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WemTown Hallprogramme April–July 2012

Box Office: 01939 238279 • Reception: 01939 232299 • www.wemtownhall.co.uk

APRILBig Screen Until 14th GALLERY

Animation Workshops Tues 3rd/Weds 4th,10.30–3.30pm SPECIAL EVENTS

Puss in Boots Thurs 5th, 4pm FILM

The Help Thurs 5th, 7.30pm FILM

Cookery Workshops Tues 10th/Weds 11th,10.30–1pm SPECIAL EVENTS

The Muppets Tues 10th/Weds 11th, 2.30pmFILM

Hugo Thurs 12th, 5pm FILM

Mind, Body, Spirit Fair Sat 14th, 10–4.30pmCOMMUNITY EVENTS

The Descendants Thurs 19th, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

Stu Brown Sextet Fri 20th, 7.30pm MUSIC

Comedy Open Mic Tues 24th, 8pm COMEDY

The Artist Thurs 26th, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

MAYWoman in Black Thurs 3rd, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

The Unthanks Fri 4th, 8pm MUSIC

A Separation Thurs 10th, 7.30pm FILM

Midnight in Paris Thurs 17th, 7.30pm FILM

Mervyn Stutter Fri 18th, 8pm THEATRE/COMEDY

Music for a Summers EveMon 21st, 7.15pm MUSIC

Tyrannosaur Thurs 24th, 7.30pm FILM

Ballroom & Sequence DanceFri 25th, 8pm DANCE

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Thurs 31st, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

JUNEAnother Earth Thurs 7th June, 7.30pm FILM

WTHCT Table Top Sale Sat 9th, 9–1pmCOMMUNITY EVENTS

NT Live Encore: Frankenstein Thurs 14th, 7pm CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS

Flights of Fancy Weds 20th to Tues 31st July,10–4pm (not Sun) GALLERY

Like Crazy Thurs 21st, 7.30pm FILM

Summer Market Table Top Sat 23rd,9–12.30pm COMMUNITY EVENTS

Drawing Portraits WorkshopSat 23rd, 10–4pm SPECIAL EVENTS

Greg Davies: Autumn PreviewSat 23rd, 8pm COMEDY

Salmon Fishing in the YemenThurs 28th, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

TaikoFest Concert Fri 29th, 8pm MUSIC

TaikoFest Workshops Sat 30th, 10.30–5pm MUSIC

TaikoFest Concert Sat 30th, 7.15pm MUSIC

JULYMoneyball Thurs 5th, 7.30pm FILM

Squeezing Shropshire WorkshopsSat 7th, 10.30–5pm MUSIC

Squeezing Shropshire Concert Sat 7th, 7.30pm MUSIC

The Lucky One Thurs 12th, 5 & 7.30pm FILM

NT Live Encore: Frankenstein Fri 13th, 7pmCINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS

Cartoon Workshop Sat 14th, Time TBC SPECIAL EVENTS

Costume Exhibition Sat 14th, 9.30–4pmCOMMUNITY EVENTS

The Tree Thurs 19th, 7.30pm FILM

The Well Digger’s Daughter Thurs 26th, 7.30pm FILM

Olympic Games Opening CeremonyFri 27th, time TBC CINEMA SPECIAL EVENTS

DIARY OF EVENTS

WemTown Hall April–July 2012

Hello and WelcomeOur spring/summer programme is absolutely jam packed with exciting events andopportunities for all to enjoy. We started screening live performances from the NationalTheatre in London back in February, which has been very well received with audiencegoers commenting it was better than being at the National itself! Excitingly in Juneand July we will show encore screenings of one of NT Live’s most successful productions;Frankenstein directed by Danny Boyle. Please see cinema special events for moreinformation.

Live event highlights over the next few months include An Intimate Evening With TheUnthanks with Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell in support, The Stu Brown Sextetperforming hyper animated ‘cartoon jazz’ and Mervyn Stutter back by popular demandwith his theatrical comedy and songs for the baby boomer generation.

