Jim Boyes and Belinda O’Hooley – Sensations of a Wound
From his home town of Scarborough in Yorkshire, Robert Riby Boyes’ First World War journeys took him to the Western Front in France, on to Belgium and the Battle of Passchendaele, to the South of France and the mountains of the Italian Front, before returning to Northern France.
Jim Boyes, part of the critically acclaimed a cappella trio Coope Boyes & Simpson and Robert’s grandson, says his grandfather, known as “Croppie” in the family, never talked about his wartime experiences. It was only when Jim began to write songs and research the history of the First World War for Peace Concerts Passendale, that a fuller picture of the long trail of Private Boyes of the 23rd Middlesex Regiment began to emerge.
Jim is joined by Belinda O’Hooley from the Nic Jones Trio and O’Hooley and Tidow, who appeared at The Old Chapel in Autumn 2013. He draws on Croppie Boyes’ own first-hand accounts to perform new and traditional songs accompanied by Belinda’s subtle, innovative piano enhanced by projected images from the era.
Sensations of a Wound is an original and moving story of a Yorkshire soldier caught up in the enormity of the First World War.
£12 advance, £13 door, £1 reduction for Friends of Calstock Arts.
£6 under 18s.
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