Tickets available for AMAZING live COMEDY and live MUSIC at Kettering Arts Centre this weekend!
ROB AUTON
The Rescheduled Rescheduled Rescheduled Time Show Tour 2021
Friday 17th September 2021 8pm (doors 7.30pm).
HAZEYJANE
Anima Rising Album Launch
Saturday 18th September 2021 8pm
We had a brilliant reopening weekend with comedian MARK WATSON: How You Can Almost Win and comedy improvisation group THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: Back In Business!
Thanks to all our returning and new customers for attending these events, we had a brilliant time, it was so good to be back!
TONIGHT we see the return of GEORGE EGG: Movable Feast 7.30pm. Comedy and culinary delights are on the menu for another evening of top-notch entertainment at Kettering Arts Centre!
We look forward to see you there!
Kettering Arts Centre team
The team has been planning and preparing for months!!! A new Vicar/Manager, bar re-brand, fresh volunteers, a shiny new sound desk, some fancy other technology and a bit of a tidy up of the surroundings have helped to prepare us to once again entertain our customers! Alongside amazing events, the restocked bar and a few tweaks around KAC, we are ready to rock and roll in the aisles! JOIN US!
Kettering Arts Centre @ St Andrews Church reopens on Friday 3rd Sept 8pm with the awesome comedian Mark Watson #HowYouCanAlmostWin Tickets available via www.wegottickets.com/event/497311
Saturday 4th Sept 8pm hosts the return of the utterly brilliant The Noise Next Door with their new show #BackInBusiness! Tickets available via www.wegottickets.com/event/515692
Tickets for all our events are available via www.wegottickets.com
We look forward to seeing you all soon!
ROBERT WHITE: THE TANK TOP TOUR 2
FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER
KETTERING ARTS CENTRE
We are very sorry to announce this event is cancelled.
Customers who purchased tickets online will receive an email from our friends at wegottickets.com with details of their refund.
Customers who purchased tickets via Waterstones, Kettering or directly from Kettering Arts Centre, please contact the office via email office@ketteringartscentre.com to arrange a refund. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Proof of purchase will be required.
Thank you for your support,
Kettering Arts Centre team
ROLLING IN THE AISLES COMEDY CLUB CONTINUES AT KETTERING ARTS CENTRE BRINGING COMEDY COMEDY COMEDY!!
Tom is 31 and grew up in Devon but moved up to Northamptonshire after school to work at the Frontier adventure centre in Irthlingborough. He’s had a variety of jobs since then, including pizza delivery driver, Youthworker and now Vicar. He’s married to Emma, after meeting in sunny Skegness and they have two young daughters. He probably won’t be compèring like his predecessor but he will certainly be ‘rolling in the aisles’ when we’re back up and running.
We asked the team to ask Tom a question here are his responses:
How do you feel about some of the more risqué acts we’ve had in the past and as the new Vicar how do you feel personally about continuing to push the boundaries?
I’m certainly not looking to sanitise the arts centre. I imagine there will be many brilliant upcoming acts with some really powerful material that will come out of this strange year we’ve had and I doubt many will come with a PG rating!
I think the arts is a fantastic platform to explore the full breadth of life, not just the viewpoint we’ve fallen into. I’m up to be challenged if you are…
What has been your favourite theatre/comedy/music/arts experience?
My first proper theatre experience was with my family in London watching the Lion King at age 12. The emotions that I felt watching the performance, especially the song ‘He Lives In You’, still affect me today. Having two young children means we haven’t been out much in the evenings but with the arts centre next door that should increase the chances!
Who is your favourite comedian?
I’m not stupid enough to name only one. But a few of my favourites are: Michael McIntyre, Noel fielding, Richard Ayode, James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Sarah Millican. I must admit I’m not up to speed with those who are up and coming but looking forward to supporting and encouraging new people into comedy.
Have you ever been really moved/inspired to make a change in your own life or those around you following a response from a piece of theatre/music/art?
Definitely, although I can’t think of a good example off the top of my head. I find that I often need to revaluate things especially with comedy. A good comedian can say things that cut to the core of an issue and allow you to see it in a different way, all whilst having a laugh.
Thank you Rev Tom for your honest and open answers, we can not wait to reopen and share all Kettering Arts Centre has to offer with you.
We are so excited to relaunch Kettering Arts Centre with a packed bill of comedy, theatre and music for Autumn 2021
Rev Tom Houston
Kettering Arts is BACK! September is going to be amazing, we’re sure you’ll find something for everyone.
