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Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax HX1 1QG 01422 349 422 squarechapel.co.uk @squarechapel What’s on Sep-Dec ’19 Image of Lemn Sissay, see page 11
WELCOME SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Information & Booking Welcome
Contact us Pricing & Terms
Box Office: 01422 349422 £5 tickets for those aged 24 and
info@squarechapel.co.uk under. Limited tickets available.
Our Pay What You Can tickets range
Square Chapel Arts Centre
from £20 – £1 on selected shows.
10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG
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shows. Please ask at Box Office
@squarechapel when booking.
Membership packages are available,
Opening times
please enquire via our Box Office.
Box Office
Sunday & Monday: 10am – 6pm We don’t charge a booking fee.
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – 8.30pm However, we are a charity and do
have a suggested donation of
Café/Bar £1 per transaction.
Normally when I’m asked to pick a Christmas show, Snow Play looks
Sunday & Monday: 10am – 6pm
personal highlight from our season utterly gorgeous too, but it still was
Tuesday – Saturday: 10am – until late Copper Auditorium
brochure it’s next to impossible easy to pick one.
Seating 115, our cinema provides the
to narrow it down to three, never
Food served ultimate film experience and also
mind one. This time it’s not even That’s because Juan Martin is
Sunday & Monday: 11.30am – 2.30pm doubles up as a stunning and intimate
difficult. And that’s not because the coming! Juan Martin of ‘Juan
Tuesday – Saturday: studio space.
team here haven’t done their usual Martin’s El Arte Flamenco de
11.30am – 2.30pm & 5pm – 7.30pm
amazing job of programming; in fact la Guitarra’. Alongside other
Drinks and cakes available all day, Red Brick Auditorium
– I think this might be the strongest things I considered would make
every day! Seating 240, this auditorium sits
season we’ve ever put together. me an incredibly romantic adult
within our beautiful Grade II* listed
(poetry, candles and writing love
We’re located centrally, opposite red brick Georgian Chapel and
Fresh from bringing you both letters) was being a flamenco guitar
Halifax Railway Station and ten is used for talks, theatre, music
the outgoing and incoming Poet virtuoso. The bedrooms and valleys
minutes from the bus station. performances, cinema and more.
Laureates within three months of of Huddersfield having to stand in
The main entrance is located via
each other – we launch our autumn for the clubs and olive groves of
the copper building, next door to Café/Bar
season with the incredible Lemn Andalucia was no barrier.
The Piece Hall’s Southgate entrance We serve a large selection of
Sissay (I suggest booking early for
on Blackledge. cask ales and craft beers from
that one). We have some of my Sadly, my talent was. The 4-stroke
breweries home and abroad, along
Central
favourite theatre makers: Gecko, rasgueo and tremolo picking totally
Library
with a great selection of ciders,
& Square
Church Chris Thorpe (Status), Gracefool eluded me. But every year I pull out
The wines and premium spirits. All this
Collective, Mikron and Fuel the book and try again; I can play
Piece complements the locally sourced and
Hall Theatre. We’re welcoming Bulsara maybe four short pieces pretty
seasonal dishes that are served in our
and his Queenies back by popular poorly. Done well it is magical and
Square wonderful café & bar.
Chapel Main
Entrance
demand and Halifax Philharmonic this is Juan Martin. There were
Main Club have their usual exceptional three flamenco guitarists I idolised:
Entrance Halifax Culture Hub
series of concerts. Carlos Montoya, Paco de Lucia and
Square Chapel is part of the Halifax The
Railway
Juan Martin and now Juan Martin
Culture Hub. It’s a joint initiative with
Hotel
The The Imperial This is easily our best-ever season is coming to Square Chapel. I will be
Railway Crown Hotel The Piece Hall Trust and exists to
Hotel for comedy with Lucy Beaumont, starstruck when Juan walks through
promote the wonderful cultural and
Mark Thomas, Clinton Baptiste, the door – this one has been in my
Charity number 700985 heritage things happening in our little
Arthur Smith, Frisky & Mannish, diary ever since we booked it!
Reg number 2315198 England corner of Yorkshire.
Dave Johns and George Egg; the
VAT number 516 2474 56 2 David McQuillan, Director 3
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Film
Enjoy the latest big releases, classics, arthouse
We Stood Like Kings –
films and Q&A’s with special guests in our intimate Koyaanisqatsi
Copper cinema space and our Grade II* listed Red Tuesday 17 September
Brick Georgian Chapel. 8pm, £10
Described as ‘Chopin meets
Pink Floyd’, Belgian Neo-
This autumn we are also screening the following Classical rockers We Stood Like
anticipated new films; Downton Abbey, Sorry We Kings mix modern instrumental
Missed You (Ken Loach) and Frozen 2. Keep an rock music with the treasures
of yesterday’s cinema. See
eye on our website for more details! them live as they accompany
a screening of the 1982
experimental American
For our weekly film listings, ticket offers and prices: film, Koyaanisqatsi.
visit squarechapel.co.uk or call our Box Office
01422 349 422.
