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Nov 2024

Katie Duck: The Day After
Thursday 21 November 2024 at 7:30 PM
Katie Duck: The Day After
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Katie Duck is a mover and maker from Amsterdam. This one hour performance involves live music, film, sound, movement and text


Not Only But Also The Blues: Bad Knees Blues Band / Stompin’ Dave & Lucy Piper
Monday 25 November 2024 at 7:30 PM
Not Only But Also The Blues: Bad Knees Blues Band / Stompin’ Dave & Lucy Piper
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Our monthly session of blues-inspired music featuring great artists from the UK’s deep south west.
Another great line up of two of the best blues-inspired acts in the South West, curated here on the last Monday of every month by local bass player Mary Caffrey.


The Occasional Quintet: Recording Rites album launch
Thursday 28 November 2024 at 7:30 PM
The Occasional Quintet: Recording Rites album launch
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The Occasional Quintet music is by definition, something else, making it a unique occasion.


Film: Cabaret (15)
Friday 29 November 2024 at 7:30 PM
Film: Cabaret (15)
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Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.


Dec 2024

Fifi La Mer: Let Us Take You To Paris…
Sunday 1 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Fifi La Mer: Let Us Take You To Paris…
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Fifi la Mer and Oliver Wilby present a unique, brand new show that will take you on a journey through 100 years of French music, from Offenbach to Gainsbourg. The show features the dulcet tones of Fifi on accordion and voice, and the talents of Oliver on clarinet, saxophone and accordion. Together they will transport you to “the city of lights“  with their repertoire of musical gems, and along the way you will get to enjoy tales of mystery, romance and heartache that we so often associate with Paris.


Jazz Jam Session (first Monday of each month)
Monday 2 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Jazz Jam Session (first Monday of each month)
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The first Monday of each month starting at 7.30pm. This month’s house band will be:
Jesse Molins on guitar and your host for the evening
Mike cosgrave on piano
Joshua Rose on drums


Naissance: John Law piano and Jon Lloyd sax
Thursday 5 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Naissance: John Law piano and Jon Lloyd sax
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Pianist John Law and saxophonist Jon Lloyd play music with a quintessentially European sound and a contemporary aesthetic, containing echoes of jazz, blues and world folk music.


Mama Tokus & The King Tut Trio / The Blow Up
Sunday 8 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Mama Tokus & The King Tut Trio / The Blow Up
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A marriage of soul-jazz, mod Mama mayhem, soulful improvisations, unexpected cover versions, electric keyboard grooves, verbal riffery and some hard-funkin’ fun too.
The Blow-Up: A distinctive, dynamic mixture of instrumental cinematic jazz grooves with Tom Unwin on piano, Stig Olson on saxes and bass clarinet, Marcus Vergette on double bass and Ric Byer on drums.


Alice Armstrong
Monday 9 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Alice Armstrong
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Alice Armstrong is a multi UK Blues Awards-nominated singer-songwriter from the UK, known for her wide vocal range, unconventional lyrics, enigmatic stage presence and powerful performances peppered with her trademark sense of humour.


Steve Turner
Tuesday 10 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Steve Turner
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Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also accompanies himself on the cittern, and plays mandolin and banjo.


Film: Anatomy of a Fall (15)
Friday 27 December 2024 at 7:30 PM
Film: Anatomy of a Fall (15)
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A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.


Jan 2025

Film: Fremont (12A)
Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 7:30 PM
Film: Fremont (12A)
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Brought to life by the empathetic efforts of a talented cast and further distinguished by striking black-and-white cinematography, Fremont takes a thoughtful – and wryly funny – look at the experience of a translator who emigrates from Afghanistan to the US, trying to build a new life.


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