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Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax HX1 1QG
01422 349 422 squarechapel.co.uk @squarechapel
What’s on
Jan-Apr ’20
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WELCOME SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Information & Booking Welcome to
Square Chapel Arts Centre
Contact us Pricing & Terms Built in 1772, our beautiful, grade II* listed, red
Box Office: 01422 349422 £6 tickets for under 25s. Limited
info@squarechapel.co.uk tickets available, please ask at Box
brick Georgian Chapel is one of only a handful of
Office for more information. square churches ever built. It costs thousands of
Square Chapel Arts Centre
Our Pay What You Can tickets range pounds each year to keep this historic building in
10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG
squarechapel.co.uk
from £16 – £5 on selected shows. a good state of repair that enables us to continue
Concessions available for most serving the community with a strong film, cultural
@squarechapel shows. Please ask at Box Office
when booking.
and outreach programme. To ensure the future
Opening times
Memberships from as little as
of this iconic piece of Halifax’s heritage, we have
Box Office
£15 per year. Please enquire via introduced a small theatre support fee of £1 per
Sunday & Monday: 10am – 6pm*
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 8.30pm
our Box Office. ticket. The prices advertised in this brochure and
online are inclusive of this fee. We do not charge
Café/Bar Copper Auditorium
Sunday & Monday: 10am – 6pm* Seating 115, our cinema also doubles
any other booking fees.
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am until late up as a stunning and intimate
studio space. We hope you enjoy this Jan–Apr ’20 What’s On.
*The bar and Box Office will be open
outside these hours on evenings for Red Brick Auditorium
performances and films. Seating 240, this auditorium sits
within our beautiful Grade II* listed
We’re located centrally, opposite red brick Georgian Chapel.
Halifax Railway Station and ten
minutes from the bus station. The Café/Bar
main entrance is located next door to We serve a large selection of cask ales
The Piece Hall’s Southgate entrance and craft beers from breweries home
on Blackledge. and abroad. All this complements the
locally sourced dishes that are served
Central
Library in our wonderful café & bar.
& Square
Church
The
Piece Halifax Culture Hub
Hall
Square Chapel is part of the Halifax
Square Culture Hub. It’s a joint initiative with
Chapel The Piece Hall Trust and exists to Main
Entrance
Main
Entrance
promote the wonderful cultural and
heritage things happening in our littleThe
corner of Yorkshire.
Railway
Hotel
The The Imperial
Railway Crown Hotel
Hotel
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Reg number 2315198 England
VAT number 516 2474 56
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Film
Enjoy the latest big releases, classics, arthouse
The Tempest (15) +
films and Q&As with special guests in our intimate Christopher Biggins Q&A
Copper cinema space and our Grade II* listed Red Thursday 13 February
Brick Georgian Chapel. 7.15pm, £20
This event is part of our
LGBT history month.
For our weekly film listings, ticket offers and
full details of our Exhibition on Screen, As part of our LGBT history
Composers on Screen and NT Live screenings, month we are screening The
Tempest directed by Derek
visit squarechapel.co.uk, call our Box Office Jarman and starring Toyah
01422 349 422 or pop in and pick up a copy of Willcox and Christopher Biggins.
The film will be followed by
our listings. an in conversation with the
English stage and screen actor,
Christopher Biggins who is
probably best known for his
role as Lukewarm in the BBC
sitcom Porridge. Expect an
entertaining evening from this
national treasure.
Jubilee (15) + Toyah Willcox In
Conversation with BBC Radio 6
Music Presenter Chris Hawkins
+ Toyah Live Gig
Saturday 1 February
4.45pm, £30 - £11
This event is part of our
LGBT history month.
From punk princess to cult stage
actress, Toyah Willcox is a uniquely The Feeling of Going (12A) + Scarred for Life hosted by
gifted performer. She is one of Q&A with choreographer & Broadcaster Bob Fischer +
Britain’s beloved household names director Ben Wright Screening of The Day of the Triffids
– an award-winning rock legend
Thursday 16 January Friday 7 February
as well as a much-loved stage
The evening will start with the film 7.30pm, £11 from 7pm, £15
and screen actress and music
Jubilee starring Toyah Willcox and Staged within the shadows of a Was your childhood traumatised
composer. Toyah has amassed
directed by Derek Jarman, followed mythical forest, The Feeling of by Worzel Gummidge, Doctor Who
thirteen top 40 singles, recorded
by a Q&A hosted by BBC Radio 6 Going was conceived by West and Day of the Triffids? Stephen
twenty-five albums, written two
Music’s Chris Hawkins. The night will Yorkshire based choreographer Brotherstone & Dave Lawrence,
books, appeared in over forty stage
end with a live gig from Toyah and and director Ben Wright. This writers of the acclaimed ‘Scarred For
plays, acted in over twenty feature
her band. One not to be missed! enhanced live recording of the Life’ book, join broadcaster
films and presented hundreds of
work combines dancers, singers Bob Fischer to discuss the scariest telly
television programmes.
4 and musicians in a performance of of the 1970s and 80s. Not for 5
cinematic proportions. the fainthearted!
