Otley Courthouse Programme Spring-Summer 2022

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Otley Courthouse January—August 2022
National Theatre Live: Leopoldstad
Sunday 6 February
7pm
£15
£13 Courthouse Friends
Ntlive.com
Theatre
National Theatre Live
LEOPOLDSTADT
Recorded Screening
A new play by Tom
Stoppard
Directed by Patrick
Marber
Tom Stoppard’s Olivier Awardwinning
new play Leopoldstadt
is a passionate drama of love,
family and endurance.
At the beginning of the 20th
century, Leopoldstadt was the
old, crowded Jewish quarter of
Vienna, Austria. But Hermann
Merz, a factory owner and
baptised Jew now married to
Catholic Gretl, has moved up in
the world.
We follow his family’s story
across half a century, passing
through the convulsions of war,
revolution, impoverishment,
annexation by Nazi Germany
and the Holocaust. A company
of 40 actors represent each
generation of the family in this
epic, but intimate play.
Kris Drever © genevieve stevenson
Wednesday 9 February
8pm
£17
krisdrever.com
Music
KRIS DREVER
As front man of Lau, one
of the 21st century’s most
successful and revered folk
acts, Kris Drever has won
multiple awards including an
incredible seven BBC Radio
2 Folk Awards, two shortlist
nominations for Scottish
Album of The Year and much
acclaim for his solo recordings
and concerts, with glowing
reviews from The Herald,
The Guardian, Mojo and Q
Magazine among others.
His recent single Scapa Flow
1919 was nominated for Best
Original Track by BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards whilst his (John
Parish produced) album with
Lau, Midnight and Closedown
was released in 2019 by
Reveal Records to wild acclaim
including being chosen in
The Best Albums of The Year
feature by The Guardian.
Hugely admired as a solo
artist, collaborator, and a
phenomenal and prolific
artist, Kris has collaborated
with Cream’s Jack Bruce,
Eddi Reader, Kate Rusby,
Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart,
Seckou Keita and many more.
He is without doubt one of
Scotland’s finest and most in
demand musicians.
Mark Watson © Matt Crockett
Friday 11 February
8pm
£20
Age 14+
Markwatsonthecomedian.com
Comedy
MARK WATSON:
THIS CAN’T
BE IT
We’ve all had some pondering
to do about the fragility of
life recently, but don’t worry,
skinny national treasure Mark
Watson has it covered. At 41,
he’s halfway through his days
on earth, according to the life
expectancy calculator app he
paid £1.49 for. That life is in the
best shape in living memory...
but one problem remains, and
it really is a huge one.
Spiritual enquiry meets
high-octane observational
comedy as the Taskmaster
survivor, multi-award-winner
and No More Jockeys cult
leader attempts to cram a
couple of years of pathological
overthinking into an evening
of stand-up. Maybe we’ll even
solve the huge problem. Doubt
it, though.