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Arts Centre Washington is now part of the new Sunderland Culture To see our full programme family, which manages an exciting cultural programme in some of the city’s key venues including National Glass Centre, Northern across all our venues visit Gallery for Contemporary Art, The Fire Station, Sunderland Museum sunderlandculture.org.uk and Winter Gardens and a programme of cultural engagement and events across the whole city. Highlights across our venues include....
ROSE AND ROBIN From high-wire spectacles THROUGH THE CHAD MCCAIL: ‘TOY’ RECEIVED WISDOM HALLÉ MAGIC across the River Wear to Friday 21st February, LOOKING GLASS 15 February – 12 April 1 February - 10 May, Monday 24th February, creative collaborations 11am & 2pm 19 Oct- 8 March FREE 1pm, 1.45pm, 2.30pm, in partnership with The artist Chad McCail £7 (admits parent and Join Rose and Robin communities around Although we rarely stop has spent three full years In the first of our brand- as they dance through Sunderland, our city- to acknowledge their developing a single new series of Arts Council child) / £5 additional their days of dreams, wide programme offers presence, windows are monumental new work Collection National adults / children music and memories. activities and events for part of our day to day specifically for Northern Partner exhibitions, we present Received Introduce your child to What could possibly go everyone to enjoy. Taking life and for the majority Gallery for Contemporary the magic of orchestral wrong? Well, quite a bit… place outside of our main of us, they are our most Art. This exhibition Wisdom - a thought provoking exhibition music! This relaxed, but don’t worry. You’ll be venues some of our recent regular connection to presents an enormous informal session will give helping them with some events have included glass as a material. In three-dimensional that takes its title from an artwork of the same you and your child the of the moves! Danny Boyle’s Pages of this exhibition Caroline cityscape that fills the chance to listen, enjoy the Sea on Roker Beach and Maisie Broadhead entire gallery and which name by artist Amikam A perfect play for Toren which poses and join in with a string for Armistice 2018 and our present a body of work we enter into. trio of Hallé musicians. children to enjoy with Great Place programme that considers how we the question – Who is The work is replete their grandparents and with communities across perceive what we see deemed ‘creative’? Suitable for ages 2- 5 with extraordinarily parents – they were kids the city. For further when we look into, or out once as well! details, rendered with An Arts Council Collection This performance also information see our of a window. National Partner website. hallucinatory intensity. takes place at Arts Centre Suitable for ages 7 to 70+ Exhibition. Washington at 9.30am, 10.15am + 11am
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leo&hyde presents WHERE THERE’S MUCK GUY : A NEW MUSICAL THERE’S BRAS Thursday 6th February, 7.30pm Thursday 13th February, 7.30pm £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) Finding love isn’t easy when you’re fat, The true stories of some of the North gay and nerdy. But luckily for Guy, you of England’s most amazing women can be anybody online... by stand up poet and Radio 4 regular Kate Fox. Originally commissioned for leo&hyde’s award-winning GUY gives The Great Exhibition of the North 2018, you 12 heart-pounding electronic pop “Where There’s Muck, There’s Bras” is A Little Cog production in partnership anthems and a witty, heartfelt story a comic and thought-provoking show with ARC Stockton about modern dating. You’ll fall in love about the real Northern Powerhouse, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR with this rom-com about body image, Northern Women – the sung and the STREET pride and prejudice after the internet - unsung! Thursday 30th January, 7.30pm and, whoever you are, GUY will remind you that the only person you need to be This funny, gentle, naughty, subversive Full Circle Theatre Company mix the If you ever faced a challenge, or had is yourself: #nofilter. performance/lecture uncovers the ordinary and everyday with a bit of a dream, you’ll know exactly how hidden history of the writers, scientists, magic to explore what adulthood and Hannah and her friends feel. Come Think: Queer As Folk meets Bridget sportswomen, politicians, protesters, independence means to them. and celebrate with them in a visually Jones, with a catfishing musical twist. musicians and other heroines who spectacular show packed with Full Hannah wants more than the repetition Suitable for ages 15 + represent the grit, determination and Circle’s usual mix of power, poignancy that daily life has to offer and finds spirit of the North’s women. and humour. ★★★★★ herself in an inventors’ workshop, “One of those special shows Suitable for ages 12+ opening Hannah’s eyes to endless Devised and performed by Full Circle people will be talking about for years exciting possibilities. Theatre Company to come” Fairy Powered “...full of bizarre anecdotes and warm Hannah can see freedom, and sets off Directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott memories, Kate urges the audience ★★★★ “A monumental piece with an on a great mission. She goes back for not to forget those wonderful women Suitable for ages 12+ imperative message...this musical her friends and lets them know there’s of the past and to celebrate those of could go all the way” Blackstar another way. their present and future.” NARC Magazine 4 5 Theatre artscentrewashington.co.uk To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
