The Shambles @ Wiveliscombe Town Hall

Film: A Life on the Farm – Fri 5th & Sun 7th April!

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When filmmaker Oscar Harding’s grandfather passed away in the rural English county of Somerset, his family inherited an extraordinary video tape – a feature-length home movie from neighbour Charles Carson, which can best be described as “Monty Python meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”.

But there’s so much more to the man than his bizarre videos – Charles was an inventor, an outsider artist, and a pioneer of death
positivity, to name just a few of the filmmaking farmer’s achievements. Charles’ life and work are examined by those who knew him best, as well as a whole new generation of fans who have been inspired by the legacy he left behind.

A Life On The Farm is an exploration and celebration of Charles Carson and his movies, rescued from obscurity, which present a moving and laugh-out-loud document of a vision of rural life in danger of being lost to history.

STARRING:
Charles Carson
Oscar Harding
Joe Pickett
Nick Prueher

DIRECTED BY:
Oscar Harding

PRODUCED BY:
Edward Lomas
Oscar Harding
Dominik Platen

Film: The Nettle Dress – Sun 7th April

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Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. The is hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion, and also his medicine. It’s how he survives the death of his wife and finds a beautiful way to honour her. 

A modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft. 

“THIS IS AN EXQUISITE FILM. EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL AND HELPFUL 

FOR ANYONE SUFFERING LOSS OR GRIEF. AN INSPIRATION.”

SIR MARK RYLANCE

“IF YOU’VE EVER WONDERED WHAT THE EARTH 

WOULD HAVE FASHION DO, THIS IS YOUR ANSWER.”

PROFESSOR KATE FLETCHER, SUSTAINABLE FASHION ACTIVIST

“CRAFT TRANSFORMED BY IMAGINATION INTO ART, 

LIKE AN ALCHEMICAL ALLEGORY.”

PATRICK HARPUR, AUTHOR

PAST SHOWS

Sat 9th & Sunday 10th March: Four Seasons by Little Bulb

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We are DELIGHTED to welcome back Little Bulb, of Mountain Music fame, to Wivey, with this beautiful show! (*Please note the access details for the venue – this is a work in progress of a space, beautiful but flawed – no toilets/and on the first floor! We will have coffee though).
A theatrical love letter to nature for children and their families.
We begin in Winter, where frost crunches underfoot, icy winds blow, and snow is softly falling all around. Much of nature seems to be asleep. But somewhere, preparations for something truly wonderful are underway.
Join our intrepid team of magical gardeners as they tend to the marvellous menagerie of flora and fauna at every stage of nature’s miraculous journey. Four Seasons is a celebration of the wonder and weirdness of nature and our place within it, all set to an exciting score of seasonally inspired tracks including, of course, Vivaldi’s iconic piece.
Expect enchanting and innovative theatre featuring puppetry, dance and clowning fun – everything we’ve come to expect from Olivier Award-winning Little Bulb (Hibernation, CBEEBIES’ The Nutcracker).
Conceived and created by Little Bulb

Written and devised by Clare Beresford, Dominic Conway, Hanora Kamen, Vic Llewellyn, Alexander Scott and Shamira Turner.
Performed by
Clare Beresford
Vic Llewellyn
Alexander Scott/Dominic Conway

Directed by Alexander Scott
Designed in collaboration with Kirsty Harris
with trees by Jamie Misselbrook
Illustrations by Louise Boulter

You can watch the Official Trailer here

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This programme of work was made possible by the generous support from Greene King Brewery & The Bear Inn, Wiveliscombe.