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23 VALLEY ENTERTAINMENT 1 i Exciting theatre season beckons
byFipfa Munroe Hebden
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Whatever happened to July andAugust?They whizzed by so fast-trips, birthdays, sunshine and rain!
Now we are into September and the theatres of the North -West are opening their new seasons. And there is a great deal to
look forward to enjoying. The Royal Exchange, Man
chester, opens in Septem ber with a bold experiment, “Hamlet”, with renowned lo cal actor Maxine Peake (now an
associate.artist with the company) in the lead role. Ms Peake started her
careerintheExchange’s Youth Theatre. I am not sure about how
this iconic Shakespearean play will be interpreted, but I have loved director Sarah Frankom’s productions, so I am really intrigued to see how this reinvention will play. This will be followed in October by Tennessee Wil
liam’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. William’s plays have had
a fortunate revival in recent years. His characters and plotting are always well worth watching. Irecallthefilmwith Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, so I am anticipat ing a night of alcohol-fuelled passion and lies. For Christmas the Ex
change is giving us “Little Shop of Horrors”. I love this weird and wonderful musical starring a plant with a maca bre craving. It is exotic, amaz ing and enormous fun. The Bolton Octagon, under
David Thacker’s assured di rection is starting with- R.C. Sherriff’s classic play about World War One, “Journey’s End”. Sherriff experienced this terrible conflict at first hand and I have taught this play many times. It will make you cry, but
it will also make you think, and I can still name all the characters trapped in the trenches. We are, perhaps, overwhelmed with First World War reminiscences and plays, but this is the one
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Maxine Peake gives us a fresh take on Hamlet as a woman at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
to see. It has a reality that the poems of Owen and Sassoon have and changed our view of war forever. TheFirstWorldWartheme
is continued in the Octa gon’s October production of “Early One Morning”, which tells the true story of 26-year- old Bolton soldier James Smith, charged with deser tion. Thiswilltakeadifferent
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(or perhaps similar) look at the war experience. The Octagon has an admi
rable tradition of producing plays centred on Bolton char acters whichgivegreatinsight into national and internation al events. I am looking forward to this. Its Christmas production is “Alice in Wonderland”, a
fantastic story with lots of op portunities for theatrical mag ic. I always enjoy the Octagon’s interpretations of children’s classics. The Oldham Coliseum
starts with Willy Russell’s lovely musical story of kids, “Our Day Out”. This produc tion has lots of young partic ipants, so it should be great fitn. Then the Coliseum will
welcome back my favourite comediennes, LipService, in a wonderful new literary spoof “The Picture of Doreen Gray”, which will feature as well as Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding, a cast of community actors. Will they be knitting as in
“Inspector Norse”? 1 can’t ex plain how hilarious this team are... you just have to be there. The Coliseum’s Christmas
production is “Aladdin”. You all know how much I adore the panto. I’ll be there shout ing till my throat aches. It is so popular that they have added an extra week. Fine Time Fon-' tayne is the Dame again. Hur rah! The Lowry in Salford has
lots of great things on and if you are quick you might get to see “War Horse”, one of the
best things I have ever seen in the theatre.
I shall be going to see Op
era North in November. Its I season includes Smetana’s “The Bartered Bride”, a tale in which the love of a young
couple triumphs; Verdi’s clas sic tragedy of love and death
and Monteverdi’s “Coronation
of Poppea”, set in first centu ry Rome. The music is won derful, with arias for mezzo soprano and counter-tenor | that are truly memorable. Lastly but by no means
least, the Library Theatre ,
companyhasmovedfromThe Lowry to new venues. There will be a production of1
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traordinaryVictoriaBaths.set in Eastern Europe, and a roll ing programme in October I in Number One First Street, ready for HOME’S new season in 2015/2016. I expect September, Octo
ber and November will fly by, but I shall be eqjoying my reg ular theatre outings.
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Waddington Social club will be the starting point for a seven-mile circular route sponsored walk this Sunday, September 7th, taking in the spectacular scenery around the village.