If you’d like to keep up to date about everything that’s going on at Wem Town Hall joinour mailing list, email or postal, by calling in at reception, providing your contact detailsvia our website link, by email or by simply calling us on 01939 232299.

Volunteer with usWem Town Hall exists thanks to the time, dedication and commitment of many volunteersworking in a variety of roles. If you would like to find out more about volunteering opportunitiesplease contact us on 01939 232299/volunteer@wemtownhall.co.uk

Hire usWe have a great range of spaces available for private hires, community and special events,business meetings and conferences. We offer high quality catering to suit all tastes and budgetsand house a superb range of audio visual equipment to meet all your technical needs. FromBirthdays to Wedding Receptions and Business Meetings to Fitness Classes we might just bewhat you are looking for. Contact us on 01939 232299/info@wemtownhall.co.uk for moreinformation.

Eat and Drink with usOur café/bar is open Monday to Saturday and for evening events providing a warm welcometo all visitors. With free wi-fi access, the light and airy surroundings are the perfect place tomeet up, relax, eat, drink and share. Our locally sourced menu offers homemade and highquality dishes and we offer speciality coffees, teas and soft drinks, along with a range of winesand local beers.

The Stu Brown Sextet PresentsTwisted Toons: The Music of Raymond ScottFriday 20 April 7.30pm

The Stu Brown Sextet was formed in 2008 bydrummer, Stu Brown, to celebrate 100 yearssince the birth of the band leader, composerand inventor, Raymond Scott, whose wacky,hyper-animated, eyeball-popping ‘cartoonjazz’ is most widely recognisable for its use inthe in the Looney Tunes cartoons from the1940’s onwards and, more recently, in Ren andStimpy, and The Simpsons.

Scott’s manic, offbeat compositions, such as‘Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals’and ‘Square Dance For Eight EgyptianMummies’ are performed with zest andspontaneity by the drummer’s brilliantlyorchestrated sextet. Suitable for familyaudiences, this is a crowd-pleasing showperformed with energy and wit. The group hasperformed at the UK’s biggest Jazz Festivalsincluding Manchester, Cheltenham, Glasgowand London; now see them at Wem Town Hall.

Tickets: £12 full price, £10 concessions, £6 child Early Bird Concessions: If bought before 6thApril – £10.50 full price, £9 concessions, £5 child

Join In! – Take part in a workshop to createanimations that will be played during theperformance – see special events for moreinformation.

An Intimate Evening with The UnthanksWith support from Jonny Kearney and Lucy FarrellFriday 4 May 8pmThe Mercury nominated Tynesiders return towhere they began, in the guise of their corecreative quintet, for a more intimate andpersonal experience at Wem Town Hall.

The Unthanks prefer to see folk as an ongoingunwritten history, rather than a style of music,drawing on a myriad of influences to story-tellin technicolour. Their music has beendescribed as ‘Bewitching’ (Q magazine) and‘Simply Gripping’ (fRoots) so don’t miss thisopportunity to see The Unthanks close-upand paired down, with Jonny Kearney andLucy Farrell in support, performing songsfrom their album ‘Kite’, described by LaurenLaverne as ‘absolutely gorgeous’.

BBC Radio 2 folk awards nominees for BestGroup, Best Original Song, Best Album, andBest Live Act. Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrellwere also nominated for Best Duo.

Tickets: £17 full price/£15 concession.

MUSIC & DANCE

Music for a Summers EveningMonday 21st May 7.15pmA varied programme of beautiful vocal andinstrumental pieces from students of ThomasAdams School.

Tickets: £5 full price, £2.50 concessions

Ballroom and Sequence DanceFriday 25 May 8–11.30pmBallroom and sequence dancing on the bestdance floor in Shropshire, with live music byRobin Horton. Food and raffle on the evening.

Tickets: £4.50

Taiko Fest 2012 Friday 29 June–Saturday 30 JuneTaiko Fest celebrates the ancient style of Taikodrumming that originates from Japan. Thefestival will comprise of two evening concertsand a day of workshops.

