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October 2014
Two Gents Productions – Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew The Contention starts here! After their ground-breaking success at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2012 and a World Tour in 2013, Two Gents Productions are back touring the UK in 2014 … and this time they mean business. Two Gents is launching The Complete Shakespeare Project – performing and touring all of Shakespeare’s Plays in Chronological Order. After Two Gentlemen of Verona, they now tackle The Taming of the Shrew. “uproariously entertaining” The Guardian "a lightness of…
Find out more »Two Gents Productions – Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the ShrewThe Contention starts here! After their ground-breaking success at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2012 and a World Tour in 2013, Two Gents Productions are back touring the UK in 2014 … and this time they mean business. Two Gents is launching The Complete Shakespeare Project – performing and touring all of Shakespeare’s Plays in Chronological Order. After Two Gentlemen of Verona, they now tackle The Taming of the Shrew.“uproariously entertaining” The Guardian"a lightness of touch - provocative,…
Find out more »November 2014
Chris Newman & Maire Ni Chathasaigh
The celebrated virtuoso partnership of Máire Ní Chathasaigh, “the doyenne of Irish harpers” (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY) and Chris Newman, “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” (fROOTS), has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-two countries on five continents – at venues from tiny historic churches and splendid palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, to London’s Barbican, Sydney’s Town Hall and Cologne’s Philharmonie.Chris and Máire’s performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional…
Find out more »Duckegg Theatre – Peter Pan
A fresh, modern, musical retelling of Peter Pan with words by Haley Cox and music by Phil Collingwood exploring small town mentality, youth aspiration and the challenges of following your dreams. Directed by Gail Mcintyre (West Yorkshire Playhouse Associate Director, Refugee Boy *****) and Musical Direction by Sean Green (Bill Kenwright Company).It's five minutes until closing time at Priceland and cashier Wendy Darling takes us into the timeless story of Peter Pan – second star to the left and straight…
Find out more »Duckegg Theatre – Peter Pan
A fresh, modern, musical retelling of Peter Pan with words by Haley Cox and music by Phil Collingwood exploring small town mentality, youth aspiration and the challenges of following your dreams. Directed by Gail Mcintyre (West Yorkshire Playhouse Associate Director, Refugee Boy *****) and Musical Direction by Sean Green (Bill Kenwright Company).It's five minutes until closing time at Priceland and cashier Wendy Darling takes us into the timeless story of Peter Pan – second star to the left and straight…
Find out more »February 2015
Ian Sherwood
A live original music performance by one of Canada’s rising star songwriters.Sherwood is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and storyteller. His music dances the line between folk and pop. He won a 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year and in 2012 he was named Male Artist of the Year by the International Acoustic Music Awards.Sherwood is a musician, storyteller and a constant creator. He has penned tunes for many other artists as well as theatre, film and…
Find out more »Ian Sherwood
A live original music performance by one of Canada’s rising star songwriters.Sherwood is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist and storyteller. His music dances the line between folk and pop. He won a 2013 Canadian Folk Music Award for Contemporary Singer of the Year and in 2012 he was named Male Artist of the Year by the International Acoustic Music Awards.Sherwood is a musician, storyteller and a constant creator. He has penned tunes for many other artists as well as theatre, film and…
Find out more »The Flanagan Collective – Sherlock Holmes A Working Hypothesis
Three years after the Reichenbach Falls the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, is presumed dead. Dr John Watson has married and moved on, consigning his days of adventure and investigation to memories. In an intimate room in this rural town a lecture is about to take place. A great professor of criminology prepares to educate his audience on the science of deduction that Holmes made famous.Will this event be the catalyst to throw Holmes and Watson together again, as one final…
Find out more »March 2015
Chanje Kunda
The play is adapted from her own book of poems, Amsterdam, and is a unique experience: part autobiography, part travelogue, part lyrical drama. Chanje has a massive crush on a charming Surinamese guy living in Amsterdam. She met him on holiday. She didn’t mean to meet him; she didn’t plan to meet anyone. Her life back home in rainy Manchester isn’t easy. So, she’s catching a flight to meet her fate. What will become of this 21st century, passionate, long…
Find out more »April 2015
The Flanagan Collective – Sherlock Holmes A Working Hypothesis
Three years after the Reichenbach Falls the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, is presumed dead. Dr John Watson has married and moved on, consigning his days of adventure and investigation to memories. In an intimate room in this rural town a lecture is about to take place. A great professor of criminology prepares to educate his audience on the science of deduction that Holmes made famous.Will this event be the catalyst to throw Holmes and Watson together again, as one final…
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