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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
PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS ARE VALID
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 ★★★★★
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