go to ferrersgallery. co.uk Foxlowe Gallery, Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday 10am-4pm and the first Sunday of the month (11am-4pm).

n gallery Gallerytop, Rowsley The gallery is open TuesdaySaturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm. More details at gallerytop.co.uk The Gallery, High Street, New Mills The gallery is run collectively by 30 artists and showcases a variety of work including paintings, jewellery, silk scarves, ceramics and feltwork. Open 10am-4pm. Closed Wednesday and Sunday. The Green Man Gallery, Buxton n The Green Man Artists and Guest Designer Makers – vibrant contemporary art including paintings, drawings, mixed media, photography, print-making, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, carved wood, mounted prints and cards. n Art and Poetry from San Quentin Prison. Original art and poetry from the ArtReach project at San Quentin prison, California, created by prisoners on death row. Launch event September 1 from 7pm to 9pm. The exhibition runs from August 31- September 26 Go to artofsanquentin.com for more details. 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. For further information and booking contact hello@thegreenmangallery. com or 01298 937375 Hall of Frames, King Street, Belper Original and limited edition artwork from a variety of artists. More details at hallofframes.co.uk The Harley Gallery, Welbeck Prints and paintings from artist and designer Jill Ray, including large scale works that have not been seen at The Harley Gallery before, are on display in a new exhibition called Bright Woods, Dark Peaks. The Sheffield-based artist uses both

Ferrers Gallery Staunton Harold WORDS and Wisdom is Ferrers Gallery’s new exhibition for the autumn. Starting with a launch event on September 1 the exhibition of work, by renowned ceramicist Blandine Anderson, will see an exploration into changing beliefs surrounding nature – ranging from medieval to Victorian times, relating

This blue-finned tuna has been created by Val Hunt from recycled materials and can be seen at her exhibition at Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery

traditional and digital methods to produce her landscapes with the hills of the Dark Peak and more 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 Ingleby Gallery, Ingleby The next exhibition is Alan Oliver from September 2-16. Alan is a professional artist painting mainly landscapes and topographical subjects. For many years he was

to, heraldry, herbalism, folklore, ancient customs and ceremonies, together with the very shapes of the words themselves. It runs until October 14. primarily a watercolourist, however, he now works in acrylic, oil and pastel. He is especially interested by the way light falls on any subject and this has a strong influence on his work which is evident in his paintings. He has been painting for professionally for 38 years and has exhibited extensively at the Royal Institute of Watercolour Painters, the Pastel Society, the Royal Oil Institute and the Royal Academy. He has published five books of his work and is currently President of the Leicestershire Pastel Society. 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 there will be regular exhibitions during the year. Go to Isla–Fine Art on facebook for more details. Jarva Gallery, Market Street, Whaley Bridge The gallery exhibits about 90 per cent British designers’ and artists’ work. Open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9.30am-5pm, Wednesdays 9,30am-3pm, and Saturdays, artsbeat September 2018

n gallery Ingleby Gallery near Melbourne BEACH Huts at Wells, right, is one of the paintings by Andy Oliver which can be seen at his exhibition at Ingley from September 2-16. Alan is especially interested by the way light falls on any subject and this has a strong influence on his work which is evident in his paintings. He is President of the Leicestershire Pastel Society. 9.30am-4pm. For more details go to jarvagallery.com. 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 An exciting new exhibition of Lynn Presland’s artwork begins on September 1 and continues until the end of the month. It comprises a mixture of impressionistic floral and landscape paintings in Lynn’s characteristically bold and colourful style. These are images which are guaranteed to provide an arresting focal point in any room, inspiring interest and admiration. The gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 10am5pm and 11am-3.30pm on Sundays. Wednesdays by appointment only. Details at leabrooksartscomplex.com The Manger Gallery, Kings Newton, Melbourne The new autumn exhibition – Root & Branch – gathers together work in various media (lettering, paintings, drawings, sculpture, printmaking and photography) by some of the region’s most interesting artists. artsbeat September 2018

Sarah Sharpe’s prints are part of the new exhibition at The Manger Gallery, near Melbourne

Working in imaginative and visionary traditions of British art, they will be exploring how trees grow in the imagination, their spiritual, symbolic and metaphorical power. Included are: Jane Bevan’s beautiful vessels and sculptural forms made from natural materials; Michael Cook’s powerfully spiritual drawings and paintings of local and imaginary scenes; lettering artist Elizabeth Forrest’s three dimensional form with lettering painted onto wood shavings; Rebecca Mercer’s

colourful and intricate visionary paintings with a strong narrative sense; Sue Olumide’s striking photographs of trees with a haunting, timeless quality; Duncan Pass’s monumental prints of imposing trees; Sarah Sharpe’s giclee prints of woods which are mysterious and inviting and John Rattigan’s witty drawings of angelic figures in trees. Go to mangergallery.co.uk for details. The Makers, 47 Church Street, Ashbourne 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 The Secret Postcard Show 2018 will be exhibited at the gallery from August 31 from 7-9.30pm. The postcard sized original art work will be available for £15 each, from the gallery or online via Etsy Secret Postcard Shop which opens on September 3. The gallery has received nearly 400 pieces of work from more than 150 artists from across the UK, USA, France, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Canada and Berlin.

n gallery Fifteen per cent of the profits made from the show will be gifted to the charity Arts Emergency. The show will continue until September 16. The gallery is open 11am-5pm, Friday through to Sunday. Go to The Old Lock Up Gallery on Facebook for details. QUAD Derby Joey Holder - Adcredo: The Deep Belief Network, until October 21. Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details. The Richard Whittlestone Wildlife Gallery, Pilsley, near Chatsworth The gallery is open 10am-5pm Tuesday to Saturday. More details at richardwhittlestone.co.uk Rob Wilson Art, Lockside Mill, St. Martins Road, Marple The gallery is open to visitors every Friday, 10am-4pm. Go to robwilsonart.co.uk for more details. Smallprint Company, Friary Street, Derby n Once Upon A Time by Pandora Johnson, until September 8. n Bernie Rutter, September 15-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 from September 22-October 13. You will be able to Meet the Artist on September 22 during the day The gallery is open 9.30am-5pm, Monday-Saturday. For details go to stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk Two Birds Gallery, Borough Street, Castle Donington Art, photography, jewellery and design from a wide range of local and UK based artists. They also offer craft workshops for all ability levels. Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-5pm and 9.30am-4pm on Saturday.

The Green Man Gallery, Buxton BUXTON woman Viv Doyle who has had an artist penfriend on death row in San Quentin jail, California, for the last 16 years has helped organise an art exhibition in her home town. She has teamed up with London-based artist Nicola White, who also has a penfriend on death row and has formed an organisation called ArtReach with the intention of providing a platform for artists in the prison to exhibit their creativity. “We have both visited our pen pals in San Quentin, and they are thrilled that

their artwork and poetry will be showcased in Buxton,” explained Viv. The unusual exhibition will be on at the Green Man Gallery from August 31-September 26. The work above is by Luis Maciel. Exhibition will run from September 7-29, and will include a mix of 2D and 3D works of various mediums. The exhibition will be open to the public Monday-Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 10am-1pm. Entry is free. Go to chesterfield.ac.uk or email hello@weststudios.co.uk for more details.

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U Choose Smoothie Art Gallery, Ilkeston Work by more than 20 local artists can always be seen at the gallery. For more details go to uchoosesmoothie.co.uk V21 Gallery, 21 Cornmarket, Derby, Above The Book Cafe Go to v21art.space for details of any exhibitions in this new gallery. West Studios, Chesterfield West Studios’ Fourth Annual Open

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. Whynot Gallery, Lichfield Street, Burton upon Trent Check out all the latest events, workshops and exhibitions on the whynotgalleryuk facebook page. artsbeat September 2018

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elbourne is turning red for its annual festival this year to commemorate the men who lost their lives a hundred years ago in the First World War, fighting for our freedom. Over the weekend of the Art and Architecture Trail, September 15 and 16, the festival team will be dressing the town in woollen poppies which have been knitted by townspeople. During the summer Melbourne’s knitters have created 4,680 poppies to commemorate the Grenadier Guards who lost their lives during the Great War and during the festival they will be displayed by Melbourne Pool. The project was inspired by Frank Green, a Grenadier Guard who lived in Pool Cottage Care Home in Melbourne and fought in the Second World War. Sadly Frank died in 2017 but his idea has come to fruition artsbeat September 2018

