Events Guide APRIL - JULY 2019
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link4life.org/whatson Events Guide AT A GLANCE APRIL - JULY 2019 What’s On... Welcome
This Spring we are looking forward to an exciting programme of entertainment at Middleton Arena and Heywood Civic. Whether you enjoy rock, pop, rock & roll or classical, we’ve got a range of music events for you to choose from. Remember music from the legends of George Michael, Elvis, Roy Orbison and David Bowie or dance The Wizard Swan Lake Tom Jones Chores through the decades with our 1940’s event or music from Tom Jones of Oz Tribute Act and the Shades of the 60’s and The Supersonic 70’s show. FRI 5 / SAT 6 APRIL THURSDAY 16 MAY THURSDAY 6 JUNE WEDNESDAY 24 JULY
Join us for NT Live broadcasts where world-class theatre is broadcast PAGE 16 PAGE 15 PAGE 9 PAGE 18 live to Middleton Arena. Though each broadcast is filmed in front of a live audience in the theatre, cameras are carefully positioned throughout the auditorium to ensure that other venue audiences get the ‘best seat in the house’ view of each production. Where these cameras are placed is different for each broadcast, to make sure that cinema audiences enjoy the best possible experience every time. Satellites April May June July allow the productions to be broadcast live to venues throughout the UK. Or enjoy one of our family events during Easter school holidays. FRI 5 / SAT 6 • SATURDAY 4 • THURSDAY 6 • WEDNESDAY 3 • Choose from our Easter pantomime at Middleton Arena, our family The Wizard of Oz The World Famous Tom Jones and the The Dreamboys Easter Pantomime Elvis Show Shades of the 60s show Pongo’s Party suitable for those aged 2-7 or classic fairy tale, WEDNESDAY 24 • I Wish I Was a Mountain at Heywood Civic Centre. FRIDAY 5 • WEDNESDAY 8 • SATURDAY 8 • Chores Marvel US NT Live: All About Eve Supersonic 70s Show We look forward to seeing you soon. THURSDAY 25 • TUESDAY 9 • FRIDAY 10 • FRIDAY 14 • Comedy Night Pongo’s Party Roy Orbison & the Rock’n’Roll Dreams Came Travelling Wilburys True - Meat Loaf the Show SUNDAY 28 • FRIDAY 12 • King of Pop - Navi Theatre Royal Bath - SATURDAY 11 • SATURDAY 22 • I Wish I Was A Mountain Abel Salaocoe & Heywood 1940s Day Maya Irgalina SATURDAY 13 • THURSDAY 27 • Zelkova String Quartet TUESDAY 14 • Comedy Night NT Live: All My Sons Contents Keep up to date SATURDAY 20 • THURSDAY 27 • Faith: The George THURSDAY 16 • NT Live: Small Island Follow both centres on social media or visit the website Michael Legacy Swan Lake MUSIC 4 for all the latest event news and updates. THURSDAY 25 • FRIDAY 17 • Comedy Night Mugenkyo Taiko COMEDY 12 HEYWOOD CIVIC CENTRE MIDDLETON ARENA Drummers: Tribe 25 SATURDAY 27 • /heywoodcivic /middletonarena Ultimate Bowie SATURDAY 25 • THEATRE 14 @HeywoodCivic @Middleton_Arena 10CCLO THURSDAY 30 • CHILDREN & FAMILIES 16 Middleton Arena Heywood Civic Centre link4life.org/whatson Comedy Night • •
2 Certain events have group booking discounts available. Please contact the venue for further information. 3 SATURDAY 13 APRIL Zelkova String Quartet MUSIC
MUSIC Zelkova String Quartet was described as playing with “head, heart, muscle and a rare unity of purpose” by Andrew Mellor of Gramophone, Opera and the New Statesman. Graduates of the RNCM, they were awarded the main prize at the St. Martin’s Chamber Music Competition in 2017.
