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January - April 2019 THE ROPEWALK • BARTON UPON HUMBER January - April 2019 1
The Ropewalk was built in 1801 and as Hall’s Barton Ropery manufactured ropes for the world. It closed as a working factory in 1989 and was brought back to life as an arts centre in April 2000 by an artists’ co-operative who still manage the site today. The Grade II listed building is a cultural quarter of a mile long!
The Ropewalk has 3 temporary exhibition spaces with a rolling exhibition programme that ensures there is always something new to see.
The Ropewalk offers a stimulating programme of art and craft workshops that run throughout the year, including regular classes in printmaking and life drawing and day classes in a range of activities.
Ropery Hall is a small community venue with a capacity of between 100 - 150 that offers a programme of film, theatre, music and comedy.
Coffee Shop
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The Craft Gallery continually displays in excess of 200 makers’ work from throughout the country including jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles and a wide selection of artist-made greeting cards. The Hall-Mark Room displays a range of contemporary prints and collectables.
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Fresh local produce is used to create a wide variety of mainly vegetarian snacks and light lunches. A large selection of delicious freshly made cakes, coffees and organic juices are also available.
The building also houses a small Museum, Artist Studios and meeting rooms for hire.
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welcome
Looking Forward
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ello and welcome to the first Ropewalk Magazine of 2019. This year sees the 20th anniversary of the formation of The Waterside Artists’ Co-operative to take on the running of The Ropewalk. I cannot believe it has been so long, we are all older but not necessarily wiser as we continue to learn and grow as an organisation. As one of our regular customers says ‘every day is a school day!’ and we have certainly learnt a great deal but it wouldn’t have been possible without you, thank you for coming on the journey with us. There is now a number of volunteers helping behind the scenes in all sorts of capacities so if you have time to spare and want to join the team I would love to hear from you. We are looking for people to take this magazine out to the villages where they live and put them in places where people meet such as village halls, churches, pubs etc. If you want to be a Ropewalk ambassador get in touch. I am looking forward to another year of quality exhibitions and events in our cultural quarter of a mile. I will never grow tired of seeing acts on the stage at Ropery Hall performing beautiful music, uplifting theatre, giving us comedy for laughs and thought provoking spoken word to chew over. Exhibitions provide visual stimulus for endless discussions about composition, process and form and artist led workshops provide the opportunity to flex those creative muscles. The following pages have all the details. Check out the clocks, flash fiction, classic matinee films, Moya Brennan the voice of Clannad and the return of Rebecca Vaughan with her Edinburgh smash Orlando. We have even sneaked in a quiz night in January to get that grey matter working. Come and join us, it wouldn’t be the same without you! Liz
Cover image: Moya Brennan
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Admission Free Galleries Open 7 days a week: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm Sundays and Bank Holidays 10am - 4pm The Ropewalk is on one level with good wheelchair access; we are a 5 minute walk from the Barton Transport Interchange with half-hourly buses to Hull and Scunthorpe and a 2-hourly rail service to Grimsby and the wider rail network.
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jewellery
Featured Jewellers
January - Alastair Scargall
From his home studio in Winterton, Alastair creates a wide range of fine sterling silver jewellery often incorporating semi-precious stones. His unique range offers rings, earrings, ear studs and pendants inspired by natural forms, seed heads, flowers and leaves. His current work focuses around experimenting with texturing the surface of the silver, using rollers to produce cuffs, earrings and pendants.
February - Ellen Monoghan
Ellen launched her collection of urban ironwork inspired jewellery in 2014 naming the collection ‘Angles & Curls’. Each piece is handmade and based on her observational drawings of architectural ironwork and created using a sketch-like making process with square wire. Tumbling chains of unique links are incorporated with precious gemstones to create necklaces, rings and earrings that change with each movement of the wearer.
March - Laura Marriott
Laura is an illustrative, textile artist with a passion for experimenting with layers of stitch, colour and pattern. Specialising in creating unusual and exciting creations, through digital embroidery, Laura crafts these materials into 3-D forms of contrasting shapes and textures. After Graduating from Birmingham City University in 2016, she founded her own company and developed the work into the collections you see today.
