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What’s On
                 Spring 2019

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December at The Mill:
                                   Last Chance to Book!                                                                                                                Welcome

                  MUSIC                         VARIETY                        THEATRE
                                                                                          On behalf of the whole team at The Mill I’m delighted to
                                                                                          welcome you to our latest season of events and activities.
                                                                                          It has been such a busy few months at The Mill, but a highlight has to be sharing the audience
                                                                                          reaction to 201 Dance’s Skin – a brilliant reminder of how performance can tackle a serious
                                                                                          subject such as gender identity in a moving and thought-provoking way, and the fantastic
                                                                                          feedback has been inspiring to see.
                                                                                          The Mill has recently been awarded a project grant by Arts Council England to
                                                                                          enable us to launch a dance festival in July 2019. I am thrilled that together with
                                                                                          our partners Castle Quay, Cherwell District Council, Banbury BID and Banbury
  LIMEHOUSE LIZZY               SCARLET NIGHTS                A CHRISTMAS CAROL
                                                                                          Museum we will be able to bring cutting-edge dance performance from
   1st December 8pm             7th December 8pm           8th December 2.30pm & 7.30pm   acclaimed companies in to the very heart of Banbury town centre. I can’t wait to
                                                                                          share more details with you in due course.
                                                                                          For now though, I do hope you enjoy browsing through this brochure, and with
                  MUSIC    EXTRA                   MUSIC                        FAMILY
                          MATINEE                                                         so much to look forward to I hope to welcome you back to the Mill very soon.
                  SOLD                                                                    Georgia Geary, Artistic Director & CEO
                  OUT!

ST AGNES FOUNTAIN          WEST END AT CHRISTMAS            THE CHRISTMASSY SHOW
                                                                                             Thank You
 11th December 7.30pm     13th December 2.30pm & 7.30pm      18th December 2pm & 6pm
                                                                                            Your generous donations are vital to ensure that as an Independent Charity,
                                                                                            The Mill is able to continue providing opportunities for all to experience the
                 COMEDY                            MUSIC                         FILM         benefit of seeing and taking part in high quality arts based experiences.
                                                                                                            In the past 12 months your donations have enabled:

                                                                                             Partnerships with 7 local             60 people aged 50 plus            6,252 people to take
                                                                                           organisations working with              to attend weekly dance           part in one of our 778
                                                                                            marginalised groups. We                  and music sessions            classes and workshops
                                                                                            engaged with 91 children,
                                                                                               parents and support           303 people from low-income            1,341 people to attend
                                                                                               workers who had not             family groups to attend            one of our off site events
                                                                                           accessed the arts previously       subsidised performances              in Banbury or Bicester
THE MILL'S CHRISTMAS                                            THE NIGHTMARE                through our programme                 free of charge
    COMEDY CLUB            ALBION CHRISTMAS BAND               BEFORE CHRISTMAS                of off-site workshops                                           150 people to attend free of
                              22nd December 7.30pm                                                                             16,172 people to attend at    charge community open events
  21st December 8pm                                             24th December 1pm                                           least one of our 170 live events

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Film Club
                                                                                                                                                                We also will be hosting a Film Club Social after each
                                                                                                                                                                 screening where you can meet fellow film buffs,

Film
                                                                                                                                                               review what you’ve just seen, as well as discuss films
                                                 These screenings have
                                                                                                     Thanks to Film Audience Network, we are excited to           that you love and would like to see at The Mill!
                                                 been made possible                                  reintroduce our film programme which promises to
                                                 by BFI’s Film Audience                              present a great selection of British Independent and      Take advantage of our Film Club Ticket which includes
                                                 Network, with the support                           International titles along with some all-time classics.    your film ticket PLUS a free drink after the showing.
                                                 of The National Lottery.

                                     3rd JAN                                             11th JAN                                                 30th JAN                                           6th FEB
                                      02:00pm                                            07:30pm                                                 07:30pm                                           07:30pm

                                                          THE ROCKY HORROR                                           PETERLOO (12A)
                                                          PICTURE SHOW (12A)
           THE GREATEST
          SHOWMAN (15)                                                                                    Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-                   THE CHILDREN ACT (12A)
                                                  When sweethearts Brad and Janet are stuck               nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays
                                                  with a flat tire during a storm, they discover          one of the bloodiest episodes in British
 Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum,     the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a              history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of           In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court
 The Greatest Showman is an original              transvestite scientist. Through elaborate               1819, where government-backed cavalry                judge must decide if she should order a
 musical that celebrates the birth of show        dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter                   charged into a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that         life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with
 business & tells of a visionary who rose         unveils his latest creation: a muscular man             gathered in Manchester, England to demand            cancer despite his family's refusal to accept
 from nothing to create a spectacle that          named "Rocky". A cult classic.                          democratic reform.                                   medical treatment for religious reasons.
 became a worldwide sensation.
                                                                     Tickets & Pricing                                   Tickets & Pricing                                   Tickets & Pricing
              Tickets & Pricing                                                                                           £8 / Members £6                                    £8 / Members £6
                                                       £8 / Members £6, with a cocktail ticket
            £6 / Family Ticket £20                      (1 free cocktail per ticket) at £11 / £9                   Film Club: £11 / Members £9                         Film Club: £11 / Members £9

                                     16th JAN                                            23rd JAN                                                  9th FEB                                          26th FEB
                                      07:30pm                                            07:30pm                                                 10:30am                                           07:30pm

                                                      BLACKKKLANSMAN (15)

  COLD WAR (Subtitled) (15)                       From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes
                                                  the incredible true story of an American
                                                  hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth                       ERNEST AND                                         THE WIFE (15)
 A passionate love story between two              (John David Washington) is the first African-                        CELESTINE (U)
 people of different backgrounds and              American detective to serve in the Colorado
 temperaments, who are fatefully                  Springs Police Department. Determined to                                                                     A wife questions her life choices as she
 mismatched, set against the background of        make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely             The story of an unlikely friendship between          travels to Stockholm with her husband,
 the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin,     sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate             a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named              where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize
 Yugoslavia and Paris.                            and expose the Ku Klux Klan.                            Celestine. A heart-warming film to be                for Literature.
                                                                                                          enjoyed by all the family.
              Tickets & Pricing                                      Tickets & Pricing                                                                                       Tickets & Pricing
               £8 / Members £6                                        £8 / Members £6                                    Tickets & Pricing
                                                                                                                                                                             £8 / Members £6
         Film Club: £11 / Members £9                         Film Club: £11 / Members £9                               £6 / Family Ticket £20                          Film Club: £11 / Members £9

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                                       07:30pm                                          07:30pm                                         07:30pm                                        07:30pm

                                        MUSIC                                             MUSIC                                           MUSIC                                           COMEDY

                                                                                                               THE JIGANTICS                                GRAHAM FELLOWS
  SOUL KINDA WONDERFUL                                      ROLLIN CLONES                                       AT THE MILL                            Completely Out of Character

 Breathing new life into fabulous songs such       Formed in 1997 to celebrate the music and         History is littered with supergroup failures    Having performed as the character John
 as Saturday Night at the Movies, Under the        career of the greatest rock 'n' roll band         – attempts at putting together a bunch          Shuttleworth for over 25 years, Graham
 Boardwalk and Stand by Me.                        of all time, The Rollin Clones place great        of talented musicians that don’t produce        recently set aside the purple leather jacket
                                                   emphasis on the Rolling Stones’ actual            the results you would expect. But when          and fawn slacks and stepped out from
 The performance is three separate shows           LIVE performances thus creating the most          it does work, something spellbinding can        behind the keyboard to plug in his guitar
 in one; whilst in their Motown set they           dynamic stage show.                               happen and such is the case when the            and sing his own songs.
 perform greatest hits from The Four Tops                                                            disparate talents of four remarkable multi-
 and Temptations; their 70’s disco set             The band members, all outstanding                 instrumentalists come together as The           Graham will naturally talk about
 includes classics such as Disco Inferno, Love     musicians with numerous professional              Jigantics.                                      Shuttleworth as well as his other comic
 Train and Hold Back the Night.                    credits to their names, recreate the songs                                                        characters, his pivotal acting role in
                                                   with ‘frightening accuracy’.                      Their fabulous fusion of blues, rock and folk   Coronation Street, and becoming a teenage
 Performed by the award-winning Soul Kinda                                                           ranges from infectiously upbeat and foot-       pop star as Jilted John.
 Wonderful - the UK’s no 1 tribute to the          Packed full of brilliantly played classics from   tapping feel good to convincing tearjerkers,
 legendary Drifters – it’s time to get ready for   the early 60s, 70s and 80s, through to the        all with a touch of class.                      Hear the tale of the night jazz legend George
 a wonderful night of Soul!                        new releases of today, a touch of humour                                                          Melly broke into Graham’s bedsit, and of
                                                   and the band’s fantastic presence make for        With two albums under their belt and            the time he bought a packet of bread sauce
                                                   a gig to be remembered and certainly not to       having gigged extensively throughout            with a famous Hollywood actor, poignantly
                                                   be missed.                                        the UK and Europe, this promises to be a        recalled in the ballad, ‘Mark Rylance was my
                                                                                                     masterclass in musical entertainment.           Lodger’!

