September -December 2010 at The Met

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Welcome
Bury has changed dramatically
audiences with some
As always we are dealing with
support could help us keep
over the last year and we
refurbishments in our ground
dramatic changes and challenges
The Met as one of the best
look forward to receiving new
floor studio, a new space for
in funding, and are working hard
independent venues and
visitors and audiences to The
community groups to meet and
to maintain an independent
arts centres in the UK.
Met for our music, theatre and
improved wifi and interactive
venue our audiences and artists
comedy and our participatory
screens from September.
can be proud of. If you value what
programme with drumming,
A new ticketing system will
we do please do come and enjoy
singing, theatre and dance.
see improved experience
some shows and perhaps
for online customers.
even think about
We have been working on some
exciting projects including a
The programme continues to
recording studio (opening January
develop and this season sees a
2011) which offers free use to
fantastic show for Christmas
young people while providing
with The Lion, The Witch and
Bury with a professional
The Wardrobe as well as
resource to start creating new
exciting and new theatre and
music in the town centre.
music sourced from festivals
Within the venue we are
continuing to improve
the visit for our
and showcases throughout the UK.
how your
Enjoy our great season.
David Agnew, Director
”The perfect venue to play,
intimate, friendly and ten
minutes from our house. It’s
been a great pleasure.“ Peter Kay
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Bury, BL9 0BW
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Tom Russell
Metropolitan Arts Association,
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We gratefully acknowledge the
support of our funders & sponsors:
”Probably the
best venue in
the country.“
Jon Boden
”I've been doing this job for
almost 40 years and The Met
is one of my favourite gigs ever,
anywhere!“ Martin Simpson
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R o c k & P o p Drama Glaston-BURY
Festival 2010
Thai Brides
and Teacakes
Monday 30 August
Saturday 4 September 7.30pm / £10 / £8.50 concession
Over sixty five acts playing in
seven venues across Bury town
Ma and Madeira, unsuccessful
centre on bank holiday Monday
in their attempt to adopt a
in aid of Bury Hospice. Appearing
Vietnamese orphan, turn to
at The Met will be: Molly Bloom;
drop-dead gorgeous politician,
Jupitar Sands; Jealous; The 66;
Richard “Dickie” Moseley.
Aura; TBC; and The Ice Band.
However, Dickie’s extreme
right-wing policies spell disaster
and the devastated Mancunians
C o m e d y First Thursday
Comedy Club
Gary
Delaney
look for a saviour in the unlikely
form of Fred the builder’s part
time lap dancing Thai bride...
Thursday 2 September
A satirical commentary on the changing
8.30pm / £8
ethnic composition of modern Britain
An evening of top class
entertainment with the UK’s
finest comedians, featuring
Adam Crow, Gary Delaney,
Freaks’ Outing and Tony Vino.
“Comedy that’s life affirming” BBC1
MaD Theatre Company
from the award winning MaD Theatre
Company featuring Manchester’s familiar
faces, plus one or two surprise guests.
R o c k & P o p The Travelling Band
Thursday 9 September
feel like they’re bursting with
8pm / £8.50
energy and wisdom. Their live
Manchester's The Travelling
Band take influence from folk,
country, psyche and rock before
filtering it through their own
Koerner
show is a feelgood tour-deforce. The band released their
second album Sundial this year.
“Deserving winners of
sunshine-pop sensibility. Here
Glastonbury’s new talent
is a band who excel at sounding
contest… one of Manchester’s
happy, sad, frustrated, and
best bands.” Christina
vulnerable, often at the same
McDermott, BBC Manchester
time, with songs that
Spider John
Photo by Judith Burrows
B l u e s Spider John Koerner
Presented by fRoots Magazine
Friday 10 September 8pm / £12 / £10 concession & members
Spider John Koerner is a
traditional song, and a firm
traditional American folk
command of his source material.
and country blues musician
and rhythmic guitarist. His
The
musical style stems from a
Travelling
solid foundation of the old
Band
blues masters, respect for the
“Funky, with lots of open spaces
between oddly placed notes,
all of it held together with his
impeccable timing.” Blueswire
Panic
Chloe
Room
Hall
Trio
Tiny Tin Lady
R o c k & P o p f o l k r o o ts F o l k R o o ts F o l k R o o ts Panic
Room
The Chloe
Hall Trio
Tiny
Tin Lady
Robin and Bina
Williamson
Thursday 16 September 8pm
Friday 17 September 8.30pm
Saturday 18 September 8pm
£8 / £6 concession & members
Plus special guests David R Black
£12 adv / £14 door / Standing
Australian singer-songwriter
Tiny Tin Lady are a young six
Robin Williamson is founder of
Panic Room features current
Chloe Hall is an engaging and
piece band who have become one
psychedelic folk legends The
and ex members of Karnataka,
charismatic performer, but
of the most talked about groups
Incredible String Band and one
Mostly Autumn and Fish’s
it's the simple, undeniable
on the acoustic scene, stunning
of the few UK artists to play
band, topped off with the fine
quality of her songs that
audiences everywhere with
Woodstock. He performs with
vocals of Anne-Marie Helder.
leave you with overwhelming
their blend of brilliant, original
his wife Bina to present this
emotion. Making up her trio
songs, superb musicianship
celebration of autumn.
are bassist Chris Mildren and
and spine-tingling harmonies.
