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T may not have escaped your notice that things are getting pretty rough out there in ‘The Real World’. All the things that made Britain great are under attack. The BBC, the National Health System, our wonderful free education system. We manufacture less and less but are apparently keen to keep selling guns and bombs to Saudi Arabia, invest in nuclear submarines we will never use, and Chinese nuclear power stations that will be the death of us all. Meanwhile the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Yes folks, we are going through a nasty period of history. Don’t even mention the mess we’ve helped make of the Middle East or the insidious racism that’s creeping across Europe and especially don’t mention Trump the Lump. Meanwhile, back at Linton Festival (outside Ross), the strange muggy weather produces a plague of tiny little spiders that rain down from the inside of the spectators tent. Small Ads 4 While the various members of Little Rumba are either squashing them or flicking them Sam’s page 6 away I noticed a sweet pony-tailed gentleman sitting on a hay bale in front of us who is Art 8 locating the tiny spiders and carrying them 20 yards to the nearest hedge to keep them out Art workshops 12 of harms way. I like to think of you, the Broad Sheep reader, being like that man. Gentle Cinema 18 and caring, but basically unfit to exist in this new, nasty, post-Brexit world. I’m here to tell you that this hippy-dippy attitude to life is going to get you nowhere. You Dance 22 need to ‘man up’. You need to get yourself some ‘cojones’ as I believe the Cubans say. Food 24 Yea, you need to get really nasty and I’m going to show you how to do it. First of all you to have to fill in this brief questionnaire - No! Stop running the other Music 26 way and avoiding eye contact. It’s only going to take a couple of minutes and I’m pretty Music workshops 38 sure it won’t result in an avalanche of junk mail. If you score higher than 7, then you can Venues 39 just walk away and I won’t bother you again. But if you are 7 or lower, I’m afraid you are Band directory 40 going to have to follow Pete’s 7 Day ‘Get Nasty’ Plan. So let’s get started. QUESTION 1. When did you last kick a dog, a cat or a small child? a) Today - 3 points. Theatre 42 b) Last week - 2 points. c) Last year - 1 point. d) Never - 0 points. Word 46 QUESTION 2. Who has been the best Labour Party leader since 1970? a) Tony Blair - 3 Grass roots 50 points. b) Gordon Brown - 2 points. Neil Kinnock - 1 point. d) Michael Foot - 0 points. Comp therapies 52 QUESTION 3. If I could have a new set of wheels (money no object) I’d buy myself: a) A Hummer - 3 points. b) A Porsche 911 - 2 points. c) A Prius - 1 point. d) A new electric bike - 0 points. We take no responsibility for the veracity of the QUESTION 4. My favourite sport is: a) Cage Fighting - 3 points. b) Karate - 2 points. information herein c) Hockey - 1 point. d) Scrabble - 0 points. QUESTION 5. The world’s greatest wall is: a) Berlin Wall - 3 points. b) Donald Trump’s Pete Mustill planned Mexican Wall - 2 points. c) Hadrian’s Wall - 1 point. d) ‘Another Brick in the Mayfield, Stapleton, Wall’ by Pink Floyd - 0 points. Nr Presteigne, Powys So, just as I expected, you haven’t done very well have you? Hockey? What kind LD8 2LW Tel: 01544 260051 of a dumb answer is that? No you definitely need to toughen up and Pete’s 7 Day Nasty Email: info@broadsheep.com Plan is going to help you fit better into 21st century society. Website: www.broadsheep.com PETS. First off, lose the Labradoodle. That’s just not the sort of animal you need to be seen with. You need something that has a muzzle and one of those harness type studded collar things and big scary teeth and is called a Romanian Fighting Pug. CAR. You need something big, probably 4-wheel drive. Bull bars on the front, possibly a pick-up. But NOT muddy. You don’t wanna be driving the baby in the mud, it’s only for getting you down to Lidl and then to the car wash and maybe squashing a few cyclists. MONEY. Loads of it, you need loads of it. You especially need more than all your mates. But how to get it? I recommend the internet. Perhaps you could send a lot of emails to Nigerians explaining you have just come into a lot of money but need to use their Nigerian bank account to launder it and suggest they send you £10,000 to be in on the scam. POLITICS. Without doubt the only way to get ahead in politics is to be very racist in a thinly-veiled manner. What people crave is some new threat to be scared of, so I suggest getting on the case of the more unlikely nations. Get really abusive about the effing Swiss with their stupid clean streets and cuckoo clocks. Or perhaps start lobbying for G4 to rebuild Hadrian’s Wall (Blimey, that’s the second mentin of Hadrian’s Wall in this article, I must have some sort of fixation) in order to keep out the bloody Scots with their free universities and their snooty superior bagpipe loving shtick. And finally T.V. You need to be watching a lot of very bad, nasty, name-calling television. And I don’t just mean Jerry Springer or Jeremy Kyle. I recommend a diet of The Real Housewives of Orange County or The Real Housewives of New York or The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. These shows consist of a group of very nasty, heavily made-up women sitting round on white leather sofas insulting each other. You could intersperse this with some of the many shows which feature real-life American cops chasing drunken dope dealers down the freeway, zig-zagging through the traffic at high speed before crashing into the safety barriers and then being beaten to death by big, fat policemen. There, I bet you feel better already. We’ll have you fighting fit and ready to meet the world in no time!

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Cover pic: Austentatious, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury - 15 October

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AWD, how we used to love Paddington Bear. He arrived, you will remember, from Darkest Peru, and was discovered on Paddington Station by the Brown family, who lived somewhere near Notting Hill. Very ordinary, the Browns. Kindly mum, cheerful children, father a bit resistant to change but ready to be won over by bears of talent and initiative. A family friend is Mr Gruber, a fellow immigrant, Jewish antique dealer and all-purpose good egg, Paddington’s particular confidant and adviser. Armed with a Hard Stare that can turn skim milk to Greek yoghurt, Paddington tackles the hypocrisies and snobberies of Britain, occupying roughly the same structural niche as Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter. You may by now be suspecting that this will be a rant about loathsome twerps who bully immigrants, or indeed about how Paddington Bear with one paw tied behind his back would be a better opposition leader than Jeremy Corbyn, or could pin Teresa May to the furniture with a single Hard Stare. Well, if you like. But the real plan is simpler than that. It is about the things that nasty beancounting publishers and film makers are trying to do to your children to make them obese - not in body, but in mind. The Paddington film was bad enough, being a wearisome catalogue of dumb slapstick episodes, general purpose CGI showings-off and sickly emotings. Reviewers, except this one, seemed to love it, from which we infer, perhaps wrongly, that the hospitality surrounding the screening was extra lavish. Things got worse. Deputed to read a story to a person about four years old, I discovered a book called Paddington. I picked it up. Off I went to the sofa, four-year-old alongside me, ready to relay a spot of razor-sharp satire camouflaged as knockabout comedy. No such luck. The bastards had taken the jokes out (a laughing child can choke sooooo easily), made the kindly but acerbic Mr Gruber into a sort of cipher or drone, pasteurised and homogenised the original, dropping in story lines of a feebleness that would have sent Paddington back to

Darkest Peru as fast as his short furry legs could carry him. The lemon in the original had been replaced by sugar, or possibly corn syrup laced trans fats. This was a story without nutritious elements, stuffed with the raw material of mental obesity, followed as night follows day by intellectual diabetes and atrophy. We flung it aside, and made one up. Paddington is only one specimen in a grim trend. There is an ancient publishing maxim that says it is folly to publish in one book (price £5) what can be stretched, by the addition of milk, water, sickly E numbers and second-rate illustrations, into six books (total price £30). It is of course hard to get close enough to the bean counters to let them know you have rumbled their little game, because they are cowering behind dense entanglements of PR people and receptionists and interns and (when you point out that they are stretching the rich red meat of excellent stories with toxic fillers into foul grey burgers) lawyers. And of course the public at large does not realise that large-scale children’s publishing, like most of the rest of publishing, is not about books, but about money. (Hear that distant neighing? It is the pitying laughter of publishers, audible even over the clack of counted beans?) There is a way round this. Shun Paddington spinoffs, and head straight for the hilarious original by Michael Bond, bought second hand. Refuse to trog down to Hereford to see the filmic BFG struggling through a glutinous swamp of sugar syrup and go straight for sharp, subversive, written by Dahl. Boycott the latest movie antics of the scrubbed-shining Swallows and Amazons and read the books, plodding but grubby. Put on that wolf suit and leap with a glad cry into the mad and sinister universe Where the Wild Things Are, ignoring the horrid little zoo where the spinoff merchants have put miniature copies of them and are charging admission. Ignore the merchants of sugar, folks. Reading real books makes you thin. Llywelyn Hadid ap Twhir

ON NUCLEAR POWER Is there an argument for creating more nuclear waste when it would cost £100 billion and take a century to clean up Sellafield alone? Meanwhile spent fuel and vast amounts of radioactive waste continue to stockpile. Who wants it buried in their backyard?

TURN OFF THE LIGHTS!

In last months Pimp My Ride editorial I failed to mention Knighton’s self-confessed ‘Strange Man’ Andy Hazell who has built some great customised weirdos in the States. Here are pictures of 3 of them and Andy’s description of what they are and where they were built. Pete

The Heroicar was built in 13 days in Houston, they gave me an old Honda Civic, I built the Superhero out of aluminium on a wood frame so that you can drive it down the freeway at 70. He is leaning through the window to pick up the car, it all lights up, sequentially with 600 LEDs. 2013. Spidey-car took 16 days, its a hideous old Lincoln Town Car, it lights up too, 400 Blue LEDs. I dress as a Fly to drive it. The paint pattern is like a pupae. Houston. 2014. Bony Whip Man took 16 days, in a very hot shed in Trinidad Colorado, last year. I got given a tired old Toyota Pick up and built an illuminated Skeleton in aluminium riding a 1950’s Sabre Jet/Wells Fargo stagecoach. 2015. Andy Hazell

art POWYS Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, LD8 2LL 01544 260149 1 & 2 Oct ANNE BEAN, ABIGAIL CONWAY & ELPIDA HADZIVASILEVA residency events. Open 11am-5pm. Ivy House Gallery, Montgomery 01686 668746 Oct Local artists and locally produced crafts. Open daily 9am-5pm. Glasbury Village Hall + Gwernyfed High School + River Cafe, Glasbury, near Hay-on-Wye 22 - 30 Oct Glasbury Arts 13th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition. Featuring surrealism, abstract and landscape paintings, photography, sculpture and textiles. Artists include ALAN SALISBURY, MARK ZYTYNSKI, BRENDAN BURNS & RICHARD S GREATREX. Open 22 Oct 12-4.30pm, 23 & 30 Oct 11am-4.30pm, Mon & Tues 11am-3pm, Wed & Thurs 124pm, Fri 2-7pm, 29 Oct 11am-4.30pm. Free to members, students and unwaged, £3 non-members on the door. Courtyard Antiques, High St, Presteigne, 01544 267033 Oct Art from the last 216 years. Open Mon-Sat 10am-3pm. Facebook, Courtyard Antiques, Presteigne. Globe at Hay, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 Until 20 Nov ‘Eoh_mit and Billie Charity’. BILLIE CHARITY’s playful and honest reportage and portrait photography captures the everyday in an arresting light. Part of Herefordshire Art Week Trail. Open Wed-Sun 9.30am-5pm. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, LD6 5ER 01597 810561 Oct A History of Communication. Open 10am. Knighton Fine Art, 2 Broad Street, Knighton 01547 528052 Oct ‘Falling Leaves Drift by my Window’. Local landscapes by ANN ARNOLD, ALISON MacGREGOR-GRIMLEY, KATHY HEINZELMANN, LOIS HOPWOOD, CIARA LEWIS, LESLEY WOOTTON, BRONTË WOODRUFF. C20th art, greetings cards and local crafts. Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622 14 Oct - 12 Nov Winter exhibition. BRECON HIGH SCHOOL - expect the unexpected. Open theatre times.

The Hay Makers, St John’s Place, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5BN 01497 820556 www.haymakers.co.uk Until 20 Nov Autumn exhibition. ROSEMARY COCHRANE & HELEN SHERE jewellery. GWEN VAUGHAN & CATHERINE WINFREY - ceramics. JOANNA BOURNE - prints. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 4 Oct - 30 Nov ‘Memories of Builth’. BUILTH WELLS HERITAGE SOCIETY - images of Builth and its inhabitants, a glimpse into times past. Open theatre times. Mid Wales Art Centre, Caersws 01686 688369 Until Oct Sculpture Trail 2016. Until 28 Oct ‘Earthscape’. ROS HORNBUCKLE, JANIE McLEOD, GILL CROZIER, GRAHAM MITCHELL - paintings, tapestry and jewellery. Thurs - Sun 11am-4pm. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 01544 260777 1 Oct Arts and Crafts from local makers. Open 10am-3pm. Tower House Gallery, 29 High St, Knighton 01547 529530 Oct SUSAN ATTWOOD - resident print maker, egg tempera miniatures. MIKE ABBOTT & KIM ELLWOOD - hand-printed figurative brooches. Wed-Sat 9.30am-5pm. Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth 01654 703355 Until 29 Oct A selection from the Tabernacle Collection including works by CEFYN BURGESS, ANEURIN JONES, PETER McNALLY & CHRISTINE MILLS. Mon-Sat 10am-4pm. Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes 01686 413467 1 Oct ‘Hanging by a Thread’. An exhibition of designer clothes. 8 - 22 Oct ‘Vintage Style Autumn 2016’. A sale of textiles, clothes, china and ephemera from yesteryear. 12 Nov - 24 Dec Christmas Craft Fair 2016. Local crafts. 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sundays. Andrew Lamont Gallery, Theatr Brycheiniog, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 Until 8 Oct Exhibition of Chinese Art, curated by the Confucius Institute. Open theatre times. The Workhouse Studio, Presteigne Industrial Estate 01544 267864 Rare antique carpets and kilims. Cafe. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.

Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 01686 625041 Until 8 Oct ‘Move it’. Parts and Labour - animated films. Until 15 Oct ‘Studies in Solastalgia’. SEAN VICARY. Until 15 Oct ‘Findings on Ice’. SPIKE DENNIS. 22 Oct - 25 Feb 2017 ‘The Drawing Room - Make/Play/Share’. A creative, social space, where art, performance, craft and film will be made. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. The Old School House Gallery, The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton 01547 550377 Until 2 Oct ‘Five on Fire’. BRIAN LAMMAS, MARK WEBSTER AND JEFF ORGEE - printings and prints. BOB TEAL AND ROB FOUNTAIN sculpture and ceramics. Open Fri-Sun 10.30am-4pm. Shepherd’s Ice Cream Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821898 Until mid Oct PIPPA HEAVEN - Paris street photography. Mon-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Court Cupboard Gallery, Llantillo Petholey, Abergavenny, NP7 8AU 01873 852011 Until 3 Nov ELAINE COLES - ceramics and digital art. Open 10.30am-5pm. HEREFORDSHIRE Antiques In Tents, Burton Court, Eardisland, HR6 9DN 01544 267033 www.antiquesintents.co.uk 16 Oct Quality antiques fair. 40 dealers offering a quality selection of traditional and decorative antiques. Homemade cakes, light lunches and bar. Open 10am-4pm. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, HR4 9DG 01432 358232 11 - 13 Nov Hereford Contemporary. Meet, commission and buy direct from the UK’s finest selected designer makers and artists. Open Fri & Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 10am-5pm, £4, student conc. £2, under 16s free. www.h-craftfair.co.uk St Mary’s Church, Eardisland 22 Oct Quality craft fair. 10am-4pm. Gallery 54, Ross-on-Wye 01989 567917 Oct New works from house artists. A picture framing service is also available. Thurs-Sat 10am-4pm.

Carol Randall, Lion Gallery, Leominster Colin See-Paynton, Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow

Builth Wells Heritage Society, Wyeside, Builth Wells

Spike Dennis, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

Mark Zytynski, Glasbury Arts 13th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition

Nigel Evans, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon

The Market Hall, Mill St, Kington 07867 483135 15 Oct KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET. High quality art and craft desirables, all by local artists and designer-makers, including handbags, waistcoats and other textiles, original paintings and prints, the Magic Gardener’s Domestic Apothecary (custom herbal bathing goodness), handmade herbal skin care, jewellery, vintage collectables, ceramics, art cards, personalised kid’s wear, gifts items, and more. Free - craft activity for kids and their adults! Plus - the popular KLEEN Repair Cafe returns bring beloved but broken belongings to b sharpened, mended, fixed - free or by donation. Open 10am-4pm. Weobley Village Hall 01544 318513 30 Oct Weobley Craft and Food Fair. Ideas for Christmas and lovely food to buy from local crafts people. Open 10am-4pm, £1, refreshments available. Grange Court, Leominster 1 Oct ‘Mark My Words’. MARCHES SCRIBES - annual calligraphy exhibition. Open Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, free admission. The Cider Museum, Pomona Place, Hereford HR4 0EF 01432 354207 Until 31 Dec John Evelyn (1620-1796), famous diarist and author. Open daily 10am-5pm, closed Sun.

Apple Store Gallery, Unit 1, Rockfield Road, Hereford, HR1 2UA 01432 263937 Until 22 Oct ‘All New Work’. ALLISON NEAL - paintings. KATE DAWSON ceramics. Wed-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-1pm. Framing available. Tobias James Art & Framing Gallery, St Owen St, Hereford 07760 316959 Oct Works by local artists and from artists further afield. Lion Gallery, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611898 Oct MICHELLE FREEMANTLE Scandinavian inspired ware. CAROL RANDELL - semi abstract watercolours. A wide variety of work selected from quality British designers and makers. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford. 01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 70 designers. Our new designer of the month is Amelia Strong who is a member of Alloy Jewellers. Open Mon - Sat,10am - 5pm. Upstairs, Market House, Ross-on-Wye 01989 769398 Oct Made in Ross - arts and crafts collective - local work by local artist. Exhibitions change monthly. Open daily,10am-4pm.

The Courtyard, Hereford 01432 340555 Until 7 Nov ‘No Regrets’. AGE CYMRU - an exhibition of framed photographs depicting older people with tattoos. Open theatre times. Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 Until 31 Oct ‘Beauty Surrounds Us’’. Artists include HANNAH WILLOW, HOLLY BROOKES, JEMIMA JAMESON, BENJAMIN HILLS, BARBARA SHAW & JUDY HARTLEY in a variety of media including etchings, textile collage, woven baskets, acrylic on wood, original icons with gold leaf, jewellery and furniture. Until end of 2016 Garden Sculpture Exhibition 2016. An ever changing collection of unique sculptures for the outdoors in a variety of media. 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Tues by appointment. Check website for opening times. Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum, Foregate St, Worcester, 01905 25371 Until 26 Nov ‘The Battle of Orgreave’. JEREMY DELLER. The exhibition includes a documentary film alongside objects, images and audio recordings. Until 29 Oct ‘Divided Loyalties’. Open Mon-Sat 10.30am-4.30pm, closed Sun and Bank Holidays.

MORE THAN MEMORIALS Humanist Ceremonies Individual non-religious ceremonies conducted by BHA accredited celebrants. Jenny Bullough (Hay-on-Wye) 01497 831416 Alison O’Grady (Kington) 01544 327597 Dorothy Quayle (Hereford) 01432 860221

Namings, funerals and weddings/partnerships

Will & Lottie O’Leary Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, Powys

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Weaver’s Gallery, Church Lane, Ledbury 01531 634571 24 - 30 Oct WORCESTER ARTS WORKSHOP. Open daily 10am-5pm. The Print Shed, Swinmoor, Madley, Hereford, HR2 9JD 07796 673123 www.theprintshed.net Oct New Courses at The Print Shed. Wood Engraving, Etching, Linocut, Charcoal Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolour, Drypoint. A facility available for artists to access fully equipped printmaking studio. Large intaglio press, antique relief press. Light, airy studio space. Technical assistance, courses, specialist papers for print. South Chapel, All Saint’s Church, Hereford 01432 370414 1 Oct SIAN THOMAS - handmade stained glass. Exhibition and sale of Nepalese handicrafts by PREETI THAPA. 3 - 8 Oct GOLDEN VALLEY CRAFT SOCIETY - craft sale. 13 Oct - 17 Dec Sale of Charity Christmas cards. Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm. Blue Ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 1 - 23 Oct ‘Small Art for Acorns’. Professional and amateur artists and craftspeople donate a miniature piece of original work to be auctioned in the gallery at 2pm on 23 Oct. Fundraising for Acorns Children’s Hospice. Open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. SHROPSHIRE Ludlow Castle Beacon Room, Ludlow Square, Ludlow, SY8 1GD 15 & 16 Oct THE SHROPSHIRE GUILD OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT & THE WORCESTERSHIRE GUILD OF DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN. ROBERT SHELTON, JILL BAGNALL, JANE MURPHY, JOCELYN PERRY, JILL LEVENTON, BRIAN MAIDEN,

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NICOLA HAIGH, JUDITH PRICE, CLAIRE LINFORD, JO NEWMAN, SARAH JANE WHITTAKER, BARRY LOCKWOOD, NIK BURNS, KEN GILBERT, VICKY ROLLINSON, ETTORE CONSORTE, CAROLINE BENNETT. Ceramics, woodwork, jewellery, textiles, enamelling, glasswork, sculpture and more. Open Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm, admission free.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 Until 22 Oct ‘4 x 4 Solos in the Wild’. Open theatre times. Four short dance films, accompanied by stunning images of the performances by dance photographer CHRIS NASH.

