Tamworth Arts and Events Oct-Dec 2018

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Tamworth Arts & Events Oct - Dec 2018

www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk

01827 709618

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Tamworth Castle Grounds, B79 7DN Landau Forte Academy Theatre Ashby Road, B79 8AH St Editha’s Church 29 Church St. B79 7BX St Francis Church Masefield Drive, B79 8JB Two Rivers Theatre Silver Link Road, B77 2HG Wilnecote Parish Hall Watling Street. B77 5AD Birch Coppice Club Watling Street. B78 1SY

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Car Parking - Please check the council website for car parking options - www.tamworth.gov.uk Town centre car parking is free after 6pm daily.

By Train - Please check the map for the nearest railway station.

Disabled Access - Accessibility may be challenging for outdoor events due to the nature of the grounds. Please call us on 01827 709618 if you have any access requirements and we will endeavour to cater for your needs. Guide dogs are welcomed. Please mention at time of booking for designated seating.

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6 October 2018 10am - 4pm

Tamworth Town Centre Ankerside shopping centre & town hall

Roll up those sleeves and let’s get creative as we

CELEBRATE THE BIG DRAW with fun free activities for all 2017 international winners return with a jam-packed FREE event of creativity for big and little kids alike under the theme of Play!

Last year’s favourites return with “Art in the Dark,” spaces brightened with ultra violet painting of shapes and images and ‘tape that,” a colourful explosion of electrical tape.

This year we are taking the theme of Play to the extreme with electrical car print making and hand painting.

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Free Event

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Mercian Singers Concert Saturday 13 October, 7pm. Doors open at 6pm Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form, Ashby Road, Tamworth. B79 8AA Tickets: ÂŁ10.

Box office: 07585 559172 or email merciansingers@gmail.com

An evening of song and dance with the Mercian Singers who are pleased to welcome Aimee Louise School of Dance as their special guests.

The Bookshop Band in Concert Saturday 27 October, 7.30pm St Francis Church, Leyfields. B79 8JB Tickets: ÂŁ7.50 Box Office: 01827 65926 Suitable for ages 9+

Beth Porter and Ben Please write songs inspired by books and play them for you!

With beguiling charm these quite unfairly talented musicians distil the essence of their reading into beautiful, delicately crafted four-minute folk-pop songs.

'I was enchanted and enthralled. What a great, clever, literate musical night!' Ian Rankin (author: Inspector Rebus novels)

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Fireworks Extravaganza

Free Event

Saturday 3 November, 5pm - 7.30pm Tamworth Castle Grounds Fireworks Display: 7pm.

Fireworks Spectacular returns for its 10th anniversary for another breath-taking display of pyrotechnics, fire performers, face painting, fun fair and food stalls.

As the event is expected to be incredibly popular, people are advised to walk or use public transport to the Castle Grounds where possible.

TACT presents A Comedy by John Godber Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November, 7.30pm Birch Coppice Club, Watling Street. B78 1SY Tickets: ÂŁ10 Box Office: 01827 69082 or email suetact@gmail.com

Multi award-winning theatre company TACT present Teechers By John Godber. Fastmoving and highly entertaining, Teechers evokes life at a modern school as a new drama teacher progresses through two terms of recalcitrant classes, cynical colleagues and obstructive caretakers. Sure to make anyone who has ever been to school laugh out loud and to leave current and former teachers rolling in the aisles. The play is performed cabaret-style where audiences are welcome to drink before being served a school packed lunch in the interval.

TACT is always looking for new members for both its adult group and awardwinning youth theatre. Youth Theatre meet Friday nights 5-6.15pm years 3-8 and 6.15-8pm years 9-12. Please contact Sue, contact details above.

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Free Event

We Will Remember Sunday 11 November, 10.45am-12.30pm War Memorial, St Editha’s Church & Castle Grounds Join us for a day of Remembrance, parades, poppyfying, church services and choir performances.

Parade to start at 10.45am at Ladybridge. Service, wreath laying and silence at 11am. Following the service, the parade will reassemble and make their way towards the Castle Grounds. Tamworth Lady Meadow Women’s Institute have been busy making more than 2,000 poppies with the local community which will cascade down the castle walls. The parade will finish on the Castle Grounds lower lawn met by the harmonies of Tamworth’s local choirs.

