Arts Centre Spring Summer 2016

Thursday 7th July 2016

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Spring/Summer 2016

At a Glance Date

Time

Show

January Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Saturday Monday Wednesday Thursday Thursday

7.00pm 8.00pm 3.00pm 7.00pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm

KBTC: The Winter’s Tale, Encore Stand-up Comedy: Steve Royle He Named Me Malala – Creative Edge Suffragette The Ugly Duckling Open Mic Night Legend Les Liaisons Dangereuses Africarmen

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Kwaidan 53rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour An Extravaganza Celebration of Chinese New Year 2016 The Best Thing Macbeth Stand-up Comedy: Phil Walker How The Koala Learnt To Hug Open Mic Night Dickie Beau: Unplugged 45 Years Peter Hughes Cara Dillon Crimson Peak As You Like It Frack Off Student Led Concert

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Arabian Nights… and Days!

A Walk in the Woods The Band Puss in Boots Stand-up Comedy: Simon Bligh Falling Everest Kirsty Gunn Lysistrata

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Date

Time

Show

Category

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Friday Saturday Tuesday

7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm 8.00pm

Open Mic Night Blood Wedding Sicario Blood Wedding The House of Bernada Alba The House of Bernada Alba Yerma Yerma Maddy Prior

Saturday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

2.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Leaping Frog Brooklyn The Simon and Garfunkel Story Identity Crisis The Walk Care Takers Talent Night Carol Dorothy’s War Tuesdays at Tesco’s The Lady in the Van JV2 2016, A Triple Bill

8.00pm

Tom Robinson

7.00pm 7.30pm 10.30am 1.00pm 8.00pm

April 2 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28

May 21 Saturday

June 8 9 15 15 16

Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday

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7.30pm

Hamlet The Pie at Night Monstersaurus Monstersaurus You’ve Got A Friend – The Music of James Taylor and Carole King High School Hell the Musical

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3.30pm 7.15pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream KBTC: Romeo and Juliet

July Sunday Thursday

Performances

Films

Live Theatre Screenings

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Stand-up Comedy

Support: Hayley Ellis, Allan Finnegan Compere: Penella Mellor

Saturday 23rd January 2.30pm

Northumberland Theatre Company present:

The Ugly Duckling

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Headliner: Steve Royle Steve Royle is a regular headline act at The Comedy Store, and has performed alongside Steve Coogan and Peter Kay on numerous occasions. He toured with Dave Spikey on his Overnight Success tour.

Steve is also co-founder of the Slaughterhouse Live character comedy nights. The group took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm with sell out shows and rave reviews for two years running.

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Tickets Ł7 / Ł4 concessions / Ł2 Edge Hill University students

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Tuesday 19th January 8.00pm

Tickets Ł5 / Ł18 family ticket (three children and one adult, or two children and two adults)

An enchanting reworking of Hans Christian Andersen's story, packed with songs, dance and visual treats.

Doris Duck is awaiting the hatching of her latest batch of eggs, but bossy, self-satisfied Prima Donna hen and cocky Mr Rooster keep interfering. The story follows the arrival of Desdemona Duck and her attempt to discover her real place out in the icy winter world.

Suitable for children aged four years plus and their families.

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Performances

Monday 25th January 7.30pm

Open Mic Night In the Arts Centre Red Bar

Free admission

Open Mic is an opportunity for anyone to come along and show off whatever talent they may have.

Edge Hill University is bursting with students who can sing or dance, recite poetry, play an instrument or surprise us with a hidden talent we haven’t yet come across. Bring your friends along for support.

Or just come along to be a part of the audience. A great night on campus, guaranteed.

Book your slot with Celia or Gemma in the Arts Centre Box Office.

Thursday 28th January 7.30pm Tavaziva Dance present:

Africarmen Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 of more © dillonrose.com

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Tavaziva’s Africarmen is a sumptuous and evocative dance production loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera Carmen. Through a synthesis of ballet, contemporary and African dance, Bawren Tavaziva’s powerful choreography is performed by a cast of outstanding dancers. Played out through the entanglement of desire, deceit and corruption in a township of oil-laden Equatorial Guinea, lingering ancestral voices are at work amongst the dreams of a better life.

Rouge28 Theatre present:

Kwaidan

Kwaidan is a cinematic and atmospheric piece inspired

by Japanese ghost stories and horror movies. It features life-sized puppets (humanettes) acting and videos.

