Theatre l Music l Dance l Comedy l Film l Exhibitions
January to April ’13
... the creative heart of the community
FEBRUARY
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What’s On
A Happy New Year
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January
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February
This season is full of excellent shows and exhibitions from top
companies and artists – some old favourites and some new work to
entertain and enlighten you.
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March
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April
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Exhibitions
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Courses and
Regular Workshops
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Exchange Café
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Seating Plan
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Booking Your Tickets
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Season’s Diary
We’re pleased to welcome back Opera della Luna, Gonzo Moose and
Pam Ayres (not on the same night!) and to be hosting the opening of
Hexham based Théâtre Sans Frontières with their new show, Canary
Gold. Comedy and jazz club evenings in the cafe are set for another
great season and the film club goes from strength to strength, with
the addition of a Sunday matinee double bill in February. In the
galleries there’s a nationally touring exhibition of the work of pop art
pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi and a retrospective of Edwin Straker’s work.
In February we will be premiering a new body of work from Allendale
artist Joss Wrigg; A Parliament of Hares – not to be missed!
Our commitment to young people continues with a rich programme
of events. Horse + Bamboo’s The Nightingale, Peoples Theatre’s
The Elephant Bridesmaid and Tall Stories’ My Brother the Robot will
entertain younger children. For teenagers (and adults) there’s exciting
new productions from Icarus Theatre (Romeo and Juliet) and the
stunning 2faced Dance. There’s also dance for young children with the
visit of Northern Ballet in March presenting daytime performances of
Ugly Duckling. And there’s plenty of ways to take part too – with
regular workshops in singing, drama, dance, folk music and writing.
We look forward to providing a warm welcome to you in your
arts centre.
Eduardo Paolozzi P18
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Canary Gold P4
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The Parson’s Pirates P7
The Elephant
Bridesmaid P8
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Joss Wrigg P19
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Dervish P8
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What the Dickens? P9
MARCH
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Romeo & Juliet P10
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Ugly Duckling P11
Geof Keys
Artistic Director | Queen’s Hall Arts
www.queenshall.co.uk
The Nightingale P6
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Edwin Straker P19
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Season Highlights
JANUARY
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Out of His Skin P12
APRIL
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... the creative heart of the community
An Evening with
Pam Ayres P13
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Call Mr Robeson P15
My Brother
the Robot P17
Full Programme Listings Inside...
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Thursday 17 January
8.00pm
In the Exchange Café
Play along with the rhythm section of the
evening in an informal atmosphere then sit
back and enjoy the guests.
Tickets: £3.00 on the door | Under 18s free
Film in the Theatre
The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel (12A)
Thursday 17 January
8.00pm
A group of British
retirees travels to
India to take up
residence in what
they believe is a
newly restored
hotel. Less luxurious
than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel
nevertheless slowly begins to charm in
unexpected ways. Stars Judi Dench, Maggie
Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy. (2011)
Running time: 2 hrs 4min
Tickets: £4.50
£3.50 (Friends / Film Club Member)
Théâtre Sans Frontières in
collaboration with Teatro
Tamaska presents
Canary Gold
Wednesday 30 January &
Thursday 31 January 7.30pm
Pirates, politics and intrigue!
Malmsey wine: pure Canary gold once the most sought-after tipple
on the high seas, desired by
European aristocracy and quoted by
Shakespeare. In present day Canary
Wharf, wine traders and investors
gather. A rare Canarian wine has
come up for sale. Is it the real thing
or an elaborate forgery? As the
mystery surrounding this dusty old
bottle begins to unravel, judge for
yourself who the real pirates are!
Presented by an international cast
in English, Spanish & French, and
surtitled.
Suitable for ages 15+.
Contains strong language.
Tickets: £13.50 | £11.50 (Friends /
benefit conc) | £8.50 (student)
Hexham & District Music Society
presents
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
& the Puertas String Quartet
Friday 1 February
7.45pm
A rare opportunity to hear On Wenlock
Edge, Vaughan Williams’ setting of poems
by A E Houseman. Lyric tenor James
Gilchrist has had a starry career since
taking up full-time singing in 1999. He
performs and records regularly with Anna
Tilbrook. English songs and the Elgar Piano
Quintet complete this celebration of the
best of English Music.
Tickets: £14.00 | £7.00 (student)
£1.00 (schoolchildren)
Core Music presents
Core 4
Saturday 2 February
February
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Jazz Club
7.30pm
Core Music, Hexham’s own musical social
enterprise, is four years old! To celebrate,
this concert features musicians who are
involved in Core through workshops,
teaching, learning and volunteering.