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and he will be commemorated with an aluminium poppy donated by Matthew Warburton of Aluminium Art. Another highlight of the 2018 festival will be a painting commissioned by Melbourne Parish Council from local artist Michael Cook to commemorate the centenary of the end of the war. Michael took his inspiration for the painting – called Swords into Ploughshares and exhibited in the Assembly Rooms – from Melbourne’s market gardening heritage. There are 70 venues in this year’s trail which will be hosting 140 artists exhibiting everything from acrylics to

zinc. One of them will be Sujata Aten who you can read about on the following two pages. In addition to the art and poppies there will be live music, food stalls and plenty of fun for families. As well as the trail weekend the full Melbourne Festival programme also features nearly two months of concerts and performances. A highlight that follows the First World War theme will be Melbourne Remembers an outdoor concert by performers including Melbourne Town Band, Melbourne Male Voice Choir and A’Choired Taste. n For more information go to melbourne festival.co.uk

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hat could be better than growing your own food and making the pots and plates from which to eat it? I guess some of us might manage one or the other but artist Sujata Aten is doing both. She has her own allotment where she grows fruit and vegetables and she also creates a range of gorgeous ceramics to use in the kitchen of her Chellaston home. Of course that’s only if they haven’t already been snapped up by her thousands of followers on instagram where she regularly posts beautiful pictures of her work and the natural world that inspires her. Until relatively recently Sujata, who is a member of Melbourne Arts Group, was known for her abstract landscape paintings but she wasn’t content with what she was doing and decided to change direction and try pottery. “With my painting I was somehow feeling disconnected to nature, that is my inspiration, so I started exploring clay in order to come closer to the earth,” she explained. “As soon as I moved back to ceramics I knew I had made the right decision. I get such a wonderful sense of satisfaction in creating an object from the earth.

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I love the idea that I am weaving a connection between land and self.” Sujatas distinctive pinch, coil and slab pots are hand-built and therefore completely unique as no two will ever be the same. She even loves the randomness the kiln adds to the process and doesn’t seem to mind at artsbeat September 2018

all (in fact I suspect she is secretly pleased) if one or two of her creations come out wonkier than they went in. Sujata also decorates many of her pots using stamps that she has designed and hand-carved, of iny insects, mushrooms, petals, leaves or wildlife she has seen while out on the long walks she loves in the countryside. Those customers who have her work posted to them are also treated to her artwork on the packaging as she can’t resist decorating it. Sujata, 45, was born and brought up in India and moved to England at the start of the new Millennium with her Dutch husband Martin. She attributes much of her passion for colour and cooking to her Asian roots and her experiences and memories as she travelled in her youth.

“As far as I can remember I have always been creating but when I was younger my parents encouraged me to study commerce. Once I started working and was more independent I succeeded in getting some of my paintings into an exhibition and then they started to believe in the idea of me becoming an artist.” When she and her electrical engineer husband moved to England for his work they started a family (they have two daughters) and she eventually took the opportunity to study Fine Art at the University of Derby from where she graduated in 2009. “I had been painting in various mediums and exhibiting my work for 17 years when I finally persuaded Martin to let me have a kiln so I could put my energy into ceramics instead. “Now I feel as if everything has come together for me. It is a bit like a dream that what was once, long ago, a hobby is now what I do every day.” n Sujata will be exhibiting at the Melbourne Festival arts trail on September 15 and 16. You can see more of her work on her instagram account is @earth.and.fire

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unning for over 20 years, Wirksworth Festival has grown to become one of the most vibrant showcases for contemporary art in the region. The Art and Architecture Trail Weekend which is staged during the festival’s opening weekend, September 8 and 9, sees the entire town become a gallery with more than 150 artists and designer-makers exhibiting and selling their work in more than 70 venues – in homes ranging from charming stone cottages to impressive Georgian town houses, historic and quirky buildings, gardens, courtyards, shop windows and churches. There is also the Designer Makers Showcase housed in two large venues bringing artsbeat September 2018

together some of the region’s best contemporary jewellery, ceramics, textiles, glassware and other crafts. Wirksworth Festival was one of the first places to put on an art trail back in 1995 when a group of local artists decided to join in the already established festival celebrating local talent by opening up their homes and inviting other artists from outside the town to join them. The trailblazing event set the standard for the many other art events now staged in the county, but Wirksworth remains unique with its Curated Exhibition, which you can read about on the following two pages. For the remaining two weeks of the festival there’s a heady

mixture of performance and fringe events – live music, dance, drama, film and family shows from world-class performers to the very best home grown talent. To bring the Festival to a close on September 23 there is a Community Event at St Mary’s Churchyard in the centre of the town.During the afternoon two stages will provide a platform for a continuous programme of music, theatre and dance including drumming and Maypole dancing. n Fore more information go to wirksworth festival.co.uk and scan this QR code to watch a video promoting the event.

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hen Johnny White and Amanda Wray accepted an invitation to collaborate on an art project in Rotherham way back in 1995 they had no idea it would be the beginning of a lifelong partnership. The artists had both made submissions to create an installation at a reclaimed sewage works which was being transformed into a nature reserve and Sheffield City Council liked their ideas so much they couldn’t choose between them.

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Amanda and Johnny’s quirky and humorous art demands attention When asked if they would mind sharing the Blackburn Meadows project they readily agreed and, despite the rather unglamorous setting, romance blossomed as they set about creating a series of Swamp Monsters from stainless steel and cast marble. The winning formula of Johnny’s humorous kinetic

style and Amanda’s quirky figurative sculptures has since been combined for many installations all over Europe and the UK. Fast forward 23 years and their artistic talent is facing another first – the curation of the main exhibition at the Wirksworth Festival. Johnny and Amanda moved to the town 17 years ago and have taken part in the trail inviting visitors into their garden studio but they are thrilled to have been given this special honour. “They came to us and asked if we would like to curate the artsbeat September 2018

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exhibition so we were very chuffed,” said Johnny. “We thought it would be great fun and said yes, so long as we could be part of it,” he added. “We chose to link the work together through a family theme. Wirksworth is our family home, the festival is a family occasion and our work, being accessible and interactive, is aimed at all ages of the family,” explained Amanda. “In the Parish Rooms we will be exhibiting a selection of our own work loosely based on our family experiences. “Alongside this will be a new series of paintings inspired by family photographs by fellow Wirksworth artist,

Tracy Keeping and the Singh Twins’ Arts Council-funded animation, which will be screened on a loop. “Meanwhile, continuing the family theme, Andi Dakin of Hull, will be exhibiting a new body of work entitled Church Urchins. This will be a colourful and playful presence throughout St Mary’s Church. “Also, outdoors, at a nearby site, a collaborative work by Andy Plant and Tim Hunkin – The Astronauts’ Caravan will give visitors the opportunity to experience a family holiday of the future.” n For more details about Johnny and Amanda’s work go to white-wray.co.uk. Festival details are on the previous page.

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mall is Beautiful is the theme of this year’s New Mills Festival as due to a lack of volunteers the organisers have had to shelve plans for the annual Lantern Procession and Street Party. They hope that the two big events will be back next year and have renamed the 2018 event New Mills Festival Fringe. It will open with a cabaretstyle poetry reading in Spring Bank Arts Centre on September 14 at 7pm, when more than a dozen poets will regale the audience with verse ranging from the poignant and profound to the playful. Throughout the festival, shop windows across New Mills will display poetry by poets, not just from New Mills but all over the world. Shoppers and artsbeat September 2018

passers-by will find musings on nature, illness, joy, travel, the silly, and the sublime. Near the end of the festival on 26 September, some of the poets featured in the poetry trail will perform their work in round-robin style in Butterfly House at the Torrs in New Mills from 7 pm. The Blue Rose Code band, fronted by Edinburgh-born Ross Wilson, will bring an eclectic mix of folk, jazz, soul

and pop to the festival on September 15 at 7pm at St. George’s Church. The last Saturday of the festival, September 29, will be the Final Folk Night with performances by Wife of Cain, Gally Canters, Dave Evans Gypsy Jazz Ensemble, and Lazlo Baby at The Torrs. The two-week celebration of community spirit will include a diverse range of activities from talks and walks to concerts and comedy. There will be Morris dancing, Shakespeare in the Park, an artisan Food Fair, apple day, film screenings, quizzes and a bubble fest. n For more information about the festival go to newmillsfestival.co.uk. For up to the minute news follow the festival on facebook and twitter

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his is a drawing of the skull of a victim of a massacre at the Iron Age hill fort of Fin Cop near Ashford-in-theWater. It is part of a collection of bones excavated from the ancient site and on display at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. The drawing is by Richard Johnson who, along with his wife, composer Amanda Johnson,was artist-in-residence at the museum for two years with the aim of staging an exhibition of work inspired by the collections. With such a vast array of Peak District archaeology, art and history to work with the couple were spoilt for choice but it was bones and the horrific massacre that grabbed their attention. The resulting multi-sensory exhibition, which includes this drawing, entitled Portrait of a Young Lady, is called Lullaby of the Larks and is a commemoration of the massacre. It seems that more than 2,000 years ago Fin Cop was a hurriedly-constructed fort to protect the people from Iron Age warfare, but the artsbeat September 2018

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evidence since discovered by archaeologists is that all the women and children were slaughtered and flung into a ditch which became a mass grave. The absence of any adult men suggests that they may have been sold as slaves, forced to fight with the opposing army or even slain in battle before the victors hunted down the women at the fort. artsbeat September 2018

“Fin Cop holds a special place in our hearts. After discovering the bones in the museum we were intrigued by the story and wanted to know more,” said Richard. “We were very lucky to have been able to go to the fort with the project manager of the excavations there and we gained an insight into the historical importance of the site as a whole.

