Cotswolds & Forest of Dean - Britain's Rural Capital of Culture » gloucester http://www.cotswoldsculture.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:13:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rhythm and Muse http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/rhythm-and-muse/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/rhythm-and-muse/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:13:05 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=959 Several years ago, Rhythm and Muse toured 8 festivals and 5 arts centres over a period of one year. They have been asked to get back together again and will be appearing at St Mary De Lode church, Gloucester, for the Three Choirs Festival on Friday 13th August at 10.15pm.

An exciting and unusual evening combining the awesome talents of international guitarist Rick Payne with the relevant and irreverent verse of the star of the roaring boy world of performance poetry, Peter Wyton.

Slide guitar maestro Rick Payne’s performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and the Greek Islands.

Reviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.

Peter Wyton has twice been nominated for the Forward Book Of Poetry, appearing in it in 1997 alongside Seamus Heaney, U. A. Fanthorpe and Ruth Padel. He has appeared at events as diverse as Cheltenham Literature Festival and Glastonbury, Radio 4 and Oxford TV delighting everyone from formalists to the avant-garde. Reviewed as; ready with irony, riddled with word play, acute with enquiry and a real writer with something to say; often something uniquely skewed. He writes with economy and wit.

Each is widely known as a solo artist. As the duo Rhythm And Muse they mix their solo work with collaborations of both arts. The music encompasses Celtic, traditional American folk, mediaeval, Spanish and of course blues and ragtime. The poetry ranges from the reflective to the hilariously funny and always has a cutting edge.

‘Just brilliant – nicely put together, lots of laughter with honest and well thought out perceptions of life intertwined with some great music. This partnership is destined for much higher things. ‘The Lowdown’

http://www.rickpayne.co.uk/

www.myspace.com/peterwytonpoet

Tickets available from the Three Choirs Festival Office – 0845 652 1823

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July sees Open Air Theatre, Gloucester Carnival & the World Together Festival, whilst August includes Volleyball, Witches & Wizards, Seaside Fun and a celebration of Jamaican Independence Day.

Find out more at www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/site/whats-on/summer-in-gloucester

]]> http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/summer-in-gloucester/feed/ 0 As I Walked Out… http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/as-i-walked-out/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/as-i-walked-out/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 10:12:27 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=892 ‘As I Walked Out’ is an eight week journey with four donkeys, chickens, carts, children, young people and nationally commissioned artists and writers travelling on foot across the six districts of Gloucestershire.

Along the way there will be six public weekend events, one in each district. At each site there will be art workshops, guided walks, donkey grooming, and opportunities to camp.

We’d love you to join us for one or more of these activities or go the whole hog and volunteer to walk a leg of the journey with us.

 

 

Weekend Dates:

Stroud

Westley Farm, Chalford GL6 8HP. 26th – 27th June 2010

Cotswolds

Cotswold Forest School, Spine Road East, Cotswold Water Park. 3rd – 4th July 2010

Cheltenham

Cheltenham Race Course GL50 4SH. 17th – 18th July 2010

(Priority Booking for disabled young people and their families)

Tewkesbury

Nature in Art, Twigworth GL2 9PA. 23rd – 24th July 2010

Gloucester

Over Farm, Gloucester GL2 8DB. 30th – 31st July 2010

Forest of Dean

Millers Farm, Blakeney GL15 4AP. 14th – 15th August 2010

‘As I Walked Out’ is part of Gloucestershire’s cultural Olympiad programme of events, sponsored by Gloucestershire County and District Councils. For more details see www.asiwalkedout.com.

]]> http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/as-i-walked-out/feed/ 0 Be enchanted… http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/enchanting-dance-for-gloucester-stroud/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/enchanting-dance-for-gloucester-stroud/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:35:48 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=859 Enter an enchanted world of dance with veils and candle dances with  The Haziz Egyptian Belly Dancers at Gloucester Guildhall & The Cotswold Playhouse. Egyptian belly-dancing features, but also displays of classical and traditional styles from the Middle-East, including folk dances from Tunisia and Upper Egypt, Persian dance, a cheeky Melaya dance from Alexandria, Khaleegy from the Arabian Gulf, an amazing group veil dance, a mesmerising group candle dance, Isis wings, Burlesque, Whirling meditative, Algerian Scarf dance, Transylvanian Gipsy dance, Cuban style, plus many other fabulous group and solo dances. From classical to cabaret, the show is breathtakingly choreographed.

