LAR live spring 2016

SPRING

Cover Image: Vamos Theatre

JAN-APR 2016

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Welcome!

Panto is back in town!

We are really pleased to welcome Appletree’s ‘Red Riding Hood’ to the Assembly Rooms in January and look forward to welcoming you to what we know will be a wonderful production, full of songs, dance, baddies and heroes.

Featured on the front cover is the brilliant Vamos Theatre, one of the UK’s leading mask theatre companies.

‘The Best Thing’ is a swinging sixties story; funny, heart-breaking and human – and definitely not to be missed.

Legendary actor, writer and director Simon Callow will be coming to investigate Orson Welles, with a fantastic opportunity to ask questions and have your book signed!

It’s been a while since our programme contained live dancing – we bring you a double bill of Tabla music and dance from Sarvar Sabri and Shoma Dey. Our younger audiences have opportunities to find out ‘How the Koala Learnt to Hug’, to make a giant dinosaur sculpture, to experience a magical storyteller and to become the ‘Mario Marathon’ Champion of Ludlow!

After their superb performance of Cabaret last year, we are expecting great things from Ludlow College’s production of Sweet Charity, complete with full ensemble and band.

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Mark Steel and Jethro provide comedy for the Spring, and music is brought to us by the wonderful James Brothers from down under, Showaddywaddy (yes, the real ones), jazz from New Orleans Heat (which is also a LARFE fundraiser for us) and the talented James Delarre & Saul Rose on fiddles.

Finally for all our live streaming fans the Spring has plenty to offer including Les Liaisons Dangereux, La Traviata, Renoir, As You Like It, Boris Gudunov and Giselle.

Enjoy!

Helen Helen Hughes CEO

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regular events craft and collectors’ Sales

zumba fitness

A calorie burning exercise class that’s more like a party! Tone up and have fun moving to salsa, samba, merengue, rumba, mambo and more!

Contact Gill 07740 835673 or email gill@zumbashropshire.co.uk Classes: £5 Monday, 10-11am (Studio) Tuesday, 6-7pm (Oscars) Thursday, 6-7pm (Oscars)

Craft and Collectors’ Stalls in Oscars and the Studio allow you to browse and shop for what’s beautiful and original, and find bargains from sellers downsizing.

Free admission to 25 stalls spread over three floors; refreshments available in the Studio.

Please contact Faraway Gardner-Brown to rent a stall (£8 each).

01547 540 477 or email faraway@g-bh.eclipse.co.uk The next sales are: Sunday 21 February, 9am – 2pm Sunday 3 April, 9am – 2pm

regular lectures ludlow civic society Wed 13 January, 7pm Ludlow’s Almshouses – past and present Alison Cundall – Chair of Hosyers Almshouses and Tom Carter – Trustee of Sir Job Charlton Hospital

Wed 10 February, 7pm The Newlyn School and the beginnings of British Impressionism James Pearn a former head of the Picture Department at Christies, South Kensington, with many years of auctioneering experience both in London and the Provinces

Contact Matt or Sarah on 01989 750354 or email: info@coolmovesdance.co.uk Tuesdays, 8pm – 9pm

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Medieval New Towns of the Welsh March and their Surprising Context – Peter Cornah

Tue 16 February, 10am

The Singular Stiperstones – Landscape, Literature and History – Tom Wall

Tue 23 February, 10am

The Ludlow Palmers’ Guild – Hugh Wood

Tue 8 March, 10am

Doors open from 6.30pm Member’s fee per meeting £2.00 Non-member’s fee per meeting £4.00

Mr Simon Rees worked from 1989 to 2012 at Welsh National Opera with set, costume and props designers. Now a freelance writer he lectures widely on opera, art history and literature.

Fun easy to learn and no partner or experience needed!

Tue 9 February, 10am

Sense and Serendipity: aspects of design in Ludlow James Caird, Chartered Architect and Town Planner, Chairman of the Ludlow Conservation Area Advisory Committee

Design in Opera: Sets and Costumes 1600-present day

Basic coaching for all ages.

Bats and balls are provided.

Wednesdays: £3 Fridays: £2.50 (adult), £1.50 (junior) Classes meet in the studio.

Wednesday, 10am-12.30pm (over 50s) Friday, 7-9pm (juniors & adults)

The Reader’s House, Ludlow – Michael Page

Tue 1 March, 10am

Wed 20 January, 2.15pm

Table Tennis

Tue 2 February, 10am

Wed 9 March, 7pm

NADFAS

learn2jive

ludlow lectures

Wed 17 February, 2.15pm The Founders and Treasures of The Wallace Collection Mr Stephen Duffy was formerly Senior Curator of the Wallace Collection with particular responsibility for exhibitions and nineteenthcentury paintings.