“The peace and tranquility of the place, with just the sound of the larks singing, offered no clue to the atrocities that occurred there thousands of years ago. It is a beautiful place tinged with sadness. You can’t fail to be moved by something like that. “Inspired by what we experienced, we have drawn painted, recorded and written music and this exhibition is the culmination of these two years.” Alongside the new music composed by Amanda and Richard’s paintings and drawings there will be assemblages of items excavated from the site that are now part of the museum’s collection. “It took me five hours to draw the portrait and by the time it was finished I wanted to know how someone could have inflicted such violence on her and why more than 2,000 years later women and girls are still subjected to such violence the world over. “It seems we have learned little over all those years but we hope that people who visit this exhibition will experience a whole lot of things and it will get them thinking about what we can learn from the past and the importance of museums in teaching us about it,” said Richard. The exhibition is on from September 8 to November 24 and there will be a special preview from 2pm-4pm on the first day. You will be able to meet the artists on October 20 from 2pm-4pm.

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t may surprise many photographers, both experienced and emerging, that we have an award-winning international photographer hosting classes and workshops in the county. Back home in Mexico Manuel Delaflor, who describes himself as a visual artist and philosopher, was a wellrespected photographer and his work has been exhibited all over the world and is in several private collections in Europe and the USA as well as Mexico. Before he took up photography as a means of expressing himself, he spent several years at the National University of Mexico studying philosophy and psychology. He has a special interest in cognitive science and has lectured in a broad range of related subjects which he says were all forms of human expression. “I have a personal quest to try to understand what we are doing here but I eventually left academia, disappointed with a system that forces researchers to spend enormous amounts of time to simply get the needed resources to continue their research,” he explained. Manuel’s father, who bears the same name, is a renowned artsbeat September 2018

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pianist and composer in Mexico which was a huge influence on his life. “It was natural to have artists and musicians in the house as I grew up and I was always creative myself; drawing and painting – although by the time I was a poor student it was more drawing as oil paints artsbeat September 2018

were too expensive,” he said with a grin. “However I abandoned all that and everything changed when I discovered my first digital camera about 18 years ago. I had a new tool to express myself and I became obsessed with it. I took my camera everywhere even the supermarket.” The first national award he won was organised by Motorola when their first phone with real photographic capabilities was introduced in 2008. His last exhibition was in Budapest last November, as part of a Mexican Festival and all the profits went to help the people in Mexico after the

devastating earthquake earlier last year. He is going back this September to exhibit his work. For the past few years he has quietly been establishing himself in the UK by running courses and workshops for small groups of photographers of all abilities from learning the basics to rules of composition, lighting and how to take portraits. He enjoys landscapes, fine art and portraits so consequently his online portfolio is diverse and fascinating. He is also interested in working for the variety of artists in the region. He does professional headshots for actors, dancers and musicians and has also worked with visual artists helping them to capture their work in a professional way. n To see more of his work and get in touch with him go to manueldelaflor.com

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ecycling has become part of everyday life in the 21st Century so it is no surprise that there is a growing number of art classes using reclaimed materials. One of the most skilled ways of finding a use for waste materials has to be magazine collage. Kirstie Adamson, who is based at Banks Mill in Derby, has been creating beautiful collage artwork from upcycling magazines and junk mail for more than ten years. If you want to try your hand at this fascinating art form

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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 art-based workshops, Tuesdays from 10am-noon. For details email info@ artsbeat September 2018

she runs regular classes and workshops. “I have always had a great interest in finding ways of using waste materials in my artcoreuk.com or call 01332 384561. Art Afloat, Birdswood narrowboat, Cromford Canal n Cutting Adrift, Linocut printing with Liz Wellby, September 4. n Intaglio Dry Point Etching, with printmaker Lucy Gell, September 11. n Digital Drawing with iPad and iPhone. with fine artist, tutor and printmaker Liz Wellby, September 26. 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,

artwork,” explained Kirstie. I don’t use any imagery from the magazines but I use the colours and textures that I find as an alternative to paint. “It is intentional that when viewing my work that the method used is not instantly obvious. At first glance it is often assumed that I have used paint and only on closer inspection does it become apparent that the piece consists entirely of ripped and cut magazines.” The subject of her September workshop is dragonflies, and all the tools and materials will be provided. Kirstie also offers one-to-one tuition. Go to kirstieadamson.co.uk for more details. starting September 17, in New Mills, Stockport and Sheffield, including Painting and Drawing Classes, Wednesdays 9.30-11.30am, New Mills; and Wednesdays 1.153.45pm, 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 Anne Alldread Textiles n Regular felt making workshops in Belper covering a variety of felting techniques, from the basics, to creating a beautiful scarf, cushion or wall hanging. Or you can join in at

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n have a go the weekly textile groups on Monday, 2-4pm and Wednesday 10am12.30pm, to try tapestry, weaving, collage, mixed media, printing, design and much more. A small friendly group with an emphasis on enjoyment while creating. For details call 07817745705, email annealldread@yahoo.co.uk or visit annealldread.com 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. artsbeat Septembert 2018

Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton n Life drawing, a weekly session for artists at any stage with a professional life model, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. n Young Yoga with Kerry Allsop for age 8 to 11, every Monday, 4-4.45pm. Booking: kerryallsop@ icloud.com 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. n Portrait Workshops with Wilfried König – Two different workshops designed for artists with different levels of experience, 10am to 4pm September 1 and 2. n Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da – Beatles Scratch Choir Day. Join a choir for a day to sing songs from The White Album and Sergeant Pepper Perform at a scratch concert in the evening. Workshop 10am to 5pmSetember 23. Concert 7pm to 8pm-ish. 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. Further information at www.linc-art. com/workshops 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.

Kirstie Adamson, magazine collage, Banks Mill, Derby n Dragonfly Workshop, September 15. n Rainy Day Workshop, October 20. 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, September 19 and 22,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 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 two-tone birthday bear. September 8, 12.30 pm4pm. Suitable for beginners and improvers. £30. Contact Julia at thepeakcraftbox@gmail or phone 07745385178.

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. n September 11 and 12, Landscape Oils with Richard Holland. n September 18 and 19, Loosening up your Watercolours with Paul Dean Marlor. For more details visit pennine-art. uk Tel: 01457 857527, email: info@ pennine-art.uk Pam Smart, Art Workshops in the Studio with a View, Buxton n Autumn Still Life, September 29. n Adventurous Architecture, October 6, (only three places left at time of going to print). Both 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 Giant Fruit, September 12, with Pam Smart n Landscapes and Lunch, September 26, 10-2 pm 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 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. 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 Lewis Nobel, Painting the Derbyshire Landscape, September 10-12. n Wendy Darker, Watercolour Cockerel, September 20. n Louise Jannetta, Woods In Autumn, September 26. n Maggie Robinson, Interpreting the Landscape, September 27. 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 September 2018

QUAD x TEN

City’s contemporary arts centre celebrates decade of creativity

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We hope we’ve achieved much more than the sum of its parts There will also be an 11th film voted for by the public as their favourite ever screened at the venue. In 2008, prior to QUAD’s opening, 100 groups of 17 people from Derby’s community took part in The17: Slice Through Derby, led by artist and musician Bill Drummond. Each group had to sing one note together for five minutes, then have a group photograph and video portrait taken. The separate sound recordings were mixed together to create one huge piece of choral music and the pictures were exhibited in the gallery.

