Broad Sheep March 2018

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AN Marchant lives just down the road from me and so I quite often bump into him on the street. “How’s it going Ian?” I say, “How’s the book coming along?”

There’s always a book and it’s always coming or going or even sometimes falling off a cliff never to be seen again. The last couple of years my questioning has become increasingly insistent as ‘the book that’s coming’ includes the life and times of my old friend Bob Rowberry.

Well, the wait is over. It’s here. It’s a monster of a book with a monster of a title ‘A Hero For Our Times or A Younger Readers Guide To The Beats, Hippies, Freaks, Punks, Ravers, New-Age Travellers and Dog-on-a-Rope Brew Crew Crusties of the British Isles 1956-1994’.

A couple of weeks ago Ian gave me a copy and I was pretty keen to get Small Ads 4 started, especially as Bob is an old friend and we spent a lot of times together Sam’s page 6 during his ‘middle period’. I knew I might get a mention in the book and there Art 10 was always the chance of a juicy, financially rewarding libel suit. I sat and looked Art workshops 14 at the cover for 24 hours before diving in.

I think I intended to read the whole thing at one sitting, but eight hours Cinema 18 later I had to admit defeat and retired wounded around page 300 having been Dance 24 hammered into submission by Ian’s extraordinary factual knowledge about the Food 26 culture, politics, philosophy, psychology, literature, music, religion and sexual Music 28 habits of My Generation (yes Roger Daltrey, yours too). I subsequently didn’t Music workshops 41 touch the book for a week but then began reading again, dipping in and out, Band directory 44 taking small bits at a time and re-reading the best of what I’d read on my first Theatre visit.

46 The conceit of the book is that Bob is a doer, out there in the world, taking Word 50 drugs, riding motorbikes and shagging (lots of shagging), while accidently Grass roots 54 running into all the movers and groovers of the late 20th century. While Ian is Comp therapies 56 the studious nerd explaining the nuts and bolts of all the things Bob encounters We take no responsibility and then going on to explain in detail the history of this or that movement, for the veracity of the philosophy or musical blind alleys. information herein Ian is of the opinion that the history of alternative youth movements i.e.

Clare Edwards Beats, Hippies, Punks etc is much more relevant to kids than all that shit they The Lodge, Westhide, teach about kings and queens and wars and famines and he likes to cite two Hereford, HR1 3RQ examples of his students ignorance of recent history. One is a poor hapless 20 Tel: 01432 850444 year old who was forced by Ian to admit that he had no idea what the funny Email: info@broadsheep.com round symbol on his t-shirt meant (the nuclear disarmament/peace logo).

Website: www.broadsheep.com Another student had no idea that his Ramones logo referred to the seminal New York rockers of the same name.

This is the kind heresy that Ian cannot bear and this book is, among other things, an attempt to fill that gaping void in mobile phone mad, young people’s cranial information banks.

You should undoubtedly go and buy this book (or order it from the library). Don’t buy the digital version because you need the whole solid weight of the thing on your bedside table so you can dip in and out at will.

Anyway it’s not really one book, it’s three books. Bob’s life complete with Ken Colyer, drugs, guns, motorbikes and Middle Eastern adventures. Ian’s gentle, humorous ramblings through Bob and Ian the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, much in the style of his excellent previous books ‘Parallel Lines’ and ‘The Longest Crawl’. And then Professor Marchant’s learned discourse on everything from The Beat Poets to LSD to Hermann Hesse to Madame Helena Blavatsky and MC5. My only advice is... don’t try and read it in one sitting.

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Cover pic: Ceri Ridge Trading Company - The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 16 March

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IRST of all, and I hate to do this to the sensitive readers of Broad Sheep, I honestly do, a trigger warning. What follows is perhaps illegal. But not, I hope, hate speech. More like mild dislike speech, really, though you may hold and hold rightly that it is equally toxic and dreadful and like totally upsetting.

But if I could just press on for a moment? Psychological help will be available at the end of the essay.

Anyway. It has come to my notice lately that I am left-handed, and that things are just not fair. Handedness is as much a disability as gendered difference of advantage. Many right-handed people self-identify as left-handed, perhaps to make themselves feel more like Leonardo da Vinci and Jimi Hendrix. This is of course their absolute right. Some rude and probably illegal people will maintain that such self-identifiers become crap at things they could previously do quite well, like playing golf and the eating spaghetti politely. But in a world where self-identification is stigma free, this is readily fixable. Take the playing of stringed instruments. The only solution to avoid a truly evil handedness discrimination situation is to evolve a new handedness-neutral guitar tuning, with the bass strings in the middle and treble symmetrically on each side - though someone has just tweeted that it is the right of every left-handed person to play right-handed guitar extremely badly, and vice versa. But of course it would be a micro-aggression to make value judgements about tweets of this kind, dimwitted though they may be, whoops.

In fact now I come to think of it the world of music is racked with cultural appropriation the process by which post-Imperialist so-called

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‘revellers’ and ‘musicians’ steal the cultural signifiers of oppressed peoples, e.g. Mexican hats and Tamla-Motown. This must stop immediately. The inhabitants of the Welsh Marches do not need to play blues, tangoes, or country music. We have excellent culturally appropriate songs of our own, sung finger in ear, pint in hand, with many fascinating lyrics about sheep in sickness and in health, and of course other sheep.

Some insensitive and criminal elements may of course say that this is all a bit much, storm in a teacup, well over the top. And actually now I come to think of it they have a point and I find myself persuaded. Because I have drunk my bleeding fill of warm beer and home made mint tea and it is as if something has burst in my head.

So I do not give a monkeys if I am using hate speech when I say I wish to revel in the achievements of the British Empire, among which I am proud to number the 17 Singapore Slings I shall be lashing down the hatch in the snug bar of the Old Inn in Kingbridge while playing, badly, the tunes of Muddy Waters on my guitar, which is left handed like me, and which will be strung with the low strings closest to my nose and the high strings furthest away from it.

We will be renaming the snug bar the Unsafe Space.

See you there.

Psychological help? I have changed my mind. In your dreams. Apparently thanks to the twitterstorm consequent on the above I am now under arrest, and the Speech Officer wishes to know if I will come quietly.

Not a hope.

Llywelyn Hadydd ap Twhir

Mary Compton I

BEG the indulgence of non-Presteigne readers of Broad Sheep, because in this bit there will be in-jokes.

Presteigne will be mistaken for Preston. Various stuffy officials, hoping for an illicit weekend in Paris, will be sore disappointed to find themselves in Powys. Because Mary Compton is dead, and how better to remember her than with an anti-authoritarian Presteeny insiders joke?

Mary Compton was a teacher to the core of her being. Helping children to express their ability was her first concern. She taught Modern Languages at John Beddoes School in Presteigne for much of her career, and I always got the impression that her activism grew out of her concern for her charges, rather than from any ideological impulse. She was an activist, because she believed that a teacher’s job was to fight for her pupils, in as many arenas as possible. She was not just a member of the National Union of Teachers, not just secretary of the Radnor branch; no. She was President of the NUT, in 2004. She was a national figure, although her hardest fought battles were fought on behalf of education in East Radnor. She ran the campaign to stop the amalgamation of John Beddoes with Newtown High School, organising, agitating, cajoling, never giving up hope until hope was gone. And even then, picking herself up for the next round of the fight between decency and power.

And for all that, it is probably as the author of the legendary Presteigne pantos that she was best loved. If you turned up for the read through, she would write you a part. No one was over-looked, written out. Everyone was included. Presteigne kids with even the slightest interest in showbiz got their debuts on the stage of the Memorial Hall, playing a gnome, or an alien, or a slave. The scripts were always robustly left-wing, and the baddie was always the same; a representative of the mewling lickspittles who run Powys County Council. And, for the best part of 12 years, that baddie was played by me.

She knew that I can’t remember my lines, so she tortured me with dialogue to learn, knowing full well I’d forget. She knew that I was a bit shy of being a fattie, so she made me get my kit off and my moobs out for the lasses. Every year, she wrote me something funny and splendid; and

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Mary rehearsing the panto

every year the panto seemed to end with me (as Powys CC, in one form or another) humiliated and in disgrace, whilst the forces of good (ie, the people of Presteigne) were always triumphant. For each of her cast, she would take equal care to write something that was right for them.

Those pantos; they were hand-crafted, made with craft and love. She was the town satirist, and what other town has one of those?

At the end of the panto, we would all sing Mary’s words to ‘Presteigne, Home of the Free,’ with its stirring chorus, ‘Home to the Brummies, the hippies and me; Bennetts, John Beddoes and Chips for tea, that’s what it means to me’. One night, three or four years ago, I chanced to be walking down Presteigne High Street at about 8-ish. It was dark. And there was Mary Compton, on her own, looking in Bennetts window, eating a cone of chips for her tea.

And I thought, ‘This is peak Presteigne.’

Mary Compton did not go gentle. Mary fought her illness like she fought her much-loathed enemies in the education department of Powys County Council, and she fought them tooth and nail for much of her working life.

Their aim is to save money, to tick boxes, to kowtow to authority, to look after their friends interests, and to save their skins. For Mary Compton, the point was to challenge them, all the time, not in the name of some socialist utopia, but in order to make our town a better and a kinder place. Is there a place for politics? In an obituary? Of course there is! What else? Mary Compton is dead, and now Presteigne will have to find a way to fight the power with our truest voice fallen silent.

Ian Marchant

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Radnorshire Museum, Temple St, Llandrindod Wells 01597 824513 Until 17 March ‘Out of the Darkness Comes the Light’. BERNI BENTON - acrylic and stained glass art. Open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-1pm.

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Made in the Marches Gallery, 12 Church St, Kington, HR5 3AZ 07531 820195 www.madeinthemarches.com 24 - 26 March ‘Both Sides of the Border: Functional Pottery from England and Wales’. Featuring MARK GRIFFITHS, JENNIFER WALL, DAVID MULLIN, ROBYN COVE, GLYN RYLAND AND KATIE GAMBLE. Sat 10am-7.30pm, Sun & Mon11am-6pm.

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Easter exhibition by six Ledbury artists.

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7 March - 21 April ‘Emergence’.

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Mike Gell, Contemporary British Jewellery, 3 East Street, Hereford.

01432 278226 Jewellery, silverware and studio glass by more than 70 designers.

Open Mon - Sat,10am - 5pm.

Hereford Cathedral 01432 374209 www.herefordcathedral.org 14 March - 29 April ‘Poppies: Weeping Window’. The stunning artwork by PAUL CUMMINS, artist TOM PIPER of ceramic poppies that were originally at HM Tower of London will be displayed on the north facade of the cathedral.

Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley, WR13 5NW 01886 880240 17 March - 7 May ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’. An exhibition of new work by prestigious British artists inspired either by the Hieronymus Bosch painting of the same name or simply by the title itself. Exhibitors include TAMSIN ABBOTT, LYN ANTLEY, GRAHAM ARNOLD, CLARE DE LA TORRE, MARK DE LA TORRE, JEMIMA JAMESON, LOUISE LOVELL, KATHLEEN MURPHY, FIONA OWEN, JOHN OWEN, CLAUDIA PETLEY, PAUL SHEPHERD, NANCY SUTCLIFFE, JO VERITY AND HANNAH WILLOW. Meet the artists 17 March, 2-5pm. Open 10am-5pm.

Greenstage Gallery, Hop Pocket, Bishop’s Frome WR6 5BT 01885 490839 9 March - 15 April Easter Exhibition.

Work by BETH RICHARDSON, CHRIS HOWELLS, DOUG EATON, JANE ECCLES, JULI-ANNE COARD, MAGGIE JONES, MARTYN JONES, MATT SAYERS, PAUL POWIS, PIERRE WILLIAMS, PETER SHARMAN, ROB VAN HOEK, RHIANNON THOMAS, SARA HAYWARD, SARA MEAD & TONY PURSER. Open Tues-Sat 10.30am5.30pm, Sun 11am-5pm, closed Mon except Bank Holidays.

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Creates Gallery, Contemporary Fine Art, 15 Church St, Monmouth NP25 5DZ 07535 160712 www.createsgallery.com 3 March - 28 April Opening Exhibition.

Showcasing the very best of local and international fine art, photography, jewellery, sculpture and ceramics by established and exciting new talents.

A variety of works to suit all tastes and budgets. Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-4pm.

Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge 01544 388842 www.oldchapelgallery.co.uk 4 March - 30 April ‘Dance of Spring’.

Featuring SUE HAYDEN, RUTH GIBSON, JANE CHARLES, HELEN CASS, ALISON VARLEY and more.

Paintings, ceramic wall art, studio glass, mono-prints, jewellery and more. Open 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Closed Tues.

SHROPSHIRE Aardvark Books, The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, SY7 0DH 01547 530744 26 March - 10 April Joint sculpture exhibtion. PAUL CATON, ‘50 years’; PAUL BEARMAN, ‘Animalia’.

Open 10am-4pm.

Private view 30 March, 11am.

Buxton House, All Stretton 07812 583113 14 & 15 April ‘The Long Mynd in Oils’.

PETER LATCHFORD - landscapes and portraits. Open 11am-6.30pm. catelatchford@hotmail.com Gallery 3, Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury 01743 355159 Until 9 March PHILIP CARTLAND. 13 March - 20 April BEKI PENNY. Open Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 4 Quality Square, Ludlow 01584 875363 Until 10 March LOUISE DAVIES prints and paintings. EMILY STUBBS - pottery.

17 March - 28 April ‘Contemporary Printmakers’. CHRISTOPHER CORR, ROSEMARY VANNS, ANGELA HARDING, PAUL FARRELL. RACHAEL SMITH - pottery. Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall 01588 630023 Until 17 March ANDREW FUSEK PETERS. Open 9am-4pm.

3 March & 7 April Antiques & Flea Market. Open 9am-4pm.

17 March Farmer’s Market. 9am-1pm.

24 March - 21 April SUE PERCY & ANN McDONALD. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, The Square, Shrewsbury, SY1 1LH 01743 258885 Until 15 April ‘Lego: Brick History’.

Open Tues-Sun 10am-4.30pm.

FBC Manby Bowdler Gallery, Upper Circle, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281 Until 31 March ‘Blooms’. An exhibition of works presented by the Visual Art Network to commemorate the end of the WWI. Open Mon-Sat from 10am.

Twenty Twenty Gallery, 3 - 4 High St, Much Wenlock 01952 727952 Until 17 March PENNY REES paintings.

24 March - 5 April SARAH ROSS THOMPSON - collagraphs. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, SY7 9RS 01588 676060 Until 13 March ‘Moon and Magic’.

TAMSIN BRIDGE - paintings.

Until 13 March ‘Acrylicly Gifted!’ modern style box canvases using acrylics.

14 March - 24 April ‘A Journey in Colour’. MARGARET ANN HALE acrylics and mixed media landscapes and abstract images. 10am-5pm.

Art & Craft Workshops Single, dated listings are free.

Ongoing workshops, £40 per year.

LUDLOW ART TRAIL 16 June - 1 July. Artists are invited to exhibit and sell their work. 01584 873182.

CREATIVE WILLOW Weekly classes for beginners and intermediates, exploring willow weaving techniques for basketmaking and garden structures. Builth Wells and Crickhowell. Mary Zammit, 01982 552072, mary@marywillowgarden.co.uk 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 STONE CARVING COURSES WEEKENDS Tuesday mornings with Lottie O’Leary.

Also available for schools, festivals, shows etc. www.lottieolearystonecarver.co.uk or 01547 528 792.

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. For full details www.creativebreaks.co.uk Make it yourself - take it home - keep it, treasure it: give it with pride!

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March & April JEWELLERY MAKING With Melissa Hunt. 3 March - Cold Connections for jewellers: hinges, rivets, tabs, levels 2 & 3.

10 March - Beginners Jewellery: make a silver ring, all levels. 18 March - Anti-Clastic raising: make a silver bangle, levels 2 & 3. 24 & 25 March - Stone Setting Day, 1 of 2 cabochon, tube and gypsy settings, levels 2 & 3.

29 March - Tension Setting half day, levesl 2 & 3, 10am1pm. 5 April - Water casting for jewellers, 10am-1pm, all levels. 6 April - Gypsy setting, 2-5pm, levels 2 & 3.

7 April - Make a silver spoon, all levels. Plus on Tuesdays running blocks of 6 week evening classes, 6-9pm, £150. All courses Oxford Barn, Oxford Yard, Brampton Bryan, 07931 351233.

March & April BLEDDFA CENTRE WORKSHOPS 23 March - Life Drawing, 10am-1pm, £18. Every other Tuesday - Sewing Group, 10.30am-12.30pm, free. 18 March & 15 April - Bleddfa Circle, 2.30pm-5pm, £5.

Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 01547 550377.

March HEREFORDSHIRE MUSEUM WORKSHOP 10 March - Flowers of the Field, linked to the WWI commemoration, this drop-in craft event will be run by Rose Tinted Rags. 11am-3pm, free.

March EASTNOR POTTERY Family pottery fun during March open Tues-Sat 10am4pm. Turn up and choose from an exciting menu of pottery projects using clay and the potter’s wheel. No minimum order of participants required and projects start at just £5. Excellent & creative indoor activity. Weekend and day potter’s wheel workshops March 3 & 4, 10 & 18.

Spend the day or weekend relaxing and creating pots on the potter’s wheel. £130 day £240 weekend. Includes materials, refreshments and lunch. To book a space, simply email admin@eastnorpottery.co.uk or 01531 633886.

March PSANKY EGG DECORATING WORKSHOPS With Nataylia Cummings. 7 March - in the home of artist Helena Orlowski, Kingsthorne, Hereford, 10am-1pm, £32 includes all materials and traditional Ukrainian lunch, 07963 090838. 26 March - Tinsmiths, Ledbury, 9.30am-1pm, £38, includes a homemade Ukranian lunch, 01531 632083.

March THE GLOBE, HAY ON WYE WORKSHOPS Sun 4 March - Chess Simul. David Steiret plays chess with up to 8 people, for all ages, 11am. Every Sunday - Lego Club, 11am, free. Every Tuesday - Chess Club, 4.15pm, free, contact Drew on 07714 767779. One Tuesday a month - Globemakers - an informal craft group, 7.30pm, further details contact corin@lordburgess.co.uk The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 821762.

