SHOW OF HANDS with Miranda Sykes
Tuesday 4 November 2008, 7.45pm
Great Hall
Peter Gabriel, Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris are all agreed – Show of Hands are one of the great English acoustic bands.
An alchemist couldn’t have come up with a more potent, magical mix than that of Phil Beer, who can, as The Scotsman observed, “play nearly every stringed instrument known to man” and the inspired Steve Knightley, described by Mike Harding at BBC Radio 2’s 2007 Folk Awards as “one of England’s greatest singer songwriters”.
Supported by regular double bass player and vocalist Miranda Sykes autumn 2008 sees the Devon based group undertake their Spires & Beams tour of churches and heritage buildings across the country. This follows hard on the heels of a hectic summer which sees their biggest ever number of appearances on the UK festival circuit, including WOMAD and headlining the first ever Folk Prom at the Lloyds TSB Welsh Proms in Cardiff.
Catch them in action on a welcome return to Dartington’s Great Hall.
www.showofhands.co.uk
www.mirandasykes.com
“One of the great English bands” – Peter Gabriel
“A great live band – catch them if you can.” – Johnnie Walker, BBC Radio 2
Tickets: £17.50, £15.00 concessions, £7.50 students
Tickets purchased online are either for upstairs balcony unreserved or downstairs unreserved.
Tickets are also on sale from the box office – 01803 847070.
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