SHIRLEY COLLINS
"America Over The Water"
Dear All,
This
message is being sent to a range of people to draw attention to a
major ACE sponsored tour which is taking place this
autumn.
“Shirley
Collins is without doubt one of England’s greatest cultural treasures”
Billy
Bragg
'I
found it very touching indeed…truly moving.' David
Attenborough
America Over the Water is a unique and powerful show that takes you on an epic song-hunting journey through the heartlands of America’s deep South in 1959, when Shirley Collins, a young folk-singer from Sussex accompanied America’s renowned folklorist, Alan Lomax. This enthralling story told by Shirley and actor Pip Barnes with passion and humour, is illustrated with rare and remarkable music and pictures.
The tour coincides with the publication of the revised paperback edition of the book which includes photographs that were not available at the time of the hardback publication.
Dates for "America Over The Water"
The show will tour in the Autumn with the support of the Arts Council.
Dates confirmed so far:
Saturday September 2nd Chequer Mead East Grinstead Sussex
8.00pm
Box Office:01342 302000
Websites: www.chequermead.org.uk
www.accousticsussex.org.uk
Friday September 15th Glasshouse Studio Theatre
Stourbridge 7.30pm
Box Office: 01384 399400
Website: www.glasshousearts.co.uk
Thursday September 21st Square Chapel Halifax West
Yorkshire 8.00pm
Box Office:01422 349422
Website: www.sq-chapel-arts.demon.co.uk
Sunday
September 24th Cranleigh Arts Centre Surrey 7.30pm
Box Office:08456
128128
Websites: www.cranleighartscentre.org
www.electricvoices.org
Friday September 29th Purcell Rooms, South Bank, London
Details and times TBA
Wednesday October 4th Brewery Arts Centre Kendal Cumbria
8.30pm
Box Office:01539 725133
Website: www.breweryarts.co.uk
Thursday October 5th Rose Theatre Edge Hill Ormskirk
Lancashire 8.00pm
Box Office:01695 584480
Website: www.edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre
Friday October 6th Ilkley Literature Festival Otley West
Yorkshire 7.30pm
Box Office:01943 816714
Website: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk
Saturday October 7th Holywell Rooms Oxford 8.00pm
Box
Office:01865 305305
Website:www.lescousins.co.uk
Wednesday October
11th The Point Cardiff 7.30pm
Box Office:029 2046 0873
Website: www.thepointcardiffbay.com
Thursday October
12th The Cube Bristol 8.00pm
Box Office:0117 907 4190
Website: http://microplex.cubecinema.com/cubewebsite
Sunday October 15th Independent & Radical
Bookfair Bongo Club Edinburgh 6.00pm
Box Office: 0131 662
9112
Website:www.word-power.co.uk
Friday October 20th
Terry O'Toole Theatre N. Hykeham Lincs 7.30pm
Box Office:01522
883311
Website: www.terryotooletheatre.org.uk/
Tuesday October 24th Off The Shelf Sheffield South
Yorkshire 7.30pm
Box Office:0114 273 4716
Website: www.offtheshelf.org.uk/
Saturday November
4th Helmsley Arts Centre North Yorkshire 7.30pm
Website: www.helmsleyarts.co.uk
Friday November 10th Stamford Arts Centre Lincolnshire
8.00pm
Box Office:01780 763203
Website: www.stamfordartscentre.com
There is further information, updates, and details of other shows that Shirley is involved in this autumn at:-