News
03/10/08
Now Booking - The 99 Minute Film School and Idea, Script Screen
Arts Alive has linked up with the Raindance Film Festival to offer two fascinating workshops for budding writers, directors, producers, actors, filmmakers, cinema lovers and anyone with an interest in how movies are made.
The 99 Minute Film School
Can you learn everything there is to know about screenwriting in 99 minutes? Of course not! But why not see if you can let the Raindance founder Elliot Grove try? Elliot Grove has been working with leading filmmakers and screenwriters in Europe since 1992. He has produced over 150 short films and 5 feature films and written eight scripts. His film making courses have been attended by writers, directors and producers who have gone on to make successful films including 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels', 'Waking Ned', 'Sliding Doors' and 'The Dark Knight'.
Admission: £15.00, Concessions: £7.50
Box Office/Information: 01306 881 717
One free ticket with every 10 tickets purchased.
Idea, Script, Screen
Do you have an idea for a film but don't know how to get from idea to script to screen? Then why not attend this two day workshop, based on the popular Raindance course 'Write and Sell the HOT Script'.
DAY 1: The art and craft of screenwriting, story structure and genre theories with techniques valuable to a scriptwriter at any level.
DAY 2: Examine cost-effective ways to produce, direct, shoot and edit a saleable featuer film, highlighting the techniques of marketing, selling and distributing a finished film. Presented by Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance and the British Independent Film Awards.
Admission: Full 2 day course £65.00, Concessions: £50.00
Box Office/Information: 01306 881 717
One free ticket with every 10 tickets purchased.
25/09/08
Don Cossacks State Dance Company, 14/10/08 - CANCELLED
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. Please contact Dorking Halls on 01306 881 717 for more information. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
17/08/08
Stagecoach Theatre Workshop, 28/10/08 - CANCELLED
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. Please contact Stagecoach on 0800 007 5482 for more information. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
17/08/08
Mr Coward & Mr Cole, 01/10/08 - 04/10/08 - CANCELLED
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. Please contact Dorking Halls on 01306 881 717 for more information. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
08/07/08
Arts Alive 2008 - Let the Celebrations Commence!
The Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival 2008 officially opens on Saturday 27th September with special opening events in St Martin's Walk, Dorking and Leatherhead Town Centre from 10am until 3pm. Both towns will be filled with an air of artistry as artists, art groups and festival-goers join together to celebrate the start of Arts Alive in its twelfth year.
So come along, join in the fun and let the celebrations commence ...
14/02/08
Arts Alive 2008 Event Application and Publicity Forms
The 2008 Arts Alive Event Application and Publicity Forms are now available to download below. If you are a local artist or a member of a local arts group and are interested in participating in the festival please complete the forms below.
Arts Alive Application Form 2008
ARTS ALIVE 2008 PUBLICITY FORM
14/02/08
Arts Alive 2008 Dates Confirmed
The 2008 Arts Alive are confirmed as 1st to 31st October 2008.
05/10/07
Trevor Danby Book-Signing at ShedArt Gallery & Studios
Trevor Danby be present during the three days of the ShedArt exhibition from 12th to 14th October 2007 to sign copies of his new book, published by Book Guild, entitled 'A Botcher in France'. Liz Holloway, a member of ShedArt and winner of the Gold medal at Denbies Wine Estate Art Gallery this year, has provided the painting for the cover of the book. Emma Danby, who has illustrated the book, will also be exhibiting her own portrait drawings at the same time. The Book Guild publication date is Thursday 29th November and Liz Holloway, a founder member of ShedArt is responsible for the book cover.
04/10/07
Let Loose - Create Together
The Nomads have organised a seminar exploring ways creating inclusively in different art forms. Click here to download a flyer with all the details.
27/09/07
Defending the Caveman - 18 October - CANCELLED
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. Please contact Dorking Halls on 01306 881 717 for more information. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
19/09/07
Wayland Awake
Joe Butler and Chris Smith
This unique performance tells the Norse tale of Wayland, the mythical blacksmith who gives his name to Wayland Smithy next to White Horse Hill. The story is well over 1000 years old, appearing in 8th century carvings and poems.
The performance combines music, poetry, storytelling and song with the spectacle of a live working forge. It is a feast for the senses: the smells, sounds and sights of the blacksmith at work blend with the imagined story providing an extraordinary elemental evocation of the narrative. Fire and iron, coke and air mix with the magic of the myth for an extraordinary theatrical experience.
Each performance lasts for one hour and is suitable for adults and older children (not suitable for under 10 years)
Fire & Iron Gallery, Oxshott Road, Leatherhead
Wednesday 31 October 2007, 7.30pm
Tickets: £16 EACH – available from the Fire & Iron Gallery
Telephone 01372 386453 www.fireandiron.co.uk
Book early to avoid disappointment.
This is an outdoor winter event - please wear very warm unimportant clothes.
18/09/07
Janine Creaye
Janine Creaye is a recognised sculptor, she has a BA (hons) Fine Art, Sculpture from the University of Northumbria, and an MA in Public Art from Chelsea School of Art and Design she has had her work exhibited in commercial galleries and has permanent public art in Guildford town centre, 2 parks in West Sussex and Old Manor Hospital in Salisbury.
She will be working with the pupils of The Priory Shool to form a sculpture that will be situated in their school grounds. There will be an unveiling ceremony held at The Priory School, Dorking at 4pm on the 31 October 2007.
18/09/07
Brilliant Baroque by Candlelight - 4th October - CANCELLED
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. Please contact Leatherhead Theatre on 01372 365141 for more information. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
05/09/07
Writing From Life Creative Writing Classes
Writing From Life is a small creative writing group that meets every Wednesday from 10am – 12pm at the Green Room Theatre in Dorking. Writing From Life is led by local author Chris Leonard and is aimed at people who have always wanted to write but don’t know what to write about, or where to begin. Writing From Life costs £65 for a 10 week course.
05/09/07
Calling all poets and would-be poets!
Would you like to hear your poem beautifully-performed by writer and performer, Christala Rosina, and delicately-accompanied on the harp with music arranged especially for it? Enter the exciting Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival 2007 Poetry Competition and you could!
The competition is free to enter and one lucky winner will not only receive a signed copy of Watercolour Essences of Moon by Christala Rosina, but will have the rare opportunity of hearing his or her poem performed at this year’s festival by Christala, and accompanied by harpist, Siobhan Swider, with music thoughtfully-arranged by this elegant and talented duo especially for the winning poem. Christala’s poetry celebrates a strong affinity with the writers of the Romantic literary period, and seeks particularly to continue the philosophy of the sage, prophet and poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The winner of this unique competition, which helps to celebrate National Poetry Day, will be announced, and the winning poem performed, at the Arts Alive Festival 2007 on Thursday 25th October at 7.30 pm, at Corbett’s Bookshop, Leatherhead, when Christala and Siobhan perform In Dreams: The Poet & the Harp.
So pick up your pens and celebrate England’s rich poetic heritage by finding the poet in you. Full competition details and how to enter are at www.christalarosina.co.uk.