Orleton Village Hall SY8 4HW 12 Nov St George’s Craft Fair. Open 11am-4pm, light lunches, refreshments all day.

Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 9 Oct Brocante. Lots of stalls, live accordion music. Fantastic French inspired event. Free entry and parking. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm.

SpArC Galler, Teme Leisure, Brampton Rd, Bishop’s Castle SY9 5AY 01588 630243 1 - 30 Nov LES DOBB, LIZ DOBB & DIANA NUTTALL - distinctive stylised paintings in acrylics and mixed media by local Shropshire artists. Open Mon 4-9pm, Tues 7am-9pm, Wed & Thurs 7am-6pm, Sun 9am-12pm and open on theatre performance evenings. Kerry Vale Vineyard, Pentreheyling, near Churchstoke, SY15 6HU 01588 620627 Until 12 Oct VIVIENNE CAWSON original watercolours. Open Tues-Sun 10am-4pm. The Gallery, 32 High St, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630555 Contemporary arts including glass, ceramics, metal and wood, textiles, paintings, prints and jewellery. Thurs-Sat 11am-5pm. Barbara’s Picture Framing, Units 3-4 Beaumont Rd, Church Stretton SY6 6BN 01694 723586 5 - 13 Nov DIANA NUTTALL - distinct stylised local lanscape paintings in acrylics. Also featuring her venture in cushions, tote bags and tableware. Some for sale and orders possible from her catalogue. Open Mon-Sun 10am-5pm.

Land of Lost Content, Craven Arms, SY7 9NW 01588 676176 National Museum of British Popular Culture. 11am-5pm daily, closed Wed.

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 8 Oct ‘Elegies’. GRAHAM ARNOLD - recent paintings, drawings and collages. Until 8 Oct ‘Polaroid Dreams’. ROBERT BATES - watercolours. JEMIMA JAMESON - decorated boxes. Alongside artists who have already had solo shows here this year. 15 Oct - 12 Nov ‘Not Everything is Black and White’. COLIN SEEPAYNTON - paintings and wood engravings. HELEN CASS - recent work. DAVID HOWORTH - sculpture. Isaac Smart’s Showcase: PHILIP NELSON - decoy carving. 15 Oct Invitation to meet the artists 11am-1pm. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. The Old Surgery Gallery, Clun 01588 640506 Oct SOPHIE BIGNALL, JACQUELINE FLETCHER, JANIS GOODMAN, MICHAEL HANCOCK, PAUL HIPKISS, LYNN JEFFERY, TIM NASH AND ANN-MONIQUE STELLINGA. Open Thurs - Tue, 10am-4pm, closed Wed.

furniture makers

Made to Measure Kitchens & Traditional Furniture

Marcus Field CALL 01544 260033 EMAIL enquiries@wealfi.co.uk VISIT www.wealfi.co.uk

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 15 Jan 2017 ‘Heavenly Lights’. MARGARET AGNES ROPE, the untold story of Shrewsbury’s stained glass artist. Open Tues-Sun 10am4.30pm. Admission £4 adults, £3.50 ages 5-17 years, students £3.60. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle www.bishopscastletownhall.co.uk 01588 630023 1 Oct Flea & Antiques Market. Open 9am-4pm. 15 Oct - 12 Nov SECRET HILLS ART CAFE GROUP - original paintings, sculpture, textiles and linocuts. Artists include ELIZABETH MOSS, PAULINE KITELY, NIGEL KERRY, THELMA AYRE, SUE CAMPBELL, VICKI VARGAS, RICHARD GOOSEY, ELIZABETH WYNN, STEVE ATTWOOD-WRIGHT, LESLEY McKNIGHT, KATY ALSTON, GILL TANDY, BRIAN TANDY, GORDON YAPP & DRUSILLA COLE. Open 10am-4pm. 22 & 23 Oct Great Book sale. Open 10am-4pm free entry.

Art & Craft Workshops Single listings are free. Year round, £40 per year

CALLING ALL ARTISTS POSTCARDS FROM LIFE 2016 Create a miniature masterpiece, 6” x 4” and help St Michael’s Hospice, creating a show in The Great Hall, Bishop’s Palace, Hereford from 11-13 November. All of the postcards exhibited will be available to buy in an online auction hosted by Brightwells. To register your interest and to request the artist’s brief, call 01432 851000 or email pnugent@ st-michaels-hospice.org.uk

ARTISTS WANTED! Recruitment for Shropshire Hills Art Week 2017 opens in October. The event will run from 3–11 June 2017. Do you need more exposure for your art? Do you want to open your studio or join a group show? Shropshire Hills Art Week (SHAW) is looking for artists to sign up, join in for the 2017 event. Inspired by landscape and wildlife, to showcase this stunning area. Help make this our best year yet. Register: Shaw Membership £95 (Note there will also be commission and/or venue costs). Find out more at one of our artist get-togethers. Bank House, Bishop’s Castle, 21 Nov, 6.30-8.00pm. Contact Jules McRobbie 0773 638 1287, www.ShropshireHillsArtWeek.co.uk jules@shropshirehillsartweek.co.uk

ARTIST RESIDENCY CALL/THE DRAWING ROOM Invitation to artists and makers with a background in participatory practice to take up residency between 22 Oct and 25 Feb 2017. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, www.orieldavies.org/en/ news/articals CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Clyro, Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Day workshops in Lino cut printing (textile and paper), Monoprinting and Etching with the artist Rebecca Davis MA. These workshops are for both beginners and more advanced students. The aim of the workshops is to help students develop their creative skills in printmaking. Each workshop costs £30 plus materials. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Contact rebecca@rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk. www.rebeccadavisstudio.co.uk or 07776 490831. COFFEE, CAKE & CREATIVITY Join us for a range of adult art & craft workshops at The Studio, Greenacres, Tenbury Wells. Classes in Portraiture, Still Life, Experimental Drawing, Fused Glass, Engraving and Paper Construction with artist Ann Wallace (18 years teaching experience) - www.annwallace.co.uk on studio workshop page for class listings - 01584 811080. CREATIVE BREAKS Learn a new skill and explore your creativity with experienced tutors. We offer a wide range of art and craft courses throughout the year:- Basketmaking, dyeing, spinning and weaving, earth ovens, glass fusing, green woodworking, hand and machine knitting, hedgerow medicine, jewellery, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, rag rug making, stained glass, story telling, upholstery and woodworking. www.creativebreaks. co.uk for full details of our courses. Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride! GINN’S CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Fun, recreational art sessions for EVERYONE. Start painting, drawing, printing & textiles. Guided by Ginn with 25 years in teaching & inspiring art & design. PLUS Ginn’s School of Sewing Tel: 01432 760961 www.ginnscreativeworkshops.co.uk

ART WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Free Art sessions, for 11-18 year olds. Wednesdays 4-6pm. With different art techniques by local artists. Teme Valley Youth Project, Wigmore. Email: youthtvyp1@yahoo. co.uk or call 01568 770110. GLASSBLOWING COURSES Experience the magic of glassblowing. Hay-on-Wye. www.glassgallery.co.uk October ASSEMBLY ROOMS WORKSHOPS Sat - SmART, art and craft club for 8-14 years, 10.30am12.30pm, £35 per term. First Thurs every month - Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 7.30pm, £4. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. October NEW COURSES AT THE PRINT SHED Wood Engraving, Etching, Linocut, Charcoal Drawing, Oil Painting, Watercolour, Drypoint. Two day course £115, one-day course £58. Visit theprintshed.net. Email theprintshed@swinmoor.net or Jill on 07796 673123. October EASTNOR POTTERY Potter’s wheel workshops & x 2 day courses: 1st, 2nd & 22nd October. Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £120 day £215 weekend. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. Children’s 1/2 term pottery workshops 26th October. 11.30am1pm 4-8 years and 2-3.30pm 9-12 years. Places cost £15 per child with a 10% discount for x 3 or more places booked. Family Pottery Fun in October. Tues-Sat 10am-4pm. Projects start at just £5 and inc potters wheel. A brilliant indoor activity for individuals, families and friends. To book a space, simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or tel 01531 633886. POP UP STONE CARVER Available for demonstrations, workshops, have a go sessions or childrens birthday parties. Can be from our workshop in Knucklas or at your own location. Stone and tools are all supplied and all ages catered for. Starting every Thursday - evening classes. Contact Lottie on 01547 528 792 or email her at info@stonecarving.co.uk October THE BIG SKILL 2016 EVENTS Oct - H.energy weekend. Details: www.thebigskill.com

Throughout October SESSIONS FOR ARTISTS Offering sessions for artists with experience/knowledge of mental ill health who have the aspiration to explore their creative potential. Celf o Gwmpas, Llandrindod Wells. For more information www.orieldavies.org

Printmaking Without Machines, 8 Oct

Sat 1 & Sun 2 October RESIDENTIAL ARTISTIC BLACKSMITHING COURSES With Spike Blackhurst. Practical course suitable for beginners aged 16 and over. All equipment provided. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 07713 397768.

October WESTHOPE COLLEGE COURSES 15 Oct - Introduction to Book Arts. 26 Oct - Wednesday Workshops (Embroidery). 15 & 16 Oct Collagraph Printing. For details, ring: 01584 861293. or visit our website: www.westhopecollege.com October CLASSES IN NEW RADNOR Spinning and Natural Plant Dyeing. An introductory course followed by individual dyeing sessions. Kantha and Boro. Explore the Japanese art of piecing and stitching of valuable indigo fragments and the colourful Indian tradition of quilting and stitching old fabrics. The RACF Workshop, Unti 1, Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 01544 260777, www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org October JEWELLERY MAKING WORKSHOPS Until 13 Oct - Jewellery making course for all levels, every Thursdays, £150 with tutor guidance given on the purchase of precious metals. 15 Oct - Silver Soldering Practice

for intermediate/advanced levels, 10am-5pm, £110. 30 Oct - Anti-clastic raising: Make a Silver Bangle, for intermediate/advanced, 10am-5pm, £110 excluding silver. Melissa Hunt Studio, Brampton Bryan, near Bucknell, 07931 351233. PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS With landscape photographer Rob Scamp. www.muddyslippers.co.uk October & November WELSH ACADEMY OF ART NEW COURSES 3 - 7 Oct Figure Drawings, 5 day workshop, £285. 17 - 21 Oct - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245. 31 Oct - 4 Nov - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop £245. 14 - 18 Nov - Portrait Drawings, 5 day workshop, £355. 28 Nov - 2 Dec - Cast Drawings, 5 day workshop, £245. Welsh Academy of Art, Cwmdu Studios, Cwmdu, Crickhowell, 01874 730693, www.welshacademyofart.com

Starting Mon 3 October ART CLASSES With Angela Gladwell. 9 week course, inspired by the tradition of the Cabinet of Curiosities. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10am-12.30pm or 1.30pm-4pm, £96 per term, 01743 258881. Starting from Tues 4 October CERAMIC COURSE Six-week ceramic course for adult beginners with Kayleigh Hughes. Maximum 10 places. Gwernyfed High School, 5.30-7.30pm, £95/£90, 0333 666 3366, www.glasburyarts.co.uk Monday 7 October DRAWING GROUP Weekly sessions 7 – 9.30 pm. Figure & life drawing. Low cost. Hazlehurst Community Room, Clun SY7 8EL. Places limited, so please book 01588 640 387. Email: gordon@edwardyapp.plus.com Sat 8 October PRINTMAKING WITHOUT MACHINES Workshop run by Drusilla Cole for children aged 8-16. Using Styrofoam, erasers and other craft material using simple designs and explore repeating patterns. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 10am-4pm, £35 includes most materials. Lunch available at the Centre, 01547 550377.

GEORGINA FRANKLIN Jewellery Individual Contemporary Design Commissions undertaken

Please see website for studio opening times.

www.georginafranklin.co.uk

The Forum, 18 Market Square, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8EA

Phone 01584 810085

BLEDDFA CENTRE WHAT’S ON IN OCTOBER We’re open! every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 – 4:30 A new exhibition ‘MADE IN KNUCKLAS’ opens on Saturday 8th October – check our Facebook and website for details. The shop and café will also open during those hours. Sat 1st Oct MONTHLY MEDITATION 10:30 – 12:00. Calm Abiding meditation led by Peter Conradi, open to all, and suitable for beginners. Suggested donation £3. Sat 8th October PRINTMAKING WITHOUT MACHINES 10:00 – 4:00 Art workshop led by Drusilla Cole printing simple designs and exploring repeating patterns £35 including materials. Sun 9th Oct: COMMUNITY EVENT ‘Light and Shade’ 3:00pm Marches Poets reflect on times of light and shade in poetry and prose. Tickets £7 include tea/coffee and homemade cake. Tel 01544 387976

GARETH GWATKIN

FORGE COTTAGE, EVENJOBB, PRESTEIGNE, POWYS, LD8 2SD

Sat 15th Oct: COMMUNITY EVENT Quiz Night 7.30pm to 10.00pm organised by Bleddfa and Monaughty Events Committee in aid Hope House Children’s Hospice, £1 per person, teams of up to 4 people. Bar and Raffle (prizes gratefully received!) Sat 22nd Oct: ACCESS YOUR TRUE POWER One Day Introductory Workshop by Lee Teresa Moore 10:00am - 4:30pm Begin to access, experience and express your true power in this day of discussions, interactions, visualisations and fun. £45 (Early bird discount £40 if paid before 30th September!) Sat 29th and Sun 30th Oct JAMES ROOSE-EVANS A weekend of events ‘The Journey Thus Far’, including recital, talk, lunch and workshop spread over the two days. Full details will be uploaded to our Facebook and website soon, and published in forthcoming newsletters. For full details of all our events, including booking forms and tickets, please contact hello@bleddfacentre.org or 01547 550377. Sign up to our regular newsletter and you won’t miss out on anything!

T: 01547 560150 M: 07884 231104

gareth@hiddenwren.co.uk www.hiddenwren.co.uk

The Bleddfa Centre Old School House Gallery and Hall Barn are situated on the A488 halfway between Knighton and Pen-y-Bont.

Sun 16 October BE PART OF THE BIG DRAW FESTIVAL 2016 Come and get involved in drawing with help, guidance and inspiration from artist Owen Rimington. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 2-5pm, free. Thurs 20 October LET NATURE BE YOUR GUIDE Three hour workshop designed to develop an individual’s coping skills in creative ways. Friends Meeting House, Hereford. Marches Counselling Service, details and to book, 01432 279906. Sat 22 October DECORATIVE RENAISSANCE ALPHABETS Learn to draw and paint eye-catching letters. Ideal for cards and special gifts. Brooms Green Village Hall, near Ledbury, 10am-4pm, £35. For info/booking 01531 634571 or email ilovelettering@outlook.com Sat 22 October USING COLOUR Learn great techniques from calligraphy tutor Vivien Luniss. Monkland Village Hall, 10am-4pm, £18 members, £21 visitors. For info/booking 01544 327657. Marches Scribes. Mon 24 - Fri 28 October MAMMOTH MYSTERIES - FAMILY WORKSHOP 30 years after the Condover mammoth was found, we’ll reveal the story his skeleton tells us. Get creative and make a replica cast of a bone. For ages 5 - 11 year olds. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 1-2.30pm, £4, 01588 676060. Thurs 3 November ANY OLD HAT One-day course explores reuse, recycle and rethink through the craft of millinery. This hands on, creative practical day will require you to bring with you your imagination, sewing skills (beginners welcome), design ideas and a hat or two. Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, 10.30am-3pm, £35 includes refreshments, 01743 258881. Mondays APPLETREE KNITTING GROUP Studio 2, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow. 2pm and 6pm supporting ‘Knit for Peace’. Donations of £2, 0845 548 5449. Wednesdays VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS For 11-16 year olds. Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, 4-6pm, 01568 770110.

Wednesdays POTTERY CLUB All ages and abilities. Materials and refreshments included. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 7-9pm, 01686 688369. Wednesdays KNITTING GROUP At the Workhouse Cafe, Presteigne, 2-4pm, 10% discount on food and drinks. All welcome, 01544 267864. Thursdays (4-6pm) VISUAL ART WORKSHOPS Designed to suit 11-16 year olds. Workshops run by enthusiastic volunteers from TVYP at Mortimer Enterprise Centre, Kings Meadow, Wigmore, HR6 9UX, 4-6pm. Workshops are free of charge. Tel: 01568 770110. Every Thursday STONE & LETTER CARVING Letter Carving with Will O’Leary and Stone Carving with Lottie O’Leary 7-9pm, £10, Upper House, Knucklas, Knighton, 01547 528792. www.stonecarving.co.uk Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, near Newtown, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369. 3rd Saturday of every month KINGTON ART AND CRAFT MARKET Kington Market Hall, 10am-4pm. A range of high quality work by local artists and crafts makers. Craft making during summer months. www.kingtoncommunitymarket.wordpress.com 07867 483135.

New collection of overheard conversations

JUST a few more WORDS ROGER KITE

Available in Presteigne at The Rowan Tree, Winnie’s Newsagents and The Workhouse Gallery. Grandad’s Shed at Kington and The Thomas Shop at Penybont. Price £4.

ARTS & MAKERS

AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

SatURDAY 1 october 10AM

3PM

LOCAL ARTISTs WORKING WITH WOOD, WOOL, silver & SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, paper, paint, STONE engraving, hand made soaps, shibori dyed scarves. TEA & VEGAN CAKES

SELECTION OF ARTISTS WORK ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE BROAD STREET GALLERY for details contact Rosamund 01544 260777

cinema CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) In remote Pacific Northwest woodland, Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) raises and radically home-schools his six, genius-tinged children whilst his wife (Trin Miller) battles with bi-polar disorder, finally committing suicide in hospital. Despite her rich, conservative father (Frank Langella) threatening to have them arrested if they arrive, they then travel in their converted bus to attend her funeral. The journey offers numerous opportunities for the family’s hippie-going-on Marxist values to grate against America’s overfed consumerism, opportunities that actor and now writer/director Matt Ross and his talented cast avidly mine for both humour and sly ideological commentary. Happily neither detracts from the core drama, especially as Ben inevitably finds his own moral compass challenged by the children he’s striven so hard to cast in his own mould. All reviews by Mark Williams

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC.

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC

5 Oct OUR LITTLE SISTER (PG) 19 Oct ROOM (15) 2 Nov RAMS (15) Details: Melville Centre, Penypound, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, www.abergavennyfilmsociety.com

12 Oct KHODORKOVSKY 26 Oct MISS JULIE 9 Nov LAMB Three Tuns, Salop St, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm 01588 630778. Membership enquiries 01588 630776

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

BRECON FILM SOCIETY

1 Oct DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) 1 & 6 Oct SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (U) 3 & 4 Oct WEINER DOG (15) 3 & 5 Oct UP FOR LOVE (12A) 7, 8 & 13 Oct JULIETA (15) 10 Oct THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (18) 10 & 11 Oct CHICKLIT (15) 11 Oct HIGH SOCIETY (U) Dimentia friendly screening 17 & 20 Oct BEN-HUR (12A) 14, 18 & 20 Oct CAFE SOCIETY (12A) 24 & 26 Oct CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) 24 - 26 Oct NINE LIVES (PG) 25 Oct SINGING IN THE RAIN (U) Dimentia friendly screening 27 - 29 Oct FINDING DORY (U) 28 & 29 Oct, 2 & 3 Nov BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (12A) 29, 31 Oct & 3 Nov HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (PG) Details 01584 878141

3 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 7 Nov THE FALLEN IDOL (PG) Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start. Coliseum Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend. Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

CONQUEST, BROMYARD 7 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 Oct PETE’S DRAGON (PG) 3 - 6 Oct JULIETA (15) 3 Oct LIGHTS OUT (15) 4 - 6 Oct GOLDEN FIRE 4 - 6 Oct CAFE SOCIETY (12A) 7 Oct TRUTH BEHIND THE DASH FOR GAS 7 Oct SECOND NATURE 10 - 12 Oct ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (15) 10 & 11 Oct LES COWBOYS (12A) 10 & 11 Oct BORN TO BE BLUE (15) 15 Oct YARN (PG) 15 & 20 Oct CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) 19 & 20 Oct THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (18) 20 Oct SING-A-LONG-A GREASE (PG) Fancy dress strongly encouraged, full audience participation essential.

