Come and enjoy the freedom to play awhile and dabble in a mixture of media. Have fun in good company and awaken the lighter side of living. Artists Helen Langford and Sue Fowler will be on hand to guide you through this experience!
United Reformed Church Hall
£15 (includes all materials)
Ends 12.30pm
Max: 10
Booking essential
Event Code: 1001

Led by Peter Donohoe, Frome Festival Artist in Residence, and Helen Ottaway, Composer in Residence. Peter will play and discuss a range of new works for piano from composers both young and old as well as works from both emerging local talent and established international figures.
St John's Church
Adults £6 / Children £1
Ends 12.30pm
Event Code: 1002

Frome Library
£15 for a 20-min session
Ends 4pm
Please book in advance: 01373 463131
Event Code: 1003

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Kevin returns with a colourful performance of mainly Czech music (Jan Kuchar, Leos Janacek, Jiri Ropek, Petr Eben) with a couple of Russian pieces too.
United Reformed Church
£5 (£4)
Event Code: 1004




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An Artsplash project led by Zainab Nigoumi. Drop by and let your imagination go wild and create arty postcards for a giant mosaic of Community Art. All welcome, but under 12s accompanied please. Minimum 50p donation per postcard appreciated.
Frome Library
Free
Ends 4.30pm
Event Code: 1005

Led by Penny Dunscombe, Somerset Music's Vocal Development Manager.
Join your voice with others to sing glorious harmonies, borrowed from different cultures. This is for anyone who enjoys singing, regardless of experience or ability; reading music is not necessary; bathtub singers welcome!
United Reformed Church Hall
£6
Ends 3.30pm
Event Code: 1006

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Ships that Shaped Our Lives 1800-1950, featuring Isambard Kingdom Brunel
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Brunel (1806-59), one of the greatest engineers of the Victorian age. This lively slide talk by James Taylor, author and former curator of the National Maritime Museum, outlines Brunel's remarkable life, as well as his maritime achievements, through historic paintings, drawings, photographs and artefacts.
See other Brunel 200 related events:-
Sat 08, Event: 0802; Sun 09, Event: 0903; Fri 14, Event: 1411
Marston House
£7 (£6) to include tea and biscuits
Event Code: 1007

Led by Penny Dunscombe, in her role as voice teacher and Artistic Director of the County Youth Choir. For young singers to develop performance skills. All styles of singer welcome: pop, gospel, musical theatre, classical or what you will! Fun and relaxing; no one put on the spot!
United Reformed Church Hall
£4
Ends 6pm
Min age: 11 yrs
Booking essential
Event Code: 1008

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Popular folklore holds that much of Frome is riven with tunnels. The Frome Tunnel group is on the case. The tour visits our work and will hear some of the historical detail. You won't be underground long, but there are some awkward spaces and lots of mud; information on dress and what to bring will be included with your ticket. Step into the past to see the fascinating structures hiding underground. (See also Wednesday 12, Event: 1205; and Saturday 15, Event: 1504.)
Meeting point on the ticket
£6
Max: 15
Event Code: 1009

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Experience theatre like you've never known it - amidst the streets of Frome! This adaptation of Hitchcock's terrifying thriller Rope promises theatre, murder and pub-crawls as the company make the familiar haunts of Frome their dramatic backdrop. The evening finishes at Christie's wine bar for tapas and post-show discussion (included in ticket price).
Mystery location, to be disclosed upon booking
£7.50
Max: 16
Event Code: 1010

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Paul Merton and the UK's top Impro team (Jim Sweeney, Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson and Suki Webster) take audience suggestions and create cascades of laughter.

It's the format that made Whose Line Is It Anyway? such a success!

It's seat of the pants stuff - are you up for it?
Memorial Theatre
£20
Event Code: 1011

Performance poetry for all! An effervescent evening of varied voices and the chance to win a bottle of bubbly as 'best on the night'. Lead poet is radio star and multi-slam-champ Peter Hunter,' the Poetry Hulk'. (Open mic, Max: 3 minutes per poem.)
Garden Cafe
£4
Event Code: 1012

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Bob Ladd, the Mendip Council Conservation Officer in the period when the Orchardleigh Estate was sold and broken up, will give an illustrated talk about developments at Orchardleigh over the past 25 years. The present owner is returning the house and grounds to its former glory after a period of damage, neglect and landscape degradation.
The Ballroom, Orchardleigh House
£6
Event Code: 1013

Frome's popular amateur orchestra, conducted by Stephen Marquiss and David Hynds, present another ambitious programme. Framed by Nicolai's joyful Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor and Kallinikov's gorgeous Symphony No. 1, the programme includes the world premiere of local composer Peter Burgess's Mobile Music and Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto, performed by two young cellists, Felix McKechnie and Sarah Padday.
Holy Trinity Church
£7.50 (£4.50)
Event Code: 1014

Your chance to see two of the hottest bands around. Dead Street Hotel combine eccentric psychedelic joy with psycho-country harmonising into whimsical wayward material; while the Bloody Tourists offer rough spiky punk-pop and look like angry vegans in an abattoir.
The Festival Club, Assembly Rooms
£4 adv / £5 door
Ends 10pm
Event Code: 1015

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Frome Drama Club will be holding a reading of Alan Bennett's play, which hilariously highlights the sexual excesses of the middle classes in the 1960s; with a cast that is a good mix of characters. Guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. For further details call 01373 452489 or just turn up.
The Packhorse, Christchurch Street West
Free
Event Code: 1016

This swinging seven-piece ensemble is a fine example of cohesive traditional and mainstream jazz, encompassing music from the Twenties to the 1950s. Featuring among others, Geoff Meredith on trumpet /alto sax and Hannah Wedlock on vocals.
The Granary
£7.50
8.30pm
Event Code: 1017

Seven of the finest local musicians form this formidable acoustic super group: a dazzling melee of soul, blues, country and ska. With captivating three-part harmonies, horny foot-stomping brass riffs and soaring slide guitar. Guaranteed to keep you grooving all night!
The Griffin Inn, Milk Street
Free
Event Code: 1018

Three simultaneous experimental films, each shot over a 24-hour period during full moon, accompanied by a live soundtrack featuring contemporary music by experienced local performers; led by Frome-based Tim Manning (Royal Festival Hall/WoMAD).
FILMFROME at The Fez Club, Assembly Rooms
£2 adv / £3 door
Ends 12midnight
Event Code: 1019

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