HARTLEPOOL
TOWN HALL
TH EAT RE &CINEMA THE GUIDE 2013
Highlights include Shakespeare’s: Romeo & Juliet (cover image)
An Evening with Jeff Stelling Hot Potato Comedy Club Groovy Babies Disco
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Oscar Wilde’s: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Colin Fry – The Happy Medium
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welcome Welcome to the first edition of Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre & Cinema – The Guide. Built in 1896 as a venue to showcase performance art, Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre continues to deliver on that promise more than 100 years on. This guide has been produced to showcase the impressive calendar of events that’s on offer throughout the year. The programme has been crafted to offer something for all ages and tastes, this year we are proud to welcome the likes of London Classic Theatre with ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ as well as ‘The Peoples Medium’ – Colin Fry. A cocktail of great theatre, live music, cinema and local dance, comedy and competitions means that each month there should be something for you available at Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre. We hope you enjoy the guide and look forward to welcoming you to Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre very soon.
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AT A GLANCE 18th - 20th Feb
Karen Liddle School of Dance Festival
22nd Feb
Hope & Social
23rd Feb
Groovy Babies Disco
23rd Feb
Hot Potato Comedy Club
27th Feb
An Evening with Jeff Stelling
1st March
Music Society - Richard Utley
2nd March
Cinema Bambinos - Bambi
3rd March
Hartlepool Mail Wedding Fayre
4th March
Matinee Mondays - Singing in the Rain
19th March
Romeo & Juliet
21st March
An Evening with Peter Crawford
25th - 29th March
A Moment Like This
30th March
Groovy Babies Disco
30th March
Hot Potato Comedy Club
1st - 6th April
BATD Dance Festivals
13th April
Cinema Bambinos - The Wizard of Oz
15th April
Matinee Mondays - Gigi
16th - 20th April
10 Years of Shining Bright Like a Diamond
22nd & 23rd April
The Importance of Being Earnest
26th April
Music Society - Sophie Rosa
27th April
Groovy Babies Disco
27th April
Hot Potato Comedy Club
4th May
Cinema Bambinos - Tangled
6th May
Matinee Mondays - High Society
17th May
Colin Fry - The Happy Medium
22nd - 24th May
The Best of Song, Dance & Drama
25th May
Groovy Babies Disco
25th May
Hot Potato Comedy Club
28th May - 1st June
Hartlepool Stage Dance Festivals
8th June
Cinema Bambinos - Toy Story
10th June
Matinee Mondays - Meet Me in St. Louis
29th June
Groovy Babies Disco
29th June
Hot Potato Comedy Club
6th July
Hartlepool Music and Arts Festival
13th July
Cinema Bambinos - Monsters Inc.
15th July
Matinee Mondays - Annie Get Your Gun
27th July
Groovy Babies Disco
27th July
Hot Potato Comedy Club
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The last Saturday of every month (except August) 1pm – 3pm
GROOVY BABIES DISCO The funkiest way to spend a family Saturday! Groovy Babies is an all dancing, super shaking and friendship making disco delight for 0-5 year olds. The Groovy Babies team create a haven for the imagination, energetic stimulation and a fun packed 2 hour disco full of groovy moves to fuel your tiny dancers with ideas and happiness! Tickets are available from Hartlepool Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, Hartlepool or by contacting 01429 890 000. whatshappeninghartlepool.com Find us on What’s Happening Hartlepool (HBC)
Tickets: £5 per child / £1.50 per adult
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Friday 22nd February at 7.30pm
hope and social AND SPECIAL GUESTS We make timeless music and give it away, like our brand new album All Our Dancing Days. We involve people in everything we do, and they never fail to amaze us. We have fun and make art. We create events to remember. We talk about what we do and stuff we care about. We hail from Yorkshire in the north of England, where we have an enigmatic studio called The Crypt.
We share what we learn from the mistakes that we make. Fingers crossed, we will die with our hearts out in bloom. We are Hope and Social, lovely to meet you. P.S. We have a project called Crypt Covers. hopeandsocial.com
Tickets: ÂŁ7.00
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Wednesday 27th February at 7.30pm
AN EVENING WITH JEFF STELLING There’s a night of premier league entertainment in store at Hartlepool’s Town Hall Theatre when the curtain rises on An Evening With Jeff Stelling. The Hartlepool legend will be interviewed by the BBC’s Mark ‘Clem’ Clemmit about his life, career and beloved Hartlepool United Football Club in a show brimming with humour and fascinating insights into the world of football and sports broadcasting. Jeff is best known for his anchorman role on Sky TV’s hugely popular Gillette Soccer Saturday show, but he also gained many new fans during his recent three year stint as the presenter of Channel 4 quiz show Countdown. Born in Hartlepool in 1955, Jeff had a burning ambition to become a journalist and joined the Hartlepool Mail as a trainee in 1973. He later branched out into radio, working for the BBC in London and subsequently joining Sky TV in 1994. He has been named Sports Broadcaster of the Year for five successive years by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Great Britain. Although he moved away from Hartlepool many years ago, there is no doubt that the town is still “home” and he never tires of singing its praises and talking up the fortunes of his beloved ‘Pools. This dedication to his home town was recognised in 2010 when Jeff was made a Freeman of the Borough.