Kerouac on Screen: 50th
Anniversary Celebration of
Author & Poet, Jack Kerouac
Friday 18 – Saturday 19
This October marks 50 years since
the death of acclaimed American
novelist, poet and leader of the
Beat Movement, Jack Kerouac. His
most famous book, ‘On the Road’
(published in 1957), had broad
cultural influence, capturing the The Rocky Horror Picture Show Berlin: Symphony of a Great City +
spirit of its time. ‘Kerouac on Screen’ Live Music Accompaniment
Wednesday 30 October
commemorates his life and work
7.30pm, £10 Saturday 2 November
with a series of films, events and
Join Dr Frank-N-Furter on an 7.30pm, £11
panel discussions.
unforgettable time warp! This cult To mark the 30th anniversary of the
classic features an all-star cast reunification of the Berlin Wall, see
Visit squarechapel.co.uk for the
including Tim Curry and Susan this 1927 classic silent film. Director,
full programme of dates, times
Sarandon. Dressing up and singing Walter Ruttmann, shows us a day in
and prices.
along are encouraged for this joint the life of Berlin in the early 20th
fundraising event for Overgate century. The film features a live
Hospice and Square Chapel. score by three-piece ensemble, The
Harmonie Band.
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FAMILY FUN
Family Fun Family Fun: October Half Term
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Lyngo Theatre presents
Puss in Boots (3+)
Sunday 22 September
2.30pm, £8
Using smoke and mirrors and
hidden trapdoors, CBeebies
Patrick Lynch meets a sure-footed
feline who fools both the King and
the Ogre to put his master at
the top in this classic furry tale.
This show is the cat’s whiskers!
The Spontaneous Players:
Spontaneous Potter Kidz (5+)
Saturday 26 October
2.30pm, £12 – £10
Grab your wands and get ready for a
magical experience full of witchcraft
and wizardry! This smash hit show is
an improvised Harry Potter comedy
play based on audience suggestions.
An entirely new Potter adventure is
Nonsense Room Productions presents Tall Stories presents magically improvised on the spot - The Big Draw
YOU CHOOSE (2+) The Snow Dragon (3+) with live musical accompaniment.
Tuesday 29 October
Sunday 20 October Sunday 24 November 11am – 3pm, FREE
2.30pm, £8 2.30pm, £8 Be part of the world’s BIGGEST
Families are invited to help choose The night of the Snow Dragon drawing festival with an array of
what happens in this brand-new approaches… has Billy the goat been exciting and fun workshops and
interactive musical based on the naughty or nice? Toe-tapping songs activities! Little ones can get hands-
brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and and lots of laughs for everyone on and create their own works of
Nick Sharratt. Using a series of games aged 3 and up. The perfect way to art using light-painting and spinning
and challenges, each show will come introduce your little ones to the doodling robots!
up with a unique story and different magic of theatre.
characters every time.
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Family Fun: Christmas Pay What You Can £20 - £1
Story Pocket Theatre, in association Pay What You Can is all about trust. It’s
with Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud
Theatre, presents about you, making a judgement for yourself
Arabian Nights (3+) about what you can afford to pay from our
Sunday 15 December
3pm & 6pm, £8
pricing options ranging from £20- £1 and
Meet Sheherazade, the greatest taking a chance on something new.
storyteller of them all. She has a
feast of adventures and fantasies to
tell involving genies, villains, heroes
Moveable Feast Productions and
and princesses. But she must keep her
Bridging the Gap present
husband, the King, entertained with
Terror from The Skies
her stories to save her life! Will the tale
of Aladdin and his magic lamp help her Thursday 12 September, 8pm
live to tell more tales? Find out with It’s a warm summer’s day, Hassan and Jake are
this spellbinding adventure. skipping school and shooting the breeze. In
the distance a light aircraft draws ever closer
through the clouds. Unknown to them, terror is
lurking in the sky. This is a thoughtful, intriguing
show filled with warmth and humour.
London Artists Projects presents
Lyngo Theatre presents
Truth to Power Café
Snow Play (3+)
Thursday 3 October, 7.45pm
Monday 23 December,3pm & 6pm
Inspired by playwright, Harold Pinter and his
Tuesday 24 December, 11am & 3pm
Hackney gang, this show mixes memoir, poetry
Friday 27 December, 11am & 3pm
and spontaneous testimony. It asks, ‘Who has
Saturday 28 December, 11am & 3pm
power over you and what do you want to say to
Tickets: £8
them?’ Participants have up to five minutes to
What would you do if one year winter
respond to the question before a live audience.
decided to stay and moved into your
Participants are cast in advance, sign up via
house? You would have icicles in the
truthtopower.co.uk.
kitchen and snow all over your bed!
Well that’s what happens in this snowy
spectacular show where you are Imagine If presents
guaranteed a white Christmas! Jadek
Thursday 21 November, 8pm
When Mr Green comes back from
‘Jadek’ is based on the true story of when a
holiday to find Mr White in his house,
working-class woman from Yorkshire moved in
it’s the start of a brilliant series of
with her blind, Polish, 94-year-old Granddad.
adventures as Mr White covers the
The show explores how this unexpected turn of
whole house in snow and Mr Green
events affected both of their lives in the most
does everything he can to get him
hilarious, heart breaking and life affirming way.
outside. Families can join in by
making a snowman and joining in
with a massive snowball fight! 8 9
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September
Lemn Sissay
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Saturday 14 September
8pm, £14
This is Lemn’s life story: a story
of neglect and determination,
misfortune and hope, cruelty
and triumph.
