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Autumn-Winter 2007- 08 Welcome to the Village Ventures Autumn-Winter 2007-08 new guide to what's on at a venue near you! As always, there are lots of goodies to choose from, so put dates in your diary and book tickets now - you are sure of a warm welcome. Village Ventures is the Nottinghamshire programme of professional arts and entertainment for community venues. All the shows listed are professional performances subsidised by your local council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Arts Council . Tickets are sold locally for each event. Check with venues for the ticket prices. The series is co-ordinated by Artservice on behalf of , , Broxtowe Borough, Gedling Borough, District, District, TRADING FACES and Borough Councils, and Nottinghamshire County Council. For information about any aspect of the scheme, please contact either the arts section at your local council or Artservice on: 01544 327877 Call contact numbers to book tickets and gain information on ticket prices, check start times, details and directions to venues. Please see back pages for access details. Co-ordinated by: Most of the shows are suitable for general family audiences; however, to make it easier for you to plan a great night out with your family, look for the family friendly symbol and FAMILY particularly the age recommendation provided by performers. FRIENDLY Village Ventures is supported by: TARA ARTS MAZAIKA In Concert Russian, Folk and Gypsy Music Cabaret

Mazaika duo, Igor Outkine and Sarah Harrison, is a perfect, yet totally unconventional, marriage of violin, accordion and voice, with a performance full of fun, excitement and virtuosity, emotional depth and musical subtlety. 8+ Igor and Sarah present the show with great humour, gaining a rapport with Fri 21 Sept 7:30pm the audience and with each other, which gives everyone an intoxicating Upper Broughton Village Hall experience. 01664 822241

Sat 22 Sept 7:30pm The programme consists of brilliant highlights from a Classical, Russian, and Beeston, Chilwell Road Methodist Church Gypsy music interspersed with some of the duo’s favourites from around the 0115 943 1164 world, including Argentine Tango, Neapolitan song, songs from the twenties and thirties, Bluegrass, Hot Club Swing, Klezmer and popular tunes, a real Thu 10 Jan 7:30pm cabaret extravaganza. Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre 01636 636523 A very special evening of music, song and fun! AJTC THEATRE COMPANY two realities. Their remarkable lives span almost the On The Black Hill whole of the last century and throw an extraordinary by Charlie Way adapted from Bruce Chatwin’s light on the values of our changing time through war novel and directed by Geoff Bullen. and peace. Bound together and yet driven apart by nature they struggle to find meaning and purpose in “For forty-two years, Lewis and Benjamin Jones slept side their existence which is dominated by one question. by side, in their parents’ bed, at their farm which was Who will inherit their farm, their ‘Vision’? known as ‘The Vision’.” AJTC brings its distinctive style to a new adaptation of So begins Bruce Chatwin’s award winning tale of Bruce Chatwin’s award winning and much loved twinship, love and belonging, set on the border of novel, featuring a specially commissioned score with England and Wales. Award winning playwright live cello music. Charles Way’s beautiful new adaptation captures the harsh realities and humour of farming life and the On The Black Hill will appeal to all those who like a unique struggle of the twins, who have one identity but good story told well.

Thu 27 Sept 7:30pm Fri 16 Nov 7:30pm Sutton cum Lound Village Hall Whatton in the Vale Jubilee Hall 16+ 01777 707736 01949 850117 OPERA DUDES Sat 29 Sept 7:30pm A Life of Organized Crime Croon Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre 01636 636523 Meet two modern day Mario Lanzas performing some of the world’s most romantic music, in the pair’s own unique vocal arrangements. Sat 13 Oct 7:30pm Gunthorpe Village Hall Opera Dudes comprise a posh former Cambridge scholar and an ex-builder 0115 966 3317 turned international operatic tenor telling their life stories and performing music Fri 8 Feb 7:30pm ranging from Puccini to Elvis Presley and Dean Martin, via Rachmaninov, arias from East Markham Village Hall Rigoletto and a melody of Neapolitan songs in a full 90 minute show. 01777 871593

Tim Lole and Neil Allen combine their musical and vocal pedigrees with an Sat 16 Feb 7:30pm injection of humour and charm. Don’t be surprised to find your feet tapping, your Aslockton Church 01949 850600 sides splitting and your heart breaking.

An evening, which is sure to charm all.

8+ PHIL ALEXANDER and GREG LAWSON Together these two are a compelling mix of rhythm, Box and Fiddle But Not As You Know It! dialogue and energy. Be there!