Kicking off in style with Taskmaster joint second place runner up (!) Mark Watson on Friday 3rd and followed immediately by the improvisational wonder of The Noise Next Door (off last years Britains Got Talent!) on Saturday 4th.
Robert White joins us on Friday 10th for his Tank Top Tour 2 – another hilarious Britains Got Talent alumni who made it to the semi finals in 2018.
Then on Saturday 11th Snack Hacker himself George Egg promises to cook us up a moveable feast in his comedy show / gourment cook off!
The month continues on Friday 17th with Rob Auton‘s Rescheduled Rescheduled Rescheduled Time Show Tour.
Combining comedy, theatre and spoken word – its not to be missed. Last year he released a brilliant daily podcast.
Quintet Hazeyjane produce mellow and melodic music, intense and intimate, dreamy and dynamic, relaxing and hauntingly atmospheric.
This is their album launch for Anima Rising, here they are at the Stables in MK in 2018. Supported by The Fed Sisters
| September | Who? | How much? | Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3 | Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win | £15* | Link |
| Sat 4 | The Noise Next Door | £13** | Link |
| Fri 10 | Robert White: The Tank Top Tour 2 | £15* | Link |
| Sat 11 | George Egg: Moveable Feast | £14** | Link |
| Fri 17 | Rob Auton: The Time Show | £12* | Link |
| Sat 18 | HazeyJane w The Fed Sisters | £8* | Link |
| Fri 24 | The Tommy Cooper Show | £14** | Link |
| Sat 25 | Rolling in the Aisles: Comedy Club | TBA | TBA |
Join the cheeky and charming quartet for a brand new show of mind-blowing songs and side-splitting scenes that’s all about getting back to the very serious business of making people laugh.
This is 21st century comedy at its very finest and funniest
The Stage
TICKETS PURCHASED FOR THE PREVIOUS DATE ARE VALID
Athens. The past. Four idiots enter wearing bed sheets for togas. With rubbish props, silly wigs and a ladder they attempt to perform the DREAM in an hour, and fail miserably. With hilarious results.
Described as ‘like Horrible Histories but funnier’ by Primary Times, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is an anarchic all-ages comedy that promises belly laughs for the whole family.
‘Great writing, inventive improv, attention grabbing energy, superb delivery and a sense of comic timing that bordered on the genius. Go and see it. Even if it’s just you and your bus pass – it’s one of those rare pieces of theatre with something for everyone’ ★★★★★ ‘Highly Recommended Show’ Fringe Review
‘This show should be renamed Utterly Brilliant Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Like Horrible Histories but funnier’ Primary Times
‘I’m a firm believer that when you take the kids to see a show, you can tell if it’s good or not purely by watching their expressions. These performers had their young audience eating out of the palms of their hands’ Number 9
“A gripping and, ultimately heart-warming tale… rich with Evans’ wit and caustic observation.” ★★★★ The Scotsman
Simon Evans is the star of Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth & Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon has made appearances on This Week, Question Time, Celebrity Mastermind, Pointless Celebrities and Mastermind The Professionals.
@TheSimonEvans
STRICTLY 14+ ONLY
(Likely to be swearing and adult content)
No admittance to children younger than this even if accompanied with an adult
THE JUST US LEAGUE
We’re delighted to present the world’s premier nerd-culture comedy double-act, The Just Us League, with their smash hit show MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies…Kind Of
Like your super-hero movies? You’ll love this.
Website: thejustusleague.co.uk
Facebook: facebook.com/JULComedy/
Twitter: @JULcomedy
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.
★★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★ Times | Independent | Metro | Time Out | Chortle
★★★★★ “Quite unlike anything else I’ve seen in almost 20 years of covering the Fringe…witty, warm, perfectly judged” Telegraph
★★★★ “This is a stand-up operating at the very top of his game” Independent
★★★★“He always displays an innate understanding of what the audience wants…creating a bespoke experience for every gig, an added flourish to a strong hour of stand-up” Chortle
★★★★ “A quick-fire hour of fun” Metro
Website: markwatsonthecomedian.com
Facebook: @MarkWatsonComedian
Twitter: @WatsonComedian
Get ready to dive into a rabbit hole of the best jokes in the world – star of Live at the Apollo and sell-out sensation Gary Delaney is back! One of the most sought after joke writers in the country and longstanding Mock the Week special guest, Gary has been through the laughing glass and he’s ready to bring you a brand new show with hit after hit of the kind of one-liners only a master could craft. If you’re hunting for snark, Gary’s got it covered!
