Wem Town Hall
Arts • Learning • Community May - July 2023
VENUE INFORMATION
High Street, Wem, Shropshire, SY4 5DG
REG CHARITY No, 1113075
Reception: (Information, Tickets and Bookings) 01939 232299
Or Online 24hrs
www.wemtownhall.co.uk info@wemtownhall.co.uk
Open Monday-Saturday 9am-3pm and at other times for events. Follow us on Twitter @WEMTOWNHALL or like us on Facebook.
WHERE EVERYONE MATTERS
As part of the W.E.M project Wem Town Hall is proud to be offering access to the arts for those living with dementia and memory loss. Activities include Movie Matinees and Singing Sessions which gives the person living with dementia and their carer the opportunity to relax and connect through something they can enjoy together in a supported environment.
Community Singing Sessions
Monday 15 May, 1pm
Friday 19 May, 1pm
Monday 19th June, 1pm
Friday 23rd June, 1pm
Monday 17th July, 1pm
Friday 21st July, 1pm
Relaxed, fun, and interactive singing sessions. With local music leader Eve.
Tickets: £5, carers free (includes tea or coffee)
The Young Ones (U)
Monday 5 June, 1pm
Friday 9 June, 1pm
Cliff Richard stars as the leader of a Paddington youth club. When their meeting place is bought out from under them, the youth club gang stages a tuneful fund-raiser.
Tickets: £5, carers free (includes tea or coffee)
WELCOME
LIVE EVENTS
Ballroom & Sequence Dance
Friday 26 May, 7.30pm
Friday 28 July, 7.30pm
Dance the night away on the best dance floor in Shropshire. Get swept away in classic ballroom dance to live music by John Harrison and Graham Darby or twirl away with group sequence dancing, a style of ballroom dancing in which all dancers perform the same steps.
Just want to watch and enjoy the music? Come along! Non-dancers are very welcome.
Our café bar will also be open and refreshments will be available.
Tickets: £6 dancers, £2.50 non-dancers.
Wem Sweet Pea Annual Show
Saturday 15 July 10am – 5pm
Sunday 16 July 10am – 3pm
Wem’s legendary Sweet Pea Show returns this summer, with vase classes for Spencer and Grandiflora varieties as well as Floral Art and Children’s classes.
There will be a variety of craft, gift and food stalls as part of the show too!
Wem Town Hall’s Truly Scrumptious Cafe will be also open while the Sweet Pea Show is on, serving delicious homemade cakes, refreshing drinks and more!
Adults £2 for 1 day or £3 for the two days. Children FREE
BIG SCREEN EVENTS
NT Live: Best of Enemies (12A)
Thursday 18 May, 7pm
A multiple award-winning new drama set in 1968 America. The cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal battle it out on a new nightly tv format, debating the moral landscape of a shattered nation.
Tickets: Adults £14, WTH Friends £13, Aged 19 & under £8
ROH Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (12A)
Wednesday 24 May, 7.15pm
Be swept away by Tchaikovsky’s ravishing music and Oliver Messel’s sumptuous designs with this true gem of a retelling of a classic fairytale.
***** The Times
Tickets: Adults £17, WTH Friends £16, Aged 19 & under £11
ROH Opera: Il Trovatore (12A)
Sunday 18 June, 2pm
(3 hours 40 minutes, including interval)
Passions run high in Verdi’s classic opera, as Manrico and the Count di Luna compete for the affections of Leonora. Little do they know, Manrico’s mother Azucena has been keeping a terrible secret for decades.
Tickets: Adults £17, WTH Friends £16, Aged 19 & under £11
EOS presents Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition (12A)
Friday 30 June, 7pm
Saturday 1 July, 1pm
(90 minutes)
Experience the once-in-a-lifetime exhibition on the big screen…See Vermeer’s most famous masterpieces including ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’.
Tickets: Adults £14, WTH Friends £13, Aged 19 under £8
FILM Film Screenings
Unless stated, all films are priced at £8 Adults, £7 Friends and £6 for 19’s and under. At time of going to print some film ratings and timings are to be confirmed and may be subject to change.
The Best of British and World Cinema Project
BE REWARDED! Attend any five Best of British and World film screenings at Wem Town Hall and get your sixth free! At your first screening ask for a loyalty card and then get it stamped each time you attend a qualifying film. Look out for the Best of British and World Cinema Stamp across our film listings to see which screenings are applicable!
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A)
Tuesday 9 May, 1.30pm
Thursday 11 May 7.30pm
(1 hour 48 minutes)
Lily James and Emma Thompson star in this cross-cultural Romantic Comedy. When documentary-maker Zoe’s best friend agrees to an arranged marriage, she begins to wonder if this different approach to love might just be on to something.