Phil and Greg’s music spans the world – Scotland, Ireland, Finland, Eastern Europe, Brazil. Traditional tunes are given a new twist, and original music is built from all the influences that they have encountered on their musical adventures. You will hear seductive waltzes, driving Balkan and Klezmer dances, heart-stopping tangos, foot-stomping reels and more – all played with wit, style and passion.

Phil and Greg are two of the UK’s most versatile and innovative World musicians. Phil is a lynchpin of festival favourites Salsa Celtica (recently nominated for three Radio 2 Wed 3 Oct 7:30pm folk awards) and is also the driving force behind the hugely East Markham Village Hall successful Moishe’s Bagel. Phil’s dynamic and inventive 01777 871593 sound fuses his expertise across jazz, World and classical music. Greg is that rare thing: a classical musician able to Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm channel his fearsome ability into the many sides of World and Headon cum Upton Village Hall 10+ 01777 248053 folk music, and still emerge with a sound all his own. CHALKFOOT THEATRE ARTS Tressell’s powerful novel, including that of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist Owen, a skilled artist who is shamelessly by R. Tressell, adapted by Philip Dart exploited by his bosses: Ruth Easton and her decorator husband who are forced to take in a Robert Tressell wrote only one novel during the lodger to make ends meet and Bert, the 15 course of his troubled life – however his book did year old apprentice, who is bullied and abused much to change attitudes towards the plight of by his employers. workers at the beginning of the 20th century. However, humour is never very far away as Tressell (real name Robert Noonan) was a skilled artist Tressell satirises the scams and tricks of the trade who created spectacular friezes and murals in the used by bosses as they skimp on time and local church as well as working on more mundane materials to save money – a scenario not tasks such as decorating rooms for the wealthy in his unfamiliar to householders of the 21st century! hometown of Hastings. His real life experiences of harsh working conditions drove him to write the book, Thu 11 Oct 7:30pm which was not published until after his death. Rolleston Village Hall 01636 816757 Philip Dart’s intelligent adaptation focuses on some of the individual human stories within 12+ TRADING FACES is constantly faced with new Alice challenges and has to learn to adapt and ultimately find the confidence to One of the UK’s great mask companies assert what she knows is right: a story of moving house; making new Trading Faces’ new show for autumn 2007 is Alice, inspired friends; learning when to speak and by ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Through the when not to speak; learning never to Looking Glass’ by Lewis Carroll. make assumptions; learning to cope

with the unexpected and rarely to Mask Making Workshop. Family

Alice is a family show packed with fun for adults and children expect the expected. Alice aged 5 years upwards. The show celebrates the fun and nonsense of Lewis Carroll’s stories using masks, puppetry, film This show has Trading Faces trademark style of highly visual, and poetry, drawing on the rich visual world of Carroll’s fast and physical action and a contemporary treatment of a dynamic characters. familiar story with relevance for an audience today full of visual surprises. Carroll’s stories offer an action packed narrative – the tale of a young girl who is thrown into a strange new world where she struggles to fit in and make sense of her surroundings. She Thu 18 Oct 6:30pm Sat 20 Oct 6:30pm Tue 6 Nov 7:00pm Nuthall Methodist Church Acorn Community Theatre, Pierrepont Gamston Primary School 5+ 0115 927 4958 01909 501817 0115 981 9292 and their adult families NTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY Oceans Five and a Half by Stewart Howson

The lads of “The Flat Pack” love being Frank… and Deano and Sammie. The summit of their aspirations is a sharp suit, a cool song, a classy dame, a Jack Daniels and a fistful of aces… Unfortunately that’s not the hand they’ve been dealt.

They’re just three working-class lads from the North of England with suits from Oxfam and a big dream. Vegas! And if that dream is snatched away they’ll go to any daft lengths to get it back. Any crazy caper, an intricate plan…

A Stewart Howson play with its typical mix of low comedy and high emotion. “But more, much more than this … They did it their way”.

Fri 19 Oct 7:30pm Sat 20 Oct 7:30pm 11+ Thrumpton Village Hall Oldcotes Village Hall 0115 983 0373 01302 752515 HANK WANGFORD and REG MEUROSS No Hall Too Small

Hank and Reg are on the road again! This performance is folky and intimate, consisting of one part original songs mostly taken from Hank’s new album Best Foot Forward, one part original songs from Reg’s recent Short Stories and his brand new album Still. The third part is a selection of duets taken from the rich vein of songs produced in America from the 1930s to 50s by Brother acts such as The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys.

