Number 8 Community Arts Centre
High Street, Pershore WR10 1BG
Box office: 01386 555488
Number 8 Community Arts Centre
Events for January 2009
Pittville Connection - 'Re-Connected'
Thursday 4th December to Friday 2nd JanuaryPittville Connection group of artists was formed in April 1998 by a group of like-minded final year students on the Visual Arts BA Hon's course at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education. Two members have recently obtained their Master's Degrees, one in Fine Art and the other in Contemporary Visual Arts at University College, Falmouth. A third member studied at the Royal College of Art.Event details »
Shivani Patel & Louise Chesshire - 'Jewellery and Silverware'
Friday 5th December to Wednesday 14th JanuaryA stunning combined exhibition of by two artists, Contemporary Designer and Goldsmith Shivani Patel who produces highly skilled and innovative jewellery and Louise Chesshire whose jewellery and silverware strongly references the plant world. Event details »
Julia Grice (BA Hons) - 'My Voice Through Abstract Expressionism'
Friday 2nd January to Wednesday 28th JanuaryJoin me on a journey through my experience of the art world into Abstract Expressionism. See how my work develops from its early stages as two lines cross or random dots or splashes of paint progress to conclusion as a final image. My work often develops spontaneously, sometimes without reference or pre-conceived ideas. Each work is a new beginning.
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (15)
Friday 2nd January to Saturday 3rd JanuarySidney Young (Simon Pegg) is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the conservative New York based Sharps Magazine its something of a shock! It seems Sharps editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success - his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes - and a love affair with colleague Alison Olsen that will either make him or break him.
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Brideshead Revisited (12A)
Monday 5th January to Tuesday 6th JanuaryBased on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence prior to the Second World War. Filmed on location at Castle Howard and in the charming cities of Venice and Oxford, the film is worth seeing for the richness of the costumes, set designs and excellent performances from Emma Thompson and Michael Gambon. Event details »
Mini 8's (5-7 year olds)
Tuesday 6th January to Tuesday 24th MarchA fun, lively and creatively based dance class that introduces young children to movement through games, exercises and imagination.Event details »
Activ-8 (8-12 year olds)
Tuesday 6th January to Tuesday 24th MarchA lively, creative, structured class that uses a variety of contemporary dance techniques. Event details »
I've Loved You So Long (12A) - Subtitles
Thursday 8th January to Friday 9th JanuaryStarring actors Kristin Scott-Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Laurent Grevill and Serge Hazanavicius, I've Loved You So Long is a film about the complex relationship between two sisters. Based on an original screenplay by director, Philippe Claudel, the film recounts the story of Juliette (Scott-Thomas), who after 15 years in prison returns to her hometown of Nancy.Event details »
Rocknrolla (15)
Saturday 10th January 2009Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie heads back to the London underworld for this fast-paced crime comedy. When a Russian mobster orchestrates a lucrative real estate deal, every criminal in London wants a piece of the action. Everyone from unrelenting crime boss Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) to street-smart criminal One Two (Gerard Butler), corrupt accountant Stella (Thandie Newton) and unpredictable punk rocker Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell) conspire and collide with one another in an effort to get rich quick. As the bullets start to fly, there's no telling who will walk away with the fortune. Event details »
Junior Youth Theatre (7-11 year olds)
Monday 12th January to Wednesday 25th MarchPlaces now available!
The Number 8 Youth Theatre comprises of weekly classes culminating in small-scale performances/sharings.
Mondays - 4.30pm - 6.00pm Junior £40 (term fee)
Wednesdays - 4.45pm - 6.15pm Junior £40 (term fee)
Wednesdays - 6.30pm - 8.00pm Senior £50 (term fee)
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Senior Youth Theatre (12+ year olds)
Monday 12th January to Wednesday 25th MarchPlaces now available!
The Number 8 Youth Theatre comprises of weekly classes culminating in small-scale performances/sharings.