April - Lu Mason York based sculptor Lu Mason works mainly in perspex and paper, creating mobiles based on seascapes, landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them. She has now developed her designs into a range of quirky brooches made from digitally etched and printed perspex.
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box gallery
MODJOOL Customisable jewellery by Jackie Selcraig
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ackie Selcraig does not abide by the taught rules of creative design, for her it is very fluid and unstructured. Governed instead by play Jackie begins by sitting down and experimenting with the composition of the bits and pieces she has collected over the years. Enjoying mixing colours, textures and materials, the aim is always to create something different, unique and unusual.
individually, mixed and matched or combined magnetically. The wearer can adapt the appearance by simply changing colour, shape, size, material or style, all within the same jewellery collection.
Modjool started with the Build Ring, since then, it has grown into a whole family of interactive jewellery, attracting fashion conscious customers eager to take advantage of the versatility of the range. Modjool is a system of statement jewellery, which features three distinct modular ranges, which can be worn
Build is fun customisable jewellery. The silver ring and necklace base pieces can be transformed by adding a variety of colourful beads and stoppers. You can create a different look every day. Mix the colours up or choose a neutral palette for something more sophisticated.
Shape is bold, geometric, statement jewellery. The Pendants can be magnetically attached to any of the colourful Click Range using a special bail.
MODJOOL - Box Gallery 1st – 31st March
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THE CLOCKS STOP IN BARTON
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f John Harrison had a garden, how might 2019, Harrison’s Garden will reach its final it have looked? destination at The Ropewalk.
In 2017, artist Luke Jerram took that thought and turned it into an amazing and imaginative exhibition that has been touring the UK. His idea was to create a ‘an imagined garden’ of clocks clustered into species, forming ‘flowerbeds’, ‘islands’, ‘pathways’ and ‘borders’.
Bringing Harrison’s Garden home has been organised by the Better Barrow Community Project and Luke has kindly offered to donate the clocks to their fundraising cause to erect a statue of John Harrison. The clocks will be auctioned at the end of the exhibition - for further information visit betterbarrow.org
Luke’s array of around 3000 timepieces has now visited the beautiful National Trust properties of Nostell Priory, Gunby Hall and Penrhyn Castle. And in January
Harrison’s Garden was originally commissioned by Connect! and presented over 5 days at Devon’s Thelma Hulbert Gallery in 2015.
Chrissy Collinson – Sites Unseen
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he Tenfoot Series of paintings is a distillation of Hull’s hidden and unseen urban routes. These hidden routes have provided inspiration for me as an artist who lives in Hull and is intent on discovering the picturesque of the everyday, the roughness and irregularity of the mundane. My paintings are not though to be viewed as exploitative of the ‘down at heel’, but observation of this urban picturesque, and are paintings first and foremost. Chrissy Collinson
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Harrison’s Garden at Castle Drogo - photo: Steven Haywwod
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AGITATED PRESENCE. John Balman, Jane Beharrell, Paul Collinson,Gary Saunt, Kat Saunt, Steve Upton
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his exhibition shows work by a group of East Yorkshire and Hull based painters whose practice involves, either incidentally or wholly, the use of photography or computer software. This can be in the organisation of the idea, the capture and use images as subject matter, or in the very creation of the artwork itself. What all the painters do have in common is that need, the “agitation”, to produce something that has a presence.
Image: Steve Upton
Andrew Adair ‘My specialisation is in ceramics, but over the last 3-4 years I have diverged into 2D abstract and flitted back and forth between the two often combining techniques across both. A constant theme throughout has been the printed letter/ text and the interplay between positive and negative space therein. The letter bottles are relief printmaking in clay which developed into larger industrial 2D abstracts on old metal shelves and disused wooden palettes. Another ever present has been my trusted blowtorch, which has enabled me to produce interesting surfaces and textures in the clay through forced drying and also letting me introduce dirt into the painted surface in the form of trapped carbon. It is important for me to be true to the material and allow it to be inherent in the final pieces.’
Chrissy Collinson Luke Jerram Andrew Adair Agitated Presence
Gallery One Artspace Gallery One Artspace
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film
Films for the New Year
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ur programme of Thursday afternoon film matinees continue, (courtesy of a Tesco Bags Of Help community award), until the clocks change at the end of March.
