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To become a Friend just pick up an application at the Eastgate Box Office highlights... January The Tragedy of King Richard II A visceral production about the limits of spotlight power starring Simon Russell Beale ...10 POFF 19 winter ... Dive into a weekend of stunning adventure: 2019 Films, film premieres and heroes in person ...17 Sometimes – on a damp, cold, dark February winter’s evening – it can be hard to summon up the energy to put on She’Koyokh your coat and make your way to A musical journey from the the theatre. So over the next three Baltic to the Black Sea ...5 months the Eastgate is offering a W-hat About? whole selection of daytime delights, Theatre and music are fused in an as well as the usual twilight treats, enchanting family tale ...29 to help make the winter a little The Twelve Pound Look bright and better. Bite Sized Entertainments become more For music-lovers, there are two of a mouthful in the first of three events combining lunch and a one act play ...12 Sunday afternoon concerts presented by Music in Peebles. March The first, in January, features the dynamic Navarra String Quartet Tannara playing Schubert, Ravel and Peteris Booming sets of tunes and songs together Vasks. Then in February there’s with moments of delicate beauty ...6 the Patron’s Concert hosted The Electrifying Mr Johnston by violinist Gina McCormick, with A new play about Tom Johnston’s struggles pianist Nigel Clayton and some of to bring light to the glens ...11 the best young talent from the Faulty Dining Scottish Conservatoire. Subject yourself to the ministrations Drama buffs can enjoy a series of of the Borders’ most patronising hoteliers ...36 three short plays on Wednesday afternoons in February and March, each accompanied by a light lunch beforehand. Themes of love, regret, families and feminism are explored in a tasty trio of one-act dramas by JM Barrie, Terrence Rattigan and Harold Pinter, produced by Rapture Theatre Company. Daytime dance is another option – with a lovely family show called W-hat About? presented by Fuora Dance Company in February; and then a selection of original pieces devised by young Borders dancers BOX OFFICE IS OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 10 am - 5 pm for The Evie Douglas UNTIL 8 pm ON PERFORMANCE NIGHTS Choreography Challenge the following month. BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 Lots to enjoy – and still get home MORE INFO www.eastgatearts.com before dark!

Caroline Adam General Manager for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com 3 eg... Opera & Ballet on Screen

OPERA (LIVE) ROYAL BALLET (LIVE) presents presents ROYAL BALLET (LIVE) The Queen presents Romeo and of Spades Don Quixote Juliet

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Penniless soldier Gherman has Carlos Acosta's production Romeo and Juliet fall fallen in love with Liza but has brings the sunshine of Spain passionately in love, but their no hope until he learns that and the exuberance of the families are caught up in a Liza's guardian the Countess entire company to the stage in deadly feud. They marry knows a winning gambling this ballet acclaimed for its in secret, but tragic formula. If he had it he could virtuoso dancing, beautiful circumstances lead Romeo win a fortune. As Gherman vision scene and the breath- to be banished from the city. tries to get the Countess’ taking Act III pas de deux. In their desperation to be formula from her she dies of together the couple risk Don Quixote and his servant fright only to come back as a everything…with terrible Sancho Panza set out to have a ghost and tell him everything consequences. chivalrous adventure. They he wants to know. But will this meet Kitri and Basilio, a young Tue 11 June help Gherman satisfy his couple who cannot marry 7.15pm desires or drive him further because Kitri's father is £17, £10 under 25 towards madness? determined to marry her off to Tue 22 January the wealthy Gamache. Don 6.45pm Quixote decides to intervene. £17, £10 under 25 Tue 19 February 7.15pm er £17, £10 under 25 Sav are n ance r so rform e ea pe h S ach t r e a ts fo lts f Ticke adu e for n £17 5s n r 1 m e de ro P r un ces f fo man e 0 or c £1 rf t i ree pe ay jus l th p A any and k for eason y oo s b B in the nine ults h the ad p for a 45 s. r £ r 15 g de o r un t 5 fo tails o £2 or de h e f P x offic Ask bo

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She’Koyokh

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Hailed as Britain's best klezmer and Balkan music group, She'Koyokh's live “One of the finest and shows are an expertly crafted, multi-lingual exploration from the Baltic to the most entertaining Black Sea. They bring together melodies and rhythms of Bulgaria, treasured British-based exponents traditions from Serbian villages, fiery gypsy dances from the Romanian of global music” mountains, soulful Albanian and Armenian songs as well as Sephardic and ★★★★ The Guardian klezmer music from Turkey, Macedonia, Poland and Ukraine.

This versatile, virtuosic, prize-winning band arrives at the Eastgate having played WOMAD, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, festivals in Germany, Hungary, Cyprus, Norway and Poland, London’s Kings Place and Southbank Centre and Aldeburgh’s Snape Proms. www.shekoyokh.co.uk

Tue 5 February 7.30pm £16

for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com 5 eg... Music Tim Edey Tannara

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This multi-instrumentalist and singer has The members of this band are all entangled within toured the world and recorded with most of Scotland’s rich web of traditions. They play the major names in Celtic/contemporary contemporary Scottish folk music: considered, roots music including The Chieftains, Dougie complex arrangements that surround original MacLean, Christy Moore, Capercaillie, tunes, modern tunes and traditional ballads. Michael McGoldrick, Mary Black and Julie Tannara’s music has a raw energy bringing Fowlis, to name but a few… He is rated by booming sets of tunes and songs together with many to be one of the world’s finest ever moments of knot-in-stomach beauty, as played melodeon and guitar players in the folk and on their debut Trig. contemporary scene today. Tannara is Owen Sinclair (acoustic guitar/electric Tim’s live solo shows are a stunning mix of guitar/vocals), Becca Skeoch (harp), Joseph Peach world music, inspired instrumental virtuosity () and Robbie Greig (fiddle). and passion with a strong Celtic theme. “One of Scotland’s brightest new up and “Tim Edey is brilliant – in every which coming bands” Stonehaven folk festival way. As a guitarist he has few peers. As a www.tannaramusic.com box player he’s a magician. As a character he’s off the scale” Colin Irwin, fRoots Fri 8 March “Utterly fantastic. Sheer, wonderful 7.30pm ebullient music” Mike Harding £15

