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Frome Concerts Group present…Buck Brass Trio
Posted on July 29, 2016
Frome Concerts Group present…Accordion & Viola duo: Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade & Michael Iskas
Posted on July 29, 2016
Mr Rook’s Speak Easy & Openstorytellers Present: The Storyteller’s Bardic Chair of Somerset
Posted on July 29, 2016
Mr Rook’s Speak Easy Presents: Return to Lyonesse by Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs
Posted on July 29, 2016
Rooklings Presents: The Whale’s Tale by Music Box Participatory Performance/Workshops for Families
Posted on May 17, 2016
Mr Rook’s Speak Easy presents…The Whale’s Tale
Posted on April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016
Why does a whale climb a mountain? Why does a statue speak? As our climate changes so do our landscapes amidst the rising waters. Journey to a place where sea is land and earth is water, travel the shores where stories are born.
Sharon Jacksties and Pete Mona are a well known and loved storytelling and music partnership – together they are ‘Stranger than Fiction’. Their unique blend of traditional tales and music creates crafted shows where mystery and danger meet.
The Frukes’ Big Spring Shindig
Posted on April 11, 2016
Mr Rook’s Speak Easy presents…Rebranding Beelzebub
Posted on March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016
Let’s shine a spotlight on Him Downstairs in a show shaped by razor wit, diabolical horror and absurd confessions. Tim Ralphs re-imagines traditional tales in a collection spanning supermarket stalls, urban sprawls, mad drunken preachers and widow’s sons. Darkly humorous with disturbing turns and a distinct whiff of sulphur. **** Fringe Guru.
Rook Lane Film Nights present…Veronico Cruz
Posted on March 24, 2016
March 24, 2016
Set in a tiny, remote village in the Argentinean mountains, the film gets its narrative from the growing friendship between a shepherd boy and a teacher from the city.
“FROM LAUGHARNE TO FROME”
Posted on March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016
This talented group of performers from South Wales take a script-in-hand journey through the controversial life of Dylan Thomas. Romantic, Bohemian, even surreal at times, his poems, short stories, letters and broadcasts provoke both laughter and tears whilst the rhythms and images of ‘Under Milk Wood’ cast a magical spell.