Theatres. Hillingdon. Great value, local entertainment. April to August

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1 Great value, local entertainment Hillingdon Theatres Compass Theatre, Winston Churchill Theatre and Manor Farm April to August 2018 comedy plays children s shows music events

2 2 Celebrating 50 years of the Compass Theatre Would you like to help put on a show? Compass Club We are also re-launching the Compass Club an audience membership scheme where supporters of the venue can gain benefits and discounts, while helping to raise funds for the Compass Theatre and Ickenham Hall. As well as discounts and offers for selected events, free postage and our gratitude, members can now claim 20 per cent off their food bill (excludes drinks) for up to four people at Home Bar & Kitchen, Ickenham. Full details online at Hillingdon Theatres is planning an anniversary production of Hans, The Witch and the Gobbin by Alan Cullen. This is a fantasy play, which will be performed by adults for an audience of children, and was the first show ever performed at the Compass Theatre in Production week will start on Monday 9 July, with two performances on Saturday 14 July. To do this, we will need a director, stage manager and actors, plus help with simple scenery, makeup and wardrobe. Whether you re a familiar face or new to the Compass Theatre, if you d like to be involved, please get in touch by ing fstenning@hillingdon.gov.uk, calling , or join the Compass Theatre 50th Anniversary Group on Facebook. Saturday 14 July at 11am and 3pm Cost: 6.50 Book: Cost: Standard membership 25 / Anniversary membership 50 / Seat sponsorship (includes five years membership) 120 Join:

3 NEW Manor Farm audio guide launch day Monday 2 April, midday to 4pm This Easter, we re launching a brand-new free audio guide for Manor Farm. Join us for a fun, family-friendly interactive afternoon of activities, with an egg hunt and sack races in the orchard, plus craft and poetry-writing workshops in the Great Barn. The new 40-minute audio guide allows visitors to experience the highlights of Manor Farm, which has been at the heart of Ruislip for more than 1,000 years. Download the guide online at If you don t have a mobile device, for a small deposit, you can borrow an MP3 player with headphones from the Manor Farm Library ask inside for details. 3

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5 Friends of Ickenham Hall presents Comedy Compass Sunday 8 April, 13 May and 10 June at 8pm Find great value entertainment for a good cause at our monthly comedy nights in the Compass Bar. Featuring a line-up of professional and up-andcoming comedians. Raising funds for Friends of Ickenham Hall. Visit the website to see who s appearing next. Cost: 5 Book: Ruislip Operatic Society presents The Pirates of Penzance Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 April at 7.30pm Saturday 21 April at 2.30pm and 7.30pm A comic opera with music by Arthur Sullivan and Libretto by W S Gilbert, The Pirates of Penzance is a Gilbert and Sullivan classic with policemen, pirates and a bevy of witty maidens and packed full of Gilbert and Sullivan melodies. Cost: Wednesday 13 / Thursday to Saturday 15 / Concessions 13 (excluding Saturday 7.30pm) Book: boxoffice@ruislipos.org Encore Theatre Company presents Encore Junior Theatre Wednesdays on 18 and 25 April; 2, 9, 16 and 23 May; 6, 13, 20 and 27 June; 4, 11 and 18 July at 7pm Weekly sessions of singing, dancing and acting working towards productions. Encore Junior Theatre members also get to perform in shows within the main company and take part in concerts and other activities. Cost: 12 per week (in advance for the term/half term) Book: info@encoretheatre.org.uk Compass Theatre Winston Churchill Theatre Compass Theatre 5

6 Compass Theatre Hillingdon Council presents Tea dances for over-65s Thursdays on 19 April, 17 May, 21 June, 19 July and 23 August from 1.30pm to 4pm Put on your dancing shoes and step back into an age of elegance. Dance the afternoon away and socialise with friends. Open to Hillingdon residents and up to three guests. Book with your HillingdonFirst card. Cost: Free (advance booking required) Book: Compass Theatre Compass Theatre Hillingdon Council and DKproDuKtions present Compass Kidz Saturdays on 21 and 28 April; 5, 12 and 19 May; 9, 16, 23 and 30 June; 7 and 14 July at 10.30am (4 to 6-year-olds) and 11.30am (7 to 14-year-olds) Learn about performance and teamwork in a fun, safe and creative environment. Sessions help increase confidence and communication skills, while developing performing arts disciplines: drama, music and dance. April to July term cost includes two tickets to attend the 50th anniversary performance of Hans, The Witch and the Gobbin on Saturday 14 July. Cost: 60 (in advance for the term) Book: Stars at Knight presents Saturday Drama Classes Saturdays from 14 April through to 7 July Weekly classes where 5 to 18-year-olds can gain confidence in fun and sociable sessions, while learning stagecraft, voice production, mime and improvisation. Students can also prepare for associated exams and are taught by trained Trinity, Guildhall and LAMDA coaches. Cost: 84 (in advance for the term) Book: starsatknightdrama@gmail.com

