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Southport Arts Centre 2004 Listings. PLEASE note that we try to keep this as up to date as we can, but if you spot a link that is not, please let us know and we will correct it. Thanks. = Web Link Southport film guild present:- City of God Directed by Fernando Meirelles Film New Cambridge Theatre Tuesday 6 January 7.45 pm Tickets:- £3.50 (film guild members free) City of god charts events from the ‘60s to the ‘80s in the notorious Cidade de Deus housing project, one of the most dangerous Favelas in Rio De Janeiro.  A visual masterpiece, shocking and totally captivating; cinema just doesn’t get more exhilarating than this. (Bra/Fra/Ger 2002)   Theatre centre present A Spell of Cold Weather by Charles Way Children’s Theatre Matinee studio 1 Saturday 24 January 2pm (performances for schools Tuesday 20 to Friday 23) Tickets:- £5 (£4 concessions) Family ticket discount Deep in the frozen heart of winter there is a farm where everyone has forgotten how to be happy.  Bob and Betty are the world’s most miserable farmers, expecting nothing from a new year but the same icy gloom.  However, the snow has bought the mischievous magic of a fairy trickster; animals start to talk, there’s toothpaste in the slippers and a cockerel in the bedroom.  Nat what little Holly, on a visit from the city, was expecting… a new year delight for audiences aged 4+.   Southport film guild present Whiskey Galore Directed by Alexander MacKendrick Tuesday 20 January 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.50 (Film Guild members free) A chance to see this much-loved Ealing comedy.  (UK 1948)   Folk Studio 1 Clubstyle The Cottars (Cape Breton, Canada) Friday 23 january doors 7.30pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) Special offer! – free ticket for accompanied child (aged 8 to 16) with full price adult   Ranging in age from 13 to 16, these four young Cape Breton Celts – Ciaran & Fiona MacGillivray and Jimmy & Roseanne MacKenzie – have been playing traditional music since early childhood. The Cottars are becoming a world-wide phenomenon, appearing at The Newport Folk Festival, winning an award for the preservation of Cape Breton culture and capturing the hearts of listeners with the purity of their voices and accomplished musicianship. TTI & Guy Masterson productions present   Pern Hill & other Dylan Thomas Written by Dylan Thomas Performed by Guy Masterson Drama studio 1 Saturday 31 January 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Multiplay discount – save up to £4.50 (see The tempest, February events page)   Completing a pair of events (with last season’s Return Journey) marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Dylan Thomas, Guy Masterson brings another outstanding solo performance of the works of the great Welshman to our stage.  In an award-winning performance of staggering energy and invention, Masterson brilliantly conjures up the lyricism and passion of Thomas’s poetry and prose.   Comedy New Cambridge Theatre Talking Cock Richard Herring Saturday 31 January 8pm Tickets:- £12 (£10 concessions) From the writer and star of such seminal comedy shows as Radio 4’s on the hour (which went on to become BBC 2’s The Day Today), Lionel Nimrod’s Inexplicable World, Lee and Herring’s Fist of Fun, and This Morning with Richard not Judy, comes the sell-out Edinburgh Festival and West End show Talking Cock.   Film new Cambridge theatre Member’s choice Tuesday 3 February 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.50 (Film Guild members free) Title top be announced – see local press   Folk New Cambridge Theatre Fairport Convention Plus guests Mundy – Turner Wednesday 4 February 8pm Tickets:- £15 (£13 concessions) It’s February; it’s Fairport! First and foremost in the folk-rock firmament, Fairport are a formidable force and firm favourites.  Follow the faithful!  www.fairportconvention.co.uk   Blues Studio 1 Clubstyle Stan Webb’s Chicken Shack Saturday 7 February doors 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) In 1968 Chicken Shack were a major signing to the now legendary Blue Horizon label.  Led by the mercurial Stan Webb on guitar and vocals, the band included Christine Perfect (later Mcvie) who, of course, went on to even greater fame with Fleetwood Mac.  Stan’s blistering guitar style matched with a huge stage presence have made Chicken Shack an enduring favourite of rock and blues fans everywhere.   