(Times may vary due to church service)

Christmas Lights Festival Sunday 25 November, 2pm-5.30pm St Editha’s Square A jam-packed day of festive fun for the whole family. Live music, fairground rides, a festive food and craft market, treasure hunt, craft activities, lantern parade and special guest appearances at intervals throughout the afternoon in Ankerside Shopping Centre from a much-loved children’s character.

Lights Switch On at 5pm with Father Christmas!

Free Event

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Charity Christmas Concert

In aid of The Mayor’s Charity Wednesday 5 December, 7.30pm St Editha’s Church Tickets: £10, £8 conc.

Box office: 01827 709618

Tamworth Voices delight us with a Christmas concert that is sure to bring Christmas cheer into the hearts of all who attend, with their own twist on contemporary songs and Christmas anthems.

A Festive Evening with

The Mercian Singers Saturday 15 December, 7.45pm. Doors open at 7pm Wilnecote Parish Hall, Watling Street, Tamworth B77 5AD Tickets: £8 Box office: 07585 559172 or email merciansingers@gmail.com

www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk

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tamworth assembly rooms building progress

Tamworth Assembly Rooms on Tour

Behind the scenes sneaky peek...

Windows A key part of the project is to open up the existing windows and allow light to shine in for the first time in decades. 19 original windows in the main auditorium have been given expert attention to restore them to their former glory.

Multi-use extension Foundations and structure is being put in place for the new multi use space.

Auditorium A new ventilation system has been put in place to improve air circulation in the main auditorium whilst additional insulation has been put into the roof to decrease heat loss. Keeping us cool in summer and warm in winter.

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Aethelfest‌ This summer we celebrated the 1,100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians.

Roundabout Art The creation of a permanent piece of visual art in the town centre.

A striking and impressive six-metre tall steel statue by artist and sculptor Luke Perry.

Members of the community were consulted about what they would like the statue to represent and Aethelflaed was chosen after local people said they were most proud of the town’s rich Anglo-Saxon history. The Lady of the Mercians was brought home to Tamworth and is situated outside Tamworth Railway Station, where she greets visitors as they step off the train and points them towards the town centre as part of Arts in Unusual Spaces and Tamworth Gateway project.

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The Mercian Mosaic The Mercian Mosaic project was designed to connect the community of Tamworth with its rich history through a visual piece of art by artist Maggie Carney.

10,000 people from Tamworth contributed to creating the mosaic, from schools to community groups.

The project included: • 1,400 individual yard square tiles • 250 litres of paint • 50 litres of PVA glue • 20 devoted volunteers spent 820 hours working on it.

• 18 months of planning The people of Tamworth… stand up and take a bow.

Who was Aethelflaed?

Aethelflaed was the eldest child of King Alfred the Great of Wessex

The United Kingdom was anything but united in 870

Alfred the Great was very good at stopping Viking attacks

Aethelflaed had a good education and learned about combat too

Aethelflaed married the Mercian leader, Aethelred

Aethelred became weak and died.

Aethelflaed was Lady of the Mercians

She worked hard to look after people and build defences

Aethelflaed won Derby and The Lady of the Mercians died in negotiated Leicester from the Vikings Tamworth in 918 (buried in Gloucester)

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Season Brochure October - December 2018

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

6

Art Attack

Tamworth Town Centre

13

Wigginton Park Tree Trail Launch

Wigginton Park

13

Mercian Singers Concert

Landau Forte Academy Theatre, Ashby Road

27

The Bookshop Band in Concert

St Francis Church

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Fireworks Extravaganza

Tamworth Castle Grounds

9&10

Teechers

Birch Coppice Club

11

We Will Remember

Tamworth Castle Grounds

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Christmas Lights Festival

Tamworth Town Centre

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Tamworth Voices

St Editha’s Church

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Stage It

Landau Forte Academy Theatre, Ashby Road

13-23

Tamworth Pantomime Company present Dick Whittington

Landau Forte Academy Theatre, Ashby Road

15

Mercian Singers Concert

Wilnecote Parish Hall

Tamworth Hastilow Festival

Two Rivers Theatre, Silver Link Road

St George’s Day

Tamworth Castle Grounds

MARCH 2019 18-23 APRIL 2019

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Book online: www.tamworthartsandevents.co.uk Box Office: 01827 709618 This information was correct at time of print and is subject to change. Please check the website for latest details.