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What’s On
Spring 2022
BOX OFFICE: 01295 279002
www.themillartscentre.co.uk
Café
Bar
Set in the heart of Banbury's historic canalside, The Mill offers a
variety of freshly prepared food and drink from our rustic Cafe Bar.
Whether it's a slice of cake and a flat white with award-winning
Cotswold Coffee, an ice-cold glass of Prosecco or delicious ale from
Hook Norton Brewery, we have something for everyone!
Welcome to our Spring 2022 Brochure!
COTSWOLD COFFEE - HOOK NORTON BEERS - It has been wonderful to see so many of female-led Chhaya Collective. The double
you joining us in recent months for fantastic bill KHAOS & HYMNOS (10th March) draws
HOMEMADE REFRESHMENTS - CAKES - COCKTAILS - WINE
live performances, creative classes and on ancient stories to bring audiences of all
workshops, film screenings and exhibitions ages a highly energetic, stirring and visceral
– as well as popping into the Café Bar for dance performance that revels in the joy,
a hot drink and a slice of cake! Our Spring tenderness and power of wild women.
2022 Season is jam-packed full of even
YOUR VISIT TO THE MILL more exciting events with something for
everyone to enjoy.
As you enjoy discovering our Spring
2022 Season, we would like to take the
opportunity to thank everyone who took
Please wear a face covering and There’s still time to book for The Very
part in our recent survey. Your responses
maintain a reasonable social Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show, here
at The Mill 30th November-11th December! will help us shape The Mill’s future
distance wherever possible whilst
at The Mill, in particular when Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, this development and ensure we meet the
moving around the building vibrant celebration of Eric Carle’s adored needs of our local communities. It was
children’s classic is the perfect introduction great to read so many positive comments,
E-tickets now available to live theatre. and also to hear your ideas for what we
for the majority of events could do more of in the future.
Another treat for younger children is
Snow, our Christmas show performed at Thank you again for all your support
Pre-ordering and at-seat ordering Kingsmere Community Centre in Bicester – we very much hope to see you at The Mill
available for purchasing on 4th & 5th December. Developed in again soon.
refreshments Iceland, Snow is a magical, immersive,
multi-sensory adventure for 0-5 year olds Georgia Bradley
Additional full-service Gallery Bar and their families. Artistic Director & Joint CEO
available for busier events
Moving into 2022, our programme Andrew Lister
continues with world-class dance by Executive Director & Joint CEO
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Taking place at
4th
-5th
DEC
Various
FAMILY
Tiny Light Theatre present
SNOW:
An Early Years Christmas Show
taking place at Kingsmere Community Centre
Tiny Light Theatre, in association with Kindly sponsored by Banbury Litho.
Chipping Norton Theatre and The Mill Arts
Centre Banbury present Snow: An Early Years
Christmas Show, coming to Bicester this
December! Venue
One cold winter morning, Holly and Juniper Kingsmere Community Centre, Bicester
wake up to find the whole world blanketed
in white fluffy snow. They can't wait to get Date & Details
outside and play - but first Mum needs to Saturday 4th December
wrap them up and get their boots on the right
Starts: 10:00am / 01:30pm / 03:30pm
feet!
Sunday 5th December
Developed in Iceland, Snow is a magical,
Starts: 10:00am / 01:30pm
immersive, multi-sensory adventure with live
music and puppetry. The perfect introduction
Tickets & Pricing
to live theatre, and the perfect Christmas
adventure for 0-5 year olds and their families. £10. Seating on floor with cushions.
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6th 10th 13th
-7th DEC DEC
DEC 08:00pm 07:30pm
07:30pm
COMEDY MUSIC
MUSIC
12th
DEC
07:30pm
MUSIC
SUZI RUFFELL: Dance Like CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT
ST AGNES FOUNTAIN WEST END AT CHRISTMAS
Everyone's Watching PACK & MARILYN MONROE
The band that gives Christmas songs a good, “Ruffell’s new “instinctively, Swing into the Christmas season with The West End At Christmas are back!
if respectful, kicking. show could hardly exquisitely funny The Rat Pack and their famous Christmas
be any better” from the moment Concert. The Official UK No: 1 Tribute show Stars from the West End present a magical
They bring sparkling musicianship, humour she sashays onto (as voted by The Agents Association of Great evening of entertainment featuring hits
and heartful renditions of your favourite Guardian from the musicals and the best of Christmas
the stage.” Britain for three successive years) arrives
Christmas tunes both original and those you “The Raconteurish direct From London’s Leicester Square song.
know so well (or thought you did). Evening
Ruffell is a hoot” Standard Theatre, The O2 and a Royal Command The exceptionally talented cast have starred
Great musical talent, wit and invention Telegraph Performance. in many West End productions and national
in the form of founder member, David Together they amaze audiences with their tours including Les Miserables, We Will Rock
Hughes, Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention) Suzi Ruffell has made a name for herself by You, South Pacific, Starlight Express, Phantom
turning tragedy and anxiety into big laughs. recreation of a magical Christmas at The
and Chris While and Julie Matthews (Radio 2 Sands with Sinatra, Martin and Davis in this Of The Opera, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Joseph
Folk Award Winners). This year she is actually happy. This show and Cats… to name but a few!
answers the question: are all stand-ups at sensational show which brings the style,
St Agnes Fountain have brought joy, their best when they are miserable? Fingers glamour and excitement of the Las Vegas “This wonderful concert guarantees to bring
laughter and a few tears to every concert crossed no! heyday to vivid life. you joy and fill you with Christmas cheer”
performance for the last 16 years. Including all the great hits – My Way, Mr Evening Post
The last twelve months have been massive
for Ruffell; a smash hit UK tour, heaps of Bojangles, New York New York, Amore, Fly
An evening not to be missed!
television appearances including; Live At The Me To The Moon, Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best
Apollo, Hypothetical, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and she Friend, and seasonal classics such as Winter
has learnt how to make the perfect lemon Wonderland, Let It Snow and of course White
cake. Christmas.
Come and see what all the fuss is about!
Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
Monday 6th - Tuesday 7th December Friday 10th December Sunday 12th December Monday 13th December
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 08:00pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£23 / £21 Members £17 / £15 Members £25 £21 / £18 Members
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17th 18th 22nd
DEC DEC DEC
08:00pm 08:00pm 07:30pm
COMEDY MUSIC MUSIC
16th
DEC
07:00pm
FAMILY
Scratchworks Theatre present RICH HALL'S THAT 80s CHRISTMAS
DARK SIDE OF THE WALL
THE SNOW BEAST HOEDOWN DELUXE ROCK SHOW
Test tubes bubble, experiments Rich Hall’s comedy/music locomotive keeps The award-winning ‘Dark Side Of The Wall’ Do you love Bon Jovi, Queen, Bonnie Tyler,
explode and new inventions whirr at on rollin’. Ever-evolving, ever-changing, celebrate their heroes in well over two Journey, Guns N’ Roses?
Seldomberg’s annual Science fair. Rich’s combination of keen acerbic stand-up hours of spectacular live music and visual
combined with spit and sawdust alt-country effects. Are you livin’ on a prayer and will never stop
Join Faina and her owl assistant Maude as lyricism is a “win-win” (GUARDIAN), as sold believing?
they set off on an action-packed exploration, out crowds across the UK have attested. This amazing eight-piece band perform
encountering extraordinary spectacles music from the legendary Pink Floyd’s Are you ready to fight for your right to
Fans keep returning because this show party?
and mountainous obstacles as they battle goes where other comedians wouldn’t dare: classic and extensive back catalogue,
through the wild, wintry wilderness in Barrow-in-Furness for example. featuring tracks such as Comfortably Numb, Here we go again…
search of the truth about the Snow Beast. Money, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You
Rich’s acclaimed BBC4 documentaries Crazy Diamond and Another Brick In The That 80s Christmas Rock Show is the ultimate
A captivating collision of storytelling, an (most recently Rich Hall’s Red Menace) and Wall to name just a few… with unexpected rock tribute to the glorious 1980s. With
original score and live interactive science his Radio 4 series Election Breakdown have ‘surprises’ thrown in along the way to keep over two hours of rock anthems and power
experiments that will inspire budding established a whole new legion of followers. even the most die-hard Floydies guessing. ballads, this stadium-sized live music
scientists of all ages. He’s also a stalwart of QI and Have I Got show pays homage to a whole era that
News For You. But seeing the Hoedown is a This band clearly love what they do and that taste forgot. Celebrating such legends as
whole different experience. Gut-busting, ‘fun’ factor is always a huge part of their Whitesnake, Heart, Def Leppard, Kiss, and
rib-tickling, toe-tapping, and s***-kicking, shows - not to be missed! many, many more, all with a nostalgia
Rich Hall’s Hoedown Deluxe covers the full backdrop of 80s film themes and TV quotes.
anatomical spectrum. This Christmas special includes those
“Vital and incredulously angry. Hilarious.” spectacular 80s Christmas classics we all
know and love. Come along dressed in your
The Scotsman
80s finery (plus Christmas hats!) and rock
the night away!
Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
Thursday 16th December Friday 17th December Saturday 18th December Wednesday 22nd December
Starts: 07:00pm / Age Guidance: 6+ Starts: 08:00pm Starts: 08:00pm Starts: 07:30pm
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£14 / £12 Concessions £20 £20 / £18 Members (Standing Gig) £22
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23rd 15th 20th 21st
DEC JAN JAN JAN
07:30pm 07:30pm 07:30pm
07:30pm
VARIETY MUSIC COMEDY THEATRE
HUNDRED WATT CLUB:
A Burlesque MARK WATSON: Brother Wolf presents
Christmas Special SOUL KINDA WONDERFUL This Can't Be DRACULA'S GUEST
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Soul Kinda Wonderful are the UK’s No. 1 We've all had some pondering to do about Dracula.
Whatever the answer, Hundred Watt Club's Tribute to the legendary Drifters, and award the fragility of life recently, but don't worry,
glorious gift to you is this hot toddy of a winners at the National Tribute Awards skinny national treasure Mark Watson has An ancient creature, embittered by the
show! 2013, 2016 and 2017. Their show combines it covered. At 41, he's halfway through burden of immortality and the intolerance
The Drifters’ greatest hits along with other his days on earth, according to the life of those who would decry him monster.
Jam packed full of festive, glittering classic Motown and Soul favourites from expectancy calculator app he paid £1.49 Alone in his keep, but for the memories of
showgirls, bawdy comedy, classic vaudeville artists such as The Four Tops and The for. That life is in the best shape in living centuries past. A living death that only a
and awe-inspiring circus acts. Always Temptations. This is Soul and Motown at its memory... but one problem remains, and it vampire could understand. Or perhaps a
seductive, always sublime and always very best. really is a huge one. special guest or two. Providing they can live
that little bit ridiculous - enjoy an evening long enough to survive their host's unique
of vintage inspired, Christmas themed Lead vocalist Richie Sampson has Spiritual enquiry meets high-octane hospitality and his deliberate attempts to
entertainment. performed alongside former long-standing observational comedy as the 'Taskmaster' drive them insane.
members of The Drifters such as Ray Lewis, survivor, multi-award-winner and “No More
Hundred Watt Club employ and embrace Billy Lewis, Butch Leake and Roy Hemmings. Jockeys” cult leader attempts to cram a Based on the bone-chilling works of Bram
adult themes, strong language and partial couple of years of pathological overthinking Stoker, "Dracula's Guest" takes you into
nudity - not for the faint hearted or easily The band breathes new life into classic into an evening of stand-up. Maybe we'll the dark heart of Victorian horror to
offended, and there’s no refunds if it’s ‘not Drifters hits such as Under the Boardwalk, even solve the huge problem. Doubt it, reveal the very meaning of terror and the
to your taste’! Save the Last Dance for Me, Up On The Roof though. consequences of collective evil and personal
and Kissing in the Back Row of the Movies. spite.
"Harking back to the gin drenched halcyon Telegraph
days of a grimy Berlin nightclub in the 1930s, The group also pay tribute to the great Times | Independent | Metro |
The Hundred Watt Club sparkles, fizzles, original members such as Ben E King and Time Out | Chortle
and shines brightly on a dark night" his solo hits Spanish Harlem and Stand By
Fringe Review Me, Clyde McPhatter, and Johnny Moore,
whose music will always be remembered.
Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
Thursday 23rd December Saturday 15th January Thursday 20th January Friday 21st January
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm / Age guidance: 12yrs+
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£18 / £15 Members £20 £23 £16 / £13 Members
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22nd 28th 29th
JAN JAN JAN
07:30pm 07:30pm 11:00am
MUSIC MUSIC FAMILY
THE GIRL FROM TIGER BAY:
THE ROD STEWART The Dame Shirley
SONGBOOK Bassey Story
100% live Rod Stewart tribute band! The Girl from Tiger Bay tells the unique
story of Dame Shirley Bassey’s incredible
Rod Stewart’s career has spanned over 50 rise to stardom and her magical career
years with over 100 million records sold spanning 65 years.
worldwide.