Thursday 4th February 5.00pm

An Extravaganza Celebration of Chinese New Year 2016

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Kwaidan tells the story of Haru, a young woman who comes back to her family house after many years of absence. Strange events happen as the house seems to be inhabited by ghosts from the past. As the action unfolds, the memory of a terrible event resurfaces.

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Tuesday 2nd February 7.30pm

Admission is free, but please book a ticket at the Box Office in advance

Confucius Institute at Edge Hill University is hosting a celebration of Chinese New Year 2016, Year of the Monkey. The programme will include the Lion Dance, Chinese Kungfu, acrobats, hoola hoop, feet juggling with drums, hat juggling and magic. Bian Lian, or Face Changing, as it's known in the western world, and the highlight of Sichuan Opera in China, will leave the audience feeling totally stunned.

Enjoy a taste of Chinese culture at the Chinese Street Market at EHU Hub from 11.30am-3.00pm.

Film screenings of Red and Blue Funnel will take place in the Rose Theatre at 3.00pm.

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Tuesday 9th February 7.30pm Vamos Theatre present:

The Best Thing A co-commission with London International Mime Festival Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

It’s 1966. The record player’s on, her hair’s bobbed and eye-lashes curled: for seventeen year old Susan, life is an adventure waiting to begin. But what happens next turns everything upside down, and its repercussions will last for decades to come.

Step into the wordless world of Vamos Theatre for this bitter-sweet story of mistaken morals and broken hearts, 45s and beehives, where sexual revolution proves a hard and rocky path to tread.

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Stand-up Comedy

Support: Ryan Gleeson, Marvyn Dickinson Compere: Lewis Charlesworth

Saturday 13th February 2.30pm The People’s Theatre Company present:

How The Koala Learnt To Hug

by Steven Lee

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Headliner: Phil Walker Shortly after starting his life on the comedy circuit Phil was voted City Life Comedian of the Year in Manchester. He has since become a headline act at leading comedy clubs throughout the country and dipped his toe into the comedy festival scene, performing one hour shows at Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton, Southport and Sheffield. He made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012.

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Tickets Ł7 / Ł4 concessions / Ł2 Edge Hill University students

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Thursday 11th February 8.00pm

Tickets Ł5 / Ł18 family ticket (three children and one adult, or two children and two adults)

Koalas are the cuddliest critters but just how did they learn to hug? There’s only one way to find out so come and hear our adorable Koala tell her story in this fun filled family musical.

With a host of gorgeous puppet characters, great stories, sing along songs, superb games and first class hugging all you’ll need are your ears (and your arms!)

Suitable for everyone aged 3 years to 103 years.

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Performances

Monday 15th February 7.30pm

Open Mic Night In the Arts Centre Red Bar

Free admission

Open Mic is an opportunity for anyone to come along and show off whatever talent they may have.

Edge Hill University is bursting with students who can sing or dance, recite poetry, play an instrument or surprise us with a hidden talent we haven’t yet come across. Bring your friends along for support.

Or just come along to be a part of the audience. A great night on campus, guaranteed.

Book your slot with Celia or Gemma in the Arts Centre Box Office.

Tuesday 16th February 7.30pm

Dickie Beau: Unplugged

Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

Emerging from London's drag scene, Dickie Beau has taken the art of lip synching out of nightclubs and into hitherto uncharted territory. Dickie takes an unheard of step to speak in his own voice and tell the story of how his love affair with found sound began; how it speaks not only to, but also for, him; and reveals how there is more to this lip synching lark than meets the eye.

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The Creative Writing Programme at Edge Hill University present:

Peter Hughes

Thursday 18th February 8.00pm

Cara Dillon

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Peter Hughes is a poet and founding editor of Oystercatcher Press. His Selected Poems came out from Shearsman in 2013, who also publish a critical volume on his varied work. His versions of the complete sonnets of Petrarch, Quite Frankly, were published by Reality Street in 2015 to great acclaim.

These versions of the famous sonnets are often hilarious takes on modern life through the maudlin eyes of the first sonneteer imploring his ‘Laura’ to love him. The first half of his Cavalcanty project is available from Equipage.

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Tickets Ł4.50 all

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Wednesday 17th February 7.30pm

Tickets Ł18 / Ł17 / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

If you don’t know the voice of Cara Dillon, you’re in for a treat. If you are already amongst her legions of admirers around the world, you know you have something special in store. A Thousand Hearts, Cara Dillon’s fifth solo album, is another small masterpiece of song and emotion, ethereal and radiant, beautifully honed and perfectly true.

