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t’s Festival time and once again Cookham lays
Iout its store of talent to engage and entertain.
Our very first Cookham Festival was held in 1967
and over the years the scope and attendance has
grown such that the Festival is now the largest
community activity in the Cookhams as well as
being one of the major arts events in the area. We
attract more than 15,000 people over the duration
of the Festival and we have a policy of making
the ticket prices exceptional value and curating
a range of events for all ages: from bumps and
babies to our community’s oldest residents and
everyone in between.
This year is no exception. Music, as ever,
features prominently with everything from folk and
the Big Band sound, through pop and rock – the
latter at the now annual Let’s Rock the Moor - to
brilliant brass and classical choral pieces. And our
young primary school performers will be on stage
to delight us too, this year with a World Premiere
– Katie Cox and the Rhythm of the River, written
by local musician and composer Rob Castell.
And if that’s not enough we will be hosting a full
orchestral Family Concert featuring Peter and
the Wolf.
The visual arts also plays a prominent role
with the Sculpture Garden now a major national
attraction. The Cookham Arts Club has challenged
its members to Square Up to Cookham and
capture a moment in time on a 30x30 cm canvas.
You can also accompany Timmy Mallett as he
makes his epic painting pilgrimage by bike from
Cookham to Santiago de Compostela, and the
Festival will also be hosting an exhibition of photos
collected as part of the Wild about Cookham
Contents
Events ............................................... 3
Festival Feast.................................... 3
Let’s Rock the Moor ....................... 15
Festival Arts Hub ............................. 19
The Sculpture Garden .................... 20
Booking Form ................................. 23
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We’re delighted that Richard James will
return for a one man show ‘The Seven Ages of
Shakespeare’ and will also be entertaining our
younger audience with stories from The Wonderful
World of Walliams! We will also be telling the
remarkable story of Holy Trinity Church’s own
Anchoress, holed up in a cell to pray for the sins of
Henry II. Plus, you can learn to dance and attend
numerous talks, poetry and the riotously funny
Festival Comedy Club.
This year, for your convenience, every event can
be booked online as well as by post and from The
Stationery Depot.
The Festival happens because of the time
and energy of many people in our community. In
particular the Festival Committee and an army of
Festival Makers who curate the events and make
it possible. Our thanks to them – and of course to
you – without which there would be no Festival.
Thank you.
Malcolm Stork, Chairman
Acknowledgements
The Festival Committee offers its thanks to the
many people who have helped make the Festival:
• Arts Society Thames
• Barker Stone
• Bel and the Dragon
• Cookham Dean
Cricket Club
• Cookham Methodist
Church
• Elizabeth House
• Holy Trinity Church,
Cookham
• Jeremy Wilson
Photography
• John Lewis Partnership
• Liz Kwantes
• Louis Baylis
Charitable Trust
• Lucy Irvine and
Barn Galleries
• Maidenhead Advertiser
• Pinder Hall
• Renaissance
Leadership Ltd
• Shanly Foundation
• Stanley Spencer Gallery
• St John the
Baptist Church
• Summerleaze Ltd
• The Stationery Depot
• The White Oak
• Vibe Teacher
Recruitment Ltd
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Festival F0lk
The Cookham Festival spans two weeks in May and
covers a wide variety of events and is only possible
thanks to the efforts of the committee members who plan,
organise and oversee all of the activities.
Dave Brooks -
Bar Manager
Jami Castell -
Social Media
Mike Clark -
Spoken Word
Freddie Daniel -
Festival Makers
Stephanie Diggon -
Programme
Ann Greenwood -
Festival Secretary
Ros Hazeldine -
Ticketing
Nicky Jones -
Webmaster
Sue Roberts -
Bookings
Maureen Smith -
Visual Arts
Malcolm Stork -
Chair
Joy Strzelecki -
Treasurer
Judith & John
Timewell - Music
Lesley Willis -
Sponsorship
Sue Yerburgh -
Advertising and PR
Programme of Events
To find your favourite event or activity, just follow the colour coding in the titles...
Art Comedy Dance Music Performance Spoken Word
Tuesday 23rd April
Strictly Cookham
- Beginners’
Dance Course
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm - 9.30pm.
