Amongst all the cake guzzling, sweet quaffing and sugar-hyped activities on offer for kids this half term, there is another event in town that promises not only to entertain the children but to get them truly excited by carrots and the good stuff!
Tortoise & Hare: Making a Meal of Storytelling re-imagines Aesop’s fable to look at the conflict between slow and fast food.
Hare is a fun but unreliable chocoholic whilst her friend Tortoise is moody, slow but a rather fine chef.
They set off on a race to see who can deliver a meal faster to their party guests. Whilst...
Drawing the predictable melange of charity shop jumpers and Doc Martens, Bombay Bicycle Club took centre stage at the Great Hall playing a sold out set in the halfway leg of their UK tour. Swept there on a compelling tide of nostalgia and elated on expectations of £23 tickets, that were needless to say; high.
The band have received heady mainstream success from album number four ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ with singles such as ‘Luna’ gracing the airwaves of the daytime Radio One playlist.
The set was a notch up in professionalism from the 2010 post ‘had the blues’ relative...
Brian Willoughby and American Cathryn Craig have created their own sound, which they call “Brit Americana”.
Brian was lead Guitarist with the Strawbs for 25 years and both he and Cathryn have worked with Nanci Griffith. Cathryn has also recorded music in Nashville with the likes of The Righteous Brothers and Chet Atkins. Their full credentials are far too many to list here. To find out more and to listen to an interview with Simon Mayo recorded on Radio 2, visit the following website... http://www.craigandwilloughby.com/...
Sidmouth Amateur Dramatic Society present an enchanting story of Belle and the Beast, full of wonderful characters,amusing and visual gags, music, song and dance. Something for the whole family, young and old.
Vaughan Williams' tribute to Tallis calls for a large string orchestra divided into three parts: the full string choir, a single desk from each section and a solo string quartet. The Tallis melody "Why fum'th in fight the Gentiles spite, in fury raging stout?" is one of nine included in the Psalter of 1567 for the first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury. The theme is heard in its complete form three times and serves as the source for a wonderful miasma of variants and developments in this rich orchestral composition.
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Delius :...
