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Mark Radcliffe on John Hegley”One of the godfathers of performance poetry and a

man with a uniquely skewed and entertaining view of

the world. A must for dog lovers and spectacle wearers

everywhere. Oh, and a very nice man indeed.“

Lisa Riley on Chickenshed”What a great line up this season for all ages… Crime of the

Century from the amazing Chickenshed Company looks

great… enjoy a fun filled season ahead, I certainly will be.“

Bury Times onFamily Shows at The Met

”A goldmine of entertainment in the heart of Bury.“

John Spiers and Jon Boden on Folk at The Met

”A programme of music that celebrates the best in the business

alongside emerging artists - every venue should be like this.“

John Hegley

Friday 2 July

Crime of

the Century

Thursday

20 May

Giraffes

Can’t Dance

Saturday

1 May

Breabach

Saturday

17 April

D R A M A

Me and Me Dad by Nick Lane

Hull Truck Theatre Company

Thursday 1 April 7.30pm / £12 / £10 concession & members

A story of friendship, fish pie

and flick-to-kick football.

Andy Green’s dad is good

at Subbuteo, hopeless with

spaghetti. So when Andy’s mum

dies, he does the decent thing -

he takes a month off work and

moves back home with his dad to

teach him how to cook. Fighting

memories, and occasionally each

other, the pair boil pans and set

grills on

fire.

Can their relationship

survive? Or is this is one

kitchen nightmare even

Gordon Ramsay couldn’t fix?

A brand new bitter-sweet

comedy from the writer of

My Favourite Summer.

This play may

contain strong

language.

C O M E D Y

First Thursday Comedy ClubApril Fools' Day Special

Thursday 1 April

8.30pm / £8

Featuring Tom Stade, Canadian

superstar, hit performer from

BBC1 Comedy Showcase and just

about the best act on the circuit.

Plus top New Zealand comic

Benjamin Crellin, Jonathan

Paylor and from Wiltshire

the unique Tony Cowards.

F A M I L Y S H O W

A Little PrincessImage Musical Theatre

Saturday 3 April 2.30pm

£6 / £4 members

This story of a parentless girl

courageously resisting hardship

at the hands of her cruel

headmistress is one of the most

inspiring of all children’s classics.

You can be the star of the show

with the opportunity for the

whole audience to join in.

Tom

Stade

A Little Princess

F O L K R O O T S

FilskaSaturday 3 April 8pm

£10 / £8 concession & members

Filska have built their music on

the islands tradition of fiddle

playing. Featuring acclaimed

Shetland fiddler Jenna Reid, the

band have a highly unique and

innovative sound derived from

their fresh and dynamic approach

to Shetland traditional music.

R O C K & P O P

Kirsty McGee’sHobopop TrioSaturday 3 April 9pm / £8

Kirsty McGee’s songs show a

depth and sensitivity, coupled

with a dark, wry sense of humour,

that have earned her two BBC

Folk Award nominations. Joined

by Mat Martin and Nick Blacka

to form the Hobopop Trio,

she performs songs from her

acclaimed back catalogue

alongside material from her

brand new album No. 5.

F O L K R O O T S

Finbar FureyThursday 8 April 8pm / £16

Finbar Furey comes from a unique

pedigree - an all Ireland Uillean

Pipe Champion and whistle player,

singer/songwriter as well as

playing 5-string banjo, and guitar.

Finbar has been round

the block, recording for

Transatlantic records in the

60’s and achieving fame as lead

singer/ frontman of The Furey

Brothers and Davey Arthur.

Now he performs solo, balancing

his folk roots with songs

such as Now and Forever and

New York Girls, which was his

contribution to Martin Scorsese’s

film Gangs of New York.

Filska

Kirsty McGee

& Mat Martin Finbar Furey

F O L K R O O T S

MartinSimpsonFriday 9 April 8pm / £15 /

£13 concession & members

One of the finest acoustic finger-

style and slide guitar players

in the world, twice-winner of

Musician of the Year at the

BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

and nominated again this

year, Martin Simpson’s

interpretations of

traditional songs are

masterpieces of

storytelling. His solo

shows are intense,

eclectic, spellbinding

and deeply moving.

His latest album

True Stories was released

last year to great acclaim.