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UAD in Derby is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month with a programme of activities including a special series of animations projected on to the iconic Market Place building as part of Derby Festé on September 29. Chief executive Adam Buss said: “Nothing makes us prouder than creating new experiences, memories and skills with the people that visit and support our cinema, workshops, exhibitions and café bar. “The past ten years has flown by, but we hope we’ve stayed true to our aims and ambitions which we haven’t changed since opening.” The animation content for the celebratory screening has been created in partnership with University of Derby students and features highlights from the first ten years. The anniversary programme at the complex also includes The Best of Ten film season, featuring a film from each year the centre has been open including The Grand Budapest Hotel, from 2014, on September 3; Hunt for The Wilderpeople, from 2016, on September 10; Nicolas Winding Refn’s cult classic of 2011, Drive, on from September 16-18; and from 2008 Gomorrah – a gritty gangland saga – on September 24.

Now the city is being given the chance to see the images again with a new exhibition The17 Slice Through Derby: 10 Years On, which will be on display in the Extra Gallery Spaces until October 21. Anyone who was part of the original project is invited to contact QUAD to join a special reception where there will be a chance to recreate the images. Please contact Laura O’Leary at LauraOL@DerbyQuad. co.uk “We always wanted to provide an accessible, friendly and exciting venue that is a creative beacon for those in Derby and a pioneering landmark for those from outside the city,” added Adam. “We hope, in short, that we’ve achieved something which has been much more than the sum of its parts. Here’s to the next ten years!”

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music

artsbeat’s essential guide to Derbyshire’s best live tunes Laptopery and loopery feature on latest album

aiku Salut, the acclaimed instrumental trio from the Derbyshire Dales, release their third album There Is No Elsewhere on Sept 7. Haiku Salut are three incredibly creative and talented multi-instrumentalists – Gemma Barkerwood, Sophie Barkerwood, and Louise Croft. Their music features electronic elements, which they refer to as loopery and laptopery. There Is No Elsewhere, is Haiku Salut’s first album for neo-classical and electronica label PRAH Recordings and sees the trio continue their distinctive re-imagining of dreampop and rural electronica. It also sees the band finally find their place, both musically and politically. It is the record they’ve been working towards from the moment they formed. “It is an album about occupying your space, being proud of what you believe in and who you are,” said Sophie. “It’s about making small life changes, making better decisions, writing better songs, having better conversations, knowing that these can lay foundations for change. “It’s about finding who you are and not being dictated to about

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what you should be. It’s about celebrating others. It’s about making changes for a better future.” The cover of the album features original artwork by Wirksworth artist Geoff Diego Litherland. “The artwork very much helped shape the album’s expression,” says Sophie. “The portal, the warning and symbolic meaning behind the octagon all gave a further significance to the music. The octagon has a symbolic meaning of infinity and transition, which reinforces the significance of the endless ‘now’ and the responsibility we have for the ‘here’.” The band are embarking on a tour during September and October which sees them travelling the length and breadth of Britain from Glasgow to Brighton and

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Morecambe to Norwich. Readers will be delighted to know that included is a gig at Wirksworth Town Hall on September 28. For more details go to haikusalut.com To see a video which accompanies the track The More and Moreness from the album scan the QR code here.

n music Rock and Pop

Buxton Opera House, and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton n Elkie Brooks, Pearl’s Greatest Hits tour, September 2, 7.30pm. n The Floyd Effect, September 8, 7.30pm. n You Win Again, Celebrating the music of the Bee Gees, September 9, 7.30pm. n The Johnny Cash Roadshow, September 13, 7.30pm. n Whitney – Queen of the Night, September 21, 8pm. n The Best of Wham, September 23, 7.30pm. n Buddy Holly and the Cricketers, September 27, 7.30pm. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk The Fishpond, Matlock Bath A charitable clothes swapping event with music from local DJs organised by Molly-May Smith and Bethan Ellis, with the aim of educating people about ethical fashion. September 9. There will also be talks from a panel of experts, cake and raffle prizes. Queen’s Head, Belper n Harp & Monkey, September 15. n Katie Spencer, September 22. n Steve Ashley.September 29. n Lady Day-a celebration of the life and song of Billie Holliday October 5. For more details go to queensheadbelper.weebly.com

Duo’s new single is Two Halves SUNFLOWER Thieves – a female-fronted pop folk duo from Belper – are releasing a new single,Two Halves, on September 7. Amy Ilingworth and Lily Sturt-Bolshaw are both currently based in Leeds due to university and work but they have continued to work together musically. “We’re really proud of Two Halves, as we continue to learn more about the sound we want to create and we’re really excited to share this with everyone who has supported us so far,” said Amy. Two Halves will be available Great War told in word and song with plenty of choruses to join in with. Experience the emotions of those at war and those left behind. 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, September 28, 7.30pm. For tickets telephone 01629

Folk and Jazz

Alstonefield Village Hall Ruth Notman plus special guests Dan Britton and Chris Conway. Ruth’s current instrumental repertoire consists of piano, guitar, harp and melodeon. September 29, 8pm (doors 7.30pm). Tickets £11 on-line at WeGotTickets.com, or call 01335 310322/email avg.concerts@ gmail.com. Bakewell Town Hall, Bakewell So Long, Farewell, A World War One Production, Words and music by Linda Woodroffe. A story of The

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on Spotify, Apple and all other major streaming and download sites. They will be performing at Derby Folk Festival on October 6, 810152 or go to ticketsource.co.uk/ date/502772. Also at Chesterfield Library on October 26 at 7.30pm. Tickets from Chesterfield Library or from Linda Woodroffe 07842 821912 or lindawoodroffe@live.co.uk Belper Folk Club, Old King’s Head, Days Lane, Belper Every Tuesday at 8.30pm. For more details check out their facebook page or go to belperfolkclub.co.uk Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre The Big Chris Barber Band, September 20, 7.30pm. Go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk for more details. The Derbyshire Volunteers Big Band Big Charity Ceilidh, The Genesis Centre, King Street, Alfreton, September 15, 8pm-11.30pm. Guest Caller and dance display. A coming together of the Derbyshire folk scene for a great social night of music and dance. All proceeds to local charities. Tickets £12, under 16s free, from artsbeat September 2018

n music Haunting vocals of ‘ragged angel’ MEAN Mary James has been described as having the voice of a ragged angel combined with the banjo playing of the devil. So expect a high-energy performance in the acoustics of Buxton’s Green Man Gallery. Nashville-based musician/ writer, Mary is equally versatile on guitar, fiddle banjo and seven other instruments and is known internationally for her lightning-fast fingers, derbylive.co.uk or Ticket Hotline 01773 853428 Green Man Gallery, Buxton n The Sunday BuskStop, September 9 with Doug Torr. 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 Charity Gig, BluesFest #2 is back with a line-up of excellent local musicians to entertain you: Cathy Rimer, Broken Swords, The Foundation Stone, Bin 53, Delta Dave, September 15. Tickets are £5/£3 concessions. All profits will go to local charity Homeless Help High Peak. Booking advised as space is limited. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Drinks available. Age limit 12+. n September 29, Mean Mary, see more details above. Booking at the gallery, by phone 01298 937375 or online at wegottickets.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. artsbeat September 2018

haunting vocals and intricate story songs. Doors open at 7pm on September 29 and the gig starts at 7.30pm. The Old Hall Hotel, Hope n Cobalt Tales, September 12. n Banjo Jen, September 26. Go to folkandblues.wixsite.com for more details or call 07913331078. Melbourne Assembly Rooms n Village Folk present Sound of the Sirens, September 1. n Ben Bowden’s, Songs from the Village, September 7, 8pm. Hot House Jazz, September 21, 7.30pm. n Melbourne Remembers, September 22. n Emily Kent, Paul Marshall and Friends in Cabaret, September 23, 7pm. 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 The Gould Piano Trio, September 6. For details go to abbotsholmeartssociety.co.uk

Tickets are £10 in advance or £12 on the door. Book in person, by phone or online at wegottickets.com/ event/446249 Buxton Opera House, Buxton n Coffee Concerts, Lucy Nolan, September 7, 1pm. n The Russian State Opera, Carmen, September 26, 7.30pm. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk The Dalesmen Choir, St Mary’s Church Derby Come and enjoy the Dalesmen perform with their colleagues the Beverley male Voice Choir from East Yorkshire.The concert will also include performances from two Dalesmen Music Student Award winners, Billy Rowlatt and Charlotte Hand. September 21, 7pm. For tickets go to derbylive.co.uk Derby A Capella n Melbourne Catholic Church, Church Street, Melbourne, September 16, 3pm. n Join them for an introduction to harmony singing, September 22, 11am-12 noon, The Ecclesbourne School, Duffield, as part of the Duffield Festival. n Enjoy afternoon tea and make a contribution to the McMillan Day Care Unit, Royal Derby Hospital. Tea, cake and singing at Chester

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Bakewell Town Hall September 28th, 7.30pm Tickets: 01629 810152 or ticketsource.co.uk/date/502772

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Chesterfield Library October 26th, 7.30pm Tickets Chesterfield Library or Linda Woodroffe on 07842 821912 or email lindawoodroffe@live.co.uk

art afloat Expert-led hands-on workshops aboard narrowboat Birdswood Tues 4th Sept

CUTTING ADRIFT: Linocut Printing Liz Wellby shows how to develop a composition and make a linocut print.