Mixing prog, folk, jazz and world,
the band produce a unique and
very individual sound with soaring
percussionist Teal Bain-Roben.
melodies and inventive lyrics
“Chloe Hall – the future of folk
that draw you to new worlds.
is here today.” Rolling Stone
“...a unique blend of roots
Beautiful music on harp and
percussion accompany traditional
honesty and rock sensibilities
tales of enchantment. Soulful,
not to be missed” MOJO
magical and highly entertaining.
S i n g e r s o n gwr i t e r V ar i e ty Shana
Morrison
Not the
only Gays
in the Village
Saturday 18 September 8.30pm
£10 / £8 conc & members
Van Morrison’s daughter,
£10 / £8 concession
Shana, has a beautiful, wide
Featuring comedian Paul Sinha,
ranging voice which has gained
compere Jonathan Mayor, and
her a number of famous fans
Team Tracey. Organised by
including John Lee Hooker, Joe
Bury Council LGBT Network.
Cocker and Dr John to name a
few. She has just released her
album Joyride to great acclaim.
Drama Hunger
B L U E S Pickled Image
Wed 22 September 7.30pm / £10 / £8 conc & members
A stunning piece of
visual theatre fusing
live performance mask
Shana
Morrison
Award winning Pickled Image
and puppetry, Pickled
return to The Met after the
Image deliver a dark,
Kyla Brox
Friday 24 Sept 8.30pm
Manchester’s Kyla Brox is
without question the UK's finest
young female blues singer.
Singing her special mix of funky,
success of Houdini's Suitcase
grotesque and provocative
jazz-tinged blues, her magnificent
with a look into the depths
exploration of human
voice combines power with
of the human mind, based
survival and man’s need
control. She has just released a
on Knut Hamsun's book.
to express himself.
new album Grey Sky Blue.
R o c k & P o p F am i l y S h o w Sandi
Thom
The Lost Forest
Merchants & Thieves Tour 2010
£6 / £4 members
Friday 24 September 8pm
There’s magic and mayhem in
Indigo Moon Theatre
£12 advance / £14 door
the rainforest! Animals homes
Standing
are at risk as bulldozers crash
their way through trees and
Having risen to stardom with
foliage. Who will come to the
the single ‘I Wish I Was a
rescue and fight the evil Endorro?
Punk Rocker (With Flowers
Can we save the rainforest?
in My Hair)’, Sandi Thom is
back with a brand new album
The Lost Forest takes a vital
'Merchants & Thieves'.
concern and turns it into a fun
and dynamic show, using Wayang
Powerful melodies and
Golek (colourful rod puppets from
emotive lyrics are mixed with
West Java), stunning rainforest
a new bluesy sound strongly
projections, shadow theatre
influenced by her work with Joe
and original music. Ages 5+.
Bonamassa. Sandi is an artist
who continues to progress
towards something great.
“As striking a musical reinvention
as you're likely to witness this
year” News of the World
Sandi Thom
The Lost Forest
R o c k & P o p Drama Wreckless Eric
and Amy Rigby
Romeo and Juliet
A Mr Kite Benefit
F o l k R o o ts Heidi Talbot
with John McCusker
and Boo Hewerdine
Having cut her teeth as lead
singer with Irish American outfit
Cherish The Ladies, Heidi Talbot
is right at home in the worlds of
Irish traditional and roots music.
A regular at The Met, she will be
performing with favourites John
McCusker, BBC Radio 2 Folk
Musician of the Year 2003, and
Boo Hewerdine, successful solo
artist and writer to the stars.
Proper Job Theatre Company
Wednesday 29 September 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Sat 25 September 8pm / £11
Eric Goulden was among the
Set in the heat of Southern Europe, the visceral
original 70s Stiff Records posse
backdrop launches us into the lives of the famous
(Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, The
lovers. The fast-paced dramatic performance
Damned) aiming to revitalise rock.
strips back Shakespeare’s text to its essential
Amy Rigby is a pop princess.
poetic prose, incorporating flamenco, striking
Combining several decades of
acclaimed records and failed
relationships, Eric and Amy join
together to play their should-be,
could-be and have-been hits.
physicality, powerful singing
and music, affecting you
with a sensory blowout.
This is a fresh and exciting
interpretation of a classic text, which will
take you on a journey of love and fear.