"Quite possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice" Q Magazine

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Performances

Thursday 25th February 7.30pm The Fabulous Lancashire Revels present:

Frack Off A Contemporary Commedia about Shale and Ale

Tickets Ĺ 5 all, free for Edge Hill University students

Godzilla Inc. has been granted permission to Frack for Shale Gas under the village of Maybe-in-Eden.

The village successfully blockades itself and the police, unable to enforce the new lax drilling rights, sends in an informer, an agent provocateur, under an assumed identity.

Music will be played, little revolutions carried out, and an awful of lot of dirty linen will be washed in public.

Monday 29th February 7.00pm

Student Led Concert

Free Admission, no tickets needed

The Arts Centre is hosting a student-led concert showcasing all of the musical talent we have to offer.

We are calling for all bands, all voices, all genres and all groupies to gather and raise the roof of the Rose Theatre! Come down on the night to see some amazing performances. A night not to be missed.

Interested in performing solo or with your band?

Contact Alex at messenga@edgehill.ac.uk, or speak to Celia or Gemma at the box office to secure your slot.

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Shifting Sands Theatre Company presents::

Arabian Nights... and Days!

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Tuesday 1st March 7.30pm

Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 of more

The Sultan summons a new wife every night.

Every morning he has her killed. All are powerless before him. As the number of his victims mounts, the fear grows.

Who will be next?

A feast of physical comedy, clowning and storytelling theatre. See how to trick an evil genie, mix magic potions, teach a parrot to become your personal spy... and much, much more!

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Performances

© Foteini Christofilopoulou

Thursday 3rd March 7.30pm Levantes Dance Theatre present:

The Band Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

They met for the first time in the ’90s and soon formed their own band. Now, they meet again after 20 years for their reunion sell out gig.

Expect humour, drama, extreme physicality and beautiful visuals.

Bethanie Harrison and Eleni Edipidi work primarily with dance theatre, with a constant enthusiasm for fusing artistic disciplines and indulging in vibrant aesthetics.

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Lyngo Theatre present:

Puss in Boots

Suitable for children aged three to eight years old and their families.

Monday 7th March 8.00pm

Stand-up Comedy

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Cats are cunning, sly and clever.

They land on their feet, whatever the weather.

This moggy is special and saves his master from starvation, defeat and total disaster.

He tricks the Palace, the Court and the King, and dresses his master in fine silk and bling.

He's a fabulous feline, devoid of all flaws, even catching an ogre in his clever cat's claws!

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Tickets Ł5 / Ł18 family ticket (three children and one adult, or two children and two adults)

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Saturday 5th March 2.30pm

Tickets Ł7 / Ł4 concessions / Ł2 Edge Hill University students

Headliner: Simon Bligh Simon is one of the finest, and most sought after performers in the country. With a Time Out Comedy Award and Perrier Award nomination under his belt, Simon is in great demand. Aside from being a top compere at the world famous Comedy Store, he regularly delights audiences in places such as Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, America, Malaysia, Amsterdam, Germany, and France.

Support: Tony Cowards, John Lebbon Compere: Trevor Organ

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Performances

Tuesday 8th March 7.30pm Theatre Alibi present:

Falling Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

It’s five o’clock on a normal weekday evening. Claire and her teenage daughter Alice are making tea.

Alice pops out to fetch some apples from the shed.

But in the blink of an eye she’s disappeared down a hole that’s suddenly yawned open on the lawn…

What happens when life swallows you whole and terror is only a heartbeat away?

“One of Britain’s most inventive companies” The Guardian Suitable for age 14 plus

Wednesday 9th March 7.30pm The Creative Writing Programme at Edge Hill University present:

Kirsty Gunn Tickets Ł4.50 all

Kirsty Gunn’s most recent short story collection, Infidelities was the winner of the Edge Hill Prize 2015, and was also shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. With roots in New Zealand and Scotland, Gunn is drawn to themes of memory, place and identity, crossing between fictional territory and the essay form. Her latest publication, My Katherine Mansfield Project, reflects on the meaning of literary influence, and what it means to go back home.

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AOD present:

Lysistrata

“A slick, hilariously funny show which rattles along at high speed on the strength of fine ensemble work from its cast of five”.

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Monday 14th March 7.30pm

Open Mic Night In the Arts Centre Red Bar

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Follow our heroine, Lysistrata, and the women of Greece in their (not always heartfelt!) battle to deny their men sex in order to stop a bloody war. As tensions mount, frustrations erupt, and phalluses reach bursting point see who wins and if peace is restored in this high octane, hugely enjoyable and absurdist version of Aristophanes’ masterpiece.