Drama studio 1 AJTC present The Tempest By William Shakespeare Director:- Geoff Bullen Performers:- Mick Jasper and Iain Armstrong Thursday 12 February 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) Multiplay discount – save up to £4.50 (see below) AJTC’s darkly-shaded slant on The Tempest is directed by RADA Shakespeare except Geoff Bullen, with an original score by award-winning composer Tot Taylor, featuring the voice of Jazz singer Stacy Kent and the saxophone of Alan Barnes.  With an enchanting blend of mime, mask, movement, and music, the two actors conjure storms and apparitions, lay bare treasons and counterplot, and finally transport us to a ‘brave new world’ of love and reconciliation.   Moby Duck present The Mazemaker Words by Guy Hutchins Music by Hugh Lawrence Children’s Theatre Matinee Studio 1 Saturday 14 February 2pm Tickets:- £5 (£4 concessions) Family ticket discount A spine-tingling epic for 8 year olds and over.  The Mazemaker is a blood-soaked epic filled with murders and Minotaurs, man’s first flight and a king boiled alive in his bath.  Reuniting story strands that haven’t been told together for the last two thousand years, the show mixes powerful storytelling with soaring, swooping saxophone synthesiser and wild digitally-generated images projected onto a giant.   Film New Cambridge Theatre Southport Film Guild present Talk to Her Directed by Pedro Almodaver Tuesday 17 February 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.50 (Film Guild members Free) In this ravishing tale of romantic obsession, loneliness and friendship, Almodaver crafts a life-affirming story of two tragic women and the men who love them.  Winner of the Golden Globe ‘best foreign film’ 2003.   Southport YouTheatre present The Twits By Roald Dahl Adapted by David Wood Children’s Theatre Matinee studio 1 Thurs 19 to sat 21 February 2pm Ticket:- £5 (£4 concessions) They’re shocking! They’re smelly! They’re stupefying stupid!  Gat ready to meet the one and only (thank Goodness)… the Twits!  Filthy fun for 5 years old and upwards.   Music studio 1 lifestyle Zappatistas Saturday 14 February doors 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Despite Frank Zappas’ mixed feelings about jazz (“jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny”), his idiosyncratic compositions at the meeting point of jazz, rock and the bizarre were among his most innovative. Few contempory musicians would even dare to revisit this territory but John Etheridge – one of the UK’s most revered guitarists – has put together an eight-piece band with a remarkable pedigree capable of doing just that.  A unique reinvention of some of the 20th century’s most original music.   Comedy studio 1 clubstyle Rawhide comedy & Southport Arts Centre Thursday 26 February doors 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) The return of Southport’s premier comedy club to warm your wintry hearts – come in from the cold!   Film new Cambridge theatre Cabaret Directed by Bob Fosse Tuesday 2 March 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.50 (film guild members free) Bob Fosse’s multi Oscar-winner set amidst the faux-glamour of pre-nazi Berlin, with Liza Minnellli in the star-making role of Sally Bowles and Joel Grey’s mesmerising performances as the unforgettable Master of Ceremonies.   Folk new Cambridge theatre Kathryn Tickell Band Friday 5 March 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Steeped in the traditions of her native Northumberland, Kathryn Tickell took up the Northumbrian smallpipes at the age of nine, released her first album at 16 and turned professional two years later, in 1986.  Still championing a seemingly endless stream of young talent from the North East, Kathryn’s latest band is the youngest yet.  With ‘The Picasso of the Mandolin’ Julian Sutton, multi-instrumentalist Joss Clapp and youngest Tickell, fiddle-playing Peter, this band is full of excitement and vitality.   Drama studio 2 Gambolling Arena Theatre Co. present The Vagina Monologues By Eve Ensler Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 March 8pm Tickets:- £7 (£5 concessions) Following sell-out performances last year, Gambolling Arena return to the Arts Centre with celebrated Vagina Monologues, witty, irreverent, compassionate and wise – an explicit tour of the ultimate forbidden zone.  In aid of the ‘Vday’ charity.   