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COMING UP AT THE COURTHOUSE Otley Courthouse is the place to be this October and November and we at Covered have picked out some of our highlights! This Autumn sees screenings of some fantastic children’s films! For a half-term treat why not take the children to see a tale of mythical Vikings and dragons in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ (PG) on Thursday 31st October at 2pm. (Tickets: £4 adults and £2 for children, 18 months and over). Then, on Sunday November 3rd from 10am-2pm, take all the family and build a robot from recycled materials, followed by you and your newly created robots watching the children’s classic ‘Wall-e’ (U) on the big screen! (All materials are supplied and tickets cost £4, one accompanying adult free). The first week of November sees the annual Science festival
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: Cerys Matthews
arrive at the Courthouse. They will have a fantastic team of BBC and CBBC favourites, including Radio 4’s Helen Keen on November 8th with ‘Robot Woman of Tomorrow’, where she mixes stand-up and sciencefiction in a show that will transport you to the exciting world of the future! (Tickets £9/£7, adults only). Then, on November 9th they present BBC’s Mike Dilger, with ‘The Trials and Tribulations of a Natural History Presenter’. Throughout his show Mike will look at what it takes to produce popular and accessible wild-life television, and will spill the beans on everything you wanted to know about TV presenting but were too afraid to ask! (Tickets £9/£7) On Saturday November 16th, Gavin Robertson arrives at the Courthouse with his unauthorised parody, ‘Bond!’. In this latest physical style adventure, Bond meets his greatest arch-enemy yet,
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Ian Fleming himself! Gavin Robertson focuses his attention on the Bond phenomenon, spoofing the characters adored by millions, and exploding every cliché in the books! (Tickets £9/£7 in advance, £10/£8 on the door). There are also two exciting new additions to their Autumn programme to announce. On Friday November 22nd Cathy Jordan, one of Ireland’s most defining voices, will be at the Courthouse for the only UK performance of her tour! Then, on Sunday October 20th BBC presenter and former lead singer of Welsh rock-band Catatonia, Cerys Matthews will be in Otley with her new Christmas show, ‘Hook, Line and Carol Singing!’ To find out more about these and all the other events, pop into the Courthouse to pick up a copy of the brochure, or visit www.otleycourthouse.org.uk. Box Office: 01943 467466.