VENUE: Heywood Civic Centre START TIME: 7.30pm TICKETS: Adults £15 Concessions £13 Students 16+ £5 Children 3-16 £1 SATURDAY 27 APRIL
On January 10 2016, the world lost a great music legend, SATURDAY 20 APRIL David Bowie. The legacy he left his fans is a superb catalogue of music from a stellar 40+ year career. Faith – The George In an authentic celebration and salute to David Bowie, aka Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke, the UK's Michael Legacy No. 1 David Bowie tribute show Ultimate Bowie, starring Ed Blaney, will transport you across the golden years of A stunning celebration remembering one of the Bowie, from Spaceboy to Superstar. greatest singer-songwriters of all time. This energetic, vibrant musical journey brings to life Media in the UK, internationally and, more importantly 35 years of hits from George’s glittering career. for Ed, the Bowie fans reviews, highlight the fact that Ed possesses Bowie’s awe-inspiring vocal prowess. This brand-new feel good show will have you A performer who easily commands the eyes of the dancing in the aisles for the biggest party audience every moment he is on stage, Ed blends night of the year. Performing all the hits from past and present, showing the many sides of Bowie’s Freedom! ‘90 to Club Tropicana, Outside to personality. Precise attention to detail has been taken Careless Whisper, the beautiful I Knew You under Ed’s musical direction of his seven-piece band Were Waiting and the show stopping through to the costumes he wears to "recreate" Bowie Somebody To Love all brought to life by the in spectacular style. fantastic cast and sensational live band. You Gotta Have Faith! VENUE: Middleton Arena VENUE: Middleton Arena START TIME: 7.30pm START TIME: 7.30pm This is a tribute show and is in no way affiliated with any original TICKETS: £25 TICKETS: £20 artists/estates/management companies or similar shows.
4 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 5 SATURDAY 4 MAY SATURDAY 11 MAY MUSIC Starring and produced by world renowned Elvis performer Chris Connor with his 12 piece live band 'The Steels' Abel Salaocow & and backing vocals by ' The Sweet Harmonies'. MUSIC Maya Irgalina This show respectively and authentically recreates ELVIS at his very best recreating 2 concerts, selling Abel Selaocoe is a South African, UK based cellist who out in all theatres! does not limit himself to a single genre, beautifully You will simply feel that you have been transported bringing out the virtuosity of the cello and creating back in to time. uniquely African melodies that are captivating. If you were not lucky enough to see Elvis live, you will Prize-winning Belarusian Maya Irgalina successfully walk away from this concert feeling that you have! combines solo and collaborative piano playing Many Elvis fans are left emotionally moved when they performing throughout the UK, across Europe and Asia. leave the show. There is only ONE Elvis Presley, however fans all VENUE: around the world are talking about Chris Connor who is Heywood Civic Centre remarkably so very close to Elvis in both looks and START TIME: 7.30pm voice and mannerisms. TICKETS: This show is made Adults £15 by Elvis fans for Elvis VENUE: Middleton Arena Concessions £13 fans. You seriously do START TIME: 7.30pm Students 16+ £5 not want to miss this TICKETS: £26.50 Children 3-16 £1 electric show!
FRIDAY 10 MAY FRIDAY 17 MAY "THIS SHOW IS NOT Roy Orbison & the Mugenkyo Taiko ONE TO BE MISSED." Traveling Wilburys Drummers: Tribe 25 Edinburgh Evening News
Experience 30th In their landmark 25th year, the UK’s original touring Taiko Tribe return to the road with a brand new show Anniversary Tour of skill, stamina & red-hot rhythms to stir your soul! As Europe’s longest-established taiko group, Mugenkyo The Big O and the Wilburys show is back - Totally unique to this production are five authentic are widely recognised as the ground-breaking pioneers bigger and better than ever! lookalike-sound-alike’s to the famous Traveling Wilburys, of this exciting art-form, thrilling audiences and inspiring enabling the show to explore the Solo Hits of the Famous generations of taiko players. Come and celebrate with the band as they commemorate Five. Mr Blue Sky, Pretty Woman, Blowin in the Wind, 30 years since the Wilburys original album release and pay This year they celebrate the growth of their Tribe of Here Comes The Sun, Runnin Down a Dream, Sweet a special tribute to The Big O, who died later the same year. performers from across the globe with the latest captivating Talkin Woman, Only the Lonely, the Mighty Quinn and I performance of sharp synchronisation, dramatic Roy Orbison and the Traveling Wilburys Experience will Got My Mind Set on You are just a few of them million- choreography and powerful rhythms on huge taiko drums. take you on a journey through the story of the Wilburys. selling hits you’ll hear throughout the show. This joyous, With expert narrative and big screen action, this 30th up-tempo feel-good anniversary special is unmissable. All the Traveling celebration of classic VENUE: Middleton Arena VENUE: Middleton Arena Wilbury hits and classics are included in the show pop music is guaranteed START TIME: 7.30pm START TIME: 7.30pm including Handle with Care, End of the Line, Wilbury to have you singing and TICKETS: £22.50 TICKETS: £21 Twist, Heading for the Light, Tweeter and the Monkey dancing in the aisles. Concessions £20 Children £14 Man, Nobody’s Child, Last Night and many more.
