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THE ARTSSTAHL THEATRE | MUSIC | YARROW GALLERY | LECTURES | CA

SEPT - DEC 2019

Sleeping beauty The Stahl Theatre

What happens when she wakes up?

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MUSIC IN UNEXPECTED

PLACES An engaging line-up and an

evening of surprises. P20

found in the fields

The Yarrow Gallery Lithograohs and linocuts.

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Oundle School presents a diverse collection of performances, exhibitions,

concerts, lectures and shows, from September to December. Many of the

events listed in this brochure are hosted and performed by pupils and staff while

others feature visiting professionals prominent in their creative fields.

All events, except where otherwise indicated, are open to the public and we warmly invite you to share with us this

rich celebration of arts and community.

WELCOME

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CONTENTS

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What’s On p4-5A chronological diary of the Arts programme at Oundle School encompassing theatre, music, art exhibitions, community action and lectures.

The Stahl Theatre p6-13A hearty mix of live theatre events appealing to all audiences, from world-renowned professional touring companies to first-rate School productions.

Lecture Programme p33A weekly series offering thought-provoking lectures on a wide range of topics.

Community Action p34-35A variety of free community activities and events offered and hosted by Oundle School pupils and staff throughout the year.

Music p14-27Numerous opportunities to enjoy the work of gifted music makers, from School pupils and staff to world-famous musicians.

The Yarrow Gallery p28-32A variety of art, photography, ceramics and sculpture exhibitions, from pupil artwork to established local and international artists.

Oundle Town Culture p36-37A listing of Arts organisations within the town of Oundle, all of which offer a host of cultural events throughout the year.

Map and Venue Information p38-39A map of Oundle and information about the main School venues, including contact details, booking help, parking and access information.

Published by Oundle School, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4GH T: +44 (0) 1832 277122 www.oundleschool.org.ukAll information was considered correct at time of printing but please be aware that unforeseen circumstances may result in changes of timings and venues. Please always check the calendar on the School website for up-to-date event information. Publication date: July 2019 3

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WHAT’S ONThe Stahl Theatre Date PageAccidental Death of an AnarchistBy Dario Fo

Directed by Matt BurlingtonPerformed by Oundle School

19th & 20th September

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The Ladykillersby Graham Linehan

Directed by Tom JowittPerformed by St Antony House

10th & 11th October 8

Wild Boy Devised and performed by Lamhouse Theatre. Directed by Tom Fox

29th October 9

Jane Eyreby Charlote Brontë

Adapted by Nick LaneDirected by Adrian McDougallPerformed by Blackeyed Theatre in association with South Hill Park Arts Centre

18th & 19th November

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Sleeping Beautyby Rufus Norris from Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles Perrault

Directed by Naomi JonesPerformed by Oundle School

5th, 6th & 8th December

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The Jungle Book Devised and performed by Lamhouse Theatre. Directed by Tom Fox

10th December 12

Barry Plopper and the Chamber of Christmas SecretsWritten and Directed by Simon Aylin

Peformed byTelling Tales Children's Theatre Company

19th -23rd December 13

music Date PageLunchtime at St Peter's Thursdays 15

Musical Scholars' Concert (Fith Form and Upper Sixth) 6th September 16

The Škampa Quartet 12th September 16

Last night of the Proms 14th September 17

Wind, Brass and Percussion with Tim Reynish MBE 27th September 18

New Faces Concert: Jonathan Slade and Lauren Scot-Turner 29th September 19

Musical Opportunity 2nd October 19

Scholarship Training Day 3rd October 19

Music in Unexpected Places 4th October 20

New Faces Concer; Jerome Broun and Nicholas Warden 6th October 21

Massed Musicians' Day for the Young 11th October 21

Prague Connections with Jana Keppler 31st October 22

Concert with Yarwell and Nassington Britannia Brass Band, Schola Cantorum and the Oundle Consort

11th November 22

Oscar Broadcasts 5th November - 2nd December 22

Max Milligan - Guitar 8th November 23

Remembrance Sunday 10th November 23

Musical Opportunity 13th November 24

Songs, Cabaret and Musicals from the Singers 15th November 24

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British Trombone Society Day 17th November 24

Choral Evensong 17th November 25

Advent Carol Service 1st December 25

Carnival of the Animals 5th December 26

Oundle Choral Society with Oundle School Choirs 7th December 26

Commnity Carols 11th December 27

Carol Service 12th & 13th December 27

The Yarrow Gallery Date PageWind, Sea, Rock and Bone. An Elemental Journey to the Edge 7th - 21st September 29

Found in Fields - Carry Acroyd 28th September - 11th October 30

The Paintings of Bernard Kay 2nd - 16th November 31

Whisper Through the Trees 30th November - 8th December 32

Lecture Programme Date PageJules Mountain - Author, engineer, adventurer 6-September 33

Russell Robinson - Criminal Lawyer 13th September 33

Patrick Foster 20th September 33

Jeremy Hunter - Photo-journalist, writer, broadcaster 27th September 33

Dr PatriciaFara - Historian, Cambridge University 4th October 33

Tim Emmett - Professional sportsman, climber 11th October 33

Chris Merritt - Author 1st November 33

Colin Pendrill - Former Oundle teacher, author 8th November 33

Mike Hurst - Professional musician and producer 15th November 33

Tom Gash - Author, government advisor on crime 22nd November 33

Laura Dodsworth - Photographer 29th November 33

Sir Matt Baggott - Former Chief of Police, Northern Ireland 6th December 33

Community Action Date PageFlymo Squad Wednesday afternoons 34

660 Club Wednesday afternoons 34

ICT Classes Wednesday afternoons 34

Elderly Visits Wednesday afternoons 34

Commmunity Art Thursday evenings 35

Have a Go Day 22nd September 35

Oundle Town Culture Date PageTown Listings Various dates 36 - 37

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Director: Naomi JonesThey say ‘a change is as good as a rest’ and after a year’s ‘rest’ in the form of maternity leave, I return to the Stahl reinvigorated and re-enthused about the theatre and the wonderful work it brings to the community of Oundle.