21, 24 7 25 Oct BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (12A) 21, 24 & 25 Oct THE BEATLES EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - THE TOURING YEARS (12A) 29 & 31 Oct KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (PG) 31 Oct BLAIR WITCH (15) Details 01432 340555

1 Oct FLORENCE FLOSTER JENKINS (PG) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 1 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Rodington VH 01952 770524 1 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Belmont Hall, Wellington, www.theclifton.org 1 Oct CHICKLIT (15) Waverton VH 01244 336055 3 Oct SPOTLIGHT (15) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 3 Oct SPOTLIGHT (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 4 Oct LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 4 Oct MONEY MONSTER (15) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 5 Oct PRIDE (15) Cardington VH 01694 771295 6 Oct THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Brilley VH 01544 327227 6 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Perton Civic Centre 7 Oct BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 7 Oct RAMS (15) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 7 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Colwall VH 01684 540926 7 Oct A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 7 Oct THE LADY IN THE VAN (12) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 7 Oct BROOKLYN (12A) Staunton-onWye VH 01981 501031 7 Oct IONA (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125 8 Oct LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 8 Oct BROOKLYN (12A) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 873940 8 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Ripple Parish Hall 01684 592781

8 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Belmonth Hall, Wellington www.theclifton.org 10 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Welshpool Assemly Room 01938 552043 10 Oct DHEEPAN (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 11 Oct MONEY MONSTER (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 11 Oct BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 11 Oct RAMS (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 11 Oct A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross-on-Wye 01989 720341 11 Oct YOUTH (15) Ashford Carbonel VH 01584 831574 12 Oct THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 12 Oct THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Cuddington and Sandiway VH 01606 888931 12 Oct A HOLOGRAM FOR A KING (12A) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 12 Oct THE INTERN (13) Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125 14 Oct LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 14 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Bedstone and Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 14 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Great Witley VH 01299 896412 14 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 15 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 15 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Abermule Community Centre 01686 630240 15 Oct SPOTLIGHT (15) Belmont Hall, Wellington www.theclifton.org 15 Oct THE REVENANT (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 15 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Hanley VH 01886 853195 15 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Bicton VH 01743 850495 15 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Tasley Parish Room 01746 764881 15 Oct RAMS (15) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 15 Oct RAMS (15) Priest Weston VH 15 Oct SUNSET SONG (15) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 270830 15 Oct GOLDEN YEARS (12A) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 16 Oct THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016) (PG) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510672 18 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport 07886 697934

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (15) A post-apocalyptic Britain has been decimated by a fungus which turns its victims into flesh-eating zombies, but on a heavily guarded army base a small group of apparently immune, but ultimately doomed children are being studied by a callous biologist (Glenn Close). However when its eventually overrun by crazed zombies, one highly gifted child (remarkable newcomer Sennia Nanua) is spared by her kindly teacher (Gemma Arterton) who escapes with her along with a protective soldier (Paddy Considine) and the treacherous scientist. Based on the terrific but terrifying best-selling novel by M.R. Carey, PEAKY BLINDERS director Colm McCarthy’s big screen breakthrough has elements of such undead epics as WORLD WAR Z and 28 DAYS LATER but with a uniquely nuanced narrative and winning turns from all involved.

19 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 19 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Chetton VH 01746 789257 19 Oct LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Myddle VH 01939 290872 19 Oct BLACK MOUNTAIN POETS (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 5106696 20 Oct SUNSET SON (15) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 20 Oct THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 20 Oct A LITTLE CHAOS (12A) Claverley VH 01746 710528 20 Oct BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 20 Oct YOUTH (15) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 21 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 21 Oct LA FAMILLE BELIER (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 21 Oct THE BIG SHORT (15) Stoke Prior VH 01568 760846 21 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 21 Oct ATONEMENT (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 21 Oct BROOKLYN (12A) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 21 Oct THE DRESSMAKER (12A) Knighton Community Centre 01547 520602 21 Oct RAMS (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 21 Oct LOVE & FRIENDSHIP (U) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 21 Oct THE JUNGLE BOOK (2106) (PG) Marton VH 01938 580116

22 Oct BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A) Belmont Hall, Wellington www.theclifton.org 22 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530258 22 Oct SING STREET (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 22 Oct YOUTH (15) Ryton VH 01743 718237 24 Oct ROOM (15) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 25 Oct SUFFRAGETTE (12A) Loppington VH 01939 236240 25 Oct THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY (12A) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 26 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Withington Parish Room 01743 709236 27 Oct SING STREET (12A) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 27 Oct EYE IN THE SKY (15) Bagley Sports & Social Club 07773 983963 27 Oct DAD’S ARMY (PG) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 27 Oct GOLDEN YEARS (12A) Almeley VH 01544 327195 28 Oct THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (U) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 28 Oct SUFFRAGETTE (12A) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 28 Oct WOMAN IN GOLD (12A) Sarn VH 01686 671205 28 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Longden VH 07539 545846 29 Oct FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (PG) Belmonth Hall, Wellington www.theclifton.org

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (18)

Undeniably innovative, Nicolas Roeg’s follow-up to the horrific thriller DON’T LOOK NOW was nominally a sci-fi adventure but without reptilian invaders wreaking havoc on an alien Earth. Instead its hero, played with a dreamily apt intensity by a popstar, David Bowie, arrives here to seek the water that will save his drought-ridden planet and armed with brilliant scientific mind and aided by a mightily impressed lawyer (Buck Henry), establishes a corporation which nets him millions and coincidentally, a loving girlfriend (Candy Clark). But diluted by a fascination with Earth’s corrupting physical pleasures, his mission ultimately ends in a failure that can be seen both as allegory and metaphor, but downbeat finale aside, ex-cinematographer Roeg’s striking images and the powerful performances will forever stay etched into your memory. 29 Oct OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15) Clun Memorial Hall 01588 640254 29 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) Clifton on Teme VH 01886 812238 29 Oct CHICKLIT (15) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 29 Oct ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) Upton upon Severn Memorial Hall 01684 591044 29 Oct GOLDEN YEARS (12A) Neston Civic Hall 0151 336 7805 31 Oct EDDIE THE EAGLE (PG) The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

THE GLOBE, HAY ON WYE 13 Oct OCCUPY LOVE Candlelight cinema season. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762

LINGEN FLIX 14 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (PG) Details: Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, 01544 267736

MONTGOMERY MOVIE CLUB 6 Oct THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A) 13 Oct ROOM (15) 3 Nov EDDIE THE EAGLE (15) Dragon Hotel, Montgomery, 8pm. Details mikemills32@btinternet.com

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS.

1 - 6 Oct BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (12A) 7 - 13 Oct JULIETA (15) 10 Oct THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

14 Oct GONE TO EARTH (PG) 14 Oct BLACKBIRD 15 Oct WOMEN LIKE US & WOMEN LIKE THAT ALIGARH 15 Oct REAL BOY 15 Oct SUMMERTIME (15) 16 Oct DESERT HEARTS (18) 16 Oct WHEREVER YOU ARE 16 Oct GERONTOPHILIA (18) 17 - 20 Oct THINGS TO COME (12A) Tues 18 Oct OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL (12A) An extraordinary collection of short films document the beauty and power of the ocian, www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk 21 - 27 Oct FREE STATE OF JONES 22 - 29 Oct FINDING DORY (U) 28 - 31 Oct, 1 - 3 Nov I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) Details 01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 1 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 8 Oct THE NICE GUYS (15) 22 Oct ME BEFORE YOU (12A) 29 Oct I SAW THE LIGHT (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 3 Oct DAVID BRENT - LIFE ON THE ROAD (15) 4 & 5 Oct MECHANIC: RESERECTION (15) 10 & 11 Oct LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP (U) 18 & 19 Oct FREE STATE OF JONES (15) 21 & 22 Oct PETE’S DRAGON (PG) 22 & 24 Oct BEN HUR (12A) 25 Oct KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (PG) 25 & 26 Oct SWALLOWS & AMAZONS (PG) 31 Oct & 1 Nov BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (15) Regal Cinema, 47 - 49 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells. Details 01584 811442

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS Until 20 Oct BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (ctbc) Until 2 Oct SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (PG) Until 6 Oct CAPTAIN FANTASTIC (15) 1 - 6 Oct MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (ctbc) Until 13 Oct MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (ctbc) 7 - 15 Oct KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (PG) 7 - 13 Oct CAFE SOCIETY (12A) 14 - 20 Oct THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (15) 14 - 20 Oct THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (12A) 14 - 30 Oct STORKS (ctbc) From 21 Oct into Nov THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (ctbc) From 21 Oct into Nov TROLLS (ctbc) From 28 Oct into Nov THE LIGHTHOUSE (15) 4 - 10 Nov BLOOD FATHER (15) 4 - 10 Nov JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (ctbc) 4 - 10 Nov THE LIBRARY SUICIDES (Y LLYFRGELL) (15) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555 www.wyeside.co.uk

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN

PRESTEIGNE ASSEMBLY ROOMS

1 Oct CYMBELINE Royal Shakespeare Company. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.

7 Oct ANOMALISA (15) 21 Oct MUSTANG (15) 4 Nov THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (15) www.presteignescreen.org.uk

3 Oct CYMBELINE Royal Shakespeare Company. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 7pm, 01568 612583. 5 Oct THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre live. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

5 Oct NORMA Royal Opera House. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575.

16 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321.

6 Oct SLEEPING BEAUTY The Australian Ballet: Fairy Tale Series. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321.

16 Oct MISS SAIGON Prince Edward Theatre, London. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 2.30pm, 01584 811442.

8 Oct TRISTAN UND ISOLDE The Metropolitan Opera live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5pm, 01600 719401. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5pm, 01982 552555. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5pm, 01432 340555. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 5pm, 01588 630321. 9 Oct THE THREEPENNY OPERA National Theatre live. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 7pm, 01568 612583. 12 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141. Church Stretton School, 7pm, 01694 722209. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. 14 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911.

17 Oct COSI FAN TUTTE Royal Opera House live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 6.30pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 6.30pm, 01952 728911. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.30pm, 01584 878141. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6.30pm, 01982 552555. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6.30pm, 01743 281281. The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.30pm, 01432 340555. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 6.30pm, 01568 612583. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.30pm, 01584 811442. 22 Oct DON GIOVANNI The Metropolitan Opera live. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 5.55pm, 01588 630321. 23 Oct DON GIOVANNI The Metropolitan Opera. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555.

24 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company. Encore. Playhouse Cinema, Leominster Community Centre, 7pm, 01568 612583. 26 Oct KING LEAR Royal Shakespeare Company encore. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. 27 Oct THE ENTERTAINER Kenneth Branagh Theatre Co. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 728911. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7pm, 01885 488575. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. SpArC, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 630321. 29 Oct THE ENTERTAINER Kenneth Branagh Theatre Co. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 616460. 29 Oct DON GIOVANNI New York Met. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 5.55pm, 01885 488575. 30 Oct DON GIOVANNI The Metropolitan Opera. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2pm, 01982 552555. 1 Nov THE DEEP BLUE SEA The National Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555. 2 Nov ANASTASIA Ballet from the Royal Opera House. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, 01743 281281. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. 9 Nov THE DEEP BLUE SEA National Theatre encore. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. 9 & 10 Nov DAVID BOWIE IS The V & A Exhibition production. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6pm on 9th, 8pm on 10th, 01982 552555.

WORKSHOPS

Wednesdays INTERMEDIATE FILM MAKING The Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555. King Lear

Thursdays BEGINNER FILM MAKING CLUB Courtyard, Hereford, 5-7pm, £70 per term, 01432 340555.

dance Jasmin Vardimon Company

Dance Performance Fri 7 October ROMEO AND JULIET BALLET CYMRU. Exquisite costumes and extraordinary video projections create a world of danger and excitement where two young lovers are caught in an age old feud. Theatr Brycehiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £16/£14.50, 01874 611622. Sat 15 October MAY CONTAIN FOOD - MAY CONTAIN YOU LUCA SILVESTRINI’S PROTEIN. Award-winning dance theatre company presents a playful, immersive show that explores our relationship with food in an evening of indulgance, nostalgia and mischief. Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £11/£5, 01939 238279. Arts Alive. Fri 21 October SAVAGE HART Aerial artistry, ballet and circus combine to create the bewitching tale of a 19th century aristocrat haunted by ghosts of the past. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Sat 29 October JASMIN VARDIMON COMPANY Present a new adaptation of the classic tale, Pinocchio. With insightful humour, engaging drama and an acute observation of behaviour. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Dance Workshops

Single listings are free. Year round entries £40 Sat 22 October BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL DANCE WORKSHOP Prepare for the afternoon tea dance with dancing master Peter Brock. Priory School, Brecon. Free to those attending the Tea Dance. 01874 611622. Sat 22 October BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL TEA DANCE Period dance, including Jacob Hall’s Jig, tea and cakes with dancing master, Peter Brock and a trio of musicians. Theatr Brycheiniog Studio, Brecon, 3pm, £10, 01874 611622.

Sun 23 October BAROQUE DANCE A Border Marches Early Music Forum workshop for dancers (no experience required!) and instrumentalists. Tutor: Ricardo Barros. Learn the steps of the baroque minuet, sarabande etc, and how they dictate the phrasing of the music. 10am-4.30pm. The Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 5EY. £17 for Early Music Fora members, £19 for non-members, £5 for students. Prior booking essential. Contact Lis Talbott on 01597 829072 or edavies@edavies.co.uk For further details and an application form see www.bmemf.org.uk LEARN TO JIVE: Classes in the heart of Mid Wales. A social partner dance for complete beginners. & experienced dancers. (It’s ok to join in without a dance partner). 50s Rock & Roll & Ceroc/Leroc Modern Jive. Mondays at Llanyre Village Hall, (Near Llandrindod Wells) LD1 6DY. £3 per class, £5 for both. Beginners 7.30 - 8.30 Intermediate 8.30 – 9.30. www.jive.wales - fb ‘Mid wales jive’ – 07767358079. VILLAGE BEATS SHAKE AND DANCE Every Friday morning with Zoe. Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 9.45am, 07879 425458. FB Village Beats Ecstatic Awakening Dance and Wild Chocolate Club in the Steiner School, Hereford. BELLY DANCE CLASSES WITH ALANYA OPEN LEVEL Mon - Lady Hawkins Community Leisure Centre, 7-8.30pm. Thurs - Bodenham Parish Hall, 7.30-9pm. £30 per 5 classes or £8 drop-in. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance.com or call Abbie on 07962 161081. CROOKED STEEPLE MORRIS Women’s North West Clog Dancers. New members welcome. No experience necessary. Monday evening, 7.45-9pm, Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, DY14 8PE, £2.50 per session. Contact Linda or Nic 01746 718624, crookedsteeple@btinternet.com LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 8-9pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tuesday, 8-9pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Wednesday, 8-9pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wednesday, 8.30-9.30pm, Malvern Vale Community Centre, Malvern, WR14 1GU. Thursday, 7-8pm, Bishops Frome Community Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults. MELY’S ZUMBA Mon - Dorstone, 7pm. Tues - Zumba class at St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 10am. Mely 01497 820991, 07837 160505.

partner. Beginners and experts welcome. 01982 570324/01544 350707. Mon BREAKDANCE With 2Faced Dance Company. 4-5pm 4-7 year olds, 5-6pm. 7-11 year olds, 6.15-7.15pm 11+ year olds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 276807.

May Contain Food - May Contain You CHARLESTON EXERCISE CLASSES (solo) 10am-11am: Ross Wednesdays, Monmouth Thursdays. EASY JIVE LESSONS (partner) 7.30pm: Caerleon Mondays, Lydney Wednesdays, Abergavenny Thursdays, all classes are for absolute beginners. Contact Lyn tel: 01594 833765 www.fodjiveandswing.co.uk APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm, £25 for 6 sessions. Tues - Gym-Pan-Ze Rope & Trapeze for all, 5.30pm. Wed - Disco Dots, 10.30am, £3. Wed - Dance Crusaders for the over 50s, 2.30pm. Wed - Fuzion Dance, for ages 4 - adult, times from 4pm. Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, times from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764. Mon HEREFORD TANGO CLUB Regular tango classes at Breinton Village Hall HR47PJ, 7.30-10pm, £6. Details Jim 07977 541446, email tango4jim@aol.com or Hilda 07768 543660. Mon SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Join an enthusiastic adult group on Monday evenings to learn how to dance jigs, reels and Strathspeys at Llanelwedd School Hall, Builth Wells from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. £2 per session (first free). No need to bring a

Mon RIPPLERS DANCE CLASSES For 8-11 year olds. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 4.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Mon YOUTH DANCE CLASSES For ages 11 and over. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, £2-£3.50, 01982 552555. Tues DANCE @ THE COURTYARD Contemporary Dance for Adults 6.30-7.30pm. Junior Youth Dance for ages 7-11 4.15-5.15pm, Senior Youth Dance for ages 12-18 5.15-6.15pm, 01905 611199. Tues LEARN TO JIVE Fun, easy to learn and no partner/ experience needed. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £5, 01989 750354. Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180. Thurs, Fri & Sat MID WALES DANCE ACADEMY Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219. Thurs URBAN DANCE CLUB WITH 2FACED DANCE COMPANY Ages 7-11 years 4-5pm, ages 11+ 5-6pm. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 813711. Fri CHANCE TO DANCE A gentle programme of creative dance for the over 50s. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11.15pm, £3.50 per session, 01432 340555. Fri DANCING TOTS Drop-in sessions. The Courtyard, Hereford. 11.30am-12.15pm, 01432 340555.

food page Mister Pernickety’s Peregrinations in West Wales

ISTER Pernickety doesn’t understand why the highways that pass Jamaica Inn and Bodmin Moor and the bye-ways of West Cornwall become impossibly bunged up every summer with the family saloons of the hoi polloi and the urban tractors of Ranging Sloanes, all seeking refuge from mad dog days in London and the over-stuffed suburbs of the south east. If they’re looking for ozone-infused air, the music of breaking waves, or perhaps a deserted beach in which to rediscover their ravaged spirits, haven’t they heard of Pembrokeshire? ‘Thank God they haven’t!’ those clever Marches dwellers who are the readers of the Wooly Organ will be murmuring anxiously to themselves. ‘We’d rather keep the West Wales secret to ourselves.’ They need not fear, for, of course, Mr P agrees, and only allows the cat to poke its nose out of the bag in the Marches’ own opinion former, not in the Metropolitan news sheets for whom he also plies his pen. Let, he urges, the hoard of Range-Roving ignorami worm their way through narrow sunken lanes to overcrowded beaches, exorbitant eateries and bijou designer cottages in St Ives and St Mawes, where they can bellow at one another in strident self-satisfaction as they shop for a loaf of Cornish focaccia in the St Mawes’ bakery, or a still twitching crustacean from the Lobster shop – while Mr P returns for the umpteenth joyous time to the magical empty shores of St Bride’s Bay, and the warmly patinated surroundings of the Druidstone. While a little sadness still lingers over the place since the deaths of Jane and Rod Bell who created the hotel and ran it in their own idiosyncratic way for forty years, their son, Angus, and his wife Beth have a good grip on the place, tweaking the infrastructure where needed without in any way altering its unique ethos. Mister P arrived with his Lovely Companion and her son. Formerly known as the Children’s Menu Consultant, this young individual is now huge and hungry, and has asked to be billed henceforward as the HVC (Human Vacuum Cleaner). Mr P has written about the food at the Druidstone before, and only mentions en passant the Caribbean Feast that they ate with Master Pernickety and two pretty girls to celebrate his birthday and his love of all things Rastafarian. Like all the Druidstone’s regular Tuesday night themed Feasts, it was booked out and a great tasting event, including Rude Girl Saltfish & Potato Patties, Dynamite Sauce, Dub Dub Chili Butter Corncobs, and Bajun Slow Roast Tin Can Lamb – all delicious, if not always readily identifiable. On the one day of their week when the weather promised a little beastliness, and swimming in the lukewarm sea was not an option, Mr P took his party off to Picton Castle – always enjoyable, and notable for the unusual eating arrangements it offers. Being run neither by the National Trust nor Cadw, the trustees have taken the wacky decision to install in the courtyard Maria’s Spanish tapas bar and restaurant, which serves delicious authentic Iberian food and is a successful tapas bar in its own right.

