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After her debut at the Quay Arts in February last year, and appearances as far apart as Brighton, Italy and the Isle of Wight Jazz Festival, Edana returns to her home ground for a special fundraising evening of jazz, Latin and lounge music, to be recorded live.
The year’s been a tough one and Edana’s voice is full of heartbreak, but it’s wiser, richer, more soulful.
Tonight she is joined on stage by a wonderful band of talented musicians including the fabulous sax player, Sarah Bolter, who performed with Edana at the Anthony Minghella tribute concert in Cowes earlier this year as well as Steve Thompson on bass, Andy Strickland on guitar and Quay Arts Director, Mick Smith on piano.
Quay Arts presents singer Helen Porter and pianist Pete Rosser who bring you a concert of music beginning with the Four Cabaret Songs by Benjamen Britten and WH Auden.
Also included are art songs from the 1930s and 1940s by Kurt Weill and American musical theatre genius, Stephen Sondheim.
The second half moves into jazz territory, and includes new songs written by Helen and Pete in collaboration with lyricist Amanda Smith.
Whether you’re in love, looking for love, lost in love or just plain fed up with love, this is a concert to inspire you on your way!
Bits and Bobs:
Performance Date/Time: Thu 20 Nov 8pm Doors 7pm
Location: Anthony Minghella Theatre, Quay Arts
Ticket Price: £12/ £11
Box Office 01983 822490
Quay Arts presents Alex Roberts, a musician whose musical compass points to each degree.
It is not his outstanding musicianship that is driving him, but something more subtle. What’s driving this artist is the song.
The timeless nature of Roberts’ musical charm provides the perfect vehicle for expressing his lyrical musings.
In the fashion of the troubadour or bard Roberts crafts stories, love songs, ballads, spiritual insights, or protests into a mesmerising web of song.
However it is on stage that Roberts is best appreciated. A comfortable and engaging performer he is quickly becoming known as an act not to miss and a hard one to follow.
This week is National Pathology Week and to help raise awareness of this vital contribution to modern medicine, events have been organised on Saturday at St Mary’s Hospital. Alison Toney from the IWPCT tells us more. Ed
What’s Pathology All About?
If you have had a blood test, been treated for an infection or perhaps someone you know is being treated for cancer, you will have had contact with Pathology – even if you didn’t realise it.
Increasingly, pathologists are responsible for the care of patients, for example those with leukaemia, anaemias or immune and metabolic disorders.
Without the detective work of the Pathology team investigating disease, there could be no firm answers, and improving or even maintaining the quality of medical care would be impossible.
If you don’t fancy eating out tonight, or are not keen on bumping into brain thirsty zombies, then you might want to head down to Quay Arts in Newport and have a good laugh instead.
Yes folks, it’s time for the Quay Comedy Club again and this month they’ve got some cracking comedians lined up to entertain you.
Headline act, Mark Olver, is a fearless compere, fast-witted, original and will ad-lib with any audience, anywhere, anytime!
Those with their heads in the sand might not realise that this Friday is Halloween. A time when ghouls, trick or treaters and brain thirsty zombies come out to play.
Last year, we saw the Wight Zombie Shuffle take place in Ryde, this year, we understand that the zombies have got themselves organised (as they did in the excellent zombie film I Am Legend) and are planning to gather at The Castle Inn in Newport at 8.30pm.
Plans to unite with witches, ghouls and yet more zombies means that their end destination will be Haunted iCandi at Joe’s in Newport where they’ll be able to dance their rotting socks off to the sounds of electronica, retro pop, funk and dub.
Chart-topping writer of such classics as “Woman of Mine”, “Lydia”, “Lucky Stars” and “Ariel” and ‘McDonald’s Girl’ (which was officially banned by the BBC for mentioning the name of the well known fast food chain in its chorus), Dean Friedman, completes his UK tour at Quay Arts in Newport tonight.
Lucky Stars is the track most remembered by us, for those who have idea what we’re going on about - thanks to YouTube, here’s a reminder of Dean singing with Denise Marsa.
Film director and Michael West exhibitor, Thomas Hicks, visited Medina High School to lead an experimental animation workshop as part of their Art Blast Week.
The students explored music and drawing and basic film-making techniques including traditional, as well as digital, to create this collaborative animation.
Quay Arts presents Maria Korsnes, Hagit Yakira, Portia Winters and Tal Jakubowiczova in LEAHS Evening next month.
LEAHS is an evening of work by four female artists working around the theme of femininity and womanhood.
It is an intimate and personal dialogue between voice and movements, expressing a sensation of femininity, women’s relationships to themselves and their observers.
Quay Arts’ Quay Comedy Club returns next week with a great lineup of three hilarious comedians.
Headline act, Mark Olver, is a fearless compere, fast-witted, original and will ad-lib with any audience, anywhere, anytime!
He will be supported by newcomer, Seann Walsh with a sharp set of dense punchlines and Luke Toulson whose appealing self-deprecation and exasperated observations combines to ensure a laugh per minute!
