Brighton What's On Guide

Music, clubs, theatre, comedy, film, pubs, folk, yoga & everything else.

Amazing 100 Metre Water Slide! @ Queens Park

Brighton Chamber Ensemble play Schumann & Brahms @ St Marys Church

Brighton's Level Sunday Market @ The Level

Drop-in Life Drawing @ New England House

Faulty Towers Dining Experience @ Holiday Inn

From Dawn Til Dusk: 5 Courses of Vegan Food Inpsired by the Colours of the Day @ Marwood Coffee Shop

Incredibles 2 PG @ Depot Cinema

Japanese Summer Festival @ BHASVIC

Long Nose Puppets Present: Penguin @ Ropetackle Arts Centre

Lorraine Bowen @ Jubilee Library

Macmillian charity Fundraiser @ Junkyard Dogs

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again PG @ Depot Cinema

Mary Shelley 12A @ Depot Cinema

Our City Dances @ Various Venues, Brighton

Racer and the Jailbird 15 @ Depot Cinema

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Brighton Little Theatre @ Brighton Open Air Theatre (B.O.A.T)

Summer Toy and Model Train Show @ Knoyle Hall

Sussex Apples Workshop at Stanmer and Racehill Orchards @ Stanmer Park

THE GREAT HOUNDINI Pet-Fi @ Brighton Open Air Theatre (B.O.A.T)

The Receptionist 18 @ Depot Cinema

Young Assembly @ St Andrew's Church,

Whats on at Ropetackle Arts Centre

Kids Sat 21 Jul 11 am and 2 pm

Long Nose Puppets Present: Penguin

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £7, £26 family

Ben is delighted when he rips open his present, inside is a penguin. “Hello Penguin!” says Ben. Penguin says nothing. Ben tickles Penguin; he pulls his funniest face; he puts on a happy hat, sings a silly song and does a dizzy dance. Penguin says nothing… so Ben fires Penguin into OUTER SPACE, Penguin comes back to earth without a word! It isn’t until a passing lion intervenes that Penguin finally speaks… and when he does, Ben discovers something that was really worth the wait.

Penguin is exciting, surreal and full of surprises; a spectacular theatre experience based on the award-winning book by Polly Dunbar. The lively songs by Tom Gray of Gomez will have everyone joining in!

Aimed at ages 2-7 years. Duration approx. 45 minutes + 10 minutes ‘meet the puppets’.

Performances at 11am and 2pm. £7 individual, £26 family of four.

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Film Wed 25 Jul 7.30 pm

Blockbuster: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £5.00

Deftly balances black comedy against searing drama and draws unforgettable performances from its veteran cast.

Starring Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell and Oscar-winning Frances McDormand as Mildred, a mother grieving the rape and murder of her daughter seven months earlier. Mildred rents three billboards outside town, their messages calling attention to her daughter’s unsolved case. They upset the townspeople and the sheriff, a moral man who is himself dying of cancer.

Cert. 15 Duration: 105mins

Ropetackle Cafe Suppers Shoreham

We're serving delicious food before this event from 6pm! Mains cost £8, desserts £3.00, or the two-course meal for £10.00. Advance booking necessary, to do so simply email lesleyskitchenltd@gmail.com. Click on the icon to see what's on the menu.

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Music Fri 27 Jul 8 pm

The Men They Couldn’t Hang + Barnstormer 1649

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £15.00

A welcome return for Glastonwick and Ropetackle favourites The Men They Couldn’t Hang, who for 34 years have combined stirring, anthemic music and intelligent, inspirational words, often with historical themes (‘Ironmasters’, ‘Ghosts Of Cable Street’ ‘The Colours’). With their new album ‘Cock A Hoop’ due for release, they are as feistily irreverent – and relevant – as ever.
A band to make you dance and think at the same time.

Support comes from Attila the Stockbroker’s brand-new Barnstormer 1649, who combine early music and punk with songs and tunes set around the time of the English Civil War and Commonwealth, but very much with an eye for what’s happening now.
Featuring the crumhorn, cornamuse, shawm, five different recorders, violin, viola, mandola, mandocello, guitar, bass, drums and words.

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Learning Sat 28 Jul 10 a.m.

Play The Harmonica – A Beginner’s Workshop

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £30

Have you ever thought about taking up the harmonica? If so, make sure you don’t miss this event when tutor Con O’Neill brings his popular one-day workshop to Ropetackle.

Covering the basics of tune playing, chord playing and blues improvisation, this workshop is suitable for anyone new to the harmonica. You will need a 10-hole (diatonic) harmonica in C. For recommended models, or to buy one on the day, contact Con on 07481 903 127

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Comedy Sat 28 Jul 8 pm

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £10

Zoe is a regular on Mock The Week and a much-loved figure on Live At The Apollo, as well as being all over Radio 4 – for which she’s making her very own series in 2018, after extensive stints on The News Quiz, Just A Minute, The Now Show and plenty more.

All this makes it sound like Zoe Lyons has some sort of idea what she’s doing in life.
But does she?

Decide for yourself, as this hugely popular comic returns with a fresh crop of & quick-fire observational gags, “delivered with utter conviction” (Chortle), not to mention “proper laugh-out-loud one-liners” (The Herald). Oh, and she “has what it takes to delight any crowd”. That one’s from the Guardian.

Are you going to argue with them? Actually, don’t answer that.
Just come and see Zoe to find out.

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Music Tue 31 Jul 8 pm

Vishtèn with Support from Hickory Signals

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £14.00

This Canadian trio continue to dazzle audiences with their fiery blend of traditional French songs and original instrumentals, fusing Celtic and Acadian genres with a modern sensibility and rock influence. Hailing from Prince Edward Island’s Evangeline area and from the most remote reaches of Quebec, the windswept Magdalen Islands, twin sisters Emmanuelle and Pastelle LeBlanc join musical forces with Pascal Miousse to form a sophisticated sonic signature. Their tight sibling harmonies, layered foot percussion, virtuoso acoustic and electric instrumentation create an expansive sound that would be difficult to reproduce, in sheer complexity, by a quintet – let alone a trio!

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Music Wed 1 Aug 8 pm

Gordie Mackeeman & The Rhythm Boys with support from The Purple Shoes Duo

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £14.00

Gordie MacKeeman exemplifies the term natural showman. An ace fiddle player nicknamed “Crazy Legs” for his frenetic loose limbed step-dancing, he just loves to perform. Combine that exuberance and onstage dynamism with the stellar musicianship of his multi-instrumentalist comrades His Rhythm Boys, and you have an unstoppable roots music force. That potent combination has made the group highly sought-after performers on the international roots music circuit, thrilling audiences from Adelaide, Australia, to Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Music Thu 2 Aug 8 pm

The East Pointers

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £14.00

Beyond their dazzling musicianship and wildly entertaining live shows, there is a reason The East Pointers have connected with audiences right across the globe, making new original roots music the hippest the most vibrant thing going.

