What’s On & Tickets
| Sat 04 Sep | Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin Tour | £10 – £14 | ![]() |
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £12/£10 in advance: £14/£12 on the door
AUTUMN PROGRAMME CURTAIN RAISER!
Presenting the Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin Tour. Featuring former E.L.O., Electric Light Orchestra Part II members and current members of The Orchestra Phil Bates and Mik Kaminski with special guest from the Eleanor Rigby Experience, Tina McBain. Mik Kaminski, now dubbed the most famous violin player in rock ‘n’ roll, learnt his trade in Leeds before joining ELO in 1973. This tour aims to explore new arrangements As the first event of our autumn programme featuring some true musical greats, be sure to book early to avoid disappointment. Read the full Press release here. |
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| Thu 09 Sep | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Hors de Prix (Priceless)… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
The first film of the 2010/2011 programme is on Thursday 9 September. For full details of the programme please
check the website: www.otleyfilmsociety.org.ukLicensed bar from 7.00pm. Screening at 7.45pm. Membership costs £35 for all 18 films. Guest memberships cost £4 For membership details please email info@otleyfilmsociety.org.uk “Hors de Prix” (Priceless) 2006 France On the Riviera with her elderly provider to celebrate her birthday, Irene slips down to the hotel bar when he falls asleep on her. She mistakes barman Jean for a well-healed guest and he encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. A year later the same thing happens but this time her lover finds out and disowns her. Now knowing Jean is indeed a barman of little means doesn’t stop her from continuing to live in style until his money is gone. He soon finds himself in Irene’s business with older and worldly-wise Madeleine, and though Irene also takes up with a new paramour the two of them keep in increasingly close touch. |
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| Fri 10 Sep | Keep it Cash | £7 – £10 | ![]() |
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| The ghost of Cash lives on… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £9/£7 in advance, £10/£8 on the door.
Europe’s leading tribute to the music of Johnny Cash, booked by 20th Century Fox to promote the film ‘Walk the Line’, have been likened to seeing ‘The Man in Black’ in his full glory days. From Folsom Prison to the Otley Courthouse, the great man’s music is brought to life by Keep it Cash, famed for their exact soundalike qualities. Critically acclaimed lead vocalist Dave Burnham, fronts a rhythm section made up of top professional musicians and in the depth of his natural baritone voice, the ghost of Cash lives on in one of his greatest admirers. |
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| Sat 11 Sep | Heritage Open Day | FREE | ||
| Behind the scenes at Otley’s historic Courthouse… | ||||
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Time: 10:00am
Tickets: FREE (small chrge for materials)
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| Thu 16 Sep | 20 x 20 Science Café – with bar | £3 – £4 | ![]() |
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| Your chance to quiz top scientists… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £4/£3 For adults and young people.
Three top scientists have just 20 slides and a few minutes each to explain their theories. Then you get the chance Annette Taylor: Acting together: how chemical signals help bacteria, neurons and fireflies dance to the same rhythm. Mark Selby: The truth behind animal testing. Jon Pitchford: Motorhead and the evolutionary ecology of fishes. |
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| Fri 17 Sep to Sat 18 Sep | Otley Folk Festival at the Courthouse | tbc | ||
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Tickets: Tickets from Otley Folk Festival
Otley Folk Festival’s events at the Courthouse include:
The Courtyard is used by Morris Teams throughout the weekend and our cafe is open every day from 10am to 3pm, During events our bar is open. For more information about all the events on offer at the Festival (16 – 19 September) and for tickets visit the website: |
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| Thu 23 Sep | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Welcome… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
“Welcome” 2009
France
Bilal is 17 years old, a Kurdish boy from Iraq. He sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe. He wants to get to England to see his love who lives there. Bilal finally reaches Calais, but how do you cover 32 kilometers of the English Channel when you can’t swim? The boy soon discovers that his trip won’t be as easy as he imagined… The community of struggling illegal aliens in Calais is captured with authenticity, from the point of view of people who arrived there knowing nothing about France. This immigrant drama, with wonderful performances by the actors, is a strong story which uses documentary austerity and minimalist style to create a great emotional impact. |
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| Fri 24 Sep | Doublecross | £7 – £9 | ![]() |
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| presented by ActONE… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £9/£7.
