Theatre l Music l Dance l Film l Exhibitions l Workshops September - December 2018 ... the creative heart of the community London Classic Theatre My Mother Said I Never Should By Charlotte Keatley Tues 11 – Weds 12 September 7.30pm London Classic Theatre returns to Queen’s LIVE IN THE Hello and welcome to my very first Hall Arts to open their production of this LIBRARY September What’s On award winning play before they head off on season at Queen’s Hall a national tour. Archie Fisher 03 September Thursday 13 September 8.00pm It is an absolute delight to be the new Artistic Director and I have A poignant, bittersweet story about love, received a wonderful welcome from staff, friends and customers. 06 October jealousy and the price of freedom set in Master guitarist, Archie Fisher is one The Autumn Season is an exciting mix of live theatre, dance, film 13 Cardboard Week Manchester, Oldham and London, the of Scotland’s foremost folksinger and music to help you fill the longer evenings of autumn. 14 November play details the lives of four women / songwriters, a legendary folk 19 December The season is the rich blend of performance and exhibitions that through the immense social changes of troubadour whose ballads evoke you have come to expect from Queen’s Hall Arts alongside new the twentieth century. 22 Pantomime the rough beauty of the Scottish experiences. Live in the Library will bring music and theatre to borderlands. Using a kaleidoscopic time structure, 24 Exhibitions the Library and Pay What You Decide will allow you to try a new 26 Courses and Regular performance only paying what you want as you leave! And Queen’s Charlotte Keatley’s story focuses on four Recognised for his contributions to Workshops Hall Arts is honoured to present the film premiere of ‘The Audition’ generations of one family as they confront Scottish folk music, in 2007 he was the most significant moments of their lives. inducted into the Scots Traditional 28 Seating Plan created by our very own youth theatre, The Projectors. Music Hall of Fame and in 2006 29 Booking Your Tickets We’re also thrilled to invite you to experience some innovative ‘In its revelation of mother-daughter was awarded an MBE for services productions; from immersive theatre (Off the Grid) to a gig that emotions over the years, the play is without 30 Season’s Diary to traditional music. He is known is a play (One Life Stand) or Choreocracy where digital technology rivals. It is a classic.’ The Times 31 QHA Digital throughout the country as the host allows the audience to direct the performance. Tickets: £14.50 of BBC Radio Scotland’s award- From the light and colour of our Matisse exhibition in September £12.50 (Members / benefit conc) winning ‘Travelling Folk’ programme, through the noise and excitement of family theatre and workshops £7.50 (student) which he presented for over 25 years. to our traditional end of season panto (and not so traditional improv panto) there is plenty to enliven your senses as the days shorten. Tickets: £10.00 LIKE US Katy Taylor /queenshallarts Artistic Director | Queen’s Hall Arts FOLLOW US @queenshallarts SEE US queenshallarts www.queenshall.co.uk ... the creative heart of the community 2 3 Théâtre Sans Frontières and Poetry Evening Théâtre  L’Envers Robin Moss A Frog Called Woânda & Marilyn (Une Grenouille qui s’appelle Longstaff Woânda) Film Night Thursday 27 September 1.15pm in English Goodbye Thursday 27 September 7.30pm Friday 28 September 1.15pm in French 6.00pm in English September Christopher In Hexham Library Dervish A wonderful opportunity to hear poetry One day, Laura’s world is turned upside Robin (PG) Saturday 29 September 7.30pm from two North East poets. Robin Moss down when she loses her lucky ring down Thursday 20 September 8.00pm has lived in Hexham for 35 years and the plughole. To Laura’s surprise up pops County Sligo’s finest export, Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie his poems are inspired by Northumbrian Woânda, a frog who has taken up residence Dervish creates one of the most and Kelly Macdonald, Goodbye Christopher landscape and birdlife. Joining him will be in the bathroom pipes. Together they search distinctive, yet expertly balanced, Robin gives a rare glimpse into the Darlington’s Marilyn Longstaff, a member for the ring through a whirlwind of twists sounds anywhere in traditional relationship between children’s author of the writing, performing and publishing and turns. music, combining the fiery energy collective, Vane Women. and mature complexity that have A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, Brought to the stage by Hexham’s very own become their hallmark. whose toys inspired the magical world of This evening of poetry will launch Robin’s international theatre company, Théâtre Sans Winnie the Pooh. (2017) new book of poems, Mastering the Art of Frontières, and Canada’s Théâtre  L’Envers, With a line-up of