With acts that range from classical, to folk,
rock and jazz, the concert promises to be
great fun, and a wonderful celebration of
Core Music.
Suitable for all ages,
including families, there
will be something for
everyone.
Tickets: £10.00 | £5.00 (conc)
£20 (family)
Big Owl Comedy Club
Saturday 19 January
8.30pm
In the Exchange Café
Big Owl Comedy presents
some of the freshest and
funniest stand-up talent
working on the national
circuit today.
Tickets: £8.50 | £4.00 (student)
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Tuesday 5 February
Special Matinee Double Bill
4.30pm
Imagine you could have anything you
wanted... the best that money can buy.
Unfortunately for the little King, he
already has that, and he still feels
something is missing. That is, until he is
enchanted by the most beautiful sound
in the world and finds friendship in the
most unexpected place.
After great success last year with Red
Riding Hood, Horse + Bamboo once
again bring you a show brimming with
amazing things to look at, great
storytelling and wonderful characters.
A sweet, funny and beautiful show for
ages 4yrs+ and their families.
Tickets: £6.50 | £20 (family)
Wednesday 13 February
Thursday 7 February
In the Exchange Café
8.00pm
From Eddie Lang, through Django
Reinhardt, to Pat Metheny and beyond,
the guitar continues to have a universal
appeal. The Jazz Guitar Duo presents a
programme of music by some of the most
influential players of the last hundred
years – taking the audience on a
musical journey which moves from
early jazz and blues, through swing
and bebop, to cool and
contemporary jazz.
7.30pm
Join the Reverend Arthur Bender
of St Michael’s-under-Ware as he
auditions his cast for the fastest,
fizziest and funniest production
of The Pirates of Penzance you
will ever see.
Film in the Theatre
Jean de Florette (PG)
Sunday 10 February
2.00pm
A greedy landowner and his backward
nephew conspire to block the only water
source for an adjoining property in order
to bankrupt the owner and force him to
sell. (1986)
Running time: 2hrs
Manon des Sources (PG)
Sunday 10 February
James Birkett & Bradley
Johnston: The Jazz Guitar Duo
Opera della Luna presents
The Parson’s Pirates
February
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Horse + Bamboo presents
The Nightingale
A cast of just six perform Gilbert
& Sullivan’s classic comic opera complete and unabridged (with
cuts). You will be dazzled by the
singing, choreography and sheer
panache of it all.
“It is an evening of brilliance,
done with verve, style, great
voices, and a hefty quotient of
camp.” Opera Now
An absolute must for all Gilbert
and Sullivan fans!
4.30pm
In this stunning sequel, a beautiful but shy
shepherdess plots vengeance on the men
who conspired to acquire her father's land
years earlier. (1986)
Tickets: £14.50
£12.50 (Friends / benefit conc)
£8.50 (student)
Running time: 1hr 53mins
In French with subtitles. French themed
refreshments will be available between the films.
Individual Film Tickets: £4.50
£3.50 (Friends / Film Club Member)
Combined ticket: £6.50 includes both films
Tickets: £7.50 | £6.00 (Friends)
£4.00 (student)
Big Owl Comedy Club
Friday 15 February
8.30pm
In the Exchange Café
Big Owl Comedy presents some of the
freshest and funniest stand-up talent
working on the national circuit today.
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Tickets: £8.50 | £4.00 (student)
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Saturday 16 February
Friday 22 February
Lynda Coffin, Sarah Watts and Laurence Perkins recently
formed a trio to explore the repertoire for flute, clarinet
(or bass clarinet), and bassoon. Their delightfully varied
programme stretches from Bach to a Villa-Lobos Brasileiras
and includes music which they have arranged for this
unusual and appealing combination.
2.30pm
“There are no Elephants in Australia.
Well, no elephants except this one...”
Written for parents to enjoy with their
children, The Elephant Bridesmaid is a
magical musical about weddings and
wombats and the loveliest elephant the
world has ever known. Based on a story
from the best selling book How The
Koala Learnt To Hug and Other
Australian Fairytales this delightful show
has just the right balance of games,
songs and heart warming elephant
antics to make any day feel like your
special day. So join Nessie the Elephant
and her fantastic animal friends and
help them as they go in search of an
outfit fancy enough (and large enough)
to make her the Australian jungle’s first
and most beautiful Elephant Bridesmaid.
