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Now in their eighteeenth year together, Talon have been recognised by the ‘Agents Association of Great Britain’ as the ‘OFFICIAL UK No. 1’ Eagles tribute show. In 2015 their latest production will feature all the classic Eagles hits from the timeless back catalogue including; Hotel California, Lyin’ Eyes, Take It Easy, Desperado, Take It To The Limit, Life In The Fast Lane and many more.

Although the show now features a host of world class musicians it is the immensely powerful four-part vocal harmony and exact musical production on which Talon have built their reputation. Their ability to evolve and go from strength to strength in delivering bigger and better shows year on year continues once again with what promises to be an EVENT…

TALON

DATE Sat 9 May TIME 7.30pm start PRICE £19.50 / £18.50 conc

Eighties indie heroes whose majestic song writing haunted a generation of bedsits and student pads. Formed in Liverpool in 1978, Echo & The Bunnymen have been responsible for some of the most celebrated singles

in all music history – Rescue, The Killing Moon, Lips Like Sugar, The Cutter, The Back of Love & Nothing Lasts Forever to name but a few – The Bunnymen have recorded many classic albums in their long illustrious career

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

DATE Fri 22 May TIME 7pm doors PRICE £26.50

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NORMAN PRINCE AND PAUL JOHNSTON An EvEning oF LAncAShirE MuSic And FunNorman was the front-man and leader of the country’s top comedy folk group, The Houghton Weavers, for over 24 years and his humour and tales were a major part of the Weavers success over many years. Paul was a member of the legendary folk group, The Fivepenny

Piece, and currently performs with Cracked Flag.

Both Lancashire Lads, together they guarantee an evening of fun and laughter unsurpassed in the Theatres of today, as their previous visits to Darwen Library Theatre have proved to be!

DATE Fri 29 May TIME 7.30pm start PRICE £12 / £10 conc & 10+

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DATE Sat 20 June TIME 7.30pm start PRICE £14.50

With The Saw Doctors on sabbatical, Leo Moran (The Saw Doctors) and Anto Thistlethwaite (The Waterboys/The Saw Doctors), have put together an intimate two hour acoustic show featuring stripped down unplugged versions of the The Saw Doctors hits

such as Red Cortina, Clare Island and Same Oul’ Town.

“The Leo & Anto two-man show is full of laughter, merriment and sublime songs performed by talented musicians”. Cleveland Examiner.

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Roots-rock’n’soul group Larkin Poe are sister duo Rebecca & Megan Lovell, augmented by Robby Handley (bass, keys and harmony vocals), and Marlon Patton (drums & percussion). After years of being fiercely independent, with five self-released EPs and touring for three years without label support,

they eventually decided to sign with RH Music.

“Their snappy vignettes of tough love bristle with a Seventies classic pop rock sheen of sinuous riffs, snappy handclaps and cheeky call and response vocals” The Telegraph.

LARkIN POE pLuS guEStS LucY MAY & rAintoWn

DATE Sun 5 July TIME 7pm doors PRICE £14 adv / £16 door

DATE Fri 26 June TIME 7pm doors PRICE £10 adv / £12 door

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One of the punk era’s most eclectic bands, The Stranglers have always drawn upon a wide range of musical genres; from pop to prog, metal to jazz, creating their own distinctive style. Without doubt one of the most exciting, credible and influential

British bands today, The Stranglers will be one of the highlights on the 2015 live circuit – an essential show not to be missed as they perform songs from their much-loved repertoire

THE STRANGLERS

DATE thu 16 July TIME 7pm doors PRICE £25 adv / £27 door

Sexy, edgy, uncompromising & outrageous 5 piece girl band taking gigs back to how they used to be – Playing Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Clash, Ramones, Specials, Sham 69, Punk and Ska and Rock.

Giving the music scene a much

needed kick up the ar*e. They sound even better than they look.

Individually they are Nancy Doll, Connie Rotter, Jilly Idol, Anna Key and Kitty Vacant. Together they are The Sex Pissed Dolls.

SEx PISSED DOLLS

STEREO MC’S With guEStS JErAMiAh FErrAriBorn out of the mid 80s inspirational Hip Hop scene and the DIY UK acid house / club scene, Stereo MC’s reputation slowly grew throughout the late 80s.