Poet, playwright, broadcaster and
2019 Pen Pinter Prize winner, Lemn
Hard Times Orchestra presents Shasha & Taylor Productions presents Sissay will be reading from his new
Wasted and Wounded Everything I See I Swallow memoir, reflecting on a childhood in
care, self-expression and Britishness,
Friday 6 September Friday 13 September
and in doing so exploring the
8pm, £12 8pm, £12
institutional care system, race, family
Forging a sound of unrivalled rage Set against a backdrop of shifting
and the meaning of home.
and beauty, Hard Times Orchestra attitudes to empowerment, feminism
will get your feet tapping and your and sexuality, and combining theatre
Infused with all the lyricism and
hearts thumping. Expect a mix of and aerial work with the erotic art of
power you would expect from one
influences from Bessie Smith, via Cab Japanese rope bondage - shibari, this
of the nation’s best-loved poets, this
Calloway to Tom Waits. spectacular show is an exploration
moving, frank and timely event is the
of epic themes in an intimate setting.
result of a life spent asking questions,
Not for the faint hearted!
and a celebration of the redemptive
power of creativity.
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David Harper – Unexpected Tales! Tara Finney Productions presents Young Philharmonia of An Evening with
Build a Rocket Square Chapel David Constantine
Sunday 15 September
3pm, £14 Wednesday 18 September Monday 23 September Monday 23 September
Join David Harper (Bargain Hunt, The 8pm, £12 8.30pm, FREE 7pm, £5
Antiques Road Trip and Flog It) for an 16-year-old Yasmin’s life is turned Hear the region’s best young Hear a new collection of stories by
afternoon of tales from the world of upside down when she becomes instrumentalists as they perform David Constantine, the author of
TV, art and antiques. Expect funny pregnant. Abandoned by the father in concert with some of the most the short story behind the Oscar-
anecdotes, live auctions, exciting of her child and her alcoholic mother, beautiful works of classical music. nominated film, 45 Years. David has
antique finds, huge profits, even she faces one of life’s great challenges Visit Squarechapel.co.uk to find previously been awarded the Frank
bigger losses, as well as stories from completely alone. See this powerful out more. O’Connor International Short Story
celebrity appearances and historical and uplifting one-woman show about Prize and the BBC National Short
journeys through time. This is a show triumph over adversity. Story Award. The Dressing-up Box is
like no other! his fifth collection.
Alan Johnson: In My Life
Tuesday 24 September
7.30pm, £18
A regular on the long-running
politics show ‘This Week’, Alan
Johnson is one of the most
popular politicians of recent times
and now a best-selling author too.
Inspired by his latest book, In My
Mikron Theatre presents Gracefool Collective presents Life, in this highly entertaining
All Hands on Deck This is Not A Wedding show Alan tells his personal story
with the help of some of the music
Thursday 19 September Friday 20 September
that has been the soundtrack to
7.30pm, £13 8pm, £12
his life. From growing up as an
New WRNS recruits Ginger and Lily You are invited to partake in
orphan in a West London slum in
are looking for a wartime adventure. recognisable rituals of well-known
the 50s to becoming a postman
Lily wants to serve on dry land, but ceremonies to witness a generation’s
before rising through the Labour
Ginger is desperate to serve at sea experiences of conformity and
Party ranks to hold several cabinet
– and the sailors can’t believe their expectation. What does it mean
posts, including Home Secretary.
luck! This show pays tribute to all to “come of age” in a high
those wartime women who pushed pressure, low tolerance,
the door to opportunity, firmly open. zero-hour contract society?
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RBM presents Arthur Smith: Laughs, Stories a
Frisky & Mannish: PopLap Song & a Poem
Wednesday 25 September Friday 27 September
7.30pm, £16 7.30pm, £16
It’s 10 years since they burst onto Join comedian, writer, broadcaster
the scene with their wildly popular and all-round British institution
brand of musical infotainment, and Arthur Smith, and bask in an evening
for the first time you are invited into of laughter and off the wall humour.
Frisky & Mannish’s PopLab! Take a Expect an evening of sublime
peek down the microscope at all their playfulness, crammed with jokes,
latest research projects. Have they Sun Records presents China Plate presents anecdotes, short stories, poems,
found an effective vaccine for the Where Rock’n’Roll Was Born - Status songs and readings from his recently
contagious virus sweeping through The Official Sun Records published memoir ‘My Name Is
Friday 27 September
the pop world? Concert Show Daphne Fairfax’ which has won praise
8pm, £12
from literary critics.
Thursday 26 September Status is a show about someone who
“A constantly evolving force
7.30pm, £25 doesn’t want his anymore. It’s about
of musical nature”
Experience the label that brought who is responsible for that story and
★★★★ Metro you Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, what might happen to it if you give it
Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. Revisit up. This is a globe-spanning journey of
the recording studio that produced attempted escape, with songs along
Great Balls of Fire, I Walk the Line the way.
and Blue Suede Shoes with this
official rock’n’roll concert. 14 15
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September
Manu Delago: Handmade.
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Chamber Orchestra Tour
Sunday 29 September
7.30pm, £13
Pioneer of the Hang (handpan),
captivating musician Manu Delago has
announced the forthcoming release
of a unique and awe-inspiring movie
and accompanying album, in which
he leads an ensemble of 7 musicians
on a mountaineering expedition in
The Alps. Along the way, the group
perform a collection of brand-new
compositions in different locations, at
varying altitudes.