Songs that dealt with anything from religion, atomic power and class prejudice to the inevitable cheatin’, drinkin’ and divorce. As you’d expect from Hank, the show contains plenty of humour, with his ‘You don’t have to make it up…!’ look-at-life, and his firm belief that it is possible to cry and dance at the same time!

This is a classy evening of classic Country music for devotees and those who think they can’t stand it – everyone loves Hank and Reg.

Fri 26 Oct 7:30pm Wed 7 Nov 7:30pm Thu 8 Nov 7:30pm Beckingham & Saundby Syerston Village Hall South Clifton Village Hall 01636 525569/525584 Coronation Hall 10-100 01427 848525 01522 778259 NEW PERSPECTIVES Tue 30 Oct 7:30pm THEATRE COMPANY Thrumpton Village Hall 0115 983 0373 The Hired Man by Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall Wed 31 Oct 7:30pm Radcliffe on Trent Grange Hall This autumn, popular New Perspectives Theatre is touring the first 0115 911 8625/0115 933 5808 ever small-scale revival of an acclaimed West End musical Thu 1 Nov 7:30pm theatre piece, The Hired Man, by Melvyn Bragg and Howard Rolleston Village Hall Goodall. 01636 816757

Fri 2 Nov 7:30pm Tracking the changes and challenges faced by two Wheatley Village Hall generations of a farming and mining family in the early years 01427 880758 / 884306 of the 20th century, this show will resonate strongly with rural audiences today. Sat 3 Nov 7:30pm Stapleford Maycliffe Hall 0115 939 1818 It’s an honest, emotional, fiercely passionate drama with utterly brilliant music. Haunting, thrilling, stirring – completely epic! Tue 4 Dec 7:30pm Sutton cum Lound Village Hall 14+ New Perspective - a regional favourite! 01777 707736 OTTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood is the final flowering of Dylan Thomas’ ripe genius, a poetic day-in-the-life of an imaginary small town - lyrical, heart-warming and wickedly funny!

Peep through the keyhole, peer behind the curtains and join Lily Smalls, the poisonous Pughs, blind Captain Cat and a host of other colourful characters for the dance of the world and a sing-song in the Sailors’ Arms.

Under Milk Wood was universally praised by critics, promoters and audiences, alike, during OTTC’s first national tour a year ago. Be sure to see this masterpiece production of the Dylan Thomas classic.

Wed 7 Nov 7:30pm Misson Community Centre 01302 710508 14+ TARA ARTS Frank Bell “I was owned by Johnson Bell born in New Slavery by Jonathan Payne Orleans, Louisiana. Accordin’ to the bill of sale, I’m eighty-six years of age and my master was a Frenchman Tara Arts celebrates 30 years of Asian Theatre in and was real mean to me. He ran a saloon and kept Britain with its autumn tour of the acclaimed play, bad women. I don’t know nothing about my folks, if I Slavery by Jonathan Payne. even had any, ‘cept Mama. They done tell me she was a bad woman and French creole………” A phenomenal one-act play, Slavery is receiving its UK première in the bi-centenary of the abolition of A must for all theatre-goers. slavery. The consequences of the English slave trade are brought alive through the actual testimonials of American slaves, their music and passion for life. Thu 8 Nov 7:30pm Chilwell School 0115 925 2698 Drawn from real interviews with US slaves this powerful drama combines personal testimony with sung Negro spirituals to create a remarkable sense of a dark time in American history. 14+ CIRCUS BERZERCUS Thu 15 Nov 6:00pm Beyond A Joke Kirkby in Ashfield, Coxmoor Community Centre 01623 752665 Move over Jamie Oliver! Circus Berzercus goes catering crazy with is new adventure set, in the first half, in real cafe Sat 1 Dec 7:30pm chaos! Bingham, Robert Miles Infants School 01949 875177 Wallace and Gerald will serve you from their menu of Thu 6 Dec 7:30pm manipulative miscellanea: specialties will include tricks with Upton Village Hall hats, pots, plates, coats, crockery, cutlery and more in this 01636 812416/813812 action packed adventure. Conflict will never be far away as this mismatched pair present feats of balance, brilliant Wed 27 Feb 6:30pm juggling and hilarious magic. Lowdham Village Hall 0115 966 3596 Warning: This show is seriously funny! To be enjoyed by all the family. 3-100 Circus Berzercus was awarded most innovative act at the International Clown Convention. Family Show TANGERE ARTS Hood in the Wood Award winning children’s theatre Award winning Hood in the Wood is a delightful play lasting 45 minutes, with a post show workshop, written as a poem by Noel Greig, and staged very simply (and innovatively) by Tangere Arts, featuring actor Gary Lagden, composer/musician, Lewis Gibson, five red chairs and a range of weird and wonderful musical instruments.

