They clashed at the weigh-in and in an explosive fight Groves hit the floor before he came back to stop Anderson in the sixth round.

The rivals met face-to-face today to promote the fight and they both agree it won’t go the distance.

“Anderson is a tough fighter, but I’ve come on since we last fought and I can’t see him going as far as the sixth round this time, he’ll go earlier,”

“I’m expecting a tough fight, I’m not underestimating him and he’s going to want to prove that the last time was a mistake,”

“I’ve beaten DeGale and Smith and now I’ve got to beat Groves before I move onto the next level.”

Anderson said, “It really hurt when he beat me, but I’ve got myself into the mandatory position and got the fight with Groves again,”

“I can’t see this fight going all the way, with the way me and Groves fight it’s going to be an early for one of us, but I’m going to make sure it’s not me,”

“It will be a hard fight, but I know what I did wrong last time and I’ve rectified the mistakes, this time I’ll be coming away the winner.”

Promoter Frank Warren said, “This is a fight that the public want to see again.”

“I promote George and of course I will be looking for him to come through this fight and we’ll have something big lined up for him next.”

Chief-support of the headlining George Groves versus. Kenny Anderson, at the Frank Warren promoted event at the Wembley Arena on Friday, 16th March 2012. will be former British Light-Middleweight Champion Sam Webb against big-punching former Commonwealth Champion Matthew Hall in an eliminator for the British title.

The undercard features unbeaten Hatfield middleweight Billly Joe Saunders; hot prospect Frank Buglioni from Enfield; welterweight Dean Byrne from Mile End and Penge welterweight Bradley Skeete.

Tickets, priced at £40, £50, £75, £100 and £150, are available on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com

Tonight Edge presents ‘The Red Stage’, including the hauntingly beautiful sounds of Taiwanese lutenist and counter-tenor Cheng-Ying Chuang, eclectic spoken-word music from the KLK trio, and London-based ACE, the Avant-Garde Composers Ensemble, performing works that create dialogue between the performer, audience and space for guitar, setar, violin and voice.

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Doors open at 7.30pm. Last act on at 9.30pm.

Tix are £5 on the door, £1 off if you ‘like’ us on Facebook. In February, the first 30 people through the door get a FREE Edge Music Gin & Tonic! – cheers!

Concert performance sung in German

Midsummer Opera has been presenting professional opera in London and internationally for over 25 years.  Its Wagnerian journey continues  with Acts II and III of Die Walküre, including the celebrated Ride of the Valkyries.

The Symphony Orchestra of Midsummer Opera

Conductor – David Roblou

Wotan -           Stephen Holloway

Brünnhilde -           Zoë South

Fricka -           Karen Foster

Siegmund -           John Upperton

Sieglinde -           Deborah Stoddart

Hunding -           John Milne

Gerhilde -           Nuria Luterbacher

Helmwige -           Nicola Wydenbach

Waltraute -           Marie Degodet

Ortlinde -           Linda Sherratt

Siegrune -           Lynne McAdam

Rossweise -           Jane Harding

Grimgerde -           Annette Dumville

Schwertleite -           Siân Woodling

St John’s Church, Waterloo, SE1 8TY

Friday, 24^th February 2012 at 7pm

Sunday, 26^th February 2012 at 3pm

Tickets:  £20 (full price) £16 (concessions) £12 (gallery)
Box office:  020 7652 0070
info@midsummeropera.org.uk
www.midsummeropera.org.uk

For further enquiries, please contact info@midsummeropera.org.uk or telephone: 020 7652 0070

FEBRUARY 2012

Friday 3rd February RECOVERED
4 piece covers band playing classic songs from past to present, The Who, The Jam, The Beatles, Oasis, Duffy, Kings of Leon, Small Faces to name but a few. An energetic band, amazing vocals, top musicians will bring you the songs you love and the cream of the past 50 years. You won’t be able to stand still!!!

Saturday 4th February THE COPYRITES
Getting rave reviews, The Copyrites are a new band who will entertain you with a variety of hits from the 60’s, right up to the present day. You’ll be sure to enjoy a fantastic night out, dancing the night away to this superb 5 piece band.

