WHAT’S ON SUMMER 2017 May – September

CLECKHEATON

DEWSBURY

MIRFIELD

www.creativescene.org.uk /CreativeScene.uk creativescenewy CreativeSceneWY Hello and welcome to our action-packed summer BILLY SHAKES: programme of events from Wonder Boy! May to September 2017 by Wrongsemble

Creative Scene wants to develop new ways Our summer programme includes for people to see and be involved with the premieres from leading companies including IOU’s arts, in and around the towns of North Rear View and Citrus Arts’ Savage Hart – taking – Batley, Birkenshaw, Birstall, , place in amazing outdoor settings; as well as the , , Heckmondwike, world premiere of The Ruck, a new play about and . Batley Girls Under 16’s rugby team and some extraordinary, fun stuff at local festivals. As Arts Council ’s Creative People And Places project in , we are funded to For those who want to join in and help make the make captivating new cultural experiences, a part Creative Scene happen, we have some great, free of every day life. training opportunities coming up with Walk the Plank, outdoor arts specialists. To do this we co-commission and co-produce events and activities in the places where people Our programme runs right until 2020 – so there live, work and play, that tell stories about the is a lot more to come; so keep in touch with what people and places close to us and celebrate the is happening at www.creativescene.org.uk and rich and diverse heritage and culture. our social media pages and we hope to see you this summer. So far – since 2014 – we have welcomed 87,412 people to more than 140 different events Creative Scene and activities. From performances in and THIS MAY AND JUNE HALF TERM Mon 29 May 2pm chip shops; to theatre for children and families The Northorpe Barn, and fabulous fire and light shows in our parks Mirfield, WF14 0QL and town centres. A brilliantly, barmy show bursting Wed 31 May 2pm with live music RLFC, This is the imagined childhood of the Big Bad Bard himself… Batley, WF17 7NZ the one and only William Shakespeare. Thur 1 June 2pm Experience the magic and madcap adventures which happen Thornhill Sports & Community when we let our imaginations run wild. Centre, Dewsbury, WF12 0DP Billy dreamt of nothing; not of monsters, soldiers, war. Fri 2 June 2pm Healey Community Centre, Not of great shipwrecks, or princesses washed up on foreign shores. Batley, WF17 7EL When Billy slept, he closed his eyes, and did no more than SNORE! Sat 3 June 2pm Suitable for under 8 years and their grown ups Birstall Community Centre, Book at www.creativescene.org.uk or at the venue Birstall, WF17 9EN

Get In Touch Let’s Connect! Address tickets Tickets £4 or 50 stay & play [email protected] /CreativeScene.uk 2nd Floor, 9 Wellington Road £4 only £13 for a min + 20 MIN STAY +44 (0)1924 437 966 creativescenewy Dewsbury, West Yorkshire family of four show & PLAY SESSION www.creativescene.org.uk CreativeSceneWY WF13 1HF Variety Reborn AT BATLEY VINTAGE DAY with Sneaky Experience SAT 27 MAY It’s Your

Get yourself dressed up and help us celebrate all things vintage. It’s time for Flower Power to hit the cobbles. Round Why not take a trip down Memory Lane and into the Swinging by Scary Little Girls Sixties and join Creative Scene’s 60s area at Batley Vintage Day 2017. Inspired by Batley Variety Club, Sneaky Experience will present Variety Reborn – a one-day revival of a classic 60s variety club. Join the fun at Market Place, Batley from 10am-5pm. www.batleyvintageday.co.uk

FOLLOW THE HERON at Cleckheaton Folk Festival WITH EDGELANDS ARTS Sat 1 July

Join us to celebrate 30 years of Cleckheaton Folk Festival with an extra special parade at 11am on Saturday. Our Festival Heron will be searching for his feathers and needs your help as they’ve been scattered all over town. Join the search and discover more about Cleckheaton’s renegade past and its place in the folk calendar. The festival takes place in more than 12 venues around the Mon 10 July 7.30pm town from Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July. Join us for a quiz with a Navigation Tavern, 6 Station www.cleckheatonfolkfestival.org cabaret twist Road, Mirfield, WF14 8NL Meet quiz mistress and pub landlady Pat Pinch as she crams your Tue 11 July 7.30pm local with live music, prizes and of course a few drinks. The Leggers Inn, 66 Mill Street East, Dewsbury, WF12 9BD Person Birds & Fastest One Man Band Pat is waiting to treat you to six of the best quiz rounds Up North. in the World at Mirfield Arts Festival Wed 12 July 7.30pm This 70 minute fast-paced experience will celebrate the value The Taproom, 4 Commercial WITH MAISON FOO & PETE MOSER of all things local to you. Street, Batley, WF17 5HH Sun 16 July Quiz rounds include live music plus a beat the barman game Thu 13 July 7.30pm with maxi points so there is everything to play and drink for. Mill Valley Brewery, Unit 5, We are in Mirfield for the town’s annual arts frenzy, Landlady Pat said: “There is a (terrible) prize handmade by one Woodroyd Mills, South Parade, this year celebrating anything that flies. of our dads.” Cleckheaton, BD19 3AF Come and see the new street theatre performance by Person Sat 15 July 7.30pm May include strong language for 18+ years Birds – half bird, half person and very mischievous. Community Then listen and watch out for Fastest One Man Band in the World. Book at www.creativescene.org.uk or at the venue Centre, Church Road, Liversedge, WF15 7LS Mirfield Arts Festival runs on Sat 15 July and Sun 16 July, across ten venues. www.mirfieldmaltings.co.uk tickets Tickets £4 or 70 only £12 for a min 18 £4 team of four show yrs IT’S A WORD THING at sensory world Dewsbury SAVAGE HART FRI 21 JULY 7pm-9.30pm by Citrus Arts , Birstall Here is an open invitation to writers, poets, spoken-word artists and lovers of language to attend It’s a Word Thing open mic evening. We invite you to take the stage and share your stories or simply sit back, listen and soak up the spoken words. Join us in celebrating our love for language.

