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Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax HX1 1QG 01422 349 422 squarechapel.co.uk @squarechapel What’s on Jan-Mar ’19 Image from Small Worlds, see Family Fun
WELCOME SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Information & Booking Welcome
Contact us Pricing & Terms This year we’re celebrating our We’ve had quite a while now to
Box Office: 01422 349422 £5 tickets for those aged 24 and 30th year at Square Chapel. think about why we’re here; through
info@squarechapel.co.uk under. Limited tickets available. Last November marked the different decades, governments,
30th anniversary of our six votes, crashes, booms and bubbles
Our Pay What You Can tickets range
Square Chapel Arts Centre original trustees paying £25 and it’s pretty much the same as
from £20 – £1 on selected shows.
10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG for the building and turning it’s always been, it’s about bringing
squarechapel.co.uk Concessions available for most it into an arts centre – last people together as that’s our vision
shows. Please ask at Box Office September marked the 15th -At Square Chapel we believe
@squarechapel when booking. anniversary of my employment in magic. We believe the magic
at Square Chapel. that is created when people,
Membership packages are available,
Opening times ideas, creativity, expression,
please enquire via our Box Office.
Box Office: Beyond all of the obvious joys of conversation and stories come
Mon – Sat: 10am – 9pm We don’t charge a booking fee. that, there are two very lovely together can help create a
Sun: 12pm – 8pm However, we are a charity and do things: There are people who have better world.
have a suggested donation of £1 per worked here longer than I have, it’s
Café/Bar: Daily 10am – until late. transaction. an organisation that cares about its I hope you enjoy looking through this
people – and where the people care exciting new programme. We have
Food served: Copper Auditorium deeply about the organisation and such an amazing team of people here
Mon – Sat: 12pm until 2.30pm & Seating 115, our cinema provides the the communities we serve. that all contribute to programming
5pm until 8pm ultimate film experience and also that I probably get as much joy and
Sun: 12pm until 8pm doubles up as a stunning and intimate I started here in the outreach team, surprise as anyone looking through
Drinks and cakes available all day, studio space. setting up projects with young this. It’s got Eddie the Eagle next
every day! people, teaching oil painting on to Picasso and Mozart, a singer
Red Brick Auditorium Monday afternoons – and I still see a songwriter over from Nashville for
We’re located centrally, opposite Seating 240, this auditorium sits lot of those people around, they all the Americana Awards in London,
Halifax Railway Station and ten within our beautiful Grade II* listed still remember the role that Square amazing theatre, installations and far
minutes from the bus station. red brick Georgian Chapel and Chapel had in their lives then, and it too many things to list here, I’m sure
The main entrance is located via is used for talks, theatre, music still has a role in their lives now. you’ll find something you’ll enjoy.
the copper building, next door to performances, cinema and more.
The Piece Hall’s Southgate entrance It’s an organisation where, if you’re So, here’s to another 30 years
on Blackledge. Café/Bar in the café and here for the first and more – Square Chapel a living
We serve a large selection of time, you’re likely to get the same embodiment of the quote:
Central cask ales and craft beers from enthusiastic and individual take on “Never doubt that a small group of
Library
& Square breweries home and abroad, along the history, architecture and stories thoughtful, committed citizens can
Church
The with a great selection of ciders, of Square Chapel from me, any change the world; indeed, it’s the
Piece
Hall
wines and premium spirits. All this other member of staff or any of our only thing that ever has.”
complements the locally sourced and wonderful volunteers.
Square
Chapel
seasonal dishes that are served inMain
our David McQuillan, Director
Entrance
wonderful café & bar.
Main
Entrance
Halifax Culture Hub The
Railway
Hotel
The The Imperial Square Chapel is part of the Halifax
Crown Hotel
Railway
Hotel
Culture Hub. It’s a joint initiative with
The Piece Hall Trust and exists to
promote the wonderful cultural and
Charity number 700985 heritage things happening in our little
Reg number 2315198 England corner of Yorkshire.
VAT number 516 2474 56 2 3
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Film
Experience the latest big releases, classics,
arthouse films, satellite screenings and Q&A’s
with special guests in our intimate Copper
cinema space and our Grade II* listed Red Brick
Georgian Chapel.
For our weekly film listings, ticket offers
and prices, visit squarechapel.co.uk, call
Box Office: 01422 349 422, pop in and pick
up a copy or visit our website and sign up to
our mailing list!
