Events at St Austell Arts Centre

Get ready for the ultimate live rock experience this September at St Austell Arts Centre! Mike Norfolk Guitar Heroes is coming to St Austell.

Don’t miss the chance to see this rare talent live on stage; expect jaw-dropping guitar solos, stellar vocals and a fantastic live show that will have you nodding, singing or dancing along to all your favourite rock hits.

Supported by his professional live band, Mike's exceptional talent spans from bangers to ballads, featuring full live renditions of classic hits from bands such as: Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, Kansas, Thin Lizzy, Toto, Queen, Status Quo, Gary Moore, Free, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Thunder, Led Zeppelin, The Who, ZZ Top, Prince, Rainbow, Jimmi Hendrix and many more.

TOUCH theatre present Bombshells by Joanna Murray-Smith by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

In a departure from its usual fare, TOUCH theatre brings you a comedy drama cabaret night.

An exhausted mother, the bride to be, a fading star, a jilted wife and lonely widow – provide a funny and often moving combination of comedy, truth and rapture.

Join us for a talking heads style evening where 5 residents of North Heatherton invite you in for a snapshot of their world - these sublimely funny and touching monologues will stay with you long after the evening is over.

Phil Beer is the multi-instrumental half of the Westcountry’s award-winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands.

With a professional career of over 36 years, Phil has a great deal of material to draw on for his solo appearances, which are an eclectic mix of traditional tunes, covers of Springsteen or The Hollies, together with his own compositions and songs from his contemporaries.

All are songs and music of memory and significance sung in the subtle and melodic Phil Beer style and interjected with musings and amusings to an almost personal audience. It is a treat of past and current favourites from one of the most popular musicians on the acoustic circuit

Don't miss this rare opportunity to enjoy an evening in the company

of one of Folk music's legends.

BBC’s Bob Harris and author/music journalist Colin Hall set out upon an intimate speaking tour based around their mutual love and appreciation of The Beatles, including a previously unheard interview with Lennon/McCartney from Bob’s archive. Together, Bob & Colin tell of how Lennon, McCartney and, to a lesser extent, Harrison gifted their tunes to others.

For the past 20 years, Colin Hall has been the custodian at John Lennon’s childhood home ‘Mendips’ (guiding the likes of Bob Dylan, Yoko Ono and James Taylor around the property), has written two books on The Fab Four and presented a BBC Radio 4 documentary with Alexei Sayle titled ‘The Lennon Visitors’. Coincidentally, Colin was incredibly in attendance at the Village Fete where John was first introduced to Paul!

The two friends have worked on several projects together before including the upcoming film Pre:Fab (which focuses on the band’s early days as The Quarrymen), a WBBC production of ‘The Songs The Beatles Gave Away’ and 2007’s Sony Award-winning ‘The Day John Met Paul.’

This is the perfect show for fans of The Beatles, The 1960s, Pop Trivia and for anyone who ever listened to, and enjoyed, the timeless music of Lennon & McCartney.

Martin Simpson has had the most nominations of any performer in the history of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. 32 nominations, 13 of those as Musician of the Year, winning that particular accolade twice.

The remarkable intimate solo performances of Martin Simpson go from strength to strength - every gig is a masterclass. He travels the length and breadth of the UK and beyond, giving rapt audiences passion, sorrow, love, beauty, tragedy and majesty through his playing.

“What’s it like being the best guitar player in the world…?” Martin’s modesty and grace prevented him from answering this BBC Radio 4 interviewer’s question recently, but the facts speak for themselves:

40 years after he recorded his first album, Golden Vanity, in 1976, Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle guitar players in the world.