                Date & Details                                    Date & Details                                    Date & Details                                  Date & Details
             Saturday 5th January                             Saturday 19th January                             Saturday 26th January                           Saturday 1st February
               Starts: 07:30pm                                   Starts: 07:30pm                                   Starts: 07:30pm                                 Starts: 07:30pm

               Tickets & Pricing                                 Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing
           Adult £23 / Members £21                                   Adult £25                                Adult £20 / Members £18                                  Adult £15

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                                                                                                  31st                                              1st                                             2nd
                                                                                                  JAN                                               FEB                                             FEB
                                                                                                   07:30pm                                         07:30pm                                         07:30pm

                                                                                                   THEATRE                                          MUSIC                                            MUSIC

                                                                                                                                                                             ZURICH
                                                                                                                             B-HEARD                                       plus Support

                                                                                                              Shake off your winter blues with a night out     Zurich are an alt-rock band from Oxford
                                                                                                              with your friends at B-Heard for some good       who play Widescreen Post Punk Rock with a
                                                                                                              times and great music from up and coming         nod to the darker side of 80s Electronic Pop.
                                                                                                              local bands.                                     Earning an impressive live reputation with
                                                                                                                                                               comparisons to bands such as The National
                                                                                                              Get tapped in to the new sounds of the local     and The Killers, the band has gained regular
                                                                                                              music scene and who knows, you could be          airplay on BBC 6 Music, KRCW, KEXP and
                                                                                                              there at the beginning of the career for the     Absolute Radio.
                                                                                                              next big thing.
                                                                                                                                                               They released their critically acclaimed
                                                                                                              With a wide range of live artists and music      debut EP Small Wars in 2015 recorded by
                                                                                                              styles there’s sure to be something to           award-winning producer Gary Stephenson,
                               Hannah Elsy Productions present                                                appeal to all tastes at our under 18s Music      accompanied by national tours and
                                   THE SHY MANIFESTO                                                          Night.                                           international shows in China and Hong
                                                                                                              So, what are you waiting for?                    Kong. 2018 has seen the band releasing new
                                                                                                                                                               material and extending their airplay to the
 17-year-old Callum is proud to be shy and he thinks you should be too, because what this                                                                      US and Europe.
 noisy, crazy world needs is a bit more self-restraint.
                                                                                                                                 Venue                                            Venue
 The Shy Manifesto is a bittersweet comedy drama about a boy who is fed up of being told to
 come out of his shell.                                                                                                OYAP @ Studio 2, Bicester                        OYAP @ Studio 2, Bicester
 Starring Theo Ancient (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)                                                                  Date & Details                                   Date & Details
 Written by Michael Ross (‘fun, sparky and full of ideas’ - The Stage on Michael Ross’ They Won’t Kill You)               Friday 1st February                             Saturday 2nd February
                                                                                                                            Starts: 07:30pm                                  Starts: 07:30pm
                  Date & Details                                        Tickets & Pricing
              Thursday 31st January                                 Adult £15 / Members £13                                Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing
                 Starts: 07:30pm                                              Age 12+                                           Adult £5                                        Adult £10

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2nd                                               8th                                           13th                                              22nd
                                      FEB                                               FEB                                          -16th                                               FEB
                                      07:30pm                                           07:30pm                                     FEB                                                 07:30pm

                                                                                                                                       07:30pm
                                       MUSIC                                            COMEDY                                                                                            COMEDY
                                                                                                                                     COMMUNITY

                                                                                                                  BCP present                                  STEVE BUGEJA:
          LEATHER & LACE                                     VIKKI STONE                                        GAME PLAN                                         Almost

 Leather & Lace is a dynamic new live show       ‘The love child of Victoria Wood and               Banbury’s leading local theatre company        Voted at school Most Likely to Be Forgotten.
 bringing all those classic rock anthems and     Tim Minchin’ The Scotsman                          present Alan Ayckbourn’s contemporary          The reunion was in February apparently.
 ballads you love to the stage.                                                                     comedy drama, Game Plan.                       BBC New Comedy Award winner returns
                                                 Award winning musical comedian Vikki                                                              following three critically-acclaimed shows.
 Presented by a 7-piece rock band featuring      Stone is best known for her original comedy        Prostitution, police questioning and media     As seen on Stand Up Central (Comedy
 some of the finest musicians and singers        songs, but is also an actress, musician and        intrusion. This Hilarious comedy is full of    Central), Love Island Aftersun (ITV2) and BBC
 on the circuit today you can expect to hear     composer.                                          twists, turns and surprises.                   Radio 4's Fresh From The Fringe.
 classic tracks from artists such as Journey,
 Bon Jovi, Queen, Whitesnake, Foreigner,         Vikki has appeared on many TV and Radio            Teenager Sorrel fights to keep herself and     'Big laughs' Guardian     'An eye for comic
 Alice Cooper, Aerosmith and many, many          shows including The John Bishop Show               her abandoned mother, once a dot.com                                     detail that's all
 more.                                           (BBC1), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), This           businesswoman, financially afloat by setting   'Truly hilarious' Fest    his own'
                                                 Morning (ITV), That Sunday Night Show (ITV),       up as part-time prostitute, advertising for                              Guardian
 The songs are performed with respect and        I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here….Now!           clients on the internet and persuading her     'A polished hour
 class with attention to detail both sonically   (ITV2) and many others.                            tearful school chum to act as her maid.        of plentiful jokes        'An instinctive
 and visually. No wigs, or silly spandex here!                                                                                                     and compelling            genuine comic'
                                                 Vikki brings her brand new show to The Mill        When her first client dies though, Sorrell     storytelling'             ShortCom.co.uk
                                                 for a special preview before setting out on a      finds herself in more trouble than she ever    Scotsman
                                                 UK tour later in 2018.                             imagined.                                                                'You'll like this new
                                                                                                                                                   'Puts gags front and      stand-up, an out and
                                                                                                                                                   centre of a compelling    proud nerd'
                                                                                                                                                   narrative'                Independent
                                                                                                                  Date & Details                   Chortle.co.uk

                Date & Details                                  Date & Details                       Wednesday 13th - Saturday 16th February                       Date & Details
            Saturday 2nd February                             Friday 8th February                                 Starts: 07:30pm                               Friday 22nd February
               Starts: 07:30pm                                  Starts: 07:30pm                                                                                    Starts: 07:30pm
                                                                                                                 Tickets & Pricing
               Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing                            Adult £13 / Concession £12                            Tickets & Pricing
                   Adult £21                                  Adult £15. Age 14+                              (no concession Fri & Sat)                                 Adult £15

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20th                                               23rd                                                 28th
                                                                                          FEB                                                 FEB                                                 FEB
                                                                                             02:00pm                                         07:30pm                                             02:30pm
                                                                                                                                                                                                  & 07:00pm

                                                                                             FAMILY                                            MUSIC
                                                                                                                                                                                                  THEATRE

                                                                                                                                                          Living Record Productions present
                                                                                                                 LOS PACAMINOS                                              THROWN