We see two visits from bold and innovative Peterborough-based theatre company Lamphouse Theatre this autumn. Their productions of Wild Boy and The Jungle Book boast classic narratives retold with the wit and ingenuity that I so admire about these impressive theatre-makers. A Stahl brochure would seem almost incomplete without a production from Blackeyed Theatre and in November this well-loved company bring us Brontë’s passionate, gothic classic Jane Eyre. Get your tickets quickly as this one promises to be very popular. And fittingly we end our professional programme with a return visit from Simon Aylin and his wonderful Telling Tales Company – Oundle’s very own professional panto! What better way to welcome in the festive season?

Dario Fo’s zany, surrealist comedy, Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a heady blend of vaudeville and politics. Performed by this year’s A level Theatre Studies pupils you can expect an evening of joyfulness and absurdity; a potent reminder that political theatre can be both funny and provocative.

We eagerly await St Anthony’s return to the Stahl after their sell-out success with The History Boys. This production of classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers, under the skilful direction of Tom Jowitt, will be similarly eccentric and no less uproarious. The School season is brought to a thrilling close with a performance of Rufus Norris’s Sleeping Beauty. Based on Charles Perrault’s original text, the piece will seem both familiar and yet surprising to audiences…. A fairy tale it might be but Disney it certainly isn’t!

Resuming my role as Director of the Stahl I am reminded what a rich cultural resource the theatre is. Pupil, professional, home-grown and nationally renowned talent all populate this season’s offering, so grab your diary and fill those long winter evenings with some theatre of exceptional quality.

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Directed by Matt Burlington Performed by Oundle School Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a classic piece of twentieth century drama. Combining elements of Commedia dell’Arte with contentious political comedy, Fo creates a rambunctious, absurdist satire that is at once both farce and deeply serious. Examining the political hysteria and police corruption of 1970s Italy the play has been endlessly popular, enjoying many successful revivals. It promises to be an excellent evening of physical comedy, madness and mayhem.

Performances 19th & 20th September | 7.45pm Tickets £6 Age recommendation 11+

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Performances 10th & 11th October | 7.45pm Tickets £6 Age recommendation 11+

Based on the incomparable film from 1955 – The Ladykillers is a

classic black comedy. A sweet little old lady rents out a room in

her house to a professor of music. Musicians are not what they seem and Mrs Wilberforce finds herself alone in her lopsided house pitted

against a gang of criminals who will stop at nothing.

Tom Jowitt (St A) directs an eager cast from St Antony House in this 2011 adaptation by the masterful

Graham Linehan, which wrings every droplet of mirth from the

classic Ealing comedy.

BY GRAHAM LINEHANDIRECTED BY TOM JOWITTPERFORMED BY ST ANTHONY HOUSE

Image: Freddie North (L)

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Performance 29th October | 7.45pm Tickets £12 / £10 Age recommendation 8+

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Devised and performed by Lamphouse TheatreDirected by Tom Fox

Wild Boy is the incredible, true and moving story of a feral child found in the woods in Hannover, Germany in 1726. Unable to speak, or stand up straight, the Wild Boy was named Peter and taken to the court of King George I, where he lived as a pet. The King quickly became bored of the child and soon Peter's story was lost to legend, until a fire broke out in Norwich prison. During the evacuation one of the inmates was recognised as the Wild Boy. This production tells Peter’s story with luscious live music, movement, puppetry and magic, and questions what it means to be human.

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Performances 18th & 19th November | 7.45pm Tickets £12 / £10 Age recommendation 11+

JANE EYREWRITTEN BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË

ADAPTED BY NICK LANE

DIRECTED BY ADRIAN MCDOUGALL

A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Jane Eyre tells the thrilling story of an orphan girl and her journey from a childhood of loneliness and cruelty to a life at Thornfield Hall and an unlikely relationship with the mysterious Mr Rochester. Falling in love, she gradually uncovers a hidden past to the gloomy, forbidding Thornfield Hall, a terrible secret that forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice.

Don’t miss Blackeyed Theatre’s captivating,

brooding and intensely powerful brand new

stage adaptation.www.blackeyedtheatre.co.ukRunning time: approximately 2

hours (including interval)

PERFORMED BY BLACKEYED THEATRE IN ASSOCIATION WITH SOUTH HILL PARK ARTS CENTRE

“ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE, AUDACIOUS COMPANIES WORKING IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH THEATRE” The Stage

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Performances 5th – 6th | 7.45pm | 8 December | 3pm Tickets £6 Age recommendation 11+

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SLEEPINGBEAUTY

Written by Rufus Norris From The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles PerraultDirected by Naomi Jones and Performed by Oundle School

Cursed to sleep for a hundred years by the innocent pricking of a finger. Only true love’s kiss can wake her…. You know the story, right? But what about

the fairy who cast the spell? Can she ever make amends? And what happens when Beauty wakes up, gets married, has kids and moves into an enchanted

castle with her flesh-eating ogre of a mother-in-law? It’s Sleeping Beauty but not as you know it!

Drawn from Charles Perrault’s original story, Rufus Norris’s irreverent adaptation skilfully mixes the mythic with the macabre. Performed by

Oundle School’s endlessly talented Third to Upper Sixth Form with a rich mix of puppetry, music and ensemble movement, this production will

enthral and surprise adults and children alike.



