SPRING AND SUMMER 2021 - LIVE PERFORMANCES ACROSS SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE - Arts Alive
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SPRING AND
SUMMER 2021
LIVE PERFORMANCES ACROSS
SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE
WELCOME TO ARTS ALIVE’S
SEASON OF SHOWS FROM
APRIL – JUNE 2021
2020 is probably a year best forgotten for KEY TO
the Live events industry however 2021will LIVE EVENTS
see us back, bigger, better and bolder
than before.
MUSIC
Thank you to our fantastic promoters who have THEATRE
been willing to host a live show this season,
with all the complexities that involves, and rest DANCE
assured those of you who are our fabulous
COMEDY
audiences you will be safely looked after at an
Arts Alive event and we know you are longing to
come back and join in.
In this digital brochure you will see all Live events FIND US ON
we have programmed but do please check our
ArtsAliveandFlicks
website www.artsalive.co.uk for full details and
new events that we will be adding in as the year
goes on. ArtsAliveFlicks
For details of performances, venues and to ArtsAlive_FlicksintheSticks
purchase tickets go to our website at
www.artsalive.co.uk
Sign up for our regular What’s On email online
to keep up to date with everything including
our Flicks in the Sticks project.
All film screenings are listed online.
JOIN US FOR ARTS ALIVE’S
SEASON SELECTION OF SHOWS
FOR AUTUMN 2021 AND SPRING 2022
A Zoom invitation to promoters will be provided once you sign up to
the event. Like previous years during the event there will be an outline
of the shows on offer for you to book and a showcase of a few of the
performances available to you.
We will send out a digital version of the season selection a week
before the launch so you can have a sneak preview and then
bookings for all shows need to be in by Monday 3rd May.
To book a place at the launch please email Jules@artsalive.co.uk
Please bring a cuppa and your favourite cake with you!
We will meet again in person very soon. Long Live Live events.
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DAVID MYNNE DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
The Canterbury Tales
From the company that brought you ‘A Christmas Fri 2 Apr, 8.00pm
Carol’, ‘Dracula’ and ‘The Odyssey’ comes a Harley Village Hall, SY5 6LP
one-man performance of ‘The Canterbury Tales’. Tickets: 01952 510422
Revered as one of the most important works in £12
English literature, ‘The Canterbury Tales’ paints an
Sat 3 Apr, 7.30pm
ironic and critical portrait of English society in the
Conquest Theatre, Bromyard HR7 4LL
middle-ages.
Tickets: 01885 488575
www.conquest-theatre.co.uk
All of life is here in these few bawdy, funny, serious £10
and sometimes shocking, short stories. Experience
a journey down the foul and fetid footpaths of Age 12+
fourteenth-century England, told with the usual
irreverence, wit and silliness! There will be middle-
ages goings-on and nonsense. There may be a
codpiece! There will, no doubt, be some medieval
swearing! This is Chaucer... but not as you’ve ever
seen it!
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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THEATRE
‘OWDYADO THEATRE DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
Twisted Tales Vol. 2
Following on from the success of Twisted Tales, this show Fri 16 Apr, 7.30pm
is a new trilogy of darkly comic ‘tales of the unexpected.’ Quatt Village Hall, WV15 6QN
Twisted Tales 2 brings you more surprising stories of the Tickets: 01746 781759 / 781214
macabre and mysterious. Deep in space the crew of the £10
Fortuna are searching for extra-terrestrial life but the ship
is malfunctioning, the crew are beginning to show signs of Age 14+
a strange infection and time is running out. Time, space,
kidnapping, torture, the infinity of the universe, the quest
for humanity, the desperate search for meaning, the last
gasp of a dying star and copious amounts of tea – these
themes and more are covered in ‘Owdyado’s hilariously
dark Twisted Tales Vol. 2 – three brand new comedy
thrillers live on stage!
Featuring scripts by Jon Welch, Brett Harvey & Charlotte
Bister & Daniel Richards, Twisted Tales Vol.2 by Hall For
Cornwall’s Resident Company ‘Owdyado Theatre will
have you laughing, crying and gasping for more!
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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THEATRE
SPRING Festival of stories and songs
23 - 24 APRIL '21
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at the Sparc Theatre, Bishops Castle
featuring artists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Friday Evening 7.30pm, Tickets £12
English Folk duo Whalebone are joined by poet Jean Atkin to perform
Understories, a brush with the new folklore of Shropshire.
ALAW “Welsh musicians don’t come more sensitive, accomplished
and exploratory than this crew” fROOTS
Saturday lunchtime Saturday Evening
1pm – 2.30pm Join local storytellers 7.30pm, Tickets £12
telling their tales over lunch.
£12 per person includes a light lunch Wendy Weatherby and Sandy
Breichin are two of Scotland’s most
Amy Douglas versatile and popular musicians,
playing a mixture of traditional and
Award-winning author and storyteller,
who tells traditional tales original material.
from Shropshire and Scotland.
