Vox Holloway

Vox Holloway Salutes Ray Davies and The Kinks

Next term will start on Tuesday April 23rd, 19.30 at St. Luke’s West Holloway. That first session will be part introduction to the project, part social, do invite friends along to try out Vox at that first session. We will perform the two Ray Davies and the Kinks Albums which we last did in Shoreditch Town Hall in 2020 – The Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur (the decline and fall of the British Empire). Some of you will remember these brilliant songs – if they are new to you, you have a treat in store – they are by turns hilarious, insightful, political, human – and really fun music to sing. We are beyond thrilled to perform these on Saturday July 27th in the centre of the Kinks’ stomping ground – the Alexandra Palace Theatre, an absolutely magical venue. That’s also a big venue, we hope to fill it (900 seats). Details will soon be up on their website. Do let your friends know. 

St. Luke’s Fundraising Evening – Saturday May 4th

Byrd Mass for Four Voices

Elgar Sea Pictures (arranged for choir by Harvey Brough)

Ralph Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs

With soloists Eloise Irving, Imogen Parry, Faith Waddell, Rick Leigh, Maurice Wren and Steve Copeland

Daniel Moriyamo – Piano

Directed by Harvey Brough

Proceeds from this concert will go towards helpoing to establish St Luke’s Holloway as a centre of musical excelllence as part of the church’s GRAND SCHEME 2024.

Doors will open at 7pm. The concert will last approximately 75 minutes without an interval. There will be a pay bar before and after.

Read the article here

In June 1988, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted by an Alabama court of two murders he did not commit, in one of the most shockingly cynical miscarriages of justice in US history. He spent the next 28 years on Death Row, before all charges were dropped and he was released.

The Sun Does Shine is a powerful new musical work by Harvey Brough, with words by Justin Butcher, inspired by the autobiography Hinton wrote about his long fight to prove his innocence. It is both a journey into the heart of darkness and an astonishing story of friendship, resilience and hope. After two sold-out preview performances, it arrives at Hackney Empire with the approval of Hinton himself, who now campaigns for others betrayed by the criminal justice system.

This remarkable story has urgent relevance to us in the UK today. It confronts racism and the inbuilt injustices that keep prisoners locked up for years, while making a powerful case for compassion, a sense of humour, and the possibility of redemption.

Presented by Vox Holloway and Arts Council England.

£10 – £35 (plus £1.20 per ticket online, £1.40 per ticket over the phone)

Age guidance10+

Running time2 hours 15 minutes, including a 20 minute interval

Concessions available