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INTAGLIO DRY POINT ETCHING Lucy Gell explores the subtle art of dry point, focusing on texture and colour.

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n music Pianist promises a few surprises RUSSIAN virtuoso pianist Sergei Podobedov is set to play a concert in Belper in September. Producer of the event George Gunby said: “Sergei is a world class pianist. He is a very exciting performer and the audience can expect something special.” Since making his orchestral debut at the age of 12 performing Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto, he has toured throughout the world performing the major concert repertoire, new works and also fully improvised recitals. Green Community Centre, City Road, 1pm-3 pm, September 29. For details go to derbyacappella. co.uk and facebook.com/ derbyacappella/ Music at Duffield, Ecclesbourne School, Duffield Bemrose Bursary Recital, Anna Denisova, piano, September 15. For more details go to musicatduffield.com Derby Cathedral, Derby An Evening of Song with Catherine Wyn-Rogers and James Baillieu, September 22, 7.30pm. More details from derbycathedral.org The Hannells Darley Park Concert, Derby Themes of peace, hope and reconciliation run throughout this concert which will include the final section of Beethoven’s ninth Symphony which has been used in major events, including a concert to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall. Sinfonia Viva will begin with the first movement from Beethoven’s fifth symphony, which was used for the artsbeat September 2018

Sergei has performed at London’s Wigmore Hall, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, the Bolshoi Hall of The Moscow Conservatory and San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, among others. For the Belper concert, which will be at the Strutts Centre on September 22, opening credits of some broadcasts during the Second World War. Along with the classical pieces the programme will feature popular cultural music synonymous with peace including Imagine, All You Need Is Love and I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing. September 2, gates 2pm, concert 6pm. Matlock Music, Wheeldon Hall, Highfields School, Matlock Cristian Sandrin, piano, September 26, 7.30pm. 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. A previous BBC Young Musician of the Year winner (1992) Kempf captured the public’s imagination when, aged eight, he performed in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert, on September 30, at 4pm, also includes Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture

Sergei will include works by Chopin and Schumann along with a few surprises. “I’m looking forward to the concert. People in Belper have been very welcoming,” said Sergei. “It will be fun to play in a space as intimate as the Hall at Strutts.” In 1990 Sergei was the first ever recipient of a Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother Scholarship at the Royal College of Music. In 1991 he performed and collaborated with Sir John Gielgud at Windsor Castle at the Queen Mother’s special invitation. Tickets for the Belper concert are available at belperartsfestival.org and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 – the magnificent Eroica. 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 £10 (including Sarah’s delicious cakes), under-16s free. Available on the door or from Reading Matters in High Street, Chapel-en-le-Frith. The Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield The Opera Boys, September 6. For tickets go to chesterfieldtheatres. co.uk Werneth Concert Band, Glossop A concert will be given by Werneth Concert Band in the Parish Church of All Saints, Glossop, on Saturday September 22, at 7.30pm. Tickets, £8/£6 on the door or via the band’s website at wernethconcertband.org.uk

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Derby Festé is produced and presented by Déda, Derby LIVE, QUAD and Derby Theatre in association with the Without Walls Associate Touring Network. Festé is funded by Arts Council England and Derby City Council, with sponsorship from the University of Derby, Smith Partnership, Cathedral Quarter and Intu Derby.

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TOP THAT!

Festé’s celebration of circus sees event extended over three days

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his year Derby Festé is inspired by 250 years of circus – marking the anniversary of the first circus performance near London’s Waterloo in 1768 by showman Philip Astley. The city’s popular annual festival has been extended to three days for the first time this year – bringing a bag full of tricks and a sprinkling of magic to the city centre from September 27-29. The festival kicks off on Thursday night at Bass’ Recreation Ground with the first of three performances of an exciting and exhilarating circus by French company, Circa Tsuica. Presented by Crying Out Loud, Now or Never will run on Thursday, Friday and Saturday early evenings and is billed as a reinvention of circus traditions for the 21st century. They fly, fling and swing across the tent on trapezes, tightropes, cyr wheels, trick bicycles, trampolines and seesaws. All the while, Circa Tsuica’s acrobat-musicians play their thundering brass rhythms accompanied by young musicians from Derby Music Centre Circus Brass. The city’s popular Bustler Market will be having a double header, bringing street food and drinks from around the world at Riverlights and the Market Place on Friday evening, and all day on Saturday. Friday night will see the opening of the Jon Marshall’s

The spectacular FierS à Cheval

traditional 1950s Side Shows on the Market Place alongside the virtual reality piece, VR Playground, by Thrill Laboratory. The live performance will be courtesy of French company Cie Dyptik who will thrill the crowds with their energetic hip-hop dance performance of D Construction, staged around metal scaffolding. On Saturday the streets will burst to life from 11am with a circus procession through St Peters Quarter and the Cathedral Quarter – trumpeting the start of street entertainment performance across the city centre including live music, circus performances, dance, and some incredible characters. The Saturday evening starts with a mesmerising parade FierS à Cheval which is a company of beautiful largerthan-life glowing white horses winding through the Cathedral Quarter.

The parade will finish in the Market Place where visitors can then enjoy light projections dancing on the buildings in a finale to celebrate ten years of QUAD. Derby Festé artistic lead Stephen Munn said: “Every year we look to bring a new aspect into the Derby Festé programme but the constant theme every year is that this weekend is something that brings everyone together to enjoy a unique atmosphere in the city centre with top quality performances by artists from across the UK and Europe. “As well as watching and interacting with the performances, there will also be opportunities for the people of Derby to actually participate in Festé.” n For more information go to derbyfeste.com Tickets are available now for Now or Never by Circus Tscuia at www.deda.uk.com

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urprising shows in surprising places is what arts organisation Live & Local promises – and that’s exactly what it delivers. The organisation works with a network of voluntary promoters across the county to stage shows in village halls sports clubhouses and even churches, with the aim of bringing communities together and enhancing their quality of life. The new season of shows will be kicking off in Derbyshire on October 11 with Harp and a Monkey performing The Importance of Digging Holes: The Great War and more at Sutton on the Hill Village Hall. The harp and banjo-driven electro-folk-storytelling trio – Martin Purdy, Simon Jones and Andy Smith – imbue their first set with a deep Lancashire sensibility that shines through in their beautifully crafted and sometimes spooky vignettes of northern life, love and remembrance. The outfit, who have been friends for more than 20 years, channel the ghosts of summers spent in municipal parks and winters walking on the moors. As part of an ongoing project to mark the centenary of the First World War, their second set is of new material and re-worked traditional songs which strive to challenge stereotypes of the conflict, and which focus heavily on forgotten aspects of the war (from the horror of being a postman, to the role of

Harp and Monkey present The Importance of Digging Holes: The Great War and more at Crich, Pleasley and Sutton-onthe-Hill

musicians) and also on the servicemen who returned home, and their families. The show can also be seen at The Verney Institute in Pleasley on October 13 and Crich Glebe Field Centre on October 14. Just over the border at Foxlowe Arts Centre in Leek the first show Twisted Tales by Owdyado Theatre Company will be on September 27 at 7.30pm. This is three playfully twisted,

elegantly crafted plots that always look to wrong foot you. The darkly funny stories are reminiscent of (and inspired by) cult classics like The Twilight Zone and the BBC’s Inside No. 9. For details of where to get tickets for these shows and all the others for the season go to liveandlocal.org.uk n Live & Local wouldn’t happen without the enthusiasm and commitment of local promoters and their audiences and the organisation is always looking for more people join up. So if your village isn’t already lucky enough to be involved and you want to help out why not contact them by calling 01926 402173 or email admin@liveandlocal.co.uk artsbeat September 2018

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Catch the best shows and performances in the county Comic classic is revived and Abi’s tale reimagined

t’s been over forty years since Mike Leigh’s gauche hostess Beverly slowdanced her way into theatrical history, but what happened to Abigail? Well you are about to find out as Derby Theatre and the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have joined forces to commission Abi, a contemporary response to the classic comedy Abigail’s Party. Abi is the story of 15-year-old Abisheera (Abi for short), the granddaughter of Abigail. After one of her regular visits to see her grandmother in hospital, Abi decides to throw her one last party, convinced it will get her beloved Nan back on her feet. But as she tries to clear her head and her grandmother’s flat, family secrets begin to surface. Will Abigail’s past threaten Abi’s already fragile present? Abi, written by Atiha Sen Gupta (Skins, Holby City), one of Britain’s exciting new writers, is the latest in Derby Theatre’s RETOLD series of new one-woman plays, which aim to crack open the classics and see the story afresh from the perspective of a female character. Abi is directed by Sarah Brigham, Derby Theatre’s artistic director and runs from September 29-Saturday,

