LULU - ON FIRE WHAT’S TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL and THEATRE and AIRDRIE TOWN HALL N September-December 2019 culturenl.co.uk PREPARE TO BE SPOILED Book online by visiting FOR CHOICE AS THE 2019 culturenl.co.uk Beat the queues and pre-order your SEASON CONTINUES! interval drink! Available when We continue an action-packed 2019 Little stars also get the chance to sing you buy your tickets online. with a fantastic programme of music, along with the FunBox Wild West show, Keep in touch comedy, and theatre with big names, full of stories and shenanigans! local talent and familiar faces at and follow us on... Drama heightens for adults as Motherwell Airdrie Town Hall and Motherwell Theatre stages the hilarious comedies, Concert Hall and Theatre. Singin’ I’m no a Billy He’s a Tim 2 and Music lovers can rejoice as Irish Girls Night Oot, as well as the gripping heartthrob Derek Ryan returns, as well play Clybourne Park. as Scottish siren Lulu, with her On Fire /CultureNL Musical fans are spoiled for choice this tour, before The Red Hot Chilli Pipers get season with Movies to Musicals and /MotherwellConcertHall us all fired up! The Lions of Lisbon; as well as Mad about /atAirdrieTownHall As if that wasn’t hot enough, we’ll host the Musicals, and Jesus Christ Superstar. the brand new festival Firestorm Rocks, Finally, we’re excited to welcome Beauty featuring rock legends including Doro, and the Beast to this year’s panto - Jimi Anderson Group and Killcode. kicking off in November and running The star quality continues as comedian through till January - it’s an adventure not @Culture_NL Frank Skinner brings his Showbiz tour. to be missed! @MotherwellVenue There’s something for everyone this @AirdrieTownHall Autumn/Winter. 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To register with Lanarkshire Carers Centre, please visit www.prtlcc.org.uk or call 01698 428090 / 01236 428090. CULTURENL.CO.UK 01698 403120 IN ASSOCIATION WITH 4 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk THE COUNTERFEIT SINGIN’ I’M NO A SIXTIES BILLY HE’S A TIM 2 DATE: Saturday 7 September, 7.30pm DATE: Friday 13 & Sunday 22 September, 7.30pm TICKETS: £19 TICKETS: £17 / Concession £16 MOTHERWELL THEATRE MOTHERWELL THEATRE Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, Scotland’s favourite bigots are back in this as Britain’s No. 1 tribute show brings their hilarious new sequel to Des Dillon’s smash hit tribute to over twenty five bands of that era. comedy, Singin’ I’m No A Billy He’s A Tim. The show encompasses everything from that period, from the clothes, to flashbacks Join Billy and Tim as they find themselves from television history, including TV stuck in the medical room at Hampden Park programmes, adverts and clips from the during the Scottish Cup final between Rangers original bands. and Celtic, after making a bet that backfires The Counterfeit Sixties presents a showcase with spectacular consequences. of the great bands of this time, including Throw in a gallus wee Glaswegian ghost on a The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, mission from God and a fierce Polish nurse The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The with no time for nonsense, and watch ninety Monkees - to name but a few. minutes of outrageous comedy unfold. The band members have performed their SCOTTISH OPERA: Singing I’m No A Billy He’s A Tim 2 will take unique tribute shows all over the UK and OPERA HIGHLIGHTS abroad, and have a wide range of you on a priceless comical journey and have DATE: Thursday 12 September, 7.30pm experience in that field. The members of the you laughing so hard you’ll be begging for TICKETS: £15 / Under 26 £5 band have individually worked with notable extra time. MOTHERWELL THEATRE sixties’ artists such as The Searchers, The Ivy League, The Fortunes, The Tremeloes The venue is confirmed, and the guest and many more. MOVIES TO list is complete. The decorations are Join us for a night of sixties nostalgia! ordered, and the entertainment has been MUSICALS booked for a very special garden party. DATE: Saturday 14 September, 7.30pm TICKETS: £15 / Concession £8 This autumn four singers and a pianist AIRDRIE TOWN HALL bring you an evening of Opera Highlights, with music from some of the world’s most After their sell-out show at Glasgow celebrated composers, including Britten, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Donizetti and Mozart, alongside new