Quadrophenia (15) + Q&A and
Live Gig from Toyah Wilcox
Saturday 16 February
6pm, £22.50 - £17.50
Join us for an exclusive 40th
anniversary screening of the mod
classic Quadrophenia. Loosely based
on The Who’s 1973 rock opera of the
same name, the film has become a
cult classic and we are delighted to
Red Dwarf + Norman Lovett be joined by one of the stars of the
Q&A & Stand-up film. Toyah Wilcox, who plays Monkey
will be here to talk about the film and
Saturday 19 January
her career.
7.30pm, £12
Calling all Red Dwarf fans! We have
Toyah Wilcox is an icon of stage
delved into the archives to bring you
and screen and will also perform
the classic 1988 episode where the
a live acoustic gig with her band
ship’s computer, Holly has to go head-
to celebrate 40 years of her
to-head with the backup computer
music career!
Queeg. The screening will be followed
by a special guest appearance and
stand up-set from Norman Lovett,
4 aka the face and voice of Holly! 5
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In Search of Mozart + Q&A with
Director Phil Grabsky
Sunday 20 January
4pm, £11
We’re saying happy birthday to
Mozart with a screening of the
unmissable biography featuring
interviews and performances with
over 70 of the greatest exponents
of Mozart’s music. The film reveals
the striking parallels between the
music and Mozart’s own experiences.
Join director Phil Grabsky after the
screening for a discussion about the
life and works of Mozart.
Eddie the Eagle (PG) + Exhibition on Screen:
In conversation with Young Picasso
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards
Sunday 10 February, 4pm, £11
Friday 8 March Tuesday 12 February, 2pm, £11
7.30pm, £15 Pablo Picasso is arguably one of the
Eddie the Eagle is the feel-good story greatest artists of all time – and right
of one of our favourite cult heroes, up until his death in 1973 he was the
Michael ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, who in most prolific of artists. Many films
1988 was the underdog that became have dealt with these later years
the first ski jumper since 1929 to – the art, the affairs and the wide
represent Britain at the Olympics. Der Golem + Live score circle of friends. But where did this
Join Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards for all begin? This feature looks at the
Friday 1 February
a live Q&A where you can find out early years of Picasso; the upbringing
7.30pm, £10
more about his career, determination and the learning that led to his
If you love Metropolis and Nosferatu,
when it comes to not giving up on extraordinary achievements.
then this 1915 classic German
your dreams and how he became a
expressionist film is for you! Based
household name.
on a legend in Jewish mysticism,
and set in 16th century Prague, this
silent gothic horror is a classic of its
genre. The film will be accompanied
by a stunning live score from
The Harmonie band.
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Films from Japan Family Fun
Saturday 9 February – Sunday 24 March 2019.
£7 (Film passes £20)
We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with The Japan
Foundation to bring you an enlightening showcase of Japanese cinema rarely
screened in the UK.
The Scythian Lamb (15) Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (15)
Saturday 9 February, 8pm Tuesday 26 February, 8pm
Director: Daiichi Yoshida Director: Masanori Tominagai
Six unknown people move to the Pumpkin and Mayonnaise is a drama
declining seaport city of Uobuka. about the lengths people go for
Unremarkable city official, Tsukisue, their loved ones, in contemporary
is appointed to welcome them, but Japanese society. It tells the story of
finds out the shocking truth that all Tsuchida as she wavers between her
of them are former murder suspects. dreamer boyfriend and an old flame.
Before long, uneasiness begins to
creep over the quiet city.
Mimika Theatre presents
Small Worlds (4+)
Sunday 27 January
1pm and 3pm, £8
Introduce your little ones to the
magic of theatre as they meet five
charming characters - a bug, a goose,
a fox cub, a cat and a six-year-old girl
Dear Etranger (12+) Dad’s Lunch Box (PG) – and watch their adventures unfold.
Wednesday 13 March, 8pm Sunday 24 March, 8pm
The stories are beautifully told using
Director: Yukiko Mishima Director: Masakazu Fukatsu
an immersive soundtrack, puppetry,
As a 44-year-old man tries to build This light drama, based on a
digital animation and miniature
an ordinary family with his second true story that went viral on
landscapes. Small Worlds is an
wife and her two daughters from a Twitter, traces the heart-warming
enchanting theatre experience set
previous marriage, this family drama relationship of a single father
inside a beautiful calico tent!
poses a fundamental question: is who learns how to cook so that he
‘blood thicker than water?’ can make his daughter’s school
lunch. Full of interesting examples
of cute bento! 8 9
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Family Fun
Topsy Turvy Theatre presents
Christopher’s Caterpillars (2+)
Sunday 3 March
2.30pm, £8
Christopher Nibble and his best
friend Posie have been busy taking
care of their six hairy pet caterpillars.
