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Welcome This season is brimming with the most interesting and uplifting live music, alongside a programme of
moving, surprising and innovative fringe theatre every week. To cope with growing demand and to give our audiences a better service, we will be making some exciting improvements
to the venue and box office over the next few months. Make sure you come and see how one of the best small scale venues in the country is developing.
Big Whistle Weekend 12 & 13
Sherlock Holmes
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Hot Club of Cowtown
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Potted Pirates
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The Way of the Drum
John Hegley
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Room on a Broom
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Alana Levandoski
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Participate! Workshops and classes Stagecoach
Metro Jazz
Sundays 10am-1pm
Mondays 6.30pm-9.30pm £60 (£40 conc) per term
With Ruth Mauriello. For 6-16 year olds with an interest in dance, drama and music. Call Ruth on 0161 763 6161/ 07738267346
Tuesdays 5pm-7pm
Led by Munch Manship. Front line musicians needed for
Youth drama from Bury Youth
The Met’s community jazz
Service, led by MaD Theatre.email
orchestra. Over 16s only..
D.Cretney@bury.gov.uk for info.
Bury Youth Theatre Wednesdays £2.50 5pm-6.30pm (10-14 year olds) 7pm-8.30pm (15 years +) Led by Claire Fildes and Marc Young. Physical theatre for young people.
Bury Vocal Collective
Whistle Workshop
Tuesdays 10.30-12.30pm & 7-9pm
Tuesdays 7.30-9pm | £4
10.30am-12pm £2.50
for young adults.
Drama for people with disabilities.
Led by Rose Hodgson. For people who
Led by Phil Brown. Learn the basics
Contact Streetwise on
Only accepting new members for the
want to sing - regardless of whether
of the high whistle. For 7 to 11
0161 253 6476.
Tuesday am session.
they think they are in tune or not!
year olds and their parents.
Streetwise Drama Met Express Mondays 5-7pm A weekly drama session
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Black Pudding Youth Theatre
Mondays 7-9pm
Saturdays 18 April - 9 May
Bloco Ashê Saturdays 12 noon-2pm
Sherlock Holmes
£4 £2 conc First session free A welcoming and exciting samba drumming workshop catering for beginners and beyond. The band welcomes new members.
Bury’s Script Community Various weekly and monthly workshops arranged by Bury Arts Development Team for anyone with
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very week from now until 2010 you’ll be able to
see a brilliant theatre show at The Met, absolutely free!
will be allocated so make sure you get your friends to apply too! Please collect your tickets at least thirty minutes before the
an interest in writing theatre, TV,
Just fill out a form in person at the
performance. Tickets not collected by
radio or film scripts. New members
ticket office or on our web site and
this time will be released and re sold.
always welcome. Over 16’s only.
tell us what you’d like to come
email scriptdotcom@googlemail.
and see. The offer applies to drama
Night Less Ordinary, an Arts Council
com or call 0161 253 5804 for
shows that have the Night Less
England scheme in association with
details on workshop programme
Ordinary logo. If you’re unsure if a
Metro which will provide 618,000 free
and an information pack.
show is included just give us a ring.
theatre tickets to anyone under 26 in
Each show only has a small allocation
Fur Coat and Magic Knickers
Script.com
This is made possible through A
more than 200 venues across England.
of tickets so please let us know which
For more information visit
The Met on 0161 761 7107
you’re interested in as soon as you can.
themet.biz/freetickets or
for details of these groups.
For each set of details, one ticket
www.anightlessordinary.org.uk.
Be My Baby
Unless otherwise indicated call
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Spoonface Steinberg Beggars and Kings Wednesday 8 April 7.30pm Drama Main theatre
Written by Lee Hall, author
The original Radio 4 production
of Billy Elliot, this moving and
of Spoonface Steinberg was an
uplifting monologue is told from
instant phenomenon, breaking
the perspective of an autistic girl
records for repeat requests.
named Spoonface. She will take
This stage production takes the
you on a spellbinding journey of
beauty of Lee Hall’s writing and
discovery as illness, death, joy, hope,
couples it with an outstanding
relationships and the meaning of
central performance from
life are all examined with the power
Zoe Thorne.
of her unique and extraordinary perception.
Spoonface Steinberg
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Tannahill Weavers
£8 £5 concs and members
Thursday 9 April 8pm
Graham Robins Ronnie Johnson & Andrea Glass
Folk roots Main theatre
Saturday 11 April 8.30pm
£12 £10 concs and members
Rock and pop Studio £6
Scotland’s premier traditional
The Winelight Sessions present a
band spans the centuries with
stunning night of acoustic music.
fire-driven instrumentals, topical
Duo Graham Robins and Ronnie
songs, original ballads and lullabies.
