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^ - . "-/V ; Band are stavin: MSSnS^r^": An example of the work on show at the Longitude Gallery’s Natural Eye exhibition, (s) Exhibition will be a joy


A Glitheroe art gallery will play host to an impressive collection from four Lanca­ shire photographic artists in their latest exhibition‘Natu­ ral Eye.’


The exhibition is a photo­ graphic response to nature


.and our local landscape, as seen from four unique per­ spectives. The artists - Judith Orr,


Matt Gartside, Steve Chap­ man and John Wright dis­


play differentsubject matter, scale, treatment and presen­ tation throughout. The main exhibition is complemented - by a vast tree installation comprising three separate tree sculptures running through the centre of the Gal­ lery by acclaimed Forest of


Bowland sculptor, Philippe • Handford.


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- Situated to the left of the- United Reformed Church at the top of Moor Lane, the


Longitude Gallery can also be accessed from the steps from theLowergate Car Parkin the centreofClitheroe. Entrance is free, open to all and the gal­ lery welcomes families and dogs. Quotes from visitors to the Gallery, which changes it’s exhibitions approximate­ ly every two months, include: “Abeautifulspacewhichdoes


justice to your artistsand the work on display- very im­ pressive.” .


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Burnley Meehan ics Manchester Road - Burnley


.Box Office - 01282.664.400' . Book online at .


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Sat 7th March ’ Luke Jcrmay- Sixth Sense Display of telepathy and predictions ■ about'your future.^ Tickets: £15.00/£13.00 •


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Tues-10th. March Oinid Djalili Iranalamadingdong. Award winning .


comedy. - Tickets: • £23.00


Fri 27th Marche Sliowaddywnddy The World’s


greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll band. Tickets: £18.50


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True Order, the East Lanca­ shire band kicking up astorm as Britain’s only tributeaetto New Order, will begin their firstnationwidetouratThe Grand in Clitheroe later this on Saturday February 21st.


. TheNewOrderdoppelgangers only formed Iastyear, but have


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. already built a strong follow­ ing locally and played to sell­ out gigs at the Windsor Suite and Blackburn King George’s Hall last year. Their first video release, a


recordingoftheKingGeorge’s Hall gig, is out next week and


they follow that with their tribute show, their first one this year, at the Grand. “We are local lads, from


Blackburn, Accrington and Great Harwood, and the one thing we all share is our love for New Order’s music,” said


drummer Pete Norman. “Joy Division and New Or­


der are two of the most influ­ ential bands of all time, and there was always a strong New Order connection to Black­ burn.”


Ronnie Brown, who at­ tracted The Fall and New Or-


: der bass legend Peter Hook to Blackburn’s North Bar, is helping True Order to estab­ lish themselves on thecircuit. “Ronnie’s our manager and


I don’t think we could have done it without him because


hehassomanycontacts,”said , Pete. -


“It is unbelievable how it


has taken off, we are getting bookingsfromallthecountry. We’ve played together locally


.in different bands for many years without much success, so it is a really nice feeling to


be in demand for gigs. As far as


we know we are the only band doing a tribute to New Order.” This year marks the 30th


anniversary of the release of arguably New Order’s most


influential album, Low Life. Pete said: “There's so many great tracks on.that album - The Perfect Kiss, Love Vigi­ lantes, Sunrise and Elegia, songs that still firmly stand the test of time. But many oth­ ers do too-Blue Monday, True Faith and Confusion - and we pride ourselves on perform­ ing them with the energy and attitude that made New Order one of the biggest bands in the world.” .-; Pete added: “It has taken


a year to‘ mastermany of the songs because they are so complex, but when we were doing them in rehearsals we realised ju s t how ground­ breaking their music was. We are really looking forward to playing The Grand and see­ ing how New Order’s music sounds in such an incredible venue.” • True Order, with support


from Villiers, perform at The Grand on Saturday February 28th (Tickets £7.50 adv). Box office: 01200 421599.


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Fri 1st May Joe McEldcrry The Evolution Tour with live band; Tickets: £19.50/£17.00/ £60.00 VIP tickets: t £75.00


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Review: Pennine PianoTrio at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.


The latest Clitheroe Con­ certs Society Concert was a triumph!