But when their crawly comrades
disappear without a trace, the
gardening guinea pigs swap their
trowels for magnifying glasses and
turn detective! Will they crack the
case? Find out with this beautiful
tale full of energetic storytelling,
handmade puppets, original music
and stunning scenery.
Alan MacDonald: Meet the author Story Pocket Theatre presents
of Dirty Bertie! (6+) David Baddiel’s
ANiMALCOLM (5+)
Sunday 3 February
2pm, £8 Tuesday 26 March
We are thrilled to welcome Children’s Families can expect storytelling with 7pm, £12/£10
author Alan MacDonald, who has lots of props, audience participation, Malcolm doesn’t like animals, which
written hundreds of books for dressing up and a step-by-step is a problem because his family love
children, including the hugely popular guide to drawing your own Dirty them, in fact, they’re wild about
‘Dirty Bertie’ series he created Bertie cartoon! them. The only bright spot on the
with award-winning illustrator, horizon is the Year Six school trip,
When not writing books, Alan has
David Roberts. which Malcolm never thought his
worked on a host of TV series,
parents would pay for. And yet there
including Horrid Henry and The
Alan was going to be a famous he is, on the bus, heading to……
Tweenies. There will be chance to
footballer until he won a pen in a a farm.
meet Alan after the show and get
writing competition at junior school
your books signed. What follows is a school trip like
and his fate was sealed.
no other, where Malcolm begins to
understand animals more deeply
than anyone. But will he end up
the same as before? Because
sometimes the hardest thing to
become is yourself.
Illustration © Jim Field 2016. Licensed by
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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Pay What You Can £20 - £1
Pay What You Can is all about trust. It’s
about you, making a judgement for yourself
about what you can afford to pay from our
pricing options ranging from £20-£1 and
taking a chance on something new.
EBW presents
WILD
Thursday 10 January, 8pm
Friday 11 January, 10.30am
(Baby Friendly performance)
It’s really hard to talk about birth
without descending into enormous
clichés. So, we are going to do it
with ferocity and comedy...and a
pineapple! WILD is a bold new piece
of theatre about how we might be
using the wrong language when
we talk about birth. Part riot, part
disco, part rite of passage, expect
Unsung Collective presents
comedy, music, loudness, bold
Unsung
talking and glitter.
Thursday 7 March, 8pm
Ada Lovelace. Sophia Jex-Blake. Lilian
Bader. Andrea Dunbar.
Heard of any of them? Neither had
we. And we’re meant to be a group of
feminists!
Unsung explores the untold stories
Hope Theatre Company presents of four inspirational women from
Gypsy Queen British history, asking why they,
and hundreds like them, have been
Thursday 7 February, 8pm
relegated to the footnotes.
‘Gorgeous’ George O’Connell is a
bareknuckle fighter who enters They were bold. They caused riots.
the world of professional boxing And it’s about time their stories were
putting him on a collision course told. Unsung Collective and writer,
with his roots, fears and identity. In Lisa Holdsworth (Midsomer Murders,
the opposite corner, Dane ‘The Pain’ Ackley Bridge, Call the Midwife)
Samson is fighting his own battles. present a new play about the women
This leads to a tragedy that neither who made - or ought to have made -
could predict. Can these two men British history.
12 raised to fight, ever learn to love? 13
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January
Parasol Peak with Austrian
percussionist, Manu Delago
Tuesday 8 January
7.30pm, £13
Captivating musician (and
percussionist for Bjork Live)
Manu Delago, has announced the
forthcoming release of a unique
and awe-inspiring movie and
accompanying album, Parasol Peak,
in which Delago leads an ensemble Orchestra of Square Chapel presents Oscars Folk Music presents
of 7 musicians on a mountaineering New Year’s Concert Jez Lowe
expedition in The Alps. Along the
Sunday 6 January Saturday 12 January
way, the group perform a collection
3pm, £12 7.30pm, £12
of brand-new compositions in
Join the Orchestra of Square Chapel Jez Lowe’s songs are among those
different locations, at varying
for their traditional Viennese Gala most widely sung by others, whether
altitudes. The perfect way to avoid
Concert to welcome in the New by long-established acts like Fairport
the January blues and awaken your
Year. Waltzes, marches and polkas Convention, The Dubliners and Bob
senses with stunning cinematography
from the Strauss family and their Fox, or by the new breed of stars like
and beautiful music from the
contemporaries. With soloists Elaine The Unthanks, The Young Uns and
Harmonie band.
and Paul Richmond. The Duhks. Catch the Sony Academy
Award-Winning songwriter in Halifax
for one night only!