Wed 16 March, 2.15pm Paris 1850-1900: The Most Decadent City In The World!

Ms Linda Collins lectures at Historic Royal Palaces & The National Trust, Tate Modern & The National Gallery.

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“Black by day, Red by night” – an introduction to the Landscape of the Black Country – 1700-1950 – David Eveleigh A Walk to the Paradise Garden: Gardens of the Middle Marches – Jane Allsop £15 per person for all 6 lectures (individual lectures £4) Please make cheques payable to: LUDLOW LECTURES and send to: 3 Poyner Road, Ludlow, SY8 1QT or pay at the door.

Contact: Pam & Alan Latchford, Tel 01584 874990 or email: palatchford@btinternet.com

Wed, 20 April, 2.15pm The Elgin Marbles Dr Stephen Kershaw who lectures widely has spent much of the last 30 years travelling extensively in the world of the Greeks and Romans.

Wed 18 May, 2.15pm John Betjeman: First and Last Loves of Architecture Mr Denis Moriarty leads cultural tours and lectures in architecture and history.

Visitors welcome. £8 per lecture payable on the door. Membership £40 a year, giving access to outings, study days, volunteering and the NADFAS ‘Review’ magazine.

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the winter’s tale The first season of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live promises an exceptional series of plays broadcast to cinemas from London’s Garrick Theatre over the course of a year.

Red Riding Hood

The season begins with The Winter’s Tale.

Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy of obsession and redemption is reimagined in a new production co-directed by Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, following their triumphant staging of Macbeth in Manchester and Manhattan.

The Panto

Panto magic returns to Ludlow with this wonderful production of Red Riding Hood, which is guaranteed to sweep away any post-Christmas blues!

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…

The Winter’s Tale will star a remarkable group of actors, featuring Judi Dench as Paulina, alongside Tom Bateman (Florizel), Jessie Buckley (Perdita), Hadley Fraser (Polixenes), Miranda Raison (Hermione) and Kenneth Branagh as Leontes.

Thursday 24 December, 2pm Tickets: £16 / £15 concessions Duration: 3 hrs

A delayed live stream from Garrick Theatre in London to our cinema screen

Coffee Morning at Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Join Little Red as she endeavors to escape the clutches of the evil Squire Bullymore’s Orphanage, whilst trying to stay away from the Wolf who has culinary designs on her!

Add to this a hilarious panto Dame in the shape of Granny Knott, a couple of hopeless henchmen as well as a Games Mistress who is the queen of ‘wheelies’ and you have a recipe for a very funny show for all the family.

The show also features some amazing dancing from Fuzion Dance & Cheer. So come on, get your boos ready for the villains and your cheers lined up for the heroes, and book your tickets now for the hottest panto in town!

Come along and bring your friends to enjoy coffee, biscuits and a warm welcome at our popular annual New Year fundraising event.

Sunday’s matinée is a relaxed performance; for more information, please visit our website.

There will be a raffle with a bottle of Bubbly as the first prize

Organised by The Appletree Organisation independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Donations are welcome on the day for the Bottle & Jar Stall

Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 January, 7pm Matinées: Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 January, 2pm

Friday 15 January

Tickets: £12 / £8 Students and under 16 / £36 Family

10 am to 12 noon

(Sunday’s Matinée tickets: £8)

Tickets: £2.50

Duration: 2 hours 30 mins

Duration: 2 hours 6

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Florence & the Uffizzi gallery

rhapsody & the two pigeons

Take a journey into the city that was the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, through the most beautiful and representative works of art from the period by Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Raphael, Leonardo and Botticelli.

Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, defined the English style. In this double programme the Company celebrates Ashton and his legacy in two contrasting works.

The Uffizi Gallery – including the breath-taking Adoration Of The Magi by Leonardo Da Vinci, which will be brought back to life after several years of restoration – will be unveiled in a worldwide exclusive premiere on the big screen.

Arturo Galansino (curator of the Royal Academy in London, and newly appointed director of the Strozzi Foundation in Florence) and Antonio Natali (director of the Uffizi) will welcome you inside the gallery, showcasing the key works using the most advanced ultra-HD technologies.

This delightful double bill opens with Ashton’s setting of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, using the music’s dark turbulence and brilliance to inspire some of his most thrilling choreography. Witty, impassioned and sublime this ballet was the pinnacle of Ashton’s romantic style.

Not seen at the Royal Opera House since 1985, The Two Pigeons is a quintessential Ashton work.