Johnson (Van Morrison’s guitarist)
Their music demonstrates the
encapsulate all that’s good in soul,
rich musical heritage of the Celtic
blues and gospel. They are joined by
people. Only their enthusiasm and
Bolton’s Andrea Glass,
lively spirits match the variety and
whose Americana sound
range of the material they perform.
never fails to impress.
Tannahill Weavers
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late ASBO
The Railway Children
David R Black
Big Wooden Horse
MaD Theatre Company
Image Musical Theatre
With Jupitar Sands, Black Jackson
Wednesday 15 April 1pm
Thursday 16 April 7.30pm
Friday 17 April 1pm
Family show Main theatre
Drama Main theatre
Family show Main theatre
Friday 17 April 8pm (7pm doors)
£6 £4 members
£10 £8 concs
£6 £4 members
Rock and pop Main theatre £5
The Pigeon is back in this sequel to
After winning a prize for receiving
More brillaint interactive sing along
A year in the making, David R
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Bury’s 1000th ASBO, life goes down-
fun from Image Musical Theatre.
Black perform songs from their
The Bus Driver wants the Pigeon to
hill for Calvin. His sister is about to
go to bed, his friends want him to
have twins, his Mam loses her job,
go to bed too, but the question is...
Gran and Grandad lose their false
will you let him stay up late?
teeth and the family get evicted
A lively show full of fun, feathers
and end up living in the bus station!
and Loose Shoes
When their father is taken away,
stunning new album Secret City.
the children and their mother have
With support from Jupitar
to fall back on their own resources.
Sands, currently touring to
Forced to move to the country,
promote their new EP, a special
they fall in love with the railway.
appearance from Black Jackson,
laughter and lots of
It’s up to Calvin to save the day,
Adventure follows but
and Loose Shoes perform their
audience participation.
using his skills gained on an NVQ
the mystery remains…
farewell gig. A night not to
Ages
course in inner city survival.
where is father?
be missed! Standing event.
3+
David R Black
ASBO
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late
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Je Suis Dead
Presented by David Cartlidge
Fools Proof Theatre Company
Kyla Brox Trio
The Popes
Saturday 18 April 8pm Rock and pop Main theatre
Thursday 23 April 7.30pm
Friday 24 April 8.30pm
Saturday 25 April 8pm
Drama Main theatre
Blues Studio
Rock and pop Main theatre
£15
£10 £6 concs & members
£8 £6 concs and members
£10 £8 concs and members
Seventies pop heroes Stackridge
Three lives collide after a train
Manchester’s Kyla Brox is without
The Popes were originally set up
recorded five much loved albums
accident. As daily life crumbles,
question the finest young
by Shane MacGowan in 1994.
(including one with Beatles
ancestral figures start breaking
female blues singer in the UK
Retaining original member Paul
producer George Martin) before
through the cracks. Stories tangle
today. Her voice is magnificent,
(Mad Dog) McGuinness and the
splitting in 1976. Now three
into a confused knot, while three
combining effortless power with
attitude and raucous folk fuelled
decades later the band is back,
ordinary people cling to what they
exquisite control, singing her
rock inspired by MacGowan, the
original lineup intact. Enjoy the
believed was real. A twisted puzzle
own special mix of funky, jazz-
band, with a star studded new line
classic sounds of this long lost
with strong visual imagery, power-
tinged blues. Don’t miss Kyla in
up, have just released a new album,
jewel in the crown of British music.
ful emotions and bizarre humour.
her first date at the R&B Club!.
Outlaw Heaven. Standing event.
The Popes
Stackridge
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Stackridge
Claire Mooney
Karen Casey
Laurel and Charlie
Gemini Jam Metro Jazz and The Jam Factory
Laurel and Charlie Karen Badapple Theatre Company Casey
Claire Mooney Twentieth Anniversary Tour
Sunday 26 April 8pm
Wednesday 29 April 7.30pm
Wednesday 29 April 8pm
Thursday 30 April 8pm
Jazz Main theatre
Drama Studio theatre
Folk roots Main theatre
Rock and pop Studio
£5
£8 £6 concs and members
£10 £8 concs and members
£8 £6 concs and members
Metro Jazz meets Blackburn’s
Two comic actors find themselves
One of the most influential - and
Singer-songwriter Claire Mooney
Jam Factory in a musical
trapped in a run-down boarding
most imitated - voices in folk
returns to The Met to celebrate the
exchange... The Met’s own
house, penned in by their rent-
music, Karan Casey is a natural
20th anniversary of her first album
community jazz orchestra,
hungry landlord. With their
innovator. More than a decade ago
Rocking the Boat. Described as “A
directed by Munch Manship
show cancelled and no money
audiences were introduced to Casey
performer with an extraordinary
and featuring singer Mags
to pay the rent they turn to
fronting the Irish super group Solas.
range and ability” by Folk on Tap,
Lowe, shares a double bill with
ever more hilarious means to
Following their groundbreaking
Claire’s songs range from passion
the Jam Factory, led by multi-
escape! A family show with
early releases Casey struck out
to protest, celebration to comedy
instrumentalist Richard Ormrod.
plenty of slapstick and good
on her own. She has just released
and emotions in between. She is
humour. Suitable for all ages.
her fifth album to great acclaim.
joined by the Moving House Band. 9
practitioners and some great
new talents come together to celebrate international poetry The second Text Festival is an investigation of international poetics and language in art with a focus on text in performance and sound art. Find out more at www.textfestival.com.