Halifax Philharmonic Club presents Root & Branch Productions presents
Trio Gaspard 18 Victoria
Friday 18 January Thursday 24 January
7.30pm, £19.50 8pm, £12
Trio Gaspard have been praised for What would you do if you only had
their unique and fresh approach three weeks to live? Three siblings
to the score. All three members are struggling to fix their relationship
are successful soloists in their own against a terrifying deadline: a
right, giving recitals and performing meteor, 18 Victoria, is about to crash
concertos in prestigious venues all into Earth killing everyone. Faced
over the world. with no future, can they stop the past
wrecking their time left together?
14 Find out in this astonishing and 15
rewarding piece of theatre.
JANUARY
January
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STRADA Music presents
“One of the real discoveries on the
Trials of Cato
folk circuit in recent times”
Saturday 26 January Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
7pm, £10
Described as ‘The Sex Pistols of Folk’,
“Something very special has landed…
Trials of Cato are a band who arrived
get on board for a thrilling ride”
fully formed and functioning from
Folk Radio UK
Beirut who have since torn a shape
very much their own into the canvas
of the UK folk scene.
Originally from North Wales and
Yorkshire, whilst living in Lebanon
they spent a year boiling down the
roots of their sound into a hybrid
of traditional influences that
intrigued Lebanese audiences in
the country’s biggest venues. This is
one not to miss!
Outrageous Fortune -
Work in Progress
Friday 25 January
6pm, £5
This new piece of work re-tells
the story of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
through the eyes of his mother,
Gertrude. How does a mature,
Michael Sabbaton presents
experienced woman respond to
The Turk - A One Man Stage Play
having her sexuality ridiculed by the
men around her? With a live drum Thursday 31 January
score, Outrageous Fortune places 7.30pm, £12
Shakespeare’s work under a 21st Fuelled with alcohol and yellow
century lens and offers an alternative fevered madness, a drunken and
perspective; putting a woman at the dying Johann Nepomuk Maelzel
centre in this notorious story of male explores a philosophy of evolving
revenge. This event offers audiences life with the amazing, chess playing
an opportunity to feedback to the automaton known as, The Turk. This
creative team before the work is is a chilling tale of mystery, sentience
redeveloped for a national tour and loss inspired by an 18th century
later in the year. ‘thinking machine’. 16 17
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Independent Venue Week February
Celebrating the spirit of independence and the
culture of live music!
Caroline Spence + Support
Wednesday 30 January
7.30pm, £13
While Caroline Spence may not
look like one of the road-hardened
troubadours of America’s past,
with the release of Spades &
Roses, the young songwriter from
Charlottesville Virginia proves she is
every bit as serious. Spence reminds
us why we fell in love with folk in the Zoe Gilby Quartet
first place. Hear her live in Halifax for
Friday 1 February
the first time!
8pm, £10
Vocalist and songwriter, Zoe Gilby
is making a stunning impression
on the music scene today, with her
compelling original compositions
written with double bassist husband,
Andy Champion. Her stockpile
of music includes a wide range of
more contemporary material from
composers such as Pink Floyd and
Kate Bush, with influences from
Sheila Jordan and Joni Mitchell. RBM presents
Julian Dutton in…Do You Think
That’s Wise? The Life and Times
of John Le Mesurier
Sunday 3 February
7.30pm, £13
In this affectionate tribute to one of
Britain’s best-loved comedy stars,
leading impressionist Julian Dutton
(BBC1’s The Big Impression & BBC R4’s
The Secret World) brings to life the Halifax Philharmonic Club presents
man behind the wry smile and urbane Peter Hill & Benjamin Frith
English repartee that charmed
Sunday 8 February
millions and turned John Le Mesurier
7.30pm, £19.50
into a household name as Sergeant
One of the leading British pianists of
Wilson in Dad’s Army. Packed with
his generation, Peter Hill is known for
glorious reminiscences and stories
his performances and recordings of
from the Golden Age of Classic
twentieth-century and contemporary
British Comedy, this is a joyful and
music. In this special concert he takes
moving celebration of one of the most
to the stage with Benjamin Frith of
popular comic actors of our era.
