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www.dancechallenge.co.uk Service Music Contact 630155 01895 [email protected] Singing4Fun Weekly singing club foradults Contact 07843 253302 [email protected] Stars at Knight Weekly Saturday drama for ages 7-14 Contact 0208 or 0795 8418940 6123626 [email protected] www.starsatknight-schoolofdrama.co.uk PicturesTalking (UK) Ltd Promotional, dramatised and 360 Youth Theatre 360 Youth Drama, film and photography for ages Contact 465572 01895 13-19. [email protected] Animation Cinematography / Sunday workshops for ages 12+ Contact 07946 148714 [email protected] Challenge Dance Providing national dance competitions Contact 0845 5390014 [email protected] videomusic productions. Contact 0845 6031474 [email protected] www.talkingpicturesltd.com Educational AssociationWorkers A range of courses for adults Contact 230948 01895 [email protected] www..wea.org.uk

HillingdonFirst card £25 directly, throughout the season. (excludes online booking) online (excludes running fortnightly. Contact 673200 01895 [email protected] Compass Kidz Saturday drama now for ages 4-7 Good company and interesting talks on the second and fourth Wednesday of the 10.30am-12.30pm. month, Check website or posters in foyer for details of upcoming talks. Open Wednesdays 8pm-10pm 8pm-10pm Wednesdays Open term time. Compass Coffee Mornings Contact 237256 01895 [email protected] Compass Costumes Over 3000 costumes rent. to HillingdonFirst card holders £15 HillingdonFirst card holders £15 Without Seats Compass Support our seat renovation programme as a gift or in memory. for a 5 year £120 seat plaque – includes 5 year Compass Club Membership. From 1 April via 2012 the Box Office 673200. on 01895 Join via the Box Office 673200 on 01895 • Free booking and postage fees • More offers announced members to Compass Club Our membership scheme is a great way to support your community theatre and save money. Join yourself orbuy a membership gift. a as Members get… • Ticket discounts for selected events

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the Compass building and fittings and Compassthe building www.ickenhamhall.org.uk funds restore to both Hall and Sun 1 April 7.30pm presents Hall Ickenham of Friends Chips Quiz ’n’ Come and take part in a light-hearted, general knowledge can quiz. enter You a team or join other individuals make to up a team. Included in the price ticket is a tasty choose from: supper; chip fish and chips chips and chicken vegeburger chips and sausage chips and …and the bar will be open throughout to help lubricate the brain and all your vital muscles.quiz Tickets £8 Profits from this event will benefit The Friends of , who raise

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Songs

Compass Theatre as they return the to Compass Theatre glorious 40-strong sound from this choir through the box office. Banish those winter blues and enjoy the but places must be booked in advance Songs for Spring for Songs Members can attend an after-show Q&A with Musical the Choir’s Director. Entry is free Compass to Club members Compass Club Event Tickets / £8 concessions £10 for furtherfor information. www.harrow-apollo-male-choir.org Visit website the Choir’s and small ensemble. The show will include a varied programme supporting numbers from our own quartet for their Spring concert. their for which will appeal all to tastes and includes

Harrow presents Apollo Choir Male Sun 1 April 3.30pm Compass Theatre Compass Cinema April

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Tue 3 April 10am to 4pm Tue 10 April 2pm DK proDuKtions presents James Cameron’s Easter Glee Day Titanic for ages 7-14 Written, directed and produced by James Join a professional producer and Cameron and released in 1997, Titanic is choreographer to learn songs, dance the second highest grossing movie of all routines and put together a show in just time. one day! It is one of only three films to have Working with popular songs, you can received a record 11 Oscars including sharpen up your vocal, dance and Best Picture and Best Director and it performing skills, and will have a great, launched the careers of its stars physically demanding time. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.

Dress for movement, bring a packed Bring a tissue and a friend. This lunch and all your energy. It’s going to be screening will include an interval. amazing. Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club There will be a presentation of your work Advance booking essential, films with too for parents at 3.30pm few advance sales may be cancelled.