In his story of a wayward young man blind to the value of what is right in front him, Ashton explores the nature of love in one of his most charming, elegant and moving works. This work is rarely performed and is a real treat for ballet fans everywhere.

les liasions dangereux National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse’s highly anticipated new production of Les Liasions Dangereuses, directed by Josie Rourke (Coriolanus), the cast includes Elaine Cassidy (The Paradise), Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and Dominic West (The Wire).

In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton’s irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke’s revival now marks the play’s thirty year anniversary.

La traviata Opera in three acts – Sung in Italian La Traviata is regarded as one of Verdi’s finest operas, and Richard Eyre’s traditional staging, is one of The Royal Opera’s most popular productions.

Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now 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.

In this revival, Violetta is sung by Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva in her debut with The Royal Opera, following her successful appearance as Violetta at the Glyndebourne Festival.

Streamed live from the Royal Opera House to our cinema screen

A delayed live stream from the National Theatre to our cinema screen

Streamed live from the Royal Opera House to our cinema screen

Thursday 21 January, 7.30pm

Tuesday 26 January, 7.15pm

Thursday 28 January, 7pm

Thursday 4 February, 6.45pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions

Tickets: £17 / £16 concessions / £8 under 18

Tickets: £16 / £15 concessions

Tickets: £17 / £16 concessions / £8 under 18

Duration: 1 hr 40 mins

Duration: tbc

Duration: 3 hrs 30 mins

Duration: 3 hrs 10 mins (inc. 2 intervals)

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The opera tells the story of the Parisian courtesan Violetta Valéry, one of opera’s greatest heroines, based on the real-life courtesan Marie Duplessis, who died in 1847 aged just 23.

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mark steel

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PATSY CLINE & FRIENDS

See Mark Steel in his newest stand up show, a surprising and enthralling story told with aplomb.

It never really bothered me that I’d never met my mum.

It never occurred to me I needed to meet her to ‘find out who I was’, as it didn’t seem likely I’d discover I was someone different to who I thought I was. Could it turn out I was three stone lighter than I thought, or I spoke Italian or supported Arsenal or had a fear of Liquorice Allsorts?

But after the birth of my own son, I realised it’s quite an event to have a child, and she may well remember giving birth to me, and maybe even the adoption.

Previously, Mark has written and presented Mark Steel’s In Town on BBC Radio 4 and toured it live around the UK. Mark has presented the BAFTA nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC2, is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4’s Newsquiz. He’s also appeared on BBC2’s QI and Room 101. Mark has also written several acclaimed books, including: Reasons To Be Cheerful and What’s Going On and he writes a weekly column for The Independent for which he won Columnist of the Year at the Press Awards in 2015.

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Saturday 30 January, 8pm Tickets: £16

The Velvet Country voice of Patsy Cline caught the imagination of Sue Lowry who has been a lifelong fan of Patsy Cline and Country Music!

Patsy Cline was a record breaking recording artist spending 251 weeks in the Country Music Album charts in the U.S.A. Sue Lowry, with her powerful rendition of Sweet Dreams and Crazy, will take you back to those Honky Tonk days of pure country music, songs include: Honky Tonk, Merry Go Round, She’s Got You and Got a lot of Rhythm in my Soul.

Joining Sue is Marc Robinson, who will pay tribute to the Granddaddy of country music Hank Williams, with songs including: Howlin’ at the Moon, I saw the Light, and Rutti Tutti.

Lee Davidge performs a sensitive tribute to Jim Reeves with his authentic costume and iconic mesmerising voice. Expect songs such as: Welcome to my World, Distant Drums and the song everyone can join in with, Bimbo!

Please wear your Western wear and join us for a Hayride of a Show! Suits all ages, as long as you’re prepared for a ‘Honkin Tonkin’ good Time!

Organised by A.M Productions independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Duration: 1 hr 40 mins (plus interval)

Friday 12 February, 7.30pm

annual mega book sale!

Thousands of second-hand books, CDs and DVDs at great bargain prices!

Donations are very welcome (not videos, magazines or dilapidated books – as it costs us money to dispose of these).

Please deliver to Ludlow Assembly Rooms only during the week of the sale.

Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 10am – 4pm

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Free Car Parking EVERYTHING FOR YOUR HOME AND GARDEN. Large selection of plants, pots and stoneware. Wide range of Arthur Bowers composts. We also sell Gardman bird food and feeders.

Carpet and flooring free measures. Installed by one of our experienced fitters.

Kitchen and bathroom free design and quote. Visit our new showroom and get expert advice from one of our team. Main stockists of Neff,Bosch and Siemens Huge stock of freestanding and built in appliances with free local delivery and collection and disposal of your old appliance.

