Review: Broke at Washington Arts Centre

The Tale Of Other People’s Money

Broke

Washington Arts Centre

12^th March 2015.

The Paper Birds return to the region with another heartfelt performance which resonated with its audience. After last year’s Thirsty, which Jowheretogo rated as The Small Scale Production of 2014(link to awards article) -  review: link to Jowheretogo review, it is great to another vibrant show.

It is clear that they have done their research and looked into the effects of debt with a range of people of differing backgrounds. A number of these tales are woven into the start of the show, which features a mixture of clever animations and lighting effects. As the taped recordings are fast forwarded the cast try to emulate the effect. Fairly quickly the drama centres mainly around a mother called Sally and her money problems.

Sally has a son and she is struggling to find the money for food and heating. She would like to be able to buy her young son an ice cream when he asks for one. We don’t get her full life story nor is a solution suggested and this adds to the power of the performance as it is left to one’s own mind to make those links. Her situation is given in stark contrast to the tale of how the Paper Birds actress Kylie built up her own debt starting with her time at university.

The individual stories, such as selling goods to pay off lenders, are in contrast to the overall story of the national debt and how the countries economy relies on individual debt. The facts are kept brief and hence interest is maintained.

Lighting, sound and animation design add to, rather than detract from, the feeling of the show. Two boxes, in which Jemma McDonnell and Kylie Walsh deliver many of the stories are a clever device. Shane Durrant     has a greater role than adding music but it is perhaps adding suspense to the Deal or No Deal section that saw him in his greatest element.

The show has real impact because it is discussing real people and the current state of the nation rather than some fictional hypothesis. It is easy to see how one’s personal debt profile evolves from small lender to a much larger problem. The show does not go into the morality of either the “buy the latest model now, pay for it later” mentality or low wages resulting in our working poor.

A moving factual production which leaves the audience with plenty to think about.

This review was written by Stephen Oliver for Jowheretogo PR (www.jowheretogo.com). Follow Jo on twitter @jowheretogo, Stephen @panic_c_button or like Jowheretogo on Facebook www.facebook.com/Jowheretogo

Original Jowheretogo Preview: link to preview

Company Information

Devised by The Paper Birds        

Directed by Jemma McDonnell

Composer Shane Durrant 

Audio Visual design by The Media Workshop

Lighting design by Kylie Walsh   

Set design by Fiametta Horvat and The Media Workshop 

Produced by Bonnie Mitchell

Performed by Jemma McDonnell, Kylie Walsh and Shane Durrant                

Broke is co-commissioned by and developed at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Greenwich Theatre. Funded by Arts Council England.

Theatre coming up at Arts Centre Washington in April

Chicken Licken

Wednesday 15 April, 11am + 2pm, Tickets £6 / £20 (family, admits 4)
Mixed into this recipe of food, puppets and music is the story of Little Red Hen and the sly Foxy Loxy. Will she outwit him and save her stuffing? For children aged 3 +

Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Thursday 23 April, 7.30pm, Tickets £6.50 / £5
Dario Fo's satirical comedy is based on a true story. An alleged anarchist terrorist falls to his death from a fourth-story window at police headquarters during the course of an interrogation. Did he jump or was he pushed? Presented by the University of Sunderland’s drama department as part of Sunfest.

The Pitchfork Disney
Saturday 25 April, 7.30pm, Tickets £6.50 / £5
Philip Ridley's controversial play is generally regarded as the play that kick-started the "In-Yer-Face" theatre movement in the 1990s. The play is a dreamlike piece which deals with childhood fears and trauma, and contains material that some people may find offensive. Presented by the University of Sunderland’s drama department as part of Sunfest.

Top Girls
Thursday 30 April, 7.30pm, Tickets £6.50 / £5
Cited by Mark Ravenhill as ‘the best play in the last twenty years’, Top Girls stimulates debate on gender politics, poverty, class and the machinations of capitalism. Marlene, the newly appointed managing director of Top Girls employment agency throws a dinner party for famous women throughout the centuries – all long dead.  Presented by the University of Sunderland’s drama department as part of Sunfest.

