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Choir at Ribchester


Stonyhurst’s chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, will be giving a summer concert at St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, Ribchester, on June 7th, as part of the Ribchester Fes ti- val. Theywillbesingingmu- sic by Sir Edward Elgar, who died looyears ago, as well as choral favourites. Some of the Stonyhurst College Mu­ sic Scholars'will also be per­


forming; The concert starts at 7 pm and will be fpllowed by a ticketed cheese and wine tasting sponsored by Booths Supermarkets Ltd. Tickets for the cheese


and wine tasting, priced at £8, are available from Stony­ hurst College reception, as well as the Ribchester Fes­ tival booking office (01254. 878881).


World premiere is an l i t t e r T r m M i r m i l i ’ !


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FRI 30 MAY - 7:30PM - £19 & £17 ' ULTIMATE ELTON & THE ROCKET BAND


SAT 31 MAY - 7:30PM - £17 & £15


, V THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED . Life & Music of Buddy Holly •;


SAT 1 JUN E-2:30PM-£10 JIMMY CRICKET’S MADCAP MUSIC HALL


MON 2 JUNE - 2PM - £3.50 & £2.50 WARTIME SHOW - MONDAY CLUB ‘


SAT 7 JUN E -7 :30PM-£17 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING , : Music of Michael Ball


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, . TUES 10 JUNE -7:30PM,- £5 • WORLD OF COMEDY (Over 16’s)


FRI 4 JULY - 7:30PM - £18 COUNTRY LEGENDS


■ . Tributes to Country Music u , '■ DANCE SCHOOLS


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FRI/SAT 20/21 JUNE - £8.50 & £7.50 Fri 7 pm -S a t 2pm & 7pm LIVE IT UP


; • Cheryl's Dance Studio


SAT/SUN 28/29 JUNE - £10 & £8 - • Sat 2pm & 7pm - Sun 2pm LET’S DANCE


- Chantelles Dance Academy


• SAT/SUN - 5/6 JULY - £8 . Sat7pm-Sunday 1:30pm • BUGSYMALONE


■•v Bernese School of Theatre Dance


FRI/SAT 11/12 JULY - 7PM - £8 & £6 KATRINA'S DANCE ACADEMY


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This Sunday and Every Sunday at Kelbrook Roundabout


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What’s not to like! (please for­ give the slang). Homer’s epic tale of the Fall of Troy, which has influenced almost all of our western literature; Simon Armitage, a poet whose work I have admired (and taught) for many years; and the Royal Ex­ change Theatre, one of my fa­ vourite places on Earth. I was enthralled by this


world premiere at the Ex­ change. Armitage gives us a powerful, accessible ver­ sion o f the familiar story. His characters speak to us in a lan- guage that manages to com­ bine a classical strength with a modern resonance. The relevance of this ten- year war in antiquity has ech­


oes of the Anniversary of the start of the First World War and even o f current wars. Sadly, not much has changed. I wish to celebrate director


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Nick Bagnall's interpretation combined with the skills of his designer AshleyMartin-Davis. The costumes and the setting manage to combine both the ancient and the modern in a kind of timeless quality which stresses the universality ofthe drama.


A superb cast interpret the story, thegods and the human


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Trading his train set for a guitar was first step on road to the blues


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Dave Kelly traded in his Horn­ by Train set for a guitar, and then jumped on a magical mys­ tery tour with blues legends Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.


“I was always surrounded by music as a child, and that’s how it began, swapping my model trains for a four string guitar when I was ten,” said Kelly, whose guitar and vo­ cals provide the backbone to the The Blues Band’s distinc­ tive sound. “Later on, when I went to


Jake Fairbrother as Achilles


beings who struggle withjeal- ousy, vengeance, sexual at­ traction, death, probably all the things that make us hu­ man; Jake Fairbrother is a • powerful, muscular Achilles, matched by the Hector he kills (Simon Harrison) in revenge for the death of his lover Patro- clus (Brendan O’Hea). David Birrell is an aggres­


sive Agamemnon manipulat: ed by an excellent Odysseus .