Ever conscious of his duty to his readers, Mister P also booked a table that evening at one of the several fish restaurants in the area. The most promising was the Saint Brides Inn in Little Haven, an attractive seaside village

which, had it been in Cornwall, would have found its steep streets impossibly jammed with expensive motorcars and braying Sloanes. It is, perhaps inevitably, the location for a Welsh TV romantic soap opera called Cara Fi. The St Brides Inn is so popular that Mr P could only have a table at 6:30, which suited the HVC, who claimed to be starving. While there is nothing remarkable or stylish about the way the St Brides is presented there is nothing objectionable either, apart from several hundred promotional china whisky water jugs of inevitably naff design dangling from every beam. On the walls hang a series photos of lighthouses in conflict with the sea, and some sepia shots of the village in olden times. The HVC started and was happy with Calamari Rings cooked in batter with what the LC deemed to be an offthe-shelf chili dip. Mr P relished his Scallops Wrapped in Sage & Pancetta [£8.50], although the salad that accompanied it was edible but frankly dull; a good chef should have considered that a few more exciting leaves – rocket, say – would have lifted it easily at little extra cost. The LC, sipping an agreeable Koppie Valley Chenin Blanc, chose, like her son, a Fish Stew, consisting of moules, cod, salmon, prawns and something else that Mr P wrote down but can’t read. Mr P helped himself to a mouthful and was disappointed. He was expecting something more like a Mediterranean bouillabaisse, which wasn’t fair, but considered that there was too much tomato and not enough strong flavour to it, and salmon tends to taste out of place in this company. The garlic bread that came with it was simply a slice of granary loaf with a garlic paste smeared on, while the LC had been looking forward to a proper garlic-soaked baguette, fresh from the oven. Mr P’s is salivating even as he describes his own Fillet of Sea Bass on a Bed of Smoked Salmon, Leeks, Rosemary and Bubble’n’squeak; fresh, if perhaps a few seconds too long in the pan, and falling off the bone, he enjoyed it immensely. Puddings were a great success. The LC was pleased with her Summer Pudding, in which the juices had descended

as they should to give the base just the right amount of sogginess. The HVC loved his Mint Choc Chip Sundae but was ultimately defeated by the size of it – served in a pint jar. Mr P had to help him out, having enjoyed his Fruit Crumble, which included real plum stones and was a great deal better than the disappointing version he’d had at the Druidstone’s Caribbean Feast a few days before. With a couple of glasses of Rioja for Mr P, l’addition scraped in at just under ninety quid. Mr Pernickety urges his readers not to pass on to the wider ignorami the good news that Pembrokeshire remains – for humans as it is for seals – a great place to swim, eat and sleep. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS

Thurs 13 October AUTUMN VEGETARIAN COURSE Pop-up kitchen. Hands-on cookery session with Milly. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10am-2pm, £15, suitable for adults, 01588 676060.

Fri 14 - Sun 16 October OKTOBERFEST Specially selected beers and ales, German themed menu and live music on Friday and Sunday evening. Red Lion, Knighton, 01547 428080. Sat 22 October EDFRITH MARKET Leominster Community Centre, 10am-2.30pm. Enjoy a festive market, including community and charity stalls. £8 to book a stall. markets@leominstertowncouncil.gov.uk Sat 3 December KINGTON’S 12TH FESTIVAL OF FOOD AND DRINK FROM THE BORDERS 80 stands and music. Further information email mppeek@ btinternet.com First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm. The best collection of artisan food producers in the area. First Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET The Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 9am-1pm. 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month KNIGHTON COMMUNITY MARKET With live music a regular feature in the cafe. Knighton Community Centre, 9.30am-12.30pm, 07751 221487. 3rd Saturday of every month FARMER’S MARKET Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-1pm, 01588 630023. 3rd Saturday of every other month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd, Clun, 10am-2pm, 01588 641145. Every Wednesday PIE NIGHT Pie, peas, potatoes and a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Thursday BURGER NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203. Every Thursday SURF & TURF NIGHT Scampi & Steak plus a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington. Every Friday MARKET Bread, cakes, crafts, fruit and vegetables, baskets and pottery. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 9am-2pm. Every Friday KINGTON LOCAL PRODUCE/CRAFTS MARKET Market Hall, Kington, 9am-1pm, 07867 483135.

FOOD BYTES

AARDVARK BOOKS LTD, THE BOOKERY, MANOR FARM, BRAMPTON BRYAN, BUCKNELL 01547 530888 Cafe serving refreshments, cakes etc. Open MonFri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. THE CIDER BARN IN PEMBRIDGE 01544 388161 www.the-cider-barn.co.uk Serving the best that Herefordshire growers produce in imaginative and inspired dishes cooked by Sophie Griffiths-Goddard the young chef patron. Full à la carte menu and lunchtime specials. THE GREEN BEAN CAFE, WEOBLEY 01544 318865 Good, locally sourced, homemade food. Soups, all day light lunches, cakes and scones. Set in the heart of Weobley. Free wifi. Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm. With The Green Bean Shop/Deli under the same roof. THE OLD STATION TEA ROOM, THE OLD RAILWAY STATION, NEW RADNOR, LD8 2SS 01544 350543. Visit us at the Old Station Caravan Park for hot drinks and homemade cakes. Superb views and free Wi-Fi. We can cater for small groups, meetings and other events. Accommodation also available. Open daily 9am-5pm, 1st March-31st October. The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.towerhousegallery.blogspot.co.uk/ We serve homemade soups, breads and cakes, Italian blend coffee and over 30 different varieties of leaf tea. Wednesday to Saturday. 9.30 to 5.00, (Sun, Mon & Tues - CLOSED). Open Sundays, POLLY’S TEAROOM / GALLERY At the foot of The Narrows, Knighton 01547 528591 Light lunches, cakes, a variety of teas and coffees. Selection of original paintings. Open all week except Thursdays and Fridays 11am-5pm Summer, 11am-4pm Winter. THE WORKHOUSE CAFE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PRESTEIGNE 01544 267864 Cafe, gallery, light lunches, good coffee, homemade cakes. Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm. RHOS MARKET GARDEN, KNIGHTON 01547 528315 Growers & providers of organic veg, fruit & flowers. Old Garage Shop, Knighton. Tues-Sat. Free parking, opposite library. Friday morning market stall in Presteigne. Veg boxes delivered to local area weekly. Restaurant orders welcome. info@rhosorganic.co.uk www.rhosorganic.co.uk

Why not advertise your eating establishment? IT’S ONLY £40 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR Just post the wording you require (around 40 words), together with a cheque payable to ‘Broad Sheep’ and post to: Mayfield, Stapleton, Presteigne, Powys, LD8 2LW

music

Real Thing

JOEL’S WISH BREWERY BOP Featuring The Reggaelators with support from The Skatells. Ludlow Brewery, Railway Shed, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £8 in advance, 01584 873291. SARI SCHORR & THE ENGINE ROOM + TROY REDFERN BAND Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm, £8/£5. NOTORIOUS BROTHERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA & GREAT BRITISH CHORAL ANTHEMS Programme includes Handel, Taverner, Tallis, Byrd and James MacMillan. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £30-£10, students £5, 01432 374261. RUBY TURNER With her band. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 8pm, 01584 811442.

OCTOBER Sat 1 October OCD The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. ARCADIA MUSIC ‘At Home & Abroad’. A conversation piece. Eleanor Alberga and Adam Gorb talk about their featured works. Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan, 3pm, £4. Concert - programme includes Walton, Schoenberg, Ravel and Elgar, St Michael & All Angels, Kingsland, 7.30pm, £15 or £25 for two concerts, £30 for three, 01584 873229, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk SOUNDBOARD BAND All original instrumental and vocal acoustic trio. Nu-folk in a dazzling variety of styles. The Cafe in the Stores, Colwall, 8pm, £5. SHENANIGANS Featuring New Palace Talkies. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

TONGUE ‘N’ GROOVE Stag, Llanidloes.

KLEZMERPOLITAN Wonderful duo playing Klezmer, romantic and eastern European melodies. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. SLOW BURNER Clun Valley Beer Festival. White Horse Inn, Clun. WALES FAIR TRADE FAIR 2016 60 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world. Live world music and food. Guild Hall, Brecon, free. THE SULTANA BROTHERS The Bell Inn, Leominster, 9pm. 1940’S DANCE With The Ashby ‘Little’ Big Bands. 1940s dress encouraged, but not compulsory. Welshpool Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01686 614555. FRUIT MACHINE Malthouse, Ironbridge. OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. SAM LEE AND FRIENDS Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize on the release of his debut album. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13.50/£12.50, 01982 552555.

DAWSON Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS Throwing powerful vocals beatbox to deliver catchy songs resonating in a stadium-filling pop and urban rap vibe. Supported b Be Bop Da Jig, a cool fusion of folk, jazz and blues. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £15/£13, 01874 611622. THE FABULOUS BORDELLOS King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. SHREWSBURY CANTATA CHOIR Hosting a visit to the county town by Voix Amis. A joint concert of music from the renaissance to the romantic. United Reformed Church, by English Bridge, 7.30pm, £7, under 18s free, www.shrewsburycantatachoir.org.uk ELKIE BROOKS Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £25, 01600 719401. BORDERS TRIO Classical chamber ensemble. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, £7 students, 07967 517125. THE REAL THING Original vocalists, Chris and Eddie Amoo and Dave Smith are backed by their own 5-piece band. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. MAMBO JAMBO Acoustic roots duo take you on an exciting musical journey bringing together sounds from wold, roots, folk and jazz, plus their own compositions. All Stretton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01694 723378. Arts Alive.

Sun 2 October MAZ MITRENKO BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. ARCADIA MUSIC Programme includes Elgar, Adam Gorb, Barber and Haydn. St Giles, Downton, 4pm, £15 or £25 for two concerts, £30 for three, 01584 873229, www.arcadiamusic.org.uk

PUB QUIZ & BUFFET Bell Inn, Leominster.

Joanne Shaw Taylor, 23 October

Tues 4 October UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Wed 5 October DEREK RYAN One of Ireland’s most popular singers, reinvigorating Irish Country music. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £21, 01600 772467. TELFORD ACOUSTIC CLUB The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 9pm, 01952 610888. PAUL DARK Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. RALPH McTELL With a virtuoso guitar style, he is a prolific and gifted songwriter. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £23, 01584 878141. JELLY ROLL JONES Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. THE BEST OF THE HOLLIES Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £16.50, 01600 772467.

WALES FAIR TRADE FAIR 2016 60 stalls selling fairly traded goods from around the world. Live world music and food. Market Hall, Abergavenny, £1.

Mon 3 October CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968. AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8.30pm. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Free entry and free drink for all performers. Booth Hall, Hereford. THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

Thurs 6 October TOMMY ALLEN ACOUSTIC Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm. THE DOODAHS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

The Anna Mudeka Band

Sat 8 October KINDRED Malthouse, Ironbridge. THE ANNA MUDEKA BAND A five-piece band playing a fusion of music driven from the Mbira music of Zimbabwe. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 7.30pm, £10, £5 children, 01981 550372. Arts Alive.

THE ROWAN A musical fusion of jazz and folk inspired tales. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12.50, 07979 542449. VELVET TARDIS Phil and Dawn Greenhouse. Bell Inn, Leominster.

WORRIED MEN The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford.

LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

BUILTH WELLS MALE VOICE CHOIR St James’ Church, Wigmore, 7pm, £10 from Wigmore Community Shop or 01568 770642. Church fundraiser. No parking at the church, park in Wigmore School car park.

VELVET TARDIS Bell Inn, Leominster.

PERFECT STRANGER Rock. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

CITY SOUND MUSIC GETAWAY Live DJ set with the classic 80s city sound. Hollybush Campsite, Hay-onWye, camping available, 01497 847131.

Sun 9 October THE 58’S BLUES BAND The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 4-6pm.

Fri 7 October

EXPLOSIVE LIGHT ORCHESTRA An epic night of rock classics. ELO tribute. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £18.50/£16.50, 01874 611622.

RAGWORT & THE HIMALAYAS King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

HEAVY RAIN Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

BRIDGET AND THE BIG GIRL BLUES Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

AN EVENING WITH SALLY BARKER A singer/songwriter whose back catalogue emcompasses folk, jazz, blues and soul. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £15, 01952 728911.

MUSIC IN NEW RADNOR Featuring Borders Trio. Clarinet, violin and piano. Programme includes David Grubb, Arthur Bliss, Menotti, Khachaturian, Alison Chai and Rosemary Kempson. Community Hall, New Radnor, 7.30pm, £8, under 14s £3, 01544 231732.

LUKE DOHERTY BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. WHISKEY RIVER ACOUSTIC QUARTET Finger lickin’ bluegrass, country, cajun, blues, roots and Americana. Old Railway Line Garden Centre, Three Cocks, near Glasbury, 12 noon, free.

CHRIS LASER DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster.

FIZZI Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

MUSIC NOUVEAU A great night of original music by variety of musicians including John Swindells, Red Madog, Dan Nicholls, Jack Brett. Anything from steel guitar to organ. Wine and goodies at interval. Free entry but retiring collection to church. St Michael’s Church, near Tenbury Wells, WR15 8TG, 7.30pm.

TALON Eagles tribute. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

UNCLE JIM Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. LET’S GET QUIZZICAL The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2, winner takes it all, 01497 821762. SULTANA BROTHERS R&B, rock ‘n’ roll. Saracen’s Head, St Martin’s St, Hereford, 9pm. ABBY FOSTER Stag, Llanidloes. BIG WOLF BAND Big rock covers. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. THE ANNA MUDEKA BAND DENDENDE TOUR With songs in Swahili, Hindi and Shona, through rich soaring vocals, this is a band of truly global sounds. St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01981 550372. Arts Alive. JAKE & THE JESTERS Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow. THE LINDISFARNE STORY A celebration of the music and achievement of Tyneside’s best-loved band. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. MONTERAY JACK & THE MALCONTENTS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. SONIC BOOM Malthouse, Ironbridge.

BLUES OCCASIONALS Stag, Llanidloes.

Borders Trio

Mon 10 October ZOE BEYERS Violin. Programme includes JS Bach and Ysaye. The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 1-2pm, lunch as you listen! £6, 25s and under £3, 01743 353107.

GLASBURY ARTS Glasbury Village Hall, Gwernyfed High School and River Cafe Saturday, October 22 to Sunday, October 30, 2016

Glasbury Arts 13th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition

An exciting line up for this extended exhibition on three sites, from surrealism, abstract to landscape painting, photography, sculpture and textiles and a stunning installation at the school. Artists include internationally renowned painters Alan Salisbury and Brendan Burns, photographer Richard S Greatrex and many more. Opening times: Saturday, October 22, 12-4.30pm; Sundays, October 23 and 30, 11am-4.30pm; Monday-Tuesday, 11am-3pm; Wednesday-Thursday, 12-4pm; Friday, October 28, 2pm-7pm; Saturday, October 29, 11am-4.30pm. Entry to the exhibition is free to members, in full time education or unwaged. Non-members - £3 on the door. Supported by Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Gallery, Old Forest Arts, Brecknock Arts Trust, W.H.Ricketts & Sons and Gwernyfed Community Council. Throughout the exhibition the River Café Glasbury will be offering a special Glasbury Arts lunch menu, two courses for £12.50. Booking on 01497 847007 essential. Image Misty Morning thanks to Mark Zytynski

Gwernyfed High School Drama Studio Saturday, October 29, 2016, 7.30pm Evening lecture with Paul Hills, Emeritus Professor of the Courtauld Institute

David Jones at Capel-y-ffin: Engravings, Paintings & Poetry David Jones (1895-1974) was part of the artists’ community at Capel-y-ffin with Eric Gill in the 1920s. The lecture is based on a book by Paul Hills with Ariane Bankes, The Art of David Jones. The artist’s long poem about the First World War, In Parenthesis, was very successfully staged as an opera by Welsh National Opera. Tickets £9, £7 concessions (unwaged, students, over 60s) ONLINE VIA OUR WEBSITE www.glasburyarts.co.uk or tel: 0333 666 3366. FREE BUS Hay to Gwernyfed, must be booked in advance on 07583 544110.

Image. Thanks to Amgueddfa Cymru, National Museum of Wales and the Estate of David Jones for permission to use this image.

OKTOBERFEST Specially selected beers and ales, German themed menu and live music with The Black Rat Effect. The Red Lion, Knighton, 01547 428080.

Tom McConville

BOOM DOG Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow. BUSHFOLD BLUE The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762. ABERGAVENNY CHAMBER MUSIC Featuring Raphael Wallfisch. Bach’s Suites for solo cello. The Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15 from Abergavenny Music 01873 853394, The Art Shop 01873 852690 or The Chapel 01873 736430.

Mon 10 October DERVISH County Sligo’s finest export, a band with talent, finesse, subtlety and fiery energy. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, 01743 281281.

Tues 11 October PUB QUIZ With a French twist (French Twinning fundraiser). The Royal Oak, Prestegne, 7.30pm, £2. BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Amigos Trio with guest Jean Guyomarch (guitar), France Hot Club, Straight ahead plus swing jazz. Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, LD3 7DW, 8pm, £8 on the door, info@breconjazzclub.org

Wed 12 October STEADY EDDY & FRIENDS The Monk, Monkland, 8pm, 01568 720464. MUMBO JUMBO Phil Bond, piano accordion; Oliver Carpenter, trumpet. Chris Lomas, bass and guitar - an exciting bluesy funky trio. Noris Cafe, 3 Church St, Leominster, 7.30pm, £20 includes meal. Please book in advance, 01568 612876. OPEN MIC Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Free entry and free drink for all performers. Booth Hall, Hereford. GADAEL TIR A show that tells the story of land rights and protest in Wales through traditional songs and heart-wrenching tales and poetry. Old Chapel Farm, Banhadlog, Llanidloes, SY18 6JR, 7.30pm, £8, email Owen at owen@gemtone.co.uk OPEN MIC Hosted by Mark and Jill (Rhythm Thieves). White Horse Inn, Clun.

MONTERAY JACK & THE MALCONTENTS Stag, Llanidloes. THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations.

PROBABLY ROY Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Thurs 13 October

SULTANA BROTHERS Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

THE DEAN’S MUSIC CIRCLE Featuring George Fradley and Sioned Evans, piano duo from the Royal Welsh College of Music. Hereford Cathedral, 12.30pm, £15 each to include a picnic lunch, 01432 374212.

FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring The Redhills. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

KING SIZE SLIM Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm. AN EVENING WITH TOM McCONVILLE One of the leading fiddle players of our time. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. TORQUE Classic stadium rock. The Talbot, Bewdley, 9pm. SCOTT DOONICAN From the Bastard Sons of Val Doonican, one of the funniest musicians you’ll see. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. JAMMING IN THE BAR The Dragon, Montgomery, 01686 668359.

Fri 14 October MADNESS VS UB40 & BOB MARLEY Saracen’s Head, St Martin’s St, Hereford, 9pm. BAND OPEN MIC Drum and bass provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm. THE COUNTERFEIT SIXTIES Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442. HMV BAND Malthouse, Ironbridge.

FAT CHANCE Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

Sat 15 October BUGS BRUMMY Bell Inn, Leominster. FROM BACH TO THE BEATLES Llanfair Singers and West Midland Bell Ensemble. St Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 528678. RUSS HUGHES Stag, Llanidloes. HARVEST FESTIVAL CONCERT FOR CRASWALL Music based on folk and dance themes from five centuries. Programme includes Telemann, Purcell, Haydn, Barok and Kodaly with sets from France and Sweden. Performed by The Craswall Quartet. St Mary’s Church, Craswall, 7.30pm, £12, 01544 318173. SHENANIGANS Featuring Moonlight Drive plus special guests. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8, 01497 821762. OKTOBERFEST Specially selected beers and ales, German themed menu. The Red Lion, Knighton, 01547 428080. LOUISE JORDAN ‘No Petticoats Here’. Lousie Jordan sings the stories of extraordinary women and their remarkable achievements, honouring the Great War soldiers. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £9, 01588 630023.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

Sunday 2 October 7.30pm MY BIG FAT COWPAT WEDDING (Kali Theatre) - Arts Alive Friday 14 October 7.30pm

Folk in the Foyer THE REDHILLS Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 October 7.30pm PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Conquest Productions) Friday 28 October 7.30pm A NIGHT OF ORBISON

Film

7 October 7.30pm FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

Screenings

5 October 7pm NORMA (Royal Opera House) 26 October 7pm KING LEAR (RSC) 27 October 7pm THE ENTERTAINER (Kenneth Branagh) 29 October 5.55pm DON GIOVANNI(New York Met)

Box office 01885 488575 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk

Wed 19 October THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. THE KING’S SINGERS In concert. St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, tickets from Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. OPEN MIC Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Free entry and free drink for all performers. Booth Hall, Hereford. SAMBUCA Wildwood Kitchen, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 701701.

The Poobahs

Sat 15 October

Sun 16 October

ALAN’S OKI DOKI DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster.

LUDO DUO Featuring graduates from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Harp and flute. Programme includes Schubert, Debussy, CPE Bach, Hamilton Harty, William Alwyn and Toru Takemitsu. Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 3pm, £9.50, students £5, 01544 260149, www.sidneynolantrust.org

THE DAGGERS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. SHREWSBURY JAZZ NETWORK Presents Andrea Vicari Band featuring Mornington Lockett and Elvis Stanic. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, members £13, £7 for 21 and under on the door or 01743 234970. CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT Teams of up to four people. Hall Barn, Bleddfa, 7.30pm, £1 per person, bar/ raffle. In aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice. SULTANA BROTHERS King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. THE POOBAHS Dance to the Poobahs at Radnorshire Ales dance floor and taste the great ales at the Iron Bar. Brookside Farm, New Radnor, 8pm, £8 on the door, 01544 350456. THE GOLD ROOM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. MOZART’S REQUIEM Featuring Cantorion Llandrindod and the Irfon Singers. Professional soloists and orchestra. The Grand Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £12.50, under 18s free. Tickets from The Herb Garden, Llandrindod Wells 01597 828032 or Pat on 01597 824842. KRAZY LEGZ Malthouse, Ironbridge. OUTCAST The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. BUDDY HOLLY’S WINTER DANCE PARTY Featuring Marc Robinson and the Counterfeit Crickets. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01584 878141.