ARTS CENTRE WASHINGTON
Biddick Lane, Fatfield,  Washington.  NE38 8AB
Telephone 0191 219 3455 
www.artscentrewashington.co.uk 

Preview: Broke from The Paper Birds

Where Has The Wealth Gone?

Broke

Newcastle Live Theatre Tuesday 10–Wednesday 11 February

Arts Centre Washington Thursday 12 March

Broke is a new play by The Paper Birds coming to the region visiting Live Theatre on the 10^thand 11^th February and Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 12 March as part of a national tour.

What does it mean to be broke in 2014, as a person and as a country? Based on personal testimonies from nationwide interviews The Paper Birds return to their celebrated verbatim form of theatre to consider pennilessness in an age of personal (and national) debt

There are 13 million people in poverty in the UK and over half of these people are from working families. At Christmas 2013 the Red Cross started asking for food donations for the first time since World War II. What happens when you have to resort to sex work to pay the bills, or try to give up dealing drugs only to end up at a food bank when the money dries up, too? What happens when you have to sell everything you own to buy enough petrol for a journey across the country to visit your parents, or when at 28 you can’t buy anything more than cheap white bread to eat in the supermarket?

From the team behind last year’s celebrated Thirsty, this UK tour of Broke follows its sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe 2014. Sharing real life stories from the front line of poverty and debt in the UK, this new piece of verbatim theatre is a heartfelt and urgent look at the debt of a nation from displaced families and gambling addictions to beans on toast and blind leaps of faith onto the property ladder. Based on interviews taken across the UK in 2014, multi award winners The Paper Birds explore what it means to be broke, from ‘feeling the pinch’ to finding yourself penniless, in this visually stunning new production.

The Paper Birds Artistic Director Jemma McDonnell said:  “Broke is the first show we are making in a trilogy about class.  Armed with the statistic that the richest 1% of British people have as much as the bottom 55%, we started as we often do; by going out and speaking to people in food banks, in hostels, in charity and betting shops. As the 2015 Election approaches we are reminded that politics should not belong to the experts, it belongs to us all. Broke opens up a dialogue about austerity, inequality, about poverty and debt and shares some of the real stories and voices behind these shocking statistics.”

Company co-founder, devisor and performer Kylie Walsh said: “When making a new piece of political work, it’s always about what matters to me. I asked that question of myself, ‘what’s relevant to me, my life, my situation’? The answer was a four letter word: debt. I’m in debt. I owe thousands of pounds to credit card companies: and I’m not the only one. There are millions of us racking up huge bills that we can’t afford to pay back, that we can barely afford the interest on. And if I find myself in this situation, in full time work, what other stories can we unearth from across our culture? And crucially, how does the larger deficit, our nation’s debt crisis, filter down to me?”

The Paper Birds strive to create devised work that is culturally, socially and politically observational and conversationally urgent. Their productions emerge from a female perspective, and aim to address and evoke discussion, thought, and emotion when and where it is most needed, whilst retaining the company's signature visual and physical approach. Their past work includes In A Thousand Pieces (Fringe First and Fringe Review award winner, 2008), the highly celebrated sell-out Thirsty (2011) and 2013’s On the One Hand, with Northern Stage at St. Stephen’s. The company has also been shortlisted for Amnesty International Freedom of Expression award, The Stage’s Best Ensemble and Total Theatre’s Best Young Company.

Tickets:

Broke  comes to Live Theatre, Newcastle on Tuesday 10^thand Wednesday 11the February. Tickets cost £14-£10 (£12-£10 over 60s, £5 concs) and can be bought online at www.live.org.uk or from the box office on 0191 232 1232

Broke returns to the region and visits Arts Centre Washington on Thursday 12^thMarch. Tickets cost £8.50/ £6 (conessions) and are available from the Arts Centre Washingtonbox office on 0191 219 3455 or visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk.

Company Information

Devised by The Paper Birds        

Directed by Jemma McDonnell

Composer Shane Durrant 

Audio Visual design by The Media Workshop

Lighting design by Kylie Walsh   

Set design by Fiametta Horvat and The Media Workshop 

Produced by Bonnie Mitchell

Performed by Jemma McDonnell, Kylie Walsh and Shane Durrant                

Broke is co-commissioned by and developed at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Greenwich Theatre. Funded by Arts Council England.

