| Stroud Arts Festival 2012 |
Following last year's fertile partnership with SVA during the June Site Festival, The Stroud Arts Festival will again be sponsoring a number of events during this May as part of the 2012 Site Festival. These events will be celebrating the spoken and sung word beginning with Opera and ending with a wild Gypsy frolic. |
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CALLING YOUNG FILM MAKERS Stroud Arts Festival and SVA are sponsoring The Third Annual Young Film Makers Showcase in 2012. The call is out for any film makers, under 25, to submit their short films - five minutes max - on any theme or genre they choose - drama, documentary, animated, even short clips made on mobile phones. The films will be screened at SVA, John Street, Stroud as part of the 2012 Site Festival on Thursday May 24th @ 6.30 Send or drop off the film you would like shown with a short bio to: Film Showcase SVA, John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA by April 30th 2012. For more information email info@stroudartsfestival.org |
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BARBER OF SEVILLE - OperaUpClose Friday May 11th 8pm @ The Subscription Rooms, Stroud After their sell out performance of 'La Boheme' last year we recommend you book early for this event. The Barber of Seville has been transported to Jane Austen's England, a world of rich, eligible bachelors, feisty heroines and snobbish relations familiar from much-loved BBC costume dramas. Obsequious Doctor Bartleby has designs on his ward Rosina, but she is far more interested in the attentions of a handsome stranger (actually a womanising Count in disguise). The whole affair is stage-managed by Figaro, the barber who knows everyone's business and can fix your hair and love life with ease. This adaptation is sung in a new English translation which will make the show witty and accessible to modern audiences, while nodding to the style and mannerisms of Regency England. This adaptation offers a fresh take on the original for opera fans and a slick, funny introduction for those who thought opera wasn't for them. "OperaUpClose is leading an artistic revolution" SUNDAY TIMES Find out more at OperaUpClose's web site |
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BABA YAGA'S OVEN Saturday May 12th at 7.30pm
Storytellers Michael Loader (clarinet) and Rebecca Smart together with musician Martin Solomon (fiddle, accordion), invite you to a night of shapeshifting and transformation from the heart of Mother Russia In the depths of a Russian forest an Old Gypsy sits by the fire in a face off with Dame Death. All he has is a violin and some tall tales. Journey into lands where a Witch's hut whirls on the scaly legs of a chicken and a Firebird's feather may lead you to the very heart of trouble, and ask yourself the question what stories would you tell with your last breaths before dawn...? Cafe open from 6.30pm serving tasty Russian delicacies |
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A DANCE IN A DAY Saturday May 12th 10am to 5pm. Whether you've always fancied giving dance a go, or are an experienced dancer, A Dance in a Day will give all ages and abilities the rare chance together to make a dance to celebrate the Olympiad. Six experienced dance teachers from The Laban Movement Choir Project will be coming to Stroud to lead this day. They will help small groups make, practise and prepare dances which will be linked by a common theme.. At the end of the day the dances will be shared and performed to make The Big Dance. Contact Pat McDonald for more information. tel: 01285 760 930 mob. 07972 701799 Find ou more about The Big Dance at www.bigdance2012.com |
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GARLANDING THE WORLD Sunday May 20th 5-6pm at SVA, John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA Story Telling for all the family with Jamila Gavin FREE You can read about Jamila at www.lovereading4kids.co.uk |
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WITHOUT THIS ART: stories of art, craft and making Wednesday May 23rd 8pm (doors 7.30pm) Stroud Story Cabaret presents a convivial evening of spoken word and visual art. Stroud storytellers Fiona Eadie, Kirsty Hartsiotis and Anthony Nanson team up with Bath painter Ione Parkin RWA to present Without This Art, a compilation of story and image designed specially for the Site Festival, exploring two of the deep impulses that define us as human - making art and telling stories. The stories - traditional, historical and personal - tell of art, of craft and of the makers themselves, complemented by projected images of Ione's magnificent abstract paintings. Also performing ... YOU! This event is also YOUR chance to shine. Floor spots are welcomed - bring a story (max. 10 minutes), song, poem or tune; the only rule is no reading is allowed! Or just come to listen. Further information 01453 840887 |
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THE THIRD ANNUAL YOUNG FILM MAKERS SHOWCASE Thursday May 24th @ 6.30 A programme of short films made by young people from the Stroud area. Drama, documentary, animated, even short clips made on mobile phones; creativity knows no boundaries. If you are a young person with a short film you would like to submit, see CALLING YOUNG FILM MAKERS above. |
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THE SITE POETRY SLAM! Friday 25th May @ 7.30 Prepare for the heady sound of performance poetry as a bevy of brave bards vie with verse and verve to become Stroud's Slam Supremo! Heavenly hosts Sara-Jane Arbury and Marcus Moore keep it all tickety-boo as random judges rate the writing, performances and audience response to the talent on show. Who will fly over the rainbow or fall by the wayside? Come and find out! For further information, or to enter the slam, please contact Marcus on 01285 640470 or email john.marcus.moore@gmail.com - all you need is a heart that beats and a mind that speaks |
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REHEARSAL presented by Attention Seekers Saturday May 26th 8pm. A dangerous mix of Alice Oswald's electric poetry, actor/playwright Peter Oswald's unpredictably comic and tragic short plays, the mercurial skills of actor Josephine Larsen and the phenomenal talent of multi-musician/singer Nemo Jones, taking you on a journey into as yet unknown theatrical territory. An unmissable experience. More information on their web sita at www.attentionseekersproductions.co.uk |
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WHEN THE ROAD BENDS: TALES OF A GYPSY CARAVAN (film) Director, Jasmine Dellal, will be present at the screening to talk about the making of the film. Thursday May 31st Doors Open 8pm. film 8.30 A dazzling display of the musical world of the Roma, juxtaposed to the real world they live in. This rich feature documentary celebrates the luscious music of top international Gypsy performers and interweaves stirring real life tales of their home life and social background. Shot by documentary icon Albert Maysles, the film takes place on location in Spain, Macedonia, Romania and India, as well as in Europe and in the USA during the Gypsy Caravan concert tour. Vist the film's web site at www.gypsycaravanmovie.com |
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