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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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Photography Competition. Art professionals will
provide expert guidance and tuition to all ages
over the first weekend in the Arts Hub.
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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