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Festival Diary 2 - 26 May 2020

Introduction

Welcome to the second edition of our Up North Film & Television Festival. This year we have a great programme of events and special guests to whet your appetite for more northern film, TV and creatives.

We kick off with actor Kris Hitchen talking about what it was like to work with Director Ken Loach on the hard-hitting Sorry We Missed You. We have a rare screening of Oscar winning director, Pawel Pawlikowski’s Twockers, a 1998 TV film about bonfires, thieving and love in Halifax. We’re delighted to welcome back Dai Bradley (Billy Casper) for a screening of the classic Kes, and we’re joining Barnsley-born author Joanne Harris in celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Chocolat - a film that seemed to win every award going!

There’s plenty to get you laughing with our exclusive comedy events! Johnny Vegas joins his good friend Jack Carroll on stage to talk about Vegas’ career. Comedy legends Craig Cash and Phil Mealey join Halifax-born actor Neil Hurst on stage to talk about the cult TV hit Early Doors; and

actor Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Sandylands and Four Lions) and BBC Radio 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins have joined forces to bring you an evening of panel show comedy gold! They will be joined by guests from the world of TV, film, radio and comedy.

Music played a huge role in last year’s festival and we’re back with more…only bigger and better! We’re giving you the chance to see the film Northern Soul on the big screen followed by a Q&A with the award-winning director Elaine Constantaine. The night will end with the legendary Wigan Casino DJ Richard Searling providing the entertainment.

Join us for a party at the end of the festival with our big music weekender blow-out! The weekend kicks off with a solo gig from Maximo Park’s frontman, Paul Smith. Saturday sees Mark Radcliffe and his band UNE playing followed by a DJ set from our friend Chris Hawkins, and then we welcome back original Hacienda DJ Graeme Park to end the weekend on a high!

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Sorry We Missed You + Q&A with Kris Hitchen

Chocolat + Q&A with Joanne Harris

Northern Soul + Q&A + DJ set from Richard Searling

Chris Hawkins & Craig Parkinson Panel Show

Twockers + Ian Duncan Q&A

An Evening with Irvine Welsh

Hope Gap - Preview

Early Doors with Craig Cash and Phil Mealey

Hope Gap - Preview

Kes + Meet and greet with Dai Bradley

National Theatre Live: The Welkin

Paul Smith – La Vie de Jesus screening + Gig

Mark Radcliffe in Conversation with Chris Hawkins + Gig

Beats + Graeme Park Q&A + DJ Set

Johnny Vegas in Conversation with Jack Carroll

Aardman Animation Model Making Workshops

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Sorry We Missed You (2019) + Q&A with Kris Hitchen

Saturday 2 May, 7pm, £10From Ken Loach and the award-winning team behind I, Daniel Blake, Sorry We Missed You is a powerful exploration of the contemporary world of work, the gig economy and the challenges faced by one family. We will be joined by Kris Hitchen, who plays Ricky Turner in the film, for a Q&A.

Chocolat (2000) + Q&A with Joanne Harris

Tuesday 5 May, 7pm, £14-£12Chocolat celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and was adapted from Joanne Harris’ book of the same name. Chocolat tells the story of Vianne Rocher, who arrives in a French village at the beginning of Lent with her daughter. We are delighted to be joined by Barnsley-born Joanne Harris for a Q&A.

Northern Soul (2014) + Elaine Constantaine Q&A + Richard Searling DJ set

Wednesday 6 May, 7pm, £14-£12.50Constantine’s story follows a disc jockey who introduced his new friend to Northern soul which took the UK by storm in the 70s. The evening features an exclusive Q&A with writer and director Elaine Constantine and a live DJ set from Northern Soul DJ King Richard Searling (Wigan Casino, Va-Vas)

Twockers (1998) + Q&A with Ian Duncan

Saturday 9 May, 7pm, £9This award-winning hybrid of documentary and drama sees teenagers act out their lives in a Yorkshire council estate. The film was shot in around Illingworth. Pawel Pawlikowski, who co-directed the film with Ian Duncan, has gone on to win an Oscar for his 2013 feature Ida. We are joined by Ian Duncan to talk about film and his career.

Friday 8 May, 7.30pm, £16 Actor Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Sandylands, and Four Lions) and BBC Radio 6 Music’s Chris Hawkins have joined forces to bring you an evening of entertainment with a new panel show. Think ‘Have I Got News For you’ meets ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ meets ‘Celebrity Juice’. Expect stage, screen and radio guests, stories and a lot of laughter!

