This section is a look around the region to see what might be happening within the Performing Arts. Whilst I will make regular contributions, I hope that everyone else will also join in.
It might be an event or performance that you might want to draw to the attention of others. It might be something you have just seen and you want to add it like a newspaper review.
It can be professional or amateur productions - just whatever you think other people would enjoy.
Both groups of Further Stages are pitched in battle against each other to raise the most amount of money for charity. They are each producing separate versions of a murder mystery show called `Murder at the Cabaret`. One group performs at the very prestigious Parkmore Hotel in Eaglescliffe on Sunday evening 29th January at 7pm for 7.30pm. The ticket price includes a three course meal and coffee for an inclusive price of £24.95 per head. Tickets have to be booked and paid for directly to the hotel - RING 01642 786 815
The second group is staging their death of Fifi Lamarr at the Dickens Inn in Middlesbrough. Again a meal is included with the ticket price - this time a 2 course buffet meal, with an inclusive ticket price of £12 per head. Tickets are available to book by e mailing MURDER.MYSTERY.BLOODY.FIFI@LIVE.co.uk. It is on Sunday 5th February starting at 7pm.
Both events are offering a bottle of champagne to the table that most successfully solves the mystery.
For those serious about pursuing a career in the Performing Arts, there is a perfect exhibition in March 2012 at Olympia in London
Claire Willmer who teaches singing to the Darlington Friday school, Yarm PM school and Further Stages has a lead role in the forthcoming Darlington Operatic production - `The Producers`. Break a leg Claire! Stop by at the stage door after the show if you go to see it.
Hello you!
Well it’s nearly here! Next Friday is the 3rd year we’ve ran Radio Teesdale’s Radiothon and we need your help to raise awareness and money. Even if you are not hands on with the Radiothon we would really appreciate it if you could spread the word of the Radiothon and get friends, colleagues and family to donate to keeping the station on air. Some members are doing sponsors, some have
donated prizes and some are shaving their eyebrows (you don’t have to go that far!!)
If all Radio Teesdale members raise £30 each this would be a fantastic achievement and take a huge pressure off the people hehind the scenes who raise lots of money so that us presenters can go and have fun every week and stay community orientated.
The cost of keeping us on air is £60,000 a year and is down to a few people to raise these funds. It’s important that the community realises that it does cost a lot of money for us to broadcast and that if they like what we do and want us to keep broadcasting we need to find this every year.
If you could help that would be really really appreciated. As of next week you and people you know can donate online at http://www.radioteesdale.co.uk/. If you could spread this link that would be appreciated.
Also for your attention:
PRIZES TO AUCTION:
We are going to be starting this at the start of next week (Monday) and asking yourselves and listeners to bid for items either on facebook, email or over the phone.
A Night at the Honeymoon Suite at THE MORRITT (thanks
Barbara)
2 RETURN FIRST CLASS RAIL tickets from Darlington to London or from Darlington to
Scotland worth £600!! (Thanks John Gelson)
A STUNT DRIVING EXPERIENCE with Paul Swift Precision Driving (thanks Paul
Swift)
DONATIONS:
We are also setting up a DONATE button online for listeners to contribute towards the station whether it’s £1 to £50. This is hopefully getting sorted over next few days. So week leading up to and definitely the Radiothon itself can you PUSH PUSH PUSH this as well as the bidding war!!
If you have any ideas for prizes, guests, features or anything you can think of please let me know and I’ll help the best I can.
Thanks so much
Katey
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696 750
The Forum Music Centre, Borough Road, Darlington caters for all age groups and musical tastes. See below for what could be your next `great night out`!
July Listings 2011
Weds 6th - Open Mic Night
Held in our cosy bar area bring down you guitar and join in!
Doors 8pm Entrance FREE!!
Fri 8th - The SouthMartins
The SouthMartins return to our stage once again to perform classics from the Beautiful South and the Housemartins. From well loved Beautiful South classics, “A Song for Whoever”, “A Little Time”, “Don’t Marry Her” to the Housemartins ” Caravan of Love”, “Happy Hour” and many more!
http://www.thesouthmartins.com/
Doors 8pm Tickets £6
Sat 9th - ZepfreeCream
ZepFreeCream perform classic`s from three of the greatest rock bands of all time. Led Zepplin, Free and Cream. Zepfreecream rock their way through all the blues and rock classics from these three music legends. Not to be missed!
Doors 8pm Tickets £6
Thurs 14th -Newblood 14-17yrs gig
The last Newblood before the Summer Term! Tonight Mishkin return to the newblood stage with their “Revolutionary Leeds Rock/Metal music” with support from local boys “forget me not”. Time to prepare yourself for the summer holidays ahead!!
