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Five Years:
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The Charmers:
Making Songs and Mischief.
Anne Robinson / The Charmers
Work In Progress.Two Events: 29-30 November 2025
Sat 29 Nov: 2-4.30pm
Making Songs and Mischief A Song-making Workshop led by Anne Robinson. The workshop is open to anyone interested in songs as resistance or magic - absolutely no singing/music experience needed.. all welcome! We will work together to explore voices, find words and images, and make a song.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-songs-and-mischief-tickets-1974970642356?aff=oddtdtcreatorSun 30 Nov: 2-6pm
All welcome: Charmers in Progress Recent film and recordings from the work on tour and ‘where The Charmers might get to next..’ including material from a song-making workshop on Saturday 29th –
please join for conversation and a drink.The Charmers are a (possibly fictional) band, formed by seven runaway accused ’witches’ from Ayrshire. These time-travelling-players were discovered on a 17th century scroll by an artist researching the Scottish witch trials, and they have recently been tour.. The band are: Debbie Armour, Tansy Spinks, Deb Smith, Lisa Lux and Anne Robinson. Look out for new, 4 track EP ‘Not to be Found’ available via Bandcamp and also featuring Jo Gate-Eastley and Maggie Nicols. Coming Soon.. The Charmers! is an art project in diverse forms: films, drawings, sound, broadside ballads, workshops and conversations.
Find out more at: gracenotesproject.org and follow Anne at @anrobs
‘The Charmers’ are supported by a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England.