fiddle, flute, Imperfection and Marilyn’s new collection this is a funny and touching story of love, Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes bouzouki, mandola, bodhran & Museum of Spare Parts, both published by loss and friendship told through live action, accordion, and fronted by singer Tickets: £6.00 (On the door) Mudfrog Books. puppetry, music and shadows. £5.00 (In advance / Queen’s Club Cathy Jordan, regarded by many Members) Tickets: £5.00 A wonderful and humorous journey of as the most distinctive voice in discovery for young theatre audiences which Irish traditional music today, will leave them wide-eyed and smiling. Dervish draws from seemingly limitless depths of finesse, Performance in English suitable for 4-9 year subtlety and talent. olds; performance in simple French for 6-10 year olds. It is not without good reason that Dervish have become one of Tickets: £8.50 Ireland’s most enduring bands. £7.50 (group of 4 or more, per person) Tickets: £16.50 Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk l Call the box office: 01434 652477 Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk Hexham Abbey Festival 2018 GIFT VOUCHERS Thursday 27 – Sunday 30 September Stuck for the ideal present? This year’s festival features Simon Armitage, late night jazz, a classic film screening, Why not give a QHA gift and concerts by world-famous brass group The Wallace Collection, acclaimed vocal voucher, redeemable against group I Fagiolini and The Festival Chorus & Orchestra. The Festival also presents seven performances? major works by Mozart. Contact the Box Office on More details at www.hexhamabbeyfestival.org.uk 01434 652477 for details 4 5 Middle Child Theatre LIVE Ballet Cymru One Life Stand IN THE LIBRARY Cinderella Monday 1 October 7.30pm Wednesday 3 October 7.30pm With adult themes, live music and kitten A sparkling and refreshing ballet October videos what is not to love? Kit and Kat based on the eternal fairy tale from have been an item for eons, but with award-winning Ballet Cymru, winners new thrills just a swipe away will their of the Best Dance Production 2017 at relationship last? the Wales Theatre Awards. Straight from the Edinburgh Fringe and With a specially commissioned music Latitude Festival, One Night Stand is an score and circus elements, combined exciting new production by the award-winning Middle Child Theatre based in Hull. with the finest classical dance, Ballet Live music features throughout, performed by the cast of actor-musicians, and the Cymru will conjure up a world of performance feels like a gig as much as a play, with the audience free to go to the wonder and magic. bar, dance and sing-along throughout. The music, a mix of electronica and indie Having worked with award-winning rock, is co-written with Glaswegian band Honeyblood, who have supported the composer Jack White and Circus likes of Courtney Barnett and Foo Fighters. Company Citrus Arts, and featuring Supported by REACH; a strategic touring project funded by choreography by Creative Wales TRY IT FOR A Arts Council England, designed to increase the amount and Award winner Darius James, Ballet TENNER quality of contemporary theatre touring in the North East. Cymru brings to life this timeless story using the company’s unique blend of Tickets: £10.00 | £7.50 (students) classical technique and storytelling. Tickets: £17.00 £15.00 (benefit conc / student / POT TRY group of 4 or more, per person) IT FOR A By Ambreen Razia TENNER £8.00 (Under 10s) Tuesday 2 October 7.30pm Photo: Sian Trenberth From the writer of ‘The Diary of a Hounslow Girl’, Ambreen Razia’s restless new thriller, POT, Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk l Call the box office: 01434 652477 Book online: www.queenshall.co.uk delves into the hidden lives of Britain’s invisible Core Music children, adrift in the care system at the mercy Core 10 Live of gang culture. Saturday 6 October 7.30pm 16-year-old Louisa wakes up in a flat on her A concert to celebrate musicians estate surrounded by the debris from last young and old involved in Core Music, night’s blow out. Her erratic and unstable Hexham’s own musical social enterprise, boyfriend Josh has vanished but she is not through workshops, teaching, learning alone and she’s beginning to feel the heat. and volunteering. With acts that range from classical, to folk, rock and jazz, the concert For ages 14 years and above. Running Time: 90 minutes, no interval. promises to be great fun, and a wonderful celebration of the variety of music and musicians that come out of Core. Tickets: £10.00 | £7.50 (students) 6 Tickets: £10.00 | £7.50 (conc) | £28 (Family) 7 Publick Transport We are Brontë The Reg Vardy Friday 12 October 7.30pm Band Sunday 14 October Morecambe and Wise meets David 7.30pm Lynch in this madcap reimagining of October the Brontë myth, presented in Publick Consistently listed Transport’s playful and irreverent style.