Snake Davis and Helen Watson start The Shed's 20th season (From York Press)

Snake Davis and Helen Watson start The Shed's 20th season

11:54am Friday 10th February 2012 in Music news and reviews

THE 20th anniversary season at The Shed kicks off this weekend with plenty of tickets left for both events.

Blues singer Helen Watson and saxophonist Snake Davis, who first worked together in the 1980s, will be accompanied by Dave Bowie and Mark Creswell from The Suspicions in their new project at Hovingham Village Hall tomorrow night.

Between them, Helen and Snake have chalked up the most Shed shows of all the acts brought to Ryedale by impresario Simon Thackray.

On Sunday, Simon will host a Valentine Special film event (two days early, but love can’t wait) at Brawby Village Hall.

On his old screen rescued from a tip, he will show Trains And Roses, or Zugvogel… einmal nach Inari, to give Peter Lichtefeld’s 1998 film its German title.

“It’s a cracking Finnish/German black comedy road (or more correctly train) movie with fantastic photography,” says Simon. “Thanks to the Goethe Institute Film Archive in London for enabling us to screen it.”

Lichtefeld’s story revolves around Hannes, a beer-truck driver from Dortmund, whose passion is to compete in the first International Train Timetable Competition in Inari, Finland.

When his special leave is cancelled at short notice he flips, promptly knocking his boss unconscious and setting off anyway. En route, he meets a mysterious woman… hence the Valentine screening.

• Doors open at 7pm for each 8pm event. Box office: 01653 668494 or theshed.co.uk