The ultimate ‘rags to riches’ tale, you will
His numerous hits include Sailing, Maggie be dazzled by this epic musical show,
May, Do Ya Think I’m Sexy, Some Guys Have All chronicling this remarkable artiste’s journey
The Luck, Baby Jane and many many more. from the back streets of Cardiff’s Tiger Bay,
Pete McCall with his sensational band are to the glitz and glamour of Monte Carlo Bay.
The Rod Stewart Songbook at all venues The Girl from Tiger Bay features stunning
across the UK. dancers, spectacular replica costumes and a
sensational saxophonist.
Pete naturally sounds like Rod and as
quoted by the Hull Daily Mail, “Pete McCall is Using powerful live performance, narrative Lyngo Theatre present
and footage, this is a truly unmissable show.
the next best thing to seeing Rod himself”.
THE CURIOUS ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
A night you will never forget! “Surely Bassey is “Blew them away!”
the best tribute to Daily Mail
the Welsh singer!”
“Fabulous!” One of the best loved classics for children "Lyngo Theatre have managed to create a
The Sun
BBC comes to life, literally. piece which is visually stunning while also
retaining a sense of fun, play and interaction
Crickets, cats, foxes and, of course, the which is so important when performing to
world-famous puppet, will spring out of our a young audience." The Reviews Hub
collection of dusty, old, magic books while
Date & Details Date & Details Patrick Lynch from CBeebies pulls all the Date & Details
strings and turns all the pages to bring you
Saturday 22nd January Friday 28th January the true story of Pinocchio, no lie. Who nose? Saturday 29th January
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm He might even find his father and become a Starts: 11:00am / Age Guidance: 5+
real boy.
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
Come and join him on his incredible journey,
£20 £22 you'll have a whale of a time! £10 / £35 Family of 4
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29th 30th 5th 10th
JAN JAN FEB FEB
07:30pm 07:30pm 08:00pm 07:30pm
COMEDY MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC
MOONRAKERS dirtyjACkDC plus special THE UNRAVELLING
BUMPER BLYTON FOLK ORCHESTRA guests Motorpace WILBURYS
A riotous improvised parody chock full of Oxford’s much-toured four-piece band, This quality tribute to AC/DC returns to The This top tribute show is more than just a
innuendo and lashings of puns, in the style Moonrakers (Celtic harp, fiddle, stringed Mill after a fantastic show in March 2020. tribute - they are the complete package!
of the Nation’s favourite author, Enid Blyton. instruments, whistles, female/male vocals), dirtyjACkDC will be bringing new tunes from Their great combination of brilliant
give a full concert of songs and tunes from the AC/DC catalogue and new members also musicianship and tongue-in-cheek humour
Come and delight in lashings of ginger beer, the English, Irish and Scottish tradition as with Jeremy Fiddes Payne on bass and Nick has had rave reviews throughout the UK.
grab a cheeky tongue sandwich or wrap well as their own compositions. Bullard on drums.
your lips round a nice spotted dick! Cast Playing the country-rock songs of the
yourself back to your childhood in a show Described as “startlingly talented” Since Jim Bennion joined the band on lead Traveling Wilburys, the band also steal
that’s utterly unique and spontaneous with (Oxford Times) and now with four guitar in 2019, a great deal of attention has some choice numbers from its five iconic
this a satirical take childhood favourite albums of “exquisite music” (BBC) and been given to the accuracy of solos, and members: Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George
books like The Famous Five and Mallory “truly wonderful” (Wycombe Festival) live arrangements have been preferred Harrison, Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne.
Towers. performances, Moonrakers present an over studio versions (mainly from AC/DC’s
informal evening of musical excellence and Donington, Monsters Of Rock appearance With a set list comprising of songs including
A cast of the UK's best-known and humour. in 1984). Handle With Care, Tweeter And The Monkey
award winning improvisers (as seen in; Man, The Devil’s Been Busy, Pretty Woman,
Austentatious, Showstoppers! and TV’s Intermediate players of all acoustic Doubling up with us again this year will be Here Comes The Sun, Mr Blue Sky, Mr
Doctor Who) invent an hilarious improvised instruments can also join the Moonrakers the UK’s foremost tribute to Motorhead, Tambourine Man and American Girl, this is a
adventure live on the hoof based on Folk Orchestra for a whole-day workshop! Motorpace! The two bands teamed up for show not to be missed!
audience suggestions. Performed in vintage Whatever acoustic instrument you play, their performance at The Mill in 2020 and
costume with music and songs, the show you’re welcome on this course. We’ll work brought the house down, a true blast back
offers an hilarious tongue-in-cheek homage. through a variety of arrangements of folk into what it might have been like in the late
tunes and songs, and we’ll have parts 70’s early 80’s!
It's Enid Blyton... For grown-ups! and chords for all. You don’t need to read
music, but some instrumental experience is A show not to be missed!
required.
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Sunday 30th January
Saturday 29th January Starts: 07:30pm Saturday 5th February Thursday 10th February
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 08:00pm Starts: 07:30pm
Tickets & Pricing
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£15 Performance / £50 Workshop /
£16 / £13 Members £60 Combined Performance & Workshop £15 (Standing Gig) £20
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11th 12th 16th
FEB FEB -19th
07:00pm Various FEB
07:30pm
FAMILY FAMILY
LOCAL
AMATEUR
Wriggle Dance present Banbury Cross Players present
SQUIDGE OUT OF ORDER
Squidge: The Film is for children 3-8 years Banbury’s leading local theatre company
and their grown-ups. present this award-winning, fast and
furious, hilarious play from the Master of
Do you squish or squash, tickle or most Farce himself, Ray Cooney.
certainly not, handshake or hug, stretch out
or snuggle in like a bug? When Junior Minister Richard Willey plans
to spend the evening with Jane Worthington
Squidge is a fun interactive dance film with (a typist for the Opposition) things go
music and digital projection, which takes a disastrously wrong starting with the
MORGAN & WEST: Unbelievable Science light-hearted look at our sense of touch and discovery of a body trapped in the hotel’s
how it influences our everyday lives. only unreliable sash window.
