AUTUMN 20 18 • WHAT’S ON THEATRE • MUSIC • DANCE • FAMILY SHOWS lincsruraltouring.co.uk ‘RURAL TOURING IS WHERE AT A GLANCE: WHAT'S ON LINCOLNSHIRE SEP 2018 – FEB 2019 THE LIVELIEST GIGS HAPPEN, SEPTEMBER DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE WHERE THE WARMEST Fri 28 Wickenby Twisted Tales 04 FRIENDSHIPS ARE MADE.’ OCTOBER DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE THE GUARDIAN Fri 05 Alford Henry Normal 04 Sat 06 North Hykeham Bonfire Radicals 05 Hello. Fri 12 Allington Honey 05 Sat 13 West Deeping Honey 05 The Lincolnshire Rural & Community Touring Network Sat 14 North Thoresby Bonfire Radicals 05 helps voluntary promoter groups bring rural communities Sun 19 Alford Heartspur 06 together to enjoy high-quality , entertaining and Sun 21 Morton My Sweet Patootie 06 affordable professional live theatre , music , dance and Thu 25 Tealby The Full Bronte 07 family shows at a wide range of community venues, from Fri 26 Normanton on Trent The Full Bronte 07 village halls, to churches, to schools. Sun 28 Winthorpe The Thankful Village 07 Box office & ticketing information . For ticket prices and to Wed 31 South Scarle Brilliance 08 find out where you can buy your tickets locally, please visit NOVEMBER our website: liveandlocal.org.uk DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE Get ticket on-sale alerts . To request email notification Fri 02 Dunston Tell Tale Tusk 08 when sales open for shows in your community please visit: Fri 02 Swayfield Mister Keith 09 liveandlocal.org.uk/notifyme Sun 04 Braceborough Tell Tale Tusk 08 Ticket prices range from £5 - £15. Many of the shows Sun 04 Skegness Brilliance 08 featured are suitable for family audiences and age Wed 07 Ropsley The Window 09 re commendations are provided for guidance . Fri 09 Wymondham Ian McMillan & Ian Beesley 10 Sat 10 Long Sutton Men In General 11 Disability access . All venues have a commitment to Wed 14 South Clifton Ian McMillan & Ian Beesley 10 access for disabled people; many have full access and a Thu 15 Great Carlton Bush Gothic 11 range of facilities, and others are working towards this goal. Fri 16 North Hykeham Juliet & Romeo 12 For venue and access information, please visit: Fri 16 Reepham The FB Pocket Orchestra 15 liveandlocal.org.uk Thu 22 Ingham Old Hat Jazz Band 15 Fri 23 Caistor Agent of Influence 16 All brochure details are correct at the time of going to print, but please check the website for any changes. Please note that provision of refreshments Sat 24 Heydour, Aisby Men In General 11 varies between venues and some may be unable to serve alcohol. Sat 24 West Deeping Agent of Influence 16 Please check bar/catering facilities when booking tickets. Sat 24 Nettleton Padmor e/ We st/Szymanski 17 Sun 25 Crowland Britten Sinfoni a/ 18 LINCOLNSHIRE RURAL & COMMUNITY TOURING E-NEWS: Padmor e/ Szymanski FIND OUT MORE, SIGN-UP TODAY at liveandlocal.org.uk Thu 29 Minting Tantz 19 Lincolnshire Rural & Community Touring Network is co-ordinated by Live & Local Ltd., is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Lincolnshire local authorities, and is made possible by the support of local voluntary promoter groups. Live & Local Ltd., Pageant House, 2 Jury Street, Warwick CV34 4EW 01926 402 173 / [email protected] 01 02 DECEMBER DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE Sat 01 North Thoresby Tantz 19 Sun 02 Ashby de la Launde Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies 19 Tue 04 Tealby A Christmas Carol 20 Thu 06 Coddington A Christmas Carol 20 Fri 07 Bassingham Long Shot 20 Fri 07 Normanton on Trent The Little Maid Who Danced 21 To Every Mood HENRY NORMAL Sat 08 Market Rasen Reynard The Fox 21 RAINING UPWARDS Sat 08 Skegness A Christmas Carol 20 'OWDYADO THEATRE Sun 09 Alford Britten Sinfoni a Quintet / 22 TWISTED TALES 'Poetry so good you can Padmor e/Szymanski actually understand it' is the Wed 12 Ropsley Máire Ní Chathasaigh 23 Thriller fanatics won't be maxim Henry Normal lives by. & Chris Newman disappointed with not one, not Here he brings his gently Fri 14 Long Sutton Máire Ní Chathasaigh 23 two, but three playfully twisted, humorous verse and wry & Chris Newman darkly funny stories reminiscent observations to a night of of (and inspired by) cult performance poetry/stand-up JANUARY 2019 classics like The Twilight Zone centred around life, love and extraordinary moments in DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE and the BBC's Inside No. 9. our everyday lives. Clever, Fri 25 Alford A Hundred Different Words 23 Each stylishly explores the idea succinct, sometimes For Love of, 'How far would you go to heartrending, sometimes Fri 25 North Thoresby Noble Jacks 24 get what you want?' and transports the audience to crowd-pleasingly daft. Sat 26 Harmston The Lodger 24 Normal is a stalwart figure in Silent Film & Live Music strange and sometimes surreal realms along the way. British TV, a multi award-winning Sun 27 Crowland Kathryn Roberts 25 writer and producer behind & Sean Lakeman With pitch black humour and many classic comedies from Thu 31 Coddington Noble Jacks 24 elegantly crafted plots that The Royale Family to Red Thu 31 Great Carlton Oh La La! 25 always look to wrongfoot you, Dwarf . Poetry has always been this is consummate anthology his first love, however, and FEBRUARY 2019 drama-comedy. And really, Raining Upwards shows that his who doesn't love a good wit is just as sharp as ever. DATE COMMUNITY SHOW / PERFORMER PAGE goosebump-inducing scare? Sun 03 South Wheatley Oh La La! 25 ‘A mixture of the absurd Ages: 12+ and downright wacky... a gentle giant of Fri 28 Sep 7.30pm stand-up poetry.’ Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby The List LN3 5AW ‘Funniest man you've never heard of.’ The Telegraph Ages: 14+ Fri 05 Oct 8pm Alford Corn Exchange LN13 9EB 03 04 BONFIRE RADICALS REACTION THEATRE NORTHUMBERLAND MY SWEET PATOOTIE IN CONCERT MAKERS THEATRE COMPANY IN CONCERT HONEY HEARTSPUR One of the most exciting A high-energy acoustic and eclectic groups on the An intimate, thoughtful, Hippy Hippy Shake-speare! vaudeville and vintage western folk/world scene, the Bonfire atmospheric evocation of swing act, this outstanding Transplanting Henry IV into the Radicals blend gorgeous fragile family and community Canadian trio delivers uplifting 1960's gangland Newcastle medieval and Celtic folk, allegiances within a remote performances with an of the British-noir crime film dynamic eastern European Welsh village. Tracing the emphasis on fun, drawing on Get Carter , as soundtracked jazz-swing and punchy lives of a young autistic man, a world of carnival barkers and by the sweet girl group pop of world-beats into a unique his absentee soldier father, his nostalgic romantics. Six-Five Special , this 'jukebox sonic identity that truly alcoholic beekeeper mother tragedy' is truly memorable. Performed with tight vocal beguiles. Armed with emotive and her tattoo artist sister, at vocals, melodic classical harmonies, stunning the heart of the drama is a With Shakespeare's beautiful recorders and woodwind, musicianship, humorous story of family – family verse – garlanded with meaty electrifying fiddle, and a tight, storytelling and great audience fragmented, family struggling, modern dialogue – peppered rocking rhythm section, theirs rapport, and with joie-de-vivre and finally family rebuilding. over a fiery plot based on the is a boldly original and highly- emanating from every pore, And woven throughout is the Battle of Shrewsbury, the spirited, at times gloriously they make an astoundingly on-stage stitching of an superb cast of four bring chaotic, live stage show. large sound on stage, filling the honeycombed quilt, a humour and high drama by hall with joy. beautiful original folk music the bucketload to this flawless ★★★★ soundtrack and stunning production. ‘Raucous and eclectic, choreography. A strong story, ‘My Sweet Patootie's sheer merriment in a gently told and laced with playing is superb and ‘NTC's productions may gorgeous set of ideas and gentle humour. Swarm to the vocal harmonies be small-scale and done influences, guaranteed to see it. exquisite. ’ on a shoestring but they leave you smiling from Maverick Magazine are backed by a team ear to ear.’ Ages: 9+ which can match Songlines Magazine Ages: 12+ anything done by much Produced in association with the bigger theatres.’ Ages: 6+ Live & Local DART programme Canada. International arts (developing artists for rural touring). The Guardian supported by Live & Local Friends. Supported using public funding UK/Greece. International arts by the National Lottery through supported by Live & Local Friends. Arts Council England. Ages: 12+ Sun 21 Oct 7.30pm Morton Village Hall PE10 0NR Sat 06 Oct 7.30pm Fri 12 Oct 7.45pm Fri 19 Oct 8pm Terry O'Toole Theatre, Allington Village Hall NG32 2DZ Alford Corn Exchange North Hykeham LN6 9AX LN13 9EB Sat 13 Oct 7.30pm Sun 14 Oct 7.30pm West Deeping Village Hall North Thoresby Village Hall PE6 9HP DN36 5QL 05 06 SCARY LITTLE GIRLS BADAPPLE THEATRE FARNHAM MALTINGS TELL TALE TUSK THE FULL BRONTE THE THANKFUL VILLAGE THEATRE IN CONCERT BRILLIANCE Like the anarchic love children A genuinely captivating This intriguing and distinctive of French & Saunders and comedy-drama set against 1963, winter. Everyone gathers all-female contemporary folk Hinge & Brackett, formidable the backdrop of World War in the village hall. Daisy places ensemble plays a spellbinding host Maria (glamour puss, One; a story of hope, humour her hand on the switch, presses (and award-winning) set academic, thespian) and her and humanity, of men who it down, and life is never the reimagining folktales old and put-upon assistant Brannie went away, and women left same again. giving light to folksong new, (dogsbody, backstage crew, behind, and their re-uniting, weaving immaculate and playing every other part) for better or for worse, in the A warm, energetic and virtuosic harmony vocals with pay homage to the lives winter of 1918.