Archives 2003
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January 2003
6th
Organ Society presents
Steve Lowdell
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Steve will be playing the Orla GT300
17th – 25th
Bonington Players presents
Pinocchio
31st
a3K presents
Colvin Quarmby
Start 7.30pm Tickets £10
Colvin Quarmby play, according to their publicity, "refreshingly different acoustic music". This is true but is not the whole of the story. When you attend a CQ concert you will hear this distinctive four piece band play a potent mix of driving acoustic rhythm laced with liberal helpings of folk, country, and skiffle, within an intelligent use of the pop sensibility, topped off with some absolutely irresistible harmonies. Quite simply, CQ will leave you well and truly Tangoed!! Gerry Colvin himself is chirpier than a bucketful of Trill at times he is almost Lee Evans with a guitar and his distinctive vocal style matches his persona perfectly. And as for the songs there are more hooks than you would find at a fishing contest; listen to one chorus and it is impossible not to find yourself singing along to the next. On top of that you' 11 grab an earful of some of the most original and refreshing words you will have heard for quite some time. Treat yourself; see Colvin Quarmby in concert!
February
1st
Revival presents
Revival in Concert
Start 7.30pm Tickets £6
60s live music at its best from this excellent tribute band, they just keep getting better. Book early this will be a sell out
2nd
Nottingham Magicians Guild presents
An Evening of Magic and Illusion
Start 7.30pm Tickets £4
Featured acts include Bunny Neil, President Freddie Wilkinson, James Parker and new illusion act Enigma. Tickets are available in advance on 0115 9614551.
Special guest BBC Radio Nottingham’s Mick Smith
3rd
Organ Society presents
John Bowdler
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
John will be playing the Technics GA3
6th
Jazzsteps presents
Urban Jazz Quintet
On stage 8pm Tickets £10 : concessions £8
An exciting new group featuring five of Europe’s leading jazz musicians
Peter King, Julian Arguelles, Michael Buckley, saxophones, Jeremy Brown, bass
Stephen Keogh, drums. Especially composed original material will ensure a performance
full of creativity, fire and daring.
12th – 15th
Prospect Players presents
Relatively Speaking
By Alan Ayckbourn
On stage 7.30pm Tickets £4.50: concessions £4
Party rate 10% for 16 or more tickets
We are delighted to be reviving this 1967 comedy by the country's most prolific
playwright . it was his first big success and remains, arguably, his funniest play.
Ayckbourn himself has said: "I wrote this play originally as a result of a phone call
firm the late Stephen Joseph . . . He asked me then simply for a play which would
make people laugh when their seaside holidays were spoiled by the rain
and they came into the theatre to get dry before trudging back to their landladies.
This seemed as worthwhile a reason for writing a play as any, so I tried to comply.
Greg and Ginny are living together, but Greg is becoming somewhat suspicious that he is not the only man in her life. Little things like telephone calls that are cut off the moment he answers, a drawer full of boxes of chocolates, a pair of slippers that are certainly neither his nor hers. He wonders about Ginny’s plan to visit her parents’ and decides to follow her. In actual fact he has sound grounds for his suspicions. Ginny is really going to see a considerably older lover, Philip, but only in order to break with him and retrieve some letters. Chance (or ironical fate) sees to it that Greg, on arrival, mistakes Philip and his wife, Sheila, for Ginny’s parents and further confusion arises when Philip is misled into thinking that Greg is Sheila’s lover and wants to marry her. Ginny’s arrival further confounds an already wildly hilarious situation ‑ a series of misunderstandings in which slippers again have a part to play
20th
Jazzsteps presents
ZubopGambia
On Stage 8pm Tickets £10 concs,£8
Mighty horns, percussion crisp and ever present in tunes that celebrate the band’s wide
range of influences –a love affair with African, Latin, Brazilian, Caribbean and Eastern European music. Infectious melodies, funky riffs and wild, wild soloing.
