Fifty Small Paintings

(and other improvisations with choice and chance)

Roger Jones

The paintings, post-card size, start with a big splash. These spontaneous marks are augmented with careful drawing delineating the empty spaces without modifying the original image. Further developments are made to sharpen the co-existence with choice and chance.

A sythesis perhaps?

CHE: PART TWO (15)

Spanish with subtitles
Dir. Steven Soderbergh

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Benjamin Bratt
The second half of Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic of Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

Cinema Club @ The Space
Membership - £2 (annual) Tickets £5/£3 under 20’s on the door

Dramarama Youth Theatre presents

'Tracks'

A devised piece created by the teenage dramarama participants, inspired by various 'songs of the moment' and exploring the joys and tribulations of being young adults in Stroud in 2009.

Tickets: £4.00 / £2.00

Available via the dramarama website www.dramarama.org.uk

Supported by Stroud Arts Festival

Memories, Secrets and Obsessions

Lorraine Green and Caroline Reeves

"The depth of our being lies in the experiences we have encountered."

This is a collaborative venture between two artists exploring the meaning  behind everyday experiences and our perception of the world. Within this the interaction of the work is also considered as different viewpoints strive to compliment each other.

Sat JUL 11
9.45am-5.30pm

Sun JUL 12
9.45am-5.00pm

Living Aliveness

An introduction to releasing, a profound tool for consciousness

with Joy Hicklin-Bailey

Releasing is an inner tool for enhancing emotional and mental freedom.

This is an intensive introduction to a very powerful personal and spiritual development approach you will be able to use for the rest of your life, whenever limitation or disturbance arises or whenever you wish to release perceived limits and conditioning.

The premise is we are all already whole, complete and perfect, in our Beingness. The approach will bring you more quietness and presence, ease, sensitivity, intimacy, clarity and happiness.

A deeper level of acceptance of what is allows you effortless creation and 'being happy anyway' as you enjoy the river of life.

Cost: ?139 if booked by June 29, ?159 after that

For more information and booking call 01452 813241 and 07866 470238
or e-mail joy1@secretgarden.eu.com

Visit www.secretgarden.eu.com

Pete Rosser's Jazz Workshop

Develop your jazz-playing and improvisational skills with Pete Rosser's celebrated Stroud Jazz Workshop, currently focussing on Pete's new suite Interrogations and Desires and on the works of Wayne Shorter. Don't be intimidated - all instruments and abilities welcome, plus ears open to the joys of 21st century jazz in its multifarious forms.

Cost: £20 per person

More details from Pete on 01453 763565 or peterosser@mac.com

Till the slow sea rise

Milo Newman

An exhibition of monochrome landscape photographs by rising young documentary photographer Milo Newman, focusing on the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on areas of low lying coastline around Britain.
The images, captured on a series of long walks around the British coastline act as a visual call to environmental action, reminding us of humankind’s lost connections to its environment and providing a picture of what might happen if we don’t reconnect soon.

www.milonewman.com

Gloucestershire Youth Players presents

HAMLET

by William Shakespeare

Following their successful and acclaimed production of ‘Twelfth Night’ (2008) at Longborough and Stratford, this group of young, local actors present Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. Set in 1930s Denmark, with menace growing to the south, the court finds itself spinning inexorably toward madness and desperate intrigue, epitomised by the young Hamlet, who is, like those he loves, haunted by both past, present and future. Join us for an evening full of energy, passion and high drama.

Tickets: £10 (£5.00 under 18's and Concs,)

Available from Stroud Tourist Information Centre 01453 760960 

or from GYP Box Office on 07805 813553

or request a booking form from gypgroup@live.co.uk

www.gyptheatre.com

The Spooky Men's Chorale

Genial buffoonery and immaculate, testosterone drenched vocals define the Spooky Men's Chorale, a ruthless bunch of larrikins based in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia whose stated ambition is to make women cry, small children afraid, and real estate salesmen vaguely aware that somewhere, there is a world they've never experienced.

"It is spooky. You're listening to what sounds like archangels singing ethereal harmonies. But it's a bunch of boofy men from the Blue Mountains, with a wise guy out the front wearing a furry deerstalker hat. ...If you have preconceived ideas about choirs leave them at the tent flap. This sound is sexy, powerful, at times impossibly gentle and sad, unmistakably male." - The Courier Mail

Well known on the festival circuit, the Spooky Men are a sight to behold and a wonder to the ears.

Don't miss your chance to see them here at The Space in Stroud.

Snap up your tickets fast, Oxford and Bristol gigs are already sold out so don't dither or you might miss out !

Plans are afoot for a workshop too, so watch this Space

Tickets: ?10 (?8 unwaged or U.16's) in advance. ?12 (?10) on the door

Available in Stroud from Kanes Records or Star Anise Cafe
or email: spooky@askesisconsulting.co.uk to find out how to get them by post or reserved on the door

www.spookymen.com.au

Mon AUG 10

to Fri AUG 14

10.00am -4.30pm

Shine on stage presents

West End Summer School ‘09

For 7-16yrs

It’s back and even more fun packed, energy filled and exciting! If you are aged between 7 and 16 you are invited to come and spend the week creating a jaw–droppingly fantastic performance. You can expect to be taught by the professionals, who will coach you in Musical Theatre, Improvisation, Script work, Jazz dance, and Hip Hop. Shine on Stage strives to nurture confidence, inspire creativity and promote positive self-esteem through the performing arts.

Cost: £125.00 per child with discounts for sibling groups (We have frozen our prices this year!)

Due to the sell out success of West End Summer School 2008, we advise you to book your place early for both weeks to avoid disappointment.

For further info or to book call 01923 351455 or e-mail: alice@shineonstage.co.uk
Learn more about us: www.shineonstage.co.uk

Mon AUG 17

to Fri AUG 21

9.30am -12.30pm

Shine on stage presents

The Sparkles Summer School

For 4-6yrs

The Sparkles, aged 4 – 6yrs, will spend 5 half days creating an imaginative and exciting performance for the final day. Sing, Dance and Act your heart out this summer with Dancer and TV and Film Choreographer Alice Jackson, and West End performer Jeff Nicholson. The Sparkles Summer School offers a rounded exploration of the performing arts; nurturing confidence, inspiring creativity and promoting positive self-esteem. Make new friends, learn fun dance routines and songs and Sparkle with Shine on Stage.

Cost: £85.00 per child with discounts for sibling groups

Due to the sell out success of West End Summer School 2008, we advise you to book your place early for both weeks to avoid disappointment.

For further info or to book call 01923 351455 or e-mail: alice@shineonstage.co.uk
Learn more about us: www.shineonstage.co.uk