KEITH POCKETT
‘pea soup’ smog filled city. he married June, a Plymouth girl, and together they returned “home”, as he had always hoped, ten years ago.
One of the first things he did on his We’ve built a good
return to his beloved childhood town was respond to an advert in the Dartmouth Chronicle for a new group of trustees at the Flavel. Drawing on his professional experience he became treasurer and then took on the chairmanship from the original chairman Ray Bridges, in 2009. He clearly loves the Flavel and is only standing down from the
reputation and now don’t have to chase agents – we are known and contacted direct.”
nine years now and people said we wouldn’t last three! We have a loyal group of “Flavel Friends” who are very supportive and T there are not many local people who have not been to see something at won’t go to the Flavel now. “We’ve fought hard over the life of the
Flavel to counter accusations that we’re not we are elitist and I think it’s actually
chairman position because he now regularly spends three months of the year with his daughter and family in Australia. he said: “Every time i walk into the Flavel it fills me with joy, it’s
so welcoming. We have a fantastic team and many of the staff are almost like surrogate daughters to me.’ In response to the critics he added: “We’ve been going for
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demeaning to anybody people in the town to suggest that the arts are above their intellect! act as though they haven’t got an artistic bone in their body. With the new programme of live screenings from places such as the Royal Opera House we’re simply catering for the many a vast amount of local people who can’t get to London and afford huge ticket prices – I don’t see that as elitist. We charge £15 to watch it live – to cover the cost of the licence etc – as opposed to £80 plus for a ticket at the venue plus travel and accommodation. We also show mainstream films, and have a fantastic comedy programme with many big names. , and have had very successful darts nights. “The Flavel is in its ninth year now and going from strength to strength. Even though the economy is down we have grown and moved forward. We’ve built a good reputation and now don’t have to chase agents – we are known and contacted direct.” Keith’s love of the arts extends into his plans for the extra time he will have after stepping down from his role in September. He plans to explore his passion for ancient manuscripts – taking trips to the British Library Museum to read up on and challenge the integrity of some of the Greek plays, to try to establish how much they are were imbued with Catholic doctrine during their 15th Century translations. He’s expecting this to be a challenge
too: “I shall no doubt end up with more questions than answers but will have a good crack at it!”
Whilst Keith is exploring these
manuscripts, David Chapman, presently chairman of the Flavel’s management committee, will be taking over as chairman of The Flavel Trust. Keith is very confident he will do a fine job and is happy to hand him the reins. “I think David Chapman is going to
be a very good chairman for the Flavel and will develop it further. David has a different management style to me and I am giving it on to good hands. He’ll make a very good job of it.” interview by Kate Cotton
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