The Austrian-born composer was
discovered by Björk and is now a
fixture in her band. See him in Halifax
for one night only!
Dick & Lottie presents
Damsels in Distress Trilogy by
Alan Ayckbourn
Saturday 28 September FlatSpin (2.30pm): A night of
10.30am, 2.30pm & 7.30pm romance in her luxurious riverside
£21 - £12 apartment with the good-looking
Damsels in Distress is a trilogy of stranger from next door. However,
plays written by British playwright instead of romance comes
Alan Ayckbourn. We are delighted considerable danger!
to see this rarely seen trilogy being
performed exclusively here at Square RolePlay (7.30pm): Justin and
Chapel. You can see all three plays Julie-Ann, hopelessly mismatched
for £21! in love, are about to introduce their
respective parents to each other over
GamePlan (10.30am): A teenager dinner – Justin’s upper-crust alcoholic
sets herself up as an online call girl to mother from Surrey and Julie-Ann’s
help with her mother’s finances, but bigoted Yorkshire father and prim
her scheme is ruined by the sudden mother. What can go wrong?
death of her first client.
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October
Clinton Baptiste in The Arc Stockton presents
Paranormalist Returns! Alex & Eliza
Saturday 5 October Thursday 10 October
7.30pm, £18 8pm, £12
Clinton Baptiste, played by actor Written and Directed by ARC’s
Alex Lowe, is the hapless clairvoyant, Artistic Associate, Umar Butt
medium and psychic from Peter
Kay’s smash hit Channel 4 tv show As a girl she lived through the death
Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights. Now, and destruction of the 1947 partition
some eighteen years after the show between India and Pakistan, but now
We’ve Got Each Other aired, he returns to conjure up his Midnight Skyracer Zubair’s grandmother is like everyone
extraordinary powers for a new else’s grandmother. Old and wrinkly,
Friday 4 October Wednesday 9 October
generation. Clinton will give readings slow in speech and speed. The
7.45pm, £12 7.30pm, £14
to the audience, offering advice from separation, isolation and loss of that
The almost entirely imagined Bon Midnight Skyracer have been tearing
beyond the grave. He will predict time are a distant memory. Now she
Jovi Musical, We’ve Got Each Other up the UK bluegrass and folk scene
your future, tell you about your makes her own olive oil and mango
is a laugh out loud show celebrating since their inception less than two
past and all manner of spooky stuff pickle and butter. She had lived in the
juke-box musicals, Bon Jovi, and the years ago. Their all-star line-up and
an’ that. same house on the same street for
community that is formed when exciting live performances have
40 years of her life. Nothing out of
people come together and… believe. sent them racing skywards at an
the ordinary. Until she gets on a plane
After all, we’ve got each other… and astounding pace. We are honoured to
to visit Zubair seven seas afar.
that’s a lot for love! have them playing at Square Chapel.
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October
Fuel Theatre presents Dave Johns: From Byker Northern Stage presents Lung Theatre presents
The Kids are Alright to BAFTA + Q&A The Hound of the Baskervilles Trojan Horse
Friday 11 October Saturday 12 October Wednesday 16 October Thursday 17 October
7.30pm, £12 8pm, £14 8pm, £12 8pm, £12
A day trip turns to tragedy when Dave Johns has been a stand-up A terrifying beast is rumoured to stalk Follow the real-life stories of the
the death of a daughter leaves her comic for nearly 3 decades touring the moors around Baskerville mansion, Muslim teachers and governors who
parents navigating the unimaginable. his one man shows worldwide. Best and when Sherlock Holmes sends were accused of plotting extremism
The Kids Are Alright is two known for his critically acclaimed Doctor Watson to investigate, he finds in Birmingham schools. Adapted
performances on one stage: An adult breakthrough performance in Ken himself surrounded by a community from the testimonies of those at
narrative wading through parental Loach’s 2016 Palme D’Or and BAFTA steeped in folklore. How can a the heart of the inquiry, critically
grief and an immersive audio winning film I, Daniel Blake. rational man trust his own eyes when acclaimed theatre-company LUNG
experience for children full of hope. confronted with the impossible? investigates what really happened.
Dyad Productions presents
Orlando
Saturday 19 October
7.30pm, £14
Orlando: Who is she? Who is
he? Who are we? Find out in
the life-affirming, comedic tale
of an immortal poet, whose
gender cannot be pinned down,
Orchestra of Square Chapel Andrew McMillan and Proper Job whose spirit cannot be caged,
Theatre Company present and whose irreverent, romantic
Sunday 13 October
Dorian adventures across British history
7.30pm, £12
★★★★★ – from the 1500s to the present
A rare treat of a four horn concerto, Tuesday 15 October
“A towering performance‘“ day – provide a magic-realist
sandwiched between two symphonic 7.30pm, £16
The Scotsman exploration of human identity;
masterpieces – the perfect recipe for See this contemporary re-telling of
personal, sexual and national.
a highly entertaining evening! Wilde’s Dorian Gray, exploring male
★★★★★ Explore what it means to find
vanity, gym culture, masculinity and
“Truly extraordinary… one of the our place in the world whilst
Haydn: Symphony No. 102 body dysmorphia. In a society where
most exciting young performers on remaining utterly true to who we
Hübler: Concerto for 4 horns gender is becoming fluid, how do
the British Stage” are. Based on the satirical 1928
(soloists: Bob Shaw, Deborah Allon, men deal with the airbrushing and
British Theatre Guide novel by Virginia Woolf.