                                                                                                        Featuring Paul Young, Drew Barfield, Mark         I shall never forget that even though I’m…
                                                                                                        Pinder, Stephen Greetham, Jamie Moses
                                                                                                        and Melvin Duffy (UK’s premier pedal steel        But being six you don’t exactly…
                                                                                                        player).                                          Take it in.
                                                                                                        One of the UK’s most popular live touring         Based on true accounts, Thrown chronicles
                                                                                                        bands, Los Pacaminos play the very best           the inescapable moment of losing one’s
                                                                                                        in Tex Mex Border music from The Texas            childhood – the moment we are thrown,
                                                                                                        Tornadoes and Ry Cooder to Los Lobos and          unexpectedly, into the chaotic and fallible
                                                                                                        even Roy Orbison.                                 adult world.
                                   Lyngo Theatre present
                                                                                                        This is a Tequilla fuelled Tex Mex party
                                       TOM THUMB                                                        night, as each venue becomes the perfect
                                                                                                                                                          Using wireless headphones, binauraul
                                                                                                                                                          soundscapes, and a single female voice,
                                                                                                        cantina setting for a great night’s rocking       Living Record Productions create a haunting
                                                                                                        with the cactus sharp, tequilla filled, Stetson   and deeply intimate performance that asks
 One night, tiny Tom overhears Mum and Dad talking - there’s nothing left to eat so they are            wearing, magnificent 6 – Los Pacaminos!!!         whether we can ever let go of our smaller
 going to leave him and his six brothers in the forest!
                                                                                                                                                          selves.
 Outwitting his parents (and an ogre), Tom shows everybody that even though he is small he
 is still mighty as he protects his brothers, finds the treasure and makes sure they’ll never be
 hungry again.
 Performed entirely on and under a kitchen table, this classic story is brought to life in a playful
 and fascinating show with feathery spinning birds, a flying house and a portable forest.                              Date & Details                                       Date & Details
 Come and join tiny Tom on his very big adventure!                                                                 Saturday 23rd February                               Thursday 28th February
                                                                                                                       Starts: 07:30pm                             Starts: 02:30pm & 07:00pm
                 Date & Details                                   Tickets & Pricing
            Wednesday 20th February                         Adult £10 / Family Ticket £35                             Tickets & Pricing                                    Tickets & Pricing
                 Starts: 02:00pm                                        Age 3+                                            Adult £24                                     Adult £15 / Members £13

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                                      MAR                                             MAR                                             MAR                                              MAR
                                       07:30pm                                        07:00pm                                        07:30pm                                         07:30pm

                                       VARIETY                                          DANCE                                           MUSIC                                           DANCE

          SCARLET NIGHTS:                                Uchenna Dance present                                                                              Body Politic present
            Movie Night                             THE HEAD WRAP DIARIES                                      THE FUREYS                                 FATHER FIGURINE

 Get ready for a night at the movies, Scarlet     Hair – worn long, worn short, worn wavy or       The FUREYS are responsible for some of         This piece combines poignant spoken word
 Nights style!                                    in braids – is the subject of The Head Wrap      the most stirring music ever to capture the    poetry with hip hop dance to explore the
                                                  Diaries, a funny and uplifting dance theatre     public imagination.                            fractured relationship between a father and
 Whether you’re a fan of cult films like Kill     show by London based dance company                                                              his son, and their inability to healthily deal
 Bill, classics like The Blues Brothers or        Uchenna Dance.                                   Their folk based music has received            with a traumatic event.
 Disney favourites like Frozen, we have it all                                                     standing ovations in some of the biggest
 in Scarlet Nights’ Movie Night!                  Blending club house styles, Waacking and         concert halls of the world and they credit     Will they be able to share their emotions
                                                  Vogue with African and Contemporary              their musical ability to their parents, Ted    with each other? Or will they fall into the
 As you’ve come to expect we bring you the        Dance, a good dose of humour and a               and Nora, who were well-known musicians        statistic of nearly half of men believing they
 very best, award winning, burlesque artists      sizzling soundtrack of sounds, The Head          themselves. They encouraged their sons to      can’t express their feelings?
 in the business today for a night of movie       Wrap Diaries explores femininity, beauty,        play music from a very early age and there
 themed naughtiness.                              culture, sisterhood and most importantly of      was live traditional music in their house      With the current climate of mental health
                                                  all: HAIR.                                       almost nightly.                                discussion, Father Figurine talks about the
                                                                                                                                                  fragilities and vulnerabilities in men and
                                                  Stylists Linda and Riyadh take audiences         Their emotive songs stir many emotions;        young boys.
                                                  on a journey that will have you laughing         tears and laughter, sadness and joy.
                                                  out loud, thinking about your own (and
                                                  everyone else’s) hair, while you learn a thing   A FUREYS concert is always a night to
                                                  or two about afro hair, straight from the        remember.
                                                  hairdresser’s chair.

                Date & Details                       Venue: The Cooper School, Bicester                          Date & Details                                  Date & Details
               Friday 1st March                               Saturday 2nd March                               Tuesday 5th March                                Friday 8th March
               Starts: 07:30pm                                  Starts: 07:00pm                                  Starts: 07:30pm                                Starts: 07:30pm

               Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing
  Adult £15 / Members £13. Format: Cabaret                          Adult £10                                       Adult £23                               Adult £15 / Members £13

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                                        MAR                                             MAR                                                                                                   MAR
                                         07:30pm                                        08:00pm                                                                                              07:30pm

                                          MUSIC                                          COMEDY                                                                                                MUSICAL
                                                                                                                                                                                               THEATRE

         THE ULTIMATE
      COMMITMENTS AND                                        IVO GRAHAM:
      THE BLUES BROTHERS                                    Motion Sickness

 The greatest songs and scenes from two             A feisty new hour about facing the future,
 classic films collide to create a fantastic live   named after Ivo’s fourth favourite Hot Chip
 show of two halves.                                song (and a beaut by Phoebe Bridgers). As
                                                    seen/heard on Live At The Apollo, Mock The
 Recreating the iconic atmosphere of a live         Week, Live From The BBC, Jon Richardson’s
 performance of The Commitments and                 Ultimate Worrier, Fighting Talk, The Now
 The Blues Brothers to create two fantastic         Show, It’s Not What You Know, and eating
 affectionate tributes in one memorable             Subway sandwiches in petrol stations.
 evening of entertainment.
                                                    'Endlessly amusing hour from the politest man
 Capturing the essence of both musical              in comedy'  The i                                                               Silent Uproar present
 greats, this electrifying stage concert is
 guaranteed to have you dancing in the              'Not an ounce of flab on his routines… a joy”'         A SUPER HAPPY STORY ABOUT FEELING SUPER SAD
 aisles and singing from your soul!                  Telegraph
                                                    'A self-deprecating dweeb par excellence,        ‘A Super Happy Story is Superb’ Lynn Gardner, The Guardian
                                                    on the brink of comedy’s Premier League'
                                                     Evening Standard                            Written by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain (Rotterdam and Margaret Thatcher Queen of
                                                                                                     Soho) with music by Floyd Jones (Frisky & Mannish), prepare for a hilarious cabaret musical
                                                                                                     about depression and how it’s OK not to be OK.
                                                                                                     Sally’s a happy person. She doesn’t let little things get her down and almost never cries. But
                                                                                                     she’s got an illness. It makes her feel like she isn’t the person she wants to be, but she doesn’t
                 Date & Details                                    Date & Details                    want anyone to know about it.
              Saturday 9th March                                Sunday 10th March                    ‘You’ll be hard-pushed to find a better musical at this year’s Fringe’  What’s On Stage
                Starts: 07:30pm                                   Starts: 08:00pm
                                                                                                                     Date & Details                                   Tickets & Pricing
               Tickets & Pricing                                 Tickets & Pricing                                 Friday 15th March                                      Adult £15 /
           Adult £23 / Members £21                                    Adult £15                                     Starts: 07:30pm                                     Members £13

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                                      MAR                                              MAR                                                MAR                                              MAR
                                       07:30pm                                         11:00am                                           07:30pm                                         07:30pm
                                                                                       & 02:00pm

                                      THEATRE                                                                                             THEATRE                                            MUSIC
                                                                                        FAMILY

    Shifting Sands Theatre present
          THE GOVERNMENT                                TWEEDY'S ILLUSION                                Owdyado Theatre present
             INSPECTOR                                     CONFUSION                                         TWISTED TALES                                   SOUNDS OF SIMON