Matinee films start at 2pm Tickets £3 Evening films start at 7.30pm Tickets £4 No advance sales
With a mixture of golden oldies and some more recent films you may have missed, there is something for everyone - and not only is it just £3 we will also throw in a free cuppa!
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Matinee
Evening
JANUARY 17
North by Northwest
The Happy Prince
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Casablanca
On Chesil Beach
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Fargo
The Seagull
1959. U. 2hr 16m Cary Grant, Eve Marie Saint
1942. PG. 1hr 42m Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman 1996. 15. 1hr 38m William H Macy, Frances McDormand
2018. 15. 1hr 45m Rupert Everett, Colin Firth 2017. 15. 1hr 50m Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle 2018. 12a. 1hr 38m Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss
FEBRUARY 7
Mamma Mia - Here We The Book Shop 2017. PG. 1hr 53m Go Again 2018. PG. 1hr 54m Meryl Streep, Cher
Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy,
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Arsenic & Old Lace
Journey’s End
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Whisky Galore
King of Thieves
1944. U. 1hr 58 Cary Grant
2016. PG. 1hr 38m Eddie Izzard
2017. 15. 1hr 57m Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin
2018. 15. 1hr 48m Michael Caine, Michael Gambon
MARCH 7
Journeys End
First Man
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The Rebel
A Star is Born
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A Star is Born
The Wife
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First Man
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2017. 15.1hr 47m Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin
1961. U. 1hr 45m Tony Hancock
2018. 15. 2hr 14m Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga 2017. PG. 2hr 21m Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy
2017. PG. 2hr 21m Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy
2018. 15. 2hr 14m Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga 2017. 15. 1hr 40m Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce
2018. 15. 1hr 31m Chloë Grace Moretz
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image: On Chesil Beach
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The Children Act
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Edie
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Peterloo
2017. 12. 1hr 33m Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci 2017. 12. 1hr 41m Sheila Hancock 2018. PG. 2hr 34m Maxine Peake, Rory Kinnear
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theatre
THEATRE Orlando
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he award winning duo of actor Rebecca Vaughan and writer/director Elton Townend Jones returns to Ropery Hall with Orlando, a play based on the satirical 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. Orlando: Who is she? Who is he? Who are we? Find out in the life-affirming, comedic tale of an immortal poet, whose gender cannot be pinned down, whose spirit cannot be caged, and whose irreverent, romantic adventures across British history – from the 1500s to the present day – provide a magic-realist exploration of human identity; personal, sexual and national. April 13 Orlando 7.30pm £14/£16
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n this affectionate tribute to John Le Mesurier, one of Britain’s best-loved comedy stars, leading impressionist Julian Dutton brings to life the man behind the wry smile and urbane English repartee that charmed millions and turned him into a household name as Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army. His reputation as the quintessential English gentleman never waned despite setbacks including his broken marriage to Hattie Jacques, and his betrayal by his best friend Tony Hancock.
February 16 Do you think that’s wise? - The life & times of John Le Mesurier 7.30pm £13/£15
Packed with glorious reminiscences and stories from the Golden Age of Classic British Comedy, this show is a joyful and moving celebration of one of the most popular comic actors of our era.
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ands up who remembers the appearance of the multi-award winning company Out of Chaos in 2016 with their unforgettable high octane 80 minute version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth with just two actors bringing to life more than 30 characters.
February 21 Out of Chaos present: Unmythable 7.30pm £13/£15
This time they have added just one more actor to the mix and bring us Unmythable, the show that sees all the Greek myths - legendary heroes, psychotic dragons and randy gods - go head-tohead in a hilarious and unforgettable journey with an anarchic blend of comedy, crossdressing, stories and songs.
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n March we’re on the oche as we join Alex Elliott on a hilarious, occasionally heroic and heart-warming journey, featuring true stories of success, live darts and celebrations of our own personal triumphs. Motivational bananas included. This uplifting show will renew your faith in life and darts. Who knows? You might be the best audience in the world.
