What's On Spring 2024 - Old Woollen

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TICKETS £13 + BOOKING FEE. Acts subject to change without notice. Doors 7pm/Shows 8pm

COMEDY DAVID EAGLE: FLYING SOLO

“Just seen the future of stand up comedy and his name is David Eagle” – BOOTHBY GRAFFOE

THU 1 FEB - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

CONNOR BURNS: VERTIGO

“There is nothing he sets his comedic sights on that he misses… He is fearless and it is wonderful… Hilarious!” ★★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN

THU 7 MAR - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

TRICK… TRICK… BOOM!

An evening of comedy magic featuring PETE WARDELL (Stage Magician & Close-Up Magician of The Year – The Magic Circle). Hosted by ASHLEY TURNER (BBC3’s School of Hard Tricks).

FRI 15 MAR - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

STEPHEN BAILEY: CRASS

“He’s an arch-bitch with a winning smile, everyone’s favourite gay best friend. Bailey’s confident, funny and suitably rude” – REVIEWS HUB

SAT 16 MAR - £15 + BOOKING FEE

AN EVENING WITH ARTHUR SMITH

Join comedian, writer, broadcaster and all-round British institution Arthur Smith, and bask in an evening of laughter and off-the-wall humour.

SUN 7 APR - £15 + BOOKING FEE

EMMANUEL SONUBI: CURRICULUM VITAE

Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee: Best Newcomer 2022. “Side-splittingly funny.

Roaring laughs” – INDEPENDENT

WED 10 APR - £16.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: FREEWHEELING

A totally improvised tour around your weirdest and wildest ideas. Tour support for Micky Flanagan and Jason Manford. “Hilarious” – THE TELEGRAPH

THU 11 APR - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

ALYSSA KYRIA: THE FUNNY MUMMY

“Hysterical!” – NETMUMS. “The perfect concoction of parenting and comedy, Alyssa is onto something great.” ★★★★★ VOICEMAG

THU 9 MAY - £14 + BOOKING FEE

COMEDY ELEANOR CONWAY: TALK DIRTY TO ME

With over 100 million views online this award-winning stand-up is back, with an awardnominated sex positive, high energy banger!

THU 30 MAY - £15 + BOOKING FEE EDINBURGH FRINGE COMEDY PREVIEWS:

LOU CONRAN + EDDY BRIMSON

Lou Conran is a regular tour support for Sarah Millican. “As filthy as she is fabulous” – EDINBURGH GUIDE. “If there were a school of comedy, Brimson would be top of the class” - SYDNEY SUNDAY HERALD

THU 11 JULY - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

SULLY O’SULLIVAN: A COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND Award-winning Kiwi comedian Sully O’Sullivan provides all the answers to questions about New Zealand. “Quintessentially Kiwi Comedy” – NZ HERALD

THU 12 SEPT - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE MARK THOMAS IN ENGLAND & SON

Disaster capitalism, empire, stolen youth and wealth merge in the tale of a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. “Funny and ferocious” ★★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

THU 25 JAN - £15 + BOOKING FEE

FRIEND (THE ONE WITH GUNTHER)

One man, 70 minutes, ten seasons. The entire 236 episodes of the hit TV show retold through the eyes of Gunther. “This can’t be beaten” ★★★★★ THE REVIEWS HUB

TUE 6 FEB - £20 + BOOKING FEE

QUANTUM SAUCE: SCIENCE + ART + BEER = MIND EXPANSION! £6 + BOOKING FEE TUE 13 FEB: VALENTINE’S SPECIAL Feat. Prof Emilian Jamroziak (Medieval Saints – Superpowers for love and life) + Dr Mani King Sharpe (Love in War) + Dr Maria Paton (Modern imaging methods for cardiac pacing)

WED 20 MAR: TRANSFORMERS! Feat. Dr Carl Fox (The morality of Decepticon Rule) + Prof Netta Cohen (More than Meets the Eye: Robots Inspired by Nature) + Guest

THE NEW BLUR ALBUM

From the creator of John Peel’s Shed and Sky One’s After Hours. “A sweet reminiscence about youth, music and friends, full of heart and soul” – THE OBSERVER

SUN 3 MAR - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE FUTURE OF GEOGRAPHY WITH TIM MARSHALL

Tim is a journalist, broadcaster and a leading authority on foreign affairs. His gripping new book shows that politics and geography are as important in space as on the ground.

