SUPREME QUEEN WHAT’S FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL and THEATRE and AIRDRIE TOWN HALL N January-April 2019 culturenl.co.uk START THE NEW YEAR Book online by visiting ON A HIGH WITH OUR culturenl.co.uk LATEST SHOWS! Beat the queues and pre-order your interval drink! Available when We’re kicking off 2019 with an action- Theatre lovers can laugh their socks off with packed programme of music, theatre and Menopause the Musical, lose themselves in you buy your tickets online. comedy; with a mix of big names, local Crooners and Gaelforce Dance, or be talent and familiar faces taking the stage transported to a by-gone age of glamorous Keep in touch at Airdrie Town Hall and Motherwell soirées and waltzes in A Viennese Strauss and follow us on... Concert Hall and Theatre! Gala. They can also check out local talent from Shine Youth Theatre in their production Whether you’re a toe-tapper, hip swinger or of Footloose and The Lion, The Witch and head-banger, we’ve got you covered this The Wardrobe. season with amazing music at your favourite Lanarkshire music venues. Classic For family fun, there is the fantastic Dear /CultureNL rock fans will love The Story of Guitar Zoo, bringing to life the best-selling /MotherwellConcertHall Heroes, Supreme Queen and The children’s classic as well as returning /atAirdrieTownHall Complete Stone Roses. While those into favourites, The McDougalls Safari Adventure country and folk music will enjoy Irish folk and panto star Ian ‘Sheepie’ Smith in duo Foster and Allen as well as Nathan Treasure Island, our Easter Eggstravaganza. Carter, Eddi Reader and Michael English. Last, but by no means least, our Cinema Bringing us back into the groove of the Live offering at Airdrie Town Hall continues swinging 60s this season, is Bee Gees @Culture_NL with live screenings of performances from tribute show Jive Talkin and 60s legends, @MotherwellVenue The Royal Opera House and The Royal The Searchers who will be touring for the @AirdrieTownHall Ballet, including La Traviata, La Forza Del last and final time after more than 50 years. Destino and Don Quizote. For tickets and To keep up to date with events on more information about upcoming shows, Facebook, select “Following”, then visit culturenl.co.uk “Get Notifications” and “See First”. For all mailing list enquiries, please email [email protected] 2 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 3 AND Concessions north lanarkshire’s Our concession tickets are available for: community arts programme • Students (with valid student ID) • Children (under 16 years of age) • Young Scot (card holders) • Senior citizens (60 years and over) • Unwaged (relevant documents required) • Disabled (relevant documents required) • Carers 2 for 1 (on selected shows, photo ID required) • Children under 1 year old on the day of performance (free ticket will be issued if appropriate) • Free carers tickets are available on selected shows. To register with Lanarkshire Carers Centre, please visit www.prtlcc.org.uk or call 01698 428090 / 01236 428090. Visual Arts Dance Culturenl.co.uk/arts-and-you Ceramics Photography CultureNLArts Creative Writing Drums Arts_NL Drama Guitar 01236 632828 Singing Keyboard Crafts Little Groovers 4 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk CultureNL Limited is a registered Scottish charity number SC043891 Company number SC435540 A4 posters no text.qxp_Layout 1 16/08/2018 11:48 Page 2 Page 11:48 16/08/2018 1 text.qxp_Layout no posters A4 SHINE YOUTH MUSIC A VIENNESE THEATRE PRESENT STRAUSS GALA THE LION, THE WITCH DATE: Saturday 26 January, 7.30pm TICKETS: £20 AND THE WARDROBE MOTHERWELL THEATRE DATE: Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 January, Theatre Productions bring you a new 7.30pm & 2.30pm Saturday Matinee TICKETS: £20 / £16 (dependent on seat position) production of this ever popular show, A Viennese Strauss Gala. Recreating MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL the romance of the Viennese Festive C.S. Lewis’ classic tale leaps off the page season, reminding you of a bygone and on to the stage in this most mystical of age of glamorous soirees and Strauss adventures! waltzes. The show features highlights Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter on their from some of the great Operettas of journey to Narnia where it is always winter, the Strauss family, Kalman and Lehar; but never Christmas. including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and many more. The European Wave goodbye to wartime Britain and say Orchestral Ensemble will accompany hello to a talking faun, an unforgettable lion CINEMA LIVE: four soloists from major Opera THE GHOSTING OF and the coldest, cruellest white witch… companies; including Opera North, RABBIE BURNS Box Office now open! LA TRAVIATA English National Opera and D’Oyly For more information and to book