Unfolding Theatre in association with LittleMighty presents March 2 Best in the World 7.30pm £13/£15
There is a world that can transport us from the ordinary to the extraordinary, where we are one perfect throw away from greatness, a place where we can all be champions. That world is darts. Through this noble sport, Alex Elliott asks the unfathomable question: “What does it mean to be Best in the World?”
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t seems we can’t get enough of LittleMighty this season as they re-appear again in March with Odd Encounter, this time in association with Irregular Arts. In a riotous mash-up of cabaret, theatre show and wedding reception, Odd Encounter asks if the whole idea of finding “The One” was always a bit misguided. Watch out for blurred lines and mysteriously shaped vegetables, Princess Leia and a visitation from Nigella Lawson. And don’t let’s forget trains, tunnels and pure filth. Billed as a new show for the age of Harvey Weinstein and #metoo, this unique performance event lifts the lid on love and sex, beginnings and endings, and the passage of time. And the best bit - you get cake and bubbly!
Irregular Arts in Association with LittleMighty present:
March 9 7.30pm
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Odd Encounter £13/£15
lise is a Gloucestershire based theatre maker and in this honest, moving and hilarious exploration of gender and identity she uses her own real life experiences to explore non-binary gender. Elise, an associate artist of Strike A Light as well as being a SPARK supported artist with Pegasus Theatre, is called pretty the same amount of times as being called sir in an average week. If Elise had £1 for every time someone has asked “Are you the best man?” then Elise would have £2. Elise is often asked, “Are you a boy or a girl?” The answer to this question “No” . She’s A Good Boy is produced by Strike A Light and supported by Arts Council England, Pegasus Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre and Hawkwood College. February 9 Elise Heaven: She’s a Good Boy 7.30pm £13/£15
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spoken word/theatre
More than words There are some shows that cut across genres, which page I put them on, I cannot decide so they have a page to themselves!
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The Big Blind
John Peel’s Shed
Rouse Ye Women
tory teller Dominic Kelly has enthralled Ropery Hall audiences on previous occasions with contemporary and traditional tales. Joined by Bridget Marsden and Leif Ottosson he combines storytelling and music into a playful and gripping performance titled The Big Blind. They bring to life an ancient full-bloodied fairy tale for modern audiences, weaving versions from Norway, Scotland, Ireland and India with contemporary Scandinavian folk music.
Heath focussed the world’s attention on the plight of Britain’s low-paid women workers involved in the ‘home-working sweated industries’, hammering out chain-links in sheds in the backyards of their homes with their babies and children for 5 shillings (25p) for a 50-hour week.
Writer and theatre maker John Osborne returns to the stage, this time with his Edinburgh sell-out show John Peel’s Shed. A storytelling show about radio, music and a box of records that once belonged to Radio 1 DJ John Peel. As heard on Radio 4.
Through rousing traditional songs and moving ballads, Townsend Theatre Productions reveals the horrors of sweated labour, Mary Macarthur’s stunning national campaign to expose the perpetrators of this appalling employment, the universal sympathy for the workers, the flood of donations, and the events that led to a final victory.
“I could have listened for hours” ***** (The Independent) “One of the loveliest things you’ll see all year” (The Herald) Is it Folk, is it theatre? Rouse, Ye Women - Mary Macarthur and the Women Chainmakers – a folk opera by Neil Gore and John Kirkpatrick. In 1910 the women chainmakers of Cradley
Led by the charismatic union organiser and campaigner, Mary Reid Macarthur, hundreds of women laid down their tools to strike for a living wage.
January 23 March 23 March 30
The Big Blind 7.30pm £10/£12 John Peel’s Shed 7.30pm £13/£15 Rouse, Ye Women 8pm £14/£16
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music you choose to come and listen to we are just glad that you support live music and the artists that put their heart and soul into making it for you and our team of volunteers will be here to welcome you.