Fri 18 January 7.30pm £16

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Vishtèn Thunder and Rain

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This powerhouse multi-instrumental trio mixes With their roots in traditional bluegrass and folk, Celtic and world strands to re-define the Cajun this Colorado-based five-piece has established a tradition and the possibilities of French- strong footing, appealing to audiences that also Canadian folk. enjoy bands including The Stray Birds, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys and The Pine Hearts. Expect tight sibling harmonies from twin sisters Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc who, along Fusing melodic rock and pop with acoustic with Pascal Miousse, perform layered foot instrumentation, they have created a very percussion and a compelling trademark blend of distinctive sound captured on their superb 2017 fiddle, guitar, accordion, whistles, , album “Start Believing”. The UK media began bodhrán and jaw harp to create an expansive paying serious attention. sound that triumphantly defies the parameters “a lovely warm, genuine feel that will brighten of a trio. your day.” AmericanaUK

“rhythms, melodies, voices, musicianship… a www.thunderandrainmusic.com near perfect ensemble. Vishtèn, what a world!” Le Petit Douchynois, France Wed 27 March www.vishten.net 7.30pm £15 Thu 24 January 7.30pm £16

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The Legends BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETERS of American presents Pygmy Country Not Fade Away Twylyte

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The acclaimed tributes to This very special celebratory An unmissable evening of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, show stars some of the finest Frank Zappa classics. Zappa’s Merle Haggard and Kenny actor-musicians in the UK 70’s and 80’s work is the main Rogers are joined by songs performing the unparalleled showcase, though there is from icons George Jones, catalogue of music that Buddy the occasional foray into 60’s Charley Pride, Patsy Cline and Holly left behind when his plane material. Expect some well- Don Williams in this country crashed on 3 February 1959. known tunes such as Cosmik music extravaganza. Expect authentic arrangements, Debris and Montana, driving rhythms and wonderful interspersed with Four singers are backed by the musicianship to move you to instrumentals like Black superb Country Storm band laughter, tears and an Napkins and Chungas performing on an authentic set irrepressible desire to dance! Revenge. The seven strong that will transport you all the band will surely perform way to Nashville. Europe’s Fri 8 February something to suit everyone’s number one 7.30pm taste…with maybe even a show promises a foot £18 little of Zappa’s trademark stomping country music wit on the side. night to remember. Sat 23 February Wed 9 January 7.30pm 7.30pm £10 £20

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The Spirit of Bad Hotel California Company & Free

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Return to a dark desert highway, cool wind in The five piece band Free Again performs a your hair, or stand on that street corner in spectacular show playing the ultimate Paul Winslow, Arizona when you join Hotel Rodgers back catalogue - the music of Bad California faithfully re-creating The Eagles and Company and Free. The music is a delicate their Californian Sunshine Rock sound. blend of vocals, guitars and piano punctuated by a dynamic rhythm section producing Expect 100 minutes of pure Eagles nostalgia timeless, melodic classics. Free Again faithfully including tracks from the outstanding Long recreates the sound and feel of the original Road Out Of Eden album. The Eagles’ timeless bands on tracks including Feel Like Makin’ music brings back memories and continues to Love, Wishing Well, All Right Now and Can’t touch the hearts and souls of each new Get Enough as well as an acoustic section with generation. beautiful piano melodies and vocal harmony. www.hotelcaliforniascotland.co.uk www.freeagain.co.uk Fri 15 March Sat 16 March 7.30pm £7.30pm £20 £18

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NATIONAL THEATRE (LIVE) NATIONAL THEATRE (ENCORE) presents presents The Tragedy of King Antony & Cleopatra Richard II by William Shakespeare

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Auditorium Caesar and his assassins are dead. General Mark Antony now rules alongside his fellow Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the defenders of Rome. But at the fringes of a war- Almeida Theatre in London. torn empire the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and Simon Russell Beale plays Richard II - the Mark Antony have fallen fiercely in love. Ralph irresponsible, foolish and vain King of England. Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the famous His weak leadership sends his kingdom into fated couple. In a tragic fight between devotion disarray and his court into uproar. Seeing no and duty, obsession becomes a catalyst for war. other option but to seize power, the ambitious “thrilling, humane and impeccably lucid, set Bolingbroke challenges the throne and the alight by the firepower of two stars – Ralph king’s divine right to rule Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo” The Stage This visceral new production about the limits of power is directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins. Thu 21 February 7pm Tue 15 January £15, £10 under 15 7pm £15, £10 under 15

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MULL THEATRE presents New Writing Rehearsed Readings

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An introduction to how a writer, director, designer and actors develop new writing into a finished play. Hosted by director Alasdair McCrone, playwright Peter Arnott and performed by a professional cast, these rehearsed readings give a rare insight into the process of making drama and there are opportunities to quiz the professionals involved.

Following the interval, the curtain rises on The Electrifying Mr Johnston PREMIERE by Robert Dawson Scott The story of power – and the struggle for it – is a new play about Tom Johnston, one of Scotland’s great unsung heroes and the man who, through incredible feats of engineering, introduced hydro-electric power and changed the Highlands forever.

This political and human story sees Johnston the radical thinker, land reformer and scourge of the establishment vying with Highland landowners for access to their land to transform the lives of people in rural communities who, until as late as the 1950s, depended on oil lamps.