★★★★ ‘A cavalcade of brilliantly inventive puns’ Guardian
★★★★ ‘More quality jokes in one hour than most comics have in their entire careers…Quite brilliant’ Scotsman
★★★★ ‘A master craftsman’ Times
★★★★ ‘One of Britain’s grandmasters of the one-liner’’ Chortle
Website: garydelaney.com
Facebook: @GaryDelaneyComedian
Twitter: @GaryDelaney
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE FOR THIS EVENT!
The band is about to release their second album, Anima Rising. In addition to its quintet of members, this will include several special guest contributions and will reflect entirely the current essence and ethos of the band and capture what one recent commentator described as its ‘luscious, full, hypnotic sound’.
“…absolutely love it. Beautiful. From the very first notes, it brought to mind one of my all time favourite albums, Hejira by Joni Mitchell. I couldn’t pay it a better compliment than that.” — Ric Sanders, Fairport Convention
“…lovely, lovely stuff!” — Gary Clark, Danny Wilson
http://www.hazeyjanemusic.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/hazeyjane
★★★★ “This is a stand-up operating at the very top of his game” Independent
★★★★“He always displays an innate understanding of what the audience wants…creating a bespoke experience for every gig, an added flourish to a strong hour of stand-up” Chortle
Website: markwatsonthecomedian.com
Facebook: facebook.com/mark-watson
Twitter: @watsoncomedian
If you, like so many of our customers, have enjoyed a visit to Kettering Arts Centre and would like to see us open up again very soon, please show us that love and support with a donation to ensure we can.
BUY TICKETS FOR KETTERING ARTS CENTRE: THE EVENT THAT NEVER HAPPENED
Please support Kettering Arts Centre if you can. We look forward to reopening and bringing you more fantastic arts events including theatre, music and comedy.
TICKETS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WILL BE VALID FOR THE NEW DATE
TICKETS PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED WILL BE VALID FOR THE NEW DATE
We’re sorry to have been so quiet this past year, for obvious reasons, but alongside the pandemic, Rebecca, our amazing administrator, is on furlough. So, we are so excited to have Tom championing the arts in Kettering and expect to hear more updates over the next few weeks as we start to get ourselves up and running again. Because, let’s be honest, who isn’t desperate for a night out at the arts centre?
GEORGE EGG WILL RETURN TO KETTERING ARTS CENTRE WITH HIS BRAND NEW SHOW!
Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe comes a BRAND NEW comedy-and-cooking show from the award-winning stand-up who makes real gourmet food live on stage.
‘a culinary Bill Bailey, with chopping boards instead of keyboards. It is a multi-sensory delight’ The Scotsman
‘The wonderfully talented George Egg is genuinely unique’ The Independent
‘a genius… he is the friendly face of anarchy, the anarchic face of food and the foodie face of comedy’ Scotland on Sunday
‘a hilarious show with surprisingly good food’ The Times
Age 13+ recommended
Runaways. Fairies. Goblins… Water Pistols??? Look out, it’s RUBBISH Shakespeare!
Described as ‘like Horrible Histories but funnier’ by Primary Times, the RUBBISH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY are back following another sell-out, five-star Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Kettering Arts Centre.
Chock full of slapstick action, audience interaction, and heaps of mischievous storytelling, this vibrant reimagining of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is an all-ages comedy that promises belly laughs for the whole family.
They’ll make a mess of this DREAM, even if it bruises them.
‘Great writing, inventive improv, attention grabbing energy, superb delivery and a sense of comic timing that bordered on the genius. Go and see it. Even if it’s just you and your bus pass – it’s one of those rare pieces of theatre with something for everyone’ ★★★★★ ‘Highly Recommended Show’ Fringe Review
Following on from the success of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, and his debut comedy Tour ‘The Tank Top Tour – 2019’, unique and hilarious musical comedian, Robert White, brings you more, but this time with a little of his personal journey, life ups and downs and some quirky tales into the bargain.