This dark comedy drama about the lies of modern life challenges the audience to discover the truth. You may As headteacher Ben (never one to lead by example) says: ‘The human instinct to lie is as ingrained as the instinct to survive’. |
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| Sun 26 Sep | Craft Fair | FREE | ||
| to coincide with Otley Farmers’ Market… | ||||
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Time: 9:30am
Tickets: FREE
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| Thu 30 Sep | Princess of the Rain Forest | £2.50 – £4 | ![]() |
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| Cusan Theatre puppetry magic… | ||||
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Time: 1:30pm
Tickets: £2.50 (£4 with workshop) / £4 for adults not with school group
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| Fri 01 Oct | Trio Gitan (Contraband) | £7 – £10 | ![]() |
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| Exciting, exotic, and dynamic… | ||||
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Time: 8:00am
Tickets: £9/£7 in advance, £10/£8 on the door.
Exciting, exotic, and dynamic in turn, Trio Gitan (formerly Contraband Gypsy Swing) presents a tribute to the music of the late, great Stephane
Grappelli and Django Rheinhardt. This sizzling mix includes a choice of Hot Club Classics, Jazz Standards, both vocal and instrumental, plus Gypsy Tunes and Tangos just to spice up the music a little more!
Check out their website for more information. |
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| Sat 02 Oct | Oxjam – An Evening of Folk | £7 | ![]() |
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| An evening of folk music in aid of Oxfam… | ||||
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Time: 7:00pm
The Courthouse is hosting An Evening of Folk Music as part of the Oxjam festival, featuring some of best local artists in aid of the charity Oxfam.
Headlining this evening will be the Rosie Doonan Band, fronted by their eponymous Wakefield singer-songwriter. As well as a Radio 2 Folk Award nomination, Rosie Doonan comes armed with an array of warm, melodic songs balancing traditional British folk music and Rock ‘n’ Roll to create an emotional and thoroughly engaging sound.
Gary Stewart also bring his band to the stage for a performance of songs from his upcoming debut album ‘Boy Cries Wolf’, which has been featured on BBC 6Music. Combining influences from Paul Simon to Cat Stevens, the Gary Stewart Band produce a modern alternative folk sound that is gaining quite a following in Leeds.
Monkey’s Fist have been playing folk festivals for 10 years and specialise in maritime songs, shanties and ballads. Adding a nautical twist to the bill, Monkey’s Fist come with 10 years experience of entertaining crowds at folk and maritime festivals across the country.
Dr Duncan Hall, one half of local duo the Hall Brothers, writes socially conscious folk songs inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan and Richard Thompson, yet remains rooted in his Yorkshire heritage. As well as an evening of great music, Oxjam raises money to help Oxfam fight poverty and provide aid where it is needed across the globe. |
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| Thu 07 Oct | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Morris – a life with bells on… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
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| Fri 08 Oct | Le Vent du Nord | £11-£13.50 | ![]() |
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| in association with SaltaireLive… | ||||
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Time: 8:00am
Tickets: £12.50/£11 in advance: £13.50/£12 on the door.
Le Vent du Nord, one of the leading names in the traditional music of French-speaking Quebec, make a welcome
return to Otley, en route to European Festivals. The band are true performers – a live act full of energy, skill and joie de vivre and bring a genuine flavour of the lively and invigorating Quebecois music scene wherever they play.www.leventdunord.com/english/pages/accueil.php |
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| Sat 09 Oct | A Blood Wedding in Wensleydale – SOLD OUT | £6 to £8 | ||
| Ilkley Literature Festival in association with Otley Courthouse… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £8/6
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT.
3 Fights, 2 Weddings and a Funeral A North Country Theatre collaboration with Harrogate Theatre. Lorca’s famous Spanish tale of feuding families re-set in the farming communities of the Yorkshire Dales by one of the region’s most popular rural touring companies. Cold Comfort Farm meets Carmen: when Leonard returns from fighting with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War he finds his childhood sweetheart about to marry an old rival… Between flamenco dancing sheep and hay throwing harvesters, the wedding celebrations soon descend into farce and then tragedy. Tickets from www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk or from Otley Courthouse. Buy early! |
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| Sat 09 Oct | The Courthouse Writers | FREE | ||
| The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins… | ||||
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Time: 6:45pm
Tickets: FREE
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| Sun 10 Oct | Young People’s WordsFest | £5 | ![]() |
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| With headline author Mary Hoffman… | ||||
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Time: 2:00pm
Tickets: £5
Laid back workshop sessions, food (great chocolate cake) and fun
![]() • invent a computer game – experts from Sunderland University • write song lyrics with Michelle Scally-Clarke • make your own comic • try graffiti with Ged Walker • write a short story • slam competition – read your own work and win fantastic prizes. Age 12 – 18 only. (sign up from 1.40pm – session from 2pm to 6pm) |
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| Thu 14 Oct | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| An Education… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
“An Education”2009 UK
In the early 1960′s, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father’s wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny’s life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. |
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| Fri 15 Oct | Cool Voices ‘Words’ Club Night | FREE/£3 | ![]() |
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| with Ilkley Literature Festival… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: FREE for performers/£3 audience
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| Sat 16 Oct | Courthouse Rocks | £6 | ![]() |
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| New club night featuring the best live acts from across Yorkshire… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £6
Age restrictions: For 16 ups. Photo ID will be required on the door
Presenting the new club night Courthouse Rocks, a series of gigs bringing the best alternative local talent to the heart of Otley. In the Dock tonight, Club Smith with support band, Black Flowers. Fresh from playing this summer’s Reading and Leeds Festival, Yorkshire favourites Club Smith arrive in town to play songs brooding with a dark undercurrent and daunting rhythms, rumbling qu STANDING ONLY. www.myspace.com/joinclubsmith |
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| Fri 22 Oct to Sat 23 Oct | From Beyond the Grave | £5 to £8 | ![]() |
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| Otley Little Theatre… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £7/£5 in advance, £8/£6 on the door.
