September 2013 - January 2014

Box OfficeBook Live Show or Live Screening Tickets:Call 01432 383663 / 07967 517125

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Box O�ce: The Master’s House, St Katherine’s Car Park

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AUTUMN

It is a sparkling season we have for you at The Market Theatre – taking us through to Christmas and beyond. The programme of Live Screenings that has proved to be so popular takes in not only The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera, but in November we are also proud to present the first ever screening from The Royal Shakespeare Company, with David Tennant portraying Richard II. Tickets are selling fast – so get yours quickly!

We also have some class musical acts with return visits from The Budapest Cafe Orchestra, The New Rope String Band, Clive John, and Dave Cartwright complemented by Market Theatre first timers Dr Teeth Big Band and The Remi Harris Gypsy Jazz Project.

But we also have an international flavour with The Osiligi Maasai Warriors and a Nordic fairytale portrayed by The Fetch Puppet Theatre, both superb family shows. And don’t miss the all singing all dancing (literally!) LADS production of Girls’ Night.Then, with a seasonal twist, we will be kept on the edge of our seats by Gothic Tales from actress Rebecca Vaughan, and enjoy Christmas music from The Ledbury Community Choir.

And last, but by no means least, don’t forget to buy your tickets (on sale now) for January’s Traditional Panto from LADS, which this year will be The Sleeping Beauty (see the advertisement in the back of the brochure).

What’s on this Autumn at The Market Theatre Ledbury

Live Show & Live Screening TicketsThe Box Office for live shows and screenings is The Information Centre, The Master’s House in St Katherine’s Car Park - (10am to 4.30pm Mon to Fri). You can book in person or by phone 01432 383663 during those hours or out of hours 07967 517125.

Film TicketsCan be reserved by phoning 07967 517125

Tickets may also be bought on the door, subject to availability, or at www.themarkettheatre.com.

The foyer and bar are open 45 minutes before each live performance or film.

The Market TheatreSituated in Market Street (off Bye Street) the Theatre is owned and run by the Ledbury Amateur Dramatic Society for the benefit of the community. The building provides a dedicated venue for amateur and professional performing arts. It has 128 seats, foyer, bar, wheelchair access, disabled toilet and a hearing loop. The Theatre or Foyer may be hired by phoning 01531 633760.

ParkingTwo public car parks are off the top of Bye Street (clock tower at the top) and are free after 6pm.

Ledbury Film Club ShowingsTo join for the Autumn phone 01531 634138 or email filmclub@themarkettheatre.comJust £12 for 4 films and a discount on the WEA Film Day. Entrance on the door may be possible for the normal £4.50 admission charge – book on-line or by phoning 07967 517125.

THE MARKET THEATRE LEDBURY

Over the past 12 months poet Philip Wells and artists from The Rural Media Company worked with the people of Ledbury to create Life Loves to Change; a major new poem and digital artwork that explores the changing culture and identity of a rural market town in the 21st century. The result was 32 new sonnets and films that beautifully capture the spirit of Ledbury and its people.

This event was a sell out and huge success back in July. Don’t miss this chance to hear the entire poem and watch the film, but this time with the recorded voices of Ledbury people. We will also be premiering the film of this year’s Ox Roast Festival.

The New Rope String Band in concert

Saturday 8pm // £13.00 (£8 students)

Life Loves to Change The Rural Media Company

Thursday 7pm // £5 (£3 students)

7th September 19th September

Once seen, never forgotten: combining superb musicianship with side-splitting comic genius, the New Rope String Band are truly unique entertainers. Elements of circus, clowning, vaudeville, slapstick and sheer inspired silliness are spliced with beautiful acoustic music from various world traditions, in precision-honed yet uproarious performances that have delighted audiences from Borneo’s Sarawak rainforest to the Shetland Folk Festival. Equally at home in tiny village halls or on major festival stages, these maniac minstrels are now touring again as a three-piece, mixing up long time favourite routines with ever-evolving new material. From musical tennis to deconstructed nursery rhymes, Python-esque absurdism to pyrotechnics and live interactive film, expect the hilariously unexpected.

