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As Iwas leaving the Bolton Octagon after watching Dav-
q id Thacker’s production of Les Smith's drama “Early One Morning”, a member of staff asked me i f I had enjoyed the , nlay and I found myself reply-.
fAjmg: ?Eqjoy isn’t actually the right word” .
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count o f the execution of Private James Smith for de- sertion in
the.First World War enthralling, harrowing and memorable.
& Les Smith, Boltom-born playwright,
wrote..the play about James Smith, a Bolton lad, in 1998 and his research is impressive; ..-"■V Smith had served in India r
-Sf/md Gallipoli, the site ofwhich ■ iTiave seen. The Lancashire Fusiliers won six VCs before breakfast and lost half the bat talion’s strength. Then Smith served on the
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■ Somme, where even more men were lost;1
’ After he gained two Good
Conduct medals Smith was buried by a shell, with a shrap nel wound in the shoulder so severe that he was sent home to recuperate.' , This incident seems to
havebeenthestrawthatbroke the camel’s back and when he returned tp the Front, Smith gave up his Lance Corporal’s stripe and began to desert. ... An excellent cast perform the emotionally draining sto- ~ry. Colin Connor is Sergeant
' Fielding, who acts as a kind of narrator..
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: i Michael Shelford is com pletely believable as Smith. John Branwell, Tristan Brooke, James Dutton and Ciaran Kellgren play both of ficers and unwilling guards. A team o f young actors from ALRA (Academy, of
' v The setting is similar to
the previous production and again the sound (Andy Smith) is powerfully effective. The shelling starts even before you enter the auditorium. This is drama to make you think. ; I was intrigued by the ar
ticle in the programme by Sir Patrick Stewart on Combat Stress. I found myself th in k
ing about my father and his brothers who never talked about their wartime experi ences (WW1I) until very late in their lives. My Father had been
Live and Recorded Arts in Wigan) perform as soldiers and members of the Firing Squad. Jessica Baglow plays Lizzie Cartwright, Smith’s girlfriend. Many ofthe actors were in the previous produc tion of “Journey’s End” and also in “Tull”, another WWI story, performed at the Octa gon and which was one of the most memorable productions I haveeverseen.
amongst the first into a con centration camp, his younger brother fought in France and Germany andhisother broth er in North Africa and Italy. I also found myself thinking about the generation of sol diers today as they face com bat. Ijusthopewearemoreun-
derstanding. I shall certainly be considering all this on Re-. membrance Day. Another su perb Octagon hit. Pippa MunroHebden
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Grandma’s guitar is Rosa’s ‘star’ ofthe show
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the very first to be made by the famous Levin company in Gothenburg. Katrina died tragically
Whatley next month. Entitled “Travels with
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my Grandmother’s Guitar”, her show will take place at Whatley Methodist Church on Saturday November 8th at 7-30 pm. Tickets are priced at £7, available directly from
the venue by calling 01254 822555. This one-woman
performance tells the tale ofits central performer, a 110-year-old guitar, through story and song, mapping out a family saga spanning the generations interspersed with Swedish folk music and family favourites. Rosa’s grandmother,
Katrina, was born on a tiny island off the coast of
Sweden.Whenshewasagirl she was given a guitar, one of
wedish-American singer/songwriter Rosa Rebecka will bring her one- woman fusion of music and storytelling to
young, but she passed on her family’s love of music, and this very special instrument, which has been handed
down from mother to daughter ever since. Katrina’s guitar is
joined by a host of other instruments during the performance, from her son-in-law’s mandolin to a Tibetan singing bowl, each with its own tale to tell. “Travels with my
Grandmother’s Guitar” forms partofSpotOn Lancashire’s rural touring autumn season and Rosa says she feels at home playing in such venues: “My grandmother came from a tiny island, and I live in the wilds of Devon - my neighbours are all sheep! - so I feel a particular affinity for rural communities. I love the intimacy of playing venues where I can perform unamplified, so I can truly engage with the audience.” The Whalley show will be
Rosa’s only Lancashire date but she will be taking part
Martin Stephenson picturedduringhisset at Glastonbury lastsummer.
