Nerd Nights in Guernsey

Meeting in The Gallery, Mansell Street (top of Mill Street in the Old Quarter), Nerd Night promises to be really interesting and looking at the facebook group here, some of the islands top hacker/makers are going to be in attendance. Quothe:

"If you...

...live to make things.
...aren’t afraid to make mistakes and learn from them.

...don’t use things the way the manufacturer intended.

...look at the things around you and think “I could make that better”.

...love to open things up to find out how they work."

The Nerd Nights Manifesto

Guernsey's International Short Film Festival - Sarnia Shorts

Sarnia Shorts has opened its letter box for submissions for its 2012 competition. You have until the end of May to get your shit together
....
oh and its free to enter! hmmm

(Not keen on the name, but why criticize - they have got a film festival off the ground!)

James Dumbelton's Dawn Chorus

Second treat tonight actually, as it is stupid time in the morning and this is what I'm listening to, for the second time! This is James' debut album and he has put the whole thing on sound cloud which is a very good thing indeed.


Listen to the whole of Dawn Chorus on Soundcloud - its beautyful!

Tonight The Skies

Todays treat is Tonight The Skies' Tropic, a demo in which all the way through, you can hear nice little touches.


James Le Huray and Hollie Martorella continue to show great promise - it must be E.P. time surely!





TTS on facebook

Oddsocks - The Merry Wives of Windsor

Last week at St James in Guernsey, Oddsocks showed their version of Merry Wives of Windsor. It was not a play I knew, but I spotted lots of Shakespeare's favourite themes - young love conquering, confused fools, wise women helping a bad man get his comeuppance, and a fantastic uplifting end scene. I had heard mixed reviews about the amount of technology in the company's shows, but I thought that Merry Wives got it right in that it was not only functional - helping set changes - but entertaining in it's own right. 

The main thing that would draw me back into the theatre to see Oddsocks, is their great cast of actors, the extremely enjoyable writing and the cracking set design.

They are in Jersey till tomorrow!

January
28th Jan-1 Feb (not 29th) Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey JE2 4SW, 8pm, 01534 700444
February
3rd Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat School, Hereford,
4th QEH Theatre, Bristol,
6th The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury
9th-10th, The Theatre-Chipping Norton, Ox’shire 

11th Lamproom Theatre, Barnsely
20th-24th Bridge House Theatre, Warwick

25th Scarborough Spa Theatre, N.Yorks 

Oddsocks

 

Best Festival in Guernsey, Channel Islands - Chaos 8 Weekend

With the new year hype all finished with, I've started with the holiday planning and longing for summer I feel every year. I can't be alone in this and if we keep listening to economics news, most people will be looking to spend money closer to home and with at least 4 festivals in Guernsey this year we are spoilt. This year we have Sark Folk Festival, Festival of Performing Arts, Victor Hugo Festival and best of all Chaos Weekend 8


It is telling I've only missed one year at Chaos in the last five. I have had personal involvement in this little gem since my first year and this year, this three day festival will be my main focus for the next 6 months as I help organise and run the Peace Tent. The Peace tent has developed over the years from a Greenpeace information and tea tent to a complete little mini event of it's own. We proudly offer an alternative space to festival goers, there is bands, djs, poets, story tellers and some people seeking somewhere to sit for ten minutes returned every waking moment of their three days.


But the Peace Tent is only a small part of Chaos 8 - the majority of first time visitors come because of word of mouth - and word of mouth is the best recommendation for a festival. next up more of Chaos 8 but for now: look at the photo above and tell me that"s not the best view!

Beach Art

More Beach Art for 2012 please.

Three Cubes Colliding from Jimandtonic on Vimeo.

I have yet to see any beach art over here on Guernsey. Someone must surely have done some, I must do some detective work.

Great Gig Photography in Guernsey

Well actually this guy can take a great shot of pretty much anything - he has the eye! He has covered the Chaos Music Festival in Guernsey since 2006 and it is all on his site to check out and order.
Gaa Gaas featuring Brobots-20


Andrew Le Poidevin's TALLPICTURES

A Paul Kilbey Review

Two names got my attention here - Gavin Bryars and Tom Waits.
Paul's Review here

Festive Faces Campaign

Show some love towards a brilliant festival in Aylesbury. You can help by sponsoring their campaign. Sponsor them for each Festive Face they manage to capture by Christmas Eve using the magic of a local pro portrait photographer.

Follow their progress online at dannyhigginsphotography/festivefaces where you can see all the Festive Faces they have so far

But best of all check out the Festival itself!