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Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

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Thursday 10th March 7.30pm

Free admission

Open Mic is an opportunity for anyone to come along and show off whatever talent they may have.

Edge Hill University is bursting with students who can sing or dance, recite poetry, play an instrument or surprise us with a hidden talent we haven’t yet come across. Bring your friends along for support.

Or just come along to be a part of the audience. A great night on campus, guaranteed.

Book your slot with Celia or Gemma in the Arts Centre Box Office.

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Performances

Edge Hill University 2nd Year Drama students present:

A season of plays by Federico Garcia Lorca

Tickets Ł9 / Ł5 concessions / Ł3.50 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more.

Combined Ticket see all three for Ł25 / Ł12 / Ł9

“The Theatre is a school of tears and laughter” Lorca

The greatest Spanish playwright of the twentieth century was murdered 80 years ago by fascists in the early days of the Spanish Civil War. In these plays, his three great masterpieces, love and loss, longing and duende, the spirit of the earth, fuse in passionate dances of life and death.

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Tuesday 15th & Wednesday 16th March 7.30pm

Blood Wedding

translated and adapted by David Johnston

An atmospheric new translation of Lorca's evocative meditation on fate, internecine strife, tradition, passion and repression.

Lorca was inspired by the true story of a fatal feud between two families in Almeria province. This powerful new version by Professor David Johnston stays close in spirit and letter to the original Spanish: he interprets Lorca's original with marvellous directness, and the result is a powerful poetic text which captures all the violence and pathos of the play for an Englishspeaking audience.

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Friday 18th March 7.30pm & Saturday 19th March 2.30pm

The House of Bernada Alba

Yerma

Lorca spoke of his inspiration for his final great work: “a very old widow who kept an inexorable and tyrannical watch over her unmarried daughters. They were prisoners deprived of all free will, so I never spoke with them; but I saw them pass like shadows, always silent and always dressed in black”.

This acclaimed adaptation shows us the astonishing modernity of the writing, speaking powerfully as both political metaphor of oppression and compelling domestic drama.

In a remote Spanish village Yerma, a woman full of life and passion, longs for a child but is unable to conceive. This compelling and elemental tale of a woman's quest for a child taps into some of the most universal themes of theatre - love, passion, sexuality, marriage. In this epic glory, vibrant and sweeping, with elements of dance and song, Yerma is an exhilarating theatrical event.

in a new English version by David Hare

“Laughter - black and bitter - is to modern tastes, and is caught deftly in David Hare's vivid and sardonic new version” The Daily Telegraph

adapted by Pam Gems

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Thursday 17th & Saturday 19th March 7.30pm

“Pam Gems' magnificent adaptation of this poetic tragedy is … soft, yet as hard as the sun-baked soil” The Guardian

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Performances

Tuesday 22nd March 8.00pm Park Promotions present:

Maddy Prior in Concert Tickets Ł16.50 / Ł15.50 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

A true legend of British music, Maddy Prior’s latest album 3 For Joy is an exploration of the tradition that she loves. Together with musical partners Giles Lewin (Carnival Band) and accordion player Hannah James, Maddy returns to perform the music of England, the British Isles and Eastern Europe.

Hannah's wonderful clog dancing is worth the ticket price alone.

Saturday 2nd April 2.30pm Theatre Rotto present:

Leaping Frog Tickets Ł5 / Ł18 family ticket (three children and one adult, or two children and two adults)

Charismatic puppets and a storyteller take the audience on a musical journey - travelling through the yearly cycle from spring in Little Pond to deepest winter in the arctic forest across a variety of habitats.

Spotted skunks, horned owls, Beardo the Bullrush and Mr Fisher the heron all feature, as well as Goggles, the particularly special wood frog.

Suitable for children aged three years upwards

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Maple Tree Entertainment present:

The Simon and Garfunkel Story Back by popular demand

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Thursday 7th April 8.00pm

Tickets Ł18 / Ł17 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

This brand new show for 2016, direct from its success in London’s West End, a sold out UK tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon & Garfunkel Story is back on the road! Using huge projection photos, original film footage and a full live band performing all the hits including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Homeward Bound and many more.

"Authentic and Exciting” The Stage

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Performances

Tuesday 12th April 7.30pm

Identity Crisis

Written and performed by Phina Oruche Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł3 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

Identity Crisis explores one black woman’s identity as told through Phina’s own journey from model to the big and small screens. Phina’s travels as an actor have taken her from her native Liverpool to Hollywood and back. She is familiar from her Radio Merseyside broadcasts and for her performance as Liberty Baker in ITV's Footballers’ Wives, for which she won a Screen Nations Award for Favourite TV Star.