Fiddler/singer Tim Chaisson, banjoist Koady Chaisson and guitarist Jake Charron write about real life, sketching out its joys and sorrows in vivid strokes. Their palpable authenticity makes their instrumental tunes practically cartwheel and infuses their lyric-driven songs with poignancy.

Listening to the brilliant and hotly anticipated second album What We Leave Behind – produced by East Coast-bred songwriter/producer Gordie Sampson – is akin to meeting up with an old friend.

As a follow-up to 2015’s internationally acclaimed, JUNO Award-winning debut Secret Victory, What We Leave Behind shares stories previously unheard but framed by a familiar context. The album reflects on the traditions of Canadian Celtic music, where it comes from, and what it means to the people, but also strides in new directions. With a captivating balance between their traditional-sounding instrumental tunes, and catchy radio-ready songs, The East Pointers reach out with open arms to a wide range of listeners, inviting them to discover a new love of folk music.

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Music Fri 3 Aug 8 pm

Blair Dunlop with Special Guest

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £15.00

This award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist, has now released three albums, two EPs and toured widely around the globe. All of this in a short four-year career is astounding alone, but what sets Dunlop apart from his peers is the lyrical and musical maturity with which he writes. His third album ‘Gilded’ was released in May 2016 on his own label – Gilded Wings – and was widely acclaimed, gaining BBC Radio 2 playlist status for the two singles ‘The Egoist’ and ‘356’ both of which were remixed by Ed Harcourt.

Dunlop has now cemented his place as one of the most exciting talents of the British folk scene.

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Film Fri 3 Aug 2 p.m.

Family Film: Guardians Of The Galaxy 2

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

You only get the chance to save the Galaxy twice…

After saving Xandor from Ronan’s wrath, the Guardians are now recognised as heroes. They must help their leader Star Lord to uncover the truth behind his identity while all around them old foes turn to allies and betrayal is looming. And they find they are up against a devastating new menace. This film is truly awesome on the big screen.

Cert. PG Duration: 137 mins

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Film Sat 4 Aug 7.30 pm

Rumble – The Indians Who Rocked The World

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

Part of our Canadian Season, Catherine Bainbridge’s fascinating film explores the oft-neglected history of musicians of First Nations descent whose work has yet to be adequately acknowledged. Stretching back a century to the work of groundbreaking blues musician Charlie Patton, whose indigenous ancestry was often glossed over, the documentary covers an extraordinary amount of ground. Along the way there are some startling revelations and some seriously kick-ass tunes.

Cert: 12 |102 mins

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Music Sun 5 Aug 11 am

Jazz Breakfast with Mike Hatchard (Aug)

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £10

Two men, a trombone, a piano and a kazoo (without the kazoo) This is a case of ‘what you see is what you get’. The two men in question being Mike Hatchard (of course) and his old partner in crime Chris Dean.

Chris is unquestionably one of the top musicians in the UK today, his reputation so established it’s hardly worth mentioning his track record (but it includes Sinatra, Ella, McCartney…well, as we said, hardly worth mentioning…). He is the leader of the ‘Best Big Band in the Land’, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra and besides being a superb trombonist and vocalist, he’s an extremely funny man. In partnership with Mike we guarantee there will never be a dull moment.

Just as we guarantee (we are prepared to provide it in writing if necessary) there will NOT BE A KAZOO.

Pastries and cakes will be available to purchase.

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Music Mon 6 Aug 8 pm

Peatbog Faeries

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £18 Seated/£16 Stand

Hailing from the Isle Of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries are the figurehead trailblazers of the Celtic Dance Music renaissance. Drawing upon a dazzling myriad of influences from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they take traditional Scottish music and bring it fresh-faced and breathless into the 21st century.

From the moment they take to the stage, the mood is set for a no-nonsense feel-good atmosphere –each number sounding like an encore itself. They tease unlikely combinations from the familiarity of instruments such as fiddle and highland pipes –blending with techno rhythms and soaring sounds and take this to another plane. The traditional styles that influence the musicians are still to be heard – and when an unexpected drop-down to those glorious core melodies sneaks in -the result is spine-chilling!

The band is made up of Peter Morrison fronting on pipes and whistles that interplay with the amazing fiddle sounds from Ross Couper. Tom Salter on guitar performs subtle licks and chord patterns to crowd-pleasing solos. Graeme Stafford’s keyboards provide a perfect link to the backline machine of Innes Hutton on pounding bass and Stuart Haikney on drums that hold it all together with style.

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Film Thu 9 Aug 7.30 pm

Meditation Park

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

Mina Shum’s new film is a touching, amusing, decidedly entertaining tale of an Asian Canadian grandmother’s declaration of personal independence after discovering her longstanding husband may not be as worthy of her reverential treatment as she once believed. Meditation Park features an allstar cast — including Cheng Pei Pei, Sandra Oh, Tzi Ma, and Don McKellar.

Cert: PG | 94 mins

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Film Thu 9 Aug 7.30 pm

Meditation Park

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Admn: £3.50

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Film Thu 9 Aug 2 p.m.

The Legend of Sarila

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

Canadian Season

This CGI film draws heavily on Inuit culture and traditions. Set in northern Canada in 1920, it tells the story of three young Inuit who set out for the legendary land of Sarila in search of food for their clan. During this adventure, one of the trio, Markussi, finds out he is really an Inuit shaman.

Meanwhile the clan’s shaman at home makes repeated attempts to kill Markussi and undermine the quest.

Cert: PG | 82 min

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Kids Fri 10 Aug 9.30 to 4.30

Wannado Street Dance Presents: A Funk-Filled Day of Workshops

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £30

The workshops cover: breakdancing, DJ scratching, rapping and beat-boxing and graffiti, plus plenty of fun and games. The last hour will comprise an interactive presentation to family and friends where the children can share their day’s work.. and they get a goody bag to take home!

9-3.30 with a fully interactive, funk-filled presentation.

3.30-4.30 for kids to share their days work with family and friends.

For aged 5 to adult!

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Music Sat 11 Aug 8 pm

Le Vent du Nord

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £17.00 seated £15 Stand

Combining a great stage presence with an energetic, dynamic flair, Le Vent du Nord are one of the leading names in Québecois folk music performing original songs inspired from their tradition. A truly fabulous sound!

Le Vent du Nord never fail to delight crowds with their glorious mix of fiddle and foot-tapping, guitar, accordion, piano, bass, hurdy-gurdy and wonderful four-part harmonies. They deliver catchy songs and tunes, inspired and influenced by Québec traditional folk styles and their well-polished musical arrangements simply enhance this uplifting repertoire. A driving force in progressive folk, Le Vent du Nord capture the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party, infusing old Québec with a breath of fresh, cosmopolitan air.

£17 seated, £15 standing.