Dave and John make a welcome return to Ledbury to celebrate their 130th joint Birthdays!! Dave is the complete entertainer. He has written over 1000 songs and released five albums and four CDs during his 40 years of worldwide live performances and TV appearances. His warm voice, acoustic guitar and tunefully inventive harmonica act as a wonderful backdrop to his songs and humour. Dave is joined with good friend singer-songwriter John Montague, himself a Nashville recording artiste, producer, songwriter and Stamford Guitar Festival Organiser. John sings great songs and adds beautiful accompaniment, vocals – and oh yes, a few awful jokes! These two musicians just sit down sing, perform and entertain while enjoying themselves. Why not come and join them in this warm and friendly Birthday Celebration.

A night for the girls. But with plenty for the discerning male companion to admire and enjoy! The emotive and witty script speaks to all who spent their teens dancing around their handbags. The cast is five school friends some 30 years on. What a bunch of party animals they are: all recognisable caricatures of outrageous femininity. The girls replay their lives in flashbacks, in-between giving stirring song and dance renditions of seventies/eighties favourites. Highlights include It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, Young Hearts Run Free, and We Are Family - sure fire hit songs which are sure to get the audience on their feet and rocking in the aisles. It’s not a family show but a feel good hit if ever there was one.

Dave Cartwright & John Montague

130th Birthday Concert

Saturday 8pm // £12.00 (£8 students)

LADS presents

GIRLS’ NIGHT by Louise Roche

Thurs-Sat 8pm // £10 (£5 students)

5th October 17th-19th October

The stunning Maasai Warrior troupe bring their legendary annual UK tour to Ledbury, past tours having consistently received rapturous receptions from every audience. They are a sensation to watch with all ages, from 5 to 105, being enthralled and excited by their natural rhythm and song; and their jumping, for which they are world renowned, is awesome to behold! All performances are fully narrated and audience participation is part of the show!

An unforgettable, unique event, not to be missed!!

The tours help the members of the troupe, aided principally by their charity Osiligi Charity Projects (www.osiligi.org), to raise money for their families and their community, where life is tough.

Based on a traditional Nordic story this is a spellbinding tale of adventure, mystery and romance featuring a magical white bear, a young girl and an anarchic troll! Choreographed to an original soundtrack, this beautiful, mesmerising show demonstrates the skill and style of Bunraku puppetry. A visual tale, told without words, the performance captivates audiences of all ages from 5 to 105!

Meet the puppetson stage after the show

and talk to the puppeteers

Saturday 8pm // £13

The Fetch Theatre Company

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Sunday 2.30pm // £6 (child £5)

The Osiligi Maasai Warriors

26th October 27th October

Having toured the UK, USA and Europe (and played The Olympics), these American-fronted purveyors of the retro swing and boogie that was top of the pops in the 1940s and 50s, these Jump-Jive/Rhythm-and-Blues titans, create a dance party and celebration of music with a combination of their own original material and dance band classics that must be experienced to be believed! It's their farewell tour, so insist on seeing The Doctor!!

Dr Teeth Big Band

Saturday 8pm // £12.00 (£8 students)

9th November

A sensational evening of outstanding chemistry and musicianship featuring an eclectic mix of Hot Club, Jazz, Swing, Bebop Blues, World Music, original compositions, and popular melodies. Remi, one of the UK's top virtuoso guitarists, is fast becoming a world renowned player, having performed with the likes of John Etheridge, Gary Potter, and Alan Barnes, as well as playing at Buckingham Palace! He is joined by Matt Holborn, one of the UK's top jazz violinists, Ben Salmon on rhythm guitar, and arguably Birmingham's finest double bass player Mike Green. Vocalist Deborah Rose, as heard on BBC Radio 2, has toured with Judy Collins, Ralph McTell and Thea Gilmore, and adds her pure, versatile voice, to a local, world class band

Saturday 8pm // £12

2nd November

The Remi Harris Gypsy Jazz Project

Panto Auditions

Do you fancy treading the boards,or helping in any other way?