A WAY HOME by Christina Castling Thursday 4th June, 7.30pm £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) The fight for a place to belong. journey at Bet’s kitchen table as her family grapple with identity, loss and 1951. A third of County Durham’s villages belonging. are classified as ‘D’, no longer worthy of investment. Expected to die quietly With humour, tenderness and not a they refuse to go without a fight. small amount of grit, the play speaks of fighting to be heard when no one’s Rooted in stories and memories of listening and of finding a place to those who called those D villages belong. home, a county-wide fight lasting over 25 years becomes a 12-month Suitable for ages 12+
CaroleW Productions presents Melanie Gall’s Red Ladder Theatre STITCH IN TIME: A KNITTING Company presents CABARET THE SMILE CLUB Wednesday 1st April, 1.30pm matinee Thursday 19th March, 7.30pm performance £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) Come on love, cheer up, it might never Excitement! Drama! Romance! And… happen. knitting? A scintillating afternoon of Meet Lisa, a Smile Club attendee. Lisa’s the lost knitting songs of WWI and been through it all and she now knows WWII from Canada, Britain, America that nobody likes a girl who makes a and France. Feel free to bring your fuss. knitting (or crochet) and stitch along to these funny, poignant, toe-tapping, Set in a dystopian future where a needle-clicking tunes. Come out and government drive exists to tame unruly have a ball! women, Smile Club is a darkly comic and searingly satirical new one-woman Stitch in Time presents over a dozen show from writer/performer Andrea historic songs, including: More Power Heaton (Fidget Theatre) and writer to Your Knitting, Nell!, The Knitting Itch Adam Z. Robinson (Shivers, The Book of and Knocking at the Knitting Club. Darkness and Light), Suitable for ages 12+ Suitable for ages 14+ ★★★★★ Ignite FM ‘A very clever fusion of satire and ★★★★★ Southside Advertiser ★★★★ science fiction – Black Mirror meets Edmonton Sun The Handmaid’s Tale’ Audience ‘Best musical’ CBC.ca Member ‘Divine voice … Highly recommended’ FringeReview.co.uk 6 7 Theatre artscentrewashington.co.uk Dance To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
ARC Stockton, Daniel Bye and Boff Dyad Productions presents Whalley present THE UNREMARKABLE DEATH THESE HILLS ARE OURS OF MARILYN MONROE Thursday 11th June, 7.30pm Thursday 18th June, 7.30pm £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) £12 / £10 (conc) Daniel Bye’s award-winning, These Hills Are Ours is a story about From the award-winning creators of Written and Directed by Elton Townend internationally touring theatre is running… running to wild places. Christmas Gothic, Austen’s Women, Jones. Performed by Lizzie Wort. always engaging, thought-provoking Escaping the city, escaping your past, Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, and The Suitable for ages 12+ and entertaining. Boff Whalley, best- escaping the restrictions upbringing or Time Machine. known as a founder member of class or politics. It’s a celebration of wild ★★★★★ August 5th, 1962: Monroe as we’ve never ‘A simply stunning Chumbawamba, writes heartfelt, catchy places and our freedom to roam them. seen her before: alone in her bedroom, production… one of the must folk songs. This, their first theatre piece Suitable for ages 12+ in dressing gown and underwear; no together, sees them moving into their see performances of the festival.’ glitz, no glamour, no masks. Overdosed Edinburgh Reporter most personal material yet. It’s a not-to- on pills, the woman behind the icon be-missed collaboration between two ★★★★★ DINNER AND A SHOW?… unravels her remarkable life, taking ’Superlative’ Remotegoat of Britain’s most celebrated artists in Why not make a night of it and book us back through the memories of her their own fields. ★★★★★ ’Spellbinding’ The Carrick a table at the Courtyard before the closest relationships. show. Meals served from 4pm. Call ★★★★★ ‘Outstanding’ One4Review 0191 417 0445 Repeatedly stalked by a mysterious caller, the Hollywood legend tells all ★★★★‘Startling, sensual, sarcastic… (Joe DiMaggio, Clark Gable, Arthur anything but unremarkable’ Three Miller, her mother – it’s all here), Weeks revealing a biting intelligence and an ★★★★ imperfect body, leading us in real time ‘A fantastic performance… a to the very moment of her death. great production… an absolute must’ Broadway Baby ★★★★ ‘Powerful and poetic… a dazzling performance’ Edinburgh Guide