Phone: 01584 874554 Email: ludlow.homecare@btconnect.com Ludford Bridge, Temeside, Ludlow SY8 1PE

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There is a growing passion for ruins. This voguish new obsession extends beyond the debate on the picturesque and the sublime into a more granular rapture – with abandoned places, urban decay and toxic industrial sites. It is a gritty fetish with an emergent following – of explorers seeking the inaccessible and the treacherous.

In this lecture Neil Cossons explores the dilemmas of landscapes where the powerful texture of decomposition is the attraction. Beyond any conventional means of conservation, the notion of places that attract precisely because they challenge the conventions of accessibility and regeneration offers intriguing possibilities.

Speaker: Sir Neil Cossons has lived in Shropshire for over forty years, as the first Director of the Ironbridge Museum, later of the National Maritime and Science museums and from 2000 to 2007 as Chairman of English Heritage.

Organised by Friends of Ludlow Museum independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Monday 15 February, 7.30pm Tickets: £7.50 / £5 (Friends of Ludlow Museum) Duration: 1 hr 30 mins

RENOIR

the best thing

A swinging sixties story of unconditional love from the UK’s leading full mask theatre company 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.

Funny, heart-breaking and human, The Best Thing is the latest touring production from one of the country’s must-see theatre companies.

Suitable for ages 12+, this production is equally accessible to hearing and deaf audiences.

He is one of the most fiercely debated artists and yet one of the most influential. Picasso collected more Renoirs than any other artist. Matisse revered him. Monet too. He was an artist who was instrumental in creating the Impressionist movement and then totally rejected it and went in a completely new direction – with extraordinary results. The Barnes Collection in Philadelphia has more Renoirs than any other gallery in the world and it’s there that the search begins to tell the remarkable story of this remarkable artist.

5 stars★★★★★ Vamos is the best in the business. Love Shropshire

Saturday 13 February, 8pm

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Tuesday 16 February, 7.30pm Box Office: 01584 878141

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Stories and songs for all the family Sally Tonge is a trader in twaddle, a word wrangler and a story monger. She shares songs, tales and taradiddles to delight audiences of all ages and is a popular Shropshire based storyteller. Come and hear some yarns, fiddle with a riddle and giggle with songs as Sal shares oral bric a brac gathered from here and there... and the places in between.

Get creative with local artist Purvin to help build a giant dinosaur sculpture made entirely of rolled up newspaper. A chance for all of the family to get stuck in, and the final construction will be put out on display!

Suitable for ages 5+

Tuesday 16 February, 11am

Friday 19 February, 10am

Tickets: £5

Tickets: £5

Duration: 2 hrs

Duration: 1hr

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dino scrunch!

playing with words

auditorium Shows, Films and Conferences From £16.50 per hour

oscars Shows, Parties, Conferences and Presentations From £10 per hour

Rafael Serrallet, the classical Spanish guitarist, is back in Ludlow for an evening of unmissable, breath-taking and beautiful music.

‘A profound and thoughtful artist’ – John Rutter.

So, not to be missed.

the good dinosaur (PG) Earth: 65 million years ago. This beautifully realised animation from Pixar envisions an altered past: in which Earth was never hit by an asteroid, and dinosaurs never became extinct.

In this ‘what-if’ scenario we meet young Apatosaurus Arlo, who – after a tragic accident, and finding himself stranded miles away from his family in the Clawed-Tooth Mountains – teams up with the distinctly canine, but human, caveboy Spot (Jack Bright) to survive the frontier-like wilderness. With a quality ensemble voice cast including Anna Paquin and Sam Elliott (as T-Rexes) it’s another joyfully imaginative and entertaining story from Pixar.

Monday 15 & Tuesday 16 February, 2pm

snoopy & charlie brown:

the peanuts movie (U)

the studio Classes, Workshops and Societies From £10 per hour

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut in glorious animation. Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle and flying ace embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest.

From the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of the Ice Age films, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie will prove that every underdog has his day.

the gallery Small Meetings and Interviews From £8 per hour

Thursday 18 & Friday 19 February, 2pm

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Saturday, 20th February, 7.30 pm, Ludlow Brewery.

Tickets £12.50 – £10.50 for Friends of Ludlow Arts.