6 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 7 SATURDAY 25 MAY THURSDAY 6 JUNE 10CCLO MUSIC MUSIC The greatest hits of 10CC and ELO. Remember these? Dreadlock Holiday, Mr Blue Sky, I’m Mandy Fly me, Livin’ Thing, Evil Woman, The Things We Do for Love, Wild West Hero, Life is a Minestrone, Art for Art’s Sake, Turn To Stone, I’m not in Love, Roll Over Beethoven, Rubber Bullets… Just a few among the many massive hits that make up the timeless repertoire of 10CC and The Electric Light Orchestra. Their songs are worldwide rock classics that over the passing decades have remained in the hearts of millions of fans… and in the hearts of the musicians that make up the only European tribute to these two incredible bands from the last four decades. We don’t dress up or put on wigs to look like the VENUE: original artists: we do however bring the musical Heywood Civic Centre quality of both bands to life with in a sing along night with fantastic video visuals and a bit of START TIME: 7.30pm Tom Jones and The Shades of the 60s brings Jones’ story banter thrown in for good measure. You are a TICKETS: £20 of an unprecedented rise through the charts to the UK guaranteed a great night to remember! stage. Rediscover his music in hit after hip-rocking hit! Relive his transformation from 60s sex symbol to 70s icon, to his career rebirth in the early 2000s and the legendary status he has today. An exciting and nostalgic SATURDAY 8 JUNE journey celebrating the voice and the star, prized all over the world. The ‘Supersonic Starring the age-defying voice of 70s Show’ Daniel Chettoe, best known for his outstanding vocal An incredible live show jam packed with classic performances on Britain’s 70s hits, it’s no wonder it’s been described as Got Talent. “the best 70s show of it’s kind - West End quality”. “Chettoe brings a youthful Jones’ Led by the ‘Catsuit Wondergirl’ Janey Bombshell, charisma and charm to the stage with ‘Supersonic 70s’ will take you down memory lane an incredible voice well beyond his years”. with some of the biggest classic hits from the 70s, Daniel leads an exceptionally talented cast including the many that most bands would not dare to attempt! iconic trio, The Shades of the 60s, who come together to From the towering majesty of Queen, John Miles, bring highlights of Tom’s many friends and co-stars to life The Carpenters & ELO, the band also perform stunning alongside him, enough to give you Chills and Fever! renditions of chart toppers by 10CC, Andrew Gold & Pilot, David Essex, Abba, The Osmonds, David Cassidy, Wide collars and tight trousers are back so Ladies, warm Elton John, Kiki Dee & Olivia Newton John, plus not up those hips for shaking and Gents, bring along your forgetting Glam rock giants like ‘Sweet’, ‘Mud, ‘Suzi dancing shoes... it’s time to be Burnin’ Down the House! Quatro’ & Bay City Rollers. VENUE: Middleton Arena With genuine 70s costumes and all the glitz and blitz you VENUE: Middleton Arena START TIME: 7.30pm would expect from this colourful era of denim, satin and START TIME: 7.30pm TICKETS: £18 leather completed with visuals, backdrop and original TICKETS: £21 ‘Chopper Bikes’, this sensational show is not to be missed!