‘cast a moving body’
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Tony Lopez
and language in a unique festival.
Robert Grenier – Nine Poems
ome of the world’s leading
Catriona Glover – Drawing Space
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Poetry Film
The Bury Poems
Ron Silliman
Thursday 30 April 7.30pm
Saturday 2 May 2pm
Saturday 2 May 7.30pm
Text Main theatre
Text Main theatre
Text Main theatre
£6 £3 concs
£6 £3 concs
£10 £4 concs
The Festival opens with a survey of
During the 2005 Text Festival,
UK premiere. American poet Ron
An exhibition by Catriona Glover
international poetry film, curated
American poet Robert Grenier
Silliman has emerged as a major
Monday 27 April - Monday 1 June
by Festival Director Tony Trehy
wrote six new poems in response
figure in international post-avant
Exhibition Main theatre foyer
and Canadian poetry-film expert
to his stay in Ramsbottom. This
poetry. Since 1974, Silliman has
Tom Konyves. Poetry Film is a
began a series of responses to
been working on a single poem,
An exhibition by Edinburgh artist
burgeoning art form merging two
Bury by some of the UK’s leading
entitled Ketjak. Silliman’s Ketjak
Catriona Glover interpreting
practices in new challenging ways.
poets featuring Tony Lopez,
project is composed of four
time and presence through
The event will feature works from
Carol Watts, Phil Davenport
works: The Age of Huts, Tjanting,
word, image and installation.
UK and international artists.
plus works by Robert Grenier.
The Alphabet and Universe.
Louisiana Red & Michael Messer Friday 1 May 8pm
First Thursday Comedy Club
Blues Main theatre £10 £8 concs and members A very special collaboration
Ron Silliman
of two great musicians from contrasting backgrounds, brought together through a passion for playing blues slide guitar and many years of mutual admiration for each other’s work.
Magicfolk & Lee Mitchell Band
Thursday 7 May 8.30pm
moment of the Language Poetry
Saturday 2 May 8.30pm
Comedy Studio
movement and the Silliman blog
Rock and pop Studio £6
£8 £6 concs and members
This month’s Winelight Sessions
This month we are proud
feature Magicfolk, (imagine Fairport,
to present the legendary Jo
Pink Floyd and Santana on stage
Caulfield, recently nominated
His 1986 anthology In the American Tree remains a primary resource in this literary
(ronsilliman.blogspot.com) is internationally regarded as the must-read source of world-
together), and Northern Ireland’s Lee
“the best female stand-up in
Supported by German
Mitchell Band, delivering
the country”. Also featuring
turntablist Claus van Bebber
catchy songs with
Tiffany Stevenson, Tiernan
and international guests.
charm and panache.
Douieb and Billy Kirkwood.
Jo Caulfield
wide developments in poetry.
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Malinky
Festival Club with The Bogtrotters Friday 8 May 10.30pm | £5 Indulge in a heady mix of the high energy, celtic sounds of the
Cormac Breatnach is a highly respected and revered musician playing with Martin Dunlea, eminent guitarist. Collectively a most impressive combination. Dubbed the new stars of Celtic
seven piece Bogtrotters with the Music, Ross Ainslie (Grade 1 piper) and Jarlath Henderson revellers at our Festival Club. (All Ireland Piper Champion and
Thursday 7 May Friday 8 May Battlefield Band Malinky with special
Saturday 9 May
BBC Young Musician of the Year)
OVERton INDULGENCE
sound that pushes boundaries.
have joined forces to create a
Salsa Celtica and support
support Jimmy Docherty
guests Cormac Breatnach
Saturday 9 May 3.30pm | £8
with Mat Walklate
and Martin Dunlea
A unique double headed
Saturday 9 May 8pm | £17.50
than ever this year. Whether
Thursday 7 May 8pm | £15
Friday 8 May 8pm | £17.50
concert in memory of Bernard
Salsa Celtica will provide the
you’re a whistler or just a lover
The Battlefield Band have
Overton, inventor and father
ultimate festival finale – with
of fine music, the broad range
enjoyed over thirty years success. ballads delivered with
of the low whistle. Featuring
their unique synthesis of Celtic
of concerts and participatory
They play Scottish music of a
powerful and stirring vocal
Cormac Breatnach and Martin
and Latin rifts, fused with
events across three days makes
rare passion and joy and have
work - underpinned by rousing
Dunlea, and Ross Ainslie
Salsa rhythms guaranteeing
this an event for all to enjoy.
sustained a remarkable character
instrumental work. Malinky well
and Jarlath Henderson.
yet another Met sell out.
