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Autumn is upon us and it’s time to pull on your extra layers and consider what to

do with the dark nights ahead. Rope-walk Magazine is packed full of the details for a Ropewalk season of top quality arts events to warm your cul-tural bones.

It still amazes me after years of promoting arts events that performers are happy to visit a small town like Barton. I often get asked how I manage to book household names for Ropery Hall. It’s very simple - I ask and sometimes they say yes! This season we have a Grammy award winning singer songwriter Beverley Craven, comedy elder statesman Jeremy Hardy, guitar god Nick Harper and comedy song legend Neil Innes rounded off with Snake Davis and The Suspicions at the end of December.

An exhibition of work by Malcolm Whittaker is on show during September and October and the artist will be giving a talk about his work on September 24. Ropewalk exhibition officer Richard Hatfield has worked with Malcolm to produce a small book about the exhibition. This is a first for us and Richard has done an excellent job.

Here at The Ropewalk we are always delighted to be involved in local events and our favourite has to be the Christmas festival parades. As in previous years Barton Town

Council are part funding the lantern making workshops in October half term. The workshops are open to all young people and the results are paraded through the town on Saturday 26 November, I hope you can join us in the parade or as a spectator.

Finally we hope to see you over the next few months. Don’t forget us when looking for the perfect gift. Buying a work of art or a piece of craft gives you an original present and also supports an artist but remember artists are not just for Christmas!

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This autumn the Box Gallery hosts another in our series of exhibitions of collectable craft.

Michelle Freemantle, who is based in Wetwang, creates a range of stoneware pottery that is designed to be used.

Michelle has travelled extensively to pursue the development of her craft. She has studied in France, Finland and Japan, absorbing the cultural differences and attitudes to studio ceramics.

Those differences were most pronounced during her visit to Tokoname, Japan in 2000:“Sitting with my host family in Japan, there in front of me was the evening meal. It consisted of about eight to ten bowls, dishes and plates each varying in colour, size, texture and form. Each one complimented the food it

contained. Conscious thought had gone into the placing of foods and the choice of ceramics used. I liked the idea that I wasn’t simply eating to sustain my body, I was feeding my eyes and my mind at the same time.”

Michelle became more concerned with the balance between function, design and content. She strived to embody her work with meaning:“Eating and drinking for me are social times - spending time with people you care for.”

Much of her work incorporates text in the decoration – derived from poetry – in an attempt to engage the user in the activity of eating and to make them aware of the objects in use and to consider their function.

Michelle’s work can be seen in the Box Gallery between October 15 and November 13.

Collection: Michelle Freemantle

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Trisha NeedhamHow lucky we are to have Trisha Needham’s hand painted scarf range this Autumn Winter season. As well as exhibiting her work worldwide, Trisha’s work can be seen in Liberty’s, Heals and Fenwicks in London and now The Ropewalk Craft Gallery.

Gathering inspiration from her love of gardening and her allotment plot has lead Trisha to produce a set of distinctive designs hand printed on iridescent velvets. Add one of these wonderful scarves to your wardrobe this Autumn.

Prices start at £39 - £62

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Jenny AshbyAffordable, sterling silver jewellery in a range of unique designs, all hand made by on site jeweller Jenny Ashby.

Jenny’s work is versatile enough to suit any budget. This elegant range is ideal for that special gift at Christmas time. Combining simple shapes with soft finishes, Jenny’s work will enhance any outfit. Suitable for everyday wear and even those special occasions.

Prices start at £12

Looking for a stocking filler? – what about a Jane Maddison wine breather. Available in a variety of designs - £18

Raku lidded pots by John Wheeldon - £34

Something for everyone this Christmas

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No sooner have we put away the remaining Christmas decorations from last year,

or spent the weekend removing the lights and ornamental Santas which adorned the outside of our house and garden, we realise its time to open the loft hatch and reach inside!

Why not start your Christmas shopping at The Ropewalk this year and find that perfect handmade gift for someone special. The Box Gallery will be bursting with temp-tation, everything from luxurious scarves, handbags, ties and cufflinks to functional ceramics from France, hand thrown mugs and a wonderful selection of jewellery suitable for every budget.