Joining them on this tour are world renowned musicians from
21st
GBC presents
Pogo the Clown
On stage 2pm Tickets £1.80
Clown fun for kids of all ages
21st
a3K presents
Vikki Clayton
On stage 8pm Tickets £10
Vikki Clayton is a lady of many parts. She has performed with "Fairport Convention" at the annual Cropredy Festival since 1990, most recently singing the part of Sandy Denny in "Old Fairport" at Cropredy 2002. She has fronted the Sandy Denny tribute band "The Nerve", performs with Fairport' s Ric Sanders and guitar maestro Fred Baker in "Sanders, Baker & Clayton" and also pursues a highly successful career as a singer/songwriter.,
Since her early days with cult folk band "Ragged Heroes", Vikki has established herself as one of the best songwriters around. Her influences are varied, and included the poet John Clare, the composer Percy Grainger, and folk icons Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson. She is a fine guitarist herself but often performs as a duo with Fred Baker, arguably the best guitarist in
Vikki has a stunningly beautiful and lyrical voice and is without peer on the folk scene today. She combines this talent with a mischievous sense of humour and you are guaranteed a memorable night of music and fun in her company
22nd -23rd
Jill Gregory Dance School presents
It’s Show Time Folks
On stage 7pm on the 22nd and 2pm on the 23rd
Tickets: £3.50 £2.50 child and over 60’s
March
1st -2nd
Jill Gregory Dance School presents
It’s Show Time Folks
On stage 7pm on the 1st and 2pm on the 2nd
Tickets: £3.50 £2.50 child and over 6o’s
Available from 12 Walton Court West Hallam DE7 6NS
Proceeds to the Play Centre for Children with Disabilities and their families
3rd
Organ Society presents
Andrew Nix
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Andrew will be playing the Atelier 80
Andrew turned professional organist in 1985 , He is equally at home playing both Theatre and Electronic organs. Following his career he has appeared at many entertainment venues including BBC radio 1 Tyne Tees and Yorkshire TV. He has developed a concert style of his own; a Musical Variety of Tunes people love to hear combined with Light Hearted Patter Promises an evening not to be missed
4th
D.O.E presents
Awards evening
7th – 8th
Redhill School presents
Our Day Out
Start 7.30pm Tickets
Our Day Out" is a 20th century drama play. It is written by Willie Russell and follows Mrs Kay's Progress class, unleashed for the day on a school outing.
Set in Liverpool and
However, Our Day Out is more than just a romp. It points to the depressing reality for some young people, for whom one day out is as much as they can expect.
9th
Nottingham Photographic Federation presents
Start
11th
Stages Presents
Don Quixote
Start 8pm Tickets £6.50 cons.£5
A modern version of Don Quixote’s adventures mixing live performance, original video footage and stunning visual effects.
Barclays stage Award Winners 2002
13th
Jazzsteps presents
Candytime
On Stage 8pm Tickets£9 concs,£7
James Woodrow (Guitar) Tim Holmes (Saxophone) Phil Scrags (bass) Chris Baron (drums) are Candytime a hugely accomplished and versatile quartet presenting an unusual collection of modern jazz originals alongside new and surprising arrangements of rarities by Miles Davis, Coltrane and Monk
14th
Hoff Ltd presents
ELVIS PRESLEY – “THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS”
Starring MEMPHIS KING
and his band DEEP SOUTH
On Stage 8pm Tickets £10
Memphis King is one of the most highly regarded Elvis Presley tribute artists in the world having recently scored a significant success on an international Elvis Presley Showcase in Canada where he treated the very critical Elvis fan base to a truly magical show.
He recently signed with Hoff Management Ltd. who having realised his enormous talent created a supporting band to add to his substantial stage presentation. The group “Deep South” is made up of some of the very finest professional musicians in the country, all possessing a wealth of experience. Musical Director is Mr. Bip formerly leading light in the 60’s Tornadoes group well-known for their big selling single “Telstar”.
The Elvis Presley – That’s The Way It Was show aims to tell the audience the full Elvis Presley story through his numerous chart successes. The first half is taken up with the early years commencing in 1955 whilst the second half concentrates on the “come-back” era and “Vegas” years. The show is approximately 2 hours long.
The audience when closing their eyes will have to pinch themselves to believe it is in fact Memphis singing and not The King himself.
The Bonington Theatre presentation is a fore-runner to a nation-wide tour at major theatres including The Albert Hall, Nottingham on 30th May 2003.
18th
D.O.E. presents
Awards Evening
21st
a3K presents
The Andy Guttridge Band
Start 7.30pm Tickets £10
Andy Guttridge is in the vanguard of the new acoustic movement, an extremely talented and evocative songwriter, a fine singer and an accomplished guitarist. The band features percussionist Toby Bennett (well known for his work with The Unprofessionals); standout guitarist Martin Green and Roger Inniss, one of the UK's most exciting and innovative bassists and regular with Elkie Brooks and Steve Gibbons among many others. Andy's set list includes a wide range of original material characterized by sheer Variety his work spans the whole spectrum of moods rhythms and melodies, As if this extensive repertoire was not enough, Andy's set list is often augmented with his own highly individual interpretations of standards such as Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, Steve Harley's Come up and see me Ewan McCall’s First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Until recently, Andy Outtridge was one of the best kept secrets on the live circuit. Already blessed with a strong following on his home patch of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Northamptonshire, Andy is gaining fame further a field following the release of his third CD SUNDANCE and his support slot on the 2003 Fairport Winter Tour.
26rd – 29th
Bonington Players presents
Ring Round the Moon
April
1st
Dance 4 presents
Beyond Boundaries
Gedling Dance Showcase
Start 4.30pm
A performance event devised by young people and adults from Gedling Borough Schools and community groups with the support of local artists. This is an exciting roller coaster ride of dance about our world and how we travel across it.
