Otley Courthouse Autumn-Winter Programme September 2022- February 2023

OTLEY COURTHOUSE PROGRAMME

SEPTEMBER 2022 - FEBRUARY 2023

music

comedy

theatre

film

art

talks

family

community

WELCOME TO OTLEY COURTHOUSE

As ever, we're excited to share our autumn/winter programme with you. Whether it's violin

hootenannies, Bosch exhibitions, folk royalty or BBC Radio 4 comedy, there's something for

everyone.

Check out our renewed Courthouse Membership schemes and make sure to collect

redeemable rewards you can use when booking your tickets. We can't wait to see you soon!

BOOKING INFORMATION

You can book online, over the phone or in

person. The Box Office is open 10am-2.30pm

Monday - Friday and 10am-2pm on Saturdays.

CONCESSIONS

Where a concessionary price is listed, these tickets are

available for: Under 16s, anyone in receipt of benefits,

in full time education and Senior Citizens (60+ and

not in paid employment).

If a family ticket price is listed, these tickets are for any

combination of groups of 4.

ACCESSIBILITY

The Courthouse is fully wheelchair accessible,

with level entry, a lift to the first floor and

spacious disabled toilets.

Guide dogs & assistance dogs are welcome.

An induction loop is available in the Courtroom.

If you have specific access requirements or

need a carer to accompany you to events,

please call our box office to book your tickets.

One free carer ticket will be made available.

REFUNDS

Tickets are non-refundable, except in

the case of a cancelled performance.

For sold out performances it may be

possible to resell your tickets. Please

contact the box office and do not use

3rd-party resale sites.

CONTACT US

Phone: 01943 467466

admin@otleycourthouse.org.uk

Scan the QR Code for more

information about how you can

sign up or visit our website:

www.otleycourthouse.org.uk

The Courthouse Project (Otley) Ltd. Company registered in England and Wales No. 4303404. Charity No. 1090877

film at the

courthouse...

Movie Matinees are on Thursdays

at 2pm. Tickets are £6 and always

include free tea, coffee and

biscuits!

DEATH ON THE

NILE

Thursday 15th September

Starring: Tom Bateman, Annette

Bening and Kenneth Branagh

CABARET


Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael

York and Helmut Griem

PHANTOM OF

THE OPEN

Thursday 13th October

Starring: Mark Rylance, Ian

Porter and Tommy Fallon

A ROOM WITH A

VIEW


Starring: Dame Maggie Smith,

Helena Bonham Carter and

Denholm Elliot

SPITFIRE OVER

BERLIN

Thursday 24th November

Starring: Archie Blankley,

Callum Burn and David Dobson

WEST SIDE

STORY (2021)

Thursday 8th December

Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel

Zegler and Ariana DeBose

ENCANTO

Thursday 22nd December

Starring: Stephanie Beatriz,

María Cecilia Botero and John

Leguizamo

KIDS TICKET: £3

DOWNTON

ABBEY: A NEW

ERA

Thursday 12th January

Starring: Dame Maggie Smith,

Hugh Bonneville and Jim Carter

THELMA AND

LOUISE


Starring: Susan Sarandon,

Geena Davis and Harvey Keitel

THE DUKE

Thursday 9th February

Starring: Jim Broadbent,

Heather Craney and Stephen

Rashbrook

GHOST

Thursday 23rd February

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi

Moore and Whoopi Goldberg

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September Otley Film Society Events

film at the

courthouse...

Otley Film Society is a not-for-profit organisation that

is committed to bringing diverse cinema to Otley. To

find out more about the films, membership details and

how to buy guest tickets, go to otleyfilmsociety.org.uk

or email: info@otleyfilmsociety.org.uk

Thursday screenings start at 7.45pm with the bar open

from 7pm. Guest Tickets: £5, cash only on the door. No

advance booking.

THE QUIET GIRL


Directed by Colm Bairéad

PARALLEL

MOTHERS

Thursday 22nd September

Directed by Philip Barantini

FLEE


Directed by Jonas Poher

Rasmussen

HIT THE ROAD

Thursday 3rd November

Directed by Panah Panahi

GARGARINE


Directed by Fanny Liatard

PETITE MAMAN

Thursday 2nd February

Directed by Céline Sciamma

THE WORST

PERSON IN THE

WORLD


Directed by Joachim Trier

LICORICE

PIZZA


Directed by Paul Thomas

Anderson

BABYTEETH


Directed by Shannon Murphy

WEST SIDE

STORY (2021)


Directed by Steven Spielberg

AZOR

Thursday 1st December

Directed by Andreas

Fontana

THE OUTFIT


Directed by Graham Moore

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music

THE MARRAKESH

EXPRESS

Friday 2nd September

8pm

£15

There are few artists in

history with finer harmonies

than Crosby, Stills, Nash &

Young.

Recreating this enduring

sound for themselves, we

have The Marrakesh Express.

They’ll be telling the story of

how the world’s greatest

supergroup formed, as well

as playing songs by The

Hollies, The Byrds and

Buffalo Springfield.

Turn on and tune in as The

Marrakesh Express take their

audience back to a time of

protest, revolution and great

music. It’s one hell of a trip.

'If there are any better bands

than this in Britain today I’d

like to hear them.' - The

Evening Standard.

comedy

SHAPARAK

KHORSANDI

Sunday 4th September

8pm

£16

This is Shaparak

Khorsdandi's new show: It

Was The 90's!

It was the decade where

Shaparak left an important

part of her brain somewhere

in a field in Hampshire…

From indie discos to

unflattering crop tops…a trip

down memory lane to the

decade where ‘kinky’ was

nurse roleplay and whipped

cream, and Shaparak found

herself flying about London

with hope in her heart, a

tenner in her pocket and

spare knickers in her

handbag.

How does the decade of

binge drinking and walks of

shame look without

snakebite and black tinted

specs?

Using the sharp wit which

has landed appearances on

Mock The Week, 8 Out Of

10 Cats, Have I Got News

For You, QI, Just a Minute

and Live At The Apollo, this

new show gives one of the

UK’s finest comedians a rare

opportunity to look back.

music

REMI HARRIS &

TOM MOORE

Friday 9th September

8pm

£14

What do you get when you

combine the gypsy jazz

virtuosity of Django

Reinhardt and the hurricane

riffage of Jimi Hendrix? It’ll

be the new show by one of

the UK’s finest young

guitarists, Remi Harris.

Remi’s talent took him from

busking on the streets to

some of the world’s most

prestigious venues,

including Buckingham

Palace and the BBC Proms

at Royal Albert Hall.

Fresh from supporting Jools

Holland, double-bassist Tom

Moore will be joining Remi.

Together, they'll be bridging

two of their biggest musical

loves, acoustic jazz and

electric blues.

Expect new spins on jazz

standards and familiar tunes,

improvisations, and original

compositions from this

powerful duo.

'An absolutely extraordinary

musician.' - Jamie Cullum

'Astonishing stuff.' - Cerys

Matthews


September Events

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OTLEY FOLK

FESTIVAL 2022

September 16th - 18th


community

HERITAGE OPEN

DAYS: 'HOT OFF

THE PRESS'

Saturday 10th September

10am-4pm

Free

Under the theme of

‘Astounding Inventions’,

Otley Museum and the

Courthouse present an

exhibition about the

Wharfedale Printing

Machine and other great

Otley inventions.

Otley storyteller Vickie Orton

will also be telling fantastical

tales about inventions, both

real and imaginary, while

The Otley Players have

written their own play about

a Yorkshire invention, which

will be performed at

6.30pm and 7.30pm.