8 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 9 FRIDAY 14 JUNE Rock’n’Roll Dreams MUSIC
MUSIC Came True - Meat Loaf the Show
Following the recent revival of one the most popular and iconic entertainers of the last 40 years, Manchester-born and internationally acclaimed Lee Brady, channels Meat Loaf’s larger than life persona and stage presence with great passion and vigour. Even Meat Loaf’s uncompromising fan base proclaim Lee Brady is Meat Loaf at his very best. This valued recognition has come from years of dedication and experience. Featuring all of Meat Loaf’s classic hits from the epic ‘Bat Out of Hell’, to the timeless ‘I’d Do Anything for Love’, there won’t be a hit that doesn’t evoke fond VENUE: Middleton Arena memories or have you singing along too! START TIME: 7.30pm TICKETS: £22
SATURDAY 22 JUNE Heywood 1940s Day
We will be part of the Heywood 1940’s day SUNDAY 28 JULY organised by Heywood Business Group. Join us at Heywood Civic Centre from 10am - 5pm for a range of activities celebrating the 1940’s era. King of Pop - Navi
King Of Pop is led by the world’s number one Don’t miss this incredible production which features Michael Jackson tribute artist ‘Navi’ which alone all of Jackson’s greatest hits such as Smooth sets this show above the rest. Criminal, Beat It, Billie Jean, Black or White, Man In The Mirror and the ‘Jackson Five’ classics. All Navi is the only tribute artist ever to be chosen by performed by Navi with the backing of his incredible Michael Jackson himself. Due to his incredible live band, dancers and special effects in a show resemblance to the star, Navi was hired as Michael’s suitable for the whole family. official body double / decoy. He also received a standing ovation from Michael Jackson himself after he was hired to perform his tribute at one of VENUE: the stars lavish birthday parties. Heywood Civic Centre VENUE: Middleton Arena Navi was also recently chosen by Hollywood to START TIME: 7pm TIMES: 10am - 5pm portray Michael Jackson in a new, major movie TICKETS: £21 TICKETS: FREE about the star’s life titled “Searching for Neverland”.
10 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 11 THURSDAY 30 MAY THURSDAY 27 JUNE Comedy returns to Heywood Civic Centre, last Thursday COMEDY of the month. Each night features the best acts from the national and international comedy circuit hand-picked to Thursday Night Thursday Night guarantee a brilliant evening's entertainment Comedy Comedy
COMEDY The 'uniquely original' Chris Kehoe is your MC. 'Mixing the topical and the surreal with aplomb' Chris is 'an James Meehan Jenny Collier important and intelligent voice' and a rising star of the comedy world. "Passionate, heartfelt, and very funny" Jenny moved from the Welsh mountains to the Big British Comedy Guide Smoke and embarked upon a career in stand up comedy. Highlight: Appearing on a BBC Radio Wales "A smart and honest comic, Meehan is fast panel show with Jo Brand. Low point: After a gig, an VENUE: becoming one of this city’s favourite stand ups" Heywood Civic Centre audience member saying “You should be a stripper” Manchester Wire (both secretly highlights). TIMES: 8.30pm Mick Ferry She has written for BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, TICKETS: £10 Huffington Post and Glamour Magazine and has Mick Ferry is renowned as a fine purveyor of lugubrious travelled (parts of) the world with her comedy. She surrealism and has quickly established himself as has performed in Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, one of the most sought after comics on the British Switzerland and Australia where she won the Percy and International comedy circuit. One of the finest Award for most tickets sold in 'The Imaginarium', (over THURSDAY 25 APRIL comperes around, Mick Ferry performs regularly at The 1900 tickets) during the Adelaide Fringe. Comedy Store in London and Manchester as well as Thursday Night headlining at comedy venues nationwide. He is also a In August 2016 she performed her debut hour at the regular member of the prestigious topical Cutting Edge Edinburgh Fringe, 'Jen-Hur' which received reviews Comedy Team at the Comedy Store. such as “See him or regret it” “An excellent comedic work” Caroline Mabey Dave Longley John Bishop Edfest Mag One of the most inventive comic voices in Britain, David Longley is a difficult comedian to define; on the “As good as it gets…highly original and hilarious” “A brilliant show and well worth a watch” Caroline Mabey is a fringe and circuit favourite, one hand, abrasive, crude and insulting and on the Big Issue Arts Award Voice appearing at festivals, theatres and clubs all around the other, articulate, intelligent and disarmingly funny. country. Her sets are silly, warm and sharp as hell, a Longley’s towering stage presence and intensity, gag-packed frenzy of fun and she is one of the most fun combined with his cutting wit have made him one of MCs around. the most popular and controversial circuit comics in the UK, whether it’s doling out thought-provoking insights or “A mischievous, kooky talent” revelling in toilet humour, Longley is a gifted wordsmith Time Out with great audience interaction skills. David has a humble silliness which ingratiates him to audiences, he “Mabey is thoroughly enjoyable company… delivers deadpan accounts of his everyday life which the slightly deranged offspring of a menage a are shockingly honest, well considered and divinely trois between Vic Reeves, Harry Hill and Floella funny, maintaining a rapport with the audience that is at Benjamin” Caroline Dave James Mick Jenny once edgy and accessible, engaging the whole room. Evening Standard Mabey Longley Meehan Ferry Collier “A uniquely fascinating act… A must see” Chortle
Three comedians will perform at each Thursday Night Comedy event. For up to date details of the additional acts, please visit www.link4life.org/whatson.