7th
Organ Society presents
Michael Farrar
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Michael will be playing the Yamaha HS8
MICHAELS Interest in music was influenced by his parents who were both professional musical entertainers, Michaels career now span over twenty years and he has worked in many cabaret venues around Europe and the U K. He has been employed as musical director and accompanist to such as Billy Pearce, Ken Dodd, Jane McDonald and The Three Degrees. His work as a Yamaha demonstrator won him a Gold award in 1986. His music covers a wide variety including classical, standard and popular, aimed to please listeners.
8th – 9th
Little Theatre Co. presents
Mimi and the Boy
Start 7.30pm Tickets £7.50
A night of great comedy and memorable music prior to national theatre tour
From the hit BBC TV comedy series “Allo! Allo!”
Sue Hodge as Mimi
And Keith ‘Paddington’ Richards as the Boy
Plus special guest Grant Peters
10th
Jazzsteps presents
RENATO D’AIELLO QUARTET
With Kirk Lightsey (piano), Nicola Muresu (bass)
and Dave Wickins (drums)
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 concs, £7
Returning once again to the Bonington, superlative saxophonist Renato D’Aiello fronts an all-star quartet featuring American pianist Kirk Lightsey. Born in 1937, Lightsey describes himself as a Detroit pianist incorporating “a Bud Powell awareness, an Art Tatum styling, a bebop feel and a pianistic approach.” Important early professional work was as an accompanist to a range of singers including Ernestine Anderson and Lovelace Watkins. He recorded his first instrumental album with Sonny Stitt and went on to make five albums with Chet Baker and to work for four years with Dexter Gordon. Having moved to Paris in 1993, he now tours Europe extensively. His group The Leaders — with Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman and Lester Bowie — has performed extensively at the major European Jazz Festivals.
Renato’s fellow countryman Nicola Muresu is certainly one of the most reliable bassists on today’s Jazz scene. His solid walking bass and poetic solos are greatly appreciated in
11th
Stages Presents
Safety
Start 8pm Tickets £7 cons £6
“It’s amazing how you can tell it’s blood, even in black and white. It looks sent of thick doesn’t it?”
Urgent, awkward, funny, timely. Safety is the moving story of Michael, a celebrated war photographer. Now in his mid 40s, and working on a major retrospective, he is forced to reconsider his roles as reporter, husband, and father, when his daughter finds herself needing the support of her family.
12th
Stages Presents
Beans
Start 12 Noon Tickets £3.50 Family (2 x adults 2 x Child ) £12
A blend of Jack and the Beanstalk with Indian mythology. Storytelling, live music, South Asian dance and haunting masks swirl together in this captivating production for the over 4s.
16th
Beeston Musical Theatre Group Presents
Disney Spectacular
Start 7.30pm Tickets £5 Cons £4 Children under 12 £3.50
All your favourites hit songs from Disney films and shows including: jungle Book, The little Mermaid, Cinderella, The Lion King, The hunchback of Notre Dame, toy Story, 101 Dalmatians, beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins and many, many more.
18th
GBC presents
Barry Kay
Start 2pm Tickets £2.00
All the fun for the kids
24th
Jazzsteps presents
The Deidre Cartwright Group.
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 concs.£7
Outstanding contemporary guitarist Deidre Cartwright returns to touring in this country after a three year break with an exciting new line up. The music explores the bluesy expressive guitar/organ retro sound mixed with influences from Latin, swing and modern club culture.
Janet Mason (piano & Keyboards),Alison Rayner ( Electric & Double Bass) and Carola Grey(Drums)form this grooving funky all female quartet.
Adding a further dimension to this performance will be the imaginative, live, interactive images, provided by visual artist Anne Robinson and especially created for the music to form a project aptly named “Looks like Jazz” Not to be missed!.
“Cartwright is a melodic, funky and hard swinging guitarist”
John Fordham. The Guardian
25th
GBC presents
Ray Raymond
Start 2pm Tickets £2.00
Fun for Kids of all ages
25th
a3K presents
Steve Tilson
Start 8pm Tickets £10
Steve Tilston is the consummate performer. He is a lyricist of supreme quality and his acoustic guitar technique has provided the inspiration for many an aspiring musician.
Ask anyone on the English folk scene who their favorite guitarists, singers, songwriters and entertainers are and nine times out of ten this man's name will crop up in the top three of every department.
Steve isn't necessarily doing anything new, but what he does, he does better than almost anyone else and has been doing so consistently and unassumingly for years.
Steve s sound these days is very much his own, drawing influences from a myriad of sources historical, geographical and literary but he's always keen to acknowledge his origins and influences: Bert Jansch, Davy Grahom, John Renbourn, Big Bill Broonzy, Josh White, Scotty Moore and Charlie Byrd.
Come and see an artist at the peak of his powers Steve Tilston.