£30 for course of four classes.
Learn from the best! Professional
Ballroom and Latin dance teacher
Penny Bysshe returns with a course of
four 90-minute classes for beginners.
During the course you learn enough
basic steps in the more popular Latin
and Ballroom dances to take to the
dance floor with confidence! The
course is open to couples and singles.
Refreshments are provided in the break.
Please contact Penny at
dance@cookhamfestival.org.uk
before the first lesson for information
on what to wear/bring.
Festival Feast
Enhance your enjoyment of the
Festival with a meal at one of
Cookham’s superb restaurants.
If you have tickets for an event*, make
a booking during the Festival at one of
the restaurants displaying the Festival
Feast logo then show your ticket to
enjoy a special deal.
Participating restaurants will also be
listed on our website.
* Let’s Rock the Moor on Saturday, 18 May is
excluded from this offer.
Tuesday 30th April
Strictly Cookham
- Beginners’
Dance Course
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm - 9.30pm.
Second Latin and Ballroom class (of
four) for beginners, with professional
dance teacher Penny Bysshe.
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Saturday 4th May
The Sculpture
Garden
Odney Club, Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
Daily to 19 May 10am - 4pm.
Adult £2, U16 free entry.
The Sculpture
Garden,
curated by Lucy
Irvine, opens at
Odney today.
See pages
20-21 for more
information.
Moreton
Wild about Cookham
Photography
Exhibition
Sponsored by Renaissance Leadership
Sir Bernard Miller Centre, Odney
Club, Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
Daily 10am - 4pm. Free entry.
and view the wildlife
Come photographs entered into the
competition and vote for
your favourites. The
best 12 will be
published in a
2020 calendar.
Exhibition
ends 19 May.
Live@ The Church
Holy Trinity Church Cookham,
Sutton Road, SL6 9SP.
7pm. £14. Licensed bar.
Live Wire Productions returns to
Cookham Church with a Festival
special with country blues from
Barney Newman and alt-folk duo
Stables.
See the church transformed into a
stunning music venue with state-ofthe-art
lighting and sound.
Spring is bursting
out all over!
Cookham Rise shopping precinct.
Look out for an explosion of colourful
flora and fauna, nesting birds, wriggly
worms, creeping caterpillars bursting
into beautiful butterflies and so much
more! Created by Knit1Purl1 (a group
born out of the 2018 Poppy Project).
Ends 19 May.
NickArt - Festival
Butterfly hunt
All over Cookham.
Local artist Nick Cooke creates pieces
of art on stones, tiles, broken plant
pots and other waste materials, and
leaves them for others to discover.
Nick brings the festival butterfly hunt
to Cookham. Locate his work from
the clues on the Festival website and
elsewhere. (See page 12 for Nick’s talk)
sunday 5th may
What Larks
Holy Trinity Church Cookham,
Sutton Road, SL6 9SP.
7.30pm. £10. Licensed bar.
life and works of
The Charles Dickens are
brought vividly to life
in words and music in
this new production of
Andy Draper’s highly
successful programme
of dramatic readings
and songs.
monday 6th may
The
Wonderful
World of
Walliams!
Community Rooms at
Cookham Library, High Rd, SL6 9JF.
2.30pm. Free entry by ticket.
Bank Holiday treat for children of
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A
all ages. Stories from the children’s
books of David Walliams, as told by
Richard James.
tuesday 7th may
James Ferguson
Cartoons
Elizabeth House Gallery, Station Hill, SL6
9BS. Monday to Friday to 31 May 10am
- 3pm (excl 12pm - 1pm). Saturday 11
and 18 May 10am - 3pm. Free entry.
James Ferguson, a
Cookham resident, draws
pictures for a living, mostly
for the Financial Times. We
are delighted that James
has agreed to show a small
selection of his works as part of
our Festival. Exhibition ends 31
May.
tuesday 7th may
Strictly Cookham
- Beginners’
Dance Course
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm - 9.30pm.
Third Latin and Ballroom class (of
four) for beginners, with professional
dance teacher Penny Bysshe.
Brushstrokes
and Bubbly
Bel and the Dragon, High Street,
SL6 9SQ. 8pm. £25. Licensed bar.