IQ
B L U E S Fiddlers’ Bid
The
Stumble
Friday 1 October 8pm
Chris While &
Julie Matthews
£8 adv / £10 door / Music Hall
R & B Festival favorites The
Stumble, mix stellar guitar solos
F o l k R o o ts with the powerful voice of Paul
Chris While &
Julie Matthews
Melville to create a fantastic
perform strong arrangements
with vigour and passion.
rocky bluesy sound. Playing
their own songs alongside
well chosen covers, the band
Chris While and Julie Matthews
are both individual writers of
The
some note but it’s when they
Stumble
R o c k & P o p IQ
Saturday 2 October 8pm
£12 adv / £14 door / Standing
combine their writing talents
In a career spanning almost
that the unique nature of
thirty years, IQ have established
their partnership flourishes.
a reputation for themselves
Eight times nominated for the
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, they
are renowned for their affinity
on stage and for the energy and
enthusiasm of their performances.
as one of the world's leading
progressive rock bands. Known
for their dramatic, passionate
music and visually innovative live
presentations, they have released
F o l k R o o ts Drama Fiddlers’ Bid
Girls Night
Sunday 3 October 8pm
With a powerful rhythm section
and arguably the country’s most
Kieran
Goss
Goodnights Entertainment
Wednesday 6 October 8pm
Join five friends on a karaoke
awe-inspiring harpist, Fiddler’s
night out - four in their forties
Bid are a dynamic, internationally
and one, an angel who died as
acclaimed fiddle group from the
a teenager. A roller coaster of
Shetland Islands - a community
emotion with a life affirming,
long famed for its distinctive
sing-a-long soundtrack with
fiddle tradition. Their album All
songs including I'm Every Woman,
F o l k R o o ts Dressed in Yellow recently won
I Will Survive, It's Raining Men, I
Kieran
Goss
Album of the Year at the Scottish
Am What I Am and We Are Family.
Thursday 7 October 8pm
Traditional Music Awards.
a string of critically acclaimed
Long hailed as one of Ireland’s
albums, most recently last year's
leading songwriters and
highly successful Frequency.
performers, Kieran’s music
has won him fans across the
To mark the release of the
globe. But if his albums have
deluxe 25th anniversary box
made him a star, his live shows
set of their classic album The
have made him a legend.
Wake, IQ will be performing
the album in its entirety, along
“The sense of fun is tremendous,
with other popular favourites
Girls
the playing first rate and the songs
from their back catalogue.
Night
are sheer quality.” Irish Times
C o m e d y songs and tunes as well as
First Thursday
Comedy Club
original compositions. The
Thursday 7 October
8.30pm / £8
energetic and original traditional
power-trio also incorporates
the dynamism of today’s
North American and European
Viva Morrissey
folk cultures in their music.
This month's comedy club
features two acts back by popular
R o c k & P o p demand - Ginger Scotsman Brian
Mike Peters
(The Alarm)
Higgins, and Mike Wilkinson, the
man chosen to support Peter
Kay and Johnny Vegas. Plus the
immensely likeable Chris Brooker
and rising star Letty Flynn.
Best known as frontman of
W o r l d R o o ts The Alarm, Mike Peters is also
Genticorum
an inspirational solo acoustic
cancer survivor) founder of rock
and roll cancer charity Love
Weaving wooden flute, fiddle,
performer and (as a two times
Hope Strength Foundation.
acoustic guitar, jaw harp, bass
Achieving over fifteen Top 40
and foot percussion with strong
UK singles and over five million
vocal harmonies, French-
album sales, Mike’s musical
Canadian band Genticorum
journey has seen him sing with
offer a blend of traditional
Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bono.
Mike Peters
The Games
Genticorum
Drama F o l k R o o ts R o c k & P o p The
Games
Michael McGoldrick
Viva
Morrissey
Spike Theatre
Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13
and friends
£15 / £12 concession & members / Music Hall
October 7.30pm
Showcasing his new album
with some special guests, his
Aurora, Michael McGoldrick
live performances are ”packed
returns with a collection of
with fiery energy, lyrical poetry
tunes and songs self-penned
and bold experimentation.“
with some more traditional
The Independent
Inspired by stories of the ancient
material mixed in. Appearing
Friday 15 October 8.30pm
Standing
Viva Morrissey's set includes
Smiths classics, alongside
Morrissey’s best loved solo
material, with a live show almost
as good as the real thing.
Olympics - and the Greek
comic satyrs of Euripides and
Drama Aristophanes - Spike will bring to
Pedal Power
life again the world of the Greek
gods (and bizarre sporting events)
in their own inimitable style.
This comic re-telling of all things
Mikron Theatre
Saturday 16 October 1.30pm
Greek will incorporate sporting
Mikron’s play covers one
equipment with a thousand
hundred years of National
uses, an original musical score
Clarion Cycling Club history;
and a sense of the ridiculous.
from its socialist origins to the
But be prepared: The Games
last day of business in a 21st
is war... minus the shooting.
century Manchester cycle shop.
Chris Wood &
Andy Cutting
This concert will draw from
their classic repertoire as well
as exploring their restless
quest for deeper and more
vivid musical experiences.