Places £15

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Sat 21 April 7.30pm Sun 22 April 5pm Life Education presents The Undercover Shadows Cliff Richard & The Shadows Tribute Band Capital Connection

The Undercover Shadows are a five piece and Friends band dedicated to recreating the classic at Winston Churchill Hall instrumental and vocal harmony sounds of Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Capital Connection, a chorus of 40 talented ladies, would love to entertain you with songs from their varied The Shadows are one of the best www.compasstheatre.co.uk 01895 673200 Box Office instrumental bands this country has unaccompanied repertoire. ever produced, many of their great instrumentals providing a sound track They are joined by the combined choirs to the 60s and collaborating with Cliff, from St Andrew’s and Hermitage - co-writing many of his 60s hits and their Primary Schools in . own success with songs such as Let Me Be The One, their Eurovision Song Contest As a contrast to all this vocal harmony entry in 1975. we also welcome instrumentalists from Hillingdon Music Service. This is a fast-paced upbeat musical feast for all Cliff Richard and The Shadows The concert will raise funds for Life lovers, focusing not only on the 1960s, but Education Hillingdon whose mobile covering many later Shads’ hits, including classroom visits over 90% of primary Riders In The Sky, Don’t Cry For Me schools in Hillingdon, supporting PSHCE Argentina, (Mark Knopfler’s) Going Home and drugs education, helping children and of course those famous Shadows make the best healthy choices both now dance moves. and for their future.

Tickets £14.50 / £12.50 concessions Tickets £10 / £5 Under 16s or students

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Wed 25 to Sat 28 April 7.45pm Wed 2 to Sat 5 May 8pm Players 2 presents Purple Theatre presents I Love You, You’re Dangerous Corner

Perfect, Now Change! At their stylish country retreat, Freda and Robert Caplan host a dinner party for their Players 2 brings you the hilarious musical colleagues and friends. celebration of the mating game - I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! Young, beautiful and successful, they have the world at their feet. Then a cigarette Join us on the journey through the box and an ill-considered remark sparks dating, the waiting, the romantic nights, off a relentless series of revelations and the lovers, the leavers, the in-laws, the some dangerous, long held secrets are offspring and the unexpected joys of love painfully exposed. in the autumn years. As the truth spills out about the suicide This charming, cheeky show pays tribute of Robert’s clever, reckless brother, the to those who have loved and lost, to those group’s perfect lives begin to crumble and who have fallen on their face at the portal the cost of professional and social success of romance and to those who have dared becomes frighteningly plain. to ask ‘Say, what are you doing Saturday night?’ Tickets £12.50 / £10.50 Concessions

Tickets £12 / £10 concessions

By arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd. Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music by Jimmy Roberts.

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Sun 6 May 7pm Tue 8 May 2pm Keep Alive: The My Fair Lady

Forgotten Voices Award winning film of the Lerner and at Winston Churchill Hall Loewe musical, released in 1964, directed by George Cukor with Cecil Beaton as Art A live musical performance featuring Director and Costume Designer. The film classic hits from the golden era of won eight Academy Awards including Best Hindi cinema - a rare combination of Picture and Best Director. memorable melodies of the 1940s, 50s, Box Office 01895 673200 www.compasstheatre.co.uk 01895 673200 Box Office 60s and 70s. Starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, the musical is based on Be a part of a journey to revive the musical George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, past and the immortal tunes of yesteryears. about a phonetics professor who takes a bet with his friend, that he can take a Six musical years and a journey of common flower girl and turn her into a success, Keep Alive UK began in 2007 and respectable, sophisticated woman. have performed at prestigious venues in London, Leicester, Luton and Milton Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club Keynes. The concept behind Keep Alive is to revive the unforgettable and melodious songs of the Golden Era of the Hindi cinema.

These concerts are in aid of a registered charity Kamla Mehta Dadar a girls’ school for the blind, established in 1900 and awarded by the Indian Government for its service to the society.

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Singin’ in the Rain, the in Singin’ Manor well-known film featuring such favourite songs as Good Morning of Laugh ‘Em Make and many others including of course The In Singin’ Rain. concs* / £9 under 16s* / £11 Tickets £14 Groups get off of 10+ 10% *excludes May Sat 7.30pm 19 Only from box office 07983 103444 [email protected] www.wos-productions.org.uk Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York popular leading man avoid her romantic advances falling when he’s in love with a young unknown actress? All will be revealed in the WOS production Singin’ inSingin’ the Rain at Winston Churchill Hall As Hollywood films moved from silent theto talkies, how does a big film studio cope whenits biggest female star has a voice that would shock and dismay her adoring public? And how will their most Wed 16 - Sat 19 May - Sat 7.30pm 19 16 Wed MaySat 2.30pm 19 WOS presents

