Fth jul nov2013

e c n a d m l fi a m a r d . . . e music r o m + y d e m o c y l fami July - November 13 | FalkirkTown Hall West Bridge Street, Falkirk FK1 5RS | www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org

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Hello there, It doesn’t seem any time since I last wrote, but wow what a year it has been already at FTH! We’ve been busier than ever: hosting the local Tryst Festival, welcoming newbies to the Spring Drama Season, meeting Bruce Foxton of the Jam and finalising the refit of the sparkly new cafe bar - due to be unveiled at the end of August.

This autumn is all about having fun together.

Fun for families, fun nights out with friends, fun get togethers and fun evening classes.

After all, we all need a bit of cheeriness and something to look forward to, a wee night out that won’t cost the earth and isn’t too far to travel to and in a place where your greeted as a friend and not a customer.

So if you’ve not been to FTH for a while, what are you waiting for?

Hope to see you soon.

Julia Harkness Venues Manager @FalkirkCultural Falkirk Arts venue@falkirkcommunitytrust.org

“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun” William Glasser

Produced by Singalonga Productions in association with Park Circus

Saturday 31st August • 2.30pm From the Producers of the smash hits Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a- Long-a GREASE. A fully interactive screening of the 1999 film of the original stage version starring Donny Osmond, Maria Friedman, Richard Attenborough and Joan Collins with on-screen subtitles.

Now this classic musical becomes Sing-a-Long-a Joseph with lyrics, fancy dress, fun pack, dancing and a whole lot more!!

The afternoon begins with your host leading a vocal warm up, judging the fancy dress competition, teaching some groovy moves and showing you how to use your free fun pack.

Burst into song and dance in the aisles at the most colourful event in years. It couldn’t be easier… or more fun! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation essential. The perfect day out for all ages! £14 / £12

Grand Re-opening of the FTH Café Bar Join us for special events for all the family and a surprise guest as we launch the shiny new upgraded Café Bar - a place you’ll want to drop in and enjoy a bite or a drink. The party starts at 12:30!

join the party!

Sing-A-Long-a Joseph

great nights out together

Dirty Dusting Starring Crissy Rock, Leah Bell and Pat Dunn Sunday 13th & Monday 14th October • 7.30pm A hilarious comedy about OAP cleaners who start talking dirty and end up filthy rich!

Gladys, Elsie and Olive are about to be put out to pasture by overzealous office manager Dave. Feeling they have little chance of gaining employment elsewhere, the ladies try to think of a way of boosting their falling income.

One evening, a chance wrong number ringing in the office gives them a great idea….. why not run a sex chat line? After all, no one will know what they look like or who they are so they they could be onto a winner!

Things don’t go entirely according to plan as they launch ‘Dirty Dusting Telephone Sex - A Chat Line that Really Cleans Up’.

Don’t miss the original old-timers who become good-time girls in this smash hit comedy. £20 / £18.50

“A saucy night out – like Miranda meets Last of the Summer Wine!”

great nights out together

Catherine Wheels Theatre present

Lifeboat Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th November 7.30pm / 1.30pm Catherine Wheels’ acclaimed show has moved audiences across the world since 2002 and we are delighted to welcome them back to FTH. Lifeboat is the extraordinary true story of courage, survival, and of enduring friendship during the darkest days of the Second World War. On Friday 13 September 1940, a ship, The City of Benares, set sail from Liverpool for Canada.

On board were 90 evacuees escaping the relentless bombing and dangers of war torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed and sank. Only eleven of the evacuees survived.

Two fifteen year old girls, Bess Walder and Beth Cumming, spent nineteen terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat.

They willed each other to survive. Now, over sixty years later, they remain firm friends. £7 / £5 Family £20 Schools / groups £5 all tickets Suitable for Adults and Children age 9+

“great for grandparents and kids”

pure funny!

Funny in Falkirk at FTH

A Butterfly Kiss Saturday 20th July • 8pm

Theatre cum stand-up cum musical journey.

Dave Anderson (Gregory’s Girl Rab C Nesbitt) looks back fondly to a Punch & Judy stall on a 1960’s Scottish seaside evoking memories of Eisenhower and Ray Charles.

Dave Spikey: Words Don’t Come Easy Thursday 25th July • 7.30pm

Known to many as Jerry ‘St Clair’ from Phoenix Nights, Dave’s new show highlights his fascination with the vagaries of the English language including adolescent chat-up lines, TV news speak and song lyrics ranging from the lazy to the ridiculous.