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Music Sat 11 Aug 12.00-4.00

Saturday Sessions – Celebrating Folk

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: FREE

Come and experience the joy of local folk musicians Laura Ward performing with her band Bird in the Belly, local band Shady Grove and local artist Laura Fauvel. Be inspired, sing along and tap those feet in what promises to be a warm and fuzzy afternoon!

Bar and café open!

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Kids Mon 13 Aug 10 am & then 1 pm

Four Hands Dance Presents: Wild Rumpus

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £6 - 1 adult/1 child

Wild Rumpus is a fun and physical play session for young children and their parents/carers, where adults and children move and play together, in pairs and as a group.

Both children and adults can expect to run, play, scream, roll, laugh and fly together. Led by Nick Lawson and George Miles from Four Hands Dance, the session will include a series of games that will help strengthen your relationship with your child and develop their self-confidence and motor skills in a fun, free and relaxed environment. And remember, we only have two rules… 1. Have lots of fun! 2. Kids do what they want. Grown-ups do what Nick and George want!

For kids aged 2- 5.

Adults & children should wear comfortable clothes that you can move in!

Please note this is a 1-to-1 event

1 ticket is valid for 1 adult + 1 child only.

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Film Tue 14 Aug 2 p.m.

Family Film: Captain Underpants – The First Epic Movie

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

George and Harold are two imaginative pranksters who want to make their depressing Jerome Horwitz school a better place. They decide to hypnotise their mean-spirited Headmaster into the incredibly clueless but kind hearted and enthusiastic super hero, Captain Underpants. But having Captain Underpants around comes at a steep price…

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Kids Wed 15 Aug 2 p.m.

Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £5/£7 or £20 Family

Jay Foreman is currently on tour with his extremely family friendly, and superbly funny, Jay Foreman’s Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children – which completely sold out at the 2014 and 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringes.

The show continues to be available for touring throughout the Summer and Autumn of this year so please let us know if you may be interested in taking a performance.

Jay Foreman is an award winning musical comedian whose songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, London Live TV and Dave Gorman’s UK/Ireland tour.

Jay provides a devilishly cheeky hour of songs, poems and comedy for children of
all ages in this family friendly show.

Suitable for 6 years and up

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Comedy Fri 17 Aug 8 pm

The Treason Show (Aug)

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £16

Comedy Gold’ – The Latest

‘Fiendishly fast and clever’ – The Argus

Silly season is in full swing with the summer holiday antics of the award winning Treason Show team. Bang up to date topical satire with songs and sketches on the mad, the daft, and the ludicrous to know.

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Music Sat 18 Aug 8 pm

African Night Fever: 15 Year Celebration Party

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £20

After 15 years offering high-quality music and dance to reflect the cultures and heritage of Africa, we are proud to celebrate our anniversary with two live bands.

SARABANDA ‘HOT CUBAN SALSA AND SON WITH A SERIOUS GROOVE’
Sarabanda are sure to fill the dance floor with their glorious mix of Cuban rhythms. Sliding effortlessly between classic Cuban chacha-cha, mambo and son to the latest hot timba, salsa and Latin jazz, this is Cuban music at its very finest.

MUSA MBOOB & XAM XAM BAND
Gambian master percussionist and lead vocalist brings audiences an electrifying blend of Afro Manding fusion and tantalizing traditional West African rhythms that stem from the deep roots of vibrant life and cultures of the smiling coast of Africa.

Free Salsa dance lesson included and African/Caribbean food on sale.

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Film Fri 24 Aug 2 p.m.

Family Film: Star Wars – The Last Jedi

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.50

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.

Cert. 12A Duration: 152 mins

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Music Fri 31 Aug 8 pm

Connie Lush

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre

Connie is regarded as one of the finest blues singers in the UK. As well as being a five-time winner of the Best UK vocalist award, and a two-time winner of the European Blues Vocalist accolade, she has also performed at some of Europe’s most prestigious festivals.

Connie has wowed audiences the world over and toured the UK with the late, great BB King and is sure to bring the house down at Ropetackle.

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Music Sat 1 Sep 8 pm

The Purple Shoes Band

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £10.00

An Evening with The Purple Shoes with special guests Bird in the Belly (Laura Ward) and The Wellington Wailers.

The Purple Shoes are a British female fronted Folk Rock band with a Country and Folk Pop twist. Their music is drenched in beautiful melodies and “harmonious lusciousness” with a thumping back beat and double bass. Often compared to Fleetwood Mac with a Travelling Wilburys vibe, The Purple Shoes are honest and raw and they carry you along with the sheer fun they are having. The band planning a different and unique show for the Ropetackle show this year with Mervyn Wallis playing guest fiddle, along with the full band line up.

With support from the fantastic local band Bird in the Belly and the sea shanty vocal group The Wellington Waliers to get you in the mood for music; it is set to be a fantastic night.

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Music Sun 2 Sep 11 am

Jazz Breakfast With Mike Hatchard (Sept)

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £11.00

Ropetackle’s regular monthly jazz concert with the inimitable Mike Hatchard, expect special guests and plenty of wonderful live jazz music.

Pastries and cakes will be available to purchase

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Music Fri 7 Sep 8 pm

The Kites

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £10.00

The Kites are a sum of significant parts. As three songwriters in their own right, they are singer and virtuoso guitarist Mark Allen, soul vocalist and percussionist Jack Cryer and rhythm man with a dreamy voice Matt Hodgson. Together they have enjoyed many intimate and soulful gigs, with their close harmonies and original songs bringing audiences to tears (good tears!)

Their style is part folk, blues and soul.

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Music Sun 9 Sep 11.30

Ukulele Festival

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £2.00

Uke Rock!

If you like the ukulele, festival atmospheres, fun days out and uplifting music, you are going to love this!

Back by popular demand, our very own Sussex Ukulele Festival combines top performers, workshops and guest-led jams in celebration of this small but powerful traditional instrument. There’ll be something happening in the auditorium, foyer and mezz so just choose whatever appeals and have fun. Proud owners of the mighty uke are encouraged to bring their instrument and strum along.

The bar and café will be open and its staff and volunteers ready to meet all your refreshment requirements. This is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser and you won’t even need to wear wellies.

Tickets available now!

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Spoken Word Fri 14 Sep 11.30 & 1.30

Short Stories, Tall Tales (Sep)

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £5 & £2

Storytelling for babies, toddlers and parents.

Monthly storytelling from ‘Short Stories, Tall Tales’ brings classic and modern stories to life through live performance and interactive, creative play.

Adventure into stories, explore through the senses and let your little ones’ imagination run free.

Suitable for ages 0-4 years. Duration 45 mins. Run by actress and mother Hannah Summers.

£5 per adult + 1 child, £2 per additional siblings.