The show will be performed at Gloucester Guildhall  on Saturday 24th April and then for 2 nights at The Cotswold Playhouse, Stroud on Friday 25th & 26th June 2010.

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Presented by Spaniel in The Works Theatre Company at the Gloucester Guildhall.

Hanged men, witches, sea serpents and drunken fairies can all be found in Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company popular one hour show Dark Tales of Gloucestershire.

Dark Tales of Gloucestershire takes traditional folk tales from the county and retells them in a lively, funny and exciting way using rhyme, music, dance and puppets.

Tickets can be purchased from Gloucester Guildhall.

]]> http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/dark-tales-of-gloucestershire/feed/ 0 See in 2010 with The Spiegel Sessions http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/see-in-2010-with-the-spiegel-sessions/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/see-in-2010-with-the-spiegel-sessions/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:49:30 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=735

The Spiegeltent We’re thrilled to announce that UK folk/punk king Frank Turner is to visit Gloucester for an exclusive live show in the Spiegeltent on New Year’s Eve.

The former Million Dead frontman has been amassing an army of dedicated fans since going it alone in 2005, and his brand of honest, from-the-heart songwriting, catchy melodies and punk passion have seen him become one of the UK’s most distinctive musical exports.
Three years of writing and touring and hard work all clicked at Reading and Leeds Festivals 2008, where inside packed out tents, heaving with adoring fans and intrigued passers-by, Frank led a mass sing-a-long with a stirring set that not only sparked the interest of the British mainstream but resonated in the US as a wealth of American punk bands watched approvingly from the sidelines.

The same year came his second album, ‘Love, Ire & Song’, picked up by just about every self-respecting alternative DJ on the music scene, plus a few of the mainstream ones. The gigs got bigger, and Uncle Sam came knocking. Frank performed at the famous SXSW Festival back in March, signed to legendary US punk label Epitaph, and is now doing really rather well over there as well, don’t you know.Frank Turner

His third studio album, ‘Poetry Of The Deed’, was released in September and saw Frank in rockier mode, tearing up the charts and bringing his music to that wider audience he’s deserved for so long. His UK and European tour was a sell out, and we’re thrilled to be welcoming him to perform an intimate show to a packed Spiegeltent on New Year’s Eve 2009, with special guests, surprises and much, much more.

£25 advance + booking fee, doors 8pm, over 14s, tickets from www.bristolticketshop.co.uk.

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If you like good music, you need to be at the Spiegel Sessions on the 16th Decemeber.
The excellent ‘Stornoway‘ will be rocking the tent! Click image for more info.

]]> http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/stornaway/feed/ 0 The Spiegel Sessions http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/the-spiegel-sessions/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/the-spiegel-sessions/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:46:03 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=624 spiegeltent

Coming to Gloucestershire for the first time ever- and for a limited period only… the stunning Belgian Spiegeltent! The tent is an ornate, early twentieth century travelling venue dressed with wood panelling, mirrors, stained glass and velvet-lined seating booths, and is definitely sure to be the talk of the town this Christmas! The tent will be open for business as a cafe-bar by day, and as Christmas party, show and concert venue by night.

Cotswolds Culture is pleased to announce the following Speigel Sessions:

30th November – The Damned

16th December – Stornoway

17th December – Heart Club Classic presents Abba Party with Abba Gold

18th December – The Wurzels

Full details and tickets for the gigs will be available online at www.christmasingloucester.co.uk from the 11th November.

]]> http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/the-spiegel-sessions/feed/ 0 Last chance for Harry Potter…. http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/last-chance-for-harry-potter/ http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/last-chance-for-harry-potter/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:34:02 +0000 Culture Vulture http://www.cotswoldsculture.com/?p=600 Harry Potter movie screening at Gloucester Cathedral…Harry Potter tickets that is.

The last few tickets for the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince screening at Gloucester Cathedral on Thursday 29th October have been released.

Watch the latest Harry Potter Movie in the unique setting of Gloucester Cathedral where scenes from the movie were filmed.

 Adult £10 Children £8

 Contact 01452 207027 to book your ticket – but be quick!

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Gloucester Tall Ships Festival

Gloucester Tall Ships Festival

Gloucester Tall Ships Festival will take place in and around Gloucester with a range of on and and off water activities including live music, street entertainment, comedy, boat trips and family entertainment.  Residents and visitors to Gloucester are promised a spectacular weekend with the return of the city’s multi-award winning Tall Ships Festival.

Click here for the Tall Ships Flyer

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