"One of the UK’s greatest

guitarists/singers" MOJO

F A M I L Y S H O W

Across the Deep Blue SeaStuff and Nonsense Theatre

Saturday 10 April 1pm

£6 / £4 members

A tiny boat, a little lost man and

the great wide ocean... How did

he get there? How can he get

home? And why does that fish

keep biting him on the bottom?

Singing whales, acrobatic

dolphins and a multitude of deep-

sea creatures swim to the surface

in this

fantastic

aquatic

adventure

featuring

puppetry,

animation, live-

music, physical

comedy and just

the odd squirt of

water. Ages 5+.

D R A M A

With absurd humour,

endearing characters and

charming puppetry, Clunk

is a refreshing new comedy

which follows the daily

drudgery of three cohabiting

young adults who are

struggling to engage with

a world that baffles them.

Two women and an

incoherent male live together

but can't quite work out why.

ClunkSuitcase Ensemble

Wed 14 April 7.30pm

£8 / £5 conc & members

F O L K R O O T S

BreabachSaturday 17 April 8pm / £10 / £8 concession & members

D R A M A

B L U E S

Maggie Bell, Dave Kelly and The British Blues QuartetThursday 15 April 8pm


Soul diva Maggie Bell joins

forces with Blues Band guitar

wizard Dave Kelly and the

mighty British Blues Quartet

(Zoot Money, Colin Allen, Colin

Hodgkinson and Miller Anderson)

for an evening of soul and

blues classics - with some

thumping rock’n’roll thrown in.Breabach are one of the

most talked about new acts

on the Scottish folk scene.

Their innovative celtic style,

blending double bagpipes,

whistle, fiddle, song and

Scottish stepdance, brings to

the stage a flare, excitement

and diversity rarely seen

from such a young group.

They return to The Met with

material from their second album

The Desperate Battle of the Birds,

which was released in March.

”The phenomenon that is Breabach

hit the stage like a highland army

advancing out of the mountain

mist… Frighteningly young to be

this accomplished“ Eric Worrall

The radio is broken, another

mysterious relative has died

and there's a parcel on the

step. It's like this every day.

Conjuring an evocative

world of mutinous rag-

toys, domestic wormholes

and poignant forgotten

dreams, Clunk is a darkly

rebellious feast of unhinged

humour, charming puppetry

and existential angst.

Maggie Bell

& Dave Kelly

D R A M A

King of the Gypsiesby Pauline Lynch

Wednesday 21 April 7.30pm / £10 / £8 concessions & members

F O L K R O O T S

PBS6Thursday 22 April 8pm


Will Lang, best known for his

percussion in folk-fusion group

Park Bench Social Club and

Mabon has recruited some of

the finest musicians from the

Folk and Hip-Hop worlds, both

from the UK and Australia, to

explore and unravel histories,

identities and culture. Combining

these diverse talents, the band

are pushing British folk to a

new and incredible level.

F O L K R O O T S

Saint George’s Ceilidh with Shake-a-Leg

Friday 23 April 8.30pm


Celebrate St. George with this

Lancashire dance band renowned

for delivering a stompy and

fun feel to their called dances.

Featuring a host of talented local

musicians, the band are often in

demand at a whole range of gigs

from social dances to festivals,

delivering dynamic dance music

with plenty of improvisation.

One thousand years ago they

began to travel. Roaming the

earth in search of a home. So

begins an incredible story; of

survival against the odds, of

being hunted to the brink of

extinction and of enduring

the greatest horrors

known to man.

From the ancient

fields of India to

a scrap of

land on

the edge of civilisation, King of

the Gypsies lifts the latch on a

bold, brash and vibrant world.

A world that clings to life

with a passionate embrace. A

world that, despite everything,

is still fighting to survive.

“A tight and passionate

production... This

is a remarkable

achievement”

*****

Edinburgh

Guide.

com

PBS6

B L U E S

Larry Garner andthe Norman Beaker BandFriday 30 April 8pm


Larry Garner is one of the top

blues artists touring the world

today. He picked up swamp

blues in Louisiana, inspired by

artists such as Silas Hogan and

Clarence Edwards. His songs

are delivered with a sense of

irony, his lyrics meaningful and

amusing in equal measure.

Norman Beaker’s songs are

also full of social comment.

This is a coming together of

two modern day troubadours

with something new to say.

R O C K & P O P

The ReasoningSupported by Morpheus Rising

Thursday 29 April 8pm / £10 advance / £12 door / Standing event

The Reasoning are a Cardiff-based

seven-piece rock band, featuring

Rachel Cohen, voted Best Female

Vocalist by the UK’s Classic Rock

Society for an unprecedented

four consecutive years.