A m e r i c a n a Tift Merritt
A Mr Kite Benefit
Tuesday 19 October
8pm / £14
Drama I’m A Minger
singer-songwriter
by Alex Jones
Tift Merritt has
Monday 18 October 1.30pm
£5 students only
F o l k R o o ts Welcome to the world of 14-year
A Mr Kite Benefit
old Katie as she battles her
“The finest and most original
impressive body of
work and earned a
audience. Her live
way through the bitches, the
chavs, the misery of school
discos and the desperate
singer-songwriters to have
search for a worthy boyfriend. A
emerged from British folk since
turbulent and triumphant tale
Richard Thompson” The Guardian
of a totally troubled teen.
In 1990 Chris Wood and
produced an
passionate, dedicated
Chris Wood &
Andy Cutting
Saturday 16 October 8pm / £15
North Carolina
performances, both
with her band and on
her own, are similarly
riveting. Tift will be
performing songs from
her new album See You
On The Moon.
“Alex Jones writes with fury,
Andy Cutting embarked on
passion and compassion about
one of the most influential
those whose voices are seldom
Tift Merritt
collaborations in English Folk.
heard” Financial Times
Photo by Jason Frank Rothenberg
L i t e ratur e Drama B L U E S Alexei Sayle
Otis Gibbs
Wednesday 20 October 8pm
Thick As
Thieves
Reform Theatre
Alexei Sayle performs excerpts
from his new book Stalin Ate
Thick As
Thieves
My Homework, a memoir of
his confusing life as the son
Blues singer-songwriter and
teller of tales Otis Gibbs comes
to The Met following his success
at last year’s R&B Festival.
of Communist parents, his
childhood travelling round
Eastern Europe and his years as a
teenage Maoist. It is a funny and
perceptive portrait of a family, a
city, a country and a continent
going through huge changes.
Part of the Manchester
Comedy Festival
and the Manchester
Literature Festival.
F o l k R o o ts Steph and Barry have never been
stay on the straight and narrow.
Christine
Collister
When the friends decide to turn
model citizens but they are
finding it increasingly hard to
their hands to housebreaking it
leads to hilarious consequences.
Otis Gibbs
Best known for BBC's Life and
Our hapless duo has to contend
Loves of a She Devil, singer
with, amongst other things,
Christine Collister has worked
shopping deliveries, nosey
with a host of excellent
neighbours, a dead budgie and
musicians (Richard Thompson,
a shocking discovery that could
Peter Frampton, Louden
change their lives forever. As
Wainwright III), effortlessly
the night becomes more frantic
blending soul, blues, pop, jazz,
Alexei
the pair realise that life in crime
Sayle
isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Christine
country and folk. She will be
Collister
performing with Rob Cross.
Erik Mongrain
F am i l y S h o w Drama The Dragon’s
Daughter
Houdini
Blunderbus Theatre
Thursday 28 October 7.30pm
Monday 25 October 1pm
£6 / £4 members
Once upon a time in a faraway
land, a little boy discovers a
real-life baby dragon. Can he
return his new-found friend
R o c k & P o p R o c k & P o p to her mother before it is too
Erik Mongrain
Clone Roses
late, or will the dragon perish
Friday 22 October 8.30pm
This French-Canadian guitarist
and DJ Clint Boon
in the darkness? This timeless
Proteus Theatre Company
Escapologist, magician, lover,
secret agent, husband, enemy
of the establishment, Houdini
was all and none of these.
His life remains a mystery,
and his greatest trick
remains his ability to escape
interpretation, until now...
adventure will whisk you away
Using Proteus’ distinctive
to a world of magic and make-
style fusing music, physical
£10 Adv / £12 Door / Standing
believe. For 4-7 year olds.
performance, circus, and film,
was inspired early on by Jimi
The Clone Roses are regarded by
Hendrix and Kurt Cobain but has
many as the UK’s No1 Tribute to
since become known for lap-
Manchester legends The Stone
tapping, which involves tapping
Roses and play all the classics
the strings on the fret board
including Waterfall, Fools Gold
with both hands. An exceptional
and I am the Resurrection. This
talent with diverse influences
very special event will also
Erik is an awe inspiring musician
feature DJ Clint Boon to top
in the vein of Preston Reed.
off this fantastic evening.
Houdini will be resurrected
The Dragon's
Daughter
to tell his remarkable story.
W o r l d R o o ts Salsa Celtica
Friday 29 October 8pm / £15 / Standing
R o c k & P o p Martha
Tilston
Thursday 28 October 8pm / £12
Martha Tilston is a captivating
performer and an enchanting
singer-songwriter blessed with
a gloriously clear, seductive
voice. She expresses herself
Salsa Celtica's synthesis of
traditional musicians together
in her trademark direct poetic
Scottish and Irish traditional
with a stellar group of salsa,
manner, putting forward her
music with all the Latin
world and jazz musicians from
philosophy of life and examining
American elements of salsa
Latin America and the UK.
relationships in an accessible,
is a stunning combination of
universal way. The songs are
virtuosity and energy. Their lineup
exquisitely set, the musicianship
combines some of Scotland
(featuring The Woods) is faultless.
and Ireland's most innovative
They are one of the most
exciting bands on the world
music circuit today.
