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Karen We Have Something For You   We’re here to brighten up your Monday with the weekly low-down of everything making it’s way to Square Chapel this week.   Kicking the week off it’s Halifax in pictures! David Glover is back with the Earliest Images of Halifax; Pictures married with stories and interesting History! Ditch Google and 3 minute TikTok videos. Come and soak up local History the right way, delivered to you by a passionate expert. It’s getting slightly saucy in Red Brick Theatre this Thursday, as ‘The Formidable Lizzie Boone’ bares all in this one woman show that explores the trials and tribulations of modern womanhood, with a nipple tassel or two… iconic right?   Of course! Friday Night Live will be going off as usual in Copper Auditorium again this week. If you enjoy Pop-Punk, raw energy and stunning acoustic playing then make sure you get your £5 ticket in the bag!   The most wholesome family day out is waiting for you this Sunday with the winner of ‘Best Show for Families’ at Buxton Fringe for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, ‘Wind in The Willows’. This show is an artisanal, handcrafted approach to theatre with a style unlike any other.   3 2 1 ACTION - Film is better than ever this week! In case you missed the most awarded film of all time, we're bringing it back this weekend! We definitely recommend that you experience this one in the way it was intended, on the big screen!     Comedy, diverse music, Yorkshire Speedways and talks of a Celestial nature. Keep an eye out for some unmissable events perfect for pencilling into your calendar. Check out our JUST ADDED section at the bottom of this email! This Week David Glover – The Earliest images of Halifax Wednesday 22nd March   The Earliest images of Halifax   A kaleidoscope of grand old prints depicting our “good old town” long ago. Beginning with 17th Century images of the Gibbet, David will move on to a Halifax panorama engraved before the Piece Hall was built, and show images of The Piece Hall. Rare and unusual images are included, and he will draw on artistic work by J Horner, J Rideal Smith, and H R Oddy. Finally, a series of early photos of the town.   NB* Ticket income from David Glover’s Illustrated Local History presentations goes directly into supporting Square Chapel. TICKETS The Formidable Lizzie Boone Thursday 23rd March   “A quirky, likeable trip through the inner life of an urban young woman”   What do you get when you combine a wedding ring, burlesque and Pacman? Well, if you’re Lizzie Boone, you might get therapy…   From the multi-award-winning Selina Helliwell, ‘The Formidable Lizzie Boone’ will pull you into Lizzie’s world for a night of drama, healing and dark humour. Centred around a therapists office, this one-woman show explores the intricacies of humanity through a woman who loves vodka with lemonade and a cat called Lionel.   Lizzie catapults us through her life; from the torment of school bullies to darker experiences and chaotic spirals; the pieces of her life that jammed together, eventually pushing her over the edge and into her recent breakdown. With lively voice-overs bringing to life an array of characters from soothing therapist Marie to wild child Debz, amongst others, this play is bursting with soul and humanity.   A burlesque dance scene also features, showing off the sensual and theatrical side of burlesque and highlighting ‘the art of tease’ to be a way of finding your own spark and celebrating your womanhood. TICKETS Friday Night Live @ Square Chapel: Northbound & Down, Georgia Farrar, Alex Cairns Friday 24th March   Friday Night Live @ Square Chapel –   Alex Cairns – is a percussive fingerstyle guitarist who enchants and captivates his audiences with his expressive playing on the acoustic guitar. With over 19 years of playing experience, Alex has intricately crafted his technique and composing skills to create spellbinding music that takes you on the journey of their experiences through hopes & dreams, fears & woes and love & loss.   Georgia Farrar – is a singer/songwriter from Yorkshire who is passionate about paying and creating music. She writes and performs her own original songs and is extremely passionate about music and song writing in particular. For her “music is a way to say the words I usually can’t.”   Northbound & Down – A Pop-Punk band that blends an old-school nostalgic sound with a modern edge to create an energetic rock show full of catchy choruses, bouncy riffs and a breakdown thrown in here and there. TICKETS Wind in the Willows Sunday 26th March   From the peaceful pleasures of Ratty’s beloved river bank to the fearful frights and wicked weasels of the Wild Wood, join Mole and Ratty on their marvellous adventures, along with gruff old Badger and magnificent Mr Toad. A beautiful new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s much loved classic by award winning theatre company Box Tale Soup, Wind in the Willows features handmade puppets, props and costume, and a charming original score.   “..their shows feel like collectors’ items.” The Stage TICKETS Screening Now Creature (12A) 20 - 23 March Broker (12A) 20 - 23 March I Get Knocked Down (TBC) 22 - 23 March Everything Everywhere All At Once (15) Captioned 20 - 23 March I Get Knocked Down (TBC) 22 - 23 March Everything Everywhere All At Once (15) Captioned 20 - 23 March Landing This Weekend Close (12A) 24 - 30 March   Dir. Lukas Dhont. 2022. 104 mins.   Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont’s second film is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.   ‘Close is beautiful, sad, tender and wrenching, a towering achievement both at the level of craft and theme.’Paul Byrnes – Sydney Morning Herald   TICKETS Charcoal (15) 24 - 30 March   Charcoal (15)   Dir. Carolina Markowicz. 2022. 104 mins. César Bordón, Rômulo Braga, Jean de Almeida Costa   Brazil, 2022. In a remote area in São Paulo’s countryside, a rural family who lives beside a charcoal factory accepts a proposal to host a mysterious foreigner. The home soon becomes a hideout as the so-called guest happens to be a highly wanted drug lord. The mother, her husband and child will have to learn how to share the same roof with this stranger, while keeping up appearances of an unchanged peasant routine.ment both at the level of craft and theme.’Paul Byrnes – Sydney Morning Herald TICKETS Fashion Reimagined (15) 25 - 30 March   Fashion Reimagined (12A) Dir. Becky Hunter. 2022. 100 mins.   Raised off-the-grid in rural England by activist parents, Amy has always felt uneasy about the devastating environmental impact of her industry. When she wins the coveted Vogue award for the Best Young Designer of the Year, which comes with a big cash prize, Amy decides to use the money to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment, and transform her entire business. Over the following three years, her own personal revolution becomes the precursor of a much bigger, societal change. TICKETS Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom (PG) 25 - 30 March   Dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji. 2019. 109 mins. Sherab Dorji, Ugyen Norbu Lhendup, Kelden Lhamo Gurung   A young teacher in modern Bhutan, Ugyen, shirks his duties while planning to go to Australia to become a singer. As a reprimand, his superiors send him to the most remote school in the world, a glacial Himalayan village called Lunana, to complete his service.   ‘There are lots of gently beautiful moments in Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, the first film from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to be nominated for an Oscar.’Stephen Romei – The Australian   ‘A reminder of how cinema can connect us to what matters most in life, sharing a specific story from a part of the world most of us will never experience, but zoning in on matters of the heart that resonate in a universal way.’ Ronda Racha Penrice – TheWrap. TICKETS TICKETS Just Added Where Have All the Women Gone? Putting Self-Portraits of Women Back into the Frame: Aliki Braine – Presented by The Arts Society, Halifax Tuesday 11th July Marcia in antiquity to Eva Gonzalès 19C and Sofonisba Anguissola – Renaissance to Michaelina Wautier in the 17C are all celebrated women artists amongst others, who broke the norm of Western European society,making a name and living in a mans’ world. Celebrated and recognised in their own time for their talent andskill, they were subsequently erased from the mainstream art history narrative. Come and meet these artists and ask why and how their own paintings and self-portraits engaged with this fundamental problem of recognition.   Doors – 12:30 Start – 13:00 Finish – 14:15 approx. TICKETS Thrills ‘n’ Spills: Yorkshire Speedway with Alan Beadle Wednesday 12th July Thrills ‘n’ Spills is a journey through the history of Speedway in Yorkshire. Featuring the people, the teams, the towns and, of course, the bikes, from its beginnings, to its hey-days, right here in Yorkshire. Trace the stories of the big four Yorkshire teams: Halifax, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. Featuring top rider profiles and video footage involving the world’s stars. TICKETS Gasper Nali Friday 14th July Gasper Nali is a roots one-man-band from the small town of Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi. He plays a one-string home-made 3-metre long Babatoni bass guitar with a stick and an empty beer bottle, and together with a cow skin kick drum and catchy melodies, he creates the most amazing and danceable original Afro Beats possible!   Gasper’s unique style of Kwela music has received an extraordinary amount of online attention after a video of him playing by the lake shore went viral with over 20 million views. He has been featured by CNN and in the documentary ‘Deep Roots Malawi’, jammed with Joss Stone, appeared on Wired for Sound – Malawi, remixed by Aroop Roy for Sol Power Sounds and been played by Iggy Pop on BBC 6!His debut album, Abale Ndikuwuzeni, roughly translates to ‘People, I want to tell you’. It is a fitting title as Gasper’s songs, all sung in the Malawi national language of Chichewa, talk about life and strife in the country, often including social issues such as the rich and the poor, child marriages etc.   After the successful Euro/UK tours in 2018 and 2019 Gasper has been biding his time in Malawi, writing new music and playing locally around Nkhata Bay the way he always has – but now he is very ready to re-conquer the world in 2023! TICKETS Luke Kempner and Ania Magliano: Edinburgh Previews Saturday 15th July Ania Magliano Ania’s sharp, wry writing combined with her affable performance style make her a ‘glittering new talent’ (The I Paper) of the UK comedy scene. Her debut hour of comedy, Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries if Not, won Best New Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2022, and went on to sell out its entire runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre.   The Times described it as ‘the sort of elegantly amusing, surprising and inspiring debut hour that you come to the Fringe to see’, whilst the Guardian listed it as one of 10 Fringe Shows Not To Miss, saying it ‘will have you crying with laughter’. Ania also writes with comedian, journalist and viral sensation Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date and Amelia’s Cooking Show, featuring guests such as Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX and Louis Theroux.   