professional shows and big screen films at affordable prices in informal spaces
events in herefordshire & shropshire Sep 16 – Jan 17
WELCOME
INFO Dear Audiences,
Welcome to our first ever Arts Alive and Flicks in the Sticks joint brochure – now you can see all our flicks films and live events in one handy booklet! It would be fantastic if you could introduce new people to our great local events. To get the most up-to-date information and a reminder of what’s on each week please sign up for our free weekly email alert. See the exciting news on the back page about how we can double your donations when you support our work. We appreciate the financial support of all our funders (listed opposite), without whom this important service to rural communities wouldn’t exist. We would love to hear about your experience of our events – you can do so on our website, via twitter or facebook, email us, or with a good old fashioned letter! Thank you; we hope you have fun at an event near you. Sian & Mary, Ian & Terri – the Arts Alive/Flicks organisers
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LIVE Performances Megson IN CONCERT www.megsonmusic.co.uk
Three-times nominated in the BBC Radio2 Folk Awards and double winners of the Spiral Earth Awards, Megson draw heavily on their north east heritage to create a truly unique brand of folk music. Great tunes, contemporary themed songs and a strong audience rapport make them a real treat! Fri 23 Sep 7.30pm Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton SY6 6BY Tickets: 01694 720132 £12
“Exceptionally lucky to have this level of performance outside of major cities. All praise to Arts Alive” Audience feedback
Nicholas Collett Your Bard www.nicholascollett.com
William Shakespeare: the greatest playwright the world has ever seen? Or just a front man? A player – a poet – or fraud? Now’s your chance to meet Will in person. In the pub. An informal audience with the man himself. His childhood, adventures at the Globe and what it’s like on tour. And whether he wrote all those plays… He’ll play a few of the greatest hits, perhaps write a sonnet – maybe teach you to dance the Volta. Ex-RSC and West End actor Nick Collett pours 30 years of working with Will into one evening. Ladies and gentlemen, raise your glasses – Your Bard! Sat 24 Sep 7.30pm Harley Village Hall SY5 6LP T ickets: 01952 510422 £10 See also 28th January in Kingsland, HR6 9RY
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FILMS SEPTEMBER
SEP • Shropshire venue • Herefordshire venue
1 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Brilley Village Hall
2 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall
2 7.00pm As You Like It (Globe version)
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The Simpson Hall, Burghill
2 7.30pm The Choir
PG Fownhope New Memorial Hall
3 7.30pm Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
PG Belmont Hall
5 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Church Stretton School
6 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Lydbury North Village Hall
7 7.30pm Golden Years
12a The Talbot Theatre
7 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Cardington Village Hall
8 7.00pm Sing Street
12a SpArC Theatre
9 7.30pm Brooklyn
12a Bodenham Parish Hall
9 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Colwall Village Hall
9 7.30pm Much Ado About Nothing (1993) PG Little Wenlock Village Hall 9 8.00pm While We’re Young
15 The Market Theatre
9 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Stoke Prior Village Hall
10 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Playhouse Cinema, Leominster
10 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Bayston Hill Memorial Hall
10 7.30pm Home Again
15 Belmont Hall
11 3.30pm James & the Giant Peach
U
Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall
12 7.30pm Joy
12a The Edge Arts Centre
13 7.00pm He Named Me Malala
PG St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross
13 7.30pm West Side Story
PG Garway Village Hall
14 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Hope Bowdler Village Hall
14 10.30am Dad’s Army
PG The Market Theatre
14 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG The Talbot Theatre
14 2.00pm Grace of Monaco
PG The Red House, Albrighton
15 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Claverley Village Hall
15 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Gorsley Village Hall
15 7.30pm Brooklyn
12a Kinnerley Parish Hall
16 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Cound Guildhall
16 8.00pm The Revenant
15 Clungunford Parish Hall
16 7.30pm Saving Mr Banks
PG Shifnal Village Hall
16 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Bosbury Parish Hall
17 7.30pm The Mermaid
15 Wellington Leisure Centre
W - World Cinema A BFI-funded initiative to promote more British and foreign films. By supporting venues financially and with extra marketing, we aim to increase the number of screenings and audiences for these films. P - Bigger Picture S B upported by the BFI Audience Network and Heritage Lottery, this project aims to uncover archive films of the area and screen them again in their original location.