“A ferociously mesmerising success; Tickets are free an unforgettable illusion” Please book at www.creativescene.org.uk s te v e s t r at f o r d r e v i e w s

STEAM AT DEWSBURY TOWN CENTRE WITH urban playground team sat 5 aug

Delight in the energetic performance of this dance and free-running show. Follow UPG Team’s 900-mile railway journey across teaching and performing parkour, working with India’s leading company Channai’s Parkour Circle. You are invited aboard for a train ride like no other. This is part of Re:Imagine India (Arts Council England / British Council) and official event of UK / India 2017 Year of Culture.

Pack a picnic for supper and come Thu 20 July – and join us for a thrilling outdoor Sat 22 July 7pm PAN IN THE PARK IN WILTON PARK BATLEY Venue with wrongsemble performance where aerial artistry, The walled garden, Oakwell August Bank Holiday weekend ballet and circus combine to create Hall, Nutter Lane, Birstall, WF17 9LG Join us on this interactive family theatre adventure as we this bewitching tale of a 19th century fly past the ‘Second star to the right and straight on ‘til Join us from 6pm in the garden aristocrat, haunted by the ghosts before the performance at 7pm. morning’ where Wilton Park is transformed into Neverland. of his past. A limited number of chairs will Have you got what it takes to become one of Peter Pan’s Lost be provided as seating will be Boys and defeat the dastardly Captain Hook? All it takes is a Don’t miss this premiere of the outdoor version of Welsh company Citrus on the grass, but feel free to little faith, trust, pixie dust...and you. Arts’ sell out 2016 show, and the only performances in Yorkshire. bring a chair if required. Tickets on sale this July Created especially for the beautiful walled garden at historic Oakwell Hall, Tickets co-produced with Creative Scene. More details soon at ww.creativescene.org.uk On sale in June at Savage Hart reveals the story of a family of deer who have watched www.creativescene.org.uk over the dining hall of a cruel man of his times… now they’re putting Suitable for ages 11+ their heads together to form a plan... Batley Festival 2017 offers The Arts just got an amazing line-up of fun-filled performances and events that’s sure to catch the eye of experience seekers from far and wide. Bigger And as usual, it’s all family friendly and free. at Batley Festival Throughout the day the Market Square and Memorial Gardens will be teeming with a host of entertainment Sat 9 Sept 11am-5pm and performances; unusual hand-made goods and crafts; tasty treats to eat and drink, lots of hands on activities for children as well as their grown ups as the town of Batley celebrates. Plus, watch out for a special sneak peek of The Ruck, a new play about Batley Girls Under 16 rugby team. Rear View www.batleyfestival.co.uk by IOU

The Yorkshire Featuring: Premiere At Batley Festival Flame Oz with Calvos Fri 8 Sept – Sun 10 Sept The Whalley Range All Stars Various times Dizzy O’Dare Axial Dance with Urban Canvas Mr Wilson’s Second Liners The only Yorkshire 2017 date of this new work 154 Collective from Halifax based IOU More to be announced The streets become the stage as you are invited onto IOU’s super bus for an unforgettable journey around the streets of Batley. A mystery tour, with live performance aboard a custom-made double-decker bus. Blurring reality and fiction Rear View will take you on a moving adventure of one woman’s life told by poets Cecilia Knapp and Jemima Foxtrot. Prepare for stares as you are driven around local landmarks on this old school bus, now converted to stadium style seating for a 2017 audience.

tickets £4 adult / £2 child Book at www.creativescene.org.uk £4 Recommended for ages 11+ or pay on the day, on sale July

+ The bus is fully accessible for wheelchair users with provision for people with sight or hearing impairment. Thu 1 June Inspire. Inform. What Makes a Place? Place THE RUCK making with Sophie Skellern