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Truant Theatre presents:

Care Takers

Those who care aren’t the ones who stay.

“Do not miss - Hits Home with a Punch!” HHHHH What’s On Stage

Tuesday 19th April 7.00pm

Talent Night

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Ms Lawson, a new teacher at St Margaret’s High, believes Jamie Harrow is being bullied because he’s gay. She wants to help, but Mrs Rutter, the Deputy Head, seems to think it will sort itself out. Is she speaking from experience or is there something more unsavoury about her unwillingness to help?

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Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

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Thursday 14th April 7.30pm

Free Admission, no tickets needed

A night where you can take over the stage. The Arts Centre is proud to have so much talent in its students at Edge Hill University and our talent show is all about celebrating that! Come to this free performance to support those performing, or to show us what you have got. Expect anything!

Interested in showing your talent? Contact Alex at messenga@edgehill.ac.uk, or speak to Celia or Gemma at the box office to secure your slot.

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Performances

Thursday 21st April 7.30pm The Harmonettes present:

Dorothy’s War Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

June, 1918: a blistering hot day. Two women arrive at a pre-arranged spot for a mysterious assignation with a third woman they have never met. Who is she? What do they want with her? And who is the man that connects them?

Told through the fabulous songs of the period - ranging from much-loved favourites to forgotten gems – all sung live in close-harmony.

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Tangled Web present:

Tuesdays at Tesco’s

Pauline used to be Paul and as far as her father is concerned she still is. Despite her father’s inability to accept her as a woman, Pauline visits him every Tuesday to help him out with his laundry and his shopping, wanting quite simply to be his daughter.

Thursday 28th April 7.30pm

JVC 2016, A Triple Bill

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Sometimes comic and sometimes tragic, Tuesdays at Tesco's is an intense, thought-provoking journey, exploring human perceptions of identity and acceptance that stay with you.

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Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

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Tuesday 26th April 7.30pm

Tickets Ł10 / Ł8 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students and school parties of 10 or more

With the mission to develop, encourage and cultivate young talent and young audiences, Jasmin Vardimon Company has formed JV2, delivering a Professional Development Certificate. This year's JV2 are an ensemble of 16 young, talented international dancers, hand-picked by Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon. “…there is such robustness, rigor and athleticism on show amongst these outstanding young performers” Dance Tabs

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Performances

Saturday 21st May 8.00pm

Tom Robinson

© Jill Furmanovsky

Tickets Ł17 / Ł15 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

An intimate acoustic evening with song smith, broadcaster, activist and raconteur Tom Robinson.

His musical journey has included getting banned by the BBC for being Glad To be Gay, fighting fascism alongside The Clash, playing Glastonbury with Peter Gabriel, writing lyrics for Elton John, drug smuggling in East Germany, two nervous breakdowns and a period in tabloid hell after falling in love with a woman. And after a twenty year recording hiatus, his 2015 comeback LP Only The Now was awarded 4/5 stars in Mojo, 8/10 in Uncut and made a 6 Music Album Of The Day.

Thursday 9th June 7.30pm Stuart Maconie presents:

The Pie at Night

Tickets Ł15 / Ł13 / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

Tune In! Turn On! Clock Off! Writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie takes you on a nocturnal trip through Britain in search of fun. With his best-selling books as a guide, Stuart plots a route that takes in high art to low culture, family holidays to fell-walking, music, sport, politics, crown green bowling and zombie apocalypses… always keeping in mind his motto… all things in moderation… including moderation!

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Big Wooden Horse present:

Monstersaurus!

This brand new show from the creators of Aliens Love Underpants is monsterously good! Follow the young inventor Monty as he creates a whole world of whacky inventions and incredible monsters. But now he has made them all, how is he going to get rid of them?!

Maple Tree Entertainment present:

You’ve Got A Friend - The Music of James Taylor and Carole King

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Thursday 16th June 8.00pm

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Tickets Ł5 / Ł18 family ticket (three children and one adult, or two children and two adults)

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Wednesday 15th June 10.30am & 1.00pm

Tickets Ł18 / Ł17 concessions / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

From the creators of the smash hit West End show The Simon and Garfunkel Story comes a brand new theatre experience celebrating two of the World’s greatest songwriters of all time, James Taylor and Carole King.