The Frith Piano Quartet.
“An impressionist tour de force”
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February
Impatient Productions presents Lakin McCarthy Entertainment Ltd Presents
Justin Moorhouse: Mark Thomas –
Northern Joker Check Up our NHS @70
Saturday 9 February Thursday 14 February
7.30pm, £14 8pm, £16
These days Justin’s not certain about Mark Thomas is 54, the NHS is 70,
anything apart from his uncertainty – UK national average life expectancy
Brexit looms, it appears the Cold War is 84. If Mark makes it to 84 the NHS
is being rebooted and that’s before will be 100, what will they both look
we begin to worry about what’s like? Based on a series of interviews
happening in America…..closer to Voodoo Room presents with leading experts in the NHS and
home he’s starting to feel redundant A Night 0f Hendrix, residencies in hospitals and surgeries,
as a parent. One kid is leaving home, Clapton & Cream Thomas, working with director
the dog is getting older and doesn’t Nicolas Kent, uses his own demise
Sunday 10 February
need much walking, and the youngest to explore the state we’re in. What’s
7.30pm, £13
kid hits thirteen and cancels the going right, what’s going wrong and
Paying tribute to legends Jimi
family subscription to The Beano. how does it get better?
Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Cream, this
Moorhouse is one of the best is a stunning evening of music not
“Thomas is a terrific performer and
comedians and we can’t wait for to be missed! No wigs, no gimmicks
raconteur….funny, raw and angry”
more laugh out loud moments from - simply great music played by great
The Guardian
this Northern genius! musicians! Featuring classics such
as: Hey Joe, Sunshine of Your Love,
“He charms the pants off the crowd”
Purple Haze, Layla and more. 20 21
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February March
Tmesis Theatre presents Yuppies Music presents
Beyond Belief Group Listening
Friday 15 February Wednesday 27 February
8pm, £12 7.30pm, £10
This is a powerful and moving With the release of their 2018 debut
journey about loss, immortality and album (Clarinet & Piano: Selected
our digital souls. It looks into the Works Vol. 1), Group Listening tread
unnerving future of life and death in the overlap between classical and
a social media obsessed, technology experimental music. Using stomp
blinkered society. Using playful boxes, looping effects and more,
physical style, come and explore how the clarinet and piano duo create
we cope with loss in the digital age atmospheric, ambient tracks
and how we won’t ever let Elvis die. and soundscapes.
The Letter Room presents
Two Tonne Theatre presents
No Miracles Here
The Netherlands
Friday 1 March
Thursday 28 February
8pm, £12
8pm, £12
‘Tighten your laces, look to the band
Imagine always wanting to visit
and don’t let your knees hit the
Italy, the country of your dreams.
ground.’ This is a tale of resilience,
You’ve saved for months, read
strength and the need to just stay on
the guide books - only to be told
your feet, The Letter Room present
on landing, that you’re in The
a sweat soaked marathon with a
Netherlands! This is a show about
Halifax Philharmonic Club presents Northern Soul. Packed with live music
being the parent of a child with
Vankuijk String Quartet and wall-to-wall dancing, No Miracles
a learning disability in an often,
Here is an anthem to feeling alive and
unhelpful world. It’s about finding Friday 1 March
keeping the faith.
out that ‘The Netherlands’ is a 7.30pm, £19.50
beautiful country. This play speaks Since forming in 2012, BBC New
to everyone who has known the Generation Artists, Vankuijk String
magnificent, terrifying, joyful Quartet have already established
and heart-breaking chaos that is a presence in major international
becoming a parent. venues. Their debut recording,
Mozart, was released to outstanding
critical acclaim back in 2016.
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March
Square Chapel Arts Centre presents
Eva Kuniskis presents Carol Ann Duffy and Friends
They Live Next Door
Friday 15 March
Thursday 14 March 7.30pm, £16
8pm, £12 Join our patron, the poet laureate
This is a highly physical dance Dame Carol Ann Duffy, who will be
and theatre duet that draws you performing her wonderful poetry
into the turbulent relationship of including selections from her most
two men through heart-warming recent work, Sincerity. Carol Ann will
moments of love and tenderness, be joined by Square Chapel’s Poet in
contrasted with bouts of conflict Residence, Keith Hutson. Keith is also
and manipulation. This turbulent, the Laureate’s Choice poet and will
touching and tender show casts be reading from his debut Bloodaxe
light on our fascinations and collection, Baldwin’s Catholic Geese.
preconceptions of others.