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LIVE Performances
Kali Theatre/Black Country Touring/Arts Alive My Big Fat Cowpat Wedding www.kalitheatre.co.uk
You are invited to join the guests at Clare and Arjun’s wedding reception. A celebration of a mixed marriage between a country girl and a lad from the city, with all their friends and family. What could possibly go wrong? A fast moving comedy drama full of mishaps and misunderstandings with plenty of neat twists. Based on real people’s experience of mixed marriages or rural weddings attended by city dwellers out of their comfort zone, this is a fun, light hearted exploration of relationships across the divides of rural/urban, race and gender – a welcome return for this sell out show! Fri 30 Sep 7.30pm Quatt Village Hall WV15 6QN T ickets: 01746 781759/781214 £10/6 Sat 1 Oct 7.30pm Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall SY3 9JP Tickets: 01743 235384 £10/6/25 Sun 2 Oct 7.30pm Conquest Theatre, Bromyard HR7 4LL T ickets: 01885 488575 £10 www.conquest-theatre.co.uk
‘My one word to describe the show was MAGICAL. A 10 out of 10.’ Audience feedback for My Big Fat Cow Pat Wedding
Mambo Jambo In Concert www.mambojambo.co.uk
Acoustic Roots duo Mambo Jambo takes you on an exciting and joyous musical journey, bringing together sounds from world, roots, folk and jazz, plus original compositions. With Frankie Banham on sax, vocals, clarinet, flute, guitar and percussion, and Pete Jack on guitar, vocal, ukulele, banjo, tres (traditional Cuban guitar) accordion and suitcase! A fabulous musical treat, suitable for all! Sat 1 Oct 7.30pm All Stretton Village Hall SY6 6JR Tickets: 01694 723378 £10/5 catelatchford@hotmail.co.uk
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FILMS 17 7.45pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Bicton Village Hall
17 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Clun Memorial Hall
17 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall
17 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Playhouse Cinema, Leominster
17 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Trefonen Village Hall
17 7.30pm West Side Story
PG Cawley Hall, Eye
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17 7.00pm Much Ado About Nothing (1993) PG Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 17 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Yarpole Parish Hall
20 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Acton Scott Village Hall
20 7.45pm Macbeth (2016)
15 The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport
21 7.30pm Rams W
15 Escleyside Hall
21 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Myddle Village Hall
21 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Dorstone Village Hall
22 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Much Birch Community Hall
22 7.30pm West Side Story
PG Chetton Village Hall
22 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Almeley Village Hall
23 7.30pm West Side Story
PG Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall
23 7.30pm Shakespeare in Love
15 All Stretton Village Hall
23 7.30pm Hail, Caesar!
12a Stoke Prior Village Hall
23 8.00pm Golden Fire
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24 7.30pm Ida
12 Belmont Hall
24 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Ryton Village Hall
24 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Chapel Lawn Village Hall
24 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Cawley Hall, Eye
The Market Theatre
24 7.30pm Four Rooms
18 Priest Weston Village Hall
27 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Loppington Village Hall
27 7.30pm Youth W
15 Garway Village Hall
27 7.30pm The Taming of the Shrew
U
29 7.30pm The Danish Girl
15 Bagley Sports and Social Club
Acton Scott Village Hall
29 7.00pm James & the Giant Peach
U
29 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Pudleston Village Hall
29 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Goodrich Village Hall
The Talbot Theatre
30 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Little Dewchurch Village Hall
30 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Marton Village Hall
30 7.30pm TBC 30 7.00pm Double Bill: The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and Gremlins
U
The Red House, Albrighton
12a SpArC Theatre
30 8.00pm The Danish Girl
15 The Market Theatre
30 7.00pm Sing Street W
12a The Talbot Theatre
30 7.00pm Gremlins
12a SpArC Theatre
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LIVE Performances
Box Tale Soup A Midsummer Night’s Dream www.boxtalesoup.co.uk
Deep in the forest, faeries wait… Join award winning Box Tale Soup (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) for their adaptation of Shakespeare’s enchanting story with just two actors and a cast of beautiful handmade puppets. Be transported to a world of mirth and magic, where Shakespeare’s language is made accessible to a younger audience through the use of puppetry, physical theatre and original music. “Box Tale simply beguile” **** (The Stage); “Superb” **** (Fringe Review). Sat 8 Oct 7.30pm Alveley Parish Memorial Hall WV15 6JT Tickets: 01746 780478 £10/5/25 Sun 9 Oct 3.00pm Kinokulture, Oswestry SY11 1JN Tickets: 01691 238167 £10/5 www.kinokulture.org.uk
The Anna Mudeka Band Dendende Tour www.annamudeka.com
Dendende is packed with melodies and rhythms that speak to all generations and nationalities. With songs in Swahili, Hindi and Shona, through rich soaring vocals, this is a band full of truly global sounds. Mudeka’s mbira playing takes centre stage, while conga beat and six string bass underpin Zimbabwean rhythms, creating a real fusion of festive sound. Fans call this ‘sunshine music’. As featured at Latitude Festival, Drum Camp, Roundhouse, Rich Mix, WOMAD Singapore… and now with Arts Alive! Fri 7 Oct 7.30pm St Peter’s Centre, Peterchurch HR2 0RT Tickets: 01981 550372 £10/5
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FILMS OCTOBER 1 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
OCT • Shropshire venue • Herefordshire venue
PG Aston on Clun Village Hall
1 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Belmont Hall
1 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Rodington Village Hall
3 7.30pm Spotlight
15 The Edge Arts Centre
3 7.30pm Spotlight
15 Church Stretton School
4 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
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4 7.30pm Money Monster
15 Lydbury North Village Hall
The Talbot Theatre
5 7.30pm Pride
15 Cardington Village Hall
6 7.30pm The Dressmaker
12a Brilley Village Hall
7 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a The Simpson Hall, Burghill
7 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Little Wenlock Village Hall
7 7.30pm A Walk in the Woods
15 Fownhope New Memorial Hall
7 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Colwall Village Hall
7 7.30pm Brooklyn
12a Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall
7 8.00pm Iona
15 The Market Theatre
8 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Belmont Hall
8 7.30pm Love & Friendship W 8 7.30pm Brooklyn
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Clun Memorial Hall
12a Bayston Hill Memorial Hall
Love & Friendship U Director: Whit Stillman
Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel Comedy/Drama/Romance, 93 mins
Beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out the colourful rumours about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst ensconced there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and a future for her eligible but reluctant daughter, Frederica. In doing so she attracts the simultaneous attentions of the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy, the rich and silly Sir James Martin and the divinely handsome, but married, Lord Manwaring, complicating matters severely.