This outstanding group of

musicians has a new line up

and it is with great excitement

that the band embark upon this

next stage of their increasingly

successful musical journey.

Larry Garner & Norman Beaker

R O C K & P O P

James GrantFriday 30 April 8pm


One of the most talented

songwriters in the UK, James

Grant is probably best known

for his work with Love and

Money and Karen Matheson. His

solo career has been equally as

successful, with strong influences

of Scott Walker and John Martyn

in his work. His fifth album,

Strange Flowers was released

last year to great acclaim.

F A M I L Y S H O W

Giraffes Can’t DanceBlunderbus Theatre Company

C O M E D Y

First Thursday Comedy ClubThursday 6 May

8.30pm / £8

Featuring Simon Bligh, Time

Out Comedy Award and

Perrier Award Nominee

who has gigged all over the

world and now Bury!

Also on the bill will be comedy

giant Ryan Gough, Londoner

Neil McFarlane and top Dutch

Comedian Wouter Mejis!

Saturday 1 May 11am

£6 / £4 members

Gerald the giraffe was not a good

dancer. Every year he dreaded

the great Jungle Dance. But, one

beautiful moonlit night, Gerald

discovers that when we’re

different, sometimes all we need

is a different song to dance to...

Blunderbus Theatre Company

invite you to the Jungle Dance.

So, put on your glam rags

and don’t forget your dancing

shoes! Meet Gerald the giraffe

and friends, as our storytellers

whisk you away on a journey,

deep, deep into the jungle.

Based on the best-selling

children’s book, this is a funny,

touching and triumphant story,

written especially for children

aged 4 - 7, and their adults, too!

James

Grant

Simon

Bligh

Giraffes

Can't Dance

R O C K & P O P

Chuck Prophetand the Mission ExpressFriday 7 May 8pm / £14 / Club event

B L U E S

The ex Green on Red guitarist has

established himself as one of the

most passionate and

innovative artists

to emerge from

the ashes

of the alt.

country

boom and

has just

released

his most

recent

album, Let

Freedom

Ring.

At the heart of his music is

classic, simple songwriting with

a strong message, which

has led to comparisons

with Neil Young.

A Mr Kite Benefit.

Saturday 8 May 8pm

£10 advance / £12 door

This highly talented musician

cites key influences such as

Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles

and has been described as

the new Joe Bonamassa.

Having just released his new

album, Innerevolution, blues

guitarist Philip Sayce performs

this fantastic collection of

songs with his new band.

PhilipSayce

F O L K R O O T S

Fairport Acoustic ConventionThursday 13 May 8pm


Enjoy an intimate evening with

Fairport Convention’s acoustic

take on folk-rock music. The

band is renowned for inventing

the British folk-rock genre.

Fairport are winners of the

coveted BBC Radio 2 Lifetime

Achievement Award and their

classic Liege and Lief has been

voted most influential folk album

of all time by Radio 2 listeners.

Multi-award-winning

playwright Rona Munro and

award-winning actress Fiona

Knowles

return with

their new

comedy.

Ever felt

Mad enough to

kill someone?

The queue

jumper, the ex

who made you feel

small and shabby,

the council official

who cut your

services and

won't take

your calls, the

people who

never listen to a word you

say? Carer Joyce doesn't give

in to those feelings, even

when provoked by mad old

irritating bats like Bella!

Client Rita doesn't, she hasn't

a bad bone in her body. Bella...

DOES... but surely a frail little

old lady doesn't have it in her

to be a killer, or does she?

Don't dig up the shrubbery!

It's Women Behaving

Madly. One actress, three

characters, oh... and the

woman from the council!

D R A M A

Women Behaving Madly MsFits Theatre Company

Wednesday 12 May 8pm / £10 / £8 concession & members

R O C K & P O P

Mostly AutumnSaturday 8 May 8.30pm


Standing event

Award-winning classic rock

band Mostly Autumn blend

together influences from the

great bands of the 1970s to

produce original material that

conveys the excitement and

energy of modern rock ballads.

Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) was

amongst their fans and praised

them as ”an amazing band“.