FAMILY FUN
Film Family Fun
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An Evening with Mik Artistik – Reservoir Dogs (18) + Story Pocket Theatre presents Jellyfish Theatre presents
Film + Live Gig Pulp Friction Gig Pub Quiz for Kids (5+) The Jungle Book (4+)
Thursday 30 January Saturday 8 February, Sunday 26 January Saturday 21 March
7.30pm, £13 from 7pm, £19 2.30pm, £9 3pm, £9
Performer, comedian, artist and See the World’s best Quentin We know the questions but only one Enjoy this new adaptation of Rudyard
musician, Mik Artistik kicks off Tarantino tribute band. They bring person knows the answer, and that Kipling’s classic tale as you are taken
with a screening of an amusing a unique cocktail of singing, dancing person’s in the audience. Hosted by into the magical heart of the jungle.
short documentary following the & theatrical performance to any one of the UK’s favourite stand-ups, Learning the jungle law with Baloo
unconventional life of this very occasion. From classic soul, funk and this show will find out who is Boss and Bagheera, Mowgli is finally brave
intriguing man. Mik will be joined on blues, Pulp Friction will give you a gun Baby and who doesn’t have a Scooby enough to challenge his enemy,
stage for a Q&A hosted by BBC Radio shooting, samurai sword swinging, Doo! Fantastic fun for the whole Shere Khan. This family show is
6 Music presenter, Chris Hawkins, royale with cheese of a night. family together. packed full of adventure, comedy,
followed by a live gig. puppetry and music.
EVERYTHING – The Real Thing political turmoil, The Real Thing
Story (2020) screening + Q&A were the first all-black British band
to hit #1 in the pop charts with ‘You
Saturday 18 January,
To Me Are Everything’.
7.45pm, £13
The ‘other four lads from
For the first time Eddy, Chris and
Liverpool’ tell their story from
Dave tell their incredible story of
the tough streets of Toxteth to
a 45-year-long career. After five
the bright lights of New York, and
decades, they remain the true
international stardom. Against a
pioneers of British soul.
backdrop of racism and social and The Herd Theatre presents Hiccup Theatre presents
SLIME (2+) Little Red Riding Hood (3+)
Tuesday 7 April Thursday 9 April
11.30am & 2.30pm, £9 2.30pm, £9
Slug and Caterpillar are starving, It’s Christmas Eve and Grandma is not
and the only leaf left in the garden is feeling well…luckily, Little Red Riding
out of reach. Slug thinks they should Hood has a basket of supplies to save
work together. Caterpillar doesn’t. the day. Just keep to the path, don’t
Enter the undergrowth to SQUISH talk to strangers and don’t mention
and SQUELCH your way through this Grandma’s whiskers! See this hilarious
hilarious show for littles ones. and heartwarming version of the
classic story that is all the better to
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Family Fun: February Half Term Pay What You Can £16 - £5
Pay What You Can is all about trust. It’s
about you, making a judgement for yourself
about what you can afford to pay from our
pricing options ranging from £16 - £5 and
taking a chance on something new.
Matt Miller presents
Fitting
Thursday 6 February, 8pm
This event is part of our
LGBT history month.
Wear a dress and people treat you
one way. Part theatre show, part
magic show, Fitting is about Matt’s
adventures in dresses and suits,
visibility and invisibility, and finding
new places to fit. This is a theatrical
genderqueer glamour fest, sprinkled
with magic and ready to mess with
Gonzo Moose in association with your binaries.
Pegasus Theatre presents
Once Upon a Time… (7+)
Saturday 15 February
2pm, £9
Families are invited to see this
comedy adventure about the
Brothers Grimm. Join three daring
actors as they switch wildly between
myriad roles, creating a frenetic
performance full of comedy and Lost the Plot Theatrical presents
thrills galore. Audiences can expect The Three Billy Goats Gruff (3+)
visual delights, a silly script, magical
Sunday 23 February
illusion, and live music.
11.30am & 2.30pm, £9
Hold on to your horns and join the
three billy goats on their adventure
as they bravely cross the rickety
bridge to greener pastures. Who will
they meet along the way as they TRIP
TRAP over the bridge in search of
food? With catchy songs and dances,
this is the perfect treat for little ones.
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Genevieve Carver and Red Ladder Theatre presents Orchestra of Square Chapel presents The Book of Darkness & Light in
The Unsung presents Smile Club New Year Gala Concert association with LittleMighty presents
A Beautiful Way to Be Crazy Upon the Stair by
Friday 20 March, 8pm Sunday 5 January
Adam Z.Robinson
Friday 28 February, 7.30pm Meet Lisa, a Smile Club attendee. 3pm, £13
Based on interviews with women Lisa’s been through it all and she now Get your January off to a flying Saturday 11 January
across the music industry, this show knows that nobody likes a girl who start with the Orchestra of Square 2.30pm & 8pm, £15
weaves together spoken word, live makes a fuss, nobody likes a girl who Chapel’s traditional New Year Three lost souls bound to a cursed
music, verbatim audio clips and a can’t take a joke. A darkly comic new concert – featuring Waltzes, Polkas book. Together, they bring a trio of
few genuine teenage diary entries. A one woman show set in a dystopian Marches and Arias from the Strauss chilling ghost stories to life using a
tale of growing up and finding a voice world where a government drive family and contemporaries. combination of storytelling, live violin
from poet Genevieve Carver and her exists to tame unruly women. Featuring arias from mezzo-soprano and integrated British Sign Language.
multi-instrumental live band. Lucy Vallis. This is a thrilling gothic show like
you’ve never witnessed before.
