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Belper Arts Festival

Review: Short Play Festival, Little Theatre, Belper

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A rustic upstairs bar room, gentle fairy lights and heavy rain set a cosy scene to entice the […]

June 3, 2019 Drama, Reviews

Review: Romeo and Juliet, Captive Audience

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Quite how the young Captive Audience cast remembered all their lines for their latest production Romeo and Juliet […]

May 16, 2019 Drama, Festivals, Reviews

Romeo and Juliet is last show for Larry

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Shakespeare’s classic love story is brought to new life by a young cast of Larry Waller’s Captive Audience […]

May 10, 2019 Drama

Kev Fegan: playwright and poet

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Identifying what makes a community tick and helping the people express themselves artistically is what motivates playwright and […]

May 2, 2019 Drama

Belper Arts Trail kicks of the festival season

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There are only a few days left to wait until Derbyshire’s summer season of festivals kicks off with […]

April 25, 2019 Ceramics, Collage, Crafts, digital art, Exhibitions, Festivals, Film, Magic, Music, Photography, Sculpture, Storytelling, talks, Textiles, Visual Art
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The April issue of arts beat is out this week

Biggest festival yet for Belper

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Belper Arts Festival is preparing the biggest festival to date with over 1,000 participants – many of them […]

March 16, 2019 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Exhibitions, Festivals, Film, Literature, Music, Photography, Sculpture, Storytelling, Workshops

Review: Bloody Mary, St Peter’s Church, Belper

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Treachery, corruption, rebellion, betrayal and death  – the life of Mary Tudor could never be described as dull. […]

February 10, 2019 Drama

Bloody Mary is new drama for Belper

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The reign of Mary Tudor, England’s first Queen Regnant, is the subject of a new play by Belper-based […]

October 25, 2018 Drama

Virtuoso pianist to perform in Belper

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Russian virtuoso pianist Sergei Podobedov is set to play a concert in Belper in September. Producer George Gunby […]

August 1, 2018 Classical, Music

Review: Mixed Up!, Marde Hen

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Wannabe playwrights are exceedingly lucky to have an enthusiastic amateur theatre group like Marde Hen Productions willing to […]

June 1, 2018 Drama, Reviews, Uncategorized

Belper Festival launched with sellout concert

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The sixth Belper Arts Festival exploded into life over the Bank Holiday weekend with a stunning sellout concert, an […]

May 8, 2018 Festivals

Belper Arts Festival starts this week

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For the whole of May Belper celebrates the arts with an impressive festival packed with music, theatre, photography, […]

May 2, 2018 Festivals

Review: Hamp, Strutts Centre, Belper

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“The Larry Waller factor.” It is an indefinable something, akin to stardust, that Larry Waller sprinkles on everything […]

May 20, 2017 Drama

Andy Mayers: artist

The moment community groups discover they have a graphic designer in their midst a collective cheer must go […]

April 24, 2017 Festivals, Visual Art

Belper Arts Festival highlights

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The fifth Belper Arts Festival in May contains a mixture of tried and tested favourites alongside new and […]

April 23, 2017 Festivals

Be a part of festival’s promotional film

Filming of a cinema trailer for the 2017 Belper Arts Festival will take place in the town centre […]

January 16, 2017 Festivals, Film

Review: Belper Players Double Bill

I cannot imagine that many young people spend their gap year after A Levels writing a new play […]

May 19, 2016 Drama, Reviews
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The May issue of Artsbeat is out

Felt maker will be part of Belper Art Trail

The creative journey Anne Alldread has been on has been long and varied but she reckons that at […]

April 15, 2016 Crafts, Exhibitions, Festivals, Visual Art

Festivals put a call out for artists

When it comes to the creative and performing arts Derbyshire is overflowing with festivals throughout the year. There […]

March 7, 2016 Festivals, Uncategorized

Belper musicians release charity single

A charity single called Love Is has just been released in aid of the Derbyshire based charity Aquabox […]

December 7, 2015 Classical, Folk, Jazz, Music, Rock/Pop, Uncategorized

Opera Babe performs in Belper

The Belper Arts Festival has scored something of a coup by persuading international singing star and Opera Babe […]

May 17, 2015 Classical, Music

Review: Wanderlust, Guildhall Theatre, Derby

Wanderlust is an enchanting show which combines theatre and storytelling to take its audience on an uplifting journey […]

May 13, 2015 Drama

New book about Derwent Valley to be launched

A new book filled with then-and-now views of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site is being launched to […]

May 11, 2015 Authors, Books, Literature

May issue of artsbeat is out now

The May edition of artsbeat is now out and will be delivered across the county by the end […]

April 28, 2015 News

Can you help with Woollen Woods?

Yarn Bomber Anne Clark is putting a call out for knitters, crocheters and textile artists to make work […]

April 14, 2015 Exhibitions, Festivals, Textiles, Visual Art

Bank holiday arts trail in Belper

The centre of Belper will be transformed in to one huge arts trail over the May bank holiday […]

April 8, 2015 Festivals, Visual Art

One more chance to see Mind Games

An extra performance of Mind Games by George Gunby is to be staged in Belper following the huge […]

November 8, 2014 Drama

Review: A Serious Person, No. 28 Belper

A Serious Person was declared as the winner of the Belper Short Play Festival on January 1 this year. […]

May 30, 2014 Drama

Belper Arts Festival under way

One of the most successful new events in Derbyshire last year was the Belper Arts Festival as organisers […]

May 8, 2014 Festivals

Enter Belper Arts Festival photography contest

As his exhibition deadline looms ever nearer photographer Roger Morgan is wondering why he volunteered to take part […]

March 25, 2014 Exhibitions, Photography, Uncategorized

New York playwright wins Belper prize

A playwright from New York has won Belper’s Short Play Competition 2014. John Doble’s A Serious Person was […]

January 6, 2014 Drama, News

Belper Arts Festival is launched

The first Derbyshire arts festival of 2013 is a newcomer and is being staged in Belper. The community-run […]

May 4, 2013 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Exhibitions, Festivals, Film, Music, News, Visual Art
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