7 Proscenium presents Top Girls Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 April at 7.45pm In this amusing and provocative play by Caryl Churchill, we meet Marlene, who celebrates her promotion to head of a recruitment agency by inviting five women from history to dinner. Their achievements and struggles are compared with those of Marlene, her family and friends. Cost: 14 Book: WOS Productions presents Calamity Jane Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 May at 7.30pm Saturday 5 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm WOS Productions is delighted to be performing this action-packed, rip-roaring musical western, based on the 1953 film starring Doris Day. The whole family will enjoy this show, which includes the Oscar-nominated score and the award-winning song (Once I Had a) Secret Love. Cost: 15 (Wednesday 13) / Concessions 13 Book: Argosy Players present The Darling Buds of May Wednesday 9 to Friday 11 May at 7.30pm Saturday 12 May at 3pm and 7.30pm The Larkins live in rural idyllic bliss with their six children. Pop Larkin makes a fortune from scrap-iron deals but has never paid income tax. One May afternoon in 1957, a young tax official, Mr Charlton, arrives and is swept up by the rural life. Cost: 12 / Concessions 10 Book: Compass Theatre Winston Churchill Theatre Compass Theatre 7

8 Compass Theatre Compass Theatre Ickenham Festival Ruislip Dramatic Society presents Robin Hawdon s Perfect Wedding Wednesday 16 to Saturday 19 May at 7.45pm When a bridegroom wakes on his wedding day to find a strange girl in bed beside him in the bridal suite, his best man must help him avoid disaster! But when the bride arrives with her parents, and finally the hotel staff, the chaos reaches nuclear proportions in this riotous comedy, filled with hilarious confusions, confessions and nightmares for the best man. Cost: 12 / Concessions 11 (available on Wednesday and Thursday only) Book: or The Chameleons Amateur Dramatic Society presents Twelfth Night (Or What You Will) Thursday 24 to Friday 25 May at 7.30pm Saturday 26 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm If music be the food of love, play on. Let The Chameleons entertain you with this energetic performance of Shakespeare s finest comedy. Crammed full of mistaken identity, unrequited love and, of course, silly jokes. You are in for a real treat! Cost: Thursday 12 / Friday and Saturday 14 / Concessions 12 Book: or Ickenham Festival 2018 Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 June During nine days, nearly 100 events will be taking place in and around Ickenham concerts, shows, performances, talks, outdoor theatre, exhibitions, open gardens, sports, competitions, rock bands, local history, nature walks, stand-up comedy, the Grand Duck Race! Gala Day (Saturday 16 June), a parade through Ickenham, a musical concert and fireworks. From May, the full programme will be available online at or Twitter.com/IckFest 8

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11 Friends of Ickenham Hall presents Ickenham Hall Open Day Saturday 23 June, from 1pm until 5pm (with a talk at 2pm and 4pm) In celebration of 50 years since a theatre was built in its back garden, the Friends of Ickenham Hall welcome visitors for a talk and guided tours around the Compass Theatre and the Grade II listed Ickenham Hall. Cost: Free Full details to follow online at Proscenium presents Not About Heroes Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 June at 7.45pm To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, Proscenium proudly presents Stephen MacDonald s Not About Heroes. Told through letters and poetry, this is the story of the chance meeting and subsequent relationship between two of the finest Great War poets at Craiglockhart Hospital in 1917: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Cost: 14 Book: Hillingdon Council and DK produktions present Aladdin: Relaxed performance Friday 14 December at 4pm For the first time at the Compass Theatre, the annual pantomime will include a relaxed performance, where the house lights are left on, sound levels are lowered, and flashing and pyrotechnic effects are not used. We hope this provides an opportunity to welcome those with learning or communication difficulties or those with an autism spectrum condition, who may have felt unable to attend in the past. Cost: / Under-16s Book: Ickenham Hall Compass Theatre Compass Theatre 11