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Lyngo Theatre presents JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Wednesday 15th April, 11am & 2pm £7 / £25 (family, admits 4) Fee Fi Fo Fum! It’s a giant of a show, It’s an award-winning show for the over we’d love you to come! 3’s (and their giants) with something for everyone – enormous shoes, tiny This classic fairytale now gets the Lyngo houses, showers of silver and gold and treatment so expect lots of surprises a big, leafy explosion! and beautiful images as Patrick Lynch (from CBeebies) tells the gripping story Suitable for ages 3+ of Jack who sells his cow for 5 magic beans and finds himself in the land Mad Alice Theatre Company presents above the clouds. ROSE AND ROBIN Friday 21st February, 11am & 2pm £7 / £25 (family, admits 4) Rose and Robin have had a wonderful life together – they want to share it with YOU! From sports to stargazing, they’ve enjoyed so much! And most of all, they loved to dance. They’ve had their bumps in the road HALLÉ MAGIC and now Robin can’t remember where Monday 24th February, 9.30am, they keep the clothes pegs… 10:15am + 11am Playful and serious, sad and happy, £7 (admits parent and child) a celebration of life in all its richness; £5 additional adults / children a story of love and loss, for old and Introduce your child to the magic of young... especially if you are over seven orchestral music! This relaxed, informal and have ever lost a sock… or someone session will give you and your child the you love. chance to listen, enjoy and join in with a string trio of Hallé musicians. Join them in their dances and dreams, music and memories! The session leader will unlock the Hallé Magic Box packed with toys and props A show for young and old! to discover songs & rhymes, musical movements and games. Commissioned by Queen’s Hall Arts. Suitable for ages 2-5 Suitable for ages 7 – 70+ Co-produced with OL
This performance also takes place at 1pm, 1.45pm + 2.30pm at The Fire Station. 10 11 Events for Families artscentrewashington.co.uk Sunfest To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
The University of Sunderland’s drama department takes over Arts Centre The D Project presents Washington’s theatre to present classic and contemporary texts. HEDGE Saturday 4th July, 11am & 2pm £7 / £25 (family, admits 4) SUNFEST – NEW BLOOD SUNFEST - THE TAMING OF A playful, fresh and engaging new Tuesday 28 April, 7.30pm THE SHREW production for children aged 4+ and £7.50 / £6 (conc) / £5 (NUS) Thursday 30 April, 7.30pm their families. £7.50 / £6 (conc) / £5 (NUS) Students from The University of HEDGE combines immersive Sunderland’s drama department take The Taming of the Shrew is dance theatre, beautiful costumes, over our theatre to present a brand new Shakespeare’s fierce comedy of gender innovative props and puppetry to devised piece of theatre. Check www. politics and power. tell the tale of a young hedgehog artscentrewashington.co.uk for more waking up from hibernation to information. When a father seeks to sell off his daughter to the highest bidder, a Action Transport Theatre presents find the world is not as it once was. battle of the sexes ensues between ADRIFT This uplifting and inspiring show encourages children to explore their a confident Petruchio and a sharp- Friday 13th March, 1.30pm surroundings and be brave in the tongued Katherine, in this electrically £7 / £25 (family, admits 4) face of uncertainty. charged ‘love story’. Two children are in a boat. Suitable for ages 4+ They play. They laugh. They argue. They dream of catching a fish so big it will capsize the boat. Of encountering a mermaid who will sing them the most beautiful melodies. Of lassoing a whale who will pull them to shore, to a new land of thick green grass and endless blue skies. A safe land. Told with tenderness, humour and Action Transport Theatre’s (Happily Ever After, STATIk, LittleRed) signature visual storytelling, Adrift is a celebration of the resilience and imagination of childhood. Suitable for ages 8+ “Every child in the UK needs to see this show.” Una Meehan, University of Chester
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GAVIN WEBSTER’S DISTRICT VICTORIA MELODY - ZONE COMEDY CLUB PROFESSIONAL STRANGER Fridays 20th March + 22nd May + Saturday 2nd May, 7.30pm 10th July / doors 7.30pm, tickets £10 £9 / £7.50 (conc) / £5 (students) Join Geordie comedy legend and host Headliners are to be confirmed but Award winning Victoria Melody has Gavin Webster at our comedy club! check www.artscentrewashington.co.uk for up to date listings. become a pigeon fancier, northern soul From his first gig in the early 90s he, dancer, beauty queen, championship along with Ross Noble was one of the This year we are also introducing a dog show handler and a funeral first post modern alternative North new open mic spot, so if you know any director all for material for her theatre East comedians. With shows notched budding stand-ups who would like to shows. In 2017 she embedded herself up around the world, many TV stand- perform 5 minutes at the club, please in her latest tribe – British amateur up appearances, film credits and a drop us a line at [email protected] stand-up comedy - despite a surprise regular on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Show What Over 18’s only diagnosis and a comedy teacher telling You Wrote’, he defines a North East her to give up. Her show “Professional style that has been an influence on a Stranger” follow’s Victoria’s journey as generation. she embarks on the difficult business of being funny. Always the obsessive, Victoria will be wearing technology that shows in real time what happens to the brain when you tell jokes. It’s a genuine and rip- roaring insight into the secret world of stand-up. But can she be funny enough to make it? Suitable for ages 14+