Tony McCarroll - The
Definitely Maybe Story
Saturday 18 January
7.30pm, £15
This year sees the 25th
anniversary of one of the
greatest debut albums of all
time, Definitely Maybe. Join
the drummer - the man behind
Frances Bushe presents Made It Theatre presents the beats of iconic songs such
Ad Libido Green Door as Supersonic and Rock ‘n’
Roll Star! Tony McCarroll talks
Friday 27 March, 8pm Thursday 2 April, 7.45pm
openly about his journey with
Fran’s on a quest for a ‘normal’ sex True, traumatic, funny, ultimately
Oasis. Expect stories about the
life. No matter how many wonder- triumphant. Based on a true-life
highs and lows, the egos, drink,
cures she tries, she doesn’t feel like story, Green Door is refreshingly rich
drugs, and the odd hotel room
her fire’s been lit. Join Fran on this in humanity and humour, weaving
trashing as Oasis rocketed to
relentlessly hilarious quest, with a love of Shakin’ Stevens and shiny
worldwide super stardom.
songs, as she pursues a satisfying sex shoes into a disturbing story that
life. Expect toe-tapping tunes and a affects far too many of us. See this
visit to sex camp. inspirational show in Halifax for one
night only!
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January
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Emily Portman and Rob Harbron Grist Theatre presents
The Unknown Soldier
Sunday 19 January
8pm, £15 Thursday 23 January
Emily Portman & Rob Harbron are 8pm, £13
two of the finest and most distinctive Jack stayed on when the guns fell
performers on the British folk silent, to search the battlefields for
scene. With multiple accolades, now others that could not go home - for
they have formed an inspired new the dead and the missing, for both
collaboration. Together they explore enemy and friend. This is a story
the traditional music in which they of comradeship, betrayal and of
are both steeped, mining the archives promises both broken and kept
for hidden gems and offering their following the carnage of WWI.
own original contributions.
As seen on PETER KAY’S
PHOENIX NIGHTS...
Clinton Baptiste in The
Paranormalist Returns!
Friday 31 January
7.30pm, £19
The world renowned clairvoyant,
medium and psychic is back after
his sell out show last season! Clinton
Baptiste, played by actor Alex Lowe,
Making Room presents Jack Carroll & Pete Selwood presents is the hapless clairvoyant from Peter Dan Donnelly
The Witching Way Impairment - A Disability Kay’s smash hit Channel 4 TV show
Friday 31 January, 8pm, £13
Sketch Show Phoenix Nights. Clinton will give
Friday 24 January Dan Donnelly is a singer songwriter
readings to the audience, offering
8pm, £13 Saturday 25 January who has played in 20 countries
advice from beyond the grave.
Ali and Leo walked the 65 miles that 7.30pm, £14 worldwide and has supported acts
separate Pendle Hill from Lancaster Jack Carroll (Britain’s Got Talent) & such as Air, The Darkness, Bob
Castle, retracing the footsteps of Pete Selwood (Yorkshire comic of Geldolf, Ian Dury and Duran Duran
the so-called Lancashire Witches the year) bring their new show to to name a few. When not touring his
– women who were hanged for Halifax. Impairment is a disability- own music, Dan is a fulltime member
being out-of-the-ordinary. This based sketch show, poking fun at the of Indie Rock band The Wonder Stuff.
is a musical extravaganza for our problems they deal with on a daily
times confronting homophobia and basis. The show features laughter,
championing the #MeToo movement. videos and fun. 12 13
FEBRUARY
February
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Voodoo Room presents Leo and Hyde present
A Night of Hendrix, Clapton Guy: A New Musical
& Cream
Wednesday 12 February
Sunday 9 February 7.30pm, £13
7.30pm, £16 This event is part of our
Enjoy this stunning power trio LGBT history month.
performing an incredible show in the Finding love isn’t easy being fat, gay
true spirit of legendary superstars. and nerdy. Luckily for Guy, you can
Enjoy an evening of great music be anybody online… including your
and great musicians with their best friend. The award-winning GUY
refreshingly energetic show featuring is Queer As Folk meets Bridget Jones
your favourite Hendrix, Cream and with a cat-fishing electronic-pop
Eric Clapton tunes. musical twist.
Square Chapel Arts Centre presents The play is based in an interrogation
The Pillowman by room where writer, Katurian, is being Grist Theatre presents
Martin McDonagh interrogated by two detectives. Moby Dick
A Reading by Patrons Reece Dinsdale Next door the writer’s mentally
Thursday 13 February
& Ian Puleston-Davies & friends disabled brother Michael waits.
8pm, £13
The detectives want to know why
Sunday 2 February This is based on Herman Melville’s
Katurian’s stories feature gruesome
7.30pm, £20 classic tale of the hunt for the
plots about child murder and torture,
The Pillowman is a play by Irish great white whale. To celebrate
and, why they seem to mirror a string
playwriter, screenwriter, producer, the bicentenary of Herman
of recent child murders in the area.
and director Martin McDonagh who Melville’s birth, artist Ross
is best known for the films In Bruges Ericson brings his classic
The cast for this dark comedy
(2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) tale to life in a stunning solo
reading includes Square Chapel
and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing performance. Ericson is a force
patrons Reece Dinsdale and
Missouri (2017). Martin McDonagh is to be reckoned with!