Written by Kev Fegan Thu 6 July Be creative. I recognise you from A Creative Scene production with somewhere – logos, branding The Lawrence Batley Theatre, and identity with Aye! Agency The Social Come and find out who’s growing the Creative Scene Time: in our part of West Yorkshire. Indulge in a relaxed 6pm-8.30pm evening with guest speakers, homemade food,

creative activities and entertainment. Venue: The Old Turk, Dewsbury, Find out how you can help make a positive change, WF13 4HL (2 mins walk share great, creative ideas and pick up some top tips. opposite Dewsbury From Yorkshire, the original ‘County of Origin’ of , Fri 15 Sept – Train Station) comes a new force to be reckoned with: the mighty Batley Girls Sat 16 Sept 7.30pm Tickets Under 16 team. Free Venue Growing up in Batley, these women are used to a challenge; but Lawrence Batley Theatre, Book at are they prepared for what’s in store on the other side of the world? Huddersfield HD1 2SP www.creativescene.org.uk

The Ruck is an energetic new play with live music, inspired by Tickets + Please note: The Old Turk is not the real life story of the first UK women’s rugby league team to £16-£14 adult / £8 under 26 wheelchair accessible and does not tour Australia. Book at www.thelbt.org have a disabled toilet but we are working to find a fully accessible venue Look out for a short preview at Batley Festival on 9 September for our next series of events.

Coming up Make it Happen School autumn and winter 2017 Wanted: Adventurous people who want to make great creative things happen. ‘Make it Happen’ will inspire you and build your knowledge of producing the arts in an outdoor setting, enrich your A Real Alien Experience collaboration skills and give you great new experiences. by Ripstop Theatre The two-part, six day intensive training school will be Our ‘On Tour’ performance for October half-term held during October 2017 in Dewsbury and led by (23-27 Oct) follows intrepid explorer Amelia Walk the Plank, world-renowned outdoor Buttersnap on an alien adventure hunt. A fun and arts producers. Suitable 16+ engaging performance for all the family, full of homemade gadgets, magic and shadow puppetry. More details on our website soon

HeckmondLIGHT Togethering Join us for this ‘must see’ outdoor winter light Creative Scene invites you to join us for an early event, which marks a long history of the town’s evening Togethering, where we will share food, Making a Scene blog illuminations, dating back to 1885. See Green Park shadow play, fire and storytelling. Experience Read about the arts adventurers and their experiences across North lit up with interactive projections and a spectacular the town transformed by local artists and young Kirklees. Find out about how, as one of Arts Council England’s countdown to the switch on with The Momentum people working with world-renowned companies Creative People and Places projects, they are involved in bringing Wheel, by Andy Plant and Impossible Arts. Complicite and Walk The Plank. arts and culture right here, to the places you live, work and play. Sat 25 Nov 4pm-8pm Wed 25 Oct Catch up with our Making a Scene blog at www.makingascene.net Heckmondwike Town Centre Dewsbury Town Centre Curated by Len Grant; writer, sketcher and photographer. event date venue town Tickets

Variety Reborn at Sat 27 May Market Place Batley FREE – No booking required Batley Vintage Day

Billy Shakes Mon 29 May – Various Various £4 or £13 for family of 4 – Book at Sat 3 June www.creativescene.org.uk or at the venue

The Social Thu 1 June Old Turk Dewsbury FREE – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk

Follow the Heron at Sat 1 July Town Centre Cleckheaton FREE – No booking required Cleckheaton Folk Festival

The Social Thu 6 July Old Turk Dewsbury FREE – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk

It’s Your Round Mon 10 – Sat 15 July Various Various £4 or £12 for team of 4 – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk or at the venue

Person Birds & Sun 16 July Town Centre Mirfield FREE – No booking required Fastest One Man Band at Mirfield Arts Festival

Savage Hart Thu 20 – Sat 22 July Oakwell Hall Birstall On Sale June – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk

It's a Word Thing Fri 21 July Sensory World Dewsbury FREE – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk

STEAM Sat 5 Aug Town Centre Dewsbury FREE – No booking required

Pan in the Park August Bank Holiday Wilton Park Batley On Sale July – Book at Weekend www.creativescene.org.uk

Rear View at Batley Fri 8 – Sun 10 Sept Market Place Batley On Sale July – £4 / £2 – Book at Festival www.creativescene.org.uk

The Arts Just Got Sat 9 Sept Market Place Batley FREE – No booking required Bigger at Batley Festival

The Ruck Fri 15 – Sat 16 Sept The Lawrence Huddersfield £16-£14 adult / £8 under 26 – Book Batley Theatre at www.thelbt.org

A Real Alien Mon 23 – Fri 27 Oct Various Various On Sale June – £4 or £13 for Adventure a family of 4 – Book at www.creativescene.org.uk or at the venue

Togethering Wed 25 Oct Town Centre Dewsbury FREE – No booking required

HeckmondLIGHT Sat 25 Nov Green Park Heckmondwike FREE – No booking required

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