Fairport Acoustic Convention

W O R L D R O O T S

Susheela RamanSupported by Jo Hamilton

Friday 14 May 8pm


Voted Best Newcomer at the

BBC World Music Awards in

2002, Susheela Raman is a

captivating artist. Her album Salt

Rain was Mercury nominated and

her beautiful voice and music

have enchanted and inspired

millions of listeners in India,

Europe and beyond. Susheela’s

ability to transcend boundaries

and move between Indian and

Western music has few parallels.

R O C K & P O P

David R BlackSaturday 15 May 7.30pm / £5

Manchester art-rock band David

R Black unleash their darkly

complex new album Secret City.

Its themes of love, loss, hope

and despair resonate in all of us.

Support comes from Only This

Remains and Fort Worth.

F O L K R O O T S

Luka BloomSunday 16 May 8pm


Internationally acclaimed

singer-songwriter Luka Bloom

has enjoyed over twenty years

of success. He comes from a

musical family, first going on

tour with brother, Christy Moore.

He has toured with The Pogues,

The Violent Femmes, Hothouse

Flowers and The Cowboy Junkies.

Luka

Bloom

David

R Black

Susheela Raman

Photo by asopuma

D R A M A

Crimeof the CenturyChickenshed

Thursday 20 May 7.30pm

£10 / £6 concession & members

F O L K R O O T S

KarenMathesonFriday 21 May 8pm

£14 / £12 conc &

members

Karen Matheson has

captivated audiences

around the world and sold

over a million records as the

lead singer of the best-selling,

internationally-renowned

Celtic supergroup Capercaillie.

Performing here with

her band, she has

released three albums

incorporating

traditional and

contemporary

songs in English

and Gaelic.

"spellbinding and evocative…

she takes folk music to a

celestial high" New York Times

Chickenshed’s explosive

dance theatre company

turns its attention to the

proliferation of knife crime

amongst young people.

Following three tragic young

deaths of teenagers associated

with Chickenshed, the company

embarked on producing a

piece of theatre that could

be used as a positive tool in

the fight against the hopeless

savagery of knife crime.

Using words, movement

and projection alongside

a contemporary score of

hip-hop and dance music,

Crime of the Century packs

a frightening punch.

“Emotive and shocking,

Chickenshed theatre company’s

Crime of the Century is a raw

and brutal study of the social

engineering that affects so

many young people today.”

Edinburgh Evening News

B L U E S

Chantel McGregorFriday 21 May 8.30pm


Having formed her own band

just three years ago, Chantel

McGregor is now one of the

rising stars of British blues-rock.

F O L K R O O T S

Tim O’Brien and Kris DreverSaturday 22 May 8pm / £14

Top American songwriter and

instrumentalist Tim O’Brien joins

forces with Scotland’s talented

Kris Drever. Tim is a guest on

Kris’s new album, and in this

concert they play songs from the

record alongside some of their

own repertoire. Not to be missed.

A Mr Kite Benefit.

F O L K R O O T S

Previously seen at The Met as

lead singer of Bellowhead, and

with duo Spiers and Boden, BBC

Folk Singer of the Year 2010 Jon

Boden returns with his band

the Remnant Kings to perform

material from his acclaimed solo

album Songs from the Floodplain.

Described as folkapocalyptica,

Boden explores the theme of a

rural community surviving and

coming to terms with apocalyptic

turmoil and it’s aftermath.

Sounds grim, but it’s a deliciously

dark subject and the results

are arrestingly powerful, dark

yet uplifted by the indomitable

nature of the human spirit.

Jon Bodenand the Remnant KingsThursday 27 May 8pm / £14 / £12 conc & members

F O L K R O O T S

KarenMathesonFriday 21 May 8pm

£14 / £12 conc &

members

Karen Matheson has

captivated audiences

around the world and sold

over a million records as the

lead singer of the best-selling,

internationally-renowned

Celtic supergroup Capercaillie.

Performing here with

her band, she has

released three albums

incorporating

traditional and

contemporary

songs in English

and Gaelic.

"spellbinding and evocative…

she takes folk music to a

celestial high" New York Times

F A M I L Y S H O W A M E R I C A N A

Suzy BoggussFriday 28 May 8pm / £17

The legendary US country music singer

has released one platinum and three gold

albums in her career as well as charting

six top ten singles. Her career

has spanned over thirty

years and she has

collaborated with

some of Nashville’s

most influential

songwriters.

She comes to

The Met to

perform her

favourite

songs from

her back

catalogue

and some

new

material.