Rosa Rebecka with her grandmother’s guitar, the ‘star’ o f her one woman show.
in Spot On’s mobile library adventure, travelling to. Banks in West Lancashire on the afternoon of Thursday November 6th in a mobile ' library. For more information
about this gig or to see the full Spot On season programme visit www.
spotonlancashire.co.uk, call Sue Robinson on 01254 660360, or email hello@
spotonlancashire.co.uk
National star plays village half
Much travelled, much loved British singer-songwriter Martin Stephenson is to play
■ Ribchester Village Hall this Saturday, October 25 th. Martin is touring to pro mote his latest album, “Cali-
Download Medusa album for free
Former Clitheroe-based rock band Medusa have followed in the footsteps o f rock superstars by releasing their new album as a free download. Led by Julian Molinero, the
headline-hitting trio record ed “Headcase’s Handbook” at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, sleeping in tents at a campsite 50 minutes’ walk away. Produced by Lee Batiuk,
the 10 tracks feature a range ofstyles from acoustic to punk via ska and dance. Earlier in their career, Medusa made headlines in
The Sun newspaper when they kidnapped controversial comedian Russell Brand’s gar den gnome. They got into the national
newspapers again with a video for their last album, partly recorded at The Grand in Clitheroe, which featured a bottle-swigging Tinkerbell fairy and Channel 4’s “Seven Dwarves” star Josh Bennett as a drunken Oompa Loompa. Medusa has been through
many personnel changes, and the new line-up sees singer/guitarist Julian joined
by Polish bass player Milo De Nack and drummer Stefan Hale. Julian, formerly from Blackburn, has also formed a video production company, Realm 29 Films, which also makes corporate videos and music videos, to help promote Medusa. “You can download the al
bum for free, and it includes the full artwork,” said Julian, who now lives in Camden Town, London. “There’s no code and no catches.” The link is:
www.medusa-
world.bandcamp.com
First World War concert 9
Waddington WI is presenting a commemorative First World War concert with Haslingden and Helmshore Band. It will be held at St. James’
Church in Clitheroe on Satur day November 1st at 7-30 pm. The WI is pleased to welcome back this friendly
and creative band which has been in existence since approximately 1870. A selection of First World
War music, including the songs of that era; will be played, as well as popular pieces like Marche Slave and Handel’s Largo.
Other musical memories
of the past 100 years will be performed. Tickets cost £7-50 in
cluding refreshments and are available from The Wool Shop, Moor Lane, Clitheroe, St James’ Church, or from Wad dington WI members.
. fornia Star”, which is being heralded as his finest since “Boat to Bolivia” was re leased with the Daintees al- most3oyearsago. Some praise since the
restless troubadour has now amassed an extraordi nary catalogue of 40 albums. “California Star” shines with all of Martin’s amassed influ ences, from folk and country to Americana to rock ‘n’ roll, but with plenty ofthe style that’s pure Stephenson and no one else. “I just went on a little
Medusaleader Julian Molinero (centre) with Milo De Nack (left) andStefanHale.
journey with it. There’s lots of different dimensions in music,” muses the Durham native, who now lives in In- vergordon in the Scottish Highlands, where he also runs his own small label for young artists he admires. In the summer he played
to 5,000 admirers in the acoustic tent at Glaston- * bury and yet a few weeks lat er was playing to around 100
people in a small theatre in Sheffield. Ribchester will certainly
be in for a treat when Mar-_
tin arrives as his stage show is a positive tour-de-force, combining influences from his lifelong musicaljourney through the music he loved: _ folk, ragtime,jazz, rockabil- ®
ly.showtunes, punk-pop and country. . The show is being pro
moted by Carl Barrow and his Hollow Horse Events company, whose purpose is to bring national names to local venues. This certainly., holds true for the Ribches-^ ter show, where local singer songwriter Peter Aldridge is thespecialguestperforming q songs from his latest album 9 Mythology ofStorms. Tickets are available at £10 from ticketweb.
co.uk and further informa- D tion from Carl Barrow on n 07824488410.
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