Ian Puleston-Davies with actors
sometimes referred to as someone
Karen Henthorn, Steve Evets and
who possessed the sickest mind of
Mark Charnock.
his generation. Fortunately, he puts
this asset to good use and creates
thoughtful, funny and disturbing
plays for us to enjoy, of which this is
no exception.
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February: Valentines Day
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This is Not a Safe Place
Saturday 15 February
8pm, £13
This event is part of our
LGBT history month.
Jackie Hagan was annoyed at
TV programmes like Benefits
Street and Undateables trying to
convince us that working-class
people and disabled people are
one dimensional idiots. So, she
interviewed people living on
disability benefits and created a
show illustrating the true story.
The show includes audio excerpts
of those chats interwoven with
poetry, comedy and storytelling.
A Brief Encounter – 75th
anniversary screening
Friday 14 February
7.45pm, £9
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with the
greatest Romance in Film History.
Brief Encounter follows Laura Jesson
(Celia Johnson) and Dr. Alec Harvey
(Trevor Howard); as they fall in love
with one another, they then must
An evening of vocal and Alan Bearman Music presents CVIVarts presents
battle with the chaos it will have on
instrumental duets: Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth Franz Kafka’s A Hunger Artist
their lives.
Let My Song Fill Your heart
Sunday 16 February Friday 21 February
Friday 14 February 7.45pm, £13 8pm, £13
7.30pm, £13 Fiddle player Ryan Young brings new There was a time when crowds would
Bridget Budge and American and exciting ideas to the Scottish folk gather day and night to watch a man
soprano, Jayne Siemens present scene. Focusing mainly on Scottish starve, for art, spectacle, curiosity
a Valentine’s feast of romantic music, Ryan brings new life to very and control. But as the crowds thin,
repertoire for two voices, including old, by playing forgotten folk tunes in the Hunger Artist is still driven to
favourites such as the Barcarolle his own unique way. In this concert perform. How far will he go to prove
from the Tales of Hoffman and he’s accompanied by Glasgow based himself and to pursue his obsession?
the presentation of the Rose from guitarist, Jenn Butterworth. This is an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s
Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. 16 A Hunger Artist. 17
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February March
Tangram Theatre Sounds of Simon presents Garfunkel, to the enduring success
Company presents The Music of Simon and of his solo career. The perfect
Revelations by James Rowland Garfunkel evening for fans of one of the most
influential singer-songwriter duos
Thursday 27 February Saturday 7 March
of all time. Come and see why they
8pm, £13 7.30pm, £15
are the UK’s longest running tribute
James’ best friends asked for his Enjoy this tribute to the wonderful
to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
sperm to start a family. This is a music of Paul Simon, through the
story about friendship, faith, life, years as one half of Simon and
death, foxes, and trying to do the
right thing even when it involves
taking all your clothes off. From
acclaimed storyteller, James
Rowland This story combines
comedy, song and live music.
Snake Davis Clare Teal Duo Aliki Chapple in association with Where There’s Muck There’s Bras
LittleMighty presents
Friday 28 February Saturday 29 February Friday 13 March
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8pm, £16 7.30pm, £23 8pm, £14
After bringing the ‘Classic Sax As much as she loves fronting her Thursday 12 March This hilarious and thought-provoking
Solos’ show to Halifax last year, the Trio or Big Mini Band or singing with 8pm, £13 show with stand-up poet Kate Fox
outstanding saxophonist Snake Davis orchestras, award-winning singer and Cartoonist Gabby Schulz posted and actor Joanna Holden explores
returns with his Band. Expect to hear BBC Radio 2 presenter, Clare Teal a comic strip about online sexism the Northern women you’ve heard of
classics including Young Americans, still revels in performing at intimate on a website. It went viral and the (and the ones you haven’t). The show
Will You, Walk on The Wild Side and venues accompanied by just piano. comments went bananas. Some uncovers the hidden history of the
his own solos such as Search for the Clare’s warm and witty storytelling were witty, some outrageous, and writers, sportswomen, politicians,
Hero for an exhilarating show. guarantees the audience something some just plain bizarre. Hilarious and protestors and other heroines who
uniquely personal and very special. provocative, this show brings the make up a far more diverse North
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March March
An Evening with Frank Bruno
The Christians Still headed by lead singer Garry
Saturday 21 March
Christian who has only gained
Saturday 14 March 7.30pm, £25
in vocal stature (and wit) over
7.30pm, £23.50 Frank Bruno MBE first became
the years, the band are enjoying
Renowned for an endless string noticed as a young strong lad who
a revival currently touring
of soulful yet socially aware hits… was winning all of his fights in
successfully in the UK and Europe.