Join internationally acclaimed artists
Helen East and Rick Wilson singer-songwriter Michelle Burke
Join them as they tell traditional stories from rural East Cork, Ireland and pianist
drawn from first hand experience of places and composer James Ross, for a
they have worked in and visited worldwide. smattering of Parlour songs, new songs,
tunes and shenanigans.
For more information & to book tickets, please visit
www.artsalive.co.uk
SPILTMILK DANCE DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
Desert Islands Flicks
Desert Island Flicks sees two leading ladies Fri 7 May, 7.30pm
reimagine, remake and spoof the most memorable Priest Weston Village Hall, SY15 6DF
Tickets: 07854 441235
movie moments of all time, taking on the lead
£12 / £6 / £30
roles, stunts, and special effects!
Sat 8 May, 7.30pm
From timeless classics to modern marvels, the Wem Town Hall, SY4 5DG
show celebrates how iconic characters and Tickets: 01939 232299
www.wemtownhall.co.uk
thrilling plot twists have captured imaginations the
£13 / £11 / Friends £12
world over, bringing people together to laugh,
cry, and cheer. Somewhere between a dance Suitable for all ages
performance, sketch show, a night at the movies
and an epic game of charades, Desert Island
Flicks shines a spotlight on life lessons learnt from
the big screen, all set to a sensational soundtrack.
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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DANCE
HARP AND A MONKEY DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
The Victorians: Songs, Stories and More
A brand new show from the award-winning Tue 11 May, 7.30pm
modern folk music and storytelling outfit Harp Alveley Parish Memorial Hall, WV15 6JT
Tickets: 01746 780478
and a Monkey. The trio have revived songs
£10 / £5 / £25
of the Victorian era (popular, music hall, folk,
work and street songs) and reworked them for Wed 12 May, 7.30pm
contemporary ears. The songs have been chosen Bitterley Village Hall, SY8 3HQ
to shed light on lesser known aspects of Victorian Tickets: 01584 318047
£12 / £6
life - from the poignant to the humorous. The stories
behind the tunes are delivered by the band’s Sat 19 Jun, 7.30pm
singer and raconteur Martin Purdy, an acclaimed Harley Village Hall, SY5 6LP
historian, author and broadcaster. Talented multi- Tickets: 01952 510422
instrumentalists and long-standing friends, the trio £12
guarantee a heart-warming performance of foot-
Age 5+
tapping tunes, great conversation and laughter
suitable for all ages.
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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MUSICNEW ART CLUB DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
Cupid’s Revenge
This dance theatre comedy show is about love. Fri 21 May, 7.30pm
Mythical love that drives the creation of the SpArC Theatre, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AY
Tickets: 01588 630321/638038
universe and everything in it.
www.sparctheatre.co.uk
£12 / £8
Romantic love. Love between friends. It is funny,
sad, reflective. It is not a story but holds lots of Age 12+ (mild swearing)
stories inside it. In that way it is like you. It has
a huge glowing red heart that has crash landed
onto the stage.
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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DANCETHE PEOPLE’S DATES, LOCATIONS
STRING FOUNDATION & TICKETS
Res Publica
“Res Publica” is a brand-new musical touring show Sat 5 Jun, 7.30pm
from: The People’s String Foundation. During this Wem Town Hall, SY4 5DG
Tickets: 01939 232299
piece the band packs a 32-piece Gypsy Orchestra
www.wemtownhall.co.uk
into a suitcase and takes the audience on an £13 / £11 / Friends £12
incredible journey of discovery.
Sat 19 Jun, 8.00pm
Using music, puppetry, art, cinematography and Market Theatre, Ledbury, HR8 2AQ
Tickets: 07967 517125
animation all set to the backdrop of a “Virtual
www.themarkettheatre.com
Orchestra,” this show is unique and combines £14 / £8
many art forms to create one immersive piece.
Age 7+
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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MUSICBOX OF FROGS DATES, LOCATIONS
& TICKETS
Box of Frogs Improv Comedy
Box of Frogs, Birmingham’s premier Improv Group, Sat 12 Jun, 8.00pm
brings you a night of high-octane improvised Meole Brace
Peace Memorial Hall, SY3 9JP
comedy, based entirely on your suggestions.
Tickets: 01743 235384 and
Meole Village Stores
Expect the unexpected as quick-witted players £12
conjure up hilarious spontaneous songs, sketches Age 16+ (adult show)
and scenes on the spur of the moment. Performing
Fri 25 Jun, 7.30pm
entirely without a script, half-a-dozen players and
Clungunford Parish Hall, SY7 0PP
a musician will create a night of “Whose Line Is Tickets: 01588 660152
It Anyway” type comedy, with improvised songs, £10 / £5 / £25
stories and silliness. Age 7+ (family show: child Under 16)
Buy tickets online at www.artsalive.co.uk
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COMEDYWe’ll be bringing you more thought-
provoking, daring, heart-warming & exciting
titles to a venue near you soon.
For all the latest information keep an eye on
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