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| Fri 29 Oct | Sadio Cissokho | £7 to £10 | ![]() |
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| Griot kora master… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: Tickets: £9/£7 in advance, £10/£8 on the door.
Griot kora master Sadio Cissokho’s enchanting Mandinka struggle songs are accompanied by West African bass Sadio has toured Europe extensively, played at Womad and Glastonbury and supported Salif Keita and Youssou N’dour in Senegal this April. |
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| Sun 31 Oct | Craft Fair | FREE | ||
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Time: 9:30am
Tickets: FREE
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| Thu 04 Nov | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Broken Embraces… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
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| Sun 07 Nov | Aly Bain, Ale Möller and Bruce Molsky | £11-£14 | ![]() |
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| Celtic? Nordic? Appalachian? Great music!!… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £13/£11 in advance, £14/£12 on the door.
A melodically and rhythmically exciting collaboration by three of the world’s leading musicians sharing their
Celtic, Nordic and Appalachian cultures. Aly Bain is Scotland’s supreme traditional style fiddler. With multi-instrumentalist Ale Möller, Aly recently created the album Fully Rigged celebrating their shared Nordic heritage. American fiddler Bruce Molsky has for twenty years explored traditional music from an astonishingly broad range of cultures.http://bechhoferagency.com/artists/the-artists/aly-bain-ale-mollerbruce-molsky |
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| Fri 12 Nov | ChezVin Wine Merchants Wine Fair | £10 | ![]() |
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| 80 Wines and Spirits, Tapas, Hog Roast… | ||||
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Time: 5:30pm
Tickets: £10 Tickets from ChezVin
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| Sat 13 Nov | The London Lasses and Pete Quinn | £8 to £11 | ![]() |
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| An Irish Arts Foundation: Leeds Gathering Festival event… | ||||
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Time: 8:00am
Tickets: £10/£8 in advance, £11/£9 on the door.
The London Lasses and Pete Quinn
![]() With support from Des Hurley, Chris O’Malley and friends A fantastic opportunity to see one of the best bands on the Irish scene today. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn have brought their unique sound to some of the world’s most prestigious festivals and concert halls including the Royal Albert Hall, Cambridge Folk Festival, Glastonbury, and Sidmouth International Festival. Tickets: £10/£8 in advance, £11/£9 on the door. www.londonlasses.net |
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| Sun 14 Nov to Sat 20 Nov | Otley Science Week | varies | ||
| A whole week of science related events… | ||||
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Events planned so far include:
![]() The Planet on your Plate: fun family performance with BBC The One Show’s Marty Jopson If Stones could Speak: town centre geology walk. Find out about the history of the natural world in an exciting geology exploration around the streets of Otley with Dr Sue Bowler. 20 x 20 Science Café: including Bristol University’s Eddie Wilson on Phantom Traffic Jams. |
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| Thu 18 Nov | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Fermat’s Room… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
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| Sat 20 Nov | Otley Science Fair | FREE | ||
| A whole day of free Science events… | ||||
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Tickets: FREE – small charge for some activities
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| Fri 26 Nov | Ian McMillan and Tony Husband | £10 to £12 | ![]() |
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| A Cartoon History of Here… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £12/£10 – book early to avoid disappointment!