Ideal World, Forgotten Town, Father, the Amateur ranks becoming the
Catch them in Halifax and find out
and Harvest for the World, The Youngest ABA Heavyweight boxer,
why Chris Evans said ‘it was the best
Christians enjoyed huge acclaim in a record he is proud of. In 1995
gig I’ve ever been to.’
the late 80s and early 90s. he went on to become the World
Champion. The public soon got to
know Frank was more than just a
boxer when he started appearing on
National TV programmes. For those
who did not follow boxing, the fights
against Mike Tyson made Frank a
national celebrity.
After retiring Frank hit the headlines
suffering from a mental breakdown.
Frank is very vocal about the
treatment he received and decided
to speak out for the thousands who
suffer in silence. He is now a mental
health campaigner advising large
organisations and Government
agencies and also went on to set up
his own Mental Health Foundation.
Join Frank Bruno in conversation
with Luke Ambler (Andy’s Man Club)
where they will discuss the highs
and lows of Frank’s career and
mental health.
Best of BE Festival The 309s Swing Jive Dance Night
Thursday 19 March Friday 20 March
7.30pm, £14 7.30pm, £15
Each year BE FESTIVAL packages up West Yorkshire band, The 309s, have
three of their favourite shows from spent the last ten years rocking and
their international festival and sends rolling their swing/rock’n’roll/jive
them on a tour of the UK. Three repertoire across the country. Dance
companies from Hungary, Belgium & along to songs from the 1940s and
Switzerland will showcase snapshots 1950s as well as original songs with
of storytelling, dance and physical that swing and attitude. Don’t forget
theatre, in three, 30-minute shows your dancing shoes.
all in one exhilarating evening.
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March April
Orchestra of Square Chapel: Alan Bearman Music presents
Spring Concert Alasdair Roberts
Sunday 22 March Sunday 22 March
3pm, £13 8pm, £15
A concert featuring Mozart’s The Fiery Margin, is the latest album
greatest string concerto, and two from prolific cult Scottish folk singer
French works, packed full of musical Alasdair Roberts. The album features
invention and lyrical melody. ten of his characteristically self-
Rameau: Ballet Suite written songs. Alasdair will offer up
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante the uncommon songs of the new
soloists: Jack Greed (violin) and Kim album for your delectation in a
Becker (viola) stripped-down solo performance!
Gounod: Symphony No. 2
Dom Joly’s Holiday Snaps - Travel
Square Chapel Arts Centre presents & Comedy in the Danger Zone
Outrageous Fortune by
Thursday 2 April
Debs Newbold
7.30pm, £19
[Hamlet: as told by Gertrude.]
Dom Joly is best known as the
Wednesday 25 & creator of Trigger Happy TV, and
Thursday 26 March, 8pm, £13 now the writer and broadcaster is
Gertrude: Wife. Mother. Queen undertaking his first UK tour since
of Denmark. An intelligent, 2011, giving fans a rare opportunity
fearless woman whose power was to see him live. Dom will be talking
consistently undermined by the Alan Bearman Music presents about his exploits as a serial globe-
men around her. In the 400 years Eliza Carthy Restitute Live trotter and seeker of dangerous
since Hamlet was written, what – if travel spots. From North Korea
Wednesday 1 April
anything – has changed? through the Congo and Syria to
7.30pm, £23
Chernobyl, he’s visited some of the
Welcome to purgatory. Where Eliza Carthy MBE is a multi-award-
most unusual places on the planet.
everything we know about Gertrude winning singer, songwriter and
Joly famously attended school with
is torn apart and reimagined by one musician from a formidable English
Osama Bin Laden and armed with a
woman and a jazz drummer, in a music dynasty. Her first solo album
trusty Powerpoint, fans can expect
funny and fierce act of revolution. of traditional music in 14 years,
his holiday snaps to provide comedy
There’ll be tea. There’ll be a visit Restitute is literally a homely affair,
and a sense of danger. The best-
from Joan of Arc. There’ll be a live recorded as it was at Eliza’s home in
selling author will meet fans after the
drum score. the picturesque Robin Hood’s Bay,
show to sign copies of his latest book,
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April
On a Role presents Reform Theatre presents
Where is Mrs Christie? Midsummer
Friday 3 April Friday 17 April
7.30pm, £15 7.30pm, £15
In 1926 Agatha Christie was at the It’s midsummer. It’s raining. Two
centre of a mystery as perplexing thirty somethings are sitting in a bar.
as any of her fiction, as a series of Bob is a failing car salesman on the
events sparked one of the biggest fringes of the underworld. Helena is
and most extensive police hunts a high-powered divorce lawyer with
in history. Her crashed car was a taste for other people’s husbands.
discovered in Surrey and the famous The Smyths presents Meat is Richard Digance - She’s out of his league, and he’s not
author was missing, presumed dead. Murder 35 2020 Vision Tour her type. But with a Tesco’s bag full of
However, she was eventually found at cash, they embark on a lost weekend
Saturday 4 April Saturday 11 April
a luxury hotel in Harrogate. She said of bridge-burning, car chases,
8pm, £17 7.30pm, £15
she was suffering from amnesia and wedding bust-ups, midnight trysts
2020 sees the 35th anniversary of BAFTA Nominated performer
remembered nothing. Was she lying? and hungover self-loathing.