30th
Stages Presents
The Blue Room
Start 8pm Tickets £7 Cons. £6
David Hare’s adaptation explores a sexual daisy chain of brief encounters – gentle, erotic and illegal.
(Contains nudity, sexual content and strong language 15+ only)
May
2nd
Hothouse Theatre presents
The Middle Ealing Chronicles
By Guy Jones
Start 8pm Tickets £5 cons £4
In a local newspaper office, in a small town somewhere in England, reporters dream of the Big Story. No more Cake of the Year Show, no more 3rd |Middle Ealing Cubs Gala packs them in, its Babylonian parrots going cheap down the local pet shop…….. no its true they are going cheap, with a special offer for OAPs
3 – 4th
Prima School of Dance presents
You – Us and the Music
Start 2.30pm and 7.15pm Tickets £4 concs £3.50
The students are happy to present their annual show.
All proceeds to the Osteoporosis Support Group
6th
Organ Society presents
Chiho Sunomoto
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Chiho will be playing the Yamaha 900
Originally from Matsuyama Japan She began learning the piano at the age of 3, and then she progressed to the local Yamaha music school to learn the art of organ playing. Her musical studies took her to St Katerina University where she became one of the youngest people to pass the top exam grade 3 music diploma. After leaving university she became an overseas demonstrator for Yamaha performing in over 31 countries. In 1986 Chiho came to the UK and settled in the north east of England. Chiho plays the latest top of the range Yamaha organ and can create the sounds of a philharmonic orchestra, big band jazz, and theatre style organ sounds with music from around the world
8th
Jazzsteps presents
Paul Jayasinha’s “Claridade
pronounced claridaji”
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 concs £7
Paul Jayasinha ( trumpet/Flugelhorn)
Clare Foster ( vocals)
Paulo de Oliveira (Guitar)
Ife Tolentino (Bass )
Iain Pattinson (drums)
Introducing this exciting Brazilian-Jazz combo made up of well established and much travelled musicians with extensive experience of Latin American music and it’s rhythms.
Their repertoire consists of a mixture of originals and songs from many of the great Brazilian composers (Joao Bosco, Edu Lobo, Danilo Caymmi )As well as being steeped in the Brazilian tradition this group has added a jazz sensibility to the music they perform.
Paul appeared last season with the “Alex Wilson Quintet” that had the audience dancing in the aisles to the infectious music from South America.
(Tropical sunshine to whisk away those SAD blues)
10th
Gedling Borough Council presents
The Mayors Charity Concert
Songs from the Shows
With the Magdala Singers
Start 7.30pm Tickets £8.50
14th – 17th
Prospect Players presents
Lucky Sods
By John Godber
On stage 7.30pm Tickets £4.50: concessions £4
Party rate 10% for 16 or more tickets
Godber is one of the best contemporary British playwrights"(Financial Times)
Lucky Sods is a candid black comedy about a couple who have nothing on a Friday night and £4 million on Saturday. And now they just can’t stop winning. Jean bought the lottery ticket. Morris picked the numbers. They sat, they watched, they won. It happened to them. Lucky Sods. But is it a dream come true
'Touchingly true... a winner for Godber' Guardian
20th
Organicblonde presents
An Evening with Donna Stewart
On stage 7.30pm
Join the celebrated Medium and Author Donna Stewart in an evening of lively, sensitive and often humorous clairvoyance.
30th
GBC Presents
Freddy’s Magic Show
On stage 2pm tickets £2.00
Magic for kids
30th
A3K Presents
David Hughes
On stage 8pm Tickets
"from NETRHYTHMS January 2003
David Hughes grins like a particularly capricious imp. His face creases & his eyes sparkle with the knowledge that he has the audience at Colchester’s intimate AcoustiCity club exactly where he wants them. They’ve been softened up by his stunning acoustic guitar technique - tumbling arpeggios; rock solid, machine gun right hand picking - & his self-deprecating humour. The bespectacled, pinstripe suit clad Hughes now sits back in his chair & prepares to unleash a string of songs based around the Essex/Suffolk area from which almost all of the audience are drawn. His laconic introduction to Blue Car describes how all singer-songwriters are issued with a cause when they collect their guitar, “Sting got the rainforest.....I got rural transport”. The audience are hooked, roaring with laughter. By the time Hughes moves to his battle of the sexes tango parody Hold your Horses Woman or the small town murder story Heart of Stone (“Management under new shop”) they are completely captivated. Amongst the humour there are love songs, philosophical analysis of the attraction of a run down house just 50 yards from morning papers & the guitar shop and explorations of surreal dreams. This is the curiosity that is David Hughes - simultaneously sardonic, witty & musically complex with an ability to manipulate & hold an audience transfixed with just voice & guitar, communicating on some primal level borne of years of playing solo. Post show sales of the career retrospective CD Recognised are brisk then the audience, most of whom had never previously heard of David Hughes, disappear excitedly into the night to spread the word that real, organic music still exists in a world of plastic Kylies & boy bands.
