ArtERY
live
East Riding of Yorkshire
Rural Touring Scheme
AUTUMN
2015
Bringing theatre,
dance and music
to a village near you
West Yorkshire Playhouse Beryl | Mazaika Music Cabaret
Finger & Thumb Theatre The Ugly Duckling | The Fugitives In Concert
Ian Keable The Secret World of Charles Dickens
West Yorkshire
Playhouse
BERYL
Driffield • Beverley • Bridlington • Lund • Swanland
live
ArtERY
Maxine Peake’s charming and critically
acclaimed play celebrates the life of Beryl
Burton – the greatest woman on two
wheels. Yorkshire woman Beryl Burton
was five times world pursuit champion,
thirteen times national champion,
twice road-racing world champion and
twelve times national champion. She
was awarded an MBE and an OBE. She
was one of the most astonishing sports
people ever to have lived.
Beryl – A Romance on Two Wheels tells
the story of Beryl’s life, from working on a
rhubarb farm to becoming the best British
cycling all-rounder for 25 consecutive
years and, in 1967, setting a 12 hour timetrial which has not been broken to this
day. She caught up with Britain’s fastest
male cyclist while setting it and, legend
has it, offered him a liquorice allsort as
she sailed past.
Rebecca Gatward’s freewheeling
production features four actors playing
multiple roles while improvising with
the oily tools at hand. Beryl herself – a
woman who gives her absolute all,
whether competing in East Germany or
running the Hoover up the stairs; Charlie,
her husband and soigneur, which is
cyclist parlance for the bloke who trains,
tinkers and hands out baby bottles of
rice pudding along the route; and Denise,
their daughter, who became a cycling
champion in her own right. With just four
talented performers & their bikes, Beryl
evokes a sporting world before drugs
and commercial sponsorship, a family
pulling together against the odds, the
admirable camaraderie and selflessness
of the amateur cycling community and,
at the centre of it all, one truly remarkable
woman.
Target audience: Older audiences,
women, mothers and daughters, cyclists
and anyone who enjoys a strong story
powerfully acted.
www.wyp.org.uk
Maxine Peake’s compassionate
homage…four stars. The Guardian
Burton’s story … brought to theatrically
inventive and comically freewheeling life.
The Daily Telegraph
The excellent four-strong cast employ
some entertaining stagecraft to enliven a
good-natured piece directed by Rebecca
Gatward … brilliant moments …The
character of Burton obviously resonates
strongly with [Maxine] Peake – strong,
female northern and working class – and
the piece … offers a high quality local
drama which clearly resonated with an
appreciative hometown audience.
The Independent
Finger &
Thumb
Theatre
THE UGLY DUCKLING
Withernsea • North Newbald
Drew Colby, Finger and Thumb Theatre,
is the only professional hand shadow
puppeteer in Britain and an internationally
recognised artist. He has paired up with
cellist Penny Callow and has created a
spellbinding, poetic and funny interpretation
of the Hans Christian Andersen classic
“The Ugly Duckling”. Everyday objects
including plastic spoons and kitchen
colanders become beautiful landscapes and
shimmering fish; combined with, live music
and breath-taking hand shadows this is a
magical hour long show for the whole family
with laughs and a few surprises The show
features specially composed music and
recorded soundscapes.
Target audience: 4+ Family.
www.fingerandthumbtheatre.com
Colby ‘shadowed’ cats and dogs, rabbits
and birds (perched and in flight) – and even
a bear, elephant and monkey. In one word, it
was a delight. The Times of India
The Fugitives
IN CONCERT
Withernsea • North Newbald
The Fugitives, Vancouver-based indie folk
collective worked across six countries, in
which the band earned a spot at Glastonbury
Music Festival 2014, and a stint supporting
Canadian music legend Buffy Sainte-Marie.
The band is eclectic, with a host of multiinstrumentalists whose styles range from
bluegrass to jazz. They’ve had sell out shows
at venues as diverse as the Vienna Literary
Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre
Festival, and the Vancouver Jazz Festival.
Target audience: All ages.
www.fugitives.ca/
biography/#sthash.3c9jX1SY.dpuf
A funny, uplifting group with brilliant
musicianship, top-notch songwriting, &
complex vocal harmonies.
The 4-part vocals are sensational…
This show is simply brilliant.
With their all-acoustic lineup, the Fugitives
bring enough energy to the stage to light up
a small city…
Ian Keable
THE SECRET WORLD
OF CHARLES DICKENS:
MIRTH, MARVELS AND
THE MYSTERIOUS
Bridlington • North Newbald
In this humorous and mystifying show,
Ian Keable reveals Dickens’s journey to
becoming a magician, and recreates his
favourite tricks and the spooky practises of
the Victorian psychics.
