As part of a UK-wide tour, we welcome back Dave Manington’s Riff Raff who last played here in 2018. Bassist and composer Dave Manington is one of the mainstays of the London contemporary music scene. He has played with many of the pre-eminent jazz musicians in the UK and Europe and with various ensembles...
Leveret is a unique collaboration between three of England’s finest folk musicians. Andy Cutting (button accordion), Sam Sweeney (fiddle) and Rob Harbron (concertina) are each regarded as exceptional performers and masters of their instruments. Together their performances combine consummate musicianship, compelling delivery and captivating spontaneity. Leveret’s music is not arranged in the conventional sense and...
Hugh Warwick is an ecologist, one of Britains leading experts on hedgehogs and the spokesperson for the British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Hugh has studied hedgehogs for 30 years and says he has ‘used them mercilessly in my quest to win people over to my view of a kinder relationship with nature” Hugh is a natural...
The Cornish theatre company, Poppanoodle Theatre and their latest show, ‘Two Marys, Five Jacks and One Very Big Shoe’ are coming to Calstock Arts. The show is aimed at 2 to 5 year olds and there will be two performances (morning and afternoon), one during (1100) and one after school (1600). The show will last...
“She is a great artist and consummate performer. She can draw more tone colours out of the instrument than any other harpist living in the world today.” David Watkins, Professor of Harp, Guildhall School of Music Elizabeth-Jane Baldry fell in love with the harp as a little girl whilst reading fairytales in which the harp...
Ward Knutur Townes found their sound when the world fell silent. In 2020, these three singer-songwriters, (Lucy Ward, Svavar Knutur and Adyn Townes) were selected to take part in a virtual global music sharing experiment called Global Music Match. Teamed up together, they spent several lockdowns turning their stories into soft harmonies and intricate melodies....
James Halsey studied cello at the Royal College of Music with Eileen Croxford, and whilst still a senior student in the early 1980s, joined the Auriol String Quartet and was straightaway involved in more than 40 recitals each season. This love of chamber music stayed and developed throughout his career. James was cellist of the...
The Phantom of the Open is a 2021 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Roberts, about the exploits of Maurice Flitcroft. Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice. The screenplay by Simon Farnaby was based upon the biography The Phantom of the Open: Maurice Flitcroft,...
Multi-award-winning political cartoonist, Martin Rowson has agreed to run a caricature workshop at 1400 for approx an hour on the afternoon of 9th November for £10 a person. Come and get some tips and see how it’s done in person. If you would like to attend, please bring your own materials and book a place...
Martin Rowson is a multi-award-winning political cartoonist, author, ranter, illustrator, broadcaster and poet who's been assailing the world of politics and the news with his thought-provoking images for 40 years. Martin was last at Calstock Arts with his Cartoon History of Brexit in October 2019. He returns to the Old Chapel with his new show "Giving...
Described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘A worthy successor to Julian Bream’, the Australian-born guitarist Craig Ogden is one of the most exciting artists of his generation. Look at the programme for the evening here. He studied guitar from the age of seven and percussion from the age of thirteen. In 2004, he became the...
Angeline Morrison is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who explores traditional song with a deep love, respect and curiosity. She is supported by Kezia Warwood. Angeline mostly makes music in the genres of wyrd folk and psych folk, her work infused with elements of soul music, literature, ‘60s beat pop sounds, folklore, myth and the...