Autumn September - December 2016 Welcome to Our Autumn Season Programme!
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Autumn September - December 2016 Welcome to our Autumn Season Programme! There are two strong themes to this season’s programme, and the first is MUSIC! We start off in September with the brilliant Keith James with his take on the music of Cat Stevens; and the return of the brilliant Remi Harris. October brings a contrast of light classical from The Borders Trio and the jazz/folk fusion of The Rowan. Then in November The Budapest Café Orchestra is back, followed later in the month by some brilliant folk from The Gloucestershire Invasion. And it’s into December with the fantastic Moscow Drug Club with their hot renditions from 1930’s Berlin through nuevo tango to gypsy campfire! No Ledbury Christmas would be the same without the Ledbury Community Choir’s Christmas Concert; but this year you are spoilt because Ledbury Community Brass Band are also going to be performing a Christmas concert! And the second theme? Well that would be drama! LADS has three shows in the programme, a reprise, again in The Master’s House, of The Visit - which was sold out when performed in April; Emily Brontë’s great classic, Wuthering Heights; and of course in January the famous LADS’ panto which will be a fabulous Cinderella. Other companies visiting the Theatre are Suitcase Theatre’s Picasso’s Women, Frome Valley Community Players with A Christmas Carol, and at the beginning of September a showcase of new local writing in For One Night Only. We have two professional companies coming too: ajtc in conjunction with The Nottingham Playhouse present a superb play The Underground Man – some of you will remember being in the sell-out audience when ajtc toured On A Black Hill to Ledbury a few years ago. And finally, for the kids, Open Sky Theatre Company bring their Hairy Fairy Tails to delight you. The Market Theatre - is situated in Market Street (off Bye Street). The Market Theatre is a trading name of Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS) who own and run the Theatre for the benefit of the community. It provides a dedicated venue for amateur and professional performing arts. It has 128 seats, foyer, bar, wheelchair access, disabled toilet and a hearing loop. The Theatre or Foyer may be hired by phoning 01531 633760. Ledbury Film Club Showings - for Autumn Season of 4 films starting September, send cheque for £15 (payable to LADS) to 2 Church House, Church Lane, Ledbury HR8 2DP, ring 01531 634138, or email [email protected]. Entrance on the door may be possible for the normal admission charge – book on-line or call 07967 517 125. LADS Youth Theatre Company - Places are limited to 40 and we are afraid that membership is currently full. OUR LIVE SHOWS ARE SPONSORED BY ORME & SLADE SOLICITORS C M Y CM MY CY LEADING SOLICITORS CMY K GOOD QUALITY, COST EFFECTIVE ADVICE IN MANY AREAS OF LAW Natwest Bank Chambers Ledbury Herefordshire HR8 1AB Tel: 01531 632226 [email protected] www.ormeandslade.co.uk FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY Keith James presents music of YUSUF - CAT STEVENS 2nd Sept 10th Sept Friday 7.30pm // £7 Saturday 8pm // £12 (£8 Students) For One Night Only is like a box of chocolates Keith James presents an honest and loving – some hard centres, some soft, some chewy reflection of the timeless and insightful music of and one or two bitter-sweet. YUSUF - CAT STEVENS 3CountiesAmDramTV offer an evening of novel dramatic variety from the pens of local authors Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the all performed by local actors. We will be Firecat were on everyone's shelves. Songs presenting three one-act plays, all with a such as Wild World, Father and Son, different and intriguing tale to tell. Moonshadow and Where do the Children Play have been covered by hundreds of artists This is definitely an evening for those interested worldwide. Some will be performed as all of us in the future of the theatre and the world beyond remember and some, carefully and intuitively the big box-office hits, and offers a chance to re-voiced - respectfully re-interpreted with rich, support and get to know some of Herefordshire’s balanced guitar arrangements and a more home-grown talent. personal vocal approach. For more details go to Keith is one of the most active and inventive www.3CountiesAmDramTV.UK performers on this Country’s concert scene. All of his concerts are based on dedicated studies of poets and songwriters with whom both he Do not forget the GREASE himself and audiences identify as having a themed BIG SINGS on quality and integrity far above the norm. Some Saturday 3 September and Sunday 4 September of the most atmospheric and emotive music Full details on the website you will ever hear - The Independent or phone 07908 853 914 