Arts & Entertainments

34 New Stour & Avon, November 5, 2021 Arts & Entertainment Gather for a craft market

A monthly craft market is now held at GATHER in the Dolphin Centre, Poole. There will be demonstrations and miniworkshops on Wednesday, November 17, and you can try mono printing or watch an Aloe Vera facial. On December 15 you can make Christmas earrings or decorations. There will be a small charge for some materials or a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society. The market is open from 10.00am-3.00pm with workshops starting at 11am. There are also hand-made items for sale, so you can buy some Christmas gifts at the same time! Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Slash, Hank Marvin and Mark Knoppfler... just some of the legendary names that won’t be playing in a dream line-up for guitar heads that’s on at the Tivoli tonight, November 5... but fear not! The Story of Guitar Heroes, currently one of the UK’s most popular live concert experiences, has garnered much critical acclaim thanks to its state-of-the-art homage to some of the most influential and iconic guitarists of the past 50 years. An endless music-fest of classic hits from a string of guitar legends, also including Jimmy Page, Chuck Berry, and Eric Clapton, the show uses high-tech video projection to travel through time, across five decades, from 1950s Rock & Roll through to the inspirational guitar heroes of the modern era as it recreates the unique sounds of each guitar legend with impressive accuracy, using 30 different authentic guitars.

The guitar’s the star

STAR GUITARS: Will be rocking at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne tonight

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STORY OF GUITAR HEROES

Friday 5th November, 7.30pm Tickets £20

(Box Office bookings over £20 incur £1 booking fee) THE SOUND OF SPRINGSTEEN

Saturday 6th Nov, 7.30pm Tickets £24.50 Concs £22.50

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction) AN EVENING WITH GEOFF HURST

Sunday 7th November, 7.30pm Tickets £25

(£55 VIP tickets sold out)

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction) THE DOORS:

Live at The Bowl ’68 Special Edition

(Recorded Screening 15)

Monday 9th November, 7pm Tickets £16.50 Concs £15

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction) IOLO WILLIAMS:

Life Before the Lens

Tuesday 9th November, 7.30pm Tickets £21.50

(Box Office bookings incur £1 booking fee per transaction)

JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH’S BACK!

Wednesday 10th November 7.30pm Tickets £17 NINE BELOW ZERO

Thurs 11th November 7.30pm Tickets £22 WISHBONE ASH The Rise of Rock and Roll

Friday 12th November 7.30pm Tickets £26 THE BLUEJAYS – RAVE ON

Saturday 13th November 7.30pm Tickets £20 CLIFF RICHARD

THE GREAT 80 TOUR

(Recorded screening)

Monday 15th November 7.45pm Tickets £16.50/£15

New Stour & Avon, November 5, 2021 35 Arts & Entertainment New director for town museum

Chezzie Hollow has been appointed as the new director of the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne. She has a wealth of experience in the heritage sector and will play a significant role in shaping the future of the town centre attraction. As senior collections and house manager for six years at the National Trust at Tyntesfield in Somerset, she oversaw a major visitor growth programme and was responsible for 400 volunteers on-site. She lives in Wimborne and is taking every opportunity to discover more about the town and surrounding area. Chezzie joins the Museum of East Dorset following the recent completion of a £1.8million Revival Project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The successful refurbishment and refit of the Grade II* listed town house opposite the Minster Church, has secured the museum’s role as custodian of the heritage of East Dorset. The museum holds

THRILLED: New museum director Chezzie Hollow

significant collections, some of national importance. Hands-on and interactive elements within the exhibition spaces are supported by varied events. Visitors can also enjoy the Tea Room and beautiful walled garden, shops and information centre. Chezzie said: “I’m thrilled to be director at such an exciting time. Despite COVID-19 challenges, we have a phenomenal resource here. “I’m keen that the museum offers a great visitor experience for adults and children. I also want to develop partnerships with local organisations and charities so that we remain an integral part of the community.” From November to March, the museum and information centre will be open Monday to Saturday from 10am-4pm, with last admission at 3.30pm, while the Tea Room is open daily from 10am4pm. Tickets can be booked through the website. An annual pass includes entrance to 11 galleries and exhibitions, and access to the Tea Room and garden. Visit: museumofeastdorset.co.uk/