March PEAK , CRICKHOWELL WORKSHOPS 17 & 18 March ‘Totemic: Beasts of the Black Mountains’.

Family workshops in collaboration with Llangattock Community Woodland Group. Peak, The Old School, Brecon Rd, Crickhowell, 01873 811579.

March ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW WORKSHOPS Twice monthly, Tues, Oscars, 7.30pm, Ludlow Photographic Club, 01584 879180. First Thurs, Studio, 7.30pm, Ludlow Arts Society, talks and demonstrations, 01584 831458. Fri, Studio, 10am-4pm, Life and Portrait Workshop, contact Chris Bean, 01584 841668.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141.

March & April ORIEL DAVIES GALLERY WORKSHOPS 27 March - Flat Pack Dinosaurs workshop. 3 April Animal Masks workshop. Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, 01686 625041, www.orieldavies.org

ARTISTS & MAKERS AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, PRESTEIGNE

SatURDAY 3rd MARCH 10AM

to

3PM

artists and makers in the main hall prints, paintings, pottery, silver jewellery, hand-dyed knits, handmade papers with tea & cakes, and a selection of vintage & textiles in the green room ENQUIRIES 01544 260777

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March & April PRINT SHED COURSES www.theprintshed.net or email theprintshed@swinmoor. net For info and bookings Contact Jill Barneby 07796 673123.

Sat 3 March GILDING TECHNIQUES With calligrapher Vivien Lunniss. 10am-4pm at Monkland V.H. near Leominster Cost £21 / £18 members. Bookings and info ring 01544 327657. Marches Scribes.

Sat 10 March TILE PAINTING WORKSHOP Led by Kate Evans. To decorate the new changing rooms at the SpArC swimming pool. Eco Building at the Community College, Bishop’s Castle, 2-5pm, all workshops cost £12 per person which includes up to 6 tiles plus all tuition, materials and firing. Enquiries and bookings email katetheplate@gmail.com or 01588 638762.

Sat 24 March EGGTASTIC SEWING WORKSHOP Design and sew your own Easter Egg. No sewing experience is necessary all equipment/materials supplied. For ages 7-11 years. The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £6, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 & Sun 25 March JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTING Two one day courses introduction the traditional art of Japanese printmaking, run by Rowan McOnegal. Queenswood Country Park, Leominster, £65, 07816 858664.

Sat 31 March - Mon 2 April EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA Activity trails, mini-egg hunt and more. The Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture, Berriew, 12-4pm, 01686 640689.

Sat 7 April NICK SHARRATT’S BIG DRAW-ALONG Children’s writer and illustrator will be showing you how he creates characters, sharing ways to invent your own

crazy creatures. Bring pencils, paper and something to lean on. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 3pm, £7.50, children £5, 01600 719401.

April QUILT ASSOCIATION WORKSHOPS 10 April - New England Houses with Jane Davies, 10am-4pm, £40. 28 April - Lost and Found with Sarah Burgess, 10am-4pm, £40 plus £7 materials. Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, www.quilt.org.uk 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.

Fridays AFTER SCHOOL ART CLUB For children aged 5 - 12 years. Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, 3.45-5.15pm, 01686 688369.

3rd Saturday 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. 07867 483135. www.kingtoncommunitymarket.wordpress.com

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

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cinema BORDERLINES FILM FESTIVAL 23 FEBRUARY - 11 MARCH Each year the Borderlines Film Festival, the largest rural film festival in the UK, centred on The Courtyard, Hereford, but also spread across numerous venues in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys, brings a vast selection of new and old films. Details www.borderlinesfilmfestival.org

ABERGAVENNY FILM SOC. 7 March I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (15) 21 March CLASH (15) 4 April LOVING VINCENT (PG) Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, doors open 6.45pm, films start 7.30pm, 01873 850167

BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP 1, 2 & 4 March THE BOOKSHOP UK PREMIERE (12A) 2 - 8 March THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) 4 March SWEET COUNTRY (15) 8 March LEAN ON PETE (15) 9 - 15 March LADY BIRD (15) 11 March WESTERN (15) 16 - 19 March I, TONYA (15) Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. Films every weekend.

Full programme www.boothbooks. co.uk 01497 820322

BRECON FILM SOCIETY 5 March JULIETA (15) 9 April LA STRADA (PG) Doors open 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Brecon Colisuem Cinema, Wheat St, Brecon. Membership enquiries 01874 623166

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW

BRYCHEINIOG, BRECON

2 March REDOUBTABLE 2 March A FANTASTIC WOMAN 2 - 4 March JOURNEY’S END 3 March MALVERN AND THE MARCHES: NEWS FROM THE 60S AND 70S 3 March HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS 3 March LOVELESS 4 March THE LOST WORLD 4 March WINNIE + PASCALE LAMCHE 13 - 15 March PHANTOM THREAD (15) 13 March GIGI (PG) 14 & 16 March ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (15) 19, 21 7 22 March LOVELESS (15) 23, 26 & 28 March LADY BIRD (15) 30, 31 March, 2 - 4 April THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) 28, 30 March, 3 - 5 April EARLY MAN (PG) 30, 31 March, 4 April MONSTER FAMILY (ctbc) Details 01584 878141

20 March BANFF FILM FESTIVAL An evening of short films from the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, 01874 611622

CONQUEST, BROMYARD

2 March FELICITE (12A) 3 March MAUDIE (12A) 4 March TAWAI - A VOICE FROM THE FOREST (U) 4 March THE PARTY (15) 11 March GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (15) 30 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Conquest Theatre, Tenbury Rd, Bromyard. Details 01885 488575

COURTYARD, HEREFORD 1 March JOURNEY’S END 1 March DARKEST HOUR

ASSEMBLY RMS, PRESTEIGNE 18 March THE END OF THE AFFAIR The film’s editor, Tony Lawson, will introduce the film and using extracts from his production diary, talk about the editing process. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8pm, £8 from The Workhouse and wegottickets.com Raising funds for Mid Border Arts.

BISHOP’S CASTLE FILM SOC.

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7 March HELL OR HIGH WATER 21 March HUMMUS - THE MOVIE 4 April FRANTZ Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, 01588 680445

The Shape of Water

1 March WALK WITH ME 1 March LOVELESS 1 March THE RIDER 1 March SWEET COUNTRY 1 March SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT 1 March TALES FROM THE SILK ROAD: GULLS + BIRGIT BEUMERS 2, 3, 5 - 8 March PHANTOM THREAD 2 March LA CHINOISE 2 - 8 March LADY BIRD 2 - 4 March THE DISASTER ARTIST 2 - 8 March THE SHAPE OF WATER 2 March THE L-SHAPED ROOM 2 - 8 March THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI 2 March BEAST 3 March FLATPACK SHORTS: MELODY MAKERS (U) 3 & 6 March TALES FROM THE SILK ROAD: HEAVENLY NOMADIC + DAVID GILLAM 3 March HEREFORDSHIRE LIFE THROUGH A LENS 3 March WINNIE + PASCALE LAMCHE 4, 5 March THE BREADWINNER 4 March THE SEVENTH SEAL 4 March MILOU EN MAI 4 March ARCADIA + ADRIAN UTLEY & ADRIAN COOPER 4, 5 March CUSTODY 5 March ZAMA 6 March MALVERN & THE MARCHES: NEWS FROM THE 60S & 70S 6 March THE BOOKSHOP 7 & 8 March JEUNE FEMME 7 March FUTURE FILMMAKERS 7 March THE ESCAPE 8 March THE L-SHAPED ROOM 8 March EVEN WHEN I FALL 8 & 9 March WILD STRAWBERRIES 9 & 10 March THE WOUND 9 & 10 March LET THE SUNSHINE IN 9 - 11 March THE MERCY 9 & 11 March LEAN ON PETE 9 - 11 March DARK RIVER 9 & 10 March JOURNEYMAN 9 March BEHIND THE DOOR 10 & 11 March 120 BPM 10 & 11 March GHOST STORIES 11 March THE LOST WORLD 11 March PERSONA 11 March REDOUBTABLE 10 March FLATPACK SHORTS: NATURE’S TALES (U) 12 - 15 March THE MERCY (12A) 13 March FLATPACK SHORTS: DREAM WEAVERS (U) 16 March THE SOUND OF MUSIC (U) Dementia Friendly screening 17 - 21 March ROMAN J ISRAEL, ESQ (12A)

17 - 21 March CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (15) 23 & 29 March THE 15:17 TO PARIS (15) 23 March - 12 April I, TONYA (15) 30 March - 9 April EARLY MAN (PG) 31 March - 16 April FINDING YOUR FEET (12A) 31 March EARLY MAN (PG) Details 01432 340555

1 March I AM NOT A WITCH (U) Brilley VH 01544 327227 1 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 1 March THE PARTY (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 1 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 2 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 2 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Garway VH 01600 750465 2 March MY PURE LAND (15) Bedstone and Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 2 March LAND OF MINE (15) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 2 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 2 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Staunton on Wye VH 01981 501031 2 March I AM NOT A WITCH (U) Knighton Community Centre 07751 221487 2 March VICEROY’S HOUSE (12) Fownhope New Memorial Hall 01432 860065 3 March JANE EYRE (2011) (PG) Belmont Hall, Wellington www.theclifton.org 3 March MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) Hanley Broadheath VH 01886 853195 3 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 3 March FELICITE (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 568705

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3 March A MAN CALLED OVE (15) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 3 March IN BETWEEN (15) Bettws-y-Crwyn Parish Hall 01588 640233 3 March A DAY WITH DIETRICH Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 3 March MAUDIE (12) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 3 March MAUDIE (12) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 3 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Withington Parish Room 01743 709236 4 March GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 5 March IN THE LOOP (15) Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre 01952 433297 5 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Church Stretton School 01694 724330 5 March BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB - ADIOS (12) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 5 March THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 6 March SPELLBOUND (1945) (PG) Lydbury North VH 01588 680302 7 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 7 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Cardington VH 01694 771295 7 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) The Red House, Albrighton 01902 373854 7 March A MAN CALLED OVE (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 8 March IN BETWEEN (15) Leintwardine Community Centre 07572 442903 8 March MAUDIE (12) Escleyside Hall 01981 510352 8 March BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: ADIOS (PG) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 9 March THE PARTY (15) Bedstone & Hopton Castle VH 01547 530282 9 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Kelsall Methodist Hall 01829 752548 9 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Bodenham Parish Hall 01568 797473 9 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) The Simpson Hall, Burghill 01432 760816 9 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Dorstone VH 01981 550943

9 March SULLY - MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12) Cound Guildhall 01743 761451 9 March HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) Stoke Prior VH 07850 030821 10 March THEIR FINEST (12A) Bayston Hill Memorial Hall 01743 873940 10 March LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (PG) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 10 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Trefonen VH 01691 657011 10 March MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) (12A) Martley Memorial Hall 01886 888406 10 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 568705 10 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 10 March THE PARTY (15) Brilley VH 01544 327227 10 March HOTEL SALVATION (PG) Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 01432 890720 11 March TAWAI - A VOICE FROM THE FOREST (U) Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 616460 12 March DETROIT The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 12 March BREATHE (12A) Welshpool Assembly Room 01938 552043 13 March BREATHE (12A) Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 13 March IN BETWEEN (15) Garway VH 01600 750465 13 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Ashford Carbonell VH 01584 831574 13 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 13 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross on Wye 01989 568705 13 March LADIES IN LAVENDER (12) Neston Civic Hall 0151 336 7805 14 March HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A) Hope Bowdler VH 01694 723648 14 March TOMORROW (DEMAIN) (PG) Cuddington and Sandiway VH 01606 888931 14 March THE SENSE OF AN ENDING (15) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 15 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Kinnerley Parish Hall 01691 682282 15 March DUNKIRK (2017) (12A) Grimley Peace Hall, Sinton Green 01905 641572

15 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Gorsley VH 01989 720358 15 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 15 March BREATHE (12A) Much Birch Community Hall 01981 540097 15 March THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV (12) Pudleston VH 01568 760606 16 March BREATHE (12A) Knighton Community Centre 07751 221487 16 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Colwall VH 01684 540926 16 March THEIR FINEST (12) Sarn VH 01686 671205 16 March THE CARER (15) Shifnal VH 01952 462787 17 March THEIR FINEST (12) Yarpole Parish Hall 01568 780279 17 March DUNKIRK (2017) Cawley Hall, Eye 01568 615836 17 March MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (15) Little Witley VH 01886 888122 17 March A UNITED KINGDOM (12A) Tibberton VH 01952 550582 17 March A WALK IN THE WOODS (15) Tasley Parish Room 01746 764881 17 March INFERNO (12A) Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 01299 271129 17 March LA GRANDE ILLUSION (U) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 17 March LA REGLE DU JEU (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 17 March MONSIEUR HULOT’S HOLIDAY (U) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 17 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Upton upon Severn, Memorial Hall 01684 591044 17 March BREATHE (12A) Chapel Lawn VH 01547 530258 17 March BREATHE (12A) Ryton VH 01743 718237 17 March BREATHE (12A) Bicton VH 01743 850495 17 March BREATHE (12A) Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine 01547 510672 18 March QUAI DES BRUMES (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 18 March LE SALAIRE DE LA PEUR (12A) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 18 March LE JOUR SE L?VE (PG) The Coach House Theatre, Malvern 01684 892277 19 March THE LUNCHBOX (PG) Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre 01952 433297 19 March WIND RIVER The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911

20 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) Acton Scott VH 01694 781260 21 March VICTORIA AND ABDL (12) Chetton VH 01746 789257 21 March THE HIPPOPOTAMUS (15) Escleyside Hall 01981 510352 21 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Myddle VH 01939 291014 22 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Bagley Sports & Social Club 07773 983963 22 March MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 22 March HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A) Almeley VH 01544 327195 22 March LOVING (2016) (12) Castlemorton Parish Hall 01684 833549 23 March 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (15) All Stretton VH 01694 723378 23 March HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) Marton VH 01938 580116 23 March VICEROY’S HOUSE (12) Little Wenlock VH 01952 505888 23 March A STREET CAT NAMED BOB (12A) Longden VH 07539 545846 23 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Stoke Prior VH 07850 030821 23 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Clungunford Parish Hall 01588 660159 23 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Bosbury Parish Hall 01531 640415 23 March PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Dorstone VH 01981 550943 23 March LOGAN LUCKY (12A) Little Dewchurch VH 01432 840333 23 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) Knighton Community Centre 07751 221487

23 March LOST IN PARIS (12) Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall 01600 890640 24 March PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Aston on Clun VH 01588 660545 24 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Rodington VH 01952 770524 24 March FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL (15) Waverton VH 01244 336055 24 March PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Dolau Community Hall 07904 883038 24 March EASTER PARADE (U) Chelmarsh Parish Hall 01746 862884 24 March HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) Neston Civic Hall 0151 336 7805 25 March PADDINGTON 2 (PG) Pembridge Film Nights, New Inn, Pembridge 01544 387571 26 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock 01952 728911 27 March MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport 07886 697934 27 March SULLY - MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (12) Loppington VH 01939 809236 27 March THE FLORIDA PROJECT (15) The Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch 01948 660660 29 March WONDER (PG) Perton Civic Centre 01902 745971 29 March PADDINGTON 2 SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 29 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (12) Goodrich VH 01600 890609 30 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG) Conquest Theatre, Bromyard 01885 488575 30 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG) Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125

Loving Vincent

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THE HAFREN 27 March THE BIG SLICK Pre-film tea and cake, 12.30pm.

7 April SING 2.30pm. Booking essential) Hafren, Newtown, 01686 614555

THE HIVE, SHREWSBURY 2 March THE OLIVE TREE (15) 16 March GRADUATION (15) 21 March THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (U) 6 April HOW I ENDED THIS SUMMER (12) The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury 01743 234970

LINGEN FLIX 16 March THE PARTY (15) Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £5, children £3.50 01544 267736, www.lingen.org.uk

OLD MKT. HALL, SHREWS. 1 March THE MERCY (ctbc) 2 - 8 March THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) 9 - 15 March ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (15) 11 March FERRARI: RACE TO IMMORTALITY (15) 15 March MY GENERATION (12A) 16 - 22 March FINDING YOUR FEET (12A) 23 March SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) 23 - 29 March PHANTOM THREAD (15) 30 March - 5 April EARLY MAN (PG) 30 March - 5 April LADY BIRD (15) See website for full details.

01743 281281

PLAYHOUSE, LEOMINSTER 1 March THE PARTY 2 March LAND OF MINE 3 March A MAN CALLED OVE 4 March GOD’S OWN COUNTRY 10 March LOVING VINCENT 11 March TAWAI - A VOICE FROM THE FOREST 17 March MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 18 March FLATLINERS 24 March BREATH 31 March GOODBYE CHRISTOPER ROBIN 4 April PADDINGTON 2 Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster 01568 612583

PRESTEIGNE SCREEN

2 March THE DEATH OF STALIN (15) 9 March HOTEL SALVATION (15) 23 March LOGAN LUCKY (12A) 6 April FRANTZ (12A) Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, www.presteignescreen.org.uk

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REGAL CINEMA, TENBURY 1 & 2 March JOURNEY’S END (12A) 5, 6 & 8 March THE POST (12A) 7 March THE COMMUTER (15) 1, 12 & 13 March THE MERCY (12A) 14 March MARIE CURIE: THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE (U) 16 March ROMAN ISRAEL ESQ (12A) 19 March STRONGER (15) 26 - 28 March FINDING YOUR FEET (12A) 3 & 5 April THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI (15) Details 01584 811442

R.N.C. FOR THE BLIND, HFD. 5 March NOTES ON BLINDNESS (ADR) Royal National College for the Blind, Venns Lane, Hereford 01432 376371

SAVOY, MONMOUTH 3 & 4 March FROZEN SINGALONG (PG) 5 & 6 March THE KID BROTHER (U) 9 - 15 March THE PHANTOM THREAD (15) 10 & 11 March EARLY MAN (PG) 16 - 22 March THE MERCY (12A) 23 - 29 March THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) 30 March - 5 April FINDING YOUR FEET (12A) 30 March - 5 April PETER RABBIT (PG) 6 - 12 April A WRINKLE IN TIME (PG) Savoy Theatre, Church St, Monmouth 01600 772467

SPARC, BISHOP’S CASTLE 13 March VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG) 15 March LOVING VINCENT (12A) 22 March MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (12A) 29 March PADDINGTON 2 (PG) SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle.