At the heart of the film is a tale of Desperate to get out of a sticky situation,
Morgan & West present captivating passions enflamed or minds blown during friendship, compromise and how each and Richard calls his PPS, George Pigden, to
chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers the course of the show. every one of us need touch to make us feel help. Richard’s lies sink him into further
biology in this fun for all the family science alive! trouble.
extravaganza! “Put quite simply… “hugely talented”
great science with Daily Things go from bad to worse with the arrival
Magicians, time travellers and all-round hilarious hosts!” Mirror of Ronnie, Jane’s distraught husband. With
spiffing chaps Morgan & West have a Primary the addition of an unscrupulous waiter, Mrs
secret past – they are genuine, bona fide, Times “superbly crafted – Willey and Nurse Foster things really come
legitimately qualified scientists, and now The Stage to a head.
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are bring their love of enlightenment to the
stage! Saturday 12th February Date & Details
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On TV Morgan & West have fooled Penn Starts: Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th February
& Teller (Fool Us ITV 1), competed to be Friday 11th February Screenings: 11am, 2pm & 4pm Starts: 07:30pm
the Next Great Magician (ITV 1), and even Starts: 07:00pm / Age guidance: 7yrs+ Workshop: 12:30pm
attempted to escape The Slammer (CBBC). Tickets & Pricing
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
Please note: Morgan & West take full £13.50 / £12.50 Concessions
responsibility for any horizons broadened, £14 / £12 Concessions £5 (No concessions Friday/Saturday)
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24th 3rd
FEB MAR
11:00am 07:30pm
/ 02:00pm
THEATRE
FAMILY
26th
FEB
07:30pm
Paul Kerensa presents
MUSIC THE FIRST BROADCAST: The
Battle for the Beeb in 1922
THE ELTON JOHN SHOW
A one-man play written and performed by
British Comedy Award-winning writer Paul
Kerensa (Miranda, Not Going Out, TFI Friday).
The Elton John Show is the UK’s newest and
most exciting Elton John tribute show to hit 100 years ago, two rival voices in The
the stage. Marconi Company unite art and science
to create British broadcasting. Arthur
With over 300 million records sold, Sir
Burrows seeks to inform and educate. Peter
Elton John is the most successful singer-
Eckersley just wants to entertain. Before
songwriter of his generation. A flamboyant
Reith, this 'BBC two' duel for the soul of
mega-star, with a never-ending back
British broadcasting – but who will give The
catalogue of incredible songs!
First Broadcast?
TWEEDY'S LOST PROPERTY From Rocket Man to Tiny Dancer, The Elton
John Show brings “Young Elton” back to
Based on the podcast The British
Broadcasting Century (podfollow.com/
stage at his energetic best.
bbcentury).
Tweedy – the comedy and slapstick legend and star of Gifford’s Circus, Cirque Berserk and the Previously:
Cheltenham Everyman pantomime – returns to The Mill with this one-man family show!
“Ingenious”
Not knowing who he is anymore, Tweedy gets a job in a Lost Property Office to try and find Evening Standard
himself.
“As effortless a writer as he is a performer”
The consequences of attempting to run the office are hilarious - the lost property in his
The Stage
possession seem to develop lives of their own and allied with his own body rebelling against
him he is constantly prevented from answering the ringing telephone. “Dazzlingly funny”
No matter what he does, Tweedy seems The Spectator
to get into a mess, but to the delight of
audiences of all ages he can always find a Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
creative way to get out of it. Tweedy will never Thursday 24th February Saturday 26th February Thursday 3rd March
get too big for his pants, his pants will always
Starts: 11:00am / 02:00pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
be too big for him.
“The best clown I have ever seen.” Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
The Independent £13 / £47 Family of 4 £22 / £19 Members £16 / £13 Members
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MAR MAR MAR
07:30pm 08:00pm VARIOUS
MUSIC COMEDY FESTIVAL
ALFIE MOORE:
Fair Cop Unleashed
LIMEHOUSE LIZZY
Join BBC Radio 4’s cop-turned-comedian
Alfie Moore for his latest stand-up tour
show.
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit
of Celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Fair Cop Unleashed is based on a dramatic
Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages real-life incident from Alfie's police
worldwide. The band have also added a casebook. Relive with him the thrilling ups
tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy and downs of the night a mysterious clown
guitarist (and world renowned solo artist) came to town and more than one life ended
Gary Moore. up in the balance. It was no laughing matter
– but this show certainly is!
From their Official PRS award, performing
for Virgin Atlantic in Barbados, TV Enjoy Alfie’s unique brand of humour
appearances (BBC 2’s ‘Arena’ amongst hilariously woven together with his personal
others), and to actually being recruited to insights into his life on the front-line of the
record and tour by members of the original police force.
Thin Lizzy, Limehouse Lizzy have just
completed their 26th year with their most It’d be a crime to miss it! INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BANBURY
explosive show and critically-acclaimed “…offbeat, revealing and very funny”
line-up yet.
Daily Mail
It was the Suffragettes who started Throughout March 2022 IWD Banbury will
“…lots of well-crafted jokes and a large International Women’s Day, with the first be hosting an empowering series of events,
dash of police gallows humour” official event held in 1911. workshops and exhibitions, both online and
Telegraph in person, free of charge and ticketed.
Over a century later, International Women’s
“Brilliantly funny…. genuinely hilarious” Day (IWD) continues to be a powerful Join us at The Mill on Tuesday 8th March for
platform globally that calls for action to a day of inspirational talks and insightful
David Mitchell achieve gender equality, whilst celebrating discussions around being a woman today.
the social, cultural, economic and political
Date & Details Date & Details To find out more about IWD Banbury
achievements of women.
please visit iwdbanbury.com.
Friday 4th March Saturday 5th March
IWD calls for us to think globally and act
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 08:00pm locally. By bringing a globally recognised
event to Banbury we aim to educate and
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing inspire our local community to come Date & Details
£22 (Standing Gig) £17 together to end gender inequality. Tuesday 8th March
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MAR MAR MAR
07:30pm 07:30pm 07:30pm
DANCE COMEDY MUSIC
EDINBURGH PREVIEW:
SARA BARRON & THE HISTORY OF ROCK
ELEANOR TIERNAN
Join us for a fantastic evening of stand- The History of Rock is a celebration of rock
up comedy with Sara Barron and Eleanor music through the decades. A jaw dropping
Chhaya Collective present Tiernan! night transporting you through the golden
KHAOS & HYMNOS Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominee and
ages of rock! Featuring the music of artists
such as Led Zeppelin, Cream, Guns n Roses,
star of Live at the Apollo, Would I Lie to AC/DC, Queen and many more.
