Rock the Barn VIII 13 March, 7pm Bands to
OUT & ABOUT - Continued from page 18
be confi rmed. Under 12s with an adult. Tickets £5
in advance, £6 on the door.
Dear Mum … Sat 14 March 3pm
Artists, actors and dancers from
local arts group Artifi ce, present this
unique event on the biggest day of
the year… Mother’s Day! Readings
and performances inspired by
WHAT’S ON AT HANGER FARM
poems and extracts with live music
www.hangerfarm.totton.ac.uk
to entertain all mums and their families.
Box offi ce 023 8066 7683
Poems by and including Brian Patten, Michael
Arts Centre’s historic setting
Rosen, Grace Nichols and more. A butler service
to all on arrival… and cakes for sale. Something
Housed in a 1700s converted barn the Hanger
different, something special and just for mum.
Farm Arts Centre is the result of the complete
Tickets £6
transformation of a dilapidated historic
infrastructure. Today, this professional community
Annual Totton Festival of Drama 25 – 27
arts venue is run by Totton College and features
March. Hanger Farm Arts Centre, West Totton.
regular exhibitions of artwork along with a diverse
Stage One of the All England theatre Festival
range of entertainment.
is the only eliminating one act play competition
It is part of one of largest projects ever completed
in the country. Local audiences are treated to
by a Town or Parish Council, which comprises not
a sumptuous feast of high quality drama from
only the Arts Centre with its exhibition area, but a
groups across Hampshire. With three one act
Tennis Centre, paddling pool and parkland. The
plays each evening, audiences experience an
£4 million project was funded completely from
unparalleled variety of live theatre promoting the
grants and developers’ contributions.
excellent work of new writers as well as famous
playwrights. For info contact Mike Farleigh on 023
‘The Hanger Farm site was fi rst recorded in 8086 2882 or email tottondrama@ntlworld.com
Saxon times although the land may well have Tickets £7, £6 Conc.
been in use for many years before. Amazingly
the site was, it appears, in use as a farm from
The Tempest by William
before the Norman invasion until the 1950s. From
Shakespeare Friday 19 March
the 1950s until 2005 the site lay vacant with its
7.30pm A beguiling new adaptation
ancient listed buildings deteriorating rapidly. Many
of one of Shakespeare’s most
uses were investigated for the buildings and in
enduring plays. Platform 4, present
2005 the Totton & Eling Town Council embarked
a stripped down version of the
on its project of turning the barn into an Arts
Tempest for 3 performers. True to
Centre’.
the story, this highly choreographed
production evokes a dream-like
The above excerpt is taken from ‘Hanger Farm:
world that feels both real and magical. Performed
a Thousand Years of History’, a booklet charting
by Platform 4. Tickets £9, £7 conc
the history of the Hanger Farm site, written and
compiled by Derek Biggs, Town Clerk at Totton &
Free Folk by Forest Forge Theatre Company
Eling Town Council.
Friday 30 March 7.30pm A play about living in a
free country and never being able to do what you
Phil Beer & Miranda Sykes Sun 7 March
really want to… A joyful and witty exploration of
7.30 One half of Britain’s most successful
what it is to live in rural Britain today, written by
acoustic duo, Show of Hands, Phil’s instrumental
award winning playwright Gary Owen. Tickets £9,
wizardry has been utilized by countless artists
£7 conc
over the years, most notably the Rolling Stones,
Mike Oldfi eld and Steve Harley. He was for
Stand Up with Rob Rouse & Trevor Lock
many years lead guitarist and singer with the
Thursday 1 April, 8pm Top comedy on April
Albion Band and co-wrote many of their songs.
Fool’s Day. Tickets £10, £8 conc
Miranda Sykes’ bass playing and singing will add
something special to the performance. Tickets
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