April/May 2007 - London Borough of Hillingdon

arts events in Hillingdon
children’s events
Rainbow Live!
Wed 11 April, 2pm
Stars of the top children’s
television programme Rainbow
take to the stage in a brand
new theatre show. Come and
join TV legends Zippy, George
and Bungle as they get up to all
kinds of fun and frolics in a
non-stop live show full of zip!
Tickets £8.50
The Beck Theatre
Nature Explorers
Organised by A Rocha UK
Sat 14 April, 10am – 12pm
A fun nature-oriented outing
for children and their parents
and carers. Activities will
include wild animal films,
exploration of the country
park, animal stories and crafts.
Suitable for children aged 5 to
11 with accompanying adult.
Free event
Minet Country Park
Art in the Park
Organised by A Rocha UK
Sat 14 April, 1pm – 3pm
Make you own painted vases
and paper flowers.
Free event
Minet Country Park
The Happy Prince
Sat 28 April, 11am
This classic story is retold using
puppets and large animated
sculptures, and contrasts the
harsh realities of a city in
winter with breathtaking scenes
of a warm Egyptian paradise.
A magical experience for
children and adults alike.
Suitable for children ages 5 plus.
Tickets: £5.50
Compass Theatre
crafts
Flower arranging
Presented by Ruislip
Northwood Flower
Arrangement Society
Tue 1 May, 7.30pm
A demonstration by Pat
Trunkfield entitled “Going for a
Song”
£5 entrance fee for visitors
Contact: 01923 822026.
Northwood College
dance
Authentic 50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll
By Live2Jive
Every Thur, 8pm – 11.30pm
Learn and dance the original
1950s jive with classes starting
at 8.15pm.
£5 including classes and club
Contact Live2Jive: 020 8866 9093
Ruislip Manor Sports
and Social Club
Viva Salsa!
Every Wed evening,
7.30pm – midnight
Learn and dance this popular
dance with classes.
£6 for club and classes, £4 club
only after 9.15pm
Contact: 020 8866 9093
Middlesex Suite, Civic Centre
Cultural Dance Day
Sat 26 May
Beginners taster workshops for
Flamenco, Ballroom and Line
dancing
Longmead Adult Learning Centre
music
Remember Delilah
Presented by the
Rotary Club of Pinner
Fri 11 May, 7.30pm
A charity event featuring Barry
Mason with all profits going to
Diabetes UK.
Tickets: £12
Box Office: 020 8866 7634
Winston Churchill Hall
Hits from the Blitz
Presented by Duggie Chapman
Thur 31 May, 2.30pm
We’ll meet again. A show full of
songs and stories from the
wartime era. With tunes made
famous by Vera Lynn, Gracie
Fields and many more.
Tickets £9 - £11
Box office: 020 8561 8371
Beck Theatre
outdoor events
Green Team Wednesday
Organised by A Rocha UK
Wed 11 April, 10am – 12.30pm
Come and help do some odd
jobs around the park.
Free event
Minet Country Park
Go Green Ruislip Woods
Festival
Presented by Ruislip Woods
Trust and Hillingdon Council
Sun 13 May, 12pm – 4pm
Come and celebrate Ruislip
Woods 10th anniversary of
becoming a National Nature
Reserve, and find out what you
can do to halt climate change.
Fun for all the family
Free event
Ruislip Woods, between the lido’s
railway station and the Water’s
Edge pub
poetry
Poetry Readings
Sun 15 April, 7pm
An hour of informal readings
by local people – not too
serious!
Admission free.
St Martin’s Church, Ruislip
theatre
Humble Boy
Presented by Proscenium
Wed 25 – Sat 28 April, 7.45pm
A comedy by Charlotte Jones
about broken vows, failed hopes
and the joys of bee-keeping!
Tickets: £8.50
Proscenium box office:
020 8866 7075
Compass box office:
01895 673 200
Compass Theatre
Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters
The Purple Theatre Company’s
10th anniversary show
Wed 9 – Sat 12 May, 7.30pm
Terry Pratchett takes
Shakespeare, and turns it up till
the knob comes off. It’s all
here: a wicked usurper and his
pushy wife, the ghost of the
murdered king, a loyal fool, a
rightful heir returned to meet
his destiny, dim soldiers, rude
venues
Compass Theatre
Glebe Avenue, Ickenham
Box office: 01895 673200
Winston Churchill Hall
Pinn Way, Ruislip
01895 678800
Beck Theatre
Grange Road, Hayes
Box office 020 8561 8371
Northwood College
Maxwell Road, Northwood
01923 822026
Longmead Adult
Learning Centre
Laurel Lane, West Drayton
01895 671962
mechanicals, strolling players, a
play-within-a-play, murder,
revenge, magic, storms, a
kingdom in peril, divers
alarums... and not to mention
three witches...
Tickets £10 (£7.50 opening night)
Compass Theatre
Adapted for stage
by Stephen Briggs
Compass Theatre
Wednesday 9th to
Saturday 12th May
2007, 7.30pm
Tickets: £10 (£750
opening night)
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Samuel French
www.purpletheatre.org.uk
The Anniversary
Presented by the Argosy Players
Wed 23 – Sat 26 May, 7.30p,
Sat matinee at 2.30pm
A black comedy by Bill
Mcilwraith.
Tickets £10
Bookings: 0845 838 9058 or
01895 673200
Compass Theatre
young people
Why Sci
Organised by A Rocha UK
Tue 10 April, 3pm – 5pm
GCSE pupils - need help with
your project? A Level students
- planning on studying sciences
at university? Get help at WHY
SCI with professional scientist
Dr Beth Losiewicz.
Free event
Minet Country Park
Ruislip Manor Sports
and Social Club
Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip Manor
Minet Country Park
Springfield Road, Hayes
020 8573 0761
www.arocha.org
Middlesex Suite, Civic Centre
High Street, Uxbridge
St Martin’s Church,
Eastcote Road, Ruislip
Ruislip Woods
Between the lido’s railway station
and the Water’s Edge pub
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