The Smiths’ legendary album ‘Meat Richard Digance embarks on his one-
Or was there a darker secret involved
is Murder’. Arguably the band’s most man show, negotiating motorway
in this disappearance? Find out in
controversial release, not only did it closures and diversions to play his
this one woman show.
encourage a generation to become favourite venues around Britain.
vegetarians, it was the first album Expect new songs along with his
to introduce Morrissey’s criticism of popular nostalgic tunes that promise
the Royal Family. See The Smyths live the kind of audience participation he
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April
Chrissie Wellington: Four times Her victory in Kona, Hawaii in 2007,
Ironman World Champion finishing five minutes ahead of her
nearest rival, was described as the
Wednesday 22 April
‘biggest upset in Ironman history’
7.30pm, £20
and ‘a near impossible task for any
Chrissie Wellington became a
athlete racing as a rookie at their first
professional triathlete at the age of
Ironman World Championships’.
30, but quickly became the world’s
No 1 female Ironman triathlete, a
Now the Global Lead for Health
four times World Champion and
and Wellbeing for parkrun, Chrissie
World Record holder! In 2009
will share her inspirational story
she was voted ‘Sunday Times
and enthusiasm for driving positive
Sportswoman of the Year’ and in
change across the world through the
2010 was awarded the MBE.
power of sport and participation.
Fallen Angel Limited presents
Sweet Little Mystery:
The Songs of John Martyn
by Sarah Jane Morris
Saturday 18 April
8pm, £19
Best known for her music with The
Communards, soul and jazz diva,
Sarah Jane Morris’ new album Sweet
Little Mystery, is full of songs by
Alan Bearman Music presents Scottish singer/songwriter John
Jim Causley Martyn. The album is a joint project
between Sarah Jane Morris and
Friday 17 April
guitarist Tony Remy. Together they
8pm, £13
pay homage to the sublime genius of
Multi award-winning singer-
John Martyn - a restless, often self-
songwriter, Jim Causley is an all-
destructive artist whose unique voice
round entertainer who in the past
and music is both breathtakingly bold
decade has become one of the most
and achingly tender in its beauty.
well-loved and respected figures of
This show marks the 10th
today’s contemporary roots and folk
anniversary of Martyn’s tragically
scene. Causley has collaborated
early death aged 60.
with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval
and Mawkin. 26 27APRIL SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
April
Gigspanner Big Band Far Gone productions presents
Far Gone
Saturday 25 April
7.30pm, £21 Thursday 30 April
In the wake of his departure from 8pm, £13
folk-rock pioneers Steeleye Span at Far Gone is a gut kicking physical
the end of 2013, legendary fiddle performance with humour, poetry,
player Peter Knight has turned his and the horrors of being a child
full attention to his trio Gigspanner, soldier. Written and performed
and in the process has established by John Rwoth-Omack, this one
their reputation as one of the most man play follows the life of Okumu
genuinely innovative acts on the folk/ through his transformation from boy
roots scene. Catch them here live! to soldier.
Roger McGough + Little Machine
Friday 24 April Lunchtime Recitals,
7.30pm, £19 with Bridget Budge
Roger McGough is the author of Tickets £9
over a hundred books of poetry for
adults and children. Exuberant new
collection Joinedupwriting ranges
Hesiod Brass Quintet Elmet Clarinet Quartet
from forgotten friendships and the
idiosyncrasies of family life to the Tuesday 21 April, 12.30pm Tuesday 28 April, 12.30pm
trauma of war and contemporary Hesiod Brass Quintet was formed The quartet will present
Dapertutto Theatre presents global politics. These poems explore by five West Yorkshire musicians Messiaen’s ‘Quartet for the End of
Lionman the human experience in all its who were keen to explore the Time’, a piece in eight movements
shades of light and dark but always exciting and challenging world of written by the composer whilst in
Thursday 23 April
with McGough’s signature wit, brass chamber music. Concerts a German prisoner of war camp
8pm, £13
irreverence and vivacity. This is the by the quintet draw on a hugely and first performed in the camp
Leonard is a writer struggling with
nation’s favourite poet at his finest diverse range of compositions in 1941 by fellow inmates.
work, romance, anxiety, masculinity
and arrangements from the It has become one of his most
and his own irrepressible imagination.
Roger’s show with Little Machine Renaissance, Baroque and iconic works.
Will he find his voice in a finished
features a fine selection of Classical periods as well as more
script or will the line between reality
vintage, classic & surprising poems contemporary works including
and fantasy become too blurred?
set to music. It’s a gala gig that’s upbeat jazz and swing numbers.
See this dark comic story with
making waves.
fascinating physicality and unique use
of puppetry and multimedia. 28 29SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Square Chapel Fundraiser Talks Halifax Philharmonic Club
Join Historian David Glover for these popular talks! Tickets £21 (£19 concessions, £6 students, £3 under 16’s)
Tickets £6 (£5 concessions)
Gay Kings, Queens and Princes Father to Gentleman Jack: Dover Quartet The Elias String Quartet
Monday 24 February, 7.30pm The Life of Captain Jeremy Lister Friday 17 January, 7.30pm Friday 7 February, 7.30pm
Hear about Alexander the Great, a Wednesday 1 April, 2.15pm Described as ‘Their performances The Elias String Quartet take their
French prince and the Queen’s late Captain Jeremy Lister was a soldier blazed with fierce commitment, name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio,
uncle. Which prince was seduced by who did not marry until he was 36. vividly characterised and strongly Elijah, of which Elias is its German
his uncle, and from which gay royal A younger son of Shibden Hall, he projected but never over-wrought.’ form, and have quickly established
does David himself descend? fought in the American Revolutionary – The Scotsman. The Dover Quartet themselves as one of the most
War and was to father one of the will perform: vibrant quartets of their generation.