Wear your own fancy clothes (or fancy
dress) for the chance to take part in a
fabulous fashion show live on stage with
the actors! For ages 4 years & above.
Tickets: £7.50 (adult) | £6.50 (Under 14s)
£25.00 (family)
Tickets: £14.00 | £7.00 (student) | £1.00 (schoolchildren)
Dervish
Thursday 21 February
7.30pm
County Sligo’s finest export,
Dervish creates one of the most
distinctive, yet expertly balanced,
sounds anywhere in traditional
music, combining the fiery energy
and mature complexity that
have become their hallmark.
With a line-up of fiddle, flute,
bouzouki, mandola, bodhran &
accordion, and fronted by singer
Cathy Jordan, regarded by many
as the most distinctive voice in
Irish traditional music today,
Dervish draws from seemingly
limitless depths of finesse, subtlety
and talent.
It is not without good reason
that Dervish have become one of
Ireland’s most enduring bands whether representing celtic music
at major festivals, playing at The
Great Wall of China or setting
the room ablaze in the US on
St Patrick’s Day.
Tickets: £13.00
£12.00 (Friends / benefit conc)
£8.50 (student)
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7.45pm
February
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Hexham & District Music Society presents Cuillin Sound
Peoples Theatre presents
The Elephant Bridesmaid
by Steven Lee
Pegasus presents Gonzo Moose
in What The Dickens?
The Misadventures of
Charles Dickens
Tuesday 26 February
7.30pm
Young Charles Dickens is a rookie
reporter on The Morning Chronicle.
Whilst investigating the foggy slums
of Ye Olde London Towne, he
accidently stumbles on a story that
could make his reputation. Follow our
hero on the adventure of a lifetime!
Expect a world of pockmarked
pickpockets, cobwebby convicts,
teeming slums and empty marshes,
dark secrets and convoluted plots,
and lots and lots of fog…
This inventive and gripping comedy
features just three actors playing over
20 roles in 80 minutes of fast-paced
fun and thrilling action. Brimming
with unfeasibly quick costume
changes, stupidly surreal characters
and wonderfully daft jokes, What The
Dickens? is the most absurd
contribution to the Dickens bicentary
you could hope to see. From the
company that brought us I’m An
Aristocrat, Get Me Out Of Here!.
Tickets: £13.50 | £11.50 (Friends /
benefit conc) | £8.50 (student)
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Thursday 28 February
8.00pm
In the Exchange Café
Wednesday 13 March
12noon, 2.00pm & 4.00pm
Play along with the rhythm section of the
evening in an informal atmosphere then sit
back and enjoy the guests.
Northern Ballet is one of the UK’s
premier ballet companies. Ugly Duckling
is their first ballet especially for children
and is the perfect opportunity to
introduce your little ones to the magic
of live ballet, music and theatre.
Tickets: £3.00 on the door | Under 18s free
Film in the Theatre
Hobson’s Choice (U)
Thursday 28 February
8.00pm
Henry Hobson runs a
successful bootmaker’s
shop in 19th Century
Salford. A widower
with a weakness for
the pub opposite, he
tries forcefully to run the lives of his three
unruly daughters. Directed by David Lean
and starring John Mills and Charles
Laughton. (1954)
Tickets: £4.50
£3.50 (Friends / Film Club Member)
Landermason Album Launch
With special guests Horizontal Sunday
Saturday 2 March
7.30pm
To celebrate the launch
of their brand new
album, Fiona Lander
(piano, vocals, whistles,
clarinet, saxophones)
and Paul Mason
(guitars, vocals, ukulele)
will be joined by folk
trio Horizontal Sunday and a specially
formed youth choir to showcase a selection
of tracks from their new release.
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Northern Ballet presents
Ugly Duckling
A Ballet for Children
Tickets: £10.00 | £6.00 (children / student)
March
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Jazz Club
Icarus Theatre Collective presents
Romeo & Juliet
Thursday 7 March
7.30pm
In defiance of their families and in
secrecy from their closest friends,
hopeful young lives burn amidst a
celestial and cataclysmic backdrop.
Sun and moon shine down on starcrossed lovers as they hide their
passion and sexuality from their
warring families and their closest
friends.
Lauded as one of the most fearless
and dynamic theatre companies in
the UK, Icarus Theatre Collective’s
reputation for punchy and vibrant
productions of contemporary and
classic theatre continues to grow.
A poor duckling is lonely and fed-up,
shunned by those around her. Fluffy,
ragged and nothing like the other
ducklings, Ugly struggles to fit in.