Compass Theatre Thursday. Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s tale Shakespeare’s and Juliet is Romeo Tickets All £8 Mon and Tue concessions / £10 SatWed to £12 Schools teacher 1 free tickets per 10 director discussion with the Post-show and cast Wednesday on Tuesday, and by William Shakespeare William by Against the odds, their love overcomes the Argosy Players present, as part of the Come along discover to sorrow the joy, and fate of the tale of Juliet and her Romeo. Romeo &Romeo Juliet of star-crossed lovers. disagreements of their warring families and they get married in secret. But tragedy catches up with them as murder and death mean they are separated after only one night. Open StagesRSC’s project, Shakespeare’s most famous love story, set in the courtyard of an inn. Mon 14 – Sat 19 May – Sat 7.30pm Mon 19 14 MaySat 2.30pm 19 presents Argosy

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for just £6 Compass Theatre Sat June 2 3.30pm LibraryCompass Ickenham Theatre and present RationsFrom to n Roll Rock An exploration inverse, songs, prose and conversation inspired by the first decade of the reign of Elizabeth II, as part of Hillingdon’s Join us for a selection of memories from a world we have lost, told through prose, poems and real-life memories of those that were there. Readings, performances and memory sharing will take place in our auditorium, out in our garden and in the Grade Listed II Ickenham Hall. Our bars will be open for refreshments throughout. can stayYou on the into evening watch to A Queen Is Crowned, the colour film of the Coronation. 1953 Tickets £2 OFFER Book for this and A Queen Is Crowned

Compass Theatre www.ruislipdramatic.org RDS 675343 01895 From Compass Box Office or Tickets £11 / £10 concs Wed and / £10 Thu only Tickets £11 you then the suspense will! This is black comedy at its best from witty dialogue. If the laughter kill doesn’t potion? identities, hilarious consequences and Who will be the next victim of the suspect Natural Causes is a chaotic mix of mistaken a well-meaning Samaritan in the house?! role secretary of Walter’s and why is there BAFTA award winning TV sitcom writer Eric Chappell, creator of Rising Damp and Duty Free. notes typed and unsigned? What is the something is wrong…why are her suicide in his wife’s disposalin his wife’s - but he senses is invited Walter to Bryce’s house assist to Vincent, a professional suicide merchant, Eric ChappellEric Comedy-thriller from Rising Damp creator Natural Causes

Ruislip Dramatic Society presentsRuislip Wed 23Wed – Sat 26 May 7.45pm 2 – 10 June

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Manor day create to a performance. The Argosy Players take community Players will use these events as inspiration for a piece of devised theatre. Writers, musicians, dancers, designers and actors will have 24 hours create to a brand new piece of theatre. With no ideas of what the play will be, they will collaborate over night and through the theatre the to next level with this innovative, thought-provoking theatrical experiment. May contain strong language - Sat June 2 7.30pm presents Argosy A Play 24 in Hours RIOT: at Winston Churchill Hall The not only shook Riots the UK, in 2011 but the world. as partA year later, of Arts Week, Argosy may contain anything! Tickets £5 www.argosyplayers.org.uk

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Sat 5 June June 2 2pm 6pm / Tue Rock and Roll for just £6 OFFER to Book for Rations this and From Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club in cinemas up and down the UK in 1953. screen at the Compass, just as it was seen See this souvenir from history on the big in a matter of days. distributed cinemas to around the country with narration by Sir Laurence and Olivier, The coronation was also filmed in colour, images from Westminster Abbey. black and white picture, carrying live The 1953 coronation was the subject of neighbour’s living room gaze to at a tiny FebruaryIn for 1952, the first time since Queen on the to throne. came when they crowded a into 1837, the UK was welcoming1837, a young immense national enthusiasm. Many firstpeople’s experience of television A Queen is Crowned A Queen 08/02/2012 16:30 2 – 102 June www.hillingdon.gov.uk/artsweek Arts Film

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Compass Grounds Mon 4 June 8.15pm Endpaper Theatre presents Grave Expectations Martinby Malcolm A wander through the ghost stories Dickens. of On the Ghost’s Walk, listen for the vanished step of the Limping Lady. Discover the Haunted Man, the Unquiet lurking in the shadow of the rope. Thrill to tale of namelessthe Signal-Man’s horror under the railway arch. awayTremble day a summer’s with classic Bride and her Murderous Husband, chills from a master storyteller. And as the sun sets, prepare face to Dickens’s demons in the dark. This outdoor promenade performance throughout. standing walking and involves Please wear suitable clothing and shoes. Compass / £10 Tickets Club / £10 £12 Both* Book