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LIVE Performances
Thick as Thieves The Tempest www.thickasthievestheatre.com
A story of love, freedom and the consequences of heavy drinking. Prospero and his daughter have been wronged, set adrift in the Mediterranean and living on a deserted island for 12 years… well, almost deserted. When fate brings his enemies sailing past the island, Prospero decides to take matters into his own hands. A company of four romps through this magical comedy with relentless energy, breakneck costume changes and sparkling comedy. Sat 15 Oct 7.30pm Playhouse Cinema, The Community Centre, Leominster HR6 8NJ Tickets: 01568 616460 / 612583 £12/6
Luca Silvestrini’s Protein May Contain Food – May Contain You www.proteindance.co.uk
Award-winning dance theatre company Protein presents a playful, immersive show that explores our relationship with food in an evening of indulgence, nostalgia and mischief. A dance show to delight those who aren’t sure that they like dance, and a treat for those who know they do! Sat 15 Oct 7.30pm Wem Town Hall SY4 5DG Tickets: 01939 238279 £11/5 www.wemtownhall.co.uk
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FILMS 10 7.30pm Dheepan
15 The Edge Arts Centre
11 7.30pm Black Mountain Poets W
15 Garway Village Hall
11 7.30pm Money Monster
15 The Talbot Theatre
11 7.30pm Youth
15 Ashford Carbonel Village Hall
11 8.00pm Rams W
15 All Stretton Village Hall
11 7.00pm A Walk in the Woods
15 St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross
12 7.30pm The Dressmaker
12a Hope Bowdler Village Hall
12 2.00pm A Hologram for the King
12a The Red House, Albrighton
12 10.30am The Intern
12 The Market Theatre
14 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Bodenham Parish Hall
14 7.30pm Love & Friendship
U
14 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Bedstone and Hopton Castle Village Hall
15 7.30pm Golden Years
12a Trefonen Village Hall
15 7.45pm Dad’s Army
PG Tasley Parish Room
OCT
Bosbury Parish Hall
15 7.30pm Sunset Song
15 Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall
15 7.45pm Dad’s Army
PG Bicton Village Hall
15 7.30pm Spotlight
15 Belmont Hall
15 7.30pm The Revenant
15 Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington
15 7.30pm Rams
15 Yarpole Parish Hall
15 7.00pm Rams
15 Priest Weston Village Hall
16 3.00pm The Jungle Book (2016)
PG Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine
Black Mountain Poets 15 Director: Jamie Adams
Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen Comedy/Drama, 85 mins
Claire and Lisa Walker are neurotic sisters on the run who assume the identities of internationally renowned poets The Wilding Sisters to take refuge at a Poetry Retreat for the weekend; spending time in the black mountains of Wales amongst poets and the inspiration of nature leads to a new beginning for our heroines.
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LIVE Performances
The Paper Cinema Ghost Stories thepapercinema.com
Live film company The Paper Cinema presents a bewitching new production based on ghostly tales from Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire and Shropshire. Beguiling pen and ink drawings are magically brought to life by a pair of puppeteers and a projector to create a unique, animated film. They are joined by a hugely talented ensemble of multi-instrumentalists (including violin, guitar, musical saw and live looping) performing the atmospheric soundtrack live on stage. Will appeal to anyone age 8 years upwards. Produced by Sound UK Arts with funding from Arts Council England Wed 19 Oct 7pm Norbury Village Hall SY9 5DX T ickets: 01588 650207 £7/3/24 EXTRA! At 6.15pm Before the main show there will be a chance to see ‘Norbury Shorts’, animation work by the Norbury school pupils, made following workshops with Paper Cinema earlier in the year.
Red Moon Road In Concert www.redmoonroad.com
Red Moon Road is at the forefront of folk music in Canada – a trio of diverse and compelling musicians who create songs of rich, descriptive lyricism and sparkling harmonies. Consisting of two men called Daniel, and one woman, Sheena, their voices blend together as beautifully as the acoustic instruments they play. Equally talented as story tellers and musicians, a Red Moon Road show is filled with humour, tales of the Canadian lakes and wilderness, ballads of lost love and foot-stomping barn burners. Thu 20 Oct 7.30pm Prees Recreational Club SY13 2DX Tickets: 01948 660660/07506 724572 £10/6 Fri 21 Oct 7.30pm Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton SY6 6BY T ickets: 01694 720132 £10
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“The acts booked through arts alive are just SO GOOD” Audience feedback for Red Moon Road
FILMS 18 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport
19 7.30pm Black Mountain Poets W
15 Escleyside Hall
19 7.30pm Love & Friendship
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19 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Dorstone Village Hall
OCT
Myddle Village Hall
19 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Chetton Village Hall
20 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Gorsley Village Hall
20 7.30pm The Lady in the Van
12 Kinnerley Parish Hall
20 7.30pm A Little Chaos
12a Claverley Village Hall
20 7.30pm Sunset Song
15 Pudleston Village Hall
20 7.30pm Youth W
15 Much Birch Community Hall
21 7.30pm Rams W
15 Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington
21 7.30pm La Famille Belier
12 Colwall Village Hall
21 7.30pm Atonement
15 All Stretton Village Hall
21 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Cound Guildhall
21 7.30pm The Big Short
15 Stoke Prior Village Hall
21 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Shifnal Village Hall
21 7.30pm The Jungle Book (2016)
PG Marton Village Hall
The Jungle Book (2016) PG Director: Jon Favreau
Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Lupita Nyong’o and Idris Elba Adventure/Drama/Family, 106 mins
The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don’t have his best interests at heart.
