Guernsey Press Arts Podcast

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton round up the latest from the local arts scene, including a look back at this year’s Guernsey Literary Festival, featuring interviews with comedian Helen Lederer, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin Louis de Bernières, and festival chairman Sir Terry Waite. Plus there’s chat on the One Act Play Festival, Element Films’ new short ‘Luck’, and a snippet from a fascinating interview with Irving Finkel, who recently spoke in an Arts Society Guernsey lecture on the most successful board game of antiquity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A once-in-a-lifetime discovery, documented on film... Tony Curr is joined by filmmaker Karl Taylor, skipper and veteran wreck-hunter Richard Keen and camera operator Peter Frankland to talk about the making of a new documentary which tells the story of a unique WW1 naval battle and the search for the two vessels lost near to the Channel Islands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, we hear from artist Olympia McEwan as her new public art project ‘7 Women’ goes on display at the Royal Court, Simon talks through his own theatrical project as he makes his directorial debut with ‘Fool for Love’ at the Fermain Tavern, plus they look back at the best of the last few weeks, including Art for Guernsey’s latest show, Cheshire Dramatic Arts’ production of ‘Six’, and Nessi Gomes’ new single. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, we hear from the cast and crew of Guernsey-made film Last Flamingo of the Red Summer Sunset, which has just premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, and we find out why the programme at the Mallard Cinema is looking increasingly eclectic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, we hear from the cast and crew of Guernsey-made film Last Flamingo of the Red Summer Sunset, which has just premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, and we find out why the programme at the Mallard Cinema is looking increasingly eclectic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton pick out their highlights of the last 12 months across music, theatre, film, and more, plus Tony Curr catches up with Art for Guernsey founder David Ummels to reflect on the impact of its high-profile Renoir exhibition and look ahead to what’s in store in 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our final episode of 2023, Simon De La Rue speaks to Charlie Hodder from the St Peter Port Sketch Club, heads to JB Parker's to meet the young Guerns behind the Night Voices poetry project, and catches up with Russ Fossey about the final two parts of Guernsey Arts' 10-year plan — and his own musical motivations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our final episode of 2023, Simon De La Rue speaks to Charlie Hodder from the St Peter Port Sketch Club, heads to JB Parker's to meet the young Guerns behind the Night Voices poetry project, and catches up with Russ Fossey about the final two parts of Guernsey Arts' 10-year plan — and his own musical motivations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue speaks to Guernsey's foremost classical musician David Le Page, who began learning to play the violin at age seven and his since forged a diverse career as a performer, composer, producer, and arranger, about his achievements, ambitions, and inspirations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue, we hear from some of the cast and crew behind GADOC's 'The Diary of Anne Frank', which is being staged at the newly-refurbished Beau Sejour theatre this week, speak to Guernsey Film Festival organisers Lars Janssen and Charlotte Dawn Potter about this year's event — and its role in bringing the local filmmaking community together, check in on Guernsey Arts' Russ Fossey as cultural tourism comes to the fore, and find out how the process behind visiting artist Tony Parsons' work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the opening of its landmark ‘Renoir in Guernsey, 1883’ exhibition later this week, Art for Guernsey founder David Ummels joins Simon De La Rue at the Guernsey Museum at Candie to talk about how it came together, what has been discovered in the process, and what it means for the island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this month’s show with Simon De La Rue, Guernsey Press features reporter Shaun Shackleton speaks to first-time writer and director Brandon Ashplant about his new short film ‘Bet Your Bottom Dollar’ — which premieres locally this Friday, Tony Curr gets the lowdown on Vraicfest as the island’s leading tribute bands prepare to rock L’Eree Aerodrome on Saturday, and Russ Fossey and Louise Le Pelley from Guernsey Arts discuss the ways in which it wants to help fund its work in future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue brings you a bonus edition of the Guernsey Press Arts Podcast, featuring a look ahead to this weekend's Vale Earth Fair, a chat with some of the cast and crew behind GADOC's recent 'fringe' production and Music Theatre Guernsey's unusual staging of the musical 'The Last Five Years', plus Guernsey Arts' Russ Fossey explains another strand of its long-term strategy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, Simon De La Rue speaks to classical musician David Le Page, three of the crew behind new local film 'At Death We Part' — Daniel Hollingworth, Dave Hyett, and Kiya Ashton, and the director of the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts — Oliver Bailey-Davies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue speaks to some of the stallholders at last month's Arts Seafront Sunday, and hears from Guernsey Arts' Russ Fossey about another strand of its long-term plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month Guernsey Filmworks' directors Lars Janssen and Charlotte Dawn Potter join Shaun Shackleton to talk about their debut feature-length production 'Undergound', a paranormal thriller set in the German Underground Hospital. Plus Simon De La Rue speaks to Lisa Burton and Jo Dowding about the latest exhibition at Candie featuring the work of local artist Brenda Munson, checks in on the recent One Act Play Festival, and hears all about a new booking agency set up by Guernsey musicians Kiya Ashton and Mike Meinke. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue, Nick Le Messurier lifts the lid on the Guernsey Literary Festival, which has just got under way, we find out why the Priaulx Library has turned to podcasting with chief executive Steve Foote and Jim Delbridge, host of its Guernsey Life & Times podcast, and we discuss the future of local venues with Russ Fossey from Guernsey Arts and St James executive director Jon Bisson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this month's show with Simon De La Rue, we hear from Daniel Hosego, one of the visiting artists featuring in Art for Guernsey's 'A Renaissance of Victor Hugo' exhibition at its new Mansell Street home, sculptor Sophie Le Lievre on her recent show 'Portal', and Guernsey Arts' Russ Fossey and artist Chris Simcox about the future of public art in Guernsey. Plus we check in on GADOC's production of '9 to 5' and the OSA Pop Up Shop, where the 'Quirky Kiwi' Claire Fisher has been showing her Maori-inspired work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Curr speaks to Art for Guernsey founder David Ummels and director Jock Pettitt about the opening of its newly-renovated home in the island's Old Quarter; its journey so far, its plans for this year and beyond, and how they hope it can help them make an outsized impact on that part of town — and the wider community. Stay tuned to this feed for conversations from across Guernsey's creative community, including our monthly magazine show at the start of each month and one-off interviews covering the full gamut of the island's artistic output. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first in a special series exploring the key elements of Guernsey Arts' new, long-term strategy, Simon De La Rue is joined by its head of arts development, Russ Fossey, Jade Kershaw from the Vale Earth Fair Collective, and Claire Allen from the Guernsey Literary Festival to talk about the growth in festivals locally, their impact on island life, and how they can be further supported and encouraged in future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.