Double Bill in association with Cygnet Theatre & Wren Music
Singers and sound artists Nick Janaway and Sarah Owen perform a genre-defying mix of live sampling and traditional folk song, with voice at the heart of the music. “Arresting, atmospheric and thrilling – Dolarference are one of the most original acts playing English folk music” –froots magazine Rosa Rebecka Not only an outstanding vocalist but also a truly original songwriter, Rosa Rebecka produces finely crafted songs which mix haunting narrative storytelling with sublime musicality.
Rob Barratt and Robert Garnham present The Two Robbies
An evening of comic poetry, song and whimsy
Robert Garnham and Rob Barratt are two of the South West’s funniest spoken word artists. Both of the Robbies perform all around the UK and internationally. After several years of enjoying each other’s work they have come together to present an evening of thought-provoking poetry, whimsy, song and daftness.
“This is not only clever but I think it’s very funny” (Mike Harding)
An imaginative adaption for the stage of George Orwell’s allegorical masterpiece. What happens when the animals rise up. Assume power and take control of the farm.
Their revolutionary strategies for an idyllic and entirely fair existence free from human tyranny - seem tempting and preferable. No more short rations (benefit cuts), no more exploitation (zero hours contract), and no more spartan quarters (bedroom tax)... until one day power amongst the pigs turns them into arrogant and despotic masters - worse than the humans they sought to eliminate.
This event is part of ‘Shore to Shore Revisited’ a lecture, recital and concert tour given by Newfoudland’s Jim Payne and Devon’s Paul Wilson and Marilyn Tucker of Wren Music.
JIM PAYNE is a renowned Newfoundland folk singer who is best known for performing Newfoundland’s traditional sea shanties. He was born in Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland and plays many instruments, including the guitar, violin, accordion and mandolin. Besides being a singer, he is a storyteller, actor and writer. He also teaches Newfoundland square and step dances and has been inducted to the Arts...
CYGNET is passionate about Shakespeare and strives to create accessible and relevant productions which value the text and draw out the drama and themes from the plays.
TEENAGE PREGNANCY, PROSTITUTION, CRIMINALITY
In Vienna strict codes of behaviour have not been enforced by those in power for a generation and moral laxity is rife. What will it take for the Viennese authorities to regain control of the public morality and at what cost? Angelo, the new Deputy of Vienna, decides to face the problem head-on by invoking an...
DeNada Dance Theatre present a gender-bending evening of seductive and provocative dance choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra.
From a dingy cabaret in Civil War Barcelona, where a drag artiste murders her fascist lover backstage, passing through a lustful duel of seduction between two machos, and ending with a divine apparition in a kitchen of 1950’s Seville, Ham and Passion is an exhilarating and filmic spectacle that promises to subvert the senses - a true feast of meaty dance soaked in a salsa of passion.
“Perverse, sexy and flamboyant.” The Observer “Extraordinarily...
A classical extravaganza featuring professional duo Bellevoci, soprano Donna Marie Broomfield and tenor Matthew Wilding , with prizewinning violinist Yulia Northridge and pianist Ekaterina Shetliffe . The programme includes much loved instrumental pieces by Elgar, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky as well as solos and duets from Musical Theatre and Opera by Puccini, Verdi, Bernstein, Lloyd Webber and many more!
by Alfred Shaughnessy from the novel by Reginald Arkell Directed by Simon Downing
Giles Shenton, as Old Herbaceous, keeps us engrossed, entertained, amused and emotionally engaged. Old Herbaceous is an acute and sometimes hilarious observation of relationships between the classes in a gentler, simpler age.
Sprinkled with witticisms and epithets. Giles Shenton truly lives the part and makes us feel it’s a private chat from a bygone and comforting age that leaves us with a feeling that, perhaps, all’s right with the world. The humorous love story of a single-minded yet gentle...
Substance & Shadow Theatre bring you an original tale of intolerance, alienation and Findus crispy pancakes!!!
It’s the 23rd June - the day of the Euro Referendum and just another lunch time in the works canteen for cousins Len Silver and Melvyn Gould and their colleagues, but beneath their love of haute cuisine and jovial banter there’s trouble brewing. Sid Vishnu’s lentil Dahl and Don Beattie’s bangers and mash are emblems of a nation divided!
Substance and Shadow Theatre present a black comedy that will have you chewing over the remains of Brexit and deciding on a...
with Giles Shenton as ‘Herbert’ by Alfred Shaughnessy from the novel by Reginald Arkell Directed by Simon Downing
Giles Shenton, as Old Herbaceous, keeps us engrossed, entertained, amused and emotionally engaged. Old Herbaceous is an acute and sometimes hilarious observation of relationships between the classes in a gentler, simpler age.
Sprinkled with witticisms and epithets. Giles Shenton truly lives the part and makes us feel it’s a private chat from a bygone and comforting age that leaves us with a feeling that, perhaps, all’s right with the world. The humorous love...
