News from producers around Derbyshire

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari

Following on from the great success of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Spital Arts are delighted and excited to present another show in conjunction with Live and Local.

An opportunity to try sport for the very first time!

Ninety Derby College students who have arrived in the UK during the past year, many as refugees or asylum seekers, have taken part in an exciting initiative to give them access to new sporting experiences.

Derby College sign language student Donna is Amazon UK’s first BSL ambassador

Learning British Sign Language (BSL) at Derby College Group is helping Amazon UK employee Donna Burton make a huge difference to her colleagues’ lives – and her own life.

Donna, who is 55 and from Ilkeston, works as a process guide at the company’s Kegworth fulfilment centre.

Local singer Hannah Brine releases song for World Book Day

Derbyshire musician Hannah Brine has written a song for World Book Day (March 2nd 2023). “Picture Book” is a romantic “Bacharach style” song which likens a person romantically to a book. Hannah, tipped as the next Norah Jones, wrote the song with Michael Garvin (23 Number 1s, including J Lo’s Waiting for Tonight) and pianist Jonathan Wiliams (Royal Opera House, and currently a team captain in the finals of BBC Two’s Only Connect).

A Royal Appointment for Derby College's Jon Collins

A Derby College manager is looking forward to enjoying a once in a lifetime experience, after receiving an invitation to one of the first Royal Garden Parties to be hosted by His Majesty King Charles III.

Come and see the new-born lambs at Broomfield Hall!

Along with snowdrops, daffodils and lighter evenings, nothing quite announces the arrival of Spring like the sight of new-born lambs in the fields.

And to help celebrate this special time of year, Derby College is holding its popular Lambing Sunday event at its Broomfield Hall campus in Morley on 26th March.

Chesterfield in Lockdown – A community exhibition

Chesterfield Museum has curated an exhibition to commemorate the experiences of the community during the Covid-19 Lockdown ahead of the third UK National Day of Reflection.

The community led exhibition includes a selection of art, textile, poetry, prose, music, film, and photography, as well as the Chesterfield Big Lockdown Textile, which is made up of 100 textile squares created by residents.

Chatsworth opens the door to your creative side

Chatsworth is opening its doors to those looking to explore their creative side, with a season of discovery and exploration

People of all levels of skill and interest are being invited to take part in expert-led courses throughout the house and garden during the habitual ‘closed’ season of conservation and cleaning, from now until late March.

Buxton International Festival

A Knockout Festival of Opera, Jazz, Music and Books

6-23 July 2023

Buxton International Festival offers a knockout line-up of opera, jazz, music and books between Thursday 6 July and Sunday 23 July 2023. The programme features more than 120 events over 17 days in the heart of Derbyshire’s Peak District.

Festival highlights include three new opera productions, Vincenzo Bellini’s La sonnambula,

Local Charity Committed to Transforming Young Lives

Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, is expanding its programme of inclusive youth activities and therapies as part of its commitment to supporting children and young people to move forward positively with their lives.

Last year, Safe and Sound supported a record 343 children and young people aged eight and above who had been victims of or at risk of child exploitation including online grooming sexual exploitation, County Lines, trafficking, modern slavery and radicalisation.