There'll be activities relating

to the Otley Phlox, a

flowering plant developed

by Fred Simpson, as well as

guided tours of the

Courthouse's former police

station, cells, and courtroom,

all used for the filming of

ITV's retro crime drama

‘Heartbeat’.

science

OTLEY SCIENCE

CAFE


7.30pm

£6 Standard

Under 18s Free

At our Science Cafe, each

speaker has a quarter of an

hour to talk, then you, the

audience take over.

Whether you want to grill a

speaker about generalities or

pose a particular problem,

the floor is yours to ask the

questions.

Speakers talk about a range

of problems; whether it’s

counting to infinity, curing

tinnitus or predicting the

weather in space, our cafe is

the place to sample some

new science presented by

those working on it - and

something from the bar!

music

STANLEY

ACCRINGTON +

DAMIEN BARBER

& MIKE WILSON

Friday 16th September

7.30pm

£21

Stanley emerged from the

dark days of the late 1970s

and has been terrorising the

cultural world ever since. He

has written hundreds of

songs in a range of styles on

a breadth of subjects. There

are old-style songs on

current happenings and

modern style songs on

ancient events. There are

poems, pastiches, parodies,

and a plethora of other

possibilities.

Whether it's rural and

industrial songs local to

Mike' Wilson's home in the

North East, or the

musicianship of modern folk

writers such as Peter

Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and

Mike Waterson, Damien and

Mike share a rich repertoire

of songs from around the

British Isles.

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music

LUCY WARD +

CHRIS WHILE &

JULIE MATTHEWS

Saturday 17th September

7.30pm

£23

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award

winner Lucy is a critically

acclaimed singer, songwriter

and folk musician hailing

from Derbyshire.

Her songs are a sweet

mixture of evocative imagery

and quiet beauty; passion,

protest and tradition all

rolled into one. She has

performed all over the

world, including main stage

performances at Glastonbury

Festival.

Chris While & Julie

Matthews are the longestlasting

female duo in Britain

and have had 10

nominations in the BBC

Radio 2 Folk Awards.

'Truly gifted human beings' -

Richard Hawley

music

LUNCHTIME

RECITAL: ASUKA

SUMI

Thursday 22nd September

1pm

£6

Asuka Sumi is a violinist

based in Leeds and

specialising in historical

performance practice. She is

renowned for her clear style,

and lyrical approach. These

qualities helped her win the

Biber Competition’s 2013

'Romanus Weichlein Prize'

in Austria.

Under the guidance of her

father, the violin pedagogue

Yasuro Sumi, she studied

historical performance on

period instruments,

subsequently obtaining

degrees from the Tokyo

National University of Fine

Arts and Music.

Asuka has helped form

several chamber music

groups in Europe. Since

moving to Leeds in 2015,

she has played in a range of

groups such as the Gabrieli

Consort, London Early

Opera and Leeds Baroque,

who appointed her as

orchestra leader in 2021.

talks

SIMON PARKER:

RIDING OUT

Friday 23rd September

7.30pm

£15

Simon Parker is an awardwinning

travel writer and

broadcaster who has

reported from well over 100

countries by the age of 34

for the BBC, The Telegraph

and Amazon Prime.

As Britain entered its first

Lockdown, Simon set off

from the northernmost point

of Shetland with only a

sleeping bag and camping

stove, cycling 3,427 miles

around Britain. En route, he

met hundreds of people -

farmers, fishermen, artists,

who were all, in their own

way, riding out the storm.

Riding Out is a story of

hope, and a portrait of

Britain transforming from a

country in crisis to a nation

on the mend. From Shetland

to Scilly, Dover to Durness,

Simon learnt that life’s

sharpest corners are best

navigated at the gentle pace

of a bicycle.


'They light up the room with

their amazing energy' -

James Taylor

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comedy

DR PHIL

HAMMOND:

DOUBLE BILL


8pm

£17

Private Eye’s medical

correspondent since 1992

and a regular on Have I Got

News for You, The One

Show and The News Quiz,

and more, Phil Hammond

brings two brand new, fulllength

shows to the

Courthouse: Dr Hammond's

Covid Enquiry and How I

Ruined Medicine.

Do we know what was right

and wrong with the Covid

response? Why are experts

so polarised? Warning: may

contain traces of doubt,

compassion, humour,

nuance and batshit.

Doctoring used to be like

Downing Street. Posh,

unaccountable alcoholics

working silly hours, cocking

up, covering up and

laughing it off. Then Phil

broke ranks and ruined it.

The outrageous confessions

of a retiring NHS

whistleblower.

‘One of the most

entertainingly subversive

people on the planet’ - The

Guardian

music

FIRE AND RAIN

PRESENT: THE

MUSIC OF JAMES

TAYLOR

Saturday 1st October

7.30pm

£15

‘Fire and Rain’ are not a

tribute or a soundalike act,

they are six of the North’s

finest musicians coming

together to play the

soundtracks of our lives.

They’re returning to the

Courthouse after their soldout

Carole King homage in

2019. This year’s

performance will be

celebrating the music of six

time Grammy awardwinning

songwriter James

Taylor. It’s no surprise that it

takes great ability to play the

music of such a mercurial

talent.

Expect the classic James

Taylor songs like Fire and

Rain, Shower the People,

Steamroller and many more

played with skill, passion,

emotion, humour and

humility. Who said It’s Too

Late for a little bit of Carole

King thrown in too?

theatre

THOSE

MAGNIFICENT

MEN

Friday 7th October

7.30pm

£14

By Brian Mitchell and Joseph

Nixon (co-writer of The

Shark is Broken).

Award-winning company the

Foundry Group are proud to

recreate the greatest

moment in aviation history

and a truly British feat – the

first ever non-stop flight

across the Atlantic.

This is the nail-biting, sidesplitting

true story of a

daredevil flight by pilot Capt.

John Alcock and navigator

Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown. In

a tiny open cockpit, they fly

through dense fog, sleet,

snow and hail – sometimes

upside down – to Ireland

and worldwide infamy. All

this is told using cardboard,

two stools and some left-over

props.

‘Wonderfully entertaining….

the makings of a West-End

hit’ – The Times

‘An up, up and away fringe

hit! Spiffing perfection’ – The

Daily Telegraph

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music

MARTIN

SIMPSON

Saturday 8th October

8pm

£14

'What’s it like being the best

guitar player in the world?'

Martin’s modest nature

prevented him from

answering this BBC Radio 4

interviewer’s question

recently, but the facts speak

for themselves.

40 years on from releasing

his debut album, Martin is

listed in Gibson Guitars’ Top

30 Acoustic Guitarists of all

time, and Acoustic Guitar

readers voted him number

12 guitarist in the world in

2005.

He’s also had the most

nominations of any

performer in the history of

the BBC Folk Awards, an

astonishing 32 of which 13

were for Musician of the

Year.

Performing with rare

subtlety, intensity and

honesty, Martin is a true

master of his art.

talks

AN EVENING

WITH: BEN

PEARSON


7.30pm

£16

Age 16+

Channel 5's Police

Interceptors show brought

West Yorkshire Policeman

Ben Pearson into the public

eye as the nation watched

him arresting murderers and

being involved in hairraisingly

fast vehicle pursuits.

Now retired, Ben has

become a best-selling author

having written two books

about his time in the force

whilst becoming a podcaster

and YouTube star around

the world. Ben has also

started his own charity

addressing Post Traumatic

Stress Disorder issues and is

a major advocate for mental

health awareness.