Technician workshops at theatre

If you’re drawn to the bright lights of the stage but don’t actually want to be on it, Poole’s Lighthouse Theatre has a new series of workshops that might help. The venue is about to run another of its popular Young Technicians programmes, aimed at people aged 16-19 who are interested in getting to grips with lighting, sound and stage management in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings. The workshops run from November to February on Saturday mornings, beginning on November 6. Participants will be guided through a structured 12-week Boomtown, Rose Bruford, The Guildford School of Acting and many more, gaining invaluable skills and experiences. Previous participants from this course have gone on to full-time positions at Lighthouse as in-house technicians, as well as further education within performing arts and technical theatre. Workshops are £20 per fourhour session and bursaries are available. To apply to take part, email learning@lighthousepoole. co.uk stating your name, age, contact number and why you want to join the course.

CARING: Johnnie Walker

Radio legend set to head carer festival

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net Radio 2 legend Johnnie Walker will be heading up a festival celebrating the work of Dorset’s unpaid carers later this month. The free event – which is taking place face-to-face and online on November 25 –is celebrating people who provide emotional support, carrying out everyday household tasks like shopping and cooking, or taking someone to medical appointments. Johnnie and his wife, Tiggy, are co-patrons of Carers UK and will be talking about their experience with the charity. The festival consists of 30 digital sessions and two live events, at Kinson Community Hub in Bournemouth and Dorset Museum in Dorchester. The festival – on Carer’s Rights Day – hopes to make carers aware of their rights, ensure they know where to get help and support and raise awareness of their needs. Both unpaid carers and professionals are welcome along to enjoy Johnnie’s session as well as representatives from Carer Support Dorset, Rethink and Dorset Carer Parent Council. There will also be a session of singing from the CareFree Carers Choir. More details from dorsetmuseum.org.

Former soldier’s book of heartfelt poetry

For the past 20-odd years, Barry Faith from Wimborne has been writing down his feelings in verse, purely for pleasure. However the reaction of colleagues to one of his poems in particular motivated him to share his poetry to a wider audience. The piece in question, Afghanistan – The Price, relates to another colleague’s son who was sadly killed in Helmand and is one of 70 of Barry’s poems in his book, Poems To The Heart. Wide-ranging and based on life experiences, including his wife Maureen’s gardening challenges being exacerbated by the Dorset weather, the verses are arranged in ‘mood’ categories, such as people, behaviour, survival, conflict and philosophy, on a heartshaped ‘map’, next to the contents. Barry served as a Radar artificer in the Army from 1964 to 1978, serving as far afield as the Outer Hebrides and Cyprus; in 1979, he and Maureen moved to Wimborne. His prose has been described as ‘easy reading, rhymes with life’ and reflective and, since many of the verses focus on human nature, he hopes that readers will be inspired to embrace their inner feelings and possibly even add their personal thoughts to his poems. The book is available from

WIDE RANGING: The ‘Heart’ map from the book Poems To The Heart local book shops, including Gulliver’s, Wimborne, and online via Amazon. £9.95 EAN 978-0-9522003-2-1 n The book is unsuitable for children due to occasional vulgarity.

Time to book for museum festive season

It’s beginning to look a lot like... time to book for some of the festive events at the Museum of East Dorset. The Wimborne museum is holding a dementia-friendly Craft Afternoon from 2pm4pm on Wednesday, November 17 when visitors can enjoy a relaxing afternoon of simple craft and chat to get into the Christmas spirit. They’ll be able to have a go at creating festive Christmas cards and tags as well as printing their own eco-friendly wrapping paper. The event costs £2.50, with refreshments, and the accompanying carer goes free. On Thursday, December 2, from 5pm-8pm the Museum is holding a festive shopping evening. For £3, visitors get to enjoy a complementary glass of mulled wine in the museum kitchen and sample delicious, locally-made food and drink as they stroll around the ground floor galleries and museum shop. Local choirs, Cantilena Voices and Vivamente Voices are singing carols in the garden and there will also be an indoor makers’ market where visitors can pick up some unique, hand-crafted gifts and meet the artisans who made them. Visitors are being urged to take some time out to create some beautiful Christmas decorations, from willow and rush reindeer to coloured stars, angels and trees at a festive workshop taking place on December 9. There are two sessions, from 9am-12.30pm or 1.30pm5pm costing £35 a session, with refreshments included. More information and booking at: museumofeast dorset.co.uk/events/