“the female theatrical Louis Theroux” Oxford Mail ★★★★★ “a rare talent” Fest Magic ★★★★ “An off-piste comic treat” What’s On Stage
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SILVER SCREEN Arts Centre Washington screens films once a month on a Wednesday afternoon, 1.30pm, tickets £4.00
Wednesday 25 March, 1.30pm JUDY – cert 12a Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts. Stars: Renée Zellweger
Wednesday 22 January, 1.30pm Wednesday 22 April, 1.30pm WARREN MILLER’S TIMELESS DOWNTON ABBEY – cert PG SORRY WE MISSED YOU – cert 15 Thursday 16 January, 6.30pm, The continuing story of the Crawley Hoping that self-employment through Tickets £10 / £8 (concessions) family, wealthy owners of a large estate the gig economy can solve their The only constant is change, in the English countryside in the early financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery but winter stoke is eternal. After twentieth century. driver and his wife struggling to raise seven decades of celebrating a family end up trapped in the vicious Stars: Matthew Goode + Maggie Smith skiing and snowboarding, Warren circle of this modern-day form of labour Miller Entertainment can confirm exploitation. Wednesday 26 February, 1.30pm that nothing compares to the THE AFTERMATH – cert 15 Director: Ken Loach excitement of another season in Post World War II, a British colonel and the mountains. his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg Join the kickoff to winter with during the post-war reconstruction, but Please check our 70th film,Timeless, featuring tensions arise with the German who www.artscentrewashington.co.uk ski veterans like Glen Plake and previously owned the house. for up to date listings Forrest Jillson, alongside up and Stars: Keira Knightley + Alexander coming athletes like Queen of Skarsgård Corbet’s Catie Zeliff and Olympic skier Jaelin Kauf. Explore the enduring spirit of winter across the globe, from the slopes of the Colorado Rockies to the rooftop of the Alps, and the steep sat Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, to Mustang Powder Lodge in the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia.
16 17 Special Events artscentrewashington.co.uk Visual Arts To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455 Image by Sarah Knight Sarah Image by Nordstrom Eve Image by
DRINK AND DRAW – LIFE HIT IN A DAY DRAWING SOCIAL Tuesday 18 + Wednesday 19 February, Friday 24 January, 7 – 9pm, tickets £12 10am - 3pm, £15 Take a drink, loosen up and grab your Loud and Clear music tuition present pad and pencil at this fun and inspiring a two day workshop for young sketching social! musicians between the ages of 12-18 to collaborate and create a fully recorded Working from a life model you will composition. learn life drawing tips and techniques. SUNDERLAND COLLEGE Perfect for budding artists or total Learning from their peers and 18 May – 8 June beginners who would like to try life developing new skills in a productive drawing in a relaxed environment. and creative environment, the group Sunderland College’s final year Equipment can be provided or feel free will create a professional, recorded HND show offers visitors an exciting to bring your own. composition by the end of the YOUTH ARTS – BRIGHT opportunity to experience emerging second day. LIGHTS contemporary Art and Photography A glass of wine included in the ticket practice in the region. Students will 1 February – 7 March price present work of great imagination and The Youth Arts Exhibition is a technical skill enriching our cultural staple in our main Gallery’s environment. Much of the work is for FUSED GLASS WORKSHOP calendar, each year we receive sale or commission – ranging from more and more high quality paintings, photographs to sculptural Wednesday 25th March 2020 pieces of artwork from young pieces. 10am - 12 noon, £25 people aged 11 - 19. This year we are Make your very own piece of glass continuing to work with our team ARTS & CRAFT FAIR jewellery. of young curators, supported by professionals, to select work for the On the first Saturdays of every month. All materials and tools are included best promising young artists aged (There will be no craft fair in January along with firing in a specialist kiln. 11-19 living in the city. We will also or February) Please contact Julie for more have an online virtual art gallery A variety of stalls selling products information and all bookings . featuring the work of all of the created by local and regional artists and Email [email protected] artists entering this years event. crafts people. Tel 07956376351 Free admission 7 March, 4 April, 2 May, 6 June + 4 July
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SUNDERLAND PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION 12 June – 11 July Sunderland Photographic subject matter, style and technique Association was founded in 1888 and in both colour and monochrome. All the highlight of their year has always members edit their own work and been the Annual Exhibition. All most do their own printing. More members are invited to contribute information on the Association and there will be a wide variety of can be found on their website sunderlandpa.com.
