Comedy Club on Thursday 3 March brings three of the best on the comedy circuit. You’ll have seen headliner Joe Lycett on Live at the Apollo and Sunday Night at the London Palladium as well as Celebrity Juice to name but a few! Foster Panel Prize Winner 2014 Will Duggan will share his cheerfully cynical view of the world along with comedian, actress, songwriter and improviser Pippa Evans. MC Ben Van Der Velde has worked for Komedia, The Comedy Cafe and Bestival so you’re sure to be in safe hands.
Exhibition Neil Marchant: Nebula XXI has been formed from a fascination with 1950s popular culture: the science fiction stories, magazine illustration and toys and games. Running from Saturday 27 February until Sunday 3 April this exhibition explores the idea of space and space travel through childhood memories in a mixed media of throw-away packaging materials such as packing paper, building materials and string. Free to view, with artworks for sale. Children and adults will have an opportunity to meet the artist and get closer to the exhibition through talks and interactive activies on Saturday 12 March. There are also children’s Easter holiday activities available. Please see website for more information.
The Curious Adventures of Pinocchio, brought to Cornerstone by Lygo Theatre on Thursday 31 March, follows Pinocchio on his quest to find his father and to become a human boy. Performed by writer-director Patrick Lynch, this show has a beautiful set, with lovely puppet characters and delightful, specially created, music.
Political history is brought to life in a new play, Lady Connie and the Suffragettes, on Saturday 5 March. Exploring the role of this lady of the realm in the new suffragette movement alongside the flutuations of her aching love affair this production offers real insight into a moment in history. Suitable for older teens to enjoy alongside adults.
An explosion of brass and beats augmented by drum and percussion from Hackney Colliery Band on Friday 18 March offers an evening of superb, uplifting music from this supremely talented nine-piece. Hailing from East London with influences from Balkan beats, contemporary jazz, soul, rock, afrobeat and hip hop this is music you won’t be able to keep still to. These guys are cool, confident and hilarious while delivering a packed set. They’ve collaborated with international orchestras, the late Amy Winehouse and Eliza Doolittle and were the only act to play fully live at the closing cermony of the London 2012 Olympic games.
On offer through the Easter school holidays is a wide variety of family and children’s workshops to keep all ages engaged and inspired, including: Science Day: Great and Small; Clay Sculpture: Forest Floor; Worlds of Art; Animation: Amazon Adventure; Musical in a Day: Exploring Oliver; Drop-in and Doodle: The Big and the Small; Youth Dance and more. If you enjoy fun and creative adult workshops why not give Felt Jewellery, Drawing from Scratch and Clay Sculpture a try?
Full details of our spring season programme and online booking are available at our website http://www.cornerstone-arts.org. Tickets can also be purchased in person or by telephone from the Box Office on 01235 515144. Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 11am-4pm. Closed Monday.
Bridget Haffenden
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