12 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 13 WEDNESDAY 8 MAY THURSDAY 16 MAY National Theatre Live: Swan Lake THEATRE All About Eve Encore broadcast Swan Lake remains as one of the most enduring, moving
THEATRE and irreplaceable classical ballets due to its fantastical Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named plot filled with romance, sorcery, and betrayal. Join Ballet Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) Theatre UK with their spectacular new production of this lead in All About Eve, broadcast live to cinemas from the timeless classic. This immortal tale tells of a princess West End in London. held captive as a swan by the spell of an evil magician, All About Eve tells the story of Margo Channing. Legend. a spell that can only be broken if a prince swears True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always true love to her. has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, Featuring new choreography by Artistic beautiful Eve. The golden girl, the girl next door. But you Director Christopher Moore and over know all about Eve…don’t you…? 120 new costumes and stunning sets Lifting the curtain on a world of jealousy this production promises to provide you and ambition, this new production, from VENUE: Middleton Arena with a new look at the classic tale and one of the world’s most innovative theatre START TIME: 7.30pm leave you with a new love for Swan Lake. directors, Ivo van Hove (Network, NT TICKETS: £10 “GLITTERING COSTUMES, Live: A View from the Bridge), asks why EXPRESSIVE DANCERS... our fascination with celebrity, youth and VENUE: TICKETS: A PLEASURE TO WITNESS identity never seems to get old. Middleton Arena Full Price £18 A PRODUCTION OF THIS Concessions £16 All About Eve is adapted by Ivo van Hove from the 1950 START TIME: 7.30pm CALIBRE” Children £10 Dance Europe Twentieth Century Fox film by Joseph L Mankiewicz and Photographs: Gillian Anderson by Pari Dukovic and Lily James by Perou. the play “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. Design: Bob King Creative.
TUESDAY 14 MAY THURSDAY 27 JUNE National Theatre Live: National Theatre Live: All My Sons Small Island Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year have built a home, raised two sons and established a the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. thriving business. The play follows three intricately connected stories. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity from the past, long buried truths are forced to the meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled surface and the price of their American dream is history of Jamaica and the UK. laid bare. A company of 40 actors Jeremy Herrin (NT Live: This House) directs the cast, VENUE: Middleton Arena take to the stage of the VENUE: Middleton Arena which also includes Jenna Coleman (Victoria), and National Theatre in this Colin Morgan (Merlin) alongside Bessie Carter, Oliver START TIME: 7.30pm START TIME: 7.30pm timely and moving story. Johnstone, Kayla Meikle and Sule Rimi. TICKETS: £10 TICKETS: £10 Image (Leah Harvey) by Franklyn Rodgers
14 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 15 FRI 5 / SAT 6 APRIL TUESDAY 9 APRIL The Wizard of Oz Pongo’s Party CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Easter Pantomime Today is the day that Pongo the Pig has been waiting for - that's right, it's his birthday! He's been dropping hints Join Dorothy and her cute dog Toto as they enter to his friends all year, so is looking forward to a fantastic the wonderful Land Of Oz. During their travels down party... but the trouble is, nobody seems to remember! the yellow brick road they meet some lovely friends including a Scarecrow, Tin Man and a Lion. They travel Molly-Moo the Cow is VENUE: to see the great and powerful Wizard Of Oz but this making a mess baking, Sheena the Sheep is Heywood Civic Centre
CHILDREN & FAMILIES won’t be easy as the Wicked Witch is determined to stop them by any means necessary! rehearsing with her band, START TIME: 1.30pm Sally the Scarecrow is in TICKETS: With a superb cast, live band, brilliant scenery and the middle of decorating Adults £9 costumes you can’t miss this spectacular, fun family and even Marty MacDonald show. Also everyone will have the chance to meet the Children £8 is tied up with his parcels - Family Ticket £30 cast after the show. whatever can they be up to? Come dressed in your best party clothes and help make VENUE: Middleton Arena Pongo's Party a day to remember! SHOW TIMES: TICKETS: With a colourful farmyard and host of loveable puppet Friday 5 April 7pm Adults £18.50 characters, Pongo’s Party is a family show particularly Saturday 6 April 2pm Concessions £16.50 suitable for 2-7 year olds – and includes a special guest Saturday 6 April 6pm Family Ticket £65 appearance by the Easter Bunny himself!