* Wednesday 8th February COMEDY CLUB
“Stand Up Wednesdays” bring you Coventry’s premier comedy entertainment every fortnight. 3 of the best Comedians and 1 of the worst comperes!

Friday 10th February AUDIO HEROES
Audio Heroes are the ultimate entertaining pop/rock band. Young professional musicians having a great time makes for the perfect party atmosphere, playing all the songs that you would love to hear from the last 50 years.

Saturday 11th February FRONT ROW
Frontrow are an energetic and vibrant 4 piece covers band playing music from the 50’s to present day, such as The Kinks, T-Rex, Oasis and Kaiser Chiefs plus many more. Entertainment and variety at its best, not to be missed.

Friday 17th February REVOLVER
A versatile five piece band. The band offer classic rock and pop covers – anything from the 60s to the present day. The band are friendly and professional and as experienced musicians never fail to put on a great show.

Saturday 18th February STEREOFIX
The return of Stereofix to Carey’s! Four fantastic musicians and a whole lotta great tunes from Killers to Bowie, Muse to the Foos in a show not to be missed from one of the hottest covers bands around.

* Wednesday 22nd February COMEDY CLUB
“Stand Up Wednesdays” bring you Coventry’s premier comedy entertainment every fortnight. 3 of the best Comedians and 1 of the worst comperes!

Friday 24th February THE CATALOGUES
Amazing 5 piece live band playing rock & pop hits from the likes of Kings of Leon, Muse, Kaiser Chiefs, Foo Fighters, The Killers and many more. If there’s one band worth seeing this year…it’s the Catalogues!

Saturday 25th February VIVALAS
Local 5 piece with a widely varied set including a flavour of classic Rock, Pop, Ska and Mod. A talented home-grown band.

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* denotes cover charge

Admission: Free before 11.00pm, £5 after on regular Friday & Saturday Nights for Live Music. £8.00 / £6.00NUS for Comedy Nights

Picture entitled Tidal Wave, by Uvindu. Uvindu is an an award-winning journalist and freedom of expression activist in exile from Sri Lanka.

Members of the Write to Life group will give a presentation of poetry and prose at Sarum College at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 22 February.

Write to Life is Freedom from Torture’s therapeutic creative writing group. Established in 2000 by award-winning playwright Sonja Linden, it is now run by film-maker and novelist Sheila Hayman who wanted the writers to have opportunities to tell their stories.

Write to Life’s 20 members read at a variety of festivals and, through their writing, work to correct misconceptions and myths about asylum seekers and refugees.

The evening costs £5 and is open to the public. All proceeds go to Freedom from Torture (formerly The Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture).

Write to Life Poster, click to enlarge

The presentation evening is part of The Art of Healing exhibition at Sarum College, which includes a display by the Freedom from Torture Art Therapy Group.  Further details

For more information on the Write to Life group, or Freedom from Torture in general please visit their website www.freedomfromtorture.org

In this sculpture, entitled Flight, artist Charlotte Mayer says she tries to capture the true freedom that the human spirit seeks.

The therapeutic value of art in physical, mental, and spiritual healing has been recognised since the Middle Ages. The earliest hospices, such as that at Isenheim with its famous Grünwald altarpiece, were dominated by large and often exquisitely painted crucifixions, a present reminder of Christ’s sufferings.

Art gave comfort and strength to those who were overtaken by disease and cared for by religious foundations with only the most rudimentary medical help at their disposal. These carers followed Christ’s instruction to ‘heal the sick, feed the hungry, and let the oppressed go free’ which was, and remains, a cornerstone of Christian life.

Sculpture entitled One, by Elizabeth Herstroter.

Participating artists are: Sally Fawkes & Richard Jackson, Elizabeth Herkstroter, Charlotte Mayer FRBS, Ruth Oaks, Keith Rand ARBS, Tracey Sheppard FGE, Will Spankie and Ryan Tabor.

In addition, there is a display of paintings by members of Freedom from Torture’s art therapy group. For details, visit the Freedom from Torture (formerly The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) website.

