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Christian Garrick & the Budapest Café Orchestra

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CHRISTIAN GARRICK – violin, darbuka

EDDIE HESSION – accordion

KELLY CANTLON – double bass

ADRIAN ZOLOTUHIN – guitar, saz, balalaika, domra

The refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra are BACK!! If you missed them last year, here’s your chance to catch them!

Budapest Café Orchestra bring you gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their own fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional pieces to artful distillations of the masterpieces by the great Romantic composers to Gaelic folk anthems their infectious music will get into your veins and stay there forever.

With 13 albums to their name the Budapest Café Orchestra was established in 2009 by British composer and violinist, Christian Garrick, and led by him have won legions of fans with their magical and infectious performances. A small but impeccably formed ensemble of just four players, the BCO combines violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz & balalaika to dazzling effect, creating an awesome aural alchemy normally only characteristic of far larger ensembles.

Two of the country’s celebrated international soloists revel at the heart of proceedings.Accordionist exemplar Eddie Hession is a supreme accordion champion of Great Britain. In his illustrious career he has accompanied Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Chris Rea. Christian Garrick is one of the world’s most celebrated jazz violinists. He has played music with Dame Cleo Laine & Sir John Dankworth,

Wynton Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Bireli Lagrene, Tim Minchin, Caro Emerald and John Etheridge. One of Russia's most enigmatic musical exports, The Sultan (sic Adrian Zolotuhin) is a master of the strummed strings of domra, balalaika, guitar and saz. Veteran bass-man Kelly Cantlon has been in the business of laying down the low notes for many-a-moon. Kelly first found fame in the as a Vagabond with Northern Soul

sensations Jimmy James and the Vagabonds.Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires - plus a few surprises along the way - hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship, a show by the BCO is enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube! "Not so much a band name as a whole genre of its own, Budapest Café Orchestra embraces an encyclopaedia of music and mischief." SCOTSMAN ONLINE:

http://www.budapestcafeorchestra.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/budapestcafeorchestra

Thirty-six years after the events of the first film, the Deetz family returns home to Winter River following Charles Deetz's unexpected death. Lydia's life is turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid, discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened, releasing Betelgeuse.

Join us for a delicious winter feast to celebrate the return of The Budapest Café Orchestra to The Flavel this Autumn.

The Flavel Bistro will be serving homemade Goulash (with a vegetarian option of mushroom goulash) with rice and sour cream, followed by apple and blackberry pie with clotted cream ice cream.

Spaces are limited so book your spot for a fabulous evening now!

Please book your tickets for the concert separately HERE : BUDAPEST CAFÉ ORCHESTRA

Introducing Dartmouth Comedy Club - Where Laughter Takes Centre Stage!

Gelos Network is thrilled to announce the launch of Dartmouth Comedy Club at The Flavel Arts Centre. As the premier comedy club network across the Southwest, Gelos Network brings you top names from the comedy scene, as seen on Live at the Apollo, Taskmaster, 8 out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, and more.

Join us for our inaugural show, featuring the phenomenal Hal Cruttenden as the headline act as well as performances by three additional TV name and top circuit comedians, ensuring an evening filled with uproarious laughter.

Don't miss out on this epic comedy extravaganza!

Saturday 2 November, 7.30pm

Tickets £20

English National Ballet’s Swan Lake in-the-round is coming to the big screen to celebrate the Company’s 75th Season, giving you the chance to experience the splendour of ballet on a grand scale. Derek Deane’s stunning in-the-round production has been enjoyed by over 500,000 people worldwide and offers an unmissable 360° view of one of the most popular ballets of all time. With 60 swans, exquisite choreography and Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score played live by English National Ballet Philharmonic, this film will take you to the very heart of this ‘truly awe-inspiring’ (★★★★ The Telegraph) classic.