She tries to make friends with fellow
ducklings as well as with frogs, cats
and even a fox, but realising she is not
like any of these animals, she is left sad
and alone. Follow the duckling on her
journey as she overcomes her troubles
and turns into a beautiful swan,
beginning a happy new life.
These child friendly performances are
just 45 minutes long.
Tickets: £5.00 (adults) | £4.00 (children)
Tickets: £13.50 | £11.50 (Friends /
benefit conc) | £8.50 (student)
Big Owl Comedy Club
Friday 8 March
8.30pm
In the Exchange Café
Big Owl Comedy presents
some of the freshest and
funniest stand-up talent
working on the national
circuit today.
Tickets: £8.50 | £4.00 (student)
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Jazz Club
Friday 15 March
7.00pm
Saturday 16 March 2.00pm & 6.00pm
In the Exchange Café
8.00pm
Play along with the rhythm section of the
evening in an informal atmosphere then sit
back and enjoy the guests.
Lionel Bart’s greatest success was the musical Oliver! When it
opened in London in 1960 it received 23 curtain calls. TAPA,
with a cast of over 40 young people aged from 5 to 16 years,
hope to raise the roof and, perhaps, get one or two curtain
calls of their own.
Tickets: £3.00 on the door | Under 18s free
Tickets: £9.50 (adults) | £8.50 (concessions)
Film in the Theatre
The Angels’ Share (15)
2Faced Dance Company presents
Out of His Skin
Tuesday 19 March
Thursday 21 March
Bored with life, the monotony of the
everyday and trying to find his place in
the world, one man goes on a journey
of self discovery. Pushing every available
boundary and risking everything until
there is nothing left, he searches for the
next high, the next hit and the next big
thing.
Using their trademark urban
contemporary language, 2Faced Dance
Company return with a new full length
work choreographed by Artistic Director
Tamsin Fitzgerald. Unpredictable, fierce,
visceral and tender, the country’s leading
all male contemporary dance company
continue in finding a way to connect to
audiences that strikes at the soul.
Suitable for aged 7+
Out of His Skin has been supported by Arts Council
England, Herefordshire Council and DanceXchange
Tickets: £13.50
£11.50 (Friends / benefit conc)
£8.50 (student)
8.00pm
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie
vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a
Scottish whisky distillery inspires him and
his mates to seek a way out of their
hopeless lives. An uplifting bitter sweet
comedy from director Ken Loach. (2012)
7.30pm
Out of His Skin explores society’s
obsession with the extreme and reminds
us what it means to just be normal.
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Thursday 21 March
March
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Tynedale Academy of Performing Arts presents
Oliver! The Musical
An Evening with Pam Ayres
Running time: 1hr 41mins
Wednesday 20 March
Tickets: £4.50
£3.50 (Friends / Film Club Member)
7.30pm
Pam Ayres brings her latest show
to Hexham following the recent
publication of her autobiography,
The Necessary Aptitude.
'Marvellous choreography,
fierce, bitter and brutal, that
takes the potential for total
theatre seriously. Plenty of
companies claim to experiment.
Plenty of companies make high
claims for their work. 2Faced
deliver’. The Skinny
Pam Ayres’ work is funny, and
approachable. It sounds simple,
as though dashed off, but this is
deceptive. Her hair-trigger timing,
her eye for the detail of everyday life,
and for the absurdity therein, makes
for an art that hides art.
Pam Ayres has sold millions of books,
albums, CDs, and DVDs over the
years, and she is still a regular on TV
and Radio, on programmes such as
Just A Minute, Ayres On The Air, QI,
Countdown and The One Show.
Tickets: £19.00
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Hexham & District Music Society
presents
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
Friday 22 March
7.45pm
A child prodigy at 12 when he became
the BBC Young Musician of the Year,
Benjamin has continued to thrill and
amaze audiences with his mastery of the
keyboard and his mature interpretation of
piano repertoire. A programme of music
by Bach, Chopin, Scriabin and Granados
will show both the poetry and brilliance
of his technique.
Call Mr Robeson
Wednesday 27 March
7.30pm
Paul Robeson is a great and famous
actor, singer and civil rights campaigner.
When he gets too radical and outspoken
for the establishment's liking, he is
branded a traitor to his country, is
harassed, and denied opportunities
to perform or travel.
This award-winning rollercoaster
journey through Robeson’s remarkable
life highlights how his activism caused
him to be disowned and disremembered,
even by leaders and descendants of
the American civil rights movement.