B L U E S Philippa Pearce’s story of a
Tom's
The Revelators
boy’s encounter with the past
Midnight
has become a modern classic,
Garden
Drama Hit Me!
The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury
Friday 29 October
telling the tale of two children
8.30pm / £8
separated by time. A fascinating
Thursday 4 November 8pm
and magical experience.
£10 / £8 conc and members
Manchester’s The Revelators
are a four piece band playing
soulful blues influenced by
R o c k & P o p the band have already played
3 Daft
Monkeys
many festivals and with the
the singer of the Blockheads,
addition of new members they
£10 / Standing
showing his cheeky public
Robert Cray and Joe Louis Walker.
Formerly The Convertibles,
have added a new sound to
their already funky/blues feel.
F am i l y S h o w Tom’s Midnight
Garden
Image Musical Theatre
Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes
of Ian Dury follows the life of
persona as well as the private
3 Daft Monkeys are a band
one in which he battled demons
that know how to make people
and his perceived flaws.
dance and resistance is entirely
3 Daft Monkeys
futile! The Cornish trio blend a
The show offers an insightful,
unique brand of rousing vocals,
hilarious and moving look
frenetic fiddling, 12-string guitar,
at the life of one of the
dancing bass and foot drum and
music industry’s best loved
return to The Met in support
characters, and features all
of their new album due for
the hits including Hit Me
£6 / £4 members
release at the end of the year.
With Your Rhythm Stick and
Come along and be the star
Reasons To Be Cheerful.
"The musicianship - the virtuosity,
of the show as Image Musical
the songcraft, the arrangement -
Theatre return to The Met.
is simply astonishing" Spiral Earth
Recommended for ages 16+.
Hit Me!
Contains very strong language.
C o m e d y F am i l y S h o w First Thursday
Comedy Club
Stick Man
Thursday 4 November
8.30pm / £8
Another night of comedy with
four of the UK’s top comedians.
Sat 6 November 11am & 1pm
£6 / £4 members
"Stick Man lives in the family
tree, with his Stick Lady Love
and their stick children three..."
A m e r i c a n a But the world is a dangerous
An intimate
evening with
Raul Malo
place for Stick Man. A dog
A Mr Kite Benefit
Friday 5 November 8pm / £20
wants to play with him. A swan
builds a nest with him. He even
ends up on a fire! Will he ever
get back to the family tree?
A touching, funny and utterly
original new show based on the
The main man from The
book by Julia Donaldson and Axel
Mavericks comes into town
Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
to show off his splendid vocal
For ages 4+.
talents described by Rolling
Stone as ‘a voice on par with
the best: Sinatra, George Jones
and Orbison’. Raul will be
accompanied by Michael Guerra
Raul Malo
Scamp Theatre
(accordian and bajo sexto).
F o l k R o o ts F o l k R o o ts Ralph McTell
Aly Bain, Ale Möller
& Bruce Molsky
Saturday 6 November 8pm
£17.50
Best known for his song Streets
of London, singer-songwriter
Ralph McTell is a recipient of
an Ivor Novello award, a BBC
Lifetime Achievement award and
a Parliamentary award for his
contribution to folk. His concerts
blend delicate melodies with
virtuoso guitar showstoppers.
His show at The Met will include
songs from his new album
Somewhere Down The Road.
Aly Bain is Scotland's
created the album Fully
supreme traditional style
Rigged a celebration of shared
fiddler. His playing is unique -
Nordic heritage. Completing
driving, impassioned and pure
the line-up is Bruce Molsky, a
- with a vibrant, unmistakable
leading old time fiddle player
Kan
F o l k R o o ts tone that has earned him
and singer from the USA who
a following of ardent fans
has also explored traditional
throughout the world. His
music from an astonishingly
Kan
most recent collaboration
broad range of cultures over
Friday 12 November 8.30pm
with Swedish multi-
the past two decades.
£14 / £10 conc and members
instrumentalist Ale Möller,
plus support
Brian Finnegan and Aidan
O’Rourke, front men with
two of the most revered
bands ever to have thrilled
the folk scene, BBC Award
winning Flook and Lau, join
forces with Ian Stephenson
on guitar and Jim Goodwin on
Ralph
McTell
Aly Bain, Ale Möller
drums to create an enthralling
& Bruce Molsky
and beautiful new sound.
R o c k & P o p F o l k R o o ts Nearly Dan
Martin Simpson Trio
Saturday 13 November 8pm / £10 adv / £12 door / Standing
Less tribute and more homage
as tight as their namesakes, a
Bury Parish Church, The Rock, Bury
to jazz-influenced best sellers
testament to hours of rehearsal
£15
Steely Dan, Nearly Dan’s
and a great deal of talent. They
approach is faithful, though
return to The Met following
not reverential, and relaxed but
a sell out show last year.