Sat 9 March 7.30pm £14

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Enjoy a healthy lunch followed by a classic one act play presented by RAPTURE THEATRE

The Twelve The Browning A Kind of Pound Look Version Alaska by JM Barrie by Terrence Rattigan by Harold Pinter

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A scintillating one-act satire A timeless masterpiece of love, This thought provoking play is penned by the Scottish scribe regret and the human capacity based on Oliver Sack’s memoir, of Peter Pan and What Every for change. The Browning Awakenings. Deborah was a Woman Knows. Harry Sims is Version is set after the Second lively sixteen year old and part about to receive a knighthood World War, at a boys’ public of a close knit family when she for his services to business and school and on the eve of the fell victim to a strange the art of making money. His retirement of Greek classics condition, a sleeping sickness. dutiful wife has enlisted the teacher, Andrew Crocker Twenty-nine years later, having services of a typist, to respond Harris. been watched over by the to the many letters of same doctor, she awakens and The Crock is humiliated by his congratulations Harry has gradually tries to adjust to the headmaster, mocked by his received. But Harry is in for world around her. A Kind of pupils and cuckolded by his a shock, as a ghost from his Alaska recently had a cruel and disappointed wife. past is about to visit…. successful run in London's But one small act of kindness West End, with Tasmin Greig JM Barrie’s insightful play has from an unexpected source is and Meera Syal in the starring themes of male pride, female about to revive his shattered roles. This is a new production solidarity and the perils life. of an astonishingly prescient associated with failing to This timeless, moving, funny play by one of the twentieth recognise the twelve-pound play displays a profound centuries most influential look…. understanding of the human writers. www.rapturetheatre.co.uk heart. www.rapturetheatre.co.uk www.rapturetheatre.co.uk Wed 13 February Wed 27 March 12.30pm Wed 6 March 12.30pm £10 (includes a light, 12.30pm £10 (includes a light, healthy lunch) £10 (includes a light, healthy lunch) healthy lunch)

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Engage is an invitation to involve yourself in arts, whatever your age, wherever you are… Engage is classes, workshops, courses, performances and outreach events in the community. The regular children’s classes are listed in age order. The adult classes are listed in day of the week order. … read on to see w yo hat u ca n do!

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Wee Movers with Alex Saunders This class offers parents and carers a chance to dance with their wee movers. Using creative movements, props, rhythm and song to encourage movement development, balance and coordination skills. Age: 18 months - 3 and their grown ups Wednesdays 9 January - 20 March (no class on 20 February) 10 - 10.30am £35 for 10 weeks or £4 each class Rhythm Kids for Tots with Frances Taylor Shake, rattle, roll and sing in this lively class full of fun and musical games with percussion instruments. Age: 18 months - 3 years and their grown ups Thursdays 10 January - 21 March (no class on 14 February) 10.15 - 11am £45 for 10 weeks or £5 each class

Let’s Pretend with Jess Johnson Billy Goat Gruff Join us for this new musical based on the famous tale of grass-munchers and a big old troll who lives under the bridge (but not the Tweed Bridge). Includes brilliant songs such as Trip Trip Trap, Watch Out For The Troll and Splosh! For all children aged 3-5 years who like dressing up, singing, acting and pretending! and for kids who can outwit trolls! Age: 3 - 5 Mondays 14 January - 25 March (no class on 18 February) 10 - 10.45am £45 for 10 weeks or £5 each class There will be a short 15 minute presentation for parents and carers on the final workshop day.

Dance Classes Fiona Henderson School of Dance Saturday morning classes in ballet, highland, modern, jazz and tap. (These are just a few of the classes in a range of dance styles taught by FHSD in Peebles and elsewhere). Saturdays 12 January - 30 March (no classes on 16 February) 9am - 1pm For details, prices and booking please contact Fiona Henderson T: 07894 881747 E: [email protected]

Dance Pointe Academy These fun, creative, energetic classes are designed to provide a supportive environment for students of all ages to explore the magic and beauty of dance. The Academy also offers opportunities for children who wish to perform, compete and take in-house and external examinations throughout the year. Fridays 11 January - 29 March (no classes on 15 February) 2pm - 6.15pm For details, prices and booking, contact Dance Pointe Academy T: 07749 404 107 E: [email protected] www.dancepointestudio.co.uk

All tickets from Eastgate Box Office 01721 725777 Art Sparks with Anna Nicholson Make amazing original artwork, have lots of fun and let your imagination fly. Age: 7 - 11 Tuesdays 8 January - 26 March (no class on 19 February) 4 - 5pm £50 for 11 weeks or £5 each class

Stride Young Scottish Theatre Dance Company & Music School with Sara Boles with Derek Douglas A weekly high energy and focused two hour This class teaches performance, role play, class. Ideal for hardworking dancers who want script work and improvisation. Build your to build their contemporary and jazz technique confidence and have lots of fun. and then use this skill to choreograph exciting Thursdays 10 January - 28 March dance pieces in a collaborative and creative 4.45 - 6pm environment. For details and to book, please Age: 12 + with dance experience contact Derek Douglas Mondays 7 January - 25 March T: 07949 973388 (no class on 18 February) E: [email protected] 4.15 - 6.15pm £88 for 11 weeks

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Dive into a weekend of stunning adventure films, inspirational speakers and outdoor sessions in the beautiful Tweed Valley.

• See a selection of the best adventure films from around the world • Enjoy two Scottish festival film premieres: Time Trial (an immersive ride through David Millar’s final season in the saddle); and Free Solo (the story of Alex Honnold’s rope-less climb of El Capitan) • Meet big names and local heroes from the worlds of ocean conservation, mountain biking, adventure filmmaking, wildlife photography, bikepacking, climbing, wild swimming and much more … Naomi Freireich, Cal Major, Ed Shoote, Peter Cairns, Jen Crook, Calum Maclean, Phil Mack, Jack Harland and Hans Rey • Ride, walk and explore the Tweed Valley • Drop into POFF Next Door – a special bike-packing session at BSpoke Cycles and a sports injury session at the Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland, Glentress • Enjoy great food, special offers and outdoor gear in the Eastgate Café re… Find out mo EASTGATE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com Festival Sponsor : John Muir Trust

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Saturday 26 January Sunday 27 January Ride Experience Glenlude

Naomi Freireich John Muir Trust 10am – 12.30pm 10am – 12noon Meet at FINDRA HQ, Meet at Glenlude, near Traquair Innerleithen EH44 6HF TD7 5NH Join European 24hr Mountain Bike Champion, It’s been another busy year at the John Muir bikepacking adventurer and festival speaker Trust’s Glenlude property. Come and see Naomi Freireich on a winter gravel ride on how the Trust, together with volunteers, some of the Tweed Valley’s finest forest roads local groups and charities, continues to and trails. Suitable for novice riders with a rewild a once depleted upland landscape good level of fitness. Led by women’s into a mosaic of native habitats. mountain bike guiding and tuition company Free (but please book tickets) Swift Trails (with coffee, cake and additional awesomeness from FINDRA). Age: 18+ £8 Explore Cademuir Hill