Gary plays all the characters (Mum /Red /Tree /Wolf /Gran) and Lewis plays all the music. Granny’s house deep in the middle of the woods seemed far more enticing. But what about the dangers that lurked there? The darkness? The creatures of the night? And the famous wolf? Did he really exist? And then it happened – a parcel on the mat – a cloak and a journey of a lifetime – or a journey through a lifetime really – which little Red would never forget!

Fabulous family theatre for 7 years upwards. Recommended adults accompany children.

7+ Thu 22 Nov 6:00pm Colston Bassett Village Hall and their adult families 01949 869123 CHUCK and ALBERT ARSENAULT resolved, and that Chuck, who is thirty-eight years Acadian Music, Comedy and Dance old, will never be able to do his own laundry!

Former members of world renowned Barachois Not to be missed at any cost!

Chuck and Albert are no strangers to the art of total Fri 23 Nov 7:30pm entertainment! They play brilliant music on a range of East Markham Village Hall instruments alongside a mix of all-out sketch and 01777 871593 comedy routines. The upbeat foot-stomping music of Sat 24 Nov 7:30pm the indigenous Prince Edward Island is thrilling. Rolleston Village Hall Canada’s answer to the New Rope String Band! 01636 816757

From their unique cultural vantage point, these Island, Thu 29 Nov 7:00pm Acadian funny-men deliver clean creative, musical, Lound Village Hall 01777 818013 family entertainment which will have you laughing all the way home. Fri 30 Nov 7:30pm Hickling Village Hall 01664 823418/822834 ALL Chuck and Albert believe two things: that every AGES situation, no matter how grim, will be happily International Stars ALISTAIR ANDERSON and MARTIN SIMPSON Thu 29 Nov 7:30pm In Concert Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre When these two internationally acclaimed soloists got together to rehearse for 01636 636523 a performance at The Sage in Gateshead, they discovered such an exciting musical chemistry that the short duo performance they’d envisaged would Fri 30 Nov 7:30pm round off a concert of two solo sets developed into a whole concert of duets Oldcotes Village Hall with some solo items interspersed through the evening. 01302 752515 Sat 8 Dec 7:30pm Drawing on traditional music from both sides of the Atlantic, they exploit a Gringley on the Hill fascinating range of sounds using guitar, banjo, concertina, Northumbrian Village Hall pipes, Hawaiian guitar and voice to create music that ranges from the most 01777 816831/816651 beautifully plaintive to the joyous, lively and uplifting. Sun 9 Dec 7:30pm “A truly magical evening. Alistair and Martin complemented each other flawlessly East Markham Village Hall performing with such skill and openness I was left breathless”. 01777 871593 Gilly Love 8+ TUTTI FRUTTI Silly Billy adapted from the book by award winning writer Anthony Browne

The story of the boy who worried too much!

Billy is a bit of a worrier. He worries about hats…he worries about shoes…

He worries so much he can’t sleep. Luckily Grandma knows what he needs to help him overcome his fears.

Rich Guatemalan colours, inventive props and strong movement coupled with specially composed music and the simple words and illustrations by Anthony Browne, Silly Billy is a must for every venue.

Tutti Frutti productions - in its own unique style – and in collaboration with York Theatre Royal brings this brilliant children’s book alive with the rich colours and the haunting sounds of Guatemala.

Great fun for everyone!

Wed 5 Dec 7:00pm 3-5 and Robin Hood Primary School, Mansfield their adult 01623 635928 families COOPE BOYES and SIMPSON and FRIENDS Voices at the Door

The bumper winter harvest continues! Voices at the Door comprises a bright and vibrant selection of songs and stories learned both from family carolling and the living carol singing tradition of the singers’ local areas of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, together with some personal favourites.

Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes tell the story of carols – joyful and vigorous, darkly resonant or sublime – with tales of squabbling choirs, composers, collectors and controversy in words and music, an evening of superb unaccompanied harmonies and fascinating historical detail.