A fast-flowing, rapid-rafting adventure in which two top funny men reflect upon local stories, legends, rivers and In addition to his celebrated work as a poet and playwright, Ian McMillan is widely known for his appearances on BBC’s Have I Got News For You?, Just a Minute and Newsnight Review, as well as being Barnsley FC’s poet in residence. Award winning cartoonist Tony Husband will provide live, improvised illustrations to accompany Ian’s verbal exploration of Yorkshire’s past. His award winning cartoon ‘Yobs’ is featured in Private Eye and his work has featured in many publications including The Times and The Sun. ‘A Cartoon History of Here’ promises to be an equally illuminating and amusing journey into local culture and history, for audiences 9 to 109. But don’t just take our word for it… ‘Tony Husband is even funnier than me’ – Griff Rhys Jones |
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| Sat 27 Nov | The Thalia Ensemble | £7 to £10 | ![]() |
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| Chamber Music from leading Northern musicians… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £9/£7 in advance: £10/£8 on the door.
Karen Slack is the former principal clarinet with The Performing Arts Symphony Orchestra while Ian Anstee made his name performing with the Tuba Quartet Tubalate. The ensemble performs works by Beethoven, Bruch and Kreutzer as a trio interspersed with solo works by Vaughan Williams, Poulenc and Chopin. |
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| Sun 28 Nov | Craft Fair | FREE | ||
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Time: 9:30am
Tickets: FREE
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| Thu 02 Dec | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Frozen River… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
“Frozen River” 2008 USA
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling presents a daily challenge to single moms who would otherwise be earning minimum wage. Two women – one white, one Mohawk, both single mothers faced with desperate circumstances – are drawn into the world of border smuggling across the frozen water of the St. Lawrence River. |
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| Sun 05 Dec | Sex & Docks & Rock ‘n’ Roll | £7 to £10 | ![]() |
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| Red Ladder… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £9/£7 in advance, £10/£8 on the door.
A musical comedy written by Chumbawamba’s Boff Whalley and directed by Rod Dixon
![]() Set in 1960’s Liverpool during a dockworkers’ and seafarers’ strike, the play looks and laughs at the times through the microcosm of one terraced house where the TV does battle with the upright piano. Against a backdrop of picketing, marches and jailings, the McDermotts fight, laugh, lie and sing their way through the challenges, fuelled by home-brewed banana beer and a tea-chest bass. www.redladder.co.uk |
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| Fri 10 Dec | Young People’s ‘Winter Wonderland’ Club Night | £5 | ![]() |
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| Otley Courthouse in association with Ilkley Literature Festival… | ||||
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Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: £5
Age restrictions: 12 – 16 year olds only
Come and celebrate the end of term with young headline band, support act, disco, young comedians, juice bar.
Dress up, dance all night.If you want to perform call 01943 462826 or text 07932 738732. Tickets: £5. Supported by Otley Town Council and Extended Schools Service 12–16 year olds only! 7.30pm to 10.00pm |
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| Thu 16 Dec | Otley Film Society | £35/£4 | ||
| Departures… | ||||
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Time: 7:45pm
Tickets: £35 Membership / £4 Guest membership
“Departures” 2008 Japan
At Otley Film Society we always try to bring you films that you wouldn’t otherwise have got the chance to see … Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled “Departures” thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a “Nokanshi” or “encoffineer,” a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life … |
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| Fri 17 Dec | Xmas Hullabaloo | £5 to £6 | ![]() |
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| Cabaret Heaven Family Show… | ||||
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Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: £6 adults, £5 for children.
Age restrictions: Group tickets available. Please check at box office.
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| Sat 18 Dec | Bella Hardy | £8 to £11 | ![]() |
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| Bright Morning Star Tour… | ||||
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Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £10/£8 in advance, £11/£9 on the door.
With special guests Anna Massie and Chris Sherburn
![]() In Bella’s north Derbyshire home, people flock from far and wide to sing the Peak District’s local carols, and in these dark months, “One of the brightest young talents in the UK; her mesmerising vocals and fiddle playing are exceptional” Fish Records |
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| Sun 19 Dec | Christmas Craft Fair | FREE | ||
| all your gifts in one place… | ||||
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Time: 9:30am
The craft fairs are held on the last Sunday of every month to coincide with the ‘Otley Farmers Market’ and are open from 9.30am until 1pm. Come and browse the stalls in the Courtroom or join us in the community café for hot and cold drinks and snacks. A huge selection of high quality crafts are on sale – perfect for presents or just for yourself – in a friendly environment and without a long trip into Leeds, Bradford or Harrogate. More information at our Craft Fairs page. |
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| Wed 22 Dec | UP | £2 to £3.5 | ![]() |
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| Otley Film Society Family Xmas Film… | ||||
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Time: 2:30pm
Tickets: £3.50 and £2 (children).
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