Introducing New Artists from Devon
Showcasing emerging artists in Devon, Sarah Gosling is joined by pop singer Grace Lightman, poet Kimwei McCarthy, Scratchworks Theatre Company and writer Jonny Hibbs.
Recorded in front of an audience at the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth, Sarah Gosling introduces and showcases the artists and performers making a name for themselves in Devon, in collaboration with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music Introducing.
Grace Lightman is an electropop singer whose debut album Silver Eater is about an alien stranded on earth. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music Introducing artist Grace performs her lead track Repair Repair with her band.
17 year old writer Jonny Hibbs has created a comic audio drama about young farmers and a rural dating app called CattleGrid! He was commissioned by the New Creatives talent scheme run by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Introducing Arts and Arts Council England, which gives emerging artists aged 16-30 the chance to have their works broadcast.
Kimwei McCarthy is a poet and musician who has recently been appointed the Grand Bard of Exeter. He talks about how climate activism and trans activism influences his work, and performs a poem about Devon, Because You Invited Me.
Scratchworks Theatre Company are an all-female ensemble who are creating original comic plays retelling history from a woman's perspective. Laura Doble, Alice Higginson Clarke and Sian Keen perform a song from their new plays Hags, about the witch trials of Bideford.
Presenter Sarah Gosling is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Music Introducing Presenter for Devon and Cornwall and hosts evening shows on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Devon.
Producer: Timothy Prosser
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Duration: 12:05
Front Row in Plymouth
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Main image and image to the left: all the contributors to Front Row's programme fromΜύthe
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Grace Lightman
The Mood Talk remix of Grace Lightman's track Aztec Level is available fromΜύ08 November 2019.
Her album, Silver Eater is out now.
with Low Island starts in Leeds on 31 October 2019, and goes on to visit Liverpool, Manchester, London, Cardiff, Bristol, Newcastle and Brighton before it finishes in Oxford on 06 December 2019.
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Jonny Hibbs
Image: writer Jonny Hibbs
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Kimwei McCarthy
Kimwei's album is available now from his website.
Image: Kimwei McCarthy performingΜύone of his poems for Front Row
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Scratchworks Theatre Company
Scratchworks Theatre Company is premiering their new production at on 14 March 2020.
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Sarah Gosling
Image: Sarah Gosling (Left) on stageΜύwith Grace Lightman as she presents Front Row from the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.
Image credit: Dom Moore
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