Create a spring themed artwork using
acrylic paints on canvas. Suitable for
all abilities. Be inspired in a fun, informal
atmosphere by artist/teacher Alicia
Corless. All painting materials and glass
of wine included.
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wednesday 8th may
The Great Exhibition
Brass Ensemble
Sponsored by The Shanly Foundation
St John the Baptist Church, Church
Road, Cookham Dean SL6 9PD.
7.30pm. £10. Licensed bar.
Some of the world’s leading
historically-informed brass
specialists perform Nineteenth-Century
chamber music on period instruments.
For this performance a veritable
cornucopia of old instruments, rescued
variously from bar-room walls, junk
yards, flea markets, car boot sales and
even the scrap merchant’s furnace,
receive a new lease of life in the setting
for which they were originally intended.
thursday 9th may
Brushstrokes
and Bubbly
Bel and the Dragon,
High Street, SL6 9SQ.
8pm. £25.
Licensed bar.
See entry Tuesday
7th May.
An Evening with
Will Greenwood MBE
Pinder Hall, Lower Road,
SL6 9EH. 7.30pm.
Adult £15, U18 £10.
Licensed bar.
From winning the
Rugby World Cup to
trekking the Arctic, Will
Greenwood MBE will tell
the story of his life as a
rugby hero, pundit and Arctic adventurer
and will be happy to take questions
from the audience.
Proceeds from this event to be
donated to Will’s chosen charity
BORNE, which researches the treatment
and prevention of premature birth.
friday 10th may
Katie Cox and the
Rhythm of the River
Sponsored by Vibe Teacher Recruitment Ltd and
The Arts Society Thames
Taplow Court,
Cliveden Road,
Taplow SL6 0ER. 6pm.
Adult £6, U11 £3.
World Premiere
of this
children’s cantata,
commissioned by The
Cookham Festival,
written by local
musician and composer Rob Castell
and performed by children from all four
primary schools. Can young Katie Cox
help the Cool Cats of Cookham beat
the Mighty Men of Marlow in the Rowing
Regatta? Maybe with some help from
the river itself...
The Cycling Artist
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
7.30pm. £10. Licensed bar.
Join Timmy Mallett on his epic journey
by bicycle from Cookham to Santiago
de Compostela, Spain. Capturing the
essence of his pilgimage on canvas,
Timmy will show his paintings and
describe his unforgettable experiences.
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saturday 11th may
Festival Arts Hub
Parish Centre, Churchgate, SL6 9SP.
From 10.30am. £10 per workshop.
Work with professional artists to
create your own work of art to take
home in 90 minutes See page 19 for
more information.
The Anchoress’s
Story
Holy Trinity Church Cookham, Sutton
Road, SL6 9SP. 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and
6pm. Free entry. Donations invited.
Come to interactive presentations
at Holy Trinity Church and learn
the true and dramatic story of the
Anchoress, who was immured alone in
a cell outside the church wall praying for
the sins of King Henry II.
Shall I carve? Talk
and Demonstration
John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre,
Grove Farm, Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
3pm. £5.
In an era sadly
lacking in skilled
craftsmen,
local artist
Colin Mantripp
is a polished
masterpiece. Find
out about his life
and works and
how he has become a craftsman very
much in demand.
Young Maestros
St John the Baptist Church, Church
Road, Cookham Dean SL6 9PD.
3pm. £6.
This is a rare opportunity to listen
to some of our most talented
local young musicians. Always an
inspirational concert.
Folk, Fun and Food
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm. £12. Licensed bar.
Jez Lowe is one of Northern England’s
finest singer - songwriters. A
ploughmans supper included, along
with Jez’s songs and wit.
Your
Festival
Needs
You!
As you read this programme
and look at the number of events
you will realise the amount of
organisation that goes on behind
the scenes. Crucial to this work are
our volunteers, the Festival Makers,
who do the work of helping set up
venues, collecting tickets, stewarding,
supervising exhibitions and staffing
the bars.