Chris Hawkins (BBC 6 Music) & Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty) Panel Show

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Hope Gap (2019)

Friday 15 May, 10.45am & Saturday 16 May, 7.45pm, £8-£6Partially filmed in Leeds and Doncaster, we are screening Hope Gap in advance of its release in June! Grace (Annette Bening) and Edward (Bill Nighy), married for 29 years, live in a small seaside town near a cove under the cliffs called Hope Gap. When their son Jamie (Josh O’Connor) comes to visit for the weekend, Edward informs him that he plans to leave Grace, that same day. Come and watch the story unfold in this brand-new family drama.

National Theatre Live: The Welkin

Thursday 21 May, 7pm, £18-£14One life in the hands of 12 women. Rural Suffolk in England, 1759. As the country waits for Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. Maxine Peake stars in this bold and gripping thriller from Tony Award-nominated writer Lucy Kirkwood. Broadcast live from the National Theatre in London.

Kes (1969) + Dai Bradley (Billy Casper) meet and greet

Sunday 17 May, 2pm, £10Ken Loach’s classic drama focuses on Billy Casper, a tormented working-class boy who is subjected to abuse both at school and home. Billy’s life is bleak until he takes up an interest in falconry and begins training a kestrel that he finds on a nearby farm. We are joined by Dai Bradley, (Billy Casper) for a pre-film introduction and meet and greet after the film.

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An Evening with Irvine Welsh

Thursday 14 May, 7.30pm, £15Irvine Welsh, the acclaimed and often controversial writer of novels and screenplays comes to Square Chapel to share stories of his life and career. His debut novel Trainspotting (1993) became a huge household name and the gritty depiction of Edinburgh life was quickly adapted for stage and screen. Other novels including Porno, Filth and Glue have enjoyed similar critical acclaim.

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Early Doors with Craig Cash and Phil Mealey

Friday 15 May, 7.30pm, £20Early Doors, the BBC sitcom written by and starring Craig Cash and Phil Mealey, is set at The Grapes, a small public house in Stockport where daily life revolves around the issues of love, loneliness and blocked urinals. Neil Hurst, who recently starred in the live stage version of the show is joined by Craig Cash and Phil Mealey in a rare opportunity to hear them talk about the legendary cult status of this much-loved show.

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When music & DJs meet film Curated by Chris Hawkins

Paul Smith (Maximo Park) + La Vie de Jesus (1997) screening + Gig

Friday 22 May, from 6.30pm Film £7, Gig £15, Film & Gig £18Paul Smith is best known as the frontman of the British band Maxïmo Park. Since releasing their debut album on Warp records in 2005 Paul has also released a number of solo albums, including the most recent release, Diagrams, in 2018.

As part of our Up North Film and Television Festival we are screening a film that has had a big influence on his career, Bruno Dumont’s La Vie de Jesus, followed by a Q&A and live solo gig.

Mark Radcliffe in Conversation with Chris Hawkins + performance from UNE

Saturday 23 May, from 6pm, Tickets £15BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio 2 broadcaster, musician and author Mark Radcliffe has been one of national radio’s most respected and distinctive voices for over two decades. He joins fellow 6 Music broadcaster Chris Hawkins to talk about his career in radio and print.

The evening includes a performance from Radcliffe’s band UNE – a new musical collaboration with Paul Langley. UNE is electronic music spanning many styles with a plaintive lonely voice at its heart.

Beats (2019) + Graeme Park Q&A + DJ Set

Sunday 24 May, from 7.30pm, £20Beats, released in 2019, is a story of friendship and rebellion set to an electrifying1990s rave soundtrack. Set in 1994 Scotland, the film hinges on the Tory government’s crackdown on rave culture that year. Shot in black-and-white with a Trainspotting-esque spirit the film follows two friends looking for an ideal chance for one last hurrah.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A and gig from original Hacienda DJ, Graeme Park!

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Monday 25 May, 7.30pm, Tickets £23 Actor, writer, director and comedian Johnny Vegas is known for his alter-egos, surrealist comedy, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club. Johnny will be in conversation with comedian Jack Carroll, who starred with Johnny in Up North 2019 festival favourite Eaten by Lions. This promises to be a hugely entertaining night packed full of stories and laughter from his amazing career in film and television.

Johnny Vegas in Conversation with Jack Carroll

Tuesday 26 May, 11am/1pm/3pm Tickets £10Aardman Animations are giving you the chance to learn how to make your very own Gromit, Shaun the Sheep or Feathers McGraw character at these fun, hands-on clay modelling workshops.

Led by one of their expert model makers, you’ll also get the opportunity to ask questions about the tricks of the trade from the Aardman studio.

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