Hardly has autumn begun yet here we are about to tell you about our forthcoming winter programme. Why the hurry? Well, we just don’t want you to miss out on the festive and new year treats we have lined up to brighten up those dark winter evenings – and if you were to miss them, unlike the eclipse, none of them will be available on-line etc. for you to watch later.
Annual Community Christmas Fair
Thursday, December 3 and Saturday, December 5
Free Admission
6pm – 9pm (Thursday) 10am – 2pm (Saturday)
Our traditional annual Community Christmas Fair at St Andrew’s Church is now in its 11th year and as always there is much to do and see. Continue reading…
Johnny Mackay – The Single launch event
In Aid of Johnny’s Happy Place!
Thursday 10th December 7.30pm – Tickets: £5
Kettering Arts Centre @ St Andrew’s Church
What’s it all about?
The night after Johnny died, some of his friends met up in the local pub and “cajoled” their friend Simon into singing an impromptu song about Johnny, which he did. It was videoed, we saw it and we asked Simon if he, continue reading…
Swan & Dyer’s Winter Warmer
Our December programme starts with the multi-instrumentalists Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer leading a Victorian music hall Christmas celebration. Called Swan & Dyer’s Winter Warmer and performed in period costume it will feature a mix of well-known music hall songs with traditional carols which all are invited to add their voice and join in. It promises to be an afternoon of musical enjoyment from start to finish. The date for your diary is Sunday, December 13 and it starts at 2pm, cost £8. Continue reading…
Comedians and Carols– Sold out!
Tuesday, December 22
7.30pm, cost £10 (Concessions £7). Your host for this evening will once again be the stand-up comedian and award-winning comedy writer Paul Kerensa. This year, your comedians will include a return visit for Otiz Cannelloni, along with Wes Zaharuk, Andrew Bird and the singer/songwriter Paul Bell who some may have seen performing at the 2015 Greenbelt Festival. Continue reading…
Christmas at St Andrews. You are very welcome!
Sunday 20th December 6pm Candlelit Carol Service.
Thursday 24th December Christmas Eve 3pm Crib Service and Nativity for all the family, all children welcome to join in the play, costumes provided! 11:30pm Midnight Communion Service, experience the wonder as we celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Friday 25th December Christmas Day 8am Communion Service, a quite and peaceful service. Continue reading…
Rolling in the Aisles Comedy Club Night
Saturday 16th January
Tickets £9 (Concessions £7)
Doors open 7.30pm – 8pm start
We have two cracking Comedy Club Nights to start 2016 starting in January our headline act is the glamourous Irish/Iranian/Geordie, Patrick Monahan. Patrick’s extremely clean and highly accessible material has made him welcome on stages around the world, including The Royal Albert Hall, and we are pleased to welcome him back to our stage. He will be supported on the night by comic, writer, animator and actor, Howard Read and the award-winning comic Paul Ricketts. Continue reading…
I Got Gershwin!
There will be more music in January with I Got Gershwin! Performed by Robert Habermann to music arrangements by top arrangers this scripted themed show recalls the life and songs of the man who wrote the songs I Got Rhythm, Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So and many more. Big on style and big on presentation I Got Gershwin starts at 7:30pm. on Saturday, January 23, cost £12 (Concessions £10). Continue reading…
Rolling in the Aisles Comedy Club Night
Saturday 27th February
Tickets £9 (Concessions £7)
Doors open 7.30pm – 8pm start
Jollyboat, a musical comedy duo get things started and set the pace for another evening of high energy comedy. They will be followed by Birmingham-based stand-up Craig Deeley before our main act, Rob Rouse, takes to the stage. Rob has been a much-loved comedian on the stand-up circuit since winning the ‘So You Think You’re Funny?’ competition in 1998. Since then he has toured extensively, including appearing at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as Continue reading…
As always, our own Nick Wills, will be your genial host for these exceptional Rolling in the Aisles Comedy Club Nights.
Tickets for these events are available from Waterstones, High Street, Kettering, by post from Becky at St Andrew’s Church (cheques made payable to “PCC of St Andrew’s Kettering”) to St Andrews Vicarage, Lindsay Street, Kettering NN16 8RG You may also buy or reserve tickets from Jaime Ferreira by email at office@ketteringartscentre.com or online at We Got Tickets (subject to a booking fee).