We also have a wide selection of handmade cards from a variety of

makers alongside the new Christmas range from the

Winter Print Makers at Art Angels.

Discover the perfect gift in the Craft Gallery this

Christmas.

Beautiful hand blown glass from Sanders & Wallace of Pateley Bridge - £10 upwards

Something for everyone this Christmas

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Since the age of six, artist Marc Renshaw has been recording all the joys and heartaches of his very own fictional football league. Season upon season his notebooks of handwritten scores and statistics convey the highs and lows of teams such as ‘Bayerns’, Tranquilayers’, ‘Delta’ and ‘Olby’ that make up The Sporting League.Decades later and his obsession is still going strong as this latest exhibition shows. With yards of facts, fixtures and trivia, Marc brings his fantasy football to life creating a fully realised parallel world.

Marc studied Fine Art at the Univer-sity of Wolverhampton before going onto Lincoln to complete an M.A in Illustration. His recent exhibitions include The Temporary Art Show, Wakefield, OPEM, Lincoln and a solo

show at 20-21 Visual Arts Centre in Scunthorpe.

The Sporting League gained national recognition in 2007 when it was accepted for the Football art prize at The Lowry in Salford where it eventu-ally went on to become a prizewinner.

The Sporting League by Marc Renshaw opens in the Artspace on October 29 and continues until November 27.

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A display of exhibition footballRopewalk Studio artist Marc Renshaw promises plenty of entertainment in his forthcoming fixture.

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New Exhibitions15 Oct – 27 Nov Sue Vanderplank and Caroline Burton29 Oct – 27 Nov Marc Renshaw 4 Dec – 8 Jan 2012 Christmas Show

Gallery One goes back to na-ture this autumn with an ex-hibition from two artists who

are strong on design.

Sue Vanderplank and Caroline Burton’s work may look quite different but have certain similari-ties - both use natural plant forms as inspiration and share similar techniques.

Sue, who is based in Derbyshire, has a background in fashion and printed textiles and her current range of silk-screen prints show evidence of this with their simple, clean forms and sense of colour. She sees her work as design pieces for modern interiors and many of the prints are available in different colourways.

Caroline is based near York where she works in a centre for traditional crafts. Although she spends most of her time behind the potter’s wheel – both making and teaching – her more experimental work incorpo-rates techniques similar to printmak-ing: pressing natural materials into the clay to create beautiful textural wall pieces.

Photographers have the oppor-tunity to be involved in a new exhibition in January. “A Sense of Time” is a themed show open to everyone working in pho-tography and digital imagery. Full details are available on our website www.the-ropewalk.co.uk or telephone 01652 660380.

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There’s nothing better to set off your kitchen, be it modern or traditional, than a willow bas-

ket for storing eggs or fruit.

Of if you like handicrafts what better way of keeping clutter to a minimum by using the basket to store items such as cottons, pins, needles and tape measures.

Can’t find such a basket? Now you have the ideal opportunity to make your own thanks to Alison Walling’s workshop here at The Ropewalk on October 15.

Lincoln based Alison has been working with living and dried willow for 10 years and in this workshop you will learn how to make a small, round basket by a traditional method used by agricultural workers and travellers

Alison is a great admirer of willow and she grows some of her own or sources it locally.

The willow she brings to this workshop includes a variety of different species each of a different shade, from light brown to russet to dark chocolate, and they can all be incorporated into the basket.

Once the frame is made, weaving the coloured rods is fun, easy to do and very rewarding. The end result – a beautiful basket with a variety of uses which will last for many years!

Suitable for beginners all tools and materials are supplied for the workshop which runs from 10.30am until 4.30pm and costs £34 or £30 for Ropewalk Members.

Other autumn workshops begin with Bobbie Walkington’s Capturing the Moment and includes a two-day etching course with Chris Roantree, drypoint printing with a soldering iron with Henrietta Corbett, fused glass with Hazel Burnham, sterling silver jewellery with Jennifer Ashby and two workshops with The Ropewalk’s own printroom technician, Angela Lindsley.