Jack Harland 10am – 12.30pm Meet top of Edderston Road, Peebles, EH45 9JD Ahead of his festival appearance on Sunday, local author Jack Harland leads a delightful 6km walk that explores the history, geology and wildlife of lovely Cademuir Hill – a route that will appear in a subsequent volume of his Highland Journal series of books. Suitable for walkers with a good level of fitness. Age: 14+ Free (but please book tickets)

IMPORTANT For each of these outdoor sessions, please make sure you wear suitable clothes and footwear, and carry any extras you may need. ay to Day ssions – D Indoor Se eakers Films & Sp ape e ocean is the ultimate joy and esc Friday 25 January “Being in th nment and being connected to that enviro Ride On (and on) for me, jor my fire to protect it” Cal Ma Naomi Freireich helps stoke 5 – 6pm Local Hero Studio Session Making Waves Naomi Freireich, British and European 24hr Short films + Cal Major Mountain Bike Champion, traces her journey 6.30 – 9.30pm (interval: 7.15pm) from non-cyclist to elite athlete, and explains Auditorium how endurance riding fuels her passion for Tonight’s short films explore adventures in the exploring wild places – including bikepacking world’s oceans followed, after the interval, by through Kyrgyzstan as part of the 2018 Silk Road an evening with Cal Major, ocean advocate, Mountain Race. Naomi, from Edinburgh, is also explorer and founder of Paddle Against Plastic. a full-time IT manager and mother of two. Driven by her passion for preserving and £8, £4 under 15, adult and child £10 protecting our coastline, Cal uses epic stand-up paddleboard adventures – including a world- first 1,000-mile paddle from Land’s End to John O’ Groats in 2018 – to highlight the issue of plastic pollution, capture imaginations and Also… promote positive change. Each day, all day: Browse the £15, £8 under 15, adult and child £20 sponsor stands in our café area. Each day, i nterval bre Treat your aks: self to evenin by the a g food ward-winnin Osso g Restaurant plus cakes, drinks and more from t he Eastgate café.

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r POFF next doo Bikepacking: The Wild about Scotland Insider’s Guide Short films + Peter Cairns Ed Shoote 2 – 4pm (interval: 2.45pm) 12noon – 1.30pm Auditorium BSpoke Cycles A session of short films exploring encounters 43 Eastgate, Peebles EH45 8AD with wild places (and things) followed, after Bikepacking adventurer Ed Shoote – remote the break, by an afternoon with wildlife locations in central Asia a speciality! – reveals photographer and cameraman Peter Cairns. all you need to know about planning and As part of SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, preparing for adventures near and far in this Peter and many of Scotland’s other top special interactive workshop. Hosted by photographers and camera operators have festival partner BSpoke Cycles. spent years capturing the beauty of the £8, £4 under 15, adult and child £10 country’s landscape and its wild inhabitants. In a spellbinding presentation, Peter uses this stunning imagery to outline a bold new vision for a wilder Scotland. £12, £6 under 15, adult and child £15

ing is being immersed in “The attraction of outdoor swimm e physical and mental challenge stunning environments, th freezing lift my spirits. A cold dunk in a t, knowing it'll alum Maclean of i ibly wild” C Scottish river pool can feel incred Time Trial Cold Comforts Feature film – Scottish Festival Premiere Short films + Calum Maclean 4.30 – 6pm 6.30 – 9.30pm (interval: 7.15pm) Auditorium Auditorium This sensory and immersive ride through the Tonight’s short films explore adventures in highs and lows of professional cycling follows cold places followed, after the interval, by an Scotland’s David Millar as he, bluntly and evening with wild swimmer Calum Maclean. fearlessly, narrates his last season in the saddle. The hugely entertaining star of the BBC’s online It’s an astonishingly intimate portrait not just of channel The Social and BBC Alba, Calum is a a controversial figure but also the complex film-maker and TV presenter with a passion for relationships between cyclist, road crew, fellow cold water, physical pain and wild Scottish competitors, fans and the media circus that landscapes…preferably all at the same time. surrounds them all. Join him as he reveals (almost) all about the joys of taking the plunge in remote – and £9 usually Baltic – lochs and rivers. Life & Sporadic £15, £8 under 15, adult and child £20 Digressions Local Hero Studio Session: Jen Crook (and Haggis the dog) Special Day 5 – 6pm Ticket! BAFTA-nominated filmmaker, photographer, climber and inveterate adventurer Jen Crook Enjoy any three of speaks about living outside in a Scottish winter, Saturday’s four theatre- healthy and unhealthy expedition motivators, based events for only £30, her planned solo Antarctic challenge, and why £15 under 15 she's decided to live in a campervan for nine months to write a book about life’s many sporadic digressions! £8, £4 under 15, adult and child £10 eg... Sunday 27 January POFF next door Outdoor Crockery and How to Avoid It 12 – 1pm Phil Mack Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland Peel Tower, Glentress EH45 8NB Do you experience knee pain walking downhill, back pain when cycling, or achilles pain while running? Phil Mack, expert on treating sports injuries and rehabilitation and Consultant Physiotherapist at Peebles Physiotherapy, offers tips on avoiding injury and what to do if you don’t. Includes practical demos, plus recovery stories from local athletes. Hosted by festival partner Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland. £8, £4 under 15, adult and child £10

22 Highland Love Affair Riding Life Jack Harland Short films + Hans Rey 1 – 2pm 2.30 – 5pm (interval: 3.15pm) Local Hero Studio Session Auditorium Published to wide acclaim in 2018, local author A session of short films that explore two- Jack Harland’s Highland Journal is an illustrated wheeled adventures, followed by a screening memoir of his journey from wide-eyed hill of the winner of this year’s amateur Outdoor walking novice to competent mountaineer. Shorts competition. After the break, Hans Rey, Join Jack as he shares tales of hair-raising the former World Champion, Mountain Bike adventures and explains his deep passion Hall of Famer and adventurer, takes us on a for the mountains, geology and natural history journey through his incredible career. Hans of the northwest Highlands. covers his early riding days, extreme biking feats – including the first bike descent of £8, £4 under 15, adult and child £10 Mt. Kenya, riding the Indian Himalayas, the Alps, Inca Trail and the Sinai Desert – and how his Wheels4Life charity is changing the world, one bike at a time. £15, £8 under 15, adult and child £20

