Thrills and spills with white-knuckle rides and big fun for families
STOCKPORT PLAZA
THE exhilarating Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to the Plaza next week.
The event is taking place on Saturday, February 4, and we’re returning with a second screening of a different programme of films on Saturday, February 18.
These evenings feature thrilling short films about mind-blowing expeditions in remote parts of the globe. But you don’t need to be Bear Grylls to enjoy them – our audiences are all ages and from all walks of life. All you need is their spirit of adventure!
Tickets cost £13 (£11.50 concessions), or you can do the double at the discounted price of £22 for both nights – a saving of £4.
Join us at your local Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre, the home of sensational family entertainment on Wednesday, February 8, for the hilarious show The Dressing Room.
Set behind-the-scenes at a run-down theatre Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball find themselves involved in the crazy goings-on of compère Stu Francis and fellow comic Johnnie Casson.
A hilarious comedy play, written by Bobby Ball, that combines sitcom with variety and comedy. Part-play, part variety show - a night of great entertainment.
Suitable for all the family, tickets for The Dressing Room can be purchased in person from our Box Office, by calling our Booking Line on 0161 477 7779 or by visiting the website on www. stockportplaza.co.uk Ted Doan
SEVEN MILES OUT
WE’RE celebrating our local arts talent here in Stockport this week with our second Art, Beer and Music event this Thursday evening organised by Stockport photographer Lee Harrison.
This is a great opportunity for artists to come together and share each other’s work and for art lovers and collectors to get a first-hand view of inspiring new artwork in a relaxed social environment.
The evening starts at 7.30pm and everyone is welcome. We’ve got a wide range of Robinsons’ bottled beers and craft ales to quench the thirst as well as our usual refreshments and we’ll have some live music to add to the ambience.
If you have an interest in local art or creating art, please join us for this unique gathering.
On Friday, from 7.30pm, we have our regular Twang! event hosted by the very wonderful Stockport Ukulele Players.
This is when our amazing community comes together for a good old sing-song and strum. This event has become so popular that we now regularly have over 50 people gathered to play the ukulele and it is attracting people from as far afield as Macclesfield and Congleton to Stockport Old Town.
The wonderful thing about Twang! is that it spans the whole of the community - at our last event our oldest participant was 94-years young and our youngest players were under the age of ten.
We also had lots of talented people step forward to take part in the Open Mic and were bowled over by our youngest entertainers, seven-year-old Aidan Harrison who sang and played the ukulele and 13-year-old Joel Harrison, who performed with his grandad Norman.
Saturday Sessions takes place this Saturday evening and showcases the best in local live music. This is one of our most popular events and is curated by Kamey McNamara from Community Music.
It is always a great atmosphere spanning many musical genres including folk, funk, ska, pop, rock and much more.
This month we have four incredible acts to drench your ears in beautiful sounds including: Peter Butler, who plays ‘finger-picking guitar to a standard that you rarely hear these days’’; Elmo Ashall-Kelly, who is a solo acoustic player doing folk, soul and a bit of ska; and Pleasure Cell, a fourpiece outfit writing melodic songs with great harmonies. The final band of the night will be playing some fantastic covers to get everyone singing and dancing the night away.
Entry is free and under 18s are very welcome with an adult.
If you haven’t yet discovered our quirky and intimate venue, why not come down and join our great community. Find out more about our up and coming events at www.sevenmilesoutarts.co.uk Rosemary Barratt
NK THEATRE ARTS/ THE FORUM
THIS Friday morning, February 3, sees another chance for young children to take part in the brilliantly interactive ‘Story Tree’ at The Forum Theatre in Romiley.
The session is for the under-5’s and their mums, dads, grannies, grandpa’s etc.
It is a delve into the wonderful world of stories, using music, dance and drama to help tell the tale.
The session lasts for an hour between 10-11am and the theme for this month’s session will be linked to Animals and everything that goes with our fury friends at home, in the woods and in the forest!
The cost is £5 for any child who is taking part in the session, although feel free to bring any babies in arms too. Advanced booking is required so you can call into the box office at the theatre or contact us on 0161 430 6570 or you can email dawn@nktheatrearts.org. uk if you have any questions.
A drink and a biscuit will be provided as we guide the children through wonderfully told stories. You can download a booking form from the latest news section of our website www.theforumtheatre.co.uk where you can also find all the details regarding the up and coming events arriving soon in Stockport. Darren Stannage
CHADS THEATRE
CHADS Studio presents ‘A Pair Of Pinter’s Shorts’ from Wednesday, February 15, to Saturday, February 18.
David Quaife will direct two one-act plays by Harold Pinter to be presented in the Chads Studio.
The two plays are A Slight Ache (1958) and Landscape (1967). This double-bill was presented at the National Theatre in 2008 and starred Clare Higgins and Simon Russell Beale.
Should anyone think that Pinter is deadly dull or obscure, this is the time to think again. These two short plays reveal his sharp wit and observation of human life. 2005 saw Harold Pinter win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He has been described as ‘the foremost representative of British drama in the second half of the twentieth century.’
You can book online for FREE or call the Box Office on 0333 666 3366 (telephone bookings are subject to a £1.50 transaction fee per booking), online bookings are completely FREE. Di Lawson