B e e r F e st i va l Bury Beer Festival
Friday 19 & Saturday 20 November from 12 noon
Friday afternoon £2 / Friday evening £4 / Saturday anytime £4
50% off for CAMRA members
Malt and The Met join forces to create Bury’s best Beer Festival
The Met presents this concert
Joining him is Andy Cutting
featuring real ales from the very best local brewers, alongside fine
in the beautiful surroundings
(2008’s Radio 2 Folk Musician
food and live music.
of Bury Parish Church.
Recognised as one of the world's
best acoustic guitar players,
of the Year) on melodeon, and
Andy Seward (Kate Rusby’s Band/
John Tams Band) on double bass.
he has won BBC Radio 2 Folk
This unstoppable combination of
Awards for Musician of the Year
talent has taken Martin’s music
and Album of the Year twice and
to a new level and is a thrilling
also Best Original Track in 2008.
band to see and enjoy.
R o c k & P o p Denis Jones
A Mr Kite Benefit
Friday 26 November 8pm / £9
Denis Jones is a self-taught
Using a loop station, samplers
guitarist and songwriter who
and effects, he creates vast,
has developed a show-
complex orchestrations of
stopping live performance
beat-box rhythms, multi-
based around the core
layered vocals and other-
of his exceptional and
wordly sounds which veer
unique guitar-playing style
from subtle folk and blues to
and rich, soulful voice.
heavy bass-driven electronica.
B L U E S Matt Schofield
£15 / Music Hall
Inspired by the blues, infused
with the funk rhythms of New
Orleans and topped-off by
virtuoso musicianship, Matt
Schofield is one of the finest
blues guitarists to have emerged
in Europe for several generations.
“Dynamite” Guitarist magazine
F o l k R o o ts Bella Hardy
Friday 26 November 8pm
Nominated three times in the
BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Bella
Hardy has played in a number
of groups (Ola, the Pack) and
been citically acclaimed for
her music as a solo artist. Her
new album In The Shadow of
Mountains was released this year.
R o c k & P o p B L U E S Kiki Dee
and Carmelo
Luggeri
Aynsley Lister
Saturday 27 November 8pm
Aynsley has never been an artist to reheat the music of yesteryear.
Influenced from an early age by the 60’s RnB era, Lister takes these
A sellout in 2009, Kiki and
Carmelo bring an acoustic
show playing their original
music alongside Kiki’s best
known songs (Don’t Go
A m e r i c a n a Sara Grey
Sat 27 November 8pm / £10
Breaking My Heart, I’ve
Got The Music In Me) plus
covers of songs by Kate Bush,
Peter Gabriel and others.
Sara Grey and Kieron Means
C o m e d y are mother and son and, along
First Thursday
Comedy Club
with Ben Paley, share a love
for the traditional music
of North America. Sara is a
fine singer, banjo player and
story-teller and Kieron is
Thursday 2 December
8.30pm / £8
also a fine singer as well as a
A night of festive comedy with
guitar player and song writer.
four of the UK’s top comedians.
Thursday 2 December 8pm
£12 / £10 concession & members / Music Hall
key elements and mixes them with a
more current and melodic lyrical
approach. He is one of very few
artists playing rocking blues with
a modern edge - tangible,
heartfelt, soul
searching and full of
fine songwriting;
played with
passion and
vitality.
“Superb”
The Times
R o c k & P o p Dreadzone
Uiscedwr are named
supported by She is Danger
Friday 3 December 8pm / £15 advance / £17.50 door / Standing
Best known for top twenty hit
bass and beat heavy Dreadzone
Little Britain, Dreadzone are the
style, this is truly music to
pioneers of dub dance music.
move your mind and feet.
Using samples and catchy
The band have just released
tunes which compliment the
new album Eye on the Horizon.
after the Welsh and
Irish words for water.
F o l k R o o ts Uiscedwr
Saturday 4 December 8pm / £12 / £10 concession & members
Phenomenal folk trio Uiscedwr
Dreadzone
and percussion (of Seth Lakeman
(pronounced "ish-ka-dooer") are
band fame), the result is the
one of Britain’s most exciting
most thrilling modern folk
contemporary bands. Featuring
music you’re ever likely to
founder members Anna
hear. Underpinned by driving
Esslemont on fiddle and vocals
guitar, this folk trio promises
and Cormac Byrne on bodhran
a night you won’t forget.
J a z z Drama Drama Metro
Jazz
Sex & Docks
& Rock ‘n’ Roll
Jack and
the Beanstalk
Wed 8 & Thu 9 Dec 7.30pm
Sex & Docks & Rock ‘n’ Roll
1pm, 4pm & 8pm
carries on where last winter’s
£3.50 / £2.50 conc
Tuesday 7 December 7.30pm
£6 / £4 members
Move into Christmas (or forget
Met Express
Red Ladder Theatre Company
it) with the merry sound of
Liverpool, 1960. A two-week
Metro Jazz. The Met’s very
strike by dockworkers and
own community jazz orchestra
seafarers has paralysed the
will lift your spirits at any time
port, and against a backdrop
of the year. Munch Manship
of picketing, marches and
leads the band in a highly
jailings one local family plays
seasoned mix of classics.
out the changing times.