Registration takes place
from 9 to 10 am and sponsor ship forms are available from the club or can be download ed from www.waddington
club.com. Refreshments, in cluding pie and peas, will be served at the club on return at 2 pm. On Saturday, September
13th, from 8 pm, a grand char ity night will be held to raise funds for the North West Air Ambulance. Entry is free and entertainment will be courte sy of The Zodiacs, a five-piece band who play covers of num bers by the likes of The Clash,
«(?>■ - s k \1 i L - ' f M . • / The Flat Cap Pack, putting Lancashire into Las Vegas.
Dire Straits, Stray Cats, Dr Feelgood, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan.
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songs from the Rat Pack era, but with a Lancashire Twist - the lads who put Lancashire into Las Vegas.
Female vocalist Nikki Dee
will perform tracks from art ists such as Adele and Shirley Bassey. In 2013 members and
friends of Waddington Social Club raised over £1,000 for the
North West Air Ambulance. ODEL RAIL SHOW YOU CO N N EC T® WE DELIVER A new season of Lunchtime Live Welcome return for Grand regulars plus some of the leading jazz acts from across the region
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The Grand's Lunchtime Live autumn/winterseason gets underway next Friday, Sep-
tember12th,afteritssummer interlude. It promises to be an exciting season of livejazz music with some of The Grand’s favour ite regular guests beingjoined
■ by some of the leading jazz groups from further afield. The season is being pro
moted in partnership with Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Club and is also supported by “Jazz North”, a new organisa tion supported by Arts Coun cil England, to help raise the profile of jazz music in the north of England. This begins with the highly
regarded pianist and vocalist John Ellis, from Manchester. John featured prominently at the recent Manchester Jazz Festival. His musicianship
has been well utilised by well- known artists such as Tom Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen and John Squire (The Stone Roses). He is also a founder member of The Cin ematic Orchestra. In his solo work John had
a successful highly reviewed 12-piece band, “The John El lis Big Bang”, which toured England between 1995-2001. Since then, performances have centered around the pi ano trio working with a col lection of songs ranging from standards to Irish folk, Prince and The Stone Roses and orig inals all with a unique jazz, blues or soul flavour, with an improvised twist akin to Nina Simone. Later in September, the
spotlight falls on two Ribble Valley pianists'at the oppo- _ site ends of the
p.laying spec trum. Former CRGS student John Wickham has recently graduated from Huddersfield University with a BA in Music Performance. Along with his
dience and fantastic sound,” said John. The trio mix up the styles
effortlessly, encompassing blues, pop and funk along side well-loved jazz standard. John cites Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson as one of his favorites, and pays tribute to his bandmates for the skills in which they come up with fresh arrangements. “Tom is a rock drummer
Eric Ainsworth (front) and John Wickham limbering up for Lunchtime Live on The Grand’s grand piano,
trio - Tom Rice on drums and Adam Lynch on bass - the group has progressed from performing as part of the CRGS swing band four years ago into playing more regu larly as a trio, developing their own arrangements and nail
ing down an unmistakable mood to their music focused around John’s emotive play ing style. “Its such a pleasure to play
onagorgeousgrandpianoina great atmosphere. There is al ways a connection with the au
and Adam plays in a funk fu sion band. We’ve all done re ally different things since playing together at school and when we come back together we bring those skills to our ar rangements -notjustjazz trio techniques.” Eric Ainsworth has been
playing to audiences for more than 60 years and been per forming at The Grand for the past six years. His monthly residency, on the last Friday of each month, features Ken Marley (bass), Jimmy Scaife (drums) and, this month, they will be joined by guest
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musician Chris Carty (flugel horn/trumpet). This consum mate quartet is fronted by the smooth vocals of singer Lyn Fairbanks. Eric commented: “It is
marvellous to play at The Grand. Bringing in different instrumentalists each month always brings anew challenge which is good for the musi cians and the audience. The audience is always very re ceptive to this variety and our monthly sessions bring some thing individual and different each time.” • Lunchtime Live runs
weekly on Fridays from Sep tember 12th through till De cember 20th (from noon to 2 pm) apart from the first Fri day of every month, when Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues Club hold their monthly ses sion at The Atrium, Clitheroe (8 pm start). For a full season’s listing, please pickup a leaflet from The Grand Box office, or check out The Grand website (
www.thegrandvenue.co.uk).
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