“There are carol singers and then there are Coope, Boyes and Simpson. Add Georgina Boyes and the two Fraser sisters, Jo and Fi, and you have a combination that manages to put the magic back into Christmas.” Surrey Advertiser

Fri 7 Dec 7:30pm All Hallows Hall, 12+ 0115 982 1710 SHOOSHOO BABY Winter Wonderland

The fantastically glamorous singing duo Shoo Shoo Baby, Tanya and Anna, have worked with world-class musicians and directors to produce a series of Pocket-Sized Broadway Musicals that can be presented absolutely anywhere. They have performed all over the UK and abroad and have received glowing reviews for their combination of hilarity, originality and musicality.

In A Winter Wonderland, the deliciously glamorous singing duo, and their highly talented accompanist, perform fresh new arrangements of Christmas classics, alongside gorgeous unknown gems from the 1940s.

As well as opportunities to participate in the ‘giving’, the audience is also invited to listen and be charmed by such songs as Angie the Christmas Tree Angel, A Winter Wonderland and a delightfully ‘steamy’ rendition of Santa Baby. The Shoo Shoos also perform a variety of non-festive songs such as Happy Feet, Favourite Things and Lady is A Tramp, for those who just can’t take too much Christmas!

Mon 10 Dec 7:30pm St Peter’s Church, Thurgarton 9-99 01636 831141 and mobile: 07971 170854 NTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY Pinocchio adapted by Mike Kenny

Pinocchio tells the tale of a poor carpenter, Geppetto, who has no wife and no child. He carves himself a puppet boy out of wood and calls him Pinocchio.

Pinocchio, like other children, has a lot of lessons to learn in life. When he disobeys his father and runs away, he has a series of adventures, which teach him these lessons, the most famous being that he Family Show shouldn’t tell lies! When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows longer. 6-86 Eventually, Pinocchio and Geppetto are reunited inside a big fish that has swallowed them both up. Once home, Pinocchio promises to be Sat 12 Jan 7:00pm good and he becomes a real boy and a real son. Keyworth Village Hall 0115 937 3883/2754

NTC’s popular seasonal show Pinocchio is adapted by nationally Sun 13 Jan 7:00pm acclaimed playwright Mike Kenny. South Clifton Coronation Hall 01522 778259 OTTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY The Delicious Revenge of Princess Ruby Slippers by Brendan Murray

Take a 5 year old, 6 year old and 7 year old, add one harassed mum; a handful of favourite fairytale characters; season well with some sensational songs; mix together in a larger dressing up box and leave for five frenetic, fun-filled minutes. Result? A topsy-turvy, helter- skelter history of sibling rivalry and parental desperation in a world of mixed-upRuby Slippers musical make-believe where the Fairy Godmother’s hot and bothered and the Wicked Witch is itching to make boy pie!

With a surprise round every corner and a twist in every tale Princess is guaranteed to tickle the ribs of children, parents and grandparents everywhere.

Family Show Tue 15 Jan 7:00pm Crescent Centre, Mansfield 6-86 01623 468558 THE ARCADIANS who plays at least eight different fretted Strings Ain’t What They Used To Be instruments during the show. He has made several concert tours of the USA, collecting The Arcadians breathe new life into old music 78rpm records and vintage instruments on the and produce a musical history tour that is lively, way – guitars, banjos, ukuleles and Hawaiian informative and above all, highly entertaining. guitars.

The Arcadians play and sing music from the The illustrious line-up includes 1920s and 30s but sometimes as early as the Tom ‘Spats’ Langham; Roger Graham 1890s; the repertoire is mostly American but (double bass), Mike Piggott plays violin, guitar also from other parts of the world. They and the rarely heard Strohviol. perform on a wide variety of stringed instruments and their programme ranges from A brilliant evening of music. the familiar, Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, to the more obscure, ‘Banjo’ Ikey Robinson and The Dallas String Band. The quartet touches on blues, ragtime, country and Hawaiian music showing that not only is it all Thu 17 Jan 7:30pm 12+ related, but it’s all great music and great fun! Radcliffe on Trent, Grange Hall The quartet was formed by Martin Wheatley, 0115 911 8625 /0115 933 5808 CIRCUS BERZERCUS overcome their differences? The Komedy of Errors audience is encouraged to join in as 5-85 part of the fun. A Komedy of Errors - juggling, Family Show escapology, balancing, mind reading Ben and Steve have created this show and hilarious comedy for all the family! especially for community venues. A light hearted, warm and family Two brilliant performers - Gerald (Juggler friendly evening, combining some Ben Cornish) and Wallace (Clown great circus skills and clowning. Steven Eldridge) combine to bring you a Not to be missed! show packed with comedy, dazzling juggling, circus skills, unicycling and “This show made grown men cry daftness suitable for all ages. with laughter, enjoying the show every bit as much as the children!” From curtain up there's trouble. Audience member Wallace and Gerald are thrown together when Gerald's regular partner falls ill. The replacement is Wed 30 Jan 6:30pm wildly over-enthusiastic. Gerald Acorn Community Theatre, Worksop demands order! Will this intrepid pair 01909 501817 NEW ROPE STRING BAND In Concert