Mondays - 4.30pm - 6.00pm Junior £40 (term fee)
Wednesdays - 4.45pm - 6.15pm Junior £40 (term fee)
Wednesdays - 6.30pm - 8.00pm Senior £50 (term fee)
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Easy Virtue (PG)
Monday 12th January to Tuesday 13th JanuaryEasy Virtue is a witty comedy adapted from a play by Noel Coward. Set during "The Roaring Twenties", John Whittaker falls madly in love with a sexy and glamorous American woman, Larita (Jessica Biel), and they impetuously get married in the South of France. However, when the couple arrive at the stately family home in the English countryside, things start to unravel. Event details »
Chance to Dance (55+ year olds)
Tuesday 13th January to Thursday 26th MarchChance to Dance (55+ year olds)
Tuesday 10.00am - 11.00am
Thursday 9.15am - 10.15am
& 10.30am - 11.30am
If you would like the opportunity to increase flexibility, build strength and learn dance sequences to music from the past and present, look no further. Our Chance to Dance courses are still going from strength to strength and we are now booking for the Spring term.
Event details »Maureen Sullivan - 'Light in Winter'
Thursday 15th January to Wednesday 25th FebruaryIn the dormant days of Winter, light and colour can lift the spirits and remind us of the Spring to come. Maureen's stained glass pictures and sculptures will help to brighten the darkness. She depicts spiritual aspects of the Earth, the Moon, the Sun, trees, angels, Celtic crosses, boats, water, flowers and nature, using crystals, mosaic, and beach-combed glass.
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Man on Wire (12A)
Thursday 15th January 2009In 1974 Philippe Petit committed one of the world's greatest ‘art crime' stunts walking across a tightrope strung between the then unfinished World Trade Center towers. James Marsh's inspiring documentary Man on Wire tells artist Philippe Petit's story from his early days as an aspiring performer of circus arts, through to his wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame, across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and culminating in the lengthy planning and execution of his famous World Trade Center high-wire stunt. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Event details »
The Changeling (15)
Friday 16th January to Saturday 17th JanuaryClint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in a provocative thriller based on an actual event. In the film, Christine Collins' (Jolie) prayers are met when her kidnapped son is returned. But amidst the frenzy of the photo-op reunion, she realises this child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a sceptical public, she desperately hunts for answers, only to be confronted by a truth that will change her forever.
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Baby Mama (12A)
Monday 19th January to Tuesday 20th JanuarySuccessful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a child on her own but her plan is thrown into turmoil after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant.
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Quiet Chaos (Cert tbc) - Subtitles
Thursday 22nd January 2009Quiet Chaos is what Pietro Paladini has felt in his heart ever since his wife's sudden death. Pietro is a successful executive, happily married and father of a 10-year old daughter, Claudia. One day, after having saved the lives of two women who were drowning, he arrives home only to discover his wife has suddenly died and from that moment on his life changes radically.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (12A)
Friday 23rd January to Thursday 29th JanuaryBased on John Boyne's novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas focuses on the friendship that springs up between an eight year old German boy, Bruno, and a Jewish boy of the same age, Shmuel. Bruno is unaware that Shmuel is an inmate of a concentration camp, known only to him as a ‘farm'. He is also oblivious to the fact that his father, ‘a good soldier and decent man', is actually the man who runs the camp. Slowly the illusions that hold the family together crumble as the truth seeps into their home and lives. Event details »
Elvis is in the Building!
Saturday 24th January 2009Number 8 welcomes back Paul Lillie, hailed by The Guardian as "Britain's leading Elvis impersonator". With a fantastic seven-piece band and a score that includes all of Elvis' million-selling hits, this show is set to bring the best of Elvis' music to Pershore.Event details »
Elmley Castle Art Class - '15 into 8'
Thursday 29th January to Wednesday 18th FebruaryThe class was formed 8 years ago with 20 members in response to local interest. There was a desire to improve painting skills and techniques and they were fortunate to enlist the services of Malcolm Brookes A.T.D, R.B.S.A,R.cam.A, who has guided them through a wide ranging syllabus, indoors during autumn and winter and out of doors during the summer. Membership includes professional and semi-professional artists but most members are enthusiastic amateurs.Event details »
Burn After Reading (15)
Friday 30th January to Saturday 31st JanuaryIn this dark spy-comedy from Academy Award-winners Joel and Ethan Coen, hilarity ensues when a computer disk containing an ousted CIA official's memoirs accidentally falls into the hands of two foolish gym employees intent on exploiting their find.
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