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WemTown Hallprogramme September–December 2011

SEPTEMBERA Time and a Place Until Sat 24th GALLERY

Cars 1 Thurs 1st, 3.30pm FILMCLUB

Bridesmaids Thurs 8th, 7.30pm FILM

Source Code Thurs 15th, 7.30pm FILM

Open Mic Night Fri 16th, 8–10.30pm MUSIC

Submarine Thurs 22nd, 7.30pm FILM

Cars 2 Fri 23rd, 6pm FILM

Cars 2 Sat 24th, 5pm FILM

Water For Elephants FILMThurs 29th, 7.30pm

Ballroom & Sequence Dance DANCEFri 30th, 8pm

OCTOBERHarvest Market SPECIAL EVENTSat 1st, 9–1pm

Postcards from Europe GALLERYMon 3rd, 10am

The First Grader Thurs 6th, 7.30pm FILM

Tango Evening – Tapas SPECIAL EVENTFri 7th, 7pm

Tango Evening – Midnight TangoFri 7th, 8.30pm FILM/SPECIAL EVENT

One Day Thurs 13th, 5pm FILM

One Day Thurs 13th, 7.30pm FILM

Mind, Body & Soul Fair SPECIAL EVENTSat 15th, 10–5pm

Senna Thurs 20th, 7.30pm FILM

French Platter Fri 21st, 6.30pm SPECIAL EVENT

You’re Not Like The Other Girls ChrissieFri 21st, 8pm THEATRE

WTHCT Table Top Sale – FundraiserSat 22nd, 9–1pm SPECIAL EVENT

Mr Poppers Penguins Sat 22nd, 5pm FILM

Mr Poppers Penguins Mon 24th, 2.30pm FILM

Mr Poppers Penguins Tues 25th, 2.30pm FILM

Avatar 3D Thurs 27th, 7pm FILM

NOVEMBERJane Eyre Thurs 3rd, 5pm FILM

Jane Eyre Thurs 3rd, 7.30pm FILM

Open Mic Night Fri 4th, 8–10.30pm MUSIC

Oranges and Sunshine FILMThurs 10th, 7.30pm

The Urban Folk Quartet MUSICFri 11th, 8pm

The Jungle Book Weds 16th, 4pm THEATRE

The Tree of Life Thurs 17th, 7.30pm FILM

Alan Albert Smith ‘stuff from over the years’Mon 21st until Sat 28th Jan GALLERY

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy FILMThurs 24th, 5pm & Thurs 24th, 8pm

Ballroom and Sequence Dance DANCEFri 25th, 8pm

DECEMBERWhite Christmas Thurs 1st, 7.30pm FILM

Christmas Festival Market SPECIAL EVENTFri 2nd, 6–9pm

Mark Watson: Request Stops COMEDYSat 3rd, 8pm – SOLD OUT

The Three Musketeers Thurs 8th, 5pm FILM

The Three Musketeers Thurs 8th, 8pm FILM

Murder Mystery Evening (and Dinner)Fri 9th, 7pm THEATRE

Thomas Adams School Variety Concert Mon 12th & Tues 13th, 7.15pm MUSIC

DIARY OF EVENTS

Workshops and ClassesThere are a number of workshops and classesthroughout the week including Yoga, Taiko,Pilates, Zumba, Ballet and Rhythm Time. See our website or contact Reception for details.

Box Office: 01939 238279 • Reception: 01939 232299 • www.wemtownhall.co.uk

WemTown Hall September–December 2011

Hello and WelcomeWem Town Hall is packed to the rafters with an exciting season of cinema, music, theatre,dance, exhibitions, workshops and special events for you to enjoy over the next few months.

Live event highlights include the classic story The Jungle Book as told by Oxfordshire TouringTheatre, the impressive Urban Folk Quartet and an intriguing Murder Mystery Evening!

If you would like to keep up to date with everything that’s going on at Wem Town Halljoin our mailing list, email or postal, by calling in at Reception, providing your contactdetails via our website link, by email or by simply calling us on 01939 232299.

