WHAT’S ON

For lots more ideas visit our website, www. thethread.org.uk. The Thread is your local e-guide, keeping you up to date with what’s happening in Macclesfield. We’re on air with Canalside’s ‘The Thread’ 102.8FM and online at thethread.org.uk bringing you news, reviews and the most comprehensive What’s On guide yet. Do you want regular updates about what’s on in and around town? Follow us on Twitter @ thethreadmacc or on Facebook. And if you have an event, let us know at The Thread for your FREE listing. Cinemac: Heritage Centre, Roe Street Recorded Information: 01625 423535 Enquiries: 07871 422937 On this Week: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12A) The Revenant (15) Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie (U) To confirm listings times, for more information and bookings go to www.cinemac.org.uk or contact 01625 423535. Life in a Victorian Workhouse: Storyteller Tom Hughes brings life in a Victorian workhouse to life with this entertaining talk. Price: £4/£3 for members of the Friends. Date: Wednesday, January 13. Time: 7.30pm. Venue: The Old Sunday School. Website: www.silkmacclesfield.org.uk Tel: 01625 613210. Age UK Tai Chi Date: Wednesday, January 13. Time: 1.15pm weekly. Venue: Age UK Cheshire East’s Health and Wellbeing Centre. Website: www.ageuk.org. uk. Live Music at the Swan With Two Necks: Live Karaoke. Your chance to take up the mic at the Swan With Two Necks Date: Thursday, January 14. Mind Over Matter: A 60’s to current night of music and entertainment. Date: Friday, January 15. Mystery Trap (indie/ rock) Date: Saturday, January 16. Time: Contact pub for times Venue: Swan and Two Necks. Website: www.theswanlive.co.uk Tel: 07793 373698. Photographs of Macclesfield by David Heke: Local photographer David Heke brings his portfolio of photographs of Macclesfield to The Old Sunday School for a very special exhibition. Date: Saturday, January 16, to Saturday, April 2. Time: Monday 10am – 4pm. Venue: The Old Sunday

School. Stormy Landscapes: Northern Chamber Orchestra with Martin Roscoe, piano. Tickets: £16 / £13; £7 students; 18s and under free. Date: Saturday, January 16. Time: 7.30-9.40pm. Venue: Heritage Centre. Website: www.ncorch. co.uk Tel: Box Office 0161 247 2220. Live Music at the Brokencross Club: Dani Gallagher’s Vintage Diva Show Date: Saturday, January 16. Time: 8-11.30pm. Venue: Broken Cross Club. Contact: 01625 431167. Destination Space: The astronaut science show: In December 2015, British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake started his mission to the International Space Station. To celebrate this mission, our science show will show you the dangers, realities and daily routine of life in space. Due to the popularity of our science shows we advise booking in advance. Please call 01477 571766 to secure your place a day in advance as we cannot take bookings on the day. Date: Saturday, January 16 to Sunday, January 17. Time: Shows run throughout the day. Venue: Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. Jodrell.visitor.centre@ manchester.ac.uk Blues vs. Broadstreet: The Blues host Broadstreet in their first home league game of 2016 at Priory Park, last season was the first time Broadstreet had maintained themselves in the fourth tier of English Rugby so they will be up for the task against the Blues. For all ticketing information call 01625 827899. Date: Saturday, January 16. Time: 2-3pm. Venue: Priory Park. Website: www.macclesfieldrufc.co.uk. Macc Lit and Phil: Walking the Woods and the Water Nick Hunt is a writer and journalist who spent seven months walking across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Instanbul to discover what remained of kindness to strangers, freedom, wildness, adventure and the stories that flow beneath the continent’s surface. Date: Tuesday, January 19. Time: 7.30pm. Venue: Macclesfield Library. Disclaimer Whilst every care is taken in putting together our ‘What’s On’ we can take no responsibility for inaccuracies or change of events. We advise you always contact the venue to check details before leaving home.