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Safiyya Ingar is Abi at Derby Theatre

October 20, as a companion piece to their revival production of Abigail’s Party, which is co-produced with Wiltshire Creative and international partner Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. Abi stars Safiyya Ingar who is currently filming with the BBC in Stephen Poliakoff ’s period drama Summer of Rockets. Brigham, said: “I am excited to be producing this exciting new play by Atiha Sen Gupta with the very talented Safiyya Ingar. “Atiha is one of the most exciting new playwrights in the country and I know Safiyya will deliver a powerhouse of a performance in this one woman show which explores the heartache of growing up and offers a fresh new

perspective to the timeless classic of Abigail’s Party.” Performing in Abigail’s Party will be Liam Bergin, Amy Downham, Susie Emmett, Melanie Gutteridge and Christopher Staines. Abigail’s Party is widely considered a classic of 20thcentury British drama for its tragi-comedy and acute satire on the class-consciousness and social climbing of 1970s Britain. It was made famous by the BBC’s Play for Today starring Alison Steadman, which was seen by 16 million viewers. Abigail’s Party will run from Wednesday, 26 SeptemberSaturday, 20 October. For ticket details go to derbytheatre.co.uk

n stage Sophie’s choice to join group’s equality drama FIFTY years ago the women workers at the Ford plant in Dagenham took a stand and went on strike for equal pay – an issue which is sadly still very relevant today. Not wanting to miss an opportunity to bring this issue back to the forefront and show their respect to those women Dronfield Musical Theatre Group have chosen to stage the critically acclaimed Made in Dagenham at the Dronfield Civic Hall in October. Rita O’Grady, who heads the strike is being played by a professional actor Sophie Robinson. Sophie, pictured left, won scholarship to the Royal Northern College of Music

and then later worked in London before moving back to Sheffield. When she heard that DMTG were performing Made in Dagenham, she joined the group immediately as she loves the show and wanted to be able to play the fabulous role. Director Andrew Hibbert, who is no stranger to the show, as he performed the role of Mr Hopkins in the

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Derby Theatre, Derby n High Society by Present Company, August 31-September 2. n Legally Blonde: The Musical from Derby Youth Musical Theatre, September 5-8. n The Fishermen, September 1213. See more details on page 62. n An Evening of Eric and Ern, a show full of Morcambe ad Wise’s best-loved routines, September 15. n The Case of the Frightened Lady, Edgar Wallace’s gripping pageturners are regarded as the bedrock of the modern thriller and this remains one of his most celebrated. Starring Deborah Grant (Bergerac, Not Going Out), Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey), Oliver Phelps (George Weasley in Harry Potter), Philip Lowrie (Dennis Tanner

Derborah Grant stars in The Case of the Frightened Lady at Derby theatre in Setepmber and Buxton Opera House in October

in Coronation Street), Scarlett Archer (Call the Midwife, Jamaica Inn) and Matt Barber (Downton Abbey).

Sheffield Lyceum production in 2016. said: “It seemed fitting to be able to stage this truly British musical not only exactly 50 years since the event on which it is based, but also in the year that marks the centenary of women being given the vote.” Made in Dagenham will be performed from October 10-13. For tickets call 01246 416364 When Inspector Tanner is called in to investigate a ruthless murder at Mark’s Priory, the grand ancestral home of the Lebanon family, he quickly discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. As Tanner moves closer to the heart of the mystery he uncovers a shocking and closely guarded secret, September 17-22. n Abigail’s Party, September 26-October 20. See more details on page 59. n Abi, a contemporary response to Abigail’s Party, September 29-October 20. See more details on page 59. Go to derbytheatre.co.uk for tickets. Derby Theatre Studio n Beyond Shame, September 6-8. A powerful new play confronting the reality of forced marriages and honour-based abuse. n Moving Bodies, following the artsbeat September 2018

n stage Find space in your diary for stars and stories WRAP yourselves up and head for Wirksworth’s celestial amphitheatre, The StarDisc in Stoney Wood to hear Stars and Stories – new and traditional stories inspired by the wonders of the universe. The event on September 15, at 7.30pm is part of this year’s Wirksworth Festival and is the result of an exciting year-long participation project in a partnership between Cromford-based production company, Adverse Camber and Derbyshire Virtual School. The project has been backed by Arts Council England and endorsed by Tim Peake, the British astronaut who joined story of one brave man turning from soldier to grave digger during the Great War, September 12-14. n Leaf from Tam Tam Productions for very young children, September 15. n Burning Books, a powerful and humorous look at the education system, September 22. n The Flop, an anarchic, slightly rude, hilarious slice of stupidity, with live music and unfeasibly large wigs. Long Eaton Musical Society Strictly Musicals – take your seats for an exciting musical spectacular. Fresh from both societies’ awardwinning theatre shows in 2017, this autumn Long Eaton Operatic Society will be joined by members of their Youth Group to perform a show featuring some of the world’s greatest musicals. Whether you want to rock out to artsbeat September 2018

the crew of the International Space Station. Created by ten young people and professional storyteller Maria Whatton (The Lunar Men), this is a performance that will capture your imagination, entertain and inspire you, whatever age you happen to be. Alongside losing yourself in stories amid the glorious surroundings of the StarDisc, there will also be the opportunity to have a livelier numbers from shows such as We Will Rock You and School of Rock or enjoy more traditional show tunes from classic musicals like My Fair Lady and Calamity Jane, there will be something for everyone. They will be throwing in songs from current West End favourites like Les Misérables and Wicked and hits from movie musicals Mamma Mia and Moulin Rouge, Saturday, September 29, 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. Wirksworth Festival, Wirksworth Town Hall, Wirksworth n Castaways by Mandala Theatre Company, September 11, 7.30pm. n The Parachute by Stephen Mottram’s Animata, September 12.

go at stargazing yourself both before (from 6.15pm) and after (about 8.30pm) the performance with space writer, astronomer and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nick Spall. You can find out more about the project at adversecamber.org The event is free and no pre-booking is required. Make sure you dress for the weather conditions that day and feel free to take a chair. n Take Off featuring The Flight and Super,part of the the Home-Grown programme for Wirksworth Festival this is an evening in two parts. Part one: The Wild and the Innocent present a rehearsed reading of a new play Super by Eve Hedderwick Turner, inspired by the writer’s personal experience of suffering a brain haemorrhage a few years ago,. Part Two: The Flight is the debut show by Wirksworth’s, new theatre company The Wild and the Innocent. On a Greek Island, a parent and child fear for their safety and dream of a better life on foreign shores. They know they must flee, but how? The sea is obstructed but the sky is open. The show is on September 13, 7.30pm. n The Pictures are Better with Tony Jones. Part of the Home-Grown

n stage Acclaimed novel is powerful play THE stage adaptation of the Booker Prize-nominated novel The Fisherman is currently on a national tour, receiving rave reviews, and will play at Derby Theatre on September 12 and 13. The Fishermen, the debut novel by Nigerian author, Chigozie Obioma, is a powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate. Playwright Gbolahan Obisesan has adapted for the stage the story of four brothers torn apart by a prophecy and it is being brought to Derby by New Perspectives in association with HOME. The Fishermen is performed programme line up. Awardwinning radio playwright Tony Jones considers his own wayward writing process. An entertaining and thought-provoking talk, with performances by St John Street Theatre, September 14, 7pm.

Take a seat for stand-up treat STAND-UP veteran and radio favourite Jeremy Hardy (star of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, The News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue) is bringing his 2018 tour to the region next month. He will be at the Foxlowe Arts Centre in Leek on October 12 and Bakewell Town Hall on October 26. For tickets go to foxloweartscentre.org.uk or bakewelltownhall.co.uk

by two extraordinarily talented actors, rising stars Michael Ajao (The Lorax, Br’er Cotton) and Valentine Olukoga (Liberian Girl). In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe slip away to fish at a forbidden river along with their two older brothers. n Youth Drama Workshops with Creativitit, September 22, 1pm, six-ten-year-olds and 2.30pm, 11-18-year-olds. For tickets and further details go to wirksworthfestival.co.uk

Risking the wrath of their father, who expects great things of them all, they continue unnoticed and carefree until one day the prophecy of a madman changes the course of their lives. For tickets go to derbytheatre.co.uk

Spoken word

Buxton Opera House, and Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton Buxton Adventure Festival, Ron Fawcett and Rab Carrington, September 11, 7.30pm. Go to buxtonfestival.co.uk and buxtonfringe.org.uk for full programme details. To buy tickets go to buxtonfestival. co.uk Derby Poetry Society 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 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 artsbeat September 2018

n stage 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.