Sculpture entitled Into The Light Blue, by Keith Rand ARBS

On Wednesday 22 February (6pm for a 6.30pm start), there will be a presentation  of poetry and prose by members of the Freedom from Torture’s Write to Life programme.  The evening will be held at Sarum College and costs £5, with all proceeds going to Freedom from Torture. Further Details

The Art of Healing exhibition is free and open to the public until 8 May 2012.  Opening hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday (closed Sundays).

Contact Sarum College

All photos above are by Ash Mills Photography

Housed in grade 1 listed buildings and based in Salisbury’s beautiful and historic Cathedral Close in Central Southern England, Sarum offers people of all faiths and none a welcoming environment for learning and growth in wisdom and courage.

Sarum College hosts a series of events annually including arts exhibitions, lectures and conferences.

See our website for details

Our stellar line-up of experts and authors will be presenting a range of fiction and non-fiction. Top names include: PRUE LEITH, ADRIAN TINNISWOOD, ALAN HOLLINGHURST, ALISON WEIR and EMMA CRAIGIE, plus many more….

More details are available at www.brymptonfestival.co.uk.

Tickets are from £5 and are available from Yeovil Information Centre, Petters House, Petters Way, Yeovil, BA20 1SH, 01935  462781, yeoviltic@southsomerset.gov.uk

Festival of Yoruba Arts

PHIL NICHOL

Phil’s solo performances have earned him huge critical acclaim and many awards. He is a Tasmanian devil with a guitar, wickedly funny songs and superb improvisational skills.

Winner of If.comeddies Award
Winner of The Time Out Award For Comedy

“Maybe he’s just a comic genius who can take old crap and transform it into something jaw-achingly funny. . * * * * ” The List
“Hovers between insanity and brilliance” – The Sunday Times
“It’s good and he’s lovely” – The Sunday Times

ANDREW RYAN

Originally from Cork, Andrew was a finalist in last year’s Hackney Empire New Act comp, adding to his ranking in the 2009 Laughing Horse New Act final and his win in the Hilarity Bites New Act of the same year.

“Funnier than Ardal O’Hanlon” – City Life
“An abundance of charm” – Manchester Evening News
“A slight bemusement at the world, and a vulnerable likeability that has the audience immediately on-side…impossible not to warm to him.” – Chortle
“Made his set look easy, left us wanting more” – The Stage

GRÅINNE MAGUIRE

As a stand up comedian Gráinne Maguire is a breath of fresh air; original, inventive with a subversive twist. Her deep reserves of excitable energy, along with material about the Bronte sisters, reclaiming big bellies for the sisterhood and fancying Ed Milliband make her a unique new voice in comedy.

Sparky with killer routines – The Stage
“Highly promising, has a big future ahead of her” – Time Out.
“An engaging and natural performer with has deep reserves of excitable energy…enjoyably bizarre” -Chortle
“nice observations…can employ understatement with the dry mastery of a Father Ted script” – Chortle
“popular with audiences and comedians alike…excellent set… inspired and extremely funny” – Inside Comedy

PADDY LENNOX

Paddy started Stand-Up in December 2001 only to be interrupted with a couple of comedies at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and a couple of surreal commercials in far off lands, before returning to his new found passion.

“One of the best comics of the night” – Evening News
“…simply a scream.” – The Telegraph
“beautifully played and surprisingly moving” The Stage.

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STAND UP WEDNESDAYS
The 1st & 3rd Wednesday of Every Month.

4 top comics every show!
Admission £8.00, £6.00 NUS

To book in advance (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!) please go online www.careys.co.uk.
We can also take your card payment over the phone to avoid booking fees. (Mon-Fri 10am-3pm)
When you pre-book, you will never be seated on the front row unless requested!

Last minute changes may occur to Line-ups due to circumstances beyond our control.

Doors open at 7.00pm…tables reserved until 8.15pm when you purchase tickets on-line.
The show finishes around 11.15pm, so it won’t hinder work the next day!!!
Full snack menu available. Non Smoking.

Careys
Hertford Place
Earlsdon
Coventry
CV1 3JZ
Tel: 024 76CAREYS (227397)
Web: www.careys.co.uk