Telling the delicate story of friendship, this musical journey intertwines all the hits, including, I Feel The Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Fire & Rain, You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman) and the beautiful You’ve Got A Friend.

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Performances

Wednesday 29th June 7.30pm The Rose Youth Theatre presents:

High School Hell the Musical Tickets Ĺ 3.00 / Ĺ 2.00 concessions

Students expect a life of luxury when they arrive at Montgomary Boarding School. On the surface the school is everything one would expect, but dark forces are at play and the school has fallen victim to a Soul Seeker, who captures the souls of all but a few immune students The Rose Youth Theatre, set up in partnership with West Lancs Borough Council, is made up of young people ranging in age from eight to eighteen years, working towards both devised and scripted performances. For anyone interested in joining please ring the Box Office for more information.

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Illyria Theatre Company present:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare

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Sunday 3rd July 3.30pm

Tickets Ł15 / Ł13 / Ł5 Edge Hill University students

Perennially popular, universally loved, the play follows four couples – three human and one fairy – whose passions are sorely tested when a troupe of amateur theatricals rehearse a play about a doomed love affair. Add into the mix a heady brew of confusion, magic and mischief and you have the perfect comedy for a summer day.

An outdoor performance, please dress for both sun and rain!

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Live Theatre Screenings

Wednesday 6th January 7.00pm

Thursday 28th January 7.00pm

Thursday 25th February 7.00pm

Branagh Theatre Live, Encore, presents:

National Theatre Live presents:

National Theatre Live presents:

The Winter’s Tale

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

As You Like It

Cert: As live 15 Running time: 210 mins

Cert: As live 12A TBC Running Time: 240 mins

Tickets Ł12 / Ł10 concessions

Tickets Ł12 / Ł10 concessions

Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont compete in games of seduction and revenge.

Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel. While these merciless aristocrats toy with others’ hearts and reputations, their own may prove more fragile than they supposed.

With her father the Duke banished and in exile, Rosalind and her cousin Celia leave their lives in the court behind them and journey into the Forest of Arden. There, released from convention, Rosalind experiences the liberating rush of transformation.

Disguising herself as a boy, she embraces a different way of living and falls spectacularly in love.

William Shakespeare Cert: As live 12A TBC Running time: TBC Tickets Ł12 / Ł10 concessions

The first season of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live begins with The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare's timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption, co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh.

King Leontes appears to have everything: power, wealth, a loving family and friends. But sexual jealousy sets in motion a chain of events with tragic consequences. Featuring Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman (Florizel), Jessie Buckley (Perdita), Hadley Fraser (Polixenes), Miranda Raison (Hermione) and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.

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William Shakespeare

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Thursday 7th July 7.15pm

Royal Shakespeare Company Live presents:

Branagh Theatre Live presents:

Hamlet Cert: As live 12A TBC Running Time: 210 mins Tickets Ł12 / Ł10 concessions

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.

Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed and his home a foreign land.

Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare

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Wednesday 8th June 7.00pm

Cert: As live 12A Running Time: 210 mins Tickets Ł12 / Ł10 concessions

Branagh presents a modern passionate version of the classic tragedy.

A longstanding feud between Verona’s Montague and Capulet families brings about devastating consequences for two young lovers caught in the conflict. Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio.

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The season of women's rights + fights in film The Time Is Now is a season of film exploring and celebrating the role women play in affecting change.

Free admission, to book contact the Arts Centre Box Office.

He Named Me Malala / A shocking true story with a positive message Wednesday 20th January, 3.00pm Creative Edge Lecture Theatre The film is an intimate portrait of Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzal who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The attack sparked an outcry from supporters around the world.

Speakers include Oscar-winning film producer Mia Bays, Birds Eye View; Dr Vicky Duckworth, Faculty of Education, Edge Hill University; Dr Elke Weissmann, Department of Media, Edge Hill University.

Dir: Davis Guggenheim, 2015 Cert: PG Running time: 87 mins

Suffragette / A powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything Wednesday 20th January, 7.00pm The Arts Centre An intense drama that tracks the story of the early feminist movement as working women fought for the right to vote. Turning to violence as the only route to change they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality. With Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Romola Garai.

Speakers include Oscar-winning film producer Mia Bays, Birds Eye View; Professor Roger Shannon, ICE, Edge Hill University; Gayle Heath, CEO, The Pankhurst Trust, Manchester.