(Colin Tierney). Garry Coop­ er is a moving Priam. Clare


Calbraith and Francesca Zoutewelle play goddesses and mortals, and Tom Stuart


Lily Cole as Helen of Troy


is a sexy Paris. I was most im­ pressed by the performance of Richard Bremmer as Zeus andalsoGillian Bevan as Hera. I gather Lily Cole is quite well known and she takes on the role of Helen, the face that


launched a thousand ships, and she is impressive in the


second act, both for her sing­ ing and her mysteriousness. I like the way Simon Ar­


mitage makes Zeus and Hera bothimperiousgods on Olym­ pus and tired old immortals today. I have been to the site of Troy (at daughter’s insist­ ence) and it is confusing - so


manylevels-butyoustillgeta senseofthescale. Iamsoold, lean recall studying Virgil for A Level so the plot is known to me. I just wonder how many oftheyounger generation are familiar with this legendary story, but I hope they will go and see this production. It is bloodthirsty and brutal in a way werecognisenowfromso many films, but this is where it all started. This is the Royal Exchange


at its best. Playwright. Direc­ tion. Acting. Production De­ sign. Go! See! PippaMuttroHebden


Summer music in glorious Downham


Acclaimed local choral group the A Cappella Singers” have been invited back to Down- ham for their third visit. They will perform in the


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wonderful setting of St Le­ onard’s Church in Downham on Sunday June 29th, giving a concert filled with “Music for a Summer Afternoon”.


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This concert, which starts


a> j ?° Pm’ include many old favourites, with items


trom Lancashire together with many pieces that the au­


dience will know, even if the harmony is a little different.


The A Cappella Singers are


drawn from the Ribble Valley, Hyndburn and Blackburn area and have been performing in the area for almost 20 years. They are always pleased to give performances whichboostlo- cal good causes and proceeds from this concert will go to­ wards a project at the Down­ ham church, “Music at St Leonard’s”. For more details or to buy


or reserve tickets, call Molly Roskell on 01200 440450 or visit the group’s website at: www.acappellasingers.co.uk


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America in the sixties, I was lucky enough to tour with Howlin Wolf. He was such a lovely man, no airs and grac­ es at all. The first time we met him, he’came in with his tour


manager and said, ‘Howdy, I’m the Wolf’.


“We thought we were go­


ing to rehearse with him, but he said, ‘Play me something’, so we played a shuffle, and he went ‘Mmmmm, very inter­ esting man. Play me a blues song. That’s fine. See you to­ morrow’.


“It was like that for the rest


of the tour. He never told us what he was going to do, what key it was in and you just had to pick it up early. “Wolfwould sit at the front


of the tour bus, playing his harmonica, laughing apd jok­ ing. He was an incredible guy to be around, a legend ofthe blues.” Kelly is a blues craftsman -


ajourneyman who has served his time with the best. But it was Kelly’s big sister,


the late Jo-Ann Kelly, who first opened his ears to the blues, although his passion for rock


come straight o f f the boat from America, so the owner never knew what he was go­ ing to get. It could be Elmore James, John Lee Hooker, an­ ything really, and we’d hang around waiting to see what was coming. “It was like an Aladdin’s


Cave opening up in front of me. I was always fascinated by the whole thing of this music coming out of this box and the actual mechanism of trans­ mitting that to an audience. “My greatest joy in life is


playing live, although we don’t usually have a set list with The Blues Band. “We just turn up and the


and roll - especially the work of Buddy Holly - remains as fresh as ever. “I remember Jo bought a little Richard albumandlwas


just ‘What the heck is that? What is this music?’. I liked


the edgy stuff and still do. “The blues, though, is very


subversive music, and it chal­ lenged the establishment. I always liked that about the music.” Kelly, who formed The


Blues Band in 1979, added: “As a teenager, we’d go down to the Swing Shop, ajazz record shop in Streatham, and that was part of howit all developed. “The Swing Shop used to get blues records in, and they’d


MORE EV EN T S LADIES FILM NIGHT • WITH 2-COURSE MEAL


AT THE GRAND VENUE CLITHEROE


1 ACOUSTIC , ' JON GOMM; THUR 29, MAY


DOORS 7PM ' £15 ADV


(UNRESERVED;: SEATING)^ a .


CHARLES FUNK Music prime time show.


DJ / DANCE CRAIG


& SOUL DJ SET FRI 30 MAY


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Craig Charles brings you the best there is in Soul and Funk mixed in


dose of Northern Soul with a featured guest DJ Deisler.