 The Mayor of the small town is in a cold         A show of magic & mayhem!                        WHY have three strangers been summoned             A tribute to the wonderful music of Paul
 sweat. News has reached him of an                                                                 to play a deadly locked-room mystery?              Simon, through the years as one half of
 imminent investigation by a high-ranking         Over the years Tweedy has assisted some of                                                          Simon and Garfunkel, to the enduring
 government official who is travelling            the world’s top magicians, resulting in him      WHO is the bandaged man, obsessively in            success of his solo career.
 incognito – The Government Inspector!            being sawn in half, disappeared and even         love and held captive inside an upmarket
                                                  turned into a tiger.                             flat, counting down the seconds until it’s         Lose yourself to nostalgia as the full band
 The town’s officials are thrown into a                                                            time for her to return and ‘thing I can’t say’     play such classics as Mrs Robinson, The
 panicked frenzy. They are all thoroughly         Tweedy has had enough of being the               to begin.                                          Sounds of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Water
 corrupt!                                         magicians’ assistant and has decided it’s                                                           and Graceland along with all the others that
                                                  time to be the magician instead.                 HOW will two children’s TV presenters              have established Paul Simon as one of the
 Matters spiral hysterically out of control                                                        dispose of a corpse? All they have is their        most successful songwriters of all time.
 when they believe that a stranger in the         Unfortunately, all does not go to plan and       wits, their arts and crafts skills and a foul-
 town is the real Government Inspector.           his blundering attempts lead to more             mouthed, criminal genius glove puppet.             Paul and Art are played to perfection,
                                                  mayhem than magic in this fantastically                                                             bringing in elements of their famously
 Shifting Sands Theatre update Gogol’s satire     funny, family friendly show.                     Twisted Takes is an anarchic triple bill of        fractious relationship, as well as replicating
 to present an hilarious, accessible comedy,                                                       riotous comedies that ask ‘how far would           the beautiful harmonies flawlessly.
 where, desperate to keep the supposed            ‘true genius had the audience crying with        you go to get what you want?’
 Inspector happy, everyone loses their moral      laughter’ The Sunday Telegraph                                                                      ‘A world-class act’ The Hinckley Times
 compass.

                Date & Details                                   Date & Details                                    Date & Details                                    Date & Details
            Wednesday 13th March                              Saturday 16th March                               Thursday 21st March                                Friday 22nd March
               Starts: 07:30pm                            Starts: 11:00am & 02:00pm                               Starts: 07:30pm                                    Starts: 07:30pm

               Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                                  Tickets & Pricing
           Adult £15 / Members £13                        Adult £10 / £35 Family Ticket                      Adult £15 / Members £13                                    Adult £18

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28th                                            30th                                                                                                29th
                                      MAR                                             MAR                                                                                                 MAR
                                       07:30pm                                        07:30pm                                                                                            05:00pm
                                                                                                                                                                                          & 08:00pm

                                       COMEDY                                             MUSIC
                                                                                                                                                                                           DANCE

    THE NOISE NEXT DOOR:
           REMIX                                             DIRE STREETS

 The UK’s premier improv comedy troupe            No other Dire Straits tribute act comes
 have taken the comedy world by storm.            as close to reproducing Mark Knopfler’s
 As eight-time sell-out veterans of the           distinctive guitar and vocal tones - making
 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Noise Next        Dire Streets as close to the original band as
 Door leave audiences everywhere in awe of        you can see live.
                                                                                                                               Vienna Festival Ballet present
 their lightning-quick wit and totally original                                                                                           COPPÉLIA
 comedic talents.                                 The six-piece band is made up of some of
                                                  the country’s top musicians and delivers a
 Taking audience suggestions, the cheeky          stunning show that does justice to one of       A lively production, infused with old world charm, Coppélia appeals to audiences of all ages
 and charming quartet transform them into         the most original and talented bands the UK     with its captivating story of an eccentric toymaker, his beloved doll and the jealous lovers
 fantastically funny scenes and songs in          has ever produced.                              Swanhilda and Franz on their enchanting evening of mischief and frivolity.
 the blink of an eye with a perfect blend of
 ludicrous characters, witty one-liners, epic     This two-hour theatre show includes faithful    Colourful costumes, lively characters and beautiful music from Delibes combine to create a
 stories and explosive physicality.               reproductions of classic studio tracks along    magical and comical classic that warms and entertains from start to finish.
                                                  with extended live versions from some of
 ‘Comedy Gold’ The Guardian                       the legendary Dire Straits concerts.            Returning by popular demand, Vienna Festival Ballet’s eternal production of Coppélia is
                                                                                                  guaranteed to lift the hearts of all the family.
                                                  With special guest Steve Wiltshire on
                                                  Saxophone and Flute.                            ‘captivating from start to finish’ Welwyn Hatfield Times
                Date & Details                                   Date & Details                   ‘a truly spellbinding performance’ Burnley Express
            Thursday 28th March                               Saturday 30th March                  WhatsOnStage
               Starts: 07:30pm                                  Starts: 07:30pm
                                                                                                                 Date & Details                                  Tickets & Pricing
               Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing                                Friday 29th March                                  Adult £23.50 /
           Adult £15 / Members £13                                  Adult £23                              Starts: 05:00pm & 08:00pm                         Children (under 14) £21.50

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31st                                               5th                                                                                                   4th
                                        MAR                                                APR                                                                                                   APR
                                         05:00pm                                           07:30pm                                                                                             07:30pm

                                         MUSIC                                             THEATRE                                                                                                DANCE

      A CELEBRATION OF                                 Finding the Will and Everyman
     GERSHWIN, PORTER &                                 Theatre Cheltenham present
        OTHER GREATS                                       NAMING THE VIEW

 Tony Jacobs and his indispensable pianist          Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of The
 Jim Barry celebrate the great American and         Shrew concludes with a speech by the
 British songwriters George Gershwin and            once feisty Katherine declaring unreserved
                                                                                                                                     Yorke Dance Project present
 Cole Porter together with other greats.            obedience to her newly married husband.
                                                    Her character has certainly changed, but                      TWENTY YEARS ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMME
 With an encyclopaedic knowledge of the life        is it because of their mutual love and
 and times of the music business, Tony takes        understanding or the bullish controlling
 a heart-warming stroll down memory lane,           ways of her husband?                               Yorke Dance Project celebrates 20 years of performing exceptional dance by past masters and
 arm in arm with a Who’s Who of musical                                                                emerging artists from the UK and USA with an exciting new programme of exceptional and
 dignitaries.                                       Naming The View is a modern day re-                engaging contemporary ballet.
                                                    imagining of Katherine after thirty years of
 This is an afternoon of time-honoured              marriage.                                          This celebratory programme features works by renowned choreographers Sir Kenneth
 musical treasures in their own inimitable                                                             MacMillan and Robert Cohan alongside emerging Los Angeles choreographer Sophia Stoller
 style, from an age when jazz was king and          “It is never too late to explore new               and Yolande Yorke-Edgell.
 Tin Pan Alley meant something other than           horizons.”
 a refuse-strewn thoroughfare in a down-                                                               MacMillan’s Playground, it’s first revival since 1979, will feature special guest artist Romany
 trodden City.                                      “A story of rekindled friendship and healing.      Pajdek from the Royal Ballet Company.
                                                    Touching and funny, riven with humour and
 That, as they say, is entertainment.               hope” Stage Talk Magazine                          Cohan’s new work Communion for nine highly acclaimed and athletic dancers will be
                                                                                                       performed to music by Nils Frahm.
                Date & Details                                     Date & Details
                                                                                                       This is a rare evening of engaging, thought provoking and inspiring dance and will include a
              Sunday 31st March                                    Friday 5th April                    curtain-raiser performance by The Mill’s own Remarkable Dance Company.
               Starts: 05:00pm                                     Starts: 07:30pm
                                                                                                                       Date & Details                                   Tickets & Pricing
              Tickets & Pricing                                   Tickets & Pricing                                  Thursday 4th April                                     Adult £15 /
          Adult £15 / Members £13                             Adult £15 / Members £13                                 Starts: 07:30pm                                     Members £13

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6th                                              11th                                           12th                                              18th
                                     APR                                              APR                                           &13th                                              APR
                                      07:30pm                                         07:30pm                                      APR                                                  07:30pm

                                                                                                                                      02:00pm
                                      MUSIC                                            COMEDY                                        & 7:00pm                                            MUSICAL
                                                                                                                                                                                         THEATRE
                                                                                                                                    COMMUNITY

           POP-UP BOWIE                            ALFIE BROWN: LUNATIC                                  STRICTLY BANBURY                          WEST END AT THE MOVIES