It features some famous songs and
speeches, including a dramatic rendition
of Ol’ Man River, and a spectacularly
defiant testimony to the Senate House
Un-American Activities Committee.
March
SOCIAL MEDIA
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Tayo Aluko revives one of the
20th Century’s most impressive but
overlooked figures in this powerful,
compelling tour-de-force performance.
Tickets: £13.50
£11.50 (Friends / benefit conc)
£8.50 (student)
Tynedale Music Festival
Saturday 23 March
7.00pm
Since 1904, the Tynedale Music Festival
has offered musicians of all ages from
across the north east the opportunity to
meet and compete in many different
musical categories including brass, piano,
recorder, strings, woodwind, choral, folk
and other categories.
Queen’s Hall Arts will be hosting a day of
classes, as well as the Evening Concert of
Festival Highlights.
Evening Concert: Free Entry with a ticket
Tickets: £14.00 | £7.00 (student)
£1.00 (schoolchildren)
Student Standby Tickets
Our Student Standby Scheme aims to encourage young people to gain
inexpensive access to the arts.
The Student Standby Scheme allows any person aged over 13 yrs and in full time
education to buy a ticket to a selected Queen's Hall Arts-promoted show in the 24
hours before curtain-up for the reduced price of £2.50.
These seats can’t be reserved and will only be available in person at the Box Office.
A valid student card or proof of age (under 18) must be shown.
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Thursday 28 March
7.30pm
Core Music presents
a new composition
produced and
performed with funding
from the BBC Performing Arts Fund
Community Music scheme. The
composition, created and arranged by
Northumbrian folk musician, Alistair
Anderson, will be performed by the
Hexham Village Band, as well as other
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musicians from Core Music, including
the Jazz Jammers.
There will also be performances from
other musicians during the evening with
the concert culminating in the premiere
of the new composition.
Tickets: £10.00
£5.00 (conc) | £20 (family)
Friends
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support the North East’s most
vibrant Arts Centre.
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Friends. Enjoy a range of great benefits for
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A complimentary seat for you
and your guest each season
to a selected QHA show
Exclusive invitations to
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Exclusive Ticket Exchange Scheme
Newsletter with advance details
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All this for a yearly
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April
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Core Music BBC Concert
Tall Stories presents
My Brother the Robot
Tuesday 2 April
2.00pm & 4.30pm
Once upon a time in the future…there will
be a little girl called Bobbie.
Bobbie will live with her inventor dad in a
house filled with technology. Bobbie and
her dad will have everything they need until one day, Bobbie announces that she’s
lonely and she wishes she had a little
brother.
So Bobbie’s dad locks himself away in his
lab and works day and night to create a
special present for Bobbie… a robot little
brother. Bobbie loves her new little
brother, and tells him all about how the
world works. But when Bobbie gets into
danger one day, will her robot brother
save her?
Tall Stories (The Gruffalo, Twinkle Twonkle
and The Snail and the Whale) presents
its brand new show, combining humour,
music and storytelling for everyone aged
4 and up.
Tickets: £6.50 | £20 (family)
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Saturday 16 February –
Saturday 6 April
OPEN: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 10.00AM – 5.00PM, SATURDAY 10.00AM – 4.00PM
GALLERY ONE
Joss Wrigg is a visual artist, based in
Allendale. Her animal sculptures are made
with locally sourced fleece using the dry
felting technique of needle felt. Her work
is driven by the process of exploring her
chosen medium but is often inspired by
our changing relationship to the natural
world. In this new body of work, Joss has
taken both the form and the myth of the
hare as her inspiration.
Eduardo Paolozzi - General Dynamic F.U.N.
Saturday 12 January – Saturday 9 February
GALLERY ONE & TWO
A new Hayward Touring exhibition of screen-prints by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005),
one of the pioneers of the pop art movement in the UK. Born in Scotland, Paolozzi was a
compulsive collector and a jumbler of icons.
He is equally revered for his
mechanistic sculptures and
his kaleidoscopic print
projects. The artist, who
described himself as 'a
wizard in Toytown',
transformed the mundane,
the derelict and the mass
produced into images that
zap with eclecticism and
impress with their graphic
complexity.
