THE tenth anniversary season at The Shed gets under way this weekend and features the eclectic mix of performers that one has come to expect at the Brawby venue, with everything from a drama about Picasso to a concert by a Japanese rock band.

Singer/guitarist Andy White plays the first Shed gig of the season on Saturday, with backing from percussionist and violin player David Crichton.

White has released nine solo albums, toured the world and won Ireland's top songwriting award. He has written with Peter Gabriel and Crowded House's Neil Finn, and toured with the likes of Van Morrison and Mary Black.

Later in the season, the Fine Time Fontayne project brings the drama Trimming Picasso to The Shed, which, somewhat bizarrely, tells the story of Picasso's day out in Sheffield in November 1950. Picasso actually attended the second world peace congress in the Steel City after being one of the few artists allowed into the country by then Prime Minister Clement Atlee. Trimming Picasso is at The Shed on Saturday, October 19.

Billy Jenkins with the Blues Collective arrive in Brawby on Saturday, October 26, while there are bound to be fireworks on Bonfire Night, when Japanese act the Satoko Fujii Quartet play The Shed. Led by pianist Satoko Fujii, the quartet are described by the concert organisers as one of the most innovative and unpredictable rock bands in the world.

On Saturday, November 23, Christine Collister brings her mix of soul, blues, jazz, country and folk to The Shed, while the season concludes with the traditional pre-Christmas appearance of Hank Wangford and the Lost Cowboys with their healthy dose of festive misery on Saturday, December 14.

Every show of the season begins at 8pm. Tickets for each cost £11 and for further information, you can ring (01653) 668494.

Updated: 09:32 Wednesday, September 25, 2002