Join Ben for a frank and

honest conversation with

Pulse of West Yorkshire

presenter Danny Mylo

followed by a Q&A session.

community

OTLEY

COURTHOUSE

COMMUNITY

CAFÉ

Our volunteer-run café is

the perfect respite for

anyone in the local area or

simply stopping by for any

number of the classes and

workshops we have on

offer.

We've got outdoor seating,

space to park up bikes,

room for large groups and

no timer on how long you

can stay.

NEW MENU:

TEA, COFFEE, CAKE,

QUICHE AND BONDGATE

BAKERY PIZZAS

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

10am - 2.00pm

10am - 2.00pm

10am - 2.00pm

10am - 2.00pm

10am - 2.00pm

10.am - 1.00pm

Closed

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Otley Courthouse

Wildlife Festival

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OTLEY WILDLIFE ARTS

FESTIVAL

14TH - 15TH OCTOBER

talks

SIMON BARNES:

VIEW FROM A

MOUNTAIN

Friday 14th October

7.30pm

£10

Simon Barnes was sitting on

top of a mountain in

Armenia, with lammergeiers

and bezoar goats sat below

him, when he realised that

humans have misunderstood

the world for over 5,000

years.

Barnes has been writing on

wildlife and conservation for

more than 30 years.

In this talk he traces the

subtle build-up to this

mountain-top revelation,

pondering the kindness of

vampire bats, the return of

the avocet from extinction

and the Borneo rainforest -

all leading to a radically

changed understanding of

the world we live in.

art

WILDLIFE ART

EXHIBITION


10am-4pm

Free

Ten new artists, including a

world champion wood

carver, will join last year's

painters, sculptors,

photographers and writers.

Creative and wildlife groups

will have stalls at the

Courthouse, and there will

be events to look out for in

other locations around town,

as well as a range of

children's activities.

Upstairs there will be new

talks on various topics, such

as bees, barn owls and

hedgehogs. The diversity

and strength of Otley's

creative output is

astonishing, and by

supporting this event you

can support the diversity and

strength of our wildlife.

talks

IAN MCCARTHY


7.30pm

£10

Back by popular demand,

top cameraman and filmmaker

Ian McCarthy (Blue

Planet, Autumn Watch, Life

in the Freezer, Planet Earth)

will be bringing a brand-new

presentation 'Howling with

Wolves'.

Ian grew up in the suburbs

of northwest London but

dreamt of travelling to exotic

places and being amongst

truly wild animals. At the age

of 9, watching a wildlife film,

he realized someone must

be behind the camera

working it and he knew that

was what he wanted to do

when he grew up.

As an Emmy and BAFTA

award winning wildlife

cameraman and stills

photographer, he has

travelled the world filming

on most of the BBC’s big

landmark nature programs.

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theatre

NATIONAL

THEATRE LIVE:

MUCH ADO

ABOUT NOTHING

Sunday 16th October

7pm

£15 Standard

£13 Courthouse Friends

Katherine Parkinson (The IT

Crowd) and John Heffernan

(Dracula) lead the cast in

Shakespeare’s romcom of

sun, sea and mistaken

identity.

The legendary family-run

Hotel Messina on the Italian

Riveria has been visited by

artists, celebrities and

royalty. But when the

owner’s daughter weds a

dashing young soldier, not

all guests are in the mood

for love. What follows is a

string of scandalous

deceptions.

Following the award-winning

success of National Theatre

Live’s Romeo & Juliet,

Twelfth Night and Antony

and Cleopatra, director

Simon Godwin returns with

his finest comedy yet.

comedy

HENRY NORMAL:

SIT DOWN

POETRY

Friday 21st October

8pm

£16

Armed only with a chair and

a mic, stories, jokes and

poetry, Henry Normal’s

taking on the world looking

for a win-win situation.

Setting up Baby Cow

Productions Ltd in 1990,

Henry executive produced

all, and scripted most, of

their output. Highlights of his

work with Baby Cow include

the Oscar-nominated film

Philomena, Gavin and

Stacey, Moone Boy, The

Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf

and Alan Partridge. He also

co-created and co-wrote the

first series of The Royle

Family.

In June 2017 he was

honoured with a special

BAFTA for services to

Television.

'Shove up National

Treasures. We need to make

room for Henry Normal' -

Radio Times

'Marrying the beauty of

Beatles ballads with the blunt

candour of the kitchen sink' -

The Guardian

music

JOSHUA

BURNELL & BAND

Saturday 22nd October

8pm

£15

Revamped with a new

sound, look and album,

Joshua and his incredible

band return to the stage.

His music ranges from

stomping, acoustic singalongs,

Bowie-esque music

hall epics, and indie-pop, all

whilst keeping a sharp focus

on the traditional themes. It’s

carved a unique identity and

has been given the thumbs

up by Mark Radcliffe (BBC

Radio 2) and Tom Robinson

(BBC Radio 6 Music). Joshua

Burnell and his band are

poised to become bigger

and better than ever before.

Having cut his teeth playing

the folk festivals of the UK

and releasing two albums of

traditional songs, Joshua’s

returning to original

songwriting with his new

album Flowers Where the

Horses Sleep. The record is

inspired by the lives of

people both past and

present and explores

humankind’s remarkable

ability to find beauty, even in

the ugliest of times, an ability

more relevant than ever.


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music

LUNCHTIME

RECITAL:

MELANIE MEHTA

Thursday 3rd November

1pm

£6

Melanie Mehta was born in

Hull and now lives in Devon.

A notorious operatic soloist,

her experience includes

Adele (Die Fledermaus),

Mother (Hansel & Gretel)

and Witch (Macbeth), as

well as covering roles for

Staircase Opera in Devon

and the Midsummer Opera

in London.

Her solo oratorio experience

includes Vivaldi's Gloria,

Haydn's Nelson Mass, and

the Requiems of Brahms,

Mozart and Verdi. She

regularly gives recitals as a

soloist or with other singers

in the classical song

repertoire but has been

known to guest with a rock

covers band too.

Expect a stunning operatic

performance from this gifted

soprano, accompanied by

Tim Tozer on piano.

music

JOHN SMITH &

KATHERINE

PRIDDY

Friday 4th November

8pm

£17

Following a chance

encounter in a Kansas hotel

lobby, John Smith and

Katherine Priddy have been

creating together and the

result is a powerful meeting

of rich harmony. It’s a

galvanising adventure for

two of the UK's finest

songwriters.

Smith's known for intimate

songwriting and a honey-ongravel

voice. After 15 years

of international touring and

amassing 80 million Spotify

streams, he’s worked with

artists as diverse as Joan

Baez, Lianne La Havas and

Tom Jones.

Priddy’s haunting vocals and

unique finger-picking guitar

style has made her a staple

of the UK scene. She’s had a

No.1 in the Official UK Folk

Chart and No. 5 in the US

Americana charts, alongside

an acclaimed set at

Glastonbury 2022.

music

A BAND CALLED

MALICE

Saturday 5th November

8pm

£12 Standing

£15 Guaranteed Seating

A Band Called Malice have

quickly taken the tribute

sector by storm in their quest

to become the number one

homage to The Jam. They're

also Courthouse regulars,

guaranteeing a sold-out

crowd every time they pass

by the Chevin.

They’d barely been playing

for 2 years when they were

finalists in the National

Tribute Awards. It supported

their decision to not only

play the hits of Weller and

co. but to include B sides

and album tracks rarely

performed by other Jam

tributes. They're notorious

for giving the same high

energy, angst, aggression,

passion and soul of their

idols.

So - if you are In the City, a

Strange Town, Going

Underground or you're

simply A Boy About Town,

we'll see you at A Band

Called Malice.

