Drigg & Carleton Gala Committee in conjunction with Arts Out West are pleased to announce the following Spring programme of events for Drigg & Carleton Village Hall (CA19 1XF);

The Marvellous & Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing

Friday 7.30pm 24th February
Drigg & Carleton Village Hall

The most important day in the village calendar is looming and the eccentric inhabitants of Little Upper Downing are all in a flutter. There's gossip in the tearoom, a flurry in the florists and that's to say nothing of the deep seated rivalry on the allotments. The village is pulling out all the stops and the fete has even started yet!
Join Little Bulb Theatre for a theatrical feast celebrating the unique charms of village life and the people who live there. Expect live music, vibrant visuals and a vast array of unforgettable characters are they prepare for the big day that's getting increasingly out of control!...
...cunning stagecraft and a great shove-it-in-the-back-of-a-van design...a little show with a lot of heart and a reminder that rural touring can offer quality work
- Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

www.littlebulbtheatre.com

Tickets prices; Adult £7.50 / Child £3.50 / Senior £6.50 / Family £17.50
For tickets or further information please contact tel. (019467) 24321 or any Gala Committee Members

Craig & Willoughby

Thursday 7.30pm 19th April
Drigg & Carleton Village Hall

It’s quite a few years now since Brian Willoughby and Catherine Craig appeared on the old West Cumbria Rural Touring Scheme, but they still have fond memories of it.
Brian has been 40 years in the business. He started out on tour with Mary Hopkin, and was lead guitarist with the Strawbs for 25 years. He is a consummate musician, a joy to watch and listen to.
Catherine Craig is a singer and song-writer from Virginia (they met in Nashville) and her songs, in a style somewhere between Folk and Country, deals sensitively with our common experiences travelling the roads of life.

www.craigandwilloughby.com

Tickets prices; Adult £7.50 / Child £3.50 / Senior £6.50 / Family £17.50
For tickets or further information please contact tel. (019467) 24321 or any Gala Committee Members

Big Daddy Vs Giant Haystacks

7.30pm Saturday 22nd October 2011
Drigg & Carleton Village Hall

The Foundry Group
A Heavyweight Champion Comedy in Three Acts
By Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon
(writers of “Those Magnificent Men” which was a very popular show on other rural touring schemes recently)
At 4pm every Saturday, from 1976 to 1988, tens of millions of Britons, and countless more world-wide, were in the grip of an extraordinary sports phenomenon: watching two fat men (aka Shirley Crabtree and Martin Ruane) pretend to fight each other. This is their story. With an all-star cast of thousands including Dickie Davis, Paul McCartney, Chris Tarrant, Frank Sinatra, Princess Margaret, Eamon Andrews, Maggie Thatcher, and Greg Dyke, as well as such wrestling greats as Kendo Nagasaki and “the exotic” Adrian Street, this ambitious, hilarious two-hander conjures up a whole nation during its most colourful era. Featuring Ross Gurney-Randall (Follow Me and Goering's Defence – Guy Masterson Productions) and David Mounfield (Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show – Radio 4), Big Daddy Vs. Giant Haystacks promises to be the contest of the century and a comedy drama not to be missed. You shall be moved. “All their plays mix uproarious comedy and deep seriousness in ways that lesser writers would never be able to pull off.” Philip Reeve Blog on Mitchell and Nixon "Ross Gurney-Randall is funny the way water is wet - naturally,inexplicably. He pulls no fast ones,he just is."

www.foundrygroup.co.uk

Age range: General
Tickets: Adult £7, Child £3.50, OAP £6, family £17.50 (2+2 or 1+3)
Contact tel: (019467) 24321

Little Red Riding Hood

6pm Saturday 24th September 2011
Drigg & Carleton Village Hall

Horse and Bamboo Theatre Co
Horse and Bamboo, a long-established theatre company from Rossendale, present a gorgeously rendered re-telling of the classic girl-and-the-wolf tale. Exquisite visuals blend with pantomime-style silliness and spooky moments to create an enchanting piece of theatre. A story that everybody knows – or do they ? Horse and Bamboo started life as a touring theatre company using a Gypsy caravan to tour rural Lancashire. More recently they have created larger scale works, and very small-scale puppet shows. This show is a return to rural touring , with a combination of live actors and large puppets. They have a deserved reputation for well-crafted shows.

www.horseandbamboo.org

Age range: 4+
Tickets: Adult £7, Child £3.50, OAP £6, family £17.50 (2+2 or 1+3)
Contact tel: (019467) 24321

Touring Arts - Spring 2011 in Drigg

Drigg & Carleton Gala Committee in conjunction with Arts Out West are pleased to announce the following Spring programme of events for Drigg & Carleton Parish Hall (CA19 1XF);

Sat 5th February 2011, 7.00pm : 'Striding Edge - Ceilidh Band'
Sat 26th March 2011, 6.00pm : 'The Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Business'

Touring Arts - Autumn 2010 in Drigg

Drigg & Carleton Gala Committee in conjunction with Arts Out West are pleased to announce the following Spring programme of events for Drigg & Carleton Parish Hall (CA19 1XF);

Sat 26th Nov 2010, 7.30pm : 'A Christmas Carol'

Touring Arts - Spring 2010 in Drigg

Drigg & Carleton Gala Committee in conjunction with Arts Out West are pleased to announce the following Spring programme of events for Drigg & Carleton Parish Hall (CA19 1XF);

Saturday 20th February, 6pm : 'The King's Got Donkey Ears'
Saturday 13th March, 7.30pm : 'The Cliff Eland Big Band'
Saturday 24th April, 7.30pm : 'Three Golden Apples'
Friday 7th May, 6pm : 'Who's Been Sitting In My Chair?'

Further details on these events can be found below;

Saturday 20th February, 6pm : 'The King's Got Donkey Ears'

Please visit the performers web site for more information; www.theatreofwiddershins.co.uk

Saturday 13th March, 7.30pm : 'The Cliff Eland Big Band'
16 piece professional big band playing swing classics.

Saturday 24th April, 7.30pm : 'Three Golden Apples'
Two local Cumbrian heroes; story teller Taffy Thomas and celebrity chef John Crouch - present a collection of tastes and tales of Cumbria.

Friday 7th May, 6pm : 'Who's Been Sitting In My Chair?'
Please visit the performers web site for more information; www.freehandtheatre.co.uk

For all the four above events;
Tickets: £6 adults, £3 child, £4 senior, £13 family
For tickets or further information, please contact Sue on 019467 24220 or other Gala Committee members