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 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club, October 5, 8pm. Details at buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Cabaret Boom Boom n Live fun returns to the Medway Centre, Bakewell, on September 28 with stunning juggler Jon Udry, virtuoso saw player Dennis Teeth 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 Funhouse Comedy Club n The Old Bell, Sadler Gate, Derby September 28, Paul Pirie with Kate Smurthwaite, Jack Barry and compere Barry Dodds. n The Blessington Carriage, Derby, Launching the new season on September 3 will be stand-up Radu Isaac, with Daisy Earl, Riordan DJ and Michael Capozzola. September 10, Diane Spencer with Andy Barr, Edy Hurst, Dawn Rigby, Adam Coumas and Louis Burgess Book tickets for all shows at funhousecomedyclub.co.uk Wirksworth Town Hall, Wirksworth Viva Loch Lomond by Elvis artsbeat September 2018

Maison Foo sure to raise the roof DERBY-BASED Maison Foo are to premiere their groundbreaking new show – A Thing Mislaid – at Déda on September 21 and 22. Inspired by migration, journeys and friendship this touring show celebrates and questions the idea of what it means to leave your birthplace in search of a place to call home once more. A Thing Mislaid, began life back in 2015 when artistic directors Kathryn Lowe and McGonagall, September 14, 9pm. For tickets go to wirksworthfestival. co.uk

Dance

Buxton Opera House, and Pavilon Arts Centre, Buxton 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. For more details go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk Déda, Chapel Street, Derby n Salsa Pineapple Club Night, September 14.

Bethany Sheldon began exploring a commonality they shared – their migratory heritage. Both had grandfathers that had migrated to the UK from Ireland in the 1940s. A Thing Mislaid uses Foo’s trademark style of humour, clowning and physical theatre mixed with exciting new experiments in miniature puppetry and live camera to create epic cinematic moments live on stage. For tickets go to déda. uk.com It can also be seen at the Brewhouse, Burton upon Trent on October 18. n Northern Soul Night, September 15. n Déda and Hopfrogs Dance School: Tea Dance, September 19. n Maison Foo: A Thing Mislaid, September 21-22. n Circa Tsuica: Now Or Never, part of Festé, on the Bass Recreation Ground, September 27-29. Wirksworth Town Hall, Wirksworth The Romeo and Juliet Project by INdependDance, a contemporary resetting exploring issues of homophobia and cyber bullying. An emotionally charged dance film, September 12, 7pm. For tickets go to wirksworthfestival.co.uk

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n Destination Art By Phaidon Editors, (Phaidon £24.95)

Destination Art is a global guide to 500 works of art worth travelling to. It is a compendium of place-specific art from across the globe that celebrates the joy and wonder of experiencing artworks in their native environment, while providing helpful information to make the journey easier. Destination Art includes hidden gems in big cities and one-of-a-kind installations in remote locales. The selected artworks are found in over sixty countries and range across many kinds of media, from murals and stained glass to sculpture and sound installations.

featuring more than 1,000 sites (hundreds of which are not covered elsewhere), and 500 colour photographs. It is packed with articles that will change the way you see these sites, and is also the only book about standing stones created by the whole community of megalith enthusiasts, as represented by the archaeologists, photographers, theorists, and stones aficionados who post on the biggest megalithic website in the world: the Megalithic Portal. It offers unparalleled coverage of Britain and Ireland’s Neolithic and Bronze Age sites, highlighting where they are, how to access them, what to look out for, and how to understand what is left on the ground.

n Fall Down Dead By Stephen Booth (Little, Brown Book Group £20)

n The Old Stones: A field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland By Andy Burnham (Watkins £29.99) The Old Stones is the most detailed field guide ever published to the prehistoric places of Britain and Ireland,

The dramatic, gripping new Cooper & Fry crime thriller from bestseller Stephen Booth sees the stunning Peak District prove fatal for one walking party. They knew the danger, but they went anyway... “Almost before she’d stopped breathing, a swirl of mist snaked across her legs and settled in her hair, clutching her in its chilly embrace,

hiding her body from view. It would be hours before she was found.” The mountain of Kinder Scout offers the most incredible views of the Peak District, but when thick fog descends there on a walking party led by enigmatic Darius Roth, this spectacular landscape is turned into a death trap that claims a life. For DI Ben Cooper however, something about the way Faith Matthew fell to her death suggests it was no accident, and he quickly discovers more than one of the hikers may have had reason to murder their companion. To make things worse, his old colleague DS Diane Fry finds herself at centre of an internal investigations storm that threatens to drag Cooper down with it.

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Comment and opinion from reviewers and readers Family-friendly festival was place to relax and reflect

he first ever Timber Festival was greeted with blue skies and warm sun, providing the perfect atmosphere for this lovely new event in the National Forest. Set in a network of glades and woods, Timber had a distinctly peaceful feel. Although music could be heard from all parts of the festival, it was easy to find yourself in your own sleep bubble – sitting in a deckchair in the sun with a book from the festival’s own mini-library, or in one of a group of hammocks in among the birch trees. A family-friendly festival, with representation from all generations and plenty to do, Timber didn’t in any sense have the feeling of slumming it – as festivals so often do. My favourite detail here, whether deliberate or not, was that the tap water, available at points around the festival, did not taste like the plastic piping it was carried in. Although the selection of food was relatively limited for a weekend-long festival, it was all very good and not overpriced. Each area of the festival provided something a little different: learning basic wood-working techniques such a spoon carving, and woodturning; slacklining and tree climbing; talks and discussions artsbeat September 2018

Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon

on nature-related topics; or boardgames and silk acrobatics. My personal highlight was the giant moon suspended in among the trees and lit from the inside at night – a beautiful spectacle, that gave the feeling almost of sitting around a campfire which, of course, the festival also provided. All in all Timber Festival was a

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nice event, with calm friendly atmosphere – ideal for families, or for a day-trip. Teens and twenty-something year olds may find it a little calm compared to other bigger festivals, but Timber does what it does well and I hope to see it do well in the future. by Matt Penman

n attitude Classical music reviews by Mike Wheeler Derby Cathedral lunchtime recitals Percussion duo G-Mizz was a first for Derby Cathedral’s lunchtime series ( June 15). Miriam Kitchener and George Kirkham, basically a marimba duo, added other instruments as required for a programme ranging from Peter Maxwell Davies to Dave Brubeck, ending with a foot-tapping set of Irish dance tunes. Like Richard Hinsley a few weeks before, Adrian Lord ( June 29) was another schoolof-Einaudi pianist-composer, though with a little more harmonic colour and textural variety. But, again, his pieces all sounded much too similar. No such problems with clarinettist Luca Luciano, whose July 6 solo recital featured his own fascinatingly exploratory pieces, and a compelling account of Abîme des Oiseaux from Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. He was rewarded with just about the most attentive Cathedral lunchtime audience I can remember. The Emanon Ensemble, brought together specially for the last in the series, on July 13, offered a well-judged account of Haydn’s String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4, both the serious-minded first two movements, and the playful minuet and hilarious finale. The group then doubled in size, and was joined by pianist Tim Capes for JS Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in A, BWV 1055, a

Clarinettist Luca Luciano

performance by turns solidly rhythmic, gracious and sturdy. Buxton International Festival Verdi’s Alzira is a much more interesting opera that its rarity suggests. Elijah Moshinsky’s production underlined its fast-moving concision, and the hints of Verdi’s future greatness. Kate Ladner established the title character’s stature from the word go, while Jung Soo Yun consolidated his reputation as a Verdi tenor to reckon with. Idomeneo was Mozart’s breakthrough opera, based on the Greek myth of a rash promise to the gods that gets out of hand. Like the composer, director Stephen Medcalf dug down to the psychological reality below the surface. Paul Nilon vividly projected Idomeneo’s desperate search for a way out. Rebecca Bottone and Heather Lowe grew in authority as the younger generation to whom he must hand over power. Then Opera Della Luna rode into town with their opéracomique-meets-Easy-Rider take on Donizetti’s The