 Paul Anthony was voted the UK’s No.1 David      Fresh from a sell out run at the Edinburgh        This year is the 10th Anniversary of Step by   The cast of leading performers from
 Bowie tribute act at the National Tribute       Festival, Alfie Brown is going on his first       Step Dance School’s Strictly Banbury back      London’s West End invite you to join them
 Awards in 2016.                                 UK tour and he remains charming and               once more to raise money for local charities   for a night of magical live entertainment,
                                                 disgusting.                                       through some dazzling dancing!                 featuring the very best songs from the
 With a full band, Paul will perform 2 hours
 of Bowie’s biggest hits taking the audience     His new show is about identity politics,                                                         smash hit movie musicals throughout the
                                                                                                   This year our chosen charities are Katharine   decades.
 on a musical journey experiencing the           trying to be a good father in a horrible world    House Hospice, MacMillan Cancer Support
 masterpieces that made the late, great          and being responsibly horny in the wake of        and Age UK Oxfordshire.                        The talented cast have starred in many
 David Bowie the immortal legend he is           wide-spread male sex crimes. He provides                                                         West End productions and national tours
 today.                                          no answers, only questions.                       With all the usual glitz and glamour           including Les Misérables, We Will Rock You,
                                                                                                   returning to entertain you, come along and     Singin’ In The Rain, Starlight Express, Phantom
 Pop-Up Bowie aims to inspire, uplift and        Society’s new-found fondness for moral            support a great night for great causes.
 celebrate the life of a true genius by          certainty is the subject of a search and                                                         of The Opera, Wicked and Cats to name just
 experiencing the magic of Bowie’s music live    destroy mission; it turns out if you believe in                                                  a few!
 with thrilling artistry.                        something, you’ll fall for anything.                                                             ‘With outstanding vocals and slick
 A theatrical performance that honours                               Chortle                                                            choreography, this wonderful concert
 the revolutionary icon himself in the most      The Times                                                                                        guarantees to bring you joy’
 respectful of ways.                                                      The List                          Date & Details                   South Wales Evening Post
                                                  The
                                                 Evening Standard                                  Friday 12th & Saturday 13th April
                                                                         Edinburgh Guide
                                                                                                              Starts: Friday 7pm.
               Date & Details                                   Date & Details                       Saturday 2pm (shortened show) / 7pm.                        Date & Details
              Saturday 6th April                             Thursday 11th April                                Tickets & Pricing                              Thursday 18th April
               Starts: 07:30pm                                 Starts: 07:30pm                       Friday & Saturday Evening Performances                      Starts: 07:30pm
                                                                                                                     £17.50
              Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                                                                                Tickets & Pricing
                                                                                                       Saturday Matinee (shortened show)
                  Adult £20                                        Adult £13                            Adults £12 / Children & OAPs £10                    Adult £19 / Members £17

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20th                                              25th                                             26th                                              27th
                                     APR                                               APR                                              APR                                               APR
                                      07:30pm                                          07:30pm                                         07:30pm                                          11:00am
                                                                                                                                                                                          & 02:00pm

                                        COMEDY                                          COMEDY                                           MUSIC
                                                                                                                                                                                           CIRCUS
                                                                                                                                                                                          THEATRE

      ANDREW LAWRENCE:                                      EMILY ATACK:                                                                                      Can't Sit Still present
           Clean                                          Talk Thirty To Me                                     HELLS BELLS                                     PLINK & BOO

 Star of Live at the Apollo and Michael           Emily Atack takes to the stage in Spring 2019     Hells Bells is Europe’s longest running AC/     Some might be Plink, and others are Boo
 McIntyre’s Roadshow, UK comedy’s                 for her debut comedy show: A live memoir          DC tribute band.
 foremost contrarian takes a break from all       of anecdotes, impressions and tales of an                                                         Why does it matter, what’s the to-do?
 the controversy in this new show.                actress in her twenties.                          Spot-on, musically impeccable, cover-wise
                                                                                                    audaciously sensational, Hells Bells put on     Jumbled up people and boxes too small
 No politics. No religion. No Smut. No            Emily will be unravelling today’s anxiety         a fearlessly spirited set, jam-packed with      Come play in our den and discover it all…
 Swearing.                                        inducing world of scrolling through social        explosive takes of original classics, and
                                                  media, swiping right, slimming apps and the       exactly the right amount of hell that would     Welcome to the topsy turvy world of Plink
 Just great jokes and good clean fun.             never-ending search for ‘the one’.                have made AC/DC proud.                          and Boo. Using acrobatics, live music and
 “Clean sees Andrew Lawrence remind                                                                                                                 mountains of toys, join us in an interactive
                                                  Don’t miss out on a truly hilarious, tongue in    Playing sell-out shows all over the UK and      circus theatre adventure to explore what
 audiences of his ability to write and deliver    cheek look at ‘having it all’ and turning 30 in   Europe, they are known for their high-
 clean, non-partisan humour just as well as any                                                                                                     happens when people don’t fit into boxes
                                                  the millennial age.                               energy performances and relentless touring.     (even if it is the neatest place to put them).
 other comic” British Comedy Guide
                                                                                                    Hells Bells are an act not to be missed by      A circus theatre experience for 2-5 year olds
                                                                                                    fans of the original Australian rockers.        and their grown ups
                                                                                                    ‘Never go on after Hells Bells.                 Please note that Plink and Boo is accessible
                                                                                                    They’re LETHAL!’ Don Airey (Ozzy                to Deaf and EAL audiences.
                                                                                                    Osborne, Rainbow, Deep Purple)

                Date & Details                                   Date & Details                                    Date & Details                                  Date & Details
              Saturday 20th April                              Thursday 25th April                                Friday 26th April                              Saturday 27th April
               Starts: 07:30pm                                  Starts: 07:30pm                                   Starts: 07:30pm                            Starts: 11:00am & 02:00pm

              Tickets & Pricing                                 Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing                                Tickets & Pricing
           Adult £15 / Members £13                                  Adult £23                                Adult £20 / Members £18                        Adult £10 / Family Ticket £35

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Weekly Classes

    TERM DATES
    2019
    Spring term begins
    Monday 14th January
    and ends week
    commencing 1st
                                DRAWING &                                                                                 WATERCOLOUR
    April. Half term is
    week beginning 18th
                                SKETCHING                                                                                 EXPLORATIONS
                                with Ruth Broadbent                                                                          with Rachel Cronin
    February.

                                                               PAINTING &
    COURSE FEES              This course, which is              DRAWING                                                  Formerly called Traditional
                             suitable for both beginners                                                                 Watercolour, this evening
    If you are in receipt                                     with Chrissie Borland                                      course is for both
                             and those looking to
    of any means tested      further their skills, is                                                                    beginners and those
    benefits you may be      packed with information                                                                     with some experience of
    entitled to discount     and techniques to help        Mixed ability class in which                                  this fascinating medium.
    off course fees on       develop drawing skills and    students are encouraged                                       The classes will take you
    weekly classes.          individual styles. There      to find their own style                                       through tone, composition,
                             are opportunities to try      through experimenting                                         colour theory and how
    You will need to bring   out different approaches      with different media. Full                                    to build up a watercolour
    your membership          to varied subject matter      of creative entertainment,                                    painting in a structured,
                                                           these classes are supported          MONDAY                   demonstration-led setting.
    card with you to the
    box office when you
                             and look at work by other
                             artists. New themes           and guided by tutor                  MAKERS                   We tackle lots of different      BANBURY
    book in order to         and techniques are            Chrissie Borland.                                             subject matter alongside       CROSS PLAYERS
                             explored each term in                                                                       both traditional and
    receive the member’s                                        Dates & Details
                             this challenging and lively                                  Every Monday we run crafty     modern techniques.
    discount.                                                                                                                                          If you’re looking for a new
                             course.                       FOR BOTH OPTIONS               sessions in our gallery
    All course fees are                                    Duration 11 weeks              space.                              Dates & Details          hobby or just want to meet
    non-refundable and              Dates & Details                                                                                                    new people, BCP’s the place
                                                           OPTION 1                       Come along and enjoy           FOR BOTH OPTIONS
                                                                                                                                                       for you.
    non-transferable.        FOR BOTH OPTIONS              Starts   14th January          some gentle activities, meet   Day Held Tuesday
                             Starts   14th January         Day Held Monday                like-minded people and         Time     7pm-9pm              We’ve been leading the
                                                                                                                                                       local theatre scene for
    DISABLED                 Day Held Monday               Time     2.30pm-5pm            perhaps even inspire a new     OPTION 1
                                                                                                                                                       over 70 years, so we must
                             Duration 11 weeks                                            hobby!                         Starts
    ACCESS                                                 OPTION 2                                                               15th January
                                                                                                                                                       be doing something right!
                             OPTION 1                      Starts   15th January          All materials are supplied.    Duration 5 weeks
                                                                                                                                                       There are more than just
    Regrettably, due to      Time       10am-12.30pm       Day Held Tuesday                                              OPTION 2                      our four shows a year at
    the historic nature of   OPTION 2                      Time     10am-12.30pm                Date & Details           Starts   26th February        The Mill Arts Centre. You’ll
    the building, not all    Time       7pm-9pm            OPTION 3                       Starts     14th January        Duration 6 weeks              find us at local community
    classes are accessible                                 Starts   15th January          Day Held   Monday                                            events with our short ‘Bite
                                         Fees                                                                                       Fees
    by wheelchair. Please                                  Day Held Tuesday               Time       3pm                                               Size’ outings.
    contact the box office   OPTION 1
                                                           Time     2pm-4.30pm            Duration   11 weeks            OPTION 1
    should you have          £135 / £125 Members                                                                         £50 / £45 Members                   Date & Details
    particular access        OPTION 2                                 Fees                            Fee                OPTION 2                      Day Held Tuesday
    requirements.            £110 / £100 Members              £135 / £125 Members                £5 per session          £60 / £55 Members             Time     7.30pm