A Mr Kite

Benefit.

Stella loves the

stars. Every evening

she gazes at them

through her telescope. But

one night her little brother

Ryan extends the telescope all the

way to the stars and starts climbing!

Tall Stories, the company that brought

you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom,

presents its latest show, for everyone

aged 4 and up. Inspired by Mother Goose

and the Big Bang, stories, songs and

silliness lift you up, up and away...

Twinkle TwonkleTall Stories

Saturday 29 May 1pm

£6 / £4 members

F A M I L Y S H O W

Lighter than AirCircus Ridiculoso

Friday 4 June 1pm

£6 / £4 members

Enter the bizarre universe of a

wild balloon tamer. An utterly

joyous experience combining

circus, comedy, participation,

surprises and laughs. Ages 3+.

F A M I L Y S H O W

Time For TeaHandheld Theatre

Tuesday 1 June 11am

£6 / £4 members

George has a clock that tells

him what to do. One day he

tampers with it and has to face

the consequences. This takes him

on a journey where many weird

and wonderful things happen...

Find out where the pop up people

live and learn that not only

children like to play with sand!

For ages 3 years and over.

D R A M A

Around the Worldin Eighty Days Brute Farce

Wednesday 2 June 7.30pm / £10 / £6 concession and members

C O M E D Y

Made in Bury Comedy CompetitionThursday 3 June 8.30pm / £8

The search for Bury's next star is

on with a night of up and coming

comedians. Join us for an evening

of quality stand up at one of the

north west's best loved comedy

venues. For details of how to

enter, visit http://themet.biz

Suitcases, boxes, steamships,

trains and elephants... Brute

Farce’s startling new re-working

of Jules Verne’s classic tale

whisks the audience from

rainy station platforms in

nineteenth century London to a

technicolour Bollywood vision

of the tropics and the frozen

wastes of North America.

With trademark invention and

frantic multi-role characterisation,

a cast of five bring Phileas

Fogg, his faithful servant and

various pursuing police officers,

Indian princesses and Wild

West bullies garishly to life.

Time

for Tea

Lighter

than Air

Around the

World in

Eighty Days

W O R L D R O O T S

The BaghdaddiesFriday 4 June 8pm / £10

£8 conc & members / Club event

An anarchic melange of

traditional European and

world musical styles of all

eras, making an infectious and

unique brand of music that

never fails to have audiences

jumping around in a frenzy!

Blistering eastern brass

harmonies and high energy

rhythms, the infectious

styles and rousing songs

fuse in a whirl of excitement

and dancing.Inspired by the

Roma wedding and brass

band music of the Balkans,

fused by eclectic musical

influences ranging from

calypso and jazz to punk,

The Baghdaddies are an

experience not to be missed.

A M E R I C A N A

Formerly in Canadian band

The Wailin' Jennys, Annabelle

Chvostek returns to The Met

with her acclaimed new solo

material. Described as ”a

contemporary urban folk

alchemist“, her music has an

urban rootsy vibe exploring

the themes of love loss and

everything in between. Her

new album Resilience was

nominated for Contemporary

Album of the Year at the

Canadian Folk Music Awards.

Thursday 10 June 8pm / £10 / £8 concession & members

Annabelle Chvostek

B L U E S

Michael

Roach

D R A M A

Little Leap ForwardHorse and Bamboo Theatre

Friday 18 June 7pm

£10 / £6 conc and members

R O C K & P O P

The MiniVan BandFriday 25 June 8pm


The best Van Morrison Tribute

in the UK, The Mini Van Band

play classics such as Moondance,

Have I Told You Lately, Domino,

Bright Side of the Road and more.

The band are highly acclaimed

musicans in their own right,

playing with the likes of Chris

Farlowe, Solomon Burke, Texas,

The Kinks and Paulo Nutini.

Complete with horn section this

band provides every element

of a typical Van Morrison

concert, but with banter! The

band is fronted by roots singer

songwriter Graham Robins, who

has toured with members of

Van Morrison’s band and family,

and who puts Van’s music

across as good as anyone can.

Fri 18 June 8pm


Michael Roach sings and

plays guitar in an East Coast

style of blues that dates

back to the 1920s.

Mentored by John

Jackson and taught by

John Cephas and Jerry

Ricks, he's promoted

African-American

culture through the

use of blues throughout

the US and Europe.