ROBSON CAREW AND THE PIRATES OF CRIMDON DENE Friday 10 – Saturday 25 January (Friday and Saturdays only) Fridays 7.30pm / Saturdays 2pm + 7.30pm / Tickets £5 We proudly present Washington Come and help Robson evade his evil Theatre Groups annual pantomime! brother Seaton Carew and escape GRANARY & THEATRE FOYER Coat of Arms: A Creative Age project This years is ‘Robson Carew and the from the desert island. Marvel at the EXHIBITIONS 28 February - 27 March / Theatre Foyer Pirates of Crimdon Dene’ magic of Tia Maria the sea witch and A number of coat of arms created laugh along with the pirate’s (ahem The Granary and Theatre Foyer spaces Well what do you know, our dashing by participants in our Creative Age correction sailor’s) cute and clever are available for community, semi (if somewhat baffled) hero Robson, programme for people living with ship’s monkey. Sing the songs, watch professional and professional artists to has just a few days to find his family’s dementia and their carers. the dancers, catch the sweets and exhibit their work. long lost treasure or he’ll lose his Join us on our open day on Friday 28 say ‘yo ho ho’ for a merry old time ancestral home Downsize Abbey! If you are interested in exhibiting in the February - details coming soon, please aboard ship. With 100% recycled Granary Gallery please call 0191 561 3455 keep an eye on our website! Who better to help with this quest jokes this panto is destined to reveal or e-mail [email protected] than his manservant Bob and his hidden treasure, so book your tickets Deerness Art Group cook Barely Merry? Together they now! 29 May – 27 June / The Granary Usworth Colliery Primary School charter a ship full of jolly sailors – but A mixed exhibition of work by members 1 February – 22 February / The Granary are they really sailors? An exhibition of the work that the of the group. Children have produced during their Scott Read sessions at Arts Centre Washington. 10 July – 8 August / The Granary Photography 20 21 Community Theatre artscentrewashington.co.uk Music To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND SOMEWHERE OVER THE 10CCLO THE NE STREET BAND ONE ACT FESTIVAL RAINBOW Friday 28 + Saturday 29 February, ‘PLAYING THE SONGS OF Wednesday 4th – Saturday 7th March Friday 27 + Saturday 28 March, 7.30pm 7.30pm , Tickets £15 advance / £17.50 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’ times and prices tbc tickets £8.50 / £8 (conc) on the door Friday 15 May, doors 7.30pm, tickets £10 Amateur theatre groups from Durham, Imagine, if you can, it’s your 50th Remember these? Dreadlock Holiday, Sunderland, and the wider North Wedding Anniversary. Imagine, if you Mr Blue Sky, I’m Mandy Fly Me, Evil Covering all the eras of The Boss’s work, East are again invited to come to Arts can, being surrounded by friends, Woman, The Things We Do for Love, from his vast back catalogue with The Centre Washington for the Durham & relatives and loved ones. Imagine they Wild West Hero, Life is a Minestrone, E Street Band, his solo albums to his Sunderland One Act Festival. have thrown you a surprise party, the Art for Art’s Sake, Turn To Stone, I’m Not collaborations with The Seeger Sessions lights are down low, Slim Whitman is In Love... A few amongst many of the Band & Southside Johnny. This is a qualifying round in the All singing massive hits that make up the timeless England Theatre Festival, and the repertoire of10CC and The Electric Light The NE Street Band add their own style winning group will go forward to the ‘Darling Happy Anniversary on the Orchestra. & top musicianship to bring you a high Northern semi-final. record player and in comes the cake, energy, sweat soaked, sing along set accompanied by your daughter crying, Their songs are worldwide rock classics to please Springsteen and fun-loving Anything goes in this Festival, with ‘I’ve left him mum’. and FM radio staples, that over the music fans alike. comedy, tragedy, and farce, and several passing decades have remained in the prizes at stake. Is your local group taking Follow the anxiety of John and Jean as hearts of millions of fans... and in the part? Perhaps it will even tempt you to they try to discover why their daughter hearts of the musicians that make up join one of the groups, and ‘tread the has left her husband? Why oh why she the only European tribute to these two boards’ yourself another day? has decided to move back home? Why incredible bands from the last four everyone, except the neighbours, refuses Check www.artscentrewashington.co.uk decades. to discuss this, and why, as the parents, for details of show titles and groups. you are always the last to know? This in an hilarious irreverent comedy which challenges our perceptions, our prejudices, our ignorance’s and our entrenched attitudes about relationships. The play contains some adult themes and may offend.