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13 Hillingdon Theatres Providing great value, local entertainment spaces for the Hillingdon community. Winston Churchill Theatre and Manor Farm Pinn Way Ruislip HA4 7QL Comprising: The Manor Farm Visitor Centre, The Great Barn, The Craft Sheds, The Winston Churchill Theatre and Hall, The Stables, The Cow Byre Art Gallery and The Community Hut Compass Theatre Glebe Avenue Ickenham UB10 8PD Comprising: Compass Theatre, Hillingdon Box Office, Compass Studio, Compass Bar and Ickenham Hall Swakeleys Rd Long Lane High Road Ickenham Ickenham Road Austin s Lane Glebe Avenue Ladygate Lane PinnWay Bu ry Street Sharps Lane The Oaks Church Ave St Martin s Approach High Street Icken ham R d Kings End Eastcote Road High Str eet Venue hire Open Monday to Friday, 10.30am to 5pm artsvenues@hillingdon.gov.uk Space specifications and costs can be found online at Tickets Bookings made via Hillingdon Theatres Box Office incur no booking fees. Customers can book anytime online at or by calling (Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30am to 5pm). Parking A parking space is not included in the price of a ticket. Customers are advised to travel by public transport or allow plenty of time to find suitable parking more details are available online at Access The Compass Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with space for two wheelchairs inside the auditorium and has three disabled parking bays. The Winston Churchill Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with space for up to four wheelchairs inside the auditorium and has five disabled parking bays. Both theatres have a loop hearing system in place and welcome assistance dogs. 13

14 There s always plenty going on at Manor Farm Heritage The Heritage Visitor Centre, in the 16th century Manor Farm House, is open from midday to 3pm on Wednesdays to Fridays, until 4pm at weekends and bank holidays, and from 11am to 4pm on Market Sundays. Admission is free and group tours can be booked in advance. artsvenues@hillingdon. gov.uk Markets Ruislip Country Market In the Community Hut, Friday mornings from 10am to 11.30am ruislipcountrymarket1 Duck Pond Foodies Market First Sunday of the month Duck Pond Artisan and Craft Market Third Sunday of the month Crafts in The Cart Sheds Mita Samanta Designing and handcrafting leather goods. Shaun Higgins Hand making bespoke furniture. The Fairy Maker Individually handcrafted miniature fairy art. Little Willows Personalised ceramics and keepsake boxes. Classes in The Stables Little Shakers Pre-school music and movement. Mondays at 10am Pilates with Elizabeth Mondays at 12.30pm, Thursdays at 11.30am and 2.30pm, Saturdays at 9.30am Children s Meditation Tuesdays at 6pm Pilates with Christine Mondays at 7pm Hartbeeps Baby and toddler classes. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9.30am Pilates Dash for Fitness Tuesdays at 1.30pm Soul Performing Arts Tuesdays at 6pm Yoga Illuminated health. Tuesdays at 7pm, Thursdays at 1.15pm, Saturdays at 11am Diddi Dancers Wednesdays at 9.40am Zumba with Graham Wednesdays at 6.15pm and Sundays at 10.15am

15 Meditation Thursdays at 9.30am Irish Dancing Thursdays at 5.30pm Dinky Dancers Fridays at 10am The Cow Byre Art Gallery Stained Glass by Anthony Wimshurst Sunday 1 to Saturday 7 April Brush Strokes Sunday 8 to Saturday 14 April Hillingdon Artists Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 April Ickenham Arts Society Sunday 22 to Saturday 28 April Octavia Art Group Sunday 6 to Saturday 12 May Eclectic Artists: Paintings, Textiles, Ceramics Sunday 13 to Saturday 26 May Field End Photographic Society Sunday 27 May to Saturday 9 June Middlesex Federation of WIs: Craft Exhibition Sunday 17 to Saturday 23 June Eastcote Art Society Sunday 1 to Saturday 7 July Chandos Art and Crafts Sunday 8 to Saturday 14 July Arbutus Group of Artists Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 July Patricia Ogundero Sunday 5 to Saturday 11 August Bury Street Arts: Contemporary Arts and Craft Sunday 19 to Saturday 25 August Floral Exhibition: The Great Barn, Manor Farm Ruislip Central Horticultural Society s Summer Flower Show. Saturday 16 June, from 1pm Coffee Mornings at Winston Churchill Theatre Free and friendly coffee morning Every other Friday (starting 13 April) at 10.30am...at the Compass Theatre Wednesday Wardrobe A team of volunteers are on hand to hire out costumes at Compass Theatre from 8pm on Wednesdays during term-time. Classes Encore Junior Theatre For 8 to 18-year-olds. Wednesdays at 7pm Compass Kidz For 4 to 14-year-olds. Saturdays at 10.30am and 11.30am compass-kidz Stars at Knight For 4 to 18-year-olds. Saturdays at 9.30am Pandit Ram Sahai Sangit Vidyalaya (PRSSV) Indian music and dance class. Sundays at 9.30am Workers Educational Association (WEA) Weekday adult education classes. Hillingdon Music Hub On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the Hillingdon Music Hub provides a music school at John Locke Academy, Uxbridge. Sessions allow young musicians from Grade 1 level play in bands and orchestras, Those with no previous experience can join choirs all in a very friendly atmosphere. music music@hillingdon.gov.uk

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