Full details of dates and prices can be found on www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

Additional Information Lunch is not included in the cost of our workshops, however our licensed Ropery Coffee Shop offers a delicious range of daily specials and freshly made cakes and refresh-ments. Lunch orders will be taken at the start of the day or alternatively you may bring a packed lunch. *Reduced rates for classes are for Ropewalk members only. If you wish to become a member please ask for details at the Gallery. All classes / workshops must be booked and paid for in full in advance. Payments will not be refunded if a cancel-lation is received less than 14 days prior to the workshop / class. Cancellations made before this 14-day period will be due a refund less a £5 booking fee. If you have any special access or equipment needs please let us know so that we can make any necessary ar-rangements to accommodate this.

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Earlier this year The Ropewalk was successful in securing Heritage Lottery funding for a

12 month long project which will see its archives documented, catalogued and published online.

Some months into the project, Heritage Officer Jonathan Holt has come up for air after sifting through all the documentation relating to Hall’s Barton Ropery and shares with us this piece of social history dating back to 1975.

The works canteen kept a diary of each meal served throughout the year apart from a week’s break in May (did the factory shut for what was then the Whitsun holiday?) and for a week in December.

As well as the weekly menu is tallied the number who ate in the canteen and how much cash was taken during the week on lunches, dinners and teas

In addition to the menus (which included such staples as fish and chips every Friday, beef pie, liver and onions and belly pork) it also lists the suppliers whose names will be familiar to Bartonians – Dewhurst butchers, Prescott Dairy, Laws who supplied lemonades and the like and Twidales, the wet fishmonger who had a shop on the High Street.

From January to July out of a total expenditure of £3,872.87 a total of £2323.34 was spent with Dodge

By far the most money was spent with Dodge. Does anyone remember what this company was and what they supplied?

Behind the scenes at The Ropewalk’s Museum

photo: Brian Peeps

No – well you could be!

This autumn Ropery Hall has got a breadth of comic tal-ent to choose from. If you

like your comedy political look no further than Jeremy Hardy, bitchy – that would be Jo Caulfield, surreal - Paul Foot, observational - Seann Walsh and Mike Wilmot or just plain stupid, cue the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Company. What-ever your taste all of the above come highly recommended by us and we hope to see you at one or all of the performances having a dose of the best medicine

Seann Walsh and Mike Wilmot October 7

A comedy double header with young fresh faced Seann and the more established Mike. Seann’s style of sharp observational comedy got him noticed early in his career and after winning the Leicester Comedy Festival comedian of the year com-

petition in 2009 the television offers started coming in. He has appeared on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and BBC2’s Mock The Week and is now listed as one of DAVE’s top 10 stand-ups to catch in 2011.

Already an established comedian in his home country Canada, Mike Wilmot started working in the UK as a stand-up comedian in 1995. For over a decade Mike has built up a reputation as one of the unsung heroes of the UK comedy scene achieving rave reviews throughout the country for his unique stand-up. In 2003 he won the coveted Barry Award at the Melbourne Inter-national Comedy Festival. Intel-ligent, sometimes offensive his act is thought provoking and full of laughs.

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Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Company October 28

Childish at times but always clever. Go with it and this show will make you laugh until it hurts. These two tartan clad socks indulge in rapid fire word associations, stupid songs and toilet humour a plenty.

Jo Caulfield October 29

Jo is has a brilliantly sharp obser-vational style that means she isin great demand as a writer as well as a performer. Best-known for her legendary one-woman shows, Jo Caulfield is “one of the finest female comics at work” (The Observer) and has recently been nominated as “the best female Stand-Up in the country” (Chortle.co.uk). She is also Graham Norton’s head writer. “She is, quite simply, a damn funny woman” (The Scotsman). See what you think!

Paul Foot November 18

Paul Foot is one of the UK’s most creative and original comedians. A BBC New Comedy Award and Daily Telegraph Open Mic winner, his recent Edinburgh Shows have met with great critical acclaim as did his appearance on “Never Mind The Buzzcocks” on BBC2. His new show Still Life hits the road in September and includes this detour to Barton. Jeremy Hardy November 24

Jeremy Hardy has been a stand-up comic since 1984 and will be one until he dies or wins the lottery. Jeremy is best known for his work on Radio 4, notably on News Quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. In 2010, he published a book, My Family and Other Strangers, chronicling his desperate search for interesting ancestors.

