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Comedy: Chris Ramsey - Feeling Lucky

How did we get here? Elaborately laid plan, or just pure fluke? Who knows… do you feel lucky? Perhaps you should.

Star of BBC Two’s brand new sitcom Hebburn, and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Chris Ramsey gives his version of events, bringing his very popular brand of comedy to Rosehill.

Theatre: End to End

In April 2012 three women - The Gramophones - made a daring and unusual journey from one end of Great Britain to the other. Trusting only to their resourcefulness and the kindness of strangers, they made an 18-day, 874-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, completing their unusual expedition on as many varieties of transport as they possibly could.

Film: Family half term fun - The Croods (U)

Join us at Rosehill this Half Term for a showing of the latest Dreamworks film, The Croods. Before watching the film, there will be creative activities to take part in including making your own dinosaurs and painting with cakes and refreshments for sale.

This prehistoric comedy adventure follows the world's first family as they embark on the journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed.

Travelling across a spectacular landscape, the family discovers an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures, and their outlook is changed forever. Featuring the voices of Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener and Ryan Reynolds.

 

Wednesday 29th May & Thursday 30th May
Activities start from 12.30pm. The film will begin at 1.30pm.

Film also showing on the Wednesday evening at 6pm.

£4.50 or £15 for a family ticket. 

Music: Elias String Quartet - The Beethoven Project

Rosehill is delighted to present the Elias String Quartet’s cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets in association with Cumbrian based partners; also including work at Rosehill with the Elias String Quartet and West Cumbrian primary schools.

Hutton-in-the-Forest 2 June 2013 (Third Concert)

The concert at Hutton-in-the-Forest will be held at 7.30pm in The Gallery, when the programme will be the Quartets in G major Op.18 No.2; in E Flat Major Op.127 and; in F Major Op.59 No.1 (Rasumovsky) and will be preceded by supper at 6pm in The Cloisters. Coach Transport is being arranged, further details are available from the Box Office.

This concert is presented in association with Lord and Lady Inglewood.

Click here to visit the Hutton-in-the-Forest website

Music: Elias String Quartet Children's Concerts

This 50 minute concert will explore Beethoven; the man and his music.

Sing a special version of the Ode to Joy, join in with body percussion in the String Quartet Opus 18 No. 1 and find out why his string quartet Op.74 is called The Harp. We will explore how he wrote so much music without being able to hear and how he was inspired by the French Revolution.

Be part of the Elias String Quartet’s three year ‘Beethoven Project’; a journey of discovery, exploration and sharing of some of the greatest chamber music ever written.

 

Taking Part: Opera Studio - Elizabethan Revelry Workshops

Join the Opera Studio and develop your singing and prepare for an Evening of Elizabethan Revelry! Whether you aspire to a solo slot or wish to sing in the chorus, the Opera Studio has a role for you.

Film: Song for Marion (PG)

Marion, much loved by her grumpy husband Arthur, is tragically dying of cancer and wants to get the maximum enjoyment out of life. She sings in The OAPZ; a 'street' choir for pensioners. When Marion is stricken by her illness and unable to participate, it falls to Arthur to step up to the plate. The stage is set for a funny and moving story of reconciliation and the redemptive power of music, featuring the unforgettable image of elderly pensioners crooning Ace of Spades by Motorhead! Starring Terence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston.

Taking Part: National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Training Day

Attention all singers aged 14 – 18!

Interested in beatboxing and improvisation?
Love the music of people like Adele, Plan B, Lady Gaga and Calvin Harris? 
Come to Rosehill on Saturday 8 June and learn to sing with one of the top coaches in the country!

The day will feature sessions on choral singing in a variety of styles, improvisation, beatboxing and how to create mash-ups from music you already know and love, together with technical sessions on how to get the most from your voice.

Film: Trance (15)

Award-winning director Danny Boyle’s latest thriller sees an art auctioneer, who has suffered memory loss, join forces with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost Goya painting that he must find for a group of criminals. Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson.

Taking Part: Carers in Harmony

A festival of singing for the feel good factor hosted by the West Cumbria Carers Meercat Choir featuring Sing Owt, Voices Dot Com, SoundWave & Rosehill’s Opera Studio and Giocoso as part of National Carers Week.