You, and Frankie Boyle's New World Order,
A double bill of two ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, highly energetic, stirring and Sara Barron returns with a blistering hour Rediscover the seeds of rock and roll in the
extraordinary dance pieces 'Women Who Run With the visceral dance performance of stand-up. Guilt, desire, smart sex, dumb 1950s, the birth of rock in the 60s, right
by Chhaya Collective: KHAOS Wolves' that rejects order in favour kids, conception, rejection and wine in a can. through to the classic rock of the 70s and
& HYMNOS. of complexity and chaos. 80s.
Inspired by the story of “A wickedly funny show”
HYMNOS Iranian artist and friend Live musicians join six A must see for any fan of rock! Experience
Scotsman
Saba Zavarei and her online contemporary dance artists this iconic music brought back to life by an
“Fortunately, no matter how platform Radio Khiaban, to revel in the joy, tenderness Herald exceptional live band consisting of some of
many times she is pushed dedicated to Iranian women and the power of wild the finest musicians and performers from
down, she bounds up again. singing in the public spaces Meanwhile, Eleanor Tiernan presents a
women. around the world, original visual footage of
No matter how many times of Iran, an act currently deeply uncouth hour of stand-up with
the featured bands and artists, as well as
forbidden by the state. Expect evocative feelings, sincerity and even, Lord have
she is forbidden, quelled, cut incredible concert staging and lighting.
mercy on our souls, mental health. Really
back, diluted ... she emanates choreography that seems to
KHAOS vulgar stuff. May also contain some of that Relive the greatest Rock songs of all time
upward in women, so that compel audiences to dance deeply unfashionable self-deprecation. Your with The History of Rock.
even the most quiet, even Not neat, nor calm, nor in the aisles and out into the patience is appreciated.
the most restrained woman perfect, but vibrant, chaotic streets.
keeps a secret place for and powerful – we are wild
Wild Woman. Even the most 21st century women. We are
captured woman guards not to be gazed upon but met Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
the place of the wildish self, head on.
Thursday 10th March Friday 11th March Saturday 12th March
for she knows intuitively KHAOS celebrates what it
that someday there will be is to be woman, drawing Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
a loophole, an aperture, a on ancient stories and
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
chance, and she will hightail it oppressive archetypes to
to escape.” bring audiences of all ages a £16 £13 £22
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13th
MAR
04:00pm
/ 07:30pm
COMEDY
DOM JOLY’S HOLIDAY SNAPS:
Travel & Comedy in
KNIGHT & SPIERS the Danger Zone
The pairing of violin and melodeon is Dom Joly is best known as the creator of
not a new one, but in the hands of Peter Trigger Happy TV. And now the writer and
Knight and John Spiers, improvisation and broadcaster is undertaking his first UK tour
invention meet the listener at every turn. since 2011, giving fans a rare opportunity to
see him live.
Together they have created a musical
document that resonates with history, but Dom will be talking about his exploits
also something to inspire future generations as a serial globe-trotting and seeker of
of musicians to engage with Britain’s dangerous travel spots. From North Korea
folk dancing heritage, and the beautiful, though the Congo and Syria to Chernobyl,
mysterious tunes that can be found within he's visited some of the most unusual
that heritage. places on the planet.
SPONTANEOUS POTTER & SPONTANEOUS POTTER KIDZ “One of the most intriguing and exciting Joly famously attended school with
collaborations on today's folk scene” Osama Bin Laden and armed with a trusty
FRUK PowerPoint, fans can expect his holiday
Grab your wands, don your house robes, and Harry Potter and the Neville Wears Prada snaps to provide comedy and a sense of
apparate yourselves to the box office! “There can be no doubting that both danger.
Harry Potter and the Rise of the Planet of the performers are amongst the most, if not the
A very magical improv show awaits... Snapes most, talented of their peers. I was probably The best-selling author will meet fans after
Harry Potter and the Struggle for a Decent not the only person to leave the venue in awe the show to sign copies of his latest book,
The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is an Mortgage in This Economy The Hezbollah Hiking Club.
at having witnessed something very special”
entirely improvised wizarding comedy play,
based on your suggestions. Hilarity ensues as Fatea Magazine
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an entirely new Potter adventure is magically
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improvised on the spot - with live musical Sunday 13th March
accompaniment! Wednesday 16th March Thursday 17th March
Starts: 04:00pm / 07:30pm
Previous titles performed include: Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
Tickets & Pricing
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Commerce Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£18 Adults / £16 Members / £14 Under 16s
Harry Potter and the Snapes on a Plane
(4pm performance only) £20 £23
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24th
MAR
07:30pm
MUSIC
HUNDRED WATT CLUB
Cherwell Theatre Company &
Butterfingers present A CELEBRATION OF
SAM & ZOE VS EVERMORE BRITPOP LIVE Gorgeously ravishing, deliciously risqué
ELLA FITZGERALD and a little bit ridiculous, join travelling
vaudeville show Hundred Watt Club as they
return to The Mill with a glittering, sizzling
We're here to play a game. Are You Ready For It? Are You Up For It? Are Join chanteuse Louisa Revolta for a line-up of showgirls, comedy and cabaret
There's everything to lose and everything to You Mad For It? celebration of the music sung by Ella acts!
play for. Fitzgerald.
The 90s, the clothes, the scene and the All new, jaw dropping line-up to be
The stakes couldn't be higher. sounds, it’s all here – revisited in BritPop Best known as the founding member of announced. Expect the unexpected, but be
But this is no game. Live! the internationally touring vintage inspired ready for a beautiful, brash and bawdy night
vocal harmony group The Spitfire Sisters, of very grown up entertainment!
Despite the fact we just said it was. Oasis to Blur, Ocean Colour Scene to Pulp, Louisa Revolta is also one of the directors
This is actually a final, desperate battle to save it’s the sounds that shaped a generation of Winchester Jazz Festival and the assistant What the critics say:
a human being. and a movement that defined a generation. manager of Vintage Keys Studio.
