September listings

ALL POINTS NORTH

THREE YORKSHIRE COMPANIES; THREE CO-PRODUCTIONS; THREE WORLD PREMIERES

Friday 7 to Saturday 22 September

A GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR – Northern Broadsides and Harrogate Theatre

Adapted by Deborah McAndrew from the original play by Nikolai Gogol, directed and composed by Conrad Nelson, this hysterically funny tale of misdeeds and misadventure has much and brass aplenty.

After the critical success of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Northern Broadsides’ associate director Conrad Nelson and playwright Deborah McAndrew once again team up to bring their unique brand of Northern inventiveness and humour to the stage with A Government Inspector, a Yorkshire take on Gogol’s fantastical satire.

Date: Friday 7 – Saturday 22 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Harrogate Theatre, Main House

Tickets: £12 – £16

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Tuesday 18 to Saturday 29 September

SECONDS OUT – Reform Theatre and Harrogate Theatre

Written by Nick Lane and directed by Keith Hukin, this is a tale of friendship, boxing and why it’s best not to annoy the local nutcase. Partly inspired by true events, Sheffield’s Reform Theatre present the story of Tom, who indulges in a daft dalliance with the wife of local nutter Mad Mark Flynn, which leads to him enlisting the help of Foster, a former boxer with a left hook to die for (or from), and a bag full of secrets.

Date: Tuesday 18 – Saturday 29 September

Time: 7.45pm

Location: Harrogate Studio Theatre

Tickets: £12

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 September

THE LIGHTHOUSE ON SHIVERING SANDS – North Country Theatre and Harrogate Theatre

The Lighthouse On Shivering Sands is adapted from a short story by JS Fletcher, an ex-Yorkshire Post journalist from Halifax, who wrote 230 books and was a crime writer to rival Agatha Christie, and directed by Yorkshireman Nobby Dimon, who has previously reinvented West End hit The 39 Steps (which began life here in our Studio Theatre).

Strange tales were told of Shivering Sands – of lighthouse keepers gone mad, mermaids and sea monsters, disappearances and hauntings. None of that scared Mordechai Chiddock, but had he known that Jezreel Cornish was one of the keepers, he’d never have set foot on the cursed rock. Expect sun, sea, sand and strangled-laughter in this sea-faring horror.

Date: Wednesday 26 – Saturday 29 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Harrogate Theatre, Main House

Tickets: £14 – £18

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

OTHER SEPTEMBER SHOWS

Thursday 6 September

FRIENDS BRIDGE AFTERNOON

Commencing at 1pm there will be Bridge until 4pm followed by Tea, Scones and prize giving. They can accommodate 80 players – 20 tables of 4.

Date: Thursday 6 September

Time: 1pm

Location: The Crown Hotel, Harrogate

Tickets: £12

Box Office: 01423 502116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Saturday 15 September

Ripon International Festival presents

ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Janusz Piotrowicz – Conductor

Beethoven Overture Fidelio

Schubert Symphony no 8 “Unfinished”

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No 1: Morning, Death of Ase,

Anitra’s Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King

Dvorak Symphony no 9 “From the New World”

Date: Saturday 15 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Royal Hall, Harrogate

Tickets: £32-£28

Box Office: 01423 502116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Sunday 16 September

DEBUSSY: A PASSIONATE LIFE with Robert Powell and Liza Goddard

Robert Powell and Liza Goddard celebrate the turbulent and passionate life of Claude Debussy, using the conductor’s own brilliantly vivid, sometimes moving, often humorous writings and those of his friends (as well as his enemies!) and fellow artists and musicians interwoven with musical interludes.

Date: Sunday 16 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Royal Hall, Harrogate

Tickets: £20

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Wednesday 26 September

THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN

The group that spawned a thousand ukulele orchestras and inspired millions of players. From the North Pole to Sydney Opera House, via Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall , The Ukes of GB™ are touring planet Earth with their funny, stomping, toe tapping, all singing, all plucking obituary of Rock and Roll and melodious light entertainment.

Date: Wednesday 26 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Royal Hall, Harrogate

Tickets: £20

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Saturday 29 September

THE LEVELLERS: ACOUSTIC

Folk-rock band Levellers who release their tenth studio album, Static On The Airwaves, on 25 June 2012 have announced an intimate and rare six-date seated tour of theatres and cathedrals in September including a night at the Harrogate Royal Hall.

Date: Sunday 30 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Royal Hall, Harrogate

Tickets: £22.50

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

Sunday 30 September

THE TIM VINE CHAT SHOW

The audience is the star of the show! Tim Vine (Not Going Out BBC) brings his sell-out Edinburgh show to Harrogate. With new guests, new jokes and new nonsense, expect the pun-expected.

Date: Sunday 30 September

Time: 7.30pm

Location: Harrogate Theatre, Main House

Tickets: £17.50

Age guide: 12+

Box Office: 01423 502 116

Book Online: www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk

By Andy on July 11, 2012