Today is the first day of rehearsals proper. My head is full of words and ghosts and…..things.
December 2, 2011
Artist and musician Matthew Robins spreads seasonal cheer in his unique blend of live music and shadow-puppet animation, Flyboy is Alone Again this Christmas, with two performances in the Howard Assembly Room on Saturday 10 December. Matthew and his band perform live on stage as intricate paper cut-outs and shadow animations are projected onto the… [Read more…]
November 21, 2011
It’s mid November and I’m just putting together some new Flyboy stories to bring to the Howard Assembly Room this Christmas. Flyboy is a mutant boy – half fly, half human, trying to live a normal life in a little town – his parents abandoned him when he was small, but he has a couple… [Read more…]
November 17, 2011
Meet the musicians that will help transport the audience from the Howard Assembly Room to Dostoevsky’s Casino for a sold out performance of The Gambler this evening. The evening will include chamber music by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. DANNY DRIVER – PIANO Following his concerto debut at the 2011 BBC Proms, Danny Driver will perform both Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
The concept behind The Gambler, taking place on Thursday 17 November, is to turn the Howard Assembly Room into a 19th century Russian casino for the evening, to host a performance of music and acting based on Dostoyevsky’s book by the same name. The beauty of this idea is that the audience will be sat in… [Read more…]
November 11, 2011
Watch a video clip of Group Inerane performing a secret gig in Paris ahead of their date at the Howard Assembly Room.
November 9, 2011
It's still such a buzz to come to the other side of the world and find a room full of people have turned up to listen to one's music. We started The Necks 24 years ago as a private experimental band with the express intention of never performing in public.
November 1, 2011
Assorted fragments of gay soldiers and pirates, wizards in forests, cleaners in offices, murderous children, philosophical robots, tyrannical despots, lost knights and adulterous travelling salesmen...
October 24, 2011
Endymion celebrates 20 years since the fall of the Soviet Union.
October 21, 2011
On Friday 4 November, chamber ensemble Endymion bring a programme of 20th century music from Russia and Estonia to the Howard Assembly Room for Goodbye Stalin! Featuring works by two major composers of the Soviet era, Schnittke and Shostakovich, the performance will also include Arvo Part’s ‘Summa’ for string quartet. Here is a video of… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011
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