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e have some household names this year, a diverse selection of Americana, home grown folk, young artists starting their career and some that have seen and done it all. Whatever
Moya Brennan
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Nick Heyward
I am very excited about two newcomers to the venue. The first show I ever went to see without parents, at the Tower in Hull was Haircut 100 featuring Nick Heyward. With their Aran jumpers tucked into their trousers, riding the post-new romantic funk wave, Haircut 100 burnt briefly and brightly. It finished as quickly as it began; the band parted ways and Nick went solo. 10 albums later it’s a treat to have Nick Heyward here sharing his latest work. When Bono stated recently, “I think she has one of the greatest voices the human ear has ever experienced”, he was heralding what many people know already about Moya Brennan. She sings like nothing you’ve ever heard before! So it makes sense that her live solo shows – with all the musicality and power of Clannad but with added, heart-warming intimacy – should be such a rich and moving experience. Her effortless vocals and timeless music pay homage not only to her vibrant traditional Irish heritage but also her grasp of contemporary forms.
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From Across the Pond Imagine Sam Reider as a magnet – a creative force so positively attractive that some of the best musicians in Brooklyn – and much further afield – were very naturally drawn towards him. The Human Hands are all young, virtuoso acoustic musicians based in New York City who have developed a reputation for mind-bending, high-energy sets. Canadian band The East Pointers perform material from their new album, What We Leave Behind, and their back catalogue. Winners of the Touring Artist of the Year’ at the Music PEI Awards and ‘Ensemble of the Year’ at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. they blur the lines between traditional and popular music and have developed a devoted fan-base around the globe. With their roots in traditional bluegrass and folk, Thunder and Rain a Colorado-based fivepiece has established a strong footing in the UK. Fusing elements of rock and pop with acoustic instrumentation, they have created a sound of their own. Have a listen on You Tube to their version of Sweet Child of Mine, it’s just beautiful. Those with fingers on the pulse of what’s happening Stateside, are already aware of the reputation developed by The Brother Brothers from stunning live performances that have had the grapevine buzzing. Have a listen online to discover why this show is an essential for your calendar, they have it all, talented musicians with sublime vocal harmonies.
Folk closer to home….
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he monthly folk night has a few variations this season. Sam Reider (above) starts us off in and in March something a bit different with a folk opera detailed earlier in the magazine. February’s offering from Mad Dog Folk is the Urban Folk Quartet. The award-winning UFQ have ignited international audiences with their high-energy, genre-defying acoustic music since 2009. The UFQ’s approach to the folk ethos is to embrace any and every influence that genuinely makes sense of their time and place and makes sense in their music.
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pril features Grace Petrie’s unique take on life, love and politics. The warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won over an army of loyal fans across the alternative, folk, political and comedy scenes. She has toured with Emmy the Great and Billy Bragg and collaborated with some of the most respected names in folk including Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey and Peggy Seeger. Her self-released album ‘Heart First Aid Kit’ received a top 10 album of 2017 placing from Mojo magazine. And just for good measure we have thrown in a couple of must see extra folk shows: Heidi Talbot was born in Ireland, became a folk star in the USA as a member of the Irish American band Cherish the Ladies, and now lives in Edinburgh. With a background like that, it’s hardly surprising she should develop a style that switches easily between January 19 January 26 January 27 February 1 February 8 February 23 February 24 March 8 March 10 March 15 March 22 March 31 April 5 April 6 April 18 April 19 April 27 April 28
Celtic and Americana, but subtlety is Talbot’s magic ingredient. From her gossamer voice to the delicate re-working of traditional and contemporary material she has earned rave reviews for her records and live performances slipping effortlessly between musical worlds but retaining a personal modesty rooted in traditional folk. One of the most intriguing and exciting collaborations touring today’s folk scene is Knight and Spiers. Peter Knight, legendary violinist and ex-member of folk-rock band Steeleye Span paired with leading melodeon player and ex-Bellowhead member, John Spiers for a special one-off performance in 2016 that left the audience in awe. With a standing ovation and roars for more, and much to the delight of folk fans everywhere, Knight and Spiers decided not to leave things there and are taking the show on tour. An eclectic treasure trove