'An accomplished set of

original songs delivered in a

breathtaking voice' – The

Observer

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theatre

NATIONAL

THEATRE LIVE:

THE SEAGULL

Sunday 6th November

7pm

£15 Standard


Emilia Clarke (Game of

Thrones) makes her West

End debut in this 21st

century retelling of Anton

Chekhov’s tale of love and

loneliness.

A young woman is

desperate for fame and a

way out. A young man is

pining after the woman of

his dreams. A successful

writer longs for a sense of

achievement. An actress

wants to fight the changing

of the times. In an isolated

home in the countryside,

dreams lie in tatters, hopes

are dashed, and hearts

broken. With nowhere left to

turn, the only option is to

turn on each other.

Following his critically

acclaimed production of

Cyrano de Bergerac, Jamie

Lloyd brings Anya Reiss’

adaptation of Anton

Chekhov’s classic to stage.

music

BLAZIN' FIDDLES

Wednesday 9th November

8pm

£23

One of the world’s most

prolific fiddle groups, Blazin’

Fiddles formed for a one-off

tour of the Scottish

Highlands in 1999 and are

still raising roofs far and

wide well over two decades

later.

Encompassing a rare and

virtuosic selection of the

fiddle’s diverse Highlands

and Islands voices, with

ensemble and solo-led sets

both backed by powerhouse

guitar and piano, the Blazers

pack all the power, passion

and sensitivity of Scotland’s

traditional music into a single

show.

Whether it's a Highland

village hall or the Royal

Albert, the 2019 Scotland

Folk Band of the Year will

create a hootenanny which

reminds you why they're one

of the UK's most treasured

folk exports.

'Infectious, enlivening and

irresistible euphoria.' - Folk

Radio UK

'Music like this is a reminder

why Hogmanay celebrations

are such fun.' - London

Evening Standard

music

WOOLPACK

STUDIOS CHOIR

ANNIVERSARY

CONCERT WITH

OTLEY ROCK

ORCHESTRA

Friday 11th November

8pm

£10

Woolpack Studios Choir

celebrate their 10th

anniversary with a special

performance of their

favourite songs from the

nearly 70 arrangements that

choir leaders Richard Sabey

and Jennifer Pugh have

written over the years.

The set list is confidential,

but expect classic rock,

beautiful soul, uplifting 80s

and a couple of ballads too!

The choir will be supported

by special guests Otley Rock

Orchestra, conducted by

Richard, who will perform

songs from their rocking

repertoire.

If you want to join in at the

end of the night, you're

welcome to!

All proceeds will go towards

Woolpack Studios' work in

making music accessible to

more people in the

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November Events

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community

OTLEY COFFEE

CULTURE:

CRAFTS AND

COFFEE


10am-2pm

Free

Following the success of

Otley's first ever Coffee

Festival earlier in the year,

Otley Coffee Culture have

partnered up with Rounton

Coffee for an afternoon of

crafts people, creatives and

great quality locally-roasted

coffee.

There'll be opportunities to

sample new blends and

check out the range of crafts,

treats, prints and curios.

OTLEY SCIENCE

FESTIVAL

14TH - 19TH

NOVEMBER

family

JACK FROST AND

THE SEARCH FOR

WINTER

Sunday 13th November

11am and 2pm

£11 Adult

£9 Child

£35 Family

Age 3+

Jack Frost is a mischievous

young boy with a frozen

touch. His magic transforms

the landscape and brings the

colours of autumn with the

chill of cold winter. He

freezes the orange and red

leaves and covers the trees

and ground with a glistening

blanket of ice and snow.

But this year when the snow

begins to melt Jack’s magic

fades, turning him into just

an ordinary boy.

In this wintery tale, Jack

searches for winter and

attempts to restore his

special gift. Circling the

globe, he meets characters

who share their own

seasonal winter magic, but

will Jack’s return?

Join tutti frutti for an

enchanting new play by

playwright Joseph Coelho

with important environmental

themes and original live

music.

art

EXHIBITION ON

SCREEN: MUNCH


7.30pm

£9 Standard


In 2013, all of Norway

celebrated the 150th

anniversary of the birth of

Edvard Munch (1863 –

1944), one of the towering

figures of modern art.

Global interest was huge –

not least as a result of one of

his four The Scream

paintings having recently set

a public art auction record

of $120 million. Munch 150

was co-hosted by the

National Museum and the

Munch Museum in Oslo.

With 220 paintings on

show, it brought together the

greatest number of Munch’s

key works in one place.

This film went behind-thescenes

to show some of the

process of putting the

exhibition together – as well

as providing an in-depth

biography of a man who

lived from the mid-19th

century right through to the

German occupation of

Norway in the Second

World War. This is your

opportunity to enjoy a 'oncein-a-lifetime

show' all over

again.

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SCIENCE QUIZ

Monday 14th November

7.30pm

£10 with food

£6 without

GREGG RADDICK:

READING

DARWIN'S

EXPRESSION - A

GUIDED GROUP

INTRODUCING A

SCIENTIFIC

CLASSIC

14th, 15th and 16th November

6pm-7pm

£15

After successfully quizzing our way virtually through the

pandemic, we are bringing the Science Festival Quiz back

into the Courthouse. We'll also be serving fish ‘n’ chips or

veggie lasagne from Otley’s Maypole Fisheries in the

interval. To avoid disappointment, book your table early.

Each team can have a maximum of 6 members.

Why do we cry when we feel sad, tense up when we feel

angry, blush when we feel embarrassed? In Charles

Darwin's extraordinary book, ‘The Expression of the

Emotions in Man and Animals’, published 150 years ago

this year, he sought to answer these questions and more.

Led by Gregory Radick, Professor of History and

Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, this

guided reading will discuss key chapters from the book to

explore how Darwin turned our emotional expressions into

evidence for human evolution.

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PROF CHRIS

JACKSON: THE

GEOLOGICAL

RECORD OF

CLIMATE

CHANGE

Tuesday 15th November

7.30pm

£10

SCIENCE CAFE

Wednesday 16th November

7.30pm

£16

The Earth is warming, with present and future changes in

our climate being of global concern.

Occurring before humans inhibited the Earth, these often

dramatic and rapid changes in climate were driven by a

range of natural processes, controlling the habitability of

our planet and its associated biodiversity. In this talk we

will look at the geological record of climate change, how

these changes impacted life on Earth, and how this can

help us better understand our present and future climate.

At our Science Cafe, each speaker has a quarter of an hour

to talk, then you, the audience take over. Whether you want

to grill a speaker about generalities or pose a particular

problem, the floor is yours to ask the questions. Our cafe is

the place to sample new ideas as well as something from

the bar!

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Science Festival

MARTY JOPSON:

STUNT SCIENCE


7.30pm

Children £9

Adults £11

Family £35

KERSTEN HALL -

FLORENCE BELL:

THE FORGOTTEN

HEROINE OF DNA


2pm

£6

PROFESSOR

MATTHEW

COBB: THE

GENETIC AGE -

OUR PERILOUS

QUEST TO EDIT

LIFE


7.30pm

£10

SCIENCE FAIR


10am-4pm

Free

Join Marty Jopson, Otley’s resident science bloke, as he

places himself in grave personal danger. Watch in horror

as he sets fire to his own hand, introduces the audience to

the Pendulum of Doom, explains how to play a tune with

two million Volts, the science of seriously loud explosions

and the maths of a karate chop.

When the scientist Florence Bell died in 2000, her

occupation was recorded as ‘housewife’. Yet in 1938, as a

young physicist working at the University of Leeds, she had

shown, for the first time, that X-rays could be used to

reveal the regular, ordered structure of DNA. So who was

Bell, and why has one of science’s most important figures

disappeared into the shadows of history?

