Weds 15th
L’Orchestre du Mont-Plaisant
Doors 7pm / starts 8pm
£10 + 50p bf* advance / £12 on the door
£10 + £1 bf in advance from seetickets.com
Baroque super group L’Orchestre du Mont-Plaisant bring together world rhythms and moody cinematic moments, playing blues and dance pieces, with notable influences from Congolese soukous, African highlife, Ethiopian jazz, cumbia, and a whiff of Middle-East and Turkish psychedelia.
This four-piece have recorded sessions for Cerys Matthews on Radio 6 and have been featured on Fiona Talkington’s Late Junction (Radio 3), Gideon Coe and Tom Ravencroft and shows on Radio 6 and Jo Whiley’s programme on Radio 2.
“Sounding like a carni-folk version of The Doors meeting Django Reinhart.” Spoonfed
“Global rhythms and dramatic cinematic scores… Highly recommended.” Movimientos
Thurs 16th
Screening: NT LIVE
Everyman (15)
Doors 6pm / starts 7pm
£10 + 50p bf* advance / £12 on the door
£10 + 80p bf in advance from seetickets.com
BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road).
Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out.
One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.
Fri 17th
Film: Slow West (15)
Doors 7pm / starts 8pm
£6 (£5.70+ 30p bf) advance* / £6 on the door
£6 + 60p bf in advance from seetickets.com
At once hilarious and brutal, this off-kilter revisionist western follows Jay (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a naive young man stumbling across late 1800s America in search of his sweetheart.
With his Walden-esque guide to surviving the Canadian frontier, Jay takes a rather cerebral, and it must be said, ineffective approach to navigating the travails of his romantic quest. Luckily for him, along the way he has his neck saved by laconic bounty hunter Silas (Michael Fassbender).
With its gallows humour, pitched equally between slapstick and the grotesque, gorgeous visuals and elliptical cutting, we immediately know we are in for something out of the ordinary.
Weds 22nd
Screening: RSC Live
The Merchant of Venice
Doors 6pm / starts 7pm
£10 + 50p bf* advance / £12 on the door
£10 + 80p bf in advance from seetickets.com
In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made.With the gold flowing all is well, but when a contract between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over. A wronged father, and despised outsider, Shylock looks to exact the ultimate price for a deal sealed in blood.
Polly Findlay (Arden of Faversham 2014) directs Shakespeare’s uncompromising tragedy.
Fri 31st
Comedy Network
Mark Cooper-Jones, Mark Smith (MC), Hayley Ellis
Doors 7.15pm / starts 8.15pm
£10 + 50p bf* advance / £12 on the door
£10 + £1 bf in advance from seetickets.com
As seen on Russell Howard’s Good News, Mark Cooper-Jones is an exciting emerging stand-up comedian, a Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee, as well as one third of the highly acclaimed sketch group WitTank.
Alongside his fellow WitTank members, Mark was one of the stars of BBC3’s Live at the Electric, contributing as both a writer and performer. They have enjoyed six years of sell-out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as numerous gigs and comedy festivals in the UK and Ireland. They have received a Best Show Nomination at the Leicester Comedy Festival and appeared on 50 Funniest Moments of 2014 (Channel 4), Three At The Fringe (BBC3) and BBC Radio.
Praise for Mark:
“Meticulously structured… fabulous lines and the delicious attitude of an emotionally stiff Englishman.”
Steve Bennett, Chortle
Praise for WitTank:
“Superbly crafted sketches.”
The Independent
* * * * * The List
“A definite must-see.”
* * * * * British Comedy Guide
Mark Smith has rapidly established himself as one of the most interesting and exciting new comics on the circuit. Since reaching the final of So You Think You’re Funny in 2009, Mark has gigged all over the UK, is a regular MC and has broken into television to appear on Russell Howard’s Good News and to present for MTV2. In 2012 he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival as part of the long running and prestigious package show The Comedy Zone. 2013 saw Mark take his debut solo show, The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy, to the Pleasance Courtyard at the same festival.
When Mark is not gigging around the country, he also performs warm-up gigs for shows such as Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and Room 101 (BBC1) as well as writing for TV (8 Out Of 10 Cats) and radio (The News Quiz).
Mark is also one half of double act Dregs alongside Max Dickins. They present a podcast available on iTunes and SoundCloud and have also featured onChannel 4 website This Just In. Further to this the pair have written commercial adverts, most noticeably for Tesco and Tango.
Mark is currently writing a six part comedy show for BBC3 as well as developing a new panel show.
“Gleeful wordplay…Obvious talent…a keen eye for untapped sources of funny.”
Chortle
“Sharp, quick, well delivered…unique …something rather special.”
Three Weeks
“Consistently sharp.”
The List
“Excellent stage presence…very good.”
Tim Vine
Manchester comedian and former regular contributor to XFM’s breakfast show, Hayley Ellis has gone from strength to strength since she began performing in April 2009.
A regular MC at gigs around the country, Hayley’s natural warmth and girl-next-door charm make her impossible to dislike, something which has become evident in her success in new act competitions throughout the UK.
This summer, Hayley performed at the Edinburgh Festival as part of The Comedy Zone, the Fringe’s longest running and most prestigious stand-up showcase. Following great success at the festival, Hayley has also won Hull Comedian of the Year. Hayley will be taking her first solo show to Edinburgh in 2014.
“Ellis surely has a future in comedy.”
Steve Bennett, Chortle
“Warm and engaging, she’s a refreshing dissenting voice in the current female trend of twee, patchwork niceties.”
viewsfromthegods.co.uk
“Small in stature and big in energy, Ellis simply makes you laugh.”
Giggle Beats
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