Dir: Sarah Gavron, 2015 Cert: 12A Running time: 106 mins SUPPORTED BY

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Wednesday 3rd February 7.30pm

53rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour Free admission, booking advisable

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is a pioneer of the traveling film festival concept, having launched an annual tour programme in 1964. The AAFF selects films from the past years festival to screen in art house theatres, museums, universities, cinematheques and media art centres. All filmmakers participating on the tour are paid to screen their work, providing direct support to these independent artists. We are proud to be hosting the tour for the fourth year running, the only UK host.

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America, established in 1963. The six-day festival presents 40 programmes with more than 200 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres, including experimental, animation, documentary, narrative, hybrid and performance based works.

A selection of films from the AAFF Tour are available on limited-edition DVD collections, which can be purchased from: www.aafilmfest.org.

Cert: 15 Running time: 80 mins

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At a Glance Wednesday 27th January Legend Wednesday 3rd February 53rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour

Wednesday 17th February 45 Years Wednesday 24th February Crimson Peak Wednesday 2nd March A Walk in the Woods Short Cuts brings the cinema to Ormskirk showing a season of recent releases on the big screen for a bargain price.

Tickets cost: Ł3.50 Ł3.00 for concessions Ł2.00 for EHU students All films are screened in The Studio Theatre at 7.30pm unless stated. Films may be subject to change.

Wednesday 9th March Everest Wednesday 16th March Sicario

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Wednesday 10th February Macbeth

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Wednesday 6th April Brooklyn Wednesday 13th April The Walk Wednesday 20th April Carol Wednesday 27th April The Lady in the Van

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Film Wednesday 27th January 7.30pm

Wednesday 3rd February 7.30pm

Wednesday 10th February 7.30pm

Legend

53rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour

Macbeth

Dir: Brian Helgeland, 2015 Cert: 18 Running time: 131 mins

Legend tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

The film focuses on the life of Reggie as he seeks to control the psychotic tendencies of his twin.

Cert: 15 Running time: 80 mins

The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running independent and experimental film festival in North America, established in 1963. We are proud to be hosting the tour for the fourth year running, the only UK host.

A selection of films from the AAFF Tour are available on limited-edition DVD collections, which can be purchased from: www.aafilmfest.org.

Free admission, booking advisable

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Dir: Justin Kurzel, 2015 Cert: 15 Running time: 113 mins

Macbeth sees Michael Fassbender as the increasingly unhinged, murderous king and Marion Cotillard as his scheming, devious wife. Starting out subservient to King Duncan, the ambitious Lady Macbeth urges her husband to kill the king and take his place. With Macbeth driven slowly mad by guilt, his murders continue until Lord Macduff leads an uprising against him.

Film quiz in the Red Bar at 6.30pm

Box Office Wednesday 2nd March 7.30pm

45 Years

Crimson Peak

A Walk in the Woods

Dir: Andrew Haigh, 2015

Dir: Guillermo del Toro, 2015

Cert: 15 Running time: 93 mins

Cert: 15 Running time: 119 mins

Cert: 15 Running time: 104 mins

There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s (Charlotte Rampling) 45th wedding anniversary. But then a letter arrives for her husband (Tom Courtenay). The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps.

By the time the party is upon them, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.

When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.

A gothic romance starring Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Charlie Hunnam.

Celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Robert Redford), challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail. The peace and tranquillity he hopes to find, is anything but, once he agrees to being accompanied by his long lost friend Katz (Nick Nolte), a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer. The pair have a completely different definition of the word adventure and so the fun begins.

Dir: Ken Kwapis, 2015

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Wednesday 9th March 7.30pm

Wednesday 16th March 7.30pm

Wednesday 6th April 7.30pm

Everest

Sicario

Brooklyn

Dir: Baltasar Kormákur, 2015

Dir: Denis Villeneuve, 2015

Dir: John Crowley, 2015

Cert: 12A Running time: 121 mins

Cert: 15 Running time: 121 mins

Cert: 12A Running time: 111 mins

Climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered. The men must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against almost impossible odds.

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by a government official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant (Benicio Del Toro), the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in.

Eilis’ family in Ireland are unable to provide her with the life she needs, so they send her to live in Brooklyn.

Her prospects initially look bleak, but she begins to settle in after she meets Tony.

When her mother asks her to return to Ireland, she is forced to choose between her old life and her new one.

Brooklyn is a powerful drama based on Colm Tóibín’s novel.

