A welcome return for Mill favourites Rag Mama Rag. Husband and wife duo, Ashley and Deborah, deliver a barnstorming mix of 20's and 30's Mississippi Blues and ragtime, alongside original compositions. Playing everything from lapsteel and bottleneck guitar, to dobro, ukulele, washboard, harmonica, spoons and African drum, they'll have your feet tapping and a smile on your face from start to finish!
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Tickets: £13.75 (price covers the music only).
To book, please call 01395 568521 or visit the Mill Shop in the Mill building...
Another first Mill visit, this time from London bluesman Papa George, whose 30 year career has earned him a well-deserved reputation on the blues circuit as one of its top guitarists and vocalists. In February 2013, he was inducted into the American Blues Hall of Fame - praise indeed! This internationally respected musician plays in the deep blues tradition on steel and acoustic guitars. The gritty passion of his vocals, finesse on the blues frets, and skills as a master entertainer combine to deliver a captivating performance full of heart and soul.
It's 1899 and the 24-year old Winston is approaching the twentieth-century with little to his name but a shambolically unsuccessful election campaign. Neglected by his parents and a failure at school, Winston takes a job as a war correspondent and finds himself posted in South Africa, embroiled in the Boer War. Less than a month later, he is an escaped prisoner-of-war, on the run in the vast South African savannah, taking cover at the bottom of a deep mineshaft. With nothing but rats for company, the young Winston’s mind quickly sinks into paranoia and despair. As the moment for a fresh...
‘This is the minute I imagine most of all. I imagine it because though I know it happened I can’t actually remember it. Why would I? I’m five weeks old and wrapped in yellow wool.’
Kate’s not exactly sure how long she’s been talking to you. Maybe it’s a second. Maybe it’s a minute. Maybe it’s ten. What she does know – and what you need to remember – is that this moment is the most important moment in the universe. It’s the moment before Kate dies.
Presented as a work in progress in Blueprint WBN explore what might happen when you give a writer, a director and a group of...
‘We’re looking at the same stars but not in the same way.’
ne morning not very long ago, Paul woke up, packed his bags and, leaving behind his partner and his job, caught a train to Penzance. From there, armed only with a map found in his father’s belongings, he began to walk St Michael’s Ley Line. Following the path of the sun from St Michael’s Mount to the coast of Suffolk he has been bewitched in Dartmoor, danced with Boudicca and, if we believe him, fought a dragon (or two). Now Paul’s here to tell you the story.
Mixing travelogue with historical fact (and fantasy)...
“There’s not a limit to what can be said, only a limit to how honest we are prepared to be” A doctor and his wife move to the country to start a new and better life, but their rural idyll is shattered one night by his discovery of an unconscious girl by the side of the road. Who is she and why does he bring her back to the house?
Martin Crimp is one of the most innovative and leading contemporary playwrights in British theatre today. Written with cool precision and the poetic force of language, The Country, his critically acclaimed psychological thriller, is a riveting exploration...
The development of printing was as vital to the Tudors as computers are to us. It revolutionised the information available to the common man. Explore the stories of Tyndale and Coverdale and create prints of your own.
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 3.30pm.
All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.
Admission charged: adults £4, children £1.50, families £10, concessions available.
Part of the Family Arts Festival, 18 October to 3...
Not quite as gory as you might think! The Elizabethans were obsessed with their image and portraits indicate their wealth, achievements, interests and victories. Try on some of our replica clothes and make your own version or explore the wealth of pattern and how it was ‘quartered’ or designed.
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 3.30pm drop-in.
All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.
Admission charged: adults £4, children £1.50, families £10,...
In Tudor times there was increasing demand for expensive and beautifully crafted items. Exeter was renowned for its goldsmiths and the son of one of them, Nicholas Hilliard, became a famous painter of miniatures to the court of Elizabeth I. Emboss a ‘silver’ goblet, paint a miniature or embroider a purse.
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 3.30pm drop in.
All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Some activities are messy so do wear clothes that can get dirty. If an activity is busy there may be a short wait.
We talk about the ‘Bronze Age’, the ‘Iron Age’ and even the ‘Age of Reason’. What is the legacy of our age? Explore, design and make key artefacts.
10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 3.30pm free drop-in.
Call in when you like and stay as long as you like. All children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adults can watch/supervise for free.
Part of the Family Arts Festival, 18 October to 3 November 2013, the first UK-wide festival of art events which are designed with families in mind. Supported by Guildhall Shopping Centre – Kingdon/Silver Business...