. Not available online. tells the tale of luckless Charles Grave Expectations Compass Theatre Sun 3 June 8.15pm Endpaper Theatre presents of Ickenham Hall Adapted from the hilarious Victorian Compass / £10 Tickets Club / £10 £12 Both* Book from£1 every goes ticket Friends to Pooters by Brian Edwards classic The Diary of a Nobody by George the after Grossmith, Looking Weedon and Pooters Pooter from the point of view of his housemaid Sarah, putting a very different comic spin on the everyday events at The Laurels, Brickfield Terrace, Holloway. vivid took me into and beautiful‘A play...this an expecting’ at it angle and in a way I wasn’t JackThorne, Playwright Looking AfterLooking the and *When bookingtickets for both Endpaper Theatre productions; Looking after the Pooters

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Compass Studio Wed 6 - Thu 6 - Wed 7 June 8pm Purple Theatre Company presents OldFive Rings A brand new edition of Purple Pieces! the hit show sketch It’s that has tackled subjects from Shakespeare Sci-Fi. to Purple Pieces: Five Old Rings offers an antidote the to Olympics. Through sketches old and new we will goes down and the prices are We go up! here bury to London not praise to 2012, it. Tickets Free (advance booking advised) mock, taunt and offer the much-called-for kick up the trousers the people of London have wanted see to the games get. Join us for an evening of Satirical Sportiness Lampoonery. Olympic and A chance blow to off steam, as the Tube

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Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club and more. turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, face with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude Their adventure brings them face-to- bring Nemo home. blue tang fish, the make to epic journey to DeGeneres), a friendly but forgetful regal worrisome and Dory father, (Ellen Marlin up to It’s (Albert Brooks), his aquarium. is unexpectedly taken a dentist’s office to Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy a great movie at Compass Theatre An hilarious adventure where you’ll meet the breathtaking underwater world of this half term holiday. half this colourful characters that take you into Finding Nemo

Compass Studio Sun 10 June 11am to 4pm JuneSun 11am 10 ArtsweekHillingdon presents Theatre for Writing Workshop Do you have an ear for conversation? An eye for Do drama? you think you could write play? a Join award winning playwright Ben Musgrave (winner of the Bruntwood Prize 2005) for this half day workshop exploring the nuts and bolts of writing for the stage, from coming up with an initial idea dialogue, to character development, structure and setting. The workshop will also offer hints and tips for polishing and submitting your work and finding your own voice as a writer. Places £11

, this magical new Compass Theatre Sat June 9 11am TheatrePeople’s Company presents Presented by the team behind The How Hug Koala Learnt To Who Swallowed a Fly Who Swallowed know…I don’t why she swallowed a fly. But The Theatre People’s Company do! And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nurseryrhymes to life for the very first time. show has been written especially for parents enjoy to with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales with feast a of first class games, colourful characters animal and heart warming family fun, recommended ages 104! 4 to great introduction theatre with the just to ‘A the right balance of sitting listening and part’taking Bristol Guide Tickets / £6.50 £7.50 Compass Club www.ptc.org.uk There Was an Old Lady an Was There

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Compass Theatre Wed 13 – Sat 16 June – Sat 7.45pm 16 13 Wed presentsProscenium Separate Tables An iconic Rattigan work by Terence playsTwo set in a residential hotel in Bournemouth in the early 1950s, linked – with two exceptions – by a single cast of characters, and by undercurrents of prejudice, class and hypocrisy. Dealing with themes of guilt, oppression and stifling family relationships, each act stands alone as a thought provoking and moving examination of the human condition. Tickets £12 www.proscenium.org.uk

Compass Cinema life, is suddenly crowned King George VI a debilitating speech impediment all his VI, The Speech King’s follows the Royal Edward VIII, Bertie, whohas suffered from Based on the true story of King George Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club and Helena Bonham Carter. After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of King . of Monarch’s quest find to his voice.

starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush Tue 12 June 2pm 12 Tue

film2010 directed Hooper, by Tom The King’s Speech King’s The

My Old Man’s a Dustman. and My Old Man’s Compass Theatre Sun 17 June 7pm Sun 17 Singing4Fun presents the at An Evening Music Hall Join Singing for 4 Fun an evening of Music adults who love can sing. to find You out www.singing4fun. website their on more com Tickets / £8 concessions £10 Hall entertainment - a recreation of the traditional Victorian Music Hall experience with the Singing touch. 4 Fun The group aims give to you a fun evening comedy and dancing with singing, sketches take to you back in time with some of your favourites including Lambeth Walk So pack up your troubles and join us! Singing is 4 Fun a local singing group for