A new gene editing technology called CRISPR has turned

humanity into gods, enabling us to manipulate the genes

in virtually any organism with exquisite precision. But

CRISPR is just the latest, giant leap in a long journey to

master genetics. The Genetic Age shows the astonishing,

world-changing potential of the new genetics and the

possible threats it poses, sifting between fantasy and the

reality when it comes to both benefits and dangers.

Matthew Cobb is Professor of Zoology at the University of

Manchester and the presenter of the BBC radio series

‘Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares’.

Get down to this year’s Science Fair for stalls,

demonstrations, and great experiments to try out. The

Courthouse will be alive with local and regional groups

showing off the best science Yorkshire has to offer. From

physics to biology and engineering to wildlife, there

really is something for everyone! Cakes, teas, coffees,

and lunch available in the café all day.

PAUL HUDSON:

A HISTORY OF

WEATHER


8pm

£16

Paul Hudson has been Look North’s forecaster for 25

years, having worked in the international forecast unit at

Met Office HQ before returning to his native Yorkshire in

1997. He has written 5 books on the weather and climate

change, teaming up with the late Ian McCaskill and Michael

Fish to warn about the dangers that lie ahead with our

climate. In this Science Festival exclusive, Paul will be

looking at Yorkshire’s weather, climate change and a

lifetime spent on our screens.

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CALAN


8pm

£17.50

Prepare for a hurricane!

Powerhouse indie-folk band

Calan are rolling in with their

long-awaited Autumn

Thunder tour.

Calan are a multi awardwinning

Welsh folk band

comprising of five virtuoso

musicians formed after they

met at a folk music course in

Sweden. Since they formed,

the band has played to

audiences numbering from

40 at a garden fete to

26,000 at Fairport

Convention’s Cropredy

Festival in Oxfordshire, as

well as a packed Royal

Albert Hall alongside Sir

Bryn Terfel and Sting.

The band will be showcasing

tunes from their latest album,

'Kistvaen' - an old Welsh

word for tomb. And that’s

what Calan do, they excavate

tombs, find old tunes and

bring them back to life for

the 21st century.

'A storming juggernaut of

power-folk with a jawdropping

repertoire...you

can’t help but marvel at their

astounding musicianship' -

Folk Wales Magazine

music

LINDISFARNE

STORY


8pm

£22

Back in 1971, Lindisfarne

released their groundbreaking

first album and

#0096CB

began to attract the fervent

fan base that followed them

for decades.

In October that year they

released their second

album, Fog on the Tyne,

which topped the UK charts

for six weeks in spring 1972.

It was a game-changer, with

UK and international

successes soon following.

To celebrate the 50th

anniversary of this classic

album, Lindisfarne frontman

Billy Mitchell and founder

member Ray Laidlaw tell the

group’s amazing story with a

combination of superb

songs, vital video, tall tales

and, of course, scurrilous

gossip.

From Whitley Bay to ‘Frisco

Bay: The Lindisfarne Story.

Don’t miss it.

theatre

THE SECOND

BEST BED


7.30pm

£15.50

When Shakespeare died, he

famously left his wife Anne

only one thing – the second

best bed. This superb onewoman

play, full of both

humour and pathos, has

received great critical

acclaim since its premier at

the Swan Theatre Worcester

in 2012.

Liz Grand stars as Anne

Hathaway on the night of

Shakespeare’s funeral. The

wake has finished, the

mourners have all gone

home, leaving Anne to

remember her life with the

most talented playwright the

world has ever seen. Or was

he? Did he write the plays?

His widow would know if

anybody did. Wouldn’t she?

'Liz Grand as Anne is

magnificent. The eighty

minutes of performance time

never dragged and much of

that comes down to Grand’s

compelling performance' -

International Shakespeare

Review

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KING PLEASURE

AND THE

BISCUIT BOYS


8pm

£17

Prepare yourself for a

bopping hullaballoo from

the world’s greatest jump,

jive and swing band. These

cats are rough, tough and

always rocking. They’ve

opened shows for the likes

of B.B. King, Cab Calloway,

Ray Charles and the Blues

Brothers.

Shrieking saxophones,

wobbling double bass and

more than 50 TV

appearances, including

several on the Teletubbies

and Blue Peter, have

established them as the

undisputed Kings of Swings.

After 30 years of big hits

and even bigger zoot suits,

expect a joyous jamboree of

jazz.

'The hardest act to follow

since the parting of the Red

Sea.' - Paul Jones, BBC Radio

2

'Behind the fun and

rollocking good timeslies an

outfit skilled enough for the

horns to come on with the

bite and precision of the

Basie Band.' - The Guardian

film

LEEDS

PALESTINIAN

FILM FESTIVAL:

BOYCOTT


7.30pm

£6

When a news publisher in

Arkansas, an attorney in

Arizona, and a speech

therapist in Texas are told

they must choose between

their jobs and their political

beliefs, they launch legal

battles that expose an attack

on freedom of speech

across 33 states in America.

Boycott traces the impact of

state legislation designed to

penalise individuals and

companies that choose to

boycott Israel due to its

human rights record.

A gripping legal thriller with

'accidental plaintiffs', Boycott

looks at the far-reaching

implications of anti-boycott

legislation and is an

inspiring tale of everyday

Americans standing up to

protect our rights in an age

of shifting politics and threats

to freedom of speech.

music

ST. AGNES

FOUNTAIN

Friday 2nd December

8pm

£21

Consisting of Fairport

Convention's Chris Leslie

and the BBC Folk Awardswinning

duo Chris While

and Julie Matthews, this starstudded

group bring

together musical invention

and laughter to the star-dust

atmosphere of the festive

season.

Whether it’s Chris Leslie

using native American flutes,

bouzoukis and ouds to

soundtrack the likes of

Heartbeat, Midsommer

Murders and Billy Connolly’s

World Tour of Scotland, or

Chris While and Julie

Matthews celebrating their

tenure as the longest lasting

female duo in the country,

St. Agnes Fountain have had

an enduring influence on

British music.

They’ll be keeping the

Christmas Aggie spirit alive

and touring as a trio to

celebrate 21 years together

with a tour of new material

and reworking of those old

Aggie classics.

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MARK

CHADWICK

(LEVELLERS) +

TONY WRIGHT

(TERRORVISION)

Saturday 3rd December

8pm

£21 Guaranteed Seating

£18.50 Standing

One of the UK’s most

successful songwriters, Mark

Chadwick has co-written 20

chart singles and six Top 40

albums (including a Number

One) as part of the Levellers,

the band he’s fronted for

over 30 years.

Still going strong the

Levellers are festival

favourites and have ticked

off headline performances at

Isle of Wight, Cambridge

Folk Festival and Bestival.

They are even believed to

have performed to

Glastonbury's biggest-ever

crowd when they headlined

the Pyramid stage in 1994.

Roughly 300,000 people

are thought to have seen

their career-defining show.

Support comes from

Terrorvision's Tony Wright, a

man with more than a dozen

Top 40 hits, including

Perseverance, Bad Actress

and Tequila.

community

OTLEY

VICTORIAN

FAYRE

Sunday 4th December

12pm-4.30pm

Free

Gas lamps burning on misty

streets, an easterly wind and

a host of carefully curated

curios spreading festive

cheer.

This is the ideal opportunity

to find a special Christmas

present with a nibble of

mince pie and a tipple of

mulled wine. Local crafters

will be displaying and selling

everything you could

possibly want, from jewellery

and stationery to art and craft

works, and lots more!

