COVENTRY ARTS NET IS BACK!
Welcome back to Cov Arts Net! With the up and coming bid for City of Culture 2021 gaining speed, we at Cov Arts Net we decided that it was time to relaunch this...
The month of April 2015 saw the usual eclectic mix at the Nursery Tavern care of the ever reliable Elaine Tierney. First up we had a young guitarist that called himself “Murphy” who performed...
As is usually the case with these columns, we begin with “The Tin at the Nursery Tavern”. Elaine Tierney presented her usual eclectic mix of acts. kicking off proceedings was local folk singer and...
Two City Sounds is, as one might imagine, a collaborative arts project involving artistes from two cities – in this instance, Coventry and Hull. The evening in question at Tin Music Arts featured...
Twelve Angry Men is one of my favourite plays. I first encountered the play when a green, 17 year old deputy stage manager working on my first production. One thing that sticks in my...
In the last month, I’ve seen Coventry’s finest set blues and soul practitioners The Baptists on not one but two occasions and in both instances they were quite different performances. The first one was...
I am an unashamed Christmas addict. I watch every Christmas special and Christmas baking show with barely contained glee. My decorations went on the first week of December and I love to drive around...
“Halloween is a strange time of year for me. My father always dressed up as Jim Rockford and my mother as Lacey from Cagney & Lacey”. So began the set of English/Canadian singer/songwriter John...
“You’ll have to excuse me, I haven’t been myself since Jason Orange told us all he was leaving Take That” were the opening words to the One Man Show of one of my broadcasting...
Coventry Arts Net has managed to get a unique question and answer session with singer Simon Beck, who will be bringing his show to Rugby Theatre. In 1994, Simon performed the leading role of...
It amazes me how much Coventry has to offer. Next week you have the option of seeing a musical tribute to Coventry’s past OR a local theatre take on three cut-down Shakespeare plays in...