Blues new Cambridge theatre The Hamsters Saturday 6 March 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Having performed 3,250 concerts in 16 years, it’s hardly surprising that The Hamsters have evolved into a blues-rock live attraction second to none.  They sold out in the studio last year so this year they’re storming the main house.  Bigger, louder and better than ever, tonight they’ll be showcasing material from their forthcoming studio album, ‘Open all Hours’ and new concert video, ‘To Infirmity, and Beyond’.   Drama new Cambridge theatre Trestle Theatre Company with the Palace Theatre Watford present Tonight we Fly – The story of Marc Chagall Written by Darren Tunstall, directed by Toby Wilsher Tuesday 9 March 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) Multiplay discount The ever-innovative Trestle Theatre Company’s vibrant new production based on the extraordinary life and pictures of artist Marc Chagall, from turbulent beginnings to becoming one of the most renowned artists of the 20th century.  As the artist sets of across Europe in search of his stolen paintings, puppeteers bring to life scenes of Chagall and his wife, Bella, flying through the night sky.  The addition of stirring Klezmer music makes for an evening of exhilarating entertainment.   Children’s Theatre Matinee studio 1 Lempen Puppet Theatre Company present Puppets in the Wild Saturday 13 March 2pm Tickets:- £5 (£4 concessions) family ticket discount Puppets are made from wood and cloth, aren’t they? We control them, don’t we?  They’re not alive!….are they?  This is a story about George, a film maker, sent to make a documentary about puppets living in the lost canyons of Baldley Moor.  A unique opportunity to see real, wild puppets in their natural habitat!   Rock studio 1 clubstyle Rogar Chapman & the Shortlist Saturday 13 March 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Best known as the charismatic front man with classic rock band Family, Rogar Chapman possesses one of the most distinctive voices in any musical field.  Since the 1973 Family break-up, Chappo has been one of those elusive artists whose light has burned brighter in continental Europe than on home soil. However, he has never ceased to write and record great songs, touring incessantly and surrounding himself with excellent musicians.  Catch up with a musician whose prime, thus far, has extended for 35 years!   Comedy studio 1 clubstyle Rawhide comedy & Southport Arts Centre Thursday 25 March doors 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) Sean Percival is the scourge of the politically-correct and slayer of hecklers!   Film new Cambridge theatre Southport film guild present Japon directed by Carlos Reygadas Another remarkable film from the nueva ola of Mexican cinema.  A cerebral and hypnotic film about love, death, sex and resurrection.   Film new Cambridge theatre Southport film guild presents Donnie Darko Directed by Richard Kelly Monday 29 March 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.50 (film guild members free) Apocalyptic time-travel weirdness in small-town USA; stylish, funny and mind-bending.   Drama studio 1 Mind the gap presents:- Cyrano Written by Mike Kenny Directed by Tim Wheeler Thursday 1 April 8pm Tickets:- £8 (36 concessions) Multiplay discount – (see Feb events page) Cyrano is in love with Roxane but she won’t look at him twice because of his enormous nose.  Unable to tell her how he really feels, he lends his fine words to Christian, a tongue-tied young soldier who is also besotted with Roxane.  And so the tragically comic story of mistaken identities and unrequited love unfolds….   Blues studio 1 clubstyle Otis Grand & the Big Blues Band Friday 2 April doors 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) A big Southport Arts Centre favourite in more ways than one!  Otis Grand, the gentle giant of the Blues, has absorbed a wide spectrum of blues styles in the past four decades and now leads one f the hottest blues and R&B bands around.  His superb guitar technique and playing coupled with his original arrangements and a band that rocks guarantee that he will be at the top of the blues scene for many years to come.   Acoustic new Cambridge theatre Tommy Emmanuel (Australia) Thursday 8 April 8pm Tickets:- £12 (310 concessions) It’s probably no longer strictly true to describe Tommy Emmanuel as ‘the music world’s best kept secret’, since 300 people turned up to see him at Southport Arts Centre last year and went away raving.  