ConcertFriday 29 June 8pmAn evening of professional Taiko drummingwith special guests.

WorkshopsSaturday 30 June 10.30am–5pmA day of workshops including family taikointroduction workshops, and sessions for themore advanced.

Evening Concert Saturday 30 June 7.15pmLocal school groups and special guestsperforming Taiko drumming. Please contactReception for more details.

Please note that Taiko is a loud drummingactivity and those with a sensitivity to loudnoises may be affected.

Squeezing Shropshire’s Big Squeeze 2012Saturday 7 JulyWorkshop Day 10.30–5pmA full day of melodeon (squeezebox)workshops for players either at beginner/intermediate or intermediate/higher level.

Tutors include: Ray Langton (addingdecoration to tunes); Luke Daniels (Irishstyles); Simon Ritchie (Molly Dance) and ReesWesson (East Anglian tunes)

Workshop Tickets: (including complimentaryentry to the evening concert): Early Bird untilApril 15th April £30.00. After 15th April £40.00.Those in full time education £15.00

Squeezing Shropshire Concert 7.30pmA unique opportunity to hear a wide varietyof squeezebox styles including traditionalmusic from Ireland, East Anglia, Wales andShropshire from some of Britain’s finestMelodeon players.

Tickets: Early Bird until 1st June £9 full price, £7 concessions. Thereafter £11 full price, £9 concessions, £20 Family Ticket.

Comedy NightTuesday 24 April 8pm, Doors 7.30pmCome and watch six aspiring comedians fromall over the country in the new WTH open miccomedy night. Ages 16+

Tickets: £3

Another Helping of Mervyn StutterFriday 18 May 8pmMervyn Stutter is back with another helpingof wonderful new comedy songs andaudience banter in a joyous show of lifeaffirming fun. Last time Merv was at WTH hehad the audience crying with laughter andshouting for more. Like the host of a dinnerparty, Merv treats his audience as welcomeguests. He chats a bit, tells a few jokes, andmakes some pithy observations with lots ofclever comedy songs on guitar, poking fun athimself and the baby boomer generation.

An actor, comedian, scriptwriter,satirical songwriter and somethingof a national treasure, he performs atthe Edinburgh Fringe every year andaudiences love him. His sometimeswicked but always

affectionate sense of humour brings warmthand joy to an audience that is happy to laughat his own life and their own.

‘Celebrating the trivial and attacking the absurd he gives us a seriously funny show’ The Scotsman

‘All of his songs have one thing in common –they are astute, funny, often gentle but alwaysjam-packed with clever lyrics.’ BBC Radio Berkshire

Tickets: £9.50 full price, £8 concessions if boughtby 4th May, thereafter tickets at £11 full price, £9 concessions.

Greg Davies: Autumn PreviewSaturday 23rd June TBCAt the time of going to print we are negotiatingfor Greg Davies to do a preview of his upcomingautumn tour at Wem Town Hall with comedian

Naz Osmanoglu. See Wem Town HallReception for up to date information or

join our email mailing list to hear thenews first.

THEATRE & COMEDY

SPECIAL CINEMA EVENTS: LIVE VIA SATELLITE

Frankenstein NT Live Encore Screenings (15)Performance Running Time: 2 hours (no interval)Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (127 Hours,Slumdog Millionaire) returned to the theatreto direct this visionary production withBenedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.Due to huge popular demand it will return tocinemas worldwide from June for a limitedseason of encore screenings. BenedictCumberatch (Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller(Mansfield Park) alternate the roles of VictorFrankenstein and the Creature in twoelectrifying broadcasts, the second of whichhas never been broadcast in cinemas before.

Frankenstein is a new play by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Childlike in hisinnocence but grotesque in form,Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast outinto a hostile universe by his horror-struckmaker. Meeting with cruelty wherever hegoes, the friendless Creature, increasinglydesperate and vengeful, determines to trackdown his creator and strike a terrifying deal.

Urgent concerns of scientificresponsibility, parentalneglect, cognitivedevelopment and thenature of good and evilare embedded within thisthrilling and deeplydisturbing classic gothic tale.