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YOGA
                                       with Louise Willis
                                                                   WATERCOLOUR
                                                                    TECHNIQUES:
                                  Suitable for beginners
                                                                       Layered                   WATERCOLOUR
                                  and those either returning
                                  or with a current yoga             Landscapes                   TECHNIQUES:
                                  practice. Each class consists       with Rachel Cronin
                                                                                                   Seed Heads
                                  of static postures and                                            & Still Life
                                  short flowing sequences.                                          with Rachel Cronin
                                  This creates an ebb and         You will spend five weeks
                                  flow of movement that           practicing the basics of
                                  will support beginners in       watercolour landscapes        Settle in to winter and
                                  their understanding of          beginning with sessions       anticipate the coming of
                                  alignment and offer more        on tone, perspective and      spring with this foray in            CREATIVE
  WATERCOLOUR                     experienced practitioners       watercolour technique.        to the wonderful world of            WRITING
                                  the chance to ‘dig deeper’
    PROJECTS                      or approach postures more
                                                                  You will spend time           ghostly seed heads.
                                                                                                                                with Gabrielle Mullarkey      LEARN GUITAR
                                                                  experimenting with
     with Rachel Cronin           playfully.                                                    We will be working from
                                                                  different types of                                                                           with Matthew Sullivan
                                                                  watercolour washes and        both photographs and
                                  With a fresh focus each                                       real life in this structured   On this course, we will
                                  week, participants will         will be guided through
 A stimulating class full of                                      the steps to build up a       course and you will benefit    continue to develop
 exciting approaches to           grow in confidence as they                                    from guided tuition on         our writing skills, using     Always wanted to learn to
                                  become physically in tune       landscape painting.                                                                        play guitar?
 watercolour. We tackle a                                                                       experimental watercolour       a mixture of published
 variety of different subject     with the practice.              You will be provided with     as we mix our paints with      extracts and our own          This is your chance to learn
 matter whilst exploring                                          source material to work       metallic inks and cloudy       writing generated in and      theory, technique and sight
 both traditional and                   Dates & Details           from but by the end of the    gouache. We will practice      between sessions. Both the    reading with experienced
 experimental techniques.         FOR BOTH OPTIONS                course you will be painting   several mark making            activities and being part     jazz/flamenco musician
 Students will build up a         Day Held Wednesday              your own landscapes!          techniques to capture the      of a supportive, inclusive    and tutor Matt Sullivan.
 portfolio of completed           Time     12.30pm-2pm            This is a structured          shape and form of poppy        group will help you to find   Students will need to bring
 work whilst also building up                                     and demonstration led         seed heads, honesty,           and foster your writing       their own guitars.
                                  OPTION 1
 a sketchbook of ideas and                                        course that is suitable for   fennel and hogweed as          ‘voice.’ You do not need to
 smaller studies. All abilities   16th January for 5 weeks        beginners and those with      well as exploring still life   have attended previous              Date & Details
 are welcome in this class.       OPTION 2                        some experience.              composition.                   courses.
                                  27th February for 6 weeks                                                                                                  Starts   16th January
       Date & Details                                                   Date & Details                Date & Details                 Date & Details          Day Held Wednesday
                                              Fees                                                                                                           Time     Beginners:
 Starts     16th January                                          Starts     16th January       Starts     27th February       Starts     27th February               6.45pm-7.45pm
                                  OPTION 1
 Day Held   Wednesday                                             Day Held   Wednesday          Day Held   Wednesday           Day Held   Wednesday                   Intermediates:
                                  £40 / £35 Members
 Time       10am-12.30pm                                          Time       1.30pm-3.30pm      Time       1.30pm-3.30pm       Time       1.30pm-3.30pm               8pm-9pm
                                  OPTION 2
 Duration   11 weeks                                              Duration   5 weeks            Duration   6 weeks             Duration   5 weeks            Duration 11 weeks
                                  £45 / £40 Members
              Fee                 SINGLE SESSION                              Fee                           Fee                            Fee                           Fee
    £135 / £125 Members           £9                                  £50 / £45 Members             £60 / £55 Members              £50 / £45 Members             £55 / £50 Members

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JEWELLERY
       MAKING
       with Sue Collins

                                                                                            EXPERIMENTAL
 This course is open to             TEXTILE                                                    TEXTILES                                                TRINITY RING
 anyone interested in
 learning how to make silver
                                 EXPLORATIONS                                                    with Sue Green                                            with Sue Collins
 jewellery using traditional           with Sue Green
 techniques.
                                                                                           These short courses offer                                 Ever wondered how a silver
                                                                                           you the chance to discover
 Beginners will learn a
 variety of techniques
                                With up to date knowledge
                                on new techniques and
                                                                 RUSTY                     the fascinating world of
                                                                                                                                                     interlocking Trinity ring was
                                                                                                                                                     made? Learn how to make
 such as cutting, sawing,       cutting edge materials,         MUSICIANS                  experimental textiles.                                    this iconic ring, also known
 annealing, texturing,          projects to spark                                          Blend fabric, paper and                                   as a Russian wedding ring,
 soldering and polishing,       your imagination and                                       plastic to create wonderful                               in this friendly and informal
 whilst more experienced        opportunities to exhibit    Do you have an instrument      mixed media effects                                       class. Students will learn
 students will develop their    your work as well as        lying around getting dusty,    and experiment with                                       the basic techniques of
 skills and work on more        develop your sketchbooks.   used to play an instrument     dyes, paints, slashwork             CREATIVE              sawing, forming, soldering
 advanced pieces.               This class is ideal for     and still have a passion for   and couching to create               CRAFTS               and polishing over the 5
                                anyone wishing to explore   music, have nowhere to         interesting textures. All                                 week course to create three
 This is a relaxed, friendly                                practice or would like to      materials provided.                                       silver interlocking rings.
                                the wonderful world of
 and informal class where                                   play with others? Then why
                                textiles.                                                                                A perfect mixed arts and
 students work at their                                     not come along to a fun             Dates & Details                                      All tools are supplied but
 own designs at a pace                                                                                                   crafts class for those      there will be a charge of
                                       Dates & Details      weekly jam session?                                          who want to experiment
 appropriate to their skill                                                                FOR BOTH OPTIONS                                          approximately £20 to £25
 level with individual tutor    FOR BOTH OPTIONS            Bring along your own           Day Held Thursday             with different techniques   for the silver made payable
 guidance.                      Starts   17th January       instrument or borrow one       Time     6pm-8pm              without committing to a     to the tutor.
                                                            of our electric / acoustic                                   longer course. This is a
                                Day Held Thursday                                          OPTION 1
 All tools are supplied but                                 bass guitars, keyboard,                                      drop in course where you    Spaces are limited to 10
 you will need to pay for the   Duration 11 weeks                                          Starts   17th January         can come as often as you    so book early to avoid
                                                            darbuka drum, maracas or
 silver for your design.        OPTION 1                                                   Duration 5 weeks              like.                       disappointment.
                                                            even an electric drum kit!
                                Time       10am-3pm                                        OPTION 2
       Date & Details           OPTION 2                          Date & Details           Starts   28th February              Date & Details              Date & Details
 Starts     16th January        Time       10am-12pm        Day Held Thursday              Duration 6 weeks              Starts     18th January     Starts     18th January
 Day Held   Wednesday                       Fees            Time     1pm-3pm &                        Fees               Day Held   Friday           Day Held   Friday
 Time       7pm-9pm                                                  7pm-9pm                                             Time       10am-12noon      Time       1.30pm-3.30pm
                                OPTION 1                                                   OPTION 1
 Duration   11 weeks                                        Duration Weekly                                              Duration   11 weeks         Duration   5 weeks
                                £225 / £215 Members                                        £55 / £50 Members
             Fee                OPTION 2                                Fee                OPTION 2                                  Fee                         Fee
    £110 / £100 Members         £125 / £115 Members               £3 per session           £65 / £60 Members                  £10 per session            £55 / £50 Members