Volunteer with usWem Town Hall thrives thanks to the time, dedication and commitment of manyvolunteers working in a variety of roles across the organisation. If you would like to findout more about volunteering opportunities please contact us on 01939 232299/volunteers@wemtownhall.co.uk

Hire usWe have a great range of spaces available for private hires, community and special events,business meetings and conferences. We offer high quality catering to suit all tastes andbudgets and house a superb range of audio visual equipment to meet all of yourtechnical needs. From birthdays to wedding receptions and business meetings to fitnessclasses we might just be what you are looking for. Contact us on 01939 232299/info@wemtownhall.co.uk for more information.

Eat and Drink with usOur café/bar is open Monday to Saturday and for evening events providing a warmwelcome to all visitors. With free wi-fi access, the light and airy surround ings are theperfect place to meet up, relax, eat, drink and share. Our locally sourced menu offershomemade and high quality dishes and we offer speciality coffees, teas and soft drinks,along with a range of wines and local beers.

MUSIC

Live and Loquacious Open Mic NightFriday 16 September 8–10.30pmFriday 4 November 8–10.30pmThink your band has got what it takes to getthe audience vote? Then try out your act atour Open Mic Night.

Guaranteed to entertain music lovers,whatever your taste. Come and support newtalent – you can say you saw them (just)before they were famous! Tickets: £4

The Urban Folk QuartetFriday 11 November 8pmJoe Broughton, Paloma Trigas, Frank Moonand Tom Chapman are The Urban Folk Quartet.Four highly accomplished musicians, a dozeninstruments and four voices coming togetherto put on a high energy show of grooving,globally influenced folk music that will takeyour breath away.

Blistering beats, burning fiddle tunes andelements from all four corners of the globedelivered with boundless energy and humour.It’s true fusion – not just the careless splicingtogether of genres. The UFQ are equally athome delivering a sombre air or harmonisedAppalachian folk song as they are ripping intoa rock-infused reel.

The Urban Folk Quartet ethos is to sendpeople away happier than when they arrived

so whether you’re a fully fledged fan of realmusic or just looking for a good night out –this is the band for you.

Tickets: £10.50 full price, £9 concessions (ifbought by 28th October) Thereafter: £12 fullprice, £10 concessions

Thomas Adams SchoolVariety ConcertMonday 12, Tuesday 13 December 7.15pmA festive celebration of music includingperformances by the Big Band, Taiko groups,choirs and solo performers. Tickets: £5 full price, £2.50 concessions.

Taiko Drumming WorkshopsYoung People: Monday after schoolAdults: Monday 7–8.30pmAn exciting opportunity to try your hand atthe ancient style of Taiko drumming led by anexpert Taiko master, James Barrow. (Open to beginners and advanced)

Course Dates: September 26; October 3, 10,17, 31; November 7, 14, 21, 28 and December 5. Course Cost: £60 for the 10 weeks.

Please note that Taiko is a loud drummingactivity and those with a sensitivity to loudnoises may be affected.

THEATRE & COMEDY

You’re Not Like The Other Girls ChrissieChina Plate TheatreFriday 21 October 8pmJanuary 1945, Paris is liberated. Christianewaits at Gare Du Nord for a train to England tobe reunited her with her fiancé. Whilst shewaits, this gloriously irrepressibleMademoiselle recounts the extraordinary taleof her love affair with Cyril, a tongue-tiedEnglish teacher from Staffordshire.

From a chance encounter at Cheadle TennisClub, their story takes us on to cosmopolitan1930s Paris before their inevitable separationby war. A separation which she hopes, today,will finally come to an end.

A fond, comical and ultimately poignantportrait of one woman’s experience of love andwar. Written and performed by Caroline Horton,inspired by a shoebox full of wartime letters.

Tickets: £9.50 full price £8 concession (if boughtby 7th October) Thereafter £11 full price £9 conc.

A Taste of France6.30pm–7.30pmEnjoy a delicious selection of French paté andcheese served as a platter before the theatreperformance You’re Not Like The Other GirlsChrissie. £6 (booking by 14 October essential)

The Jungle BookOxfordshire Theatre CompanyWednesday 16 November 4pmPresenting the thrilling and heart-warmingstory of Mowgli, the boy brought up bywolves. Whilst hunted by the great tiger,Shere Khan, Mowgli must learn the laws ofthe jungle from his other jungle friends andbecome a young man with the confidence towalk alone. Inventively staged and performedthrough a dazzling blend of songs, puppetryand movement this is a special play forchildren and the young at heart alike.