There'll also be

entertainment during the

afternoon, with musical

proceed coming from a

local choir.

film talk

GRAHAM

FELLOWS'

FATHER EARTH:

FILM + LIVE Q&A

Sunday 4th December

7.30pm

£13.50

Father Earth is the true story

of one man’s attempt to help

save the planet, by

converting a derelict church

on the Orkney Isles into an

eco-friendly recording

studio. It’s also a fascinating

study of a psychological

power struggle between a

character comedian –

Graham Fellows, and his

long-standing creation –

John Shuttleworth.

Father Earth is also about

family relationships –

specifically between fathers

and sons – and it explores

how in our battle against

extinction, we are often

distracted by personal and

family issues, as they appear

more important and

pressing than the future of

the planet.

The screening will be

followed by a Q&A with

Graham Fellows himself,

giving the audience a

chance to get the first-hand

perspective of a comic

legend.

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GORDON

GILTRAP

Friday 9th December

8pm

£20

Over five decades, the

legendary Gordon Giltrap

MBE has graced the music

business with dedication to

his craft and affection for his

audience. This is a show

guaranteed to enthrall guitar

aficionados, acoustic

enthusiasts and music lovers

in general. Don’t miss the

chance to see one of the

UK’s most important and

influential guitarists in action.

58 years on from releasing

his debut album, you can

expect to hear classics such

as Heartsong and Lucifer’s

Cage alongside new

material from his latest

album ‘The Last of England’.

'One of an elite few who truly

have become legendary in

their field, in their own

lifetime.' - Brian May (Queen)

'Gordon Giltrap is one of the

best acoustic guitar players

in the world…His concerts

and playing are

breathtaking.' - Ritchie

Blackmore (Deep Purple)

comedy

OTLEY PLAYERS:

SEASON'S

GREETINGS

Saturday 10th + Sunday

11th December

2pm and 7pm

£10 Standard

£7 Concession

Following on from the

roaring success of Otley

Players' rendition of Alan

Bennett's 'Talking Heads',

we're lucky enough to be

hosting their festive edition

of Alan Ayckbourn's

'Season's Greetings'.

Featuring a chaotically

incompetent puppet show,

and a midnight love scene

that sets off a fearful din

among mechanical

Christmas toys, this is the

calamitous story of four days

in the life of a dysfunctional

family.

This quintessentially British

play evokes a smorgasbord

of festive feelings, mixing

Christmas cheer with

heartbreaking emotion and

plenty of laughs along the

way.

'It is a vintage Ayckbourn

piece that holds the mirror up

to nature with only the faintest

distortion' - The Guardian

music

ALBION

CHRISTMAS

BAND

Sunday 11th December

8pm

£24

After 22 years of touring, the

Albion Christmas Band are

widely regarded as the

premier seasonal show,

attracting sell-out audiences

across the UK. It combines

carols, spoken word and

humorous readings. For

many people, Christmas

hasn’t started until they have

seen The Albion Christmas

Band.

Featuring the combined

talents of Simon Nicol

(Fairport Convention), Kellie

While (Albion Band) Simon

Care (Edward II) and the

Guvnor himself, Ashley

Hutchings MBE, this show

takes you on a guided tour

through the Christmas

customs of Britain.

‘The perfect antidote to the

corporate Christmas’ – The

Guardian

‘Top Ten Unmissable Shows

this Christmas’ – The

Telegraph

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LUNCHTIME

RECITAL:

HARRIET ADIE

(HARP)


1pm

£6

A busy professional harpist

for over 15 years, Harriet

Adie is known for her

intense musicality, creativity,

and focus, but

her introduction to the harp

was far from conventional.

Harriet first began lessons in

Oman in the Middle East,

where fishing wire proved a

suitable replacement for any

broken harp strings!

Now, as an accomplished

chamber musician, Harriet

has performed with

renowned cellist Julian Lloyd-

Webber, and was for many

years, a member of the

Swan Duo with cellist Jessica

Burroughs. Harriet is a

founding member of the

internationally recognized

ensemble 4 Girls 4 Harps,

whose music has been

broadcast on Classic FM,

BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3

and BBC Radio 4, as well as

across the world as far as

Australia and the USA.

talk

DR. ANNIE GRAY:

SERVING

WINSTON - THE

LIFE AND TIMES

OF GEORGINA

LANDEMARE

Friday 16th December

7.30pm

£17

Dr. Annie Gray is one of

Britain's leading food

historians. She is a panelist

on BBC Radio 4's The

Kitchen Cabinet and

appears on TV, including

The Victorian Bakers and

food programmes with

Nigel Slater, Heston

Blumenthal and James

Martin.

Georgina Landemare was

the longest serving cook for

Churchill across Downing

Street, Chequers and

Chartwell. The talk will cover

her life and career along

with the food she cooked,

the impact of rationing at

No. 10, and the relationship

she had with her illustrious

employers.

The talk is both a celebration

of a determined cook, and a

reminder that behind every

great man lies a woman who

can make a mean custard.

music

THE KITES

Saturday 17th December

7.30pm

£6

Combining a classic rock

grit with the tongue twistingvocal

delivery of Arctic

Monkeys at full-velocity,

Leeds teenagers The Kites

are bringing a musical

philosophy to the

Courthouse that is wise

beyond their years.

They have a distinctive indiepop

sensibility that’s

complimented by a rocking

musical pedigree which

makes them both accessible

and endlessly unique.

With more releases planned

for 2022 and 2023, this live

performance gives local

audiences the privileged

opportunity to see a

vivacious live band hit the

ground running.

The proceeds from The

Kites' gig will be donated to

Cancer Research UK,

helping to tackle children’s

cancer.

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theatre

NATIONAL

THEATRE LIVE:

JACK ABSOLUTE

FLIES AGAIN

Sunday 18th December

7pm

£15 Standard


A rollicking new comedy by

Richard Bean, (One Man,

Two Guvnors) and Oliver

Chris (Twelfth Night).

After an aerial dog fight,

Pilot Officer Jack Absolute

flies home to win the heart of

his old flame, Lydia

Languish. Back on British

soil, Jack’s advances soon

turn to anarchy when the

young heiress demands to

be loved on her own, very

particular, terms.

Emily Burns directs this

spectacularly entertaining

new version of Sheridan’s

The Rivals with a cast that

includes Caroline Quentin,

Laurie Davidson and Kelvin

Fletcher.

‘One of the funniest

productions in the National’s

history.’ - The Guardian

community

OTLEY

COURTHOUSE

QUIZ WITH

SUPPER

Friday 13th January

7.30pm

£10 with food

£6 without

Our traditional New Year’s

Quiz returns in 2023 to test

your general knowledge.

Have fun pitting your wits

against the other teams,

including a picture and

music round as well as an

action round!

Enjoy a drink at the bar from

7pm and we'll be serving a

fish ‘n’ chips or veggie

lasagne supper from Otley’s

Maypole Fisheries in the

interval.

To avoid disappointment,

book your table early. Each

team can have a maximum

of 6 members.

Can you win the coveted

booby prize?

music

ROB NEWMAN:

LIVE ON STAGE

Saturday 14th January

7.30pm

£18.50 Standard

£11 Concession

Fresh from his BBC Radio 4

series, Rob Newman On

Air, the award-winning

comedian’s new show is a

stand-up epic that goes from

cave paintings to car-free

cities, asking: who are we?

where are we going? and

how do spiders fly?

Rob Newman tells a story of

how dancing in step saved

prehistoric humans and how

new scientific discoveries

may help us take the right

steps to a life after oil.