Michael Roach

B L U E S

Little Leap Forward tells the

childhood story of internationally

acclaimed Chinese flautist,

Guo Yue, during the Cultural

Revolution in China. It is a tale of

family, friendships and creative

expression, but above all the

need for freedom. For ages 8+

Little

Leap

Forward

C O M E D Y

First Thursday Comedy Club Edinburgh Festival Special

Thursday 1 July

8.30pm / £8

The comedy circuit’s best preview

their Edinburgh shows before

taking them north of the border.

Featuring weird and wonderful

Seymour Mace, best known as

the twins from BBC sitcom Ideal.

Seymour has a string of awards

plus festival shows under his

belt and is one of the UK's most

sought-after performers.

C O M E D Y

JohnHegleyThe Adventures of

Monsieur Robinet

Friday 2 July 8pm


R O C K & P O P

The Missing LinkSaturday 26 June 8.30pm / £8

Tottington's The Missing Link play

a catchy blend of indie rock that

has attracted a following in Bury.

The band have played several sell

out shows across Manchester.

F O L K R O O T S

Old Blind DogsThursday 1 July 8pm / £12 / £10 concession & members

Since forming in the early 1990s,

Old Blind Dogs have stood on

the cutting edge of Scotland’s

roots revival, developing their

own style with an energetic mix

of songs and tunes. Dynamic

percussion, polished vocals,

soaring fiddle and stirring pipes

fuel the delicately-phrased

melodies and traditional songs.

Lean, besuited and

bespectacled, the wry

wordsmith is on the road

again, beadily observing

the world from behind

those trademark glasses.

John tells us tales of a

Frenchman with some

unusual [but clean] habits,

which include burying

his dog’s kennel and his

own luggage pieces.

The stories appear alongside

other new works, which

include an address to aliens

Old Blind

Dogs

Seymour

Mace

C O M E D Y

JohnHegleyThe Adventures of

Monsieur Robinet

Friday 2 July 8pm

£12 / £8 conc & members A M E R I C A N A

Eve Selis BandFriday 9 July 8pm


This five time San Diego Music

Awards Winner blends country,

R&B, blues, folk and rock ‘n’ roll

in a high calibre musical cocktail

topped off with her “lemonade

and whiskey” voice. Her most

recent album, Angels and Eagles

received yet another San Diego

Music Award nomination.

on the subject of transport,

a poem about a non-talking

parrot and some animal

impersonations with the

aid of a handkerchief. The

audience are invited to sing

along. But not to dance.

Much.

Suitable for most

people over seven.

"Typically brilliant songs

and stories about a Gallic

small-town hero with a dog

called Chirac" The Guardian

R O C K & P O P

KarnatakaThe Gathering Light Live 2010

Friday 16 July 8pm


Standing event

Karnataka are back

with a new line

up, album and

slightly fresher

sound. This hugely

atmospheric

progressive rock

band features

original member

Ian Jones with

new additions

Lisa Fury (vocals),

Ian Harris (drums),

Gonzalo Carerra

(keyboards) and

Enrico Pinna (lead

and acoustic guitars).

”Melodic progressive rock at

its best!” Prog Archives

J A z z

MetrojazzThursday 8 July 7.30pm

£6 / £4 members

A night of hot summer jazz

from The Met's community

jazz orchestra, fronted

by Munch Manship.

B L U E S

Tom DoughtyFriday 16 July 8.30pm


Tom Doughty, referred to as

the ‘Django Reinhardt of Slide

Guitar’ is an acoustic lap slide

bottleneck guitar player and

singer songwriter. Defining

Tom as a blues performer is too

small to convey the depth and

variety of his music, he takes

the acoustic slide guitar to

another level, finding fantastic

new sounds and techniques.

C O M E D Y

First Thursday Comedy ClubThursday 5 August 8.30pm / £8

Bury's monthly comedy club

returns with some of Britain's

top laughter makers.

F A M I L Y E V E N T

FamilyFriendlyFilm FestivalFriday 6 & Saturday 7

August 10am-4pm / Free

Family Friendly Film Festival

returns for another year of

cinematic mayhem. With

animations and hands on fun

this is the perfect family day

out. Sign up to our newsletter

for more information nearer the

date www.themet.biz or go to

familyfriendlyfilmfestival.org.uk

Coming Soon…Panic RoomSaturday 11 September

Heidi TalbotSaturday 25 September

Kieran GossThursday 7 October

GenticorumFriday 8 October

MichaelMcGoldrick and friends

Thursday 14 October

Alexei SayleWednesday 20 October

Lancashire HotpotsSaturday 23 October

Ralph McTellSaturday 6 November

Tom

Doughty

C H R I S T M A S S H O W

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...

