Programme September- December 2021 Otley COURTHOUSE 2 Welcome to Otley Courthouse As autumn approaches, we continue to be able to open our doors for a range of events covering, music, theatre, comedy & film. We are so grateful to all of you who came and supported our summer programme of events. Here you will find all of our latest event information. We hope you enjoy this upcoming season and thank you for your continued support. Please be aware that forthcoming events may have specific conditions of entry attached in order for us to operate legally and safely. These will be dictated by changes in regulation and agreed industry best practice and will be clarified once we receive December 2021 December clear guidance from government and industry bodies. As guidelines continue to be updated, please do keep up to date with our _ latest news & events by visiting our website at otleycourthouse.org.uk. MAILING LIST HOW TO BOOK TICKETS To sign up & receive electronic copies of our programme and newsletters please BY PHONE OR IN PERSON visit our website otleycourthouse.org.uk September Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, Otley, LS21 3AN Tel: 01943 467466 ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES The Box Office is open from 10am – 12pm & 12.30 – 2.30pm Monday to Friday. The Courthouse is fully accessible. Guide dogs and hearing dogs Opening times may vary. are welcome. An induction loop is available in the Courtroom. See website for While all details are correct at time of going to press, some changes and further details. additions may take place. Check when you purchase your tickets. A large print text version of this brochure can be made available on request. ONLINE Otley Courthouse Otleycourthouse.org.uk E-tickets will be available to print upon completion of purchase CONTACT US Telephone: 01943 467466 CONCESSIONS Email: [email protected] Where a concessionary price is listed, these tickets are available for the following Website: otleycourthouse.org.uk groups: Under 16s, people in receipt of benefits, in full time education and Senior Citizens (60+ and retired). facebook.com/otleycourthouse REFUNDS Tickets are non-refundable, except in the case of a cancelled performance. @otleycourthouse Resale of tickets on sell out performances may be possible providing tickets are returned to the box office. HOW TO FIND US Pateley Bridge One Way B6451 Otley Courthouse Boroughgate A659 A659 Pool Market e Square Bus Kirkgat Station Parish Bondgate G Church ay L a Ilkle ne A660 y ne s La L urra eed B s R oad A660 Leeds 8 A603 ford Brad We would like to thank the many local companies who give us their support. The Courthouse Project (Otley) Ltd. Company registered in England and Wales No. 4303404. Charity No. 1090877 Cinema @ the Courthouse 3 RADIOACTIVE THE PEANUT BUTTER Thursday 7 October FALCON 109 mins, 12A Thursday 4 November Starring Rosamund Pike, 107 mins, 12A Thursday Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Starring Zack Gottsagen, Novak Ann Owens, Dakota Movie Johnson Matinees NOMADLAND Thursday 25 November Start time 2pm with tea 128 mins, 12A / coffee available from Starring Frances 1.30pm. Tickets for all 01943 467466 / otleycourthouse.org.uk films £5 includes tea / McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May coffee & biscuits. Tickets MILITARY WIVES Thursday 2 September 112 mins, 12A Starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan, Emma Lowndes EMMA Thursday 21 October GREEN BOOK 124 mins, U Thursday 16 September Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, 130 mins, 12A Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali DOWNTON ABBEY Thursday 9 December 122 mins, PG Starring Stephen Campbell Moore), Michael Fox, Lesley Nicol 4 Cinema @ the Courthouse JUDAS AND THE THE COUNTY BLACK MESSIAH Thursday 25 November Thursday 14 October 92 mins, 12A 126 mins, 15 Dir: Grímur Hákonarson Dir: Shaka King December 2021 December _ Otley Film Society is a not for profit organisation that September is committed to bringing diverse cinema to Otley. To find out more about the AFTER LOVE films, details of membership and how to buy guest tickets, Thursday 2 December go to otleyfilmsociety.org.uk 89 mins, 12A or email: Dir: Aleem Khan Otley Courthouse [email protected] Thursday screening of films start at 7.45pm with bar open from 7pm. Guest Tickets: £5. NOMADLAND MINARI Thursday 28 October 117 mins, 12A Thursday 9 September Dir: Chloé Zhao 115 mins, 12A Dir: Lee Isaac Chung 1917 THE PEBBLE AND Thursday 11 November THE BOY PAIN AND GLORY 119 mins, 15 Thursday 16 December Thursday 30 September Dir: Sam Mendes Dir: Chris Green 113 mins, 15 Dir: Pedro Almodóvar 5 Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Saturday 11 September 7pm 8pm 10am to 4pm £14 £16 Free £12 Courthouse Friends simplydylan.com heritageopendays.org.uk ntlive.com Music Family Theatre 01943 467466 / otleycourthouse.org.uk NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: SIMPLY DYLAN HERITAGE OPEN As straightforward as the title suggests: FOLLIES No frills, no gimmicks, no pretence; DAY Tickets Recorded Screening Simply Dylan is John O’Connell’s This year’s national theme is ‘Edible personal exploration and celebration England’. Courthouse volunteers Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee, and Imelda of the rich and diverse work of Bob have created a ‘Food Trail’ around the Staunton play the magnificent Follies Dylan. building. The Trail will highlight the in this dazzling production. Featuring food connections at the Courthouse, a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 21, It is the band’s precise playing and from the Police Canteen to prisoner’s Stephen Sondheim’s legendary high energy renditions that have gone breakfast and from cases about musical was directed by Dominic from a modest project recognising poaching to those of theft and Cooke and filmed live on stage at the Dylan’s 70th Birthday in 2011 to embezzlement. National Theatre in 2017. selling out the Cavern Club 6 times, to opening the 2019 Isle of Wight Storyteller Vickie Orton will run a New York, 1971. There’s a party on Festival to receiving fantastic reviews storytelling session and workshop for the stage of the Weismann Theatre. from audiences across the UK. children, and The Otley Players will be Tomorrow the iconic building will be performing their own short play, also demolished. Thirty years after their John O’Connell, formerly of Groundpig, based on the theme of food at the final performance, the Follies girls who leads Simply Dylan, has Courthouse. gather to have a few drinks, sing a collaborated with other highly few songs, and lie about themselves. reputable musicians to form his Dylan The ever-popular Beat Walk is back and Band. They explore Dylan’s diverse there will be a selection of home-made Winner of Academy, Tony, Grammy work and bring his lyrical content to jams, chutneys, pickles, and honey for and Olivier awards, Sondheim’s life; in doing so have ignited a new sale during the day. previous work includes A Little Night wave of passion for one of the world’s Music, Sweeney Todd, and Sunday in most prodigious song writers. As restrictions are still uncertain, the Park with George. it will be necessary for all visits to be booked in advance. Please see the Courthouse website for further details. 6 December 2021 December _ Saturday 11 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September September 8pm 7.30pm 7.30pm £15 £5pp £14 Adults Age 14+ Under 18s are free £7 Under-16s thesimonevans.com otleysciencefestival.co.uk otleyfolkfestival.com Comedy Talk / Family Music SIMON EVANS: SCIENCE CAFÉ KATIE SPENCER Otley Courthouse THE WORK OF Speakers set out their key ideas in Katie Spencer is a singer-songwriter 10-15 minutes followed by time for and guitarist from Yorkshire who THE DEVIL questions. All welcome, whether you writes songs imbued with the are a beginner, an expert or still at Northern landscapes of her home. Simon Evans’ last show, Genius 2.0 Originally from Hull, East Yorkshire, school. The speakers and topics for (“A Masterclass” ***** The Scotsman) the grainy imagery of the industrial discussion are: Dr Liz Breen, Director provided an hilarious analysis of docks and sea-fronts seep into her of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone, the departure of any visible sign of deeply personal songs of nostalgia, University of Bradford “Covid-19 intelligence from modern life. But his loss and love. vaccines - access, equality and success”, Dr new show raises the stakes, with his Mark Stidworthy, Principal Veterinary usual excoriating views of a world The music, and most notably her guitar Pathologist, International Zoo Veterinary on fire given a perspective shift from playing stems from a time when Group “Pachyderms, parrots and personal revelations that turned his the steel-stringed instrument was Polynesian tree snails”, Dr Alessandro world upside down this year. truly finding its voice. Artists like Joni Biraglia, Leeds University Business Mitchell, James Taylor and perhaps School “Why BUY? The science behind Simon Evans is the star of Live at the most evidently John Martyn, flow into consumer behaviour.” Apollo, Mock the Week, BBC Radio her sound, carrying with them the 4’s The News Quiz, The Unbelievable warmth and idealism of the early 70’s Students in full time education are Truth & Simon Evans Goes to Market. folk and songwriter movements. eligible for free tickets. To book Simon has made appearances on either call the Courthouse or email This Week, Question Time, Celebrity The release of her debut album [email protected] Mastermind, Pointless Celebrities and Weather Beaten (2019) made it clear Seats will be allocated on the day of Mastermind The Professionals. to the world that the music is a sound the event in accordance with social of her own, and a sound that speaks distancing rules.