Come to The Market Theatre Saturday 21st September 10am Children 11am Adultsfor further details 01531 633787

After last year’s sell out Clive, the voice of the critically acclaimed ‘Johnny Cash Roadshow’ (now endorsed by the Cash family!), brings his own songs back to town! Clive is however essentially a songwriter and talented musician and over the past year has been touring the UK in support of The Spirit album. The Spirit, Clive’s seventh solo album, was nominated British Country Music album of the year 2011 and the single confirmed as Hot Disc track of the year. Clive will be joined by Nick Davis (electric guitar) and guest double bassist for this very rare concert. The evening will see a mix of his original songs, a few Johnny Cash favourites and one or two surprises. An unmissable opportunity to experience a wonderful evening.

Clive John

Saturday 8pm // £16.00

16th November

Ticket includes a festive drink and mince pieA ghost story of Christmas… Charles Dickens gave 472 readings from his works and now, John Marshall, a look-alike Dickens is set to make a visit to Ledbury with a seasonal reading of A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens wrote of Christmas: “It is a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time…” It is, therefore, fitting that this reading from his seasonal novel should be in aid of St Michael’s Hospice.

Friday // 7pm £10 (call 01531 635404)

A Christmas Carol

22nd November

Don’t Forgetto book your LADS’ panto tickets

See inside back cover for details

Directed by Guy Masterson (Animal Farm/Under Milk Wood)

The Victorian fascination with tales of mystery and the supernatural created an enduring legacy of Gothic fiction; but it is the male writers that we remember. Many thrilling and eerie stories from the great female writers have gathered dust and been forgotten. Until now.....! An artist, gripped by the clutching fingers of a dead past; a scientist, defying nature in the dark realm of the senses; an expectant father, driven mad by creeping shadows… In this month that is traditional for ghostly storytelling and in the unquiet, stygian darkness between life and death, a lone, haunted woman tells chilling tales of the macabre and terrifying, illuminating the curious frailties of human nature. Rebecca Vaughan’s performance is a near perfect piece of theatre The Scotsman; Wonderfully eerie. British Theatre Guide

Female Gothic

Sunday 8pm // £12 (students £8)

1st December

Ticket includes festive drink

A fabulous flower arranging demonstration for the festive season with well-known national demonstrator David Ryland on his first visit to Ledbury, in what promises to be an evening of fun and flowers.

Friday // 7.30pm £10 (call 01531 635404)

Ledbury & District Floral Art Club presentsChristmas Cheer

6th December

Get InvolvedJOIN ‘LADS’ or Become a ‘Friend of the Theatre’

LADS puts on productions throughout the year. The Theatre is staffed entirely by LADS volunteers, who work front of house and behind the scenes. New Members and Friends are always welcome; if you would like to join us, either on or off stage please apply using our application form on our website - www.themarkettheatre.com

Come and celebrate the true spirit of Christmas! A night of laughter and good cheer as Ledbury Community Choir once again presents its distinctive harmonies in a festive mix of world music and popular carols. In aid of the Mayor's Charity, the Megan Baker Trust.

Ledbury Community Choir presents

Christmas Around the World

Fri/Sat 7.30pm // £10.00 (Call 01531 636452)

20th/21st December

Hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship, and led by jazz violin superstar Christian Garrick, the BCO play traditional folk and gypsy music from across the Balkans and Russia, Klezmer, Romanian Doinas, Hungarian Czadas, and beautiful ballads such as the theme to Schindler's List. Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires - with a few surprises along the way - it is good enough to make you want to book a holiday on the Danube! The fiery vivacity and awe-inspiring musicianship of the finest purveyors of Eastern European gypsy music this side of a Lada scrap heap will leave you with a grin on your face and rhythm in your feet… The Times

Saturday 8pm // £14.00

14th December

The Budapest Cafe Orchestra in concert

Diary Dates 2014

Live from The Royal Opera House

Mon 27 January – Ballet – GiselleWed 12 February – Opera – Don GiovanniMon 28 April – Ballet – A Winter’s Tale

Tickets already on sale from usual outlets

LIVE SCREENINGS

Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran directs David Tennant in the title role. David is joined in the Company by Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.

13th November

Live from Stratford-on-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company

Richard II by William Shakespeare starring David Tennant.