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DAVY LAMP FOLK CLUB Bob Fox & Billy Mitchell Saturday 6 June from 7.30pm Former BBC Radio 2 ‘Folk Club of the Year’ Two great friends of the Davy Lamp and two wonderful singers and musicians The first Saturday of the month in the Billy has been very busy touring with Low Barn. various projects including the Pitman Each night starts with an informal Poets recently, so we’re very glad to have session from 7.30pm which welcomes him back! Bob’s now just back on the musicians of all levels of ability folk scene, after touring the UK in his role and features local, national and as the ‘Songman’ in the hit musical ‘War internationally renowned touring artists. Horse’ . We’re in for a great night. No need to reserve tickets - just pay at the door.
Special Event - Jimmy’s Fiddle - A Story of Georgian/Victorian Tyneside through the eyes of ‘The Geordie Paganini’. Saturday 7 March, from 7.30pm James Hill was probably the most famous fiddler on Tyneside during the late Georgian and early Victorian periods. This story is a reflective account of his life, featuring James Hill’s own The Mighty Doonans Allan Taylor compositions, clog dancing and songs Saturday 11 January, from 7.30pm Saturday 4 April from 7.30pm from the time. Our old mates from Hebburn return for Allan’s been coming to the Davy Boasting two top virtuoso fiddle players our annual soiree with two generations Lamp for many years and we’re always Tom McConville (BBC Musician of the of talent! We are in for a wonderful very glad to welcome him back. An Year) and Stewart Hardy, and two fine night of song, music, dance and the best impeccable performer and a masterful North East singers Alan Fitzimmons of craic. Please note the change of date songwriter, Allan’s songs have been and Jim Mageean, with clog dancing above. This is not the first Saturday of covered by countless other performers, champion Natalie Reid, this is an the month. but nobody does them quite like him. amazing show to appeal to all. Don’t Be there or be square! miss it! The Hunch Saturday 2 May from 7.30pm For more information visit www. George Welch & Stewart Hardy davylampfolkclub.co.uk Saturday 1 February, from 7.30pm Acoustic Irish, Folk, Americana & Latin music, all sung & played in their own Together for more than ten years, inimitable style with a generous dash George & Stewart have been delighting of humour. Featuring Mick Doonan, audiences with their characteristic founder member of the legendary 70s spontaneity lilting melodies, driving folk-rock band Hedgehog Pie. tunes and moving songs.
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Also available for Children and Young People THE VOICE STUDIO Professional singing tuition from Maggie Ballantyne, internationally renowned singer, vocal and performance coach. One to one teaching, call 0191 417 4999 to book
TRISH AND TRINA’S PERFORMANCE ACADEMY Year round programme of dance classes for children and adults of all ages. THE DRUM ROOM WASHINGTON YOUTH THEATRE THEATRE TOTS Contact 07759429763 Saturdays, various times. One to one Saturdays 10am – 12pm + Wednesdays Fridays, 10.30 – 11.15, £4.50 (sibling e-mail: [email protected] and group drum kit tuition 6 – 8pm, £6.00 per session discounts available) Contact Dan on 07890054216 / daniel- Join the Washington Youth Theatre Fun drama sessions for 1-6 year olds! FAMILY UKULELE LESSONS [email protected] to book your place! Company and learn about stagecraft Including games, mimes and imitation, The perfect introductory instrument and script writing, take part in tongue twisters, costumes, stories, for children come along to a family RIGHT TRACK productions and films as well as making characters, puppets, props and songs! workshop and learn the instrument great new friends along the way. Saturdays 10am – 12pm, £2 per session Sessions are interactive and parents together. For more info contact A project to develop young, creative Suitable for ages 8 - 14 and carers are encouraged to join in the [email protected] and inspiring musicians between the fun. Dressing up and silliness are very ages of 12-21. You don’t have to play an welcome! LITTLE MOVERS instrument or have any performance Have fun with your little one Themes change every 6 – 8 weeks and experience.. All we require are creative TAKING PART dancing, singing and playing all the stories and songs are original. and enthusiastic young musicians WE NEED YOU! games. looking to develop their music skills. To book