THE IAN PARKER BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. MAYFIELD Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. OKTOBERFEST Specially selected beers and ales, German themed menu and live music featuring Red Madog. The Red Lion, Knighton, 01547 428080. WARREN JAMES Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. BLUES/ACOUSTIC SESSION Arvon Ale House, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells, 4pm, 07477 627267.

Tues 18 October ARRIVAL The hits of ABBA. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555.

Jennifer Reid, Wildhare Club

DR HOOK Starring Dennis Locorriere. Tribute. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. LITTLE RUMBA & FRIENDS Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £5. Full Circle pub gig. Tickets Courtyard Antiques or on the door

Thurs 20 October RED MOON ROAD At the forefront of folk music in Canada, a trio of diverse and compelling musicians who create songs of rich, descriptive lyricism and sparkling harmonies. Prees Recreational Club, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01948 660660. Arts Alive. IAN LUTHER Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm. LIVE MUSIC The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Fri 21 October RED MOON ROAD See 20 October for details. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £19, 01694 720132. Arts Alive. JENNIFER REID The Wild Hare Club returns to candlelit venue with Manchester’s ‘broadside balladress’, a real treat for true folkies. De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Hereford, 8pm, free, www.wildhareclub.com BLACK AND BLUES BAND White Horse Inn, Clun. BRENTLEE + FRIENDS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762. BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL Featuring The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, £22/£20, under 18s free, 01874 611622. ROCKY ROAD TO RUIN Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

RHYTHM THIEVES Phone 01568 770134

Wed 12 Oct White Horse Inn, Clun, open mic. (Mark & Jill hosting). Fri 14 Oct

Sun Inn, open mic, 8pm. Drum & bass prov.

Sat 22 Oct

Piesse of Piddle, Main Rd, Pershore.

Fri 28 Oct

Sun Inn, Leintwardine, open mic, 8pm.

Monday October 24th 7.00pm to 8.00 pm

A free taster session introducing a special course for anyone wanting to begin to explore the world of jazz piano and improvisation. Come along and find out more about the course and how it works, and if you wish, try your hand at a simple jazz tune and improvisation. Give yourself the chance to follow a new and exciting musical direction!

Tutor: Simon Deeley At KILVERTS, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AG email: simon.deeley@aol.com Tel: 07890-303681

BLUES JAM The Unicorn, Lower Corve St, Ludlow, 8pm, 07825 133690. MONSTERS ARE DUE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. BUSKING AND BARBECUE The Dragon, Montgomery, 01686 668359. POKER JACK Malthouse, Ironbridge. MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 22 October PAUL DRAKELEY ALL-STAR ORCHESTRA With a salute to the famous crooners and bands of yesteryear. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £12, 01952 728911.

Sarah Moule (John Williams & Friends)

Fri 21 October SARAH SMITH TRIO Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow. THE NAKED BLUE BOYS Stag, Llanidloes. THE HIMALAYAS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. THE MADNESS TRIBUTE BAND Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. RHAYADER DRAGON FESTIVAL Music, food and drink. CARAD, Rhayader, 01597 810561, www.carad.org.uk MICE IN A MATCHBOX Upbeat acoustic duo. St Leonard’s Church, Yarpole, 7.30pm, £6 in advance from Yarpole Community shop or £7.50 on the door, bar. TORQUE The Bear, Bridgnorth. MAY THRILL Gloucestershire folk band. Redmarley Village Hall, 8pm, £10, to include ploughman’s supper, 01531 650371. SINGERS NIGHT AT THE SONG HOUSE The Blue Boar, Mill St, Ludlow, 8pm, £2, all welcome. CEILIDH With Bandamania & Sue Harris. Memorial Hall, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £7.50, children free. Fundraiser to welcome French Twinning visitors. Bar, French raffle, bring finger food to share.

EGO FRIENDLY Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

RHYTHM THIEVES Piesses of Piddle, Main Rd, Pershore. JOHN WILLIAMS AND FRIENDS Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Jazz composers took flight with the Bard’s words and Duke Ellington’s suite, Such Sweet Thunder, some sections of which John has arranged for this performance. Wistanstow Village Hall, 7.30pm, £12, £6 18s and under, soup and cheese available in the interval for £4, tickets from Wistanstow village shop, 01588 672040. Music in Quiet Places. THE FABULOUS BORDELLOS Bell Inn, Leominster. EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Northern Lights, a concert of Scandinavian music including pieces by Sibelius and Grieg and some beautiful ethereal music from Iceland, plus a wind quintet playing music by Nielsen and Orskov. St Laurence’s church, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £10, under 16s free, from Ludlow Assembly Rooms or ring 01584 841053. RHAYADER DRAGON FESTIVAL Music, food and drink. CARAD, Rhayader, 01597 810561, www.carad.org.uk TWO TONE REVIEW The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. DAVE PRICE & ERIKA LYONS Fine jazz piano and double bass. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. DJ NIGHT With Peter Phillips. Stag, Llanidloes. PAARTHENAX King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. SHENANIGANS Featuring Cherryshoes. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

TWO NEW BANDS Blarney Stone, 5-piece with unusual line-up of flute, bass clarinet, fiddle, guitar and dulcimer playing Irish music. The English Dulcimer Duo with Sue Harris and Lisa Warburton playing spell-binding dulcimers. West Malvern Social Club, WR14 4AY, 8pm, £6, www.wmsc.org.uk OCD Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. ALAN’S OKI DOKI DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster. BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL Christ College Chapel, Brecon, Ystradivarius lunchtime recital. Programme includes JC Bach, JCF Bach and Mozart, 1pm, £10/£8, under 18s free, 01874 611622. Brecon Baroque and Robin Blaze, Songs and Fantasies from Byrd to Purcell, 7pm, £22/£20, under 18s free, 01874 611622. THE JENTS Malthouse, Ironbridge. JIMMY OSMOND: MOON RIVER & ME Singing the songs of Andy Williams. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sun 23 October BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL Featuring Tabea Debus and Friends. Continental connections from JS Bach to Geminiani. The Plough Chapel, Lion St, Brecon, 3pm, £10/£8, under 18s free. Trinity Baroque - A Birthday Feast. A festival banquet celebration of Thomas Tallis. Brecon Cathedral, 7pm, £15/£12, under 18s free, 01874 611622. RHAYADER DRAGON FESTIVAL Music, food and drink. CARAD, Rhayader, 01597 810561, www.carad.org.uk TASHA Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm. LIVE MUSIC Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. IAN LUTHER Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 24 October BRECON BAROQUE FESTIVAL Featuring Brecon Baroque Festival Orchestra. Programme includes Handel, Charles Avison and Purcell. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, £16/£14, under 18s free, 01874 611622. 10CC Led by co-founder Graham Gouldman, the band will perform two sets, including Sheet Music its entirety. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

OLION BYW Lucy Rivers and Dan Lawrence capture the essence of traditional Welsh music and song. Support from Soundboard. Canon Frome Court, 7.30pm, £8, 01531 670623. www.canonfromecort. org.uk LIVE MUSIC Dun Cow, Shrewsbury. OVERBOARD Steve Marsden and Mark Brown. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

Jenny Wren & Her Borrowed Wings

Wed 26 October THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. OPEN MIC Hosted by Bekki Cameron. Free entry and free drink for all performers. Booth Hall, Hereford. SHROPSHIRE COUNTY RBL FESTIVAL OF REMEMBRANCE Hosted by Eric Smith and featuring performances from Shrewsbury Brass Band. All proceeds to The Poppy Appeal. Theatre, Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Thurs 27 October OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by Howard and Clare. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888. MANCHESTER CAMERATA Norwegian trumpet virtuoso. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. BLACK CAT & MISS CORINA Blues, roots and rock ‘n’ roll from the dynamic duo from Picardy, France. Crown & Anchor Vaults, Bishop’s Castle, 8.30pm. THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN A shopping trolley dash through all genres of music. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Fri 28 October MARK AND JIM DUET EXPERIENCE The Dragon, Montgomery, 01686 668359. OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm. DAVE CHRISTIE Ego’s, Quality Square, Ludlow.

RON WALTON & THE REVERBS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND Pop, funk, rock and dance covers. Housmans Cafe Bar, Church Stretton. FAMOUS LAST WORDS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. CASINO ROYALE - FUNDRAISER A glam and glitzy Bond-style casino party. Complimentary fizz and canapes, try your hand at the gaming tables (using fun money). Courtyard fundraiser. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. BLACK AND BLUES BAND The Talbot, Bridgnorth. DESERT ISLAND PICKS The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762. JENNY WREN & HER BORROWED WINGS Blushed country blues trio from Suffolk and Essex, perform intimate Wild Hare Club show. Expect impassioned vocals, heartbeat bass and dancing dirt road guitars. De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Hereford, 8pm, free, www.wildhareclub.com PADDY & MURFY Stag, Llanidloes. BLACK CAT & MISS CORINA Blues, roots and rock ‘n’ roll from the dynamic duo from Picardy, France. White Lion, Machynlleth, 8pm. A NIGHT OF ORBISON Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575. LADIES FASHION SHOW & POP UP SHOP FOR CHARITY Knighton Community Centre, 7.30pm, £5, tickets from Tower House Gallery, Knighton or Chris 01544 267898. Proceeds to Air Ambulance and Rotary charities. BLACK COUNTRY ROCK Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 29 October CHRIS BIG’S LAZER DISCO Halloween fancy dress. Bell Inn, Leominster. THE HYPE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

JOHN KIRKPATRICK & KAREN TWEED Will perform a piece with a team of dancers and musicians. Workshops will take place during the day and the evening will include a concert by the composers as well as a full performance of ‘The Severn Suite’. Ending with an improvised ceilidh. Llandinam Village Hall, SY17 5BY, www.tradartsupport. org.uk POPPY CONCERT Featuring Tenbury Town Band, RBL Choir and Voices 4 Health Choir. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL Featuring the Wattingers. Fancy dress encouraged. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. LIVE MUSIC Stag, Llanidloes. KIM CYPHER QUARTET Great jazz, swing and easy listening. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free. TORQUE & VELVET TARDIS Halloween party. The Malt Shovel, Highley. SMOKE ROOM Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. CITY SOUND MUSIC The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. HALLOWEEN FANCY DRESS PARTY DJ, the best dressed wins one gallon of beer. Saracen’s Head, St Martin’s St, Hereford. BLACK CAT JOE & MISS CORINA Miners Arms, Priest Weston, near Chirbury, SY15 6DE, 7.30pm, free, 01938 561305. TEN BOB MILLIONAIRES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. 4 SQUARE BAND Manchester’s feroucious folk foursome. This coincides with the launch of their new album, ‘Fuel’. Cedar Hall, Dilwyn, 7.30pm, £8, £5 children, 01568 720226.

Sun 30 October SUNDAY EVENING CHILL Live music from local bands and artists. The Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080. NEW TRICKS Lichfield Vaults, Church St, Hereford, 4pm, 01432 266821. JIVEOHOLICS Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. KRIS DOLLIMORE Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. SYNERGY Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

BLACK MOUNTAIN JAZZ Featuring Remi Harris Trio. Melville Theatre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, 8pm, £10. ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Programme includes Rossini, Mendelssohn and Sibelius. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Mon 31 October JAH WOBBLE’S INVADERS OF THE HEART A fantastic aural journey through dub, world, ambient and avant-rock music as Jah paints his entrancingly dark, textural soundscapes. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15 (standing), 01743 281281.

NOVEMBER Tues 1 November PEATBOG FAERIES Trailblazers of the Celtic dance movement renaissance. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £17, £54 for a group of four, 01584 878141. UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche, swinging hot jazz from the 40s. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, pre-booked tickets £10, 07970 343148.

GLENN TILBROOK From Squeeze. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Jah Wobble

Wed 2 November THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke, 8pm, free, donations. THE SUBHUMANS + TEDDY’S LEG The Booth Hall, Hereford, 8pm. JAZZ SPECIAL Featuring Hans Peter Hiby and Paul Hession. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767. HANS PETER HIBY TRIO Queen’s Head Hotel, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

Thurs 3 November WILL KILLEEN BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm. OPEN MIC King’s Head, Tenbury Wells.

Fri 4 November

THE DEAN’S MUSIC CIRCLE Featuring a wind quintet from the Royal Welsh College of Music. Hereford Cathedral, 12.30pm, £15 each to include a picnic lunch, 01432 374212. HEADSTICKS The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, 01952 610888.

Music in Quiet Places

John Williams and Friends Saturday 22nd October 7.30pm John Williams – baritone sax and recorder Dick Pearce – trumpet and flugelhorn Lee Jones – guitar Tom Mark – double bass John Cutler – drums Sarah Moule - vocalist Inspired by William Shakespeare, jazz composers take flight – Ellington’s ‘Such Sweet Thunder’ sections of which have been arranged by John Williams and songs from John Dankworth’s legendary suite ‘Shakespeare and All That Jazz’ sung by the inimitable Sarah Moule.

Wistanstow Village Hall, Wistanstow, Nr. Craven Arms SY7 8DQ Tickets £12.00 (£6.00 under 18s) Tickets and info: from 01694 722656

ANDY & TIPPO Covers from the 1980s. Saracen’s Head, St Martin’s St, Hereford, 9pm. WAYNE MARTIN BAND White Horse Inn, Clun. TOMMY MILLS Stag, Llanidloes. THE FABULOUS BORDELLOES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Langstaffe Violins John Langstaffe

Maker & Restorer of Violins, Violas & Cellos Repairs, Fitting Up, Tonal Adjustments etc Room 12, 2nd Floor, Lion House 15, Broad Street, Leominster HR6 8BT

We also stock a selection of new and antique instruments and accessories T: 01568 620120 M: 07901 064875

www.langstaffe-violins.co.uk

Trevor Davies Music

For all your musical needs 87 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 8AE tel: 01568 613611

We stock Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Fernandez, Epiphone, Indie, Aria, Ovation, Adamas, Martin, Taylor, Yamaha, Crafter, Burns, Washburn, Jackson, AER, Marshall, Hartke, Carlsbro, Laney, Zoom, Digitech, Tama, Casio. Plus many other brands. Approximately 500 guitars in stock and Brass, Woodwind, Drums, Keyboards, accessories and thousands of music books and sheet music.

MASAI BLUES Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm. DRAGONFLY ENSEMBLE & HELEN CRAYFORD Wyeside, Builth Wells, 2.30pm, £10, 01982 552555.

Mon 7 November CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968. AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8.30pm. PUB QUIZ & BUFFET Bell Inn, Leominster. BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711854.

Michael Messer’s Mitra

Fri 4 November ABERGAVENNY CHAMBER MUSIC Featuring Seren Winds (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama). Programme includes Handel, Rossini and Nielsen. The Chapel, Market St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15 from Abergavenny Music 01873 853394, The Art Shop 01873 852690 or The Chapel 01873 736430. TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD Rock and 60s covers. Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford. AIRBAG Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sat 5 November OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968. ALTERNATIVE ROUTE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury. ALAN’S OKI DOKI DISCO Bell Inn, Leominster. CATCH 22 Stag, Llanidloes. RUBBLE The Plough, Whitecross Rd, Hereford. MICHAEL MESSER’S MITRA A trio of musicians playing a fusion of Delta blues and Hindustani classical music. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 8pm, £13/£12, 01982 552555. JACK BRETT & FRIENDS Acoustic blues. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells. PERFECT STRANGER Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford. FREEZE Malthouse, Ironbridge.

Sun 6 November DAN JAMES Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

EARTH, AIR, RAIN Exploring the influence of folksong in well-known classical song repertoire. Richard Frewer, tenor and David Price, piano. Prestfilde School, Shrewsbury, 5pm, £15, 25s and under £7.50, 18s and under £1, 01743 245400.

Music Workshops

Sun 16 October AFTERNOON TEA AND SING ALONG With Sal Tonge. Enjoy a lively afternoon with tea and cake. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 3pm, £5, 01588 630023. Sun 23 October SHROPSHIRE HARMONY QUIRE We sing and play mainly West Gallery music, which is energetic, rousing, no-nonsense stuff that is great fun to perform. It is what you would have heard in rural parish churches in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Led by Sue Harris. FREE for newcomers! Bishop’s Castle Methodist Hall, Station Street. 2-5 pm. Enquiries: bosky@btinternet. com. Mon 24 October JAZZ PIANO FOR BEGINNERS A free taster session introducing a special course for anyone wanting to begin to explore the world of jazz piano and improvisation. With tutor, Simon Deeley. Come along and find out more about the course and how it works, and if you wish, try your hand at a simple jazz tune and improvisation. Kilverts, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 07890 303681, email simon.deeley@aol.com Tues 25 - Sun 30 October (eves) STILLNESS MOVEMENT & EXPRESSION IN SINGING A five-day singing retreat to develop colour, tone and freer expression in singing with Michael Harper. Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk Wed 26 October DRUMMING AND PERCUSSION WORKSHOP With Slapping Skins. Suitable for ages 8 - 15 years. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am, £30, 01874 611622. Sat 29 October BIG SING - HALLOWEEN A fun afternoon in a group led by West End Performers learning songs associated with halloween. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 12-6pm, £25, £20 over 60s and students 16+, 07908 853914. Monday ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Coleg Powys (now NPTC), Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158. Tuesday BANG ON DRUMS Drum circle. Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford, 7-9pm, bring your own hand drums or drums and percussion instruments provided, 07870 747248, www.bangondrums.co.uk

Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427. Tuesdays SAMBA BRECON We are a friendly community band which meets each week to practice drumming and have fun. Sue on 07792 165481 or Gill on 01497 821631. 7-9pm in a Village Hall just outside Brecon. Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir. Songs from around the world, traditional and contemporary. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome. Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158. Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR Series 6: Learn some mighty tunes from Northumbria & the Scottish borders. Tutor Kitty Greenwood of HiJinx Ceilidh Band. All melody instruments welcome. Extend your repertoire, develop musicianship and make new friends! Craven Arms, 7.30-9.30pm. 6 week course £34 or £7 per week Booking essential: 01584 841564. folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES SING ON 7 - 8.30pm, Bank House, High St, Bishop’s Castle. Sing songs from far and wide. Everything taught by ear. All welcome, £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet. com Wednesdays BISHOP’S CASTLE EARLY MUSIC GROUP Singing renaissance and baroque music a cappella. All music readers welcome, 7.30pm. Contact Mark, 075385 68378 or email jacquelinesw@hotmail.co.uk Wednesday ROCKSPRING COMMUNITY CHOIR All welcome particularly men! Minimal charge. Rockspring Community Centre, Ludlow. 01584 529053. Wednesday LUDLOW LARKS COMMUNITY CHOIR Led by Polly Bolton. Songs from around the world - from the Beatles to Bulgaria. Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm9.30pm. Polly on 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or check our website www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. We sing mainly 20th and 21st classical music. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. Contact Ros on 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. Uplifting songs from many traditions around the world, all taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com 1st and 3rd Thursdays HEREFORD CHANTING CIRCLE. 11am-1pm plus one Friday evening 8pm - 10pm. Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions, no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome. We meet in central Hereford. Contact Mike: 01432 261222 mikejhadden@gmail.com or www.karimandsusanne.co.uk Thursday CANTORION LLANDRINDOD Mixed choir, early/ classical music. Howey VH, 7.45pm, 01874 754774. First Thursdays BLACK HILL TUNE CLUB 2pm at the Crown Inn Longtown. Free. 01432 263495. Friday MUSIC TIME A session of music and movement for under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, £5 per child, 01743 234970. Friday FAMILY MUSIC MAKERS Fun sessions for parents and toddlers 12.30-2pm, £4 per adult and child pair, under 1s free. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

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VENUES ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Mill Street, Ludlow 01584 878141 BARRELS, St Owen Street, Hereford 01432 274968 BASKERVILLE ARMS, Clyro, near Hay-on-Wye 01497 820670. BASKERVILLE HALL HOTEL, Clyro Court, near Hay-onWye 01497 820033. BELL HOTEL, Commercial St, Newtown 01686 625540 BELL INN, Etnam St, Leominster 01568 616811 THE BRIDGE HOTEL, Tenbury Wells 01584 810434 THE BRIDGE, Ludlow 01584 872963 BLACK LION, Bridge St, Hereford, 01432 266000 CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01597 810192 CHARLTON ARMS, Ludlow, 01584 872813 CONQUEST THEATRE, Bromyard, 01885 488575 THE COURTYARD, Edgar St, Hereford. 01432 340555 THE DUKES ARMS, Presteigne 01544 267318 DUN COW, Shrewsbury 01743 356408 THE EXCHANGE, Newtown 01686 621814. GARWAY VILLAGE HALL, Hereford 01981 580056 THE GEORGE & DRAGON, Knighton 01547 528532 GLEANINGS, near Bishop’s Castle, 01743 891412 THE GLOBE AT HAY, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821762 THE GOLDEN CROSS INN, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford 01432 880274. GRAPE VAULTS, Broad St, Leominster 01568 611404. THE GRANARY, Leominster 01568 614290. THE GROVE HOTEL, Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, 01743 271227 THE HARP INN, Glasbury-on-Wye 01497 847373 THE HERDSMAN, Widemarsh St, Hereford, 01432 277330 HOPE & ANCHOR, Rope Walk, Wye St, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 563003. HUNDRED HOUSE INN, Purslow, 01588 660541 KNIGHTON & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE, Knighton 07751 221487. THE LAKESIDE CAFÉ, Llandrindod Wells, 01597 825679 LICHFIELD VAULTS, Church St, Hereford. 01432 266821 LION BALLROOM, Broad St, Leominster. 01568 611588 THE LOWFIELD INN, Marton, Welshpool 01743 891313 LUDLOW BREWING COMPANY, The Railway Shed, Ludlow 01584 873291 THE MALTHOUSE, Ironbridge, 01952 433712 MINER’S ARMS, Priest Weston 01938 561352 NELSON INN, Ludlow 01584 872908 NORI’S CAFE, 3 Church St, Leominster 01568 612876 OAKENGATES THEATRE, Telford. 01952 619020 THE OLD ELECTRIC SHOP, Hay-on-Wye 01497 821194 THE OLD MILL, High Street, Llanidloes 01686 412008 THE OXFORD ARMS, Duke St, Kington 01544 230322 THE PLOUGH INN, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 358867 ROSE & CROWN, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811336 ROYAL FOUNTAIN, Cleobury Mortimer 01299 272720 ROYAL OAK, Presteigne, 01544 260842. THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, Canal Wharf, Brecon 01874 611622 THE HAFREN, Llanidloes Road, Newtown 01686 614555 THE THREE ELMS, Hereford. 01432 273338. THREE TUNS, Bishop’s Castle. 01588 638797 THE VICTORY, 88 St Owen St, Hereford 01432 274998 VOLUNTEER, Harold St, Hereford 01432 276189. WHITEHORSE INN, The Square, Clun. 01588 640305. WHITE SWAN, Eardisland, 01544 388577 WYESIDE ARTS CENTRE, Builth Wells, 01982 552555 YORKSHIRE HOUSE, St Mary’s St, Shrewsbury 01743 362622

band directory APPLEBY KINSEY a contemporary folk and jazz trio: acoustic guitar, flute, saxophones, double bass, female vocals. A large repertoire of original songs, from tender, lyrical, slightly dark, to up-tempo latin jazz and dance. Live original music with authenticity and sophistication for events, festivals, weddings, clubs. www.applebykinsey.com or call Ken on 07979 542 449.