Tickets: £7 Adult, £5 Child, £23 Family Ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children)

Try one of our jungle picnic boxes for hungrycubs! Includes sandwich, juice, fruit and alittle surprise! – £3.75, please book in advance.

THEATRE & COMEDY

Mark Watson: Request StopsSaturday 3 December 8pmLast year, via his daily blog, Mark invited fansto suggest destinations for his 2011 shows.They told him that he didn’t visit Shropshireenough, so now he finds himself coming toWem to please his fans! He’ll dole out amixture of old favourites and new material,experimental stuff and greatest hits to thosewho have previously been deprived of histrademark frantic wit.

“His is the comedy of self doubt, of everydayawkwardness, of embarrassing families andsmall triumphs that we can all relate to” The Observer

Tickets: £15 – Now SOLD OUT

Murder Mystery Dinner Friday 9 December 7pmTrouble on the Homefront – a 1940’s Murder Mystery World War II. A time of national pride, WinstonChurchill, Spam, and Vera Lynn. But couldmurder also be lurking beneath this sepia-toned veneer…? Do you consider yourself tohave the cunning of Miss Marple or the sharpmind of Hercule Poirot? Enjoy an evening oftongue in cheek suspense and drama as ourbrilliant murder mystery unfolds throughoutthe evening, leading to a climatic ‘whodunit’.

An ideal way to celebrate Christmas early withfriends, family or colleagues. Fancy dress isnot compulsory but adds fun to the occasion.The Wem Town Hall team will be dressing upso feel free to join us!

Tickets: All at £28 to include a 3 course mealwith coffee/tea. Dinner Menu available fromWem Town Hall Reception. Please book by 1 December.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Wem Harvest Market From the Wem Combine HarvestersSaturday 1 October 9–1pmLocal and regional traders will be offering arange of food, drink, and crafts for sale. Therewill be homemade preserves, wine from localvineyards, baked goods, vegetables, plants,jewellery, quilts and many more localproducts. Entry is free.

Tango EveningFlavours of Argentina: TapasFriday 7 October 7pmBe transported to downtown Buenos Airesthrough mouth-watering, vibrant tastes ofSouth American tapas which takes many hintsand flavours from Spain and Italy.Tickets: £10 (booking by 30 October essential) Complement the evening by booking for the filmMidnight Tango starring Strictly stars Vincentand Flavia. See Dance section for details.

Mind, Body and Soul FairSaturday 15 October 10–5pmComplimentary therapies, craft stalls, talksand raffle. In aid of Severn Hospice.Tickets: £2 Adults, £1 Seniors, Children free.

Table Top SaleWem Town Hall Community Trust Saturday 22 October 9–1pm To book tables or for more information please call 01939 232299

A Taste of France 21 Oct 6.30–7.30pmEnjoy a delicious selection of French paté andcheese served as a platter before the theatreperformance You’re Not Like The Other GirlsChrissie. £6 (booking by 14 October essential)

Christmas FestivalFriday 2 December 6–9pmArts and Crafts fair at Wem Town Hall as partof the annual festival.

GALLERY

A Time and a PlaceUntil Saturday 24 SeptemberIn 1979 a young local woman, Thelma Georgeaged 22, spent the spring and summerphotographing Wem. Her black and whitephotos, capture stillness, a moment in time,portraits of people going about their daily lives,and places, some now changed, some not.

Postcards from EuropeMonday 3 October–Saturday 12 November Coinciding with the National ‘Big Draw’campaign in October 2011 Postcards fromEurope is an exhibition of new work fromyoung artists and designers from acrossEurope. Postcards exhibited will represent theplace in which the artists live and work withthemes of place, European citizenship, andindividual creative practices.

Workshops based around the themes of theexhibition will take place at the gallery inOctober, please contact reception for details.

The exhibition has been funded by the European Commission as part of the Youth inAction programme.

Alan Albert Smith ‘stuff from over the years’Monday 21 November–Saturday 28 JanuaryAn exhibition of paintings and constructionsby the celebrated Wem artist.

Ricardo Cavolo

DANCE

Ballroom DanceFriday 30 September 8–11.30pmBallroom and sequence dancing with livemusic by Graham Darby. Food and raffle onthe evening. Tickets: £4.50

Digital Cinema Event: Midnight Tango (90mins)Friday 7 October 8.30pmThe stars of Strictly Come Dancing bring theirsmash-hit 2011 stage show to the WTHcinema!

Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace havedazzled television audiences for six series ofthe BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing with theirstunning Tango routines. Now they havecreated their own live show – Midnight Tango– a breathtaking evening bringing all thedrama, sensuality and elegance of this mostexciting of dance forms to life.

Set in a late night bar in downtown BuenosAires and featuring some of the finest Tangodancers in the world, Midnight Tango takes

you on a journey into the heart of thisintoxicating city. As danger and excitement,joy and jealousy, pain and passion allcombine – this is a spectacular and explosiveevening not to be missed!

Tickets: £10 Full Price, £9 Concession, £8 Child,£36 Family of Four

Enjoy pre-screening Tapas at 7pm with mouthwatering flavours of Spain and Argentina. See special events for more information.

Ballroom DanceFriday 25 November 8–11.30pmBallroom and sequence dancing with livemusic by Steve Nicholas. Food and raffle onthe evening. Tickets: £4.50

Street Dance ClassesLearn street dance moves and build up aroutine in this energetic, invigorating andsatisfying class with our qualified tutor. Newcourse to begin in the Autumn. Please contact Reception for details.

FILM

Film ScreeningsUnless stated all films are priced at £5 Adults, £4.50 Concessions and £4 for 16s and under.

Cars 1 (U)A FREE Film Club ScreeningThursday 1 September 3.30pmA free screening for school children as part ofFilm Club. A hot-shot race-car namedLightning McQueen gets waylaid in RadiatorSprings, where he finds the true meaning offriendship and family.

Bridesmaids (15)Thursday 8 September 7.30pm (125mins)Bridesmaids is an audacious take on the joysand terrors of the ladies in waiting. Picked asher best friend’s maid of honour, lovelorn andbroke Annie looks to bluff her way throughthe expensive and bizarre rituals with anoddball group of bridesmaids.

“Sharply written and winningly performed, itdelivers more laughs than any movie releasedthis year” Daily Telegraph

Source Code (12A)Thursday 15 September 7.30pm (93mins)From the visionary director of Moon, DuncanJames, Source Code is a smart thrillersimmering with tension and threaded withmind-boggling twists.

Following the bombing of a Chicagocommuter train, Captain Colter Stevens (JakeGyllenhaal) wakes up to discover he is part ofa government experiment that enables himto live the final 8 minutes of another man’slife. Now Colter must relive the train bombingover and over again, searching for clues tofind out who is responsible and prevent asecond attack that threatens to kill millions ofChicago citizens.

“Source Code is a terrifically exciting and hugelyenjoyable sci-fi thriller. For pure entertainment,there’s nothing around to touch it.” The Guardian

Submarine (15)Thursday 22 September 7.30pm (97mins)From the producers of This is England andFour Lions, Submarine is an imaginativecoming-of-age comedy.

Oliver Tate is coming up to his sixteenthbirthday and faces two major challenges.Firstly, he needs to lose his virginity and,luckily, meets an equally geeky girl whomight just help on that score. Secondly, heneeds to stop his Mother from leaving hisFather and running off with a New Agemystic. Touching, funny and original,reviewers have been pulling out the stars forthis indie reboot for the British film industry.

“A perfect blend of cool, quirky comedy andwarm-hearted drama” Empire Magazine

FILM

Cars 2 (U)Friday 23 September 6pm and Saturday 24 September 5pm (106mins)Lightning McQueen and Mater shift up a gearwhen they head overseas to compete in thefirst-ever World Grand Prix. But the road to theChampionship is filled with plenty of detoursand hilarious surprises when Mater gets caughtup in a top-secret spy adventure of his own!

Water For Elephants (12A)Thursday 29 September 7.30pm (120mins)Based on the acclaimed bestselling novel ofthe same name, and starring ReeseWitherspoon, Robert Pattinson and ChristophWaltz, Water For Elephants tells the story of an

unexpected, forbidden romance between aveterinary school student, Jacob, and circusperformer, Marlena.

Through their shared compassion for a specialelephant, the couple fight against all of theodds and stand up to Marlena’s dangeroushusband, to find true love. This is a stunningand exciting ride that successfully draws youinto the wonder and magic of the circus world,whilst also showing the unvarnished harshnessof life in a travelling circus in the 1930s.