Wife to Gentleman Jack - Young most remarkable women of the
Mozart - Adagio and Fugue in C Beethoven - String Quartet No 9 In
Ann Walker & Her Family 19th Century.
minor K456 C major Op. 59 No 3 ‘ Rasumovsky’
Wednesday 11 March, 2.15pm &
Britten - String Quartet no. 1 Beethoven - String Quartet No 14 in
Monday 6 April, 7.30pm Ann Walker’s In-Laws –
Brahms - Quartet in B flat op. 67 ac sharp minor Op 131
Hear about Ann’s family, the Walkers The Sutherlands &
of Crow Nest. What was the unusual Gentleman Jack, the Life of
destiny of Ann’s only brother? Did Anne Lister 1791-1840
she suffer mentally before she met Wednesday 8 April,
the mistress of Shibden Hall? 2.15pm & 7.30pm
Well-to-do Elizabeth Walker of Crow
Kaiser Bill, Ex-Kaiser & Co Nest married a penniless soldier
Wednesday 18 March, 2.15pm against the wishes of her family. The
The Kaiser of Germany was vilified as marriage proved happy, and later
having caused the deaths of millions. Elizabeth inherited more money.
But what was Wilhelm II like as a Hear about the extraordinary tale
boy, a man, and an exile? And what of the Sutherland family, the ill
happened later to his descendants? judgment and greed. Guy Johnston & Trio Isimsiz
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Friday 3 April, 7.30pm
Old Photos of Halifax More Calderdale Scientists – Friday 13 March, 7.30pm In 2015 the Trio Isimsiz won 1st
Wednesday 25 March, 2.15pm Engineers and Inventors Boccherini - Duo Militaire in G, Prize and the Audience Prize at the
Join us for this popular panorama of Wednesday 15 April, 2.15pm Sonata in C minor, Sonata in A Trondheim Competition, and in 2017
old photos of Halifax. Enjoy views of Halifax and its wider area have given Tortellier - 4 pieces 2nd Prize at the Haydn International
the old Railway Station, Illingworth, birth to a remarkable number of Emma Ruth Richards - Until a Competition in Vienna.
the Tram Depot and many other brilliant technicians. Hear about a Reservoir no longer remains
Beethoven - Trio in C minor op.
areas which have changed drastically. man whose railway ticket ideas were (world premiere)
1 no. 3
almost stolen, an inventor of the Barrière - Sonata no. 4 in G major
Takemitsu - Between Tides
‘Diesel’ engine, a Great War helmet Glière - Selected Dix Duos pour
Charles Ives - Piano Trio
pioneer and two Todmorden Nobel 2 violoncelles op. 53
Mendelssohn - Trio in C minor op.66
Prize winners. José Elizond - 4 Latin American
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DancesYOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Young People and Communities
We deliver a range of projects and workshops with people Gig Buddies
from different communities and age ranges. We use the arts
Gig Buddies matches volunteers with
as a tool to connect people, boost skills and aspirations, and Gig Goers – people with a learning
ensure more people have a chance to be makers, performers disability who are looking to attend
and audiences. more social events and activities.
It’s a fantastically successful project,
Our Open Door schools project offers a programme of and we’re always looking for new
subsidised theatre performances and workshops for children volunteer buddies, so get in touch!
anna@squarechapel.co.uk
and teachers, and our Step Up programme delivers arts
projects with, by and for young people with additional needs. Youth Theatre
For more information visit our website or contact our Saturdays at Square Chapel
5-7yrs, 10am – 11am
outreach team: maria.spadafora@squarechapel.co.uk £5 (£3 Passport to Leisure)
01422 353073. 8-11yrs 11am – 12.30pm
£6 (£3.50 Passport to Leisure)
Drama is a great way to make friends
and learn new skills whilst having fun.
Get in touch to check availability.
Orange Box Choir
Thursdays at Orange Box
4.30 – 6pm, 13 to 19 (up to 25 for
people with additional needs), FREE
No previous experience needed, this
choir is great for meeting people
and boosting confidence.
New members welcome!
Contact: jamie@squarechapel.co.uk
Over 50’s Afternoon Tea Dance
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Foundation
Mondays at Square Chapel
1.30pm – 4pm
£5, includes refreshments
20 Jan, 24 Feb, 23 March, 20 April
Put on your dancing shoes and join
us in our wonderfully atmospheric
auditorium, for a mixture of
Andrew
Lloyd
ballroom, sequence and more.
Webber
Foundation
d Webber
tion
Cube Choir is a contemporary choir
for people over 50yrs. They meet on
Tuesday evenings at Square Chapel.