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he Big Whistle weekend returns, bigger and better
This is an opportunity to
to their music, hallmarked appreciate, admire and celebrate with a true Battlefield sound. the whistle’s contribution to traditional and roots music.
Malinky are noted for haunting
and truly embody the tradition yet still embrace modernity. Supported by the highly respected and impressive duo Cormac Breatnach and Martin Dunlea (Ireland).
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Battlefield Band
Salsa Celtica
Workshops and talks
Beginners
Advance tickets available
Getting Somewhere
Intermediate Session room available all day.
with Neil Paterson
for all - please book due
From Pipes to Whistle
Friday 8 & Saturday 9
Friday 8 May 10.30am | £2
to limited capacity.
May 11am-4pm | £15
Free to Festival ticket holders
Around the World in Eighty Whistles
Two day workshop. High
With Mike Katz (Battlefield
D Whistle required.
Band). Low D Whistle Required.
with Mat Walklate
Pick it up!
This is Low
Friday 8 May 2pm &
Friday 8 May 2.30pm | £4
Saturday 9 May 2.30pm | £4
With Phil Brown. Low
Get started with Terry Walsh.
D whistle required
Friday 8 May 12.30pm | Free | Lancashire Fusiliers Museum Saturday 9 May 1.30pm | £2 Free to ticket holders | The Met Introducing you to global grooves, sca-ridden rifts, ethereal soundscapes – carrying you swiftly on a global fipple lead sojourn – which eventually lands back in Bury.
The Whistle and Me
High D Whistle Required. 14+
The Whistle from Scratch
Two Tubs Sessions
Twiddly Bits
Meet The Maker
Saturday 9 May 11.30am | £4
Throughout the weekend
Transitions Flute to Whistle
Low D required.
Dixon Whistles are a
Friday 8 May 3.40pm | £4
Sessions
Free to Festival ticket holders
Saturday 9 May 10.30am | £4
With Mat Walklate. Low
For 7-11 yr olds and their parents.
D Whistle required.
Two Tubs Sessions
and chat with Tony Dixon in the foyer and admire the Dixon range.
Saturday 9 May from 5pm @ The Two Tubs (across Market
Big Whistle Weekend workshop
renowned brand. Meet
Square from The Met).
Festival Tickets See more with a festival ticket.
Saturday 9 May 10am | £2
The Big Whistle Stand
Free to Festival ticket holders
Throughout the weekend
Anecdotes and valuable
A range of whistle related
whistling tips with Mark
material, expert advice
Festival Tickets include
Dunlop of Malinky.
and support available.
all concerts and talks.
q Festival ticket £45 q Two day ticket £35 q Saturday ticket £20
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The Missionary’s Position
Chris Wood
Penny Dreadful
Friday 15 May 8pm Folk roots Main theatre £10 £8 concs and members
Thursday 14 May 7.30pm Drama Main theatre
Chris Wood is an
£8 £6 concs and members
uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. Chris’ latest release Tresspasser won album of the year at the 2009 BBC Folk
Following their sell-out tour and
as a sideshow freak in a carnival?
award-winning Edinburgh run, the
And what about the woman
team behind The Bitches Ball bring
who put him there, seventeen
you another famously forgotten
year old Barbara Harris?
character - the Reverend Harold Davidson, rector of Stiffkey.
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The true story of the Prostitutes’ Padre is retold
Awards.
Adrian Wilkinson Trio
Chris Wood
The Adrian Wilkinson Trio is inspired by classic jazz trio Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Teddy Wilson.
Defrocked by the church but called
as a Music Hall show, with
a saint by his parishioners, how
original live music, saucy
Thursday 14 May 8pm
Featuring Malcolm Hogarth on
did the tap-dancing vicar end up
songs and eccentric dance.
Jazz Studio £6
piano and Phil Steel on drums.
The Office Party Curtain Call Theatre
Mostly Autumn
Sherlock Holmes... Fairport Acoustic The Last Act! Convention
Saturday 16 May 8pm
Thursday 21 May 7.30pm
Thursday 21 May 8pm
Friday 15 May 7.30pm
Rock and pop Main theatre
Drama Studio
Folk roots Main theatre
Drama Studio £5
£14 advance £15 door
£8 £6 concs and members
£16 £14 concs and members
Fresh young theatre company
Award winning classic rock band
The world’s greatest fictional
Enjoy an intimate evening with
Curtain Call bring John Godber’s
Mostly Autumn blend together
detective confronts the most
Fairport Convention’s acoustic
latest comedy to The Met.
influences from the great
complex case of all... his own
take on folk-rock music. The band
bands of the 1970s to produce
psyche. This entertaining solo play
is renowned for inventing the
original material that conveys
explores the mind of the real man
British folk-rock genre. Fairport are
the excitement and energy of
- passionate and secretive, with
winners of the coveted BBC Radio
modern rock ballads. Rick Wright
a cutting sense of humour and
2 Lifetime Achievement Award and
(Pink Floyd) was amongst their
unexpected
their classic Liege and Lief has been
fans and praised them as an
fears and
voted most influential folk album
weaknesses.
of all time by Radio 2 listeners.