Philharmonia bring their Movies to work from Scottish Opera Composer in Musicals Show to Airdrie Town Hall. Residence, Samuel Bordoli. With a live orchestra, guest artists, kids Touring venues up and down Scotland cast and many more surprises, you will with a celebration of all that is opera. not want to miss this all singing, all dancing event! www.glasgowphilharmonia.com www.facebook.com/musictomusicals 6 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 7 CLYBOURNE PARK DATE: Wednesday 18 September, 7.30pm TICKETS: £16 / Concession £14 MOTHERWELL THEATRE Rapture Theatre is proud to present an exciting new production of the critically acclaimed modern American classic, Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play is a razor-sharp satire SOUNDSATIONAL’S about the politics of race. ANNUAL SHOW In 1959, Bev and Russ are moving after 2019 the tragic death of their son. Inadvertently, DATE: Saturday 21 September, 7.30pm they have sold their house to the TICKETS: £15 / Concession £10 neighbourhood’s first black family, AIRDRIE TOWN HALL which causes ripples of discontent among the cosy white urbanites of the It’s that time of year again! Don’t miss local area. SoundSational Choir perform their favourite arrangements from their ninth Fifty years later, in 2009, the roles are year running! reversed when a young white couple buys the same house in what is now a Come and sing along to show predominantly black neighbourhood. stopping songs, from the stage and screen, through the decades. In both instances, a community showdown takes place, pitting race This is sure to be a show stopping against real estate with this home as the event! battleground. Are the issues buried beneath the floor boards actually the same fifty years on? Acclaimed by UK critics and audiences alike since its debut in 2009, Clybourne Park has also been awarded Best Play at both the Olivier and the Evening Standard Awards. 8 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 9 LULU – ON FIRE DATE: Tuesday 24 September, 7.30pm TICKETS: £35 / Premium £40 MOTHERWELL CONCERT HALL Lulu still has plenty to shout about as MAD ABOUT THE she embarks on another mammoth tour MUSICALS of the UK. DATE: Thursday 26 September, 7.30pm Singer, songwriter, actress, and national TICKETS: £20 / Concession £18 treasure are all labels that have been MOTHERWELL THEATRE attributed to Lulu. Taking you on a whistle stop tour from She has stayed the course, when many the heart of London theatre, to the glitz have faltered, because of her talent as of Broadway, the critically acclaimed an artist and her determination as a Mad About The Musicals is back - person. Lulu’s powerhouse performances celebrating the very best songs from have ensured a loyal following of fans the shows we love! who come out year after year to witness From the bittersweet For Forever, to a legend at work. One Day More and This Is Me! Sit back If you haven’t seen Lulu live, then don’t and enjoy two hours of unforgettable miss this special opportunity as Lulu London and New York favourites, recounts her remarkable life, now at 70 brought to you by a talented cast. years old, with a career that outshines With a host of your favourite numbers many of her contemporaries. from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew On Fire is a show packed full of hits, in Lloyd Webber and Boublil & which Lulu takes us on her own personal Schonberg, the talented cast of Mad journey through her music, supported by About The Musicals evoke the true a 4-piece band and LED screen showing spirit of the stage. her milestone moments. With brilliant vocals, stunning “Her voice has lost none of its sassy, costumes and a spectacular light soulful crackle and the original songs are show, Mad about the Musicals brings smart, intelligent and seductive” The you the very best show in town! Times. “Outstanding!” The Stage. “Still packing a punch…her passion and “The best show of its kind” Encore talent for music is clearly her number Magazine. one priority…and long may it last” The Birmingham Post. “Stand back, Florence and Paloma, Lulu has re-lit her fire” York Press. 10 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 01698 403120 / culturenl.co.uk 11 DEREK RYAN DATE: Sunday 29 September, 7.30pm TICKETS: £25 MOTHERWELL THEATRE Irish Country Music’s Golden boy, Derek Ryan, maintains his position at the top table of Country Music’s elite, with his original material and country classics.