Compass Theatre Sun 17 June 1.30pmSun 17 to 5pm present Hall Ickenham of Friends The Friends of Ickenham Hall team raises The theatre coffee bar will be open for AdmissionFree direct access it. to funds for the hall’s restoration and is replacing the front windows and have replanted the gardens. refreshments throughout the afternoon but there is no charge for entry the to talks or for the tours. The present building but was built in 1740 coincide withTo Ickenham Festival this Grade listed II century 18th Georgian Mansion will be open the to public. There will be talks on the history of the Hall and its site followed by conducted tours. the site pre-dates the Domesday Book. The Compass Theatre has been built onto the back of the Hall and gives Open Day Hall Ickenham

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Compass Grounds established in 2009 specifically raise to funds conservation for repair, and where possible restoration work Ickenham on Hall which is a Grade listed II Georgian mansion and dating is adjacent from 1740 Compassto Theatre. If it rains, the event will take place indoors. More about the Friends of Ickenham Hall with family and friends in the pleasant grounds of Ickenham Hall. The Friends of Ickenham Hall were ickenhamhall.org.uk at Tickets / £6.50 £7.50 Compass Club Members Sun 1 July 2pm presents Hall Ickenham of Friends Picnic Concert at the Hall Bring along a picnic and enjoy some summertime jazz and showtunes

Compass Theatre presents Rotary Hillingdon Elthorne, of Club Tue 19 – Wed 20 – Wed June 7.30pm 19 Tue Tickets £15 fortune telling in the same way again. their heartbreaks. will never You think of Laugh at their predicaments and cry at come true? come true? with their worst fear? Will the predictions suffused in happiness. Which will be faced faced with dreadful futures and the other Have you ever wanted know to about women - two of whom are suddenly Lives Then this play may change your mind knowing spiritualist on the lives of three Madame Blavatsky happiness? A comedy about the affect of an all- the future? Dothe future? you dream of wealth and forever.

Compass Cinema Tue 10 July 2pm 10 Tue Chariots of Fire Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, this internationally acclaimed motion picture recounts the poignant true story of two sprinters vying for gold in the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), a driven athlete of Jewish ancestry, runs to achieve to and prejudice overcome personal fame; his rival, Eric Liddell Charleson), devout Scottish a (Ian missionary, competes for the glory of God. An inspirational story of spirit and strength in the face of enormous odds, the film combines the finest elements of athletic competition and human drama createto a compelling and a timeless cinematic classic. Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club

. Compass Theatre Thu 5 – Sat 7 July 7.45pm Sat July 7 3pm Showcase presents Our journey across the lives of musicians as diverse Buddy as Glenn Holly, Miller, Young Come and celebrate the music and lives of popular performers who were taken from us far too early and whose music lives on in our memories. Karen Carpenter and Freddie Mercury will offer you a chance agree to with us that Only the Good Die Young Only the Good DieOnly Tickets £13 / £11 concs Sat (except / £11 Tickets £13 evening) From Compass Theatre or 5720475 0208 [email protected] www.showcasemusicaltheatre. ticketsource.co.uk

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pantomime Theatre , showcasing the best Beck by Mark Jones hosted is , a converted Routemaster bus choc- Barra Hall music the borough has offer. to Other highlights include food from all over the world, the amphitheatre dedicated entertainment, children’s to arts, crafts, street art and the usual bustling community stalls. Transition will also be returning favourite with their popular eco-zone featuring live music, bicycle-powered making smoothie and yummy home made cakes. Free entry www.hillingdon.gov.uk/hayescarnival Sat 14 JulySat from 14 1.30pm Hayes Carnival This carnival year’s takes its inspiration from the Olympics, as London gets ready to host its biggest ever cultural celebration. Soak up the sunshine and sample a wide range of activities including DanceThe Big Bus full of dance and workshops as part of a London-wide dance festival, while the main stage

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Available only by calling 07806 766993 £13 / children £8.50£13 / family £40 Tickets after 30 June £12 / children £8 / family£12 £35 Tickets up 30 to June The gates open at 5pm so come early with The show will begin with at 7pm a live foot tapping melodies wonderful era of popular music. Bring your own seats or a rug sit to on. you down memory lane with a wealth of Farm Ruislip. This open air concert is a first for ROS and The Lions and will be a celebration of the very best from a a picnic and join in the party atmosphere. band and the performers from ROS taking

in the atmospheric Courtyard at Manor swinging 60s and 70s songs and music music swinging 60s 70s and songs and Lions combine bring to you an evening of Ruislip Operatic Society and Ruislip Pop-Tastic Picnic Party Pop-Tastic A celebration of 60s and 70s music