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LIVE Performances
ajtc Theatre The Underground Man www.ajtctheatre.co.uk
William John Cavendish Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland, commissions the construction of a labyrinth of tunnels, large enough to take a coach and horses, beneath his estate, and retreats into them. What is this fascination with tunnels? Will he ever unearth the secrets hidden in his memory? A journey with a Gothic twist through the curious tunnels of a Victorian mind, bizarre and frequently hilarious. Adapted from Mick Jackson’s Booker-shortlisted novel. A co-production between ajtc Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse. Fri 28 Oct 8pm The Market Theatre, Ledbury HR8 2AQ Tickets: 07967 517125 £12/8 www.themarkettheatre.com
Pipeline Theatre Company Spillikin: A Love Story www.pipelinetheatre.com
Spillikin makes audiences laugh and cry at the same time, with the added bonus of a state of the art robot on the stage. It brings together two ends of a relationship, interwoven in flashback, born of the unlikely pairing between a fiery Debbie Harry wannabe, and a shy, awkward teenage technophile. At the end of a long marriage, Sally’s mind is deteriorating. But Raymond has been planning ahead. His parting gift to her is his life’s work: a robot companion. After the show there will be a Q and A with the actors, creative team and the robot himself, giving you a chance to meet this remarkable piece of technology ‘up close and personal’, and actually interact with it. “Beautifully evocative and moving” ***** (Broadway Baby); “Electric” ***** (The Scottish Mail); “A unique and intriguing production” **** (The Guardian); “My favourite show from Edinburgh Fest 2015, take your hanky” (Sian Kerry, Director, Arts Alive). Sat 29 Oct 7.30pm SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AY Tickets: 01588 630321/ 638038 £11/7 www.sparctheatre.co.uk
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FILMS 21 8.00pm Brooklyn
OCT
12a Clungunford Parish Hall
21 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
U
22 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Chapel Lawn Village Hall
22 7.30pm The Bigger Picture BP
U
Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall
22 7.30pm Youth
15 Ryton Village Hall
22 7.30pm Sing Street
12a Cawley Hall, Eye
22 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Belmont Hall
24 7.30pm Room
15 The Edge Arts Centre
25 7.30pm The Man Who Knew Infinity
12a Acton Scott Village Hall
25 7.30pm Suffragette
12a Loppington Village Hall
26 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Withington Parish Room
27 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Goodrich Village Hall
27 7.30pm Golden Years
12a Almeley Village Hall
27 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Bagley Sports and Social Club
28 7.30pm Suffragette
12a Little Dewchurch Village Hall
29 7.30pm Our Kind of Traitor W
15 Clun Memorial Hall
29 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Belmont Hall
29 7.30pm ChickLit W
15 Aston on Clun Village Hall
31 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG The Edge Arts Centre
GOLDEN YEARS 12A Director: John Miller
Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna, Lily Travers, Philip Davis, Sue Johnstone, Simon Callow, Una Stubbs, Alun Armstrong Comedy/Drama, 96 mins
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and to fade away into their declining years, our characters decide to fight back. They decide to take back what was theirs in the first place. They decide to start robbing banks.
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LIVE Performances Adverse Camber Productions The Shahnameh (The Epic Book of Kings) www.adversecamber.org
Xanthe Gresham Knight, dazzling performance storyteller, dives into the majestic mythology of Persia, performing episodes from The Shahnameh, accompanied by the remarkable Kurdish Iranian musician, Arash Moradi. Immerse yourself in a passion-filled world of adventure, lust and romance, filled with supersized heroes, magical horses, selfish Kings and a femme fatale Queen. Two outstanding artists bring exhilaration, energy, poetry and humour to this sweeping ancient history of Iran. Thu 3 Nov 7.30pm Kinokulture, Oswestry SY11 1JN Tickets: 01691 238167 £10/5 www.kinokulture.org.uk Fri 4 Nov 7.30pm The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury SY1 1LN Tickets: 01743 290704 £12/8 www.thewightman.co.uk
Joan Clevillé Dance Plan B for Utopia www.joanclevilledance.com
A playful and uplifting performance, a show about how we choose to live our lives – about having a dream, giving it up and trying again. But above all, it’s a story about friendship. Mixing dance, theatre and storytelling with a good dose of humour, the performance features classic songs like ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ and ‘What a Wonderful World’. The group will transform the space with an interactive installation made up of props, texts and images, and a chance to dress in a costume and take a selfie! Fri 11 Nov 7.30pm The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury SY1 1LN T ickets: 01743 290704 £12/8 www.thewightman.co.uk
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FILMS NOVEMBER 1 7.30pm Our Kind of Traitor W
NOV • Shropshire venue • Herefordshire venue
15 Lydbury North Village Hall
1 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 The Talbot Theatre
2 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Cardington Village Hall
3 7.30pm Room
15 Brilley Village Hall
4 7.30pm Addicted to Sheep
PG Fownhope New Memorial Hall
4 8.00pm The Lady in the Van
12 The Market Theatre
4 7.30pm ChickLit
15 Stoke Prior Village Hall
4 7.30pm Brooklyn
12a The Simpson Hall, Burghill
7 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG The Edge Arts Centre
7 7.00pm Eye in the Sky
15 SpArC Theatre
7 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Church Stretton School
8 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Ashford Carbonel Village Hall
8 7.00pm Steve Jobs
15 St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross
8 7.30pm The Big Short
15 Garway Village Hall
8 7.30pm TBC 9 7.30pm Me Before You
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The Talbot Theatre
12a Hope Bowdler Village Hall
9 10.30am Florence Foster Jenkins
PG The Market Theatre
9 2.00pm Me Before You
12a The Red House, Albrighton
Florence Foster Jenkins PG Director: Stephen Frears
Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Nina Arianda, Rebecca Ferguson Biography/Comedy/Drama, 110 mins
Meryl Streep stars in this affectionate biopic of the world’s worst opera singer. Most of the time, famous people become famous for doing things well. Sometimes though, people become famous for doing things BADLY. Florence Foster Jenkins was one such person.
