North Lincolnshire Rural Touring Scheme AUTUMN Bringing theatre, dance and music 2015 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 Barton 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 Maxine Peake’s charming and critically woman. acclaimed play celebrates the life of Beryl Target audience: Older audiences, Burton – the greatest woman on two women, mothers and daughters, cyclists wheels. Yorkshire woman and anyone who enjoys a strong story was five times world pursuit champion, powerfully acted. thirteen times national champion, twice road-racing world champion and www.wyp.org.uk twelve times national champion. She Maxine Peake’s compassionate was awarded an MBE and an OBE. She homage…four stars. was one of the most astonishing sports Burton’s story … brought to theatrically people ever to have lived. inventive and comically freewheeling life. Beryl – A Romance on Two Wheels tells the story of Beryl’s life, from working on a The excellent four-strong cast employ rhubarb farm to becoming the best British some entertaining stagecraft to enliven a cycling all-rounder for 25 consecutive good-natured piece directed by Rebecca years and, in 1967, setting a 12 hour time- Gatward … brilliant moments …The trial which has not been broken to this character of Burton obviously resonates day. She caught up with Britain’s fastest strongly with [Maxine] Peake – strong, male cyclist while setting it and, legend female northern and working class – and has it, offered him a liquorice allsort as the piece … offers a high quality local she sailed past. drama which clearly resonated with an Rebecca Gatward’s freewheeling appreciative hometown audience. production features four actors playing multiple roles while improvising with the oily tools at hand. Beryl herself – a Finger & Thumb Theatre THE UGLY DUCKLING Crowle • Kirton in Lindsey • Brigg 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 The Fugitives cellist Penny Callow and has created a IN CONCERT spellbinding, poetic and funny interpretation Epworth of the Hans Christian Andersen classic “The Ugly Duckling”. Everyday objects The Fugitives, Vancouver-based indie folk including plastic spoons and kitchen collective worked across six countries, in colanders become beautiful landscapes and which the band earned a spot at Glastonbury shimmering fish; combined with, live music Music Festival 2014, and a stint supporting and breath-taking hand shadows this is a Canadian music legend Buffy Sainte-Marie. magical hour long show for the whole family The band is eclectic, with a host of multi- with laughs and a few surprises The show instrumentalists whose styles range from features specially composed music and bluegrass to jazz. They’ve had sell out shows recorded soundscapes. at venues as diverse as the Vienna Literary Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Target audience: 4+ Family. Festival, and the Vancouver Jazz Festival. www.fingerandthumbtheatre.com Target audience: All ages. Colby ‘shadowed’ cats and dogs, rabbits www.fugitives.ca/ and birds (perched and in flight) – and even biography/#sthash.3c9jX1SY.dpuf a bear, elephant and monkey. In one word, it was a delight. The Times of India 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 Burton-Upon-Stather • Brigg 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 Mazaika gave up magic. It ends, as Dickens ended MUSIC CABARET his own show, with the production of a fruit cake – which is consumed by the audience Burton-Upon-Stather • Goxhill in the interval. Wroot • Winteringham • Worlaby Target audience: Aimed at 14+, though The Mazaika Duo is a perfect, yet younger children have enjoyed the show unconventional marriage of violin, with parents. accordion and voice, full of fun, excitement and virtuosity. Their twinkling humour, www.charlesdickensmysteryshow.co.uk rapport with the audience and each Reviews from Wiltshire Rural Touring, 2014: other gives the audience an intoxicating Everyone had a really good evening and experience. Russian folk and gypsy songs, enjoyed your show immensely. classical and opera, Argentine and Russian People who came have been telling tango, Balkan beats, Hot Club jazz, latin, everyone else how good it was, so we international pop and rock and original may well book you again next year. What a music by Igor Outkine. cracking good night! 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 listings Autumn 2015 Date Time Venue Contact

West Yorkshire Playhouse Beryl Barton, Assembly Rooms, 01652 633951 Sun 4 Oct 7.30 Queen Street DN18 5QP e: [email protected]

Finger & Thumb Theatre The Ugly Duckling Crowle, St Norbert’s Catholic Primary Tue 20 Oct 6.00 01724 710249 Academy DN17 4HL

Sun 25 Oct 6.00 Kirton in Lindsey Town Hall DN21 4LZ 01652 648435

Brigg Live Arts: Brigg & District Fri 30 Oct 2.30 01652 658995 • 01652 653217 Servicemen’s Club DN20 8EX

The Fugitives In Concert Fri 30 Oct 8.00 Epworth Thurlow Pavilion DN9 1JZ 01427 875748

Ian Keable The Secret World of Charles Dickens Burton-Upon-Stather, 01724 721274 Wed 4 Nov 7.30 St Andrew’s Church DN15 9BS e: [email protected] Brigg Live Arts: Brigg & District Fri 6 Nov 7.00 01652 658995 • 01652 653217 Servicemen’s Club DN20 8EX

Mazaika Music Cabaret Burton-Upon-Stather, 01724 721274 Thu 26 Nov 7.30 St Andrew’s Church DN15 9BS e: [email protected] 01469 530363 Sun 29 Nov 7.30 Goxhill Memorial Hall DN19 7JJ e: [email protected] Fri 4 Dec 7.30 Wroot Village Hall DN9 2BT 01302 771802 • 07912 490323

Sat 5 Dec 8.00 Winteringham Village Hall DN15 9PL 01724 735076 07548 924838 Sun 6 Dec 7.30 Worlaby Village Hall DN20 0LZ e: [email protected] Autumn 2015 Season North Lincolnshire Rural Touring Scheme Bringing theatre, dance and music to a village near you

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LiVe Lincs is grateful to the NRTF for their support.

Thanks to Contact East for the visiting artists from Canada.

This scheme is funded by North Lincolnshire Council and the National Lottery through ACE. Both Arterty and Livelincs. Both ArtERY live and LiveLincs projects are managed by Blaize, a community arts organisation and Social Enterprise Company based in Yorkshire.

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