Tour Information

4 – 6 Feb                               West Yorkshire Playhouse

                                                Playhouse Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UP

                                                £14 | 7.30pm, Thurs and Fri matinees 2pm

                                                www.wyp.org.uk  | 0113 213 7700

9 Feb                                     Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham

                                                Saint Peter's Hill, Grantham NG31 6PZ

                                                £12 (£10 concs, £5 U25s) | 7.30pm

                                                www.guildhallartscentre.com  | 01476 406158

10 – 11 Feb                          Live Theatre, Newcastle

                                                Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle upon TyneNE1 3DQ

                                                £14-£10 (£12-£10 over 60s, £5 concs) | 7.30pm

                                                www.Live.org.uk  | 0191 232 1232

12 Feb                                   Lincoln Drill Hall

                                                Free School Ln, Lincoln LN2 1EY

                                                £12 (£9 concs, £5 students) | 8pm

                                                www.lincolndrillhall.com   | 01522 873894 

13 Feb                                   StamfordArts Centre, Lincolnshire

                                                27 Saint Mary's Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2DL        

                                                £12 (£10 concs, £5 U25s) | 7.30pm

                                                www.stamfordartscentre.com  | 01780 763203

23 Feb                                   Richard Whitely Theatre, Giggleswick

                                                Gigglesworth School, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 0DE

                                                £10 (£8 for under 18s) | 7.30pm

                                                www.giggleswick.org.uk/rwt  | 01729 893180

24 Feb                                   The Core at Corby Cube

                                                The Corby Cube Parkland Gateway George Street, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 1QG

                                                Tickets from £8.50 + booking fee | 7.30pm

                                                www.thecorecorby.com  | 01536 470470

25 Feb                                   Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton-upon-Trent

                                                Duke St, Burton-upon-Trent DE14 1EB

                                                £10 (£8)  Students and schools £6 | 8pm

                                                www.brewhouse.co.uk   | 01283 508100

26 Feb                                   mac birmingham

                                                Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH

                                                £14 (£12). Schools £12 (buy 10 get 1 free) | 8pm

                                                www.macbirmingham.co.uk  | 0121 446 3232

27 Feb                                   Uppingham Theatre

                                                32 Stockerston Road, Uppingham, Oakham, Leicestershire LE15 9UD

                                                £10 (£8.50). Schools £9.50 | 7.30pm

                                                www.uppinghamtheatre.co.uk  | 01572 820820

3 – 7 Mar                               Theatre Royal, Plymouth

                                                Royal Parade, Plymouth PL1 2TR 

                                                £14.70 (£10.70) | 7.45pm                                                               

                                                www.theatreroyal.com  | 01752 267 222                

10 Mar                                   Waterside Arts Centre, Sale

                                                1 Waterside, SaleM33 7ZF

                                                £12 (£10). Schools £6 | 7.30pm

                                                www.watersideartscentre.co.uk  | 0161 912 5616

11 Mar                                   The Met, Bury

                                                Market Street, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0BW

                                                £10 (£8). Schools £6 | 7.30pm

                                                www.themet.biz  | 0161 761 2216

12 Mar                                   Arts Centre, Washington

                                                Biddick Lane, Washington, Tyne and Wear NE38 8AB

                                                £8.50 (£6). Schools £5 | 7.30pm

                                                www.Artscentrewashington.co.uk | 0191 219 3455

The Jowheretogo Theatre Year 2014

The Jowheretogo Theatre Year

So what were the productions that made the Jowheretogo team smile, laugh and/or cry the most this year? Stephen Oliver looks back at an exciting 2014.

