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SUMMARY:Clun Valley Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Clun Valley Jazz is taking a break all events have been cancelled-\nFor details   VISIT WEBSITE CLICK HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/clun-valley-jazz/
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CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:LIVE THEATRE: Grandad Anansi
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nAn uplifting tale of love\, courage and letting go. \n“A colourful\, amazing production” The Guardian\n\nAbi and her Grandad tell each other Anansi folktales. They play games as they work together in the garden among the beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables. As they plant memories\, they share secrets and develop a bond that nothing can break. Grandad is as smart and mischievous as the wily Anansi legend. Can he find a way to tell his granddaughter about his plans to return to Jamaica\, his beloved homeland? \n   \n★★★★”Storytelling\, and its extraordinary power\, is at the centre of the piece” Sardines\nJoin our intrepid characters in this humorous and heartfelt intergenerational adventure\, as they step into the unexpected. With evocative live music\, Grandad Anansi is an uplifting tale of love\, courage and letting go. \nWritten by award-winning children’s author Elayne Ogbeta\, Grandad Anansi is a Half Moon and Z-arts co-production: an exciting collaboration by the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company and Manchester’s award-winning venue for children and families. \n“Half Moon are creating important\, beautiful and powerful work for young people” Children’s Theatre Reviews\n.
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/live-theatre-grandad-anansi/
LOCATION:SpArC Theatre
CATEGORIES:Art,Music,Theatre
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SUMMARY:LIVE MUSIC : No 1 Ladies Accordion Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLink for booking is direct with the orchestra. \nJOIN US FOR A DELIGHTFUL EVENING WITH CAKE !! \nAny misgivings about this particular instrument (particularly played en masse) were well and truly banished.  We were treated to an amazing range of tunes played with great skill and enthusiasm by the No 1. Ladies Accordion Orchestra\, comprised of no less than 15 accordions and one drum kit.  The accordions are arranged in sections\, each taking different parts to produce a seamless combination of interesting melodies and harmonies.  During the second half\, the introduction of a basso accordion added an outstandingly beautiful resonance and depth to the overall sound. \nIn a wide-ranging repertoire\, pure joy was to be had from the group’s accomplished rendition of the fabulous Astor Piazzolla’s ‘Liber Tango’\, played with great style and energy.  Other musical influences included jazz\, blues and Eastern European music with one of my favourites\, a Macedonian piece called ‘Jovano Jovanka’\, hidden in the midst of a Jewish folk dance.  Some familiar tunes\, such as ‘Loch Lomond’ and ‘Scarborough Fair’\, were interestingly arranged and well produced\, and Robbie Burns’ ‘A Fond Kiss’ was set to music with heartrending effect.  I also loved the ‘Beguine for Bert’\, a melodic and gentle piece written and arranged by the orchestra’s leader\, Jane Ward\, which demonstrated well the accordion’s capability for subtle harmonies\, crescendos and diminuendos. \nThe accordions (mostly 120 bass and with a wide range of reeds or ‘voices’) come from Italy\, whilst their players are from all over the UK.  They meet approximately six times a year to engage in intense weekends of music making and rehearsal (apparently interspersed with much jollity and fine dining) in order to put on performances such as this one. \nBy the end of the evening\, the audience had been treated to a unique and detailed tour of the accordion\, with all its quirks and intricacies\, through both the music and some informative banter between numbers.  Those of us who have one languishing in a cupboard somewhere should retrieve it\, dust it down and start playing again\, preferably with as many other accordions as possible!
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/live-music-no-1-ladies-accordion-orchestra/
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CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:The Royal Ballet: La Fille Mal Gardée
DESCRIPTION:Screening Via Satellite \nEscape to the countryside with Frederick Ashton’s ballet about a capricious girl who hopes to marry her love. Brimming with humour and choreographic invention\, La Fille mal gardée is the perfect ballet for all the family. \nLise\, the only daughter of Widow Simone\, is in love with the young farmer Colas\, but her mother has far more ambitious plans for her. Simone hopes to marry her off to Alain\, the son of the wealthy proprietor Thomas. Desperate to marry Colas rather than Alain\, Lise contrives to outwit her mother’s plans.\n65 years after its premiere\, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside. La Fille mal gardée whisks us away into pastoral bliss with Ferdinand Hérold’s cheerful score and Osbert Lancaster’s colourful designs.
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/the-royal-ballet-la-fille-mal-gardee/
LOCATION:SpArC Theatre
CATEGORIES:Ballet,FREE STUDENT TICKET OFFER,Music,Theatre
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SUMMARY:LIVE MUSIC : WILL BARNES QUARTET - OUTSIDE THE LIGHT TOUR
DESCRIPTION:★★★★ “Springy deftness… Cool precision… Serious chops…” Andy Cowan\, Mojo \n“Playfulness and invention throughout” Soweto Kinch\, BBC Radio 3 \nFresh off the success of their debut\, Outside the Light—a powerful new set of original jazz. Inspired by the wild beauty of Mid Wales\, their sound is sharp\, lyrical\, and rhythmically bold. With deep musical connection and refined touch\, the quartet invites you into a world where emotion and improvisation flow as one. \nFollowing the critical acclaim of their debut album Source of the Severn\, the Will Barnes Quartet returns with Outside the Light—a bold and expressive new chapter in their artistic journey. This second album deepens the group’s exploration of the interplay between jazz improvisation and the evocative landscapes of Mid Wales and the Welsh Marches. Through a collection of original compositions\, the album weaves lyrical beauty with intricate rhythmic interplay. \nAdults £15 Under 18 £5 \nGroup Ticket 4 adults available £50
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/live-music-will-barnes-quartet-outside-the-light-tour/
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SUMMARY:LIVE MUSIC : Širom
DESCRIPTION:“Širom fashion maximalist avant-garde soundscapes from antique acoustic instruments like the balafon and hurdy gurdy. Their artfully rootless roots music makes an impassioned statement both aesthetically and\, more opaquely\, politically too.”  — Uncut  \nThe Slovenian avant-folk trio Širom are back with a sonically and thematically expansive 5th album; a thrilling follow-up to their widely praised 2022 release The Liquified Throne of Simplicity. Navigating almost two dozen instruments (some of which they’ve handcrafted)\, and hypnotic compositions that often exceed ten minutes in length\, Ana Kravanja\, Iztok Koren and Samo Kutin court patient\, deep-dive listeners    via intricately woven atmospheres\, rhythms and sonics. \nIn the Wind of Night\, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is arguably the sharpest evocation yet of the group’s highly collective music process\, enveloping rustic melodic folklore\, outernational textures\, non-linear song structures and dissonance\, and a buzzing ambiance that can at times feel like an ecstatic ritual.   \nFew experimental ensembles from the last decade have created an ouevre as singular and unmistakable as that of this far-sighted trio from the disparate landscapes of Slovenia. Širom truly sound like no one else.  \nAna Kravanja: violin\, viola\, ribab\, qeychak\, balafon\, frame drum\, chimes\, various objects\, percussion\, fipple flute\, voice \nIztok Koren: banjo\, three-string banjo\, gembri\, morin khuur\, balafon\, percussion \nSamo Kutin: hurdy gurdy\, bass harp\, harmonium\, lyres\, frame drum\, tampura brač\, brač\, lute\, chimes\, balafon\, acoustic resonator\, various objects\, voice \n  \nAdults £15 Under 18 £5 \nGroup Ticket 4 adults available £50
URL:https://www.sparctheatre.co.uk/event/live-music-sirom-2/
LOCATION:SpArC Theatre
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