Newsletter at a glance
Live Music this weekend!
Theatre at Quay Arts
Current Exhibitions
OPEN 2023: Details soon
NEW Workshops: Watercolour
Upcoming Events: Book now
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Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth
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Saturday 11 March
8pm | £14 adv | £16 on the door
Two of the finest instrumentalists in traditional music combine for a breathtaking performance, from a project which first started in lockdown with a video that was an international internet sensation. BOOK NOW
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Sunday 12 March
3pm | £10 adv | £12 on the door
Critically acclaimed saxophonist, flautist and composer, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community outreach arts programmes in Birmingham. Having started playing Tenor Saxophone at Andy Hamilton MBE’s Ladywood Community Music School, Xhosa has now established himself among the long legacy of Birmingham Saxophonists including Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings. BOOK NOW
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NEW & Upcoming Exhibitions
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46 CATS By Kathryn Fowler
Cafe Wall
Created over a seven-month period between 2021 - 22, Island artist Kathryn Fowler presents, for the first time, a collection of 46 watercolour cat miniatures.
A self-professed 'slow' painter, Kathryn turned from larger works to miniatures and explored a variety of themes before devising this collection of uniformly sized cats, taking inspiration from photographs of her late cat 'Poppy' and images sourced from magazines. See on website
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Just The Place - Boojum & Snark
West Gallery
Saturday 11 February - 8 April
An exhibition exploring the role of placemaking in Boojum & Snark’s cultural projects. Funded by Arts Council England.
Placemaking is a way to unlock a sense of pride, passion and wonder in your place. It relies on making authentic connections that strengthen peoples relationship to their place. For Boojum&Snark, placemaking also involves bringing activities, projects, experiences to Sandown that arouse curiosity and inspire interest and love for the town. See on website
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Natural Wonders
of the Isle of Wight
Clayden Gallery
Friday 24 February - Monday 13 March
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OPEN 2023: Watch this space...
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We are pleased to announce that the Quay Arts' Biennial OPEN exhibition 2023 theme and application process will be shared this weekend on Sun 12 March. Make sure you follow our social media channels and check our website for details.
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NEW Workshops: Watercolour with Caroline Underwood
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The Dark Room
Saturday 15 April
8pm | £12 adv | £14 on the door
Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. It’s strange, insane and addictive – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure, so choose it! Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – it’s a gut-busting rock n’ roll geek experience for everyone who buys a ticket. BOOK NOW
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Lucy Porter - Wake Up Call
Thursday 4 May
8pm | £15 adv | £17 on the door
Wake-Up Call is a show about revelations, realisations and epiphanies – both large and small. Subjects covered include: Bin collection schedules, the novels of Jean Rhys, cats, school fair booze tombolas, the Scottish Enlightenment, pressure washers and Huel. It’s an exuberant, silly show with some wisdom sprinkled on top. BOOK NOW
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A Perfect Likeness
Friday 24 March
8pm | £15 adv | £17 on the door
Conn Artists return to Quay Arts with their UK Premiere production of the odd-couple style comedy about literary giants Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll in ‘A Perfect Likeness’. A funny and entertaining comedy by Daniel Rover Singer. BOOK NOW
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Curious Investigators
Tuesday 4 April
2pm | £8 | £30 family of 4
A cracking new adventure for 3+ year olds. Scribble and Clipboard have a job to do: sort the recycling. But Scribble keeps finding new things to investigate. When she discovers a mysterious egg hidden in the rubbish, the pair need the audience’s help to rescue an unborn chick. BOOK NOW
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Jazz Jam
Monday 13 Mar | 7.30pm
A showcase of local talents hosted by the world class Jim Thorn Trio. MORE INFO
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Folk at the Quay
Sunday 19 Mar | 7pm
The best in folk music on the Island. MORE INFO
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2 Pianos Boogie & Blues Session
Sunday 26 March | 7pm | £5 on the door
Hosted by SPARKES AT THE PIANO
2 Pianos + Bass & Drums - Guest Musicians welcome. MORE INFO
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Voodoo Room - Hendrix, Clapton & Cream
Friday 17 March | 8pm
£16 adv | £18 on the door
A stunning power trio featuring some of the UK’s finest musicians who perform an incredible show in the true spirit of these legendary superstars. BOOK NOW
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Songs from the West End
Sunday 2 April | 7.30pm
£10 adv | £12 on the door
Imagine a scenario where 5 of the Islands most talented singers and performers are in the same room on the same night. Imagine also that the best shows from the West End and Broadway are brought to the Quay Arts. BOOK NOW
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Will Page
Saturday 18 March | 8pm
£14 in adv | £16 on the door
Well known as the fiddle playing front man of Americana band, Noble Jacks, Will Page is a folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Sussex. BOOK NOW
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Piaf - Christine Bovill
Wednesday 18 April | 8pm
£16 in adv | £18 on the door
No glamour. No gimmicks. No pretence. Nothing but a voice, singing of life’s triumphs and tragedies. Who was Edith Piaf? And how did she come to represent the spirit of Paris like no one before or since? BOOK NOW
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