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LIVE Performances
Louise the Poet The Sleepover www.louisethepoet.co.uk
Follow the story of an adventurous girl, her sleepy dad and a pitbull dog called Prince. An interactive modern fairytale: a re-imagining of the Princess and the Pea. In this build-your-own audio pop-up poetry book of a tale, the audience are invited to create and record sounds as part of the live music. Expect storms, air guitars and a happy ending. Dance about! Cuddle up! Be still! Shout out! With Louise the Poet and Lee the Music Maker. As featured in the Guardian/ BBC Radio 3/ Just So Children’s Festival. Just right for families with children aged 5-10. Older and younger children welcome. Sat 12 Nov 2.30pm Steiner Academy Hereford, Much Dewchurch HR2 8DL T ickets: 01981 540221 £5 Sun 13 Nov 2.30pm Meole Brace Peace Memorial Hall SY3 9JP Tickets: 01743 235384 £5
The Hank Wangford Trio No Hall Too Small www.hankwangford.co.uk
The Peter Paul & Mary of the 21st Century? Hank Wangford and Brad Breath (Andy Roberts) are joined by Anna ‘Spanner’ Robinson. The three seek to take the country music flame to non-believers. They will guide you with original heartbreakers and toe-tappers, and specially chosen obscure classics scraped from country’s dark underbelly. You’ll get yodelling, a Glimpse of Gloom from Brad, tunes and stories from Hank and stellar harmonies from Spanner, all finding laughter within the Misery of Life. Fri 18 Nov 7.30pm Kingsland Coronation Hall HR6 9QS T ickets: 01568 709579/ 07905 589830 £15
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FILMS 11 7.30pm The Dressmaker
12a Bodenham Parish Hall
11 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Cound Guildhall
11 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 All Stretton Village Hall
11 8.00pm Barbara
12a The Market Theatre
11 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Colwall Village Hall
11 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall
12 7.45pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Tasley Parish Room
12 7.30pm Money Monster
15 Clun Memorial Hall
12 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Bayston Hill Memorial Hall
12 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington
13 2.00pm Brooklyn
12a Little Wenlock Village Hall
14 7.30pm Son of Saul
15 The Edge Arts Centre
15 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport
16 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
U
16 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Myddle Village Hall
17 7.30pm A Walk in the Woods
15 Kinnerley Parish Hall
17 7.30pm A Walk in the Woods
15 Gorsley Village Hall
NOV
Escleyside Hall
17 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Pudleston Village Hall 17 7.30pm The Danish Girl
15 Claverley Village Hall
Eye in the Sky 15 Director: Gavin Hood
Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman Drama/Thriller/War, 102 mins
Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer, is in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from ‘capture’ to ‘kill’. But as American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
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NOV
LIVE Performances Open Sky Scorched www.openskyahead.co.uk
A decorated WWII veteran of a bloody desert war sits in the armchair of his rest home, his memories tattooed upon his body. Dementia strikes. Ink comes alive as stories of love and war. Once more his mind turns to the desert sands. Scorched uses new writing, physical theatre, projection, sound design and music to create a challenging and beautiful piece, inspired by the writer’s grandfather’s life. Wed 23 Nov 7.30pm Wem Town Hall SY4 5DG Tickets: 01939 238279 £11/5 www.wemtownhall.co.uk
Fol Espoir Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain
“Amazing show tonight and a full house too! We haven’t laughed so much for a long time” Promoter on American Servicemen
www.folespoir.co.uk
It’s 1942 and a horde of Yankee servicemen has just arrived in England – where the locals speak a strange dialect, boil all their food, and talk endlessly about the weather. The Americans see the Brits as a strange race. Get ready to judge for yourself in a night of joyous laughter and downright silliness as a crack team of experts attempts to explain the rules of British life. “Wholly idiotic, inducing a helpless laughter that almost incapacitates the audience… an unforgettable experience.” (The Stage) Fri 25 Nov 7.30pm Habberley Village Hall SY5 0TP Tickets: 01743 790179 £10/5/25 Sat 26 Nov 7.30pm Brilley Village Hall HR3 6JZ Tickets: 01544 327227 £10/5 Sun 27 Nov 6.30pm Cawley Hall, Eye HR6 0DS Tickets: 01568 615836 £10/5/25
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FILMS 18 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Shifnal Village Hall
18 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Little Dewchurch Village Hall
18 7.30pm Carol W
15 Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington
18 8.00pm Bridge of Spies
12a Clungunford Parish Hall
18 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall
18 7.30pm The Martian
12a Stoke Prior Village Hall
18 7.30pm Money Monster
15 Bosbury Parish Hall
19 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Everest Hall, Llanfair Waterdine
19 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Aston on Clun Village Hall
19 7.30pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
12a Rodington Village Hall
NOV
19 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Cawley Hall, Eye 19 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Trefonen Village Hall
19 7.45pm Me Before You
12a Bicton Village Hall
19 7.30pm Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story Of Dream Alliance PG Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall 19 7.30pm Love & Friendship
U
21 7.30pm Money Monster
15 The Edge Arts Centre
22 7.30pm Race
PG Acton Scott Village Hall
22 8.00pm The Daughter W
15 All Stretton Village Hall
23 7.30pm The Big Short
15 Dorstone Village Hall
Yarpole Parish Hall
23 8.00pm The Bigger Picture BP
U
23 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Chetton Village Hall
The Market Theatre
Race PG Director: Stephen Hopkins
Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, David Kross Biography/Drama/Sport, 135 mins
Based on the incredible true story of Gold Medal Champion Jesse Owens, this inspiring film takes you on Jesse Owens’ courageous journey to become the greatest track and field athlete in history, while facing off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy during the 1936 Olympics.
