Littlehampton's Lighthouse Cafe Club – founded in reaction to culture shock - celebrates its tenth anniversary with a night entitled Stuck In A Truck, a talk billed as "an attempt to tell the truth about directing (mostly) live TV".
The talk comes from Jonathan Fulford, a BBC TV music producer whose credits include the Monteverdi Vespers and various Proms. There will also be a special exhibition featuring archive items - posters, photos and press cuttings - from the ten years of
the Club's existence.
The event will take place at Wickbourne Family Centre, Clun Road, Wick, Littlehampton at 7.30 for 8pm on Friday October 3 (tickets cost £2.50 on the door, or may be reserved in advance on 01903 725471).
The Lighthouse Cafe Club founder Pat Harvey says she suffered from culture shock when she
moved from London to Littlehampton. Her solution was to set up The Lighthouse Cafe Club, an arts forum designed 'to combine the stimulating social, cultural and spiritual atmosphere of the Left Bank with the marine attractions of Littlehampton'.
The Club is also the West Sussex regional branch of the Arts Centre Group, a national organisation founded by Sir Cliff Richard and others to support Christians working professionally in the arts.
"While not explicitly evangelistic (and most certainly not believing in shoving Christianity down people's throats), as its name implies the Club takes seriously the notion that, in the modern market-place of ideas, there is a place for the guiding light of the Gospel," Pat says.
"The formula is simple. Every two months throughout winter and spring an arts professional is invited to showcase his or her work, and be interviewed about it afterwards, followed by questions from the audience.
"Particular emphasis is given to how the worlds of faith and professionalism interact. All are welcome, whatever their religious views or lack of them. There is a coffee interval when people can mix and mingle with each other and their guest."
Since it started in 1998, there has been a steady stream of poets, painters, photographers, writers, singers, musicians, broadcasters, critics, film-makers, producers, composers and actors flowing through the Cafe Club, all eager to show off their skills and share their secrets. Guests so far have included Stuart Henderson (BBC Radio 4 presenter); Robert Duncan (actor, Drop the Dead Donkey); Gillian Reynolds (Daily Telegraph radio critic); Anthony Green (painter); Patrick Garland (actor and theatre director); and Colin Riches (sculptor),Paul and Fiona Hendley (entertainers).
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