Dylan Moran Tuesday 30th July • 7.30pm

With huge international success as a writer, actor and comedian. Dylan Moran has earned himself the label of ‘The Oscar Wilde of Comedy’. With a Bafta for his Channel 4 sitcom Black Books and major film parts including Shaun of the Dead and Run Fat Boy Run, Moran’s stand up shows sell out fast!

Funny in Falkirk present

David Baddiel: Fame, not the musical Monday 29th July • 7.30pm

Performing his first full stand up show for fifteen years, David examines the strange relationship he has with his on screen persona - the new lad, token jew, comedy rock’n’roller and asks why our culture has such a growing obsession with stardom.

Omid Djalili Live Sunday 28th July • 7.30pm

British Iranian Djalili is probably one of the most subversive and funniest comedians well known for his multicultural meanderings and screen roles in 4 Lions, Casanova, and Notting Hill.

Don’t dally, book early!

All Tickets: £16.50/14.50 • 16+

Craig Hill

Tartan About!

Friday 4th October • 8pm

Kilty as charged!!! Hot on the heels of last year’s hysterically funny, sold out national tour, don’t miss the chance to see Scotland’s (and Falkirk’s!) favourite Craig Hill’s new show “Tartan About!” - Live and unleashed! The Scotsman said that “Hill live is a revelation” and we absolutely agree - it’s a wickedly delicious evening of pure, unadulterated fun.

Book early! £14 / £12 All tickets £11 until the 16th September • 16+

www.mrcraighill.com

This is one Highland fling you’ll never regret... or forget! ****½ Adelaide Advertiser

Class. Risqué, rib-tickling and absolutely screaming from the rafters… Absolutely hilarious!

Edinburgh Evening News

A hilarious show… Brilliant! Daily Record

pure funny!

In association with MZA

pure funny!

In association with Live Nation

Daniel Sloss with special guest

Kai Humphries Sunday 10th November • 8pm What is there not to love about Daniel Sloss?

Comedy’s internationally acclaimed and awardwinning half-man-half-Xbox is here in Falkirk with the new, hilarious show direct from his 6th Edinburgh Fringe and hot on the heels of a massive year of live touring, television appearances and his debut DVD release.

Daniel is joined by special guest is Kai Humphries - Newcastle’s hilarious and lovable rising comedy super-star. Book now - these tickets are hot! £13.50 / £10 • 16+

“For those who still view him as a precocious comedy boy child, Daniel Slows has suddenly become a strong man of stand-up…

Has them rolling in the aisles’” **** Scotsman “Hysterical… A stunning show of observational humour” Sunday Express www.danielsloss.com Twitter: @Daniel_Sloss @KaiHumphries photo: jill furmanovsky

retro

The Stone Roses Made of Stone + Club Night Friday 20th September 7.30pm – 9pm Made of Stone (15) 9pm – Madchester Club Night Remember the heady days of 90’s Madchester?

After 16 years, the Roses reformed in summer 2012 to play three triumphant homecoming gigs at Manchester’s Heaton Park in front of 220,000 adoring fans. Acclaimed filmmaker Shane Meadows (This Is England, Dead Man’s Shoes) captured the band as they rehearsed for their much-anticipated reunion, incorporating never-beforeseen material.

£9 / £7 | last orders 11:45pm

The screening is followed by the a Madchester 90s Club Night with Retro Dave with sounds including The Roses, The Inspiral Carpets, The Charlatans, The Happy Mondays and more.

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Saturday 12th October

11am 4pm

Vintage Contemporary Fashion Jewellery Arts Tea Salon Crafts Old Skool Games 40s 90s Sounds

family fun!

Singing Kettle

Rumble in the Jungle Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th August 1pm & 3.30pm daily Anya joins Gary and Kevin in the new look Singing Kettle line-up, as all three set off on their greatest ever adventure - Deep into the undergrowth for “Rumble in the Jungle.”

There’ll be music and mayhem, old friends and new, with plenty to sing about along the way. Packed with superb Singing Kettle favourites like, “Animals Went in Two by Two”, “Do Your Ears Hang Low” and “Jungle Party”. Some lucky fans will get the chance to dress as fluffy creatures and help out on stage, with the brand new “Baby Animals Song”.