“The funniest comedian I

have ever seen.” - Sunday

Times

"Newman combines proper

scientific argument with

dazzling shafts of wit." - The

Times

"Refreshingly intelligent and

hugely entertaining!” - The

Guardian

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LUNCHTIME

RECITAL:

DANIELLE

ROGAN


1pm

£6

Danielle Rogan is a

Northern Irish flautist

currently based in London.

She has worked with leading

orchestras including the

National Symphony

Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ

Concert Orchestra, the

Mozart Symphony Orchestra

and Northern Ireland Opera.

As an orchestral musician

she has performed in

prestigious venues

throughout the world,

including the Konzerthaus

(Berlin), Carnegie Hall (New

York) and the National

Concert Hall (Dublin), as

well as performing for

President Michael D.

Higgins.

Danielle has worked with

conductors including Jaime

Martin, Richard Kaufman,

Takuo Yuasa, Kenneth

Montgomery and David

Brophy.

music

SHERBURN

BARTLEY

SANDERS

Friday 20th January

8pm

£14

Following a chance meeting

at Whitby Folk Festival in

1993, Chris Sherburn

(concertina) and Denny

Bartley (vocals and guitar)

have forged one of folk’s

most enduring partnerships.

With a unique sound that's

earned them plaudits across

Europe and America, they're

one of the busiest acts on

the folk scene, both as a duo

and with their group Last

Night’s Fun.

In 2016 Chris and Denny

joined forces with Emily

Sanders (fiddle/viola and

vocals), the founding

member of Isamabarde, and

they’ve since become a

celebrated trio. Emily’s

blend of vocal harmonies

and fiddle playing brings an

English folk sensibility to

compliment the band’s more

Celtic and traditional roots.

Their latest album Beguile is

the first to feature Chris,

Denny and Emily together,

and also features Martin

Simpson and Andy Seward

(Kate Rusby Band).

comedy

ALFIE MOORE:

FAIR COP

UNLEASHED

Saturday 21st January

8pm

£17

Join BBC Radio 4’s copturned-comedian

Alfie

Moore for his latest stand-up

tour show.

Relive with him the thrilling

ups and downs of the night

a mysterious clown came to

town and more than one life

ended up in the balance. It

was no laughing matter –

but this show certainly is!

Enjoy Alfie’s unique brand

of comedy filled with

personal vignettes from 20

years spent on the frontline.

Alfie was one of the stars of

Show Me The Funny (ITV)

and has been featured on

The Wright Stuff (Channel

5), Comic Relief, Bizarre

Crime (BBC 3) and

Confessions of a Police

Officer (Channel 4). His

BBC Radio 4 programmes

It's a Fair Cop and Alfie

Moore’s Almanac have also

been met with acclaim.

'Brilliantly funny, genuinely

hilarious.' - David Mitchell

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theatre

NATIONAL

THEATRE LIVE:

THE CRUCIBLE


7pm

£15 Standard


A witch hunt is beginning in

Arthur Miller’s captivating

parable of power with Erin

Doherty (The Crown) and

Brendan Cowell (Yerma).

Raised to be seen but not

heard, a group of young

women in Salem suddenly

find their words have an

almighty power.

As a climate of fear, vendetta

and accusation spreads

through the community, no

one is safe from trial.

Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet)

directs this contemporary

new staging, designed by

Tony Award-winner Es

Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy).

Captured live from the

Olivier stage at the National

Theatre.

music

ALCHEMY LIVE: A

TRIBUTE TO

MARK KNOPFLER

& DIRE STRAITS

Friday 27th January

8pm

£15

Endlessly devoted to the

music of Mark Knopfler and

Dire Straits, Alchemy Live

are a Yorkshire-based tribute

with an eye for painstaking

detail.

They are all about the music

and recreating the classic

Dire Straits Stratocaster

sound as accurately as

possible. If you listen closely,

you’ll notice every guitar

solo is taken from a specific

show and reproduced note

for note.

Collectively the band have

toured worldwide and have

shared the stage with rock

legends such as Mike

Rutherford, Mick Hucknell

and Roger Taylor, so you

know that like the Straits

themselves, these are serious

players.

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LUNCHTIME

RECITAL: LEEDS

CONSERVATOIRE

Thursday 2nd February

1pm

£6

After a three year gap due to

the pandemic, we can finally

welcome back students from

Leeds Conservatoire

(formerly the Leeds College

of Music).

They'll be performing

recitals that are testament to

variety in the Courthouse's

classical music programme.

Whether it's solo music or

chamber music,

instrumentalists or vocalists,

you'll get the chance to hear

great talents at the start of

their careers.

Close your eyes and you’re

right there, at the

Hammersmith Odeon back

in 1983!

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CHRIS DIFFORD

family

THE BLUEBIRD

music

FOREVERLY

01943 467466

Friday 3rd February

8pm

£21

Chris Difford is a

Grammy nominated and

double Ivor Novello

Award winning lyricist

who has brought us

characters and sketches

from everyday life,

successfully turning the

mundane into the

beautiful and the urbane

into the exquisite, for

over forty years.

As the co-founder of

new-wave royalty

Squeeze, Chris has

cowritten some of the most

enduring and best-loved

songs of our time such as

Up The Junction, Cool For

Cats, Labelled With Love,

Tempted and more. He's

even penned classics for the

likes of Elvis Costello,

Elton John and his former

bandmate Jools Holland.

Chris hosts songwriting

retreats and has done so

for over 25 years,

some in prisons, some in

rehabs, but mostly in

Somerset with the Buddy

Holly Foundation.

Support comes from folk

singer songwriter

Yvonne Lyon.

Saturday 4th February

2.30pm

£11 Adult

£9 Child

£35 Family

Age 5+

Inspired by Maeterlinck’s

Bluebird, this show raises

important philosophical

questions for children and

adults within a compelling,

interactive quest adventure.

What is the bluebird and

where could it be hiding? In

the Land of Memory, the

Future, the Land of Luxury or

has it flown to the Land of

Night? Or have we simply

lost the ability to see or hear

it?

‘A Company with wit,

invention & oodles of charm.’

– The Guardian

'Tell Tale Hearts present truly

inspiring shows for children

that involve the audience in a

uniquely thrilling way'. - Ian

McMillan, broadcaster &

Poet

Sunday 5th February

8pm

£16

Veteran entertainer Terry

Brook formed a Skiffle

group with his sister in 1957.

Next thing he knew, he was

playing bass for the

Shadows’ Jet Harris and

touring with Little Richard,

Sam Cook, Gene Vincent

and Del Shannon. The

Beatles even joined for a

show in The Beatles joined

for a show at the Liverpool

Empire.

Turning to comedy in the

late 1960's, he became

frontman with the Rockin

Berries. There were TV

appearances and seasons at

the London Palladium

supporting Tom Jones and

Frankie Vaughen followed

by a tour with Sacha Distel

and Olivia Newton John.

Now, after a successful solo

career, Terry's teamed up

with his son Terry Jr. to bring

you the very best of the

Everly Brothers. This is a

‘one night only’

extravaganza of nostalgia, a

celebration of rock ‘n’ roll

era with sharp harmonies

and even sharper suits.

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EXHIBITION ON

SCREEN:

THE CURIOUS

WORLD OF

HIERONYMOUS

BOSCH


7.30pm

£9 Standard


After 500 years, Bosch’s

paintings still shock and

fascinate us. Delve into the

vivid imagination of a true

visionary.

This film features the

exhibition 'Visions of

Genius' at Het

Noordbrabants Museum in

the southern Netherlands,

which brought most of

Bosch’s work together for

the first time to his

hometown and attracted

almost half a million art

lovers from all over the

world.