31st
Jazzsteps presents
Sheila Jordon
On Stage 8pm Tickets £12 concs,£10
With Brian Kellock
One of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers, Sheila Jordan has a relatively small voice but is one of the few vocalists who can improvise logical lyrics (which often rhyme!) She is a superb scat singer and is also an emotional interpreter of ballads. Yet despite her talents, Sheila spent much of the 1960s and 1970s working in a conventional day job! She studied piano when she was 11 and sang in a vocal group. She moved to New York in the 1950s, was married to Duke Jordan (1952-62), studied with Lennie Tristano and worked in New York clubs. Sheila was initially inspired by the music of Charlie Parker, her — “musical guru.” She honed her skills, sitting in with Parker and other musicians when they came to town to perform in the Bluebird, the Sudan and other local clubs. Moving to New York City in the early ‘50s, she sang in Greenwich Village clubs and at jam sessions with some of the city’s jazz giants, including Charles Mingus and Herbie Nichols and studied with legendary pianist Lennie Tristano.
Brian Kellock is a piano player of the finest pedigree. He has worked with many leading international jazz musicians including Art Farmer, Scott Hamilton and Herb Geller. James Morrison has described him as “one of those rare players who manages to combine startling originality and an almost mischievous inventiveness, with the kind of down to earth swing that is the reason most of us love jazz.”
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June
2nd
Organ Society presents
David Thomas
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Andrew will be playing the Atelier 80
David was born in Essex where his only contact with music was in primary school with a Descant recorder. Later at secondary school music lessons gave him the interest to learn to play an instrument, he chose the trombone and went on to play in the school orchestra. David’s love of music then took a turn to keyboards, and in the 1980s his career took off as he came second as most promising organist. Appearing along with top organists, he played on the radio and was subject to personal profiles in organ magazines. He is now a freelance artiste/demonstrator for Roland organs. His music is light classic, theme TV and film, and Latin-American.
5th
Jazzsteps presents
Gilad Atzmon’s
“Big Orient House Ensemble”
On stage 8pm Tickets £12 concs.£10
Gilad has recruited musicians from Romania, Italy and Palestine for this expanded Orient House Ensemble. Atzmon's charismatic show will yet again contrast wonderful musicianship with his unique brand of political humour, to guarantee a hugely entertaining night.
From new takes on jazz standards to highly melodic, Middle Eastern inflected jazz originals, Atzmon has carved out a powerful reputation as one of the UK’s most important musicians and composers.
Based around his hugely talented rhythm section, the new Orient House Ensemble provides Gilad with a brilliant new palette of sounds to draw on in order to create is most exciting music yet.
6 -8th
Dawn King Dance School presents
Dance 2003
Start 7.30pm Tickets
A performance by all the members of the school, a delight for all ages.
19th
The Bible Today presents
The Bible Today
Start 7.30pm Tickets
22nd
Fox’s Music presents
Guitars for everyone
Start 2pm Tickets
A concert of guitar playing, given by the students of Fox’s Music Studios in Nottingham, covering popular and Spanish styles of music.
26th
The Bible Today presents
The Bible Today
Start 7.30pm Tickets
July 2003
1st
D.O.E presents
Awards evening
3rd
The Bible Today presents
The Bible Today
Start 7.30pm Tickets
7th
Organ Society presents
Michelle French
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Michelle will be playing the Atelier 80
Michelle’s interest in organ music developed from the age of 11ys, in her teenage years she had her own Dance band and also backed cabaret. In 1991 a more professional approach was taken when she took to playing her own individual concerts. She then took and passed the LGSM diploma which enabled her to take up music teaching and now has the letters CT ABRSM. Her musical content at her concerts covers musicals, light/classic and modern day pop!
13th
Flying High presents
Start 7.30pm Tickets
26th
Grafeeti Theatre Company presents
Arrivals Departures
Start 7.30pm Tickets £5 Cons. £4
Two one act plays
This is theatre at its best Speakeasy Theatre Leicester
These two devised pieces written and performed by the graduating students are a dramatic contrast to each other.
"Arrivals" is set around an audition and gave the performers an opportunity to use a wide range of characters. Their physicality in this piece is fuelled with high energy making "Arrivals" a superb piece of entertainment. There were some wonderfully comedic moments and well observed performances.
But, for me, the second piece "Departures"is a triumph. The script is strong and storyline clear and riveting. Within this piece all the performers come into their own. It is clear that all the students rise to the challenge that such an intense piece about the discovery of one's own death requires. The high emotion is dealt with and paced beautifully, and just when, as an audience member you felt there is nowhere for all the high drama to go, the actors show courage by using poignant and contained moments to draw the audience back in.
