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Friday 16, Saturday 17, Sunday 18 May 2025

For full information on the times of acts appearing at The Flavel, please see either the Dart Music Festival official programme (available to buy at The Flavel Box Office), or download the Dart Music Festival app at www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk

THIS IS A FREE, NON TICKETED EVENT

Fri 16 May

KASPARAS MIKUŽIS (piano) - Kasparas recently played at Wigmore Hall and is completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Supported by recital scheme of The Countess of Munster Trust.

THE HOT HOUSE COMBO - Exuding a giddy blend of vintage charm and captivating rhythms, The Hot House Combo will transport you to the colourful and carefree foot-tapping era of yesteryear.

Inspired by the great musicians of the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s, this upbeat, exciting 4 piece perform songs they love and they create new ones in the same style!

ANDY QUIN - Writing music for more than 30 years, with numerous awards and many artists sampling and remixing his works, Andy Quin is one of the most successful and prolific composers in the world. His music has featured in Hollywood movies, TV shows such as Boardwalk Empire and Better Call Saul, and numerous adverts, including the famous OXO family. But his absolute passion is playing piano and, as a virtuoso jazz pianist, Andy travels all over the world. It’s not always we get a truly world class performer in our little town, but this is definitely one of them.

Sat 17 May

JESS HEYWOOD & PUPILS

JOE DOSTAL & STUDENTS

STAIRCASE OPERA - Meet some of the women in opera in their various disguises - mothers, witches, gypsies, nuns; girls who are wronged, girls who are manipulative, girls who are disappointed in love - and sometimes girls as men! From Greek mythology to a 19th century Russian country house; from Julius Caesar to Carmen – in arias and ensembles we will introduce you to characters created by Gluck, Handel, Bizet, Massenet, Puccini, Mascagni, Donizetti, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and Johann Strauss.

BACK AT NICKS - Five musicians with a unique sound playing Eclectic Acoustic Blues, and more. With Nick Ephgrave on Lead Guitar, previously with London Street Blues, influenced by Peter Green and Clapton. Ian Wederell, his playing influenced by Django Reinhardt, colours the music with his Ukelele and Tenor guitars. Trevor Cooper on Harmonicas, Kerrin Lyons on Percussion & Cajon. Nigel holds it all together on Drums.

FEADOG - A melee of harmonious harmonies and foot stomping, table bashing, pint swilling,

Guinness fuelled musical mayhem. Feadog played the Main Stage last year and we were begged by everyone who saw them to make sure they returned.

Sun 18 May

SEBASTIAN SALVATERRA (piano) & FELIX ROSENBOOM (cello)

Two multi-award winning musicians with an eclectic programme including Canciones populares españolas by Manuel de Falla and Beethoven Sonata for piano and cello no. 5 in D major opus 102 no 2.

The Royal Ballet: BALLET TO BROADWAY: WHEELDON WORKS

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

FOOL’S PARADISE 

Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created in 2007 for Wheeldon’s own company, Morphoses, and first performed in 2012 by The Royal Ballet.

THE TWO OF US

The wistful songs of Joni Mitchell set the scene for the UK premiere of The Two of Us, a duet of deep intimacy and yearning. It was created in 2020 for the Fall for Dance Festival in New York, and had American ballet dancers Sarah Mearns and David Hallberg in its original cast.

US (DUET)

Us is a tender duet danced by two men. It was created in 2017 for BalletBoyz and is set to Keaten Henson’s music.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (BALLET)  

The Royal Ballet celebrates Wheeldon’s extraordinary success in musical theatre by performing the ballet scene from his Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris. Set to Gershwin’s jazzy melodies, the musical is inspired by the 1951 film of the same name starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. The musical went on to win four Tony awards.  The full musical depicts a blossoming romance between the American G.I. Jerry Mulligan and a French ballerina, Lise Dassin. The ballet excerpt was Wheeldon’s take on one of the most memorable scenes from the film – an extended sequence in which the two central characters dance through Paris.  

LIVE: Thursday 22 May 2025, 7.15pm

Running time: 180 minutes (Runtime and intervals TBC)