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Kids Fri 21 Sep 11 am until Fri 23 Nov

Tractor Ted

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £3.00

Tractor Ted® – Munchy Crunchy and other stories

Join Tractor Ted and his real life friends on the farm. Farmer Tom and cheeky Midge, the dog, are hard at work as they get to meet carrot harvesters, forestry machines and cows on the farm. Sing along to the new songs and have a giggle as Les gets into all sorts of trouble on the farm.

Enjoy these NEW 10 minute programmes (30 minutes in total) with Ropetackle Arts Centre – the perfect ‘my first cinema’ treat for any young tractor or farm machine fan!

Here on Friday 26th October and Friday 23rd November too!

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Music Fri 21 Sep 8 pm

Fleetwood Bac

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £17.50

Fleetwood Bac are the world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic ‘Rumours’ line-up.

Over the last few years they have received rave reviews from ‘The Stage’ newspaper, the U.K.s leading Fleetwood Mac fansites, the official Stevie Nicks website; and from ecstatic audiences wherever the band played, wowing audiences as far afield as Dubai, St. Tropez, the Cayman Islands and Monte Carlo, and twice selling out the world-famous Minack Theatre in Cornwall.

Fleetwood Bac have also been rated by The Times newspaper as one of the U.K.’s top 5 tributes, alongside The Bootleg Beatles, Bjorn Again and the Counterfeit Stones.

Fans include original Mac bassist and biographer Bob Brunning, who joined the band several times on stage, and Peter Green’s official biographer Martin Celmins.

The sound, the look, the mystical atmosphere and on-stage chemistry are all portrayed with the passion and energy that got the seal of approval from ‘Big Daddy’ Mick, and built up an excellent reputation amongst Mac fans through numerous tours, festival appearances, corporate events and TV and radio slots all over the U.K. and Europe.

Please note this is an all standing gig.

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Kids Sat 22 Sep 2 p.m.

Little Howard’s Big Show For Kids

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £6 & Family: £20

“Appeals to both kids and adults but, like The Simpsons, it’s almost wasted on the youngsters” ~ ★★★★ Chortle

Little Howard is the world’s only live interactive animation. He’s won so many awards and fantastic reviews and he’s only just celebrated his 6th birthday (for the tenth year in a row)! He’s also a published author and has done lots of television stuff, like The Royal Variety Performance, The Slammer (CBBC)

Following the success of their TV show ‘Little Howard’s Big Question’ (CBBC) real human Big Howard and animated six-year-old Little Howard are bringing their unique family comedy show to Ropetackle!

With interactive stand-up, live animation on stage and lots of jokes and songs this really is a show that all the family can enjoy

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Music Sun 23 Sep 8 pm

Maya Youssef

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £16

Born in Damascus, Maya Youssef is a virtuoso on the qanun, the magnificent 78-string plucked zither that is at the heart of Arabic music. She combines her extraordinary musical gifts with a generosity of outlook, warmth, humour and optimism. Now based in the UK she released her highly-praised debut album Syrian Dreams last November.

Maya has the ability to evoke very emotional responses from audiences wherever she plays, even from those who have never heard qanun, or much Arabic music before. She performs her own compositions, but also from the Syrian folk tradition and the wider Arabic repertoire, these latter especially provoking heartfelt reaction amongst Arab audiences. Maya is also an educator, with a particular interest in how music can be used as a healing tool, especially for children.

“This album is my personal journey through the 7 years of war in Syria. It is a translation of my memories of home and my feelings into music. I see the act of playing music as the opposite of death; it is a life and hope-affirming act. To me music is a healer and an antidote to what is happening, not only in Syria, but across the whole world. I like to think that my music brings people back to humanity and to their heart centres, where no harm can be done to any form of life and where all can exist together in peace.”

Accompanied by Elizabeth Nott on percussion and Barney Morse-Brown on cello.

‘The Road to Palmyra’ was aired on BBC4 TV recently, and is available on iplayer. Not just a moving , relevant and interesting film, but it also used only Maya’s music. Starring the great Dan Cruickshank and the great Don McCullin.

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Other Wed 26 Sep 7 pm

Let’s Get Quizzical 3

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Admn: £12.00

The return of our light-hearted popular annual film quiz which in no way requires you to be a film buff.

Just come along and have fun among like-minded people while enjoying the most delicious buffet: “absolutely gorgeous!”, “great value!”, “more chocolate eclairs please!”
Some comments from satisfied quizzers last year include ‘an excellent quizmaster’; ‘questions and rounds really well put together’;’ lovely, relaxed atmosphere’; ‘definitely annually please’’’

Tables of four, but individuals will be seated with other people – you won’t be on your own, we promise. Ticket price includes buffet supper. Doors open 7pm. Quiz starts 7.30pm.

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Music Fri 28 Sep 8 pm

Claire Martin OBE & Ray Gelato ‘A Swingin’ Affair’

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Admn: £20

Hugely entertaining and beautifully performed’ ~ The Observer

‘Strikes all the right notes, played and sung with real joie de vivre’ ~ Jazzwise

Join internationally the renowned vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Claire Martin OBE, and legendary saxophonist and singer, Ray Gelato, for their new show together; ‘A Swingin’ Affair.’

Celebrating the release of their album ‘We’ve Got a World That Swings’ ~ described by The Observer as “Jazz Artistry” ~ these much celebrated and respected Artists take to the stage to explore Great American Songbook.

Alongside a world-class trio of musicians, Claire and Ray revisit classics such as ‘Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off’, ‘They Can’t Take That Away from Me’, ‘They all Laughed’ and ‘Can’t We Be Friends.’

If you like your music sassy, sharp and swinging – this is the show for you. A swingin’ affair indeed!

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Music Sun 30 Sep 8 pm

Curved Air

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Admn: £17 Standing only

Curved Air is a unique band, synthesizing an eclectic blend of musical styles into an instantly identifiable sound, with hits including ‘It Happened Today’, ‘Vivaldi’, ‘Marie Antoinette.’ Elevated from the underground Roundhouse scene to top the album charts in the early ’70s. Curved Air founder member vocalist Sonja Kristina leads a skilled and talented new line-up.

The band’s experimental blends of classical themes, electronic sounds and pop/rock energy and beautiful, timeless songs are performed with fire and passion and tremendous musicianship.

‘With a real band attitude and a zest for life; this is a band you want to see live for the sheer artistry of how to deliver the musical goods’ – Lee Dorian, Classic Rock

‘All of the players impress – some stunning new instrumentalists who immerse the audience in a set of swirling, whirling solos that emphasize moods and nuances and floating waves of sound that act as a counterpoint to Sonja’s dramatic sense of theatricality’ – Classic Rock Society Magazine

‘Sonja Kristina prowls the front of the stage expertly playing off the energy of all the performers with her. Violinist Paul Sax pulling sounds from his instrument like a mad scientist. There’s no denying they remain formidable live!’ – Prog Magazine

‘While women in UK progressive rock were relatively few and far between, it’s Sonja that wore the crown. Well the undisputed queen of British Prog is on tour again and what a joy it is to see her and Curved Air back in action.’ – Classic Rock

Curved Air is:
Sonja Kristina – vocals / Paul Sax – violin / Chris Harris – bass / Robert Norton – keyboards / Kit Morgan – guitar / Andy Tween – drums

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Spoken Word Mon 1 Oct 7.30 pm

Shoreham Wordfest Presents: Jenni Murray

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Admn: £16

The inimitable Jenni Murray celebrates great women from around the world, rescuing some from obscurity and shining a new light on familiar names. She has met and interviewed many of the women featured.