Compass Theatre Fri 7 Sep 1.30pm & Sat 8 Sep 11am Big Wooden Horse presents Stuck by Oliver Jeffers It all began when Floyd got his kite stuck adaptationof Oliver Jeffer’s The Way Back Home we are proud welcome to back Big Wooden Horse with their adaptation of his brand new book Stuck a live into theatre production. Tickets £6 Compass £7, Club in a tree... He throws up his shoe shift to it, but that gets stuck too. So he throws up his other shoe and that gets stuck along with… the cat, a pot of paint, a ladder, the kitchen sink, orang-utan an whale, and a things! other amongst Will Floyd ever get his kite back?? Following their critically acclaimed stage

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360 Theatre Youth Thu 19 – Fri 20 JulyThu 7.30pm 19 presents Theatre 360 Youth of 360Teams members battle with each Advance tickets £5 / £3 concessions On the door £7 Improvise That What I Call Now’s Comedy 2012! other become to Improvisation the 2012 champions. And... Pieces acted and created performance, Devised by 360 for your pleasure. Friday Friday Thursday Showcase Highlighting the work this term achieved by the 360 members, featuring films, songs. and sketches photography, Three-Sixty Three-Sixty

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Compass Cinema Tue 28 Aug 2pm Tue Ghostbusters A trio of university parapsychologists besieged other-worldly by demons. Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club lose their research grant and decide to open their own business – busting ghosts. Almost at once they are summoned to what and strange happenings investigate they discover is that all Manhattan is being world. Tickets £5 / £3 Compass Club Happy Feet theIn great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, nobody you’re unless you can sing - which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the Tue 28 Aug 11am Tue

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Knock Life Knock It’s A Hard A Hard It’s Compass Theatre DK proDuKtions presents proDuKtions DK Sat 11 & Sun 12 Aug - 4pm 10am & Sun 12 Sat11 songs from the hit musical ‘ Spend a weekend singing your favourite your singing weekend a Spend young local talent. Lets hope ‘ Suitable for ages 7-14 ages for Suitable whilst providing quality training for the Places £38 for the full 2 day workshop It’s A Hard Knock A Hard Life It’s weekend is designed build to confidence come out remember!to 22 Thu 13 Dec 7pm Fri 14 Dec 4pm 7.30pm Sat 15 Dec 1pm 5pm Sun 16 Dec 1pm 5pm Mon 17 Dec 10.30am 1pm Tue 18 Dec no show DK proDuKtions and Wed 19 Dec 10.30am 1pm Compass Theatre presents Thu 20 Dec 10.30am 1pm Fri 21 Dec 4pm 7.30pm Cinderella Sat 22 Dec 1pm 5pm Sun 23 Dec 1pm 5pm Christmas isn’t the same without Mon 24 Dec 1pm 5pm a trip to the pantomime. Oh no it isn’t! Tue 25 Dec no show And this Christmas, the wonderful tale Wed 26 Dec 3pm 7pm of Cinderella is coming to Compass Thu 27 Dec 3pm 7pm Theatre, in another great value, Fri 28 Dec 3pm 7pm professional pantomime. Sat 29 Dec 1pm 5pm

With fabulous dancing, singing, comedy Tickets and romance, this year promises to bring Preview Shows All £8 all the traditional treats with a few fresh School-time shows £13.50 / Children ideas to entertain the whole family. £9.50 / School or OAP Groups of 10+ £8 Off-Peak Shows£13.50 / Children £9.50 / The show is on sale now and with tickets Family of 4 £40* / Groups of 10+ £10 costing as little as £8 each – and all other Peak Shows £13.50 / Children £9.50 prices frozen from 2011 – there’s plenty * £40 Family Ticket = 2 adults plus 2 of reason to join in the fun. children or 1 adult plus 3 children 23 Hire a Space a Hire Hire a Space Parties, Classes, Film Screenings, Ceremonies, Meetings, Training Sessions, Conferences, Performances and Ticketing facilities.

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Compass Auditorium / Cinema Winston Churchill Hall Capacity 158 theatre-style Capacity 400 standing, 351 theatre-style with 2 wheelchair spaces with 4 wheelchair spaces, 200 cabaret 300 standing, 80 cabaret-style style (150 with dance floor)

Compass Studio Stables* Capacity 50 Capacity 40

Compass Oak Room Manor Farm House* Ground floor, oak panelled room with Room and hall, capacity 20 each capacity for 20 people

The Great Barn Compass Long Room* Perfect for weddings and ceremonies, Capacity 30-40, first floor room ideal capacity up to 200 for classes or meetings.

