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Arts & Entertainments
New Blackmore Vale, August 6, 2021 Arts & Entertainment Flea’s £1,800 for Exchange
THANKS: Linda Cowley with Robert Cowley and Craig White from Taboo, present £1,800 to Sharon Clifton, acting manager at The Exchange. Taboo Theatre Company’s production of Flea the Pandemic was the first live performance in The Exchange in Sturminster Newton for 17 months and raised £1,800 for the theatre. An original play written by Sue Ashby was performed with full social distancing to three sell-out audiences, with excellent feedback on the safety and security of The Exchange environment. Taboo relished the challenges of a show which started rehearsal in August 2020, was stopped and rescheduled three times, never left social distancing rules, and absorbed two cast changes before the first performance at the end of June 2021. The production was granted generous financial support by Stour Management Ltd, allowing all ticket receipts to be given to The Exchange, where live performances are now scheduled through the autumn.
SHORE THING: Hilary Jackson’s Boat on Beach features in the exhibition by Frome Art Society
Art society’s welcome return
Art lovers are celebrating the return of the Frome Art Society Round Tower exhibition, courtesy of Black Swan Arts, which opens on Friday, August 13 and runs until Monday, August 30 at 2 Bridge Street, Frome BA11 1BB. Some 40 artists will be showcasing their work ‘in real life’ at the exhibition called In Company rather than ‘virtually’ on Zoom. A diverse selection of affordable artwork, some unframed work and cards will be available from this inclusive, friendly society. And a prize of £100 along with The Appleyard Trophy will be up for grabs for the most popular painting as voted by the public. Joining Frome Art Society offers access to inspiring workshops, talks and demos and currently running is our programme of very popular summer outdoor painting days in beautiful locations. See the society’s website fromeartsociety.co.uk or blackswanarts.org.uk.
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It’s Yesterday Once More, Vintage Cars & Sounds in the Park
Come and enjoy balmy summer evenings with us on 10th 11th & 12th September 2021 at The Vintage Nostalgia Festival. Set in the beautiful countryside of Stockton Park, Wiltshire, VNF is a fun 昀lled Nostalgic weekend of Live Music, dance, vintage & antique shopping, classic cars, automobilia, childrens entertainment, and so much more! There will be 100s of cars on display over the weekend from the 1920s to the 1980s. You simply must not miss it, visit for the day or stay for the whole weekend camping from the 9th Sept. (subject to availability). To get a 昀avour of the festival go to www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk or visit our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages. Enter our ‘Best Dressed Competition’, Learn to Jive, swing dance, sample the 昀nest real Ale from Ringwood Brewery, enjoy vintage theatrics, the Vintage Village trade stand area, get busy in the children’s activity & entertainment section, or just relax in our Vintage 1963 Leyland Titan Double Decker Bus Bar! There’s live music and dance acts over the weekend offering Jazz, Blues, Pop, Swing, & Rock & Roll from the 1920s up to the 1980s. Tickets are limited and camping or glamping is pre-book only. Book now on www.vintagenostalgiafestival.co.uk/tickets
New Blackmore Vale, August 6, 2021 Arts & Entertainment Busy summer lined up by Artsreach
Artsreach has launched its summer programme of activities for children. There’s something for everyone to get stuck into this summer including circus skills, outdoor adventures, film-making, crafts, storytelling, audio adventures and more taking place in 14 rural communities across Dorset. Go on a Wild Adventure with Dorset Forest Schools in Buckland Newton and Broadmayne in a session packed with adventures and activities including naturecraft skills, games, challenges and even campfire cooking. Parents and toddlers can enjoy a fun-filled session of minibeast-themed arts, crafts, songs, storytelling and cooking with Kathy Kelly’s Fiddlesticks at Sturminster Newton. Dorset Youth Dance Director Claire Benson explores climate change, plastic pollution and the impact it WILDERNESShas on the planet through dance and puppetry, making moving props such as fish GATHERINGfrom recycled materials
OUTDOOR SHOW BUSHCRAFT - DEMONSTRATIONS BUSHCRAFT SKILLS WORKSHOPS BUSHCRAFT SCHOOLS TRADE STANDS & CRAFTS CHILDREN’S EVENTS & ACTIVITIES WOODCRAFT & POLE LATHE AXE THROWING & ARCHERY DAY TICKETS: Adult £15 Child (5-16) £10 20th, 21st, 22nd August 2021