Performance 10th December | 6.30pm Tickets £12 / £10 Age recommendation 6+

Devised and performed by Lamphouse Theatre

Directed by Tom Fox

“ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT” “THE KIDS WERE MESMERISED”“ENTERTAINING FOR YOUNG AND OLD”

Raised by wolves since birth, young man-cub Mowgli is forced to leave his jungle home when he is threatened by Shere Khan, a terrifying tiger.

Arriving in a human village, Mowgli is seemingly safe, until he strays from his adopted family and meets Shere Khan again.

Mowgli returns to the protection of the wolf pack – but will his presence in the jungle again put them all in danger?

Full of live music, comedy, puppetry and energy, this production explores the themes of growing up and staying true to yourself.

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Written and directed by Simon Aylin. Performed by Telling Tales

Telling Tales Children’s Theatre Company returns to The Stahl this Christmas with another brand new pantomime written just for Oundle. Barry Plopper and the Chamber of Christmas Secrets is written and directed by Simon Aylin, who has written pantomimes for such stars as Nigel Havers, Britt Ekland, Keith Chegwin, Pauline Quirk, Joe McElderry and Adam Woodyatt.

Simon’s latest show will have everything you expect from a traditional family pantomime – and a lot more besides!

If you know a young performer who might be interested in joining the chorus of Barry Plopper and the Chamber of Christmas Secrets visit www.tellingtalestheatre.com

Performances 19th & 20th December 7pm | 21st December 11am & 3pm | 22nd & 23rd Decemberr 2pm & 7pm

Tickets £16 Adults £14 Concessions £50 Family ticket Age recommendation 4+


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Director: Mr Quentin Thomas The cycle of each year offers a remarkably familiar path in a plethora of ways, but the people one walks with are the ingredients that make for refreshing, evocative and provocative excitements. This next academic year gives us cause to jump up and down with joy, not only for the sheer variety of ensembles and experience, but also for the quality and the repertoire being pursued. The Škampa Quartet, Tim Reynish MBE, Oundle Choral Society with massed singers and world-class tenor Andrew Kennedy, Rushden Town Band, Nashington & Yarwell and Nassington Britannia

Brass Band with Schola Cantorum and The Oundle Consort, Max Milligan, the British Trombone Society and our four new faces in the department – Nicholas Warden, Jerome Broun, Jonathan Slade and Lauren Scott-Turner… all offer imaginative programming, and wonderful experiences are coming to town. I implore you to scrutinize the following pages and hope very much to see you at as many of our events as possible.

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HOW TO BOOK TICKETS… MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MISS OUT!Tickets are available from: The Oundle International Festival Box Office, 4 New Street, Oundle: www.oundlefestival.org.uk or 01832 274 734

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Lunch time concerts at St Peter’sMarket days 1.30 – 2.15pm

We serve home -made soup and home-made bread with our concerts for the sum of £3.50. Make it a social event – arrive at 1pm for your soup before the start of the concert at 1.30pm each week during term time.

Thursday 5th September Diploma – Ken Zhao - cello

Thursday 12th September Diploma – Ed Pelham - clarinet

Thursday 19th September Diploma – Brandon Lim - percussion

Thursday 26th September Brass

Thursday 3rd October Music Scholars

Thursday 10th October Strings

Thursday 31st October Singers

Thursday 7th November Percussionists

Thursday 14th November Woodwind

Thursday 21st November Pianists

Thursday 28th November Guitarists

Thursday 5th December Carnival of (in the Great Hall) the Animals

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Music Scholars’ Concert (Fifth Form and Upper Sixth Form)

Friday 6th SeptemberVenue: Great Hall Performance: 7.45pm Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

It is always a significant moment to draw the drape of our term’s stage curtains, and welcome everyone to the start of our academic year with music. As has become the appropriate norm, we invite a selection of our more established Music Scholars drawn from the U6th and 5th Form. All Music Scholars and exhibitioners will be in attendance as we seize this opportunity to reunite and welcome our new award holders.

The Škampa QuartetThursday 12th September Venue: Great Hall Performance: 5.30pm The Škampa Quartet in concert7.30pm Oundle School Chamber Orchestra with Škampa QuartetTickets: £10 Adults. Free for all pupils. One free ticket per each performing pupil

Helena Jiříkovská – violin, Adéla Štajnochrová – violin, Martin Stupka – viola, Lukáš Polák - violoncello

Tickets from Oundle Box Office www.oundlefestival.org.uk; 01832 274 734The Škampa Quartet is among the very finest of an outstanding group of current Czech string quartets that has represented their country in major Concert Halls around the world for twenty-five years. Through their mentors, the legendary Smetana Quartet, they trace their roots to the earliest quartets – such as the Bohemian Quartet – in a land described in the 18th century as the Conservatoire of Europe and that remains, to this day, the very cradle of European Chamber Music.

Education has long been an important facet of their work, and one that they find particularly rewarding. They teach in many places around the world but particularly at the Royal Academy of Music in London where they were appointed Visiting Professors of Chamber Music in 2001.

As they focus on their Wigmore Hall concert, we are fortunate to be hosting the Škampa Quartet to work with our chamber musicians ahead of our tour to Prague in February. After their 5:30pm concert, the quartet will coach our ensembles on Brahms Sextet, Clarinet Quintet and a movement from Mozart’s Oboe Quartet, before more pupils unite with Ďvořák’s Serenade for Strings, first movement in the evening.

