There is no interview this month.
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What's Coming Up
Friday 10 to Wednesday 29 April / Exhibition of New Work by Charles Jamieson, Elsa Taylor & Vivienne Williams The Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne. Open daily 9:30am-5pm Monday - Saturday. www.jerramgallery.com
Friday 17 April / Sherborne Farmer’s Market Cheap Street, Sherborne, 9.00am to 1.00pm
Sunday 19 April / Waterwheel Open Day Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre, Sherborne. 11am-4pm. See an extensive collection of Victorian engineering featuring the massive 26ft diameter waterwheel built in 1869. Adults £5, Family £7, Children FREE. (Members of English Heritage £3.) 01963 250206 / 01935 389535 www.castletonwaterwheelmuseum.org.uk
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 April / Amateur Players of Sherborne present Tonight at 8:30 The Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, DT9 3AA. 7:30pm. Featuring three plays from Noel Coward’s ten one-act play cycle titled ‘Tonight at 8:30′ including Hands Across the Sea, In Still Life and Red Peppers. Tickets £8, students £5, group bookings 10+ £7.50 will be available from Marsh’s, Cheap Street, Sherborne and The Abbey Shop, Abbey Close, Sherborne. 01963 210462 www.aps-sherborne.co.uk
Thursday 23 April / World Book Night Library, Hound St, Sherborne. Join this social event with Sherborne Literary Society. 07712 59897
Friday 24 April / Auction of Pictures, Books, Antiques, Interiors & Sporting Items Charterhouse, Long St, Sherborne. 01935 812277
Friday 24 April / S.U.N. Sherborne Ukulele Noodle / Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne. 7.00pm - 9.00pm. Weekly in term time. Instrumental ukulele group for all ages and standards. Some knowledge of reading tab preferable. £6 per session. Contact: Samantha Muir: 01935 812325. www.SamanthaMuir.com
Sunday 26 April / The Sherborne Big Little Market Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne. 11am-4pm. A monthly market celebrating the finest Dorset has to offer – from food to artisan craft and entertainment. www.arkadiaevents.co.uk
Wednesday 29 April / Organ Recital Sherborne Abbey. 1pm. Showcasing a wide variety of music, for 40mins. Free entry, with retiring collection.
Thursday 30 April / Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne. 6:30pm-8:30pm. An 8 week course by Wessex Mindfulness Training. 01258 456278 www.wessexmindfulnesstraining.co.uk
Friday 1 May / S.U.N. Sherborne Ukulele Noodle / Digby Memorial Hall, Sherborne. 7.00pm - 9.00pm. Weekly in term time. Instrumental ukulele group for all ages and standards. Some knowledge of reading tab preferable. £6 per session. Contact: Samantha Muir: 01935 812325. www.SamanthaMuir.com
Friday 1st May to Tuesday 5th May / Sherborne Abbey Festival various venues, as below *Denotes FREE ENTRY with plate donations
Friday 1st May
11.00am* Dominican Convent School Choir (Sherborne Abbey)
1.30pm* Sherborne School Chamber Concert (Sherborne Abbey)
4.45pm* Jazz at the Powell: Sherborne School Swing Band (Powell Theatre, Abbey Road) 7.30pm ‘Strictly Viennese’ with Adam Summerhayes (Sherborne Abbey)
Saturday 2nd May
10.00am Recorder Workshop: i Flautisti (Stuart Centre, Sherborne Girls)
10.30am* Sherborne School Chamber Choir & Close Harmony (Sherborne Abbey)
12.00pm Lieder & Song, Shakespeare & Heine: Ben Craw (Cheap Street Church)
2.00pm Sound Clouds: i Flautisti (Sherborne Abbey)
4.00pm* From the Court of Frederick the Great: Rossignol (Castleton Church)
8.00pm Russian Treasures: Tenebrae (Sherborne Abbey)
Sunday 3rd May
9.30am* Festival Eucharist: Abbey Choir (Sherborne Abbey)
11.15am* Sung Mattins: Becket’s Consort (Castleton Church)
1.30pm* Zimbe!: Gryphon School Choirs & Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir (Sherborne Abbey)
3.45pm* Sherborne Young Singers (Cheap St Church)
5.00pm* Choral Evensong with the combined choirs of Romsey Abbey & Sherborne Abbey (Sherborne Abbey)
7.45pm Edith Piaf – A Celebration of a Legend: Tina May & her musicians (Big School Room)
Monday 4th May
10.30am Kaleidoscope: Margaret Phillips, Organ (Sherborne Abbey)
1.00pm* Schola Cantorum, Leweston School (Sherborne Abbey)
2.15pm* Sherborne Early Music (Cheap Street Church)
4.30pm* Legends & Laments: Samantha Muir, Classical Guitar (Castleton Church)
7.30pm A German Requiem (Brahms): Sherborne Festival Chorus & Chameleon Arts Orchestra (Sherborne Abbey)
Tuesday 5th May
1.30pm* Madrigal Society of Sherborne Girls (Sherborne Abbey)
2.30pm* Lecture/Recital: A Journey Towards Silence | Samantha Muir, Classical Guitar (Church Hall, Digby Rd)
4.30pm* Sherborne Girls String Orchestra (Castleton Church)
7.30pm Devotions: VOCES8 (Sherborne Abbey)