before learning moves from the new touring show Plastic Paradiso. Budding artists and makers have plenty to turn their hands to, with local artist Fran Quinlan leading a Wild Withy session, creating giant structures out of willow inspired by seed pods, flowers, cones, vegetables and fruits at Halstock. 3D sculptor Darrell Wakelam returns this summer to bring to life Wildlife on the Edge at Morden and Sturminster Newton, making fantastic 3D tiger scenes from cardboard, papier mache and other recycled materials. Dorset maker Sarah Butterworth leads two sessions this summer; Printing from Nature, creating colourful prints using local ferns, hazel, oak, sycamore, grasses and flower leaves in Child Okeford, and Paint like a Caveman at Sandford Orcas and Sturminster Marshall, using stones to grind local soils into coloured powder paints, then making caveman paintings using natural materials such as twigs and grasses. Treehouse Theatre head to Yetminster to offer an exciting and interactive hour of making music, dressing up, singing songs and creating stories in Sally &
The Limpet and Abbie Thommes and Laurie Newman present a storytelling and craft session, Jessie The Jellyfish. Kevin Burke invites you to join the Secret Circus in Yetminster and Sturminster Newton; learn a variety of circus skills including juggling with clubs, rings, balls and scarves, diabolo, flowerstick, stuntsticks, plate EXCHANGE Live a more eventful life TH T H E spinning, stilts, poi and rolla bolla. Pageant Productions offer a fun and engaging Fri/Sat 13th/14th August Stop-Motion Animation SNADS present workshop in Halstock and IN A SPIN: Youngsters can learn circus skills at one of the scores of events this summer organised across Dorset by Artsreach Adult Cabaret (18+) 7.30pm Tickets £12.50 ––––––––Mon/Tues 6th/7th Sept Living Spit present Blandford, for children who want to create their very own short film; constructing sets, creating scenes and using Beauty & the Beast props to capture an original 7:30pm Tickets £14 ––––––––story. Workshops have limited Thursday 9th September Lucy Worsley presents A Very British Murder places and often sell out. Go to artsreach.co.uk to book. An illustrated talk looking at our fascination with murder 7:30pm Tickets £22 ––––––––Tuesday 14th September Neil Sands presents Bringing Back the Good Times 2pm Tickets £13/£11/£9 ––––––––Tickets now on sale for Sat 6th November Jenny Eclair: 60 (FFS!) 01258 475137 info@stur-exchange.co.uk Find us on Facebook www.stur-exchange.co.uk
New Blackmore Vale, August 6, 2021 Arts & Entertainment The King and I live from the Palladium
Hollywood is to come to Shaftesbury Arts Centre with the multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Lincoln Centre Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I, recorded live at London’s iconic Palladium. Reprising her Tony Awardwinning role, “Broadway musical’s undisputed Queen” (TheSunday Times) Kelli O’Hara (Anna) takes to the stage alongside Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) in a “powerhouse” (The Times) performance. Also returning to her Tony Award winning role as Lady Thiang is Ruthie Ann Miles. Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. With one of the finest scores ever written, including
SHALL WE DANCE: The KIng and I is coming to Shaftesbury Arts Centre Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You, and Shall We Dance, and featuring a company of over 50 world-class performers, The King and I is a testament to the lavish heritage of gloriously romantic musical theatre – it is the greatest musical from the golden age of musicals. Date: Sunday, August 15. Time: 7pm. Tickets: £15 and £7.50 for under 18s available from 01747 854321 or shaftesburyartscentre.co.uk
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OFF THE RAILS (15)
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th August 7.30pm Matinees 12th & 19th August 2.30pm Tickets: Adults £8 (eves) £7 matinee U16s £6
(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee) THE BOHEMIANS
Fri 13th August, 7.30pm Tickets £20.50
(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee) BARRY STEELE & FRIENDS
The Roy Orbison Story
Sat 14th Aug 7.30pm Tickets £24.50
(Box Office bookings incur £1 fee per transaction) MATT BLACK
Piano Man
Fri 20th August, 7.30pm Tickets £16.50
(Box Office bookings incur £1 fee per transaction) CIRCUS OF HORRORS
OVER 16’S ONLY! Sat 21st August, 7.30pm
Tickets £26 & £22
Concs (Students over 16 & Over 60s) £23 & £19
(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee)
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