August 2003
1st
GBC presents
Pandora
Onstage 2pm tickets £1.60
Fun for the kids
8th
GBC presents
Pogo the Clown
On stage 2pm tickets £1.60
Pogo's magic shows are also stunning for any age group with "real" tricks and illusions with a healthy helping of humour.
Pogo's juggling and balloon modelling workshops are always a hit for children and adults wishing to learn a new fun skill.
15th
GBC presents
Barry Kay
On stage 2pm tickets £1.60
Barry Kay's Magic Shows are fun all the way ! A fast moving laughter packed program keeps children on the edge of their seats right to the end. Getting children to join in with him is no problem. His personality, confidence and his manner with children ensures that no one is left out.
22nd
GBC presents
Peter Presto
On stage 2pm tickets £1.60
Fun for all ages
26th
A3K presents
Mick Thomas
Mick Thomas is well known in his native Australia as a musician and songwriter. He cut his musical teeth with a folk oriented Melbourne rock band called Weddings Parties Anything that played together from 1984 until the end of the 1990s, by which time they had built up an enormous reputation in the southern hemisphere and a cult following in the rest of the world.
When you listen to Mick Thomas you'll hear literate songs, arranged well, with catchy tunes that worm their way into your unconscious. He is an accomplished songwriter and a thoughtful and perfectionist composer. Most of the songs are neither profound nor philosophical and there is little trace of any real social or political comment. They tend to be about people and places and often they present vignettes of Australian life, evoking either what were presumably his personal experiences or episodes from the past, which captured his attention. Whatever the subject the songs are always lyrically and musically crafted to perfection and performed with a touch of genius.
Mick Thomas, solo, in concert, presents an artist at the peak of his powers. He is in the UK for two weeks only and a3k is proud to present him at the Bonington Theatre.
27th
GBC presents
Magicians Mayhem
On stage 2pm tickets £1.60
Magic for all ages
28th – 31st
Lorna Layton presents
Lorna Layton school of dance
On stage 7pm tickets £
Dance and drama
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September 2003
1st
Organ Society presents
Nicholas Martin
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Nicholas will be playing the Technics G100
Nicholas interest in music began with the piano, but at the age of only eleven he heard the sounds of the Blackpool Wurlitzer and from that moment it became his ambition not only to play the theatre organ but to play at the Blackpool Tower. His ambition was realised at the age of 17 when he became a resident organist at the tower. In 1983 he was offered the resident organist at the then new complex of Turners Musical Merry Go Round. He still holds that position and travels the country playing at many venues. He also undertakes regular visits to play in the USA.
His music is played in very lively tempo and he favours marches and big band sounds
12th
Jobs Fair
Exhibition and advice on Jobs and training
10am –3.30pm
14th
Guild of Magicians presents
Gala Magic Show
Start 7.30pm Tickets £5
A spellbinding Evening
17th
Fox’s music presents
An evening of Organ music
On Stage 7.30pm Tickets £
21st
A3K presents
PHIL BEER & DEB SANDLAND
Phil and Deb have forged a unique musical bond in their ability to create beautiful harmonies. These harmonies can be heard in their much exalted cover of Lal Waterson's 'The Scarecrow'. Their vocal and musical brilliance will ensure a wonderful night's entertainment. If you enjoyed Show of Hands you will love this
25th
Jazzsteps presents
Dennis Rollins “ Badbone”
On stage 8pm Tickets £12 cons £9
Led by Britian's premier jazz/funk trombonist Dennis Rollins, this 5 piece group offers dynamic, accessible funky groove music with jazz overtones featuring the highest musicianship on this side of the Atlantic.
26th
Stages presents
Out of Bounds
On stage 7.30 Tickets £7 cons £6
Age 12+ contains some strong language.
The UK premiere of a play performed this year for Nelson Mandela at his personal request. This is the honest, funny and truly engaging journey of a young boy growing up in a working class family in a township on the outs
.irts of Durban,
October 2003
2nd
Jazzsteps presents
Jonathan Gee Trio
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 cons £7
Reflective, beautifully poised pianist, with the stunning drummer Winston Clifford and bassist Steve Rose'. The Independent 'depth and maturity'.. 'sparky and sensitive'..Gee is a compelling pianist and his debut album is outstanding' '..whose incisive improvisatory style is capable of packing a wealth of rhythmic and harmonic ideas into a single phrase.' Time Out 'Gee's band works like the best piano trios, with conversational exchanges between the instruments - he can swing hard with drive, he can be reflective like Bill Evans, and his originals are strong' - The Guardian 'Meticulously crafted themes contain much thought and originality'..'inventive original pianist'. The Evening Standard 'an absorbing programme of originals by Jonathan, this displaying well the remarkable clarify of his own lines and the ability of these particular players to explore the various facets of the tried and tested trio format. As ever, Winston Clifford is quite outstanding' Jazz UK 'Interplay quite brilliant - genuine trio music' – Observer
3rd – 4th
Sunshine Theatre presents
Elsie and Norms Macbeth
A Comedy by John Christopher-wood
On stage 7.30 Tickets £4 Cons £3.50
Elsie and Norm a dotty middle aged couple, fed up with board games and TV, invite you , their friends, round to watch their own, completely re-written version of Macbeth, one of the greatest plays “ what was ever wrote” They play all the characters themselves, with a little help from…? Well come and see who from. The hilarious results are guaranteed to have Shakespeare spinning in his grave, and you rocking with laughter in your seats.