Tank Top Tour: Take Two – ‘Troubles and Treats’
“Pitch-perfect delivery…Just brilliant” ★★★★ Chortle
“Jaw-dropping riot” ★★★★ The List
“Robert White tries hard – and spectacularly succeeds” ★★★★ ThreeWeeks
hazeyjane
The band is about to release their second album, Anima Rising. In addition to its quintet of members, this will include several special guest contributions and will reflect entirely the current essence and ethos of the band and capture what one recent commentator described as its ‘luscious, full, hypnotic sound’.
Most rewarding to a listening and discerning audience, hazeyjane aim to produce mellow and melodic music, intense and intimate, dreamy and dynamic, relaxing and hauntingly atmospheric. They have played concerts all over the UK, including The Stables in Wavendon, Zeffirelli’s jazz bar restaurant in Ambleside, and Eyemouth Hippodrome (Scotland) as well as having appeared at numerous arts centres, libraries, churches, restaurants, folk and other music clubs and festivals.
ROB AUTON
‘The Time Show’ is the latest comedy/theatre/spoken word show by writer and performer of some of what he writes Rob Auton. Following on from his critically acclaimed shows about talking, hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and the colour yellow, “the Fringe’s comedian laureate” (British Comedy Guide) now turns his attention to time. He will be asking questions such as “What time is it?” and “What is it time?”
Thank you for your support at this challenging time.
Kettering Arts Centre
Tony Vino
TICKETS ON SALE SOON!
DURING THE CURRENT CLOSURE AT KETTERING ARTS CENTRE WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THE FANTASTIC EVENTS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE END OF LOCKDOWN AND THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOW.
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE TALENT INCLUDING COMEDIANS NICK HELM, ROBERT WHITE, MARK WATSON, SIMON EVANS, ROB AUTON, KAC FAVOURITE GEORGE EGG, THE RUBBISH SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY, THE TOMMY COOPER SHOW AND MUSIC FROM LOCAL BAND HAZEYJANE.
STAY SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL SOON…….
In 2017, Mark Watson – a man prone to considerable anxiety, with multiple phobias and a history of piss-poor self-esteem – was asked to go on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. It really wasn’t for him at all because his favourite things include safety, comfort, food and not being scared and miserable. But the experience changed the shambolic comedian for the better, and now he’s written a sort of motivational talk about what it taught him. But still with jokes.
★★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★ Times | Independent | Metro | Time Out | Chortle
★★★★★ “Quite unlike anything else I’ve seen in almost 20 years of covering the Fringe…witty, warm, perfectly judged” Telegraph
★★★★ “This is a stand-up operating at the very top of his game” Independent
★★★★“He always displays an innate understanding of what the audience wants…creating a bespoke experience for every gig, an added flourish to a strong hour of stand-up” Chortle
★★★★ “A quick-fire hour of fun” Metro
Website: markwatsonthecomedian.com
Facebook: facebook.com/mark-watson
Twitter: @watsoncomedian
Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe 2019 comes a BRAND NEW comedy-and-cooking show for 2020/21 from the award-winning stand-up who makes real gourmet food live on stage.
In his first show, ‘Anarchist Cook’, George made a meal in a hotel room with the complimentary appliances. In his second, ‘DIY Chef’, he was stuck in a shed cooking with tools. In this show he’s on the road! It’s time for Planes, Trains and Automob-meals (sorry).
During an evening of live cooking and laugh-out-loud comedy about making food on the move George demonstrates ways to procure items from the train buffet trolley, beat the rip-off restaurant prices at the airport and even shows you how to turn unexpected road-works into a picnic. It’s cheeky, anarchic and creative, a multisensory show rich in humour and sprinkled with handy hacks. Real gourmet food cooked live in the most unconventional ways and with the opportunity to taste the results at the end, provided you can stop laughing.
“a culinary Bill Bailey, with chopping boards instead of keyboards. It is a multi-sensory delight” The Scotsman
“Brilliantly funny” Jay Rayner in The Observer
“There is a mischievousness about Egg’s humour that is deeply loveable ” Grace Dent in The Guardian
“The wonderfully talented George Egg is genuinely unique” The Independent
“a genius… he is the friendly face of anarchy, the anarchic face of food and the foodie face of comedy” Scotland on Sunday
“a hilarious show with surprisingly good food” The Times
“it is refreshing to encounter a performer who really is unique” The Telegraph
“this is a triumph of out-of-the-box thinking – and tastes lovely too” Metro
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THE MAYOR OF KETTERING PRESENTS HER FAREWELL CONCERT
WITH GPQ PART OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE’S LONG ESTABLISHED GINGER PIG BAND
TICKETS ARE ON SALE FOR THIS INCREDIBLE CHARITY MUSIC EVENT IN AID OF THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION.
