Albert Lee at Leek Arts Festival
Albert Lee played at Foxlowe Arts Centre on May 9th as part of Leek Arts Festival.
Here’s a small gallery courtesy of Leek Arts Festival of the evening.
Heritage Rooms Now Open
This gallery contains 16 photos.
The Heritage rooms at Foxlowe arts centre were opened on Friday, April 20th with two exhibitions organised by Cathryn Walton, Secretary of Leek & District Historical Society and Heritage coordinator at Foxlowe arts centre.
The two exhibitions feature a history of Leek’s textile mills and the many companies that were established in Leek and an overview of Leek’s rich heritage, including information on The Foxlowe and the Cruso family.
Leek Arts Festival
Foxlowe arts centre is hosting 14 events during May as part of Leek Arts Festival. Some of these events have been moved from the Swan after it closed in April and many of the events are selling out fast.
To see the full list of Leek Arts Festival events at the Foxlowe arts centre please go to our what’s on calendar. You can filter by category to just see the arts festival events or view our full calendar including exhibitions.
Foxlowe Talks Programme
After the initial sell out success of Cath Walton’s Foxlowe and her families Foxlowe arts centre are pleased to announce the next Foxlowe Talks.
Wednesday 21st March - Geoff Browne: Headlines & Deadlines. The inside story of how newspapers became what they are and why they do what they do. Includes local history as seen through the Post & Times and silly headlines that don’t mean what the writers wanted them to mean.Geoff’s regular column in the Post & Times informs and entertains readers week by week with a professional style and a unique blend of humour and insight.
Wednesday 25th April - Carol Phillipson: Through The Eye Of A Needle. The talk will show how a hobby developed into an, at times, almost full-time occupation, from running a small cross-stitch business to being asked to lecture at the largest international patchwork show in the world. Retired teacher and author of seven books on cross-stitch and patchwork, Carol will offer an entertaining insight into the highs and lows of her “extra” life as a needlework and patchwork designer.
Wednesday 2nd May, To Be Confirmed - Talk on Castro’s Cuba. Details pending from university of Nottingham’s Forum for Cuban Studies staff.
Tickets will be available soon from Colloco (Sheepmarket, Leek) and Boardman’s Newsagents (Broad Street, Leek). £5 with all proceeds for Foxlowe arts centre
Poetry in The Foxlowe Café
Packhorse trails lead to Leek
From across the moors, the Packhorse Poets will be displaying their wares in the Cafe at the Foxlowe, Leek’s prime arts venue on Saturday 10th March at 7.30pm, together with contributions from Leek Writers and U3A creative writing group plus an open mic. session time permitting.
The café bar will be open as usual for alcohol, soft drinks and coffee.
The event is free, all are welcome but we would be grateful for donations to the Foxlowe on the night.
This is a Packhorse Poets event at Foxlowe arts centre
Jane Eyre – Sold Out
Foxlowe Films have to announce that tickets for the initial screening of Jane Eyre in the Rainbow room have now sold out. We are really sorry that some potential film goers will have been disappointed and have been unable to purchase tickets. We are limited to 70 seats and the tickets did sell very rapidly. As a group we are heartened by the level of interest which bodes well for the future of Foxlowe Films. Can we remind interested customers that tickets for all subsequent weeks of the 10 week programme are on sale from Over the Rainbow (Derby Street), Colloco (Sheepmarket), Boardman’s Newsagents (Broad Street) and the Foxlowe Gallery. We would urge people wanting to come to any subsequent films to buy tickets early to make sure they are not disappointed.
Films return to Leek!
Foxlowe Films are pleased to announce their pilot programme of films starting on Tuesday 28th February at 7.45 with a screening of Jane Eyre in the newly refurbished Rainbow room at the Foxlowe.
Tickets will be on sale from early next week (13th February) from Colloco, Over the Rainbow and from the Foxlowe itself and are priced at £4 (£3 unwaged/concessions).
To download a full Foxlowe Films programme click here or pick up a brochure from the Foxlowe. Brochures will be distributed as widely as possible across Leek and local towns. We will be showing films every Tuesday from 28th onwards for 10 weeks with an exciting programme including My Week with Marilyn, Chico and Rita, We need to talk about kevin and lots, lots more . . . How exciting – films back in Leek at last!!
Foxlowe Films
Foxlowe Youth Theatre update
After a fantastic day of “taster sessions” on Saturday 4th February, the places on our youth theatre workshops are filling fast.
If you are logging on to our web site after reading the Sentinel article, just a few corrections.
Yes, Katie White IS an ex pupil of Westwood High, but she went on to train specifically in leading youth theatre at London’s C
entral School of Speech and Drama. Central School is the Oxford to RADA’s Cambridge of theatre if you wish. Their stars range, over the generations, from Sir Laurence Olivier, onto Dame Judi Dench and many others and latterly Christoper Ecclestone, a former Dr Who and a leading actor, who is probably himself a future knight of the stage.
Now also a busy local school teacher, Katie, with her co-leader, Tasha Morley, who specialises in dance, movement and even fight choreography, blew us all away with their taster sessions. “We knew they were good, but they were absolutely brilliant.” The joy on the children’s and young peoples faces said it all.
The remaining places for our Saturday morning workshops will go quickly. Log your details on the Youth Theatre page here and applications will dealt with strictly in order. This is going to be a major feature of the local youth cultural scene.
Youth Theatre – Start Date Fixed!
It has now been confirmed that the Saturday morning Foxlowe Youth Theatre workshops will start on the 18th February. They will then run each Saturday through to 24th March when there will be a break for the Easter holiday.
Foxlowe’s Youth Theatre in Leek, Staffordshire, will be run over two sessions, 9.30 am – 11 am for 7 to 11 year olds and 11.30am to 1pm for those 12 to 16. There will be a free open day on February 4th, when you will be able to meet the Youth Theatre leaders, Katie White and Tasha Morley.
Katie White trained in Drama with Education at the prestigious London Central School of Speech & Drama. She is now a teacher at Westwood First School. Tasha, leading in movement and dance, has skills which even include fight choreography.
As well as performance skills, such as acting, singing, voice projection and confidence building, work will also include such things as stagecraft, props and scenery making, and later for the seniors, lighting and sound.
The cost of the workshops will be £39 per half term. There is initially a maximum of 25 places on each of the sessions so places are limited. Early registration is therefore recommended.
Fred Jeffries will be at the Foxlowe from 5pm to 7pm Thursday 2nd & Friday 3rd February for those who wish to pay early and ensure a place. At present the Foxlowe is unable to accept credit or debit cards, so a cheque or cash will be needed.
You can register your interest for a place by clicking here to go to our Foxlowe Youth Theatre registration form
The People Exhibition 21st January – 26th February
FOXLOWE Gallery’s next exhibition is ‘The People’ from Saturday 21st January until Sunday 26th February. FOXLOWE Gallery is open Wednesday – Saturday 10 -4 and Sunday 11 – 4
The People Exhibition explores the human form through drawings and paintings of people who give the body its character and spirit. The five artists taking part in the exhibition are Johnny Bermudez (oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, watercolours), Charlie Walker (acrylics), Margaret Brothwell (mixed media and acrylics), Duncan Sprout (acrylics) and Nick Shelton (biro) – see the Foxlowe Gallery page for some samples of the exhibitor’s work
View Calendar
✔ Subscribe
Add to Google
Recent Comments