The Sterts Story
STERTS Theatre and Arts Centre at Upton Cross, Liskeard, Cornwall was the brainchild of Ewart & Anne
Sturrock. Anne and Ewart had been working within schools and the community, and were convinced that there was a need to provide an arts and environmental centre designed to fulfil a long existing desire for children, young people and adults to
meet and work together in a suitable equipped centre.
In 1982 they took the calculated risk of buying the barns and outbuildings originally belonging to the farmhouse that they owned. These buildings now form the core of Sterts. The transformation from pig farm to arts centre had begun.
The opening of Sterts Open Air Theatre on 2nd June 1990 represented a huge achievement for the centre and also a milestone for the arts in Cornwall. Although the opening night, (Othello directed by Ewart), was performed to 300 people sheltering under umbrellas, only 3 performances were stopped by rain that summer.
Sterts ran for four seasons with no protection for the audience or with a range of temporary canopies that dripped a copious amount of water on the unsuspecting public. In May 1994 Peter Brook the Minister for the Arts opened the new waterproof canopy.
Throughout its thirty year history
the building of the centre with its Studio, Gallery and Open Air Theatre has enabled many thousands of people drawn from all sections of the community to enjoy and take part in creating art in all of its forms.
For more information on Sterts including future events visit:
www.sterts.co.uk
Seth Lakeman returns to Cornwall
This summer, Seth Lakeman, widely regarded as the UK’s foremost folk singer songwriter, made his eagerly awaited return with new album ‘Hearts & Minds’, released on Relentless/Virgin on June 28th.
‘Poor Man’s Heaven’, ‘Hearts & Minds’ encompasses traditional and modern themes of love, loss and human struggle and represents a further leap forward in both songwriting and sonics.
fourth album, tackling contemporary issues such as the financial crash and the greed of politicians and the banking system, as on the title track of the album ‘Hearts and Minds’. Other lyrical themes both personal and universal are covered elsewhere, including the struggles of the working-man (‘Hard Working Man’) and soldiers losing their lives in battle (‘Spinning Days’).
To find out more about Seth Lakeman and his music, visit:
www.sethlakeman.co.uk
SETH IS ON STAGE AT STERTS ON 13TH SEPTEMBER - TICKETS WWW.STERTS.CO.UK
43 Seth has taken his story telling to a new level on his The follow up to 2008’s Top 10, critically acclaimed
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