Visit Chapman and Howard, a small advertising company enjoying their traditional Christmas bash. When the music starts and the drinks flow, no-one can be sure exactly what will happen!
amazing band. Standing event.
Fairport Acoustic Convention
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Hot Club of Cowtown
The Purple Effect Saturday 23 May 7.30pm Rock and pop Main theatre £8 advance £10 door Cult heroes The Purple Effect lived fast and rocked hard. Terry Christian once wrote “...were they from L.A and not the badlands of Bury they would be massive.” Reunited after sixteen years for a final show with original support bands Dylan Roach and Dirty Raincoats this is a gig not to be missed. Standing event.
Hot Club of Cowtown
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More than a decade after their
Jazz collides with country, creating
and theatres and featured on
formation, the band has grown
an amazing sound that’s half hoe-
radio and TV including the BBC’s
to be the most globe-trottting,
down half boogie-woogie. They
Later with Jools Holland.
hard swinging trio on the planet.
have appeared at festivals, clubs
Standing event.
The Purple Effect
Friday 22 May 8pm Americana/Jazz Main theatre £12 £10 concs and members
Sunday 24 May 8pm Blues Main theatre £10 £8 concs and members Mississippi’s Fruteland Jackson is an amazing blues artist performing
Fur Coat and Magic Knickers
Mish Mash
Fruteland Jackson
MsFits Theatre Company Wednesday 27 May 7.30pm Drama Studio £8 £6 concs and members
acoustic blues, from contemporary
Pensioner Maggie is a
to traditional, from the blues of
compulsive shopper she just
early field-holler songs and work
has to buy, buy, buy! Personal
songs to Delta and Piedmont
shopper Jenny is at breaking
Blues, as well as
point, she just has
his own
to sell, sell sell!
Mish Mash Dirty Raw Cabaret
original
Thursday 28 May 8.30pm
works.
Comedy Music Words Studio £5 Dare to dip your toe inside the unhealthy minds of the North
has a hot date and she refuses to get
Fruteland Jackson
into those magic knickers! When alarm bells ring three women find themselves in an adventure of a lifetime, will they ever be the same again?
Fur Coat and Magic Knickers
Rose
West’s most sophisticated yet unbalanced new acts. They put the beret into cab-beret, and they aren’t even French! “This is the most toppest night ever” HMS The Queen “Absolutely dreadful...” Newsnight Review 17
Lea DeLaria The Smoke Tour Thursday 28 May 8pm Jazz Main theatre £12 £10 concs and members
Potted Pirates
The Revelators
Friday 29 May 4pm
Friday 29 May 8.30pm
Family show/Comedy Main theatre
Blues Studio
£6 £4 members
£8 £6 concs and members
A national celebrity in the United
Perhaps best known for her
States and gay icon worldwide,
turns on hit US sitcoms, Friends
Lea DeLaria has thrilled audiences
and Will and Grace, tonight
After the success of Potted Potter,
Manchester’s The Revelators
in a wide range of settings,
she appears with her jazz trio,
CBBC presenters Dan and Jeff
are a four piece blues band
from her acerbic and award-
to perform an evening of up-
return, swapping wizards for
playing soulful blues influenced
winning stand-up comedy
tempo swing, haunting ballads
walking the plank and trading
by Robert Cray and Joe Louis
shows, as an actress, Broadway
and the wittiest of repartee.
Hogwarts for the high seas. Will
Walker. Formerly The Convertibles,
Star, writer, and internationally
Dan persuade Jeff to let him
the band have already played
acclaimed jazz vocalist.
play Jack Sparrow? And how
many festivals and now with
will Jeff keep things ship-shape
the addition of new members
with that scallywag Dan aboard?
they have added a new sound to
Recommended for ages 6+.
their already funky/blues feel.
Potted Pirates
Lea Delaria 18
Saturday 30 May 8pm Folk roots Main theatre £17.50 £15 concs and members Accompanying Michael
Ed Boyd (guitar), Neil Yates
McGoldrick’s flute, whistles and
(trumpet), Parvinder Bharat
uilleann pipes will be regular
(tablas) and James Mackintosh
cohorts Dezi Donnelly (fiddle),
(drums), plus special guests
John Joe Kelly (bodhran),
from the dynamic ManchesterIrish scene that originally nurtured his talents.