John Reilly Sam Reider & The Human Hands Snake Davis & Chris Bannister The East Pointers Hattie Briggs Urban Folk Quartet Snake Davis & Simon Goulding Thunder and Rain Knight & Spiers The Blackheart Orchestra The Brother Brothers Snake Davis &Gareth Moulton Moya Brennan: The Voice of Clannad Heidi Talbot Nick Heyward Keith Christmas Grace Petrie Snake Davis & Helen Watson
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John Reilly
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he final section of our music offering is linked by one common denominator, musical talent. Snake Davies continues his monthly Sax on Sunday show with the much requested return of guests bass player extraordinaire Simon Goulding, sublime vocalist Helen Watson and the very much in demand Cutting Crew front man Gareth Moulton. Snake has added a new ‘friend’ to the mix with vocalist Chris Bannister. Known for his John Denver shows Chris is an accomplished guitarist who will be exploring his favourite music, stretching Snake’s repertoire into new territories. John Reilly returns in January, he delighted the audience on his first appearance at Ropery Hall with a uniquely intimate atmosphere created by his intensely profound lyrics and stunning vocals. He is joined by Canadian long term writing partner Lewis Nitikman on piano. Hattie Briggs is a 25 year-old singersongwriter, named ‘Fender Undiscovered Artist of the Year 2017’. Influenced by Joni Mitchell, Foy Vance and Jeff Buckley, Hattie writes and sings from the heart. Recently adopted by Ropery Hall performer Tom
The Blackheart Orchestra
Hattie Briggs
Chris Bannister
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Robinson, BBC 6 Music commented that Hattie “knows exactly what she’s doing”, and “it’s gorgeous” The Blackheart Orchestra have been described by Genesis legend Steve Hackett as “beautiful, powerful and inspiring” The duo are award-winning British songwriters, composers and multi-instrumentalists Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington. The pioneering duo blend musical styles seamlessly sidestepping boundaries to create music huge enough to fill a cathedral. The Blackheart Orchestra have become one of the must-see bands of 2019. In 1969 Keith Christmas on the back of headline gigs at the Beckenham Arts Lab, then run by a rising star called David Bowie, Keith was asked to play the acoustic guitar on David’s first album ‘Space Oddity‘. He played his Fender Palomino Acoustic guitar while David played 12-string. Over a career that spans six decades Keith has collaborated and toured with a veritable who’s who of musicians and he shows no sign of slowing down and with a new burst of creativity in 2018 he is back on the road again.
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craft
The Best Medicine
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hatever ails you at the start of this year whether its lack of daylight, cold weather or the current political climate pop along to Ropery Hall for the best antidote money can buy, a good laugh. Kevin Precious of Barnstormers brings us three comedians on the last Friday of each month from the national comedy circuit. A lively evening is guaranteed ending the month on the right note. There is always a great variety of comedy material and styles of delivery on offer with some audience interaction if you are daft enough to sit near the front! In March George Lewis joins us. A multi-award winning stand-up, George has recently written for BBC Radio4, is soon to appear on ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show, hosted Top Gear-Extra Gear, was named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist, and won Celebrity Mastermind. Definitely one to watch his show A Man, A Plan, A Girl with a Fake Tan charts the time when George was 12 and he fell for the most beautiful, most orange girl in Stockport. To win her heart, he tried to act less like a boy and more like a man. Specifically, Liam Gallagher. In this show, George looks back on teenage life in a world going crazy for Britpop, Minidiscs and New Labour.
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Barnstormers Comedy Club Barnstormers Comedy Club George Lewis: A Man, A Plan, A Girl with Fake Tan Barnstormers Comedy Club Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Superheroes Pat Monahan #Goals! Barnstormers Comedy Club
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One of Ropery Halls favourite double acts The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Company return with their 10th new show of songs, sketches, socks and violence. This time they’re real live Superheroes! You think you’ve seen heroes in tights before? This pair will run and run. There will be jokes a plenty and perhaps some underpants worn on the outside of the trousers. Easter weekend features Pat Monahan. Multi awards winning comedian and Edinburgh Fringe favourite, Pat performs brand new stand up show, #goals. We all have life goals, whether it’s to win the lottery or marry up, make it your goal to come and watch this great comedy show from an Irish Iranian smoggy! Constantly touring, comedy website Ents24 has listed him for the past three years in the Top Three of the hardest working comedians in the UK.