Funny play of the year: The Play That Goes Wrong which we saw at the Darlington Civic Theatre. This play had us laughing from start to finish – memories of watching Airplane! the movie at the cinema when we were very young. The show is still on in the London West End and a sequel Peter Pan Goes Wrong reaches Darlington Civic and Newcastle Theatre Royal in 2015. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/review-play-that-goes-wrong-at.html

Musical of the year: Urinetown which we saw at the St James Theatre in London and became the play we love to quote thereafter. Great memorable songs, coupled with a cracking storyline – a feature that was missing on a number of musicals this year. We would love to see it tour to the North East. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/review-urinetown-musical-at-st-james.html

Moving Play of the Year: the revival of Wet House at Live Theatre was superb. Joe Caffrey was in great form as one of the trouble souls in Paddy Campbell’s debut play. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/review-wet-house-at-newcastle-live.html

Small scale show of the year: Thirsty from The Paper Birds which we saw at The Arts Centre Washington was a rollercoaster of emotions as Jemma McDonnell and Kylie Walsh consumed large amounts of liquid whilst exploring friendship and the demon alcohol.

http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/review-thirsty-by-paper-birds-at.html

Whodunnit of the year was Jason Durr’s portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Poirot in Black Coffee which had us guessing to the end at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal. We saw a number of murders of stage this year but this show was a cut above the rest. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/review-black-coffee-at-newcastle.html

Amateurs showing the professionals how it is done play of the year has to be the moving Duet For One at the People’s Theatre in Newcastle. A fabulous look into some really difficult questions.  http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/review-duet-for-one-newcastle-peoples.html

Kids show of the year is one we hand over to the wee-man of the team.  Robert loved Get Santa! at Newcastle’s Northern Stage. A funny show that wasn’t afraid to connect with the young audience. It was funny and heart warming without any unnecessary innuendo.  http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/review-get-santa-at-newcastle-northern.html

Dance show of the year was the incredible The Five & The Prophecy of Prana from Boy Blue Entertainment. The mix of manga style characters and strong storyline had the Northern Stage audience captivated. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/review-five-prophecy-of-prana-at.html

Wedding of the year? Well we see a lot of coupling on stage and the great farce that was Perfect Wedding at South Shields Customs House was very funny and showed that the North East produces entertaining theatre. http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/review-perfect-wedding-at-south-shields.html

A massive thank you goes to the actors, producers, directors and theatres that have invited us along to the shows this year. Theatre remains a great night out and is not just about the Panto at Christmas. We have never seen a broadcast of a West End Show at a cinema because we now there is plenty of live entertainment out there in our wonderful theatres.

Looking ahead – 2015 is going to be another cracking year too!

Preview: New Season at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham

New Season at Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Hexham

September – December 2014

Queen's Hall Arts has once again has a packed new season of the highest quality drama, live pop, classical, jazz and traditional music, exhibitions, ballet, film, and performances for children. And of course pantomime with Oddsocks’.

Artistic Director Geof Keys says “We’ve recently been successful in our application to Arts Council England to continue as a National Portfolio Organisation.  This award recognises our commitment to bringing high quality work,  and to supporting the emergence of the best and brightest talent in the region. With the support of the Arts Council and Northumberland County Council, and most importantly with your support, we are able to bring you some great experiences:-

·         Newly commissioned work from Tender Buttons in September, an in-house production of an Alan Ayckbourn ghost story in October, and newly commissioned children’s theatre from Puppetship in November.

·         A major new programme of digital work in our galleries kicking off with the magical Sprite Symphony in September.

·         Unlimited Theatre and Paper Birds bringing nationally acclaimed work to the Queen’s Hall as part of a major new consortium initiative.

And, of course, we will continue to bring trusted favourites that will warm up your evenings as the nights draw in - a great film club season, touring productions from Red Ladder and Reform Theatre, Théâtre Sans Frontières with Heaven Eyes, Ballet Cymru’s Beauty and the Beast, Nordic Fiddlers and many more top quality shows. And we’re all looking forward to Wind in the Willows at Christmas!”

Selected highlights of the new season at Hexham’s Queens Hall include…

Oddsocks The WInd In The Willows

• Oddsocks Productions return at Christmas this year with their pantomime take on the classic children’s novel The Wind in the Willows. Join Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad as they adventure along the riverbank…oh yes they do!

Pied Piper

• A big offerring for little ones this season with the puppets of the Pied Piper, Gruffalo creators Tall Stories with Emily Brown & the Thing, Clydebuilt Puppets’ Rapunzel, Once in a Blue Moon from Wriggle Dance and QHA’s own production of In a Nutshell.