LOS SQUIDEROS “The Greatest Mexican Band to come out of Hereford in a Hundred Years” Fabulous party band with a long history of amazing crowds. Playing surf, funk and ska with latino beats.. Also, The Swing Set; Swing jazz, Blues and rock n roll from the Squid collective. Contact Leo 07816 686856 leocaithness@tiscali.co.uk

BACK IN TIME Five-piece 50s and 60s band. Tel: Alan on 01686 627679 or 07580 940006.

MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engagingly humour and infectious energy (sustainable). Far more than just great music. And stilts if appropriate. Find out just how much fun a ceilidh really can be, either with separate caller or the minimal option with Tim calling and playing. Ideal for parties, weddings, fund-raising events, festivals, shows, pubs, restaurants, etc. Scottish, Irish and French-themed specialities (Timoléon pour vos soirées francaises). For info call Tim on 01743 719438, or Rich 01743 718612. Email tim@melomanics.co.uk. Website www.melomanics. co.uk

BANDAMANIA Community band playing wild and wonderful traditional music. Perfect for ceilidhs, parties and all sorts of local events. Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com MARTIN BLAKE: Fingerpickin’ good guitar, banjo and vocals in a variety of line-ups from duo to 6 piece, including Whiskey River (5/6 piece electric Swamp Rock band) The Whiskey River Quartet (Acoustic 4 piece version), The Whiskey River Boys (duo version of the same), The Grass Snakes (6 piece Honky-Tonk Bluegrass Band with loads of harmony vocals), and Blakes III, (eclectic long standing trio with clarinet, fiddle, guitar & 3 part harmony vocals) - Pubs, Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Divorces etc. Contact: 07846 669890 or 01432 342018. Email: info@martinblake.org Website: www.martinblake.org CHRISIE J LOCAL VOCALIST! I sing Jazz. Soul, Musical Theatre, Pop and Rock. For more information or to make a booking email chrisiej20@gmail.com or phone 079688 93719. Look at my Facebook page Chrisie J and Youtube channel Chrisie J for performance videos. FLATWORLD Roots ‘n’ grooves from Eastern Europe and beyond. Lively 5-piece band with magnificent tunes and kicking rhythm for your festival, wedding, party or pub. Also circle dancing with caller. Contact Neil on 01684 569611 or 07866 021489; www.flat-world.org.uk or email info@flat-world.org.uk THE FLOK Duo/Trio/Band suitable for most occasions. Kate Thomas lends her stunning voice to a refreshing mix of material from the likes of KT Tunstall, Pink and Mumford & Sons, ably supported by Dave Luke (guitar/ mandolin/vocals) and a solid but subtle rhythm section. Dave 07967 029159 Kate 07817 019918 daveluke1@ hotmail.com - or like us on Facebook! HOT CLIMATE Ultimate party band, best 6-piece line up ever. For top musical entertainment at your party/ wedding/festival or corporate function. Book now! New footage on www.hotclimate.co.uk. Contact Charlie 01568 613895 or mobile 07702 528088 anytime! LE FREAK Upbeat party covers band. Great 5-piece outfit for any dance event. Hear us on soundcloud.com/ lefreak357066067 or phone Nick on 01981 540348 or 07952 415487. LITTLE RUMBA A classy four piece band featuring Hugh, John, Jacqui & Pete, from The Tango Band and The Rumbajax, playing moody, melancholy music everything from East European and South American to the Blues. Viola, violin, accordion, saxophones, guitar, vocals and bass. 01547 520339 www.littlerumba.com

MUCH ADO - The band for your ceilidh or barn dance. 4-piece band with caller for ceilidhs, barn dances, weddings, parties, shows, fetes, etc. Alan Oberman 01982 570432, email alan.oberman@gmail.com. See website www.muchadoband.com NEW TRICKS Lively 4-piece 60’s, 70’s band playing classic tunes of the era. With some blues/rock and country/rock. Barry 07754 534406 or David 01568 612661. OVER THE HILLBILLIES - Lively, foot stomping, rip-roaring band performing everything from Led Zep to Kylie, Dolly to Motorhead, and Blur to the Bee Gees. With a look fashioned straight from “Deliverance”, playing on a banjo, fiddle, tea-chest bass, drums, harmonicas, guitar and a suitcase(!) we are perfect for parties, pubs, festivals and anything else that involves drinking and dancing. Contactl Linda on 01686 670409 / 07816 125802 or find us on Facebook.com/Over-the-Hillbillies. YEEEEHAAAAA! RHYTHM THIEVES Funky, folky and fun. Firm favourites at festivals, pubs, parties and events around the Midlands and beyond, Rhythm Thieves are a lively must-see band who deliver an unforgettable and highly entertaining night out. “Full of fire and enthusiasm” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 “Great, super, lovely - our resident band” Genevieve Tudor. BBC Radio Midlands Folk Show. “If they don’t make you smile, you’re probably dead.” Wheaton Aston Folk Festival Tel: 01568 770 134, e-mail rhythmthieves@hotmail.com SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc. For more information call Richard 07974 399524 SEAN SAYE Music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Great party music, capturing the retro vibe. Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo.co.uk. Website www.seansaye.com. SILVER BRANCH Ceilidh/folk band, complete with caller and PA system. Multi-instrumental 5-piece band playing traditional Irish/world music and contemporary tunes. David: 01981 540832, Anna: 07980 961187.

SLIPPERY SLOPE Silly, melancholy and beautiful music played on accordion, fiddle, guitar and steel pan. From ska to klezmer via a Parisian cafe and a Russian vodka bar. For more info please call Jo or Ben on 01981 510136 see www.slipperyslope.org.uk or email slipperyslope@hotmail.com

THE TIME BANDITS are a top quality band playing a variety of different music styles to suit all tastes. We have a number of music package options, ranging from a duo for your ceremony, 6 piece party band and a fabulous 10 piece experience. www.thetimebandits.info 07815 800261 ian@thetimebandits.info

SOUL SUPPLY 6-piece soul, Motown and R & B Party Band. Guaranteed to turn your event into a hive of nonstop dance floor activity. Available for weddings, parties and corporate events. Full PA, lights, staging and disco as required. 079905 75531 or 01568 708868 www.soulsupplyband.co.uk info@soulsupplyband.co.uk

THE VILLAGE QUIRE Spine-tingling harmonies sung with all the emotional clout, subtlety of expression and love of life that you get when voices are raised together in song. Music from and inspired by the folk harmony, west gallery and shape note traditions all woven together with words and stories. New show for 2015 / 16 ‘Back to the Garden’ – life and hope in the trenches based on original letters from WW1 Herefordshire soldier and gardener William Bevan. “The Village Quire have become one of my favourite singing groups of all time ... (Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat, Radio Wales). For bookings / further info ring 01497 847676 www.villagequire.org.uk

STASH Rockin’ good folk. Firey fiddle, souring guitar, pounding rhythms, with bouncing energy. Folk rock at its best. Please phone Mick on 01432 840475, Wizzy on 01432 263317 or Will on 07960 569784. STONED CHERRIES Are: Dave Evans, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Roger Pugh, guitar, mandola, vocals; Aly May, whistles, vocals and Matt Donaldson, bass, percussion and vocals. A dynamic folk / rock fusion of original, traditional and modern songs and tunes. Roger 01885 483425 / 07779 694615 / pugh@ live.co.uk or Dave 01886 822132 / 07817 220016 / dgand2@btinternet.com www.dgand2.wix.com/ thestonedcherries STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIEMEN Boogie Woogie and its best, jazz and soul - let the good times roll! Contact Edd, on 01432 769077, www.steadyedd.co.uk THE SULTANA BROTHERS Fine R&B from one of the best bands around! The ultimate hip swingin’, foot tappin’ party band - guaranteed to help you dance the night away. For bookings/enquiries contact Phil 07791 129391 or Adam 07855 037092. Website www.thesultanabrothers.vpweb.co.uk or find us on Facebook.com/ thesultanabros

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VIRG CLENTHILLS and his band BLUE MOON, sing Country & Americana songs that are often touching, sometimes comic. Virg is a true poet of Country music, evoking classic tales of the mountains of Kentucky. See website: www.garethowen.com. If you’d like to book Virg and his band, phone 01584 878 282. TRIO TANGENTE Violin and vocal led spicy fun energetic Latin/Tango/Hot Club/ Gypsy influenced band. For all occasions. Contact Faith 07870 320022. XL’S Maximum R’n’B, Feelgood Rock & Roll. 01588 650686.

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PERFORMANCE

Sat 1 October THE COLLECTOR KATHRYN BARKER PRODUCTIONS. 2003 Mazrat Prison, Iraq. Previously one of Saddam’s most notorious torture houses, now under Allied command. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Sat 1 & Sun 2 October THE BIG FAT COWPAT WEDDING KALI THEATRE COMPANY. Based on real people’s experience of mixed marriages or rural weddings attended by city dwellers out of the comfort zone. For ages 12+. 1 Oct - Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £10/£6/£25, 01743 235384. 2 Oct - Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10, 01885 488575. Arts Alive. Mon 3 - Wed 5 October FRANKENSTEIN BLACKEYED THEATRE. A brand new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror masterpiece fusing ensemble storytelling, live music and stunning theatricality. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Mon 3 - Sat 9 October DEAD SHEEP CAHOOTS THEATRE COMPANY. The true story of how Mrs Thatcher, once the most powerful woman in the world, was brought down by Geoffrey Howe, her one time friend and political soul mate. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 8 & Sun 9 October A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM BOX TALE SOUP. Be transported to a world of mirth and magic where Shakespeare’s language is made accessible to a younger audience through the use of puppetry, physical theatre and original music. 8 Oct - Alveley Parish Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£25, 01746 780478. 9 Oct - Kinokulture, Oswestry, 3pm, £10/£5, 01691 238167. Arts Alive. Wed 12 October TWO AN ACT THEATRE COMPANY present Jim Cartwright’s comedy drama, set in a working class pub in the South Wales valleys. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £13/£12, 01874 611622. Fri 14 October CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE KEPOW THEATRE. Starring Kevin Tomlinson and Abi Hood. A wonderful combination of comedy, drama and pathos. Dolau Community Hall, near Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £8, children £6, 01597 851427 or online at www.wegottickets.com Sat 15 October THE CANTERBURY TALES BLAST FROM THE PAST present six of the best loved of Chaucer’s tales. The show is fast, furious, occasionally filthy and very funny. For ages 12+. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12, 01600 772467. Sat 15 October THE TEMPEST THICK AS THIEVES THEATRE COMPANY. A story of love, freedom and the consequences of heavy drinking. A company of four romp through this magical comedy with relentless energy, breakneck costume changes and sparkling comedy. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.30pm, £12/£6, 01568 616460. Arts Alive.

Wed 5 October THE GOOD EARTH MOTHERLODE. An explosive new play inspired by true events. Facing pressure from the local council to move down the road when a new development is proposed, a small group of passionate villagers decide to fight back. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, 01874 611622. Thurs 6 - Sat 15 October LORD OF THE FLIES COURTYARD PRODUCTION. Based on the 20th century classic novel by William Golding. After finding themselves abandoned on a desert island, a group of school children struggle to survive as rules and instinct clash. The Courtyard, Hereford, £13/£11, 01432 340555.

Sat 8 October DEREK ACORAH One of the foremost names in the world of psychic phenomena. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

Lord of the Flies

Dead Sheep

Thurs 20 October ROMEO & JULIET PANTALOONS give Shakespeare’s tale of ill-fated love a fresh twist. Featuring live music, audience interaction and that famous bit with the balcony. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £14, children £12, 01600 719401. Thurs 20 - Sat 22 October WUTHERING HEIGHTS LADS. Emily Bronte’s classic, a spellbinding thriller and ghost story. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £10, £6 students, 07967 517125.

Sat 15 October AUSTENTATIOUS Skilfully improvising a brand new Jane Austin work before your very eyes, based on a single audience suggestion. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Tues 18 October THE UNDERGROUND MAN A life of fascination, obsession and deep scientific curiosity. William John Cavendish Scott-Bentinck is an eccentric English aristocrat whose imagination and curiosity know no bounds. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Wed 19 October GHOST STORIES THE PAPER CINEMA. A live film company presents a bewitching new production based on ghostly tales. For ages 8+. Norbury Village Hall, 7pm, £7/£3/£24, 01588 650207. At 6.15pm there will be a chance to see ‘Norbury Shorts’ animated work by the Norbury school pupils. Arts Alive. Wed 19 - Sat 22 October THE HOLLOW MAD COW PRODUCTIONS. A classic English country house mystery by Agatha Christie. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 22 October CASTING THE RUNES BOX TALE SOUP. A chilling new adaptation of MR James’ classic supernatural thriller. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, £8/£4 from Courtyard Antiques or The Workhouse. Thurs 27 October BOUNCERS BLACK RAT THEATRE COMPANY. Meet Les, Judd, Ralph and Lucky Eric, the bouncers at a local night club, as they prepare for the onslaught of Friday night’s debauchery. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.45pm, £13/£11, 01874 611622. Fri 28 October THE UNDERGROUND MAN AJTC THEATRE. A journey with a Gothic twist through the curious tunnels of a Victorian mind, bizarre and frequently hilarious. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12/£8, 07967 517125. Arts Alive. Sat 29 October SPILLIKIN: A LOVE STORY PIPELINE THEATRE COMPANY. Spillikin makes audiences laugh and cry at the same time, with the added bonus of a state of the art robot on the stage. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01588 630321. Arts Alive.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA

Bad Guys

Sat 2 October BIZET’S CARMEN RUSSIAN STATE OPERA. A compelling mix of gorgeous melodies, dramatic confrontations and musical wit, set in 19th century Seville. Sun in French with English subtitles. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Mon 3 October ONE NIGHT ONLY CALDICOT MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY present a night of highlights from favourite musicals. Singing and dancing in aid of Cancer Research UK. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467. Fri 14 October RIGOLETTO HERITAGE OPERA present a tale of passion, kidnap, curses, seduction and murder. Sun in Italian with English subtitles, accompanied by six-piece chamber orchestra. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50, under 16s £10, 01874 611622. Wed 19 - Sat 22 October PIRATES OF PENZANCE CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS. Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

Sat 22 October SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK A brand new theatrical production celebrating the career of Rod Stewart, from street busker through to international superstar. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Sun 23 October THE BARBER OF SEVILLE POP-UP OPERA. Fast-paced comical farce, laying bare the characters in all their glorious eccentricity. Alington Hall, Shrewsbury School, 4pm, £18, 25s and under £9, 18s and under £1, 01743 280812.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE Wed 12 - Sun 18 October GANGSTA GRANNY Ben doesn’t know that Granny has a secret - and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his very own Gangsta Granny! Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 15 October THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE Charlie Hubble is a little boy with a big dream, he wants to be a world-class magician... The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, 01432 340555.

Sun 16 & Mon 17 October STICK MAN SCAMP THEATRE’s delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldsons and Axel Scheffler’s hugely popular children’s book. Touching, funny and original, it features a trio of actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. The Courtyard, Hereford, Sun 3.30pm, Mon 10am & 1.30pm, 01432 340555.

Mon 24 October RAIDERS OF THE LOST PUMPKIN TALEGATE THEATRE. Join our hero, Dr Jones in his quest to find the legendary Lost Pumpkin and defeat the evil Pharaoh, Mustafa Gold. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 12pm, £9, £7 under 16’s, family £28, 01600 772467. Wed 26 October BAD GUYS Join Comedy Club 4 Kids veterans and stars of CBeebies ‘Spot Bots’ the Three Half Pints as they trip and stumble their way through a brand new comic misadventure. Suitable for ages 5 - 11 years. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £8.50, 01874 611622. Sun 30 October MARTY MACDONALD’S TOY MACHINE Join Marty, Sally the scarecrow, Pongo the pig, Molly-Moo the cow and Sheena the sheep in a fun, musical, interactive adventure to repaire the Toy Machine. For ages 2-7 years. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 11.30pm, £9, £8, £30 family, 01600 772467. Sat 12 November THE SLEEPOVER By Louise The Poet. Just right for families with children aged 5-10 years. A modern interactve fairytale adapted from the Princess and the Pea. Birch Hall, Steiner Academy, Much Dewchurch, 2.30pm, £5 on the door, 01981 540221. Arts Alive. Refreshments available.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS Tues 25 October HALLOWEEN PUPPETRY WORKSHOP With Puppet Soup. Participants not only make a puppet but also have the opportunity to work, perform a play and learn basic puppetry techniques. For ages 7-14 years. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am, £30, 01874 611622. Fri 28 October CIRCUS ANTICS WORKSHOP Have fun whilst learning circus skills. Suitable for ages 7 - 15 years. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10am, £30, 01874 611622. HAVE A GO SHAKESPEARE Fortnightly group sessions for anyone interested in having a go at Shakespeare read, discuss, explore, perform and have fun! Wednesdays - Llandrindod Wells. Thursday - Rhayader. Fridays - Builth Wells. www.shakespearelink.co.uk or call 01597 811487. HAY SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For 12-17 year olds. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye. Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430 for details or to express an interest.

MID POWYS YOUTH THEATRE Tuesdays Junior Youth Theatre 8-11, 4.15pm-5pm. 11-14 years, 5.15pm-6.15pm. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells Senior Youth Theatre 14+ 7pm-9.30pm. The Drama Centre, Llandrindod Wells. Contact Ralph Bolland on 07810 350994. Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Kate Ganderton. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6. Juniors ages 6-1. Intermediate ages 11-14. All £30 per term. Senior ages 14-18, £35 per term, 01432 340555. Mondays TOTALLY ACTING Do you love acting? Learn the TV, film, stage acting techniques used by professionals. The Appletree Studio, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, SY8 1RU. Contact Rob Ford on 07772 823775, email: robjuckes@yahoo.co.uk Mondays (during term time) BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry and Gareth Williams. Ages 9-12 6-7.15pm, ages 13-25 7.30-9pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622. Tuesdays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE The Courtyard, Hereford, £62 term, 01432 340555. Tuesdays DAI Y BANNAU Focussing on acting, scriptwriting, singing and dancing, storyboarding and set design. Dai Y Bannau is a Welsh medium multimedia theatre group. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 4pm, for ages 7-12 years, 01874 611622. Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663. Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE With Kate Ganderton. Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm. Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 per term, 01432 340555.

