Programme - Deepdale Festival

Bertie

Sunday - St Marys Church

Bertie Anderson Haggart is an award winning musician, composer and lyricist born and bred in North Norfolk. For the past ten years her work has been with The BeauBowBelles, an alternative swing folk band and Bowjangles, the theatrical comedy string quartet with whom she has performed internationally in Portugal, China and New York as well as all around the UK including at Glastonbury Festival and Edinburgh Fringe where they won the Spirit of the Fringe award 2018 for 'Excalibow'. Bowjangles have also been featured on CBeebies 'Yolanda's Band Jam' and were nominated for Rural Touring Awards Best Practise 2019 and are currently touring their self penned comedy musical 'Dracula In Space' which Bertie composed the score for.

Her original music has been featured on BBC 6 Introducing, BBC Wales, BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio London.

The past 6 months she has been researching, composing, and recording Poppyland Song Cycle and Poppyland Songs Podcast. A project celebrating life past and present in Poppyland, North Norfolk through music, song and storytelling. Poppyland Songs Podcast is currently being aired on BBC Radio Norfolk.

'Beautiful, can't stop singing it' (When The Skies Are Weeping) - Kirsteen Thorne, BBC Norfolk
'A Beautiful Podcast' - Sophie Little, BBC Norfolk