They are best known worldwide for their 1992 transatlantic Top 20 hit single, Connected; and the book

Guinness Rockopedia described them as “the big boys of British rap”.

With a reputation as a unique and high energy live act, they undertook an extensive 23 date tour of Europe in 2014, and are continuing performing through the UK in 2015.

DATE Fri 28 August TIME 7.30pm doors PRICE £16.50

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DATE Sun 4 oct TIME 2pm - 10pm PRICE £25 adv / £28 door

Once again we are proud to be involved in this prestigious festival.

22 acts - on 2 stages - over 2 days

For line-up information please go to www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com

Keep your eye on www.facebook.com/DarwenLive for the full festival line up.

the 16th Annual

DARWEN LIVE

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Fri 1 May – riMe SuSpex

Fri 5 June – rooSevelt rooM

Fri 3 July – the unknown

Fri 7 auguSt – tbc

Fri 4 SepteMber – SwiSher

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM KGH BOX OFFICE

FREE LIVE MUSIC IN BLACkBURN TOWN CENTRE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS

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BLUES, RHYTHM & ROCk FESTIVALThe 5th Annual Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival rolls into Blackburn with 8 hours of , er……… Blues, Rhythm and Rock!

Headliner – Connie Lush and Blues Shouter

6th Act – Larry Miller 5th Act – Danny Bryant 4th Act – Albany Down 3rd Act – Matt Woosey 2nd Act – Red Butler 1st Act – The Luke Doherty Band

Early Bird ticket only £21

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George’s Comedy Club

Comedy @ DLT

Friday 1 MayMC Barry Dodds presentsBenny BootJamalli MaddixJohn Lynn Friday 5 JuneMC Ray Bradshaw presentsJohn HastingsJames MeehanJarred Christmas

Friday 3 JulyMC katie Mulgrew presentsJimmy McGhiePhil BuckleyGeoff Norcott Friday 7 AugustMC Dave Williams presentsJeff InnocentAdam RoweDan Nightingale

Saturday 2 MayMC Justin Moorhouse presentsJim TavareJohn GordilloNicky Wilkinson

Saturday 6 June MC Michael Legge presentsRaymond MearnsNick DoodyJack Carroll

Saturday 4 July MC Jonathan Mayor presentsSeymour MaceDuncan OakleyLaura Lexx

Saturday 1st August MC Justin Moorhouse presents Acts TBC

DOORS 7pm SHOW START 8pmPRICE £10 adv / £12 doorWhy not pre-order food for your table? Ask the box office for details when you book!

DOORS 7pm SHOW START 8pmPRICE £10 adv / £12 door

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JAMES AcAStEr: rEprESEntJames Acaster tries out new ideas for his new show ‘Represent’. He is usually rather low key and whimsical. Let’s see what he’s like on this occasion when he doesn’t quite know what he’s doing.

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2012, 2013, 2014.

winner: best show & best breakthrough act chortle awards 2015

As seen on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats. From James Acaster’s Findings (BBC Radio 4)

“Beautifully constructed ‘art of stand-up’ stuff” The Sunday Times

GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP: VOLUME 2Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees Gein’s Family Giftshop bring their second show Volume 2 to the Fringe. Ed, Kath, Jim and the one you never see are darker, faster and funnier than ever before, and they have an hour of brand new sketches that aren’t for everyone but might just be for you.

winnerS: best new Sketch act & audience choice award london Sketchfest 2014

Best newcomer Chortle Awards 2015

“Would unsettle even the darker League of Gentlemen fan.”***** The Sunday Times

EDINBURGH PREVIEWJAMES ACASTER & GEIN’S FAMILY GIFTSHOP

No stranger to yap Alan Carr will be yapping his way around the UK & Ireland with his brand new stand up show ‘Yap, Yap, Yap!’

The BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning comedian, author and chat show supremo returns to his stand up roots with his hilarious take on life.

Yap it up!

“A comedian who owns the space he is working in so much, he could put a flag up” The Independent

ALAN CARRYAp, YAp, YAp

DATE Fri 8 May TIME 8pm start PRICE £8 (per show)

£14 (combined ticket price with 14 June show)

Save £2 when buying a combined ticket for both Edinburgh Previews at DLT

DATE Sat 2 May TIME 8pm start PRICE £30

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hArriEt dYEr: Work in progrESSJust a new hour of funny from my brain. As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra.