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Last night of the Proms Saturday 14th September Venue: Great Hall Performance: 6pmTickets: £10 Adults, £4 under 18’s In conjunction with the Oundle International Festival, we are thrilled to be embracing the spirit of one of the very greatest of British traditions following the popularity of this event last year. Our concert is the warm-up for the live broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall and the five relays from Hyde Park, Glasgow, Swansea, County Down and Salford, and we end in time for you to get home for the second half for those perennial favourites that have become part of British culture, gracing the Proms ever since Sir Henry Wood and Robert Newman started the tradition in 1895. Featuring Maureen Braithwaite (Soprano) and Alec Hone (piano), and we welcome back the Rushden Town Band under the baton of Adele Hudson.

From Oundle Box Office: www.oundlefestival.org.uk; 01832 274734

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Wind, Brass and Percussion with Tim Reynish MBEFriday 27th September Venue: Great Hall Performance: 2.15pm rehearsals and sectionals 5.30pm concert Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

We are tremendously excited to have this visit from Tim Reynish – simply the globe’s most eminent leader midst the world of bands and wind musicians, and who was recently awarded an MBE. The list of this man’s credentials is mind-boggling for the quality, diversity and number of bands he has directed, including State of São Paulo Symphonic Band; Brazil, Volga Wind Orchestra of Saratov, Russia, Cordoba Symphonic Band, Argentina; Philharmonic Winds, Singapore; and leading military bands including the “President’s Own” US Marine Band, the Norwegian Army, Singapore Armed Forces Band and the Band of the Royal Marines, Portsmouth. What a superb focus for our wind, brass and percussionists who will be joined by as many players as we can muster! Here’s to raising the roof! Do please join us.

Please contact [email protected] as soon as possible if you are a wind or brass player of around Grade 6-8 standard and would like to participate.


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New Faces Concert: Jonathan Slade and Lauren Scott-TurnerSunday 29th SeptemberVenue: Chapel Performance: 5.45pmTickets: All welcome, no tickets required

Recent additions to our vast and successful Music department should be welcomed properly, and we are delighted to have two ‘New Faces Concerts’ that exclusively showcase on our new kids on the block. Jonathan Slade will be focusing more on his passion for the world of baroque music, whilst Lauren Scott-Turner will be pursuing music of a more contemporary nature – perfectly complementary!

Musical Opportunity Wednesday 2nd October Venue: Recital Room, Gascoigne Performance: 6pm Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

These concerts popping up through the year cater specifically for those who are not so confident in getting into the public arena, or for pupils who would benefit from a run-through of repertoire before examinations. Supportive audiences always appreciated!

Scholarship training day Thursday 3rd October Venue: Gascoigne Performance: 11am - 6pm

Aimed at prospective scholars in Years Seven and Eight, we introduce pupils to Oundle School’s Music department. We help prepare pupils for the scholarship process, work with them on their repertoire, aural tests, sight-reading and on what to expect from Oundle per se. A lunchtime concert, Q&A session for prospective parents and, best of all, a moment to play along with our Chamber Orchestra or Jazz Band – an experience we hope will inspire and enthuse.

Please register your interest by contacting [email protected]

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Music in unexpected places Friday 4th October Venue: A plethora of venues, starting in the Great Hall Performance: 7.45pm Tickets: £8. Free for all pupils

This proved to be one of our most popular concerts when we first aired such an idea three years ago. Now, in conjunction with BBC Radio Northampton and the Oundle International Festival, we’re back for another evening of surprises and venues hitherto, perhaps, not even heard of! We offer a stunning evening as the audience are split into smaller groups and taken in and around Oundle School’s buildings and beyond: short historical facts about the buildings are then followed by diverse ensembles and solos from our talented musicians. Might we be able to take you into the unopened new Sports Centre, or perform beside the swimming pool, perhaps a House dining room, or the old Tuck Shop of yesteryear? An engaging line-up is assured.

Please make any disability known to facilitate our planning: [email protected]

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New Faces Concert: Jerome Broun and Nicholas Warden Sunday 6th October Venue: Chapel Performance: 5.45pm Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

In our second concert to welcome our newest Music staff arrivals, we focus on the big guns – two new Heads of Instrument. Jerome Broun joined us last year as Head of Woodwind, and Nicholas Warden arrives to a new post as Head of Singing, overseeing teaching, the singing team and choral direction. Expect a rousing and wonderful concert from these two hugely talented and different personalities. Welcome to Oundle!

Massed Musicians’ Day for the Young Friday 11th October Venue: Venues across the School Performance: 10am – 4pm

Most schools tell us that attending many events is difficult, and thus we held our first Massed Musicians’ Day a few years ago, building on our experiences of placing all the events onto one day whilst maintaining the specialism of the instrumental families. Oundle’s Heads of Instruments, alongside many experienced Tutors, lead workshops and performances for all grades, ages and abilities in venues around our beautiful School working towards a final presentation.

10am Arrive, registration & rehearsals

1pm LUNCH - Please bring picnic lunches

1.30pm onwards rehearsals & concerts

Please register interest by emailing [email protected]

“Thank you for the chance to take part in a day that both stimulated and challenged our pupils’ abilities. Having not seen the school for herself, she now understands her brother’s enthusiasm for what you do.”“The Oundle performers were inspirational.” “I greatly enjoy watching the enthusiasm of your entire department.”“My boys had a wonderful time and how lovely to see the whole range of brass instruments and to see where practice will take them to in the future.”“It was brilliantly organised and every child benefited greatly from it.”“The whole day is incredibly inspiring so thank you!”

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Prague Connections Concert with Jana KeppleraThursday 31st October Venue: Great Hall Performance: 7.45pm Tickets: All welcome, no ticket required.