Judith Stones, Nick Barber) online beautification?
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October
A Way with Media Productions Ltd Anjali Dance Company presents Spontaneous Potter The Friendly Band
presents Genius
Saturday 26 October Sunday 27 October
Only Fools and Boycie
Thursday 24 October 7.45pm, £12 2pm, £8
Wednesday 23 October 1.30pm & 7.30pm, £12 The smash hit Spontaneous Potter is The Friendly Brass Band are back
7.30pm, £17 See this exceptional group of six an entirely improvised Harry Potter for an afternoon of entertaining
Enjoy an evening with one of the dancers perform two dramatic, comedy play, based on an audience brass music. Spanning a number
nation’s greatest comedy actors! entertaining and visually stunning suggestion of a fanfiction title. An of genres, the band will feature its
John Challis is best known as Boycie explorations of genius. This entirely new Potter adventure is soloists and premieres of new music
in BBC1’s Only Fools and Horses. In extraordinary talent features work magically improvised on the spot - by local composers!
this one-off show the he will reveal by world renowned choreographers with live musical accompaniment!
secrets from the set with stories and Lea Anderson and Gary Clarke and Perfect for kids and big kids alike!
anecdotes from his dazzling career. includes music and film references
from Beethoven and Nosferatu.
The Juan Martin Flamenco
Dance Trio
Thursday 31 October
7.30pm, £20
A truly awe-inspiring guitarist,
composer and musician returns
with a programme including
artists direct from Spain. This
show is at the vanguard of modern
Marrakesh Express presents Breach Theatre presents flamenco and brings the elegant
A tribute to Crosby, Stills, It’s True, It’s True, It’s True dance of Luisa Chichano and the
Nash & Young prize-winning singer Amparo
Friday 25 October
Heredia ‘La Repompilla’ together
Thursday 24 October 8pm, £12
with the intensity and emotion of
8pm, £13 Based on surviving court transcripts
one of the world’s finest guitarists.
Hear the music of Crosby, Stills, of the 1612 trial of Agostino Tassi,
Nash & Young with this note perfect for the rape of baroque painter
“The cream of Spain’s dancers”
performance. Telling the story of the Artemisia Gentileschi, this play
The Times
formation of this super-group, the dramatises the trial that gripped
band take the audience back to Renaissance Rome. Find out how a
a time of protest, revolution and woman took her revenge through
great music. her art and became one of the most
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November
Comedian Lucy Beaumont Nunkie Theatre Company presents Ian Prowse: HERE I LIE Thunder Road Theatre presents
Dead Man’s Eyes (2019 Tour) The Body Snatcher
Friday 1 November
7.30pm, £14 Friday 1 November Friday 8 November Friday 8 November
Award-winning Yorkshire stand-up 8pm, £12 7.30pm, £12 8pm, £12
comedian, and newly appointed This show revives the tradition of Singer-songwriter and Merseyside Something is rotten in the town
Square Chapel Patron, Lucy supernatural storytelling that was hero, Ian Prowse is the frontman of of Inglenook and the locals are
Beaumont will grace our stage for an perfected by Montague Rhodes Amsterdam and was previously the vanishing...seemingly into thin air.
exclusive night of comedy. Proceeds James in the years leading up to frontman of the indie cult band, Pele. This is an unnerving experience
will go to Mothershare and Tuel Lane World War One. Feel the hairs go up Join Prowse and his band as they play inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s
Primary’s Breakfast club, a cause on the back of your neck with these their Liverpool influenced sounds. hair-raising horror: live action,
close to Lucy’s heart. chilling tales from M R James, the Expect songs from his new album music and storytelling combine in
master of the English Ghost Story. ‘Here I Lie’. a tale of mystery, morality, and
science unhinged.
The Road to Peterloo: Pete Coe, Mark Thomas: Hi Lo Productions presents Mind the Gap & Gecko present
Brian Peters and Laura Smyth 50 Things About Us Shackleton’s Carpenter A Little Space
Sunday 3 November Thursday 7 November Friday 15 November Thursday 21 November
7.30pm, £12 8pm, £16 8pm, £12 1.30pm & 7.30pm, £12
Experience this moving concert In his new show, Mark Thomas Shackleton’s Endurance sank in A space where we can escape the
marking the 200th anniversary of combines his trademark mix of Antarctica leaving 28 men stranded. world and be ourselves. But it can be
Manchester’s notorious Peterloo storytelling, stand-up, mischief The carpenter, Clydesider Harry an unpredictable space too, where
Massacre. Telling the story through and really well researched material McNish played a vital role in saving fears leak through the floorboards
street ballads and folk songs, it’s to examine how we have come to them. He also defied Shackleton, so and you never know who’s listening.
presented by first-class singers and inhabit this divided wasteland that was never awarded the Polar Medal. This intricately crafted performance
multi-instrumentalists Pete Coe, some of us call the United Kingdom. Now, ill and destitute, he challenges combines theatre, choreography and
Brian Peters and Laura Smyth. the Boss on the dockside. Can he lay stunning imagery.
