A newly-formed choir made up of local people who are carers will make their debut performance at The Hannells Darley Park Concert on Sunday September 3 with a diverse programme of well-known songs.

Sing Viva  – Derbyshire Carers’ Choir has been set up by Derby-based Sinfonia Viva, the East Midlands’ only professional orchestra, as part of its 35^th anniversary programme - enabling more people than ever to experience creative music making.

“Women are each other’s human wonder bras  – uplifting, supportive and making each other  look bigger and better.”  Kathy Lette 

Derby Theatre is thrilled  to announce the cast for their big, family-friendly, festive production for 2017/18, a magical and mystical Peter Pan, performed by a marvellous band of actor-musicians, on from Saturday 2 December until Saturday 6 January. 
 
Playing the title character will be Jack Brett. New to Derby Theatre audiences, Jack’s previous credits include Peter Pan in Underneath a Magical Moon (York Theatre Royal and UK tour); Alfie Strange: Trained Time Travellers Only (New Wolsey Theatre) and Cymbeline (Guildford Shakespeare Company).  

A new exhibition in QUAD, Derby will include a premiere of work by East Midlands Artist Hetain Patel. The new exhibition consists of two film works: a major new work, Don’t Look at the Finger (2017), commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella with Manchester Art Gallery and QUAD, and The Jump (2015). It will be the UK premiere of The Jump in QUAD, Derby which will simultaneously also be shown at The Manchester Art Gallery, marking 50 years since Patel’s family emigrated from India to the UK.

If you’re longing for some Tex-Mex and Americana music, get your Stetson ready for the Los Pacaminos!

One the UK’s best loved vocalists Paul Young along with Drew Barfield, Mark Pinder, Steve Greetham, Jamie Moses and Melvin Duffy formed Los Pacaminos as an antidote to the bleak English Winter. Starting life as a practice band playing music they loved, word soon got around and it wasn’t long before the band where playing gigs.

New paintings by artist Eleanor May Watson will celebrate famous Derbyshire women at Dear Reader, an exhibition at the Museum & Art Gallery, Derby from 16 September to 19 November. The work, produced during a nine month residency as the current holder of the prestigious Jonathan Vickers Fine Art Award, was inspired by Eleanor’s research into the lives of these women across history.

Sheffield based group Arts Through Textiles will be exhibiting their work at the Barn from Monday 11th September.

The exhibition, entitled 'Follow the Thread', will be a dynamic exhibition featuring an eclectic mix of style, technique and approach with the emphasis on textiles.

As the new school year starts and autumn beacons it's fast approaching cosy cuppa's and craft time. Why not make some time for yourself by coming along to see us to either learn something new or treat a loved one to some creative me time with one of our vouchers?

Derby LIVE is pleased to announce that Bess, a new play by Kevin Fegan, will be performed at Derby’s Guildhall Theatre from Thursday 28 September to Sunday 1 October. The play was commissioned by First Art and in association with Derby LIVE.

Telling the story of the life and times of Bess of Hardwick, surprisingly, this is the first drama to capture this extraordinary woman and her extraordinary times. Bess takes centre stage in this one-woman show mixing theatre with film.

This year’s Hannells Darley Park Concert 2017, organised by Derby City Council’s entertainment arm, Derby LIVE, with orchestra Sinfonia Viva and media sponsor Classic FM, was a resounding success. The event was supported by Hannells Estates Agents, Flint Bishop Solicitors, HUUB, Mortgage Advice Bureau, PKF Cooper Parry, Specsavers and Stratstone BMW Derby.