FRIDAY 5 APRIL FRIDAY 12 APRIL MarvelUS I Wish I Was a Mountain
The world’s premier nerd-culture comedy double-act, On the day of the famous annual fair, the town of Faldum The Just Us League, present their smash hit show receives an unexpected visit. A wanderer offers to grant MarvelUS: All the Marvel Movies Kind Of. a wish to anyone who wants one. Before long, the city is transformed. Mansions stand where mud huts once squatted, Direct from two standing room only seasons at and beggars ride around in horse drawn carriages. And one Edinburgh Fringe and a critically acclaimed, award- man wishes to be turned into a mountain. nominated tour of Australia, The Just Us League, are bringing their incredible Marvel-based comedy show Written and performed by former Glastonbury Poetry Slam to venues across the UK in 2019. Champion Toby Thompson, I Wish I was a Mountain uses rhyme, live music, and just a smattering of metaphysical Squeezing (almost) all the Marvel movies into one philosophy to boldly reimagine Hermann Hesse’s classic action-packed hour of laughs, their short punchy fairy-tale. sketches and high-energy style will delight the whole gamut of Marvel fans; from those that have seen Do we really need the things that we need? What do just one movie to mega-officianados who know the mountains feel? How did time begin? franchise inside out. It’s weapons-free comedy that VENUE: VENUE: Adults are kindly requested to leave all answers to these takes no prisoners. Heywood Civic Centre Heywood Civic Centre questions at the door. Children, come as you are. Like your super-hero movies? You’ll love this. START TIME: 8pm START TIME: Based on Faldum - A fairy tale by Hermann Hesse. 11am & 2pm TICKETS: £10 For children aged 6+ TICKETS: £6
16 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 To book tickets, visit www.link4life.org/whatson or call the Box Office on0330 303 8633 17 WEDNESDAY 24 JULY Chores Contact Details
Do you want to see the funniest family show at the Julian Roberts and Derek Llewellin love performing this LCpl Stephen Shaw MC Way, LCpl Joel Halliwell VC Way, Fringe? Look no further! show and are very excited to share it with European Heywood, Middleton, audiences. All the way from Australia, Chores tells the story of Manchester, Manchester, two brothers who don't want to do their chores and tidy These two talented theatre clowns redefine slapstick OL10 1LW M24 1AG their room. In this award-winning comedy circus show, humour and showcase teamwork, trust and highly-trained clowns perform death-defying stunts the cooperation. Julian is a natural on the stage, having * * whole family will love! started training as an acrobat and a clown since he was Box Office Tel: 0300 303 8633 Box Office Tel: 0300 303 8633 CHILDREN & FAMILIES just 14! Derek loves combining his two favourite skills; A storyline we can all relate to, kids go crazy for the big, exciting acrobatics and hilarious comedy. There is BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 24/7 @ BOOK TICKETS ONLINE 24/7 @ acrobatics, juggling, major flips, acrobalance and little-spoken language, so younger children will follow www.link4life.org/heywoodcivic www.middletonarena.com cheeky humour. along easily. Suitable for the whole family, the performance is jam- Find it hard to get your kids to do their chores? packed with silly jokes and plenty to amuse the teens
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ACCESS ACCESS Heywood Civic Centre is fully accessible to public Middleton Arena is fully accessible to public areas with areas with lift to the upper floor. Customers are lift to upper floors. Customers are invited to discuss invited to discuss any special needs in advance. any special needs. There is free on-site parking to the There is free parking to the side of the building with rear of the building with disabled and family parking designated disabled parking bays. Car Park access is bays to the front. Car park access is via LCpl Joel via Hornby Street. Halliwell VC Way.
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