Productions
The Subscription Rooms,
George Street, Stroud, GL5 1AE
October 25th 2011, 3.00 p.m.
Tickets £ 6.00, £ 4.00 (Concessions)
Tel: 01453 760900
www.subscriptionrooms.org.uk
Pack the sun tan lotion and join Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company for a unique theatrical package tour to Torremolinos.
In Torremolinos Tales six holiday makers pass the time waiting for their delayed flight to the land of sun, sea and sand by telling tales of life, love and hamsters.
This modern day equivalent to the Canterbury Tales incorporates a wide range of styles, from rap and acapella torch song to more straightforward rhyming couplets.
The six strong cast play a full range of characters from interfering old neighbours and Spanish policemen to dynamic football stars and even the devil.
In 2001 and 2002 Torremolinos Tales played to audience acclaim at 21 South Street Arts Centre, Reading, Windsor Arts Centre and for three weeks at Baron's Court Theatre, London.
The Spaniels' unique combination of comedy, rhyme and fast moving visual theatre makes Torremolinos Tales an evening not to be missed.
Audience comments:
"The cast were all brilliant and the script is excellent. A very talented company"
Dawn - Office Manager
"I didn't know what to expect but when the show got going....so funny! All the cast were excellent !"
Rick - Builder
"The talking hamster had me in hysterics!"
Sue - Catering Manager
"The funniest show I have ever seen!"
Pete - Therapist
"One of the most entertaining shows I have seen."
Gloria - Usher at Windsor Arts Centre
Currently in development for 2011 and into the Olympics year of 2012, Forgotten Sporting Heroes of Gloucestershire is a new programme in partnership with Gloucestershire Archives and the Museum in the Park and funded by the Arts Council. There are two different kinds of performance.
Forgotten Sporting Heroes will be a multicharacter performance available for primary schools, libraries, museums and other venues looking at 4 different people with sporting connections to Gloucestershire, these are:
To see our leaflet with more information - please click on
Sidney Smith's picture
The Fearless Navigator and Mad Jack and the Severn Bore are solo one hour performances available to theatres, pubs, museums and sporting clubs
For more details please click on productions and relevant pictures
schoolsleaflet2.pdf
Hanged men, witches, sea serpents and drunken fairies can all be found in Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company popular one hour show Dark Tales of Gloucestershire.
Dark Tales of Gloucestershire takes traditional folk tales from the county and retells them in a lively, funny and exciting way using rhyme, music, dance and puppets.
From the Royal intrigue of the Bisley boy to the sad tale of the ghost pub of Dursley and the strange Sea Serpent of Coombe Hill, Dark Tales of Gloucestershire is an ideal fun entertainment for family audiences.
“" Extremely funny.....The company are masters of their artâ€."
Stroud News and Journal
“" Top class entertainment.â€"
The Citizen
Future Performances
Blackfriars Priory, Ladybellegate Street, Gloucester
Sunday 11th September 7.30 p.m.
Tickets £ 4.00 £ 2.00
Family Ticket £ 10.00
Box Office: 01452 503050
or use our online booking page
To read full review click here
Tommy Atkins and the Canary Girl is a one hour performance offering an emotional look at a family's life during the First World War.
Based on archive records, this dramatic, emotional, sometimes funny performance focuses on the lives of the workers at the Gloucester munitions factory and local soldiers during the First World War.
The performance looks at the hardships endured by soldiers in the trenches and the largely untold story of the changes to the lives of the women back home "in blighty".
Jenner Museum, The Chantry, Church Lane, Berkeley -
Friday Nov 11th 2011 7.30 p.m.
Tickets - £ 8.00/£ 6.00 (Concessions)
(includes glass of wine or juice)
Box Office 01453 816031
Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud, GL5 4AF
Sunday 13th Nov, 3.00 p.m.
Tickets £ 6.00, £ 4.00
Box Office 01453 763394
Written and performed by John Bassett, The Smoking Show is a lively, funny one-man performance, part stand-up, part auto-biographical, part drama.
The one hour performance looks at John's personal 30 year relationship with the dreaded cigarette, the culture of smoking and coping with a life threatening illness.
An everyday tale of life, cigarettes and matter arising.
"Whether you smoke or not, there is something to appeal to you in this show, with its hard hitting honesty."
Annabelle Mantziou - The Fringe Secrets
A lover of all things weird, strange and bizarre, Spaniel in the Works Theatre Company's John Bassett presents a lively new stand up show.
Based on stories, facts and information, gathered from three years presenting his popular Stroud FM show, The Bizarre Hour, “It's a Bizarre World!†looks at subjects as diverse as UFOs, conspiracy theories, inventions and werewolf ointment!
So if you want to find out the dress codes for vampires around the world, why Norse Gods shouldn't keep pets or why it is best to be a Zoroastrian when Judgement Day arrives, come along and discover that it really is a Bizarre World!
The Sub Rooms Cafe
Wednesday 21st September 2011, 8.00 p.m.
Tickets £ 7.00, £ 5.00 (Concessions)
Box Office : 01453 760900
The Bizarre Hour can be heard on Thursday nights at 9.00 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 11.00 a.m. on Stroud FM 107.9 - www.stroudfm.co.uk
To hear a sample listen to the podcasts
Loch Ness Monster
Numbers and Infinity
Spontaneous Human Combustion
In 1899, Howard Blackburn became the sixth person to sail solo from America. He sailed from Gloucester Massachusetts to Gloucester, England but what made his story more remarkable was that he had lost his fingers 15 years before through frostbite.
This one hour performance tells Blackburn's remarkable story from the losing of his fingers to his triumph of crossing the Atlantic.
“"Amazing story of achievement and bravery. A truly forgotten hero.â€"
- Audience member
"“The story was told with such soul you could hear a pin drop, from young to old we were captivated. I hope this hero’'s story is told to many.â€"
Forthcoming Performances
Nailsworth Sub Rooms, Bath Road, Nailsworth, GL6 0HH
July 23rd 2011 7.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. Tickets £ 5.00 - 01453 751925
(As part of double bill with Mad Jack and the Severn Bore )
Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud
August 10th 2011, 7.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.
Tickets £ 5.00 - 01453 763394
National Waterways Museum, Llanthony Warehouse,
The Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EH
August 19th 2011 Performance 8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
(Free entry to museum from 7.00 p.m.)
Tickets £ 10.00 includes light supper - 01452 318200
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and reviews click here
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In 1955, Colonel John Fleming Churchill became the first man to surf the Severn Bore.
But this was only part of his story.
Known as Mad Jack, he was a champion archer, commando and bagpipe player, he had a fearless spirit, leading his men into battle with his Claymore sword.
Mad Jack and The Severn Bore , looks at his exploits from riding a motorcycle across Burma, to escaping from prisoner of war camps, playing his bagpipes up Vesuvius to his historic surfing of the bore. This is a remarkable story of a remarkable man.
"Any man who goes into battle without his sword
is not properly prepared." - Colonel John Churchill
Thursday 8th September, 7.30 p.m.
Tickets £ 4.00, £ 2.00
Family ticket £ 10.00
Box office: 01452 503050
Saturday 10th September, 2.00 p.m.
New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cirencester
Tickets £ 5.00, £ 4.00
Box office: 01285 657181
www.newbreweryarts.org.uk
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