Free Solo Feature film – Scottish Festival Premiere 6 – 7.40pm Auditorium This year’s festival closes with a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous slab of rock – El Capitan in Yosemite National Park – without a rope. £9, £6 under 15, adult and child £12

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A huge thank you to:

Sponsors: John Muir Trust: Festival Sponsor Sponsors Supporters Tontine Hotel: Festival Local Hero Studio Sessions Go Ape: Friday - Making Waves Peebles Hydro/The Park: Saturday - Wild About Scotland, Cold Comforts Adrenalin Rehab: Sunday - Riding Life

Supporters: Out and About Macdonald Cardona No 1 Peebles Road Pocket Mountains Glede Knowe Guest House FINDRA Ridelines Cleikum Mill Lodge

Partners: BSpoke Cycles Mountain Bike Centre of Scotland

EST. SCOTLAND For giving permission to use their stunning photographs: Calum Maclean, Naomi Freireich, Peter Cairns Hans Rey and Cal Major

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Visual Art Expressive Drawing with Deborah Campbell This weekend workshop will look at exciting and experimental ways of drawing using a variety of different materials. Explore various approaches to drawing that will build skills in a more creative and inventive way. Work with ink, charcoal, graphite sticks and carbon paper, and make your own tools to work with ink and draw large scale, look at mark making and investigate line and form. Age: 18 + Saturday 16 February, 10am - 4pm and Sunday 17 February, 10am - 1pm £70 for 2 days (all materials included) Drama Acting Up with Clare Prenton ‘…if music be the food of love, play on…’ A programme that deals with the thorny topic of love in its many guises looking at Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? and Moira Buffini’s 2008 historical time-shifting comedy Loveplay which explores various seductions in the same London location over 2000 years. Jan 14, 21, 28: Twelfth Night, Feb 4, 11, (not 18), 25: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Mar 4, 11, 18: Loveplay Age: 50+ Mondays 14 January - 18 March (no class on 18 February) 11am - 12.45pm £7.50 each session Dance with Sara Boles Introduction to Modern Ballet (All levels) Jazz for Exercise with Sara Boles with Sara Boles Jazz dance is prefect exercise for those who enjoy A rigorous class combining both classical and rhythmic music. All levels of experience welcome - modern ballet technique. All levels of experience we laugh while we get stronger and fitter week welcome to join our friendly and expressive group by week. of dancers. This class includes dancers brand new Age: 16+ to the joy of ballet, those who have danced all Tuesdays 8 January - 26 March their lives and some in-between – a lovely mix. 12 - 1pm Age: 14+ £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class Mondays 7 January - 25 March 7.15 - 8.30pm £77 for 12 weeks or £7 each class Modern Ballet (Beginner) with Sara Boles Tap (Experienced) Learning and developing ballet technique in a with Sara Boles friendly and lively class. All levels of experience A high energy and fun tap class. Perfect for those very welcome. who have had some experience – even in the Age: 16+ distant past. Always refreshing basic moves and Fridays 11 January – 29 March pushing ourselves to learn new ones – amazing 10 - 11am what we can persuade the body to do. £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class Age: 16+ Tuesdays 8 January – 26 March Jazz for Exercise (All levels) 10 - 11am Fun and focused high energy dance class. Full hour £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class of warm up, jazz technique, creating routines and a thorough stretch to cool down. A great pick me up Classic Ballet (Experienced) for the coming weekend. with Sara Boles Age: 16+ Building technique week by week to improve Fridays 11 January - 29 March balance, strength and control. With lots of 11am - 12noon beautiful music and lyrical expression. £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class Age: 16+ Tuesdays 8 January - 26 March Tap (Introductory) 11am - 12noon with Sara Boles £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class Ideal for those new to tap dancing or those building their experience and knowledge. Excellent workout for both body and brain. Age: 16+ Fridays 11 January - 29 March 12noon - 1pm £66 for 12 weeks or £6 each class

For more info or any queries about any of Sara’s classes please feel free to contact her T: 07800 893 734 E: [email protected] Music Peebles Players with Claire Garnett Lively music sessions for adults with disabilities. Sing well-loved songs, choose from a selection of colourful percussion and make music together with friends. Mondays 7 January - 25 March 1.30 - 3pm More information from Claire: T: 01721 740 256 E: [email protected]

Literature Writing Group A friendly and informal opportunity to bring, read and discuss new writing in poetry and prose. Age: 18+ Fortnightly on Wednesdays from 7 January Call box office for more information 7pm Free

To book please call the Eastgate Box Office 01721 725777 ...Family

FUORA DANCE PROJECT presents W-hat About?

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Will they recognise me? “the dancers have real Ci sara’ il Wifi presence, and between them Ma quando viene a prenderci? they create an authentic stage world” The Guardian Which one is which? “absolutely enchanting and When hatmaker Robert is reunited with his Italian granddaughters, aesthetically perfect” cultures collide, communications are crossed and fears are fought. Audience member W-hat About? Is a celebration of family and a touching tale of loss and love. It fuses theatre and movement to capture the joy in reuniting and the magic that is in a memory. www.fuoradance.com Age: 4 – 10 and their adults (particularly grandparents)

Sat 9 February 2pm £8, £6 under 15 £25 family of four

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STARDUST MUSICAL FIONA HENDERSON FIONA HENDERSON THEATRE COMPANY SCHOOL OF DANCE SCHOOL OF DANCE presents presents presents A Night at FHSD The Evie the Musicals Scholarship Douglas

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This year’s showcase Auditorium Challenge spectacular features excerpts Auditorium from some of the best loved Fiona Henderson School of musicals - High School Dance announces the winners This annual choreography Musical, My Fair Lady, Charlie of the annual scholarship competition is staged in and the Chocolate Factory and programme. The programme memory of Evie, a former pupil School of Rock. is open to all dancers in the Scottish Borders and up to and teacher at FHSD. It is SMTC has over 50 members, three scholarships, each worth designed to encourage aged 5 - 18, who learn the key £450, will be awarded. dancers aged 10 and over from musical theatre disciplines of (see www.fionahendersondance.com across the Scottish Borders to acting, dancing and singing for entry details and terms and choreograph an original dance. at weekly classes throughout conditions). An expert panel will assess the year. Sun 24 March each for concept, 2pm choreographic structure and Sat 23 March musical interpretation. The 6.30pm FREE but seats must be winner will receive a beautiful £12 booked in advance glass award created by Bjorn Borseth. Sunday 24 March 2.30pm FREE but seats must be booked in advance.

