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George Gunby

Online recording to mark anniversary

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The world will be celebrating Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday on May 12 but many events planned for the […]

May 4, 2020 Music

Sacrifice memorial to be unveiled on eve of battle anniversary

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It was in 2016 that a sculpture by artist Andy Mayers was first unveiled to the public as […]

June 19, 2019 Sculpture

New drama will celebrate Florence Nightingale

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Belper Arts Festival may have only just finished for 2019 but plans are already under way for 2020. […]

June 8, 2019 Drama, Festivals

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

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

Belper’s Bloody Mary play postponed

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The production of a new play – BLOODY MARY – scheduled for November 17 at St. Peter’s Church, […]

November 9, 2018 Uncategorized

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: Brighton Rock, Derby Theatre

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I went along to Derby Theatre unsure. After all Graham Greene’s novel, written 80 years ago, and the […]

May 16, 2018 Drama, Reviews

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

New arts website launched by Belper team

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A new internet platform featuring the arts is being launched from Belper with the pilot podcast being available from […]

January 2, 2018 Drama, Music, Storytelling

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

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: A Servant to Two Masters, Belper Players

To close their 80th birthday celebrations, it would have been an easy option for Belper Players to take […]

November 9, 2016 Comedy, Drama, Reviews

Belper’s Ritz Cinema celebrates 10th anniversary

Ten years ago Amanda Mundin and Neil Roberts opened the doors of The Ritz Cinema in Belper for […]

November 7, 2016 Film

Review: Murdered to Death, Belper Players

Belper Players are filling their 80th year with a wide variety of productions that includes new  plays by […]

March 17, 2016 Drama, Reviews

Student is Belper Festival’s Anne Boleyn

A young drama student who wowed audiences at Belper’s 2013 festival with her performance in Educating Rita is returning […]

February 17, 2016 Drama

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

Review: The Resurrection, St Peter’s Church, Belper

It’s becoming something of a tradition in Belper that Easter is celebrated with a community based drama. In […]

April 6, 2015 Drama

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: Mind Games, Belper Arts Festival

Director Larry Waller was on tenterhooks as the audience assembled waiting to watch the premiere of Mind Games […]

October 24, 2014 Drama

Two new dramas from county playwrights

Two Derbyshire playwrights will be seeing their new theatrical works performed on stage in the county this month. […]

October 2, 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

Watch trailer for The Belper Passion

The Passion story like the Nativity evokes intense emotions in everyone – even those who aren’t religious. It […]

March 7, 2014 Drama, Film

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

Composer creates new song for Belper

Simplicity. This was the word that struck James Oldrini when he started creating the song that became Forever Belper. […]

October 1, 2013 Music

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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