Phone for times 01588 630321

THEATRE SEVERN, SHREWS. 9 March BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL (12A) Experience an extraordinary collection of short films from the world’s most prestigous mountain film festival.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, 01743 281281

WYESIDE, BUILTH WELLS

Until 7 March DARKEST HOUR (PG) Until 15 March PHANTOM THREAD (15) Until 23 March FINDING YOUR FEET (12A) Until 29 March EARLY MAN (ctbc) Until 29 March COCO (PG) (Relaxed screening 18 March)

2 & 7 March DOWNSIZING (15) 9 - 15 March JOURNEY’S END (12A) 9 - 15 March FIFTY SHADES FREED (ctbc) 16 - 22 March BLACK PANTHER (ctbc) 16 - 22 March RED SPARROW (ctbc) 16 - 21 March THE MERCY (12A) (Silver screening 21 March) 16 - 21 March ROMAN J ISRAEL ESQ (12A) 23 March - into April A WRINKLE IN TIME (ctbc) 23 March - into April THE SHAPE OF WATER (15) Wyeside, Builth Wells 01982 552555

LIVE EVENTS ON SCREEN 6 March CARMEN Royal Opera House. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 6.455pm, 01584 811442. Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7.15pm, 01568 612583. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 6.45pm, 01497 820322. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 6.45pm, 01885 488575. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 6.45pm, 01982 552555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 6.45pm, 01600 719401. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 6.45pm, 01743 281281.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 6.45pm, 01432 340555. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 6.45pm, 01584 878141.

8 March CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF National Theatre. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7pm, 01588 631321.

10 March SEMIRAMIDE Metropolitan Opera. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 5.55pm, 01600 719401.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 5.55pm, 01885 488575.

11 March CARMEN Royal Opera House. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, 01588 631321.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 6.45pm, 07967 517125.

12 March SEMIRAMIDE Met Opera. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 5.55pm, 01584 878141.

13 March CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF National Theatre & The Young Vic. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, 01982 552555.

15 March SEMIRAMIDE Met Opera. The Courtyard, Hereford, 5.55pm, 01432 340555.

20 March LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN Vaudeville Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.15pm, 01982 552555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.15pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.15pm, 01952 72891.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.15pm, 01743 281281. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.15pm, 01584 811442. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7.15pm, 01497 820322. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.15pm, 01885 488575.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15pm, 01584 878141.

20 March VINCENT VAN GOGH Exhibition on screen. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, 01432 340555.

Old Market Theatre, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

22 March JULIUS CAESAR National Theatre. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 719401. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7pm, 01952 72891. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7pm, 01743 281281. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7pm, 07967 517125. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 820322. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7pm, 01584 878141.

25 March JULIUS CAESAR Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7pm, 01568 612583.

25 March VINCENT VAN GOGH Exhibition on screen. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467.

27 March BERNSTEIN CENTENARY The Royal Ballet. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 01600 719401. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125.

Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820322.

Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 01568 612583.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. 7.15pm.

28 March MESSIAH Bristol Old Vic. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, 01600 772467.

Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7pm, 01584 811442. Old Market Theatre, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

29 March CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF National Theatre. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7pm, 01432 340555.

31 March COSI FAN TUTTE Met Opera. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 01600 719401. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 01885 488575. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 01584 878141. All at 5.55pm.

1 April BERNSTEIN BALLET Royal Ballet. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 2pm, 01588 631321.

4 April MACBETH Royal Opera House. SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 01588 631321. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 01982 552555. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 01600 719401. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 01584 811442. Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, 01497 820322. 7.15pm.

11 April MACBETH The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7pm, 01982 552555. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7pm, 01600 772467.

WORKSHOPS Sat 3 March WEA FILM/STUDY DAY A Day with Dietrich, tutor Catherine Constable, Professor of Film Studies Warwick University. Market Theatre, Ledbury 10.30am-4.30pm, £20, 01531 634333.

Sun 4 March MAKE A FILM IN A DAY For ages 9-13 years.

Join Nick Brown from MASH Cinema to plan, storyboard, film, act and edit a short film using industry standard equipment. No previous experience necessary. Glasbury Village Hall, 10.30am-4pm, £13, www.glasburyarts. co.uk, 07583 544110.

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dance Wed 28 March ONE NIGHT ONLY THE VIV KELLY CHILDREN’S & YOUTH THEATRE GROUPS join with the adult dancers to present a celebration of music, dance and theatre. Theatre Seven, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £12-£10, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 & Thurs 29 March FAMILY DANCE FESTIVAL BOMBASTIC AND COREO CYMRU. Featuring four short performances and a chance to dance! Suitable for all ages. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Wed 3pm & 6pm, Thurs 12pm & 3pm, free, 01686 614555.

Terra Firma

Dance Performance Fri 2 March DANCING CLUB Written and directed by Caroline Jester. An empty ballroom is brought to life as tales of dancing and music across generations wake up the dance teachers.

Clungunford Village Hall, 8pm, £10/£8, family £22, 01588 660152.

Fri 16 March MARCH FORWARD DAWN’S POWYS DANCE. An evening of community dance to celebrate the work created by participants who attend the weekly dance sessions throughout Powys.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, £7/£5, 01874 611622.

Tues 6 & Thurs 22 March TERRA FIRMA NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES. Terra Firma tells stories drawn from the very ground on which we build our communities on. 6 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16/£12, students £8, 01743 281281.

22 March - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £9/£7, 01686 614555.

Thurs 15 & Fri 16 March IT’S BETWEEN US JUST US DANCE THEATRE. A thrilling and moving double bill of dance and music. 15 March - Steiner Academy, Hereford, 7.30pm, £10/£6/£30, 01981 540221.

16 March - Wem Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01939 232299. Arts Alive.

Wed 21 March PARADISE LOST (LIES UNOPENED BESIDE ME) LOST DOG. A one-man staging of Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, combining theatre, comedy and movement, in a journey through the story of the creation of everything, condensed into 75 minutes. All Stretton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£7, 01694 723378. Arts Alive.

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Sat 24 March IGNITE DANCE BLAST’s highly successful youth dance and disability dance development project have commissioned two professional choreographers to create new integrated dance works with Monmouthshire Youth Dance Company and Monmouthshire Connected Company. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £7, 01873 850805.

Fri 30 March INCOGNITO MI FLAMENCO. Exciting, moving flamenco dance, powerful song, virtuoso guitar and cello with lots of charm, imagination and theatre thrown in. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16/£14, 01432 340555.

Dance Workshops

Single, dated listings are free. Year round entries £40 Sat 3 March DON SIMON AKA BONESHAKER Live Percussion Ecstatic Dance Session. Brilley Village Hall, HR3 6JG. 7.30pm, £10, 07905 743272.

Thurs 8 March ENDARKEN A group expedition in the Black Mountains moving through dusk and into the night time with Movement Artist, Simon Whitehead and dancer, Cai Tomos. Starting from Peak, The Old School, Brecon Rod, Crickhowell, 6pm. Plus Peak Collective: ‘bring and share’ supper and artist talk with Simon and Cai from 7.30pm, donation £3, places limited, 01873 811579.

Wed 7 & Fri 23 March DISCOVER DANCE With National Dance Company Wales. Learn some moves from your seats, get on stage and watch a magical performance of folk and ask dancers anything you like!

7 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 1pm, £7.50, family £25, 01743 281281. 23 March - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 1pm, £2.50, 01686 614555.

Sun 11 March APPALACHIAN STEP DANCING WORKSHOP A chance to learn the basics from experienced dancers and live old time band, Little Hoedown. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 2-4.30pm, £10, 01982 551116 or 01544 350407. Concert to follow at 7.30pm, £5.

ECSTATIC RHYTHMS DANCE – WITH CLIVE HEDGER This is a freestyle dance class drawing upon elements of 5 Rhythms, ecstatic / shamanic dance with some of the best ever music on a great sound system. No experience necessary. No steps to learn, just following your inner rhythms. Wear loose clothing and bring water. BRILLEY VILLAGE HALL HR3 6JG 1st Saturday of each month.

The village hall is signposted from the Brilley to Kington road and is approximately 500 yards from St Mary’s church, Brilley. RHAYADER, CARAD MUSEUM & GALLERY, EAST STREET, LD6 5ER 4th Friday of each month. (These dates may occasionally be subject to

change). 7.30pm £10 (concessions available). Info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 07905 743272 / 01982 552535.

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW CLASSES Mon - Circle Dancing, Studio, 1.45pm-3.45pm. Contact Kathryn Louhichi, 01584 877446. Tues Learn To Jive.

Fun, easy to learn and no partner/experience needed.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8-10pm, £5, 01989 750354.

Tues FOXWELP MORRIS Why not try Morris dancing?

We practice every Tues evening at 7.30pm in Moccas Village Hall from Sept to May. Mainly dances from the Cotswolds, but also some from the Welsh Borders.

All sexes welcome, and ability to dance not necessary!

Beginners welcome. Contact Emma on 01544 327311 or Paul 01497 821003.

ALANYA’S BELLYDANCE CLUB - OPEN LEVEL Monkland Village Hall - Mondays 7.30-9pm.

Miro Studio, Hereford - Fridays 10.30am-12pm.

No-obligation taster £6, then pay per term or block. For information and other classes visit www.alanyabellydance. com or call Abbie on 07962 161081.

Wed BIG FISH LITTLE FISH FOR MUMS AND TOTS! Dance Centre, Llandrindod Wells, 2-3pm, £3 drop in, for tots aged 8 months+, 01597 824370.

Weds THE REBEL RAIDERS Linedancing, all abilities welcome. CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 7-9.30pm, 01597 810561.

DANCEFEST Mon - Hereford Chance to Dance (55+), 11.30am, St John’s Methodist Church Hall, Hereford. £58 a term. Tues - Dancefest classes for 4-16 year olds at The Courtyard, Hereford for 4-16 year olds from 4pm. £4 a week. Thurs - Kingsland and Bromyard Dancefest Clubs (6-11) 4pm, Kingsland Coronation Hall, Leominster; 5pm at Queen Elizabeth Humanities Colleges, Bromyard. £4 a week, www.dancefest.co.uk, 01905 611199.

Weds CIRCLE DANCING Leominster Community Centre 2.00-3.30pm All welcome, £4 per session. Transition Leominster 01568 620180.

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 APPLETREE ORGANISATION Tues - Belly Dance for Beginners, 2pm. 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, from 4pm.

Wed - All Tap Sessions for 7 to 12+, from 4pm. Appletree Theatre, 15 Lower Galdeford, Ludlow, 07921 331764.

COURTYARD, HEREFORD CLASSES Dancing Tots – Fridays 11.30am – 12.15pm, Ages 2-4, £4 per session, £1 per extra child. Dancemakers Minis – Tuesdays 4pm – 4.45pm, Ages 4-6, £4 per session. The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

LEARN 2 JIVE BEGINNERS CLASSES Monday, 7.30-8.30pm, Bartestree Village Hall, Hereford, HR1 4BY. Mon, Pilates, Bartestree Village Hall, 6.30-7.30pm.

Tues, 7.30-8.30pm, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ. Tues, 7.30-8.30pm, Stretton Sugwas Village Hall, HR4 7PT. Tues, 7.30pm-8.30pm Pembridge Village Hall, HR6 9EB. Wed, 7.30-8.30pm, Methodist Church Hall, Tenbury Wells, WR15 8EE. Wed, 8-9pm, Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Malvern, WR14 4LR. Thurs, 8.30-9.30pm, Beginners Lindy Hop, Bishop’s Frome Village Centre, WR6 5AZ. Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354. orinfo@coolmovesdance.co.uk www.coolmovesdance. co.uk Coolmoves Dance & Fitness for adults.

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 partner. Beginners and experts welcome. 01982 570324/01544 350707.

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 Ages 11+. With Powys Dance. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 5.45pm, 01982 552555.

Tues, 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 (term time) VILLAGE BEATS SHAKE AND DANCE Come and dance to get that body and mind moving!

Village Beats gives you a chance to drop out of that busy thinking mind and to drop down into your body. We play some amazing music that lets us put anything that might be popping up into our heads into the dance through the use of breath, rhythm and movement. This is an active meditation to some a-m-a-z-i-n-g tunes! No steps to learn.

Nothing to get right or wrong. No upper age limit. All levels of physical fitness welcome. Sessions are drop in and are £8 per class. Little Birch Village Hall, Barrack Hill, Much Birch, HR2 8AZ. Contact Zoë 07879 425 458.

Fortnightly Sat CHORUS LINE Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623219.

Conquest Theatre Bromyard Live on Stage

Thurs 15 - Sat 17 & Thurs 22 - Sat 24 March 7.30pm CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS present ALLO ALLO! Fri 9 March 7.30pm FOLK IN THE FOYER - BROOM BEZZUMS

Film

2 March 7.30pm FELICITE (12A) 3 March 7.30pm MAUDIE (12A) 4 March 3pm TAWAI A VOICE FROM THE FOREST (U) 4 March 7.30pm THE PARTY (15) 11 March 7.30pm GOD’S OWN COUNTRY (15) 30 March 7.30pm GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (PG)

Screenings

6 March 6.45pm CARMEN (ROH) 10 March 5.55pm SEMIRAMIDE (Met Opera) 20 March 7.15pm LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN (Oscar Wilde Season) 27 March 7.15pm BERNSTEIN CELEBRATION (ROH) 31 March 5.55pm COSI FAN TUTTE (Met Opera)

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

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food page The Scrumpy House Restaurant, Westons Cider

M

R PERNICKETY has been an admirer of Westons Cider for many years. When he first visited their factory twenty-five years ago he saw at once that these were makers who liked to do their own thing. Founded in Much Marcle in 1880, seven years before Bulmers in Hereford, they are based around the ancient farmhouse where they started. They are still a privately owned family business, whose managing director for the last twenty years has been the founder’s great grand-daughter.

The last quarter of a century has seen the arrival of a number of diverse new cider makers in the Marches – some outstanding, many lamentable. The people involved are for the most part a distinctive bunch, as reflected in their products. Gwatkins, for example, based in a sprawling old farm in the Golden Valley, produce cider with an earthy and authentic charm; Tom Oliver with studious flair has focused on producing exceptional perry, with access to a secret, precious pear tree. The late Ivor Dunkerton brought a purity of vision to his range of Dunkertons Organic Ciders, which includes probably the best of Herefordshire’s commercially produced ciders, their Kingston Black.

As these new makers emerged, Britain’s dominant cider maker, Bulmers had by then sold their souls to the bottom end of the market, where chemists in white coats oversaw the production of some of the most unpalatable liquids ever to have been marketed as ‘cider’ – Woodpecker, Strongbow and GL. Some twenty years ago, Mr P was sitting in a tumbled down barn chatting with his 86 year old farming neighbour.

The old fellow had just unearthed from under a heap of grain sacks that had lain in a corner since the early ’70s a couple of bottles of Bulmers Strongbow from that period, with a stylised mediaeval archer on the label and a stone screw stopper. There was a possibility that the contents might be tainted by air, or soured into something quite nasty over the couple of decades the bottles had been hidden there. The farmer cautiously opened the first and filled a couple of cracked coronation mugs which were his regular drinking vessels; he and Mr P sipped. Mr P was astonished to find how good and honest and utterly unlike modern Strongbow the old brew tasted. The second bottle was just as good and they swiftly polished off both of them.

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Shortly afterwards Mr P encountered a member of the Bulmer family, who were then still trying to run the business, when he eagerly suggested that they should look up the old recipe for the stuff, reproduce it and market it, instead of the awful acid sweet characterless stuff they were currently selling. Naturally, they didn’t listen. A few years later the share price of the publicly quoted company slithered down the Footsie and the family sold their stake in the business to Scottish and Newcastle, who despite their colossal size and generally brutal approach to marketing, had the intelligence and insight to reinstate the traditional cider that Mr P and his

old neighbour had consumed; as Bulmers Original it has been a considerable success.

However, by that stage, the consistent and principled Westons at Much Marcle had gone from strength to strength. No doubt over the years, while Bulmers’ coffers bulged from the sales of cheap nasty cider, the bigger company had made overtures to Westons in a bid to buy them out, along with the strong brands they’d established - as they had with Symonds cider and the once distinctive Scrumpy Jack. But Westons had resisted and emerged as the best commercial cider maker in the country.

Mr Pernickety, from time to time when cooking joints of Huntsham Court Middle White pork for his friends, has served it with Henry Westons Vintage Special Reserve, a fairly dry 8% cider which effectively cuts through the pork fat and enhances the meat more satisfactorily than red wine. Appreciating this aspect of cider and aware for a long time that Westons, as an adjunct to their popular factory visits, had added a small restaurant, Mr P felt he should visit it. He approached the task conscious that straying into the less predictable waters of preparing food of appropriate style and quality must have presented something of a risk for the cider makers.

The options for a visit weren’t wide since, for no obvious reason, the Scrumpy House opens for evening dinners only on Thursdays. It so happened that the next Thursday in the calendar, Mr P and his Lovely Companion were heading back from the now almost entirely knackered city of Gloucester (where, as if the Luftwaffe, crass city planners and dodgy developers hadn’t already afflicted enough damage on the once proud and beautiful city, they found the sublime Gothic cathedral being defaced by an unpleasant ‘contemporary’ garden lay-out within the Close, a concrete and iron bench affair, not unlike the Eign Gate shopping precinct in Hereford, and about as attractive.) A table was booked and passing through Ledbury, Mr P wanted to follow up something he’d read to the effect that the town’s fine an independent Feathers Hotel has been bought by a chain with the alarm-bell ringing trading style of ‘Coaching Inn Group Hotels’ (already operating sixteen other places described as ‘Hotel, Coffee House and Eatery’.

The term ‘Eatery’, besides being employed in the 1970s by second-rate gossip columnists, is also an unpleasant, weasel word, synonymous perhaps with ‘trough’. Mr P sincerely hopes that the tasteful, and well-run dining rooms of the Feathers won’t be converted to ‘Eateries’ or indeed that the new owners don’t think they know better how to run the place than the family who have run it so well for decades - a space to watch with trepidation.