Donations to Inspiring Life: Evie Douglas Memorial Fund and the Borders Children’s Charity are welcome

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ADVENTURES IN FILM presents Short films + Ed and Marion Shoote

Graham Institute, Lower Green, West Linton EH46 7EW

Take a seat and enjoy an evening of adventure, beginning with a film specially created by youngsters from West Linton, based on a day they spent at Broomlee Outdoor Education Centre, followed by a collection of short professional adventure films selected from this year’s Peebles Outdoor Film Festival (25-27 Jan).

Then, after the 7.45pm interval, prepare to perch on the edge of your seat as intrepid bikepacking duo Ed and Marion Shoote, share tales from their bike ride across Kyrgyzstan last winter, plus a previous trip across Kazakhstan, China, Russia and Mongolia.

Saturday 19 January 7pm £10, £6 under 15 £25 family of four

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MUSIC IN PEEBLES presents MUSIC IN PEEBLES Navarra String presents Quartet Patron’s Concert

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Magnus Johnston and Marije Johnston (), Gina McCormack () and Nigel Clayton Simone van der Giessen (viola), Brian O'Kane (piano) with students and recent graduates from (cello) play in one of the most dynamic and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. poetic string quartets of today. The newly appointed Patron of Music in Peebles Pe-teris Vasks String Quartet No.4 is distinguished violinist Gina McCormack who, Ravel String Quartet in F major with her regular duo partner Nigel Clayton, Schubert String Quartet No.14 in D min, D.810, presents a showcase of talented young (Death and the Maiden) musicians from Scotland’s national music conservatoire in Glasgow. Join them for this In his fourth quartet Latvian composer Pe-teris special concert as they unveil some of Vasks reflects on the 20th century – it is sombre Scotland’s finest emerging young musicians. in mood, but healed by “love’s power and idealism”. The Ravel quartet is suave, sensuous “a soloist who combines flair, excellent and full of French panache. The programme technique and a relaxed and easy-going concludes with one of the greatest of all string rapport with the audience; few can compare quartets, written as Schubert contemplated his with violinist Gina McCormack” own early death. Dundee Courier “the playing is nothing short of sensational, the precision and enormous dynamics Sun 10 February absolutely thrilling” Yorkshire Post 2.30pm

Sun 13 January 2.30pm

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MUSIC IN PEEBLES presents MUSIC IN PEEBLES Red Priest – The presents Baroque Bohemians A4 Brass Quartet

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Piers Adams (recorders), Adam Summerhayes Jamie Smith (cornet), Jonathan Bates (violin), Angela East (cello), David Wright (tenor horn), Michael Cavanagh (baritone), (harpsichord). Chris Robertson (euphonium). Putting the rock into baroque! Red Priest A4 Brass features principal players from some plays baroque music with attitude as well as of the UK's leading brass bands, including the astonishing virtuosity and sets out to challenge world famous Grimethorpe Colliery, Black Dyke perceived notions of how music of this period and Foden's bands. The programme is an should be performed. In this programme, they eclectic mix of pieces old and new, neglected explore the connections between gypsy and well-known, ranging from the evocative musicians and master composers including South Uist Variations to the beautiful song of Handel, Biber and Vivaldi. From the Eastern hope Mae-e, in memory of victims of the 2011 European folk influences in the music of Japanese earthquake. There’s also the finale of Telemann, to the recently discovered Uhrovska Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony as you’ve Collection of gypsy dance tunes from 1730. never heard it before! Expect baroque dynamism with true gypsy Music in Peebles is grateful to the Tunnell Trust mayhem! for Young Musicians for supporting this concert. “supreme musicians” The Observer “a show of technical wizardry and musical sensitivity” Manchester Midday Concerts Tue 5 March 7.30pm Tue 26 March 7.30pm

Tickets: £15 (£7 for adult accompanying child under 12), FREE for MiP members and students under 25 in full-time education

www.musicinpeebles.org.uk

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PEEBLES COMMUNITY TRUST presents TWEEDGREEN presents Recycle – Reuse - Tweeddale Unwrapped Renew

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We know about the plastic choking our oceans. Ever thought, before throwing something How much are we contributing to it? What can out, someone else might make use of this? we do to reduce it? Are you confused about Or, if only someone could refurbish that…it what we can recycle? could be used again? Tweedgreen invites you to unwrap the answers Yes? with a panel of speakers from SBC's waste Then come to this open meeting to hear department, Changeworks, Zero Waste Scotland what Peebles Community Trust (PCT) and a waste worker with hands-on experience. is thinking and to add your views Think global, act local. Come with your questions and comments. (and your confusing plastic wrappings).

Thu 7 Feb Thu 31 January 7.30pm 7.30pm FREE Open meeting £6, £4 for senior citizens (no ticket required) and under 15

To understand the extent of plastic pollution in the sea around Britain join the Peebles Outdoor Film Festival event on Friday 25 January when Cal Major, ocean advocate, explorer and founder of Paddle Against Plastic will talk about just how serious the problem is.