Encompassing artists, politicians, activists, reporters and heads of state from past and present, A History of the World in 21 Women celebrates the lives, struggles and achievements of women who have had a profound impact on the shaping of our world.

Jenni Murray has been at the helm of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour for over 20 years. She will also talk about the programme’s 64-year history and her most engaging and most terrifying interviewees.

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Spoken Word Tue 2 Oct 8 pm

Greg Byron Wordshow

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Admn: £10.00

Compelling to watch” ~ The Guardian

“Like watching John Cooper Clarke snog Pam Ayres in the rain” ~ BBC Radio

Join performance poet Greg Byron for a captivating evening of words and wordplay. Greg touches on all manner of subjects, from political outrage to the quest for knowledge, modern life to memory and social comment, all with a twinkle, a grimace and a wry pointy finger!

Greg paints ‘character portraits’ with short, sharp prose. Delivered with passion and play, he can be comic, twisted or absurd, witty, wistful or sardonically angry.

He has performed in bookshops, on beaches, under the stars, in tents, forests, and village halls all across the world. Spoken word or performance poetry, call it what you want, with Greg Byron at the helm, it’s all words and wordplay.

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Spoken Word Fri 5 Oct 8 pm

Where is Mrs Christie?

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Admn: £10.00

Actor Liz Grand presents her new one-woman show.

Agatha Christie was one of the greatest thriller writers of all time and certainly the most prolific. In 1926, she was at the centre of a mystery as perplexing as any of her fiction – a series of events which sparked one of the most extensive police hunts in history. Her crashed car was discovered in Surrey and the famous author was missing, presumed dead by many, for 11 days. However, she was eventually found at a luxury hotel in Harrogate. She claimed then, and for the rest of the life, that she was suffering from amnesia and remembered nothing. Neither the press nor the police believed her.

Did Agatha Christie lie, and if so why? Did she suffer from amnesia? Was it a publicity stunt? Or was there a darker secret involved in this disappearance which was to affect her for the rest of her life? The answer to all these questions will, as in all good thrillers, be revealed!

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Kids Sat 6 Oct 11 am

The Giant’s Loo Roll

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Admn: £5, £7 & Family £20

Presented by TaleGate Children’s Theatre

Look out for the biggest loo roll ever on stage in this GIANT of a children’s musical. The villagers living in the town below the Giant’s house had better watch out, that loo roll has gone bouncing down the hill and straight towards them! Luckily the townsfolk find lots of uses for runaway loo paper – one sheet provides a huge canvas for an artist, a tailor uses another to fill her shop with paper pants and a school class makes a huge dart that can fly. But what about the Giant himself – doesn’t he need any loo paper? The townspeople have an answer for that too!

A show for all ages, 3-11-year-olds and their families who will love the 1970s disco music.

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Spoken Word Sun 7 Oct 3 pm

1918 and After: Brave or Bad New World

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Admn: £8

An illustrated talk by Professor Norman Vance

It was the best of times and the worst of times. The war had ended and new initiatives were in the air: a league of nations, a new understanding of psychosis and psychiatric medicine, new technologies and new ways of seeing and writing. New opportunities were dawning for women, with a realistic prospect at last of better professional and political recognition.

On the other hand, faith in God and faith in human nature would never be the same again: millions lay dead and more were still to die in Ireland, eastern Europe and elsewhere; millions who had survived were maimed in mind and body.

Drawing on research on some of those who were there, this talk will attempt to survey the confusions and contradictions of 1918 and the implications for art and letters.

Norman Vance is Emeritus Professor (English), based at the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex.

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Spoken Word Sun 7 Oct 7 pm

Creative Writing Open Mic

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Admn: £6.00

Hosted by Pighog Poetry organiser, Michaela Ridgeway

A chance for local writers to air their poetry and prose to an enthusiastic audience at this popular event. As it may not be possible to read everyone’s pieces, names will be drawn at the start of each half.

Wordfest will publish some of the entries on its website.

* See our brochure for details of creative writing workshops to help you craft your writing in advance.

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Music Sun 7 Oct 11 am

Jazz Breakfast With Mike Hatchard (Oct)

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Admn: £11.00

Julian Nicholas is new to Mike Hatchard’s jazz breakfasts but not new to the Ropetackle as he has been a mainstay of the jazz festival in these hallowed walls.

“Julian is one of those rare players whose playing is a direct reflection of his true character and nature. Uplifting, intelligent, positive, genuine and filled with joy. I’ve enjoyed listening to him every time – one of my real faves!” ~ Iain Bellamy

“At the tender age of 23 Julian Nicholas strolled into a vacant LOOSE TUBES saxophone position, assimilated the varied and enormous improvisational vocabulary of Arguelles, Ballamy, Buckley, Lockhart, added his own cheeky twist and became his own man. He’s a courageous soloist with a strong conviction about the importance of music to society, and he has the same energy now as when I met him – and the same cheeky twist!” ~ Django Bates

“When you’ve got recommendations from people of that reputation you don’t need anything further from me – except come and see him play with my band, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I certainly will.” ~ Mike Hatchard

Pastries and cakes will be available to purchase

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Spoken Word Mon 8 Oct 7.30 pm

Indian Soldiers in WW1 – Nicola Benge

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Admn: £6

An event to celebrate Black History Month

Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One, and over 74,000 of them lost their lives, but history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices.

This hour-long illustrated talk (from both fact and fiction perspectives) explores how the presence of Indian Soldiers hospitalised at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton between 1915- 1916 impacted on the city and the soldiers themselves during the First World War and beyond.

Presented by Creative Director of Strike a Light- Arts & Heritage – Nicola Benge in conversation with author and teacher Umi Sinha, who will read and discuss extracts from her novel, ‘Belonging’.

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Spoken Word Tue 9 Oct 7.30 pm

A Garden Story: Peter Owen-Jones

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Admn: £8

Following the great success of his talk during last year’s Wordfest, Peter returns to share ideas about the environment and the need to care for the planet so we leave a world to inherit that’s worth living in.

As a house for duty priest living on the South Downs, Peter has a passion for Sussex and its glorious countryside, celebrated in his book Pathlands and in recent BBC television programmes.

At this poignant time in human evolution when the world’s economic, political and social paradigms are at a tipping point of major change, Peter has innovative thoughts on how to move with the times and become more responsible, ethical and purposeful.