Brilliant musicianship counts for very little if you’re playing with total wallies. The two surviving members of the Old Rope String Band (Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling) have joined forces with two amazing musicians (Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen) and as a four piece they are taking the country by storm.

They play a big assortment of tunes and all sorts of hoedown, pan-Celtic old-timey up-beat down-home music. All this is combined with bizarre physical nonsense and clowning about. And singing. And dancing.

Everything about New Rope String Band will bring pleasure to absolutely, almost everyone. Boundless energy, exuberant spectacles and beautiful music executed with kindness.

This band that everyone wants again!

Wed 30 Jan 7:30pm Fri 15 Feb 7:30pm 8-80 Beeston, Chilwell Road Methodist Church Beckingham & Saundby Village Hall 0115 943 1164 01427 848525 NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY become entwined with that of Pontiflunk – his canine In Search of Pontiflunk by Phil Smith companion.

In Search of Pontiflunkis a unique journey to the heart Phil Smith will be donning his walking boots and of the English Countryside which began when writer retracing Hurst’s steps, looking at the trees planted, the Phil Smith stumbled upon a dusty copy of The Book of scenes of triumphs and setbacks and the last resting The English Oak while searching the archive of his local place of his faithful friend. library for information about acorns. In Search of Pontiflunk promises to be a delightful, Published 100 years ago, Charles Hurst’s book is an funny, thought-provoking evening of theatrical extraordinary account of the journey he made on foot storytelling inspired by Hurst’s eccentric genius and Phil’s from Manchester deep into the East Midlands, planting own brand of offbeat observation – top quality hundreds of acorns as he went. It’s the story of an entertainment guaranteed from New Perspectives, the Edwardian man on a mission, the many East Midlands’ favourite rural touring theatre company. characters he meets en route and how his fate was to

Wed 20 Feb 7:30pm Sun 24 Feb 7:30pm Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm Sat 1 Mar 7:30pm Misson Community Centre Ordsall Parish Hall Stapleford Sutton cum Lound 01302 710508 01777 706433 Maycliffe Hall Village Hall 12+ 0115 939 1818 01777 707736 SHOO SHOO BABY Delicious! Directed by Hannah Mackay

The dazzlingly glamorous musical cabaret duo, Shoo Shoo Baby, Tanya and Anna, blends dry humour, rich harmonies and pulse-racing costume changes in their colourful new show Delicious!

Once Shoo Shoo Baby take to the stage the musical action never stops; they move seamlessly from The Old Bazaar in Cairo, via the Orient to Transylvania. The girls ‘friendly rivalry’ leads to an explosive finale as they compete to be the audience’s favourite sweet.

In Delicious, ShooShoo Baby perform witty new arrangements, of familiar songs such as Big Spender, ANight In Tunisia, The Monster Mash and The Rivers of Babylon by award winning arranger Warren Willis and musical director Craig Schneider. No theme tune, jazz standard or pop song is safe from their tongue-in-cheek treatment or quirky interpretation!

Simply delicious!

Fri 22 Feb 7:30pm 9-99 Styrrup Village Hall 01302 752515 INTERNATIONAL WORLD MUSIC AND DANCE PROGRAMME

We are delighted to be able to continue offering Nottinghamshire audiences a chance to see superb international touring work as part of this Autumn - Winter season made possible with extra financial assistance from

NRTF/Esmée Fairbairn Vital Connections Fund, Arts Council England East CHUCK AND ALBERT ASENAULT Midlands and the County and District Councils.