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A Parliament of Hares Joss Wrigg
ENTRY TO GALLERY ONE & GALLERY TWO IS FREE
Exhibitions
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Exhibitions
A Broad Palette: a retrospective of Edwin Straker
Saturday 16 February – Saturday 6 April
GALLERY TWO
The son of Cartier goldsmiths, Edwin broke family tradition winning a scholarship to
Camberwell aged 15. After WW2 service he taught at Camberwell with Passmore and
Johnstone, then initiated and taught the first BA in Commercial Art at Newcastle
University. Establishing his own studio in Newcastle, he worked in commercial, industrial
and fashion illustration and interior design before returning to his first loves of oil and
watercolour. He last exhibited at the Queen's Hall in 1982.
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Saturday 10.00am – 11.00am term time
At the Torch Centre, Hexham
(opposite the hospital)
An exciting opportunity for young
orchestral string players aged 7 – 13yrs to
come together and enjoy the experience of
playing in an ensemble.
£35 for the term
Literature
Music
Write Your Life Stories
Minims Junior Choir
Continues to meet from Thursday 17
January 10.30am – 12.30pm
At the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Mondays 4.00pm – 5.30pm
At the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Starts Monday 7 January
A series of fortnightly workshops led by
writer / tutor John Halliday. Everyone has a
story to tell. These workshops on memoir
and autobiography look at learning how
to write effectively about events and
experiences, as well as creating lively and
interesting characters. For examples of
work produced during previous workshops
see the website www.queenshall.co.uk.
For ages 7-12 years, Minims sings rounds,
spirituals, folk & world music. Led by
musician and teacher Sarah Robinson,
children are encouraged to develop their
voices, sing in harmony, perform regularly
and most of all have fun. New young
singers welcome - Places available.
Tickets: £65 for all 6 workshops
Book through Box Office 01434 652477
Cuckoo Young Writers Group
Led by a professional writer, sessions are
held every other Saturday from 11.00am 1.00pm at the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre.
Meet other young people interested in
writing, share your work, learn new skills
and give and receive feedback in a creative
and supportive atmosphere.
The group is for writers between the ages
of 12-18yrs and is completely free.
This is a New Writing North group.
For more information contact Laura
at laura@newwritingnorth.com or call
0191 233 3852.
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£40 | £30 (conc) for the term
Book through Box Office 01434 652477
or call Sarah on 07977 218883 to find
out more.
To find out more and to check dates and
bookings please contact Jacky Craig at
jacqueline.craig@northumberland.gov.uk
Squeaky Feet
Tynedale Community Choir
Hexham
Mondays 8.00pm
At St Aidan’s Church, Hexham
Starts Monday 7 January
Sing, relax and unwind with folk songs,
shanties, rounds, gospel, contemporary
songs and more led by musical director,
Kat Davison. The choir offers challenges
and rewards to beginners and experienced
singers alike.
£15 per half term (concessions available)
For more info contact Jane Dammers
on 01434 604512
Down in the Attic
Singing Babies
Mondays 7.30pm – 9.00pm
At the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre.
Starts Monday 7 January
A magical, musical journey to enjoy with
your baby. Designed to stimulate and
captivate the very young.
An energetic youth folk band led by Sophy
Ball. Down in the Attic is currently full.
Hexham
£40 | £30 (conc) for the term
Tuesdays 9.30am & 11.00am
at St Mary’s Church Hall
Horsley
Youth Folk Band
Mondays 9.30am & 11.00am at The Hearth
Mondays 5.45pm - 7.15pm.
Starts Monday 7 January
At the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
£42 for six week term (inc. coffee and cake)
To find out more and for bookings please
contact Louise 01434 604667
An exciting youth folk band also led by
Sophy Ball for young people aged 12-16yrs.
All skill levels welcome but not suitable for
absolute beginners. No prior experience of
folk music needed. Some places available.
£40 | £30 (conc) for the term
A joyful exploration into rhythm, dance
and song. Live and interactive musical
performances.
Tuesdays 1.00pm & 2.30pm at St. Mary's
Church Hall
Horsley
Mondays 1.00pm and Wednesdays 9.30am
& 11.00am at The Hearth
£39 for six week term (inc. coffee and cake)
To find out more and for bookings please
contact Louise 01434 604667
Prudhoe Singers
Tuesdays 10.00am - 11.50am term time
At Prudhoe Community Church
Join in with this weekly chance to sing.
New beginners are welcome!