“She was a breath of fresh air…will have you in stitches” - **** Broadway Baby

Save £2 when buying a combined ticket

for both Edinburgh Previews at DLT

JonnY AWSuM: EvErYthing iS AWSuMJoin Jonny for the follow up to his 2014 debut hit as he returns to Edinburgh with a show celebrating all things awsum! You’re guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face after this laugh-packed hour of musical comedy and feel-good factor.

“A truly magnifi cent show…if the X-Factor had a comedy entry he would be too good for it.” ***** Three Weeks

EDINBURGH PREVIEWJONNY AWSUM & HARRIET DYER

Roy Chubby Brown returns with his meatiest show yet! ‘Don’t get Fit! Get Fat!’

He’s still rude, he’s still crude and this time he’s turning headlines into punch lines as his rip-roaring brand of banter continues to burst bellies across the country.

Chubby doesn’t hold back from sharing his outlandish views on news, women and gender, sailing so close to the mark, even the most seasoned of fans will be left gob-smacked!

ROY CHUBBY BROWNdon’t gEt Fit! gEt FAt!

Yes him with the loud shirts and messed up hair from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and multiple series on Radio 4.

“Temple of Daft” will showcase Milton’s trademark gags, which are as attention-grabbing as those brightly coloured shirts. If this show is a hat,

it would be a crown fi t for a king, and covered in rare and precious jokes. The show is a rip-roaring quest to fi nd buried treasure. But will Milton learn that the best treasure is to be found in people’s hearts?

Let’s hope not, that would be really dull.

MILTON JONESAnd thE tEMpLE oF dAFt

DATE Sun 14 June TIME 8pm start PRICE £8 (per show)

£14 (combined ticket price with 8 May show)

DATE Fri 12 June TIME 7.30pm start PRICE £19.50

DATE thu 21 May TIME 8pm start PRICE £24

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‘Funny Business’ is Jimmy’s brand new stand up show.

Come for the witty and incisive musings on the human condition; stay for the kn*b gags.

Jimmy’s been described as ‘the hardest working man in comedy’.

Which, let’s face facts, is not that impressive.

It’s like being the ‘Tallest Dwarf’ or the ‘Healthiest Glaswegian’. Really not that big a deal.

JIMMY CARRFunnY BuSinESS

DATE Fri 14 August TIME 8pm start PRICE £25

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the 9th Annual Blackburn and Darwen

Freddie Flintoff – 2ND INNINGSDATE thur 1 oct TIME 7.30pm PRICE £25

Bill Bailey – LIMBOLANDDATE Fri 23 & Sat 24 oct TIME 8pm PRICE £25

Paddy McGuinness – DADDY MCGUINNESSDATE Sun 1 nov TIME 7.30pm PRICE from £17.50

Stewart Francis – PUN GENTDATE thur 12 nov TIME 8pm PRICE £17.50

Noel Fielding – AN EVENING WITHDATE Sat 28 nov TIME 8pm PRICE £25

Further information from www.kinggeorgeshall.com

Following a record breaking year, Stageworks Worldwide Productions return to Blackburn with an Arabian Pantomime.

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DATE Sun 31 May TIME 11am & 2pm PRICE £8 / £6 conc

DATE 9 -31 december TIME please see website

DATE 11-24 december TIME please see website

PRICE £14 / £11 conc / £44 Family ticket (4 persons) / £9 Family performances and groups 10+

PRICE £11 / £9 conc / £32 Family ticket (4 persons) / £7 groups 10+

DATE Sun 21 June TIME 2pm PRICE £8 / £6 conc

A baby chick is born and thinks the sky is falling down. On the way to tell the King, she meets Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky & Turkey Lurkey, but there’s a shocking surprise! Chicken Licken grows up to be the Little Red Hen and asks her friends to help her make bread, but no one wants to play!

Mixed into this recipe of food, puppets and music is the story of Little Red Hen and the sly Foxy Loxy. Will she outwit him and save her stuffi ng?

Suitable for children aged 3+

Running time: 50 minutes

A musical pantomime written, directed and produced by George Critchley for PMA Productions Ltd. A magical castle deep in the forest, a handsome Prince, a beautiful sleeping Princess, good fairies and a very wicked fairy, all promise a rather special Christmas panto this year.