WINNERS: Olivia Middleton’s Paddington and Emily Lakin with mayor Kelly Webb Bear necessities for contest

Players return

Broadstone Players are back with their first production since the start of the Pandemic. Forget-me-Knot, a quirky comedy by David Tristram, takes to the stage at the Broadstone War Memorial Hall Theatre, Tudor Road, from Tuesday to Saturday, November 16-20. To ensure audiences feel comfortable, they will stage three performances (Wednesday, Thursday plus Saturday matinee) with socially-distanced seating, and three (Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings) with unrestricted seating. Tickets for all performances are £8.50. 7.30pm evenings/2.30pm Saturday matinee. Email: honsec@broadstoneplayers. co.uk or call 01202 678449. Tickets for the unrestricted performances are also on sale at Broadstone News.

By Lorraine Gibson

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

If you’d gone down to the Wimborne Model Town the other day, you’d have been sure of a spikey surprise. A picture of Paddington and ‘Spikey Surprise’, a story about teddy bears meeting hungry hedgehogs were among the prize-winning entries to the Wimborne Bear Painting and Story Competition organised by the attraction andcouncil. Prize winners were presented with awards and a souvenir teddy bear by Wimborne’s mayor, Kelly Webb. Lots of children and adults who’d attended the charity’s previous Wimborne Bear Day entered the competition which was supported by local firms Renoufs, Present Company and Gullivers Bookshop. Spokesman Greg Hoar said: “We were delighted to have been the inspiration for so many quality entries from a broad age range.”

Competition results: Under 7 Bear Painting: 1st Elliot Cox; 2nd Olivia Middleton; 3rd Ciara O’Brian Junior Bear Story: 1st Emily Lakin; 2nd Lewis Cox; 3rd Millie Gibbard Adult Bear Story Winner: Marie Tudor-Murphy

Put a date in your calendar

An Alderholt woman is sounding out villagers to see if they want to participate in a Living Advent Calendar. Catriona Matheson says she saw the idea on a website and wants to know if people in homes or businesses would like to decorate and then light up one window in their home or place of work on one day during the month of December. At least 25 places are needed for the event which she hopes will continue until January 1, if it goes ahead. For more information or to participate contact alderholters@hotmail.com

Community Coach Tours

Day Trips & Short Breaks with pickups in Blandford, Wimborne, Ferndown, Kinson, Poole, Bournemouth and Ringwood

RHS Wisley Christmas Glow & Festive Afternoon Tea ... Sat 20th Nov, £65 Clark’s Shopping Village .......................... Sunday 28th Nov, £28 (u16 £18) Bath ............................................................... Saturday 4th Dec, £28 (u16 £20) SHORT HOLIDAY BREAKS

Christmas Break Ashley Court Hotel Torquay. Bed, Breakfast and Evening Meal ....................................... Thursday 23rd – Monday 27th Dec, £599pp, no single supp

SHORT HOLIDAY BREAKS 2022

London Best Western Hotel, opposite Hyde Park ....................................... .................................. Friday 7th – Sunday 9th Jan, £225pp, no single supp Eastbourne, Queens Hotel. Dinner B & B ..................................................... ........................... Friday 28th – Monday 31st Jan, £329pp, no single supp Jersey Apollo Hotel, St Helier. Dinner B & B .................................................. ........................ Monday 21st – Friday 25th Mar, £525pp (No Singles left) London, Knightsbridge Museums ................................ Saturday 16th Apr £30 Adults, £20 u16 Andre Rieu – NEC Birmingham ...................................... Saturday 30th Apr £135 per ticket. Exmouth and Boat Trip and Cream Tea ......................... Monday 2nd May £42.40 Adults, £25.00 u16

Contact Jon White: 07760 225520 or 01202 032151

Quiz night for theatre

Masterminds and brainboxes – strut your stuff at Wimborne Community Theatre’s fundraising quiz on Wednesday, November 10. Play individually or in teams of up to six at the Colehill Sports and Social Club in Wimborne Road, Colehill. Questions will include local knowledge and money raised will go towards the group’s next community project about the River Stour. It costs £7 per person to enter which includes sweet and savoury nibbles. There will also be prizes and a raffle. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Contact Barbara Hart, on barbarahart414@gmail.com on 01202 884201 to book. Information at wimborne communitytheatre.co.uk