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 Lion,the Witch andthe WardrobePresented by Proper Job Theatre Company & The Met

Tuesday 14 - Friday 24 December / £10 / £8 conc & members

Stagecoach Sundays 10am-1pm

With Ruth Mauriello. For 6-16

year olds with an interest in

dance, drama and music. Call

0161 763 6161/07738267346.

Aiming HighMondays 4-5pm (8-13 years) /

Tues 4-5pm (14-18 years) / £2

Weekly drama sessions for

young people with disabilities

or additional needs, from Bury

Council Childrens Services and

The Met. Build confidence, make

friends and learn great skills in a

fun and creative environment.

Bury Boys Break-DanceMonday 4.30pm-5.30pm / £3

A break-dance crew for boys

from ages 11-16 (school year

7 to 11). Learn break dance

moves and stunts. All levels

of experience welcome.

Streetwise DramaMondays 5pm-7pm

A weekly drama session for young

adults. Contact 0161 253 6476.

takepart

Classes &

Workshops

Metro Jazz Mondays 6.30pm-9.30pm

£70 (£50 conc) per term

Led by Munch Manship. Front

line musicians needed for

The Met’s community jazz

orchestra. Over 16s only.

Met ExpressMondays 7pm-9pm

Tuesdays 10.30am-12.30pm

Tuesdays 7pm-9pm

Drama for people with disabilities.

Only accepting new members

for the Tuesday am session.

Black Pudding Youth TheatreTuesdays 5pm-7pm

Youth drama from Bury Youth

Service, led by MaD Theatre.

email [email protected]

for information.

BuryYouth DanceTuesdays 5.30pm-7pm

Auditions Tuesday 13 April

4.45-6.45pm

Led by Claire Fildes. For

11-17 years olds interested

in dance. Bury Youth

Dance explore their

creativity through dance for

performance. Participants are

invited by audition. Recently

the group have been invited

to perform in u-dance

England's regional showcase

Word in Motion, and also in

Signatures the youth dance

platform for the north west.Bury Youth Dance

Bury Youth TheatreWednesdays 5.30-7pm (BYT2: 9-13 yr olds)

Wednesdays 7-9pm (BYT1: 14 yrs +) / £2.50 per session

Bloco Ashê: Bury SambaSaturdays 11am-1pm

£5 / £3 conc / £2 under 16s

A welcoming and exciting samba

percussive workshop catering

for beginners and beyond. The

band welcomes new members.

Led by Marc Young, Clare

Fildes and Sammy Deas.

Bury Youth Theatre is a fun

drama session which takes place

at The Met every Wednesday.

BYT members explore their

creativity through devising,

improvising, games, and other

performance related activities

whilst developing skills

such as team building, voice

projection and confidence!

Bury Vocal CollectiveWed 7 & 28 April, 19 May,

9 & 30 June 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!

Salsa Beginners course

Tuesdays 7.30pm / 27 April for 8 weeks / £35 for course

Do you think you can

dance? Prove it by talking

our brand new eight week

salsa course lead by Amos De

Roover from Latin Vybez.

The course is aimed at total

beginners, no previous dance

experience is necessary, just a

Do you already know how to dance, but want to improve your skills?

Come to these weekly sessions and learn how to raise your game.

desire to have fun, get fit and

learn to dance the Latin way.

Starting with the absolute basics

of Salsa and building week by

week into a catalogue of steps

that can be taken forward

into more advanced classes.

Come on your own or with

a partner and be prepared

to have fun and get fit! This term we'll be looking at

stimulus to create drama with

BYT1 and also at slapstick

comedy performance with BYT 2.

Bury Youth Theatre

Salsa Improvers sessions

Tuesdays 8.45pm / £5 per week

To book a table for your meal, call 0161 763 9399

Foodand DrinkStart your evening with a

meal at The Met and end it

with a drink in one of our

candle lit bars.

Our restaurant Automatic

serves fine food all day and

offers an Early Bird menu from

4pm-7pm Monday to Friday for

only £9.95 per person for two

courses and £11.95 for three.