For information about membership
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Spring 2020 diary Spring 2020 diary
January – April January – April
January March
Sun 5 3pm New Year Gala Concert Page 11 Wed 18 2.15pm Kaiser Bill, Ex-Kaiser & Co Page 30
Sat 11 2.30pm Upon the Stair by Adam Z Robinson Page 11 Thurs 19 7.30pm Best of BE Festival Page 20
8pm Upon the Stair by Adam Z Robinson Page 11 Fri 20 7.30pm The 309s Swing, Jive Dance Night Page 20
Thurs 16 7.30pm The Feeling of Going + Q&A with Ben Wright Page 5 8pm Smile Club Page 10
Fri 17 7.30pm Dover Quartet Page 31 Sat 21 3pm The Jungle Book Page 7
Sat 18 7.30pm Tony McCaroll – The Definitely Maybe Story Page 11 7.30pm An Evening with Frank Bruno Page 21
7.45pm The Real Thing Story + Q&A Page 6 Sun 22 3pm Orchestra of Square Chapel Page 22
Sun 19 8pm Emily Portman & Rob Harbron Page 12 8pm Alasdair Roberts Page 22
Thurs 23 8pm The Unknown Soldier Page 12 Wed 25 2.15pm Talk: Old Photos of Halifax Page 30
Fri 24 8pm The Witching Way Page 12 8pm Outrageous Fortune by Debs Newbold Page 22
Sat 25 7.30pm A Disability Sketch Show Page 12 Thurs 26 8pm Outrageous Fortune by Debs Newbold Page 22
Sun 26 2.30pm Pub Quiz For Kids Page 7 Fri 27 8pm Ad Libido Page 10
Thurs 30 7.30pm Mik Artistik in conversation with Chris Hawkins Page 6
Fri 31 7.30pm Clinton Baptise Page 13
8pm Dan Donnelly Page 13 April
Wed 1 2.15pm Talk: Father to Gentleman Jack Page 30
7.30pm Eliza Carthy: Restitute Live Page 23
February Thurs 2 7.30pm Dom Joly – Holiday Snaps Page 23
Sat 1 4.45pm Jubilee + Toyah Willcox Q&A + Gig Page 4 7.45pm Green Door Page 10
Sun 2 7.30pm The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh Page 14 Fri 3 7.30pm Where is Mrs Christie? Page 24
Thurs 6 8pm Fitting Page 9 7.30pm Trio Isimsiz Page 31
Fri 7 7.30pm Scarred for Life with Broadcaster Bob Fischer Page 5 Sat 4 8pm The Smyths: Meat is Murder Page 24
7.30pm The Elias String Quartet Page 31 Mon 6 7.30pm Talk: Wife of Gentleman Jack – Ann Walker Page 30
Sat 8 7pm Reservoir Dogs + Pulp Friction Gig Page 6 Tues 7 11.30am SLIME Page 7
Sun 9 7.30pm A Night of Hendrix, Clapton & Cream Page 15 2pm SLIME Page 7
Wed 12 7.30pm Guy: A New Musical Page 15 Wed 8 2.15pm Talk: Ann Walker’s in Laws – The Sutherlands Page 30
Thurs 13 7.15pm The Tempest + Christopher Biggins Q&A Page 5 7.30pm Talk: Gentleman Jack – The Life of Anne Lister Page 30
8pm Moby Dick Page 15 Thurs 9 2.30pm Little Red Riding Hood Page 7
Fri 14 7.30pm Let My Song Fill your Heart Page 16 Sat 11 7.30pm Richard Digance – 2020 Vision Tour Page 25
7.45pm A Brief Encounter 75th Anniversary Page 16 Wed 15 2.15pm Talk: Calder Scientists, Engineers & Inventors Page 30
Sat 15 2pm Once Upon a Time Page 8 Fri 17 7.30pm Midsummer by Reform Theatre Page 25
8pm This is Not a Safe Place Page 17 8pm Jim Causley Page 26
Sun 16 7.45pm Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth Page 17 Sat 18 8pm Sweet Little Mystery: The Songs of John Martyn Page 26
Fri 21 8pm Franz Kafka’s A Hunger Artist Page 17 Tues 21 12.30pm Lunchtime recital: Hesiod Brass Quintet Page 29
Sun 23 11.30am The Three Billy Goats Gruff Page 8 Wed 22 7.30pm Chrissie Wellington: Ironman World Champion Page 27
2.30pm The Three Billy Goats Gruff Page 8 Thurs 23 8pm Lionman Page 28
Mon 24 7.30pm Talk: Gay Kings, Queens & Princes Page 30 Fri 24 7.30pm Roger McGough + Little Machine Page 28
Thurs 27 8pm Revelations by James Rowland Page 18 Sun 25 7.30pm Gigspanner Big Band Page 29
Fri 28 7.30pm A Beautiful Way to Be Crazy Page 10 Thurs 28 12.30pm Lunchtime Recital: Elmet Clarinet Quartet Page 29
8pm Snake Davis Page 18 Thurs 30 8pm Far Gone Page 29
Sat 29 7.30pm Clare Teal Duo Page 18
March
Sat 7 7.30pm The Music of Simon and Garfunkel Page 19
Wed 11 2.15pm Talk: Wife of Gentleman Jack – Ann Walker Page 30
Thurs 12 8pm 666 Comments Page 19
Fri 13 7.30pm Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason Page 31
8pm Where There’s Muck There’s Bras Page 19
Sat 14 7.30pm The Christians Page 20
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