The duo will also be joined by another
Laureate’s Choice Poet, Mark Pajak.
Join us for this very special celebration
of the very best in contemporary
poetry and performance.
Oscar Music Agency presents Snake Davis
Flossie Malavialle
Saturday 16 March
Friday 15 March 8pm, £15
8pm, £10 Charming saxophonist Snake Davis
Malavialle is a French born singer returns to Halifax with his band!
based in the North East. Her profile Enjoy an evening of stunning music
has gone from strength to strength, that’s instantly recognisable as well
playing throughout the UK. From folk as popular self-penned numbers.
to jazz and from blues to Edith Piaf, Davis is a soul funk master, with a
her wide repertoire appeals to all. hint of jazz, making for an infectious,
energetic and feel-good factor night
to remember.
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March
Townsend Productions presents Best of BE Festival
Rouse, Ye Women - Mary
Thursday 28 March
Macarthur and the Women
7pm, £10 (£15 includes food)
Chainmakers
Each year, BE FESTIVAL packages up
Saturday 23 March three of their favourite shows from
7.30pm, £12 their international festival and sends
Through rousing traditional songs them on a tour of the UK.
and moving ballads, Townsend
Theatre Productions reveal the Out on the road this year, there’ll
story of the women chainmakers of be a daredevil, an illusionist and a
Roger Davies & His Band Cradley Heath in the West Midlands. Orchestra of Square Chapel presents juggling-computer-musical genius,
Spring Concert with performing 3 nail-biting, 30-minute
Friday 22 March
In 1910 they began a successful ten- Martyn Jackson shows all in one exhilarating evening.
7.30pm, £13
week strike, led by the charismatic
After a sell-out show at Square Sunday 24 March
union campaigner Mary Macarthur, If you’re a fan of theatre from across
Chapel last year, Huddersfield born, 7.30pm, £12
to more than double their earnings the globe or simply looking for an
Roger Davies & His Band are back Hebden Bridge-born violinist, Martyn
and establish the principle of a entertaining night out then this is one
with another guaranteed-to-please Jackson leads the Allegri String
national minimum wage. Catch this you don’t want to miss!
evening full of their positive, upbeat, Quartet. He will perform Schumann’s
powerful and gripping folk opera if
celebratory self-penned folk rock. rarely-heard violin concerto, written
you can!
Their track history speaks for itself in 1853 but not performed until 1937.
and has received glowing reviews and Rossini: Tancredi Overture
endorsements from all who see their Schumann: Violin Concerto
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March
LipService presents IOU presents
Strangers on a Train Set Rear View 360°
A virtual experience created by IOU
Saturday 30 March
7.30pm, £14 Thursday 21 – Monday 25 March
Challenging a youth to turn down his £5
music, Irene Sparrow finds herself Enter the immersive 360° film version of IOU’s
under suspicion of murder after the Rear View and take an unforgettable virtual
train emerges from a tunnel with journey from the intimacy of a life class to the
the young man dead. But this is no reality of the streets following the story of a life
ordinary train. Each passenger is lived in the town.
Tom McConville presents reading a book and each book is a
Jimmy Fiddle Concert portal into a parallel universe of train Wearing VR headsets, feel the sensation of riding
related crime fiction. on IOU’s ‘oneof- a-kind’ Rear View bus and share
Friday 29 March
the stage with writer and performer Cecilia Knapp
8pm, £12
With clever use of projection and as she leads the audience through the urban
Featuring two top fiddle players, Tom
multiple train sets, LipService give landscape with her lyrical narrative. IOU has a 40-
McConville and Stewart Hardy, this
you a whistle stop tour that will leave year tradition of creating work that combines many
show promises to be a great night
you breathless and racing for the art forms presented in unusual indoor and outdoor
out for any folk music fan. Tom and
refreshment coach. spaces, festivals, venues, galleries and digital
Stewart will be joined by singers,
worlds. Experience IOU in 360° for the first time!
Alan Fitzmmons and Jim Mageean,
“LipService - The Laurel and Hardy
alongside clog dancing champion,
of literary deconstruction” See website for more information and full list
Natalie Rae.