Were you there? Did you live it? Or did you “Old school mischief & timeless raunchiness
And you're all invited. miss it but you love it? Either way, now we Louisa has curated a programme of music collide at the Hundred Watt Club. Hats
can all be there again! performed by the great Ella Fitzgerald – and corsets – off to Lena Mae for an
Mages, Rogues and Barbarians! Join Sam
including songs from the Great American excellent night of entertainment”
and Zoe’s party as they embark on an epic So grab your Reebok Hammers, throw on
theatrical quest! Our hapless heroes may Songbook as well as tunes discovered along Sussex Express
your parker, turn back the clock to 1995 and Louisa's own musical journey. She invites
battle ogres, solve Tolkienesque riddles and prepare to sing loud and proud in a theatre you to delve into the archives of Ella’s “Harking back to the gin drenched halcyon
rescue orphan princes - but can they slay show unlike any other: BritPop Live. extensive catalogue and - with the help of days of a grimy Berlin nightclub in the
their own demons in the process?
her talented musicians - will take you on a 1930s, The Hundred Watt Club sparkles,
journey of haunting melodies, frantic scat fizzles, and shines brightly on a dark night”
and swinging tunes! fringereview.co.uk
Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details Date & Details
Friday 18th March Saturday 19th March Thursday 24th March Friday 25th March
Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm / Age Guidance: 18+
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£16 / £13 Members / £10 CTC Youth Theatre £23 £16 / £13 Members £18 / £15 Members / £20 on the door
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TWIRLYWOOS and all related titled, logos and characters are trademarks of DHX Worldwide Limited dba WildBrain. © 2021 Ragdoll Productions Limited/DHX Worldwide Limited dba WildBrain. All Rights Reserved.
THE GREATEST MAGICIAN
BLAIR DUNLOP
"There’s a moment you will remember
for the rest of your life"
“Dunlop’s fourth album finds him Chortle Magazine
fully ensconced as a singer-songwriter
of maturity and sophistication” A dazzling new magic show presented by
the magician most famous for jamming the
R'n'R BBC switchboards as he correctly predicted
From the start, Blair Dunlop’s albums the lottery. This astonishing, enigmatic, five
have enjoyed critical acclaim, with each star rated magic show will leave you aching
one expanding his musical horizons, his from laughter and dizzy in disbelief.
audience and his prodigious songwriting Directed by the late Paul Daniels, this mind-
gifts. blowing magic show comes to the stage for
Blair’s debut album, Blight & Blossom, won the first time - you’ll be transported to a
the coveted Horizon Award at the 2013 BBC jaw-dropping world of light-hearted hilarity,
Radio 2 Folk Awards. With his 2010 debut wonderment, and mystery.
EP now a collector’s item, Blair was declared "Leaves even the most seasoned
the “vital bridge between Brit folk's first and magic go-ers dumbfounded"
latest flowerings” by Q magazine.
Fringe Magazine
“Blair is a true artist in his prime, as is wholly
evident on this beautiful record. He has it all; Join us for this sensational show with mind-
a wry turn of phrase in his words, barbed & bending feats of illusion – from making
The Twirlywoos are back for Hungry Caterpillar Show “A laugh-out-loud
a great big adventure! and Sarah and Duck Live on adventure, lapped 26th moving within a second, seriously demonic
guitar skills that belie his youthful looks […]
people forget their own names to vanishing
them from the auditorium entirely!
Stage, Twirlywoos Live is an up by little ones,
Join Great BigHoo, Toodloo,
Chickedy, Chick and their
enchanting introduction to great family fun.” MAR and a voice like some sort of melancholy angel.
But most of all you will hear just great songs.”
Presented by host of BBC’s Trickster: Live,
theatre for all ages. 01:00pm ‘the most anticipated magician in a generation’
friends as they discover the
Opening Night / 04:00pm Ed Harcourt – James Phelan is The Greatest Magician.
wonderful world around us! “All the fun, mischief
Expect mischief, music and and colourful characters FAMILY Date & Details Date & Details
plenty of surprises as they set of the hit show. My son
sail in their big red boat. adored every second.” Thursday 31st March Friday 1st April
Date & Details
Manchester Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
The funny, loveable
Evening News Saturday 26th March
Twirlywoos are brought to
Starts: 01:00pm / 04:00pm Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
life on stage with beautifully “A lovely show for all little Age Guidance: 1+
inventive puppetry promising children to enjoy.” £16 £15 / £55 Family of 4
an hour of colourful fun
Tickets & Pricing
and laughter. From the
producers of The Very What’s Good to Do
£15.50 / £57 Family of 4
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Various
COMEDY VARIETY MUSIC
VARIETY
ADVENTURE LECTURES THE CHRISTIANS
SHAPARAK KHORSANDI: STRICTLY BANBURY
It Was The 90s! Simon Parker is an award-winning travel Renowned for an endless string of soulful
writer and broadcaster who has reported yet socially aware hits… Forgotten Town,
from well over 100 countries by the age of Ideal World, Born Again, Harvest for the World,
Ah, the 90s! The decade where Shaparak left Now in its 11th year, this popular event 34 for the BBC, The Telegraph and Amazon What’s in a Word, Hooverville, Words, Father,
an important part of her brain somewhere raises funds for local charities while not Prime. In this multimedia presentation The Bottle and many more.
in a field in Hampshire… forgetting the glitz and glamour of this fab- of short films, photos, audio clips and
u-lous show! anecdotes he talks about cycling 3,427 miles The Christians enjoyed huge acclaim in the
From indie discos to unflattering crop late 80s and early 90s both in the UK and
around ‘Pandemic Britain’ during 2020 and
tops… a trip down memory lane to the This year they will be dancing a ballroom Europe and often confused people with
2021.
decade where ‘kinky’ was nurse roleplay and and a Latin couple dance along with the fun their band name (in fact just the brothers’
whipped cream, and Shaparak found herself group freestyle. He travelled to the furthest corners of surname with absolutely no religious
flying about London with hope in her heart, Britain, including Shetland, Scilly, the connotation!).
a tenner in her pocket and spare knickers Make sure to join us for a fantastic night
Highlands, Cumbria and the North York
in her handbag. How does the decade of out, and... "Keep dancing!" Still headed by enigmatic lead singer Garry
Moors to find out how the pandemic
binge drinking and walks of shame look now had impacted people of all backgrounds. Christian (who very much deserves the
without snakebite and black tinted specs? This is a ground level portrait of Britain, Daily Mirror’s description of him as having
with dozens of unique stories. Farmers, ‘one of the finest voices in pop’) who has
"She has plenty to say, and says it only gained in vocal stature (and wit) over
fishermen, artists and musicians. Young,
with pointedness and potency” the years! The band are enjoying a revival,
old, rich and poor.
Guardian currently touring successfully in the UK and
This is a fascinating story that you won’t Europe, and embarking on a huge UK Tour
“Has the crowd in the palm of her hand’ want to miss! playing their well-known back catalogue and
The List one or two favourites selected from newer
albums.
