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Across The Evening Sky – JOSIENNE CLARKE sings the songs of SANDY DENNY

JOSIENNE CLARKE has been hailed as the songwriter-poet of melancholy, as well as a thrilling interpreter of traditional song. In the wake of her acclaimed new album, ‘Parenthesis I’, she is now stepping up to honour Sandy Denny – a singer with whom she has often been compared – with a show that brings Denny’s music to a new generation.

“If I can take one young fan of mine and introduce them to Sandy, in a context that they can grab hold of”, she says. “If they like my music they will love Sandy. And that would be the whole concept, sorted. To pass it on, so these songs can go on forever.”

“Songs like ‘An Old-Fashioned Waltz‘, ‘Reynardine‘, ‘Fotheringay‘, and ‘The Sea‘. You’d be shot for not including ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes‘, she adds. “And ‘Solo‘ is a beautiful song, one that has personal resonance for me”.

Rather than a solo show, audiences can expect a folk-rock set up of guitar, piano, bass and drums. “I want to be free to sing”, says Clarke, who usually accompanies herself on guitar. “It’ll be an ensemble to get all the textures and tones that you can get out of her music.”

Clarke describes Denny’s songs as her north star – a constant guiding light. “Look at how brilliant they are – and there so many of them. And each one has gold in it.”

If any contemporary performer is set to extract that gold and fashion it anew, it is JOSIENNE CLARKE.

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PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.

Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if  this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue. 

  • All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
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  • Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
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Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN  7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.  

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