Doin different -job done. A pic by John MacLennan that says it all.
The Breckland View - Paul Young interviews us in Elsing Church pre-show for the Norfolk radio station and website.* (*The Night Train To Dis? - hear it here)
More than a preview of Gamorra's last show, also a record of an amazing partnership.
Plus Vanessa Wood-Davies gives the view from the harpist's chair.
Songs from a book... Pics by Bhas Allan
and Maz Calway's view...
Half God Half Nelson and the whole cast
Lovehearts & Redwine in full flight.
showing tonight!!! DOIN DIFFERENT DOIN THE DISSENT THING...
RESOURCES FOR THE DOIN DIFFERENT PROJECT
(AUDIOS AND VIDEOS OF THE SONGS; HISTORICAL SUPPORT)
A church fundraising event with a difference comes to Elsing
this Saturday 10 September.
Church of England listing for Doin different!
Church of England listing for Doin different!
'Doin different' by Gareth Calway and featuring the author
in performance with a galaxy of musical composers and collaborators tells the
story of religious and political dissent in Norfolk from Boudicca to the
present. Norfolk was at the forefront of both for much of this time.
There is a special emphasis on religious rebels like the
Lollard heretic William Sawtrey of Lynn, the first man to be burned for his
beliefs in England and on political radicals like Robert Kett of Wymondham and
Tom Paine of Thetford. Their stories are told through an exciting collection of
folk ballads and also through theatre and dramatic readings.
The thousand year struggle of the common man and woman for a
voice in the spheres of politics and religion is traced: the Peasants' Revolt,
the Reformation and the English Civil War are brought alive in 'Dissolution Row
(The Ballad of Binham Priory)' and 'The Ballad of Freeborn John.'
Homage is also paid to heroes and heroines of the copybook
headings like Lord Nelson of Burnham and Edith Cavell of Swardeston who
actually 'did different' and broke ranks at least as much as their more
obviously dissenting Norfolk compatriots.
'Doin different, 39 new ballads from the East of England'
was published by Poppyland last year and the author has been successfully touring
East Anglian festivals like the Ely Folk Festival, Folk in a Field and Lynn's Hanse
Festival as well as theatres and heritage spaces with a rolling collective of
musical collaborators since May.
This 20th - and penultimate - tour date features chief
collaborating composer punk-folker Anto Morra, whose 2015 album 'Boudicca's
Country' sets 12 lyrics from Calway's book and has received glowing reviews
like Fatea magazine's "a collection of fine songs, all of which are
capable of passing into folk tradition."
Rockier notes are struck in Saturday's performance by Tim
Chipping on electric guitar and more classical ones by harpist Vanessa Wood-Davies and soprano
Gill Sims-McLennan.
Tickets are £10 on 01362 637331 or on the door.
'Doin different' by Gareth Calway (Poppyland
Publishing) is on sale at Jarrold's, Waterstones and via www.poppyland.co.uk It
includes musical scores, historical information, pictures of performers and
links to online resources about the characters. Full details of tour and book
are on www.garethcalway.co.uk
or to put all that another way (Tim's preview)
DOIN DIFFERENT - AUDIO, VIDEO AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES
Doin’ Different: New ballads from the East of England.
Elsing, St Mary’s Church.
The Doin’ Different Tour comes to St Mary’s Church, Elsing, NR20 3EA on Saturday 10th September 2016, 7.30pm.
Based upon the new Poppyland Publishing book of the same name, its author Gareth Calway is joined by his musical collaborators Vanessa Wood-Davies (Harp), Anto Morra (voice and guitar - as heard at the centenary memorial service of Edith Cavell’s execution broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Morning Worship programme from Norwich Cathedral), Tim Chipping (voice and guitar) and a guest spot for Gill Sims-MacLennan (classical soprano), to present a show spanning a thousand years of Norfolk history in ballad form.
Traversing the local landscape from Lynn to Yarmouth, Thetford to Wells and back to Norwich, each new ballad tells a “cracking story”; history, tragedy, murders, legends, outlaws, ghosts, love, man and woman against the odds, the exploits of a cast of the county’s famous, infamous and forgotten-about heroes and heroines. We meet Boudica, Queen of the Iceni defying the might of Rome, the ill-fated Fiddler of Fiddler’s Hill, Admiral Lord Nelson, Margery Kempe, Robert Kett leader of the Peasant’s Revolt of 1549, Edith Cavell, Anne Boleyn, the Cod Fisherman of Lynn, Yarmouth and Wells, the ghost of Susan Nobes of Sedgeford and Tom Paine, author of The Rights of Man.
Although always respectful to this long list of characters, Doin’ Different has a rumbustious edge to its mix of drama, song, spoken word and music and, whilst humour and a playful use of language are an integral part to the performance, you will also find yourself moved to ponder the “human condition” and man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. Doin’ Different is therefore a celebration in music of the rich history of this region, a tapestry of tales woven not only to entertain but to inform and enthuse its audience to find out more about these people who did indeed do different.
Tickets £10, advance booking from Tim on 01362 637331 (includes glass of wine and canapes).
All profits will go towards repair of the north side gargoyles of Elsing church.
Go on, get out from in front of the telly.....................Supp
(P.S. Thanks if you've already booked , look on this as a reminder..............yes, we've had folks buy tickets in the past and forget to come!)
See you there.
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