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| Frome Country Market: Local Produce for Local People | 8:00-12.00 |
Frome Country Market sells cakes, savouries, preserves, eggs, crafts & garden produce. Garden fresh produce, additive free recipes. For best choice, come early; when it's gone - it's gone.
Cheese & Grain
Free admission
Event Code: 1201 | Category: Green
| Workshop: Sing Out! Adult Singing | 11:00-12:30 |
Warm your heart by singing vocal harmonies from around the world. We will learn a few juicy, easy to learn and fun to sing songs. All welcome, no written music. Rasullah co-leads Frome Community Choir and runs other local open-access singing groups. She teaches here, there and everywhere, including New Zealand, USA and Europe. Her style is encouraging, humourous and enthusiastic.
Trinity Church Hall
£4
| Max: 45
Event Code: 1202 | Category: Workshops
| One-to-One Children's Writers' Surgery | 14:00-16:15 |
Imogen Cooper, Fiction Editor at Frome's Chicken House Publishers will offer twenty-minute consultations, covering children's fiction and picture books.
Frome Library
£17
Early Booking essential - Frome Library: 01373 462215.
Event Code: 1203 | Category: Literary
| Have I Got Gardening Questions For You! | 14:00-16:00 |
Let our experts solve your gardening headaches. Public question-and-answer session on nature-friendly gardening with panellists Tommy Parker and Jules Curtis (Longleat), Alan Power (Stourhead), Charles Dowding (Fosse Way Magazine). Chaired by Liz Leyshon (Stroud Theatre Director and gardening guru).
Cheese & Grain
£3
Send your questions to: Festival Office by 30 June. Frome FM radio may broadcast this event.
Event Code: 1204 | Category: Green
| Newbolt and Sassoon - Known and Unknown | 18:00-19:15 |
World War I changed locally connected writers Newbolt (Orchardleigh) and Sassoon (Heytesbury and Mells). In readings illustrating their lives and work Susan Date and Helen Wynter return to the Festival following the success of their Wordsworth and Coleridge in Somerset.
Rook Lane Chapel
£5
Bar available.
Event Code: 1205 | Category: Literary
| Chaplin: Pip Utton - One Man Show | 19:45 |
Written and performed by Pip Utton
Directed by Geoff Bullen
Designed by Maz Bullen
Film produced and filmed by Melissa Wishart
Developed with the assistance of Arts Council England, South West
"Smile though your heart is aching. Smile even though it's breaking ."
One of the most loved tunes of the twentieth century, and it was written by one of the best-loved film actors of all time: Charlie Chaplin. Comic genius, traitor, coward, communist, sexual deviant; Chaplin was the most famous man of his age. He made millions laugh at his famous 'Tramp', but failed to find happiness himself until in 1943, aged 54, he married 18-year-old Oona O'Neil. From then until his death in 1947 he made only four more films. He once said "Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves."
Pip Utton follows his powerful portrayals of Adolf Hitler and Francis Bacon with his new play revealing a clown who had to smile though his heart was aching. Pip Utton is a Merlin Theatre affiliated artist.
Merlin Theatre
£9 (£7.50) / Friends £8 (£6.50)
Event Code: 1206 | Category: Comedy, Dance & Drama
| Show Of Hands with Miranda Sykes | 20:00 (Doors 19:30) |
Acclaimed singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumental wizard Phil Beer are acknowledged as the finest acoustic roots duo in England, and arrive on the summer festival circuit hotfoot from their third sell-out show at the Royal Albert Hall.
Rising young roots star Miranda Sykes will join them on double bass and vocals. Support comes from Megson.
Cheese & Grain
£15 adv (Includes booking fee) / £17 door (Includes booking fee)
This is a seated event.
Event Code: 1207 | Category: Other Music
| Soulful Dreamers | 20:30 |
This popular local band offers a mix of acoustic blues and sultry tunes. They feature a haunting harmonica, gifted guitarists and powerfully deep vocals. With a set that includes blues classics, jazz favourites, and original material guaranteed to put shivers up your spine.
Griffin Inn
Free
Event Code: 1208 | Category: Other Music
| Jazz Session | 20:30 |
Quality local artists will be at the Olive Tree's regular Thursday night music slot. There will also be some very special guests, so come and sample the atmosphere.
Olive Tree Inn
Free
Event Code: 1209 | Category: Other Music
| Griff Daniels and Nikki Mascall plus Special Guests | 21:00 |
Local heroes Griff and Nikki return to offer rich melodic harmonies, with a diversity of material and grooves to suit all tastes. Special guest appearance from Simon Williams on sax.
Christie's Wine Bar
Free
Event Code: 1210 | Category: Other Music