We hope that you will enjoy the hilarious music and dance duo Chuck and Albert Asenault from tiny Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Book now to ensure your ticket guaranteeing an evening of exceptional quality, hosted in your local hall. Tour Diary Autumn-Winter 2007-08 tour diary MAZAIKA - In Concert Fri 21 Sept 7:30pm Upper Broughton Village Hall – LE14 3BA 01664 822241 Sat 22 Sept 7:30pm Fri 8 Feb 7:30pm NTCTue TOURING 6 Nov THEATRE COMPANY 7:00pm Beeston, Chilwell Road Methodist Church 0115 943 1164 East Markham Village Hall – NG22 0SH01777 871593 Pierrepont Gamston Primary School – NG2 6TH 0115 981 9292 NG9 1EH Sat 16 Feb 7:30pmOceans Five and a Half Thu 10 Jan 7:30pm PHIL ALEXANDERAslockton Church and – GREG NG13 LAWSON9AL 01949Fri 19850600 Oct 7:30pm Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre 01636 636523Box and Fiddle But Not As You Know It Thrumpton Village Hall – NG11 0AX 0115 983 0373 NG23 6AD Wed 3 Oct 7:30pm Sat 20 Oct 7:30pm East Markham Village Hall – NG22 0SH 01777 871593Oldcotes Village Hall – S81 8JN 01302 752515 Thu 28 Feb 7:30pm Headon cum Upton Village Hall – DN22 0RD 01777 248053 AJTC THEATRE COMPANYOn - The Black Hill HANK WANGFORD and REG MEUROSS Thu 27 Sept 7:30pm No Hall Too Small Sutton cum Lound Village Hall – DN22 8PT 01777 707736CHALKFOOT THEATRE ARTS Fri 26 Oct 7:30pm Fri 16 Nov 7:30pm The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist Beckingham & Saundby Village Hall – 01427 848525 Whatton in the Vale Jubilee Hall – NG13 9EL 01949 850117 Thu 11 Oct 7:30pm DN10 4PT Rolleston Village Hall – NG23 5SQ 01636 816757Wed 7 Nov 7:30pm OPERA DUDESA - Life of Organized Crime Croon Syerston Village Hall – NG23 5BN 01636 525569 Sat 29 Sept 7:30pm TRADING FACESAlice - /525584 Thu 8 Nov 7:30pm Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre 01636 636523Thu 18 Oct 6:30pm South Clifton Coronation Hall – NG23 7BG 01522 778259 NG23 6AD Nuthall Methodist Church – NG16 1DP 0115 927 4958 Sat 13 Oct 7:30pm Sat 20 Oct 6:30pm Gunthorpe Village Hall – NG14 7FH 0115 966 3317 Acorn Community Theatre, Worksop – S8001909 2AN 501817 Call contact number to book tickets and gain information on ticket prices, age appropriateness, check start times and directions to venue. Please see back pages for access details supplied by venues. tour diary 302 752515 822834 Hood in the Wood Thu 29 Nov – Caunton Dean Hole Community Centre 636523 01636 NG23 6AD 30 NovFri 8JW Hall – S81 Oldcotes Village 01 7:30pm 7:30pm TANGERE ARTS - TANGERE Thu 22 Nov 3FD – NG12 Hall Colston Bassett Village 869123 01949 CHUCK and ALBERT ARSENAULT Acadian Music, Comedy & Dance 23 NovFri Hall – NG22 0SHEast Markham Village 871593 Nov 01777 Sat 24 Hall – NG23 5SQ Village Rolleston 6:00pm Thu 29 Nov 816757 01636 Hall – DN22 8RTLound Village 30 NovFri 3AQ Hall – LE14 Hickling Village 818013 01777 7:30pm ANDERSON and MARTIN SIMPSON ALISTAIR 823418/ 01664 In Concert 7:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 302 710508 /813812 Beyond A Joke Beyond Slavery OTTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY COMPANY TOURING THEATRE OTTC Under Milk Wood 7 NovWed 6EG – DN10 Misson Community Centre 01 ARTS - TARA Thu 8 Nov School – NG9 5ALChilwell - BERZERCUS CIRCUS NovThu 15 7:30pm 925 2698 0115 in Ashfield, Kirkby 7NQ – NG17 Community Centre Coxmoor Sat 1 Dec School – Miles Infants Bingham, Robert 7:30pm 8AP NG13 01949 875177 Thu 6 Dec Hall – NG23 5SRUpton Village 752665 01623 6:00pm Feb 27 Wed 812416 01636 7BD Hall – NG14 Village Lowdham 966 3596 0115 7:30pm 7:30pm 6:30pm 8625 /0115 933 5808 /0115 /884306 Call contact number to book tickets and gain information on ticket prices, age appropriateness, Autumn-Winter 2007-08 check start Please see back directions times and to