or for more information VOLUNTEERS WANTED! Tuesdays during term time contact [email protected], visit Delivered with Loud and Clear in Baby Movers 0 - crawling: 9.45 - Are you enthusiastic? Want to facebook.com/theatretotsnortheast or partnership with Sunderland Music Hub. 10.30am meet new people? Get to know call 07951866261 To register your interest and for more info the local community? Get to see Little Movers walking - 4 years: email: [email protected] some of the most exciting live 10.30 - 11.15 theatre /music/ exhibitions? Then SATURDAY ART CLUB To book e-mail join us as a volunteer! [email protected] Saturdays, 1.30pm – 3.30pm Contact 0191 561 3455 or or search Little Movers Washington £6.00 per session [email protected] for more on Facebook Join the Saturday Art Club and find out information. just how much fun art can really be. Suitable for ages 8 - 14
26 27 For Adults artscentrewashington.co.uk To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
CYCLING CLUB STRICTLY SALSA, LATIN AND THE “NIFTIES” OIL PAINTING Meets at Arts Centre Washington every BALLROOM Events, activities and films every other Fridays, 9.30am - 11.30am Monday, Tuesdays 6pm - 7pm Wednesday 1.30pm - 3pm Ideal for total beginners as well as those 1.00pm – approx. 3.30pm £5 per session £3.50 includes refreshments. more experienced with oil painting. £6 per ride - bike hire £25 per month. Contact Lindsay: 07952 155919 or £7.00 per session For more information visit [email protected] TEA DANCE www.cycle-treks.co.uk Thursdays, 1.30pm - 3.30pm TAI CHI WASHINGTON THEATRE GROUP £2.50 includes refreshments. An independently ran Tai Chi class WASHINGTON COMMUNITY Amateur Dramatics Group Fridays 9.00am - 10.00am - Beginners SINGERS – THE B-SHARPS Tuesdays 7.30pm - 9.30pm ADULT TAP £4 per session Mondays 10.30am – 12noon £5 monthly subscription Thursday 6.00pm - 7.30pm 10.00am - 11.30am - intermediate Sing away your Monday blues at Arts www.washingtontheatregroup.co.uk Bring two left feet and a sense of £5 per session Centre Washington for more information. humour Contact Dominic: £4.50 per session £5 per session [email protected] DIY WITH NEAL’S YARD REMEDIES Contact: 07761633157 or BINGO ORGANIC [email protected] CREATIVE AGE Mondays 1pm - 3pm Tuesdays, 7 – 8.30pm Thursdays 1.00pm - 3.00pm and Fridays, £2.75 for 3 books ‘Spring Clean’ your home using Neal’s GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS 1.30pm - 3.30pm Yard chemical free recipes for home Wednesdays 7.30pm - 8.30pm Art and craft sessions that are designed WATERCOLOUR cleaning. Each workshop includes The sessions will explore the basic for people living with the early stages of Tuesdays 9.30am – 12.30pm, £9 per take-aways to try out in your home. fundamentals of guitar playing dementia, long term health conditions session and 1.30 – 3.30pm, Get in touch to save your space. including chords, theory and soloing. or social isolation. £7 per session £5 per session 11 sessions £60 Unleash your creative potential at the Contact Louise: 07901 942173 or To book contact: 07785 914 241 or GONG BATHING Arts Centre Washington’s Watercolour [email protected] [email protected] Thursday 20 February, Thursday 12 class. facebook.com/LouiseReaNYROrganic March, Wednesday 8 April. GUITAR FOR INTERMEDIATE Thursday 7 May, Thursday 25 June, SEQUENCE AND BALLROOM UKULELE LESSONS STAGE 1 Thursday 16 July DANCING One to one and group Ukulele lessons Thursdays 7.00pm - 8.00pm Open gateways within your body, mind and soul, while breathing in the layers Tuesdays, 1.30pm - 3.30pm are available throughout the week via For guitarists who have completed the of sound created by my Mars and £2.50, includes refreshments. Uke School beginners course For more info contact: 11 sessions £60 Platonic Year gongs. Bring your yoga WASHINGTON COMMUNITY [email protected] To book contact: 07785 914 241 or mat, blanket and pillows. To book contact: 07469 180 185 or SINGERS – ONE VOICE [email protected] HATHA YOGA [email protected] Tuesday 5.30pm – 7pm SCALE MODEL MAKING CLUB Sacred Gongs on Facebook £4.50 per session Wednesdays 10am - 11.30am £4.50 per session Thursdays 7pm - 9pm IYENGAR YOGA Contact Maureen: £3 per session [email protected] Tuesdays 5.45pm - 7.15pm WASHINGTON WILD WALKS £7 per session PILATES WITH PRECISION Contact Gordon: Fridays, 10am, meet at 9.50am [email protected] Thursdays 10am - 11am Informal weekly walks will leave from £70 for 10 weeks Arts Centre Washington. For more details contact Carol: Free, for more information contact: 07761421815 Trevor Proctor – 07950 403 264