Despite these inauspicious preludes to the Scrumpy House visit, Mr P and the LC were pleased to find a warm, busy and invitingly rustic space, offering a simple but interesting menu.

Starting with a half-pint of Henry Westons Perry, the LC was delighted with her Crisp Breaded Goats Cheese - warm, soft and bittersweet, with a walnut salad and lovely squashy tomatoes. Mr P consumed a wellbalanced crab bisque, herby whole grain toast and butter with pleasure and no cavils. The Beef and Venison Pie which they both chose was especially good - meat, sauce within and pastry all firm and succulent, accompanied by a pint of Henry Westons Vintage Special Reserve 2016. The sticky toffee pudding with ice cream which followed was top notch.

This all came as a great relief to Mr P who would have been distressed if he’d found anything that his calling required him to criticize. It had been, Mr P felt, an unpretentious, unsophisticated and thoroughly delicious dinner, and all for about 40 quid. Mr P is delighted to recommend. www.misterpernickety.com

EVENTS Fri 2 March & Fri 30 March FREE TASTING DAYS AT SWAN BREWERY 2 March - Hero’s Ale, 3.9% smooth chestnut ale, 9am-5pm. 30 March - Barrel of Laughs, 4.4% clouded chuckleberry wheat beer, 9am-3pm. Swan Brewery, Enterprise Park (near Police Station), Brunel Rd, Leominster, HR6 0LX, 01568 617709.

Thurs 22 March SABRINA’S SPRING MENU Sabrina will be teaching fresh and flavourful dishes.

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, 10am-2pm, £35, booking essential, 01588 676060.

First Saturday of every month PRESTEIGNE LOCAL FOOD MARKET Memorial Hall Presteigne, 9am-1pm.

The best collection of artisan food producers in the area.

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 month PRODUCE MARKET Hightown Community Rooms, Vicarage Rd. Clun, 10.00am - 12.00pm. 01588 641180.

Every Wednesday CURRY NIGHT Curry, naan bread and a drink, £10. Vegetarian option available. Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every Thursday BURGER NIGHT Castle Inn, Wigmore, 01568 770203.

Every Thursday HAY MARKET DAY Local produce, meat and fish, hot food, artisan bread, cakes, crafts, vintage, plants and more. Memorial Square and Clock Tower, Hay-on-Wye, 9am-4pm, www.haymarkets.co.uk Every Thursday STEAK NIGHT Steak, chips, peas, mushrooms, onion rings with a drink, £10, Oxford Arms, Kington.

Every 2nd & 4th Thursday LUDLOW LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET 9-2pm Castle Square 01584 872043.

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 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm.

BLEDDFA CENTRE READING ROOM CAFE 01547 550377 Re-opens Friday 30th March. Open every Fri, Sat and Sun 11am – 5pm. Café, gift shop, art gallery, and an eclectic selection of books to borrow or buy. Hot and cold drinks, light lunches and homemade cakes, “ginger cake to die for”.

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 ORGASMIC CIDER COMPANY, GREAT PARTON, EARDISLEY, HEREFORDSHIRE, HR3 6NX 01544 327244 or 07773 037448 Craft cider and perry off licence and gift shop with local products. Open Friday and Saturday 12 to 5pm. Group tours available.

The India & China Tea Company at TOWER HOUSE GALLERY, HIGH STREET, KNIGHTON 01547 529530 www.galleryknighton.co.uk 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).

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 YARBOROUGH HOUSE BOOKSHOP, MARKET SQUARE, BISHOP’S CASTLE 01588 638318 CAFE serving coffee, tea and cakes. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 10am-5pm. SPECIALISES IN Secondhand classical music, 5000 CDs, 1000 LPs, 7000 books. Come and browse.

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MARCH Thurs 1 March BLUES BAND Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22.50-£20, 01743 281281.

OPEN MIC JAM Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

ELECTRIC OPEN MIC All levels/genres welcome. PA and drum kit provided. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 8pm.

MAKE SOME MUSIC A session for musicians of all abilities.

Free to play and free to listen. The Lost Ark, Rhayader, www.thelostarc.co.uk KIT HAWES AND AARON CATLOW Acoustic, folk and roots music incorporating fiddle, guitar and voice.

SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £10, under 18s £6, 01588 630321.

ST DAVID’S DAY CONCERT Featuring Blaenavon Male Voice Choir and local performaers. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £8/£7, 01873 850805.

JIVE TALKIN’ Present The Bee Gees. Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £22.50/£18.50, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.co.uk JUGGENAUGHT A Birmingham based trio, led by pianist Piera Okando. Incorporating soundscapes and open passages with grooves and structured bass lines, the band bring exciting new influences into the modern piano trio. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms, £12 music only, dinner available at £8 per person, 01588 676060.

LET’S GET QUIZZICAL Quiz night. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £2 per person, free chips at half time! 01497 821762.

LOKIA Friday night turn-tables. Chang Thai Bar, 3 Market St, Ludlow.

BO WALTON & RED ALERT Rock ‘n’ roll. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

REMI HARRIS TRIO The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, £12, 01432 357753.

ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, near Kington, HR3 6LF, wwwlalmeleysteadysession. wordpress.com

SINFONIA CYMRU & GABOR TAKACS-NAGY Programme includes Huw Watkins, Mozart and Bartok. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £16/£12, 01686 614555.

Fri 2 March

HEATWAVE Plus special guest, Odyssey.

Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £24.50-£22.50, 01743 281281.

WILL KILLEEN Yew Tree, Peterstow, 9pm.

Sat 3 March JOEL’S WISH BREWERY BOP Featuring the HMV Band and supported by The Drop. Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Ludlow, £7, 01584 873291.

KERI HOFFMAN Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

REBECCA LOEBE & FINDLAY NAPIER The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 7.45pm, £12, 01743 234970.

BUTCHERS DOG The Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 9pm.

MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

LIVE @ THE WATERFRONT Featuring Jason Price. Waterfront Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, free, 01874 611622.

REGGAE PIE Debut session. Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

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TOP BANANA Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

VILLAGE QUIRE ‘Back to the Garden’. Music and readings by Dave Newell, performed

by The Village Quire with Phil Smith.

Inspired by wartime letters between the gardener at Kinsham Court and Sir John Stanhope Arkwright. All Saints Church, Hereford, 7.30pm, £8. In aid of HMSSG, supporting Hereford Museum, 01873 811330, www.herefordshiremuseumsupport. org.uk

LIVE MUSIC Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

THE MAGIC MIRRORS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

LEOMINSTER EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND ‘Time Stands Still’. A programme of Elizabethan and Jacobean songs and keyboard music by Simon and David Ponsford. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 7.30pm, £12, students £6, 01568 616460.

Kit Hawes & Aaron Catlow

THE WEEKENDERS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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Sat 3 March RETRIBUTION Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Smiley & The Underclass, a punky reggae explosion from London.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

SONIC HIGHWAY Vaga Tavern, Hereford, 9pm.

LEOMINSTER EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND ‘John Ogilby - Dancer, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’. A presentation in words, music and dance featuring Mary Collins, Steven Player, Joy Smith and Aaron McGregor. 11am, £12, students £6.

‘Craftsman’s Art & Music’s Measure’. A presentation on the making and playing of medieval instruments by expert, Alan Crumpler, 3pm, £6. ‘Ecco la Primavera!’ Stories of love, life and death in 14th century Florence with Vivabiancaluna Biffi and David Hatcher, 7.30pm, £12, students £6. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 01568 616460.

FEELING IT Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

SONS OF YODA Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

BLACK HEART ANGELS Rock, Indie, R & B. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 9pm.

OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

THE DOODAAHS Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

SULTANA BROTHERS The Plough, Whitecross, Hereford.

ERIA/SNOW A multi-instrumentalist duo from Monmouth. The music draws on influences from across Europe and the Middle East, but includes a fond passion for the Celtic influences of home. Town Hall, Bishop’s Castle, 7.30pm, £8.50, 01588 630023.

Sun 4 March SEAN SAYE The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

LEOMINSTER EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL WEEKEND ‘Duarte Lobo: Missa pro Defunctis’.

16th century choral music from Portugual and Spain with Border Voices. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 7.30pm, free entry with retiring collection, 01568 616460.

WORRIED MEN Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

WEEKEND COURSES

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Celebrating two of the world’s greatest songwriters, James Taylor and Carole King. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £20.50, 01743 281281.

Mon 5 March CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8pm.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

Tues 6 March ACOUSTICA: DEVON COFFEY Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01686 614555.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

RICK SAUNDERS & VO FLETCHER Nori’s Cafe, Leominster, £25 includes meal, please book in advance, 01568 612876 or email noriscafe@yahoo.com UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche. The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, 7.30pm, tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Wed 7 March THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

THE BUTCHERS DOGS Toby and John invite you to a fun musical evening. Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3 on the door.

Thurs 8 March MOYA BRENNAN The voice of Clannad. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £24-£22, 01743 281281.

HCA MUSIC WEEK 2018 Presents The KoGo Project, original jazz funk music. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, £5.

Life Painting, Drawing, Portrait, Still-life, Colour, Landscape, Monoprinting.

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STONE CARVING

ACOUSTIC/SEMI ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC NIGHT Small PA provided. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 8pm.

LETTER CUTTING

NOMOROVIN FOLK TUNES The Bell Inn, Yarpole, 8pm, 01568 780537.

COURSES www.lottieolearystonecarver.co.uk

THE HYPE Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

INTO THE ARK Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £12, 01686 614555.

LIMEHOUSE LIZZY Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £19.50, 01743 281281.

Slippery Slope, 9 & 30 March

SULTANA BROTHERS Bucknell Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, ticket only, £8 in advance, £10 on the door, children £5, 01547 530062 or 07973 563829. All proceeds to Bucknell Good Causes.

FOOT DOWN Folk/rock. Rose and Crown, Ludlow.

ELISABETH ZEURTHEN SCHNEIDER & GAMAL KHARMIS Violin and piano. Hellens Manor, Much Marcle, near Ledbury. Tickets £17 from The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555, also at River Music Ross, Ice Bytes Ledbury, Premier Stores Much Marcle, Malvern TIC and Monmouth TIC.

Fri 9 March SLIPPERY SLOPE Four-piece acoustic band.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

FRADLEY PIANO TRIO Programme includes Rachmaninoff and Beethoven. The Art Shop & Chapel, Cross St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £12, 01873 852690.

CROCKERS ASH SCRATCH BAND Yew Tree, Peterstow, 9pm.

HCA MUSIC WEEK 2018 Presents a Student Gig. Hereford College of Arts, College Road Campus, 01432 373359.

BAND OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Drums and backline provided. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

THE REBELS Rock ‘n’ roll. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

FOOTPRINTS De Koffie Pot, The Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free, 01432 357753.

REMI HARRIS TRIO Gypsy, swing, jazz and blues.

Habberley Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01743 790179. Arts Alive.

THE MAJESTIC Roots, rock reggae band, plus Fat Cat Sound. The Lost Ark, Rhayader, £7.50, www.thelostarc.co.uk LIVE MUSIC Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

FOLK IN THE FOYER Featuring Broom Bezzums.

Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, 01885 488575.

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THE FUREYS A great night of music, songs and stories. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £20, 01686 614555.

QUIZ NIGHT Escleyside Gardening Club, Escleyside Hall, Michaelchurch Escley, 7pm, £7 per person, (max 6 per table), cash prize, raffle and bar.

COLLISION Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

Sat 10 March OPERA BOYS Blend of music ranging from opera to pop. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £9, 01584 811442.

WISENHEIMER, ALVIN & THE ANGRY BARRELS, TERMINAL RAGE Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

STEADY EDD & THE BOOGIE MEN Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

A LOST PATH Indie, funk. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 9pm.

THE FORDSONS AND RED ETHEL Wild Hare Club hosts return of reinvigorated ol’ time mountain music family band, The Fordsons with special guests, jazzy folk from Red Ethel fronted by the amazing Kate Hardy.

De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, £5, www.wildhareclub. com WORRIED MEN The Plough, Whitecross, Hereford.

FIRED UP Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

PEARCE/GREENE QUINTET Hard bop classics, great standards, Latin grooves and appealing originals.

Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £15, under 22s £7, www.shrewsburyjazznetwork. co.uk REVEREND FERRIDAY The Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 9pm.

DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

LIVE @ THE WATERFRONT Featuring TellTale. Waterfront Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, free, 01874 611622.

CUSTARD COLLECTION Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

AND FINALLY... PHIL COLLINS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £19/£17, 01874 611622.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Flight Brigde, a seven-piece band whose strength in numbers suit the scope of their songs. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

Sun 11 March STEVE AJAO BLUES GIANTS Richmond Club, 69/71 Edgar St, Hereford, 3-5pm, 01432 356529.

DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE Piano. Programme includes Haydn, Brahms and a world premiere by Richard Francis. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6 from Leominster TIC, 01568 616460.

APPALACHIAN STEP DANCING WORKSHOP AND CONCERT See dance workshops. Evening acoustic concert with live old time band, Little Hoedown. Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 7.30pm, £5, 01982 551116 or 01544 350407.

QUIZ NIGHT Teams of four, £2.50 per person, supper included. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm.

GABRIELLE DUCOMBLE Parisian-style jazz and tango. The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 7pm, £13, 16s and under £5, 01691 662196,

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Sun 11 March PANIC STATION Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

ACOUSTIC SESSION Yew Tree, Peterstow, 7.30pm, all welcome.

LIVE MUSIC The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

THE FUREYS Legends of Irish music and song.

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £21, 01873 850805.

Mon 12 March SAM KELLY AND THE LOST BOYS Cornwall-based folk singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £15/£12, 01432 340555.

Tues 13 March VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

BRECON JAZZ CLUB Featuring Maciek Pysz and Jean Guymarc’h guitars (trio). A unique acoustic meeting and performance by two outstanding European jazz guitarists. The Muse, Brecon, 8pm, £10/£8, info@breconjazzclub.org OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Wed 14 March SKERRYVORE A unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £19, 01743 281281.

HIBY-BARDON-HESSION Jazz special. Queen’s Head, St James St, Monmouth, 01600 712767.

OPEN MIC With Stevie Yeomans. White Horse Inn, Clun.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

THE FIDELIO TRIO Programme includes Haydn, Schubert and Chausson. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £15, 01873 850805.

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Thurs 15 March JUAN MARTIN Hellens, Much Marcle, near Ledbury, tickets £18 from The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555, also at River Music Ross, Ice Bytes Ledbury, Premier Stores Much Marcle, Malvern TIC and Monmouth TIC.

POP-UP BOWIE Paul Antony will perform Bowie’s biggest hits. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 8pm, £18/£15, 01686 614555.

Sat 17 March

BEEZ NEEZ Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

GUITAR HEROES Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, 01584 811442.

DEL BOY & DAVE Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

PIG DAZE The Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 9pm.

EDGELARKS Folk. The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 8.30pm, £15, 16s and under £5, 01691 662196,

HEREFORD CHORAL SOCIETY With Hereford Sinfonia and guest soloists perform the Requiem by Maurice Durufle and St Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod. Hereford Cathedral, 7.30pm, £25-£15, under 16s free, tickets from The Courtyard, 01432 340555.

FOLK NIGHT Irish/English, trad music session.

King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 8pm.

LIVE MUSIC Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

THE LOST BOX OF STORIES A Mid Wales Music Trust with the Hafren and Sinfonia Cymru presentation. An interactive show for primary schools by composer John Webb and storyteller Clare Murphy.

Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £2, 01686 614555.

Fri 16 March CERI RIDGE TRADING COMPANY Traditional instruments creating a simple yet expressive soundscape.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

OPEN MIC Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

THE ROOZE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

LUKE DAY TRIO Bluegrass, gypsy jazz and Celtic folk.

The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 8.30pm, £8, 16s and under £5, 01691 662196.

THE TREVOR BURTON BAND The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

MUSIC RHYTHM AND THE BRAIN Friday night turn-tables.

Chang Thai Bar, 3 Market St, Ludlow.

PAUL PARKER AND FRIENDS Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

JOEY THE CROW Irish evening to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Yew Tree, Peterstow, 9pm.

BLUE SEDNA Cool as ice, hot as hell, acoustic and electric duo. Left Bank Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, free.

STONED CHERRIES With Mary & The Mudlarks.

Welshampton Village Hall, 7.30pm.

THE FORFEITS Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

STAR OF THE SEA St Patrick’s Day. Housmans Restaurant & Bar, Church Stretton.

SHOWADDYWADDY Retro-inspired rock and roll.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £21.50, 01584 878141.

NOROVIN St Patrick’s Night. The Bell Inn, Yarpole, 8pm, 01568 780537.

PIANO FEST Rising stars to watch. Enjoy the prodigious talent of students from Monmouth Girls School as they perform a selection of classical piano pieces from Mozart to Scarlatti. The Art Shop & Chapel, Cross St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £8, 01873 852690.

TWO BLANK PAGES Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

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KATE HOWDEN AND FRIENDS Dilwyn Village Hall, 7.30pm, £8 available on the door, bar.

Remi Harris Trio

STIFF WITNESS Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

FRIDAY LIVE Featuring Hannah Solly & Tom Hughes, vocalist and pianist.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

Sat 24 March ZOE GILBY QUARTET Her stockpile of music reaches a wide range of more contemporary material from composers such as Pink Floyd to Kate Bush. Dorstone Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01981 550451.

Arts Alive.

Sat 17 March

Tues 20 March

MONMOUTH CHORAL SOCIETY ‘A Night at the Opera’. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £19, students £8, under 18s £5, 01600 719401.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

LIVE @ THE WATERFRONT Featuring Michaela Fedeckzo.

Waterfront Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, free, 01874 611622.

TROPIKAL VIZIONS Steel band with Evers Powell.

Caribbean traditional songs as well as reggae. Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton, 7.30pm, £12, children £6, 01694 720132.

BAD SPANIEL The Plough, Whitecross, Hereford.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Moon Goose who have emerged as a new project from the band Cherryshoes. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £5, 01497 821762.

Sun 18 March CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET Programme includes Haydn, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvorak and Bartok.

The Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, 3pm, with an introductory talk at 2.15pm, 01952 510375.