Wednesday 7pm £15 (over 60s & students £12.50)

Clara, a young girl, creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to retrieve her favourite present - but a mysterious magician, Drosselmeyer, is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure.

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House: Conductor - Martin West Choreographer - Peter WrightThe Sugar Plum Fairy - Laura Morera The Prince - Federico Bonelli Herr Drosselmeyer - Gary Avis Hans Peter / The Nutcracker - Alexander CampbellRun time: 2 hours 50 minutes, including two intervals.

12th DecemberThursday 7.15pm £15 (over 60s & students £12.50)

Live Ballet from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

The Nutcracker by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Live Opera from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Les Vêpres Siciliennes by Giuseppe Verdi

Andrei Serban’s staging of Puccini’s final opera is a glorious pageant of rich colour, dance and drama.Princess Turandot has sworn that no man shall marry her unless he can correctly answer three riddles. Prince Calaf, captivated by Turandot’s beauty, takes up the challenge, determined to win her heart or die in the attempt.Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor - Henrik NánásiPrincess Turandot - Lise Lindstrom Calaf - Marco BertiSung in Italian, with English subtitles. Run time: 2 hours 50 mins, including two intervals.

Live Opera from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

17th SeptemberTuesday 7.15pm £15 (over 60s & students £12.50)

A great, neglected Verdi opera is brought to the Royal Opera House for the first time in an imaginative new staging by Stefan Herheim. The French have occupied Sicily. Hélène is held hostage by Montfort, the French governor, who has had her brother executed. She turns to the partisan Jean Procida and the rebellious patriot Henri in her bid for vengeance.

Conductor - Antonio PappanoHélène - Marina Poplavskaya Henri - Bryan Hymel Sung in French, with English subtitles. Run time: About 270 mins, including two intervals.

4th NovemberMONDAY 5.45pm £15 (over 60s & students £12.50)

A group of OAPs are taught to sing current pop songs by a young music teacher and are entered into a choir competition. Marion is a member of this choir but desperately ill with cancer and her grumpy husband tries to stop her going. Terence Stamp is spot on with his grumpy old man performance. Vanessa Redgrave just gives a beautiful, touching master class.

11th September

Song for Marion

A 16yr old manoeuvres himself into the house of a fellow student and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. The intrusion by this gifted and unusual pupil unleashes a series of uncontrollable events. A witty and scintillating black comedy by acclaimed French director François Ozon.

Followed by post-film discussion

In The House

13th September

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own. A standout rom-com nominated for 8 Oscars this year. Dir. David O Russell.

4th OctoberFriday 8pm // 122mins // (US 15 /2012)

Starring Richard Burton, Peter O’Toole, Elizabeth Taylor and a gallery of supporting players once described as “the Debrett of Welsh acting”, Shot largely on location in Fishguard, in the winter of 1971, Under Milk Wood features Burton and Ryan Davies as two rollicking nocturnal visitors to the sleeping town of Llareggub. Peter O’Toole plays the blind sea captain, Tom Cat, with Elizabeth Taylor as the Welsh floosie, Rosie Probert. The film was selected to open the 1971 Venice Film Festival.

25th OctoberFriday 8pm // 87mins // (UK 15 / 1972)

Wednesday 10.30am // 93mins // (UK PG / 2013) Friday 8pm // 105mins // (France 15/2012)

Silver Linings Playbook Under Milk Wood

Film Prices £4.50 / Students £2.50

Cecily, Reggie, and Wilfred are in a home for retired opera singers. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on... and it does. Directed by Dustin Hoffman and stars Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Billy Connolly.

2nd October

Hyde Park on Hudson Quartet

27th September

A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective. Directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling, Craig Van Hook, Eva Mendes.

8th NovemberFriday 8pm //140mins // (US 15/2012)

WEA Film Study Day (in collaboration with Ledbury Film Club)Hollywood’s New Wave CinemaTutor: Richard Pyke American cinema 1968 to 1980 inc. creative directors such as Scorsese, Coppola, Polansky. Followed by a screening ofMcCabe and Mrs Miller // 120mins // (US 15/1971) starring Warren Beatty & Julie Christie

A fascinating film, made in the actual locations where the events took place. with a cast to die for! In the mid 30s, Daisy Stuckley meets up with her sixth cousin (President F D Roosevelt) and embarks on an idyllic affair. She is thus well placed to observe the famous visit of the British King and Queen to the President’s Hudson Valley house. A fascinating and unusual glimpse at the real characters behind some of the giants of 20th century history.