‘…they’re both terrific…’It is a theatricalcoup.’ The Times

‘…this is a memorable production and willdoubtless be spoken of for years to come.’ Daily Mail

Thursday 14 June 7pmWith Benedict Cumberbatch as Frankensteinand Jonny Lee Miller as the Monster.

Friday 13 July 7pmWith as Jonny Lee Miller Frankenstein andBenedict Cumberbatch as the Monster.

Tickets: £11 full price, £10 concessions

Olympic Games Opening CeremonyFriday 27 July Time TBCSee live coverage of the Olympic GamesOpening Ceremony on the big cinema screenat Wem Town Hall. The ceremony will providean opportunity for the world to view theartistic expression of Director Danny Boyleand his team, and the culture of our Host Cityand the UK. A free event

FILM

FILM SCREENINGSUnless stated, all films are priced at £5Adults, £4.50 Concessions and £4 for 16’s and under

Puss in Boots (U) Thursday 5 April 4pm, (90mins)Long before he even met Shrek, the notoriousfighter, lover and outlaw Puss in Bootsbecomes a hero when he sets off on anadventure with the tough and street smartKitty Softpaws and the mastermind HumptyDumpty to save his town. This is the true storyof The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots

Easter Treat: All tickets at £2.50 or a Family of 5 for £10

The Help (12A) Thursday 5 April 7.30pm, (146mins)Three extraordinary women in Mississippiduring the 1960s, build an unlikelyfriendship around a secret writing projectthat crosses cultural and racial boundaries.Based on one of the most talked aboutbooks in years and filled with poignancy,humour and hope, The Help is a timeless anduniversal story about the ability to createchange. Best supporting actress winner atthe BAFTAs and the Oscars.

The Muppets (U) Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 April 2.30pm, (109mins)‘The Muppets’ sees everyone’s favouritepuppet ensemble ever get back together tosave the Muppet Theatre from destruction atthe hands of a money-mad oil baron. Adelight for all ages guaranteed to have youlaughing!

Hugo 2D (U) Thursday 12 April 5pm, (125mins)Set in 1930’s Paris, Hugo tells the magical taleof an orphan who has secretly made his homein a train station and spends his time tendingto the railway’s clocks. When he tries to fix amechanical man, he sets in motion a series ofevents that threaten to unlock all his secrets.

Directed by Martin Scorsese and winner offive Oscars and two BAFTAs, the film featuresan all-star cast including Ben Kingsley, JudeLaw, Sacha Baron Cohen and Asa Butterfieldfamed for his memorable performance inThe Boy in the Stripped Pajamas.

The Descendants (15) Thursday 19 April 5 & 7.30pm, (115mins)From Alexander Payne, the creator of theOscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, TheDescendants is a sometimes humorous,sometimes tragic journey for Matt King,(George Clooney) an indifferent husbandand father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future.

Oscar winner for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Artist (PG) Thursday 26 April 5 & 7.30pm, (100mins)George Valentin is a matinee idol inHollywood before the dawn of the talkies. Hismarriage is far from perfect and he becomessmitten with ambitious chorus girl PeppyMiller. When sound comes to the movies,George sinks all his money into one last epicsilent film, while Peppy becomes a star of thenew era in this stylistically daring anddialogue-free comedy drama.

Winner of 7 BAFTA awards including Best Film,Best Director and Best Actor. Winner of 5 Oscarsincluding Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.

AUDIO AIDS: Infra Red enhanced hearingheadsets are available to amplify sound forhard of hearing patrons. They can be wornwith or without a hearing aid. Please call01939 232299 to book your headset.

FILM

The Woman in Black (12A) Thursday 3 May 5 & 7.30pm, (95mins)Based on the hugely successful stage play ofthe same name and starring Daniel Radcliffe.The Woman In Black tells of a young lawyerwho travels to a remote village to settle thelegal affairs of a recently deceased woman,where he discovers the vengeful ghost of ascorned woman is terrorising the locals.