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Those of a “certain age” will no doubt still remember the cut glass tones and the knowing

pauses of one of this country’s great-est female entertainers of the 20th century, Joyce Grenfell.

Her acutely and hilariously observed monologues and songs as well as appearances as the “galumphing” policewoman Ruby Gates in the original St Trinian’s films and latterly her appearances on the TV panel programme, Face the Music, made her a household name.

Now that golden era is recreated with the former West End actress Cheryl Knight’s homage to Joyce with “Turn Back The Clock.”

Premiered last year in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Joyce’s birth, Cheryl revisits monologues and songs such as “Stately As A Galleon” and “George Don’t Do That”.

Written entirely in Joyce’s own words, sourced from her numerous broadcasts and letters, the evening promises to be a little gem of nostalgia with sharp observation combined with gentle wit.

Directed by Paul Knight the evening also features accompanist Alice Farnham at the piano.

The performance starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £10 in advance and £12 on the door.

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Joyce Grenfell was

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mother’s sister was this country’s

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Nancy Astor and she often visited her home,

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She came to prominence during the

Second World War when, along with

her pianist Viola Tunnard, she enter-

tained British troops in North Africa,

Southern Italy, the Middle East and India.

During the 1950s she made her name

as a sidekick to such comedy greats as

Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford in

films such as The Happiest Days of Your

Life (1950) and the St Trinian’s series.

Now she is best remembered for her one-

woman shows and monologues, in which

she invented roles including a harassed

nursery teacher (“George - don’t do that”)

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Threads Orchestra – stitching a musical spell from wing of bat and eye of newt. Well, not

quite, but a bit of alchemy plays its part in this intriguing mix, gaining Threads’ reputation as one of the most interesting bands to emerge in the UK in recent years. Boil the cauldron and splatter in the jazz, classical, rock, world, Americana, and tango styles, summon the ver-satility to play anything from self-penned intriguing compositions to innovative arrangements of Zappa, Zorn and Piazzolla; stir and cast the spell without taking it too seriously. This is an utterly unique experience for the audience, tuneful, melodic chemistry transforming cinematic landscape into snarling groove in the blink of an eye. Their debut self-titled release is a rare example of how to blend well structured com-position with the creative sorcery of improvisation, honed by many performances. Refusing to accept the usual notions of a jazz rhythm sec-tion with strings stitched in, Threads have forged a new phantasm, a spir-

it of bottled music genie. Or maybe just a phenomenally tight band of great players with a bad attitude to tradition.

The ensemble features jazz pianist/composer Kit Downes. Kit exploded onto the British Jazz Scene playing with the band Empirical, taking him through Europe and America, and then with Troyka, Stan Sulzmann, Fraud and Acoustic Ladyland. He then went on to win the BBC Jazz Award for Rising Star in 2008, a Yamaha Scholorship in 2009 and a British Jazz Award in 2010

“Intriguing and Imaginative” Jazzwise 2010“A professional ensemble of the highest order’ Michael Drapkin, promoter SXSW

Threads Orchestra play Ropery Hall on Friday November 11 at 8pm Tickets are £10 adv/£12 otd.

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has been a positive thing, it’s made me realise I just need to get on and do stuff that I enjoy”

Her illness has inevitably had an effect on her song writing: “One song was called Rainbows, saying you don’t get rainbows without the rain, appreci-ating the good stuff, so that was the up side, but the other was the hardest song I’ve ever written,” says Beverley. “It was a song for the kids to say ‘you’ll be fine without me’, so it’s called Without Me and I can usually hear some sniffling in the audience when I play that one, but it’s therapy for me.”

Beverley Craven plays Ropery Hall on October 21. Tickets are £15 adv/£17 on the door.

Matthews Southern Comfort

Iain Matthews may be familiar to some, particularly those who knew him as a schoolboy in Barton in the 60s, and the globe-trotting song smith returns to his roots when the recently

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Beverley Craven

Famous for her 1991 hit ‘Promise Me’ singer songwriter and Brit Award winner Beverley Cra-

ven is back doing the thing she loves most – playing live! Twenty years, three daughters and a fight against cancer later, Beverley is starting all over again, performing in small ven-ues to appreciative crowds.