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Spoken Word Wed 10 Oct 7 pm

An Evening with Ian McMillan: To Fold the Evening Star – New and Selected Poems

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Admn: £12.50

‘World-class – one of today’s greatest poetry performers’ ~ Carol Ann Duffy
‘Inching towards the status of a National Treasure’ ~ Andy Kershaw

One of the UK’s best known contemporary poets, Ian presents The Verb every week on BBC R3 and he’s a regular on television and radio shows.

Reading and talking about his latest collection of poems…

Ian will draw fresh inspiration from his visit to Shoreham-by-Sea, where he will be entertaining school children earlier in the day. Provocative, reflective, humorous, Ian’s poetry provides a subversive commentary on our everyday life and times.

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Kids Fri 12 Oct 11.30 & 1.30

Short Stories, Tall Tales (Oct)

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Admn: £5 & £2

Storytelling for babies, toddlers and parents.

Watch Hannah Summers bring classic and modern stories to life though live performance and interactive, creative play. Adventure into stories, explore through the senses and let your little ones’ imaginations run free.

Suitable for ages 0-4 years. Duration 45 mins.

£5 per adult + 1 child, £2 per additional siblings.

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Music Fri 12 Oct 8 pm

Stick In The Wheel

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Admn: £14.00

East London folk band Stick In The Wheel are headed by singer Nicola Kearey and guitarist/producer Ian Carter. Known for their fierce, raw delivery, this is culturally and politically switched-on music, with the group being widely commended for their timely appraisal of English Folk. Their skill in telling stories through song that reconnect modern audiences to the past draws unexpected parallels between then and now.

Their second album Follow Them True (2018) The songs within examine rituals and cycles, our inherent power to change ourselves and the world around us, ghosts and death, land and place, thieves and beggars. It continues to question the notion of what folk music is, and what it means in 2018. Pushing the boundaries of this music hard, with such energy and intensity, has brought connections with new, modern audiences who can’t get enough of this vibrant band.

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Music Sat 13 Oct 8.30 pm

Knees Up with OldPlay

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Admn: £6

Join us for a fun-filled evening when you will be singing, dancing and reliving those crazy hope-filled days of the 1960s and 70s, as a culmination of two weeks of culture, discussion, drama and thinking – time to let your hair down and enjoy this high energy eight-piece rock band playing the best dance tunes from the Stones, Beatles, Who, Aretha, Tina, Small Faces and more. You know the words, you know the moves. All you need is this Brighton-based band with top class instrumental backing and tight vocal harmonies to get into the groove.

£6 (Or free with any ticket for a 2018 Wordfest event!)

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Spoken Word Sat 13 Oct 7.30 pm

Romeo & Juliet

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Admn: £12.00

Shakespeare’s classic play of two young star-crossed lovers, whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and is one of his most frequently performed plays. With timeless, and much quoted lines, the poetry of love, loss and yearning speaks across the centuries. Brought to vivid life by Brighton Shakespeare Company, directed by the Treason show’s Mark Brailsford following the success of their Comedy of Errors in Shoreham earlier this year.

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Music Sat 13 Oct 12.00 noon

Changing Tunes

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Admn: £6

Mike Hatchard with Shoreham Singers by Sea

Jazz Breakfast favourite Mike Hatchard, talented musician, composer, author and artist, has produced some original music for this special Wordfest concert. Interspersed with Mike’s witty repartee and rousing contributions from Shoreham’s community choir which he leads.

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Spoken Word Sun 14 Oct 2 p.m.

Kate Adie

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Admn: £10.00

Fighting on the Home Front: the legacy of women in World War I

When World War I broke out a generation of men went off to fight. Bestselling author Kate Adie shows how women emerged from the shadow of their domestic lives. Now a visible force in public life, they began to take up essential roles—from transport to policing, munitions to sport, entertainment and even politics. They had finally become citizens, a recognized part of the war machine, acquiring their own rights and often an independent income.

Former BBC Chief News Correspondent, Kate Adie charts the move towards equal rights with men that began a century ago and asks what these women achieved for future generations. This is history at its best—not only a vivid, compelling account of the pioneering women who helped win the war but a revealing assessment of their legacy for women today.

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Spoken Word Sun 14 Oct 5.30 pm

Please Take Your Feet From Off Our Necks!

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Admn: £8

You mean a woman can open it?

An Anthology of Women post WW1 and WW2

Created and performed by Amaryllis Gunn with Libby Longhurst and Lucinda Cox

The times are slowly changing on the rough and rocky road to equality for women. In Amaryllis Gunn’s new anthology, we hear the voices of the women and men, too, who from post WWI and WW2 have made us think, laugh, cry and helped us on our way.

We hear quotes, headlines, story, poetry and songs old and new from the suffrage movement through to the end of the 1960s. Comedy, topics of fashionable interest and of course, the inevitable commercial break!

The music will once again be compiled by JC Ortanna, whose musical arrangement was so well received last year.

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Music Tue 16 Oct 7.30 pm

Richard Durrant

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Admn: £16

TICKET PRICE: £16, £14 concessions & £5 for under 18’s
Guitarist and composer Richard Durrant returns to Ropetackle for a concert of solo guitar music.

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Music Wed 17 Oct 8 pm

Glenn Tilbrook

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Admn: £24/21

Glenn Tilbrook, one of Britain’s most cherished singer-songwriters, guitarists, and co-founder of iconic band Squeeze, brings his new tour to Ropetackle.

Following the release of his solo album ‘Happy Ending’ in 2014, Glenn embarked on a critically acclaimed acoustic tour of the UK and US with long-time collaborator Chris Difford. In 2015 Glenn and his Squeeze bandmates wrote, recorded and released their first album of new material in 18 years – ‘Cradle To The Grave’ – written for the BBC drama of the same name and inspired by the memoirs of friend Danny Baker. It was a glorious musical return and garnered rave reviews as well as a sell-out UK tour.

Anyone who has witnessed Glenn on the live stage can attest to the properness of his doings, as it were. Armed with ready wit, raucous vibes and a shed load of grin-inducing great songs, there are few musicians able to connect with their audience on such an immediate and warm level. Glenn’s show is always full of surprises, whether it be Squeeze classics, brilliant solo songs, or even dashing off impromptu audience requests from Jimi Hendrix to Tony Orlando & Dawn, and all points in-between! Don’t miss his spectacular return to Ropetackle.

£24 seated, £21 standing.

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Music Thu 18 Oct 8 pm

The Hits of ’68

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Admn: £15.00

Following the sell-out shows Bowie: Golden Years and Hunky Dory, The Seven Dials Collective, including Brighton Beach Boys: Glen Richardson, Steve Wrigley and Charlotte Glasson bring to you a show full of hits. It’s the No. 1 Hits of 1968.

