Issue-47-May-2015

PREVIEW
Jeremy Hardy
Evesham Arts Centre|Sat 23rd May
The BBC radio comedy institution that is Jeremy Hardy will
be in Evesham on 23rd May with his 2015 one-man stand-up
comedy show.
Jeremy Hardy begins his 4th decade as a stand-up this year.
That’s a more dramatic way of saying he started 31 years ago
and - without a lottery win - is expecting to spend another 31
years making satirical comments and performing slightly
surreal impressions.
Jeremy can be heard most weeks on BBC Radio 4 in "The
News Quiz", "Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation", "I’m Sorry
I Haven’t a Clue" or "You’ll Have Had Your Tea". He has also
appeared on TV, most notably in "Now Something Else" with
Rory Bremner, "Saturday Live", "Blackadder Goes Forth",
"Loose Talk", "Jack & Jeremy’s Real Lives" with Jack Dee and
"If I Ruled the World" with Graeme Garden & Clive Anderson.
While he can sing, this is not considered advisable.
He’s been in three films, including the documentary "Jeremy
Hardy v the Israeli Army" - which involved a degree of
Number8 Round Up
Comedy
Number 8 is Pershore’s thriving Community Arts Centre
inspired and led by the local people, with their mission to
provide arts activities and improve the social well being of the
inhabitants of Pershore and surrounding areas. Here is a
selection of upcoming events for May but please check out
the website for more information.
They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most
celebrated playwright, now
the Reduced Shakespeare
Company tackles the
subject it was born to
reduce - comedy! Following
a hugely successful season
at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe 2014 the acclaimed
trio will be bringing their
side-splitting show The
Complete History of
Comedy (abridged) to
Number 8 as part of their
UK tour. The Reduced
Shakespeare Company is a
three-man comedy troupe
that takes long, serious
subjects and reduces them to short, sharp comedies. Tickets
£16, 16 and under £10. Suitable for age 12+. Sat 16 May - 7.30pm
Comedy
As part of this years Pershore Carnival on Monday 25th, a
group of local women, Dancefest Adults and students led by
choreographer Marie Oldaker will be dancing in the streets
in a free performance inspired by the role women played in
WWI.
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personal risk - written columns for The
Guardian and authored three books.
But more importantly, Jeremy Hardy
is a stand-up comic, performing
his one-man show in
theatres and arts
centres throughout
Britain and Ireland.
He is also part of
the live touring
version of I’m
Sorry I Haven’t a
Clue.
"In an ideal
world, Jeremy
Hardy would be
extremely famous,
but an ideal world
would leave him without most of his best material." - The
Guardian. "A comic genius." - Sandi Toksvig
Jeremy Hardy will begin speaking to Evesham at 8pm on
Saturday May 23rd. Tickets are available now price £14 from
Evesham Almonry,
01386-446944 and www.EveshamArtsCentre.co.uk
‘Quiet Revolution’ will be the culmination of a six weeks
course at Number 8 incorporating dance, choreography and an
opportunity to learn more about women’s role in the Great War.
In partnership with Dancefest & Wychavon District Council.
Film
With regular film showings, here are two to set your eyes
upon both starting at 7.30pm, tickets £7.50 (concs £7); ’71
(15) a BAFTA nominated British drama takes place over a
single night in 1971 of a young British soldier (Jack O'Connell)
is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the
streets of Belfast Saturday 9 May
Mommy (15) Diane Després (Anne Dorval) a feisty widowed
single mom is overwhelmed by the difficulty of raising her
troubled, sometimes violent son single handed. Thur 21 May.
For information, please contact the Number 8 Box Office
01386 555488 or go to the website www.number8.or