6th
Organ Society presents
Tony Stace
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Tony will be playing the Yamaha HX1
Tony’s interest in electronic organs began at age 9ys. His enthusiasm and ability soon had him entering and winning music competitions. Whilst a teenager he won second place in a European organ competition gaining a Wersi Prima Organ as his prize. Tony turned professional at the age of 21. The choice of music for his concerts ensures there is interest for every one, always a light hearted occasion when Tony is around
9th
Jazzsteps presents
Damon Brown Sextet
featuring
Alan Barnes on Saxes
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 cons £7
A genuinely exiting new voice in European Jazz. Damon Brown is a vastly accomplished young trumpet player and composer.
Dave Gelly, The Observer
15th -18th
Bonington Players presents
All My Sons
The famous play by Arthur Miller
our 40th Anniversary production
On stage 7.30p.m. Tickets £4.25
Set in post-war America it is a play about responsibility and the consequences of action. Joe Keller only learns how inter-related people and events are when he discovers that his own son was one of the victims of his dubious action in selling cracked cylinder heads for Air Force planes that subsequently crashed.
The cast includes Tony Tomlinson, Ann Elwick, Mark Buckley and Louise Cardwell. The play is directed by Howard Whitehurst.
21st
Eagles Nest church presents
A Tale of 3 journeys
With mark Ritchie
Start 7.30pm Tickets £2.50p
Tan evening of three gripping stories interlaced with humour and interaction that will motivate you in your personal, spiritual and working life.
Life may never be the same again!
22nd
Bowler hat productions presents
Anni Kurmis in ‘Talking Heads’ by Alan Bennett
‘Her Big Chance’ and ‘Bed Among the Lentils’
On stage 7.30pm Tickets: £7 and £5 concessions
“Anni Kurmis takes on her roles with verve and veracity.” (Leeds Guide)
Following the sell-out success of her regional tour, Anni Kurmis performs two characters as different as chalk and cheese in a unique evening of theatre. Lesley is a striving actress whose ‘big chance’ casts her as a pawn in a porn game and Susan, a vicar’s wife who only glimpses God in the Communion wine.
“Kurmis’ characterisation is astute and totally believable, down to the last blink or wince, her straddled sexily stockinged legs as Lesley or her frumpish old frocks and awkward postures as Susan.” (Artscene) Bowler Hat Productions
23rd
Jazzsteps presents
Martin Drews “ Jazz Couriers”
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 cons £7
The late Scott's exciting former drummer Martin Drew and saxophonist/arranger Mornington Lockett put this tribute band together. The urbane swerves, neat turns, slickly talkative harmonies and rattling drumbeat phrasing in the Couriers' themes, and the unquenchable urge to play flat out, with the solos (mostly from Lockett, fellow sax-sprinter Nigel Hitchcock and pianist Steve Melling) are full-on. The two-sax front line emits an attractively tough-talking vitality, and it's easy to hear why this lively outfit has been such a hit around the UK circuit
24th
A3K presents
The return of PETE SCROWTHER & PJ WRIGHT
On stage 8pm Tickets £10
PJ Wright is best known as guitarist and lead vocalist with Little Johnny England, slide and pedal steel guitarist with the Dylan Project, and long time sideman with R&B legend Steve Gibbons. Feted as a guitar virtuoso, Wright is a talented songwriter too - compositions such as Johnny England and Forty Years On meld a poetic sensibility and an understanding of traditional song.
Pete Scrowther has released several acclaimed albums in his adopted country,
folk melody and rhythm" in this "very accomplished set." Their reviewer concluded: "It's invidious to single out any of Scrowther' songs since the standard is so high throughout." Pete's songs have been covered by British bands including Fairport Convention (Heart of The Song) and Little Johnny England (The Witherstone, Way Things Ought To Be, and Maybe).
Scrowther and Wright's voices complement one another beautifully and both are talented multi-instrumentalists (Wright, for example, plays dobro, harmonica, saxophone, mandolin, and organ as well as guitars of all sorts).
25th
Stages presents
Lears Daughters
On stage 7.30 Tickets £7 cons £6
Age 14+
What happened to the three daughters of King Lear before they made their entrances in Shakespeare play. Yellow Earth recreates the early years of these three young women’s lives as the fool, the Nanny and an overworked Queen struggle to bring them up. Featuring music and striking imagery, yellow Earth return to the Stages circuit with this twist on Shakespeare’s classic.