Saturday 11 December
highly successful show
Met Express, The Met's drama
Riot, Rebellion & Bloody
Insurrection left off - with
Chumbawamba collaborating
on the music and Red Ladder
reconnecting noisily with a
great tradition of radical and
entertaining theatre.
group for people with disabilities,
perform their own interpretation
of Jack and the Beanstalk. A
boy climbs to the top of a giant,
magical beanstalk where he uses
his quick wits to outsmart a giant
and make his mother's fortune.
Sex &
Docks
Munch
& Rock
Photo by
Manship
'n' Roll
James Khoo
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
Presented by Proper Job Theatre Company & The Met
Timetable DECEMBER 2010
Tue 14 10.00am 1.30pm
Wed 15 10.00am 1.30pm
Thu 16 10.00am 1.30pm
Fri 17
1.30pm 7.30pm
Sat 18 11.00am 3.00pm
Mon 20
2.00pm 7.30pm
Tue 21
2.00pm 7.30pm
Wed 22
2.00pm 7.30pm
Thu 23
2.00pm 7.30pm
Fri 24 11.00am 3.00pm
Suitable for children aged 5+
and their families
Duration approx 110 minutes
A magical family show
for the festive season…
In wartime England, four children are evacuated to an old
house where they discover a magic wardrobe. Inside they find
the enchanting land of Narnia; a Kingdom where it’s always
winter but never Christmas; a Kingdom on the verge of an epic
conflict between an evil Snow Queen and a courageous lion.
Are you brave enough to go inside and share the children’s adventures?
Have you the courage to stand shoulder to shoulder with Aslan, the great
lion, and fight the Snow Queen? Narnia is waiting; it needs your help...
Sponsored by
CS Lewis’s classic tale for children (and adults!)
comes alive on stage with wondrous characters
and special theatrical tricks to help re-tell
this extraordinary story that will draw you in
from the moment you sit in your seat.
The Swing Commanders
Thu 27 January / £10 / £9 conc
F o l k R o o ts Roddy Woomble
Albion Christmas Band
Chris Farlowe
Wednesday 15 December 8pm / £14 / £12 concession & members
Friday 11 February / £15
Friday 4 February
Founded by Fairport Convention,
Band), Simon Care (Edward
LAU
Steeleye Span and The Albion
II) and Simon Nicol (Fairport
Sat 26 February / £15 / £12 conc
Band’s Ashley Hutchings, An
Convention), for an evening of
Albion Christmas combines the
traditional English Christmas
talents of Kellie While (Albion
music, dancing and celebration.
Mr Kite
Benefits
Sam Baker
Saturday 18 September
at St. Bede’s Club,
Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley
Sara Watkins
Coming
Soon...
Three Bonzos and a Piano
Friday 4 March / £15
The Ian McMillan Orchestra
Friday 8 April / £14
B L U E S The Mustangs
Karine Polwart Trio
Friday 17 December 8.30pm / £8 / £6 conc & members
Sat 9 April / £16 / £14 conc
Big Whistle Weekend
Regarded as one of the best and
three albums of original material
most exciting blues rock bands in
and headlined festivals such
the UK today, The Mustangs play
as the Boogaloo Blues Festival,
Spiers and Boden
high energy, blues-based rock.
Blues at the Fort, Swanage Blues
Friday 13 May / £14 / £12 conc
The band have already released
Festival and Eel Pie’s Bluesquest.
Friday 6 - Sunday 8 May
Sara Watkins
of Nickel Creek
Sunday 7 November
at St. Bede’s Club,
Clayton-Le-Woods, Chorley
Tickets from The Met on
0161 761 2216
take
part
Classes &
Workshops
Regular
Groups
Met Express
Bury Boys
Break-Dance
Drama for people with disabilities.
Mondays 7.30pm-9pm
Tuesdays 10.30am-12noon
Tuesdays 7.30pm-9pm
Only accepting new members
for the Tuesday am session.
Bury
Youth Dance
Tuesdays 5pm-7pm
Led by Claire Fildes. For 11-17
years olds interested in dance.
Participants are invited by
audition. Bury Youth Dance
explore their creativity through
11-16 (school year 7 to 11). Learn
Black Pudding
Youth Theatre
break dance moves and stunts.
Tuesdays 5pm-7pm
invited to perform in u-dance
All levels of experience welcome.
Youth drama from Bury Youth
England's regional showcase
Word in Motion, and also in
email D.Cretney@
Signatures the youth dance
Streetwise
Drama
Service, led by MaD Theatre.