CHICkEN LICkENpresented by dnA puppetry & visual theatre uk

SLEEPING BEAUTY

This is a story about a girl. The story happened in a once upon a time, and in a once upon a place. The girl was called Rapunzel. Placed high up in a tower above the world and faced with the challenge of growing up, she is found alone, dreaming....

Told in an inventive, visual and physical

style with live music and magical design, Rapunzel is a delightful production for children about the curiosity and joys of growing up, risk taking and discovering who you are.

Suitable for children aged 3+

Running time: 1 hour, no interval

RAPUNZEL presented by tutti frutti and York theatre royal

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DATE 11-24 december TIME please see websiteRESERVATIONS:

Call: 01254 582579 and select option 1Lines open Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm

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VIENNA FESTIVAL BALLET 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

glinka overture: ruslan and ludmilla

beethoven piano concerto no.4

rachmaninov Symphony no.2

Jamie phillips conductor | andrew tyson piano

Rachmaninov’s magnificent Second Symphony has a wealth of great melodies and is a superb reminder that when it was first performed in 1908, its composer remained a glorious romantic anachronism. Before this, Andrew Tyson, returns for the limpid beauty of Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto. Praised by the New York Times for the ‘passion and poetry’ of his playing, these are qualities Tyson is sure to bring to the work. Though Glinka’s opera Ruslan and Ludmilla is rarely heard outside Russia, its thrilling overture is one of the most popular concert-starters of them all.

Pre-concert talk: Jamie Phillips in conversation about tonight’s season finalé and next season highlights.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARYFriday 25 September – the hallé

Friday 13 november - royal northern Sinfonia

Friday 5 February – the hallé

Friday 29 april – the hallé

Sunday 19 June (matinee) – rlpo

Vienna Festival Ballet celebrate 35 years with a gala performance presenting highlights from the world’s most beloved Tchaikovsky ballets. These include the moment when the Swan Queen meets her prince in Act 2 Swan Lake, the Dance of the Cygnets, Clara’s journey to a glittering land of snow in The Nutcracker, and the famous Rose Adagio from Sleeping Beauty, where Princess Aurora is introduced to four princes.

The evening promises to take you on an unforgettable journey through the best of ballet in one magical evening.

DATE Sat 16 May TIME 7.30pm PRICE from £15, concs available

DATE Wed 20 May TIME 7pm PRICE from £13.50, concs available

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DATE Sun 4 oct TIME 7.30pm PRICE from £26, concs available

LA TRAVIATA – ONE OF THE GREATEST VERDI OPERAS(Sung in italian with English Subtitles)

Featuring an impressive cast and accompanied by a large live Orchestra with over 30 musicians.

Following the enthusiastic reception which greeted the performance of Rigoletto opera earlier this year, the renowned Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back with another world-class opera, La Traviata - a love story shrouded in sacrifice and misunderstanding.

This haunting tragedy with its beautiful arias will transport you to the world in which it is set. Giuseppe Verdi brings to the stage the incomparable splendour of mid-19th century Parisian life in all its gaiety, sadness and pathos with a tragic and resonant tale of society and morality in which Violetta, a high-society courtesan with a heart of gold, sacrifices everything for the man she loves. Masterpiece in its own right, it contains some of Verdi’s most beautiful and memorable music.

It encompasses an astonishing range of moods and emotions, from Alfredo’s fresh-faced charms to Violetta’s vivid effervescence, perfectly captured in Violetta’s Toast to life and free will “Libiamo ne’ licit calici” (let’s drink from the joyful cups) and “Sempre libera” (always free) - a vocal showpiece to rival any other.

A deeply moving opera filled with human feeling and strokes of genius.

To see this opera is to have an experience of unforgettable emotive power and reflection.

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DATE thu 28 May TIME 7pm PRICE £13 / £12 conc

DATE thu 16 July TIME 7pm PRICE £13 / £12 conc

Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List; Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic.

A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fi ery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live.

Jack Tanner, celebrated radical thinker and rich bachelor, seems an unlikely choice as guardian to the alluring heiress, Ann. But she takes it in her

assured stride and, despite the love of a poet, she decides to marry and tame this dazzling revolutionary.

Tanner, appalled by the whiff of domesticity, is tipped off by his chauff eur and fl ees to Spain, where he is captured by bandits and meets The Devil. An extraordinary dream-debate, heaven versus hell, ensues. Following in hot pursuit, Ann is there when Tanner awakes, as fi erce in her certainty as he is in his.

BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road).

Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. He is forced to abandon the life he has built and embark on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend,

anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out.

One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, it now explodes onto the stage in a startling production with words by Carol Ann Duff y, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier De Frutos.

MAN AND SUPERMAN EncorE ScrEEning

EVERYMANLivE BroAdcASt

The Plugged in Theatre Project aims to bring exciting professional theatre to the region and to entice new audiences by allowing them to choose shows to visit their local theatres.

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DARWEN LIBRARY THEATRE FILM SOCIETY

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

tuesday 12 May

TESTAMENT OF YOUTHtuesday 28 July

THE IMITATION GAME

tuesday 16 June

INTO THEWOODS

tuesday 4 August

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

tuesday 14 July

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3

tuesday 25 August

TIME 2pm PRICE £3 (Film Society Membership) Café/Bar open from 1pm

Shows in the brochure with our logo have been hand-picked by members of community groups in Blackburn, Darwen and the surrounding areas. The project also offers people the chance to go behind the scenes and attend theatre-based workshops in the lead up to the shows.

If you would like to know more and get involved please visit:

www.itspluggedin.com or call 01254 674777

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Don BanksThe Famous Don Banks’ Afternoon

VARIETY SHOWpresented by glen South

Join us for a nostalgic trip down memory lane back to those good olde days with a Variety show packed with song, music & mirth! Bar & Cafe open from 1pm. Enjoy a FREE cup of tea (or coff ee) and biscuits served in the interval.

Headliners this season include: Syd Little, Bernard Wrigley and Jonathan Young of John Stokes Bachelors.

Join host and compere Glen South for a nostalgic trip down memory lane back to the ‘good old days’ with a variety show packed with song, music and mirth!

Headliners this season include: Phil Cool, Andy Eastwood and Mike Lancaster.

Alf Wright’s

AFTERNOON MUSIC HALL

INDOOR CAR BOOT SALE

Stalls from £10. To book a space contact Margaret Chambers on 01254 503220 or email events@kinggeorgeshall.com

DATE Sun 13 Sept, 18 oct, 8 novTIME 8.30am - 1pmPRICE £1, accompanied children go free

Everyone welcome!

Supporting: Age UK,

AMPLE FREE PARKING THROUGHOUT THE AREA

DATE Wednesdays: 6 May, 3 Jun, 1 Jul, 5 Aug

TIME doors 1.30pm Starts 2pm Ends 4.30pm

PRICE £4 / £3 conc (for darwen residents)

DATE Wednesdays: 20 May,24 Jun, 15 Jul, 19 Aug

TIME doors 1pm Starts 2pm Ends 4.30pm

PRICE £4 / £3 conc (for darwen residents)

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BALLROOM: Classic Northern Soul celebrating Wigan Casino’s 42nd Anniversary. Time 9pm - 7am.

WINDSOR: Redemption on the Road, cutting edge Northern and a touch of 60s RnB. Time 10pm - 5am

BLAKEY’S: Quality modern soul classics and soulful dance. Time 10pm – 4am.

SOUL NIGHTnoW in our 21St YEAr!

DATE Sat 26 SeptPRICE £13 adv / £15 door

FUTURE DATES Jan 30 2016 Apr 30 2016

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DJs Ronnie Brown & Julian Kellet present

MECCASouL, MotoWn And Funk cLASSicS

Celebrating 60s soul, Motown, ska, reggae, funk and disco. This is not a northern soul night, but it is as soulful as it gets.

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DATE Sat 2 May TIME 10pm - end 3am PRICE £14

DATE Sat 13 June/15 Aug TIME 9pm - End 2am PRICE £3 B4 11pm/£5 after

One of the UK’s best loved Soul and Funk DJs, and the host of BBC 6 Music prime time Saturday Night Funk and Soul Show.

Craig Charles brings you the best there is in Soul and Funk mixed in with a little Acid Jazz and a healthy dose of Northern Soul.

Plus guest DJ Ed Mahon.

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18Celebrate in style with us at our Ultimate Retro Party Night!

Let’s relive the great times and reunite for one big party. Keep checking the website for future dates.

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Mike Harding’s resume reads folk singer and songwriter, poet and playwright, comedian and broadcaster, fell-walker and fl y-fi sherman. Now with four published anthologies to his credit, Mike has decided to take his poetry on a tour. As well as reading his work, he’ll be telling the personal stories that prompted him to write them.