Enabling talent, enriching community, making arts happen Find out how to join us and be part of Ludlow’s arts scene:

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what’s on guide

JANUARY

box office: 01584 878141 book online: ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk MARCH

Tue 12 – Sat 16, 7pm Sat 16 & Sun 17, 2pm

Red Riding Hood – The Panto The Appletree Organisation

£12 / £8 students and under 16 / Family £36 Sunday Matinée: £8

Tue 1, 7.30pm

The Car Man

£11 / £8 under 18

Thu 3, 7.30pm

Jethro

£21

Fri 15, 10am – 12noon

Coffee Morning LARFE

£2.50

Fri 4, 2pm

An Afternoon of Bridge

£15

Sat 5, 7.30pm

Showaddywaddy

£21

Thu 21, 7.30pm

Florence & the Uffizzi Gallery Discover Arts

£12 / £10 concessions

Mon 7 – Sat 12, 7.30pm Sat 12, 2.30pm

Sweet Charity Ludlow College

£11 / £7 concessions

Tue 26, 7.15pm

Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons Royal Opera House Live

£17 / £16 concessions / £8 under 18

Fri 18, 7.30pm

New Orleans Heat LARFE

£12

Thu 28, 7pm

Les Liasons Dangereux National Theatre Live

£16 / £15 concessions

Sat 19, 7.30pm

Simon Callow

£17.50

Mark Steel

£17

Mon 21, 7.15pm

Boris Gudunov Royal Opera House Live

£17 / £16 concessions / £8 under 18

Thu 24, 8pm

Salaam Sona Sabri Dance

£14 / £12 concessions

Thu 31, 7.30pm

The Magic Flute English National Opera

£16 / £15 concessions

Sat 2, 7.30pm

You’ve Got a Friend The Music of James Taylor & Carole King

£18

Tue 5, 11am

Mario Kart Marathon

£3

Wed 6, 2.30pm

How the Koala Learnt to Hug

£6

Wed 6, 7.15pm

Giselle Royal Opera House Live

£17 / £16 concessions £8 under 18

Sat 30, 8pm

FEBRUARY £17 / £16 concessions £8 under 18

Thu 4, 6.45pm

La Traviata Royal Opera House Live

Sat 6 & Sun 7, 10am-4pm

Annual Mega Book Sale

Fri 12, 7.30pm

Patsy Cline & Friends

£18 / £17 concessions

Sat 13, 8pm

The Best Thing Vamos Theatre

£14 / £12 concessions

Mon 15, 7.30pm

Rubble Without a Cause Friends of Ludlow Museum

£7.50 / £5 (Friends of Ludlow Museum)

Tue 16, 11am

Dino Scrunch

£5

Tue 16, 7.30pm

Renoir Exhibition on Screen

£12 / £10 concessions

APRIL

Fri 19, 10am

Playing with Words

£5

Wed 24, 8pm

The James Brothers

£11

Thu 25, 7pm

As You Like It National Theatre Live

£16 / £15 concessions

Sat 9, 7.30pm

Darkside

£17

Tue 12, 7.30pm

Monet to Matisse Exhibition on Screen

£12 / £10 concessions

Sat 16, 8pm

James Delarre & Saul Rose

£11

Sat 23, 7pm

Cwmbach Male Choir in Concert

£12 / £10 concessions

Mon 25, 7.15pm

Lucia di Lammermoor Royal Opera House Live

£17 / £16 concessions / £8 under 18

Ludlow Assembly Rooms is an independent charity (no. 1010883), and is kindly supported by

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how to book In Person: Our main entrance is on Mill Street.

See below for opening times.

Phone 01584 878141 Online www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk

the james brothers

opening hours Monday-Saturday, 10am-8pm Closed on Sundays except for one hour before scheduled events.

The bar opens one hour before scheduled events.

The James Brothers are not really outlaws, neither are they brothers and only one of them is called James.

The James Brother who is called James is Sydney-born James Fagan – best known as one half of Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, but also spotted playing guitar and bouzouki in The Cara Dillon Band and Bellowhead.

The James Brother who isn’t called James is Jamie McClennan – a Kiwi who found himself in a duo with Scotland’s BBCaward-winning Emily Smith. Jamie has been sighted on fiddle, whistle and guitar next to the likes of The Waifs and John McCusker.