Courses and Regular Workshops
Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk l Call the box office: 01434 652477
Hexham Junior Strings
For more details contact Keren on
01661 830035
Tyne Valley Big Band
Thursday nights in term time
6.00pm - 8.00pm
At the West End Methodist Church
Directed by jazz trumpeter Dave Hignett,
the Tyne Valley Big Band welcomes reading
musicians on sax, trumpet, trombone and
rhythm section (piano, bass guitar, guitar
and drums). Play traditional and modern
repertoire in a unique community jazz band
for adults and students.
£20 per term
Book through Box Office 01434 652477
or for more information contact Dave on
david.hignett@virgin.net
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Slaley Film Club
Fridays at Slaley Village Hall
18 Jan
15 Feb
15 Mar
Allendale Film Club
Mondays at Allendale Village Hall
Theatre
Queen’s Hall Arts Youth Theatre
At the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
Down Stage (8-11yrs)
Tuesdays 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Stage Note (11-15yrs)
Wednesdays 4.00pm - 5.30pm
Up Stage (Autism specific 8-10yrs)
Saturdays 10.30am - 12 noon
Dance
There are growing opportunities in
Northumberland for young people to
dance. QHA Outreach manages the
Northumberland Dance Hub - an ambitious
programme of community and after-school
workshops in different styles of dance, led
by the county’s best dance leaders and
choreographers.
Develop your creativity through this
popular skills based theatre group. Your
ideas, your words, your actions, create
your own drama! Led by Sue Mitchell.
Hexham Youth Dance
Book through Box Office 01434 652477
Do you want to dance, perform and/or
choreograph and are aged 8-15yrs? Then
Hexham Youth Dance could be just for you!
Led by Emma Beswick, students take weekly
technique class and work together on
choreography, leading to performances
across the region - the next one is on 28
March at Alnwick Playhouse.
Mondays in term time 4.00pm - 6.00pm
Starts Monday 14 January
£45 for whole term
QHA GIFT
VOUCHERS
Stuck for the ideal present?
Why not give a QHA gift voucher,
redeemable against performances?
Contact the Box Office on
01434 652477 for details.
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The Help
Midnight in Paris
The Castle
Hexham Youth Dance and other
youth dance groups from the area will
be performing at Alnwick Playhouse
(Box Office 01665 510785) on Thursday
28 March in the sub-regional dance
event, Pulse. Two groups will be selected
to perform in the regional final on
Saturday 20 April at Dance City and then
one group will be invited to Leeds along
with groups from across England for the
national U.Dance performance event.
28 Jan
25 Feb
25 Mar
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The Artist
Airplane
Wylam Film Club
Saturdays at Wylam Institute
19 Jan
23 Feb
23 Mar
My Week with Marilyn
Untouchable (Intouchables)
Shadow Dancer
Mobile
Cinema
As well as showing films at the Arts
Centre in Hexham, Queen’s Hall Arts
promotes a rural film programme
providing 80-90 film screenings across
Tynedale each year! Films are shown at
village halls, schools and film clubs –
keep an eye out for a screening near
you. Film clubs supported by QHA
include Slaley, Wylam, Henshaw (South
Tyne), Bardon Mill (South Tyne), Tarset,
Allendale, Ovingham and Stocksfield.
Arts Award Supporter
Queen’s Hall Arts is an Arts Award Supporter and is proud to support the Arts Award
scheme that encourages young people aged 11-25yrs to develop their skills as artists and
arts leaders.
Queen’s Hall Arts offers a number of ways for young people to become involved in the
arts and to achieve aspects of their Bronze, Silver or Gold level Arts Award qualifications.
For further information please contact the Box Office on 01434 652477.
Courses and Regular Workshops
Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk l Call the box office: 01434 652477
Film
Exchange Café
The Exchange Café in the Queen’s Hall is
open from 9.00am and offers full breakfasts,
fabulous cakes and scones, homemade
soup, light lunches, hearty dinners,
indulgent desserts, cool wines and local
beers throughout the day.
Whether you’re just passing, looking for
lunch or coming to enjoy a show, the
Exchange Café offers a wide selection of
delicious dishes using fresh, local produce.
It’s also the perfect spot for a pre-theatre
meal, to catch up with friends, relax in the
evening with a glass of wine and to listen to
the best music and comedy nights around.
For more information or to reserve your
table, call Chris and Ellen now on:
01434 608765
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Monday to Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Plus one hour prior to a performance
We offer concessionary prices on selected
shows for retired people, full-time
students, registered unemployed, people
with disabilities and people under 18.
A family ticket (of 2 adults & 2 children
or 1 adult & 3 children) is available on
selected performances.
