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Gloucester Guildhall Highlights January 2011
Gloucester Guildhall Highlights January 2011
13th December 2010
LIVE EVENTS
MUSIC
Wired
Wired picks up exactly where it left off, and starts 2011 with a bang. Playing we have Lost on Landing, I Call A Strike, Rough Diamond and Dirty Tricks.
Saturday 15th January. Tickets £6. Doors 7.30pm. All ages.
MUSIC
Yellow Brick Road: The Elton John Tribute
Yellow Brick Road is a highly professional touring tribute to the music of the great Elton John. Spanning over four decades of hits, this group of talented musicians capture the spirit and energy of the legendary Rocket Man himself and their live shows are a must see for any Elton fan.
Friday 21st January. Tickets £12. Doors 7.30pm. Over 14s only.
MUSIC
Gloucester Cajun and Zydeco Festival 2011
After the great success of this year's event, we are delighted to announce the Gloucester Cajun and Zydeco Festival will return for its 18th year in 2011. Highlights include The Zydeco Diamonds, led by ex-Zfunk accordion player Gavin Lewery and featuring top Louisiana name of Harold Guillory. Joining them and headlining the Saturday are The Flatville Aces and the line-up is completed by The Bayou Brothers, all the way from the USA. Full line-up and details at www.gloucestercajunfestival.co.uk
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th January. Weekend Tickets £55, Friday Tickets £20, Saturday Tickets £25, Sunday Tickets £25. All ages.
WORKSHOPS
D7 Church @ Gloucester Guildhall
Every Sunday at 11.30am. All welcome. Free entry
Knitters With Attitude
Free group for all who are interested in knitting, crochet, spinning.
Whether you’re used to tangling with the wool and the needles or casting on for the first time, come and do it in company and comfort in the Guildhall’s café-bar. A chat and a drink will help your fingers fly, plus there’ll be advice on hand for those tricky bits. Just turn up with your kit and join in.
25th January (and every alternate Tuesday until the wool runs out)
7pm – meet in the café-bar.
Folk Unplugged
Come and make some noise at these folk/roots acoustic evenings. Singers, musicians and listeners are all welcome; bring familiar songs and tunes, learn new ones or write your own. For further details contact Sophie on 01453 887132 or email sophie.lake@tiscali.co.uk.
10th January
8pm
Admission free
Musiclab: The Guildhall Open Stage
We don’t care whether you’ve never played in public before or if you’ve just been signed to a major label, at our monthly open mic we promise you a PA and a famously warm and friendly audience. Roots, rock n’ roll, blues, soul, hip-hop, rap - any kind of music is welcome and crazy hybrid jamming is encouraged. We’ll even lend you a guitar.
Alternatively, come along to watch and be inspired, make new friends, form a band, challenge the MC to play the most unlikely cover version in the world. Where else can you have that much fun on a Tuesday night for free?
Tuesday 18th January (MC Russ Poole) at 8pm. FREE.
FILMS
Gloucester Film Society
President: Simon Pegg
If you like classic films you can see a half a dozen of them on the big screen, plus six new releases for £36 by joining the Guildhall’s resident film society. You also get programme notes and a reduction on tickets for other Guildhall movies. What are you waiting for? Pick up a leaflet at the Guildhall or your local library or contact Frank Colls on 01452 538366 frank.colls@tinyonline.co.uk
Screen Teas
On Mondays at 2pm and Saturdays at 10.45am treat yourself to tea or coffee, cake and the latest film for just £5.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (12A)
Dir: David Yates
(UK/USA 2010)
In the darkest part of this epic tale Voldemort’s Death Eaters have seized control of the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts and are hunting for Harry, who is on a mission with his chums to find and destroy the Horcruxes. When Harry stumbles on the legend of the Deathly Hallows he realizes - if true - it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks. Now on the verge of manhood, he must prepare himself for the ultimate battle with his deadliest enemy.
Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th January at 7.45pm
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (15)
Dir: Daniel Alfredson.
(Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009. 148 mins)
Subtitled; original language Swedish
The final part of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy finds Lisbeth Salander in hospital recovering from a near-fatal bullet wound and awaiting trial for a triple murder. After her release from hospital – thanks to the efforts of her ex-lover Mikael Blomkvist - she targets the powerful enemies whose illicit business deals made her a prime suspect. On her journey towards justice, however, it is Lisbeth's troubled childhood that ultimately calls the shots.
Friday 7th January at 7.45pm, Saturday 8th at 10.45am, Monday 10th at 2pm and 7.45pm, Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th at 7.45pm.
Gloucester Film Society presents
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (15)
Dir: Peter Bogdanovitch
(USA 1972. 127 mins)
In 50s Texas Sonny and Duane are best friends drifting through their senior year at high school, dividing their time between the movies, football, and girls. In their stagnating small town everyone is leaving except their mentor Sam the Lion, owner of the café, pool hall and picture house. With time the boys’ simple delights of dating give way to the complications of coupling and their friendship is threatened as the war in Korea looms.
Tuesday 11th January at 7.45pm
LONDON BOULEVARD
Dir: William Monahan
(UK/US 2010. Dur tbc)
Charlotte (Keira Knightley) is a reclusive movie star hiding out from the world in a Holland Park mansion. When she hires a London criminal (Colin Farrell) fresh out of prison to be her bodyguard and handyman he can’t believe his luck …until he finds himself on the wrong side of vicious gangster Gant (Ray Winstone).
Friday 14th January at 7.45pm, Saturday 15th at 10.45am, Monday 17th at 2pm and 7.45pm, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th at 7.45pm
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (18)
El Secreto de sus ojos
Dir: Juan Jose Campanella
(Spain/Argentina 2009. 129 mins)
Subtitled; original language Spanish
In 70s Buenos Aires a pretty schoolteacher is raped and murdered. Young working-class investigator Benjamín doubts his collegue’s facile explanation and nails the real murderer whilst falling for irene, his posh new boss. But Argentina is sliding into dictatorship and the villain is useful to the police so Benjamin is forced to flee the city. Twenty-five years later he is writing a novel about the case. Returning to his old patch he visits Irene to uncover old secrets.
This edge-of-seat thriller’s examination of the search for justice and the centrality of memory earned it Best Foreign Language Oscar.
Friday 21st January at 7.45pm, Saturday 22nd at 10.45am, Monday 24th at 2pm and 7.45pm, Tuesday 25th (Film Society) Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th at 7.45pm
THE AMERICAN (15)
Dir: Anton Corbijn
(US 2010. 104 mins)
Jack (George Clooney) is a discreet, steely-eyed international assassin forced to disappear to a remote Italian town after an attempt on his life. Once there he takes an assignment to construct a gun for a mysterious female contact. The mountain air of the Abruzzi pleases him, as do his encounters with the parish priest and local whore, but as the weapon nears completion he finds reasons to doubt whether any of his contacts can be trusted.
Friday 28th January at 7.45pm, Saturday 29th at 10.45am, Monday 31st at 2pm and 7.45pm
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