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Michael McGoldrick Big Band
The Way of the Drum
Michael McGoldrick
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
First Thursday Comedy Club
Thursday 4 June 7.30pm
Thursday 4 June 8.30pm
World roots Main theatre
Comedy Studio
£12 £8 concs and members
£8 £6 concs and members
Mugenkyo return to the roots
The Met’s monthly comedy club
of Taiko Drumming, performing
continues with unique comedy
traditional pieces from Japan and
musician Pierre Hollins, described
revealing the history and culture
as ‘An unsung hero of new comedy’
of this fascinating folk art in a
by Time Out, and Imran Yusef,
lively and entertaining concert.
finalist in the 2008 Laughing Horse
An exciting, energetic
new act competition. Plus Liverpool
and enjoyable journey
Echo Comedian of the Year R
that’s not to be missed.
David and a fantastic support! 19
Joni Mitchell Project Friday 5 June 8.30pm Rock and pop Main theatre £12 £10 concs and members
live and she performed Coyote in Martin Scorsese’s film The Last
Sally Barker (The Poozies) has
Waltz. Sally accomplishes the vocal
cherished a long-held ambition
demands with ease and extensive
to present Joni Mitchell’s songs
research has ensured that the
as close to their original form as
guitar accompaniment matches the
is possible. Big Yellow Taxi was
high standards set by Joni herself.
Black Marrias Friday 5 June 8pm
Nordgarden & April Maybe May
Rock and pop Studio
Saturday 6 June 8.30pm
£4 advance £5 door
Rock and pop Studio £6
Hot on the heels of the Dylan
A wonderful musician and
Roach reunion, the Black Marrias
songwriter, Norway’s Nordgarden
features four original members
has been having a busy year with
including Bury’s Danny Ashbury,
the release of his 3rd album.
Paul Keo (Monaco, Freebase) and
Formerly Fallen Leaves, April Maybe
beat poet Tommy T Wrong. The
May are back with a new name and
band plus special guests will be
new songs in a year that should
unleasing their art rock credentials
see them catapulted
promoting their forthcoming album
into the premiership
Slippery Dogs. Standing event.
of musical acts.
Po’ Girl
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one of the first songs Sally sang
Charlotte Atack and Justin Shearn Thursday 11 June 8pm Jazz Studio £6 This new Manchester based sax and keyboard duo will be performing a selection of soul jazz numbers and popular tunes.
Be My Baby
The emphasis is on melody and you can expect to recognise music
Po’ Girl
Be My Baby Northface Theatre Company Thursday 11 June 7.30pm
Americana Main theatre
Drama Main theatre
£12 £10 concs and members
£8 £6 concs and members
Po’ Girl’s music springs from the
The north of England, 1964.
dynamic, improbable, mesmerizing
Mary, nineteen and expecting a
bond shared by its two principal
baby, is sent to an institution for
singers and writers - Allison Russell
unmarried mothers. A moving,
and Awna Teixeira. The interplay
often humorous drama set to a
between these two stunning
soundtrack of sixties girl groups
performers is truly something
The Shangri-
to behold. They release their
La’s and The
new album in May this year.
Ronettes.
Silver, Cannonball Adderley, Stanley Turrentine, Stevie Wonder and Maceo Parker amongst others.
Charlotte Atack
Wednesday 10 June 8pm
from the repertoires of Horace
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John Hegley
Kathryn Williams
Beyond Our Kennel
Wednesday 17 June 8pm Rock and pop Main theatre
Friday 12 June 7.30pm
£14 £12 concs
Poetry/Comedy Main theatre £14 £10 concs and members
Kathryn Williams returns to The Met with her band to preview
Wordsmith John Hegley is on the
songs from her new album
road again. His latest concoction of
released early this year. Her
comic poetry, stand-up, storytelling
delicate acoustic arrangements and
and song is an
poetic songs tell of the emotion
A to Z carnival
hidden in our everyday world and
of animals…
make her one of the UK’s most
some of which
acclaimed singer-songwriters.
turn out to be
She counts Dido and Norah
human. Music comes courtesy of Keith Moore, dressed
Jones amongst her many fans.
John Hegley
Mish Mash
clown-style
Dirty Raw Cabaret
in checks
Thursday 18 June 8.30pm
and a
Comedy Music Words Studio £5
bowler hat.
Another dip inside the unhealthy minds of the North
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West’s most sophisticated yet unbalanced new acts.
A Mr Kite Benefit Friday 19 June 8pm Folk roots Main theatre £17 Drever, McCucker and Woomble
instrumentalists of his generation.
combine on one of the most
Lau’s Kris Drever is a singer
innovative projects this year.
songwriter of the highest calibre
John McCusker is a highly regarded
who has carried folk music into
The Naked Truth
traditional musician who is rated
the 21st century. The super band
throughout folk-land as one of
trio is completed by Idlewild
Theatre Productions
the most naturally gifted multi-
front man Roddy Woomble.
