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TODAYS DATE IS: 04 February 2012
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| 01 February 2012:- Poetry Café, |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 01/02/2012
First Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm. Bring your own or your favourite poems to read and discuss in convivial company. The theme for 1 February – Moment. Gallery, 01584 878141
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| 01 February 2012:- Resistance (PG), |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 02/02/2012
Dir: Amit Gupta, UK/Germany, 2011, 92 mins. This story, based on the best-selling book by Owen Sheers and filmed in the nearby Olchon Valley, explores what might have happened if D-Day hadn’t worked, and Britain was occupied by Nazi Germany. It’s 1944, and a group of women in an isolated Welsh village wake up to discover that all of their menfolk have mysteriously disappeared. Left on their own, how will the women survive under German officialdom? Meanwhile, what are the men up to? Starring Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen.
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| 02 February 2012:- Ludlow Art Society, |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 02/02/2012
An open invitation is extended to visitors to attend these monthly meetings held in The Studio. Moira Gibbs M.A. discusses, demonstrates and demystifies the origins of The Magic of Chinese Painting. Tickets non members £3, members £2., For more information visit Ludlowartsociety.blogspot.com
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| 04 February 2012:- Annual Mega Booksale, |
Time: 10.00 - 16.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 05/02/2012
Thousands of second hand books and DVDs at great bargain prices. All donations are very welcome - deliveries to the Assembly Rooms but please, not until the week of the sale. If you are willing to help with the sale, please complete a form available at Box Office or contact Jenny Smallman 01584 872701 Auditorium, Admission £5 before 11am (Saturday only), 50p thereafter
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| 04 February 2012:- Cat, |
Time: 10.00 - 11.45 Venue: BEDSTONE COLLEGE, Ends: 04/02/2012
To celebrate National Storytelling Week, Bedstone College is being visited by the fabulous globe-trotting storyteller Cat Weatherill! Michael Morpurgo says 'Cat is one of our great storytellers' and we agree. She brings magic, adventure and amazing energy to her live performances, and will be doing two story sessions. 10.00-10.45 am: Big Happy Stories for ages 3 - 7. 11.00-11.45 am: Magic & Mischief for ages 8 - 11. All are welcome and the event is free. Further info please e-mail julia.mcpherson@bedstone.org
www.sfs.org.uk/nsw
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| 04 February 2012:- Ludlow Music Society, |
Time: 19:30 Venue: Moor Park, nr Ludlow, Ends: 04/02/2012
The Heath Quartet plays string quartets by Mendelssohn (Op.12), Janacek (Intimate Letters) and Schumann (Op.41 No.3). Tickets: £15 (students £5) online or from 01584 876141
www.ludlowmusicsociety.org.uk
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| 05 February 2012:- Antique & Collectors Fair, |
Time: 9am to 4pm Venue: Castle Square, Ends: 05/02/2012
Antique and flea market held in Ludlow's market in Castle Square
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| 06 February 2012:- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (cert tbc), |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 09/02/2012
Dir: David Fincher, USA/Sweden/UK/Germany, 2011, runtime tbc. David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac) brings us his take on Stieg Larsson’s best-selling thriller featuring ace computer hacker and social misfit Lisbeth Salander, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, and a 25 year old unsolved mystery. Starring Rooney Mara as Lisbeth, Daniel Craig as Mikael, and featuring Stellan Starsgård, Joely Richardson and Christopher Plummer.
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| 07 February 2012:- Ludlow Lectures, |
Time: 10.00 - 12.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 07/02/2012
A series of six lectures on the history and landscape of Ludlow and the Marches - The Mills of Ludlow, medieval and later - Michael Page and Tim Booth. Auditorium, £4 for individual lectures, £15 for all 6 lectures
For further details contact Pam and Alan Latchford 01584 874990
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| 08 February 2012:- Civic Society Lectures, |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 08/02/2012
Jonathan Wood, author, architectural historian. Ludlow and Farnham: Architectural excellence in Shropshire and Surrey. Monthly meetings in Oscars, open to all. Tickets available on the door. Lectures cost £2 members or £3 non-members. Annual subscription £13 (£24.50 joint). Please call Rebecca Buteux on 01584 872295 for more information. www.ludlowcivicsociety.org. 01584 878141
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| 08 February 2012:- Gypsy Fire, |
Time: 20.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 08/02/2012
Gypsy Fire’s explosive energy and unstoppable talent has created a dynamic quartet that is unrivalled. Blazing a trail that cannot be followed, their mission is to show what can be done with REAL instruments. Gypsy Fire’s magic breathes new life into delicious dark and impish melodies from the worlds of classical, jazz, latin, rock, blues and beyond. Auditorium, £13, 2 hrs, 01584 878141
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| 09 February 2012:- Il Trittico, |
Time: 14.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 09/02/2012
The Royal Opera House presents 3 one act operas - Il Tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi, recorded in 2011, Sung in Italian with subtitles. This is The Royal Opera’s first complete presentation of Puccini’s Il Trittico since 1965. Il Trittico (‘the triptych’), first unveiled in 1918, represented an operatic departure where Puccini offered three contrasting one-act works instead of a single evening-length narrative. Auditorium, £16 (£15 concs), 2hrs 42 mins, 01584 878141
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| 09 February 2012:- Ludlow Local Produce Market, |
Time: 9am to 2pm Venue: Castle Square, Ends: 09/02/2012
Ludlow Local Produce Market is a large, twice-monthly farmers' market selling a wide range of everyday and specialist food and drink produced within 30 miles of Ludlow.
