Guernsey Press Arts Podcast

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton hear from Laura Simpson and Lydia Jane Pugh about their forthcoming new musical Radio Silence, telling the story of a fictional family's experience of the German occupation of Guernsey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shaun Shackleton joins Simon De La Rue to discuss what's going on in Guernsey's arts scene. We hear from Laura Harrison of the Victor Hugo Centre about its exciting new trail and from Rachel Wright after her instigation of the Liberation Concert on 10 May, which featured the Biberach Youth Orchestra. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton round up the latest from the local arts scene, including a look at Art for Guernsey’s new exhibition - ‘Finding Turner’, which continues its journey celebrating the work created here by the celebrated English artist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this month’s show, Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton hear all about the Islands at War podcast from the two men behind it, Keith Pengelley and Nick Le Huray, and speak to Russ Fossey and Louise Le Pelley from Guernsey Arts about its plans for 2025 and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton preview this weekend’s second Photo-Symphony at St James and look ahead to some of the other arts events happening over the next few weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton go behind the scenes on the GADOC and MTG productions as Guernsey’s panto season gets into full swing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton speak to artist Sally Ede-Golightly, Le Tricoteur owner Rachael Laine and Art for Guernsey chairman and founder David Ummels about a new exhibition focussing on the storied and much-treasured jumper of jumpers - the guernsey. We also catch up with composer Lydia Jane Pugh who is heading to New York for a Covid-delayed album premiere while planning a new musical...

Comedian and author Al Murray describes the origins of his Pub Landlord character, with which he recently sold out two nights at St James, Guernsey Music Service head Tim Wright talks us through the past, present and future of our growing ties with Montserrat, we hear from Estelle Moseley and Tasmin Ferguson as their photographs are included in the Guernsey Photography Festival and Margaret Moffat...

Shaun Shackleton and Simon De La Rue speak to Trudie Shannon about her new collection of poetry, to Dawn O'Porter about her third Guernsey-set novel and to John Nettles and Steve Foote about a warts-and-all revision of a German officer's occupation diary, all of which are being published within a few days of each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a retrospective exhibition continues at Art for Guernsey, Simon De La Rue speaks to legendary local sci-fi illustrator and artist Chris Foss about his decades-long career, which has included work on several major films. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month with Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton, actor and director Cameron Ashplant joins to talk about his new play ‘The Glaswegian’, which premieres at the Princess Royal Centre for the Performing Arts in a couple of weeks. Plus there’s chat on Rosanne Guille’s latest exhibition, the recent Guernsey Street Festival, and a look at what’s coming up locally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Simon De La Rue and Shaun Shackleton explore some of the exhibitions taking place this summer, including hearing from pioneering sci-fi artist Chris Foss about his retrospective at Art for Guernsey, Liz Potter from the Sarnia Arts & Crafts Club ahead of its centenary show later in July, Gill Harrison on her ongoing Art at the Park exhibition and Hayley Bachelet and her dad Graham from Sula Gal...

An ancient board game was the first subject of this year’s Arts Society Guernsey lecture series. Simon De La Rue speaks to Dr Irving Finkel from the British Museum about his successful, decades-long quest to figure it out... The next lecture in the 2024 Arts Society Guernsey series is entitled The Marquesses Of Bute: Patrons Of Opulence and will be presented by Matthew Williams, a Fellow of t...

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 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 info...

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 Dram...

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.

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 Fo...

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 Pelle...

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....

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.