Hebden Bridge Little Theatre

Social Play Reading
2017-06-07 19:30 - 22:00 UTC | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
The next meeting of the play reading group will be on Wednesday, 7 June, at 7.30pm, in the theatre bar. The Social Play Reading Group will be reading one (or more) of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads. These monologues which reflect Bennett’s wonderfully observant view of the British way of life are often touching, funny and always very real. You are invited to come along and help us choose which ones to read, take part, or just listen to the reading. The group will break for the summer after this, and restart on Wednesday, 6 September. Plans for the autumn include reading one of Jez Butterworth’s plays (possibly Jerusalem), and Pyrenees by David Greig.

May Concert
2017-05-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
The Christmas Concert was such fun, we’ve decided to schedule another night of music and song!

On Saturday 20 May, at 7.30pm, the Lost chord Ensemble, Little Theatre Choir and invited soloists will entertain you with music to put a Spring in your step. Tickets cost £5. Phone 01422 845446 to book.

Social Play Reading
2017-05-03 19:30 - 22:00 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
The Social Play Reading Group meets next on Wednesday, 3 May, at 7.30pm, and will be reading Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen. Though written in the 19th century, the play deals with issues that are timeless. Convenor, Anita Alzamora says this is a play once done at the Little Theatre by Freda Kelsall’s Bridge Theatre, and more recently mentioned as a play that some women wished could be performed by the Little Theatre. We think it is timely to look at it more closely. There are parts for both men and women, and everyone is invited, whether to listen, read, or comment upon the play and its relevance to today.

A View from the Bridge
2017-04-17 - 2017-04-22 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Arthur Miller, directed by Jenny Gore
The story of Eddie Carbone, an Italian American longshoreman, working the docks around the Brooklyn Bridge, as narrated by Alfieri, an American lawyer, raised in Italy, who acts as the ‘Bridge’ between the two cultures.

Eddie lives with his wife Beatrice and her orphaned niece, Catherine. At first protective and fatherly towards the girl, he becomes increasingly jealous and controlling as she approaches her 18th birthday, objecting to the way she dresses and her growing interest in men.

Eddie returns home one afternoon with the news that Beatrice’s two cousins, brothers Marco and Rodolpho, have arrived in New York as illegal immigrants. He has agreed to house them saying that he is honoured to be able to help family.
Marco has a family starving in Italy and plans to work illegally for several years, then return home. Rodolpho hopes to stay in America and make a career out of singing. Although Eddie, Beatrice and Catherine are at first excellent hosts, ominous cracks appear when Rodolpho and Catherine begin dating.
This classic tragedy, written in 1955, is one of Arthur Miller’s finest works.

Goodnight Mister Tom
2017-03-15 19:15 - 2017-03-18 22:00 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
Hebden Bridge Light Opera Society presents Goodnight Mister Tom at the Little Theatre, 15-18 March, at 7.15 pm, with a Saturday Matinee at 2.15 pm. Directed by Liz Holland, with musical direction by David Root, the musical is based on the popular award-winning novel by Michelle Magorian.
Goodnight Mister Tom is the story of eight year old William Beech, an artistically gifted but abused young boy who escapes his brutal home life when he is evacuated to the heart of the English countryside at the outbreak of World War II. When William arrives in the village he is physically and emotionally scarred by the cruelty of his mother but is rescued from his hideous upbringing when he is taken into the care of Tom Oakley, a lonely, bad-tempered old man. There he experiences a new life of loving and care.
With Gary Carpenter’s soaring, tuneful score and Michelle Magorian’s beautiful lyrics, this is a wonderful uplifting show which will appeal to both young and old alike.
Tickets can be reserved by contacting Sue Lee (ring 01422 250181, or text 07741 460868), and cost £10 adults, £8 concessions. Tickets are also on sale at Bonsall’s Hebden Bridge.
An amateur performance by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

The Kardashians Made Me Do It
2017-03-10 19:30 - 22:00 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
Award winning comedian Shazia Mirza, brings her critically acclaimed show, The Kardashians Made Me Do It, to Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, on Friday 10 March 2017, 7.30 pm.
Shazia has built up a huge reputation in recent years, touring and appearing on radio and TV (including The Jonathan Ross Show, and Have I Got News For You), and has garnered high praise for her comedy:
**** Telegraph: ‘The Kardashians Made Me Do It is brave and urgent’
**** Mail on Sunday: ‘As brave a piece of comedy as you’ll see’
The Little Theatre is pleased to be able to host this special event. Tickets are £14, available through
Ticketsource:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/mtm-productions

Spring and Port Wine
2017-02-20 - 2017-02-25 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Bill Naughton, directed by Gil Burns
Rafe Crompton rules his wife, Daisy, and their four children with a rod of iron. Yet the tide is turning: Florence has found love with a sheet metal worker; Hilda wants to stay out late like the other girls; while Wilf and Harold have their hearts set on a place of their own, away from Rafe’s strict regime.
It’s Hilda who finally tires of their overbearing father when she refuses to eat the herring served to her at dinner. Who would have thought this one small act of rebellion could have such unexpected and far-reaching consequences?!
Bill Naughton’s comic masterpiece pays homage to the great period of Lancashire comedies, that produced Hobson’s Choice and Hindle Wakes, and is one of the great northern comedy-dramas.

Christmas Concert
2016-12-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
We are pleased to announce the return of our popular Christmas Concert, a mixture of comedy, sketches and song, on Saturday 17 December, at 7.30 pm. A seasonal treat guaranteed to warm your cockles! Mulled wine and cake included in the £5 entry price. Phone 01422 843907 to book.