www.localtoludlow.org.uk
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| 10 February 2012:- Hugo (U), |
Time: see below Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 13/02/2012
Dir: Martin Scorsese, USA, 2011, 126 min The fantastical story of twelve-year-old Hugo (Asa Butterfield), orphan, clock keeper and thief, who lives in the walls of a Paris train station. Mystery surrounds the broken toy automaton that belonged to his father, but maybe the old man who owns a nearby toyshop could help? The cast includes Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour and Helen McRory. 01584 878141
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| 10 February 2012:- The Iron Lady (12A), |
Time: see below Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 16/02/2012
Dir: Phyllida Lloyd, UK, 2011, 105 mins. The compelling story of Margaret Thatcher, the woman who became our first woman Prime Minister. The story is a surprising and intimate portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman, and the price that is paid for power. Meryl Streep plays Lady Thatcher and Jim Broadbent Denis Thatcher, with Olivia Colman, Nicholas Farrell, Roger Allam, Anthony Head, Richard E Grant and John Sessions. 01584 878141
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| 14 February 2012:- Happy Feet Two (U), |
Time: see below Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 17/02/2012
Dir: George Miller, Australia, 2011, 103 mins. The dancing penguins are back! And as well as singing and dancing, they’re also working together to save their icy home from disaster. Voices include Robin Williams, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. 01584 878141
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| 14 February 2012:- Ludlow Lectures, |
Time: 10.00 - 12.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 14/02/2012
A series of six lectures on the history and landscape of Ludlow and the Marches - The History and Archaeology of Ludlow's Landscape Andrew Wigley. Auditorium, £4 for individual lectures, £15 for all 6 lectures, For further details contact Pam and Alan Latchford 01584 874990
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| 15 February 2012:- Teme Valley Decorative and Fine Arts Society Lectures, |
Time: 14.15 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 15/02/2012
‘All that glisters’ – gold craftsmanship in prehistoric Europe - Dr Ben Roberts BSc MPhil PhD, curator at the British Museum, writer-researcher for TV and radio Auditorium, Visitors welcome, £5 per lecture (pay on the door), Membership £32 a year, giving access to outings, study days, volunteering and the NADFAS magazine. For information contact the Chairman: 01584 711477
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| 16 February 2012:- Birds, Bees and Dragonflies, |
Time: see below Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 16/02/2012
‘Spring’ into crafts with Lesley McKnight, who will show you how to create beautiful garden and patio decorations - such as tree hangings, dragonflies and bird feeders - from recycled everyday materials that usually just get thrown away. Age 6 – 8, 1 – 2.30pm Age 8+, 3 – 5pm. Studio, £6 (£5 concs) including all materials, 01584 878141
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| 17 February 2012:- King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, |
Time: 20.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 17/02/2012
Jazz, blues and swing. King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing band, they are an institution! The band have been on the road for two decades playing every European country as well as the USA and Russia and recording ten CDs. Dazzling musicianship, riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing. Ages 16+, Auditorium, £13 (£12 concs), 2hrs 20 mins, 01584 878141
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| 18 February 2012:- Concert "Jesu my Joy for Lent"., |
Time: 19.30 Venue: St Michaels Church, Discoed, nr Presteigne, Ends: 18/02/2012
A concert of music by J S Bach and other early composers with the Tregwynt Chamber Choir directed by Dr David Ponsford on harpsichord with Ruth Watson, oboe. Tickets £10 from Presteigne Post Office , davidhiam@aol.com 01547 560246. Reservation recommended.
www.discoed.org
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| 18 February 2012:- The Lady (tbc), |
Time: see below Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 20/02/2012
Dir: Luc Besson, France/UK, 2011, runtime tbc. This biopic of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi covers her early life in Rangoon, her years in Oxford as a student, and later wife and mother, her return to Burma and subsequent involvement in politics, and the years she has spent under house arrest. What emerges is a portrait of a woman with extraordinary dignity and courage. Michelle Yeoh stars Suu Kyi.