Thursday 18 June 8pm
Room on a Broom
Lisa Riley
Drever McCusker Woomble
Room on a Broom Tall Stories Theatre Company
Drama Main theatre £20
Saturday 20 June 1pm Five women with very different
Family show Main theatre
backgrounds join a pole dancing
£6 £4 members
class and share lessons in Songs, laughs and scary fun for
while learning to dance.
ages 3 and up, adapted from the
Full of witty one liners that never trivialise the weighty subjects, but make for a fully entertaining evening with the all female cast including Bury’s own Lisa Riley (Emmerdale), Abi Titmuss, and a host of other talented actors.
Drever McCusker Woomble
life and emotional baggage
book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. The witch and her cat are flying happily on their broomstick - until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand… 23
Ian McNabb
Vin Garbutt
Gary Fletcher
Saturday 20 June 8pm
Thursday 25 June 8pm
Friday 26 June 8.30pm
Rock and pop Main theatre
Folk roots Main theatre
Blues Studio
£15 advance £17 door
£12 £10 concs and members
£8 £6 concs and members
Ian McNabb first rose to fame as
Vin Garbutt’s music is powerful,
Gary Fletcher was one of the
front man of cult eighties band
moving, warm, humane, inspired,
original founding members of
The Icicle Works. He has released
funny and gut wrenchingly honest.
The Blues Band in 1979. His
eight albums, been nominated for a
This international award winning,
lyrics are articulate, thought
Mercury Music Award and recently
singer songwriter is about to embark
provoking and at times very
published his highly acclaimed
on his fortieth year on the road.
personal along with covers form
will perform songs from his long
an emotional roller coaster
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the likes of Willie Dixon, Blind Willie Johnson, and Eric Bibb.
ride.” The Real Groove
Vin Garbutt
career along with a few tales.
“turns a live performance into
Gary Fletcher
autobiography Merseybeast. He
Patrick Monahan
Kerfuffle
Limehouse Lizzy
Kerfuffle
Limehouse Lizzy A tribute to Thin Lizzy
First Thursday Comedy Club
Saturday 27 June 8pm
Saturday 27 June 8pm
Thursday 2 July 8.30pm
Folk roots Studio theatre
Rock and pop Main theatre
Comedy Studio
£10 £8 concs and members
£13 advance £14 door
£8 £6 concs and members
With the release of To The Ground,
One of Europe’s finest tribute
Our monthly comedy club returns
Kerfuffle’s place as one of the
bands, Limehouse Lizzy return
with a triple pre-Edinburgh
premier young folk acts in the
to The Met as part of their
extravaganza! A veteran of many
UK today is assured. Their vibrant
2009 Spirit of the Black Rose
Fringe shows, Patrick Monahan has
arrangements draw on influences
tour, bringing their mirrored
appeared on the Armstrong and
from across Europe, incorporating
backdrop, police lights, and full
Miller Show and the Paul O’Grady
tunes, songs and dances. Kerfuffle
pyrotechnic display. Expect
Show, as well as being the regular
perform their music with immense
Whisky in the Jar, The Boys are
warm-up man for Friday Night
vitality and style. The band features
Back in Town, and many more
with Jonathan Ross. Also featuring
Bellowhead’s Sam Sweeney.
Phil Lynott hits. Standing event.
Alfie Moore and Alan Seaman. 25
Eve Selis
Metro Jazz with guest vocalist Simon Fletcher Friday 3 July 8pm Jazz Main theatre
supported by Alana Levandoski
£6 £4 conc and members
Thu 2 July 8pm
The Met’s community
Americana
jazz orchestra, lead by
Main theatre
Munch Manship, returns
£12 £10 conc
for another popular gig.
& members
The Frog Princess
This five-time San Diego Music Awards
Wild Wood Theatre
winner blends country, R&B, blues, folk, and
Saturday 4 July 11am
rock ‘n’ roll into a
Family show Main theatre
high calibre musical
£6 £4 members
cocktail topped off
Ivan’s world is turned upside down
with a splash of her
when he is forced to marry a
indelible “lemonade
frog! Then one night he discovers
and whiskey” voice.
beautiful princess in the grip of a
Eve presents songs
terrible spell. Puppets and crazy
from her new album
characters combine in
Angels and Eagles, due out in May. 26
that his frog fiance is actually a
In this intimate show
Eve Selis
this fantastic tale for all the family. For ages 5-11.
Tanglefoot
Rusholme Ruffians Friday 10 July 8pm Rock and pop Main theatre £6 advance £8 door Performing a range of well-loved covers in their own stripped down, acoustic style; focusing on Manchester classics from such bands as Oasis, The Smiths and Morrissey, Stone Roses and James. Rusholme Ruffians features Coronation Street’s Ben Thompson as lead singer and rhythm guitarist. Standing event.