Wednesday 10.30am // 94mins // (US 12A/2012) Friday 8pm // 98mins // (UK 12A /2013)

The Place Beyond the Pines

9th NovemberSaturday 10.30am-4.30pm £18 (£17 Film Club Members) Booking essential call 01531 633345

EVENT - WEA Film Study Day

or phone 07967 517125

Hitchcock and his wife, Alma, are at the top of their creative game. To recapture his youth's artistic daring, Alfred decides his next film will adapt the lurid horror novel, Psycho. Unfortunately, as Alfred works on this film, Alma finally loses patience with his roving eye and controlling habits with his actresses. Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as Alma are alone worth the price of a ticket. Lovely to watch two great actors at work together and a fascinating glimpse of the days of classic Hollywood..

20th November

Hitchcock

A modern interpretation but one that doesn't forget its themes and morals from the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald tale. Australian Director Luhrmann's flair adds a new dimension to the story. Visually this film is stunning: from grand sets, to the detailed period dresses, to its impressive scenery, it takes your breath away. The direction is impeccable and a new soundtrack complements the era in which it is set. The cinematography is also marvellous and really lets the viewer absorb the sheer artistry that has gone into the film’s making.

The Great Gatsby

29th November

A fabulous 60s Musical - four London bus mechanics strike up a deal with London Transport. They do up a double decker London Bus, and drive it around Europe as a hotel. If they make it they will own and be in charge of a whole fleet. While on the road in France they pick up 3 ladies whose car breaks down and offer to take them to their next singing job in Athens. All a bit of a silly story really, but great fun and a super sound track from Cliff and the Shads.

11th DecemberWednesday 10.30am // 107mins // (UK U /1963)

Christians and Muslims lived peacefully together for years in this small Lebanese village, but animosities begin to build among the men. The women of the village conspire to avert sectarian strife though a series of harebrained plans. When tragedy strikes, the women find themselves driven to make a deeply personal sacrifice for the sake of peace.Free Tapas before the film

13th DecemberFriday 8pm // 110mins // (Lebanon 12A /2011)

Wednesday 10.30am // 98mins // (US 12A /2013) Friday 8pm // 143mins // (US 12A/2013)

Summer Holiday Where Do We Go Now?

Film Prices £4.50 / Students £2.50

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The Market Theatre Ledbury Autumn Calendar 2013

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Friday 25th // 8pm // Under Milk WoodThurs-Sat 17th-19th // 8pm // Girls’ Night

Friday 4th // 8pm // Silver Linings PlaybookSaturday 5th // 8pm // Dave Cartwright & John Montague

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Friday 22nd // 7pm // A Christmas CarolWednesday 20th // 10.30am // Hitchcock

Friday 29th // 8pm // The Great Gatsby

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Wednesday 11th // 10.30am // Summer Holiday

Fri/Sat 20th/21st // 7.30pm // Ledbury Community ChoirSaturday 14th // 8pm // Budapest Cafe Orchestra

Thursday 12th // 7.15pm // The NutcrackerFriday 13th // 8pm // Where Do We Go Now?

Thursday 19th // 7pm // Life Loves to Change Friday 27th // 8pm // Quartet

Saturday 26th // 8pm // Osiligi Maasai WarriorsSunday 27th // 2.30pm // East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Saturday 2nd // 8pm // Remi Harris Gypsy Jazz ProjectMonday 4th // 5.45pm // Les Vêpres SiciliennesFriday 8th // 8pm // The Place Beyond the PinesSaturday 9th // 10.30am // WEA Film Study DaySaturday 9th // 8pm // Dr Teeth Big BandWednesday 13th // 7pm // Richard II – David Tennant

Friday 6th // 7.30pm // Ledbury & District Floral Art Club

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