The Festival Committee is always
looking for extra help and everyone is
welcomed. So, if you are interested
why not contact the Festival Maker
Coordinator, Freddie Daniel, email
freddie_daniel@yahoo.co.uk to
discuss further.
sunday 12th may
Festival Arts Hub
Parish Centre, Churchgate, SL6 9SP.
From 1pm. £10 per workshop.
Work with professional artists to
create your own work of art to take
home in 90 minutes See page 19 for
more information.
Peter and the Wolf
- a Family Concert
Sponsored by Summerleaze Limited
Sir Bernard Miller
Centre, Odney
Club, Odney
Lane, SL6 9SR.
3.30pm. Adult
£6, U11 £3.
The story of a
duck, a wolf and
a boy named Peter,
narrated by Timmy
Mallett, is the main
feature of this concert of musical storytelling.
Also included are tales involving
a prince, two ugly sisters and a fairy
godmother, the pilots of five science
fiction rescue craft, and a journey down
a mighty river.
Festival Compline
Holy Trinity Church Cookham,
Sutton Road, SL6 9SP.
6.30pm. All welcome.
Come and share the beauty and
choral serenity of the church’s ‘Night
Prayer’ service. A tranquil and uplifting
musical end to the day.
monday 13th may
The Seven Ages
of Shakespeare
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
7.30pm. Adult
£10, U18 £5.
Licensed bar.
Actor and
playwright
Richard James
takes us on
a personal
journey through
Shakespeare’s
Seven Ages
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tuesday 14th may
Young at Heart
Elizabeth House, Station Hill, SL6 9BS.
10.45am. Free entry by ticket.
Songs from the good old days
accompanied by accordion and piano.
Squaring Up to
Cookham: Festival
Art Exhibition
Community Rooms, Cookham
Library, High Road SL6 9JF.
11am - 2.45pm. Free entry.
View Cookham Arts Club’s and other
local artists’ unique perspectives
of Cookham in a 30x30cm square.
Finished artwork will be available to
purchase. Exhibition ends 19 May.
Talk: Robin and
Lucienne Day - the
First Lifestyle Gurus
John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre,
Grove Farm, Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
3pm. £5.
Stanley Spencer
and his wife Hilda
Carline Spencer
in poetry
Parish Centre, Churchgate, SL6 9SP.
7.30pm. £7.50. Licensed bar.
Rosie Jackson,
winner of the
2017 Cookham
Festival Stanley
Spencer Poetry
Competition,
will be joined
by fellow poet
Graham Burchell
to read from their
new poems about
the Spencers and
to explain what
inspired their work.
Baylis Media
Strictly Cookham
- Beginners’
Dance Course
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm - 9.30pm.
Final Latin and Ballroom class (of
four) for beginners, with professional
dance teacher Penny Bysshe.
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years developing the house style for
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wednesday 15th may
Talk: Stanley
Spencer’s
Patrons’ Walk
Stanley Spencer Gallery, 16 High
Street, SL6 9SJ. 10.30am. £10.
Gallery Archivist Ann Danks leads a
walk exploring the locations where
Spencer’s major local patrons lived,
illustrated with the works he painted for
them. Following in Spencer’s footsteps
you reach the homes of Mary Corbie,
Gerard Shiel, Michael Westropp and
others, and learn the importance
of these friends and supporters in
Stanley’s life. The walk (approx 2 hours)
starts and ends at the gallery, crossing
fields and footpaths on the way, so
stout shoes are recommended. It is not
suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs.
Talk: Art and
Mental Health –
a personal story
John Lewis Partnership Heritage Centre,
Grove Farm, Odney Lane,
SL6 9SR.
3pm. £5.
Nick Cooke
took up a
paint brush as
a way of aiding
recovery from
mental illness.
He now visits
schools and
businesses
to talk about
the importance of mental health and
how engaging in artistic pursuits can
help. (See page 4 for the Festival
Butterfly hunt)
Soul Train - with
Renée Cullen
and band
The White Oak, The Pound, SL6 9QE.
6.30pm dinner and concert £30.
8pm concert
only £10.
Dinner, with
music
performed by
this local band.
From Motown
classics to Atlantic Soul. Diana Ross
and the Supremes, The Jackson 5,
Stevie Wonder and more. A fabulous
evening in a great venue.
