SPARKLING ARTS EVENTS IN THE HEART OF SHOREHAM MAY – AUG 2015 CLAIRE MARTIN & LIANE CARROLL SHOWADDYWADDY NINE BELOW ZERO STEVE BELL STEWART LEE RUBY TURNER ROPETACKLE COMEDY FESTIVAL CHRIS DIFFORD ANDREW LAWRENCE ROPETACKLECENTRE.CO.UK MAY 2015 ropetacklecentre.co.uk BOX OFFICE: 01273 464440 MAY 2015 WELCOME TO Open Monday – Saturday: 10am – 4.30pm Contact: [email protected] The Ropetackle Café is located in the foyer of Welcome to our summer programme! Full of amazing music, comedy, theatre, Ropetackle Arts Centre. We serve a delicious range of talks, family events, and much more, all running from May – August 2015. Now an teas, coffees, and soft drinks, plus a wonderful menu award-winning venue* we are delighted to offer another exceptional programme of of freshly made sandwiches, paninis, soups, jacket events with something for everybody to enjoy. Our newly re-opened Ropetackle Café potatoes, scrumptious cakes and more. The large, has been a huge success, and we hope you can enjoy its delectable delights, whether light and airy Ropetackle foyer is the perfect place to a coffee during the day, or one of our delicious pre-show meals (see opposite enjoy a relaxing coffee, meet with friends for a light page for more details). As a charitable trust staffed almost entirely by volunteers, lunch, or get some work done with our free wi-fi. donations make a significant contribution to covering our running costs and We have also expanded our pre-show dining programme delivery, and our Friends scheme is a great way to support the Centre experience and are delighted to be working with alongside other benefits (see page 53 for details). Nothing comes close to the friendly Lesley’s Kitchen to offer delicious pre-show suppers atmosphere, intimate performance space, and first-class programming that has before our events taking place on Thursdays, Fridays, established us as one of the South Coast’s most celebrated arts venues. We believe and Saturdays. Lesley Ward, who runs Lesley’s Kitchen, has lived in Shoreham for over engagement with the arts is of vital importance to the wellbeing of individuals and 30 years and has lots of experience in catering for local businesses and community the community, and with such an exciting and eclectic programme ahead of us, we’ll events including five years running the Beach Dreams Café. She believes in quality let the events speak for themselves. See you at the bar! locally sourced ingredients and delicious home cooked food. Our pre-show supper menu includes both meat and vegetarian options including lasagne, chilli, pies, casseroles, and curry, all served with either salad or vegetables, BOX OFFICE: 01273 464440 plus a range of desserts including trifles, meringues, brownies and more! Main meals cost just £7, desserts £3, or the 2-course meal for £9.50. No booking necessary, food ROPETACKLECENTRE.CO.UK will be served from 6pm. *Best Theatre/Venue, Argus Guide Going Out Awards 2014 Ropetackle Café @ropetacklecafe With support from: Programme design by Door 22 Creative www.door22.co.uk @ropetackleart Ropetackle Arts Centre Opera Rock Folk Family Blues Spoken Word Jazz 2 MAY 2015 ropetacklecentre.co.uk BOX OFFICE: 01273 464440 MAY 2015 RICHARD DURRANT JAZZ BREAKFAST WITH MIKE HATCHARD Richard Durrant presents BACH The Mike Hatchard/Gordon Webber Ensemble ON A BIKE (Cycling Music Lap 2 - After playing together at Ropetackle last Shoreham To The Isle Of Skye) November there were so many requests After last year’s successful 1,500 for a return visit that Mike Hatchard and mile, seven week Cycling Music tour Gordon Webber decided to form an actual the UK’s busiest virtuoso guitarist is band! With Nana Tsiboe on percussion (credits include Sting no less), Mark back in the saddle. Ramsden on sax (credits include Loose Tubes and Tom Robinson), Steve Between May 1st and July 3rd 2015 Richard will pedal up to 100 miles Edwards on the bass (brilliant up and coming young bass player) Mike, between gigs carrying everything on his bike. He’ll perform a wide Gordon, and the wonderful Fransesca Payne share the vocals. Tunes will selection of virtuoso music highlighting the chameleon like qualities of include songs from their album ‘Everyone Who Loves Is A Little Bit Blind’ the guitar. The show includes JS Bach’s mighty D minor Chaconne and as well as material from their latest release. will also feature Richard’s own Cycling Music for guitar, sequencers, and Sunday 3rd May | 11am | £9 pre-recorded bicycle percussion, complete with spectacular projected animations. The cycling minstrel will also find room in his trailer for his favourite ukulele on which he’ll perform additional works by JS Bach. BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST Cycling Music was written for Richard’s successful 2014 album of the ‘Their music is breathtaking and wickedly inventive and the between-tunes same name. It was played during the BBC’s coverage of last year’s Le Tour interchange as intelligent and hilarious as the music.’ ~ Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2 De France, in the film Bicycle (Blue Hippo Productions), on ITV’s Cycle Start with traditional folk music, add a touch of classical and jazz, throw in Show, and on BBC Radio3. a bit of pop and music hall, and top it off with lashings of wry humour – and A donation from each show on the tour will be made to the Cycling Defence Fund (CDF). you have a wonderfully entertaining evening with Belshazzar’s Feast. Paul Friday 1st May | 8pm | £15, £13 Concession, £5 16s & Under Sartin (of Bellowhead and Faustus) and Paul Hutchinson (of Hoover The Dog) have together wowed audiences across the UK FRIENDS OF ROPETACKLE with their eclectic and eccentric mix of tunes and between songs chat that always sends JOIN UP! Join and support us by becoming a Friend of Ropetackle audiences home with smiles on their faces. TODAY Per year: £15 individual, or £25 joint. More details on page 53. Wednesday 6th May | 8pm | £13 3 Music Film Magic Comedy World Music Theatre Opera Rock Folk Family Blues Spoken Word Jazz 4 MAY 2015 ropetacklecentre.co.uk BOX OFFICE: 01273 464440 MAY 2015 ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL: SHOWADDYWADDY Showaddywaddy have long been established as Europe’s most successful THE TREASON SHOW! ever exponents of retro-inspired rock and roll. Their record speaks for itself! It’s election time, treason heaven! And the team are gearing up to face the 23 top 40 hit singles, including 10 top 5 hits (Under The Moon Of Love, When, absurdity of it all with an all singing, all dancing (and possible nudity) satirical You Got What It Takes, 3 Steps To Heaven, Hey Rock & Roll) 15 massive spectacular special edition. It’ll be topical tunes and side-splitting sketches selling albums (including the Christmas number 1 in 1978), in excess of 50 galore! Then of course there’s the notorious Brighton Festival too. Is anyone Top Of The Pops performances, and countless industry awards! safe from the foppish festival frippery? (Try saying that three times fast.) Rich On the back of a rich and hugely successful career, and due to massive pickings indeed this May, so get yourselves down for the fun. Because in this public demand, the band continues to tour extensively with a brand new election special, no matter which horse you back, you’ll enjoy the ride! show featuring an extended line-up. On this special election evening the bar will remain open until midnight and Formed on September suppers will be served after the show. Come and join us for what promises to be an 1st 1973, their show here electrifying evening of early results and election predictions. at Ropetackle forms Thursday 7th May | 7.30pm | £14 part of a landmark new tour which will take the boys to every corner of FROM THE JAM the UK. That’s Entertainment Acoustic Tour With a revitalized show, From The Jam, featuring former The Jam bassist Bruce expect all the hits and Foxton and Russell Hastings. many surprises along the way. Rock and roll is Bruce and Russell will be performing a selection of songs from The Jam’s extensive alive and kicking in the back catalogue and songs from Bruce’s new album Back In The Room as well as hands of this amazing handing over the microphone to the audience for a question and answer session. band! Don’t miss out. Expect to hear classics such as ‘Down In The Tube Station At Midnight’, Please note, this is an all ‘Going Underground’, ‘Town Called Malice’, and ‘Strange Town’, as well as standing event. new songs from ‘Back In The Room’. Come and join us for what promises to be an electrifying evening of early results Saturday 9th May | 8pm and election predictions. | £22.50 (All Standing) Friday 8th May | 8pm | £17 (All Standing) 5 Music Film Magic Comedy World Music Theatre Opera Rock Folk Family Blues Spoken Word Jazz 6 MAY 2015 ropetacklecentre.co.uk BOX OFFICE: 01273 464440 MAY 2015 FLAMENCO BLUES Ropetackle Film Club Presents: ‘Tormenta Flamenca creates a modern THE MAN WHO WASN’T twist on traditional dancing traditions… THERE a dramatic show!’ ~ North Norfolk Times 2001 British-American neo-noir film written, produced and directed by Joel One artist, two lifelong loves, and Nathan Coen. Ed Crane (Billy Bob Flamenco Blues is a tender tribute Thornton), a barber in the town of Santa to both blues and flamenco. Like two Rosa, decides he wants to invest in a strands of one thread, the genres new technology called dry cleaning and intertwine with the strength and schemes to get the necessary money by tradition of flamenco overlapping the anonymously blackmailing ‘Big Dave’ deep joy and melancholy of jazz while Brewster (James Gandolfini).