Following our visit from the Škampa Quartet and ahead of the February History and Music tour to Prague, our Chamber Orchestra welcomes our twin Jana Keplera School with this concert that focuses on music associated with Prague. Directed by Angus Gibbon, the evening presents movements from two of Mozart’s glorious symphonies, and the sublime Serenade for Strings of Ďvořák.

Ďvořák: Serenade for StringsMozart: Symphony No.35 in D Major, K.385 ‘Haffner’Mozart: Symphony No.38 in D Major, K.504 ‘Prague’

Concert with Yarwell and Nassington Britannia Brass Band, Schola Cantorum and The Oundle Consort Friday 11th October Venue: Nassington Church Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £10, includes bar and raffle

Always a warming thrill to be out and about, and into the extended communities, we join forces for another special evening with the Yarwell & Nassington Britannia Band, contrasting (and uniting) with the beautiful sounds of our Schola Cantorum and The Oundle Consort. Directed by John Hudson and Quentin Thomas, expect dazzling dynamics and flourishes from the brass, with the more evocative, poignant from the vocal forces. As the colder evenings draw on in, we focus on raising money in aid of the Peterborough Winter Night Shelter.

Tickets available from: www.oundlefestival.org.uk; 01832 274734

OSCAR broadcastsTuesday 5th November – Monday 2nd December Under the direction of Chris Pettitt, the UK’s longest established pupil radio station is back. www.oscar-radio.org for further details.

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Max Milligan – Guitar Friday 8th November Venue: Cecil Lewis Room, Great Hall Performance: 2pm - 5pm workshop / masterclass 5.30pm concert Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

Max Milligan has been a gigging guitarist since 1973, and in that time has played many styles of music working in cabaret clubs, West End musicals in London, jazz funk/soul bands and rock ‘n’ roll tours.

He is an experienced session guitarist and clinician. He has worked at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, with Jerry Donahue (The Hellecasters), Big Jim Sullivan and Gordon Giltrap at the London College of Music. Max is always busy songwriting and composing incidental music for television companies and songwriting; currently writing with Drew Ford and Jayne Taylor. He has recently toured with acoustic roots and blues artist Cherry Lee Mewis and Nashville recording artist Danni Nicholls.

Remembrance Sunday Sunday 10th November Venue: War Memorial

10.15am Service of Remembrance, Chapel2.15pm Parade begins, New Street2.30pm Service at the War Memorial 3pm Service in St Peter’s Church

“One of Britain’s best acoustic guitarists..”

Acoustic magazine

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Musical Opportunity Wednesday13th November Venue: Recital Room. Gascoigne Performance: 6pm Tickets: All welcome, no ticket required

These concerts popping up through the year cater specifically for those who are not so confident in getting into the public arena, or for pupils who would benefit from a run-through of repertoire before examinations. Supportive audiences needed!

Songs, Cabaret and Musicals from the singersFriday 15th November Venue: Cecil Lewis Room Performance: 7.45pm Tickets: All welcome, no ticket required

A new concert for us under the care of our new Head of Singing, Nicholas Warden. A focus on our many singers is always a deserving and rewarding experience, and given the numbers, one can expect an evening of diverse ages, styles, solos, duets, groups and experiences. An exciting occasion on the horizon!

British Trombone Society Day Sunday 17th November Venue: Great Hall Performance: 1.30pm - 5pm (check website for confirmed times) Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

Anyone is welcome to come and join us, whether playing or just listening!

This year sees the 14th annual East Anglian British Trombone Society day held in the Great Hall. Trombonists of all ages and abilities come together from all over East Anglia and the rest of the country to perform as a Massed Trombone Choir, listen and to perform with some of the world’s finest trombonists. We have players joining us from all styles of music and regularly have principal players from the country’s top orchestras, big bands and brass bands.

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Choral evensong Sunday 17th November Venue: Chapel Performance: 5.45pm Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

Choral Evensongs present any choir with the most diverse workout possible, encompassing the well-trodden traditions of chants and psalm singing, through to Responses, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis settings, hymns and anthems.

Advent Carol Service Sunday 1st December

Performed by Schola Cantorum, this is one of the most popular services of the year, sung by candlelight and offering poise and reflection before the Christmas celebrations soon to follow.

Venue: Chapel Performance: 5.30pm Tickets: Not open to the public. Parents should consult with their Hsm if wishing to attend.

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Carnival of the animals Thursday 5th December Venue: The Great Hall Performance: 1.30pm Tickets: All welcome, no tickets required

The final lunchtime concert of 2019 delivers one of the greatest of classics in the form of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. What better way to close the series than with a chance for many 2-piano partnerships to flourish, with Narrator, all ably accompanied by our many players from the ranks of the Wednesday afternoon musicians.

Oundle Choral Society with Oundle School Choirs Saturday 7th December Venue: St Peter’s Church Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £10. Free for all pupils

Benjamin Britten: St NicolasCarols from the pens of Whitacre, Chilcott, Rutter & JenkinsThis is a hugely exciting prospect. Oundle Choral Society, under the new and bristling baton of Quentin Thomas, Director of Music at Oundle School, are performing a stunning concert. World-class tenor Andrew Kennedy, joins forces with the chorus, orchestra, Schola Cantorum, The Oundle Consort and school choirs from around the area in the colourful, effervescent, charming and clever St Nicolas by Benjamin Britten: even the assembled audience gets a chance to join in this superbly crafted music. The second half will turn to beautiful carols by Whitacre, Jenkins, Chilcott and Rutter, delectably accompanied by light orchestra. Truly, an evening to embrace!