Drawing from the folk, blues and bluegrass that inspired them, the Brothers’ repertoire includes such songs as The Voyage Of The Buffalo, Poison Train, along with selfpenned tunes. For Fagan and McClennan this is about bringing their distinct Antipodean-steeped folk to a new audience, brought to life by a fraternal bond between two very silly, but captivatingly gifted musicians.

contact us 1 Mill Street, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1AZ Box Office 01584 878141 Admin Office 01584 873229 Email admin@ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk /assemblyroomsludlow @ludlowrooms

ticketing policy All prices shown include a £1 booking fee per ticket. Concessionary rates are available to under 16s, students and over 60s. We regret that refunds are not given and tickets cannot be exchanged.

visitor information centre Location: Level 3, Ludlow Assembly Rooms Open: Monday to Saturday, 10am-8pm Phone: 01584 875053 Email: visitors@ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk Staffed by volunteers. WiFi/computers available.

access Ludlow Assembly Rooms welcomes audience members with additional needs. We admit service dogs and have accessible toilets, nearby disabled parking and a speaking lift and an assistive listening system. If you have any queries or requests, please contact the Box Office ahead of your visit.

parking Nearby parking is available on-street and in Castle Street car park.

This is free after 6pm only.

Wednesday 24 February, 8pm

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Shakespeare’s glorious comedy of love and change comes to the National Theatre for the first time in over 30 years, with Rosalie Craig (London Road, Macbeth at MIF) as Rosalind.

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.

A delayed live stream from the National Theatre to our cinema screen

Thursday 25 February, 7pm Tickets: £16 / £15 concessions

Please note: seating for events in Oscars and The Studio is unreserved.

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showaddywaddy

Matthew Bourne’s

the car man

Showaddywaddy have long been established as Europe’s most successful ever exponents of retro-inspired rock ‘n’ roll.

Their catalogue of songs includes 23 Top 40 hit singles, including 10 Top 5 hits Under The Moon of Love, When, You Got What It Takes, 3 Steps To Heaven, Hey Rock & Roll and many more.

The record simply speaks for itself!

A sensational new dance event from the internationally acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne and his Dance Company New Adventures.

The Car Man is loosely based on Bizet’s popular opera (CARMEN) and has one of the most thrilling and instantly recognisable scores in classical music, brilliantly arranged by Terry Davies.

Lez Brotherston’s epic design, Chris Davey’s evocative lighting and Matthew Bourne’s vivid storytelling take in a wealth of cinematic references, creating a powerful and uncompromising vision of small-town America.

JETHRO

As if the band’s amazing success through four decades were not enough, these days the demand for these legendary performers is every bit as strong, which is surely a testament to their outstanding reputation as live artists.

This event has been kindly sponsored by South Shropshire Roofing

Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm

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Tickets: £21

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Duration: 1 hr 45 mins

Forty Years the Joker

A memorable evening of hysterical nonsense, as we take a peek into the circus lurking deep within the mind of one of the UK’s greatest comic storytellers.

Jethro beguiles and befuddles his audience with the endless stream of irreverent twaddle that has created a comedy genius.

Over 4 million DVD sales pay testament to the legion of fans who have followed Jethro faithfully throughout his career. Now, with stories old and new we present Jethro, live on stage.

presents

sweet charity Sweet Charity follows the comical but tender misadventures of guileless New York dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine as she searches for old-fashioned romance. Featuring a fabulous score including the classics Big Spender, Rhythm of Life and If My Friends Could See Me Now, great dance set-pieces such as Rich Man’s Frug and a sharply witty book

by Neil Simon, Sweet Charity has delighted audiences for fifty years.

Sweet y t i r a h C

After last year’s triumphant sell-out Cabaret, Ludlow College return with full ensemble and live band.

Tuesday 1 March, 7.30pm

Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm

Tickets: £11 / £8 under 18

Tickets: £21

Duration: 1 hr 30 mins tbc

Duration: 2 hrs (plus interval)

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An amateur production by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York. This event will have cabaret seating

Monday 7 to Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm | Matinee: Saturday 12 March, 2.30pm Tickets: £11 / £7 concessions | Duration: tbc Box Office: 01584 878141

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fundraising at ludlow assembly rooms

an afternoon of bridge Put your best card forward in an afternoon of playing one of the world’s most popular trick-taking card games.

Whether you are just starting out or a regular player, this event is not limited to skill, but a great opportunity to try out your tricks.

All of the money raised from this event will go towards the running costs of Ludlow Assembly Rooms.

Friday 4 March, 2pm Tickets: £15 (inc. tea and cake) Duration: tbc

simon callow on orson welles

One Man Band

new orleans heat

Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and failures of an ambitious oneman assault on one medium after another – theatre, radio, film, television – even, at one point, ballet – in each of which his radical and original approach opened up new directions and hitherto unglimpsed possibilities.

A seven piece band playing the old style of New Orleans Jazz, recreating the music of the crescent city, be it stomp, blues, hymns, spiritual or pop songs of the day in the style of Bunk Johnson, George Lewis and Kid Thomas bands.

The book shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, with a precision rarely attempted before, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles?

After the show there will a Q & A session and book signing.