Bonzo the Dog causes pandemonium with his mischievous monkeying around as the intrepid explorers uncover hilarious surprises under thousands of funky ferns and behind every banana tree. A festival of fun for girls and boys of all ages.

All tickets: £11.50 Family Saver £42, Groups 10+ £9.50, Adult +Babes in arms (12months) £13.50

Come dressed as your favourite wild animal! www.singingkettle.com

Wednesday 16th October • 2pm (55 mins, no interval) Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.

Recognise these words? If you have young children you will. They’re the opening lines of the well loved doggy –tastic book ‘Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy’ by Lynley Dodd.

Now Hairy Maclary and his friends are back in Falkirk from a whirlwind tour that has taken everyone’s favourite pups as far away as The Sydney Opera House!

Featuring many of your favourite characters - Hercules Morse, as big as a Horse; Bottomley Potts, covered in spots; Schnitzel von Krumm, with the very low tum and Scarface Claw – the toughest tomcat in town in lots of the stories, Hairy Mclary and friends is a colourful family musical that big people and little people will love. £7.50 / £6.50 Family £26.00

‘This is old-school children’s theatre in all the right ways” The List “When the show came to an end, one little girl behind me just burst into tears, wailing that she didn’t want it to end at all” The Scotsman

family fun!

Hairy Maclary & Friends Nonsenseroom Productions present

family fun!

Ba Ba Boom

Summer Party!

Sunday 28th July • 12.15pm – 1.15pm

The sun has got his hat on at Baba Boom’s Summer Party!

Get ready for the hottest disco of the year beach balls, hula hoops, Punch & Judy show, sand pit, duck pond and the coolest summer tunes around for little folks to groove to. £5.50 all tickets Family Ticket £20 0-18 months *Free* | Studio

Busy Bees Music and Dance for Little Ones Thursdays: 29th August – 31st October (no class on 12th September) 10am – 10.45am Buzzz…… Busy Bees: the fun, interactive, weekly music and play sessions for ages 0 – 2 years and their grown-ups. Have fun with your wee one in a relaxed way and meet other parents. £4 | term £30 | Studio

Nathan Carter with special guest Lisa Stanley

Friday 30th August • 7.30pm Twenty two year old Nathan is one of the biggest names in Irish Country Music, attracting a legion of fans wherever he plays, capturing the hearts of audiences of all ages and accompanied by one of the top Irish bands.

Nathan’s special guest is Lisa Stanley, popular presenter of TV’s The Phil Mack Country Show and daughter of legendary Irish Country singer Maisie McDaniels.

With hits in Ireland including The Rainbow In Glenfarne, One for the Road and Wagon Wheel, this is a fantastic opportunity to catch Nathan at FTH. £16

Forever in Blue Jeans

Those Were the Days

Saturday 14th September • 8pm Join us for the greatest music party in town!

With eight superb singers, dancers and musicians, Forever in Blue Jeans is like an all singing, all dancing jukebox live on stage!

With Rock ‘n’ Roll, Swinging 60’s tunes, 70’s Motown and classic 80’s Abba and featuring over eighty hit songs and the Red Hot Blue Jeans Band – a great night out for all ages. £16 / £14 twitter@FIBJshow www.foreverinbluejeans@uk.com

music magic

Pinetree Promotions present

classic music live! falkirk

Classic Music Live! Falkirk

Daniel’s Beard

The Allan Recorder Consort

Workshop pieces with pupils of Kinnaird Primary School, Larbert

(followed by AGM)

Sextet Dohnanyi

Friday 23rd August 2013 • 7.30pm

Suite from the Fairy Queen Henry Purcell Sonata Alessandro Scarlatti Suite for Recorders Vaughan Williams Quartet in F Gordon Saux A selection from Sieben Flotentanze Bergamasca Larry Bernstein Formed in 1974, the consort perform music from the full range of the recorder repertoire.

The 45 minute recital is followed by refreshments and the CML!F AGM. Free

Friday 6th September • 7.30pm

Schreker Der Wind Nonsense Poems

Songs Ullman Daniel’s Beard burst into life in 2010 with a residency in Glasgow’s Cottier’s The Falkirk concert is the centre-piece of a three-day residency in Falkirk working with Kinnaird Primary and in the Atrium of Forth Valley Royal Hospital. £9 | Students £2

Friday 18th October • 7.30pm

Suite Italienne Stravinsky Five Melodies Prokofiev Sonata in A Major Fauré Leader of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Laura is one of the most eminent, and accomplished violinists of her generation and in 1994 co-founded the internationally famous Belcea Quartet.