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Community Carols Wednesday 11th December Venue: Two Acre Performance: 3pm Tickets: To book a place, please contact the CA Office: 01832 277267 or [email protected] afternoon of Christmas festivities with refreshments for the Oundle community, hosted by Oundle School Community Action (CA). There will be a simple service, accompanied by our Scott House Brass players and the Schola Cantorum, with lighter solos and seasonal numbers to follow from the musicians.

Carol Service thursday 12th december and Friday 13th December Venue: Chapel Performance: 1.30pm Tickets: Not open to the public. Parents should consult with Hsms if wishing to attend.

Thursday 12th December 6pm Carol Service: Laxton, Scott House & The Berrystead

Friday 13th December 10am Carol Service: (B, D, K, Ldr, StA, W)

12pm Carol Service: (C, F, G, N, Sn, Sc, S)

Our Carol Services offer the perfect means of drawing the term to a close. Led by the Chaplains, Quentin Thomas (Director of Music), Nicholas Warden (Head of Singing), Elizabeth Arkell (Organist), Schola Cantorum, Chapel Choir, and possibly with a smattering of Brass, be transported into the Christmas holiday!

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Art and photography exhibitions The Yarrow Gallery opening hours Monday to Saturday10.30am - 1pm and 2.30pm - 5pm

Sundays2.30pm - 5pm

FREE, all welcomePrivate viewings If you wish to be kept informed of upcoming Yarrow Exhibitions and receive invitations to Private Viewings, please email: [email protected]

THE YARROW GALLERY

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Wind, Sea, Rock and Bone An elemental journey to the edge7th – 21st SeptemberHow is it possible to interpret somewhere as monumental as North Uist? Artists Janet Bates, Rebecca Cotton and Sue Shields are attempting to make sense of this elemental Hebridean island off the west coast of Scotland.

A resident of Uist for the last eight years, Rebecca works with materials directly associated with the environment. Developing ideas around sheep and shore, wild plants and heritage, she produces sensitive drawings and large felted vessels evocative of the landscape with all its texture and subtle hues. Janet and Sue in contrast have just begun their artistic journey with three visits to Uist, but with the knowledge that there is a lifetime of work to be done there.

Janet’s main motivation is derived from the exhilaration one feels when encountering nature. Influenced by museumology, her collage, prints and paper sculpture are a direct response to sketches made in the field. Uist provides a rich biodiversity, ranging from machair to moor, lochs to mountains to sandy coasts, giving unlimited scope for her creative practice.

Sue’s work focuses on drawing, renovation and discovery. Place is an integral theme to her practice, often manifesting itself through landscape and environment. Sue pulls out objects of special interest as she walks through a setting. ‘In this love of place I do not look to cultivate feelings of nostalgia but more a deep respect and love, reimagining and repositioning stories within a modern context.’Uist gets into your hair, it dazzles your vision and skews your very reason. Believing that it would ever be possible to define such a place is foolhardy. This exhibition is the beginning of an awesome regard for this unrelenting place of wind, sea, rock and bone.

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Found in the Fields - Carry Akroyd 28th September – 11th October Painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd has for many years maintained, alongside her usual landscapes, a vein of work relating to the nineteenth century Northamptonshire poet, John Clare. This exhibition expresses that interest in a variety of original hand-made artist’s prints: lithographs, linocuts and serigraphs (screen-prints), made in response to the poetry.

At the core of the exhibition are sixteen hand-drawn lithographs incorporating extracts from poems by Clare, bringing the poet’s words to the present day. The artist selected extracts of varying lengths, to assemble a group of works that reflect fascination and concern about the natural world as observed both by the poet of 200 years ago and the artist’s eye now. The combination emphasises the growing recognition of the poet’s pertinence to our current time.

This series, alongside the Shepherd’s Calendar linocuts, were first shown at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for the 2011 Festival. Since then they have toured to numerous venues in England, Scotland and Wales.

John Clare almost disappeared into total obscurity, except for a long line of champions who endeavoured to keep him in print. Re-valued in the twentieth century, Clare is loved for his ecological sensitivity and descriptive precision. His life story is one of battling in the face of daunting poverty, social and psychological issues. His unique insight records the massive upheavals in English rural life in the early nineteenth century. He was honored with a memorial in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey in 1989. Carry Akroyd is the president of The John Clare Society.

This exhibition includes some of the artist’s earliest Clare-related images (published in a large format book entitled Nature’s Powers & Spells, in 2009), and linocut illustrations made for three books of Clare’s poetry will also be on show. The more recent work is also included in her latest book, Found in the Fields, published in 2017.

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The Paintings of Bernard Kay 2nd – 16th November Bernard Kay (91) was born and raised in Southport. He knew that he wanted to be an artist from the age of nine and his family supported his choice to go to the Liverpool School of Art in 1943, followed by the Royal Academy School where he spent a year studying drawing. In the 1950s, he won a scholarship to study in Paris, where he was able to meet famous artists of the city’s art scene, including Maurice Estève and Picasso. Lydia Corbett, Picasso’s “ponytail model”, is still a dear friend of his.

While in Paris Mr Kay studied the process of aquatint etching under Johnny Friedlaender, and his later series of etchings were sold by Editions Alecto. In France he travelled throughout the countryside and collected drawings that would form the basis for all of his architectural landscape paintings.

During his early years in London he focused on large canvases in an abstract expressionist tradition, before returning to landscape paintings worked in a structured style using an earthy, muted palette. His paintings were represented by the Cork Street Gallery, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, and have been collected in galleries around the country.

Judah Stephenson (L 18)

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Whisper Through the Trees 30th November – 8th December There is a whisper in the wind of beautifully crafted artworks coming together for an exhibition, uniting exciting and unique works in a variety of styles and media. These will include paintings, mono-prints, pottery, fine ceramic bead jewellery, glassware, mosaics and stone sculptures. The artists all work locally and are inspired by the natural world around us, they strive to produce work that expresses a deep affinity with the countryside and its never-ending splendour.