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workshops craft
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new workshop tutor to The Ropewalk this year is Lesley Leonard who will be running a basic upholstery course on January 26. Based in Lincolnshire Lesley has over 20 years’ experience in traditional and modern upholstery.
UPHOLSTER UPCYCLE
Lesley is enthusiastic about her Upholstery and is delighted to pass her skills onto her learners. As well as informative the classes are enjoyable – learning is fun and Lesley ensures everyone is part of the class. She finds it very rewarding to see her learners create stunning pieces of work. During the last 20 years it is amazing how many rescued chairs, stools, headboards, boxes and sofas have been brought back to life. To see the potential in old pieces of furniture is a fantastic achievement – one less for the skip. This workshop is ideal for the aspiring upcycler. If you have an old stool that needs some new life breathing into it bring it to the workshop - Lesley will provide all the materials and equipment you will need! Workshops
January - April 2019 January 26
Basic Upholstery
with Lesley Leonard
£60/£65
February 2
Willow Birds
with Alison Walling
£50/£45
February 16 Sterling Silver Bangles
with Alastair Scargall
£65/£60
March 2
Woodcut Printing
with Jo McChesney
£50/£45
March 9
Eco-Print Cushion Cover
with Joelle harris
£55/£50
March 16
Bird Automata
with Sue Evans
£45/£40
March 23
Wire Jewellery
with Jenny Weston
£59/£54
March 30
Four-legged Willow Animal
with Alison Walling
£50/£45
March 31
Introduction to Collagraph
with Angela Lindsley
£50/£45
*reduced price for Ropewalk members
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Fathom writers Time to Think – Saturday 23rd February with Sue Wilsea, Trevor Millum and David Gaffney
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unique opportunity to explore the theme of time and brevity: for both writers and those with an interest in the passing hours and the machines that measure them.
The morning session has been especially devised to complement the amazing exhibition of clocks - ‘Harrison’s Garden’ - at The Ropewalk from January 19 to March 24. Trevor has been closely involved with organising ‘Harrison’s Garden’ and will explain the background to the exhibition. Sue will explore how writers manage and make use of time in stories and plays. Following prompts and ideas for writing, there will be time for you to make notes, start some writing or have a closer look at clocks. This promises to be of interest to both writers and others. The afternoon session will be led by one of the country’s leading flash fiction writers, David Gaffney. As the Guardian said, “One hundred and fifty words by Gaffney are more worthwhile than novels by a good many others” Also extensively published as a journalist as well as a graphic novelist, we are delighted to be welcoming David to The Ropewalk for the first time to help us write our own flash fiction. What is flash fiction? Well, definitions of length vary but it’s short, sometimes extremely short, stories, offering a real creative challenge to the writer! It is hoped to publish a flash fiction anthology from the work produced.
Saturday Workshops
Book early as places are limited. Half-day £16, full day £28. Saturday 23rd February
Time to Think
with Sue Wilsea, Trevor Millum and David Gaffney Saturday March 30th
Author Talk: Ali Harper
Author of ‘The Disappeared’ Ali will discuss her own writing and feminist crime fiction. Saturday 11th May
Word play with Sue Wilsea
A creative writing workshop exploring language.