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Workshops
We have a great variety of weekend workshops this season.
Whether you want to try something new or make something
unique, we're sure to have a workshop that will suit you.

                                                                                                                                  3-D FELTED
                                                                                                                                  JEWELLERY
                                                                                                                                 with Lisa Broughton

                                                                 PHOTOGRAPHY                                                 Learn the art of making
                                                                 FOR BEGINNERS                                               handmade felt using
                                                                    with Ivor McCullagh                                      colourful fleece. Through
                                                                                                                             a variety of techniques and
       YOGA:                                                                                                                 processes you will learn
                                                                                                                                                                DRAWING TO
    Re-New You                                                   Want to find out what                                       how to wet felt merino
                                                                                                                                                                 MOVEMENT
        with Louise Willis                                       your camera is capable                                      wool fleece. You will be
                                                                                                                             shown how to compact               with Ruth Broadbent
                                                                 of and get to grips all
                                                                                                                             the fleece together so the
 A regenerating yoga
                                                                 those buttons and dials?
                                                                 This short course covers
                                                                                                  PRINTING &                 wool shrinks and hardens
 practice to support your        LIFE DRAWING:                   the fundamentals of              STITCH WITH                to create an assortment         Come along and
 best intentions for wellness     The Portrait                   exposure and the basics           EVERYDAY                  of three-dimensional
                                                                                                                             beads in a variety of styles,
                                                                                                                                                             experiment with ways of
                                                                                                                                                             drawing in response to
 in 2019.
                                   with Chrissie Borland
                                                                 of composition. We’ll show         OBJECTS                  shapes and colour. Using        movement. We'll use a mix
                                                                 you how your camera
 Join us for a New Year                                                                               with Sue Green         the beads you have made         of materials from pens and
                                                                 works so you can begin
 practice focussed on                                            taking control of your                                      participants will be shown      pencils to coloured inks.
 wellness and the setting of    These extremely popular          photography.                                                how to use the beads            We'll look at how artists
 good intentions for 2019.      one day workshops are                                          Experiment using everyday     to make a necklace and          have used movement and
 Experiencing postures that     a perfect opportunity            Using simple concepts and     objects to print with, to     bracelet mixing the felted      try out a range of drawing
 will restore us physically     to draw from a model.            real-world examples we will   produce a background to       beads with contrasting          techniques, with the aim of
 and energetically as we        Each workshop is based           help you break through the    embellish with different      jewellery beads and             finding ways to create your
 emerge from winter - a         on a theme or an artist          jargon and start developing   hand stitching, sequins and   finishing with jewellery        own personal response to
 rounded practice with          and students find                your eye. This course is      beads to make a panel for a   fastenings. You will leave      drawing to movement. A
 plenty of twists to wring      them stimulating and             perfect for people who        calico bag. Bag included in   with hard wearing unique        fun and experimental one-
 our digestive system. And      informative. All abilities are   want to improve their         workshop but please bring     pieces of jewellery. All        day workshop led by Ruth
 of course a restorative        welcome and all materials        photography skills and get    scissors, needles and an      materials, tools and            Broadbent. Suitable for all
 relaxation at the close.       are included.                    off auto mode.                apron.                        fastenings are provided.        levels. Beginners welcome.

        Date & Details                 Date & Details                   Date & Details                Date & Details                Date & Details                  Date & Details
 Date        Saturday 19th      Date       Saturday 26th         Date      Saturday 2nd        Date       Saturday 9th       Date       Saturday 2nd         Date      Saturday 9th
             January                       January                         February                       February                      March                          March
 Time        10am-1.30pm        Time       10.30am-4pm           Time      10.30am-4pm         Time       10.30am-4pm        Time       10.30am-4pm          Time      10.30am-4pm
               Fee                           Fee                             Fee                           Fee                           Fee                             Fee
               £35                           £45                             £45                           £45                           £45                             £45

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Younger Children

                                 ATMOSPHERIC
                                   ACRYLICS
                                   with Rachel Cronin
                                                                      SILVER
                                                                     STACKING
                               This is a structured
                               landscape painting class
                                                                       RINGS
                               where you will spend                  with Sue Collins
                               the morning playing with
                               techniques before working
                               on your own painting in the    Learn how to make a set
                               afternoon. You will follow     of silver stacking rings in
        VENETIAN               guided demonstrations on       this informal and friendly
                                                              workshop.
        CARNIVAL               glazing with acrylic paint
                                                                                                                  LITTLE STORIES
                                                                                            Little
                               as well as working on a
         MASKS                 primed surface to create
                                                              This class will teach you
                                                              the basic silversmithing
    with Chrissie Borland      atmospheric paintings.         techniques of sawing,                                                              LITTLE ARTISTS
                               This class will serve as an
                               introduction to landscape
                                                              forming, soldering and
                                                              polishing to create your
                                                                                            Creatives            Sing along with a welcome
                                                                                                                 song, snuggle down and

                                                                                            @ The Mill
 Come and find out more        painting techniques            stacking ring set.                                 listen to us spin tales and
 about the wonderfully         including perspective and                                                         then stay and have fun with    Bringing together mums,
 decorative tradition of       composition as well as a       All tools are provided, but                        craft and play activities.     dads, babies and toddlers
 Venetian Masks. Create        chance to play with mixed      you will need to purchase                                                         in a wide range of activities
 a beautiful one of your       media techniques to build      silver from the tutor.        Spend some           There is free tea and coffee   including painting, collage,
 own from a papier mâché
 blank. Other materials also
                               up surface texture. Suitable
                               for both beginners and
                                                              Students can expect to
                                                              spend approximately £20
                                                                                            quality time         for the grown-ups and
                                                                                                                 squash for the little ones.
                                                                                                                                                junk modelling, sticking and
                                                                                                                                                gluing.
 provided.                     intermediates.                 - £25                         with your little
                                                                                                                       Date & Details                 Date & Details
        Date & Details                Date & Details                 Date & Details         ones weekday
                                                                                                                 Starts   14th January          Starts   17th January
 Date      Saturday 16th       Date      Saturday 23rd        Date       Saturday 30th      mornings at          Day Held Monday                Day Held Thursday

 Time
           March
           10.30am-4pm         Time
                                         March
                                         10.30am-4pm          Time
                                                                         March
                                                                         10.30am-5pm
                                                                                            The Mill.            Time     10.30am-
                                                                                                                          11.30am
                                                                                                                                                Time     10.30am-
                                                                                                                                                         11.30am
             Fee                           Fee                             Fee              Recommended for                  Fee                            Fee
                                                                                            ages 0 to 5 years.
             £45                           £45                             £45                                   £5 per child, adults go free   £5 per child, adults go free

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Older Children                                                                              Family Workshops