MON 4 MAR - £14 + BOOKING FEE (PRESENTED BY TRUMAN BOOKS)

BI-TOPIA: A COMING OF AGE STORY

A hilarious, honest and raw exploration of sexuality and masculinity. “Candid, powerful and gentle… A one-man show that’s all about the man.” ★★★★1/2 THE REVIEWS HUB

WED 6 MAR - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

AUSTEN’S WOMEN: LADY SUSAN A darkly comic tale of Regency society, based on the book by Jane Austen. Lady Susan is taking on this world but has she met her match? “A towering performance” ★★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN

THU MAR 14 - £14.50 + BOOKING FEE

TUBTHUMPING PRESENTS: HOLLIE McNISH: THE LOBSTER TOUR

Sunday Times Bestselling writer Hollie McNish brings her much-loved poetic style to questions of friendship, flags and newborns, clocks, cocks and Volvos.

THU 28 MAR - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

SPOKEN WORD & PERFORMANCE BETTER DAYS

Blistering gig theatre about the house music revolution. “The combination of rhythm, rhyme, sharp humour and soul-searching tunes was utterly intoxicating” ★★★★★ NORTH WEST END

FRI 12 APR - £18 + BOOKING FEE

AN EVENING WITH JULIET STEVENSON

Star of Truly, Madly, Deeply and Bend It Like Beckham, Juliet Stevenson lets us into the secrets of the acting craft and tells the story of her glittering career.

SUN 14 APR - £17 + BOOKING FEE

HAGS – A MAGICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!

Joy, silliness and spectacle in a show packed full of magic tricks, physical comedy and live music, exploring the witch-hunt mania that swept the country 350 years ago.

FRI 17 APR - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

METROPOLIS – SILENT FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC

Fritz Lang’s 1927 futuristic fantasy on the big screen with live accompaniment provided by Northern Silents, in the beautiful setting of the 1912 building (next to the Old Woollen).

THU 18 APR - £14 + BOOKING FEE

CONFETTI

“A gleeful, glittery, one-man rom-com” – THE SCOTSMAN. A celebration of the gay best friend, wearing his heart on his sleeve and keeping the party going!

THU 25 APR - £13 + BOOKING FEE

NAN, ME AND BARBARA PAVI

Hannah Maxwell presents an epic tale of care, crisis and French Eurovision Song Contest star Barbara Pavi. It’s La La Land meets Mission Impossible meets Hannah’s Nan.

THU 16 MAY - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE HAUNTED MOUSTACHE

Outstanding Theatre Award – Fringe Review. Best Comedy Award – Brighton Fringe. One man’s fantastical and hilarious quest to unravel the occult secrets of a unique family “hairloom”.

THU 13 JUNE - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE ARCHIVE OF DREAD: REVISITED

Nunkie Theatre Presents Tales of possession, monsters and the living dead, performed by Robert Lloyd Parry. “One of the country’s most idiosyncratic and under-rated performers” – TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