Think Floyd
Tanglefoot
Saturday 4 July 8pm
Thursday 9 July 8pm
Rock and pop Main theatre £12
Folk roots Main theatre £12 £10 conc and members
Think Floyd are renowned for
Once described as ‘Stan Rogers
agility and are a noteworthy
Saturday 11 July 8pm
their stunning celebration of the
meets Van Halen’, Tanglefoot is a
group of songwriters. This is their
Variety Main theatre
music of Pink Floyd. This year is
mix of sweeping Canadiana and
last tour so be sure not to miss it!
£10 £7 concession
the thirtieth anniversary of The
rampaging enthusiasm. Best known
Wall and this show will feature
for their exquisite vocal polish and
a selection of tracks from this
relentless energy, they’re also a
classic album. Standing event.
band with substantial instrumental
“elegant, sensitive musicianship and an impressive range of talent” BBC
Not the only Gays in the Village Presented by Bury LGBT
The popular night of music and comedy celebrating diversity in Bury returns. 27
Dave Arcari Friday 17 July 8.30pm
Phil Cool and Ken Nichol
Blues Studio £8 £6 concs and members Slide guitarist and songwriter Dave Arcari’s alt blues sound owes as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as it does to pre-war
Phil Cool and Ken Nichol
Delta blues. Dave has just
Thursday 16 July 8pm
tour with Seasick
Saturday 11 July 8.30pm
Folk roots/Comedy Main theatre
Steve, Alabama 3
Americana Studio £6
£12 £10 concs and members
and Jon Spencer.
Winelight Sessions present
Ken Nicol of Steeleye Span
Canada’s Alana Levandoski, who will
and Phil Cool, comedian and
be performing songs from all her
impressionist perform an evening
albums including her recent release
full of music that plucks the
recorded with producer Ken Nelson
heartstrings and tickles the funny
(Coldplay, Paulo Nutini). Expect
bone. Mixing musical talent
country tinged songs with edge and
with a hint of comedy, the night
attitude, delivered in a style not
also features a range of Phil’s
too distant from Nanci Griffith.
brilliant musical impressions.
Plus support
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released his fifth solo album and been on
“That boy bleeds for you – he’s a real down deep player and a soul man...” Seasick Steve
Dave Arcari
Alana Levandoski
Ollie Austin All Star Band
First Thursday Comedy Club
Family Friendly Film Festival
Thursday 6 August 8.30pm
Friday 7 August 10am - 4pm
Comedy Studio
Saturday 8 August 10am - 4pm
£8 £6 concs and members
Film Main theatre FREE!
Featuring four of the top
Following last year’s success, Family
Dean Friedman
acts from the national
Friendly Film Festival returns for
and international comedy
another day of cinematic mayhem.
scene, our comedy club
With animation and hands on fun
brings you the best of the
this is a perfect family day out!
Friday 24 July 8pm
established the comedians
Best of Friends Tour 2009
Saturday 18 July 8pm Country Main theatre £12.50
Featuring songs made famous by Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings
Classic country from six piece
and Johnny Cash, performed in
Ollie Austin and the All Star Band.
the band’s own unique style.
and the most exciting up
Rock and pop Main theatre
and coming stars on the first
Advance: £16 (£14 conc)
Thursday of every month.
Door: £18 (£16 conc)
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Following his sell out show last autumn, Dean Friedman returns to performs his hits Lydia, Lucky Stars and Ariel, plus material from
funny, profound work of a master songsmith.
Photo by Graeme Young
Discover the sophisticated,
Dean Friedman
his critically acclaimed CDs.
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Book now for Christmas Lyngo Theatre & The Met 2009! present Hansel & Gretel
Coming soon...
Xmas show
Eliza Carthy
Hansel and Gretel Times? £6
Thu 10 September 8pm | £16 £14 conc
Is hunger stronger than love?
Jason Manford
It’s easier to feed two mouths than
Fri 18-Sun 20 September 8pm | £10
four and the poor woodsman’s Lyngo Theatre Company
empty stomach goes to his head Wed 16 - Thu £6 - he gives in to24 hisDecember bony wife and
Kiki Dee and Carmelo Luggeri
Hansel and Gretel have to be This year, don’t miss the left in the forest, not just once opportunity to see one of the but twice and the second time world’s best loved fairy Tales, when there won’t be any moonstones Hansel and Gretel is brought to to follow back home. Instead life by Lyngo Theatre Company for they follow their noses to the The Met’s 2009 Christmas show. sugary heart of darkness...
Sat 17 October 8pm | £12 £10 conc
Karine Polwart Thu 5 November 8pm | £16 £14 conc
Beverly Craven
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Hansel and Gretel
Karine Polwart
Friday 27 November 8pm | £16
It’s easier to feed two mouths than Hansel and Gretel’s journey takes four and the poor woodsman’s them from a house with empty empty stomach goes to his head. cupboards and a mother who Hansel and Gretel have to be left doesn’t like children to a house in the forest, where they follow made of sweets and someone who their noses to a house made of just loves children - on toast. sweets and someone who just For families and children loves children – on toast. over 4. For families and children over 4.
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