 

Featuring Lead Principal Sangeun Lee as Odette/Odile and Principal Gareth Haw as Prince Siegfried, this production captures all the magic of the beloved ballet. From the breath-taking spectacle of shimmering swans moving in unison, to the captivating romance between Prince Siegfried and the Swan Queen Odette, this is cinema bursting with beauty, passion and betrayal.

 

Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall, this special cinema event includes never-seen-before overhead angles, giving you an aerial view of the genius choreography. Combining exceptional artistry, gorgeous spectacle and compelling drama, Swan Lake in-the-round is a cinematic masterpiece that will enthral and delight.

Thursday 31 October, 7pm

There will be two intervals

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show.

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

Directed by David Bickerstaff – Produced by Phil Grabsky

BANTER

Described as ‘The future of Folk’, Banter take English traditional music to the next level with

their iconic interpretations of classic songs and dance tunes. Touring material from their

brand new studio album ‘Heroes’, alongside some of their old favourites.

“... wonderfully, powerfully dynamic. They really rock wherever they go.” - Mike Harding

“...full of Invention.” - R&R Magazine 4* review

“... really atmospheric and exquisitely done.” - Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2, The Folk Show)

“...Folk from a parallel reality... Banter stands up proud and makes you want to shout

'Brilliant!'." - Nigel Schofield (Tykes’ Stirrings Magazine)

“... Nina Zella...Easily comparable to Christine McVie” - Northern Sky

“...If you think there’s nothing new to hear in folk music these days, listen to Banter and

think again.” - Folking.com

Find out more at www.banter.band

Girl From The North Country

Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring Tony Award-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale, Girl From The North Country reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan as they’ve never been heard before, including “Forever

Young,” “All Along The Watchtower,” “Hurricane,” and “Like A Rolling Stone.”

It’s 1934 in Duluth, Minnesota. We meet a group of wayward travellers whose lives intersect in a guesthouse filled with music, life and hope. Experience this “profoundly beautiful” Broadway production (The New York Times) brought to vivid life by an extraordinary company of actors and musicians.

Helena Clews ‘Playful Art’ (max 15 participants)

£165 for block of 5 classes to include complimentary hot drinks and biscuits

Wed 6 Nov

Wed 13 Nov

Wed 20 Nov

Wed 27 Nov

Wed 4 Dec

10am-12.30pm

With an exhibition of students work in The Flavel Gallery from Monday 2 December

An exciting exploration of techniques using a variety of different materials, including inks, pastels and acrylic paints. Helena will use a different visual resources to inspire you on a journey through playing and experimenting with different techniques and developing your artistic 'handwriting'.

Please see information on materials needed below but you will be able to 'pay as you go' on the day and use materials that she has provided.

All abilities welcome.

 

List of items needed:

Pad of thick paper - suitable for painting 220gsm (A3 or A2)

Pentel oil pastel  

Pack of soft pastel (12 or 24)

Acrylic paint set

Paint brushes

A palette

Water pot/jam jar

Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Ryan Corbett present a virtuoso programme which includes two J S Bach Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier and exciting arrangements of pieces by Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

To see and hear more about Ryan, please go to www.ryancorbett.com

Programme:

Liszt arr. Corbett - Prelude and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S 260

J S Bach - Two preludes and fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier

Gubaidulina - De Profundis

Franck Angelis - Romance

Vladislav Zolotaryov - Rondo Capriccioso

Tchaikovsky arr. Corbett - Children’s Album, Op. 39

Are you interested in becoming a ‘Classical Supporter’ for a concert or concerts in the 2025 series? For full details of the scheme please contact Helen Deakin on 01803 835882

LEE tells the story of Lee Miller, American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price. The film is not a biopic, instead it explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time and travelled to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the Second World War. She changed war photography forever, but Lee paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.

The Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band - A tribute to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan

Join the Big Yellow Tambourine Man Band on a radical tour of some of the most iconic songs from our generation’s greatest singer-songwriters, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

With stops in Greenwich Village, Laurel Canyon and the Isle of Wight, this enigmatic, multi-instrumentalist five-piece will make you feel like you’re really there, man...