The first half of the show follows how
Dickens became a magician and why he
gave up magic. It ends, as Dickens ended
his own show, with the production of a fruit
cake – which is consumed by the audience
in the interval.
Target audience: Aimed at 14+, though
younger children have enjoyed the show
with parents.
www.charlesdickensmysteryshow.co.uk
Reviews from Wiltshire Rural Touring, 2014:
Everyone had a really good evening and
enjoyed your show immensely.
People who came have been telling
everyone else how good it was, so we
may well book you again next year. What a
cracking good night!
Mazaika
MUSIC CABARET
Etton • Bishop Burton • Withernsea
The Mazaika Duo is a perfect, yet
unconventional marriage of violin,
accordion and voice, full of fun, excitement
and virtuosity. Their twinkling humour,
rapport with the audience and each
other gives the audience an intoxicating
experience. Russian folk and gypsy songs,
classical and opera, Argentine and Russian
tango, Balkan beats, Hot Club jazz, latin,
international pop and rock and original
music by Igor Outkine.
A magical and exhilarating performance
guaranteed to transport you from the
Russian Steppes to the Gypsy Campfire,
the Opera House to the Parisian café. Full of
Russian soul, Tango Passion and Operatic
Melodrama plus some Hotclub and Hillbilly
mayhem.
Sarah Harrison (England) – violin, vocal,
domra (Russian mandolin).
Igor Outkine (Russia) – vocals, midi
accordion ( unique one-man orchestra)
Target audience: family audience friendly.
www.mazaika-music.com
Hugely entertaining… the duo frequently
brought the house down.’ **** Scotsman
An evening of magic and passion.
Independent
ArtERY
live
Autumn 2015
Date
listings
Time Venue
Contact
West Yorkshire Playhouse Beryl
Tue 20 Oct*
1.00
Driffield School, North Hall YO25 5HR
01377 253631 ext 415
e: ecollinson@driffield.e-riding.
sch.uk
Wed 21 Oct
7.00
Beverley, Longcroft School HU17 7EJ
01482 870751 • TIC 01482 391672
Thu 22 Oct
7.30
Bridlington, Spotlight Theatre YO15 3DZ
01262 601006
www.spotlighttheatrebrid.co.uk
Fri 23 Oct
7.30
Lund Village Hall YO25 9TF
01377 217776 or 01377 219598
Sat 24 Oct
7.30
Swanland Village Hall HU14 3QR
01482 634863
e: yd@swanlandparish.org
* School performance only – not open to the general public
Finger & Thumb Theatre The Ugly Duckling
Sat 24 Oct
7.00
Withernsea, Meridian Centre HU19 2HH
01964 613218 • BO 01964 613355
Mon 26 Oct
6.30
North Newbald Village Hall YO43 4SJ
01430 827493
e: deniseatherton21@gmail.com
The Fugitives In Concert
Thu 29 Oct
8.00
Withernsea, Meridian Centre HU19 2HH
01964 613218 • BO 01964 613355
Ian Keable The Secret World of Charles Dickens
Thu 5 Nov
7.30
Bridlington, Spotlight Theatre YO15 3DZ
01262 601006
www.spotlighttheatrebrid.co.uk
Sat 7 Nov
7.30
North Newbald Village Hall YO43 4SJ
01430 827493
e: deniseatherton21@gmail.com
Mazaika Music Cabaret
Fri 27 Nov
7.30
Etton Village Hall HU17 7PG
01430 810285
Sat 28 Nov
8.00
Bishop Burton Village Hall HU17 8QJ
01964 552303
Thu 3 Dec
8.00
Withernsea, Meridian Centre HU19 2HH
01964 613218 • BO 01964 613355
live
ArtERY
Autumn 2015 Season
East Riding of Yorkshire
Rural Touring Scheme
Bringing theatre, dance and
music to a village near you
Booking
Call the contact number given for each venue for details of ticket
prices, booking information, venue directions and access details or
watch for posters with local information.
ArtERY live contact:
e artery@blaize.uk.net
w www.blaize.uk.net
Blaize receives financial support from public funding by the National
Lottery through Arts Council England to manage ArtERY live.
Copies of the listings leaflets are available in libraries, TICs and other
outlets in the area or by request to Blaize
ArtERY live is grateful to the NRTF for their support.
Thanks to Contact East for the visiting artists from Canada.
The work is also supported by East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC).
The scheme is funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Both ArtERY live and Live Lincs projects are managed by Blaize, a community arts
organisation and Social Enterprise Company based in Yorkshire.
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