Tickets: £12.00
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Friday 1st March at 7.30pm
RICHARD UTLEY PIANO RECITAL Programme includes: Haydn: Piano Sonata No.60 in C Grieg: “Solitary Traveller” Britten: Holiday Diary Grieg: “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” Bartók: Six Romanian Folk Dances Grieg: "Homesickness", from Lyric Pieces and works by Debussy and Liszt Review: '... evangelical enthusiasm ... assiduous clarity ... lyrical poise ... a brilliant recital.' - Neil Fisher, The Times
Tickets: £11.50 Accompanied children up to the age of 14 years and carers are free at the door. Income Support recipients and full time Students pay only £4.50 at the door. Subscriptions are available. hartlepoolmusicsociety.org.uk
Tuesday 19th March at 1pm and 7.30pm The Icarus Theatre Collective present
Romeo & Juliet “Violent delights have violent ends...” In defiance of their families and in secrecy from their closest friends, hopeful young lives burn amidst a celestial and cataclysmic backdrop. Sun and moon shine down on star-crossed lovers as they hide their passion and sexuality from their warring families and their closest friends. Misadventure, family pride, and ancient quarrels abort and bury the most joyous of beginnings, the most hopeful of love stories as Romeo and Juliet, driven apart, find their world becoming a constricting, single mausoleum of fate and death.
Tickets: £13 / £12 concs Special school price of £5 per ticket
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Thursday 21st March at 7.30pm
peter crawford supported by irene wilson People are being invited to reach over to the spirit world at an evening of clairvoyance in Hartlepool to raise money for local good causes. “We try to give proof of life after death and we try to make contact with the audience’s loved ones on the other side,” says 41-year-old Sydney-born Peter who now lives in Hartlepool and has been a full-time psychic medium for 18 years. “It’s a very life enhancing experience, with a mixture of poignancy, humour and laughter.” Even as a child Peter felt he had a special gift but this really took shape when he visited a spiritualist church as an 18-year-old following the death of his mother Sylvia and discovered that he was naturally clairvoyant. His skills are much in demand and he was recently called in by the production team of TV hit Geordie Shore to make contact with a spirit which was causing problems at the Newcastle studios where some of the show is filmed. Together with Irene Wilson, who comes from Horden, Peter has taken part in scores of charity events, raising over £50,000 for good causes. Looking ahead to the Hartlepool evening he says: “I would invite people to come along with an open mind and give it a try – I’m sure we will surprise them.”
Tickets: £15.00
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Monday 22nd April at 7.30pm and Tuesday 23rd April at 1pm London Classic Theatre present Oscar Wilde’s
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Oscar Wilde’s theatrical masterpiece is widely-acknowledged as one of the greatest comedies in the English Language. Wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue, gloriously improbable plot twists and a sprinkling of romance. The Importance of Being Earnest has delighted millions since its first London performance in 1895. A scintillating comedy of manners, Oscar Wilde’s best-loved work overflows with dazzling wordplay and comic invention. LCT promise to bring this 19th Century classic to vivid, extravagant life with their customary flair, attention to detail, high-quality casting and impeccable production values.
Tickets: £12 / £11 concs Special school price of £5 per ticket
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Friday 26th April at 7.30pm
Sophie Rosa Violin Recital With Duncan Glenday (piano) Programme includes: Works by Schubert, Debussy and Brahms In April 2012 Sophie’s performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra was broadcast on Classic FM. The broadcast covered the final of the Second Manchester International Violin Competition, December 2011, in which she was awarded Second Prize and Audience Prize.
Currently continuing her studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, Sophie is a former BBC Young Musician of the Year Strings finalist. She also recently won the Lions European Musical Competition for Violin in Cannes.
Tickets: £11.50 Accompanied children up to the age of 14 years and carers are free at the door. Income Support recipients and full time Students pay only £4.50 at the door. Subscriptions are available. hartlepoolmusicsociety.org.uk
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Friday 17th May at 7.30pm
COLIN FRY THE HAPPY MEDIUM CELEBRATING 35 YEARS Being one of the World’s most recognised Spiritualist Mediums and Healers, Colin’s TV series “ 6ixth Sense” has now been broadcast worldwide for 10 years making his public performances an International demand. This year’s tour will once again see Colin Fry bring his own unique form of comfort and upliftment to ordinary people living ordinary lives, proving once again he IS very much the Peoples Medium.