28 29 For Hire artscentrewashington.co.uk To book visit www.artscentrewashington.co.uk or call 0191 561 3455
AVAILABLE FOR HIRE We have a range of large and small function rooms that are suitable for: • Conferences • Meetings • Workshops • Weddings • Parties Arts Centre Washington is minutes from both the A1 and the A19 and is perfectly located in a central position between Newcastle, Gateshead, The Courtyard Durham and Sunderland. All major stations and Newcastle Airport are The Courtyard, offers high quality, within 30 minutes’ drive. great value meals suitable for all the Free parking, catering provided by family. the Courtyard Café / Bar, competitive CHILDRENS PARTY PACKAGE prices and a quality service makes the Plus award winning cask ales and a Available Saturdays 10.00am – 12.00pm arts centre an ideal location for any range of events including quiz nights. function. or 1.00pm – 3.00pm (Theatre or Low Barn) FOOD SERVICE TIMES Big Top Party - Roll Up, Roll Up for £13.50 per head includes all room hire, Lunch service the greatest party in town. Includes entertainment, invitations and party Monday to Saturday, 12.00 noon to a circus skills workshop with ‘hands buffet (minimum 20 Children) 2.30pm on’ circus time plate spinning, diablo, Sunday, 12.00 noon to 5.00pm juggling etc, plenty of party games and finishes with a mini show. Evening service Monday to Saturday, 4.00pm to Contact 0191 561 3455 or email [email protected] for more 8.00pm information re pricing. Call 0191 4170445 or e-mail [email protected] Songwriters Night – Mondays from GIFT VOUCHERS BAND REHEARSAL ROOM & 8.00pm, pint for players Buy a gift with a difference with an Arts RECORDING STUDIO Centre Washington Gift Voucher. Gift Quiz Nights – Thursday nights from The 16-track recording studio includes Vouchers can be used to pay for Classes 9.00pm the help of a trained engineer to ensure and Courses such as Watercolour the recording is professional. The Courtyard Bar also caters for Painting, Life Drawing or Ukulele all types of function within the arts lessons or to buy tickets to see the The recording studio is available with a very best touring theatre, music and studio engineer from just £16 per hour centre. comedy or both! Fully equipped rehearsal spaces are just Beer Festival – Easter + August Bank £11 per hour. holiday weekends featuring over 50 cask ales and live entertainment. Call 0191 561 3455 to make a booking. 30 31 General Information artscentrewashington.co.uk
BOOKING INFORMATION Car Park Book online at: The centre has free parking facilities www.artscentrewashington.co.uk including blue badge bays. Telephone Bookings: 0191 561 3455 By bus Postal/In person Bookings: Bus No 2A, 4, 8, X1A, all drop you either Arts Centre Washington, Biddick Lane, outside or next to the Arts Centre Fatfield, Washington, NE38 8AB. ACCESS FACILITIES Concessions are students, under 16’s, All public areas in Arts Centre those on disability and unemployment Washington have disabled and benefits, over 60’s and retired. wheelchair access with adapted toilets. We accept all major debit/ credit cards. Guide dogs and hearing dogs are Cheques should be made payable to always welcome and induction loop Sunderland City Council. facilities are available in most areas for people with impaired hearing. HOW TO FIND US A version of this brochure is available in large text format. Please call the box office to request your copy. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST Be the first to receive information about arts centre events either by post or by email: Telephone 0191 561 3455 or email [email protected] Become a friend of Arts Centre Washington on Facebook. Follow Arts Centre Washington on Twitter @ArtsCtrWton Follow Arts Centre Washington on Instagram @ArtsCentreWashington PHOTOGRAPHY Photography of any kind is not By car: permitted during performances. Jct 64 on A1 northbound Jct 64 on A1 southbound REFUNDS Follow signs for Fatfield and then Arts Tickets are non refundable except when Centre on A195 an event is cancelled. Take the exit for A1231 on A19 northbound CHANGES TO PROGRAMME Take the exit for A1231 on A19 southbound Arts Centre Washington reserves Then follow signs for Fatfield and then the right to change the advertised Arts Centre on A195 programme. Whenever it is reasonably Arts Centre Washington is on the corner possible advance notice of any changes of Biddick Lane and Fallowfield Way will be given.