tickets, DATE: Wednesday 30 January, 6.45pm Carte. This wonderful production is DATE: Friday 25 January, 7.30pm visit www.shineboxoffice.co.uk TICKETS: £15 / Concession £12.50 / cleverly staged and choreographed, and TICKETS: £15 / Concession £14 Under 12s £10 authentically costumed, and will appeal Fantastic Group (20+) and School/Youth MOTHERWELL THEATRE to the romantic as much as the music Group Rates Available! AIRDRIE TOWN HALL Heartbroken author Ariel Winters takes aficionado. It continues to be hugely Live via satellite to Airdrie Town Hall Cinema. herself away to her aunt’s old cottage in Call Shine Box Office on 07519 154907 for popular all over the country. From the thrill of unexpected romance to Ayrshire to get over her cheating ex. As special rates - reserve early, pay later! a heartbreaking reconciliation that comes she celebrates Burns night alone, wishing too late – Verdi’s La Traviata is one of that the right man would show up, she gets the most popular of all operas. Alfredo a visitation slightly different than what she’d falls in love with the courtesan Violetta in hoped for. The ghost of Rabbie Burns glamorous Paris society, but underneath the appears to give her some dating advice – surface run darker undercurrents, leading and he knows what he’s talking about! to a tragic ending. The opera’s wealth of Featuring the great songs and poems melodies includes the famous Brindisi of Burns, such as My Love is Like a Red and the exuberant ‘Sempre Libera’ – both Red Rose, Ae Fond Kiss, Charlie is my showing the lyricism of Italian opera at Darlin and of course Auld Lang Syne, this its most immediately appealing. Richard hilarious new comedy proves that love and Eyre’s production for The Royal Opera relationships haven’t changed that much in brings out all the emotional colour, from 200 years after all. the giddy discovery of love, through painful Join us for haggis, neeps and tatties confrontation to the inevitable conclusion. before the show. To book, visit Lavish period sets and costumes enhance the reality of a moving story based on true culturenl.co.uk life. Approximate running time: 3 hours 35 minutes, including two intervals. Sung in Italian with English subtitles. 6 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 7 DIRECT FROM IRELAND GAELFORCE DANCE DATE: Friday 8 February, 7.30pm TICKETS: £24 / Concession £22 MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL Gaelforce Dance is the story of two lovers, Lorcan and Aisling who, as our tale begins, are blissfully unaware of the passion that will erupt between them, leading the lovers into a whirlpool of forbidden love and their community into a cauldron of hate. As the story begins, a THE VACCINES chance meeting sparks the ill-fated affair where broken loyalties and jealousy SOLD OUT DATE: Wednesday 30 January, 7.30pm tear two brothers apart. Only after the TICKETS: Tickets: £22.50 (subject to booking fee) ultimate tragedy are the brothers once more united. Produced by Michael MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL Durkan and choreographed by Richard Following their outstanding 2018 UK THE STORY OF Griffin, Gaelforce Dance is a highly tour, which saw them play to sold GUITARSPECTACULAR! HEROES acclaimed show that expertly weaves out crowds across the country, The DATE: Friday 8 February, 7.30pm intricate choreography, thundering Vaccines will return to play 11 dates TICKETS: £21 / Concession £19 rhythms, enchanting melodies and a at the start of the new year, with this MOTHERWELL THEATRE compelling storyline into a stirring tale of being their only Scottish date. love, passion and tragedy. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Hank Marvin, 2018 saw the highly anticipated Brian May and Slash are just some of the return of The Vaccines with their outstanding guitar heroes you will have critically acclaimed fourth album, chance to experience in one amazing Combat Sports. Catch the band show! This phenomenal live concert performing singles from the album style ‘rockumentry’ is performed by the including I Can’t Quit and Your Love extraordinarily talented and renowned Is My Favourite Band. musician, Phil Walker, and his exceptional band. With over 20 guitars used on stage, the show accurately recreates the sound and ambiance of each guitar hero, starting from the 1950’s to the present day. The show also offers the very latest in video screen technology to create a larger than life event. Compounded in a creative and powerful experience, this show not only appeals to all those budding guitar heroes out there, but to music lovers of all ages. 8 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 9 THERE WAS AN BUDDY HOLLY OLD LADY WHO AND THE SWALLOWED A FLY CRICKETERS: DATE: Sunday 10 February, 2.30pm TICKETS: £11 / Concession £9 NOT FADE AWAY MOTHERWELL THEATRE TOUR 1959-2019 I don’t know why she swallowed