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November
Phil McIntyre Entertainment Seeta Patel in collaboration with
presents Lina Limosani
George Egg: Movable Feast Not Today’s Yesterday
Friday 22 November Thursday 28 November
8pm, £14 7.30pm, £12
Laugh out loud with the stand-up Experience this stunning collaboration
who cooks on stage. Enjoy gourmet between UK award-winning
food cooked live in the most Bharatanatyam artist, Seeta Patel
unconventional ways and with the and Australian choreographer, Lina
opportunity to taste the results Limosani. Blending contemporary
at the end, provided you can dance and theatre, it’s a poetic
stop laughing. narrative that has the beauty of a
Grimm’s fairy-tale.
O’Hooley & Tidow present
WinterFolk
Saturday 30 November Belinda and Heidi’s powerful, deeply
7.45pm, £16 moving, and soulful performances
O’Hooley & Tidow are one of British are infused with an honesty and
Folk’s mightiest duos! Join them for empathy that will disarm the hardest
an evening of beautifully performed of hearts.
original, contemporary, and
traditional winter songs from “I have just listened to ‘Beryl’,
their critically acclaimed album with tears in my eyes! It’s beautiful
The Swing Commanders A Paines Plough and WinterFolk Vol 1. and brilliant.’”
Tamasha production Maxine Peake
Friday 29 November
I Wanna Be Yours Nominated four times at the
8pm, £14
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, their “As comforting on the ears as
Get your dancing shoes on for an Friday 29 November
song ‘Gentleman Jack’ features as favourite jumpers on the body on
evening of big band, traditional jazz 7.45pm, £12
the closing theme for Square Chapel dark, icy mornings.”
and western swing, with a thread of Ella is from Yorkshire, Haseeb from
patron, Sally Wainwright’s latest ★★★★★ The Guardian
humour and charm thrown in for London. House red for Ella. Hot
BBC & HBO drama series of the
good measure. chocolate for Haseeb. Christmas and
same name.
Eid. Travelcards and Megabuses. Love
is more than just a game for two,
especially when there’s an elephant in
the room. This is a tender and funny
play about finding love. 26 27DECEMBER SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
December
Tom McConville in Concert The Year My Vagina Tried The Book of Darkness & Light present Apex Music presents
to Kill Me A Christmas Carol by Chris Helme
Thursday 5 December
Charles Dickens
8pm, £12 Friday 6 December Friday 20 December
Award-winning fiddle player and 8pm, £12 Friday 20 December 8pm, £12
singer Tom McConville is back! His This new show is a frank and funny 7.30pm, £12 Rising to fame in the 90s as frontman
live performances are a rollercoaster look at a life-altering disease that Combining the unmistakable prose of indie band The Seahorses, singer-
of musical delights; fast rhythmic affects one in ten women in the UK! of Charles Dickens with an original, songwriter Chris Helme is now a
dance tunes through beautiful slow Stand-up comedian and theatre live violin score. Join Ebenezer solo artist. With a back catalogue
airs and great singing – all presented maker, Amy Vreeke was diagnosed Scrooge, and a whole host of of Britpop classics, Helme has
with his inimitable sense of humour with endometriosis. Hear her tales of characters, as he journeys into the matured into an artist of regard for
and style. misdiagnosis, toilet-based mishaps past, present and future. noir-tinged folk gems blistering with
and failed one-night stands. emotion, and we are delighted to
have him play at Square Chapel.
Square Chapel Christmas Halifax Musical Theatre presents York Waits Bulsara and His Queenies:
Fundraiser Concert Christmas Cracker: A celebration Christmas Party
Saturday 21 December
Cantorelli of Music for the Festive Season
12pm, £12 Saturday 21 December
Saturday 7 December Friday 13 – Saturday 14 December Enjoy a programme of seasonal 7.30pm, £24
2pm, £10 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £15 music from the Renaissance. As After raising the Square Chapel roof
Join us for a beautiful afternoon of Get in the festive spirit with an well as the louder shawms, sackbuts last season, Bulsara and his Queenies
Christmas music and festive readings. evening of Christmas music including and bagpipes, the band employs a are back by popular demand! The
Cantorelli is an outstanding acapella favourites such as White Christmas vast array of period instruments remarkable band perform the music
choir from West Yorkshire. The group and Believe from The Polar Express. including the hurdy gurdy, harp and of Queen creating an unforgettable
has an extensive repertoire of mainly The concert features over 75 singers, crumhorns. Dances, noels and early evening of live music.
European sacred and secular choral including young voices from Halifax folk songs make up this rich and
music from the medieval to the Amateurs’ Theatre Youth. diverse repertoire.
present day. 28 29SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Square Chapel Fundraiser Talks
Halifax Sacconi Quartet
Friday 22 November, 7.30pm
Philharmonic The award-winning Sacconi
Quartet is recognised for its
Club unanimous and compelling
ensemble, consistently
Tickets: £19.50 communicating with a fresh and
(£17 concessions, £5 students, imaginative approach.