Wednesdays THE COURTYARD KIDS For reception Year 2, led by Helen Durant, £60 per term. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555. Wednesdays and Fridays INTERMEDIATE YOUTH THEATRE Year 10s Wed and Year 11s Fridays. The Courtyard, Hereford, £67 per term, 01432 340555. Thursdays and Saturdays SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE Providing training in a range of theatre skills for ages 5-25. All abilities welcome. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury. Contact Maggie Love: 07813 026367. Every Thurs ADULT DRAMA CLUB AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for anyone interested in having fun trying out some performance skills with Janine Sharp. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-30pm-9-30pm. £6. 07733 055430. Thursdays LEINTWARDINE YOUTH THEATRE Run by Teme Valley Youth Project. For ages 11+. Leintwardine Community Centre, 4-5pm, 01568 770110. Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928. Thursdays & Fridays SENIOR YOUTH THEATRE For ages 16-24, led by Ellen Dorsett, Dan Pegler or Rebecca Cook. Courtyard, Hereford, £70 per term, 01432 340555. Fridays and Saturday JUNIOR YOUTH THEATRE For Year 3 - 9 led by either David Durant or Ellen Dorsett. The Courtyard, Hereford, £65 per term, 01432 340555. Every Saturday HAY YOUTH THEATRE AT THE GLOBE IN HAY for ages 7-11. Excl. half term, 10.30-12.30pm, £6. Loads of fun! Call Janine Sharp on 07733 055430.

word Poetry & Storytelling

Omid Djalili

Sun 9 October MARCHES POETS Present reflections on Times of Light and Times of Shade in poetry and prose with musical interludes by Nicholas Benda, Oboist. Bleddfa Centre, 3pm, £7 on the door including tea, cake, 01544 387976. Mon 10 October POETRY IN PRESTEIGNE Guest poets from the Black Mountains, Frank Olding and John J. Jones with classical guitarist Aneirin Jones for a memorable evening of poetry and music with a distinctly Welsh vibe. 7.30pm. The Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, on the door £5.00 adults £2.00 students 01544 267418. Supported by Literature Wales Fri 14 October BLAST! Beautiful Lies and Startling Truths. Storytelling. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, tea, cake and beer available, 01588 630023. Wed 19 October PAM AYRES Her work is funny and approachable. Ther hair-trigger timing, her eye for detail of everyday life and for the absudity therein, makes for an art that hides art. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, 01432 340555. Thurs 29 October OPEN MIC POETRY EVENING Bring a favourite poem to read, read or perform your own work or just come and listen. Mid Wales Arts, Caersws, near Newtown, 8pm, £3, 01686 688369. Tues 1 November AUTUMN POETRY EVENING Local poets reading their poems. Apple Store Gallery, Rockfield Rd, Hereford, 7-8.30pm, £5 to include glass of wine/juice, 01432 263937.

Comedy

Fri 7 October RICH HALL: LIVE 2016 Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and king of rapid-fire wit. Suitable for ages 14+. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £16, 01686 614555. Sat 8 October DANE BAPTISTE: REASONABLE DOUBTS The Independent’s ‘Face to Watch in 2015’ and nominated for Best Newcomer at 2014’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Tues 11 October COMEDY AND CURRY Telford Comedy Club presents Carl Jones, supported by Lou Chawner, Ben Briggs, Alex Hylton, Ben Warrington, Sarah Johnson, Dave Pollard and host, Nick Clarke. The Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford, £7, 01952 610888.

Fri 14 October HEINEKEN COMEDY CLUB Fast witted comedians and a lively atmosphere. For ages 18+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Fri 14 October HAL CRUTTENDEN: STRAIGHT OUTTA CRUTTENDEN Hal is back ranting about the evils of the modern age from social media to the 5:2 diet. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467. Sat 15 October SEANN WALSH: ONE FOR THE ROAD The Lie-in King returns with a brand new show. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 8pm, £14, 01952 728911. Wed 19 October AN EVENING SHARED WITH JASPER CARROTT & ALISTAIR MCGOWAN A night of comedy stand-up and impressions, drawing from their wealth of experience they present a show of pure laughter and entertainment. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £25, 01600 719401. Fri 21 October JULIAN CLARY: THE JOY OF MINCING Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, 01600 772467. Mon 24 & Tues 25 October OMID DJALILI Award winning comedian and actor, well known for his legendary stand-up performances. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, 01432 340555. Tues 25 October JIMEOIN: RENONSENSE MAN An evening of brilliantly observed, ever-revolving and hilarious stand-up. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Fri 28 October THE COMEDY CLUB Little Wander, the team behind the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, present their monthly comedy club. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £10, 01874 611622. Fri 28 October LEE HURST: COMEDY SHOW NUMBER 9 Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £16, 01600 772467.

Sun 30 October PAUL FOOT: TIS A PITY SHE’S A PIGLET In Paul’s new show, Professor Ketchup and his camembert piglet join forces as he tackles the big issues such as terrorism. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Characters’ a talk by Bertie Pearce. 1 Nov - Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Painting Collection with speaker, Mrs Mary Rose Rivett-Carnac. Theatr Brycheiniog, 2.30pm, 01874 625679.

Talks

Sat 8 October GLASBURY ARTS AGM AND PLANETARIUM EVENING Glasbury Village Hall, 7.30pm, members free, £6 non-members, 07583 544110.

Fri 7 Oct THE ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHEOLOGY OF THE RADNOR VALLEY An illustrated talk by Nigel Jones, Clwyd Powys Archaelogoical Trust. New Radnor Community Centre, 8pm. Radnorshire Society open evening.

October and November THE LINGEN AUTUMN LECTURES 2016 12 Oct - Vicky Leach ‘Learning for Life’: Uganda’s Children. 19 Oct - Professor David Coleman ‘Europe’s Future Population’: Old Shrinking and Marginalised? 26 Oct - Ex-Captain David Fletcher Polar Explorer and Historian. 2 Nov - Karen Usher ‘Helping to Develop and Deliver a New University for Herefordshire. Lingen Village Hall, all lectures start at 7.30pm, £8 on the door to include wine and canapes. Season ticket £30 for four lectures, 01568 770920. Sat 1 October ARCADIA MUSIC FESTIVAL AT AARDVARK BOOKS ‘At Home and Abroad: A Conversation. The festivals two resident composers Eleanor Alberga and Adam Gorb discuss their works in the festival and the themes of home and exile. Aardvark Books, The Booker, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 3pm, £4, 01547 530744. Sat 1 October MORTIMER HISTORY SOCIETY Autumn Symposium. Keynote speakers include Dr David Stephenson - ‘Resistance to Conquest: Eastern Wales in the 13th century’. Dr Carol Davidson Cragoe ‘Wigmore Castle: how to Recreate a Ruin’. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-4.30pm, £10 members, £13 non-members, pay in advance via www.mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk or on the door. Tues 4 October LINGEN GARDENING CLUB ‘Wildlife of Shropshire’ by Ben Adams. Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £1 members, £4 visitors, 01547 540176. Tues 4 October & Tues 1 November BRECKNOCK DECORATIVE FINE ART SOCIETY 4 Oct - ‘Dickens, the Man and his Life through his

Sat 8 October THE SHROPSHIRE MAMMOTH A talk by Dr Adrian Lister. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 6pm, followed by a buffet reception, £15, please book, 01588 676060. Mon 10 October RICK STEIN - RICK STEIN’S LONG WEEKENDS One of the UK’s best known cooks and broadcasters. He is now coming closer to home and looking at receipes and dishes that are just a hop and a skip from the UK. In association with Rossiter Books. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, £10, £5 redeemable against the book, 01600 772467. Tues 11 October SIR CHRIS BONINGTON LIFE AND TIMES With original images and raw footage, this is a rare opportunity to hear about some of the greatest climbing adventures of the twentieth century. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50, 01874 611622. Wed 12 October BROMYARD & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY A talk given by Frankie Farrell on ‘Dating and Understanding Family Photographs’. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £3. Fri 14 October HARRY HOOK: ABOUT AFRICA World class photographer and film director portrays extraordinary stories, stunning photographs and unique film. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

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ARCADIA @ AARDVARK BOOKS 1st October, 3pm Festival composers Eleanor Alberga and Adam Gorb in conversation, on the themes of Home & Exile £4.

BROCANTE / FLEA MARKET 9th October, 10am-3pm Lots of stalls where you can find that perfect item! Live music. Free entry.

Harry Hook, 14 October

Wed 19 October LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY A talk on the ‘Blessed Roger Cadwallader’ by Lynne Surtees. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, £3 on the door, visitors welcome. Wed 19 October JOHN ERICSON: CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS Teme Valley DFAS. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 2.15pm, £8, 01584 811088.

Sat 15 October ST JOHN’S WALK CONFERENCE: GREEN MEN AND GRIFFINS This conference will celebrate the HLF project to restore St John’s Walk to it’s former glory. Topics will include ecology, archaeology and architecture as well as the social history. College Hall, Hereford Cathedral, 10am4.30pm, £15 from the Cathedral shop, 01432 374202.

Fri 21 - Sun 23 October A WEEKEND OF WORDS 21 Oct - Comedy with Rich Hall, a talk by Lord Bernard Donoughue, poetry reading with Gareth Owen and Sarah Ward. 22 Oct - Wendy Cope, Helena Attlee, Brian Patten, Benjamin Britten with Frances. Also includes a sign language workshop and Shakespeare workshop. 23 Oct - Goerge Monbiot & Ewan McLennan, Franny Moyle, Rebecca Stephens and Katie Fforde. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

Sat 15 October SPACE TRAVEL, NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UK A lecture by Edward Moore, rocket scientist from Oxford. The Simpson Hall, Burghill, 7.30pm, £5 on the door, £1 for students or under 18s to include light refreshments, 01432 760704. Mon 17 October ROSS CLASSICAL MUSIC SOCIETY ‘Beethoven’s Long Shadow’. Sandy Burnet looks at how Beethoven’s work affected that of late composers. Christchurch, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm, £6, 01989 567750. Mon 17 October THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION: CIVIL WAR IN SHROPSHIRE A talk by Mike Green, Community Archaeologist. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £5 including refreshments, 01588 630023. Tues 18 October GARWAY HERITAGE GROUP ‘The Restoration of Dore Abbey’ by Chris Morgan. Garway Village Hall, 7.30 pm. Admission free for members, £4 for visitors. Details from 01600 772656 or www.garwayheritagegroup.co.uk Tues 18 October DEMENTIA FRIENDS AWARENESS SESSION Tower House Gallery, Knighton, 7-8pm, 01547 529530. Please book.

Helena Attlee A Weekend of Words Sat 22 October SOUTH SUDAN: AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE NEWEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND ONE OF ITS POOREST The Revd. Mark Hayter. Cathedral Barn, Hereford Cathedral, 10am, £5, booking essential, 01432 374225. Sun 23 & Wed 26 October ST EDFRITH Edfrith is the saint who came from Lindisfarne to Leominster around 660AD. Sun 23 Oct - ‘Footsteps through Early Leominster’. A short walk and talk led by Pete Blench. Booking essential, 2pm, £5 from Leominster TIC, 01568 616460. Sun 23 Oct - St Edfrith Evening Service, Leominster Priory, 4.30pm, includes poetry from the 7th century. Wed 26 Oct - ‘Iona Lindisfarne - Leominster’. A lecture by Rob Walker, FSA. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, retiring collection. Tues 25 October MILLICHAP PEACE FUND TALK Peace-Building through Non-Violent action and Treaty-making’. A talk by Rebecca Johnson. Quaker Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, 7.30pm, www.opendemocracy.net

Lord Bernard Donoughue, A Weekend of Words

Tues 25 October & Tues 1 November LUDLOW LECTURES 25 Oct - How the Other Half Lived - Ludlow’s Working Classes 1850-1960, by Derek Beattie. 1 Nov - On The Trail of the Mortimers by Philip Hume. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am £4 per lecture, 01584 874990.

Tues 25 October MARK RADCLIFFE: SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED Radio and television presenter, musician, writer, friend of the stars and all round cheese fetishist. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281. Wed 26 October SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB ‘Winter Containers’. a talk by Paul Williams. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, free to members, £5 visitors including refreshments, 01588 660753. Sat 29 October PAUL HILLS - DAVID JONES AT CAPEL-Y-FFIN: ENGRAVINGS, PAINTINGS AND POETRY David Jones (1895-1974) was part of the artists’ community at Capel-y-ffin with Eric Gill in the 1920s. The lecture is based on a book by Paul Hills with Ariane Bankes, ‘The Art of David Jones’. Gwernyfed High School Drama Studio, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 0333 666 3366. Glasbury Arts. Sat 29 & Sun 30 October BLEDDFA CELEBRATORY WEEKEND ‘The Journey Thus Far’. Includes a recital, lunch, lecture/ talk and workshop spread over two days, with founder, James Roose-Evans. The Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377, www.bleddfacentre.org Tues 1 November PAM AYRES Her work is funny and approachable. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281181. Wed 2 November ROS NELMES: THE HISTORY OF GIN MAKING The Simpson Hall, Burghill, 7.30pm, £5 at the door to include light refreshment, 01432 760704. Sun 6 November JOHN BULMER, DIRECTOR A special documentary screening following explorer Mark Shard and traveller Charles Allen as they journey to find the lost Tibetan city of Shangri-La. Followed by a Q & A with John Bulmer. Broadfield Court Estate, Bowley Land, Bodenham, 11.30am screening, followed by Q & A and lunch at 1pm, £22.50, tickets from rae1946@icloud.com All proceeds in aid of Samaritans, Herefordshire.

Workshops & Courses ORIEL DAVIES 2016 OPEN WRITING COMPETITION Writers are invited to submit either poems (up to 50 lines each) or prose (up to 1000 words each) that focus on the theme of ‘imaginary worlds’ (in either English or Welsh). The best will receive a £50 voucher to spend in the gallery shop. Entry fee £3 per piece submitted. Closing date 1 Nov. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, www.orieldavies.org or 01686 625041. October AUTUMN COURSES & STUDY DAYS WEA HEREFORD 5 Oct - Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse, with tutor Joy Roderick, 10.30am-12.30pm, £49, Kindle Centre, ASDA, Belmont Rd, Hereford. 10 Oct - Art and Culture of Africa with Jill Salmons, 10.30am-12.30pm, £56, Saxon Hall, Hoarwithy Rd, Hereford. 15 Oct - An Exploration of World Costumes with Jill Salmons, 10am-4pm, £20, Saxon Hall, Hoarwithy Rd, Hereford. 19 Oct - AGM with speaker,

Bill Laws, ‘Herefordshire’s Homefront, 7pm, The Kindle Centre, ASDA, Belmont Rd, Hereford. 1 Nov - Hops, the Evolution of the British Brewery and Classic British Public Houses with tutor Gareth Calan Davies, 10.30am12.30pm, £35, Kindle Centre, ASDA, Belmont Rd, Hereford. Details 01432 880545. October AUTUMN 7 WEEK COURSES WEA LEDBURY From 4 Oct - Herefordshire, Alfred the Great to Henry I with tutor David Whitehead, 2-4pm, £49, Trinity Church Parish Room, 20 New St. From 6 Oct - Penguin Books of WWI Stories with tutor Cath Humphris, 2.30-4.30pm, £49, Trinity Parish Room, 20 New St. 8 Oct - Fungi Foraging with Sheila Spence, 10.30am, £10, Queenswood Country Park, Hope Under Dinmore. From 10 Oct - Ancient Greek for Beginners with tutor Jane Chaundry, 2-4pm, £49, Ledbury Baptist Church Hall. From 12 Oct - Haydn, The Shakespeare of Musical Composition with tutor Martyn Moxley, 2-4pm, £49, Ledbury Baptist Church Hall. 25 Oct - Modern History Discussion Group, 10.30am-12pm, £15, Trinity Parish Room, New St, Ledbury. 5 Nov Permaculture: Growing Food in Harmony with Nature with Joanna Blackman, 10.30am-4.30pm, £20, The Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury. To book any course, call 01531 634333. Sun 13 - Sat 19 November WOMEN’S WRITING RETREAT With Victoria Villasenor. Over The Rainbow, vegetarian country retreat, Cardigan Bay, West Wales. Relaxed qulaity B & B accommodation, ensuite rooms, www.overtherainbowwales.co.uk 01239 811155. STORY SPACE - Storytelling and Storymaking workshop in central Hereford on October 8th 2016 led by Carol Florence Graham. Also available are creative writing sessions; coaching; Forest School projects; CPD training for educators and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. For more information see www.storyspace.co.uk or email info.storyspace@gmail. com Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £48 per term, 01432 340555. First Wednesday of the month POETRY CAFE, Charlton Arms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 872813. 2nd Wed of each month MID WALES WRITERS GROUP An informal writers’ group for wordsmiths of all kinds. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01982 552555. Every 3rd Thursday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, free, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk 4th Thurs of each month HAY-ON-WYE AMNESTY GROUP The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7-8pm, 01497 821153. International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451. Mid-Border Arts Writers’ Circle, Presteigne 3rd Tues, Assembly Rooms, 7.30pm. 01544 260255 Tenbury Writers’ Group 2nd Tues, 7:30pm. The Kings Head, Cross St. 07400 084794. Border Poets 01547 530380.

grass roots Green Events October HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 4, 8 & 20 Oct - Bromyard Downs Project: Practical Work Parties, 10am-3.30pm. 5 Oct - Ecology of the River Wye, a talk by Simon Evans. Hopelands, Weobley VH, 7.30pm. 6 Oct - The Vanishing Viper, a talk by Nigel Hand, Christ Church Hall, Edde Cross St, Ross-on-Wye, 7.30pm. 8 Oct - UK Fungus Day, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, near Leominster, 10am-3.30pm, free. 8 Oct HWT AGM followed by a guided walk at Bodenham, Wellington VH, 10.30am, free. 9 Oct - Lower House Farm Orchard Celebration, Ledbury Rd, Tupsley, Hereford, 11am-3pm, £5, under 12s free. 19 Oct - Fungi Foray, with expert Sheila Spence. The Sturts North Nature Reserve car park, Ailey Lane, Kinnersley, 10.30am-12.30pm, £6, booking essential. 25 Oct - Hilltop Birds of Prey, with live birds. A talk by Mike Hill, Kington Primary School, 7.30pm, donations. 25 Oct - Adventure Club, survivla skills, for children aged 7+, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, near Leominster, 10am-3pm, £10, booking essential, 01432 530088. 26 Oct - Get Crafty, drop in session for ages 4-8 years. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, near Leominster, free, 10am-12pm. 26 Oct - Autumn Art Club for ages 8 - 12 years, Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, 1.30-3.30pm, £3, booking essential, 01432 530088. 27 Oct - The Pine Marten Story, a talk by Stuart Edmonds, 7.30pm, Aymestrey VH. 27 Oct - Saving our Bumblebees, a talk by Professor David Goulson. Hereford Sixth Form College, £10.50, 01432 356872. 28 Oct - Things That Go Bump in the Night! A spooky WildPlay night walk with games, suitable for ages 5-8 years. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore, Leominster, 4.30pm-6pm, free, please book. 01432 356872. Sat 8 & Sun 9 October H.ENERGY The annual free festival, a celebration of sustainable living in Herefordshire. Queenswood Country Park, Dinmore Hill, near Leominster, 10am-6pm, free. Sat 8 Oct - Sat 15 October LEOMINSTER APPLE WEEK 2016 Sat 8 Oct - Community Apple Pressing, 10am-12pm, Corn Square. Bring your apples and containers for juice or cider. Tues 11 Oct - Markets, Monks & Monarchs: the Leominster Story. An illustrated talk by Peter Holliday. Grange Court, 7.30pm. Wed 12 Oct - ‘Fruit Trees in an Urban Landscape’. A circular walk led by Ptee Blench. Meet 10am in Corn Square, £3 tickets from TIC. Thurs 13 Oct - ‘Five Fruit Trees Make and Orchard’. A film exploring orchard value by comparing 17th century and contemporary perspectives. Introduced by Dr David Marshall. Community Centre, 7pm. Sat 15 Oct Leominster Apple Fair. Apple identification, advice, information, food and craft stalls, displays, tastings, demonstrations and more. The Priory Church, Leominster, 10am-4pm. 01568 780886.

Sat 8 & Sun 9 October MAMMOTH WEEKEND Throughout the weekend: Fascinating Forensics, Cookie Decoration, Meet the Mammoth, Mammoth talk and Mammoth tracking. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10am-5pm, some workshops are £2 per session, 01588 676060.