“Makes live comedy thrilling”
Catch them at The Mill and find out why
Evening Standard
Chris Evans said "it was the best gig I’ve ever
Date & Details been to".
Date & Details Friday 8th April Date & Details Date & Details
Starts: 07:00pm
Saturday 2nd April Saturday 9th April Monday 11th April Saturday 16th April
Starts: 07:30pm / Age Guidance: 14+ Starts: 02:00pm / 07:00pm Starts: 07:30pm Starts: 07:30pm
Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing Tickets & Pricing
£19 £14 / £12 Concessions £13 £28
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Exhibitions Check our website
for latest films & offers
Paw Patrol: The Movie In the Heights
Sat 8th Jan at 11am Fri 14th Jan at 7pm
Tickets: £6 | £20 Family of 4 Tickets: £8 | £6 Members | £20 Family of 4
The PAW Patrol is on a roll! Ryder and every- The creator of Hamilton and the director of Crazy
HILLVIEW one’s favorite heroic pups must kick into high Rich Asians invite you to the event of the summer,
SCHOOL: gear to face a new challenge head on. where the streets are made of music and little
dreams become big... In the Heights!
Take One
Picture
Every year Hill View Primary
school in Banbury run their
BICESTER
own version of the National
Gallery Take One Picture
IMAGE AWAITED
ARTISTS project. The Father Respect
Fri 14th Jan at 2pm Tue 8th Feb at 7pm
The project involves
IWD BANBURY & Tue 25th Jan at 7pm Tickets: £8 | £6 Members
This exhibition is an
exciting collaboration
children spending a week
of their learning focusing - MILL
Tickets: £8 | £6 Members
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career
on one piece of art from a child singing in her father’s church’s
featuring local artists who
enjoy creating original
work - from Van Gogh's
Sunflowers to Gustav
This exhibition has been
created in conjunction with SUPPLYING
In The Father, Anthony Hopkins plays the
eponymous role of a mischievous and highly
independent man who, as he ages, refuses
choir to her international superstardom,
Respect is the remarkable true story of the
artwork using a range of Banbury’s International
different media including
painting, textiles, clay and
Klimt's Tree of Life.
The art work focused on is
Women’s Day, which aims
to empower local women Colman).
ARTWORK
all assistance from his daughter Anne (Olivia music icon’s journey to find her voice.
glass. voted for by all the children and those who support
in school, they then decide them.
Discover their fascinating what direction they would
and varied work at The like their learning to take. For more information on
Mill – you could even come International Women’s
away with a unique piece of Each year a fabulous range Day in Banbury please visit
art for a Christmas present! of artwork is produced. www.iwdbanbury.com
Date Date Date The 8th
November - January 2022 January 2022 March - April 2022 Screening as part of International Women’s Day Banbury Festival.
Tickets: £6. Please visit our website or contact the Box Office for booking updates.
Are you an artist and interested in displaying your work in our gallery? The 8th traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment – a constitutional ban on
For more information, please contact emma.hiorns@themillartscentre.co.uk abortion. It shows a country’s transformation from a conservative state in thrall to the Catholic
church to a more liberal secular society. The 8th includes voices from both sides of the debate,
but its primary focus is on the dynamic female leaders of the pro-choice campaign. An urgent
narrative, a cautionary tale, and a roadmap for progressive reforms in a modern era where
Page 32 www.themillartscentre.co.uk authoritarianism is on the rise, The 8th shows a country forging a new progressive path at a time
when reproductive rights are threatened around the world.Weekly Classes TUESDAY
Course Fees
If you are in receipt of any means tested
Social Fund P RO VI D ED BY A BI N GD O N & W I T N EY C O L L EGE
benefits you may be entitled to discount off
course fees on weekly classes. All course fees MONDAY-TUESDAY
are non-refundable and non-transferable. Age
recommendation for adult courses is 19+
Disabled access
Regrettably, due to the historic nature of
the building, not all classes are accessible
by wheelchair. Please contact the box office
should you have any access requirements.
PAINTING & DRAWING
MONDAY
with Chrissie Borland
MEDITATION
with Tina Burnett STAND TALL
In this mixed ability class, students are WITH CHAIR
encouraged to find their own style through
experimenting with different media. Full of Come and join sessions
YOGA
creative entertainment, these classes are of relaxing meditation with Louise Willis
supported and guided by tutor Chrissie practices with experienced
Borland. Raja Yoga teacher Tina
Burnett. In these sessions These sessions are an
Dates & Details we will explore different accessible way to improve
methods of meditation, movement, posture and
DRAWING & SKETCHING OPTION 1
from Mindfulness to the breath from a safe and
with Ruth Broadbent Starts 10th January
Day Held Monday
Angelic and Colour healing comfortable seat.
CREATIVE CAFÉ
meditations. No previous These sessions are ideal for
Time 2.30pm-5pm experience is needed – this with Tom Cross
those who find themselves
Suitable for both beginners and those Duration 6 weeks is a perfect opportunity for sitting for long periods of
looking to further their skills, this course is those at the beginning of
OPTION 2 time or wish to work slowly Every week we will be
packed with information and techniques to their meditation journey or
Starts 28th February toward increased mobility running crafty sessions
help develop drawing skills and individual for those looking to add to
Day Held Monday and strength. for people aged 60+ in our
styles. There are opportunities to try out their practice.
different approaches to varied subject Time 2.30pm-5pm Options to participate gallery space. Come along
matter and look at work by other artists. Duration 5 weeks Dates & Details in person or online are and enjoy some gentle
New themes and techniques are explored available. activities, meet like-minded
OPTION 3 FOR BOTH OPTIONS
each term in this challenging and lively people and perhaps even
Starts 11th January Time 11am – 12pm inspire a new hobby!
course. Dates & Details
Day Held Tuesday OPTION 1
Time 10am-12.30pm or 2pm-4.30pm Starts 11th January This is a drop-in course
Dates & Details Starts 11th January
Day Held Tuesday where you can come as
Duration 6 weeks Duration 6 weeks
FOR BOTH OPTIONS Time 1pm-2pm often as you like, and all
OPTION 4 OPTION 2 materials are supplied.
