Galtres Centre 2015 Wednesday 14 January Cinema 7.30pm About Time At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel through time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Adults £5 16 & under £3 Running time 2 hours 3 minutes Thursday 22 January National Theatre Live 7.00pm Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre. It’s a dark stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in - and her dangerous voyage begins. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Suitable for children of 10 years plus Thursday 29 January 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Opera Andrea Chenier The poet Andrea Chenier and the servant Carlo Gerard both love the young aristocrat Maddalena. When Maddalena loses everything in the French Revolution, Chenier offers her protection, and so incites the envy of Gerard now a powerful official. Chenier is arrested during the Terror. Gerard spurred on by jealousy, condemns him. Maddalena pleads for his life and Gerard helps her to join him in prison where they both meet their death. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Wednesday 11 February Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Via Satellite Tuesday 24 February 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Opera Der Fliegende Hollander - Wagner The Flying Dutchman has been cursed for eternity. Once every seven years he is allowed to come ashore to seek redemption. He may have found it in Senta, a woman who longs for escape from her dreary life. Senta accepts the Dutchman’s offer of marriage. The Dutchman wrongly suspects her of unfaithfulness, leaving her alone to resume his endless voyage. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Friday 27 February 7.30pm The Oldest Profession Presented by the Dickens Society The Dickens Society, Malton will perform a presentation on the “Oldest Profession” with particular reference to its effect on and impact in York. The talk will cover Dickens’ references to prostitution in his novels, the reasons for the growth of prostitution in the C19th, the “floating brothels” sent to the Colonies and the women who didn’t want to be saved. An informative and thought provoking evening. Adults £8.00 16 & under £4.00 Wednesday 11 March Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Thursday 12 March 7.00pm National Theatre Live Behind the Beautiful Forevers Meera Syal returns to the National Theatre in this tumultuous play on an epic scale by David Hare. India is surging with epic ambition but beyond the Mumbai luxury hotels lies a makeshift slum full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil ,twelve and stunted, aims to eat until he’s tall as Kalu, the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a “first class person”. But schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade and another slum dweller is about to make an accusation which will shatter the neighbourhood. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Tuesday 17 March 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Ballet Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music with the superb sets and brilliant choreography make this classic ballet a favourite of all time. The magical tale of Siegfried meeting the swans, one of whom becomes the beautiful Odette. The swans only become human at night as they are under the spell of an evil spirit. The spell can only be broken if one who has never loved, swears to love Odette forever. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite An evening of Gilbert & Sullivan Saturday 28 March 7.30pm Cox & Box Two lodgers...one bedroom…one unexpected meeting…. Adapted from the famous farce Box and Cox, by John Madison Morton, this was Sir Arthur Sullivan’s first foray into comic opera. Sergeant Bouncer, an old soldier, has a scheme to get double rent from a single room. By day he lets it to Mr. Box (a printer who is out all night) and by night to Mr. Cox (a hatter who works all day). His plan works well until Mr. Cox is, unexpectedly, given a day off and the two lodgers meet, and they discover that they share more than the same bed… A Selection of Gilbert and Sullivan Favourites The second act is a selection of some of the most well-known and popular Gilbert and Sullivan music, and will chart the history of the famous and prolific partnership. A mixture of solos, ensemble pieces and chorus numbers, from a range of shows, including Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and H.M.S Pinafore, there will be something for everyone to enjoy! Tickets £10.00 Wednesday 1 April 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Three criminals on the run find they can go no further and found a city of gold. The destitute and the disenchanted flock to Mahagonny. Jim & Jenny try to escape but find themselves still in the city and Jim is arrested and convicted of myriad crimes - chief among them a lack of money, punishable by death. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Wednesday 8 April Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Via Satellite Some Enchanted Sondheim Thursday 16 April 7.30pm An inspiring evening celebrating the timeless songs of Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim from singer Jessa Liversidge and pianist Malcolm Maddock. Some of musical theatre’s finest melodies and lyrics, from ‘Oklahoma’ and ‘West Side Story’ to ‘Follies’ and ‘Into the Woods’ ; from ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ to ‘Send in the Clowns’. Songs of longing, love, loss and hope. “A special evening…a wonderful evening of music, informal and informative..” Neil Foster, BBC Radio York. “Magical ….well known songs complemented by many more that enchanted, amused and moved the audience.. .a musical evening, but also high quality theatre.” The Flanagan Collective. Tickets £10.00 Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 April 7.30pm Easingwold Players The Merchant of Venice The play is best known for the character of Shylock the Jewish moneylender and his demand for a pound of the merchant’s flesh. There is Portia, too, the first of Shakespeare’s great heroines. Men come from all over the world in the hope of marrying her . Who will win her hand? Will Shylock get his way? It’s a play with gripping scenes and a full range of dramatic themes: greed, grief, loss, cruelty, romance and fun. Adults £8 16 & under £6 Tuesday 5 May 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Ballet La Fille Mal Gardee There is no more sunny and joyous ballet than Frederick Ashton’s choreography for La Fille Mal Gardee. The ballet tells of Lise, the headstrong daughter of Widow Simone who finally gets her way to marry her love, the local farmer, Colas not her mother’s preferred suitor, the dimwit Alain, son of the local land owner. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Monday 11 May 8.00pm The Fureys Legends of Irish music & song The Fureys, renowned for their hit songs ‘I will love you’, ‘When you were sweet 16’, ‘The green fields of France’, ‘The old man’, ‘Red rose café’, ‘From Clare to here’, ‘Her father didn’t like me anyway’, ‘Leaving Nancy’, ‘Steal away’ etc. return for their 6th visit to perform in concert at the Galtres Centre. Early booking advised. Adults £17 16 & under £13 day May Mon11 8.00 Wednesday 13 May Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Thursday 14 May 7.00pm National Theatre Live Man and Superman Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate. Man and Superman asks some fundamental questions about how we live. Jack Tanner, celebrated thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress Ann. Who decides to marry him. Appalled by this whiff of domesticity, Tanner flees to Spain where he is captured by bandits and meets the Devil. A dream debate ensues followed by Ann in hot pursuit. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Friday 5 June 8.00pm Sixties night with the New Honeycombs A cabaret style evening with four great musicians who last played at the centre in April 2013 in ‘Rock around the 60s’. They recreate the silver sounds of the sixties including the Honeycombs’ hits ‘Have I the Right?’ and ‘That’s the Way’, as well as many more well-known sixties classics. Book this one early Tickets £15 Wednesday 10 June 7.15pm Royal Opera House Live Opera La Boheme This much loved traditional opera set in a shabby garret, the bustling Café Momus & a snowy courtyard at dawn, is the background to the tragic love between Mimi and Rodolfo. Julia Trevelyan Oman’s beautifully designed sets conjure up emotions and atmosphere ranging from joy to tragedy. Adults £15 16 & under £13 Via Satellite Wednesday 17 June Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Tales of a Country Cop Mike Pannett Friday 3 July 8.00pm Local author, Mike Pannett, speaks at the Galtres Centre for the first time. Mike has sold in excess of 1 million books and is currently in talks for them to become a TV drama series. Born in York and with almost twenty years in the force he is now a UK ambassador for crime, making regular contributions on both radio and TV. ‘The James Herriot of policing’, Daily Express ‘Think 21st century Heartbeat meets James Herriot with the occasional white-knuckle ride of The Sweeney thrown in, all delivered with a Yorkshire twang.’ The Telegraph Tickets £10.00 including a free packet of Yorkshire Tea ! Sunday 5 July 2.45pm Royal Opera House Live Opera Guillaume Tell Via Satellite The Swiss hero William Tell longs to liberate his people from the cruel Austrian occupation. When he helps a Swiss prisoner to escape Austrian justice he comes to the attention of the governor Gesler -who sadistically forces Tell to shoot an apple off his son’s head. As Tell is arrested his fellow revolutionaries , led by young patriot Arnold & his lover Mathilde, gather forces to fight for Swiss liberty and Tell escapes to lead the victorious uprising. Adults £15 16 and under £13 Please note start time Wednesday 8 July Cinema 7.30pm To be advised Adults £5 16 & under £3 Jazz on a Summer’s Evening Saturday 18 July 7.30pm The perfect entertainment for any summer's outside festival, alfresco dining or celebration is the ever popular Jazz on a Summer's Evening with Peter Gill & Friends. Boogie Woogie/Jazz pianist Peter Gill and his swing band perform an eclectic mix of cool jazz standards and boogie and blues favourites such as 'The Lady Is A Tramp', 'Mr Bojangles', 'Down The Road Apiece', 'Route 66' and 'Mack The Knife'. This is an evening of sublime entertainment with music interlaced with Peter’s friendly and witty banter. Amongst those joining Peter on stage will be nationally acclaimed performers Kim Cypher (saxophone), Wayne Elliott (bass), Michael Croshaw (guitar) and Mike Cypher (drums). www.petegill.com / www.beyondeternitypromotions.com Tickets £15.00 Girls on Parade—Little Sister Band Friday 4 September 7.30pm Choreography, costumes and harmony abound as the Andrews Sisters enter the modern day in this feel-good show by Little Sister Band. Three perfectly pitched voices and four live musicians perform songs from the 40s to the present day in a celebration of the contribution girl groups, female singers and songwriters have made to popular music through the decades. With hits from the musicals, the Swing and Big Band eras plus retro arrangements of more modern hit songs, it’s a night of musical entertainment interspersed with stories behind the songs from home grown Yorkshire talent. Tickets £15.00 Advance Notice Saturday 3 October 7.30pm Last Night of The Proms The Shepherd Group Brass Band Tickets on Sale from Monday 1 June 2015 The Galtres Centre is not just all about Entertainment, there is so much more to us. We have A purpose built, 30 station, fitness suite A four badminton court sized sports hall An outdoor, floodlit, all weather pitch A cycling studio 30 adult fitness classes and junior coaching weekly A theatre suitable for concerts, shows, presentations, cinema, satellite broadcasts and conferences Multi purpose meeting rooms, accommodating from 6 to 150 people Christenings, weddings, funeral and parties Catering facilities A licensed bar A Snooker Table Landscaped grounds So whether you want a game of tennis, an exercise class or a birthday party we have it covered. We are not a local authority run facility. The Centre is managed and run by a volunteer Management committee and its day to day operation relies heavily on volunteer workers. If you want to help please give us a ring. Why not come along and see what we have to offer. Support your local community centre. Layout of seating can vary according to the show. Row Z is reserved for those with mobility problems and wheelchair users. There is limited availability for these. Galtres Entertainment Centre The Entertainment Centre is available for hire. The tiered seating can accommodate 173 but an additional 77 can be seated on the flat. There is a 14 foot screen and up to date sound and light system and a hearing loop. Please ask for details from the office. Full details and last minute information of forthcoming events are available by visiting www.visit-easingwold.com and clicking on EVENTS ADOPT A SEAT FOR £150! A donation to The Galtres Centre enables a seat to be purchased to commemorate a birthday, a loved one or an anniversary. The seat is identified by a nominated name plate. Box Office Open Monday-Friday 9.00 am-5.00 pm 01347 822472 The Galtres Centre, Market Place, Easingwold, York. YO61 3AD Charity reg no 514682 Tickets can be posted for a small charge. Provisional bookings may be held for seven days. We have wheelchair access and disabled facilities. The theatre is equipped with a hearing loop. Gift Vouchers: Available in various amounts. Conditions of tickets sales: A refund will only be given [less 10% administration fee] if the show is sold out and the ticket can be resold. Food and drink are not permitted in the auditorium. The Galtres Centre There is a carpark at the rear of the centre The Galtres Centre Market Place Easingwold YORK YO61 3AD 01347 822472 [email protected]