Dracula
2016-11-28 - 2016-12-03 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Deane and Balderston, directed by Ray Riches
Adapted from Bram Stoker’s original, chilling novel, this version promises more spills than thrills in spite of the fact that early performances had nurses in attendance to deal with overcome members of the audience.
Lucy Seward lives with her father in the quiet English countryside when she is attacked by some strange disease. (‘Day by day she is wasting away’). Not even her father can diagnose the cause so he sends for the eccentric Van Helsing, a specialist in the occult and mysterious diseases.
Questions arise concerning the suave Count Dracula who has recently moved into a nearby castle. What strange power does he have over Lucy when he comes to check on her condition? Where does he disappear to in the daytime? Is there any connection with the strange boxes which he has had delivered from his home in Transylvania?
With bats aplenty and specially written songs, director Ray Riches promises the audience:
‘An evening of fun guaranteed to get your blood flowing but a clove of garlic might not go amiss.’

BUY TICKETS ONLINE

The New White Rose Orchestra
2016-10-27 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
STOP PRESS!
Christopher Irvin will be conducting The New White Rose Orchestra in a concert of light classical music at Hebden Bridge Little Theatre on Thursday 27 October, at 7.30 pm. Pieces will include The Westminster Waltz, a selection from My Fair Lady, and the premiere of a movement from his new Ridings Suite (North Riding). This is a free event – please e-mail:
chris.browne@tiscali.co.uk or telephone 01422 844744 to be added to the guest list.

Diwali
2016-10-22 16:30 - 18:30 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
Annapurna Indian Dance proudly presents ‘Diwali – Indian Festival of Lights’, an afternoon of dance, at the Little Theatre, on 22 October, 4.30-6.30 pm. Described as ‘a passionate celebration of the colours and splendour of India’s rich cultural heritage’. This vibrant celebration features graceful traditional dances and stories, and a unique performance known as ‘Morris Natyam’, which combines the traditional dances of South India with English Morris Dancing!
Entry is free but you need to reserve your seats by emailing info@annapurnadance.com, as the theatre has limited seating. Food tickets, costing £7 for adults and teenagers, and £3 for children, includes hot vegetarian Indian food cooked by chef Vinod of Hebden Bridge.

Contact 07737 759783 or email us on info@annapurnadance.com

Moonlight and Magnolias
2016-10-03 - 2016-10-08 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Ron Hutchinson, directed by Hannah Stow
Imagine the crazy scenario:- five weeks into filming ‘Gone With The Wind’, the most eagerly awaited and expensive film of all time, producer David O. Selznick, fires the director and halts filming. With his reputation on the line and a determination to still make a great movie, he pulls director Victor Fleming off the set of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ and commissions script writer, Ben Hecht, to rewrite the screenplay.
Add to that the fact that they only have five days and the added complication that Hecht is the only person in Hollywood who hasn’t read the epic novel and you have all the ingredients for a great comedy.
The three are locked in an office with Selznick and Fleming reduced to hilariously re-enacting the story to a baffled Hecht. Fuelled only by bananas and peanuts, tension builds, exhaustion sets in but from amidst the chaos emerges the biggest blockbuster of all time. Crazy? But the British Theatre Guide said of it:
“A sheer joy. It’s years since I laughed out loud so much at a play”.

BUY TICKETS ONLINE

Read-through: Dracula
2016-09-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
If you’d like to get involved with our end of year production ‘Dracula’, Ray Riches is holding auditions on Sunday September 4th, 7-30 pm, at the theatre. Check out ‘Our Next Read-Through’ for details.

Calderdale Young Shorts
2016-06-30 19:00 - 21:00
Following last year’s successful launch, Calderdale Young Shorts is back! A celebration of Calderdale young people’s imagination, writing talent and performance skills.
A joint project between Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Square Chapel Education and Outreach and Calderdale Theatre School, Calderdale Young Shorts 2016 is providing playwriting workshops in local schools leading to performances of a selection of the plays in both Halifax and Hebden Bridge.

The Children's Hour
2016-06-13 - 2016-06-18 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Lillian Hellman, directed by Jenny Gore
The play is set in the thirties, in a rural all-girls’ boarding school, run by two women. A mischievous and frequently disobedient student, Mary, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her doting grandmother that the two women are having a lesbian affair.
Her grandmother, a significant member of the community, withdraws Mary and persuades all the other parents to do likewise causing the school to close which has tragic consequences for the two women.
The play, which is based on a true story, is about the powerful, corrosive effect of a malicious lie and how witch hunts can destroy lives. It was a shocking play for its time, challenging the views of contemporary American Society and making a profoundly moving, dramatic story.

BUY TICKETS ONLINE

Stepping Out
2016-04-18 - 2016-04-23 | Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, Holme Street, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8EE
By Richard Harris, directed by Gill Burns and Gilly Walker
The Evening Standard Best Comedy of 1984 is a warm and funny play about a group of women, (and a solitary man) who attend a weekly tap-dance class in a dingy, rundown church hall. The women bring all kinds of emotional baggage to the sessions, along with little talent or co-ordination, for them it’s a weekly chat.
However, driven by their eternally patient instructor Mavis and their grumpy pianist, their skills improve and they begin to develop as a team finally being successful in giving a great performance at a local gala.
But their real triumph is the personal journeys the women make as they don their leotards, shed their inhibitions and overcome various personal hang-ups.

BUY TICKETS