Beverley Craven gained her first big break as a backing vocalist for soul legend Bobby Womack before being snapped up by Epic Records who released her debut album which became a worldwide hit and made her a household name. Selling more than two million copies and spending 52 weeks in the UK Chart it become a huge hit across Europe and she followed this up with a string of chart successes including ‘Memories’, Holding On’, ‘Woman To Woman’ and ‘Love Scenes’.

Her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2005 oddly gave her a new lease of life, Beverley says, “In many ways it

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reformed Matthews Southern Comfort play Ropery Hall on December 1.

Iain gained fame originally as part of folk legends Fairport Conven-tion before going on to form MSC who had a UK No. 1 with a cover of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Woodstock’ in 1970. Since then he has worked in the US, staying for over 28 years and recording 15 solo albums, before moving to Holland in 2002

Matthews Southern Comfort are playing a small number of dates in the US, Italy, Holland and the UK and Iain is excited about the new line-up:” It will feature acoustic guitar, keyboard, electric guitar & mandolin. We plan to make the live show half older MSC material and half songs from the new album, “Kind of new”.

Supporting MSC is one of the hottest new names in the UK blues/acoustic scene Sean Taylor. Having recently played Glastonbury and Cambridge Folk festival to great

acclaim, Sean was also featured on Bob Harris’ Radio 2 Show:

‘Atmospheric ... fabulous music…’ BOB HARRIS BBC RADIO 2 ‘A bluesy devotional intensity that rightly draws comparisons to John Martyn’ Q

Neil Innes

Following on from an evening at the British Film Institute dedicated to his film and TV work, Neil Innes will be bringing his brand of musical humour to Ropery Hall on October 22.

From early beginnings with Vivian Stanshall and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band to Monty Python, The Rutles and many solo projects since, Neil Innes has always ploughed a very English furrow of mild eccen-tricity. A multi-instrumentalist and versatile song writer with a back catalogue that stretches over 40 years, Neil promises that his new show, entitled Short Stories and Tall Songs will deliver a rich mix of music and comedy.

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Live Music at Ropery HallOctober21 Beverley Craven 8pm £15/£17otd22 Neil Innes 8pm £16/£18otd

November11 Threads Orchestra 8pm £10/£12otd19 Nick Harper 8pm £12/£14otd26 Romi Mayes 8pm £10/£12otd

December1 Iain Mathews Southern Comfort 8pm £15/£17otd 3 Uiscedwr 8pm £12/£14otd10 Circus Envy 8pm £7/£9otd 30 The Suspicions 8pm £16/£18otd

Barton Film Group gets back into full swing for the autumn with a programme of Thurs-

day night films with something for everyone.

October 6 Life in a Day (2011) UA documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

13 Water for Elephants (2011) 12AA veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet. Starring Robert Pattinson and Reece Witherspoon.

20 127 Hours (2010) 15A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. Directed by Danny Boyle starring James Franco.

27 The Adjustment Bureau (2011) 12ADo we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realises he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York the only woman he’s ever loved. Thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.

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father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith

17 Bridesmaids (2011) 15Annie (Kristen Wiig), is a maid of honour whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to matrimony.

December 15 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) UGeorge Bailey (James Stewart) has the picture perfect life: a loving wife, Mary (Donna Reed), four young children, and his own business, which he inherited from his father. However, on Christmas Eve, George encounters severe business difficulties at the Bailey Building and Loan. The Frank Capra Christmas classic that will guarantee to put us all in the right mood.

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November 3 Never Let me Go (2010) 12AAs children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them. Starring Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan.