Thirsty from Paper Birds

• Great Drama Offer: Buy 2 shows get 1 free in a Great Drama Offer. Choose from MONEY the game show (featuring £10,000 in real pound coins!), We’re Not Going Back from Red Ladder, David Almond’s Heaven Eyes from Hexham’s own Théâtre Sans Frontières, John Godber’s Bouncers, Thirsty from Paper Birds and Not About Heroes explores WW1 poets Wilfred Owen & Siegfried Sasson.
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Haunting Julia

• BITESIZE drama is a great way to enjoy great new short plays with great new food from the Little Angel Café. Watch out for Sounds and Guts from Tender Buttons and QHA’s own production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Haunting Julia.  A £12.50 ticket covers the show, accompanying food and a drink.

Sue Sweeney

• BBC Radio Newcastle presenter and one of the north east’s favourite comedienne’s Sue Sweeney presents a night of rib tickling laughter when she’s Live and Unleashed.

• Exhibitions at Queen's Hall Arts have a local flavour this season with exhibitions from Helen Pailing who has been Artist in residence at VARC in Tarset, and from photographer Iain Duncan who explores the ecosystem of lichen on Hadrian’s Wall. The venue will also host two new digital exhibitions; Sprite Symphony featuring musical fairies in jam jars and artist Lucy Pawlak who uses streaming technologies to create moving images and live performances.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

• The Simon & Garfunkel Story, Classic Clapton, Counterfeit Sixties and Buddy Holly & the Cricketers are appearing throughout the season with their own tributes to these legends.

Beauty & the Beast

• In October sees the return of Young Opera Venture with their acclaimed production of Mozart’s great final masterpiece, the Magic Flute. In October Ballet Cymru arrive with their sparkling and refreshing ballet Beauty & the Beast.

• Hexham Film Club is showing Nebraska in September, Plein Soleil (the original Talented Mr Ripley film) and the modern day Irish musical film Once. The season rounds off with two classic films from the 60s and 50s, Dr Zhivago and White Christmas.

• There is a talk from local historian Stan Beckensall on the special places of Northumberland, a book launch from ex-SAS turned author Chris Ryan and a lecture by South African Rob Caskie on the Anglo- Zulu war (made famous by the Michael Caine film Zulu).

Renaissance

• Add in performances from Hexham Amateur Stagec Society, Queen’s Hall Theatre Club with Blackadder Goes Forth, Paul Edis Sextet at Jazz in the Café and performances in the Hexham & District Music Society from Wu String Quartet, Aurora Wind Quintet and Renaissance … and much more, and what you get is another full and action packed season of the best in theatre and arts.

QHA Theatre Listings Sept - Dec 2014

 

Queen’s Hall Arts Centre, Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland. NE46 3LS

Box Office 01434 652477 or book online at www.queenshall.co.uk

September

Comedy

Sue Sweeney ‘Live and Unleashed’

Friday 12 September 7.30pm

The North East’s favourite comedienne; a non-stop, rib-tickling night of laughter with BBC Newcastle’s Sue Sweeney in her ‘Live and Unleashed’ stand-up comedy spectacular.

Tickets: £16.00 / £14.00 (OAPs / Friends)

Theatre

Sounds & Guts

Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 September 8.00pm / Friday 19 September 2.00pm

The Island is home to one human being and a huge colony of sea birds. Tender Buttons will take you on a theatrical tour of The Island, through a labyrinth of archive film, field recordings and collected stories of solitude. Sounds & Guts is a playful tale about the fine line between being alone and being lonely.

Tickets: £12.50 (BITESIZE ticket includes food) / £7.50 (Play only)

Pop

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

Saturday 20 September 8.00pm

Using huge projection photos and original film footage, The Simon and Garfunkel Story features a full live band performing all the hits including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound and many more.

Tickets: £16 / £14 (benefit conc / Friends / students)

Theatre

MONEY the game show

Wednesday 24 – Thursday 25 September 7.30pm

Playing with £10,000 in real pound coins, you are invited to bet long, short and hedge, as Casino and Queenie challenge you to play a series of high stake games that demonstrate how the world’s economic system came to the brink of collapse.