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diary
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iary January - April 2019
anuary
January 12 - March 3 • Gallery One • Chrissy Collinson - Sites Unseen January 19 - March 24 • Artspace • Luke Jerram - Harrison’s Garden 16
Quiz Night
7.30pm
£1.50
17
North by Northwest
2pm
£3
17
The Happy Prince
7.30pm
£4
19
John Reilly
8pm
£12/£14
23
The Big Blind
7.30pm
£10/£12
24
Casablanca
2pm
£3
24
On Chesil Beach
7.30pm
£4
25
Barnstormers Comedy Club
8pm
£10/£12
26
Sam Reider & The Human Hands
8pm
£14/£16
27
Snake Davis & Chris Bannister
7.30pm
£14/£16
31
Fargo
2pm
£3
31
The Seagull
7.30pm
£4
F
ebruary
Until March 3 • Gallery One • Chrissy Collinson - Sites Unseen Until March 24 • Artspace • Luke Jerram - Harrison’s Garden 1
The East Pointers
8pm
£15/£17
7
Mama Mia 2
2pm
£3
7
The Bookshop
7.30pm
£4
8
Hattie Briggs
8pm
£10/£12
9
Elise Heaven: She’s A Good Boy
7.30pm
£13/£15/£5
14
Arsenic & Old Lace
2pm
£3
14
Journey’s End
3pm
£4
16
Do You Think That’s Wise
7.30pm
£13/£15/£5
21
Unmythable
7.30pm
£13/£15/£5
22
Barnstormers Comedy Club
8pm
£10/£12
23
Urban Folk Quartet
8pm
£14/£16
24
Snake Davis & Simon Goulding
7.30pm
£14/£16
28
Whisky Galore
2pm
£3
28
King of Thieves
7.30pm
£4
M
arch
Until March 24 • Artspace • Luke Jerram - Harrison’s Garden March 9 - April 21 • Gallery One • Andrew Adair March 30 - June 2 • Artspace • Agitated Presence
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M
arch
2
Best in the World
7.30pm
£13/£15/£5
7
Journey’s End
2pm
£3
7
First Man
7.30pm
£4
8
Thunder & Rain
8pm
£14/£16
9
Odd Encounter
7.30pm
£13/£15
10
Knight & Spiers
7.30pm
£15/£17
14
The Rebel
2pm
£3
14
A Star is Born
7.30pm
£4
15
The Blackheart Orchestra
8pm
£12/£14
16
George Lewis
8pm
£12/£14
21
A Star is Born
2pm
£3
21
The Wife
7.30pm
£4
22
The Brother Brothers
8pm
£14/£16
23
John Peel’s Shed
7.30pm
£13/£15
28
First Man
2pm
£3
28
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
7.30pm
£4
29
Barnstormers Comedy Club
8pm
£10/£12
30
Rouse Ye Women
8pm
£14/£16
31
Snake Davis & Gareth Moulton
7.30pm
£14/£16
A
pril
Until April 21 • Gallery One • Andrew Adair Until June 2 • Artspace • Agitated Presence 4
The Children’s Act
7.30pm
£4
5
Moya Brennan
8pm
£25/£27
6
Heidi Talbot
8pm
£16/£18
11
Edie
7.30pm
£4
12
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets
8pm
£13/£15
13
Orlando
7.30pm
£14/£16
18
Nick Heyward
8pm
£18/£20
19
Keith Christmas
8pm
£12/£14
20
Pat Monahan
8pm
£14/£16
25
Peterloo
7.30pm
£4
26
Barnstormers Comedy Club
8pm
£10/£12
27
Grace Petrie
8pm
£14/£16
28 Snake Davis & Helen Watson 7.30pm KEY Exhibitions Music Film
£14/£16 Theatre/Comedy
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The Ropewalk Ropery Hall
The Venue is a small community venue with a capacity of around 120. For small music nights seating is cabaret-style; for all other performances it is theatre-style and seating is not numbered. Please ensure that you arrive in good time if you wish to be seated together. There is a fully licenced bar at all performances. Doors open an hour before the start of performances.
How To Book
Tickets are available: In Person at The Ropewalk. Open 7 days a week 10am - 5pm (4pm Sundays). By Telephone: pay by credit or debit card. (An additional charge of £2 is applied) Online at www.roperyhall.co.uk
Directions We are well signposted from the A15. Just follow the brown signs... Exit the A15 at J.3 and take the A1077 into Barton (Ferriby Road). Turn left at mini roundabout at the bottom of the hill and follow the road round to the next mini roundabout and turn left again. Follow the one-way system through Castledyke West and get in the left-hand lane. Turn left at the junction opposite the railway station, then take the first right off Waterside Road onto Maltkiln Road. For The Ropewalk Galleries turn left into Tesco’s car park where you will find us in the far left corner. There is ample free car parking adjacent to the building. For Ropery Hall, follow the road round to the Waters’ Edge park gates and then left into the car park. Please park at the end of the car park nearest Ropery Hall then walk to the first set of doors at the side of the building. For Sat Nav users please input DN18 5JR which will lead you straight to Waters’ Edge Car Park.
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