10 Tree of Life (2011) 12AThe impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his

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October

Until Oct 9 • Gallery One • Eduardo Paolozzi: General Dynamic FUNUntil Oct 23 • Artspace • Malcolm Whittaker: Just Under The Surface15 - November 13 • Box Gallery • Collection: Michelle Freemantle15 - November 27 • Gallery One • Sue Vanderplank & Caroline Burton29 - November 27 • Artspace • Marc Renshaw1 Capturing The Moment Bobbie Walkington 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£306 Life in a day 7.30pm £47 Seann Walsh &

Mike Wilmot8pm £12/£14

8 Introduction to Collagraphs Angela Lindsley 10.30 - 4.30 £34/£30

8 Liberation 8pm £3/£59 Life Drawing Richard Hatfield 10.30 - 3.30

£25/£2213 Water for Elephants 7.30pm £414 & 15 South Bank Players 7.30 £4/£3 conc15 Rib/Frame Baskets Alison Walling 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£3020 127 Hours 7.30pm £421 Beverley Craven 8pm £15/£1722 Drypoint Prints Henrietta Corbett 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£3022 Neil Innes 8pm £16/£1827 The Adjustment Bureau 7.30pm £428 Scottish Falsetto Sock

Puppet Theatre8pm £8/£10

29 Jo Caulfield 8pm £10/£1229 Fused Glass Hazel Burnham 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£30

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4 - Jan 8 2012 • All Galleries • The Christmas Show1 Iain Matthews

Southern Comfort8pm £15/£17

2 Evening Christmas Meal 7pm £143 Uiscedwr 8pm £12/£144 Life Drawing Richard Hatfield 10.30 - 3.30

£25/£2210 Circus Envy 8pm £7/£915 It’s a Wonderful Life 7.30pm £430 The Suspicions 8pm £16/£18

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Until November 13 • Box Gallery • Collection: Michelle FreemantleUntil November 27 • Gallery One • Sue Vanderplank & Caroline BurtonUntil November 27 • Artspace • Marc Renshaw3 Never Let Me Go 7.30pm £45 Silver Jewellery Jenny Ashby 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£306 Life Drawing Richard Hatfield 10.30 - 3.30

£25/£2210 Tree of Life 7.30pm £411 Threads Orchestra 8pm £10/£1212 Turn Back The Clock 7.30pm £10/£1212 & 13 Etching Chris Roantree 10.30 - 4.30

£68/£6017 Bridesmaids 7.30pm £418 Paul Foot 8pm £10/£1219 Two Plate Printing Angela Lindsley 10.30 - 4.30

£34/£3019 Nick Harper 8pm £12/£1424 Jeremy Hardy 8pm £14/£1625 The Pudding Club 7.30pm £2026 Romi Mayes 8pm £10/£12

The Ropewalk is a regionally acclaimed centre for the arts hous-ing galleries, sculpture garden, coffee shop, and Ropery Hall - a venue for live music, theatre and cinema within a Grade

II listed former rope factory. Other facilities include: a printmaking workshop; artists’ studios; meeting rooms available for outside lets and a picture framing department.Admission FreeGalleries Open: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pmSundays and Bank Holidays 10am - 4pmThe Ropewalk is on one level with good wheelchair access; we are a 5 minute walk from the Barton Transport Inter-change with half-hourly buses to Hull and Scunthorpe and a 2-hourly rail service to Grimsby and the wider rail network.

DirectionsWe are well signposted from the A15. Just follow the brown signs...Exit the A15 at J.3 and take the A1077 into Barton (Ferriby Road). Turn left at mini roundabout at the bottom of the hill and follow the road round to the next mini roundabout and turn left again. Follow the one-way system through Castledyke West and get in the left-hand lane. Turn left at the junction opposite the railway station, then take the first right off Waterside Road onto Maltkiln Road. For The Ropewalk Galleries turn left into Tesco’s car park where you will find us in the far left corner. There is ample free car parking adjacent to the building. For Ropery Hall, follow the road round to the Waters’ Edge park gates and then left into the car park. Please park at the end of the car park nearest Ropery Hall then walk to the first set of doors at the side of the building. For Sat Nav users please input DN18 5JR which will lead you straight to Waters’ Edge Car Park.

Ropery HallThe Venue is a small community venue with a capacity of around 120. For small music nights seating is cabaret-style; for all other performances it is theatre-style and seating is not numbered. Please ensure that you arrive in good time if you wish to be seated together. There is a fully licenced bar at all performances. Doors open half an hour before the start of performances.

How To BookTickets are available:In Person at The Ropewalk. Open 7 days a week 10am - 5pm (4pm Sundays).By Telephone. Reserve your tickets for 5 days before collection or pay by credit or debit card. (An additional charge of £1 is applied) Online at www.roperyhall.co.uk

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