Compass Theatre Manor Farm Site Glebe Avenue, Ickenham UB10 8PD Winston Churchill Hall 01895 632488 / 01895 673200 Pinn Way, Ruislip HA4 7QL [email protected] 01895 678800 For hire rates and more details visit our [email protected] website www.compasstheatre.co.uk.

24 *Some access constraints apply Compass Theatre Compass Compass Theatre wheelchairs in the auditorium, 3 parking Glebe Avenue, Ickenham UB10 8PD bays for disabled badge holders and 01895 673200 / 632488 accessible toilet facilities. [email protected] Essential carers come free and assistance Booking dogs are welcome. The auditorium and Patrons are advised to book tickets in box office are fitted with induction loops. advance using debit / credit cards, cash or cheques made payable to London Baby changing facilities are available. Borough of Hillingdon. Babies under 18 months may be admitted to appropriate events with a lap ticket, Tickets can now be booked and paid for any issued at the box office. time online at www.compasstheatre.co.uk Online booking fee £1.25 per transaction. Refreshments The Café and Wine bars are generally Hillingdon Arts Service Box Office is open 45 minutes before a show and during based at Compass Theatre and is open intervals and are staffed by volunteers. for telephone / in person booking Mon-Fri 10.30am-5pm and Sat 10am-1pm. Getting Here By Train: Opposite Compass Theatre is Offline booking fee £1.75 per transaction Ickenham station on the Metropolitan and excluding cash purchase / Compass Club Piccadilly lines. West Ruislip (Central and Member purchase (see page 2). Chiltern lines) is just a short walk away. By Bus: Ickenham is served by the U1 and We make every effort to ensure that event U10 bus routes. details are correct but reserve the right to By Car: Compass Theatre is on Glebe www.compasstheatre.co.uk 01895 673200 Box Office make changes or alterations as necessary. Avenue, just 150 yards from Long Lane. Limited free parking on site plus a near- Access by pay and display car park, opposite Compass Theatre can be accessed Compass Theatre at Ickenham Station. by wheelchair and has 2 spaces for

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W S Ickenham Ruislip HA4 7QL 678800 01895 Tel: E-Mail: Winston Churchill Hall, Pinn Way, Manor Farm Site Team Site Manor Farm planned for Thursdays TheWinston Churchill Hall hosts Dance monthly a Tea suitable for beginners and advanced dancersalike and with seating andtea or coffee included, visitors can feel free dance to or just enjoy the atmosphere. Forthcoming dances are Jul and 23 Jun, 21 24 19 Aug May, 26 Apr, from1.30pm until 4pm. Admission £3 An hour of tea,coffee and talks on a varietyof interesting topics can be found at the regular Coffee Mornings alternate Fridays in the The Stables at 10.30am. Admission is free. Farm Getting Manor to Manor minute Farm walk is a 10 from Ruislip lines) or 25 minutes from West Ruislip (Central and Chiltern lines). It is served and 331 busby routes H13 and by car the site is minutes just from 10 the exit of the A40, following the northA4180 Ruislip. to

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The Cow Byre Café is Manor Farm’s markets are a popular meeting place for families and friends, with over stalls100 browse to from contemporary crafts and vintage clothes hand- to crafted jewellery and organic foods from 10am 3pm.to Admission is free. and Art Gallery, exhibiting pieces from regional artists and crafts people and opens from 4 or to 5pm, 10am seven days a week. Admission is free. Manor Farm LibraryThe Farm Manor which is brought life to through all the socialmany occasions, activities and resources across the site. The rich heritage of the site can be discovered at the interpretation centre Museum September Open to from July 3pm to 10am weekdays 4pm to weekends 11am Open from October June to 3pm to weekdays12pm weekends 4pm to 12pm 4pm to market Sundays 11am Admission is free. Manor Farm hasrich a historical past On the first Sunday of the month Manor to Saturdayto from 9am and closes 8pm Monday Thursday, to 5.30pm Friday and on 5pm Saturdays. Contact 558234 01895 [email protected] Farm hosts the Farmers Duck Pond Market Pond Artisan Food Craft & Market

Manor Farm Information 26 Manor Farm Education and Community Activities Activities Community and FarmManor Education Tables in the Stables A new after-school club offering a supportive environment where children aged 8 to 11 can come and have help with homework as well as get involved in a variety of craft activities. 3.45pm to 5.15pm Places £6 per half-term, booked in advance