     7|10 YOUNG
      COMPANY
   with Oxford Playhouse
                                        PAINTBOX
                                                               YOUTH GUITAR
                                                                with Matthew Sullivan
                                                                                                                               WORLD OF
 The 7|10 Young Company
                                  A weekly craft session                                                                     STORYTELLING
                                  for budding creatives.
 is a series of fun after-
                                  Experiment with printing,
 school activity sessions
                                  model making, papier        Future guitar heroes
                                                                                                                                                             MOTHER'S DAY
 that will build your child’s
                                  mache and painting.         everywhere look no further,
                                                                                                                            Come and create fun
                                                                                                                                                              FAMILY ART
 confidence and support
                                                              your journey begins here!       EARNEST AND                   stories in this exciting one
                                                                                                                            day drama workshop.                  DAY
 their creative development.      Recommended for ages 6 –
                                  13 years.
                                                              Begin with the basics and         CELESTINE
 During these weekly                                          develop a practice to take       FAMILY ART                   Unlock your creative
                                                                                                                            imagination; discover the
 sessions your child will
 play games and explore
                                        Date & Details        your playing as far as you
                                                              want.
                                                                                                ACTIVITY                    secret of stories and play
                                                                                                                                                            This is the perfect activity
                                                                                                                                                            for families who want to
 devising and storytelling        FOR BOTH OPTIONS                                                                          with a variety of characters.   celebrate Mother’s Day with
 skills using the story of Dick   Day Held Tuesday            Intermediate students                                         Explore stories you know        children ages 0 – 5 years.
                                                              should have one year’s        Join us before the screening    and love and some that you
 Whittington and His Cat.         Time     4pm-5.30pm                                                                                                       Come and get messy and
                                                              tuition experience.           of Earnest and Celestine        are yet to create.
                                  OPTION 1                                                                                                                  make something you can
 There will be a short                                                                      for crafty fun that can
                                  Starts   15th January       Recommended for ages 6 –                                                                      treasure.
 performance at the end of                                                                  be enjoyed by the whole         Using a mixture of
 the final session, for the       Duration 5 weeks            13 years.                     family. Create animal           improvisation, script           Free tea and coffee will be
 children to share their work     OPTION 2                                                  themed crafts to enjoy          work and other drama            available in the room for
                                                                    Date & Details          after the film and kept as      techniques, this workshop
 with family and friends.         Starts   26th February                                                                                                    the adults and squash for
                                                              Starts     16th January       a momentum of the day.          will be a fun packed, energy    the little ones.
 For ages 7 – 10 years.           Duration 6 weeks
                                                              Day Held   Wednesday          Suitable for all ages.          filled day of drama.
                                             Fee              Duration   11 weeks                                                                                  Date & Details
       Date & Details                                                                              Date & Details                  Date & Details
                                  OPTION 1                    Time       Beginners:                                                                         Date      Sunday 31st
 Starts   22nd January                                                   4.30pm-5.30pm      Date       Saturday 9th         Date       Tuesday 19th                   March
                                  £30
 Day Held Monday                                                         Intermediates:                February                        February             Time      10am-11am OR
                                  OPTION 2
 Time     4pm-5.30pm                                                     5.30pm-6.30pm      Time       9.30am-10.30am       Time       10am-4pm                       1pm-2pm
                                  £37
              Fee                 SINGLE SESSION                          Fee                            Fee                             Fee                            Fee
              £50                 £7                                      £45                £5 per child, adults go free       £35. Ages 10-15 Yrs         £5 per child, adults go free

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Exhibitions
 Artweeks Monday 29th April - Sunday 2nd June 2019
 We are proud to celebrate our continuing          This year we are dedicating our gallery space
 partnership with Oxfordshire Artweeks, an         to artists aged 16 – 25 years to support and
                                                   pioneer new and emerging talent.
 initiative that provides the opportunity for
                                                   For more information and for
 people to see amazing art in wonderful places     an application form, please email
 across the whole of Oxfordshire.                  emma.noney@oxfordshire.gov.uk

       RACHEL                            NATHAN                            RICHARD
       CRONIN                             BARRY                          VALDAMBRINI

Driven by an instinctive and      Showing scenes of bold              With a life-long interest in
emotional response to the         and elegant natural beauty,         nature, Richard decided to
landscape, Rachel’s work          this exhibition of landscape        apply his Photography skills
seeks to explore two very         photography is the work             to the real world by going
different environments; the       of Nathan Barry, from               on Safari in Africa.
wildness of mid Wales and         his explorations of the
the gentle, verdant beauty        Banburyshire area to UK             Beginning his expedition
of Oxfordshire.                   national parks and even the         in Kenya, followed by
                                  frozen geological wonders           Tanzania, Richard has
Mist-soaked mountains             of Iceland.                         captured iconic African
contrast with the                                                     Wildlife in their natural
tranquillity of a local           Nathan dedicates his time           habitats; from Maasi Mara,
autumn in an exhibition           to finding and framing              Amboseli, the Serengeti
of abstracted landscapes          moments in nature through           and the Ngorongoro Crater.
in watercolour and mixed          his vision and composition,
media.                            showing that light, weather         Richard made headlines
                                  and seasons can transform           in the Banbury Guardian
                                  local and seemingly                 for climbing Kilimanjaro in
                                  mundane locations as                support of African Wildlife
                                  much as it can famous               conservation.
                                  landmarks.

            Date                                 Date                              Date
  Monday 3rd December                 Monday 28th January                  Monday 4th March -
  - Sunday 27th January               - Sunday 3rd March                   Sunday 31st March

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Coming Soon                                                                                                                                                     30th MAY -
                                                                                                                                                               2nd JUN 2019
                                                                                                                                                                      CIRCUS THEATRE
                                      1 -4                                          11th
                                      MAY                                           MAY
                                       07:30pm                                       07:30pm

                                      COMMUNITY                                       MUSIC

                                                         AMY - A TRIBUTE
                BCP present
                                                       TO AMY WINEHOUSE
            DEATH KNELL
                                                  ''AMY'' was established by a group of
 Banbury’s leading local theatre company          musicians who are genuine fans of Amy
 present James Cawood’s edge-of-your-             Winehouse and her music.
 seat thriller. Successful Playwright Henry
 Roth takes delight in telling his neurotic       Performing all the hits that defined the
 wife, Evelyn, he has a new ‘seismic’ play to     unique talent that was Amy Winehouse,
 unleash on the theatrical world.                 we look forward to sharing the stories and
                                                  music that will live on forever.
               Tickets & Pricing
                                                               Tickets & Pricing
            £13 / £12 concession
      (no concession Friday & Saturday)                               £22
                                                                                                                              Lost in Translation presents
                                                                                                                                 THE HOGWALLOPS
                                      18th                                           31st
                                      MAY                                            JUL         Meet The Hogwallops, a family unlike all
                                                                                                 others.
                                                                                                                                                          ‘The Hogwallops is the best of the
                                                                                                                                                       combination of theatre and circus…
                                       02:00pm                                       07:30pm
                                                                                                                                                  colourful, funny and suitable for all ages.’
                                                                                                 Everyday activities are extreme, with simple
                                                                                                                                                           British Theatre Guide
                                       FAMILY                                         MUSIC      tasks such as bedtime and teeth brushing
                                                                                                 needing a bungee and high-level jet spray.
                                                                                                 Dressing is a game of flying aerial wardrobe     ‘Brilliantly silly yet technically impressive,
                  DUCKIE                                                                         antics, and meal times are a nerve-wracking          The Hogwallops is an enchanting and
                                                                                                 display of juggling food and crockery.           exciting display of dexterity and humour.’
                                                                                                                                                                                 Three Weeks
                                                             LINDISFARNE                         Lost in Translation Circus is one of the
 Duckie is a re-imagining of Hans Christian                                                      brightest and most exciting young circus
 Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling with a                                                             companies in the UK. They present The               ‘You’ll be hard-pushed to find a better
 message of tolerance and self-acceptance                                                        Hogwallops, probably the craziest, funniest,                   musical at this year’s Fringe’
 at its core.                                     Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers
                                                                                                 most awe-inspiring family you will ever meet.                 What’s On Stage
                                                  LINDISFARNE return to form with a classic
 Walking a little differently? Sounding a bit     five-piece line up of long-time members                           Venue                                 Tickets & Pricing
 strange? Watch Duckie triumph by realising       fronted by Rob Clements on vocal,
 these are his strengths.                         mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar.               Whitelands Farm Sports Ground, Bicester                     Adult £12
                                                                                                                                                       Children (under 16) £8
               Tickets & Pricing                               Tickets & Pricing                                Date & Details
                                                                                                                                                           Family of 4 £30
            £10 / £35 Family Ticket                                   £25                         Thursday 30th May - Sunday 2nd June 2019

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