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NOV
LIVE Performances Quartette Lunoire In Concert You are in a forest at midnight. Shafts of moonlight shimmer through trees, and suddenly you come across a glade with a band of musicians making the most beautiful sounds. This is the world of Quartette Lunoire, who combine set design and lighting to create a magical environment to accompany their haunting, beautiful music. The programme includes Neck of the Woods, written specially for the group by local composer/performer John Hymas, and Kurt Weill’s Little Threepenny Music. Sat 26 Nov 7.30pm Playhouse Cinema, The Community Centre Leominster HR6 8NJ Tickets: 01568 616460 / 612583 £12
“Great to have live theatre brought here without travelling” Audience feedback
A Fistful of Spookies In Concert www.afistfulofspookies.co.uk
A Fistful of Spookies (UK) stayed behind when mighty festival hits The Spooky Men’s Chorale returned to Australia after their sell-out 2015 UK Tour. This collection of UK Spooks keeps alive the flame of Spookiness in Britain, reprising classics from the Spooky canon of testosterone-fuelled tunes and tomfoolery. From thousand year-old Georgian songs to sensational new arrangements guaranteed to woo, charm, cheer and delight.“One of the funniest bands ever – still chuckling” (Mike Harding); “A fun-sized version of The Spooky Men’s Chorale” (Mark Radcliffe, 6 Music) Sat 26 Nov 7.30pm Welshampton Parish Hall SY12 0PH Tickets: 01948 710586 £10
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FILMS 24 7.30pm Me Before You
NOV
12a Bagley Sports and Social Club
24 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Goodrich Village Hall
24 7.30pm Bridge of Spies
12a Almeley Village Hall
25 8.00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 The Market Theatre 25 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 The Red House, Albrighton
26 7.30pm Our Kind of Traitor
15 Chapel Lawn Village Hall
26 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Ryton Village Hall
28 7.30pm A Hologram for the King
12a The Edge Arts Centre
29 7.30pm TBC
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The Talbot Theatre Much Birch Community Hall
29 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
U
29 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Loppington Village Hall
29 7.30pm Rams W
15 Garway Village Hall
RAMS 15 Director: Grímur Hákonarson
Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving Icelandic Drama, 93 mins
In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best, and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient lineage. Although they share the land and a way of life, Gummi and Kiddi have not spoken to each other in four decades. When a lethal disease suddenly infects Kiddi’s sheep, the entire valley comes under threat.
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DEC
LIVE Performances
Debs Newbold Lost in Blue www.debsnewbold.com/gigs/
When she was three years old, Annie’s life was skewed off-course. On her 18th birthday, it threatens to happen again. What is it like to be in a coma? To love someone in a coma? What would Van Gogh say about it if you hung out with him in his room at Arles? And what does a pigeon called Muhammad Ali eat for breakfast? A funny, uplifting, poignant and at times wonderfully bizarre one-woman show from a magnificent performer, presented by Nimblefish. This is Verbal Cinema: powerful storytelling fuelled by innovative sound technology. “Debs took storytelling into another dimension this evening. All life (and near death) is there and there are sounds that I will not now be able to hear without either welling up or the hairs on the back of my neck standing up on end.” (Lawrence Heath, Music Institute, Guildford). Sat 3 Dec 7.30pm Quatt Village Hall WV15 6QN T ickets: 01746 781759/781214 £10/6 Sun 4 Dec 3pm The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury SY1 1LN T ickets: 01743 290704 £12/8 www.thewightman.co.uk
Open Sky Hairy Fairy Tails www.openskyahead.co.uk
Three well-loved fairy tales told from a most unusual perspective. Who decides who are the goodies or the baddies, the heroes or the zeros? You do! Fun-packed storytelling for all the family featuring physical theatre, puppetry, live music and lots of cheering. Hairy not scary for ages 3+. Sat 3 Dec 2.30pm The Market Theatre, Ledbury HR8 2AQ T ickets: 07967 517125 £6/25 www.themarkettheatre.com Sun 4 Dec 3pm Priest Weston Village Hall SY15 6DE Tickets: 01938 561336 £8/4/20 Fri 9 Dec 4pm Wem Town Hall SY4 5DG T ickets: 01939 238279 £8/6/26 www.wemtownhall.co.uk
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FILMS DECEMBER
DEC • Shropshire venue • Herefordshire venue
1 7.30pm Sing Street W
12a Brilley Village Hall
2 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG The Simpson Hall, Burghill
2 7.30pm TBC
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Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall
2 7.30pm The Jungle Book (2016)
PG Little Dewchurch Village Hall
2 7.30pm Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story Of Dream Alliance
PG All Stretton Village Hall
2 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Marton Village Hall 2 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Stoke Prior Village Hall
2 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Fownhope New Memorial Hall
3 2.30pm The BFG
PG Much Birch Community Hall
3 7.30pm Undertaking Betty
15 Withington Parish Room
3 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Clun Memorial Hall
5 7.30pm The Big Short
15 The Edge Arts Centre
5 7.30pm The Big Short
15 Church Stretton School
6 7.30pm TBC
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The Talbot Theatre
6 7.30pm Oliver!