E TH T H EXCHANGE

Live a more eventful life

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7.30pm Tickets £20 ––––––––Saturday 13th November The Carpenters Voice of the Heart

730pm Tickets £20/ £19 ––––––––Sunday 14th November Same Same...But Different

3pm £/£5/£20 family Thursday 18th & Friday 19th November Living Spits Frankenstein

730pm Tickets £15/£13 Saturday 20th November Lollypops and Moptops

730pm Tickets £20 01258 475137

BSO in season of virtuosos and villages

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net From a concert in Lytchett Matravers village hall, to Mozart’s ever-popular Horn concerto, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s autumn programme is promising a feast for local ears. The BSO On Your Doorstep concert in Lytchett Matravers takes place on November 26 at 7.30pm. Music of Reflection features the BSO principal string players in a programme of two halves, journeying through 450 years of music from JS Bach and Corelli to Arvo Pärt, presented for an audience of all ages. On Wednesday, November 10, distinguished pianist Steven Osborne joins the BSO for a concert featuring mighty works by three of the greats: Mahler, Shostakovich and Sibelius. Steven will be taking on Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto, a work which stands miles apart from many of his others in its sense of freedom and abandon. Tickets are available to join live in the Lighthouse Concert Hall or online for this concert. As part of the autumn season, widely-acclaimed French horn player Felix Klieser will be making his debut as BSO Artist-in-Residence in a concert on Wednesday, November 17, at Poole Lighthouse. The concert features Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4, a winsome gallop through the Austrian countryside, most famous for its rollicking third movement. Felix was the recipient of the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award of the SchleswigHolstein Musik Festival. Meanwhile, Bruckner’s early D minor Symphony is an attractive symphony; lighter and more accessible than the more frequently heard First and Second. A week later, also at the Lighthouse, the BSO’s Mighty Brahms concert takes place. Internationally-renowned artist Ning Feng joins the BSO to play Brahms’ Violin Concerto. One of the composer’s largest and most challenging works in the solo violin repertoire, the piece demands extraordinary skills from the soloist. As well as Schumann’s Symphony No.4, the concert also features the world premiere of a new piece, Unforged, by composer Carmen Ho. Tickets are available to join live in the Concert Hall or online for this concert. More information on how to book at bsolive.com/events

MUSIC MASTERS: From top, Ning Feng, Steven Osborne, Felix Kleiser

By Lorraine Gibson

newsdesk@stourandavon.net Exciting plans are afoot to transform Wimborne into a winter wonderland of jewel colours this month, with the welcome return of Radio Wimborne’s dazzling Son et Lumiere light and music show. Thanks to sponsorship funding from the Town Council of Wimborne Minster and Wimborne BID, the Minster will once more be the canvas for a magical digital display, the theme of which, like the very best Christmas presents, is strictly under wraps. Radio Wimborne director and the town’s mayor, Kelly Webb, does confirm one thing; that the much-loved giant Santa image will return in all its jolly glory to elicit lots of ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ from children and adults alike. It’s an exciting time all round for Kelly and the band of dedicated volunteers who run the not-for-profit community station. Not only is it looking like their Christmas extravaganza will go ahead on November 18, but they now have FM radio status, allowing it to grow its popular brand of community broadcasting. “The station will now be able to expand and we’re already adding more shows,” says Kelly. “We are all about the people and we hope that this show, with its amazing lights and the incredible classical music programme that accompanies it, will bring everyone together. “We want to return to a joyful Christmas after what has been a really difficult eighteen months for so many people,” she adds. On what people can expect from the Son et Lumiere, she says: “This is a big event that the town loves and it’s all free to attend! “People will begin to gather around the Minster for the start at about 5pm and the light displays will run – with short intervals – for as long as people want to stay, usually until after 7pm.” Kelly added that she, Malcolm Angel, the directors of Wimborne Radio and all their amazing volunteers were very grateful to the council and BID for helping to make the event possible. For more information tune into 94.6 FM or visit radiowimborne.co.uk.

SAVE THE CHILDREN PARADE Saturday, December 11 anyone is interested in performing in Wimborne Square on the morning of the Parade please contact: frankiewhitford@ gmail.com

SING TOGETHER Allendale Centre, Wimborne, on Tuesdays 11.20-12.20 Sing well-known songs and have fun. £6 each session. 07984 828642

Minster ready to trip the lights fantastic!

