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Frome Concerts Group present…Buck Brass Trio

Posted on July 29, 2016

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Frome Concerts Group popular Tea Time concerts welcome the Buck Brass Trio featuring Daniel Walton (trumpet), Timothy Ellis (horn), Richard Buck (trombone).

Programme to include pieces by Bach & Beethoven.

Frome Concerts Group present…Accordion & Viola duo: Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade & Michael Iskas

Posted on July 29, 2016

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Frome Concerts Group’s popular Tea Time Concerts season kicks off with Accordion & Viola Duo Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade (accordion) & Michael Iskas (viola).

Mr Rook’s Speak Easy & Openstorytellers Present: The Storyteller’s Bardic Chair of Somerset

Posted on July 29, 2016

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The Storytelling competition organised by Openstorytellers is back! Eight tellers compete for the Bardic Chair with the winner chosen by the Fates – last year they picked the MC who wasn’t even competing, who will they choose this year?

Mr Rook’s Speak Easy Presents: Return to Lyonesse by Mike O’Connor and Barbara Griggs

Posted on July 29, 2016

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Kings and queens, saints, sinners and shape-shifters: their fate hangs in the balance…
Return to Lyonesse is a stunning storytelling performance from Mike O’Connor, accompanied by harpist Barbara Griggs.

Rooklings Presents: The Whale’s Tale by Music Box Participatory Performance/Workshops for Families

Posted on May 17, 2016

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A whale climbed a mountain, a statue spoke and people walked on water. Journey between land and sea to where stories are born.
With Sharon Jacksties and Pete Mona. ‘This well-known and much-loved storytelling and music partnership blend story and music into crafted shows.’

Mr Rook’s Speak Easy presents…The Whale’s Tale

Posted on April 18, 2016

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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

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The Frukes are back for a fun-packed fundraising* gig aided and abetted by Dexter’s Extra Breakfast.

Get your dance shoes on and come up to Rook Lane Chapel for a great night out!

Mr Rook’s Speak Easy presents…Rebranding Beelzebub

Posted on March 31, 2016

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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

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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

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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.

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