STEVE YEOMANS The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

KNIGHT & SPIERS Peter Knight of Gigspanner with his new band. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £14, 01588 630023.

STEVE AJAO BLUES GIANTS Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

THE REMI HARRIS TRIO Gypsy swing, jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll, funk and world music. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01874 611622.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

Wed 21 March LITTLE RUMBA Housmans Restaurant & Bar, Church Stretton.

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

Thurs 22 March NOMOROVIN FOLK TUNES The Bell Inn, Yarpole, 8pm, 01568 780537.

OPEN MIC Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

SWAMPCANDY Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Fri 23 March BLAKE III Linton Village Hall, near Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7RX, 7pm, pre-book tickets £8, 07974 484141.

HOUSE DJ Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

THE A.49ERS Rock, pop and folk. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

LOKIA Friday night turn-tables.

Chang Thai Bar, 3 Market St, Ludlow.

OVER THE MOON Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

THE DELRAY ROCKETS High octane rockabilly. King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 9.30pm.

BIG Q FISH Prince of Wales, Ledbury.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Richard Navarro and fellow multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Thurston. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £6, 01497 821762.

BLUZEBOX Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

TWO PUSH CHARLIE Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

OUTCASTS The Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 9pm.

BAD SPANIEL Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 9pm, 01432 360250.

SHREWSBURY CHORAL SOCIETY Performing Haydn. Shrewsbury Abbey, 7.30pm, £15, under 16s free, 01743 232236.

QUIZ Vaga Tavern, Hereford, 8pm.

CLIVE CARROLL & CHRIS QUINN Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £16, students £10, 01743 281281.

DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

Zoe Gilby Quartet

MARCH MUSIC Sat 3 - KERI HOFFMAN Sat 10 - WISENHEIMER ALVIN & THE ANGRY BARRELS TERMINAL RAGE Fri 16 - OPEN MIC Fri 23 - HOUSE DJ Sat 24 - JADE DUNCOMBE Fri 30 - EIGHTIES NIGHT Open Mic Every 3rd Friday in the month - 16 March Jazz and Tapas with Mark Latimer & Ruth Bowen Every 3rd Wednesday in the month - 21 March

Reet Petite, 18 West Street, Leominster

07484 545368

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Wed 28 March

Callum Smart

AMERICANA SESSION King’s Head, Tenbury Wells, 8.30pm.

SWAMPCANDY USA-based primitive blues/Americana duo. The Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £5 on the door.

JOHN HYMAS & DAVE LUKE Nori’s Cafe, Leominster, £20 includes meal, please book in advance, 01568 612876 or email noriscafe@yahoo.com THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

Thurs 29 March WILL KILLEEN Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 8pm.

Sat 24 March CALLUM SMART Programme includes Debussy, Prokofiev, Brahms and Ysaye/SaintSaens. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £18/£17, 01584 878141.

STONED LOVE The Plough, Whitecross, Hereford.

EXPLOSIVE LIGHT ORCHESTRA ELO tribute band. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £18.50/£16.50, 01874 611622.

JADE DUNCOMBE Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

LIVE @ THE WATERFRONT Featuring Ragsy. Waterfront Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, free, 01874 611622.

EUPHONISM Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

HEREFORD STRING ORCHESTRA With soloist Laura Rickard and conducted by Thomas Payne.

Programme includes Mozart, Peate (first performance of Lullay for violin and double string orchestra) and Haydn. Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12/£10, students £5, under 12s free, 01568 760633.

DEBS HANCOCK Great vocals and classic American songbook tunes. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

UPBEAT BEATLES Tribute band. Pavilion, Llandrindod Wells, 7.30pm, £20/£18, 01597 258118, www.pavilionmidwales.co.uk REBEL DEAN Exhilarating rock and roll show. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £18.50, 01600 772467.

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BLACK DYKE BAND Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7pm, £15, children £6, 01686 614555.

Sun 25 March SUNDAY EVENING CHILL A relaxed evening of music from local bands and artists. The Red Lion, Knighton, 7.30pm, 01547 428080.

CAPRICCIO ENSEMBLE Programme includes Haydn, Gouvy and Brahms. Lion Ballroom, Leominster, 3pm, £12, students £6 from Leominster TIC, 01568 616460.

SAMMY JO The Grape Vaults, Leominster, 3pm.

KNIGHTON AND DISTRICT CONCERT SOCIETY Featuring Lydia Griffiths, oboe recital.

St Edward’s Church Hall, Knighton, 3pm, £12, £2 children and students, 01547 520756, www.knightonconcerts. co.uk

Tues 27 March OPEN MIC NIGHT The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, 01497 821762.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL CHOIR With Marches Baroque. Bach St John Passion. Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, £25 and £18, 01432 374210.

BLACKWEIR BRASS A quintet of young and diverse brass musicians present an eclectic programme. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1pm, £5, £7.50 with tea and cake, 01874 611622.

BETH PRIOR Acoustica. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £2.50, 01686 614555.

FROM THE BLUE HILLS Simon Deeley’s Blue Haze Quartet.

Styles ranging from lively Latin-jazz through the ‘in-the-groove-jazz’ to gentle reflective ballads. Three Tuns, Bishop’s Castle, 8pm, £10, 07890 313681.

THE ENDINGS Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

NOROVIN Irish tunes. The Bell Inn, Yarpole, 8pm, 01568 780537.

BLACK & BLUES BAND Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

Fri 30 March INCOGNITO Exciting, moving flamenco dance, powerful song, virtuoso guitar and cello. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £16/£14, 01432 340555.

OPEN MIC Hosted by Rhythm Thieves. Sun Inn, Leintwardine, 8pm.

EIGHTIES NIGHT Reet Petite, West St, Leominster.

STONED CHERRIES De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm.

Debs Hancock

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SHREWSBURY CANTATA CHOIR Performing St Mark Passion by JS Bach. Shrewsbury Abbey, 7.30pm, £14, www.shrewsburycantatachoir. org.uk DJ CHRIS GRIFFITHS The Bull Hotel, Ludlow, 9pm.

DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

LIVE @ THE WATERFRONT Featuring Country Folk. Waterfront Bar, Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 1-3pm, free, 01874 611622.

GROOVE DYNAMITE Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

SATURDAY SHENANIGANS Featuring Jally Kebba Susso, forging a new trajectory of sound for the West African harp. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 8pm, £8, 01497 821762.

Oysterband

Fri 30 March

Sat 31 March

THE WEAVE Jazz. The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 8.30pm, £13, 16s and under £5, 01691 662196,

THE BOHEMIANS Queen tribute band. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £18.50, 01600 772467.

BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Bekki Cameron (time TBC) and Phoenix, 9pm. Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

HUCKWORM Crown & Anchor, Vaults, Bishop’s Castle.

MICRO BABY Dun Cow, Shrewsbury.

AN EVENING OF WORDS AND MUSIC In association with the Wild Hare Club and Herefordshire Wildlife Trust.

Featuring author and broadcaster Rob Penn, poet and author Miriam Darlington, followed by folk band, Slippery Slope. Tomkins Theatre, 148 Whitecross Rd, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01432 356872.

DR JONES Friday night turn-tables.

Chang Thai Bar, 3 Market St, Ludlow.

THE DELRAY ROCKETS Rock-a-billy. The Golden Cross, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford.

FUNKOMATIC Bull Inn, Shrewsbury.

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INDEPENDENCE WEEK On 1st April, 1977, Richard Booth proclaimed himself King of the Independent Kingdom of Hay. Includes live music, workshops, debates, theatre, film and children’s events. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, for more information go to: www.haynwyechamber.co.uk/independence

BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Population:7 (time TBC) and Temperance Hall, 9pm. Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

SOUTH SHROPSHIRE BLUES CLUB Featuring Sweet Talk plus support from Jack Brett’s Blue Moon Blues Band.

Ludlow Brewing Co., Station Drive, Ludlow, 8pm, £10 from Ludlow Brewery, Cancer Research Shop, Ludlow or 07896 676189, In aid of Cancer Research UK. LEE JONES TRIO Fine jazz guitar. Saturday Cafe, The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-2pm, free.

KINSTRIFE The Plough, Whitecross, Hereford.

IVAN AND FRIENDS Live music11am-2pm. Plus cottage herbery, children’s crafts and sculpture exhibition, 10am-4pm. Aardvark Books, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, 01547 530744.

BLUES CLUB Ludlow Brewery, The Railway Shed, Ludlow, 01584 873291.

T.REXTASY Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £22.50, 01743 281281.

APRIL Sun 1 April BEER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Two Push Charlie, 9pm.

Gordon Bennetts Bar, St Peter’s Square, Hereford, 01432 360250.

TREVOR BURTON BAND Prince of Wales, Ledbury, 4.30pm.

KARAOKE Vaga Tavern, Hereford, 7pm.

THE RONALDOS Housmans Restaurant & Bar, Church Stretton.

Mon 2 April CIDER CITY JAZZMEN The Barrels, St Owen’s St, Hereford, 01432 274968.

PETER DYKE Lunchtime organ concert. Hereford Cathedral, 1.15pm, free entry, retiring collection.

BRIMFIELD FOLK CLUB Brimfield Village Hall, Brimfield, near Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01584 711480 www. roger435.wixsite.com/brimfieldfolkclub.

AMERICANA SESSION Grape Vaults, Leominster, 8pm.

DYDD LLUN PAWB A day-long celebration at Wrexham’s brand new arts and market hub with carnival atmosphere, featuring live music, performing arts, craft, food and drink stalls and hands-on activities.

Ty Pawb, Chester St, Wrexham, free, www.owpeoplesmarket.co.uk

Tues 3 April

TRIO Chequers, Etnam St, Leominster.

UPTON BISHOP JAZZ CLUB Featuring Cafe Manouche.

The Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, 7.30pm, tickets £10, 07970 343148.

Sat 7 April DISCO With resident DJ. Ducker Bar & Beer Garden, 11 South St, Leominster, 8-11pm, 01568 612366.

VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Rose and Crown, Ludlow, 9pm.

Wed 4 April

OYSTERBAND Titley Village Hall, 8pm, £15, 01544 231383. (Sold out).

THE DRAGON BAND The Horse and Jockey, Churchstoke.

Thurs 5 April ALMELEY STEADY SESSION The Bells Inn, Almeley, near Kington, HR3 6LF, wwwlalmeleysteadysession. wordpress.com

MARK LATIMER / TREV DAVIES

OPEN MIC Ledbury Community Hall, 7pm, £5, bring a bottle, 01531 632968.

Music Workshops

LIVE MUSIC Crown Inn, Oakengates, Telford.

OYSTERBAND Titley Village Hall, 8pm, £15, 01544 231383. (Sold out).

Sat 10 March KINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY WORKSHOP Come along for a relaxed day rehearsing and singing spirituals from Michael Tippett’s “A Child of our Time” and selected Stanford Motets, under the guidance of Robert Evans. Registration from 9am. The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. Numbers are limited so pre-booking is essential for the Workshop. Book online at www.kingtonchoral.org.uk, plus booking form on flyers available from local Libraries. £14 includes music hire. 07766 097600.

PANDORA’S SECRETS Black Lion, Bridge St, Hereford.

THE BUTCHERS DOGS Toby and John invite you to a fun musical evening. Dukes Arms, Presteigne, 8.30pm, £3 on the door.

Fri 6 April

jigs reels and polka including bowing, ornamentation and traditional style.

10am-5.30pm, £48 including refreshments. Advance booking essential.

Please contact Kitty: folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com 01584 841564.

Fri 2, 9, 16 & 23 March BUZZY BEATS For the under 5s. The Hive, Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am, £6 per child, £5 siblings, 01743 234970.

Sat 3 March IRISH FIDDLE DAY With tutor: Karen Ryan. Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms.

This workshop is for experienced folk fiddle players who are used to learning ‘by ear’. Classical players with no previous folk experience are also welcome. Karen will teach traditional

Sat 10 March SENFL AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES A Border Marches Early Music Forum workshop for recorder players (A = 440). Tutor: Grace Barton. 10am until approx. 4.30pm The Lion Ballroom, Leominster, HR6 8BT. £12 for Early Music Fora members, £15 for non-members, £5 for students.

Prior booking essential. Contact Fran Johnstone on 01544 267397 or fjjohnstone@btinternet.com For further details www.bmemf.org.uk

THE BUNDLE An Asylum Seeker’s story Performed by Journeymen Theatre

7.30pm on 13th of March 20018 The Friends Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX There is no charge for the performance but a collection will be made for organisations working closely with asylum seekers and refugees. www.journeymentheatre.com

Overton on Dee Blues Roots & Real Ale Festival Village Hall, Overton on Dee LL13 0EE

Friday May 11th 7.30pm-11.30pm THE CADILLAC KINGS THE RAINBREAKERS MUMBO JUMBO

Saturday May 12th 1pm-11.30pm THE REVOLUTIONAIRES - SARI SCHOOR & THE ENGINE ROOM XANDER & THE PEACE PIRATES - LITTLE ROGER & THE HOUSEROCKERS BENJAMIN BASSFORD & LIAM WARD - BIG JOE BONE

Friday £15, Saturday £30, Weekender £40. Cheques payable to OVHMC with SAE to: Overton Blues & Roots Festival, Church Cottage, High St, Overton on Dee, Wrexham, LL13 0DT All profits go back into local community groups Contact 01978 710413 for info and camping/caravan sites or info@overtonvillagehall.co.uk

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TREE PRUNING SERVICES From one branch to an entire orchard.

Call Adrian: 01544 260656 Sat 17 March RICK WILSON DRUMMING WORKSHOP The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 12-2pm, £8, 01691 662196.

Monday BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, details contact Dave Jones, 01874 623650.

Monday THE GARRICK SINGERS The Courtyard, Hereford, 12-1.30pm and 2-3.30pm. £5 per session, 01432 340555.

Mondays ALIVE & KICKIN’ CHOIR Old Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7-9pm, £5 public, £3 students/staff. tanyawalkermusic@hotmail.com Mondays BRECON TOWN BAND REHEARSALS Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 623650.

Mondays CRAVEN ARMS MALE VOICE CHOIR All ages welcome singing a broad repertoire of traditional and modern songs. Practice at The Craven Arms Community Centre, 7.30pm. To find out more contact Martin on 01694 722500.

Mondays BEAT IT - DRUMMING FOR DEMENTIA Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 10.30am-12pm, free, 07875 090946.

Monday BANDAMANIA Traditional dance music from far and wide. Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.15pm, Sue Harris 01547 550158.

Tuesday LEOMINSTER COMMUNITY CHOIR Choir leader: Olivia Preye. No auditions, no need to read music.

World, folk music, anything goes. 7-8.30pm at Leominster Community Centre. Info: contact anniewood@myphone. coop 01568 369074.

Tuesday ST MICHAELS SINGERS Welcome interest from new singers, (particularly basses and tenors!) If you are interested please phone our Chairperson Pat Mutton on 01584 819875. We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in St Michael’s Village Hall, near Tenbury Wells.

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, Village Hall just outside Brecon.

Tuesday DOLAU MIXTURES Mixed choir. Dolau Community Hall, Llandrindod Wells, 8pm, 01597 851427.

Tuesday WHITTON VOICES Mixed community choir.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, 8-10pm, £6. All welcome.

Led by Sue Harris, 01547 550158.

Wednesdays PLAY IT BY EAR For all melody instruments.

Learn essential repertoire and take part in local pub sessions. This sociable course will develop your musicianship and understanding of folk traditions. Expert guidance from tutor Kitty Greenwood. Booking essential. For full details contact Kitty 01584 841564 folkfiddleteacher@gmail.com Wednesdays CASTLE VOICES Community choir, songs from around the globe, all taught by ear, led by Sue Harris.

Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7-8.30pm, £6, 01547 550158.

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.

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Eleven original compositions by jazz pianist Simon Deeley in styles ranging from the lively Latin-jazz of On a Wing and a Dance through the ‘in-the-groove-jazz’ of Soul of the West to gentle reflective ballads such as Ballad of the Blue Waters, now all recorded on the quartet’s new CD. Take time out and come and enjoy listening to the vibrant and evocative From the Blue Hills.

The Three Tuns Inn, Salop St., Bishop’s Castle Thursday 29th March, 8pm, £10 Enquiries: simon.deeley@aol.com Tel: 07890 303681

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.

Ludlow Women’s Centre, 7.30pm-9.30pm. 01584 823609 or info@oak-barn.co.uk or www.jollypages.co.uk/larks Wednesday DRUMMING FOR DEMENTIA The Courtyard, Hereford, 2-3.30pm, £2 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday EDGE CHAMBER CHOIR Auditioned chamber choir led by Ros Crouch. Friends Meeting House, Ludlow, 7.30-9.30pm. 01584 841053 or ros.crouch@gmail.com Thursday BELLA A CAPPELLA All-female 4-part close harmony singing group. Oscars, Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.15-9.45pm, email aimoevo@hotmail.co.uk Thursday PRESTEIGNE POP CHOIR Contact John Hymas for details: 07969 440183, john@johnhymas.com Thursday VOICE ACADEMY AT THE COURTYARD For ages 13+. The Courtyard, Hereford, 4.30-6pm, £4 per session, 01432 340555.

Thursday CLUNSONGBIRDS 10 -11.30am in Hightown Hall. Songs to brighten up the day, all taught by ear. £5 per week. Led by Sue Harris 01547 550158 sumarieharris@btinternet.com 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 For under 5s. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 10.30am-11.30am, 01743 234970.

Monthly group Friday DEVOTIONAL SINGING Beautiful chants from a variety of spiritual traditions (Kirtan, Sufi, Gospel, Native etc), no need to be a ‘singer’, just sing from the heart, all welcome. We meet in Tyberton near Madley, 7.30pm. Contact Mike: 01981 500764 mikejhadden@ gmail.com or see www.karimandsusanne.co.uk for more info and dates.

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.

Sessions back next month

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

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: martin@martinblake.co.uk Website: www.martinblake.co.uk THE BUTCHER’S DOGS - Two crazy, high octane Irish Bluegrass Country Americana Rockabilly loving dudes with a lust for life have guitars, banjos and mandolins to bring a borderland Ho-Down to a place of your choice. Will travel, have played in London, Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff.