Delivering your
Dreams
Cookham Dean Cricket Club, Ricketts
Field, Whyteladyes Lane, SL6 9LF.
7.30pm. £7.50. Licensed bar.
Led by Cookham resident and Times
journalist Clive Davis, a panel
consisting of artist and illustrator Andrew
Prewett, novelist Paul Connolly and
playwright Andy Draper explain what
inspired them to produce their work
and their efforts to have it published or
performed. They hope to inspire others
to do the same and, based on their
personal experiences, will offer advice
and hints on what you might need to do
to deliver your dreams.
The panel will be joined by Sally
Mortimore of Two Rivers Press, who
will provide practical advice from the
viewpoint of a book publisher.
Celebrity Organ
Recital by Paul
Leddington Wright
St John the Baptist Church, Church
Road, Cookham Dean SL6 9PD.
8pm. £10.
World renowned
organist
and conductor
Paul Leddington
Wright performs a
festive programme
that spans the
centuries. Among
the works are
Bach’s famous
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,
Elgar’s Chanson de Matin, Walton’s
Crown Imperial and Georgi Mushel’s
exhilarating Toccata.
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thursday 16th may
Comedy Club
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm. £15, tables of 12 £150.
Licensed bar.
The trumphant return of Peter Wilson’s
Comedy Club, featuring top rank
comedians from the London Comedy
circuit.
friday 17th may
Bilinguasing
Methodist Church, 1 Lower Road,
SL6 9HF. 10.30am.
Adult £5, children free entry by ticket.
unique class
A for babies,
toddlers and
their grownups
to learn
fun songs in
Spanish and
English along
with movement
and exciting
props.
Apollo Big Band
Pinder Hall, Lower Road, SL6 9EH.
8pm. £12. Licensed bar.
Count Basie and Glen Miller to Jools
Holland and Michael Bublé, the
Apollo Band swings with the sound of
the Big Band era while taking the best
from more modern writers and singers.
saturday 18th may
Let’s Rock The Moor
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off Whyteladyes Lane.
13 Hillcrest Avenue, Cookham SL6 9NB
We provide a reliable daily newspaper delivery service
covering all the Cookhams; utility and phone bills, TV licence,
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For more information, call
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Wild about Cookham
Photography
Competition Awards
Sponsored by Renaissance Leadership
Sir Bernard Miller Centre, Odney
Club, Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
6pm. Free entry.
Attend the award ceremony to
see who has won each of the
three prizes.
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seasonal fruit and vegetables from May to September
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THE COOKHAM SOCIETY
Registered Charity no: 257224
sunday 19th may
Festival Eucharist
St John the Baptist Church,
Church Road, Cookham Dean
SL6 9PD. 9.15am. All welcome.
traditional Choral Eucharist sung
A by the choir of St John the Baptist
church. Everyone is welcome to
this service as the Festival draws to
its close.
Strictly Cookham
Festival Tea Dance
Sir Bernard Miller Centre, Odney Club,
Odney Lane, SL6 9SR.
2.30pm - 5.30pm £16.
Gala Concert
Cantorum Choir
Holy Trinity Church Cookham, Sutton
Road, SL6 9SP.
8pm £15. Licensed bar.
fabulous musical finale to the
A Festival: music by Vivaldi and
Handel performed by Cookham’s
Cantorum Choir and orchestra.
Under the directorship of Oliver
Gooch the ensemble continues to earn
itself a reputation as one of the leading
chamber choirs in the area.
The Cookham Society is a charity committed to
the protection and improvement of the Cookhams
• We are a local charity which cares about the built and rural environment
of the Cookhams (Village, Rise and Dean)
• Our membership of some 1200 people and a small committee, strengthen
the Society’s influence on planning issues
• Membership is just £5 per annum, per household, payable by Standing
Order.
If you care about our beautiful villages, why not join us and make your voice heard.
For further information contact our Membership Secretary:
Ossie Wardell-Yerburgh, on 01628 528041 or by email on
cookhamsociety@gmail.com
To round off the Festival, dance all
afternoon to great music in the
elegant surroundings of the Odney
Club. Dancers and spectators are
equally welcome. Enjoy a magnificent
afternoon tea and watch a dance
demonstration by a top prize-winning
couple.