Traditional Craft Courses • Feltmaking • Inkle weaving • Medieval braiding Have fun in a social setting learning crafts that have been practiced for Easter Crafts Activities hundreds of years. by Robyn Wilson-Owen Courses include one session a week for three weeks and run throughout the year. Tue 3 April 10am to 1pm Places £15 including materials Knitting Class Drop In Days Make a crazy creature and take home Interested in crafts? Would you like to the knitting needles. For ages 8 plus. learn how to knit or crochet? Could you Places £15 share your skills with a group? Wed 4 April 10am to 1pm If you’re new to craft, or looking to improve your skills, the Drop In Days in the Manor Hand Sewing Class Farm Stables are a great way to learn and Hand-sewing techniques to make a meet fellow crafters or beginners in an brooch or corsage. For ages 8 plus. informal setting. Join us for a hot drink Places £15 and bring your knitting or anything else you might be working on. Schools and Groups Come and discover the past through a Drop In Days are free to attend and run range of exciting workshops and tours. on alternate Wednesdays from 10am to Topics include: 12pm in term time: Mar 14 and 28, Apr 18, Saxons and Normans (KS2) May 9 and 23, Jun 13 and 27, Jul 11 and 25. Tudors (KS2) Victorians (KS1 and 2) Traditional crafts (KS 1-5)

For bookings and enquiries e-mail [email protected] or call 01895 634 414

27 April Tue 5 Finding Nemo Compass Cinema Sun 1 Duck Pond Farmers Market Manor Farm Wed 6 – Thu 7 5 Old Rings Compass Theatre Sun 1 Songs for Spring Compass Theatre Sat 9 There was an old lady… Compass Theatre Sun 1 Quiz n Chips Compass Theatre Sun 10 Writing for the Theatre Compass Theatre Tue 3 Easter Glee Day Compass Theatre Tue 12 The King’s Speech Compass Cinema Sat 7 Compass Kidz Compass Theatre Wed 13 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Tue 10 Titanic Compass Cinema Wed 13 – Sat 16 Separate Tables Compass Theatre Wed 11 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Sun 17 Open Day Compass Theatre Sun 15 Duck Pond Artisan Market Manor Farm Sun 17 Duck Pond Artisan Market Manor Farm Fri 20 Coffee Morning Manor Farm Sun 17 An Evening At The Music Hall Compass Theatre Sat 21 Compass Kidz Compass Theatre Tue 19 – Wed 20 Madame Blavatsky Lives Compass Theatre Sat 21 Undercover Shadows Compass Theatre Thu 21 Tea Dance Manor Farm Sun 22 Capital Connection Manor Farm Wed 27 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Wed 25 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre July Wed 25 – Sat 28 I Love You, You’re Perfect… Compass Theatre Sun 1 Picnic at the Hall Compass Theatre Thu 26 Tea Dance Manor Farm Sun 1 Duck Pond Farmers Market Manor Farm May Thu 5 – Sat 7 Only the Good Die Young Compass Theatre Wed 2 – Sat 5 Dangerous Corner Compass Theatre Tue 10 Chariots of Fire Compass Cinema Sun 6 Keep Alive Forgotten Voices Manor Farm Wed 11 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Sun 6 Duck Pond Farmers Market Manor Farm Sat 14 Hayes Carnival Tue 8 My Fair Lady Compass Cinema Sat 14 Pop-Tastic Picnic Party Manor Farm Wed 9 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Sun 15 Duck Pond Artisan Market Manor Farm Mon 14 – Sat 19 Romeo & Juliet Compass Theatre Thu 19 Tea Dance Manor Farm Wed 16 – Sat 19 Singin’ in the Rain Manor Farm Thu 19 360 Showcase Compass Theatre Sun 20 Duck Pond Artisan Market Manor Farm Fri 20 360 Pieces Compass Theatre Wed 23 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Wed 25 Coffee Morning Compass Theatre Wed 23 – Sat 26 Natural Causes Compass Theatre August Thu 24 Tea Dance Manor Farm Sun 5 Duck Pond Farmers Market Manor Farm June Sat 11 & Sun 12 It’s A Hard Knock Life Compass Theatre Sat 2 Rations to Rock n Roll Compass Theatre Sun 19 Duck Pond Artisan Market Manor Farm Sat 2 & Tue 5 Queen is Crowned Compass Cinema Mon 20 – Fri 24 School’s Out Compass Theatre Sat 2 Riot Manor Farm Thu 23 Tea Dance Manor Farm Sun 3 Looking After the Pooters Compass Theatre Tue 28 Happy Feet Compass Cinema Sun 3 Duck Pond Farmers Market Manor Farm Tue 28 Ghostbusters Compass Cinema Mon 4 Grave Expectations Compass Theatre At a glance