U
Lydbury North Village Hall
6 8.00pm Brief Encounter
PG All Stretton Village Hall
7 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Cardington Village Hall 9 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Bedstone and Hopton Castle Village Hall
9 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Cound Guildhall
9 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Bodenham Parish Hall
9 8.00pm All About Eve
U
9 7.30pm Youth W
15 Whitchurch & Ganarew Memorial Hall
The Market Theatre
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Director: Mandie Fletcher
Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Julia Sawalha, Celia Imrie, Chris Colfer, Kathy Burke Comedy/Drama, 91 mins
Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to: shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hot-spots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber-fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
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DEC
LIVE Performances
Bowjangles Bowjangles XmasH Carol www.bowjangles.org
Bowjangles are a string quartet who can really play. They dance whilst they play. They sing whilst they play. They leap, tumble, juggle and joke whilst they play. And now they are a string quartet with bells on… Bowjangles XmasH Carol begins loosely based on the favourite Dickens’ book A Christmas Carol. Expect a festive frenzy of Christmas music, song and dance all presented in Bowjangles’ unique and inimitable way. Comedy, huge amounts of energy and surprises galore make this family Christmas show one not to be missed! Fri 9 Dec 7.30pm Fownhope New Memorial Hall HR1 4PW Tickets: 01432 860221 £10/5 Sat 10 Dec 7.30pm Chelmarsh Parish Hall WV16 6BA Tickets: 01746 862104 £12/6 Sun 11 Dec 6.30pm Farlow & Oreton Village Hall DY14 0TP Tickets: 01746 718642 £10/5 Fri 16 Dec 7.30pm Silvester Horne Institute, Church Stretton SY6 6BY T ickets: 01694 720132 £12/6/30
“Quite simply one of the most talented, entertaining groups I have ever seen. They are musical, funny and brilliant. What a night.” Promoter on Bowjangles
Hark Hark: Coope, Simpson & Fraser, Freya A Winter’s Light www.freyamusic.co.uk
Christmas show featuring the a cappella four part harmonies of the unusual Sheffield and Derbyshire traditions and beyond. Plus a reflection of some of the less reverent aspects of the festive season from Christmas lights to food and presents. When not singing unaccompanied they play piano, soprano sax, fiddle and accordion, giving a great breadth of sound. This is a “feel-good festive feast” (FROOTS). Sat 17 Dec 7.30pm Chetton Village Hall WV16 6UE Tickets: 01746 768822/789257 £10/6
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FILMS 9 7.30pm Keeping Mum
15 Colwall Village Hall
10 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Bayston Hill Memorial Hall
10 7.30pm The Dressmaker
12a Cawley Hall, Eye
10 7.30pm Saving Grace
15 Rodington Village Hall
DEC
10 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Lady Emily Hall, Tarrington 10 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 Chapel Lawn Village Hall
11 4.00pm Breakfast at Tiffany’s
PG Priest Weston Village Hall
12 7.30pm Eye in the Sky
15 The Edge Arts Centre
13 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
U
13 7.30pm Dad’s Army
PG Much Birch Community Hall
Ashford Carbonel Village Hall
13 7.30pm Alice Through the Looking Glass PG The Royal British Legion Hall, Newport 13 7.30pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Loppington Village Hall 13 7.30pm Love & Friendship W
U
13 7.00pm Gemma Bovery
15 St Mary’s Church Hall, Ross
14 10.30am Love & Friendship 14 7.30pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
U
Garway Village Hall The Market Theatre
12a Hope Bowdler Village Hall
15 7.30pm Love & Friendship
U
16 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Bosbury Parish Hall
Gorsley Village Hall
16 8.00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 15 Clungunford Parish Hall 16 7.30pm Florence Foster Jenkins
PG Dorstone Village Hall
19 3.30pm The BFG
PG SpArC Theatre
20 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle
PG Acton Scott Village Hall
21 7.30pm Oddball and the Penguins
U
Myddle Village Hall
Keeping Mum 15 Director: Niall Johnson
Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith Comedy/Crime/Thriller, 103 mins
Atkinson is an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife’s dalliance with her brash golf instructor, his daughter’s parade of new boyfriends, and his young son’s regular trouncing by the school’s bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace, the answer to the family’s prayers: a sweet, grey-haired old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house. One by one, the family members find that Grace is able to solve their problems.
