This week at Square Chapel Arts, Halifax

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We hope you’re enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend! Summer might be coming to an end but we’ve still got plenty of fantastic shows to entertain you as the night’s draw in. Film (On Sale This Week) Beast (15) Idris Elba stars in this gripping thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves trapped in a fearsome fight for survival as they are hunted by a rogue lion. Elba is Dr. Nate Daniels, returning to South Africa for a trip to a nature reserve with his family after the death of his wife. Setting out on a trip to heal the family, things go awry when the apex predator fixes on them as its prey. Surprisingly sophisticated, this is brilliant summer movie fare. 2nd - 8th Sept Nope (15) Brother and sister OJ and Emerald run a California horse ranch specialising in providing trained horses for Hollywood productions. When their animals start to go missing and strange occurrences take place overnight, the pair discover something sinister lurking in the skies above their home. Another original, tense and brilliantly made film from director Jordan Peele (Get Out). 2nd - 8th Sept Anaïs in Love (15) This is Anaïs Demoustier’s film, holding centre stage throughout this delightful and charming romantic comedy. Anaïs has hit 30 and on the back of a series of broken relationships. She meets Daniel who falls for her, and then she meets his partner Emilie, and Anaïs falls for her. “Filtered through the forgiving lens of first-time writer and director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s peppy comic love triangle, Anaïs becomes a fascinating, intoxicating presence.” - Wendy Idea, The Guardian 3rd - 8th Sept Maisie (15) After shaking his sequins for over fifty years, David Raven, aka Maisie Trollette, is about to celebrate his 85th birthday as Britain’s oldest drag act. As part of the countdown, a surprise extravaganza has been arranged in the UK’s capital of camp, Brighton. However, as the big day approaches, David must deal with the unique challenges that performing in your eighties can bring… Hilarious, heart-warming and often heart-breaking, Maisie is an award-winning peek into the world of a character more colourful than his gowns. 4th - 8th Sept This Week David Glover - Halifax in the 1970s A wide variety of images, taken during a decade of enormous change, when streets and buildings were lost forever. Square Chapel is shown in a derelict state, along with nostalgic views of The Piece Hall before its first restoration, old Wool shops, and Winding Road. The new Burdock Way is featured, a new underpass being constructed, plus massive changes in King Cross Street.NB*Ticket income from David Glover’s Illustrated Local History presentations goes directly into supporting Square Chapel. 31st August Tickets Chanters & Ranters Five seasoned performers in one night. Not to be missed! Two of them are sharply contrasting singer-songwriters: non-stop festival legend CAPTAIN HOTKNIVES and much-vaunted purveyor of haunting melodies GERRARD BELL-FIFE. The other pair are performer-poets: LUKE TATTY HOGGARTH is a rising star of the new ranting poetry scene, and NICK TOCZEK is a much-published veteran of performance poetry. They have joined forces to offer an exciting and varied night’s entertainment. For this, their debut tour, they’re delighted to have, as their special guest, the truly brilliant Leeds-based hip-hop and rap busker CHUBBY CHUBBSTA. 2nd September Tickets Just Added N’famady Kouyaté N’famady Kouyaté is a young energetic master musician from Guinea (Conakry), who relocated to Cardiff (Wales) in 2019. A talented multi-instrumentalist who wowed audiences across the UK and Ireland during autumn/winter 2019/20 with his modern interpretations of traditional West African Mandingue songs and rhythms supporting Gruff Rhys on the Pang! album tour. “The sound of unfettered joy…that’s utterly utterly wonderful” – Adam Walton BBC Radio Wales on Balafô Douma 31st October Tickets Morgan & West’s Unbelievable Science Morgan & West present captivating chemistry, phenomenal physics, and bonkers biology in this fun for all the family science extravaganza! Magicians, time travellers and all-round spiffing chaps Morgan & West have a secret past – they are genuine, bona fide, legitimately qualified scientists, and now are bring their love of enlightenment to the stage! Expect explosive thrills, chemical spills and a risk assessment that gives their stage manager chills, all backed up by the daring duo’s trademark wit, charm and detailed knowledge of the scientific method. Leave your lab coats at the door it’s time for Unbelievable Science! 20th November Tickets Copyright (C) 2022 Square Chapel Arts Centre. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Square Chapel Arts Centre 10 Square Road Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1QG United Kingdom