Contact Toby 07870 781853, John 01544 230699, email eurolott@tiscali.co.uk 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 07968 893719. Have a look at my social media for performance videos and more information. Also looking for a band so get in touch if interested.

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 THE LUDLOW JAZZ COLLECTIVE Local Quartet/Quintet with singer if required, playing smooth sounds of well-known standards, Latin and blues.

Available for all types of events and celebrations.

Contact Paul Brooks 07980 822014.

Email pppbrooks@gmail.com MELOMANICS Principally a wacky Duo with an amazingly dynamic sound, playing their eclectic and cosmopoloitan repertoire with engaging 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 the minimal, but inspirational option of Tim calling and playing, or if really necessary, with a separate caller. 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 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.

D E C I B E L L E S An a cappella ladies singing ensemble based in the Hay-on-Wye area. Available for parties, concerts, working with you to create a unique musical experience for your occasion. www.decibelles-hay.co.uk 07855 348122.

ObScUrE A multi-talented, well-rehearsed fun band. With songs from Kings of Leon, ZZ Top, Eric Clapton, Stereophonics, Dire Straits, Peter Frampton, Oasis, Beatles, Rolling Stones and more. Blues to Ballads.

Rock to Reggae. Soul to Swing. Tenbury Wells based.

Tel: 07951 449658.

DISKAN Breon-Irish-Balkan music, well established band with wide touring and festival experience, available for gigs, private events, ceilidhs, art’s centre performances. Various formats available (from two to four musicians: flute, fiddle, guitar, bouzouki, double bass, vocals). Follow us on Facebook. Tel: 07588 858010. Email: imiletitch@aol.com

REVEREND FERRIDAY Upbeat One Man Blues Band.

Playing driving slide guitar with rockabilly flair, seasoned with a touch of Americana, a mix of stomping originals and traditional classics. Available for all occasions, large or small. Contact the Reverend: 01584 711700 - 07766 185451 - revferriday@gmail.com - www.revferriday.com

THE FORDSONS. The Fordson family present a programme of old-timey, mountain and early bluegrass music - the content is morally good. String band music from the early 20th century - breakdowns, fiddle and banjo tunes and cautionary songs of love and loss.

Contact Pa Fordson on 01981 241436 or email thefordsons@gmail.com

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

GROOVE DYNAMITE ignites the fuse to your dancing shoes!

This 8 piece function band brings explosive Soul, Funk and Disco to parties, weddings and special events, packing dance floors across Shropshire and surrounding counties.

For bookings/enquiries email groovedynamite@gmail.com, www.groovedynamite.co.uk or 07964 714754.

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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!

SAMBUCA Ludlow based acoustic trio, playing a nice mix of jazz standards, classic blues, sambas etc.

For more information call Richard 07974 399524.

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

SEAN SAYE Singer/guitarist, professional, self contained, large repertoire. Music mostly, but not exclusively, from the 60’s and 70’s. Great sound, no recorded backing.

Contact tel: 07734 399497 or email seansaye@yahoo. co.uk. FInd me on YouTube: Sean Saye.

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

SIR DANCELOT 4/5 piece ceilidh/twmpath band. Far and away the best exponents of traditional dance music of the British Isles and beyond for miles around and leagues beneath. Concertina, mandolin, fiddles, whistles, cittern, jews harp... Available for weddings, parties and public events. For information and bookings, contact: Cornelius 01686 411147 corns@mousemusic.co.uk or Peter 07561 820509. www.sirdancelot.co.uk 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 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

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. Various shows available to book, including ‘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 VINTAGE JAZZ REVIVAL Ludlow-based, 6-piece, New Orleans/Trad band. Comprising trumpet, sax, trombone, banjo, tuba and washboard, playing and singing popular foot-tapping songs mostly from the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s.

Available for all functions. See us every Tuesday at the Rose and Crown in Ludlow. Tel: Rob 01584 318088, email: vintagejazzrevival@gmail.com website: www.vintagejazzreival.co.uk 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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theatre PERFORMANCE

The Last Supper

Thurs 1 March FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS Music and magic realism collide in this darkly funny and moving tour-de-force solo featuring Alex Walton and the voice of comedian Rob Newman. With a blistering Bowie soundtrack, the life of the pop fan is dissected. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £14/£12, 01982 552555.

Sat 3 March NO PETTICOATS HERE LOUISE JORDAN Singer, songwriter and musician Lousie Jordan tells the stories of inspirational women who challenged expectations in World War I. For ages 12+. Llanwarne Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01981 580396. Arts Alive.

Sat 3 March DOROTHY Sunny Ormonde (Lillian in the ‘Archers’), gives a virtuoso performance as the unstoppable Dorothy by Jane James.

Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £14, students £9, 07967 517125.

Sat 3 March GRAV Performed by Gareth J Bale. In 2007, Ray Gravell, a man who for many embodied what is to be Welsh, passed away after succumbing to complications resulting from contracting diabetes, he was 56 years old. Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14, 01873 850805.

Sat 3 March WOMAN OF FLOWERS TALIESIN ARTS CENTRE CO-PRODUCTION WITH THEATR PENA. A dynamic and visually rich production of a very ancient tale of betrayal and retributuion. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.45pm, £11, 01686 614555.

Sun 4 March MRS BEETON, MY SISTER ALISON NEIL. Mrs Beeton, a fat old cook? Far from it.. but she was a real person. For ages 12+. Chelmarsh Parish Hall, 5pm, £12/£8, includes Victorian tea, 01746 862850. Arts Alive.

Tues 6 March AN AUDIENCE WITH SHURL A one-woman show written and performed by Sue Bevan.

What does a girl do when, at just fifteen, she is forced to give up her baby for adoption? The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon, 7pm, £7 from The Hours, Ship St; Brecon & District Mind or if unsold on the door, 01874 611529.

The Wood

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Wed 7 & Fri 23 March HERE I BELONG PENTABUS THEATRE take you on a funny and moving journey through sixty years of village life. From the coronation in 1953 to Elsie’s birthday party today.

7 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £13, under 25s £5, 01743 281281. 8 March - Diddlebury VH, 7.30pm, £8, 01584 841265. 10 March - Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 7.30pm, £15, 01584 878141. 22 March - Welshampton & Lyneal Parish Hall, 7.30pm, £12/£9, 01948 710964. 23 March - Lingen Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01544 267736. 24 March - Clun Memorial Hall, 7.30pm, £10. 31 March - Cawley Hall, 7.30pm, £12, 01568 615836.

Thurs 8 - Sat 10 March HEREFORD FESTIVAL OF ONE ACT PLAYS Local teams will be competing to hopefully proceed to the All England Festival. Thurs/Fri 7pm, Sat 2pm & 7pm, £8 per session, £12 both Saturday sessions, £20 for all sessions. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 07967 517125.

Thurs 8, Sat 10 & Tues 20 March THE WOOD THEATR TORCH THEATRE. Written by Owen Thomas to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I and inspired by a true story. A tale of friendship, love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of a world in flames.

8 March - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £12/£10, 01874 611622. 10 March - Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 7.30pm, £11, 01686 614555. 20 March - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £14, 01873 850805.

Fri 9 & Sat 10 March MACBETH BEDSTONE COLLEGE STUDENTS. Bedstone College, Bucknell, 7pm, £5/£3.50, 01547 530303, email reception@bedstone.org Refreshments available.

Sun 11 & Sat 24 March THE WAR OF THE WORLDS PANTALOONS THEATRE invade the stage with musical instruments, puppetry and enthusiasm to recreate interplanetary warfare on an epic scale.

11 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £16/£14, students £8, 01743 281281. 24 March - Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

Tues 13 March THE BUNDLE JOURNEYMAN THEATRE. The Bundle follows a Russian woman’s story in Chechnya, her domestic persecution and human rights denial. The Friends Meeting House, 21 King St, Hereford, 7.30pm. There is no charge, but a collection will be made for organisations working closely with asylum seekers and refugees. www.journeymentheatre.com

Tues 13 - Thurs 15 March THE LAST SUPPER RECKLESS SLEEPERS. Part performance, part meal, made up of half-remembered words and the forgotten last requests of inmates on death row. Each audience member is given a table number, their case number, their incident number. Thirteen of these are last suppers. For ages 16+. St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15, 01743 297185. Arts Alive.

Wed 14 March IT’S OKAY I’M DEALING WITH IT THE HICCUP PROJECT is a Brighton-based comedy dance/theatre duo with a humorous and gritty take on real-life experience. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.45pm, £13/£11, 01432 340555.

Thurs 15 March SLEEPING TREES: WESTERN? SLEEPING TREES: MAFIA? A double-bill of surreal, physical and fast-paced sketch comedy inspired by the movies. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury. Western? 7.30pm, Mafia? 9pm, £10/£9 per show, save £5 when you book both, 01743 281281.

Thurs 15 - Sat 17 & Thurs 22 - Sat 24 March ALLO ALLO! CONQUEST PRODUCTIONS. Meet René, the most wanted man in Occupied France: Women want his body.

The Resistance wants his brain. And the Nazis want his sausage! With the German Army in residence at the bar, René is risking his neck to aid the Resistance. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £10/£9, 01885 488575.

Fri 16 March LABELS WORKLIGHT THEATRE. This intimate solo show uses writer and performer Joe Sellman-Leava’s experiences of mixed heritage and racism to unpic the curiosities and fears around immigration. Goodrich Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01600 891421. Arts Alive.

Sat 17 March THE DRIVE ANGEL EXIT THEATRE COMPANY. A show about memory, friendship, grief and turning 40! Market Theatre, Ledbury, 8pm, £12, students £8, 07967 517125.

Wed 21 March PARADISE LOST (LIES UNOPENED BESIDE ME) LOST DOG. A one-man staging of Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, combining theatre, comedy and movement, in a journey through the story of the creation of everything, condensed into 75 minutes. All Stretton Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£7, 01694 723378. Arts Alive.

Wed 21 & Thurs 22 March THE 4 CLOWNS OF THE APOCALYPSE ABSOLUTE THEATRE. Comical, magical and visually stunning, The 4 Clowns of the Apocalypse is a sensorial, nonsensical delight for the whole family. 21 March Playhouse Cinema, Community Centre, Leominster, 7pm, £10/£5, 01568 616460. 22 March Pentabus Theatre, Bromfield, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01584 856564. Arts Alive.

Fri 23 March WHERE IS MRS CHRISTIE? Starring Liz Grand. In 1926 Agatha Christie was at the centre of a mystery as perplexing as any of her fiction, her crashed car was discovered in Surrey and the famous author was missing... The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £13/£10, 01952 728911.

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Thurs 8 - Sat 10 March PIRATES OF PENZANCE CONCEPT PLAYERS. A swashbuckling farce full of brilliant humour and wonderful melodies and razor-sharp wit.

Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, 01873 850805.

The Circus of Horrors Thurs 22 - Sun 25 March THE MINISTRY OF BISCUITS THE FOUNDRY GROUP. In post-war London, The Ministry of Biscuits casts a shadow over every ‘elevenes’ in the land, till a love-struck junior designer creates a biscuit to ‘shake confectionery to its very foundations’. For ages 7+. 22 March - Talbot Theatre, Whitchurch, 7.30pm, £11/£5/£30, 01948 660660.

23 March - Eardisley Curzon Herrick Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£6, 01544 327844. 24 March - Farlow & Oreton Village Hall, 8pm, £10/£5, 01746 718642. 25 March - St Leonards Church, Yarpole, 7.30pm, £10/£5/£25, 01568 780874.

Arts Alive.

Mon 26 March THE CIRCUS OF HORRORS An amazing amalgamation of bizarre and fantastic circus acts, all woven into a sensational shock-horror story and the darkest of magic. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £23/£21, 01874 611622.

Wed 28 & Thurs 29 March MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING SHROPSHIRE YOUTH THEATRE. Shakespeare’s sparkling battle-of-the-sexes comedy; a story of trickery, treachery and ultimately, true love. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15, under 18s £10, 01743 281281.

Wed 28 March MATA HARI: FEMALE SPY While millions of men struggle and fight in the mud of the trenches, one woman’s story begs to be told. Mata Hari, femme fatale, the most notorious spy in history.

Or was she? The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £13/£11, 01432 340555.

Thurs 12 April UNDER MILK WOOD Performed by Guy Masterson. Celebrating a day in the life of ‘Llareggub’ a small seatown somewhere in Wales all 69 ebullient inhabitants in Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece are hilariously recreated. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £15/£14, 01982 552555.

MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA

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Sat 3 March 90TH ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR! The Savoy is 90! Join Monmouth Music Theatre and Off Centre Theatre in a night of celebration with music, comedy sketches and one act playlets. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467.

Sat 10 & Sat 17 March THE BARBER OF SEVILLE SWANSEA CITY OPERA. A young Spanish nobleman is in love with the beautiful rich Rosian. Along comes the meddling Figaro, the town barber and suddenly we have confusion and mayhem. 10 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £24.50-£17.50, students £12, 01743 281281. 17 March - Borough Theatre, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £21/£19, 01873 850805.

Tues 13 - Sat 17 March SON OF A PREACHER MAN A new musical featuring the songs of Dusty Springfield.

Three broken hearts, one Soho hang-out, and the only man who could ever help them... Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat matinee 2.30pm, £41-£21, 01743 281281.

Wed 14 - Fri 16 March LES MISERABLES MONMOUTH SCHOOL FOR BOYS & MONMOUH SCHOOL OF GIRLS. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10/£8, 01600 719401.

Wed 14 - Sat 17 March HMS PINAFORE HEREFORD GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY present this colourful, comical caper. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm, £16, matinee £14, groups of 10, £10 each, students £5, 01432 340555.

Sat 17 March ANNIE RISING STARS THEATRE SCHOOL, giving young people with all abilities the chance to experience the arts. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 6.30pm, £8, 01686 614555.

Wed 21 March EUGENE ONEGIN Combining Pushkin’s compelling and heart-breaking story with Tchaikovsky’s sweeping lyricism in a stunning exploration of love, death, life and convention. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £10/£17, £10 under 26, 01874 611622.

Wed 21 - Sat 24 March OLIVER! SHREWSBURY AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY bring Dickens’ timeless characters vividly to life in Lionel Bart’s smash hit musical. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm, £20-£12, 01743 281281.

Tues 3 - Sat 7 April EVITA BILL KENWRIGHT. Featuring some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, Wed & Sat matinee 2.30pm, £45.50-£20.50, 01743 281281.

Sat 7 & Sun 8 April LES MISERABLES SCHOOL EDITION GET YOUR WIGLE ON TEEN MUSICAL THEATRE GROUP return with a talented new young cast to perform this musical masterpiece. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £16/£13, 01743 281281.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE Thurs 1 March SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT DINOSAURS Dinosaur aficionado Ben Garrod stars in this hit stage show which will take audiences on an exciting pre-historic advert through an interactive, educational and highly entertaining show with the help of TV film footage fromm BBC’s ‘Planet Dinosaur’ and photos. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 01743 281281.

Sat 17 March THE LITTLE MOCHI MAN Join Little Mochi Man on his adventures as he travels from the snowy mountains of Hokkaido to Tokyo, meeting The Gingerbread Man and a very fast bullet train!

The Courtyard, Hereford, 11am, £7.50, 01432 340555.

Sat 24 March THE JUNGLE BOOK IMMERSION THEATRE. Filled with catchy music, audience interaction and the chance to meet the characters after the show. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 2.30pm, £12/£10, family £35, 01600 719401.

Sat 31 March BIG FISH LITTLE FISH THE BIG FISH LITTLE FISH crew are bringing their award-winning family rave for a ‘Carnival’ themed family rave. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 2-4pm, £10, children £7, under 1 year olds free, 01743 281281.

Sat 31 March THE SINGING SACK With percussionist Rick Wilson and storyteller/author Helen East. The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 12pm, £5, 01691 662196, Wed 4 & Thurs 5 April THE LITTLE MERMAID JR GET YOUR WIGLE ON young performers take audiences on a magical journey ‘Under the Sea’ to the musical one act version of the Disney classic. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 3pm & 6pm, £11/£9, 01743 281281.

DRAMA WORKSHOPS Wed 4 & Thurs 5 April EASTER HOLIDAY CIRCUS SKILLS SCHOOL Hafren and Zu Aerial provide a fun-packed extravaganza of circus skills. Booking essential. Wed - Children’s Day for ages 7-11 years, 9.30am-3.30pm, £15. Thurs - Family Day, 10am-3pm, adults £5, children £3, packed lunch and drink required for both days. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 01686 614555.

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.

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.

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, LUDLOW Mon - Go MAD in Ludlow, 5-6.30pm, Oscars.

Contact Simon & Suzanne mad@ludproduction.co.uk Sat - Ludwig Academy of Musical Theatre. 7-11 years 1-2pm, 12-16 years 2-3pm. Oscars. Contact Jack Ludwig, 077922 66225. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow.

COURTYARD THEATRE, HEREFORD Wed - Courtyard Kids, reception 4.15-5pm, Year 2, 5pm, £63.50 per term. Sat - Junior Youth Theatre. From Year 3 - Year 9, phone for times, £68.50 per term.

Wed - Intermediate Youth Theatre. For years 10 & 11, 6pm, £70.50 per term. Fri - Senior Youth Theatre, for ages 16+, 6.30pm, £73.50 per term. Thurs - Courtyard Musical Theatre for ages 11+, 6.30pm, £5 per session.

Mons - Drama Tots,10am – 10.45am, Ages 2-4, £4 per session, £1 per extra child. Mon - Bromyard Conquest Kids (Reception & Year 1), 3.45pm, £36 per term.

Bromyard Juniors (Year 2-6) 4.30-5.30pm, £39 per term.

Bromyard Intermediates (Year 7-9), 6pm, £43 per term.

Bromyard Seniors (Ages 14+), 7.30pm, £46 per term.

Wed - Kington Juniors (Year 2-6) 4-4.45pm, £36 per term.

Kington Intermediates (Year 7- 9), 5pm-6pm, £39 per term.

Kington Seniors (Ages 14+) 6pm – 7.30pm, £43 per term The Courtyard, Hereford, 01432 340555.

Mondays BROMYARD YOUTH THEATRE Led by Becky Cook. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. Ages 4-6.