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| 19 February 2012:- Antique & Collectors Fair, |
Time: 9am to 4pm Venue: Castle Square, Ends: 19/02/2012
Antique and flea market held in Ludlow's market in Castle Square
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| 23 February 2012:- Ludlow Local Produce Market, |
Time: 9am to 2pm Venue: Castle Square, Ends: 23/02/2012
Ludlow Local Produce Market is a large, twice-monthly farmers' market selling a wide range of everyday and specialist food and drink produced within 30 miles of Ludlow.
www.localtoludlow.org.uk
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| 23 February 2012:- Return to the Forbidden Planet, |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 25/02/2012
The students of Ludlow College proudly present Return to the Forbidden Planet. Prepare for blast off and be taken to the future with a crazy, high energy blend of rock’n’roll, B-movie sci-fi and Shakespearean verse. Join Captain Tempest and his all-singing, all-dancing crew on an interstellar journey. Packed with a galaxy of classic numbers, including Shake, Rattle and Roll, Born to be Wild, Good Vibrations and The Monster Mash. Auditorium, £9 (£7 concs), 2hrs, 01584 878141
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| 24 February 2012:- I Remember, I Remember, |
Time: 19.30 Venue: St Andrews Church Hall, Presteigne, Ends: 24/02/2012
After her very popular talk last June on “Rural Chronicles and Home Delights” Muriel Passey M.A. returns to St Andrew’s Church Hall with not so well known Memoirs and Memories of the early 20th Century. £5 on the door. For any further information please call 01547 560246 or email DAVIDHIAM@aol.com or www.discoed.org
www.discoed.org
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| 25 February 2012:- Ludlow Music Society, |
Time: 19:30 Venue: Moor Park, nr Ludlow, Ends: 25/02/2012
The Caird Oboe Quartet plays works by Mozart (Oboe Quartets K285 and K370), Schubert (String Trio D471), Moeran (Fantasy Quartet), Britten (Phantasy Quartet), Dorati (3 Pieces). Tickets: £15 (students £5) online or from 01584 876141
www.ludlowmusicsociety.org.uk
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| 25 February 2012:- Mixed Media Art workshop, |
Time: 10.00 - 16.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 25/02/2012
A workshop exploring line and colour with artist Brontë Woodruff, and aiming to ‘free yourself to draw the way you can’. Please bring inexpensive drawing paper, a drawing board (e.g. back of pad), and charcoal or graphite, Brontë will supply other more unusual materials. Ages 16+, Oscars, £25 (£20 concs) including all materials, 01584 878141
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| 25 February 2012:- Traditional Antiques Fair, |
Time: 10.00 - 17.00 Venue: Ludlow Racecourse, Ends: 26/02/2012
First of three events to be held in 2012 at Ludlow Racecourse. 45 Dealers from all over the Country offering a vast range of Antiques from Large Furniture to Fine Jewellery. You will find the Dealers both helpful and knowledgeable and deliveries can be arranged for larger items. Trade welcome. Plenty of Parking and Disabled Facilities. Excellent food served throughout the day using locally sourced produce and cooked on the premises.
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| 27 February 2012:- We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) (PG), |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 28/02/2012
Dir: Nanni Moretti, Italy/France, 2011, subtitled, 105 mins. The Pope is dead, long live the new Pope! Except, confronted with the prospect of leading one billion believers, the new Pope gets cold feet. A psychiatrist is called in to rebuild his confidence, and Il Papa enjoys what may be his last taste of freedom as he strolls incognito around the streets of Rome. This warm and often funny film stars Michel Piccoli as the reluctant Pope.
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| 28 February 2012:- Ludlow Lectures, |
Time: 10.00 - 12.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 28/02/2012
A series of six lectures on the history and landscape of Ludlow and the Marches - A Marches' Miscellany. Impressions of its history and landscape formed while publishing Marches' authors Karen and Andy Johnson (Logaston Press) Auditorium, £4 for individual lectures, £15 for all 6 lectures, For further details contact Pam and Alan Latchford 01584 874990
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| 29 February 2012:- The Barley Mow, |
Time: 20.00 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 29/02/2012
1953 – 1955, 65 mins. A programme of rare and beautiful films from the BFI National Archive and Regional Film Archives showing some of our rich traditions of folk music, dance, customs and sport. Highlights include the folk musical Here's a Health to the Barley Mow (1955), Doc Rowe’s speedy sword dancing film and the Padstow Mayday celebration Oss Oss Wee Oss. This is a DVD screening in Oscars.
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| 29 February 2012:- The Great White Silence (U), |
Time: 19.30 Venue: Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ends: 29/02/2012
Dir: Herbert G. Ponting, UK, 1924, 108 mins. 100 years ago the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. Joining Scott on board the Terra Nova was official photographer & cinematographer Herbert Ponting, and the images that he captured have fired imaginations ever since. Ponting filmed almost every aspect of the expedition including the preparations for the assault on the Pole. The alien beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life and the world of the expedition revealed in brilliant detail.
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