Paintings will take you from reality to abstract, paintings on leaves to vibrant colours in watercolours, acrylics and oils. Ceramics are both in functional and artistic form; mosaics and glassware in subtly blended colours.

Artists will include: Jane Catherine Sanders, Ingrid Hunter, Tony Orvis, Rob Bibby, Kay Hall, Hilary Saloman, Dawn, Pip Rawlings, Deborah James, Tony Rawlings, Tamsin Edwards and Deirdre Blackburn.

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Oundle School Sixth Form Lecture Series September to December - Fridays 11.15am startOundle School organises a weekly lecture series on a variety of topics. Admission is free and members of the public are welcome in the top gallery.

Please check the School website or call the School on the day of your chosen lecture to confirm the programme.

www.oundleschool.org.uk/lecture-series

Jules Mountain – Author, engineer, adventurer Living outside your comfort zone

Stahl TheatreFriday 6th September

Russell Robinson – Criminal lawyer How not to get arrested for stupid things


Patrick Foster A Life Monopolised by a Gambling Addition

Great HallFriday 20th September

Jeremy Hunter – Photo-journalist, writer, broadcasterNorth Korea


Dr Patricia Fara – Historian, Cambridge UniversityA Lab of One’s Own – Science and Suffrage in the 1st World War

Great HallFriday 4th October

Tim Emmett – Professional sportsman, climberHow Can You Achieve Your Personal Best?

Great HallFriday 11th October

Chris Merritt – Author TBC

Great Hall Friday 1st November

Colin Pendrill – Former Oundle teacher, authorThe Sons of God on Earth – Oundle School and the Great War

Great Hall Friday 8th November

Mike Hurst – Professional musician and producerHistory of Modern Music

Stahl TheatreFriday 15 November

Tom Gash – Author, government advisor on Crime Why People do Bad Things

Stahl TheatreFriday 22nd November

Laura Dodsworth – PhotographerBare Reality

Chapel Friday Friday 29th November

Sir Matt Baggott – Former Chief of Police, Northern IrelandPolicing

Great Hall Friday 6th December

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http://www.oundleschool.org.uk/lecture-series


Flymo SquadWednesday afternoons (Term Time)Are you elderly or infirm and requiring gardening services? Oundle pupils offer: general garden tidy up, lawn cutting, hedge cutting, digging and weeding, winter garden tidy up and leaf clearance.

Time: 2.30pm - 4pm

FREE

660 ClubWednesday afternoons (Term Time) Afternoon Tea with entertainment for the over-60s, including flower arranging, bingo, presentations, music and much more.

Venue: Oundle School Two Acre Club (off Milton Road)

Time: 2.15pm - 3.45pm

FREE

ICT ClassesWednesday afternoons (Term Time)Turn that frown upside down with help from Oundle School pupils offering free bespoke ICT assistance. Open to all.

Venue: SciTec (off Blackpot Lane)

Time: 2.30pm - 4pm

FREE

Elderly VisitsWednesday afternoons (Term Time)Oundle School pupils offer help with shopping, gardening, cleaning or simply a good old chin wag in the comfort of your own home.

Time: 2.30pm - 4pm

FREE

COMMUNITY ACTION

To register for all activities and events, please contact Liz Turnbull (Head of Community Action) in the Oundle School Community Action Office:

T: 01832 277267E: [email protected]

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Community ArtThursday evenings (Term Time)Art classes for adults and accompanied children with physical disabilities and/or learning difficulties.

Venue: Oundle School Art Studio 1 (Cloisters, off New Street)

Time: 7.30pm - 8.30pm

FREE

Have a Go DaySunday 22nd SeptemberAn afternoon of activities for adults and children with physical disabilities and/or learning difficulties, including archery, swimming, art, music, traction engine rides, golf, cricket, croquet and lots more.

Time: 2pm - 4pm

Venue: Two Acre Club and Sports Pitch, Sports Halls and Swimming Pool

FREE

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Oundle Town Council All year round Weekly Thursday Markets are held for everyday shopping including food, household and giftware. Farmers’ markets are held on the second Saturday of each month, offering fresh foods from within a 40-mile radius.

Oundle Christmas Market & LightS Switch OnSaturday 7th December 12noon - 7pm

Italian Market Saturday 26th October

Remembrance ParadeSunday 10th November www.oundle.info01832 [email protected]

Oundle Business Association6pm 1st Wednesday of every monthCheck website for location details

Oundle Business Association (previously Oundle & District Association of Trade & Commerce) is a group of people representing local businesses and organisations who meet regularly on both a business and social basis to help promote local trade, publicise events and boost tourism to the town.

[email protected]

Oundle CinemaAll year roundA community enterprise run by volunteers, screening carefully selected films in the Stahl Theatre. It also runs a document programme (dOCs+) screened in Fletton House.

www.oundlecinema.org.uk01832 [email protected]

Oundle Festival of Literature All year round The Oundle Festival of Literature runs a programme of all year round events aimed at informing, entertaining and educating a wide variety of people through talks, discussions and workshops by award-winning authors and poets.

www.oundlelitfest.org.uk 01832 274134 [email protected]

Oundle Museum Trust March – October Oundle Museum is an award-winning accredited museum, run entirely by volunteers, with a new themed exhibition every year alongside permanent displays of the town’s history and heritage. We offer group visits, special events and bi-annual evening lectures.