A lot happened 50 years ago: Astronauts orbited the moon for the first time on Apollo 8, Dr Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated and the Vietnam War rumbled on, sparking civil unrest and riots across the USA. The first successful heart transplant was performed, the Post Office introduced First Class, the Boeing 747 ‘Jumbo’ jet made its maiden flight, The Beatles released ‘The White Album’, the Kray Twins were arrested, London Bridge was sold for a million pounds and re-erected in Arizona.

In music, 1968 had a host of classic No. 1s in the UK including:

The Beatles- Hello Goodbye, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude,
The Rolling Stones- Jumpin’ Jack Flash,
Love Affair- Everlasting Love,
The Beach Boys- Do it Again while, in the USA –
Otis Redding- Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,
Hugh Masekela- Grazing in the Grass, and
Simon and Garfunkel- Mrs Robinson,
Marvin Gaye- I heard in through The Grapevine, and
Fire, What a Wonderful World, … the list goes on.

We’re going to celebrate the best of music from 1968.

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Music Sun 21 Oct 8 pm

Altan + support from Fara

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Admn: £18.50

No Irish traditional band in the last dozen years has had a wider impact on audiences and music lovers throughout the world than Altan.

With their exquisitely produced award-winning recordings, ranging dynamically from the most sensitive and touching old Irish songs all the way to hard hitting reels and jigs, and with their heartwarming, dynamic live performances, Altan have moved audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle. Throughout, there has been the unwavering commitment of the band to bringing the beauty of traditional music, particularly that of the Donegal fiddlers and singers, to contemporary audience. Altan have always believed that Irish traditional music is a modern music in every sense and its growing influence and popularity have proved them right.

The seeds of the band lie in the music and fun of gatherings and sessions in kitchens and pubs in Donegal where virtuoso music was heard in an atmosphere of respect and intimacy – it is here that the band’s heart lies still whether they are performing on TV in Australia or jamming with Ricky Skaggs on the west coast of the United States.

And if those were the seeds, the actual kernel of the band was the music and personality of band founders, Belfast flute-player, Frankie Kennedy, and Gweedore singer and fiddler, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. As soon as anyone met them and heard their unique music in the early eighties, whether in a large noisy festival session, or in the little traditional clubs of Dublin and Belfast, it was immediately apparent there was a rare power at work.

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Comedy Tue 23 Oct 7 pm

City Books Presents: Robin Ince – ‘I’m a Joke And So Are You’

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Admn: £10.00

As a connoisseur of comedy, Robin Ince has spent decades mining our eccentricities to create gags – and watching other strange individuals do the same. And for years on The Infinite Monkey Cage he has sought – sometimes in vain – to understand the world around us. In this book, he unites these pursuits to examine the human condition through the prism of humour.

Why do we make the choices we do in life? Where does anxiety come from? Where does imagination come from? Why are we like we are? Do our parents f*&k us up?

Informed by personal insights from his own life as well as interviews with a bevy of A-list comedians, neuroscientists, psychologists and doctors – this is a hilarious and often moving primer to the mind

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Film Tue 23 Oct 2 p.m.

Matinee Film: Peter Rabbit

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Admn: £3.50

Peter Rabbit (the mischievous and adventurous hero), his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail, along with their cousin Benjamin Bunny, spend their days harassing Mr McGregor in his vegetable garden. But one day McGregor dies and a new Mr McGregor inherits the house and moves in. What happens then?

Cert PG / Duration 95 mins

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Kids Wed 24 Oct 2 p.m.

Family Fun Time Magic with Jonathan Cann

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Admn: £7, £26 family

Jonathan returns once again with a fun-filled family show of magic and illusion but most of all fun! He will need lots of helpers so who knows, you may end up being part of the show! Part science, part magic – but which is which? Come along and find out!

TICKET PRICE: £7 Individual, £26 Family of Four

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Spoken Word Wed 24 Oct 8 pm

Stephen James Smith – Irish Performance Poet

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Admn: £12.00

“Passionate, witty, just plain great; this man’s voice hops right off the page” Roddy Doyle

Stephen James Smith is a Dublin poet and playwright central to the rise of the vibrant spoken word scene in Ireland today. To date, his poetry videos have amassed over 1 million views online. In 2017, he was commissioned by St. Patrick’s Festival to write a new poem as a celebratory narrative of Ireland. The resultant piece “My Ireland” is accompanied by a short film by Director Myles O’Reilly, arranged and mixed by Conor O’Brien (Villagers), with music by Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Loah, Saint Sister, Eithne Ní Chatháin (aka Inni-K) and Ye Vagabonds.

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Music Thu 25 Oct 8 pm

Rachael McShane and the Cartographers

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Admn: £14.00

‘A classy musician and a singer of striking elegance’ ~ Mike Wilson’s Music Blog

‘You’re in the presence of something very special…what a voice’ ~ Sid Smith, BBC Music

Rachael McShane is a singer, cellist, fiddle and viola player based in the North East of England. An original member of folk big band Bellowhead, Rachael toured internationally with them as well as making several TV appearances. Bellowhead recorded 5 studio albums, and won a total of 8 BBC Folk Awards in their 12 years together.

Rachael has more recently been singing the role of Susannah Holmes in The Transports alongside The Young’uns, Faustus, Nancy Kerr, Greg Russell and Matthew Crampton. Rachael McShane; The Cartographers Rachael is now working on a new solo project of traditional songs and is playing with a brand new band, featuring guitarist Matthew Ord (Assembly Lane) and melodeon player Julian Sutton (Kathryn Tickell, Sting).

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Kids Fri 26 Oct 11 am

Tractor Ted: October showing

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Admn: £3.00

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Music Thu 1 Nov 8 pm

Steve Tilston

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Admn: £15 (£13 Friends)

“The more you listen, the more there is to discover.” Bob Harris

The writer of such classics as The Slipjigs and Reels, Here’s to Tom Paine and the award-winning The Reckoning, Steve Tilston continues to surprise with his song-writing prowess. His latest solo album Truth to Tell has been widely-acclaimed by the media and fans alike and he’s just released The Janus Game, an album of co-writes with Jez Lowe. Steve took a turn in the spotlight, walking the red carpet, when the story of his “lost” letter from John Lennon inspired the Hollywood movie Danny Collins.

Born in Liverpool and raised in the Midlands, Steve Tilston is one of the UK’s most celebrated song-smiths, in a career now amazingly spanning 45 years and counting. Steve has become widely recognised within the world of folk and contemporary music: the words, arrangements and subtle, but quite superb, guitar playing really could not be anyone else.

