19:30 - 20:15 THE ZOO STORY For details see Event 1213 Victoria Park Donations welcome. Event 1509
19:30 - 21:30 BELLS AND WHISTLES Performance poet Muriel Lavender premieres her new show en route to the Edinburgh Fringe, with dazzling costumes, outrageous shoes and saucy musings on these modern times. The Bell Inn, Rode £6. Event 1510
Cara Dillon
19:30 EUROPEAN UNION CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Cello:
Tim Hugh
Mozart Haydn
Tchaikovsky Grieg
Serenade KV406 Cello Concerto in C Elegy
Holberg Suite
This concert represents a very exciting moment for the festival as it hosts one of Europe’s leading chamber orchestras. Comprising principals from all Europe’s major symphony orchestras, the ensemble boasts a formidable international reputation that draws the world’s greatest soloists. Festival Artist in Residence Tim Hugh joins the widely acclaimed ensemble for Haydn’s joyful Cello Concerto. St John’s Church £23. Event 1514
Jo Caulfield
19:30 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Heartbreak Productions, in association with the Bath Jane Austen Festival, transforms Bastion Garden into a magical theatre setting where Darcy casts his spell in this classic satire on class and manners. Fancy dress period costumes welcomed! Charity event for Positive Action on Cancer. Bastion Garden, Monmouth House £14. Event 1508
19:45 JO CAULFIELD Following a sell-out success at last year’s festival, a new radio show and a nomination for a 2010 LAFTA Award, Jo Caulfield returns to Frome with loads of new material. Caulfield’s TV credits would fill this page but it’s safe to assume her writing credits on all five series of BAFTA-winning So Graham Norton reveal the full scale of her comic talent. Merlin Theatre £15. Event 1512
20:00 THE JON LLOYD QUINTET With a delivery that’s ‘as persuasive as a speaking voice’, alto and soprano saxophonist and bass clarinettist Jon Lloyd brings two decades on the UK contemporary jazz scene and a new international line-up to the festival; with Frome’s John Law on piano, drummer Asaf Sirkis, guitarist Rob Palmer and Rod Teague on electric bass. We are worthy! Rook Lane Chapel £10. Event 1513
20:00 doors open CARA DILLON Having spent 2010 winning Album of the Year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Hill of Thieves, recording songs for Disney’s TinkerBell, releasing a live DVD and giving birth to a third child, Frome’s Cara Dillon told husband Sam Lakeman that she wanted to tour this year! Give a big festival welcome to “one of Ireland’s great singers” as she headlines her adopted town. Standing only. Age 14+. Cheese & Grain £17 adv. / £20 door. Event 1515
21:00 TRACY JANE SULLIVAN Having worked with Mad Professor, Beth Orton’s guitarist Ted Barnes and Dave Stewart’s session drummer Gavin Harrison, Tracy Jane Sullivan mixes the best of reggae, jazz, country and soul with consummate ease.
www.myspace.com/tracyjanesullivan Griffin Inn Free. Event 1516
22:00 - 24:00 RADIO BANSKA World jazz quintet Radio Banska mix Latin, East European, Middle Eastern and jazz styles to stunning effect, with Nina Trott on violin, Dave Spencer electric guitar, Tony Barby acoustic guitar and Peruvian charango, Tosh Wijetunge double bass and drummer Mark Whitlam. Archangel £4. Event 1517
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