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JAN
LIVE Performances
Morgan & West Parlour Tricks www.morganandwest.co.uk
Time-travelling magic duo Morgan & West presents a brand new show chock full of jaw-dropping, brain-bursting, gasp-eliciting feats of magic. The dashing chaps offer up a plateful of illusion and impossibility, served with wit, charm and no small amount of panache. “Be sure to wear a hat – Morgan & West might just blow your mind!” **** (The Stage); **** (The Daily Mirror); ***** (London Theatre 1) Fri 13 Jan 7.30pm SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle SY9 5AY Tickets: 01588 630321/ 638038 £10/7/30 www.sparctheatre.co.uk Sat 14 Jan 7.30pm St Leonards Church Yarpole HR6 0BD T ickets: 01568 780874 £10/5/25 Sun 15 Jan 7pm Wem Town Hall SY4 5DG T ickets: 01939 238279 £11/5 www.wemtownhall.co.uk
Vicki Swan & Jonny Dyer Smörgåsballad www.smorgasballad.co.uk
Songs and tales from the Land of the Midnight Sun. Smörgåsballad draws on the rich heritage of Swedish music and tales, customs and celebrations. Be transported to the Scandi-land with Swedish traditional drinking songs, maypole dancing, charming midsummer celebrations, compelling ‘Nordic noir’ folk tales, and (yet more!) drinking songs. Stories of easter witches, feuding magicians and crayfish celebrations. Sat 21 Jan 7.30pm Dorstone Village Hall HR3 6AN T ickets: 01981 550451 £10/6 Sun 22 Jan 7.30pm Playhouse Cinema, The Community Centre Leominster HR6 8NJ Tickets: 01568 616460/612583 £12
Nicholas Collett Your Bard
(See September 24 for details)
Sat 28 Jan 7.30pm Corners Inn, Kingsland HR6 9RY T ickets: 01568 709579/07905 589830 £15
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FILMS FILM VENUES
INFO • Shropshire venue • Herefordshire venue
Acton Scott Village Hall SY6 6QN 01694 781260
Hope Bowdler Village Hall SY6 7DD 01694 723648
Albrighton, The Red House WV7 3JU 01902 373854
Kinnerley Parish Hall SY10 8DB 01691 682282
All Stretton Village Hall SY6 6JR 01694 723378
Ledbury, The Market Theatre HR8 2AQ 07967 517125
Almeley Village Hall HR3 6NE 01544 327195
Leominster Community Centre HR6 8NJ 01568 616460
Ashford Carbonel Village Hall SY8 4DB 01584 831574
Little Dewchurch Village Hall HR2 6PN 01432 840333
Aston on Clun Village Hall SY7 8EH 01588 660545
Little Wenlock Village Hall TF6 5BN 01952 505888
Bayston Hill Memorial Hall SY3 0DR 01743 873940
Llanfair Waterdine, Everest Hall LD7 1TU 01547 510672
Bedstone & Hopton Castle VH SY7 0BE 01547 530282
Loppington Village Hall SY4 5NG 01939 236240
Bicton Village Hall SY3 8ER 01743 850495
Lydbury North Village Hall SY7 8AU 01588 680302
Bishops Castle, SpArC Theatre SY9 5AY 01588 630321
Marton Village Hall SY21 8JT 01938 580116
Bodenham Parish Hall HR1 3LB 01568 797473
Much Birch Community Hall HR2 8HT 01981 540097
Bosbury Parish Hall HR8 1PX 01531 640415
Much Wenlock, Edge Arts Centre TF13 6NB 01952 728911
Brilley Village Hall HR3 6JZ 01544 327227
Myddle Village Hall SY4 3RP 01939 290872
Burghill, The Simpson Hall HR4 7RW 01432 760816
Newport, Royal British Legion Hall TF10 7DL 07886 697934
Cardington Village Hall SY6 7JZ 01694 771295
Priest Weston Village Hall SY15 6DE 01938 561336
Chapel Lawn Village Hall SY7 0BW 01547 530258
Pudleston Village Hall HR6 0RA 01568 760606
Chetton Village Hall WV16 6UE 01746 789257
Rodington Village Hall SY4 4QX 01952 770524
Church Stretton School SY6 6EX 01694 724330
Ross, St Mary’s Church Hall HR9 5HR 01989 720341
Claverley Village Hall WV5 7DS 01746 710528
Ryton Village Hall SY5 7NB 01743 718237
Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall DY14 8EA 01299 270830
Shifnal Village Hall TF11 8DW 01952 462787
Clun Memorial Hall SY7 8NY 01588 640254
Shrewsbury, Bagley Sp & Soc Club SY1 2RP 07773 983963
Clungunford Parish Hall SY7 0PP 01588 660159
Staunton-on-Wye Village Hall HR4 7LR 01981 501031
Colwall Village Hall WR13 6EQ 01684 540926
Stoke Prior Village Hall HR6 0LG 01568 760846
Cound Guildhall SY5 6EW 01743 761451
Tarrington, Lady Emily Hall HR1 4EX 01432 890720
Dorstone Village Hall HR3 6AN 01981 550943
Tasley Parish Room WV16 4NJ 01746 764881
Escleyside Hall HR2 0PT 01981 510696
Trefonen Village Hall SY10 9DY 01691 657011
Eye, Cawley Hall HR6 0DS 01568 615836
Wellington, Belmont Hall TF1 1LU www.theclifton.org
Fownhope New Memorial Hall HR1 4PW 01432 860065
Whitchurch & Ganarew Mem Hall HR9 6DJ 01600 890640
Garway Village Hall HR2 8RQ 01600 750465
Whitchurch, Talbot Theatre SY13 2BY 01948 660660
Goodrich Village Hall HR9 6HX 01600 890609
Withington Parish Room SY4 4QA 01743 709236
Gorsley Village Hall HR9 7SJ 01989 720358
Yarpole Parish Hall HR6 0BE 01568 780279
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2017
LIVE Performances
Coming soon… In the spring we welcome Canadians: fiddlers and step dancers Everything Fitz, plus ex Cirque du Soleil performers in a dance/ music comedy Blind Date; 52 Skidoo will get the joint jumping with their jive music, jazz from Zoe Gilby, marvellous mask theatre from Vamos, the incomparable Rabbit Theatre, and international dance from Norway… treats in store!
Live Satellite Screenings A chance to access performances from world class companies – the National Theatre, Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company, Branagh Theatre Live and the Royal Ballet. It’s not quite like being there, but it’s much better than not seeing it at all! The atmosphere is infectious, the pre-show chats are insightful and you do feel like you are part of the audience. Why not give it a try? You get a great view for a fraction of the original theatre price and it’s so much cheaper than going to London! Available variously in the following venues: The Market Theatre, Ledbury 07967 517125 SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle 01588 630321 Aston on Clun Village Hall 01588 660493 Playhouse Cinema, Leominster 01568 616460 Church Stretton School 01694 722209
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