www.keith-james.com A Joint Master’s House/LADS production REMI HARRIS in Concert THE VISIT 14/15 & 17 Sept 24th Sept Wed/Thurs & Sat 8pm // £10 (£5 Students) Saturday 8pm // £12 (£8 Students) If you missed it in the Spring, this unique and Regarded by many as one of the UK's top up hugely popular promenade performance, and coming young jazz guitarists, Remi has written especially for LADS, returns to The toured the UK, Australia, France, Norway and Master’s House Italy as well as performing at Buckingham Palace, The Royal Albert Hall, and live on BBC Master Cowper is expecting a very important Radio 2 and 3. His unique style blends elements visitor and the household, not least George from Gypsy Swing, Jazz, Blues, Rock'n'Roll, Hip Hodnett the cook, must do all it can to prepare Hop and World Music. for such a grand occasion. The pheasants are plump and plucked, the mead is yeasty and In the British Jazz Awards, Remi was awarded warm and the gingerbread is perfectly second place in the Rising Star Category in both peppered. Everything is as it should be. But 2014 and 2015, while his band came second in when a young boy is banished from the house, the 2015 Small Group Category. things start to go wrong for poor old George. Come and visit The Master’s House as it has This young guy is seriously good - 4**** never been seen before, as (the characters from www.thejazzmann.co.uk; astonishing stuff... the screens in The Master’s House) George, absolutely brilliant Cerys Matthews; Jim, Ann, Sybil, Robert, Master Cowper and astonishing... a recorded debut which places more walk the halls once more. Remi Harris securely in the front line of the world’s finest jazz guitarists Digby Fairweather 5 BORDERS TRIO THE ROWAN 1st October 8th October Saturday 8pm // £10 (£7 students) Saturday 8pm // £12.50 from www.pindropevents.co.uk Not your typical classical chamber ensemble! David Grubb (violin), Anna Perry (clarinet) and or by phoning 07979 542 449 Jess Ryan-Phillips (piano) specialise in non-traditional music, from Khachaturian to The Rowan are delighted to be making their first Klezmer, tangos to tarantellas, and Stravinsky to visit to Ledbury’s Market Theatre. Saint-Saëns. Combining the lyrical and melodic dynamism of All three met whilst studying at the Royal Welsh vocalist Gwyneth Keen (Celtish, Scarlett College of Music and since their debut at the Bazaar) who fROOTS describe as worth the Wales Millennium Centre in 2014, they have asking price alone, the jazz-inspired mellifluous performed in various settings (New Radnor, guitar of Ken Appleby (Appleby Kinsey) and the Newport Cathedral, Monmouth Festival, City dexterous musicianship of double bass player Hall, London and this year’s Ledbury Poetry Olly Blanchflower (alias Ron Kavana, Melanie Festival) to critical acclaim. Harrold, Chris Jagger) The Rowan embark on a new musical fusion of jazz and folk-inspired They will be presenting a concert of new music tales of dark debauchery. written especially for them: Karim Bedda's 'Cloud Forest', Rosie Kempson's 'Time and Motion', and Joined by some special guests to mark the a suite from Alison Chai amongst some trio release of their much anticipated EP, this is a classics. Absolutely sparkling, brilliant and great night not to be missed. energy! Outstanding empathy and creativity in music making! 6 LADS present ajtc and Nottingham Playhouse present WUTHERING HEIGHTS THE UNDERGROUND MAN 20th-22nd October 28th October Thursday - Saturday 8pm Friday 8pm // £12 (£8 Students) £10 (£6 Students) The Underground Man adapted by Nick Wood from Mick Jackson's Booker Prize shortlisted Emily Brontë’s great classic, the immortal love novel (soaked through with originality and story, set amongst the bleak beauty of Haworth expertly written: tragi-comic fiction with the most Moor; the landscape over which towers the wild endearingly sympathetic of anti-heroes - The and terrible Heathcliff. Times) marks the brilliant ajtc’s first visit to Ledbury since the huge success of On The The tale of this searing passion for the beautiful Black Hill nine years ago! Catherine Earnshaw has the vividness of nightmare, the beauty and simplicity of an old A life of fascination, obsession and deep ballad, and depth and intensity of ancient scientific curiosity, William John Cavendish tragedy. A spell binding thriller and ghost story. Scott-Bentinck, the 5th Duke of Portland is an eccentric English aristocrat whose imagination and curiosity know no bounds. This deceptively simple man struggles to come to terms with a world that is teeming with new knowledge, ill-founded opinion and gossip. Why does he hide himself away? What is his fascination with tunnels? Will he ever unearth the secrets hidden in his memory? In a sequence of events that are often bizarre and frequently hilarious he reveals moments of surprising perception and wisdom.