The man himself is quietly content to let his guitar do the talking; his fans are not so reticent….   Children’s theatre matinee studio 1 Mac productions presents The Elves and the Shoemaker Written by Mike Kenny Directed by Paul Jonathan Savage Saturday 10 April 2pm Tickets:- £5 (£4 concessions) When two worlds meet… there’s magic! And music, puppets and non-stop action, bringing to life an enchanting story.  Mike Kenny’s magical adaptation of this traditional story has delighted young audiences around the country.  Things aren’t going well in the shoemakers shop.  The old shoemakers are hungry and cold and down to their final piece of leather to make one last pair of shoes.  But help comes in a very unexpected way….   Folk studio 1 clubstyle Lunasa (Ireland) Friday 23 April doors 8pm Tickets:- £10 (£8 concessions) Drawing members from the cream of the Irish music scene, Lunasa met with instant acclaim on the release of their debut CD in 1997.   Comedy studio 1 clubstyle Rawhide comedy & Southport Arts Centre Thursday 22 April doors 8pm Tickets:- £8 (£6 concessions) Tony Burgess and Carey Marx double headliners.   Film new Cambridge theatre Southport film guild presents Intacto Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Tuesday 27 April 7.45pm Tickets:- £3.5 (film guild members free) Imagine… a world in which luck is a commodity to be stolen, hoarded and spent.  An atmospheric, time-skipping puzzler, blending tones of the Matrix and Memento.   Pantomime new Cambridge theatre All Souls Dramatic Club present their 44th annual pantomime Sleeping Beauty; Written, produced & choreographed by Elspeth Fisher Fridays 9, 16 & 23 January 7.30pm Saturdays 10, 17 & 24 January 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sundays 11, 18 & 25 January 2.30pm Tickets:- &6.50 (adults) £5 (children) Friday 9 January all Tickets:- £5   Showcase new Cambridge theatre Sefton Arts College present The Groove Wednesday 28 January 7.30pm Tickets:- £4 (£2 concessions) A showcase for curricular and extra curricular work from Formby and Magull High Schools featuring Dance Students, Performing Arts Students and Gifted and Talented Students.   Mayoral Concert new Cambridge theatre Sefton Music Support Service present Mayor of Sefton’s Charity Fund – Youth Concert Thursday 29 January 7.30pm Ticket:- £4.50 (£3 concessions) A varied and entertaining concert featuring the musical talents of Sefton’s Young Musicians, in aid of the Mayor’s Charity Fund.   Jazz new Cambridge theatre Sefton Music Support Service present Jazz Collaboration Thursday 5 February 7.30pm Tickets:- £5 (£2.50 concessions) The Steve Berry Quartet joins forces with Sefton Youth Jazz Orchestra and Workshop for an evening of jazz celebrating professional musicians working with local young talent from Sefton schools.    Musical new Cambridge theatre Planet Workshop Ltd present Honk Jr Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 February 7.30pm Tickets:- £6 (£4 concessions) A charming musical based on the tale of the ugly duckling, presented by 7-15 year olds.   Musical new Cambridge theatre Southport Amateur Operatic Society present My Fair Lady Saturday 21 February – Saturday 28 February (excluding Sun 22 Feb) 7.30pm matinee (sat 28 Feb) 2pm Tickets from £7 - £9.50 Lerner & Loewe contrived to create a perfect musical out of a flawlessly play Pygmalion – an achievement unmatched before or since.   Musical new Cambridge theatre Rainbow children’s theatre workshop present Oliver! Thursday 11 & Friday 12 March 7.30pm Tickets:- £6 Popular musical performed by 5-11 year olds   Jazz new Cambridge theatre Ray McVay directs the Glenn Miller Orchestra Thursday 25 March 7.30pm Tickets:- £13.50 (£12 concessions) Featuring the Moonlight Serenades & The Uptown Hall Jazz Band performing the original arrangements of classic wartime chart toppers including ‘In the Mood’ and ‘Moonlight Serenade’.   Musical new Cambridge theatre Hoghton Players Gilbert & Sullivan Society present The Mikado Wednesday 31 March – Saturday 3 April 7.30pm Saturday matinee 2pm Tickets from £5 - £8.50 A great evening’s entertainment of wit, humour and pathos.   Musical new Cambridge theatre Southport Operatic New Generation present Narnia – The Musical Wednesday 14 – Saturday 17 April 7.30pm Matinee Saturday 17 2.30pm Tickets from £5 - £8 An enchanting musical based on C.S. Lewis’ classic story “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”.

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