Tickets: £16 / £15 concs
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local productions Hartlepool is full of local talent and the Town Hall Theatre is proud to host many shows and competitions that put that talent on display to the public. Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th February, 9am to 5.30pm
Karen Liddle School of Dance Festival Dance groups from all over the North East taking part in this competition in all forms of dance, duet, trio and troupes ages 2 to 16 years.
Tickets: £3.50 adults / £3 concs. Monday 25th to Friday 29th March, 6.45pm to 9.45pm Jill Cooper Academy of Dance present
A Moment Like This A fun packed variety show to suit all ages. Including tap, ballet, modern, acrobatics and performances by adult students.
Tickets: £9.50 adults / £8.50 concs. Monday 1st to Saturday 6th April, 9am to 9pm
BATD Dance Festival Children from all over the North East compete in this prestigious festival. Includes Miss Dance of Great Britain heat.
Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th April, 6.45pm, Saturday Matinee at 2pm Nadine Kennedy’s Academy of Dance present
Celebrating 10 years of Shining Bright like a Diamond
Tuesday 28th May to Saturday 1st June, 9am to 9pm
Hartlepool Stage Dance Festival Children from all over the North East compete in this prestigious festival.
£5 adults / £4 concs.
A variety show bursting with talent with something to suit all age groups.
Tickets: £9.50 adults / £8.50 concs. Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th May at 7pm Edith Harrison Performing Arts present
The Best of Song, Dance & Drama Will include various styles of dance such as ballet, tap, contemporary, street dance. Music includes selections from Alice in Wonderland, Broadway, Les Miserable’s, Singing in the Rain, and the Wizard of Oz plus many more. Entertainment for young and old.
Saturday 6th July at 7.15pm
Hartlepool Music and Arts Festival There will be 28 performances from vocalists, pianists and violinists from heats in which there were originally 500 entries. The final will be adjudicated by professional musicians and there will be 8 trophies and prizes to be won.
Tickets: £10 adults / £8 concs.
Tickets: £7 children / £8 Adults
£5 adults / £4 concs. Tickets for all shows are available from Hartlepool Tourist Information Centre, Church Square.
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Feel like you’ve been transported back in time to the early days of cinema by watching your favourite classic movies in our gorgeous 19th century theatre. There’s really no better way to enjoy cinemas greatest movies!
Doors 1.30pm, film starts 2pm
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Cinema Bambinos is a fun filled morning of our favourite children’s movies. Your little ones are free to move around, play, sing and dance along with their favourite characters on the big screen.
All viewings start at 10.30am
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HARTLEPOOL
TOWN HALL
T H EAT R E &CINEMA HOW TO BOOK
ACCESS
Tickets for performances at the Town Hall Theatre (unless otherwise stated) are available from Hartlepool Art Gallery and Tourist Information Centre, Church Square, Hartlepool, TS24 7EQ. Open: - Tuesday to Saturday 10am – 4:30pm; Closed Sundays and Mondays.
• The Town Hall Theatre is accessible via a ramp. • There is good access to the ground floor bar. • Accessible toilets. • Induction loop system available plus dedicated spaces for up to 12 wheelchairs. (The theatre does not have a lift). If you have special requirements, let us know when you book your seats. • Free parking only yards from the theatre (after 6pm).
Telephone (01429) 890000 to purchase tickets using your credit or debit card – there is a £1 charge for credit/debit bookings, including postage. Concessions apply to under 16s, over 60s, those claiming benefits, students and registered disabled. Group discount: for pre-booked groups of 10 or more (unless otherwise stated). No refunds will be given unless we are able to resell tickets on the night of the performance.
Please note that the Town Hall Theatre has a no smoking policy. All running times are approximate and we would recommend you check before ordering transport home.
Choose your own time to book – tickets available online from Summer 2013. For more information visit www.whatshappeninghartlepool.com
Late arrivers may be seated upstairs until the interval to avoid disturbance to others. No photography/filming or use of mobile phones during the performances please.
PARKING
Coming soon – online booking, see whatshappeninghartlepool.com
After 6pm there is free parking available to patrons of the theatre in the Lauder Street car park and the Grand Hotel car park on Swainson Street. For afternoon performances pay and display parking is available nearby at Mill House Leisure Centre and Middleton Grange Shopping Centre.
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Did you know that you can hire the Town Hall Theatre for your event? Whether that’s a wedding, party or business function we can offer a package to suit you. For more details contact Lesley Strickland on 01429 523420 or lesley.strickland@hartlepool.gov.uk
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