Daughter of the Regiment. This regiment was a gang of Los Angeles bikers, whose adopted baby girl had grown up to become Elin Pritchard’s likeably sassy tomboy, Marie. The warmly sympathetic Jesús Álvarez was her Mexican loveinterest, Tonio, with Charles Johnston a benignly paternal gang president, Sulpice. Director Jeff Clarke’s racy new English libretto added to the fun. Soprano Jennifer Davis’s song recital in the Pavilion Arts Centre saw her tending to over-project in a venue that didn’t need it. Rakhmaninov, with Caroline Dowdle’s sensitive, limpid piano textures, and three Irish songs, suited the voice better than Poulenc and Debussy, whose wit and subtlety were rather lost. In Viva la Vida con Frida, singer and violinist Lizzie Ball and guitarist Morgan Szymanski used reproductions of paintings, photos, video footage, extracts from her diary, and aptly-chosen music, to explore the life and work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, offering genuine insights into what made her tick. artsbeat September 2018

n attitude Artists inspire each other in re-imagining city Artcore’s Re-imagine the City residency was an ambitious project from the start: the artists were tasked with responding, not to a simple theme, but to urban life as a whole; exploring the ways we live and work within cities. The resulting exhibition aimed to examine social groups within cities, explore the ways in which cities change and develop, and to investigate cities in relation to the idea of a ‘utopia’. The selected artists for the project, Jess Price and Katharina Fitz, spent two months at Artcore during which they researched and planned their works. Jess’s work aims to expose the prevalence of homelessness in Derby. She is passionate about drawing attention to the issue of homelessness and starting conversations about it through her art. Katharina is fascinated by abandoned buildings and is particularly troubled by the recent decline of pubs in the UK. Her work memorialises objects from British pubs, such as taps and kegs. Jess’ exhibited work is titled CCCXIX-IV-XCV-XL, the numbers refer to statistics she gathered about homelessness in our city. Her work uses construction materials, like bricks and white paint, as they are materials we often take for granted. The number of bricks and threads in her work refer to the same artsbeat September 2018

statistics as her title, with the 319 threads left of the bricks representing the number of individuals who made use of the homelessness shelter over winter. This mass of threads contrasts to the 90 threads on the right, symbolising the number of ‘positive outcomes’ recorded from these cases. Katharina’s installation is titled Transformation of Spatial Relations, it aims to explore the interconnectedness of pubs in the UK, and what their decline means for the British population. Katharina sees pubs as places where people from all backgrounds and cultures can meet and socialise and is concerned that their decline inhibits socialisation and integration. By casting a beer keg in clay, Katharina creates a monument to pub culture. But this monument is fragile, unlike a bronze or iron sculpture; it would shatter if disturbed or knocked from its pedestal. By taking casts from taps, kegs, and the paraphernalia of British pubs, Katharina builds an archive of material pertaining to public houses in the UK. Her work not only mourns the loss of urban spaces, it documents their disappearance.

It was amazing how well the two installations went together, both thematically and aesthetically. The colours used by the two artists, deep reds and oranges contrasting with bright whites, are almost identical. The materials too are similar; both artists see the act of creating a work as part of the finished product, and the materiality of their creative processes can be seen so clearly in the exhibition. This thought-provoking exhibition is not just the result of two artists working on separate projects; it is the result of artistic collaboration and exploration. From working so closely together in the Artcore studio, Katharina and Jess have learned from each other and inspired each other’s practice. Artcore’s residencies are not just an opportunity for artists to get free studio space, a bursary, and to exhibit their work; but are also a way to connect with other artists and to learn and develop from working closely with other creatives. This creative connection can be seen in Re-imagine the City; it’s wonderful to see two artists with very different backgrounds inspiring each other in such a tangible way. By Lydia Grey

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Trojans, a team of amateurs, take on the Arsenal in front of 70,000 spectators. An amateur versus professional match sounds peculiar these days, but this was an earlier time when the famous Corinthians (who

took their amateur honour so highly that they never opposed a penalty kick) still existed. On the other hand, we visit the treatment rooms of the stadium, into which dodgy substances have made their way, there is at least one WAG with a modelling career, photographs taken for the press, seething resentment, and an earlier tragedy. Perhaps things have not changed as much as we think. The 1939 film had a lighter tone, making me wonder if we will see that mythical Laurel and Hardy exchange: “Can you name a football club in Lancashire, Oliver?” “Accrington, Stanley”. Meanwhile, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery recalls their times. The Arsenal Stadium Mystery by Leonard Gribble (British Library Crime Classics, £8.99)

musicians playing something a bit different. A real shot in the arm.” I can only agree. Alexei Watkins (horn) and Alex Woolf (piano) began with a piece that is a cornerstone in horn repertoire. Beethoven’s Horn Sonata in F major (Op 17) is a relatively youthful piece. It is not a complex piece but it has a directness and immediacy that is engaging from the outset. Alexei then played Olivier Messiaen’s Appel Interstellaire. This solo piece is a series of fragments of sound – with extended dramatic pauses and tricky technical devices. To give

Alexei a rest after the demands of Messiaen’s imagination Alex played a short piano solo – Land of Nod, a lullaby that he had composed, in which the ticking of a bedroom clock is heard throughout. The pair were reunited for Franz Strauss Nocturno (Op 7) a simple, but beautiful piece which Alexei observed was always great pleasure to play. The programme concluded with Gilbert Vinter’s jolly and fun Hunter’s Moon. A full version of this review and others by Keith Savage from the festival are on artsbeatblog.com

Football hasn’t changed as much as we think Looking for a stocking filler for the football fan in your life? This mystery was first published in 1939 although you might have seen the film adaptations made in 1939 and 1950 repeated on the cable channels. Author Leonard Gribble was given access to the real Arsenal team – in fact, there are facsimiles of the team members’ signatures on the front page – but he killed a fictional visitor. I suppose that manager George Allison not only objected to having a team member bumped off, in imagination or not, but also to the suggestion that any of his players might have given a motive for murder. The death takes place when The

Interesting end to festival spree Alexei Watkins and Alex Woolf, Buxton International Festival This was an interesting programme to end my Buxton International Festival listening for the year, writes Keith Savage. Another member of the audience said to me just before it began, “I am really looking forward to this – the sound of the horn against that of the piano.” At the end he turned and said, “That was excellent. Buxton needs more of this. Two splendid young

Review by Les Hurst of Scarthin Books, Cromford

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Find out where movies are being screened near you New season for community films

he evenings are drawing in and our lovely summer is almost over, but it is not all bad as this means the new season of community cinema is about to begin. To launch Tideswell Cinema’s 2018/19 season they have a special double bill including a meal between films on September 8 starting at 4pm. The two films being screened reveal different aspects of The Second World War. First up is Dunkirk – with amazing cinematography, this films gives you a glimpse of this astounding evacuation story

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Bakewell and Ashfield Film Society Medway Centre, Bakewell, 7.30pm on the second Sunday of the month. More details at bashfilms.org.uk Assembly Rooms Theatre, Bakewell Town Hall, Film Friday every fortnight. Go to bakewelltownhall.co.uk for details. Belper Ritz, King Street, Belper Full monthly programme. Top films, silver screen, Ritz Recommends and dementia-friendly screenings. Go to ritz-belper.co.uk. Buxton Cinema, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton All the latest blockbusters and live screenings. For tickets go to buxtonoperahouse.org.uk artsbeat September 2018

through the eyes of one of the stranded soldiers, two RAF pilots, and the civilian crew of one of the small rescue boats. Following the meal at the George Inn in Tideswell you can watch The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society. Set after the end of the war, this beautiful story of love, friendship and the sadness

of friends lost, focuses on life in Guernsey under Nazi occupation. London writer Juliet Ashton played by Lily James (pictured) visits the island to research a book and find out more about the society whose name has intriguged her. She forms an unexpected bond with the residents. This film is also scheduled for Tansley’s film club in March.

Buxton Film, Pavilion Arts Centre Studio, Buxton Monday evening art house films. Details at buxtonfilm.org.uk Calver Film, The Village Hall, Calver Films every second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. Membership needed, details from 01433 630760. QUAD, Derby Go to derbyquad.co.uk for details The Northern Light Cinema, North End, Wirksworth Go to thenorthernlightcinema.co.uk 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 Films on a Saturday evening usually

twice a month. More details about membership at peakfilmsociety.org Tansley Film Community Cinema, Tansley Village Hall First Tuesday of the month, Seat reservations essential at book@ tansleyfilm.org.uk. More information at tansleyfilm.co.uk Tideswell Cinema, George Inn,Tideswell All films at the George Inn at 7.30pm. Go to tideswellcinema.com for membership details. New Mills Cinema@ SpringBankArts Every second and fourth Thursday at 7.30pm. Go to springbankarts.org.uk 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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