This powerful and exciting New Orleans Band is one of the most popular in the Jazz clubs of the UK and Europe. They will blow you away with their versatility and talent.

Friday 18 March, 7.30pm

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Tickets: £12

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Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins

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Saturday 19 March, 7.30pm Tickets: £17.50 Duration: 1 hr 40 mins (including Q&A) Box Office: 01584 878141

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SALAAM

with sonia sabri

Salaam meaning ‘peace’ is Sonia Sabri Company’s latest stunning creation. This double-bill programme cleverly weaves a dialogue between live music and Kathak dance, celebrating harmony, inner-stillness and the simple bliss of being alive.

In this performance we can expect a rare treat of Tabla music by the world-renowned maestro Sarvar Sabri, with outstanding compositions of rhythm, complexity and speed, through his unique fingerwork.

Joining Sabri on the stage is the talented Shoma Dey, who performs endearing musical patterns on the harmonium along with powerful vocals, which fuel and vibrate a resonance in the performance.

Sonia presents sheer magic through expressive and rhythmic dance with live music.

The audience are taken on a journey, with poignant metaphorical narratives and through her command of intricate footwork, eloquent gesture and rapid spins. Audiences will be in awe!

Salaam was originally created in response to the unrest around the world and aims to refocus and reminisce on all that is good.

Salaam to us all!

the magic flute Sung in English with subtitles

boris gudonov Opera in four acts – Sung in Russian

“... Fiery ... exuberant, uplifting

... in the right hands Kathak can even be funky.”

Birmingham Post

Richard Jones and Antonio Pappano renew their creative collaboration with this new production of Musorgsky’s historical masterpiece, here seen in its compact 1869 first version in seven scenes.

The originality of the composer’s vision of Pushkin’s play about Tsar Boris Godunov – who reigned over Russia between 1598 and 1605 – was too much for the management of the Imperial Theatres, who demanded changes that were incorporated in the second version of the opera, in which Boris finally had its premiere in 1874.

Keenly awaited will be Bryn Terfel’s assumption of the title role – one of the most complex characters in opera – while John Graham-Hall appears as the crafty Prince Shuisky and John Tomlinson as the vagabond monk Varlaam.

Mozart’s timeless classic explores the search for true love and wisdom as the royal prince Tamino and the bird-catcher Papageno must overcome a series of trials in order to rescue the princess Pamina from the grasp of the manipulative Queen of Night.

This is a fantastically theatrical and imaginative staging from Complicite Theatre’s artistic director Simon McBurney where live sound effects and breathtaking animations help bring this captivating tale to life.

The unforgettable storytelling will be matched by music-making of the very highest level, with ENO Music Director Mark Wigglesworth conducting a world-class cast including Allan Clayton as Tamino and Lucy Crowe as Pamina.

A delayed live stream from the London Coliseum to our cinema screen ‘Startling humour and theatrical wizardry’ The Observer

Streamed live from the Royal Opera House to our cinema screen

Thursday 24 March, 8pm

Monday 21 March, 7.15pm

Thursday 31 March, 7.30pm

Tickets: £14 / £12

Tickets: £17 / £16 concessions / £8 (under 18s)

Tickets: £16 / £15 concessions

Duration: 1 hr 30 mins approx.

Duration: 3 hrs (inc. 1 interval)

Duration: 2 hrs 55 mins

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easter west end show A popular West End show will be streamed to Ludlow Assembly Rooms on Easter Monday!

Check out our website from 11 January 2016 for more details Monday 28 March, 2pm

mario kart marathon Come and play the famous racing game on the big screen!

Pick your favourite characters, compete against your friends, and see who can cross the finish line first!

This is a drop in session – so pick up a controller, and join in!

how the koala learnt to hug Koalas are the cuddliest critters but just how did the koala learn to hug?

That’s the question our magical Australian storyteller means to answer as he tries to get his daughter (as well as the children in the audience) to finally give their parents a well-deserved hug.

Will he succeed?

There’s only one way to find out so join us and our terrific outback cast for this warm and wonderful story about picnics and bubbles and the magic of family.

Based on the best-selling book

by Steven Lee this charming family musical has been written especially for children aged three and above to enjoy with their grown-ups.

As an extra treat, author Steven will be available to sign copies of How The Koala Learnt To Hug and Other Australian Fairytales which will be on sale at a specially reduced rate after the show.

Tuesday 5 April, 11am – 1pm

Wednesday 6 April, 2.30pm

Tickets: £3

Tickets: £6

Duration: 2 hrs

Duration: 60 mins approx.