FILM

The First Grader (12A)Thursday 6 October 7.30pm (103mins)When the Kenyan government promises freeeducation for all, 84 year old Maruge makes hisway to a remote primary school to get himselfan education. An old Mau Mau warrior, he oncefought for the liberation of his country, now hemust fight for his right to learn.

Justin Chadwick’s (The Other Boleyn Girl) newfeature starring Naomie Harris (Pirates Of TheCaribbean), is full of vitality and humour, atrue story of the power of education and theshocking untold history of British colonialrule in Kenya. A screening celebrating Black History Month.

Midnight Tango (certificate TBC)Friday 7 October 8.30pm (90mins)Vincent and Flavia, stars of Strictly ComeDancing bring their smash-hit 2011 stageshow to the WTH cinema! See dance sectionfor more information.

One Day (12A)Thursday 13 October 5pm and 7.30pm(107mins)From the director of An Education and basedon the number one international bestseller byDavid Nicholls. One Day charts theextraordinary relationship between Emma(Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess).They meet on the night of their collegegraduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition whodreams of making the world a better place. Heis a wealthy charmer who dreams that theworld will be his playground. Over the nexttwo decades, every July 15th reveals how thetwo are faring in life and love. A romanticdrama, One Day is a story of love and loss andthe enduring power of friendship.

FILM

Senna (12A)Thursday 20 October 7.30pm (106mins)A stunning documentary on BrazilianFormula One racing driver Ayrton Senna,who won the F1 drivers world championshipthree times before his untimely death at theage of 34. Spanning the decade from hisarrival in Formula One in the mid 1980’s, thefilm follows Senna’s struggles both on thetrack against his nemesis, French WorldChampion Alain Prost, and off it, against thepolitics which infest the sport.

Senna tells an amazing story in an innovativeway, using an engrossing cinematic approachand astounding race footage, much of whichhas never been seen before.

It charts his physical achievements, hisspirituality, his quest for perfection, and themythical status he has since attained. Youdon’t need to be an F1 fan to be awed andcharmed by this iconic figure.

‘To emerge unmoved is just aboutinconceivable.’ Daily Telegraph

Mr Popper’s Penguins (PG)Saturday 22 October 5pm, Monday 24 October 2.30pm and Tuesday 25 October 2.30pm (94mins)Based on the popular children's book, Mr Popper's Penguins is a classic Jim Carreyfilm. The last thing successful businessmanTom Popper (Jim Carrey) needs in his highlyorganised, highly successful life is penguins.Or at least, that’s what he thinks. But whenhe inherits a group of six Gentoo penguins,and they turn his glamorous New Yorkapartment into a winter wonderland, hestarts to see that maybe there’s more to lifethan the daily grind. A heart-warming storyabout how the unexpected can transformyour life for the good.

FILM

Avatar 3D Special Edition (12A)Thursday 27 October 7pm (171mins)Winner of two Golden Globes and two Oscars,Avatar tells the story of an ex-Marine whofinds himself in a war-zone on an alien planet.Now an Avatar – a human mind in an alienbody – the ex-Marine must fight for thesurvival of both himself and the planet’sinhabitants.

One of the highest grossing films of all time,Avatar has set the benchmark for all 3D films.Incorporating groundbreaking CGItechnology, audiences are transported into aspectacular alien world, and anunprecedented cinema experience. See thespecial edition on WTH’s big screen for theoptimum 3D experience.

Tickets: £7 Adults, £6.50 Concessions, £6 16’s and under.

“For true cinematic spectacle, Avatar is out of this world” Daily Telegraph

Jane Eyre (PG) Thursday 3 November5pm and 7.30pm (121mins)Romantic drama based on Charlotte Brontë’sclassic novel, this British-made drama starsMia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, JudiDench and Jamie Bell.

Following the death of Jane’s (Wasikowska)parents she is left in the care of her aunt. Theaunt, disliking Jane’s outspokenness and herfree spirit, promptly sends her to a finishingschool where education is synonymous withcorporal punishment. Years later, havingsurvived her sentence at the school, she isemployed as the governess for the daughterof the wealthy Mr Rochester (Fassbender). Alove blossoms between them, but a terriblesecret threatens to tear them apart.

