The Big Jazz Choir as you’ve never seen or heard us before! Think of your favourite song from the 1960s and we’re probably singing it. We’re including numbers from The Kinks, David Bowie, The Beachboys, Motown classics, Joni Mitchell and of course The Beatles among many other popular music giants. Featuring guest soloists as well...
A cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go. The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by David Hemingson. Set in late 1970 and early...
Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists, trailblazing musicians and composers, Shirley Smart is equally at home and well versed in jazz, blues, folk, middle eastern and world music, as well as classical music. Drawing upon 10 years of living and working in Jerusalem where she embraced the overlapping worlds of...
Down the Drain delves deep into issues around climate change and Cornwall's fresh water – looking at everything from heavier rain leading to more sewage overflows, flooding and loss of topsoil. Following the film we will be discovering how we can work together to take action Beyond the Individual . We know that everyday actions...
With a sound that is both raw and intimate, James Dixon engages his audiences across the country with heartfelt lyrics, soulful vocals and a guitar style described as “red in tooth and claw” (Americana-UK) Heavily inspired by Chris Whitley, John Martyn, Kelly Joe Phelps, Neil Young, Nic Jones, Chris Wood and Ralph McTell. “Melodic, soulful...
Follow a group of children who are evacuated to a Yorkshire village during the Second World War, where they encounter a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home. The Railway Children Return is a 2022 family drama film directed by Morgan Matthews and written by Danny Brocklehurst. It is a sequel to...
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...
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...
Operation Emotion presents a film, The Bite of the Vampire and a performance from Stephen Hart. The Bite of the Vampire follows the on-going trial of Thomas Smith who was a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. The story follows his daily struggles as a survivor of sexual...
One Life is a biographical drama film directed by James Hawes. Based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, the film alternates between following Anthony Hopkins as a 79-year old Winton reminiscing on his past, and Johnny Flynn as a 29-year old Winton attempting to help groups of Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia...
Sadly Laura has been advised not to travel for health reasons so has had to postpone this concert. She will give us new dates as soon as she is able to travel again. After an outstanding performance in April of last year, Calstock Arts is delighted to welcome back Laura, winner of the coveted...
BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented collaboration, following the creative evolution of the classical composers inspired by folk. Driven by a maverick curiosity, having stumbled upon a completely new world of sound, they combine the traditional instruments of...