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you’ve got a friend

The Music of James Taylor & Carole King

From the creators of the smash hit WEST END show The Simon & 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. www.youvegotafriendshow.com Organised by Maple Tree Entertainment Ltd. independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Saturday 2 April, 7.30pm

james delarre & saul rose James Delarre and Saul Rose come to the Assembly Rooms as a new duo, to bring a thrilling fiddle performance with some of the finest melodeon playing, harnessing all the subtleties of traditional music while producing an exciting and energetic display of musicianship.

James Delarre has worked with Jim Moray, Lauren McCormick and Bellowhead and appearances on the BBC’s Peaky Blinders and London’s Calling.

Saul Rose is one of the leading melodeon players in the country. He’s best known for his work with the Kings of Calicutt and Waterson:Carthy.

Together, Saul and James produce flowing melodies, rich harmony and considered vocal delivery. The firm friends’ joy in playing music together is hypnotic, captivating and addictive.

Tickets: £18 Duration: 3 hrs 15 mins

Saturday 16 April, 8pm

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darkside

giselle

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Tickets: £11

Duration: 90 mins (plus interval)

Performing the Pink Floyd Show

Ballet in two acts Giselle is the quintessential Romantic classic, a love affair that begins in the real world and continues beyond the grave. The ballet’s title role also offers one of the great challenges of the ballet repertory, as Giselle transforms from an innocent peasant girl, duped into love, to a forgiving spirit who saves her lover from death.

For the ballerina this is a role of two contrasting halves: first she must appear naïve and artless, her dancing alive with an earthy enthusiasm; then she transforms into light and air, her dancing so ethereal as to seem weightless.

In Peter Wright’s production, the dual aspect of the ballet is perfectly achieved: the first act dramatised in rich, naturalistic detail and the second with a spectral, moonlit beauty. With its combination of memorable story and exquisite choreography, Giselle is the perfect way to discover classical ballet.

Streamed live from the Royal Opera House to our cinema screen

Darkside return to Ludlow for their third performance at The Assembly Rooms, touring a brand new show Remember When You Were Young? featuring the sensational vocals of Faye Brookes.

This promises to be another memorable evening of classic Pink Floyd, performed with passion and empathy, complete with period film clips, projected images and laser light show to capture the essence of Pink Floyd at their best.

Wednesday 6 April, 7.15pm

If you have not seen Darkside live go to www.darksidefloydshow.com and view a 7 minute live show video.

Tickets: £17 / £16 concessions

Organised by Crazy Diamond independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins (inc. 1 interval)

Saturday 9 April, 7.30pm

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Tickets: £17

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Duration: 2 hrs 29

cwmbach male choir in concert

lucia di lammermoor Opera in three acts – Sung in Italian

monet to matisse Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art but he was not alone. Artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art.

These great artists, along with many other famous names, feature in an innovative exhibition from The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Royal Academy, London. From the exhibition walls to the beauty of artists’ gardens like Monet’s Giverny, we take a magical journey to discover how artists used the modern garden to explore radical and wonderful new ideas.

Lucia di Lammermoor tells the story of an ongoing feud between two families in 17th-century Scotland that has terrible consequences for two young lovers. It contains what is undoubtedly one of opera’s most poignant and gripping mad scenes, and is regarded as one of Donizetti’s finest works.

The opera has not been seen at the Royal Opera House in more than a decade, so this new production by Katie Mitchell will be a particularly important and exciting event.

The title role will be sung by Diana Damrau, an expert in the coloratura repertory, while American tenor Charles Castronovo takes on that of her secret lover, the reckless and passionate Edgardo.

An ensemble at the peak of its form, the internationally acclaimed Cwmbach Male Choir showcases its beautiful sound, thrilling technique and exhilarating close harmony talents.

Formed in 1921 and hailing from the famous Welsh valleys, it has performed to great acclaim at the most prestigious venues in the UK, has toured extensively world-wide, and appeared with world renowned artists and orchestras.

With a diverse musical repertoire, come and enjoy a superbly crafted and entertaining concert that will send chills up the spine!

Organised by Cwmbach Male Choir independently of Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Saturday 23 April, 7pm | Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions | Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins (inc. 1 interval)

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Streamed live from the Royal Opera House to our cinema screen

HiJinx Ceilidh Band Sat 21 May

Tuesday 12 April, 7.30pm

Monday 25 April, 7.15pm

Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions

Tickets: £17 / £16 concessions

Duration: 1 hr 25 mins tbc

Duration: 2 hrs 50 mins (inc. 1 interval)

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Hamlet Wed 8 June 7pm Box Office: 01584 878141

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