venue. pages venues. for access details supplied by NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE COMPANY COMPANY NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE Man The Hired 30 OctTue 0AX NG11 Hall – Thrumpton Village Oct 31 Wed 983 0373 0115 2FB Hall – NG12 Grange on Trent Radcliffe 911 0115 Thu 1 Nov Hall – NG23 5SQ Village Rolleston 2 NovFri 816757 01636 Hall – DN22 9DL Village Wheatley 7:30pm 880758 01427 Sat 3 Nov 7:30pm Maycliffe Hall – NG9 7HBStapleford 939 1818 4 DecTue 0115 Hall – DN22 8PTSutton cum Lound Village 01777 707736 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Tour Diary Tour 939 1818 302 710508 01427 848525 01427 In Concert Delicious! SHOO SHOO BABY - SHOO SHOO BABY 22 FebFri 8LT Hall – DN11 Styrrup Village 752515 01302 7:30pm NEW ROPE STRING - BAND NEW ROPE 30 JanWed Road Beeston Chilwell – NG9 1EH Methodist Church Feb 15 Fri 4PT Hall – DN10 Village Beckingham & Saundby COMPANY NEW PERSPECTIVES THEATRE 1164 943 0115 In Search of Pontiflunk 20 FebWed 7:30pm 6EG – DN10 Misson Community Centre 01 FebSun 24 Hall – DN22 7TU Parish Ordsall 7:30pm Thu 28 Feb Maycliffe Hall – NG9 7HBStapleford Sat 1 Mar 01777 706433 0115 Hall – DN22 8PTSutton cum Lound Village 01777 7:30pm 707736 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 8625 Pinocchio 623 468558 909 501817 909 501817 522 778259 /2754 /0115 933 5808 /0115 Komedy of Errors Komedy Strings Ain’t What They Used To Be Strings Used To Ain’t What They CIRCUS BERZERCUS - BERZERCUS CIRCUS 30 JanWed – Worksop Acorn Community Theatre, S80 2AN 01 6:30pm NTC TOURING THEATRE COMPANY - COMPANY TOURING THEATRE NTC JanSat 12 5AN Hall – NG12 Village Keyworth 3883 937 0115 JanSun 13 South Hall – NG23 Clifton 7BG Coronation 01 COMPANY TOURING THEATRE OTTC Slippers of Princess Ruby The Delicious Revenge Jan 15 Tue 7LW 7:00pm Mansfield – NG19 Centre, Crescent 01 THE ARCADIANS - 7:00pm JanThu 17 2FB – NG12 Hall Grange on Trent Radcliffe 911 0115 7:00pm 7:30pm 982 1710 636 831141 636 831141 01623 635928 01623 /816651 WinterWonderland Call contact number to tickets book and gain information on ticket prices, age appropriateness, Silly Billy Autumn-Winter 2007-08 check start Please see back times and directions to venue. pages venues. for access details supplied by ALISTAIR ANDERSON and MARTIN SIMPSON ALISTAIR Continued . . . Sat 8 Dec 4RE Hall – DN10 on the Hill Village Gringley 01777 816831 Sun 9 Dec Hall – NG22 0SHEast Markham Village 871593 01777 - TUTTI FRUTTI 5 DecWed 8DF Hood PrimaryRobin School, Mansfield – NG19 170854 7:30pm and FRIENDS and SIMPSON COOPE BOYES at the Door Voices 7:30pm 7 DecFri – NG2 5BP Bridgford Hall, West All Hallows 0115 - SHOOSHOO BABY 7:00pm DecMon 10 7GP – NG14 Thurgarton Church, St Peter’s 01 Mobile: 07971 7:30pm 7:30pm Tour Diary Tour

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access information RAMP RAMP PORTABLE OSP PORTABLE OSP OSP Upper Broughton Village Hall Upton Village Hall Hall Bridgford All Hallows West Jubilee Hall Whatton in the Vale VillageWheatley Hall Thrumpton Village Hall Thurgarton, St Peter's Church The access information given has been supplied by the individual has been supplied by The access information given Artservice; and collated by venues to the best knowledge of our and belief, it is accurate. for furtherPlease call venues information, or clarification, on specific details. BPA tsl tsl RAMP PORTABLE OSP OSP Access Information Nuthall Methodist Church Hall Ordsall Parish Pierrepont Gamston Primary Radcliffe Village on Trent Hall (Grange Hall) Rolleston Village Hall South Clifton Coronation Hall Stapleford, Maycliffe Hall Styrrup Village Hall Sutton Village cum Lound Hall VillageSyerston Hall

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