26th
Class Act presents
Hidden Hero’s
On stage 6pm and 8pm
29th
Organicblonde presents
An Evening with Donna Stewart
On stage 7.30pm
Join the celebrated Medium and Author Donna Stewart in an evening of lively, sensitive and often humorous clairvoyance.
30th
Jazzsteps presents
Yuri Honing Trio
On stage 8pm Tickets £9 cons£7
From 1996 on, saxophonist Yuri Honing’s career gained momentum when his trio recording ‘Star Tracks’ was released. National and international press not only praised him for his capabilities as a saxophone player but also thought of him as one of the new leading voices in jazz.
31st
GBC presents
Ray Raymond
Fun for kids of all ages
On stage 2pm tickets £1.60
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1st
Organ Society presents
Jean Martin
Start 7.30pm Tickets member’s £3 visitors £4
Jean will be playing the Yamaha 900
From the age of three Jean was able to play nursery rhymes on her parent’s piano. She was soon appointed church organist at 11ys. She studied music at Trinity College London where her studies led her to be awarded the prestigious LGSM diploma. She now teaches music to GCSE level at the local high school. Her high standard of play on either piano or organ has maintained a high demand from audiences here and overseas. Jean is a true professional in all things, n enjoyable concert is guaranteed in the company of Jean and her orchestral organ
3rd
Stages presents
Ideas Men
On stage 7.30 Tickets £7 cons £6
Age 16+ contains some strong language.
Working in their very own creativity department in a city based firm, the two ideas men are under pressure to come up with new ideas – but have absolutely none. Last seen on the stages circuit with their critically acclaimed Say Nothing, multi award winning duo Ridiculusmus return with an exploration of corporate behaviour through their highly original and absurdly brilliant theatre.
4Th
Jazzsteps presents
Pete Oxleys “ New Noakes Acoustic”
On stage 8pm Tickets 39 cons £7
Pete Oxley is the founder member of the New Noakes Internationals and main composer of the band. His style, using acoustic electric and synth guitar has often been described as “pastoral” and has won rapturous plaudits from the press for his playing and writing skills alike.
Fresh and immediately appealing originals (The Observer)
Broad, dynamic, always holding the audiences attention (The Independent)
Original, orienting towards fusion but remaining delicate & lively (Jazz Hot “France”)
6th
MADD presents
Madd to Sing 2003
Start 2.30pm and 7.30pm Tickets £9 conces. £8
7th
London School of Music presents
Award Winner’s Concert
Start Tickets
Piano , organ and singing from this years award winning students
11th
Jazzsteps presents
Jamie Cullum
This concert sold out
On stage 8pm Tickets £10 cons £8
Jamie Cullum is facing some heavy responsibilities. Aged only 22, the singer and pianist from Wiltshire is on track to become the UK's homegrown cross between Harry Connick Jr and Diana Krall.
An engaging and energetic individual, Cullum doesn't seem fazed by all the attention he is getting. He writes sharp and knowing songs that indicate a maturity beyond his boyish appearance, and he attacks some of the oldest chestnuts in the standards repertoire with a gleeful freshness. Despite his age, he can get away with delivering a tough emotional piece such as the aching You Don't Know What Love Is without sounding as if he were singing in an unfamiliar language.
13th
Eagles Nest Church presents
Christmas Gospel Concert
Start 7.30pm Tickets £4
An evening with Chariots of joy Gospel Choir . Entertainment for the Christmas season including buffet meal
An event of the season
17th
Hoff Ltd presents
ELVIS PRESLEY – “THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS”
Starring MEMPHIS KING
and his band DEEP SOUTH
On Stage 8pm Tickets £10
Memphis King is one of the most highly regarded Elvis Presley tribute artists in the world having recently scored a significant success on an international Elvis Presley Showcase in Canada where he treated the very critical Elvis fan base to a truly magical show.
He recently signed with Hoff Management Ltd. who having realised his enormous talent created a supporting band to add to his substantial stage presentation. The group “Deep South” is made up of some of the very finest professional musicians in the country, all possessing a wealth of experience. Musical Director is Mr. Bip formerly leading light in the 60’s Tornadoes group well-known for their big selling single “Telstar”.
The Elvis Presley – That’s The Way It Was show aims to tell the audience the full Elvis Presley story through his numerous chart successes. The first half is taken up with the early years commencing in 1955 whilst the second half concentrates on the “come-back” era and “Vegas” years. The show is approximately 2 hours long.
The audience when closing their eyes will have to pinch themselves to believe it is in fact Memphis singing and not The King himself.
21st
School of Champions presents
A Night of Marshal Arts
Start 7.30pm Tickets
The best in Marshal arts display, and all action show by the pupils and staff of the school
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