SINGER/SONGWRITER We are thrilled to add Thea to our ever-


THEA GILMORE growing list of classy debutants. Her SAT 31 MAY


DOORS 7PM STAGE 7.45PM £18.50 ADV


razor sharp lyrics, melodic flair and honey toned voice have been admired by wide ranging contemporaries from Bruce Springsteen to Joan Baez and she is described by British music press as ‘one of the few world class female singer-songwriters Britain has ever, produced.'


M m c - L IT I I JC - 1 n / r MAY 30 Eric Ainsworth Quartet L U N C H T IM E L IV E


with Lyn Fairbanks


FRIDAYS 12PM - 2PM £5 / £3 (AFFINITY)


Advanced.booking recommended


JUNE 6 No Lunchtime Live JUNE 13 Pendle Jazz Men JUNE 20 RVJ&B: Sue Parish


* Ploaso note * a booking foe of £1.50 now apptios por transaction. - An acoustic'singer-songwriter with (


, a revolutionary virtuoso guitar style, ' -f i ji . whoro ho uses.one acoustic guitar to11,


l ^ create drum sounds,, basslines and .. twisting melodies all at.the same time.ij-.


/ - 2 His live shows combine deeply personal) / performances and a natural wit, f . ^ -5


• . / producing sounds people can barely . ■m imagine from a humble acoustic guitar.-I-


One of the UK’s best loved Soul and • Funk DJs and the host of BBC 6


12 YEARS A SLAVE TUE 3 JUNE / 7PM / £14.50 ADV WED 4 JUNE / 7PM / £6 ADV FILM ONLY


BLUES


THE BLUES BAND FRI 6 JUNE / 7PM / £20 ADV


NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS THUR 12 JUNE / 7PM / £15 ADV / £12.50


FAMILY FUN MIGHT


WIZARD OF OZ FRI 13 JUNE / 4.30PM / £ 4 (INC. FOOD)


ROCK/ POP UK FOO FIGHTERS + THE HERO COMPLEX + FR E T 64 SAT 14 JUNE / 7PM / £10 ADV


FILM


KISS THE WATER WED 18 JUNE / 7.30PM / £6 ADV


FILM E. FOOD NIGHT PANTAN I : THE ACCIDENTAL d e a th OF A CYCLIST '


FRI 20 JUNE / 6.30PM / £10 WITH FOOD 8 PM / £6 FILM ONLY


ROCK/ POP


ROLLER + GUESTS SAT 21 JUNE / 7PM / £5 ADV


BROTHERHOOD MON 23 -JUNE / 7PM / £15 ADV


BLUES / ROCK ROYAL SOUTHERN


ROCK/ POP GOOD FOXY + GUESTS


■ FRI.27 JUNE / 7PM / £5 ADV


ROCK/ POP STEALER / FREEBIRD SAT 28 JUNE / 7PM / £8.50 ADV


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I HEAVEN IN THE AFTERNOON 1 SUN 29 JUNE / 3PM / £6 ADV


I DANCE - WITH 2-COURSE MEAL | COME DANCING SUMMER BALL 1 SAT 5 JULY / 7PM / £17.50 ADV


I FAMILY FUN NIGHT


JDRSEUSS i FRI 11 JULY / 4.30PM / £ 4 (INC. FOOD)


I FAMILY THEATRE FROM BACKSTAGE PASS OLIVER! - THE MUSICAL


I 12/13 JULY / 1PM / £ 6 ADV / £3 U18s


I SWING RATPACK VEGAS SPECTACULAR SAT 12 JULY / 7PM / £20 ADV


ROCK/POP


U2-2 +GUESTS SAT 19 JULY / 7PM / £12 ADV THEATRE BROADCAST


ROCK/POP


STEVE CRADOCK BAND + THE REAL PEOPLE


FRI 25 JULY / 7 P M / £12.50 ADV


ROCK/POP SUPREME QUEEN


■SAT 26 JULY / 7.15PM / £18 ADV


These are just some of our shows. Please see our website for full schedule.


whole thing is fairly spontane­ ous - that’s how music should be.”


• The Blues Band, Friday


June 6th, (£20 adv. ticket), The Grand, Clitheroe (Ticket hot- line:oi20042i599/www.the- grandvenue.co.uk)


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