Ginger Pig is a Northampton based band that started in the town’s Black Bottom Jazz Club. The band has travelled worldwide playing at Jazz & Blues festivals and important social events, and has now completed some 100 overseas tours.
Ginger Pig plays Jazz & Blues with a New Orleans flavour, which embraces a time span from Louis Armstrong through to Fats Domino.
Co-founders, the Richardsons brothers, still play regularly as key members of the Ginger Pig in one of their own venues, Auntie Ruth’s in Northampton town centre. Finlay Milne has been playing lead trumpet since 1988 when he was a 24 year old. Ginger Pig, besides being influenced by the music of London in the “swinging 60’s”, has had a long term connection with New Orleans, Louisiana.
The New Orleans connection has resulted in Alton Purnell, Louis Nelson, Kid Thomas Valentine, Don Ewell, Kid Sheik Cola, Freddie Kohlman, Freddie Lonzo, Tuba Fats, Trumpet Black, Glen David Andrews, Sam Lee, Sammy Rimington & many other Jazz legends performing and touring with the band.
GPQ is the cut down version of the band but inches above its weight with brass, keyboards,guitar, and drums plus bags of fun and friendliness.
GPQ played to a sell out crowd at the Mayor’s first fundraising event in her year of office and now returns to play at her final and farewell fundraiser.
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“Abandon me to this imagery with words that shoot the moon…”
Composer, acoustic guitarist and singer Chris Brown created hazeyjane as the vehicle for the musical expression of his own original songs and adaptations of selected pieces of poetry.
Most rewarding to a listening and discerning audience, hazeyjane aim to produce mellow and melodic music, intense and intimate, dreamy and dynamic, relaxing and hauntingly atmospheric. They have played concerts all over the UK, including The Stables in Wavendon, Zeffirelli’s jazz bar restaurant in Ambleside, and Eyemouth Hippodrome (Scotland) as well as having appeared at numerous arts centres, libraries, churches, restaurants, folk and other music clubs and festivals.
The band is about to release their second album, Anima Rising. In addition to its quintet of members, this will include several special guest contributions and will reflect entirely the current essence and ethos of the band and capture what one recent commentator described as its ‘luscious, full, hypnotic sound’.
“I loved hazeyjane’s E.P. Kanre and can’t wait to hear the new album. Do check this band out. It’s lovely, beautifully crafted music.” — Dave Pegg, Fairport Convention
“…absolutely love it. Beautiful. From the very first notes, it brought to mind one of my all time favourite albums, Hejira by Joni Mitchell. I couldn’t pay it a better compliment than that.” — Ric Sanders, Fairport Convention
“…lovely, lovely stuff!” — Gary Clark, Danny Wilson
Following on from the success of Britain’s Got Talent 2018, and his debut comedy Tour ‘The Tank Top Tour – 2019’, unique and hilarious musical comedian, Robert White, brings you more, but this time with a little of his personal journey, life ups and downs and some quirky tales into the bargain.
Tank Top Tour: Take Two – ‘Troubles and Treats’
“Pitch-perfect delivery…Just brilliant” ★★★★ Chortle
“Jaw-dropping riot” ★★★★ The List
“Robert White tries hard – and spectacularly succeeds” ★★★★ ThreeWeeks
PUSS IN BOOTS – LYNGO THEATRE
Lyngo Theatre presents
PUSS IN BOOTS
A show by Marcello Chiarenza
Adapted by Patrick Lynch
Music by Carlo Cialdo Capelli
Design assistant Elena Marini
Ages 4+
Would you trust a talking cat?
You never know, he might turn you from a pauper to a prince just like the hero of this story, brought to vivid life on our incredible sloping stage.
Using smoke and mirrors and hidden trapdoors we’ll show you how this sure-footed feline fools both the King and the Ogre to take his master all the way to the top.
With a host of puppets, a working windmill and an avalanche of fruit and nuts come and see this classic furry tail, it’s the cat’s whiskers!
(on sale from 10am Tuesday 17th December 2019)
“Resurrected from the ashes, come and witness two time Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee and International Treasure In Waiting shaking his ass, singing songs and righting wrongs. You don’t deserve this…
‘The man is brutal, but by AC/DC he’s talented with it.’ The latest ★★★★★