‘Saving our Bumblebees’, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

Sat 15 October WHAT SHALL WE EAT! Considering carbon, welfare and wellness. Powys Transition Towns and Low Carbon Communities network (PTLCC) invite you to their 2016 conference. A range of speakers and workshops on the important subject of food including our keynote speaker, Patrick Holden, CBE, of the Sustainable Food Trust and concluding with a panel discussion. Food and Transition themed displays. The Hotel Metropole, Llandrindod Wells, 10.15am-4.30pm, £10, £5 unwaged (plus booking fee), includes lunch and refreshments, 01982 553398, www.powystransition.org.uk Supported by the Big Lottery fund, Renew Wales and the Hotel Metropole. Sun 16 October APPLE FAIR See website for more details. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10am-5pm, 01588 676060. Sat 29 October MONTHLY DISCOVERY CLUB - AMAZING APPLES Join storyteller, Suzanne to celebrate the apple harvest and get crafty and creative. Aimed at children aged 3 - 7 years. Bring wellies, 11am-12pm, £2.50 per child. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 01588 676060.

Local Environmental Groups

Knighton Tree Allotments Trust (KTAT): Christine Baker 01547 529990. Presteigne Freegle (formerly Presteigne Freecycle) Terry Wells 07766 097600 www.freegle.in/presteigne Transition in Hay-on-Wye, Stephen Ainsleigh Rice, 01497 820332 and tthayonwye@googlemail.com Hereford Christian Ecology Group, meets occasionally for talks and outings. 01432 279740. Green Party Forum meets every 3rd Wed at The Falcon Hotel, (bar), Bromyard, 7.30pm. Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, www.herefordshirewt.org enquiries@herefordshirewt.co.uk 01432 365872. Transition Ledbury Paul/Beverley Kinnaird 01531 634788 or transitionledbury@googlemail.com. Transition Leominster, Regular meetings, contact Ann Ashley, 01885 420473 or Anne Adams, 01568 780886. Knucklas Castle Community Land Project (KCCLP), secretary Jamie Richie, 01547 520263, www.knucklascastle.org.uk, info@knucklascastle.org.uk Hereford Carbon Rationing Action Group www.carbonrationing.org.uk - Vey Straker - T: 01432 840955 - M: 07961 125470 - vey.straker@virgin.net Kington Local Environment & Energy Network (KLEEN) meets regularly 2nd Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, The Oxford Arms, Kington. Planning local action, supporting initiatives, open to all. Contact kleen@momentary-lapse.co.uk Teme Valley Environment Group - Anne-Mary Davies 01547 528833 Will O’Leary - 01547 528792 amdskyborry@hotmail.com www.tveg.org.uk Transition Presteigne meets first Thurs of every month, (except Jan, April & Aug), Radnorshire Arms, Presteigne, 7.30pm, 01544 267768 or email transitionpresteigne@gmail.com Ludlow LA 21 - David Currant - 01584 875501 davidcurrant@phonecoop.coop, www.ludlow21.org.uk

Shrews. Friends of the Earth - http://www.shrewsfoe.org. uk- Frank Oldaker 01743 260971 frankoldaker@yahoo.co.uk Herefordshire Friends of the Earth - Melodie Winch, 01432 850647, melodie4foe@gmail.com or find us through Friends of the Earth (UK). Lightfoot Enterprises - The Old Primary School, Church St, Bishop’s Castle, Tel 01588 630683, E mail info@lightfoot.org.uk, www.lightfoot.org.uk Marches Meadow Group Richard Small 01743 791476, richard.w.small@gmail.com Herefordshire Action for Mammals (HAM) Dave Smith, 7 Primrose Close, Hereford, HR2 7QX. 01432 266937 davetreesmith@aol.com https://sites.google.com/site/herefordshiremammals/ Abergavenny & Crickhowell Friends of the Earth www.monmouthshiregreenweb.co.uk - Barry Greenwood 01873 852245, bgreenwood@ntlworld.com LLES – Llanidloes Energy Solutions - www.lles.co.uk Diana Berriman - 01686 411128 - office@lles.co.uk Brilley Mountain Eco - (Brilley and Michaelchurch Environment Group) - Peter Davies, 01497 831376, peterandgilldavies@hotmail.com Golden Valley Environment Group - Vanessa Hembling, 01981 550377, golden_valley@mail.com, www.goldenvalleyenvironmentgroup.org.uk Transition Hereford - Charlotte Lake 01432 343577 www.transitionhereford.org Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - 01597 823298, info@rwtwales.org, www.rwtwales.org Presteigne Freecycle for Presteigne and surrounding area, groups.yahoo.com/group/presteignefreecycle. For other areas www.freecycle.org Upper Onny Wildlife Group. Meetings at The Crown Inn, Wentnor, Bishop’s Castle. Richard.keymer@yahoo.co.uk

QUAKERS ARE MEETING NEAR YOU

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

Every Sunday at 10:30 in Llanfoist Village Hall NP7 9LP (SO 287 135)

Almeley Wootton, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:45 at Friends’ Meeting House HR3 6PX (SO 333 525)

Brecon, Powys

2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays 11 at The Muse, Glamorgan St. Brecon LD3 7DW (SO 045 284)

Clun Valley, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Grange Rd. Community Centre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AP (SO 320 884)

Hereford, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 and Thursdays at 12:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, 21 King St. Hereford HR4 9BX (SO 508 398)

Ledbury, Herefordshire

1st, 3rd Sundays 10:30 at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane HR8 1DW (SO 711 377)

Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Every Sunday 11:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Temple St. LD1 5HF

Ludlow, Shropshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, St. Mary’s Lane SY8 1DZ (SO 511 754)

The Pales, Llandegley, Powys

Every 3rd Sunday 3 PM at Pales Meeting House, Llandegley LD1 5UH (SO 137 641)

Ross on Wye, Herefordshire

Every Sunday 10:30 at Friends’ Meeting House, Brampton St HR9 7EQ (SO 601 245)

http://www.smquakers.org.uk Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting invite you to come to Meeting

complementary therapies Disclaimer. We would like to emphasise that these listings relate to COMPLEMENTARY medicine practitioners. Broad Sheep does not endorse any of the practitioners or healing methods listed. We provide no recommendation and take no responsibility for their content. A GENTLE SOFT TISSUE BODYWORK (fascial adjustment). A non-invasive technique re-balances and stablizes the body, suitable for: adults, children and babies. Addresses any number of pre-existing complaints. Contact Sarah Birchall VHT Practitioner sarahbirchall@btinternet.com 01981 500628. www.vhtworld.co.uk/members VHT is a holistic modality. ACCREDITED COUNSELLOR REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, offers supportive, non-judgemental, face-to-face, skype and telephone sessions to individuals, couples and groups. Richard Lewis MSc Integrative Psychotherapy, Post-Grad Dips Consultative Supervision and Children and Young People. BACP Sen. Accred., UKCP Reg. 01547 510360. A is for ACUPUNCTURE with Joanna Bruce RGN, B.Ac, M.B.Ac.C. Traditional Acupuncture for pain management, acute and/or chronic health problems. Phone for free initial discussion on 01568 709142. Stoneleigh, Kingsland, HR6 9QS. registered and insured with the British Acupuncture Council since 1986. ACUPUNCTURE. Sandy Sandaver Lic Ac MBAcC. I practice an integrated style of acupuncture using 5 element and TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and am a member of the British Acupuncture Council. I also carry out home visits. Hay Acupuncture Clinic, Rose Cottage, Cusop Dingle, Hay-On-Wye 01497 821625/07980 596218 sandysandaver@onetel.com or www.hayacupunctureclinic.co.uk ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE lessons in Leominster. Ian Lyon MA PhD MSTAT. www.atinmarches.com ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536. ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467. ALLERGY &/OR FOOD INTOLERANCES? Find out the complete picture by having a blood test to help you make the best choices for your health. Enquiries: 01568 709142. ARE YOU IN NEED OF HELP? Would you like to heal at a very deep level? I offer a heart-centred and practical approach to help you move forwards with your health and wellbeing, in a peaceful & relaxing clinic in Tenbury Wells. (Some phone consultations & home visits are also available). For more information & to discuss your needs, please contact me: Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010. AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, REFLEXOLOGY, INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE AN OTHER THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN LEOMINSTER. Humphrey Clement Bsc. MFHT offers an holistic personal approach using organically sourced products where possible. On-site Chair Massage is available for groups or in the workplace. To enhance your mental or physical wellbeing call 07702 038 063 for a consultation or email healing.Humphrey Clement BSc (hons) MFHT AROMATHERAPY & REFLEXOLOGY BASED IN LUDLOW. Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils extracted from plants, which may have a number of properties, that may when used help improve overall emotional health. Reflexology can be a wonderfully relaxing treatment on either the hands or feet that in turn may help relieving everyday tension. Both treatments may aid you in your overall improve sense of well being. Contact Emily Baker BA Hons, MIFPA, MAR, and CNHC registered, www.emilyjbaker.com, on 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

AUTISM & HOMEOPATHY MIKE ANDREWS DSH RSHom, author of Homeopathy & Autism Spectrum Disorder a guide for practitioners and families (Singing Dragon 2014). In practice since 1990, qualified CEASE therapist. Autism is the challenge of our times; my goal is to bring the benefits of homeopathy to your child. Clinic nr Ludlow SY7 or via Skype. For a FREE 15 minute chat call 01588 660793 or mike@ mikeandrewshomeopathy.co.uk BACH FLOWER THERAPY AND REIKI Jane McDonnell, Registered practitioner. Bach Flower remedies are safe, gentle and effective at helping to relieve anxiety, stress, restore balance and well being. Reiki is a hands-on healing technique for stress/pain reduction and relaxation which also promotes healing. To discuss your needs or make an appointment please phone 07866495654 or email mcdonnell.jane@virgin.net COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY for depression, anxiety, panic, stress, OCD, relationship problems and more! Couple counselling, relationship counselling and individual counselling for most issues. Sessions held in the Presteigne area, Leominster and Hereford. Contact Gail Venables on 01544 350384 or see www.cbtgail.co.uk. MBACP (Accred). CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHOTHERAPY Specialist in treating & assessing children & young people with mental health or behavioural issues or dealing with distressing situations. I also offer support to parents, carers and adopters (providing them with a space to think separately about their children) or work with parents/carers and children together. I am also able to help mothers and babies with attachment issues. I can provide supervision to other therapists, consultations and training to professionals. I can provide services at the Family Place in Hay-on-Wye and Hereford, I can provide services throughout the area. ACP accredited. ValĂŠrie Mortin BSc. 07961 885646 or Email: vivalavie@yahoo.com COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (CBT), COUNSELLING AND COUPLE COUNSELLING Hello! CBT can work well for depression, anxiety, panic, OCD, anger, phobias, self-harm, eating disorders, low self-esteem and more. I also offer counselling for most issues, including sexuality, bereavement and past sexual abuse. Couple counselling is available and counselling for those who have problems concerning self-esteem, relationships or lack of them. Contact Gail Venables MBACP (Accred) on 01544 350384 or www.cbtgail.co.uk for sessions in Leominster and New Radnor (Powys). COUNSELLING & MINDFULNESS COACHING with Matthew Ward MBACP, Accredited Mindfulness Trainer. I provide a safe and confidential counselling service to explore the challenges that life can bring such as loss and anxiety. I also offer individual mindfulness coaching and run regular courses locally. 01568 708836 or 07982 466224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk COUNSELLING IN LUDLOW area. Talk in complete confidence, with warmth and without judgement, with Julia Walling BA(Hons), PGCE, Dip.EH.P.NLP (BHR), MAC. In private practice for 25 years, I am trained in a wide variety of therapies and combine them to meet your needs. Clients consistently report improvements in wellbeing within a few sessions. Panic/anxiety specialist. Short and long term for individuals, couples and families. 01584 874636 07796 596451 julia.walling@btinternet.com and www.juliawalling.co.uk

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY with Jess Pailthorpe RCST. Safe, effective, light-touch treatments to help you heal & repair. Muscle/joint problems, stress, anxiety, fatigue, trauma….Clinics in Leominster Osteopaths and Kingsland. Phone for more info: 07981 866 667 / www.touchtreetherapy.co.uk EATING DISORDER TREATMENT. Ruth Sandeman, BSC Hons, DIP HE, RMN, specialist children’s nurse. Registered with the NMC and a specialist therapist for the National Centre for Eating Disorders. A range of interventions available. (CBT-E, DBT, EFT, FBT and nutritional advice). Contact 07803 354 081 or ruthsandeman99@gmail.com EMOTIONAL THERAPY: Anne Cummings MFETC (Adv Dip) offers this safe, effective therapy to help adults and children heal their spiritual wounds and fulfil their personal potential. If you have difficulty relating to others, or have troublesome emotions call Anne on 01547 530977. Specialist knowledge and experience of working with sufferers of panic attacks, anger, stress, bullying, low self-esteem, bereavement/ loss, anxiety and attachment issues. Centres in Powys/south Shropshire. See also www.thewritetofeel.com for forthcoming workshops and talks. GUIDED IMAGERY & MUSIC - a music-centred form of integrative therapy that helps us to understand life issues from a holistic perspective. Hilary Storer is a qualified Music Therapist, registered with the HCPC. For more information & an introductory session contact 07904 750383 / musicandimagerytherapy@gmail.com. HEALING in Bishops Castle. Soul Healing can help you create Positive Change by removing energy blockages which may be causing physical, emotional or spiritual difficulties. Contact Philomena Houlihan-Wood B.A. (Dublin), Cert. E.S.H., Dip. Counselling (Wales). Tel: 01588 638242. Email: philomena@soul-healing.net. Web: www.soul-healing.net MASSAGE THERAPY WITH MARIAN HARDIMAN (MTI, CNHC, MLDUK). Remedial, Sports, Holistic, Indian Head Massage. Organic Facial and Manual Lymph Drainage. Clinics in Presteigne (The Retreat) and Llandrindod Wells (Rock Park) or at your workplace or event. Contact: marian@ silvanmassage.com, www.silvanmassage.com, 07816 981454. HOLISTIC MASSAGE THERAPIST, ELLY INGRAM MTI Available in Kington and Leominster. Also can visit your home / B & B / holiday let on a mobile basis. 077927 43894 www.ellyingram.co.uk HOMEOPATHY : My name is Shayna, I have worked as a registered nurse for 23 years and am now a registered Homeopath. I work in the Newtown and Montgomery area but am happy to do home visits should you prefer and I am also in Shrewsbury once a week at Neals Yard Remedies. Following a consultation to determine your unique ailments, be they physical, mental or emotional, I will carefully select a remedy to match your specific disease. The remedy prescribed will help to stimulate your body’s natural ability to heal itself. I am very approachable, have great integrity with my patients health at heart and always welcome any interest whether to ask questions or simply to book an appointment. Please contact Shayna Cashmore RN LicWSH RSHom. 07528 774 032. HOMOEOPATHY Sandy Underhill RSHom. Homoeopathy is a system of medicine which involves treating the individual with highly diluted substances, given mainly in tablet form, with the aim of triggering the body’s natural system of healing. Based on their individual symptoms, the homeopath will match the most appropriate medicine to each patient. Clinics in Llandrindod Wells, Kington and Presteigne. 01597 851021.

LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, ear candling, reiki, psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour and couple counselling, hypnotherapy, health kinesiology, nutrition at the Leominster Natural Health Centre, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 616411, www.leominstercommunitycentre.com. MARIE HUDSON. Yoga classes in Presteigne and Titley. One-to-one tuition available for individual needs. Registered Association for Yoga Studies practitioner. Registered with Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council for Yoga Therapy. 01544 260352. MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation. Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford. PHYSIOTHERAPY, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY, REFLEXOLOGY & YOGA with Hermione Evans, Chartered Physiotherapist at Radnor Physiotherapy. For all back and neck pain, headaches, sports injuries, RSI, stress related illness and more. To discuss your needs or to make an appointment, please phone 01544 350691 or email contact@radnorphysiotherapy. co.uk or view www.radnorphysiotherapy.co.uk PRESTEIGNE NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE Offers a wide range of Natural therapies including: Osteopathy, Chiropody, Acupuncture, Remedial & Swedish massage, Reiki, Homeopathy, Emmett Technique, Kinesiology, Reflexology, Bowen Technique, Counselling, Cranio Sacral Therapy. Visit our website www.presteignenhc.com or facebook page. To make an appointment, 01544 267532, email pnhc2014@gmail. com REIKI THERAPIST, COUNSELLOR AND HYPNOTHERAPIST, KAY FLETCHER BA Hons, FdSc Counselling, BACP Associate Member, at Cariad Naturally. I work with children and adults using natural holistic techniques to nurture mind and body. With Reiki I offer a natural, safe and gentle, non-intrusive, hands on healing technique, which is also wonderfully relaxing. Through counselling I provide a caring and supportive space for you to talk about and explore your feelings, moods, emotions, relationships and anxieties. I use Hypnotherapy to help with a wide range of issues including addictions and weight loss. For a friendly chat about how I may be able to help you, please contact me on 01547 540899 or email kay@cariadnaturally.co.uk REFLEXOLOGY Helping to relieve stress, regulate hormonal imbalances, sleep and eating patterns. Aid the release of toxins and restore energy levels. Over 20 years experience - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876 796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits available. SPIRITUAL HEALER Naturally gifted in releasing emotional grief in present and past lives. 26 years professional experience with physical and mental health. Private healing sessions and talks given. Gillian Williamson, MNFSH. Field House, Kinnerton. 01547 560874.

YOGA IN PRESTEIGNE New location

Group classes and individual tuition Stapleton Yoga Studio Marie Hudson 01544 260352 www.theyogapractice.org.uk

SIAM SMILE TRADITIONAL THAI MASSAGE BY (GAN) JANYARAK MORRIS. Stressed out? Neck and shoulders tension from too much time on computer? Low back pain? Or just want to pamper yourself? I can help! I am qualified in Traditional Thai Massage, Reflexology-Foot Massage, Facial Massage and Aromatherapy. Certificates recognized by the Ministry of Education in Thailand. Ground Floor, 3 Broad Street, Knighton LD7 1BL. Tel: 07538 572123 or (eve) 01547 550249 www.siamsmilettm.webs.com SPIRITUAL MEDIUM AND PSYCHIC ARTIST - Emily Baker, clairvoyant, clairsentient, and clairaudient, spiritual art, offering individual or party bookings. For more information go to www.emilyjbaker.com, call Ludlow 01584 529053 or 07775 652993.

Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single listings are free. Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year for inclusion in the magazine and website. Starts Wed 5 October INTRODUCTION TO ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Discover how to train your mind-brain-body to help you in everyday activities & experiences. Whilst you are working or playing, you can apply the 5 principles to reduce excess tension, enhance flexibility & prevent discomfort or pain. This 5 week course (small group) will provide you with awareness & understanding. You are able (amazingly!) to change your responses by using these simple tools, putting you more in charge of your life. 6.45-8pm. Enquiries & booking please contact Hilary Foxwell 01584 819010.

Starts Saturday 8 October MINDFULNESS FOR STRESS COURSE Eight week ‘Mindfulness for Stress’ course to reduce stress and cultivate choice led by an accredited Mindfulness teacher. Presteigne Natural Health Centre, starts Saturday October 8th 9.30-12 noon. Free taster session at the Health Centre on Saturday 24th September 10-11am. Enquiries or bookings contact Matthew Ward 07982 66224 marchesmindfulness.co.uk

Fri 21 - Sun 23 October THEATRES OF SELF-CARE: SOUL HUSBANDRY A journey to explore compassionate self-care through creative engagement and deep listening with Matthew Trustman. Hill Cottage Retreat Centre, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, 01547 520044, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk Sat 22 October CLAIM YOUR TRUE POWER Led by Lee Teresa Moore, a one-day introductory workshop. A day of discussions, interactions, visualisations and fun based on her programme ‘The Principles of True Power’. Hall Barn, Bleddfa Centre, 10am-4.30pm, £45 includes refreshments and lunch. To book email hello@bleddfacentre.org EVENTS BUILTH ROAD LD2 3RH: DRUM AND SINGING CIRCLE - 1st Friday of the month 7.30pm – 9.30pm bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary. Friday 5th Aug, Friday 2nd Sept, Friday 7th Oct. GUIDED SHAMANIC PRACTICE GROUP - 4th Wednesday of the month 7.30pm- 9.30pm, journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others, held in sacred space. Weds 28th Sept, Weds 26th Oct. WOMEN’S CIRCLE WITH PHILIPPA HEDGER- 4th Sunday of the month 4.30pm – 6.30pm, gathering women of all ages for support, love and wisdom sharing. Sun 25th Sept, Sun 23rd Oct. All our groups are £10 (Concessions available). For info and directions: clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 448315 / 07905 743272 HEDGEROW MEDICINE, KITCHEN PHARMACY : Herbal Medicine Making Courses with Rowan McOnegal, Medical Herbalist. Practical weekend courses which explore identifying, growing, harvesting, drying, storing and using herbs. Covers the basic principles of herbal medicine, and making and using teas, tinctures, infused oils, ointments, creams, syrups, inhalations and baths. www.rowanmconegal. co.uk or 01531 670075.