Barbara Dickson coming to The Plough in Torrington

Award-winning singer Barbara Dickson will be appearing in concert at The Plough Arts Centre in Torrington on November 12 alongside her long-term keyboard player Nick Holland.

The show features her singing, playing keyboards and guitar, and Nick also plays keyboards and provides additional vocals. She said the shows had been ‘a really creative experience for both of us and audience reaction has been just wonderful’.

“Playing live has always been my first love,” Barbara says, “and I can’t wait to get back out there. I’ve always performed – if it wasn’t concerts it was in the theatre.

“I think I must have played live every year since 1977, with the exception of lockdown, sometimes huge tours of 60 plus dates at the height of my pop career. They were hugely enjoyable but also exhausting, something I wrote about in my autobiography, A Shirt Box Full of Songs.”

She concluded: “Even after all these years, it is still a privilege to be sitting at a piano, singing to people, this wonderful shared experience in a theatre. After all the lows of the past couple of years I want us all to be back to being able to enjoy life again.

“Music really does feed the soul and we’re all in need of a pick-me-up.”

For tickets go to www.theploughartscentre.org.uk or call 01805 624624.