THU 27 JUNE - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

MUSIC JON GOMM & JO QUAIL

LEGEND

SAT 27 JAN

FRI 2 FEB

£22.50 + BOOKING FEE

£12 + BOOKING FEE

CLOUDBUSTING

BOB MARLEY’S BIRTHDAY MASH

THE MUSIC OF KATE BUSH

BERNARD BUTLER

SAT 3 FEB

THU 8 FEB

£22.50 + BOOKING FEE

£22.50 + BOOKING FEE

KANTOS CHAMBER CHOIR: LOVE IS LOVE

SOFT MACHINE

THU 15 FEB

SUN 18 FEB

£18 / £11 concs + BOOKING FEE

£20 + BOOKING FEE

NOUVELLE VAGUE

THE WOODENTOPS

WED 21 FEB

THU 22 FEB

£32.50 + BOOKING FEE

£20 + BOOKING FEE

EDDIE & THE HOT RODS

FEROCIOUS DOG

SUN 25 FEB

(ACOUSTIC SHOW) TUE 27 FEB

£17.50 + BOOKING FEE

£16 + BOOKING FEE

THE DOLLY SHOW

NINE BELOW ZERO

SAT 2 MAR

(ACOUSTIC SHOW) SUN 10 MAR

£18.50 + BOOKING FEE

£16 + BOOKING FEE

MUSIC FOLD

THE TOTAL STONE ROSES

THU 21 MAR

SAT 23 MAR

£10 + BOOKING FEE

£16 + BOOKING FEE

SAM LEE

(SONGDREAMING TOUR) SUN 24 MAR

THE STAIRS MON 25 MAR

£18 + BOOKING FEE

£20 + BOOKING FEE

FLEETWOOD BAC

THE LOTTERY WINNERS

FRI 29 MAR

WED 3 APR

£20 + BOOKING FEE

£20 + BOOKING FEE

DISCO 40

THE UK’S BIGGEST PET SHOP BOYS CLUB NIGHT SAT 6 APR £4 + BOOKING FEE

LIVEWIRE

THE AC/DC SHOW SAT 13 APR £20 + BOOKING FEE

THE MARIACHIS POP CLASSICS WITH A MEXICAN TWIST

THE UKRANIANS

SAT 20 APR

SAT 27 APR

£16 + BOOKING FEE

£16 + BOOKING FEE

NEWTON FAULKNER FEELS LIKE HOME TOUR 2 TUE 30 APR £28.50 + BOOKING FEE

DEAN FRIEDMAN THU 2 MAY £28 + BOOKING FEE

MUSIC HARRY STYLES TRIBUTE

OAS-IS

SAT 4 MAY

FRI 10 & SAT 11 MAY

£15 + BOOKING FEE

£16 + BOOKING FEE

SILVERLODE

THE UNDERTONES

SUN 12 MAY

FRI 5 JULY

£5 + BOOKING FEE

£30 + BOOKING FEE

FLOYD UK

TRANSMISSION

SAT 6 JULY

FRI 12 JULY

£17.50 + BOOKING FEE

£15 + BOOKING FEE

DARK SIDE OF THE MOON LIVE

LEEDS BAROQUE ORCHESTRA

THE SOUND OF JOY DIVISION

FRENCH BAROQUE

THE BOOTLEG BEATLES (STANDING SHOW)

SUN 28 JULY

WED 4 & THU 5 SEPT

£5 - £20 + BOOKING FEE

£30 + BOOKING FEE

SAT 7 SEPT

CHRIS HELME (THE SEAHORSES) & NIGEL CLARK (DODGY) SUN 8 MAR

£15 + BOOKING FEE

£15 + BOOKING FEE

RHYTHM OF THE 90s

MARTIN SIMPSON

FRI 20 & SAT 21 SEPT

SUN 22 SEPT

£25 + BOOKING FEE

£20 + BOOKING FEE

PINK

by VICKY JACKSON

MUSIC MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES

NINE BELOW ZERO + DR FEELGOOD

THU 3 OCT

THU 10 OCT

£18 + BOOKING FEE

£30 + BOOKING FEE

THE 5,6,7,8’S

ANTARCTIC MONKEYS

THU 17 OCT

SAT 19 OCT

£20 + BOOKING FEE

£17.50 + BOOKING FEE

THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT

THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL

TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE

SUN 20 OCT

FRI 25 & SAT 26 OCT

£21 + BOOKING FEE

£15 + BOOKING FEE

THE WORD IS TERRY CHRISTIAN

Join award-winning broadcaster, stand-up comedian and Word host Terry Christian as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of this iconic and quintessentially 90s TV show.

SAT 9 MAR – £20 + BOOKING FEE

BADLY DRAWN BOY

LIVE AND IN CONVERSATION

A live acoustic show and in-depth conversation with the iconic musician, hosted by BBC Radio 6 Presenter Chris Hawkins.

SUN 21 APR – £25 + BOOKING FEE

JOHN ROBB

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF ROCK N ROLL?

John talks about a life in music, his book on Goth, The Art Of Darkness, and his adventures on the post-punk frontline.

SUN 28 APR – £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

BINGO FOR THE PEOPLE! TOP CASH PRIZE OF £750!

