John
Peel Centre
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John Peel Centre for Creative Arts in Stowmarket
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Here at the John Peel Centre for
Creative Arts in Stowmarket we once
again have a variety of events worth
checking out during April.
Kicking off the month, on Wednesday
3rd we have a hard hitting, intelligent,
Performance Poetry show by BBC Slam
Champion Jess Green about Labour,
Tories, and the division of the Left.
Paddington Bear is the theme of the
Film Flurry on Thursday 11th. Film
Flurry is a fi lm and workshop morning
for young children and their adults. It
is run in conjunction with Home Start.
On Friday 12th we will be hosting
our regular Whole Shebang Open Mic
Night. Anyone is welcome to come
along to perform whatever talent they
may have. Just no animals or nudity
please!! Alternatively, just come along
to enjoy the entertainment. FREE entry.
Stuff of Dreams Theatre Company visit
on Wednesday 24th, bringing their
production of ‘An Honest Gentleman’,
a musical play about East Anglia’s very
own Dick Turping.
At the start of May, on Saturday 4th,
we will be welcoming The Ukrainians
who will be performing ‘Ukrainski
Vistupi V Ivana Peela’, a ground-
breaking album by The Wedding
Present, including Peel Session tracks.
Details of all events, including how
to buy tickets, can be found on our
website, www.johnpeelcentre.com, or
call into the Box Offi ce, open 10am to
2pm, Monday to Friday.
touch to see how you be part of the
amazing work we do.
2000 euro Irish grant for major
music festival in Stowmarket
‘I looked East and I Looked West’
B & W Photo: Shows Organisers of ‘I
Looked East and I Looked West’ Michael
Sheehy, Katie Howson & John Howson
(photo Colm Keating)
Photo: Set dance teacher Jerry O’Reilly
It has been announced that a major
traditional Irish music festival is to
take place in Stowmarket this spring,
with funding of €2000 from ‘Culture
Ireland’ (an Irish organisation which
funds professional Irish musicians
appearing in the UK) Other fi nancial
support has also been confi rmed from
Stowmarket Town Council. The festival
will take place over the weekend of
26th – 28th April this year with concerts
in the John Peel Centre as well as
dance workshops and presentations
in various other venues in the town,
plus of course lively music sessions in
pubs. Renowned instrumentalists from
the west of Ireland, will fl y over for the
weekend including Jackie Daly (widely
acknowledged as Ireland’s top accordion
player) Matt Cranitch (fi ddle) Billy
Clifford (fl ute) Bryan O’Leary (accordion)
Gerry Harrington (fi ddle) Peter Browne
(uilleann pipes) Paudie O’Connor
(accordion) Aoife ní Chaoimh (fi ddle)
Connie O’Connell (fi ddle) John Coakley
(fi ddle) and Jerry O’Reilly (Set dancer).
The weekend is dedicated to the memory
of one of the great Irish fi ddle players,
Julia Clifford, who learned her music at
home in Co. Kerry in an area known as
‘Sliabh Luachra’. Julia moved to London,
where she became very well-known
and made many recordings, before
fi nally settling in East Anglia where local
musicians met and played with her,
including the festival organisers.
Tickets are now on sale from:
www.katiehowson.co.uk where more
information can be found as well on:
facebook: @ilookedeast Contact can be
made on: [email protected]
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