[email protected] 272735The Courthouse, Mill Road

OUNDLE TOWN

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http://www.oundlebusiness.co.uk


http://www.oundlecinema.org.uk


http://www.oundlelitfest.org.uk


http://www.oundlemuseum.org.uk



Oundle festival of music and drama Tuesday 1st OctoberSyllabus published for the 102nd annual competitive festival, held in Oundle, for amateur performers of all ages.

Copies available at Oundle Bookshop, Oundle Box Office and the Oundle School Music Department.

Entries close Monday 20th January 2020.

www.ofmd.org.uk01832 [email protected]

Professor Alice Roberts: Digging into Britain’s Past Monday 7th October, 7.30pm - 9.30pm Alice will share insights, anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories from her personal journey to explore Britain’s past, including footage from her TV Series.

www.oundlelitfest.org.uk 01832 274134 [email protected]

Rutland Sinfonia ConcertSaturday 23rd November, 7.30pmSt Peter’s Church, Oundle Conductor: Paul HilliamOboe: Tim RundleMozart: Overture - The Marriage of FigaroRichard Strauss: Oboe ConcertoBeethoven: Symphony No.3 ‘Eroica’

Tickets in advance from Oundle Box Office, or on the door.On the door £14 (£12 in advance), concessions on the door £12 (£10 in advance), children and students under 18 £3, students in full time education £3.www.rutlandsinfonia.org.uk01832 [email protected]

Rusty PlayersThe fifty-strong Rusty Players of Oundle rehearses twice a month and has been giving entertaining concerts in Oundle and further afield for ten years. The Strings also give separate concerts. The RPO Christmas concert is taking place in Titchmarsh Church on Saturday 7th December 2019, followed, as always, by afternoon tea!

www.rustyplayersoundle.org.uk

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http://www.ofmd.org.uk


http://www.oundlelitfest.org.uk


http://www.rutlandsinfonia.org.uk


http://www.rustyplayersoundle.org.uk


Stahl Theatre West Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4EJ

Email: [email protected]

You can buy tickets for all the events in the Stahl Theatre brochure by cheque, cash, credit or debit card.

Tickets can be booked: • online at www.stahltheatre.co.uk • in person at the Stahl Theatre box office 10am - 2pm Mon-Fri term time • by phone on 01832 273930 during box office opening times (as above).

Tickets for professional productions can also be purchased from the Oundle Festival Box Office, 4 New Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4ED. T: 01832 274734

Disabled access to the venue is possible. Please contact the theatre for advice.

Hearing loop is operational in the theatre.

The Theatre Bar: Opens one hour before performances and during the interval.

Car parks: The nearest public car park is in Benefield Road. Limited parking is available in West Street and around Jesus Church.

Come and join the Stahl Theatre teamThe Stahl is supported by an energetic team of volunteers who work Front of House for our public performances. If you enjoy theatre, want to see productions for free and have some spare time in the evenings then we would love to hear from you.

For more details please contact Emma Hildebrandt: [email protected] 01832 273930

Yarrow Gallery Glapthorn Road, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4JF

Email: [email protected]

All exhibitions in the Yarrow Gallery are open to the public and free of charge. No booking is necessary.

Opening hours: 10.30am - 1pm & 2.30pm - 5pm Mon - Sat 2.30pm - 5pm Sundays

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Great Hall (incl. Cecil Lewis Room – CLR)

New Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4GH

Chapel 10 Milton Road, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4JF

NEW ROAD

Dryden

SandersonKirkeby Wyatt

New SportsCentre Site

Swimming Pool

Sports Centre

Fisher & Crosby

School Chapel

Sidney & Grafton

YarrowGallery

Adamson Centre

St Anthony

Great Hall,Heads Office

AdmissionsCommon

Room

Chaplaincy

Stahl Theatre

School House

New House

The StablesThe Oundle Society

OO Club Cobthorne

War Memorial

Bramston

Library

Cloisters

St Peter’sChurch

BerrysteadRefectory

Gascoigne

Coach House Laundimer

Laxton Junior School

SciTec

Two Acre Club

Senior and Junior Clubs

PAVILION DRIVE

MILTON ROAD

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Milton Road

Square

The Most Holy Name of Jesus Church

CCFArmoury

Old Sanatorium

OperaHouse

Mowbrays

Goods Inand

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Buildings Department

Astro3

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Cromer Barn Farm Colts

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Day House

Girls’ Boarding House

Boys’ Boarding House

Junior Boarding and Day Houses

Other School Building

Main Routes

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Car Park Please note, no parkingis available on Pavillion Drive

Prince William School,

Herne RoadPE8 4BS

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Gascoigne Recital Room 3 North Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4AL

Two Acre Club Junior and Senior Clubs Off Milton Road, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4EN

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Details on opening times, memberships, as well as classes and pool timetables, will be published Autumn 2019.

To keep up to date with progress and pre-opening promotions, please register at www.oundlesportscentre.co.uk

Oundle School Sports Centre, Milton Road, Oundle, PE8 4AQ

Spring 2020Opening to the public

We are delighted to announce that the brand new Oundle School Sports Centre will open its doors to the public in Spring 2020, offering a wide range of classes, fitness facilities and activities for people of all ages and ability on both a membership and pay as you go basis.

Facilities include 50m pool with access hoist, submersible

boom and moveable floor 8 court Sports Hall Top of the range multi-station fitness suite Dedicated dance studio Bright and air-conditioned studios Free parking Café and Wifi

Activities include Wide range of timetabled fitness classes Holiday clubs and courses Otter swimming lessons Health and well-being activities

Documents

STAHL THEATRE | MUSIC | YARROW GALLERY | LECTURES | CA · JANE EYRE WRITTEN BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË ADAPTED BY NICK LANE DIRECTED BY ADRIAN MCDOUGALL A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous