Neil Maya Quartet

Date: Friday 26th February 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

The Neil Maya Quartet have been thrilling audiences with their own personal  take on jazz for the past seven years having played all over the Southwest and beyond appealing to jazz and non jazz fans alike.

Playing to the highest standards this quartet of professional musicians, whose roots also lie in classical music, play music which is dynamic, lyrical, accessible to the public at large and often with a humorous slant

Cradle to the Grave

Date: Saturday 6th March 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

A pot-pourri of poetry and music based around Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man with verse and music from such diverse sources as A A Milne, e e cummings, Wendy Cope, Holst, Elgar and Pink Floyd!

Chris & Siobhan Nelson

Date: Friday 12th March 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

Chris and Siobhan have been performing music together in a variety of folk bands for more than 20 years, having first got together when they were members of 'rogue folk' band Cluster of Nuts in the 1980s.

They are currently wowing audiences with their engaging performances of traditional and contemporary songs, with accompaniment on fiddle, mandola, tenor guitar or viola, or sung a cappella.

There are songs to bring a tear to your eye and songs to make you smile - and a fiddle tune or two for good measure.

Delbridge & Lewsey

Date: Friday 26th March 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

Bass Jonathan Lewsey will be joining pianist Jonathan Delbridge in this concert of Russian music.

Trifle Gathering - Charity Shop Cabaret

Date: Saturday 10th April 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

As all our belts tighten and the economy frightens us into cutting back and scrimping, Trifle Gathering hit the road with their exhilarating Charity Shop Cabaret.

The South West’s leading exponents of delirious wit present a hilarious tour through Elspeth Garter’s charity shop - a welcoming world of romance, rummage, jumble and joy.

Not having seen a customer for eight months Elspeth and her volunteers have been forced to take their charity shop on tour.  They fill their days with pin-board news, dance routines, tea ceremonies, frugal tips for frugal times, and the saucy delights of Mills and Boon… all set to the classic sounds of their vintage vinyl resident DJ… while an extraordinary love story unravels that will leave the audience gasping.

Trifle Gathering have teamed up with True West’s Nick Whitby (writer on C4’s ‘Smack The Pony’ whose plays have been produced on Broadway and the Donmar Warehouse) to bring you a new and expanded version of this boisterous pot-pourri of pure entertainment.  Using film, physical theatre and a mesmerising musical score, you will enter a unique and loveable world of Bingo and the Bizarre.

“Fantastically funny and surreally absurd from start to finish.  Go see, and prepare to fall in love”  - (Western Morning News)

“Thanks for making me laugh today” - (Retired Charity Shop Manager)

“You owe me a pair of dry pants!”
“No slacks in this show only treats and bargains galore!”
“Delightful, warm hearted humour, human, touching and hilarious.”
 “You utter, utter Wrong’uns!!”
(Audience Members)

Audiences are encouraged to bring along an item for the charity shop.  No object too odd !

The show is suitable for ages 8 and over. 

Blackheart

Date: Friday 16th April 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Sterts Studio

Just 2 years into their collaboration as Blackheart, Welsh singer Chrissy Mostyn and guitarist Rick Pilkington are widely regarded as the fastest rising stars of the new folk generation having become established for both their live concerts and their outstanding debut album ‘Indigo’.

Peter Pan Concert

Date: Friday 23rd April 2010
Time: 19:30 (Doors open at 19:00)
Venue: Rilla Mill Village Hall

A sparkling mix of songs and cabaret acts that will entertain all ages.

This concert is to raise funds for Peter Pan, the Sterts Family Show for the summer.