performingartsincornwall

A cold, wild and blustery night made  Rogue Theatre 's Winter Woods  Tehidy Woods  show all the more atmospheric with fire dancers, woodland faeries and the sweetheart tree offering a magical night time pre-amble to the main show. The woods hospitable in a primeval way of offering shelter....... In the stately pleasuredome in the woods (a tent decked out with gorgeous tapestry) The King of the Woods tells a labyrinthine adventure of twins caught up a journey fraught with fantastical gods and animalia ..... now a traditional Cornish entertainment for kids and adults......of finery, wonder, glitter, dance and make-believe.....a memorable Christmas Party for the  Creative Skills and Cultivator   Carn to Cove   Feast Cornwall   Krowji  team ....and a bargain, with hot chocolate thrown in.

Recommended by Denzil Monk to catch this band which Gwenno leads - a Welsh singer who sings in Cornish and prides herself on growing up on the songs of Brenda Wootton (good).  The music was very different from what I expected being a sort of prog rock, psychodelia event (helped by projected mesmerising graphics on to rear screen which lent an acid trip feel to parts of the evening) - atomised abstract patterns a la Bridget Riley on screen cut with archive film and kaleidoscopic patterns.  Unlike Brenda who had a high supple voice, Gwenno has an alto tessitura which makes it difficult for he to rise above the instrumental accompaniment and she is less secure in the upper register.  The sound is dominated by an electroic synth vibe.  She is a striking tall chanteuse of the Ute Lemper groomed and svelte style. Her songs are interesting taking such pictorial themes for lyrics  as Peter Lanyon's mine paintings  (now thank god two of his masterpieces on  display in the newly hung Tate