Doors 6:30-9:30 Entrance £3
Fri 15th - Russ Tippins
A return to the Forum for the north east rock and blues band “Russ Tippins” . Having released their album “Electrickery” they’re back to play a heady cocktail of blues and 70`s rock! Russ Tippins music is full of contemporary energy and is influenced by the glory days of Rush, Humble Pie, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Doors 8pm Tickets £6
Sat 16th - Them Beatles
“Them Beatles are not a “cover band”, neither are they simply a “tribute act”. They are a visual and aural celebration of the music, charisma and energy of The Beatles.” The four piece band bring to life the music of the Beatle`s with superbly detailed handmade Sgt. Pepper costumes, delivering a high octane rock & roll review of The Beatles career. Take a walk down memory lane with songs “A Hard Day’s Night”, “All You Need is Love”, “Hey Jude”, “Let It Be” and many more!!
Doors 8pm Tickets £8
Fri 22nd Reggae Fest- Feat Wayne McArthur and the Universal Players, with support from Treenote, DJ Wal and Caribbean food specialists, Ochis, setting the flavour from 5.30pm in the Paddock Garden.
Reggae legend, Wayne McArthur along with the Universal players are set to take the Forum by storm, this 7 piece outfit that fuse together blues, reggae, rock, soul and funk. They take their musical influence from artists such as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh Bunny Wailer and many more. Support from local reggae band “Treenote” plus DJ Wal and Caribbean food served by Ochis in our newly refurbished Paddock Garden, we predict a truly tropical evening!
Doors 5:30pm Tickets £6 [food separate]
Sat 23rd - Random Numbers
Local covers band Random Numbers return to the Forum for their annual Summer party!! A great night of new and classic hits covering everything from the Beatles to Frankie Goes to Hollywood to Duffy! Something for everyone so come along and bring your dancing feet!!
Doors 7:30pm Tickets £4 (on the door)
Weds 27th and Thurs 28th - Windermere Productions presents “All in the Timing”.
Following their successful run at this years Prague Fringe Festival, Award-Winning young theatre company Windermere Productions are taking their performance of “All in the Timing” by David Ives back to their native North-East! A hilarious collection of 1-act plays, they are fast, off-beat pieces about topics spanning the awkward trepidation of first love to the regrets when facing death to chimps writing Shakespeare! All dealing with the communication, or lack of it, that transcends language barriers!
Doors 7:30pm Tickets £5 on the door
Fri 29th - Fundraiser Feat. The Equalisers, The Shining, Katie Coleman and Jack Gugi.
Fundraiser featuring Local talents, including the Equalisers, in aid of International Childcare Trust.
www.justgiving.com/SriLankaCharityCycleRobBrown
Doors 7:30pm Tickets £6
Sat 30th - The Four Tarantinos
Love the Music From Tarantinos films? Well this could be the night for you …..
| Catchy tracks and well know songs from your favourite Tarantino Movie`s, THE 4 TARANTINOS are ear candy! So, think Pulp Fiction To Kill Bill, Reservoir dogs to Jacki Brown, dig out the dancing shoes and there’s prizes for the best dressed and Pulp Fiction style dance!!
“Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.“ |
Doors 8pm Tickets £8
August Listings at The Forum, Darlington
Weds 3rd- Open Mic Night
Our monthly open mic night held in our candlelit bar area
Doors: 7.30pm Entrance: FREE
Friday 5th- Bon Giovi, a tribute to Jon Bon Jovi
BON GIOVI are the UK’s Premier look-alike and sound alike Tribute to the New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi. With over twelve years touring experience as a band they are one of the best acts on the circuit today. Fronted by UK’s leading Jon Bon Jovi impersonator Andrea Oggiano, he has been described by several top international rock magazines as being ‘the closest visually and vocally to the real thing himself’. The band perform all the greatest hits such as ‘Living On A Prayer’, It’s My Life, Wanted Dead or Alive plus many others from every album ever produced in one amazing stage show. So if you’re ready for a taste of some of the world’s greatest Stadium Anthems, and if you don’t want to wait for the New Jersey Rockers to announce their next tour get your tickets now! Doors: 8pm Entrance: £8 www.bongiovi.co.uk
Saturday 6th- Funny Bones Comedy Club
Our monthly comedy night featuring three top comedians from the national circuit plus your compere.
Doors: 7.45pm Entrance: £10
Friday 12th- So Gabriel
In association with Flat Hill Promotions, we present “An evening of Peter Gabriel ” from ‘Sogabriel’ the UK’s only Peter Gabriel tribute band.
Fronted by Tony Patterson of ReGenesis, the band who have previously graced the The Forum stage as ‘Retro Genesis’ cover all Peter Gabriel hits such as Solsbury Hill, Sledge Hammer, Games Without Frontiers, and also include some of the more obscure tracks from Gabriel’s early career, they will also feature some early Genesis material in their set.
The sheer quality and musicianship of this band including their impressive stage and light show make them a ‘ Must See’ for Gabriel / Genesis / Prog Rock fans.
Click the link below for info on the band including their set list.
http://www.so-gabriel.co.uk/
Doors: 8pm Entrance: £7
Sunday 14th- Summer Sunday Acoustic Session
After the roaring success of our our Easter Sunday acoustic session, we thought we’d do it all again for you lucky people! Featuring the cream of the crop of local singer songwriters and bands playing acoustic sets. Open to all ages, with treats for the children, specialist teas, freshly brewed coffee, newspapers or even a few sneaky pints, come down and enjoy!