Tickets: £12.00 / £10.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)

 

Children’s

Pied Piper

Saturday 27 September 11.30am & 2.00pm

A puppet play for children aged 3 to 7 and their families. When the Pied Piper plays his flute the rats run, the greedy mayor rubs his hands and the children dance... a humorous and irresistible one person show combining a skilful mix of puppetry, foot-tapping music and storytelling.

Tickets: £6.50 / £5.00 (per person based on a group of 4 or more)

October

Theatre

Haunting Julia

By Alan Ayckbourn

Friday 3 – Saturday 4 October 8.00pm

Haunting Julia is chilling ghost story that manages to encapsulate Ayckbourn’s trademark timing and wit. A twisted study of grief, obsession and the supernatural, that will have you jumping out of your seat.

Tickets: £12.50 (BITESIZE) / £7.50 (Play only)

Theatre

We’re Not Going Back

Saturday 11 October 7.30pm

In this hard-hitting musical comedy we follow the fortunes of three sisters determined to set up a branch of Women Against Pit Closures. We’re Not Going Back tackles the resilience of working communities, the make-and-mend fabric of family and the power of sticking two fingers up to a government hell-bent on destruction…

Tickets: £12.00 / £10.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)

 

Theatre

Shakespeare Schools Festival

Friday 17 October 7.00pm

To mark Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, Queen’s Hall Arts is delighted to be working in partnership with the UK’s largest youth drama festival.

Ticket prices: £8.75 / £6.75 (Friends / benefit conc / student)

Children’s

Emily Brown & the Thing

Saturday 18 October 1.00pm & 4.00pm

Tall Stories (creators of the hugely popular Gruffalo stage show) present their brand new show.

One evening, Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit Stanley hear a Thing crying outside their window. What’s really troubling the Thing? Find out in this magical, musical show for everyone aged 3 and up.

Tickets: £6.50 / £5.00 (per person based on a group of 4 or more)

Theatre

Heaven Eyes

By David Almond

Tuesday 21 October 1.15pm & 7.00pm

Based on the novel by internationally renowned children’s author David Almond (Skellig), Théâtre Sans Frontières brings its own inimitable style of story-telling to this spellbinding and other-worldly tale about young people trying to find their way in the world.

Tickets: £12.00 / £10.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)

 

Theatre

Haunting Julia

By Alan Ayckbourn

Wednesday 22 October 8.00pm

Thursday 23 October 2.00pm

Haunting Julia is chilling ghost story that manages to encapsulate Ayckbourn’s trademark timing and wit. A twisted study of grief, obsession and the supernatural, that will have you jumping out of your seat.

Tickets: £12.50 (BITESIZE ticket includes food) / £7.50 (Play only)

Opera

The Magic Flute

Friday 24 October 7.30pm

Mozart’s final masterpiece has become one of the best-loved operas in history. It combines comedy, pantomime, love story, fantasy and philosophy in marvellous music.

Tickets: £16.50 / £10.00 (student)

Theatre

Bouncers

By John Godber

Saturday 25 October 7.30pm

Judd, Ralph, Les and Lucky Eric invite you for a night on the town in this hilarious and outrageous look back at the 80s nightclub scene. In the tatty, glitzy glamour and flashing lights we meet the smooth talking DJ, the lager swilling lads, the lip-sticked, lacquered girls and many more gyrating to the pulsating beat of the dance floor.

Tickets: £12.00 / £10.00 (Friends / benefit conc) / £5.00 (student)

 

Children’s

Rapunzel

Monday 27 October 2.00pm

With specially recorded music, beautifully made rod puppets, and Steve Smart’s masterly puppetry skills, this is a show that is enjoyed by adults and children alike. A new show for families ages 4+ years.

Tickets: £6.50 / £5.00 (per person based on a group of 4 or more)

Ballet

Beauty & the Beast

Wednesday 29 October 7.30pm

Ballet Cymru presents a sparkling and refreshing ballet using stunning costumes, breathtaking choreography, heartbreaking passion and the company’s unique blend of classical technique and storytelling.

Tickets: £13.50 / £11.50 (Friends) / £10.00 (benefit conc / student)

Pop

The Counterfeit Sixties Show

Thursday 30 October 7.30pm

Re-live the sounds and the magic of the swinging sixties; a showcase of the great bands of this unforgettable time.

Tickets: £16 / £15 (conc)