By Telephone
Telephone bookings can be made on
01434 652477 using all major credit /
debit cards. Tickets can be posted (a £1.20
handling charge applies). Reservations will
be held for three days.
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We welcome visitors with disabilities and
aim to ensure that your visit is safe and
enjoyable. If you require help, please
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Tickets can be booked online through
our website www.queenshall.co.uk using
credit / debit cards. A handling charge
applies.
Refunds
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We regret that tickets cannot be refunded
or exchanged after purchase, except in the
case of a cancelled show.
Student Standby
The Student Standby Scheme allows any
person aged over 13yrs and in full time
education to buy a ticket in person to
selected Queen’s Hall Arts-promoted
shows in the 24 hours before curtain-up
for the reduced price of £2.50. Ask at
the Box Office or check the website.
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Seating Plan
Discounts are also available to Queen’s
Hall Friends.
Thank you!
A big thank you to our volunteer ushers
who donate many hours of their time.
If you would like to volunteer as an usher
please contact the Box Office.
A big thank you to the Red Cross for their
attendance during performances. To find
out more about the Red Cross contact
Keith Mundy on 01434 694162.
Queen’s Hall Arts is a registered independent
charity (Registered Charity No. 1088975)
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Sat 2 Mar
Landermason Album Launch
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4
Thurs 7 Mar
Icarus Theatre Collective presents Romeo & Juliet
10
Film in the Theatre – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12A)
4
Fri 8 Mar
Big Owl Comedy Club
10
Sat 19 Jan
Big Owl Comedy Club
4
Wed 13 Mar
Northern Ballet presents Ugly Duckling
11
Wed 30 Jan
Théâtre Sans Frontières presents Canary Gold
4
Fri 15 Mar - Sat 16 Mar
Oliver! The Musical
12
Thurs 31 Jan
Théâtre Sans Frontières presents Canary Gold
4
Tues 19 Mar
2Faced Dance Company presents Out of His Skin
12
Wed 20 Mar
An Evening with Pam Ayres
13
Thurs 21 Mar
Jazz Club
13
Thurs 21 Mar
Film in the Theatre - The Angels’ Share (15)
13
Sat 12 Jan – Sat 9 Feb
Eduardo Paolozzi - General Dynamic F.U.N.
Thurs 17 Jan
Jazz Club
Thurs 17 Jan
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February
Fri 1 Feb
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook & the Puertas String Quartet
5
Fri 22 Mar
Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)
14
Sat 2 Feb
Core 4
5
Sat 23 Mar
Tynedale Music Festival
14
Tues 5 Feb
Horse + Bamboo presents The Nightingale
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Wed 27 Mar
Call Mr Robeson
15
Thurs 7 Feb
James Birkett & Bradley Johnston: The Jazz Guitar Duo
6
Thurs 28 Mar
Core Music BBC concert
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Sun 10 Feb
Film in the Theatre - Jean de Florette (PG)
7
Sun 10 Feb
Film in the Theatre - Manon des Sources (PG)
7
Wed 13 Feb
Opera della Luna presents The Parson’s Pirates
7
Fri 15 Feb
Big Owl Comedy Club
7
Tall Stories presents My Brother the Robot
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Sat 16 Feb – Sat 6 Apr
A Parliament of Hares - Joss Wrigg
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Sat 16 Feb – Sat 6 Apr
A Broad Palette: a retrospective of Edwin Straker
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Sat 16 Feb
Peoples Theatre presents The Elephant Bridesmaid
8
PICK YOUR OWN SEAT ONLINE NOW!
Thurs 21 Feb
Dervish
8
Fri 22 Feb
Cuillin Sound
9
Click it for a Ticket
Tues 26 Feb
Gonzo Moose in What The Dickens?
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Thurs 28 Feb
Jazz Club
10
Don't forget that you can book your tickets
online via our website 24 hours of the day
from the comfort of your own home.
Thurs 28 Feb
Film in the Theatre - Hobson’s Choice (U)
10
Just book online and pick up your tickets prior
to the performance. We're only a click away!
Season’s Diary
Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk l Call the box office: 01434 652477
January
April
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Queen’s Hall Arts is an independent charity which
aims to enrich people’s lives through the production,
presentation and promotion of the arts.
If you would like to comment on our service, please
contact the Artistic Director Geof Keys or the
Chair of the Trustees Chris Pentney at the
Queen’s Hall Arts Centre.
Email geof.keys@queenshall.co.uk
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Beaumont Street
Hexham
Northumberland
NE46 3LS