A Separation (PG) Thursday 10 May 7.30pm, (123mins)A suspenseful, compelling and intelligentdrama detailing the fractures and tensions atthe heart of Iranian society. When his wifeleaves him, Nader hires a young woman totake care of his suffering father. But he doesn’tknow his new maid is not only pregnant, butalso working without her unstable husband’spermission. Soon, Nader finds there is moreon the line than just his marriage.

Winner of Best Foreign Language Film at theOscars, BAFTAs and the BBC4 World CinemaAwards, this is a film not to be missed.

A foreign language film with English subtitles

Midnight in Paris (12A) Thursday 17 May 7.30pm, (95mins)Oscar winning romantic fantasy comedywritten and directed by Woody Allen. Whentroubled Gil finds he can be magicallytransported to past Parisian eras when theclock strikes twelve, Midnight in Paris takes ajourney through time where Gil meetsfamous figures who help lift his writer’s blockand find new romance. Starring Owen Wilson,Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, KathyBates, and Carla Bruni.

Tyrannosaur (18) Thursday 24 May 7.30pm, (92mins)A gripping and affecting drama, thisdirectorial debut from award-winning actorPaddy Considine (Dead Man’s Shoes, 24 HourParty People) follows the story of two lonely,damaged people brought together bycircumstance. Joseph, an unemployedwidower, drinker, and crippled by his ownvolatile temperament meets Hannah, aChristian worker at a charity shop, whoappears wholesome and happy. She appearsas his potential saviour, but her own troubledmarriage leads her to seek reciprocal comfortin him.

Winner of Sundance 2011 World CinemaDirecting Award and BAFTA Outstanding DebutWinner 2012.

‘Powerful. Brilliantly acted.’ Daily Telegraph Magazine

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (12A) Thursday 31 May 5 & 7.30pm, (123mins)This British comedy follows a group of retireeswho relocate to an Indian hotel for what theythink will be a life of opulent leisure, only tofind reality doesn’t quite match theadvertising! Featuring a stellar British castincluding Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, MaggieSmith and Tom Wilkinson.

Another Earth (12A)Thursday 7 June 7.30pm, (92mins)Rhoda Williams, a bright young womanaccepted into MIT's astrophysics program,aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliantcomposer, John Burroughs, has just reachedthe pinnacle of his profession and is about tohave a second child with his loving wife. Onthe eve of the discovery of a duplicate planetEarth, tragedy strikes and the lives of thesestrangers become irrevocably intertwined.

Winner Sundance 2011

‘it sparks the brain and moves the heart’ Empire Magazine

Frankenstein NT Live Encore ScreeningThursday 14 June 7pmWith Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) asFrankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller (MansfieldPark) as the Monster. See the roles reversed on13th July. Please see Special Cinema Events/LiveVia Satellite section for more information.

Like Crazy (12A) Thursday 21 June 7.30pm, (90mins)Like Crazy beautifully illustrates how your firstreal love is as thrilling and blissful as it isdevastating. When a British college student(Felicity Jones) falls for her American classmate(Anton Yelchin) they embark on a passionateand life-changing journey, beautifullyexploring how a couple faces the realchallenges of being together and being apart.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture atthe 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Salmon Fishing In The YemenThursday 28 June 5 & 7.30pmBased on the book by Paul Torday anddirected Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, The CiderHouse Rules) An extraordinary, beguiling taleof fly-fishing and political spinning, ofunexpected heroism and late-blooming love.Starring Ewan McGregor as the repressed civilservant tasked with the impossible scheme ofintroducing salmon to the parched wadis ofThe Yemen to make a fishing-mad sheik’sdream come true. Co-starring Emily Blunt andKristin Scott Thomas.

FILM

Moneyball (12A) Thursday 5 July 7.30pm, (133mins)With direction by Bennett Miller (Capote) anda screenplay by Steven Zaillian (Schindlers List,Gangs of New York) and Aaron Sorkin (TheSocial Network, The West Wing) Moneyball wasperhaps always a ‘sure hit’. Brad Pitt givespossibly the best performance of his career inthis thrillingly smart drama. As GeneralManager of Oakland A’s baseball team thefilm charts his team’s success as hiscontroversial tactics, more at home on WallStreet than in the Major League, upset thebaseball establishment whilst propelling histeam up the league.