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Carol

The Lady in the Van

Dir: Robert Zemeckis, 2015 Cert: PG Running time: 123 mins

Only one man has ever, or will ever, walk in the immense void between the World Trade Centre towers. Guided by his real-life mentor, Papa Rudy, and aided by an unlikely band of international recruits, Petit and his gang overcome long odds, betrayals, dissension and countless close calls to conceive and execute their mad plan.

Dir: Todd Haynes, 2015 Cert: 15 Running time: 118 mins

A British-American romantic drama based on the novel The Price of Salt (also known as Carol). Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store.

The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.

Dir: Nicholas Hytner, 2015 Cert: 12A Running time: 104 mins

The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett's strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her to temporarily park her battered Bedford van in the driveway of his home in Camden. She stayed there for 15 years.

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Working with Schools and Young People Schools Programme School parties may be able to further explore some areas of study related to the plays, performances and films being staged at the Arts Centre this autumn.

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Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday

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KBTC: The Winter’s Tale, Encore He Named Me Malala Suffragette NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Africarmen

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7.30pm 7.30pm 5.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.00pm

Kwaidan 53rd Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour An Extravaganza Celebration of Chinese New Year 2016 The Best Thing Macbeth Dickie Beau: Unplugged NT Live: As You Like It

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Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Arabian Nights … and Days!

The Band Falling Lysistrata Blood Wedding Blood Wedding The House of Bernada Alba Yerma

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7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Identity Crisis Care Takers Dorothy’s War Tuesdays at Tesco’s The Lady in the Van JV2 2016, A Triple Bill

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RSC Live: Hamlet High School Hell the Musical

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These events may include a tour of Edge Hill University campus, specific related lectures and workshops. Please contact the Box Office for further information about our schools programme.

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The Rose Youth Theatre is for all young people who want to experience something new.

Working with arts professionals you will learn new skills, meet new friends and generally have a good time. Come along and give it a go – your first session is FREE, and you may surprise yourself.

Age 8 – 11 years: Saturdays 9th January – 9th July Age 12 – 25 years: Wednesdays 6th January – 6th July Fees: Ł5 per session paid in half termly instalments Call 01695 584480 for further information or to make a booking.

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Experience the thrill of live performance Build confidence Challenge yourself and reveal hidden talents Friendly, nurturing leaders Weekly performing arts workshops during term time Try out the first session FREE Arts award accreditation for over-12s

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Relax in The Red Bar and enjoy a drink or a bite to eat (subject to availability) before a performance or film in the Rose Theatre or the Studio Theatre.

Opening Times Monday to Friday 11.00am - 7.00pm Food served 11.45am – 6.30pm On performance nights the bar will be open throughout the performance. Last orders for hot food is an hour before the start of the performance.

Weekend Performances The bar opens an hour before the start of the performance with limited food available.

Look out for promotions and special offers

Sample Menu includes: Selection of paninis (made in-house)

Selection of sandwiches (made in-house)

Soup of the day with a roll

Bowl of nachos baked with cheddar and mozzarella cheese, jalapeno peppers and served with sour cream, tomato salsa and guacamole

Greek salad bowl with cucumber, tomato, olives, red onion, baby gem lettuce and feta cheese Warm pulled meat sandwich (pork or beef as available) served on a soft barm with small salad, coleslaw and vegetable crisps Bruschetta topped with tomato salsa, tapenade and goat’s cheese and served with wild rocket and parmesan shavings Selection of pizzas including: margherita, pepperoni, spiced chicken, mushroom, red onion and goat’s cheese sweet chilli chicken, sliced ham, garlic bread

(12” thin and crispy or deep pan)

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Box Office 01695 584480 Group/School Bookings One free ticket is available with every ten tickets bought. Contact the Box Office for further details.

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Concessions Under-16s, students, over-60s, ES40 holders and registered disabled may be eligible for concessionary tickets.

Ticket Exchange Tickets may be exchanged for another performance at the discretion of the Box Office. It is only possible to resell tickets via the Box Office once a performance is sold out.

Car Parking 24-hour security-patrolled, free parking is available.

Disabled Access The Arts Centre is fully accessible, with parking available close by, and allocated wheelchair spaces within. We also offer an induction loop linked to a PA system for the hearing impaired.

Guide dogs are welcome in the Centre.

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How to find us

edgehill.ac.uk/location The Arts Centre, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP

How to book By phone: 01695 584480 Online: secure online booking at edgehill.ac.uk/artscentre In person: at our Box Office Monday - Friday 12.00pm - 5.30pm (open until 8pm on performance nights) At weekends the Box Office is only open when there is a performance.

Tickets can also be purchased from: Main Reception at Edge Hill University

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