Ania has already appeared on ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Dave’s The Comedy Guide to Life. She will be supporting Ed Gamble on his tour Electric across the country this autumn. She has written for The Emily Atack Show (ITV2), Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC2), Newsjack (BBC R4) and The Now Show (BBC R4). Ania has a growing social media following, including 25k followers on Twitter, and over 1 million views on Youtube with over 20k subscribers. She’s recently branched out into TikTok, amassing over 1.5 million likes.     Luke Kempner Luke Kempner has quickly established himself as the UK’s hottest new impressionist for the millennial comedy generation with his contemporary take on pop culture mimicry, amassing over 3 million views online, through his viral sketch videos ‘Alternative Love Island’ and ‘Alternative Game of Thrones.’ Luke is part of the new Spitting Image cast, which can be seen on BritBox.   2021 has already seen Luke make appearances on The Last Leg (Channel4) and ITV2’s Stand-Up Sketch Show and Love Island Aftersun. This follows a busy 2020 for Luke, where he appeared on It Takes Two (BBC2), Celebrity Karaoke Club (ITV2), and became a regular contributor/presenter on Steph’s Packed Lunch (Channel4)   Combining razor sharp stand-up with incisively accurate imitations of international hit box-set binge characters, TV celebrities, social media superstars, fellow comedians, notorious politicians and famous sports names, Luke is also familiar to television audiences with his regular appearances in the BAFTA winning Murder in Successville (BBC3), and as the breakout star of The Imitation Game on ITV1, which led to an appearance on The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1).His other credits include Celebability, Hey Tracey (ITV2), Pointless Celebrities (BBC1).   Luke created and starred in his own review show for ITV2, entitled Luke Kempner’s Impression of 2015 and was the resident comedian on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side (Channel 5) for 9 series. He is also a regular on BBC Radio 4’s topical comedy institutions The Now Show and News Jack. His last show at the Edinburgh Fringe was for the sold out run of House Of Faces, which then toured nationwide throughout 2019. TICKETS Swept Under the Carpet: the forgotten story of astronomers Edward Crossley and Joseph Gledhill Wednesday 19th July Swept Under the Carpet: the forgotten story of astronomers Edward Crossley and Joseph Gledhill – Presented by Martin Lunn   The first instalment of this celestial series!   The West Yorkshire town of Halifax was dominated by textile mills in the 19th century. Crossley Carpets made carpets which were exported around the world. What is less well known is that Edward Crossley and his employed assistant astronomer Joseph Gledhill had an observatory with the largest reflecting telescope in England. The two astronomers made massive contributions to the study of astronomy and after their deaths, Crossley’s two big telescopes, the 36 inch Common reflector and the 9.3 inch Cooke refractor, continued to be used in astronomical research around the world.   Martin Lunn – From 1989 until 2011 Martin was Curator of Astronomy at the Yorkshire Museum in York, and in 1998 he was presented with an MBE for services to astronomy and education. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has served a term on their council.   Doors 12:30pm Start 13:00pm End 14:00pm TICKETS Dire Streets Saturday 22nd July For over a decade, Dire Streets have performed Dire Straits’ incredible back catalogue to thousands of theatre-goers across the UK.   Dire Streets bring to life the classic songs of one of the world’s greatest guitar bands with a level of musicianship and attention to detail that makes them the stand out Dire Straits tribute in the UK. The two-hour theatre show includes faithful renditions of classic studio tracks along with extended live versions from some of the legendary Dire Straits concerts. No other Dire Straits tribute act comes as close to reproducing Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar and vocal tones – making Dire Streets as near to the original band as you can see live. The six-piece band is made up of some of the country’s top tribute musicians and delivers a stunning show that fulfils their mission of doing justice to one of the most original and talented bands the UK has ever produced. TICKETS A Ramble through the Solar System Wednesday 26th July A Ramble through the Solar System – Presented by Martin Lunn   Let’s take a journey to explore our local star, the Sun, together with the eight planets of the solar system; some known to astronomers living thousands of years ago and others discovered more recently. We will learn about their moons together with the smaller bodies; the dwarf planets, asteroids, comets and meteors that complete our fascinating solar system.   Martin Lunn – From 1989 until 2011 Martin was Curator of Astronomy at the Yorkshire Museum in York, and in 1998 he was presented with an MBE for services to astronomy and education. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has served a term on their council.   Doors 12:30pm Start 13:00pm End 14:00pm TICKETS Copyright (C) 2023 Square Chapel Arts Centre. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SQUARE CHAPEL ARTS CENTRE, 10 SQUARE ROAD, HALIFAX, WEST YORKSHIRE, HX1 1QG