‘You don’t need to understand anything ofbaseball to get behind this, a chest-swellingstory ‘ Empire Magazine

The Lucky One (12A) Thursday 12 July 5 & 7.30pm, (100mins)U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault (ZacEfron) returns from his third tour of duty inIraq, with the one thing he credits withkeeping him alive – a photograph he found ofa woman he doesn’t even know. Finding thewoman, he hopes she could be more thanjust a good luck charm as romance flourishes.But will their new found love fall apart whenshe finds out his true motivations for findingher? Based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks

whose work has inspired other great romanticfilms such as The Notebook, Message in a Bottleand Dear John.

Frankenstein NT Live Encore ScreeningFriday 13 July 7pmWith Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park) asFrankenstein and Benedict Cumberbatch(Sherlock) as the Monster. Please see SpecialCinema Events/Live Via Satellite section formore information.

The Tree (12A) Thursday 19 July 7.30pm, (100mins)Blindsided with anguish after her husband’ssudden death, Dawn (Charlotte Gainsbourg) –along with her four young children – strugglesto make sense of life without him. Eight-year-old Simone becomes convinced that herfather is whispering to her through the leavesof the gargantuan fig tree that towers overtheir house. The family is initially comforted byits presence, but then the tree’s enormousroots slowly begin to encroach on the abodeand threaten their fragile existence…

Film ClubMondays 3.30–4.45pm, 8 to 11 yearsWednesdays 3.30–4.45pm, 12 yrs & aboveLearn about film-making in practical basedsessions and through watching films.Please contact Reception for details.

SPECIAL EVENTSEaster Half TermTwisted Toons Animation Workshops (The Stu Brown Sextet)Ages 8–11: Tuesday 3 April 10.30–3.30pmAges 12+: Wednesday 4 April 10.30–3.30pmTake part in a fun workshop to createanimations inspired by the ‘cartoon jazz’music that will be played during theperformance by the Stu Brown Sextet. (All participants will be eligible for discountedtickets to the performance of The Stu BrownSextet on Friday 20th April). Cost: £12

Easter Half TermCookery Half Day WorkshopsAges 5–7: Tuesday 10 April 10.30–1pmAges 8–12: Wednesday 11 April 10.30–1pmLearn how to make a giant gingerbread manand Easter biscuits. Cost: £7.50

All Easter Half Term workshop participants are able to get a £1 discount on a ticket to seeThe Muppets or Hugo at the WTH cinemaduring Half Term.

Drawing Portraits Art WorkshopWith local artist Sue McLeodSaturday 23 June 10am–4pmCost: £27. Booking forms from WTH Reception.

Flights of Fancy – CartoonDrawing WorkshopShrewsbury International Cartoon Festival Saturday 14 July, Time TBCPlease contact Reception for more details.

Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2011:The Well Digger’s Daughter (PG)Thursday 26 July 7.30pm, (107mins)Daniel Auteuil in his directorial debut. As shecuts across the fields to take her father hislunch Patricia meets Jacques. She is eighteen,he is twenty-six. She is pretty, with the finemanners of a young lady; he is a fighter pilotand a handsome young man. A full moon willdo the rest on their second meeting. Therewon’t be a third meeting; Jacques is sent tothe front. A beautifully shot film of love acrossthe class divide on the eve of WW 2.

A french film with English subtitles.

Olympic Games Opening CeremonyFriday 27 July Time TBCPlease see Special Cinema Events/Live ViaSatellite Section for more information.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES

MondaysFILM CLUB3.30-4.45pm, 8–11years.Learn about film-making in pactical basedsessions and through watching films. Free

TAIKO DRUMMING 7.00–8.30pmTry your hand at the ancient style of Taikodrumming led by expert Taiko master, JamesBarrow. Course Dates: April 16th, 23rd, 30th,May 14th, 28th, June 11th, 18th, 25th

Course Cost: £48 for the 8 weeks

Please note that Taiko is a loud drummingactivity and those with a sensitivity to loudnoises may be affected.