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Herries
Come and visit Herries, an exclusive
co-ed prep school in Cookham Dean,
developing confident, well rounded
and reflective thinkers.
To view our Open Morning dates visit:
www.herries.org.uk/Open-Morning
Herries Preparatory School
Dean Lane, Cookham Dean, Berkshire SL6 9BD
01628 483350 | admissions@herries.org.uk
www.herries.org.uk
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We’re your local independent Wine Shop, based on Cookham High Street, and stock over 500 wines
from carefully chosen small producers from around the world, alongside artisan Gins,
Whiskies and bottled beers.
We host private events in our shop including Wine Tastings and Pop Up Restaurants.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings we open as a Wine Bar from 5pm-11pm,
We look forward to welcoming you!
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Festival Arts Hub
Parish Centre, Churchgate, SL6 9SP. Saturday 11 May from 10.30am and
Sunday 12 May from 1pm (see booking form on page 24). £10 per workshop.
The Festival offers an exciting variety
of workshops for you to create
something amazing to take away in just
90 minutes!
With guidance from professional,
friendly local artists, using top quality
materials choose from one or more
WRITE ON
with Carolyn Worrall
Come and try
your hand at
the beautiful art of
Calligraphy. Take
home a piece of art
you have created.
No experience is
necessary and all
ages are welcomed.
A GLASS ACT
with Suzanne Raffellini
Let’s get fusing!
Enjoy a brilliant
glass fusion taster
class and take
home a beautiful
handmade glass
gift. Create either
a coaster or a picture from gorgeous
coloured glass pieces, strings and
beads. Creations will be fired and
available for collection at a later date.
Suitable for adults and children over 10.
A TOUCH OF SUMMER
with Maria
Meerstaadt
Capture those
magical
moments that
summer brings using acrylic paints. No
experience necessary, just put on some
old clothes, either bring your own photo
to paint from or use ours. Lots of colour
and fun is guaranteed. Suitable for
adults and children over 12.
workshops and unleash your hidden
creativity!
With small class sizes, early booking
is recommended.
Work by the tutors is on display and
for sale.
CREATIVE CERAMICS
with Helen D Evans
Fashion objects
from slabs
of clay, making
something
sculptural or
functional such
as a planter. An
additional charge
(payable on the
day) is required to fire your work for
collection at a later date. Suitable for
adults and children over 12.
BIRD AND BUTTERFLY
MOBILES
with Sarah Luton
Have fun with
your kids
making paper
mobiles. Suitable
for ages 6 - 99yrs!
Parents are
expected to stay and help children
under 8.
PLASTIC BOTTLE
SPINNERS
with Sarah Luton
Enjoy quality time
with your kids
creating a variety of
wind-spinners from
household plastics.
Suitable for ages 6 -
99yrs! Parents are expected to stay and
help children under 8.
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The Sculpture Garden
Odney Club, Odney Lane SL6 9SR.
Adult £2. U16s free entry.
The Sculpture Garden is one of
the Festival highlights, attracting
collectors and admirers across Britain
to view the artwork and to explore the
fabulous grounds of the Odney Club.
For a sixth year Lucy Irvine of Barn
Galleries has curated a fantastic
exhibition of outdoor sculpture. On
display in 2019 are the latest works by
both internationally known and collected
artists, and local sculptors.
This year’s exhibition boasts a feast
of extravagant colours, elaborate works
and exotic materials. Look out for kinetic
works, giant peacock feathers and oversized
coloured pencils.
Be inspired by the sculptures large
and small. With every piece on sale, you
are sure to discover a work that adds
a new dimension to your garden. Visit
www.thesculpturegarden.co.uk to see
participating artists.
The Festival organisers are grateful
to the John Lewis Partnership and
everyone at the Odney Club for hosting
the Sculpture Garden.
Purchases can be made on site or by
contacting curator Lucy Irvine
(mob 07976 612623,
email lucy@barngalleries.com).
The Sculpture Garden is open 4th -
19th May 10am - 4pm. Refreshments
are available.