Whether you’re grappling

with the fugitive meaning of

his hallucinatory triptych

‘Garden of Earthly Delights’,

or looking to learn more

about an elusive legend,

don’t miss this cinematic

exploration of a creative

genius.

music

THE SHARON

SHANNON TRIO


8pm

£22

Sharon Shannon is a

musician who likes to

surprise. While she is known

for her arrangements of

traditional Irish tunes and

Irish-influenced

compositions, she’s

experimented with Hip-Hop,

Cajun, Country, Reggae and

Classical.

This genre-defying

accordion virtuoso has

achieved multi-platinum

album sales and had several

number one chart topping

albums. Her album Galway

Girl went 4 times platinum in

Ireland. She also celebrates

being the youngest ever

recipient of the Meteor

Lifetime Achievement

Award.

She’s worked with Bono,

Sinead O’Connor, Jackson

Browne, John Prine, Steve

Earle, The Waterboys, Willie

Nelson, Alison Krauss and

Shane MacGowan - a list that

is testament to Sharon's

versatility as well as talent.

Expect a masterclass from a

living legend.

theatre

NORTHERN

BALLET

PRESENTS:

MERLIN

Sunday 12th February

8pm

£12 Adult

£9 Child

In this exclusive Northern

Ballet event screening,

discover how the world’s

most famous sorcerer

mastered his magic to unite

a warring kingdom.

Inspired by the story of the

mythical wizard, Northern

Ballet’s Merlin will take you

on a sweeping epic

adventure of heartbreak,

hope and more than a little

magic.

Choreographed by Olivier

Award-winning Drew

McOnie (Broadway’s King

Kong and Baz Luhrmann’s

Strictly Ballroom), expect an

enchanting blend of classical

ballet and unrivalled

storytelling.

‘An almost cinematic sense

of spectacle’ - The Telegraph

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LUNCHTIME

RECITAL: LEEDS

CONSERVATOIRE

music

MEGSON


8pm

£17

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THEATRE LIVE:

OTHELLO

01943 467466


1pm

£6

After a three year gap due to

the pandemic, we can finally

welcome back students from

Leeds Conservatoire

(formerly the Leeds College

of Music).

They'll be performing

recitals that are testament to

variety in the Courthouse's

classical music programme.

Whether it's solo music or

chamber music,

instrumentalists or vocalists,

you'll get the chance to hear

great talents at the start of

their careers.

Four times nominated in the

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

and double winners of the

Spiral Earth Awards,

Megson draw heavily on

their Teesside heritage to

create a truly unique brand

of folk music.

The husband and wife duo

bring an infectious mix of

heavenly vocals, lush

harmonies and driving

rhythmic guitars. Comprising

Debs Hanna (Vocals,

Whistle, Piano Accordion)

and Stu Hanna (Guitar,

Mandola, Banjo), Megson

have gained notoriety on the

British folk scene, not only

for their arresting and

intelligent songwriting, but

for their exquisite

musicianship and northern

humour. They’ve even made

time to collaborate with the

likes of Sam Kelly and Show

of Hands.

Thursday 23rd February

7pm

£15 Standard


An extraordinary new

production of Shakespeare’s

most enduring tragedy,

directed by Clint Dyer with a

cast that includes Giles

Terera (Hamilton), Rosy

McEwean (The Alienist) and

Paul Hilton (The Inheritance).

She’s a bright, headstrong

daughter of a senator;

elevated by her status but

stifled by its expectations.

He’s a refugee of slavery;

having risen to the top of a

white world, he finds love

across racial lines has a cost.

Wed in secret, Desdemona

and Othello crave a new life

together. But as unseen

forces conspire against

them, they find their future is

not theirs to decide.

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‘Folk Album of the Week’ –

The Times

‘A constant stream of

absolutely stunning albums

over the years and this is no

exception.’ – Mike Harding

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THREE MEN IN A

BOAT

Friday 24th February

2.30pm

£14

After the huge success of

Old Herbaceous, GSP

productions are back with a

rip-roaring barrel of fun,

Three Men in a Boat, with

Giles Shenton (Old

Herbaceous himself!)

playing the part of Jerome K

Jerome.

Join Jerome as he recounts

the hilariously slapstick story

of his boating holiday along

the magnificent River

Thames with his two

companions and

Montmorency the dog.

Come and join in the fun as

Giles Shenton expertly takes

the helm and pilots you

through the ridiculous tale of

men behaving badly while

messing about in boats!

“Timeless appeal” - The

Independent

CLASSES &

WORKSHOPS

The Courthouse hosts and runs a wide range of classes

everyday.

From children's music sessions and dance to creative

writing groups, mindfulness, ballroom dancing and

orchestras, there's something for everyone.

Scan the QR Code for more information or come in

and grab a workshops and classes flyer:

If you are interested in running your class at Otley

Courthouse, please email:

roomhire@otleycourthouse.org.uk

CLASSES INCLUDE:

SINGING FOR THE BRAIN

CHOIRS

DANCE

CHILDREN'S MUSIC

CREATIVE WRITING

BRASS BAND

EXERCISE

MINDFULNESS

AND MORE...

courthouse

membership

scheme...

Our funding comes from a range of sources, but in order to survive and to

continue providing our current wide range of activities, the Courthouse

needs to generate at least 90% of its own finances.

We rely on fundraising and donations for additional revenue, and upon the

hard work of our team of dedicated volunteers. By becoming a Friend or

Companion, you are playing a big part in helping to keep the Courthouse

thriving.

FRIEND OF THE

COURTHOUSE

Single or joint membership

(£20/£35)

COURTHOUSE

COMPANION

Annual donation of

minimum £20

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Collect rewards to use at the

box office

Free drink token once a year

Advanced notice of new

events

This membership allows

us to claim a gift aid on

it,which means you are

helping us even more

without spending

another penny

Scan the QR Code for more information

about how you can sign up or visit our

website:

https://otleycourthouse.ticketsolve.com

/ticketbooth/products/benefit

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BECOME A

VOLUNTEER

We have an inspirational

team of dedicated volunteers

who are involved in a full

range of activities at the

Courthouse. As well as

supporting the courthouse

and local community, it's a

space for having fun and

making new friends

Full training and support is

given to ALL of our

volunteers, so contact our

Volunteer Coordinator if it's

something you'd like to be a

part of:

DESIGNER CRAFT

FAIRS

Designer Craft Fairs are on

the last Sunday of the month,

running from 10am-1pm.

Whether it's handmade

jewellery, stationary, gifts,

artwork or something

different, you can always

find a locally-crafted curio at

our craft fairs.

The café is always open too,

so you can grab tea, coffee

or a piece of cake!

If you are interested in

becoming a stall holder,

please email:

COURTHOUSE

EXHIBITIONS

We aim to host an exhibition

by local artists and art clubs

every month. This year,

come and enjoy the wildlife

arts festival, an exhibition by

Paint Box in Ilkley and

Mosaics by Mosaic Mania

amongst others!

If you are interested in

having an exhibition at Otley

Courthouse, please email:

01943 467 466

volunteer@otleycourthouse.org.uk

craftfairsatolteycourthouse@gmail.com

admin@otleycourthouse.org.uk

Brochure Design: George Orton

marketing@otleycourthouse.org.uk

VENUE HIRE

MEETINGS

WORKSHOPS

ART ROOM

DRESSING ROOM

AV FACILITIES

FLEXIBLE SEATING

FULLY ACCESSIBLE

For quotes and more information,

please contact:

roomhire@otleycourthouse.org.uk

PARTIES

MUSIC VENUE

BAR

FREE WIFI

HEARING LOOP

140 CAPACITY

(200 STANDING)

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