Day Held Monday Time 10am-12.30pm Duration Approx 40-50
Starts 1st March Starts 1st March
OPTION 1 OPTION 2 minutes
Day Held Tuesday Duration 5 weeks Dates & Details
Starts 10th Starts 28th
January February Time 10am-12.30pm or 2pm-4.30pm Fees
Fees Starts 11th January
Duration 6 weeks Duration 5 weeks Duration 5 weeks £3 per session Day Held Tuesday
OPTION 1
Fees Fees Free taster sessions Time 2.30pm-4pm
£45 / £40 Members available. Email emma.
OPTION 1 OPTION 2 OPTIONS 1 & 3 OPTIONS 2 & 4 OPTION 2 hiorns@themillartscentre. Fees
£70 / £65 Members £65 / £60 Members £70 / £65 Members £65 / £60 Members £40 / £35 Members co.uk for more information. £6 per session
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WATERCOLOUR
EXPLORATIONS
WATERCOLOUR with Rachel Cronin
PROJECTS
with Rachel Cronin
This course is for both
beginners and those
In this stimulating class, with some experience of
full of exciting approaches this fascinating medium.
to watercolour, we tackle a The classes will take you JEWELLERY MAKING
variety of different subject through tone, composition, with Sue Collins
colour theory and how
matter whilst exploring
both traditional and
CREATIVE to build up a watercolour
experimental techniques. WRITING painting in a structured, This course is open to Date & Details
Students will build up a with Gabrielle Mullarkey demonstration-led setting. anyone interested in
Day Held Thursday
portfolio of completed We will explore lots of learning how to make silver
different subject matter
work whilst also building up
alongside both traditional
jewellery using traditional
techniques. Beginners will
BEGINNERS
a sketchbook of ideas and In this five-week course,
smaller studies. All abilities we’ll continue to explore and modern techniques. learn a variety of silver OPTION 1 OPTION 2
are welcome in this class. ideas and forms that smithing techniques, whilst Starts 12th January Starts 2nd March
will help you to find and Date & Details more experienced students Time 4.45pm-6.45pm Time 4.45pm-6.45pm
Dates & Details develop an individual FOR BOTH OPTIONS will develop their skills and Duration 6 weeks Duration 5 weeks
writing ‘voice’. You will have Day Held Wednesday work on more advanced
FOR BOTH OPTIONS
Time 10am – 12:30pm
opportunities to read and Time 1.30pm-3.30pm
pieces. INTERMEDIATES
share your work, practising
OPTION 1 OPTION 1 This is a relaxed and OPTION 1 OPTION 3
techniques that will enable
Starts 12th January Starts 12th January friendly class where Starts 12th January Starts 14th January
you to start – and keep –
Duration 6 weeks Duration 6 weeks students work on their Time 7pm-9pm Time 1.30pm-3.30pm
writing.
own designs at a pace
OPTION 2 OPTION 2 Duration 6 weeks Duration 6 weeks
appropriate to their skill
Starts 2nd March Date & Details Starts 2nd March OPTION 2 OPTION 4
level, receiving individual
Duration 5 weeks Starts 19th January Duration 5 weeks tutor guidance within a Starts 2nd March Starts 4th March
Day Held Wednesday small group. Time 7pm-9pm Time 1.30pm-3.30pm
Fees Fees
Time 1pm-3.30pm Duration 5 weeks Duration 5 weeks
OPTION 1 Duration 5 weeks OPTION 1
£70 / £65 Members £65 / £60 Members Fees
OPTION 2 Fee OPTION 2 OPTIONS 1 & 4 OPTION 2 OPTION 3
£65 / £60 Members £65 / £60 Members £55 / £50 Members £65 / £60 Members £55 / £50 Members £75 / £70 Members
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TEXTILE
EXPLORATIONS
with Sue Green
With up-to-date knowledge
on new techniques and EXPERIMENTAL
cutting-edge materials, TEXTILES GUITAR
projects to spark
your imagination and with Sue Green LESSONS
opportunities to exhibit with Matt Sullivan
your work as well as
develop your sketchbooks, These short courses offer
you the chance to discover
YOGA FOR BEGINNERS
this class is ideal for anyone Always wanted to learn to
the fascinating world of with Louise Willis
wishing to explore the play guitar? This is your
wonderful world of textiles. experimental textiles. chance to learn theory,
Blend fabric, paper and technique and sight reading
plastic to create wonderful In this class you will be encouraged to develop at your own
Date & Details
mixed media effects
with experienced jazz/
flamenco musician Matt
CREATIVE pace by listening to your body as you move through a guided
FOR BOTH OPTIONS and experiment with Sullivan. CRAFTS practice. Working with a series of repeated postures and
Day Held Thursday dyes, paints, slash work with Sue Green eventually sequences, you will develop a sense of 'rightness'
Times and couching to create Date & Details for your own body as you also develop strength and
FULL DAY: 10am-3pm interesting textures. flexibility.
HALF DAY: 10am-12pm FOR BOTH OPTIONS
Creative Crafts is a perfect Suitable for beginners as well as those returning to yoga, this
OPTION 1 Date & Details Day Held Thursday
mixed arts and crafts class course is an opportunity to join in-person classes in a small,
Starts 13th January Times BEGINNERS: for those who want to
FOR BOTH OPTIONS 6.45pm-7.45pm supported group and have some fun!
Duration 6 weeks Day Held Thursday experiment with different
INTERMEDIATES:
OPTION 2 Times 6pm-8pm 8pm-9pm techniques without Date & Details
Starts 3rd March committing to a longer
OPTION 1 OPTION 1 FOR BOTH OPTIONS
Duration 5 weeks course. This is a drop-in
Starts 13th January Starts 13th January course where you can Time 11.30am-12.30pm
Fees Duration 6 weeks Duration 6 weeks come as often as you like. Day Held Friday
OPTION 2 OPTION 2 OPTION 1 OPTION 2
OPTION 1
Starts 3rd March Starts 3rd March Date & Details Starts 14th January Starts 4th March
FULL DAY: £120 /
£115 Members Duration 5 weeks Duration 5 weeks Starts 14th January Duration 6 weeks Duration 5 weeks
HALF DAY: £70 / Day Held Friday
£65 Members Fees Fees Fees
Duration 11 weeks
OPTION 1 OPTION 1 OPTION 1 FOR BOTH OPTIONS
Time 10am-12noon
FULL DAY: £110 / £75 / £70 Members £40 / £35 Members £8 per session
£105 Members Fees
OPTION 2 OPTION 2 OPTION 1 OPTION 2
HALF DAY: £60 /
£55 Members £65 / £60 Members £35 / £30 Members £8 per session £45 / £40 Members £40 / £35 Members
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