BIG SCREEN EVENTS
Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)
Saturday 27 May, 10am
Tuesday 30 May, 10am & 1.30pm
Wednesday 31 May, 1.30pm (1 hour 32 minutes)
Animated action fun for all the family! Based on the classic video game. A charismatic plumber travels to the Mushroom Kingdom to find his brother, Luigi. From the makers of Minions
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A)
Saturday 27 May, 1pm
Tuesday 30 May, 4pm
Thursday 1 June, 7.30pm (2 hours 14 minutes)
Fantasy adventure adaptation of the popular board game. A band of unlikely heroes embark on an epic quest but things go dangerously awry. Starring Hugh Grant, Chris Pine and Regé-Jean Page.
Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (PG)
Tuesday 6 June, 1.30pm
Thursday 8 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 49 minutes)
This Oscar nominated drama and audience award winner at multiple film festivals finds a disillusioned schoolteacher in Bhutan, shirking his duties as he pursues moving to Australia to become a singer. His Grandmother and the authorities have other ideas, and he is transferred to the most remote school in the world – Lunana, in a life changing experience.
(In Dzongkha with English Subtitles.)
Little English (12A)
Tuesday 13 June 1.30pm
Thursday 15 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 38 minutes)
A laugh-out-loud comedy of a dysfunctional Punjabi family in suburban Slough. Newly arrived from India to marry the family’s eldest son Raj, who shockingly does a runner, Simmy is left in the house by her domineering mother-in-law.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A)
Friday 16 June 7.30pm
Tuesday 20 June 1.30pm
Thursday 22 June, 7.30pm (1 hour 48 minutes)
Harold is an ordinary man who has let life pass him by. One day he goes to post a letter...and just keeps walking. Starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton.
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15)
Friday 23 June, 7.30pm
Tuesday 27 June, 1.30pm
Thursday 29 June 7.30pm (2 hours 1 minute)
D’Artagnan finds himself entangled in a real war where the future of France is at stake. Aligned with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King, D’Artagnan faces the dark machinations of the Cardinal of Richelieu. (In French with English subtitles.)
“This is a lavishly produced, very enjoyable innocent pleasure.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
DIARY OF EVENTS
MAY
NT Live: Life of Pi (12A) Fri 5th, 7pm BIG SCREEN
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A) Tues 9th, 1.30pm FILM
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (12A) Thurs 11th, 7.30pm FILM
Community Singing Session Mon 15th, 1pm WORKSHOP
NT Live: Best of Enemies Thurs 18th, 7pm BIG SCREEN
Community Singing Session Fri 19th, 1pm WORKSHOP
ROH Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (12A) Weds 24th, 7.15pm BIG SCREEN
Ballroom and Sequence Dance Fri 26th, 7.30pm DANCE
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) Sat 27th, 10am FILM
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A) Sat 27th, 1pm FILM
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) Tuesday 30th, 10am FILM
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) Tuesday 30th 1.30pm FILM
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A) Tuesday 30th, 4pm FILM
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) Weds 31st, 1.30pm FILM
JUNE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (12A) Thurs 1st, 7.30pm FILM
The Young Ones (U) Mon 5th, 1pm DEMENTIA FRIENDLY FILM
Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (PG) Tues 6th, 1.30pm FILM
Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (PG) Thurs 8th, 7.30pm FILM
The Young Ones (U) Fri 9th, 1pm DEMENTIA FRIENDLY FILM
Little English (12A) Tues 13th, 1.30pm FILM
Little English (12A) Thurs 15th, 7.30pm FILM
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A) Fri 16th, 7.30pm FILM
ROH Opera: Il Travatore Sun 18th, 2pm BIG SCREEN
Community Singing Session Mon 19th, 1pm WORKSHOP
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A) Tues 20th, 1.30pm FILM
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A) Thurs 22nd, 7.30pm FILM
Community Singing Session Fri 23rd, 1pm WORKSHOP
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15) Fri 23rd, 7.30pm FILM
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15) Tues 27th, 1.30pm FILM
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15) Thurs 29th, 7.30pm FILM
EOS presents Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition Fri 30th, 7pm BIG SCREEN
JULY
EOS presents Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition Sat 1st, 1pm BIG SCREEN
Wem Sweet Pea Show Sat 15th, 10am – 5pm COMMUNITY
Wem Sweet Pea Show Sun 16th, 10am – 3pm COMMUNITY
Ballroom and Sequence Dance Fri 28th, 7.30pm DANCE