£2 under 16’s)
Rachmaninov: String Quartet
Nicholas Daniel & No.1 ‘Romance’
The Britten Oboe Quartet Helen Grime: String Quartet
Friday 18 October, 7.30pm Beethoven: String Quartet in F
Join Historian David Glover The Life of Queen Elizabeth The Nicholas Daniel has long been minor Op.95 ‘Serioso’
for these popular talks! Queen Mother 1900-2002 acknowledged as one of the Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.1
Tickets £6, (£5 concessions) Wednesday 9 October, 2pm world’s great oboe players in E flat Op.12
Born into aristocracy, Elizabeth and founded The Britten
Heritage Slide Show: Bowes-Lyon did not expect to live a Oboe Quartet.
Old Halifax Views public life, but her pretty face caught The Gould Trio with
Saturday 14 September the eye of Prince Albert, Duke of Moeran: Phantasy Quartet Juliette Bausor (flute)
1.30pm, FREE York, and romance followed. In 1936 Mark Simpson: Oboe Quartet Friday 6 December, 7.30pm
As part of Heritage Open Days, he became King George VI, and she Françaix: Cor Anglais Quartet What the members of this Piano
enjoy this free talk looking at a wide the Queen Consort. During World Trio manage to produce after 20
selection of old Halifax views, from War II she was dubbed by Hitler ‘The Jacqueline Shave: years is simply extraordinary.
the 1880s to the 1980s. most dangerous woman in Europe.’ Machair to Myrrh String Trio In this performance they are
Latterly, a national mother-figure. Michael Berkeley: Oboe Quartet joined by the fabulous flautist
Sir Henry Edwards of Pye Mozart: Oboe Quartet in Juliette Bausor.
Nest, The Man Who Feuded Old Photos of Halifax C major KV17
with Wainhouse Wednesday 16 October, 2pm Haydn: Piano Trio Hob 15 No.9 in A
Wednesday 18 September, 2pm See pictures of the band of ‘The Weber: Flute Trio in G minor
Born in 1812, as a young man Dukes’ parading the streets of Beethoven / Hummel: Eroica
Henry Edwards became the senior Halifax; and view elephants on South Symphony’ arranged for piano trio
Conservative politician in Halifax. A Parade! Find out what Pye Nest and flute
complex and controversial character, and Shroggs Road looked like years
his quarrel with J E Wainhouse ago, and rediscover lost roads like
marred the latter part of his life. Stannary and Colbeck Street.
The Young Queen Victoria – Gentleman Jack: The Life of 30 Stories: Exhibition
1819 – 1840 Anne Lister – 1791-1840
Wednesday 2 October, 2pm Wednesday 6 November, 2pm
Celebrating the people who have helped
Victoria’s youth was remarkably Earlier this year, the tale of a girl shape thirty years of Square Chapel
solitary, and not very happy. This from Halifax appeared on TV July 2019 – July 2020
presentation focuses on these early screens in Gentleman Jack, an eight-
years. Learn about her mother’s part series. But this only covered For more information about this exhibition and how
feud with her governesses, Victoria’s two years; what was the rest of you can support our work, visit squarechapel.co.uk
succession to the throne, and her her life like? Find out with this
marriage to Albert. fascinating talk. 30 31YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Young People and Communities
We deliver a range of projects and workshops with people Orange Box Rock School
from different communities and age groups. We use the Mondays at Square Chapel
arts to help connect people, boost skills and aspirations, 6.30pm – 8pm
11-16yrs, £5 (£3 Passport to Leisure)
and ensure more individuals have a chance to be makers,
The place to be for young aspiring
performers and audiences. singer-songwriters and musicians
Our Open Door schools project offers a programme of – form a band, rehearse, record,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
perform, in this exciting, creative
subsidised theatre performances and workshops for children
Foundation
Rock School. Places available –
and teachers. contact us to find out more.
For more information visit our website or contact our
outreach team: info@squarechapel.co.uk 01422 353073 Orange Box Choir
Thursdays at Orange Box
4.00 – 5.30pm
Andrew
Lloyd 13 to 19 (up to 25 for people with
Webber additional needs), FREE
Foundation
bber
Our choir is great for meeting people
and boosting confidence, with a
chance to perform at local events.
New members welcome, no previous
experience required!
Gig Buddies Over 50’s Afternoon Tea Dance
Gig Buddies Calderdale helps Mondays at Square Chapel
reduce social isolation by matching 1.30pm – 4pm
volunteers with Gig Goers – people £4, includes refreshments
with a learning disability who are (£6 Christmas Special)
looking to attend more social events 29 Sept, 20 Nov, 9 Dec
and activities. We’re always looking Join us for our monthly Afternoon
for new volunteer buddies, so get in Dance in our wonderfully
touch! gemma@squarechapel.co.uk atmospheric Red Brick auditorium.
Youth Theatre
Saturdays at Square Chapel
Cube Choir is a contemporary choir
5-7yrs, 10am – 11am
for people over 50yrs. They meet on
£5 (£3 Passport to Leisure)
Tuesday evenings at Square Chapel.
8-11yrs 11am – 12.30pm
For information about membership
£6 (£3.50 Passport to Leisure)
please visit www.cubechoir.com.
Our drama classes boost confidence
and skills. Please contact us to
check availability.
