Hexham Queen’s Hall JANUARY
Northumberland Young Farmers Clubs present 27 Up Pantomime - The Snow Queen Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 January 7.00pm Saturday 11 January 2.00pm Come along and cheer and boo as past members of Northumberland Young Farmers perform the traditional pantomime, The Snow Queen. Tickets: £14.00 / £8.00 (children)
Hexham & District Music Society presents John Paul Ekins (piano)
Wednesday 15 January 7.45pm John Paul was chosen last year as Making Music Young Artist and is enjoying a busy recital season. He has been praised for his engaging communication as well as for his accomplished playing. Programme: Mozart, Beethoven & Tippett Tickets: £15.00 / £7.50 (students) / £1.00 (schoolchildren)
Film in the Theatre: Rebecca
Thursday 16 January 8.00pm When a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of the first wife maintaining a grip on her husband and the servants. Starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine, based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Tickets: £4.50 / £3.50 (Friends / Film Club members)
The Allenheads Moving Image Archive
Saturday 18 January – Saturday 1 March GALLERY TWO The video on show here is a sample of films made by the people of Allenheads and the surrounding area to create a living archive of video and film.
Half Moon presents A Roo in My Suitcase
Saturday 18 January 11.00am & 2.00pm Funny, quirky and cuddly as a bag of marsupials, poet Rosemary Harris, and a friendly collection of Australian animals, celebrates friendship through poetry, songs and plenty of joining in! For ages 3-7yrs. Tickets: £6.50 / £5.00 (groups of 4 or more)
BITESIZE drama The Next Train to Depart
Friday 24 January 8.00pm Tuesday 28 January 2.00pm A twist on the classic train station love story, this is a poetic play, about a chance meeting, a platform to nowhere and the baggage we try, in vain, to leave behind. BITESIZE Ticket: £10.00
Traditional Music - The Outside Track
Saturday 25 January 7.30pm Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton, its five members are united by a love of traditional music and a commitment to creating new music on this as a foundation. They blend fiddle, accordion, harp, guitar, whistle, step-dance and vocals with breathtaking vitality. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 (student)
Jazz Club
Wednesday 29 January 8.00pm In the Little Angel Café Play along with the rhythm section of the evening in an informal atmosphere then sit back and enjoy the guests. Tickets: £3.00 on the door / Under 18s free
Young Opera Venture presents The Marriage of Figaro
Half Moon presents M for Medea
Friday 17 January 7.30pm What makes us do the things we do? What are the consequences when love, jealousy and revenge are pushed to the extreme? M for Medea is a contemporary retelling of Euripides’ Medea, exploring the lengths that people will go to when they think they are right. A modern story of betrayal that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Tickets: £8.50 / £4.50 (student)
Thursday 30 January 7.00pm An acclaimed production of Mozart’s great comic masterpiece, with its witty and complex plot, great music, and characters in hilarious and dangerous situations. Tickets: £16.50 / £10 (student)
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Film in the Theatre: Summer in February (15)
Thursday 6 February 8.00pm In the days leading up to World War I, a colony of bohemian artists in coastal Cornwall contends with love and loss in this period drama. Based on the novel by Jonathan Smith and directed by Christopher Menaul. (2013) Tickets: £4.50 / £3.50 (Friends / Film Club members)
BITESIZE drama Perfect Fools present A Dog’s Heart
Friday 7 February 8.00pm Saturday 8 February 8.00pm A visually inventive retelling of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel brought to life through a blend of comic clowning and stylish storytelling. With shades of Frankenstein, Faustus and Dr Moreau this is a freakish tale with a bitingly satirical slant. BITESIZE Ticket: £10.00
FEBRUARY
Blackeyed Theatre presents Dracula
Saturday 1 February 7.30pm This brilliant, theatrical treatment of Bram Stoker’s adventure blends Victorian Gothic with the Contemporary. With specially commissioned live music, powerful ensemble performances and innovative design, Blackeyed Theatre’s Dracula promises an exciting and thought-
BITESIZE drama Love and Red Tape
Friday 21 February 2.00pm & 8.00pm Love and Red Tape is an invigorating satire for ages 15 years and up about love for duty where middle-management administrators lead their audience through a catastrophic health and safety crisis. Purge your frustrations and fury with laughter in this absurd clown tale about Love and Bureaucracy. BITESIZE Ticket: £10.00
Dance - Riots
Tuesday 11 February 7.30pm Southpaw Dance Company, under the artistic direction of choreographer Robby Graham, creates work within hip hop dance theatre. Riots is an exciting new dance piece featuring Graham’s unique movement style that draws on breaking, contemporary and contact movement. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)
Young Farmers’ Entertainment Competition
Eliminators: Wednesday 12 – Thursday 13 February 7.00pm Final: Saturday 15 February 6.00pm Young Farmers’ Clubs compete in the Entertainment Competition with the top three performances qualifying for the Saturday final. The winners will then represent Northumberland YFC in the Northern Region competition. Tickets: £7.00 / £4.00 (16yrs and under / OAPs)
World Sound for Peace Day
Friday 14 February 12 noon – 2pm SoundTouch will be creating a ‘Sound Lounge’ in Gallery One using the continuous resonant sounds of gongs, Tibetan bowls, cello and vocal harmonics. Free ‘Drop-in’ event
Hexham & District Music Society presents Benyounes String Quartet
Scanning Falstone Show
Saturday 18 January – Saturday 1 March GALLERY ONE Scanning Falstone Show is a ScanLAB project that has used 3D scanning technology to document the 2013 Falstone Border Shepherds Show, a traditional village event in rural Northumberland.
provoking theatrical experience. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)
G&S Opera Opera della Luna presents The Mikado
Saturday 22 February 7.30pm Set in the zany flashy world of modern fashion houses with costumes inspired by Versace and Jean-Paul Gaultier, this energetic production promises a riot of gorgeous and bizarre creations. Expect sequins, stunning gowns, glamour, glorious singing, and, of course, the company’s inimitable brand of mad-cap humour. Tickets: £15.00 / £13.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £9.00 (student)
Theatre - My Romantic History
Wednesday 26 February 7.30pm When Tom and Amy get together after a boozy office party, it seems like they might be able to make a go of it. But soon the ghosts of relationships past begin to interfere with the here and now. And getting over our romantic histories is easier said than done. Tickets: £10.00 / £8.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)
Friday 14 February 7.45pm Zara Benyounes leads this talented group which made its Wigmore Hall debut last season to enthusiastic praise. Programme: Haydn, Beethoven , Dvorak. Tickets: £15.00 / £7.50 (students) / £1.00 (schoolchildren)
Derek Acorah: Enlightenment Tour
Thursday 20 February 7.30pm Voted Britain’s Favourite Male Medium by the prestigious Soul & Spirit Magazine. Tickets: £17.50 / £16.50 (Friends / benefit conc / student)
For all enquiries contact the Queen’s Hall Box Office on: 01434 652477 or book online at:
www.queenshall.co.uk