The Independent of dates and times.
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Talks and Recitals
Lunchtime Recitals at Sarah McNulty, Baroque and
Square Chapel Modern Flute
Tickets £8 (£6 Concessions), Tuesday 26 February
12.30pm Accomplished soloist, Sarah McNulty
Take a break from your busy working will perform a varied of repertoire to
day and lose yourself in beautiful reflect the history of the instrument
music. The perfect way to spend from its early beginnings to the
a lunchbreak! modern day.
Duncan Reid, Violin & Jonathan Nick Fletcher, Guitar
Ellis, Piano Tuesday 5 March
Tuesday 19 February Nick Fletcher is a talented classical
Illustrated talks by local Old Halifax Photos Duncan Reid is a first-class violinist, guitarist and composer who has
historian, David Glover Wednesday 20 March recitalist and chamber musician. performed across the country
Tickets £6 (£5 concessions), 2pm David’s slideshow selections of He has played with Opera North and featured on BBC Radio 3.
old Halifax photos have proved and is currently a member of the We are delighted to hear him
Those Cragg Vale Coiners! extremely popular. This new offering Ryebank trio. He is accompanied by perform in Halifax.
Wednesday 6 March includes many pictures not shown the vituoso pianist Jonathan Ellis, a
During the 1760s, a group of men by him previously. See past views of regular visitor to the Square Chapel.
in a remote part of Calderdale were Woodside Mansion and Woodside Their varied programme will include
operating a lucrative but illegal Baths; old houses such as Castle music by Elgar and Beethoven.
business in clipping and coining. Carr and Upper Saltonstall; and be
Investigation into their practices by amazed at forgotten buildings in
a Halifax exciseman and an attorney Southowram Bank, Claremount, and
would lead to a brutal killing in Savile Lee Bank!
Park Road, and ultimately to bodies
Each year 50,000
being hung on Beacon Hill. David Calderdale Scientists
attempts to retell this extraordinary Wednesday 3 April
tale, 250 years after William Many creative people have come
Dighton’s murder. from Calderdale, and David will
tell the stories of several little- people experience great
Mystery! Grand Duchess remembered but worthy characters.
Anastasia or Anna Anderson?
Wednesday 13 March
These include: the man who made
scientific instruments for King
art at Square Chapel
The youngest daughter of Russian George III; one of the greatest We are a registered charity and rely on sponsorships,
Tsar Nicholas II was believed mycologists of the 18th Century; fundraising and donations to make things happen.
murdered in 1918. But in 1920 a the bringer of electric light to
young woman pulled from a Berlin Halifax – who also helped develop
canal claimed to be Grand Duchess the telephone; and the inventor of
Anastasia. Some who had known linoleum and Lincrusta.
her as a girl were adamant that
this was not Anastasia; others were
certain that it was. David reveals You could help bring the world’s
the extraordinary twists and turns best performers to Halifax
of one of the most absorbing 20th
Century mysteries. For more information email Adam Roe
adam.roe@squarechapel.co.uk
30 31WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Workshops & Activities
We deliver a diverse programme with people from Youth Theatre
different communities and backgrounds. We use Saturdays at Square Chapel
the arts as a tool to increase skills and aspiration, 5-7yrs, 10am – 11am,
£4 (£2.50 Passport to Leisure)
bring people together and ensure more people 8-12yrs, 11am – 12.30pm
£5 (£3 Passport to Leisure)
have a chance to be makers, performers and Our drama classes boost confidence
audiences. We work in partnership with Verd De and skills. Please contact us to
check availability.
Gris Arts to deliver the Many Voices cohesion
programme.
Over 50’s Afternoon Tea Dance
We currently receive funding from the Andrew
Mondays at Square Chapel
Lloyd Webber Foundation, Youth Music Foundation, 1.30pm – 4pm
Big Lottery Fund and Community Foundation £4, includes refreshments
21 January, 25 February, 25 March
for Calderdale. Join us for our monthly Afternoon
Dance in our wonderfully
atmospheric Red Brick auditorium.
Our Open Door schools project offers an extensive
programme of subsidised theatre performances
and workshops for children and teachers.
Please visit our website for more details about Orange Box Rock School
our schools programme. Mondays at Orange Box
6.30pm – 8pm
11-16yrs, £5 (£3 Passport to Leisure)
The place to be for young aspiring
For more information visit our website or contact singer-songwriters and musicians
our outreach team: info@squarechapel.co.uk – form a band, rehearse, record,
perform, in this exciting, creative
01422 353073 Rock School. Places available –
Andrew Lloyd Webber
contact us to find out more.