Saturday 9 November 2024, 7.30pm

Tickets £22

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. It has been staged in 145 cities across 27 countries and its box office sales eclipse Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars.

To celebrate its 25th Anniversary year, Cameron Mackintosh presented The Phantom Of The Opera in a fully-staged, lavish production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of the Royal Albert Hall.

Phantom Of The Opera At The Albert Hall stars Ramin Karimloo as 'The Phantom' and Sierra Boggess as 'Christine'. They are joined by a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances.

Talk Film@the Flavel

 (like a book club but for film lovers!) Our next meeting is on Thu 14th November, 6.30pm in The Flavel Café  

FILM: LEE

 LEE tells the story of Lee Miller, American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price. The film is not a biopic, instead it explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time and travelled to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the Second World War. She changed war photography forever, but Lee paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.

 PLEASE BOOK TICKETS FOR FILM SEPARATELY HERE : Lee

Based on Isabella Tree’s best-selling book by the same title, Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.

“Extraordinary” ★★★★ Sunday Independent “Sun dappled footage of heaven on earth” The Observer "Wonderful…An inspiring true story that shows how we can revive nature and restore hope" Patrick Barkham, The Guardian "Nature is healing in this soul-enhancing, hopeful ode to the British countryside" ★★★★ Time Out "Visually stunning... a life enhancing experience" ★★★★ The Arts Desk ★★★★ The Daily Mail ★★★★ The Irish Independent ★★★★ Gardens Illustrated “Filled to the brim of joy, wonder and hope” “A lyrical hymn to the self-healing of the English countryside.” — Dog and Wolf

Tuesday 12th November 12.30pm

Join us for the next in our "Winter Warmer" series.  

A choice of soup and scone will be served at The Flavel Cafe from 12.30pm, followed by a Screening of "Lee" at 2pm.

Please book Separately for the film here : LEE

LEE tells the story of Lee Miller, American photographer. Determined to document the truth of the Nazi regime, and in spite of the odds stacked against female correspondents, Lee captured some of the most important images of World War II, for which she paid an enormous personal price. The film is not a biopic, instead it explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time and travelled to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the Second World War. She changed war photography forever, but Lee paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.

The Royal Opera

WOLF WITCH GIANT FAIRY

Running time: 65 minutes, No interval

Sung in English with subtitles

Cast:

DEVISED AND PERFORMED BY:

The Ensemble

Clare Beresford

Peter Brathwaite

Dominic Conway

Miriam Gould

Eugénie Pastor

Tom Penn

Alexander Scott

Shamira Turner

Jon Whitten

Claire Wild

Creatives:

DIRECTOR Alexander Scott

CONCEIVED AND CREATED BY Little Bulb

MUSICAL DIRECTORS Dominic Conway and Clare Beresford

SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER Samuel Wyer

LIGHTING DESIGNER Joshua Pharo

SOUND DESIGNER Ed Clarke

CONSULTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR Yshani Perinpanayagam

Do not miss this 'enchantingly staged' family folk opera, following the triumphant, Olivier Award-winning run in 2021.

Red Riding Hood is tasked with delivering bread to her Grandmother, deep in the heart of the fairy-tale forest. But en route, Red meets a cunning Wolf who tricks her into taking a different path. Along the way, Red stumbles into a colourful cast of characters, including a scary witch, a talking cat and a rather persuasive Peddler. Join our ragtag band of wild musicians as they guide all the family through this famous tale with new twists, turns, magic and song.

U3A Classics: Zenobia - Queen of the Palmyrene Empire

Presented by Mary Crawford

A highly educated, intelligent and accomplished leader. She created the largest empire that stood against the might of Rome. She created an empire that spanned from Mesopotamia Syria and Northern Egypt.