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31 Oct 2022
The Sensational Sixties Experience Theatre Severn 29th October 2022 If you are a regular reader of these reviews, you may know I like to look at how the music contextually dove tailed with the era and also see; what was the socio, historical and political backdrop for the music that one is to encounter. Last time one spoke of the Seventies and all the problems that brought to this country.   This...
Let your imagination run wild with our Journeys theme
12 May 2022
Get creative because we're back for another year of celebrating all things arty! The Belle Vue Arts Festival has a theme of 'Journeys' this year and there is so much to see including art trails, art exhibitions, photography exhibitions, open gardens and a poetry evening. And you can get involved by making scarecrows, trying yoga, learning how to take better photos, having a go at drumming, taking...
19 Apr 2021
Artwork featuring Wenlock Edge is being displayed in homes around the world thanks to a Shropshire printmaker. Shelley Wingrove had always enjoyed art as a hobby but it wasn’t until the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 that she set up The Little Black Mare Studio. The name was inspired by her rescue pony Maisie, who lives with Shelley, her husband and their two lurchers near Much Wenlock. “My...
Jan Park, Vice Chair of the Secret Severn Art Trail, in her studio.
16 Sep 2020
The Secret Severn Art Trail is being extended with an exciting new exhibition after the number of visitors and sales of artists’ work for the 10-day event broke all previous years’ records. Organisers are celebrating the best year yet for the popular free Shropshire trail, centred around Jackfield, by opening again for two more long weekends this month (September).  People have another chance to...
Artist Maggie Humphry
21 Aug 2020
Organisers of a popular free event on the Shropshire arts calendar are thrilled to announce that it will go ahead next month (September) with more venues and artists taking part than ever. The Secret Severn Art Trail, which is centred around Jackfield, will run from Thursday 3 September to Sunday 13 September. People are invited to enjoy artwork from the best local established and up-and-coming...
08 May 2020
One girl band of designer, illustrator and artist Cherie Jerrard has had her creative range added to the giant online presence that is Not on the High Street. "I was preparing to join the site prior to lockdown but everything sped up once the shops closed " says Cherie. 'Cherie did this' began as a way to funnel my creativity and supporting myself and my daughter. I always wanted to be an artist...
13 Nov 2019
Clun Valley Music returns this December to present a weekend of diverse and dynamic music, including a Junk Percussion workshop and two recitals from world class ensembles.  All events take place at St George's Church Clun, SY7 8JH - for more info and tickets, visit https://www.clunvalleymusic.co.uk/cvm-season-2019-20 Saturday 7th December  1pm Aurora Percussion Duo in Recital : A World of...
Jack Austerberry
16 Oct 2019
A former Ellesmere College student has given ‘fair warning’ to his rivals that he is going to be a ‘lot’ to be reckoned with in the world of auctioneering after making the final of a prestigious competition. Old Ellesmerian Jack Austerberry, 19, is the youngest specialist at Shropshire’s Halls Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers in Shrewsbury and took to the rostrum as one of the finalists in this...
The exterior at Old Downton Lodge
06 Sep 2019
Ludlow’s Old Downton Lodge is set to welcome the locally based acclaimed portrait artist, Daniel James Yeomans, for an exclusive art exhibition. On the 5th October his latest work will be unveiled from the new exhibition ‘The Unlikely Sitters,’ which is a collection of oil paintings. Daniel James Yeomans studied at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy, where he trained in the usage of...
18 Mar 2019
Art Theatre Severn Monday the 18th –Saturday 23rd March   It has been a while coming to Shrewsbury has this quirky little three hander. Written , originally in French by Yasmina Reza it has been making English people laugh for almost two decades. So obviously there was an excitement in the packed house as the lights went down and the silence descended in anticipation for what it has all been...
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