FRI 9 FEB – SAT 24 FEB – FRI 8 MAR – FRI 5 APR FRI 17 MAY – FRI 21 JUNE - FRI 19 JULY £7 + BOOKING FEE [18+]

GLAMOUR PUSSY

LEEDS’ BIGGEST MONTHLY DRAG NIGHT – FOR THOSE WITH A SERIOUS DRAG ADDICTION! FRIDAYS: 26 JAN - 23 FEB - 22 MAR - 19 APR - 31 MAY £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

BARRIOKE – VALENTINES SPECIAL

A huge night of loved up Karaoke with Barry from Eastenders!

FRI 16 & SAT 17 FEB - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE GREATEST MAGICIAN: AN EVENING OF WONDERS ★★★★★ “Huge laughs and stunning tricks” – VOICE MAGAZINE

“A polished showman and raconteur” – THE STANDARD

FRI 26 APR - £19.50 + BOOKING FEE / £36 + BF VIP MEET & GREET TICKETS

SOLVE-ALONG-A MURDER SHE WROTE

Hilarious interactive screenings of classic episodes, hosted by superfan Tim Benzie.

Race to solve the crime via the Fanometer and the Suspiciometer!

SAT 8 JUNE - £15 + BOOKING FEE

SING-ALONG-A-WICKER MAN

Dress up and join in with the singing, actions and dialogue of the horror classic.“Camp, cheeky and hugely entertaining” – TIME OUT “Terrific fun” – ROBIN HARDY, Wicker Man Director

FRI 14 JUNE - £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

MASSAOKE: SING THE MUSICALS

The live band sing-along spectacular, an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the greatest musicals of all time. “Electrifying” – TIME OUT

SAT 22 JUNE - £16 + BOOKING FEE

IT’S A MYSTERY!

A hilarious exploration of the enduring appeal of murder mysteries with Tim Benzie, host of Solve-Along-A Murder She Wrote. “A killer of a show!” ★★★★★ WEST END BEST FRIEND

WED 25 SEPT - £14.50 + BOOKING FEE

MARTIN KEMP – BACK TO THE 80s

The Spandau Ballet star takes to the decks and spins all your favourite 80s hits. Grab your dancing shoes – fancy dress is encouraged!

FRI 4 & SAT 5 OCT - £25 + BOOKING FEE

HOWERD’S END

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s best-loved comedians. But he had a secret. And the secret’s name was Dennis. “Hugely entertaining” ★★★★ REVIEWSGATE

SUN 6 OCT - £13.50 + BOOKING FEE

THE MAKINGS OF A MURDERER 2: THE REAL MANHUNTER

Fantastic new True Crime special featuring Colin Sutton, former Senior Investigating Officer with the Met Police, and subject of an ITV drama based on his memoirs starring Martin Clunes.

SUN 24 NOV - £24 + BOOKING FEE

SOLVE-ALONG-A MURDER SHE WROTE CHRISTMAS

An interactive screening of the festive Murder, She Wrote episode A Christmas Secret.

Jessica Fletcher gets caught up in a murder mystery only she (or you!) can solve!

SAT 30 NOV - £15 + BOOKING FEE

BARBARA NICE’S FESTIVE PARTY

Star of Phoenix Nights, Coronation Street and Britain’s Got Talent Barbara Nice is back with her annual festival shindig, complete with raffle, tombola and mince pies!

SUN 8 DEC - £14 + BOOKING FEE

OLD WOOLLEN BEER CLUB Our regular hop into the world of beer with our industry experts. Ticket includes tastings of 4 beers + exclusive beer club keg.

WEDNESDAYS: 24 JAN (BURN’S NIGHT SPECIAL) 28 FEB – 27 MAR – 24 APR – 15 MAY £12.50 + BOOKING FEE

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FIND US The Old Woollen is in the heart of the Sunny Bank Mills site.

Go through the main set of gates to the right of the Gallery, and head straight up to The Weaver’s Yard.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT We are a 15 minute walk from New Pudsey Train Station.

BUSES: No. 16 stops outside the venue.

No. 72 stops at the top of Old Road (10 minute walk).

PARKING Free parking in the Weaver’s Yard, next to the venue.

ACCESS We welcome Deaf and disabled customers to the Old Woollen The venue has step-free access. Free PA tickets available.

More details on our website.

We are adding events all the time. To keep up-to-date with our full programme you can sign up to our e-mailing list via the website, follow us on social media or scan the QR code.

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