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TWEEDDALE SOCIETY TWEEDDALE SOCIETY TWEEDDALE SOCIETY presents presents presents Managing The Importance Singing in a Borders of the River the Borders

Rural Estate Tweed to the Auditorium Auditorium Borders’ The popular Traquair Choir, Economy directed by Julie Harvey, Sir Michael Strang Steel performs a mixed programme discusses the complex Auditorium of music and song. business of managing Philiphaugh Estate. Fay Hieatt, Director and Dr Traquair Choir was founded in Ronald Campbell, Senior 2014 after a Hogmanay ceilidh Sir Michael will first trace the Biologist of the Tweed brought Elaine Heron and Julie history of the Estate from Foundation together. Today, over fifty Roman times to 1888, when members travel from all over the land was sold by the The River Tweed provides Tweeddale to make music , Murray family to William water, drainage and recreation sing to a high standard and Strang Steel. as well as influencing our have fun. The choir sings a environment and local economy. Turning to the present, he will range of styles in unison and Fay Hieatt and Dr Ronald explain the workings of the harmony; classical, world Campbell explain why hydro station, powered by two music, folk, jazz and pop. management of its varied Archimedes screw turbines on roles is vital. The performance is followed the Ettrick Water, the by the Annual General introduction of underwater The talk also covers the history Meeting. cameras so that people in the of salmon sport fishing from Visitor Centre can view salmon the 1850s to today when this Tue12 March and other river creatures below major local industry is facing 7.30pm the cauld, the construction of many changes, each with the café and the restoration of consequences for the fishery. the walled garden. Tue 12 February Tue 8 January 7.30pm 7.30pm Charles Morrison Memorial Lecture

£6, free to members and schoolchildren Annual membership of the Tweeddale Society is £10 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com 35 eg... Comedy

THE JOHN BUCHAN MUSEUM presents Many More Than 39 Steps!

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John Buchan’s most famous novel – The 39 Steps – has inspired generations of film makers since 1935 when Alfred Hitchcock cast Robert Donat as Richard Hannay. In 1958 the role was taken by Kenneth More and in 1978 Robert Powell became the mining engineer trying to avert Sunday 10 March a political assassination intended to trigger World War I. Richard Hannay is played by 2pm Robert Donat This is an opportunity to see all three classic films. Each, with very different interpretations of Buchan’s great 4pm Kenneth More adventure story, will be introduced by John Buchan’s 6pm Robert Powell grand-daughter. FREE but seats must be www.johnbuchanstory.co.uk booked in advance

DRAGONFLY THEATRE GROUP A BUILDING ON SUCCESS fundraising event presents for the Eastgate Development Project.

Come and enjoy being insulted as the Eastgate plays host to Basil and Sybil and a selection of the long standing suffering guests who foolishly submit themselves to the ministrations of the Borders’ most patronising hoteliers. Expect the unexpected - if Manuel is waiting your table, the first course might end up in your lap. And please check out Auditorium your plate for unannounced visitors. Basil and Manuel will create chaos. Sybil and Polly will attempt to restore order. But fail. Badly.

Sat 30 March 7.30pm £20

36 EASTGATE PEEBLES EH45 8AD BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 PEEBLESSHIRE JAC ...Variety presents The Annual Variety Show

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Peeblesshire Young Farmers return with their annual variety show full of songs, stories, hilarious sketches and jokes. Lots of fun and laughter for all the family.

Thu 28 February 7.30pm £6 Fri 1 & Sat 2 March 7.30pm £8

PEEBLES PLAYERS presents The Zombie Knights of the Eildon Hills

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In the Legend, a horse-dealer named Canonbie Dick was crossing Bowden Moor with his horses, and discovered a hidden cave. He woke the Zombie Knights, who charged him until, finally, Merlin, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere had to restore peace.

Peebles Players have created their own interpretation of the story, with original percussion music, song and action. It will be very dramatic and a lot of fun, as the Players love to share their enjoyment of creative music. Peebles Players is led by Claire Garnett.

Tue 19 March 2pm £6 for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com 37 Film The Film Sunday programme can occasionally be affected by distribution problems – so please look online www.eastgatearts.com or in the printed film brochure for updates. Ticket prices for Sunday Cinema are £9 for adults,£6 for under 15s and £25 for a family of four. Check the film certificate before booking.

Sunday 6 January Sunday 3 February Colette Ralph Breaks the Internet Spiderman: Into the After ghostwriting a semi- 2.30pm Spiderverse autobiographical novel for her 2.30pm husband, Colette is inspired to Wildlife (12A) fight for creative ownership. Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey The Old Man and the Gun 7.30pm Mulligan star in this tale of a (TBC) family trying to hold itself At the age of 70, Forrest Tucker Sunday 3 March together. (Robert Redford) makes an A Dogs Way Home 5pm audacious escape from San A dog embarks on a 400-mile Quentin and embarks on an journey home after it is separated Peterloo unprecedented string of high from its owner. Oscar-nominated profile heists. Wrapped up in the 2.30pm filmmaker Mike pursuit are detective John Hunt Leigh portrays one and a woman who loves Forrest The Front Runner of the bloodiest in spite of his crimes. 5pm episodes in British 5pm history, the infamous Peterloo Mary Queen of Scots (TBC) Massacre of 1819. Stars Rory The Favourite (15) Mary Stuart returns Kinnear and Maxine Peake. Early 18th century. England is at to Scotland to 7.30pm war with France. Nevertheless, reclaim her throne duck racing and pineapple but Scotland and Sunday 20 January eating are thriving. A frail Queen England are Mary Poppins Returns Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies under the rule of Mary Poppins returns to the throne while Lady Sarah Elizabeth I. As each young depression-era London to visit Churchill (Rachel Weisz) Queen beholds her sister in fear Jane and Michael, now a father governs the country and tends and fascination, they must decide of three, to help them rediscover to Anne's ill health and temper. how to play the game of marriage the joy they knew. Stars Emily Sarah is relieved when a new versus independence. Blunt, Dick Van Dyke and servant Abigail Masham (Emma 7.30pm Meryl Streep. Stone) arrives to help with the 2.30pm Queen, freeing her to deal with Sunday 17 March the politics of war. Abigail sees How to Train Your Dragon 3 Fisherman’s Friends an opportunity, seizes it and 2.30pm This feel good comedy is nothing will stand in her way. inspired by the true story of 7.30pm Can You Ever Forgive Me? male singing group Fisherman’s 5pm Friends, from performing in the Sunday 17 February Beautiful Boy (15) village harbour to securing a Bumblebee 7.30pm record deal, a top-ten album When Charlie finds the old and performing on the pyramid yellow car in the junkyard, she Sunday 31 March stage at Glastonbury. quickly learns that this is no The Lego Movie 2: 5pm ordinary Volkswagen. The Second Part 2.30pm 2.30pm The Girl in the Spider’s Web Stan and Ollie Green Book (TBC) 7.30pm Steve Coogan and John C Reilly 5pm star in this biopic about the beloved comedy duo. On the Basis of Sex 5pm 7.30pm