Edinburgh born Lynda plays regularly with the RSNO, BBC SSO and was a member of the contemporary music group, Paragon. £9 | Students £2

Alexandra Dariescu piano Friday 8th November • 7.30pm

Prelude and Fugue in B minor (Bk II, No. 24), BWV 893 J S Bach 24 Preludes Shostakovich 24 Preludes Chopin Alexandra makes a much anticipated return to FTH after 3 years.

Since then she has made her debut at Carnegie Hall and appeared as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and St. Paul’s Orchestras. She collaborated with the Belcea and Elias Quartets and gave the world premiere of Emily Howard’s piano concerto and the UK premiere of Dinu Lipatti’s Concertino as well as many concert appearances that have earned her critical acclaim. £9 | Students £2

classic music live! falkirk

Laura Samuel violin Lynda Cochrane piano

dance

Parade Du Plaisir

Blond Ambition & Burlesque and Cabaret.com present

A Decadent Showgirl Style Burlesque Revue Friday 22nd November • 8pm Fancy a Xmas Night Out with a difference? Forget cheesy tributes and enter a glamorous world of rhinestones, feathers, high-kicks and showgirls as FTH is transformed into a decadent cabaret lounge for the evening.

Hosted by the Grand Dame of Scottish Burlesque Gypsy Charms and featuring the world renowned French Fling Showgirls “Plaisirettes” – Belle, BonBon, Betsy and Gilda- these sophisticated showgirls have graced the stage of the Moulin Rouge and Las Vegas and will be fluttering their feathers and peeling to perfection with a (very) high kick, a smile and a wink.

For the ladies male burlesquer Tom Kat will delight with his cheeky comic style and evening will kick off and end with retro DJ Lord Hollywood spinning some burlesque and vintage inspired tunes on his wheel of steel. £12.50

Group night out?

Menu and Show package available!

For further information please contact: venue@falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Thursdays: 5th Sept 31st October • 7.30pm – 8.30pm £6 Course (9 weeks) £45 | Studio

Beginners / Improvers Ballroom Dance Wednesdays: 4th September – 20th November • 6.30pm – 7.30pm £6 Course (12 weeks) £65 | Studio

Ballroom Dances Fridays: 16th August, 13th September, 11th October • 8pm £6

Afternoon Dance with John Findlay Wednesdays: 4th September, 9th October, 20th November 2pm £4 | Studio

dance

Burlesque with Gypsy Charms

Friday 6th Saturday 14th December (not Monday 9th) 7.30pm Matinees Saturdays 7th & 14th December Sunday 8th December It’s panto time at FTH (oh yes it is!) and what better way to start the yuletide festivities than a magical, all singing, all dancing family fun night out.

Join Jack, his mammy, Mrs Ippy and a host of crazy characters on this adventure up the magic beanstalk, dodging giants and other crazy characters in a Falkirk inspired version of the Christmas classic. £10 / £8 £32 family ticket Groups of 10+ £7

Jack and the Beanstalk Falkirk Youth Theatre presents

by Simon Beattie

for foodies!

Ready Steady Cook Live Limited and Endemol present

Ready Steady Cook Live!

Thursday 20th February 2014 • 7.30pm Britain’s most successful TV cookery show is coming fresh and live to FTH! Television chef Lesley Waters will bring alive on stage all the favourite ingredients of this well- loved cooking show. Star host Russell Grant will introduce Lesley and a guest television chef to battle out the ‘Green Pepper’ and ‘Red Tomato’ kitchen challenge and you will vote for your favourite.

You can have the chance to be our very special guest and join in the fun on stage by supplying one of the two ingredient bags for the cook off challenge, or the famous Quickie Bag. Perfect for fans of the programme, foodies or those in need of culinary support, the show is ideal for anyone with an appetite for cooking. Watch and learn insider tips and ask the chefs those ‘burning’ questions on preparing a better meal. Will ‘Green Peppers’ or ‘Red Tomatoes’ triumph?

Book now to decide and vote at Ready Steady Cook Live!