FILM

Oranges and Sunshine (15)Thursday 10 November 7.30pm (104mins)Directed by Jim Loach – son of the highlyacclaimed British Director Ken Loach.Oranges and Sunshine tells the story ofMargaret Humphreys, a social worker fromNottingham, who uncovered one of themost significant social scandals in recenttimes: the forced migration of Britishchildren in care to Australia.

Promised oranges and sunshine, children gothard labour and life in institutions. Almostsingle-handedly, against overwhelming oddsand with little regard for her own well-being,Margaret reunited thousands of families,brought authorities to account andworldwide attention to an extraordinarymiscarriage of justice.

“A powerful, deeply moving, understatedaccount of a major social injustice that wentunreported for many years...” The Guardian

The Tree Of Life (12A)Thursday 17 November 7.30pm (138mins)From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed directorof such classic films as Badlands, Days ofHeaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life isthe impressionistic story of a Midwesternfamily in the 1950’s.

The film follows the life journey of the eldestson, Jack (Sean Penn), through the innocence

of childhood to his disillusioned adult years ashe tries to reconcile a complicatedrelationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Findinghimself a lost soul in the modern world, Jackseeks answers to the origins and meanings oflife in this powerful study of how brute natureand spiritual grace shape all of our lives.

“There is simply nothing like it out there:profound, idiosyncratic, complex, sincere andmagical” Empire Magazine

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy(certificate TBC)Thursday 24 November 5pm and 8pm(running time TBC)Tense, atmospheric adaptation of John leCarré’s best-selling British spy novel of thesame name, with Gary Oldman, Colin Firth,Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Strong.

In the bleak days of the Cold War, anespionage veteran is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a double agent withinMI6, leading to a spy-hunt that leaves a trail ofmurder, doubt and double crosses in his wakeshaking the British Secret Intelligence Serviceto its very foundations.

FILM

White Christmas (U)Thursday 1 December 7.30pm (120mins) A rare chance to see this 1954 classic musicalon a big screen. Starring Bing Crosby, DannyKaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, andfeaturing the songs of Irving Berlin, includingthe celebrated White Christmas.

After leaving the Army after W.W.II, BobWallace and Phil Davis team up to become atop song-and-dance act. They becomeromantically involved with a sister act andteam up to save the failing Vermont Inn oftheir former commanding general, but notbefore a series of romantic mix-ups ensue!

The Three Musketeers (certificate TBC)Thursday 8 December 5pm and 8pm(running time TBC)This state of the art re-telling of a classic tale,tells the story of D’Artagnan, a young manwho leaves home to become a member of thefighting force of the French King. Along theway, he makes friends with three formerlegendary but now down on their luckMusketeers who must unite to defeat abeautiful double agent and her villainousemployer from seizing the French throne andengulfing Europe in war. ‘All for one, one forall!’ Starring Orlando Bloom, MatthewMacfadyen and Milla Jovovich.

National Schools Film Week 2011The world’s largest festival for cinema and young peopleTuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 OctoberNational Schools Film Week (NSFW) providesteachers and their students with theopportunity to see a wide range of films atlocal cinemas entirely free-of-charge. WemTown Hall will be showing 3 films to localprimary schools and secondary schools whowish to take part.

Film ClubThursdays 4–6pmFree cinema for children and young peoplerun in partnerships with local schools. Contactreception for details.

Film-making and AnimationWorkshopsRegular sessions for children, young peopleand adults. Contact reception for details.

Audio AidsInfra Red enhanced hearing headsets areavailable to amplify sound for hard of hearingpatrons. They can be worn with or without ahearing aid. Please call 01939 232299 to bookyour headset.

VENUE INFORMATION

To plan your journeyplease visit www.wemtownhall.co.uk

Access information• Access to the first floor can be gained

via a lift.

• Wheelchair accessible toilets areavailable on all floors.

• Infra Red enhanced hearing headsetsare available for cinema patrons.

• Induction Loop system operates in themain hall and foyer.

• Guide Dogs are welcome in all parts ofthe building.

Parking informationThe nearest parking is located at the main car park, adjacent to the Co-op, just off High Street. Disabled parking onsite (limited) please book in advance. Please do not park on Noble Street.

Wem Town HallHigh Street, Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DG

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