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Booking Form
Events £ No Sum (£)
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Find out more about our
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Live@ The Church Sat 4 May 7pm £14
What Larks Sun 5 May 7.30pm £10
The Wonderful World of Walliams! Mon 6 May 2.30pm Children free
entry by ticket*
Brushstrokes and Bubbly Tues 7 May 8pm £25
The Great Exhibition Brass Ensemble Wed 8 May 7.30pm £10
Brushstrokes and Bubbly Thurs 9 May 8pm £25
An Evening with Will Greenwood MBE Thurs 9 May 7.30pm £15
U18 £10
Katie Cox and the Rhythm of the River Fri 10 May 6pm £6
U11 £3
The Cycling Artist Fri 10 May 7.30pm £10
Young Maestros Sat 11 May 3pm £6
Talk and Demonstration: Shall I Carve? Sat 11 May 3pm £5
Folk, Fun and Food Sat 11 May 8pm £12
Peter and the Wolf - a Family Concert Sun 12 May 3.30pm £6
U11 £3
The Seven Ages of Shakespeare Mon 13 May 7.30pm £10
U18 £5
Young at Heart Tues 14 May 10.45am Free entry
by ticket*
Talk: Robin and Lucienne Day - the Tues 14 May 3pm £5
First Lifestyle Gurus
Stanley Spencer and his wife Hilda Tues 14 May 7.30pm £7.50
Carline Spencer in poetry
Talk: Stanley Spencer's Patrons' Walk Wed 15 May 10.30am £10
Talk: Art and Mental Health Wed 15 May 3pm £5
Soul Train - with Renée Cullen and
band
Wed 15 May 6.30pm
Concert 8pm
Dinner+concert £30
Concert only £10
Delivering your Dreams Wed 15 May 7.30pm £7.50
Celebrity Organ Recital Wed 15 May 8pm £10
Comedy Club Thurs 16 May 8pm Adult £15
Table of 12 £150
Bilinguasing Fri 17 May 10.30am Adult £5*
Children free
entry by ticket*
Apollo Big Band Fri 17 May 8pm £12
Strictly Cookham Festival Tea Dance Sun19 May 2.30pm £16
Gala Concert Cantorum Choir Sun 19 May 8pm £15
Events showing* are only available by post
or from The Stationery Depot.
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Booking Form
special moments from our 2017 festival
Activities and Workshops £ No Sum (£)
Strictly Cookham Dance Classes (4 lessons from 23 April)
£30
Please contact Penny on dance@cookhamfestival.org.uk
before the first lesson for information on what to wear/bring.
Festival Arts Hub Workshops - Maximum eight people per session. See p19 for more information.
Spinners, Sat 11 May 10.30am £10
Bird, butterfly mobiles, Sat 11 May 12.45pm 2.30pm £10
Glassworks, Sat 11 May 10.30am 12.45pm 2.30pm £10
Painting, Sat 11 May 10.30am 12.45pm 2.30pm £10
Ceramics Sat 11 May 10.30am 12.45pm 2.30pm £10
Calligraphy, Sun 12 May 1pm 2.45pm £10
Glassworks, Sun 12 May 1pm 2.45pm £10
Painting, Sun 12 May 1pm 2.45pm £10
SUB TOTAL (Events - page 23)
GRAND TOTAL
Online tickets
Tickets can be bought online from
Monday 4 March from
www.ticketsource.co.uk/cookham-festival
Tickets by post
Until Sunday 21 April, please send this form with
your cheque, made payable to Cookham Festival,
and a stamped, addressed envelope to
Ros Hazeldine, 130 Beverley Gardens,
Maidenhead SL6 6ST.
Please use capital letters
Name:
Address:
Postcode:
Telephone number:
Email address:
Tickets from The Stationery Depot
From Monday 22 April until the end of the Festival,
please complete this form and pay for your tickets
by cash or cheque (sorry, no credit cards) at
The Stationery Depot, Station Parade,
Cookham SL6 9BR.
For general ticket enquiries, call
Ros on 01628 782933.
Tickets are non-refundable.
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Print‘n’Projects
The personal touch
Print’n’Projects Limited
27a Station Parade, Cookham, Berkshire SL6 9BR
T. 01628 521947 www.printnprojects.co.uk