Foundation
Cube Choir is a contemporary choir
for people over 50yrs. They meet on
Andrew
Lloyd Tuesday evenings at Square Chapel.
Webber For information about membership
Foundation
bber
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Spring 2019 diary Spring 2019 diary
January – March January – March
January March
Sun 6 3pm New Year’s Concert Page 15 Fri 1 7.30pm Vankuijk String Quartet Page 23
Tues 8 7.30pm Parasol Peak with Manu Delago Page 14 8pm No Miracles Here Page 23
Thurs 10 8pm WILD Page 12 Sun 3 2.30pm Christopher’s Caterpillars Page 11
Sat 12 7.30pm Jez Lowe Page 15 Tues 5 12.30pm Live Music with our Lunch Time Recitals Page 31
Fri 11 10.30am WILD (Baby Friendly Performance) Page 12 Wed 6 2pm Talk: Cragg Vale Coiners! Page 30
Fri 18 7.30pm Trio Gaspard Page 15 Thurs 7 8pm Unsung Page 13
Sat 19 7.30pm Red Dwarf + Q&A with Norman Lovett Page 5 Fri 8 7.30pm Eddie the Eagle in Conversation Page 6
Sun 20 4pm In Search of Mozart + Q&A Page 7 Wed 13 2pm Talk: Grand Duchess Anastasia or Anna Anderson? Page 30
Thurs 24 8pm 18 Victoria Page 15 8pm Dear Estranger Page 8
Fri 25 6pm Outrageous Fortune Page 16 Thurs 14 8pm They Live Next Door Page 24
Sat 26 7pm Trials of Cato Page 17 Fri 15 7.30pm Carol Ann Duffy and Friends Page 25
Sun 27 1pm Small Worlds Page 9 8pm Flossie Malavialle Page 24
3pm Small Worlds Page 9 Sat 16 8pm Snake Davis Page 24
Wed 30 7.30pm Caroline Spence - Independent Venue Week Page 18 Wed 20 2pm Talk: Old Halifax Photos Page 30
Thurs 31 7.30pm The Turk Page 17 Fri 22 7.30pm Roger Davies & His Band Page 26
Sat 23 7.30pm Rouse, Ye Women – Mary Macarthur and Page 26
the Women Chainmakers
Sun 24 7.30pm Spring Concert with Martyn Jackson Page 27
8pm Dad’s Lunch Box Page 8
February
Tues 26 7pm ANiMALCOLM Page 11
Fri 1 7.30pm Der Golem + Live Score Page 6
Thurs 28 7pm Best of BE Festival Page 27
8pm Zoe Gilby Quartet – Independent Venue Week Page 18
Fri 29 8pm Jimmy Fiddle Concert Page 28
Sun 3 2pm Meet the author of Dirty Bertie Page 10
Sat 30 7.30pm Strangers on a Train Set Page 28
7.30pm The Life and Times of John Le Mesurier Page 19
Thurs 21 – Mon 25 Rear View 360 by IOU Page 29
Thurs 7 8pm Gypsy Queen Page 13
Sun 8 7.30pm Peter Hill & Benjamin Frith Page 19
Sat 9 7.30pm Justin Moorhouse: Northern Joker Page 20
8pm The Scythian Lamb Page 8
Sun 10 4pm Exhibition on Screen: Young Picasso Page 7
7.30pm A Night of Hendrix, Clapton & Cream Page 20
Tues 12 2pm Exhibition on Screen: Young Picasso Page 7
Thurs 14 8pm Mark Thomas: Check Up our NHS @70 Page 21
Fri 15 8pm Beyond Belief Page 22
Sat 16 6pm Quadrophenia + Toyah Wilcox Live Page 5
Tues 19 12.30pm Live Music with our Lunch Time Recitals Page 31
Tues 26 12.30pm Live Music with our Lunch Time Recitals Page 31
8pm Pumpkin and Mayonnaise Page 8
Wed 27 7.30pm Group Listening Page 22
Thurs 28 8pm The Netherlands Page 22
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A tribute to the golden age of aviation in the 1930s, featuring a
prominent minute scale for navigational time-readings.
It doesn’t just tell time. It tells history.
oyster perpetual AIR-KING
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