32 33AUTUMN 2019 DIARY SQUARECHAPEL.CO.UK 01422 349 422 @SQUARECHAPEL
Autumn 2019 diary Autumn 2019 diary
September – December September – December
September Sun 27 2pm The Friendly Band Page 23
Tues 29 11am The Big Draw Page 7
Fri 6 8pm Hard Times Orchestra Page 10
Wed 30 7.30pm The Rocky Horror Picture Show Page 5
Thurs 12 8pm Terror From The Skies Page 9
Thurs 31 7.30pm The Juan Martin Flamenco Dance Trio Page 23
Fri 13 8pm Everything I see I Swallow Page 10
Sat 14 1.30pm Heritage Talk: David Glover Page 30
8pm Lemn Sissay in Conversation Page 11 November
Sun 15 3pm David Harper – Unexpected Tales! Page 12 Fri 1 7.30pm Comedian Lucy Beaumont Page 24
Tues 17 8pm We Stood Like Kings – Koyaanisqati Page 5 8pm Dead Man’s Eyes Page 24
Wed 18 2pm Sir Henry Edwards of Pye Nest Talk: David Glover Page 30 Sat 2 7.30pm Berlin: Symphony of a Great City + Live Music Page 5
8pm Build a Rocket Page 12 Sun 3 7.30pm The Road to Peterloo: Pete Co & Friends Page 24
Thurs 19 7.30pm All Hands on Deck Page 12 Wed 6 2pm Gentleman Jack Talk: David Glover Page 30
Fri 20 8pm This is Not A Wedding Page 12 Thurs 7 8pm Mark Thomas: 50 Things About Us Page 24
Sun 22 2.30pm Puss in Boots Page 6 Fri 8 7.30pm Ian Prowse: HERE I LIE (2019 Tour) Page 25
Mon 23 7pm An Evening with David Constantine Page 13 8pm The Body Snatcher Page 25
8.30pm Young Philharmonia of Square Chapel Page 13 Fri 15 8pm Shackleton’s Carpenter Page 25
Tues 24 7.30pm Alan Johnson: In My Life Page 13 Thurs 21 1.30pm & 7.30pm A Little Space Page 25
Wed 25 7.30pm Frisky & Mannish: PopLab Page 14 8pm Jadek Page 9
Thurs 26 7.30pm Sun Records Concert Page 14 Fri 22 7.30pm Sacconi Quartet Page 31
Fri 27 7.30pm Comedian Arthur Smith Page 15 8pm Comedian George Egg Page 26
8pm Status Page 15 Sun 24 2.30pm The Snow Dragon Page 6
Sat 28 10.30am Alan Ayckbourn Trilogy: GamePlan Page 16 Thurs 28 7.30pm Not Today’s Yesterday Page 26
2.30pm Alan Ayckbourn Trilogy: FlatSpin Page 16 Fri 29 8pm The Swing Commanders Page 26
7.30pm Alan Ayckbourn Trilogy: RolePlay Page 16 Sat 30 7.45pm O’Hooley & Tidow: WinterFolk Page 27
Sun 29 7.30pm Manu Delago: Chamber Orchestra Tour Page 17
December
Thurs 5 8pm Tom McConville in Concert Page 28
October Fri 6 7.30pm The Gould: Trio with Juliette Bausor (flute) Page 31
Wed 2 2pm The Young Queen Victoria Talk: David Glover Page 30 8pm The Year My Vagina Tried to Kill Me Page 28
Thurs 3 7.45pm Truth to Power Café Page 9 Sat 7 2pm Cantorelli Page 28
Fri 4 7.45pm We’ve Got Each Other Page 18 Fri 13 7.30pm A Christmas Cracker Page 28
Sat 5 7.30pm Clinton Baptiste in The Paranormalist Return Page 18 Sat 14 2.30pm A Christmas Cracker Page 28
Wed 9 2pm Queen Elizabeth Talk: David Glover Page 30 Sun 15 3pm & 6pm Arabian Nights Page 8
7.30pm Midnight Skyracer Page 19 Fri 20 7.30pm A Christmas Carol Page 29
Thurs 10 8pm Alex & Eliza Page 19 8pm Chris Helme Page 29
Fri 11 7.30pm The Kids are Alright Page 20 Sat 21 12pm York Waits Page 29
Sat 12 8pm Dave John: From Byker to BAFTA + Q&A Page 20 7.30pm Bulsara and His Queenies: Christmas Party Page 29
Sun 13 7.30pm Orchestra of Square Chapel Page 20 Mon 23 3pm & 6pm Snow Play Page 8
Tues 15 7.30pm Dorian Page 20 Tues 24 11am & 3pm Snow Play Page 8
Wed 16 2pm Old Photos of Halifax: David Glover Page 30 Fri 27 11am & 3pm Snow Play Page 8
8pm The Hound of the Baskervilles Page 21 Sat 28 11am & 3pm Snow Play Page 8
Thurs 17 8pm Trojan Horse Page 21
Fri 18 7.30pm Nicholas Daniel & The Britten Oboe Quartet Page 31 January
Fri 18 – Sat 19 Kerouac on Screen: 50th Anniversary Page 4 Wed 1 3pm Orchestra of Square Chapel New Year Concert
Sat 19 7.30pm Orlando Page 21
Sun 20 2.30pm YOU CHOOSE Page 6
Wed 23 7.30pm Only Fools and Boycie Page 22
Thurs 24 1.30pm & 7.30pm Genius Page 22
8pm A Tribute to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Page 22
Sat 26 2.30pm Spontaneous Potter Kidz Page 7
7.45pm Spontaneous Potter Page 23
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