Steve made his recording debut in the early seventies with the classic An Acoustic Confusion and has been turning out quality albums ever since. Life by Misadventure, And So It Goes, Solo Rubato and Such and Such all feature first-class song writing and are quintessentially English in style and typically Tilston, marking him out as one of this country’s finest writers. Meanwhile, Swans at Cool, an instrumental recording, is testament to his guitar virtuosity. He’s also released a “best of” anthology The Greening Wind and a live album Live Hemistry. His 2005 release Of Many Hands is his first all-traditional album. In 2006 he joined an illustrious band of guitarists (Martin Carthy, Wizz Jones etc.) recorded on DVD in the Guitar Maestro series and the following year was given the boxed-set treatment! Produced by Free Reed Records, the company behind the Richard Thompson anthology, Reaching Back: the Life and Music of Steve Tilston is a timely celebration of an illustrious career.

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Film Fri 2 Nov 7.30 pm

Exhibition On Screen: I, Claude Monet

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Admn: £12.00

A graceful film that suggests there’s a passion beneath the beautiful surface” ~ The Guardian

I, Claude Monet, an award-winning documentary based entirely on Claude Monet’s personal letters, reveals Monet the artist, businessman and lover as never before.

Disposing of traditional narration and talking heads, I, Claude Monet allows Monet to tell his story in his own words. Based on three thousand surviving letters, the film reveals a tumultuous inner life marked by moments of intense depression and euphoric creation, offering a complex portrait of one of the world’s best loved artists. I, Claude Monet also features over a hundred of Monet’s paintings filmed in high definition, providing a unique window into his emotional and creative life.

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Music Sat 3 Nov 8 pm

Mônica Vasconcelos: The Sao Paulo Tapes

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Admn: £15.00

Mônica’s record is such a moving, entertaining and educative contribution, just what’s needed to dry the tears, I think. It’s a seriously great project.” ~ Robert Wyatt

The São Paulo Tapes is the latest album by singer/songwriter Mônica Vasconcelos and features interpretations of compositions written by some of Brazil’s greatest “song-poets”, including Aldir Blanc, Chico Buarque, Ivan LIns and Caetano Veloso.

“I grew up with these beautiful songs,” said Vasconcelos. “Crafted by real masters of songwriting during the dictatorship (1964/1985), under the scrutiny of censors, they have a power that transcends time and borders, I guess because they address universal themes. Love, freedom, justice. They can be joyful or sad – but they never fail to move you.

Robert Wyatt came out of “retirement” to work with Vasconcelos for a second time and produce the album.

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Music Sun 4 Nov 11 am

Jazz Breakfast With Mike Hatchard (Nov)

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £11.00

Jazz, SEATED
Jazz Breakfast With Mike Hatchard (Nov)
SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2018 - STARTS 11AM
TICKET PRICE: £11
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Mike Hatchard Jazz Breakfast Shoreham Ropetackle
Liane Carroll is widely regarded as the doyenne of the British Jazz Scene. She has been a pillar of the British jazz and soul scene for over thirty-five years.

“She seems in some magical way to be made out of music”

Along the way she has collaborated with such diverse artists as Paul McCartney, Gerry Rafferty, Long John Baldry, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin OBE and drum and bass outfit London Elektricity. She’s recently had her own prom and been featured on ‘Friday Night is Music Night.’ The vocal finesse of Ella Fitzgerald with the spirit of Billy Holiday perhaps sums her up best

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Film Tue 6 Nov 8 pm

Blockbuster Film: The Greatest Showman

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £5.00

The songs are toe-tappingly memorable. Joyously uplifting.

Inspired by the story of PT Barnum and celebrating the birth of show business, that follows a visionary who rose from being a penniless orphan to create a circus spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Hugh Jackman stars with Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson.

Cert PG / Duration 105 mins

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Kids Wed 7 Nov 11.30 & 2.30

Lyngo Theatre Presents: Egg and Spoon: 11.30 & 2.30

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £6/£8/£25

TICKET PRICE: £6 Children, £8 Adults, £25 Family of Four
By Marcello Chiarenza
Adapted and performed by Patrick Lynch

Egg and Spoon is a perfect gentle introduction to the magic of theatre. The very young won’t sit still to watch a show and we don’t expect them to!

Egg and Spoon is an interactive romp through the seasons where you come in and out of our magic circle and get to open all the gifts of nature. Percy and April get you settled on our comfortable cushions and introduce you to Birdy, still hiding in his glowing egg. We have to wait till Spring if we want to see him so it’s time to begin our hands-on journey through the year. We’ll run through the rain and the falling leaves and sleep under the snow till the sun wakes us up for the butterfly party.

Maximum 40 Children
For ages 1-5

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Music Wed 7 Nov 8 pm

Wishbone Ash

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £23/£21

Witness one of the most enduring and popular bands in British rock live in concert.

With millions of albums sold, Wishbone Ash continue to perform their iconic twin-guitar sound to audiences worldwide. Mixing songs from their most recent albums with legendary classics such as The King Will Come, Throw Down The Sword, and Blowin’ Free, the band continue to astound with their incredible live show, demonstrating why they are still one of the busiest bands in rock after more than 45 years.

Following several sell-out shows at Ropetackle, book early to avoid disappointment.
£23 seat £21 stand

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Music Thu 8 Nov 8 pm

Moore Moss Rutter

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £14.00

“The music is so rich in detail and so personally, lovingly crafted that it will reveal new facets and deeper resonances with every listen.” ~ Folk Radio UK

“The gorgeous playing on Moore Moss Rutter’s III showcases folk instrumentals in new skins, glistening with a fresh power” ~ The Guardian

A series of remarkable gigs has heightened the sense of anticipation around the reunion of Tom Moore, Archie Churchill-Moss and Jack Rutter in the trio that won them the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. Now seven years on, having toured with with some of the biggest and best acts in contemporary folk music, they now reconvene to release their third album together. Widely regarded as three of the best players of traditional folk amongst a precociously gifted generation, their finely-crafted arrangements wield a rare potency. Their music features new compositions as well as ancient traditional material from Britain and Europe, this record focuses on their own movements from the countryside to large cities and the contrasts that come into play. Liberally sprinkled with a modern electroacoustic grit, this trio has as much to do with contemporary music as it does with folk or baroque.

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Music Thu 8 Nov 11 am and 2 pm

Lyngo Theatre Presents: Egg and Spoon: 11.30 & 2.30

@ Ropetackle Arts Centre
Admn: £6/£8/£25

TICKETS: £6 Children, £8 Adults, £25 Family of Four.
By Marcello Chiarenza
Adapted and performed by Patrick Lynch

Egg and Spoon is a perfect gentle introduction to the magic of theatre. The very young won’t sit still to watch a show and we don’t expect them to!

Egg and Spoon is an interactive romp through the seasons where you come in and out of our magic circle and get to open all the gifts of nature. Percy and April get you settled on our comfortable cushions and introduce you to Birdy, still hiding in his glowing egg. We have to wait till Spring if we want to see him so it’s time to begin our hands-on journey through the year. We’ll run through the rain and the falling leaves and sleep under the snow till the sun wakes us up for the butterfly party.

Maximum 40 Children
For ages 1-5

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