Doors: 2pm Entrance: FREE under 18’s to be accompanied by adult
Friday 19th- Don’t Spook The Horse- A tribute to Neil Young
Gasto Promotions Present the UK’s finest tribute to Neil Young. The band recreate the unmistakeable spirit and stage humour of a man still refusing to burn out or fade away. They take you on a journey through Neil Young’s long and varied career. From delicate acoustic masterpieces like ‘Through My Sails’ and country classics such as ‘Heart Of Gold’ to the powerful folk rock anthems he is so well loved for. Come on now … Keep On Rocking In the Free World!!
Doors: 8pm Entrance: £8 www.dontspookthehorse.co.uk
Saturday 20th- Friends Of The Forum Charity Auction and BBQ
Friday 26th- Acoustic Weller
A special acoustic set from the New Age Jam, playing the best of Paul Weller and The Jam acoustically. Plus support.
Doors: 8pm Entrance: £5
Saturday 27th- Bank Holiday Hoedown featuring The Kentucky Cowtippers, Summer BBQ and special guests
Is everyone ready for a bank holiday hoedown! We have one of the finest young bluegrass bands around coming to The Forum.
Hailing from the back alleys and hills of sunny Gateshead, the Kentucky Cow Tippers are a young, energetic 5-piece bluegrass band, with a penchant for twangy instruments, checky shirts and the odd cheeky yodel.
There’ll be hay bales, BBQ and great prizes for the best cowboy and cowgirls in fancy dress. Plus support from the beautiful Oui Bee plus the ukulele-tastic Speed Dinosaur playing in our lovely new beer garden.
Doors: 4pm Entrance: £6 Event open to 14+ (14-17yrs must be accompanied by adult)
For tickets or info on any of our gigs tel: 01325 363135, The Forum Music Centre, Darlington
The Billy Youth Theatre project that we took part in last year was repeated with other groups this year. There are tickets available to the public for the regional showcase happening at the Sunderland Empire on Saturday 21st May. I think I would be too sad to see it, if we weren`t involved - ah - happy days!!!
Dear BYT Participants 2010,
I hope you enjoyed the experience of taking part in BYT last year, we
would love for you and your group’s involvement to continue this year.
We invite you to come and join in the celebrations at the BYT Showcase
at the Sunderland Empire on Saturday 21 May at 7pm.
You can see how groups this year tackled the material and support
participation in youth theatre in your area.
Please see the details of the showcase below - we hope to see you there!
Best regards,
Martina
Saturday 21 May 7pm
Sunderland Empire Theatre
0844 847 2499
Book tickets <http://horde.stagecoach.co.uk/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sunderlandempire.org.uk>
Martina Thompson
Billy Youth Theatre Administrator
Billy London Ltd
Matthew Lewis, lately of Further Stages, is performing in a production of “Grand Hotel” at the Gala Theatre in Durham in March and has asked me to publicise the show, which is a musical. Maybe some of Matthew`s old colleagues from Further Stages would like to see it.
Tickets now on sale!
Do You Have the X Factor Final
Tickets Now on Sale!
10 Artists 1 Winner
Ten finalists take to the stage to perform local songwriter Ed Parrish’s track The Journey as well as cover songs of their own. Performance on the night too from Stagecoach.The winning finalist receives a two single recording deal. All proceeds from ticket sales go to Zoe’s Place Charity. For more information visit www.zoesjourney.co.uk
Hosted by Pam Royle
The final promises to be a great night and yor host for the evening is ITV Tyne Tees Pam Royle. Pam will guide the finalists through each performance before gaining the all important verdict from the judges following each song. For more information visit www.zoesjourney.co.uk or to buy tickets go to www.arconline.co.uk
Do You Have the X Factor Final
Arc, Stockton
Sat March 26th
7pm / £5
Over the last couple of months Teesside fire fighter and songwriter Ed Parrish has been recording a single called The Journey with an influential London based producer Steve Honest. The result is a brilliant radio friendly single that would fit either a female or male vocal.
The final will take place at The Arc in Stockton at 7pm on Saturday March 26th. Tickets are available via The Arc box office with all takings going to Zoes Place in Middlesbrough.
Buy Tickets for the final - www.arconline.co.uk/other.php
Zoë’s Place is a home from home for babies who have life limiting or terminal illnesses, special and complex needs to varying degrees. Zoë’s Place can take up to six infants at any one time, there is also accommodation and ample facilities for the whole family if these are needed.
We offer palliative and respite care for babies/infants from birth to five years old. We afford each individual respect and dignity regardless of gender, race, culture, religious beliefs or disability. We receive very little Government funding, therefore we rely on the generosity of the public to help us raise the £1 Million a year we need to keep the doors of Zoë’s Place open for the many families that rely on our expert care.
Charity no. 1092545
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