If you missed our earlier posting about Dean Friedman’s visit to the Island next week, read on.
Choosing to end is UK tour at Quay Arts, Dean will be performing songs old and new from his extensive catalogue next Tuesday 28 Oct from 8pm.
Dean is the chart-topping writer of such classics as “Woman of Mine”, “Lydia”, “Lucky Stars” and “Ariel” whilst another, ‘McDonald’s Girl’ was officially banned by the BBC for mentioning the name of the well known fast food chain in its chorus!
Music lovers and anyone who is keen to support a good cause, should head down to Quay Arts on Friday night when three bands will be playing live and hoping to raise some much needed cash.
The Chancers, Cooly Haste and Lucky Elephant have all agreed to play sets in the cafe at Quay between 7.30pm-11pm in the hope that money can be raised to help build a new school for kids in Tanzania.
Over the last few weeks the idea for an artist’s networking evening has been evolving at Quay Arts in Newport.
Tonight sees the first official Artist’s Networking Evening and organisers are hoping that artists, actors, musicians, photographers, craft makers, film makers, writers, theatre directors, designers and anyone interested in the creative industry come along, be inspired and stimulated, share ideas and network.
For more information please contact Box Office: 01983 822490 or email info@quayarts.org
The Earl Mountbatten Hospice will be the beneficiaries of a gala screening of the forthcoming James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
This ‘dress for the occasion’ takes place at the Deluxe Screen of Cineworld in Newport on Thursday next week.
For your chance to see the film a day before general national release and help out the Island’s hospice at the same time, book your tickets pronto, because they are on a first come first served basis.
The temperature has suddenly got colder and fuel prices aren’t getting any cheaper.
If you’re concerned about your fuel costs over the winter then you might want to go along on one of the Future Energy events that taking place on the Wight next week.
The aim of the events is to offer some help and advice to those facing high energy bills.
But it’s not just for the benefit of individuals, businesses will also have an opportunity to find out ‘Energy Options, Profits & Savings’ from Business Link on Friday 31 October at the Riverside Centre at 1.30pm, as part of the wider event.
Just when everyone was thinking that the idea had passed, we’ve found that it looks like the disposal of County Hall could be back on the cards.
In their most recent let’s flog off what might be worth something report, otherwise known as the Capital Receipts Programme, near the bottom of the document is an entry for “County Hall and Newport Harbour” (sic).
The reason for sale is listed as “Maximise capital receipt, regeneration of Newport Harbour and County Hall sites and enable relocation of Council.”
To that end, we’re told that “Option appraisals currently being investigated which may lead to disposal or retention.”
The IW Council has published its latest list of properties and land that it owns, that it has decided to sell off over the next three years (see previous coverage).
There are now 42 items on the list, but that includes entries like “Residential Rationalisation” - management speak of the highest order, whose meaning could be innocent or something quite worrying.
Others on the list include a couple of car parks in Newport, New Street Car Park and South Street Car Park.
The year’s been a tough one and Edana’s voice is full of heartbreak, but it’s wiser, richer, more soulful.
Also included are art songs from the 1930s and 1940s by Kurt Weill and American musical theatre genius, Stephen Sondheim. 
It is not his outstanding musicianship that is driving him, but something more subtle. What’s driving this artist is the song. 
What’s Pathology All About?
Island based jazz ensemble, The Rick Harris Trio, will be performing their unique brand of ambient improvised jazz and blues. 
If you don’t fancy 
Those with their heads in the sand might not realise that this Friday is Halloween. A time when ghouls, trick or treaters and 
It’s a play by Bertold Brecht set in a time of civil war. 
The students explored music and drawing and basic film-making techniques including traditional, as well as digital, to create this collaborative animation. 
LEAHS is an evening of work by four female artists working around the theme of femininity and womanhood. 
If you missed our earlier posting about 
Music lovers and anyone who is keen to support a good cause, should head down to Quay Arts on Friday night when three bands will be playing live and hoping to raise some much needed cash.
Tonight sees the first official Artist’s Networking Evening and organisers are hoping that artists, actors, musicians, photographers, craft makers, film makers, writers, theatre directors, designers and anyone interested in the creative industry come along, be inspired and stimulated, share ideas and network. 
The half term holidays kick off at Quay Arts with a great theatre production by Idolrich Theatre Rotto Production, which kids and adults will enjoy.
This ‘dress for the occasion’ takes place at the Deluxe Screen of Cineworld in Newport on Thursday next week.
The temperature has suddenly got colder and fuel prices aren’t getting any cheaper. 
Just when everyone was thinking that the idea had passed, we’ve found that it looks like the disposal of County Hall could be back on the cards.
Update: Apologies for the false alert - this production has actually been cancelled due to lack of interest. 
The IW Council has published its latest list of properties and land that it owns, that it has decided to sell off over the next three years (see