Sample real ales or a selection

of fine whiskeys in our foyer

bar Malt, open every day.

Our first floor Theatre Bar

offers a range of beers

and wines before, during

and after each show.

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

made possible through A Night

Less Ordinary, an Arts Council

England scheme in association

with Metro which will provide

618,000 free theatre tickets to

anyone under 26 in more than

200 venues across England.

For more information visit

themet.biz/freetickets or

www.anightlessordinary.org.uk.

MembershipIf you love coming to The Met

and want to support us, why

not become a member? Just

call 0161 761 2216 to join.

Membership fees

• Single membership £25

• Joint membership £40

Membership benefits

• Saving on event tickets.

• 10% off food in Automatic.

• Invitations to VIP and

members events.

• Twice yearly newsletter.

• Receive your Met brochure

before anyone else.

• No booking fee - ever!

By phone from

0161 761 2216 or

from Quaytickets

0843 2080500.

Online via

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or Quaytickets

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In person from The Met.

Mon to Fri 10am-8pm;

Saturday 11am-5pm.

Other ticketing information...

• Concessions are available for

children, and people over 60,

on benefit, or in education.

• Groups Buy 10 tickets in one

transaction and get an 11th free.

• We are unable to offer refunds.

Ticket exchange may be possible.

• A transaction fee is payable on

phone and online bookings. There

is no fee for bookings in person.

Ticket booking AccessThe Met is a fully accessible

venue, both on its ground

and first floors.

• The entrance is fully ramped

with a lift to the main theatre

and accessible toilet facilities.

• We have staff on hand to help.

Should you require a personal

escort, we can supply that

person with a free ticket.

• A magnetic induction loop

for hearing aid users is used

in the Main Theatre for the

majority of our events.

• Guide dogs are welcome,

and water can be provided

upon request.

We want your visit to The Met

to be a first class experience.

If you have any special

requirements call us on

0161 761 2216 to let us know,

and we'll do our best to help.

Hire The MetFor performances,

conferences, meetings and

exhibitions, our spaces are

as versatile as your events.

Our experienced staff and

professional facilities take

the hassle out of your event:

• Sound and lighting by

experienced stage technicians

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Thu 29 The Reasoning

Fri 30 Larry Garner and the

Norman Beaker Band

Fri 30 James Grant

M A Y

Sat 1 Giraffes Can’t Dance

Thu 6 First Thursday

Comedy Club

Fri 7 Chuck Prophet and

the Mission Express

Sat 8 Philip Sayce

Sat 8 Mostly Autumn

Wed 12 Women Behaving

Madly

Thu 13 Fairport Convention

Fri 14 Susheela Raman

Sat 15 David R Black

Sun 16 Luka Bloom

Thu 20 Crime of the Century

Fri 21 Karen Matheson

Fri 21 Chantel McGregor

Sat 22 Tim O’Brien and

Kris Drever

Thu 27 Jon Boden and the

Remnant Kings

Fri 28 Suzy Bogguss

Sat 29 Twinkle Twonkle

J U N E

Tue 1 Time For Tea

Wed 2 Around the World

in Eighty Days

Thu 3 Made in Bury

Comedy Competiton

Fri 4 Lighter than Air

Fri 4 Bhagdaddies

Thu 10 Annabelle Chvostek

Fri 18 Little Leap Forward

Fri 18 Michael Roach

Fri 25 Minivan Band

Sat 26 The Missing Link

J U L Y

Thu 1 Old Blind Dogs


Comedy Club

Fri 2 John Hegley

Thu 8 Metrojazz

Fri 9 Eve Selis

Fri 16 Karnataka

Fri 16 Tom Doughty

A U G U S T


Comedy Club

Fri 6 Family Friendly

Film Festival

Sat 7 Family Friendly

Film Festival

Quick Guide A P R I L

Thu 1 Me and Me Dad


Comedy Club

Sat 3 A Little Princess

Sat 3 Filska

Sat 3 Hobopop Trio

Thu 8 Finbar Furey

Fri 9 Martin Simpson

Sat 10 Across the

Deep Blue Sea

Wed 14 Clunk

Thu 15 Maggie Bell, Dave

Kelly and The British

Blues Quartet

Sat 17 Breabach

Wed 21 King of the Gypsies

Thu 22 PBS6

Fri 23 Shake-a-Leg

Documents

Met Brochure April-August 2010