It’s perhaps not what a legion of his fans are used to but we can guarantee it will be a good night as well as rare chance to see “The Other Side of Mike Harding.”

The ‘Last Choir Singing’ is a Lancashire-wide choir competition for junior school children, which True Bearing Chartered Financial Planners is organising and sponsoring in partnership with the Music Services in Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

All the schools taking part in this competition will have won their Regional Heat and have made it through to the County Final, so the quality is high.

Our expert adjudicators will mark the choirs and the winning choir will be chosen tonight! This is an event not to be missed and is an excellent opportunity to support your local schools and to see how music education is thriving in Lancashire.

A rock and pop extravaganza performed by the talented students of Elite School of Music, under the direction of Paul Stuart Davies and Mark Bateson.

Suitable for all ages. All Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

An Evening of Poetry with

MIkE HARDING

LAST CHOIR SINGING county Final

Elite School of Music present

STUDENT SHOWCASE #21

A night of live music for the under 20s featuring local established and new bands, presented by the BwDBC Young People’s Services team.

Line up tbc.

DATE Sun 30 August TIME 7pm start PRICE £7.50

DATE thur 28 May TIME 7.30pm PRICE £2.50 adv / £3 door

DATE Sun 10 May TIME 7.30pm start PRICE £14 / £12 conc and groups 10+

DATE Fri 19 June TIME 6.30pm start PRICE £5 / £4 conc

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how to Bookvia telephone: you can book tickets by calling 0844 847 1664. This number rings direct to our Box Office staff, but please note that during busy or out-of-office periods, you will be transferred to Ticketmaster.

in person: at the KGH Box Office or Darwen Library, Knott St, Darwen, BB3 3BU - see opposite for opening times.

online: please visit www.kinggeorgeshall.com or www.darwenlibrarytheatre.com for additional show information and to book tickets; please note that online purchases will be made via Ticketmaster and booking fees will apply.

our agents: you can book tickets for our events at Clitheroe T.I.C, Church Walk, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2RA.

conditions of SaleAll tickets are sold on a non-refundable and non-exchange basis. A service charge will apply to all bookings made with credit and debit cards. In addition, an administration fee will be charged to any telephone booking.

Please note: bookings via Ticketmaster are subject to Ticketmaster’s booking fees and charges.

customers with disabilitiesKing George’s Hall and Darwen Library Theatre welcomes customers with disabilities. If you use a wheelchair it is essential that the Box Office is notified at the time of booking for fire and licensing regulations. The Fire Authorities advise that all wheelchair patrons remain in their seats throughout the performance; and wheelchair spaces are situated on the Main Floor only.

We operate a free ticket for every wheelchair carer attending. Maximum one per wheelchair, full price ticket must be purchased.

All areas of King George’s Hall and Darwen Library Theatre have disabled access.

Box office opening hours (for advance bookings)blackburn (for both kgh and Dlt events) The Box Office, Northgate, Blackburn, BB2 1AA

opening hours:

Mon to Fri: 9am ‘til 5pm

Saturday: 10am ‘til 4pm

Sunday: Closed unless event on

Darwen (for Dlt events only) The Library (not Theatre), Knott Street,

Darwen, BB3 3BU.

opening hours:

Mon: 10am ‘til 7pm

Tue & Sun: Closed

Wed & Fri: 10am ‘til 5pm

Thu: 1pm ‘til 5pm

Sat: 10am ‘til 4pm

Box office opening hours (on event days)We’ll usually be open from one hour before show time

until the end of the first interval.

Please note: the sales point will normally operate from

the main entrance to KGH and DLT

Full terms and conditions at:

www.kinggeorgeshall.com

www.darwenlibrary theatre.com

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WHERE TO FIND USKing George’s Hall is situated on the corner of Blakey Moor

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PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT:· Feilden Street car park (BB2 1LH) from Monday – Saturday, between 7am – 11pm. The car park

will remain open for 30 minutes following performances fi nishing after 11pm· The Mall car park (BB1 5AF) from Monday – Saturday, between 6am – 8pm, and Sunday 8am – 8pm· Or most of the area’s street parking is FREE after 6pmWe are approximately 10 minutes walk from the bus and train stations, so are easily accessible by public transport.

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