Following the huge success of
Mondays 5pm-7pm
Monday 4pm-pm / £3
Break-dance for boys from ages
Good Time
Gospel
with Chris Rowbury
Saturday 16 October 10am
his ‘Hits from the 60s’ workshop
A weekly drama session for young
Chris returns with an exhilarating
adults. Contact 0161 253 6476.
day of gospel singing for anyone
who wants to sing - whether
Metro Jazz
you think you can or not! You
Mondays 6.30pm-9.30pm
don’t have to be religious to
£70 (£50 conc) per term
enjoy the passionate sounds of
Led by Munch Manship. Front
gospel. This workshop is open
line musicians needed for
to all, even if you’ve never sung
The Met’s community jazz
outside the bathroom before!
orchestra. Over 16s only.
bury.gov.uk
dance for performance.
Recently the group have been
platform for the north west.
for information.
Bury Youth Dance
Salsa Beginner’s course
Tuesdays 7.30pm from
September 7 for 8 weeks
£6 per week / £42 for course
Do you think you can dance?
Prove it by taking our eight week
salsa course lead by Amos De
Roover of Latin Vybez. Aimed
at total beginners, no previous
experience is necessary. Starting
with the basics and building
week by week into a catalogue
of steps that can be taken
forward into more advanced
Bury Vocal
Collective
Wednesdays fortnightly from
September 15 / 7.30-9pm / £4
Led by Rose Hodgson. For
people who want to sing regardless of whether they
think they are in tune or not!
to have fun and get fit!
Salsa Improver’s sessions
Aiming High
Wednesdays monthly
Saturdays 11am-1pm / £2
A member-led group open to
Weekly sessions for young people
anyone interested in writing TV,
with disabilities or additional
theatre, radio or film scripts.
needs, from Bury Council
Meets to share scripts / works-
Childrens Services and The
in-progress, and offer support.
Met. Craft and drama sessions,
New members welcome. email
gallery and theatre visits. Build
[email protected].
confidence, make friends and
Bury Youth Theatre
Wednesdays 5.30-7pm (BYT2: 9-13 yr olds)
Wednesdays 7-9pm (BYT1: 14 yrs +) / £2.50 per session
classes. Come on your own or
with a partner and be prepared
Script.com
Bury
Youth
Theatre
learn great skills in a fun and
creative environment.
Bloco Ashê
Saturdays 11am-1pm
Led by Marc Young, Clare
£5 / £3 conc / £2 under 16s
Fildes and Sammy Deas.
A welcoming and exciting samba
Bury Youth Theatre is a fun
drama session which takes place
percussive workshop catering
for beginners and beyond. The
band welcomes new members.
Tuesdays 8.45pm from
at The Met every Wednesday.
September 7 for 6 weeks
BYT members explore their
£6 per week / £36 for course
creativity through devising,
Stagecoach
Do you already know how to
improvising, games, and other
Sundays 10am-1pm
dance, but want to improve
performance related activities
With Ruth Mauriello. For 6-16
your skills? Come to these
whilst developing skills
year olds with an interest in
weekly sessions and learn
such as team building, voice
dance, drama and music. Call
how to raise your game.
projection and confidence!
0161 763 6161/07738267346.
Aged under 26?
Then you can see brilliant theatre
at The Met, absolutely free!
The offer applies to shows that have
the Night Less Ordinary logo above.
To reserve your place just phone us
on the day of the event (on 0161
761 2216) or call into The Met. We
will hold your ticket for you until
one hour before the show starts.
Free theatre for under 26s is
Food and Drink
made possible through A Night
Less Ordinary, an Arts Council
England scheme in association
with Metro which will provide
Start your evening with a meal at The Met and
Sample real ales or a selection of fine whiskeys
end it with a drink in one of our candle lit bars.
in our foyer bar Malt, open every day.
Eat in our restaurant Automatic,
Our first floor Theatre Bar offers a range of beers
200 venues across England. The
serving fine food all day.
and wines before, during and after each show.
scheme runs until March 2011.
To book a table for your meal,
call 0161 763 9399
618,000 free theatre tickets to
anyone under 26 in more than
For more information visit
themet.biz/freetickets or
www.anightlessordinary.org.uk.
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and first floors.
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escort, we can supply that
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• A magnetic induction loop
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individuals who are interested
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workshops low price, meaning
why not get involved? Your
together by organising a
that as many people as possible
contribution will not only
The Met is getting involved in
number of workshops, events
enjoy events here but that we
give you the opportunity
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and develop the income they
receive via individual giving.
and festivals in Bury, not just
also get big names to appear
to share your thoughts and
help raise money for our new
in our own building, but right
on our small stage. It also helps
opinions, but will also help us
recording studio facility. We
across the town helping to
us improve and maintain the
keep doing the things which
have already raised a substantial
make Bury a great place to live.
building and it has helped us to
contribute to our audiences
amount for the new project
We receive 30% of our income
from a combination of Bury
Council, Arts Council England
expand our facilities by creating
pleasure and Bury's profile as
but need to raise a further
an additional workshops space.
a great place to visit and live.
£10,000 by the end of the year.
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September -December 2010 at The Met

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