COLOURFUL: Some examples of the spectacular displays that can be seen later this month

LAUNCH: Michelle Nova conducts La Nova singers and, above, mayor of Christchurch Sue Bungey

Advent calendar already making a living

By Faith Eckersall

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

Christchurch’s new Living Advent Calendar has already raised £12,000 for local good causes – before a single door has been opened. At a launch party for the event, hosted by organisers Christchurch Rotary at the Kings Arms Hotel, guests learned that the money had come from the event’s many sponsors and that they hoped thousands more would be raised. Christchurch Living Advent Calendar is the brainchild of Rotarian Janet Banks, who enjoyed a similar event when she was living in Henley, although the idea is believed to have originated in Sweden in 2005. “When we moved here, I thought it would work really well in Christchurch,” she said. Visitors to the launch, who included the mayor of Christchurch Sue Bungey and the leader of BCP Council, Nigel Hedges, heard how the CLAC will work. Every evening of Advent, from December 1-24, local talent will ‘pop up’ at a different venue to give a 20 to 25-minute performance. The performances will be free but Rotarians are hoping the audiences for each will feel able to buy some raffle tickets or contribute to the collection buckets on the night. While visitors will know where the performance is, and the individual charity it will benefit; like a proper Advent calendar they will not know, until the door or window opens, what type of performance they are going to see. “That’s what will make it so special,” said Janet. Performances could range from a mini-play, to a theatrical skit, to a dance, singing or comedy stint and all those taking part, as well as the venues, are offering their service for free. There will also be some refreshment at venues, provided by either the venue itself, or M&S and Waitrose but again, this will vary. All performances will take place at the same time apart from the special show on December 24, which starts at 2pm in Saxon Square. The launch event also showcased CLAC’s new website which features an Advent calendar-style window for each day leading up to Christmas Eve. The first performance will take place at the North Porch of Christchurch Priory and will benefit Autism Wessex. December 2’s surprise pops up at James and White on Church Street and benefits the Lewis Manning Hospice. Other venues include the Druitt Hall, The Boathouse on Christchurch Quay, the King’s Arms Pavilion, Dirty Gerties Gin Parlour and the Town Hall Arches. The calendar is being supported by the Primrose Charitable Trust as well as BCP Council and Christchurch Town Council. Rotary president Marianne Abley revealed that interest has been so high, the organisation was already receiving offers of venues and performances for next year and described it as ‘a boost we all need’. “We’re so grateful to those who have helped so far, giving up their time and volunteered to make this happen; we can’t wait and we’re on the countdown to December 1,” she said. The launch party ended with a performance of Christmas songs by the La Nova singers.Visit: Christchurch living adventcalendar.org.uk

New Stour & Avon, November 5, 2021 41 Arts & Entertainment Welcome return of Christmas arts event

Members of Wimborne Art Club are happy to announce the return of their very popular annual Christmas arts and crafts event at nearby Pamphill Parish Hall, writes Rosemary McDonald. All are very welcome to visit on Friday, December 3, from 1pm until 4.30pm, and Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5, from 10am until 4.30pm. Entry is free but any donations will be given to to Wimborne Food Bank. Unique one-off art gifts and cards will be on sale as well as a range of crafts, all made by the club’s own members. Tempting tasty refreshments including seasonal mince pies are to be served as well as cream teas!

GP author is ‘poacher turned gamekeeper’

By Lorraine Gibson

newsdesk@stourandavon.net

A former Corfe Mullen GP has gone from prescription writer to fiction writer, penning a novel inspired by his medical career. Tim Howard’s, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers, is timely in the current medical climate. “It attempts to explain what it is like to be a GP at the coal face who is suddenly accused of failure for no good reason,” says Tim who practised in the area for 30 years, as well as being a director of Dorset Health Authority and Chairman of the General Medical Council’s Fitness to Practice division. The book is published by Brown Dog Books via Amazon, or from selected book shops. “I was making judgements about what to do with doctors throughout the UK who were accused of failing in one way or another. So I was a poacher turned gamekeeper, and that could sometimes make me very unpopular,” he says. Describing his novel, he adds: “It is seen through the eyes of the lady solicitor who has to defend the GP in court, and, like all novels good or bad, it develops into a love story between them. “It touches on all sorts of topical subjects, such as whether our justice system is fair, and the glass ceiling for female professionals,” added Tim.