WednesdaysFILM CLUB 3.30–4.45pm, 12 years & aboveSee info above. Free

MINI MELODEON FAMILY WORKSHOPS 5.30–6.30pmIt is fun and easy to learn simple tunes on thisamazing little instrument even if you havenever played an instrument before! Suitablefor anyone from 8–108 years old! Taught byRay Langton who runs mini melodeonworkshops across the country. A six weekcourse commencing Wednesday April 25th2012.

Course costs; 8–18 years £10.00 adults £20.00.

Limited places. Book in advance on 01939 233977 or ray.langton@talk21.com

PILATES@WEM6.30–7.30pm and 7.45–8.45pmLearn Pilates movements and exercises withqualified tutor Helen Minton.

Course Cost: £50 for a block of 6 sessions

For further information and enrolment formsplease contact Helen Minton on 01939 234017 or wempilates@hotmail.com

ZUMBA8–9pmZumba is an exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dancefitness-party™ that’s moving millions of peopletoward joy and health. Enjoy the World’s mostsuccessful dance-fitness program with tutorCherie Jerrard at Wem Town Hall.

Cost: £4.50 per class or £20 for 5 classes.

To book or for more information please call Cherie on 07957 429869 orcheriejerrard@gmail.com.

ThursdaysPILATES@WEM7–8pmSee above for more information on prices andcontact details.

FridaysRHYTHM TIME 10.00–11.00amRhythm Time is a really enjoyable, wellthought out musical experience that uses lotsof exciting songs and activities to help achild’s development and life skills. Classes forbaby, toddler and pre-school children.

To book places or for more information pleasecall Julia Casperd on 07789 867589

SaturdaysSHROPSHIRE DANCE BALLETRoyal Academy of Dance ballet classes forboys and girls aged 3 years and upwards, withPrinciple Sally Wellings.

For more information on class times andavailability please contact Sally Wellings on01743 240748 or swellings@btinternet.com

Alternative Health Presents: Mind, Body and Spirit FairSaturday 14 April 10–4.30pm Complimentary therapies, card readings, craftstalls, sound healing demonstrations andraffle. In aid of Hope House Children’s Hospice.Tickets: £2 Adults, £1 Seniors, Children free

Table Top SaleIn aid of Wem Town Hall Community Trust Saturday 9 June 9–1pm Home baking, bric a brac, crafts and more. Tobook tables or for more information pleasecall 01939 232299.

GALLERY

Big Screen Until Saturday 14 AprilAn opportunity to see a selection ofcreative documentaries made by childrenand young people under the First LightMovies scheme. The exhibition includesfour short films made in the NorthShropshire area.

Flights of FancyShrewsbury International Cartoon FestivalWednesday 20 June–Tuesday 31 JulyOver eighty new cartoons about Flying –originals and quality signed prints –produced and selected specially for theannual Festival themed exhibition.

A great opportunity to see a range ofinterpretation, styles and humour and tobuy high quality professional cartoon artat affordable prices.

Summer Market Table Top SaleIn aid of Help for HeroesSaturday 23 June 9–12.30pm To book tables or for more information please call 01939 234668.

Costume ExhibitionSaturday 14 July 9.30-4pmReplica costumes from famous films includingStar Wars, Gone with the Wind and Pirates ofthe Caribbean amongst others. Free entry

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Access information• Access to the first floor can be gained

via a lift.

• Wheelchair accessible toilets areavailable on all floors.

• Infra Red enhanced hearing headsetsare available for cinema patrons.

• Induction Loop system operates in themain hall and foyer.

• Guide Dogs are welcome in all parts ofthe building.

Parking informationThe nearest parking is located at the main car park, adjacent to the Co-op, just off High Street. Disabled parking onsite (limited) please book in advance. Please do not park on Noble Street.

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