Rural Arts Autumn Season

The Rural Arts autumn programme for Thirsk and regional venues includes a wide-ranging mix of comedy, tragedy, music and education for all.Performances include Clap Trap Production’s powerful reconstruction of the friendship between First World War soldier poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, cut short by Owen’s death just a week before the Armistice, and a timely tale of environmental destruction and regeneration from the Puppet State Theatre Company, with their adaptation of Jean Giono’s classic short story, ‘The Man Who Planted Trees’. A comic counterbalance is supplied by Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan and cartoonist Tony Husband, as they co-opt audiences to create a ‘live-action’ cartoon of their local area and the people who live there. All three companies will be performing at village halls and community centres, through the Rural Arts ‘On Tour’ scheme.Canadian band, The Polyjesters, return to the region in November with their humorous mix of jazz and alternative country music. Miles Hunt and Erica Nockall of The Wonder Stuff play roots and folk influenced music at the Old Courthouse in Thirsk in December. Courses and classes at the Old Courthouse include touch typing, French language, drawing, painting, yoga, quilting and felt making. Free internet access classes are available for beginners and improvers with opportunities to learn how to use digital television, mobile telephones and digital cameras.Exhibitions at the Old Courthouse will feature glassware by Rachel Gretton and prints by Hester Cox.


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