 

Film: The Place Beyond the Pines (15)

A mysterious motorcycle racer, Luke, quits his carnival life and rides to Schenectady, New York, to connect with a former lover, Romina, who secretly gave birth to the stunt rider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. Luke is now on a collision course with ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, who is looking to quickly move up the ranks. The sins of the past haunt the present day lives of two men wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. Starring Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper.

Film: Promised Land (15)

A corporate salesman Steve, arrives with his sales partner, in a rural town which been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years. The two outsiders see the local citizens as likely to accept their company's offer, for drilling rights to their properties, as much-needed relief. What seems like an easy job for the duo becomes complicated by the objection of a respected schoolteacher with support from a grassroots campaign led by another man who counters Steve both personally and professionally. Starring Matt Damon, Frances McDormand and directed by Gus Van Sant.

Taking Part: An Evening of Elizabethan Revelry

Tenor Nicky Spence presents a Shakespearean recital alongside the Opera Studio. Featuring Elizabethan rounds, nineteenth and twentieth century European songs and excerpts from bel canto opera, Shakespeare’s prose has inspired centuries of composers from across the globe.

Film: The Look of Love (18)

The outrageously true story of the life of Paul Raymond, the controversial entrepreneur who became Britain's richest man. Having started his show business career as a mind-reader in a cabaret act , Raymond built an empire of gentleman's clubs, porn magazines and nude theatre - provoking outrage and titillation in equal measure. With a personal life as colourful as his revue shows, this is the story of love, lust, riches and tragedy. Starring Imogen Poots, Steve Coogan and Anna Friel and directed by Michael Winterbottom.

Film: Star Trek: Into The Darkness (12A)

Calling all Trekkies and sci-fi fans!

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find that an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. Starring John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and directed by J.J. Abrams.

Film: A Late Quartet (15)

The beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet receives a life changing diagnosis and the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance. Suppressed emotions, competing egos, and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration . Only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy. Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet in C-sharp minor, the film pays homage to chamber music and the cultural world of New York. Starring Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener and Imogen Poots.

Comedy: Ardal O'Hanlon

Rosehill is delighted to present Ardal O’Hanlon in his latest stand-up show. The style is observational, the subject matter is life itself, and the default expression is one of utter disbelief! This show could have been called “The Shit I’ve to Put up with!” or “Why, oh why?” or even “Multiples of Ha” but no one name would do it justice. It’s that ineffable!

Lurking beneath Ardal’s mild-mannered demeanour resides a sharp, probing and fairly mild-mannered comic brain. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes silly, but always punchy, he has tickled audiences all over the world. In a comprehensive set, he talks about not just the things that matter but also about the things that don’t matter at all. Which covers pretty much everything.

Although best known for his starring roles in the sitcoms, Father Ted, for which he won a British Comedy Award and a BAFTA nomination, and My Hero, Ardal’s other TV comedy dramas include Big Bad World, Blessed, Skins and Dr Who. He has appeared on his own Dave’s One Night Stand and more recently on Live At The Apollo and Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow. Ardal has even found the time to write a book, his best-selling novel, Talk of the Town, features in the book list 1001 books to read before you die.

However it is as a stand-up comedian where Ardal's true vocation lies. He sees his role in life as highlighting the ridiculous; avoiding the overly crass and the obvious, his only interest is the truth…if there is such a thing.


Charm, intelligence and fabulous phrase-making
The Guardian

He flutters through a variety of topics with a poet’s eye for inconsequential detail
The Telegraph

Particularly inspired…you could listen to O’Hanlon’s infectious self-effacement for hours…highly entertaining and frequently brilliant
Irish Independent

Music: Moonlight Serenade Octet

Rosehill Theatre welcomes the Moonlight Serenade Octet to take you on a swinging journey through the best of the Big Band era with top-tapping, finger clicking numbers everyone knows and loves from Glenn Miller to Tommy Dorsey with a dose of Count Basie on the way.

Johnny O’Connor’s smooth crooning provides the vocals sending you back to the days when Swing was King and Sinatra topped the charts.