Juniors ages 6-10. 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 THEATR IEUENTID / BRYCHEINIOG YOUTH THEATRE Are you passionate about drama, performing and being involved in theatre? Aged 4 to 25? With weekly sessions tailored to suit the needs of each year group, from 4 years and up, this is a great opportunity to explore and create exciting theatre, develop as a young actor and grow in confidence. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in the new Theatr Brycheiniog’s Youth Theatre productions. Theatr Brycheiniog is a member of The National Association of Youth Theatres. Mondays 3.45pm - 4.45pm Roundabout, Reception & Years 1 & 2.

Wednesdays 5pm - 6pm Junior Youth, Years 3,4 & 5.

Wednesdays 6pm - 7pm Junior Youth, Years 6,7 & 8.

Thursdays 8.30pm - 10pm Senior Youth, Years 9, 10 & 11, 16 - 25. Call 01874 611622, www.brycheiniog.co.uk Tuesdays (during term time) PRESTEIGNE YOUTH THEATRE Led by Andrew Sterry, for ages 9-12 years, 4.30pm-6pm.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, info@midborderarts.com or 01544 267163.

Tuesdays YOUTH THEATRE for 7-14 year-olds after school. Ledbury Market Theatre, 01432 383663.

Wednesdays KINGTON YOUTH THEATRE Kington Primary School. Wed - Junior 7-11 years, 4-5.30pm.

Intermediate 11+ 5.30-7pm. £42 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.

Thursdays IMPULSIVE THEATRE COMPANY For ages 13-19. The Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury, 5-6.45pm, 07916 277928.

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word Poetry & Storytelling Fri 2, 9, 23, Sat 24 March and Fri 6 April WATCHERS OF THE SKIES Written and performed by Carol Florence Graham.

The piece tells the story of her American grandmother’s voyage across the Atlantic in 1945 and of a journey of the imagination which led to the discovery of ancient astronomy in Homer’s epic poems. 2 March - Putley Village Hall, near Ledbury, 7.45pm, £8/£6 from www.ticketsource.co.uk or Ledbury Books and Maps.

9 March - Bridgwater Arts Centre. 23 & 24 March - Bolton Little Theatre. 6 April - Llanwarne Village Hall, book online at Ticket Source. www.watchersoftheskies.co.uk Sat 3 March LOUISE JORDAN - NO PETTICOATS HERE Singer, songwriter and musician Lousie Jordan tells the stories of inspirational women who challenged expectations in World War I. For ages 12+. Llanwarne Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10/£5, 01981 580396. Arts Alive.

Fri 9 March BLAST STORYTELLING Robin and Bina Williamson present songs, stories and music. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01588 630023.

Sat 10 March HAGS, HARPIES & HARRIDANS WORDS AND WEBS. Jane Flood and Rina Vergano celebrate the powerful archetype of the older woman in myth, legend and fairytale. A brew of storytelling, spoken word, rant and song. For ages 14+. Priest Weston Village Hall, 7.30pm, £10, 01938 561336. Arts Alive.

Jonny Fluffypunk

Thurs 15 March THE LOST BOX OF STORIES A Mid Wales Music Trust with the Hafren and Sinfonia Cymru presentation. An interactive show for primary schools by composer John Webb and storyteller Clare Murphy. Theatr Hafren, Newtown, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £2, 01686 614555.

Sat 17 March TONY ROBINSON - WEIRD WORLD OF WONDERS Tony’s fabulous children’s books telling all the funny, interesting and important parts of our history with all the disgusting bits left in! Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £5 and £4, 01600 772467.

Sun 25 March MARTIN DAWS: PERFORMANCE POETRY & MUSIC Performs work from his two Anthology Albums. Together with Huw V Williams on double bass and Huw Llywelyn, tenor voice. The Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry, 7pm, £8, 16s and under £5, 01691 662196.

Comedy

Thurs 1 March SOPHIE WILLAN - BRANDED Expect a raucous hour like no other from this unapologetic young powerhouse. Wyeside, Builth Wells, 7.30pm, £13/£11, 01982 552555.

Thurs 1 March BOBBY MAIR ‘Loudly Insecure’. Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 8pm, £14, 01584 878141.

Fri 2 March IAIN STIRLING: U OK HUN? X Exploring dinner party etiquette, feminism and the pressures on a generation brought up in a world of instant gratification. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £13, 01743 281281.

Sun 4 March 90TH ANNIVERSARY COMEDY GALA Featuring Miles Jupp and Friends. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £15, 01600 772467.

Wed 7 March STEWART LEE: CONTENT PROVIDER Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7.30pm, £18, 01874 611622.

Sun 11 March COMEDY AT THE EDGE Featuring Hardeep Singh Kohli. The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, 7.30pm, £14, 01952 728911.

Fri 16 & Fri 30 March HEINEKEN COMEDY CLUB With fast-witted comedians and lively atmosphere.

The Courtyard, Hereford, 8pm, £12.50, 01432 340555.

Sun 18 March SEVERN JESTERS Featuring Brennan Reece, Simon Lomas, Andy Askins and MC Dan Nightingale. Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 8pm, £9 advance, £10 on the door, 01743 281281.

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Sun 18 March MARK WATSON Embarking on a tour of all the places he can think of beginning with the letters of his name. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 8pm, £17, 01600 772467.

Sat 24 March CLARE FERGUSON-WALKER & JONNY FLUFFYPUNK Wild Hare Club presents a lo-fi, stand-up, spoken word, comic theatre double bill with Jonny Fluffypunk in ‘How I Came To Be Where I Never Was’ and Clare Ferguson-Walker in ‘California Scheming’. De Koffie Pot, Left Bank, Bridge St, Hereford, 8pm, £10/£8, www.wildhareclub.com Fri 30 March COMEDY CLUB Featuring Ivo Graham and Allyson June Smith.

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 8pm, £10, 01874 611622.

Sat 31 March DOREEN - RISE OF THE YAM-YAM A rip-roaring display of local humour, sharp satire and unforgettable sing-a-longs. Regal Cinema, Tenbury Wells, 7.30pm, £15, 01584 811442.

Talks

Fri 2 March ONLY FOOLS AND BOYCIE John Challis will be spilling the beans about ‘Only Fools and Horses, plus other fellow performers. Blake Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £18, 01600 719401.

Sun 4 March MID WALES STAGES Organised by Newtown & District Automobile Club. The event uses The Hafren as its rally HQ and this will allow anyone who cannot see the crews on the stages to get close to some of the sports cars and competitors at various times over the weekend. Theatr Hafren, 9am, free.

Tues 6 March & Tues 3 April THE ARTS SOCIETY : BRECKNOCK 6 March - ‘Tibet, The Roof of the World’, a talk by Zara Fleming. 3 April - ‘The Camden Town Group’, a talk by Linda Smith. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £8, 01874 611622.

Wed 7 March SUNNY ORMONDE Sunny has been the outrageous Lillian Bellamy in The Archers for the last 12 years so this show is full of Archers anecdotes and stories. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £12, 01600 772467.

Wed 7 & 14 March LINTON & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY 7 March - ‘Why Islam won the Crusades’, a talk by Dr Long. 14 March - ‘The Universe and Us’, a talk by Chris Barnett. Linton Village Hall, 7.30pm, visitors welcome, £3.

Thurs 8 March & Thurs 12 April LLOYD & ROSE BUCK - OUR LIFE WITH BIRDS Illustrated with their own film footage and photography this interactive wildlife experience also gives you the rare opportunity to meet birds of prey. Suitable for all ages. 8 March - Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, 7.30pm, £15.50/£13.50, family £52, 01743 281281.

12 April - Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 611622.

Thurs 8 & Tues 20 March LUDLOW & MARCHES HUMANISTS 8 March - Facing Brexit after 44 Years at Westminster, a talk by Lord Jeff Rooker. Ludlow Methodist Church, Broad St, Ludlow, 7.30pm. 20 March - Church of England, the Church for all people, a talk by Rev Kelvin Price. The Friends Meeting House, St Mary’s Lane, Ludlow, 7.30pm, 01568 770282.

Sat 10 March HARDY PLANT SOCIETY ‘Flowers, Flamboyant and Demure’ a talk by Keith Ferguson. Pembridge Village Hall, 2pm, visitors welcome, £4. Herefordshire & Mid Wales Group, 01544 262795.

Tues 13 March & Tues 10 April THE ARTS SOCIETY: HEREFORD 13 March - ‘What Makes a Photograph Unforgettable?’ A talk by Ted St George. 10 April - ‘The Art of Seduction in Art’, a talk by Lynne Gibson. The Ballroom, The Green Dragon Hotel, Broad St, Hereford, 2.15pm, £9, 01568 797703.

Wed 14 March BROMYARD & DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY ‘Shelsley Walsh - the Story of the Village’, a talk given by Max Hunt. Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, 7.30pm, £4 guests, members free.

Wed 14 March NICHOLAS PARSONS Still performing at the age of 94! His show is full of stories and anecdotes from his lifetime in the business. Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £17.50, 01600 772467.

Watchers of the Skies storytelling, poetry and music exploring one woman’s dramatic wartime voyage and her journey into the heart of epic poetry 02/03 Putley Village Hall 09/03 Bridgwater Arts Centre 23/03 Bolton Little Theatre 24/03 Bolton Little Theatre 06/04 Llanwarne Village Hall

www.watchersoftheskies.co.uk

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Wed 14 March GARAGE LECTURE SERIES Meadow Arts and the University of Worcester’s Fine Art department continue their series of artists’ talks. Jasleen Kaur. The Studio, The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, 4.30-6.30pm, free, but please book, www.meadowarts.org Thurs 15 March WIGMORE & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB ‘Pandas and Bamboos: Plant Hunting in Yunnan and Sichuan’, a talk by Duncan Coombs. Wigmore Village Hall, £2 non-members, 07813 733240.

Sat 17 March DAVID STARKEY HENRY VIII: THE FIRST BREXITEER? David Starkey draws on his unique knowledge of Henry’s reign to examine his tumultuous personal life, which pitted religion against politics. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 2.30pm, £16/£14, 01874 611622.

Sat 17 March TONY ROBINSON - NO CUNNING PLAN Tony’s autobiography tells about his lifetime in the theatre and TV industry Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, 7.30pm, £10, 01600 772467.

Tues 20 March GARWAY HERITAGE GROUP ‘Trellech: The Forgotten City’, update on the archaeological dig by Stuart Wilson. Garway Village Hall, 7.30pm, free to members, £4 visitors to include refreshments, www.garwayheritagegroup.co.uk Wed 21 March ‘UNCOVERED’ III: THE ACTA AND WORKS OF CADWGAN, BISHOP OF BANGOR Shaun McGuinness talks about Bishop Dadwgan who retired from Bangor to Dore Abbey in 1236. College Hall, Hereford Cathedral, 7pm, £8, 01432 374225.

Wed 21 March LEOMINSTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ‘Women’s Clothing: Style in the Face of Adversity’, a talk

by Ginn Downes. Grange Court, Leominster, 7.30pm, members free, visitors £3 on the door.

Wed 21 March LEDBURY ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION Terry Walton gives allotment tips. Market Theatre, Ledbury, 7,30pm, £5, 07967 517125.

Thurs 22 March ARTS SOCIETY MID WALES & BORDERS ‘Classical Gardens, A New Perspective’. A talk by Anthony Rayworth. The Royal Oak Hotel, Welshpool, 2.30pm, £6, 01938 555574.

Fri 23 March 21ST SIR JOHN LLOYD MEMORIAL LECTURE ‘Justice in Brecknock Over the Centuries: Reflections’.

Lord Thomas served as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2013-2017. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 7pm, free but ticketed, 01874 611622.

Sat 24 March A HISTORY OF NEW RADNOR A talk by Dr Marion Evans. New Radnor Community Centre, 7pm, admission by donation to include a glass of wine. All proceeds in aid of St Mary’s Church, New Radnor.

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Wed 28 March SOUTH WEST SHROPSHIRE GARDENING CLUB ‘A History of Garden Tools’, a talk by Bill Laws. Lydbury North Village Hall, 7.30pm, free to members, £5 visitors, 01588 680454.

Thurs 29 March GRIFF RHYS JONES - WHERE WAS I?

Airing stories, anecdotes, reminiscences and outright lies - from forty years of travelling down rivers, up mountains, into Africa and across the arid wastes fo the BBC canteen. The Courtyard, Hereford, 7.30pm, £20, 01432 340555.

Fri 30 March ROB PENN, MIRIAM DARLINGTON & SLIPPERY SLOPE An evening of words and music in aid of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves appeal held in association with the Wild Hare Club. Best-selling nature writers in conversation with Andy Friars, followed by a set of joyous folk tunes from around the world. Tomkins Theatre, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01432 356872.

Workshops & Courses STORY SPACE - Storytelling Workshops and also Creative Writing; Coaching; CPD Training for Educators, and group or individual tuition in Tai Chi Movements for Wellbeing. www.storyspace.co.uk or email info.storyspace@gmail.com Tues 6 & 13 March INTRODUCTION TO LIFE WRITING With Renee Stanton. Peak Cymru, The Old School, Brecon Rd, Crickhowell, info@peak.cymru or 01873 811579.

Fri 16 March SPINNING GOLD WORKSHOPS Creative writing sessions inspired by our need to slow down and contemplate the world around us. Carefully chosen poems and arts activities lead into free and guided writing responses. Held at Trumpet Corner, near Ledbury. 10am - 12.30pm. For more information contact Carol: info.storyspace@gmail.com Sat 31 March BOOK/CD/DVD SALE Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-4pm.

March & April POPULAR WRITING COURSES Run in association with University of Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning by local author Lara Clough.

9 sessions POETRY 1 starting Wed 11th April

10.15am-12.30pm at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.

This is for beginners and those seeking a refresher course. 9 sessions WRITING AS A CREATIVE PROCESS starting Thurs 12th April 10.30am-12.45pm at Wyeside, Builth Wells. This course explores barriers to writing and overcoming them and tapping into our own innate creativity. 9 sessions POETRY 2 starting Fri 13th April 10.15am-12.30pm at Crickhowell Information Centre. A course continuing studies into poetry, beginners are welcome, but some reading of poetry useful.

Courses £110, £20 Early bird discount if enrol by 23rd March, concessions also. All courses with Uni. Of Aberystwyth Lifelong Learning, please see: www.aber.ac.uk/ sell for latest details or ring 01970 621580.

March & April WEA COURSES AND STUDY DAYS 19 March - A visit to Berrington Hall with Althea McKenzie, £20 (Ledbury branch). 21 March - All that Glitters... and exploration of archaeological finds with Peter Reavill. Hereford Museum & Resource Learning Centre, Friars St, Hereford, 10am-12pm, £10. 24 March - Churches of the North Borders of Shropshire with Tim Bridges (Ledbury Branch), £28. 26 March - The Birds of Herefordshire with Mick Colquhoun.

13 April - A Munitionette’s View with Angela Williams, Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford. 14 April - Beginners’ Introduction to Handwriting 1550-1700 with Dr Charlotte Berry, Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford. 19 April - The Life and Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert with Alan Brimson, Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford.

25 April - Decorative Papers in the Library and Archive Collection with Liz Bowerman, Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford. 30 April - The Burghill Mental Hospital with Rhys Griffith, Herefordshire Archive & Records Centre, Rotherwas, Hereford.

Hereford Museum & Resource Learning Centre, Friars St, Hereford, 10am-12pm, £10. Enquiries: wealeominster@ gmail.com. Brochures available at Herefordshire Libraries or phone 0300 303 3464, www.wea.org.uk 1st Saturday READING GROUP Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, afternoons, free, 01547 550377.

2nd & 4th Saturdays WELSH CHATTING GROUP CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 10.15am-11.45am, 01597 810741.

Mondays WRITING FOR THE STAGE The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, 01432 340555.

Mondays STORY CORNER AT THE COURTYARD For ages 4 years and under. The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.15am-11am, £4 per session, £1 per extra child, 01432 340555.

Every 2nd & 4th Monday TERRIFIED AND TONGUE TIED? Toastmaster provide a friendly and supportive environment to practice public speaking. Constructive feedback to help you improve. An opportunity to grow.

Ludlow Speakers, Blue Boar pub, Mill Street, Ludlow.

Monthly, 7.20pm-9.30pm.

Every Tues READING ROOM The Courtyard, Hereford, 10.30am-12.30pm, £52 per term, 01432 340555.

Second Tuesday DEATH CAFE Run by Mollie Lord.

Not to be confused with grief support group, this group encourages tackling the complex ideas that surround death. The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, free, 01497 821762.

Every 3rd Tuesday PLAY READING Led by Simon and Paul of Rooftop Theatre. All scripts provided. The Sitting Room, Ludlow, 7.30pm, email paul@rooftoptheatre.co.uk Fourth Tuesday SCIENCE CAFÉ New, informal group discussing scientific topics. The Globe in Hay, 7pm, free, all welcome. Contact sciencecafe@outlook.com 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.

2nd & 4th Thursday PHILOSOPHY CAFE Informal group which offers the chance to discuss philosophical issues.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7pm, 01497 821762.

International Poetry Writers’ Collective: Abergavenny 01873 856350 Leominster Writers' Circle, Leominster Community Centre, 01568 610451.

Presteigne Writers’ Circle, Radnorshire Arms, 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.

Rhayader Writing Group 2nd Mon, CARAD, Rhayader, lornjordk@googlemail.com

AARDVARK BOOKS & CAFE New website: www.aardvark-books.com

50,000+ titles; North Herefordshire’s largest indie bookseller; We buy books EASTER EVENT * SCULPTURE EXHIBITION

Specialist in art, design, photography, history, gardening

Saturday 31st March, 10am-4pm IVAN AND FRIENDS, 11am-2pm The Bookery, Manor Farm, Brampton Bryan, Cottage Herbery Bucknell, SY7 0DH Off A4113 Knighton Road.

Children’s Crafts Tel: 01547 530744 OPEN EVERY DAY aardvaark@btconnect.com www.aardvark-books.com Free entry and parking

Also open our superb CAFÉ!

Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm

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grass roots Cape fear – what happens when the taps run dry?

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T was a shock to learn recently that one of South Africa’s most attractive cities is so short of water that it’s close to cutting off the supply to most of its homes. I have certainly spent some hot days in Cape Town. One was Sunday February 11th 1990, when Nelson Mandela was released by the apartheid regime after 27 years in prison.

For many hours that afternoon and evening, in a central square in the city, I and media colleagues waited for Mandela to make his first speech as a free man, as our deadlines rushed towards us. The heat was oppressive and you couldn’t even find a drink of water. Every shop, bar, and café was closed and shuttered, as though to resist a military onslaught, rather than the joyous welcome that the crowds were planning.

I have other Cape Town memories from the 1990s of wind and rain battering the city. But South Africa’s Western Cape province has now been in a steadily worsening drought since 2015. The city’s six reservoirs are filled to only 25% of their total capacity and it may be that only half of that water can be supplied.

Residents are now asked to use no more than 50 litres of water a day, maybe a third of normal consumption.

Unless the weather breaks, Cape Town will reach what it calls Day Zero in May. Then the water to more than a million homes will be cut off and most people will have to get their ration from just 200 public collection points.

Those queueing with their cannisters will be allowed just 25 litres a day. Police or soldiers will guard the public taps. One drought expert, David Olivier of Witwatersrand University, suggests that water crises around the world are rarely just a matter of rainfall – or lack of it. In South Africa, he alleges serious failings by the national government over the last three years.

Olivier recalls that city and provincial officials embarked on pre-emptive measures to tackle water shortage over two years ago. But he claims that appeals for central government help were rebuffed time and again by Pretoria. As late as November 2017, he says, the Department of Water and Sanitation was still insisting that the water shortage was “not yet at crisis level”.

From scientific studies, South Africa received warning of both hotter weather and falling winter rainfall as long ago as the 1990s. So surely it would be natural for the Pretoria government to read the writing on the wall, and start a major overhaul of energy policy.

Not a bit of it! South Africa today is travelling at high speed in the wrong direction and wilfully ignoring

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climate science. It is failing to bring in new sustainable energy sources that could help both to curb global climate change and to cut the energy bills of the poor.

In a country already heavily addicted to coal fired power, with its severe impact on global warming, ministers are battling to drive through the construction of yet more coal fired power stations. All this is in sharp conflict with South Africa’s pledge in the Paris accord two years ago to strive to keep global warming below 2 degrees C. Some people here may feel South Africa’s water crisis is far away and not our problem. But Britain may well have its own water crises to combat in the coming years. In my search for something to plagiarise for this piece I came across a warning from the Committee on Climate Change – the official advisor to government across the whole UK. The document is penned by Gemma Holmes. Her job title is not given but she does not pull her punches.

She speaks of the “risk of water supply deficits” in the very first line. Soon she is outlining the risk of “severe drought” and “makeshift water tanks being set up in our streets.”

Crikey! Hasn’t anyone told Gemma that even when a full scale drought is at hand nobody anywhere near government even mentions emergency measures until we are almost dying of thirst or starving from crop failures? And in case we are thinking, “But surely not round here…” Gemma starts to list the areas most at risk.

These include the south east, the north west, and Yorkshire and Humber. That’s sounds like half of England! And then she tells us that, the way things are going, England, Scotland and Wales are projected to be short of water to the tune of 3 billion litres per day by 2050! I am a long way from Cape Town, but I am starting to feel awfully thirsty again.

Julian O’Halloran

Green Events March SHROPSHIRE HILLS DISCOVERY CENTRE 4 March - Become a Habitat Helper! For all ages and abilities. 17 & 18 March - The Shropshire Way 80K. A mass participation walk must be completed within 24 hours, starting and finishing at the Discovery Centre.

31 March - Discovery Club, Spring Symphony. For ages 3-7 year olds, packed full of fun things to do encouraging children back to nature, enjoy the outdoors and get creative, 11am-12pm, £2.50. Full information 01588 676060.

March HEREFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST 1 March - The Masked Mustelid, a talk by Lizzie Croose.

Hopelands, Weobly VH, 7.30pm, £2 member, £3 non-members. 1 March - The Lugg Wetland Gem Project, a talk by Sophie Cowling. Christchurch Hall, Ross on Wye, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members.

4 March - Wildlife Watch Club: Reptiles and Amphibians.

For ages 7-14 years, Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve, 12.30-2.30pm, £2. 11 March - An Introduction to Fruit Tree Pruning with Orchard Origins. Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve, 10.30am-3.30pm, £60. 21 March - The Big Wildlife - Wildlife quiz night. Millennium Hall, Upton Bishop, 7pm, £9.50 or £42.50 for table of five, includes food, bar available. 20 March - A Worm’s Eye View of Bringing a Garden to Life. A talk by Richard Fishbourne.

The Barrels Brewery Room, St Owen St, Hereford, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members. 24 March Composting and Food Waste Workshop (HWT & New Leaf), run by Sarah Blenkinsop, Queenswood Country Park, Leominster, 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm, 01981 550043.

24 & 25 March - Japanese Woodblock Printing Workshop run by Rowan McOnegal. Queenswood Country Park, Leominster, £65, 07816 858664. 27 March - Farmland, a talk by Matt Wilmott, Kington Primary School, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members. 29 March - Fungi of Herefordshire, a talk by Jo Weightman, Aymestry VH, 7.30pm, £2 members, £3 non-members. 30 March - An Evening of Words and Music in aid of HWT’s nature reserves appeal.

Featuring author and broadcaster Rob Penn, poet and author Miriam Darlington, followed by live music by folk band Slippery Slope. Tomkins Theatre, 148 Whitecross Rd, Hereford, 7.30pm, £12.50. Full details 01432 356872.

Thurs 15 March ECO SPIRIT CAFE An informal monthly meeting for people interested in spirituality and our connection with the environment.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, 01497 821762.

Sat 17 March REPAIR CAFÉ IN LUDLOW Ludlow Mascall Centre, 10am-12.30pm. If you’ve got something you love or love using that’s broken or not working properly, bring it along to our Repair Café and our team of volunteer ‘fixers’ will do their best to send it home working again! There’s no charge but donations are requested to cover event costs. If you want to know more contact Diane Lyle: 01584 876 854 or email: diane.lyle@btinternet.com Sat 24 & Sun 25 March PERMACULTURE INTRODUCTORY WEEKEND Llandrindod Wells, with Chris Evans, cost £45, supported

by Powys Transition. Bursaries available for un-waged.

Includes the Saturday evening meal and slide show.

Contact: lis@trosnant.net, 01597 829072.

Fri 30 March - Mon 2 April KYMIN FAMILY ANIMAL WOODLAND TRAIL Make a pair of binoculars, follow clues on a map, collect stickers for your travel permit and look for the hidden animals in our famiy woodland trail. Prizes and fun for all.

The Round House, The Kymin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3SF, 11am-4pm, £2 per trail, usual National Trust entry fee applies, 01600 719241.

Thurs 1 March GREENPEACE TALK Activists talk about their experiences volunteering.

The Globe, Hay-on-Wye, 7.30pm, 01497 821762.

Sun 4 March GRAFTING DAY COURSE Led by Janta Wheelhouse. 10.0am-4pm. Karuna, Picklescott, Church Stretton, SY6 6NT, £45, including two newly grafted trees, hot soup & bread and refreshments, also covers apple tree care. Advance Booking only : karuna.org.uk 01694-751374, merav66@hotmail.com Sat 10 March BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK WILDLIFE FAIR Activities and stalls. Plus Jenny Ogden invites you to interview six-legged superstars in two drop in wildlife role play workshops. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 10am-4pm, 01588 630023.

Larry Wright - CoActive Life Coach Work with me and live more of your values

Coaching by audio skype, whatsapp and phone.

First conversation free and we can meet in the Workhouse. www.larrywrightcoaching.com

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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.

ACUPUNCTURE & HOLISTIC THERAPY with Joanna Bruce RGN. Over 30 years experience treating chronic pain, allergies & longterm health conditions. Cosmetic acupuncture also available. Sessions available at Leominster Osteopaths & in Kingsland. Registered & insured with BAcC & NMC. Tel: 01568 709142 or text 07984 460969.

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 in Leominster HR6 8QJ. Individual lessons with Janet Jameson MSTAT. 01568 613467.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE in Hereford. Individual lessons and small groups with Ann Rowan MSTAT. BA. ARCM, 01432 279536.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE IN HAY-ON-WYE. Philippa Morrell BA, Member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. Please visit my website for more information about me and the Alexander Technique, www.philippamorrell. co.uk. To make an appointment contact me online at philippa@philippamorrell.co.uk, or ring 01497 821355.

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.

AROMATHERAPY in Kington: Roz Myers Brown, Dip. Ar. IPTI, MIPTI. Providing holistic care since 1988. Massage, herbal facials and intensive foot treatments. Bach Remedies. roz.brown@btinternet.com. 07967 137208.

BOWEN TECHNIQUE Bowen is a holistic, non invasive therapy consisting of gentle moves over soft tissue and muscles, interspersed with periods of rest. Suitable for adults and children. Working from clinics in Bishop’s Castle and Church Stretton. Home visits available. Contact ROB ROWE MBTPA tel: 01588 630648, email rob@robrowe.co.uk or learn more at www.bowentherapy.org.uk BREAKING OUT OF BIPOLAR COACHING Book your complimentary strategy session to see how you can break through after your life transition. For more information or to book your strategy session contact Caroline on: www.

Carolinemaryandrews.com, journeytofreedomcoaching@gmail. com 07749 232366.

CHARTERED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST with over 25 years professional NHS experience, providing psychological help to adults. Please see website for details: www. drmatthewfaull.co.uk. I am highly trained and experienced in using evidence–based psychotherapies to relieve distress and help you achieve your life goals, and offer sessions in Ludlow and Leintwardine. I also offer supervision to mental health professionals. Please contact me by email: mfaull@btinternet. com, to arrange a free initial phone conversation to consider your needs. Registered with British Psychological Society, British Psychoanalytic Council, Health Professions Council.

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CLAIRE KERBY COUNSELLING (Post grad dip Counselling, MBACP). Having someone to talk to outside your normal circle of friends / family can really help to gain a new clarity and sense of perspective. I would love it if you would call me, in confidence, with no judgement on 07971 816541, or email me at Claire.kerby@btinternet.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 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 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 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 DRUM MANTRA MEDITATE Lead by Roise (roe-sha) On the first Thursday of the month 9.50am - 11am. £8 It’s fun, it energises the body and calms the mind.

Phone 07511 621 856. At S.E.N.S.E. in Tenbury Wells 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.

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

HEREFORD HOMEOPATH Juliet Ablett RHom, MARH, MNCHM. Experienced practitioner works with you as an individual, listening without judgement; working with whatever symptoms or issues you have. Natural, effective treatment suitable for all ages. I am very happy to chat with you on the phone about what treatment you are looking for before you commit to an appointment. Weekly clinics at Hereford Centre for Natural Health and Monmouth Natural Health Centre. Juliet Ablett www.julietablett.co.uk julietablett@rocketmail.com 01981 241456 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.

KAY FLETCHER COUNSELLING, BAHons, FdSc Counselling, Reg. MBACP. As a Person-Centred Counsellor, I offer confidential counselling to children from my private practice in Leintwardine, or in schools locally, and also to adults and couples. I am trained to offer a range of holistic therapies including Life Coaching, Energy Healing and Hypnotherapy, which can help with stress, relaxation and decision making processes. For a friendly chat about how I may be able to help you, or to book an appointment, please contact me on 01547 540899, email kay@kayfletchercounselling.co.uk or visit www.kayfletchercounselling.co.uk LEOMINSTER NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE: Qualified therapists offer acupuncture, structural re-alignment, medical herbal medicine, remedial and holistic massage, reflexology, McTimoney chiropractor, craniosacral therapy, 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.

MASSAGE THERAPY Injuries, stress, relaxation.

Claire Williams I.T.E.C. / N.I.M. 01544 267172. Clinics in Presteigne, Ludlow and Hereford.

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.

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, call the therapist - numbers on the website or email pnhc2014@gmail.com REFLEXOLOGY &/OR MASSAGE Combination treatments available. Reflexology helps to identify and restore energy to imbalances and health issues helping the body to heal itself, helps regulate sleep and eating habits. - Jo Davies ITEC 01544 267100 or 07876796885. Clinic in Presteigne, home visits considered.

RELAXING, RESTORATIVE MASSAGE in Mid Wales and beyond for stress, anxiety, illness or bereavement with Kirsten Hubmann (MTI) qualified Holistic Massage Therapist at The Retreat, The Workhouse, Presteigne Industrial Estate, LD8 2UF. Contact 07860 156615, khubmann@hotmail.com for enquiries or to book a treatment.

SMALL GROUP PILATES LESSONS with Body Control Pilates teacher Jane Prady. For posture, stability, flexibility and relaxation. Classes available in Presteigne, Bartestree, Burghill & Bransford. All equipment provided. Private lessons can also be arranged. Booking essential as spaces are limited.

Please email for more information info@janeprady.com or visit www.janepradypilates.com.

SOUND BATH WITH ROISE (roe-sha) On the third Tuesday of the month 7 - 9 pm. Roise plays gentle sounds for groups for healing and relaxation. £12, or £10 with a friend. Roise also offers individual treatments. Phone 07511 621 856. At S.E.N.S.E. in Tenbury Wells.

SOUND HEALING TRAINING AND WORKSHOP RETREATS We run the 5 part Sound Therapy training programme for the College of Sound Healing as weekend retreats in the beautiful setting of Primrose Haven with lovely gardens and sacred spaces. Also Seasonal Sounds Days and weekend retreats: Sound Healing and Nature; Magical Resonance of Celtic Sounds and Sound and gardening for the soul. Retreat stays in our cosy Shepherd Huts. Occasional evening sound and Gong meditations. Please contact Paul Benham, paul@primrosehavenretreats.co.uk and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk. 01497 847299.

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

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Workshops WORKSHOP LISTINGS - Single (dated) listings are free.

Year round, ongoing workshops will cost £40 per year.

Sat 3 March EMPOWER YOURSELF Workshops for women. Jess is a Chartered Psychologist and has been helping to boost women’s confidence for over ten years.

Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, 10am-1pm, £30, 01584 878141.

Fri 2 - Sun 4 March YOGA WEEKEND With Vicky Wood. Hill Cottage Retreat, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk

Fri 2 - Sun 4 March PART 1 SOUND HEALING TRAINING RETREAT with the College of Sound Healing at Primrose Haven, Felindre, 2-4th March, providing an in depth introduction to Sound Healing with the voice. Please contact Paul : paul. benham33@gmail.com and www.primrosehavenretreats.co.uk Sun 11 March THIS HEALING PLACE - A SOUND JOURNEY TO SOURCE Experience the power of the Earth’s source through a range of musical instruments from across the world. Bring yoga mat or blanket. Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, 2pm, £12 on the door, 01588 630023.

Wed 21 March GONG BATH Certain vibrations can rebalance our energy and treat issues with sleeping, anxiety and pain. In a gong bath, you will be asked to bring a mat, blanket and comfortable clothing. With Chrys Blanchard. The Art Shop & Chapel, Cross St, Abergavenny, 7.30pm, £12, 01873 852690.

Fri 23 - Sun 25 March THEATRES OF SELF CARE SPRING SOUL HUSBANDRY With Matthew Trustmand and Zarine Katrak. Hill Cottage Retreat, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, www.hillcottageretreats. co.uk Sat 14 - Sat 21 April MEDITATION RETREAT Realising Our Inherent Value with Laura Bridgman.

Hill Cottage Retreat, Rhos-y-Meirch, Knighton, www.hillcottageretreats.co.uk

Wed 18 April OPEN EVENING WITH OASIS HEREFORDSHIRE Oasis is a chance to work creatively in a small, co-facilitated group as we jouurney together through the landscapes of our own biographies. Quaker Meeting House, King St, Hereford, 6.30-8pm, free taster session, 01432 261317, lgarner_@hotmail.com

March and April OASIS HEREFORDSHIRE WORKSHOPS 13 March - Working with 7 Foldness. 24 April - Greek Gods and Goddesses Archetypes. in Hereford or Leominster, 9.30am-4pm, £40 per day, bring and share lunch, 01432 261317.

BUDDHISM AND MEDITATION CLASSES IN HEREFORDSHIRE Led by members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. HEREFORD Mondays, Near LEDBURY Wednesdays, LEOMINSTER Thursdays. All classes 7.15pm for 7.30pm start.

Give what you can, suggested donation £5. All welcome.

More details from matthew@adhisthana.org 01531 641726 or Meg 01432 830322. Text 07980 892653.

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.

EVENTS IN THE YURT BUILTH ROAD, 17 RAILWAY TERRACE, LD2 3RH Drum and Song Circle 1st Friday of the month 7.30-9.30pm Bring drums, rattles, songs, no experience necessary. Shamanic Exploration 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7.30-9.30pm journeying for guidance, wisdom and healing for self and others. Our groups are held in sacred space.

Cost is £10, £8, £6 depending on income. For further info clivephilippa@hotmail.com 01982 552535 / 07905 743272.

Mondays & Wednesdays PILATES Pilates-Based Back Care Mon 10.30am & Wed 5.45pm. Pilates-Based Body Conditioning - Mon 11.45am & Wed 7pm. Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, 01874 625992.

Mondays YOGA With Lisa Arundale, 5.15-6.15pm.

CARAD, East St, Rhayader, 01686 413608.

Wednesdays KUNDALINI YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES 9.30-11am, The Everest Hall, Llanfairwaterdine. £7 a class. Everyone welcome. Suitable for beginners. Please bring water, blanket, cushion and yoga mat if you have one. Contact Kirsten for enquiries, 07860156615 / khubmann@hotmail.com First Friday of the month SILENCE AND STILLNESS Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12pm, free, 01547 550377.

Dr Matthew Faull BSc MSc DClinPsy Chartered Clinical Psychologist Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Over 25 years NHS professional experience working with adults. Highly trained and experienced in using evidence based psychotherapies to relieve distress and help you achieve life goals.

Sessions available in Ludlow and Leintwardine.

Email: mfaull@btinternet.com Website: www.drmatthewfaull.co.uk

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First Saturday of the month MEDITATION Bleddfa Centre, near Knighton, 11am-12.30pm, free, 01547 550377.