38 How to find us... By CAR From the north – follow the A703 south into Peebles, and turn right just after Holland & Sherry into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. From the south/west – from the A72 into Peebles, turn left at the Tweed Bridge roundabout and continue along the High Street for about half a mile. At the Esso Garage, turn left at the roundabout onto the A703 and then turn left into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. From the south/east – from the A72 into Peebles, turn right onto the A703 at the Esso garage, then turn left into the Edinburgh Road Car Park. By BUS – local services available to/from Edinburgh via Penicuik, and to/from Galashiels via Innerleithen and Walkerburn. The nearest bus stop is opposite the front of the theatre. Parking The nearest car park is the Edinburgh Road Car Park where it’s free to park every day except Saturday between 8.30am and 5.30pm. From the car park, take the pedestrian footpath into town and we are immediately on your right. useful information... Tickets Refunds You can buy tickets in person at Box Office, over the phone on Refunds are only given if a show has to be cancelled. Tickets 01721 725777 or online at www.eastgatearts.com may be exchanged or transferred at the discretion of the Box Office Manager. For shows which sell out we will try to resell We accept cash, cheques, debit cards and credit cards your tickets, but this cannot be guaranteed. (except AmEx). Data protection Tickets can be kept at the box office for collection, or posted All customer details are confidential and we never share or sell out for a £1.50 charge. them with anyone else. Please help us to keep your details up Use the seating plan below to select the seats you’d like. to date. Please note row A is reserved for wheelchair users and Special effects cannot be booked online. We will inform you as soon as we find out a show has special Reservations effects. Often we are not told in advance so please look out for We will only reserve tickets for groups of 10 or more. Any signs in the foyer. group reservations not paid for within an agreed timescale Latecomers will be released for general sale. If you are delayed and miss a show start time we will do our best to admit you as soon as we can to a seat at the back of the Q 123456Q auditorium (to minimise disturbance). You may have to wait until a suitable break in the performance and, occasionally, Restricted View P 123456P until the interval.

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STAGE Follow us on Twitter@EastgateTheatre and Facebook/Eastgate Theatre for more information visit www.eastgatearts.com 39 EASTGATE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE What’s on... BOX OFFICE 01721 725 777 www.eastgatearts.com JANUARY Sun 6 Film: Ralph Breaks the Internet 2.30pm £9 38 Sun 6 Film: Wildlife 5pm £9 38 Sun 6 Film: Peterloo 7.30pm £9 38 Tue 8 Talk: TSoC Managing a Borders Rural Estate 7.30pm £6 35 Wed 9 Music: Legends of American Country 7.30pm £20 8 Sun 13 Music: MiP Navarra String Quartet 2.30pm £15 32 Tue 15 Drama on Screen: The Tragedy of King Richard II 7pm £15 10 Fri 18 Music: Tim Edey 7.30pm £16 6 Sat 19 Film: Adventures in Film – West Linton 7pm £10 31 Sun 20 Film: Mary Poppins Returns 2.30pm £9 38 Sun 20 Film: Fisherman’s Friends 5pm £9 38 Sun 20 Film: The Girl in the Spider’s Web 7.30pm £9 38 Tue 22 Opera on Screen: The Queen of Spades 6.45pm £17 4 Thu 24 Music: Vishtèn 7.30pm £16 7 Fri 25 – Sun 27 Peebles Film Festival Thu 31 Talk: Tweeddale Unwrapped 7.30pm £6 34 FEBRUARY Sun 3 Film: Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse 2.30pm £9 38 Sun 3 Film: The Old Man and the Gun 5pm £9 38 Sun 3 Film: The Favourite 7.30pm £9 38 Tue 5 Music: She’Koyokh 7.30pm £16 5 Thu 7 Talk: Recycle – Reuse – Renew 7.30pm FREE 34 Fri 8 Music: Not Fade Away 7.30pm £18 8 Sat 9 Family: W-hat About? 2pm £8 29 Sun 10 Music: MiP Patron’s Concert 2.30pm £15 32 Tue 12 Talk: TSoC The Importance of the River Tweed to the Borders Economy 7.30pm £6 35 Wed 13 Drama: The Twelve Pound Look 12.30pm £10 12 Sun 17 Film: Bumblebee 2.30pm £9 38 Sun 17 Film: Stan and Ollie 5pm £9 38 Sun 17 Film: Colette 7.30pm £9 38 Tue 19 Ballet on Screen: Don Quixote 7.15pm £17 4 Thu 21 Drama on Screen: Antony & Cleopatra 7pm £15 10 Sat 23 Music: Pygmy Twylyte 7.30pm £10 8 Thu 28 Variety: Peeblesshire JAC Annual Variety Show 7.30pm £6 37 Fri 29 Variety: Peeblesshire JAC Annual Variety Show 7.30pm £8 37 Sat 30 Variety: Peeblesshire JAC Annual Variety Show 7.30pm £8 37 MARCH Sun 3 Film: A Dog’s Way Home 2.30pm £9 38 Sun 3 Film: The Front Runner 5pm £9 38 Sun 3 Film: Mary Queen of Scots 7.30pm £9 38 Tue 5 Music: MiP Red Priest 7.30pm £15 33 Wed 6 Drama: The Browning Version 12.30pm £10 12 Fri 8 Music: Tannara 7.30pm £15 6 Sat 9 Drama: The Electrifying Mr Johnston 7.30pm £14 11 Sun 10 Film: Many More Than 39 Steps 2pm FREE 36 Tue12 Music: TSoC Singing the Borders 7.30pm £6 35 Fri 15 Music: Hotel California 7.30pm £20 9 Sat 16 Music: The Spirit of Bad Company & Free 7.30pm £18 9 m

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Sun 17 Film: Beautiful Boy 7.30pm £9 38 a e r

Tue 19 Drama: Zombie Knights of the Eildon Hills 2pm £6 37 c e s i

Sat 23 Musical Theatre: A Night at the Musicals 6.30pm £12 30 o n e

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