Lesley Waters will appear at most shows with an exciting roster of guest chefs including Brian Turner Kevin Woodford, Nick Nairn and Tony Tobin.

Check the website below to see who’ll be the TV chef at FTH. £25 readysteadycooklive.com Chefs and guest hosts appear subject to availability.

Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September • 7.30pm

A cabaret evening of songs from the seventies to today £10

Falkirk Bohemians present Grease Tuesday 29th October - Saturday 2nd November • 7.30pm

Rydell High comes to FTH as the T-Birds and Pink Ladies take the stage to perform the hit musical. £11/£9 (Concessions Tue – Thu only)

Shakespeare Schools Festival Monday 4th November •7pm

Students from Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Wallace High Schools present scenes from the Bard’s classics £8.50 / £6.50 concession; Groups 20+ £6

Falkirk Festival of Remembrance Saturday 9th November • 7pm £5

local

Falkirk Operatic Society Cabaret

e: functions@falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Train Grahamston Station 5 mins, Falkirk High 15 mins Bus Firstbus 1,2 (Whiteline) or 4 (Redline) Car Glasgow & West, M80 / M876 Jct 1 Edinburgh & East M9 Jct 5 (follow signs for Camelon)

Access 5 disabled parking spaces.

Accessible toilets – café bar and upper level.

Induction Loop.

Spaces for wheelchairs and companions in front rows. Please advise Box Office at the time of booking.

Guide dogs welcome.

Book Tickets Online: www.ticketweb.co.uk In Person: Steeple Box Office, High Street, Falkirk, Monday – Saturday 9.30am - 4.45pm FTH Box Office: Wednesdays 9.45am – 1pm One hour prior to the performance (subject to availability) Phone: 01324 506850. We accept most debit and credit cards by phone.

Tickets can be sent directly to the customer (50p for postage) or uplifted from the Steeple Box Office or FTH Box Office prior to the performance.

Concession Tickets: Available for under 16s, unemployed in receipt of benefits, students, senior citizens, Young Scot Card Holders.

Proof of eligibility must be shown at time of booking.

Refunds: Sorry - tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase except in the event of a cancellation of the performance / event by FTH.

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Hire FTH If you would like information regarding the hire of FTH please contact The Venue Supervisors on (01324) 506177 or e-mail venue@ falkirkcommunitytrust.org

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Send your name, email and / or postal address to arts@falkirkcommunitytrust.org or call the Steeple Box Office (01324) 506850

FTH Café Bar The FTH Café Bar is open from one hour before the performance, at the interval (unless stated) and at the end of the show.Our friendly team will make your visit even more special with a soothing cuppa, a tub of Soaves award winning ice cream or something a wee bit stronger.

Remember - avoid those queues and order your interval drinks before the show. Just ask a member of the Team.

Exhibitions FTH Gallery & Café Bar are free spaces for local artists to exhibit and are generally open from 10am – 4pm Monday - Friday and before performances and events. If you would like to exhibit please contact (01324) 506174.

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A Butterfly Kiss Dave Spikey Ba Ba Boom Summer Party Omid Djalili David Baddiel Dylan Moran

8pm 7.30pm 12.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Ballroom Dance The Allan Recorder Consort The Singing Kettle Busy Bees Nathan Carter Sing- a –Longa- Joseph

8pm 7.30pm 1pm & 3.30pm 10am 7.30pm 2.30pm

Afternoon Dance 2pm Beginners / Improvers Ballroom Dance 6.30pm Burlesque with Gypsy Charms 7.30pm Daniel’s Beard 7.30pm Ballroom Dance 8pm Forever in Blue Jeans 8pm The Stone Roses - Made of Stone 7.30pm Falkirk Operatic Society Cabaret 7.30pm Afternoon Dance 2pm Craig Hill – Tartan About!

Afternoon Dance Ballroom Dance Vintage Fayre Dirty Dusting Dirty Dusting Hairy Maclary & Friends Laura Samuel & Linda Cochrane Grease

8pm 2pm 8pm 11am 7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 7.30pm 7.30pm

Shakespeare Schools Festival Lifeboat Lifeboat Alexandra Dariescu Festival of Remembrance Daniel Sloss Afternoon Dance Parade Du Plaisir

7pm 7.30pm 1.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 8pm 2pm 8pm

Falkirk Community Trust gratefully acknowledges the support of Falkirk Council

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