An over-used word per­


haps, but in this case,'an un­ derstatement. The concert at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s Sixth Form Centre was a complete sellout, pos­ sibly the greatest audience for 50 years and an electric atmosphere as the local Pen­ nine. Piano Trio explored some very difficult to play, but very enjoyable Czech


-music. Starting with-Vitezslav


Novak’s 2nd Trio, written in 1902 at a time when there was controversy between the traditional folk-based music and the new musical expres­ sionism, bound up with the nationalist movement seek­


ing independence from Aus­ tria: this quartet was Novak’s expression of his own per­ sonal troubled feelings. De-


, spite the importance of this work to Czech music, it has been rarely played outside the Czech Republic. Dvorak’s popular Dumky


Trio was much more famil­ iar. In six movements, the music often changes sud­ denly from dreamy melan­ choly to exuberance and maybe then to a gay dance, all with a strong theme run­ ning through. Again, music with many moods. After the interval, Sme­


tana’s Piano Trio was played, one of the most powerful pieces of music ever written. The printed programme was • helpful here to guide the lis­ tener. The first movement starts with an expression of anguish and despair on the death of his talented young


daughter, which is followed by a lyri­ cal and tender sec-


; ond theme based on his daughter’s favourite tune. The theme of nostalgia for the good times contrasted


' with the mental devasta­ tion of her death contin­ ues throughout the work. The final piece was


Suk’s beautiful Elegy, Op23, also written in 1902, written for a memorial cel­ ebration of the life of Julius Meyer. This was an astonishing


concert. Apart from the large audience’s obvious enjoy­ ment, the Trio’s confidence and ensemble was wonder­ ful, immediately pulling the listeners into the Czech sound world and the feelings of the composers, expressed in their music. The Pennine Trio, Philip


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Kubilius on piano, violinist Gaynor Sutcliffe and cellist Robert Buller, must be con­ gratulated on the quality of their concert, very comfort­ ably fitting into a season of internationally acclaimed musicians.


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• The next concert to be held at the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is at 7-30 on


March 4th. Krysia Osostow- icz (leader ofthe Dante Quar­ tet) and Daniel Tong (of the London Bridge Ensemble) will give a preview o f their Kings Place, London, series ofconcerts. Tickets at £14 are availa­


ble on the Society’s website (www.clitheroeconcerts. org), from the Platform Gal­ lery and on the door. Ac­


companied children and full-time students are free. There is plenty of free park­ ing and a flat entry into the concert room where tiered seating gives a perfect view. Meanwhile, the Alex­


andra Dariescu concert planned for t March 26th has had to be put forward to the 18th. More information follows.


■' Review: The Mist in the Mir­ ror, at the Coliseum Theatre,


Oldham, until February 21st. Box office: 0161624 Website:www.coliseum.org.uk


The Oldham Coliseum’s pro­ duction of “The Mist in the Mirror” is amazing. I’ll cer­ tainly never forget it. . Oldham-born writer Ian


Kershaw has adapted it from a Susan Hill story. Ms Hill is best known for “The Woman in Black”, which has been a very successful stage play and film, and thiSis another of her gothic ghost tales. James Monmouth (Paul


Warriner) has returned to Edwardian London after years abroad in Africa and


Indial During his travels he has become fascinated by the writings of an explorer called Conrad Vane andis anxious to find out more about him. De­ spite warnings by a number of characters, mostly played by Martin Reeve, as well as Lady Violet Quincebridge (Caro­ line Harding) and Esther (Sa­ rah Eve), he travels to various parts of the country in pur­ suit of information. But he is haunted by the apparition of aboy. The plot gives us a number of twists and turns and some


■ unexpected developments in the final climax. The structure is helped by a kind of narrator, called the reader (Jack Lord), - who is reading extracts from


Monmouth’s manuscript to intersperse the action. Director Kevin Shaw, de­


signer Barney George and : sound designer Lorna Mun-


den are to be congratulated on the inventive use of a black stage which can turn into a va-


; riety of shapes and the sound' • effects add much, especial­


ly the rain. However, what makes the evening so inter­ esting is the contribution of “imitating the dog”, a compa­ ny formed to provide new and challenging ways of extend­ ing theatrical design using all


kinds of technical features. In The Mist in the Mirror,


Simon Wainwright’s video de­ sign, Andrew Crofts’ lighting design, James Hamilton’s at­ mospheric music, and most of all Andrew Quick’s dramatur­ gy, the overall concept, helped by Alan Cox as the projection' engineer, add so much. I don’t know quite how to describe it, possibly a clever kind of com­ bination of theatre and film. •- As the actors move through - the action, a wonderful pro­


jection o f scenery is created behind them, everything so immediately credible. The blackand whiteformat accen­ tuates the sense ofthegothic. I was particularly impressed by Monmouth’s candle lighting up the library and later draw­ ing back the curtain in search of the vanished door. You all know how much


I love new ways of exploring theatre design and this en­ thralled me. I only wish my be­ loved husband had been able to see it. He would have loved it. Perhaps it won’t scare you to death, but it will fascinate you. The Coliseum’s next pro­


duction is “Forever Young”; PippaMunroHebden


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