Find out what's coming to Culture Warrington and Parr Hall this November!
Music
Thursday 2 November
7pm
Amy Macdonald
Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald is embarking on a special intimate acoustic tour, with a night in Warrington. The new dates follow a sold-out UK tour earlier this year and were announced to coincide with the release of her new single Down by the Water, taken from her fourth album Under Stars.
Ticket price: £45/£35/£25
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/amy-macdonald/
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Music
Friday 3 November
7.30pm
A Country Night in Nashville
A Country Night in Nashville recreates the scene of a buzzing Honky Tonk in downtown Nashville, perfectly capturing the energy and atmosphere of an evening in the home of country music. Prepare to be transported on a musical journey through the history of country, featuring songs from its biggest stars, past and present.
Ticket price: £23.50
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/country-night-nashville/
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Comedy
Saturday 4 November
8pm
Comedy Store
Roll up, roll up! Sell-out comedy returns to Pyramid with the best in live stand-up from our friends at The Comedy Store. But hurry - it sells out fast! The Comedy Store continues its residency at Pyramid presenting the best in stand-up from around the globe and showcasing the brightest names in comedy talent. The shows run on the first Saturday of each month, don't miss out!
Ticket price: £14
Location: Pyramid
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/comedy-store-7/
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Music
Tuesday 7 November
7.30pm
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal is undoubtedly a music legend. He is reputedly the best pure singer to come from the 1980s soul and RnB era, when he released a string of memorable hits still broadcast as radio requests and played at thousands of events around the world, including Fake, Criticize, If You Were Here Tonight and Sunshine.
Ticket price: £30
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/alexander-oneal/
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Music
Friday 10 November
6.45pm
Black Star Riders
Black Star Riders are a band with a huge pedigree, featuring lead guitarists Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper), lead vocalist/guitarist Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy, The Almighty), bassist RoBert Crane (Vince Neil, Ratt) and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth, Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth). Now in their fifth year, they have three albums under their belt.
Ticket price: £28 advance
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/black-star-riders/
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Music
Saturday 11 November
7.30pm
The Undertones
Much-loved band The Undertones marked their 40th anniversary last year and celebrated with a variety of scorching live performances at festivals and venues throughout the UK and Europe. The reviews have been glowing and many critics and fans say the band are playing as well as, or better than, ever before.
Ticket price: £20 advance
Location: Parr Hall
https://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/the-undertones/
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Comedy
Saturday 11 November
8pm
Paul Foot - Tis a Pity She's a Piglet
In Paul's first new show in two years, Professor Ketchup and his camembert piglet join forces as he tackles the big issues such as terrorism, Ant and Dec, immigration, The X-Factor and breakfast. The multi-award winning Mr Foot has appeared on numerous TV and Radio programmes and has collected a strong following of fans along the way.
Ticket price: £14
Location: Pyramid
https://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/paul-foot-tis-pity-shes-piglet/
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Music
Monday 13 November
7pm
Imelda May
A truly unique artist, Imelda May's latest work has found a new groove, exploring genres from blues and rock to soul and gospel for a set of the boldest, most personal and intimately autobiographical songs she has ever written. Now she is taking her biggest band line-up on tour and is promising shows to delight fans old and new.
Ticket price: £99 VIP package/£35/£25
Location: Parr Hall
https://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/imelda-may/
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Music
Wednesday 15 November
7.30pm
Nathan Carter and his Band - Wanna Dance Tour
Following on from a 2016 which saw him beat Beyoncé and Drake to a No 1 album in his native Ireland, country-pop crossover star Nathan Carter announced he is embarking on a huge run of UK tour dates. The singer is developing into a household name and has become a firm favourite for audiences of all ages.
Ticket price: £26
Location: Parr Hall
https://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/nathan-carter-band-wanna-dance-tour/
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Music
Friday 17 November
7pm
Daniel Sloss - NOW
NOW is the stunning new show from Scotland's internationally acclaimed and award-winning stand-up Daniel Sloss. Star of TV's Conan, to date Daniel has performed nine sell-out Edinburgh Fringe's, two solo off-Broadway seasons, released a DVD, given a TEDx talk (aged 19) and toured extensively to rave reviews throughout Australasia, USA, UK and Europe.
Ticket price: £14.50/£12
Location: Pyramid
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/daniel-sloss-now/
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Music
Friday 17 November
8pm
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers; from their formation in 2002, the past fifteen years has seen them become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet. Expect bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show that carries its own health warning.
Ticket price: £22.50
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/red-hot-chilli-pipers/
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Music
Saturday 18 November
7.15pm
Magic of Motown
Music fans are invited to the biggest party of the year as the unstoppable Magic of Motown show steams into town. Seen by over 1 million people all over the world, this show features 40 back-to-back classic Motown hits, glittering costume changes, dazzling dance moves and outstanding musicianship in an explosive concert experience.
Ticket price: £27/£25/10th ticket free
Location: Parr Hall
http://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/magic-of-motown/
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NEW AND ONGOING EXHIBITIONS
Crafts
Saturdays 4, 11, 18 & 25 November
1pm-3pm, with an extra session in the morning (10am-11.30am) on the first Saturday of the month
Crafternoons at the Museum
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery runs free craft activities for kids every Saturday from 1pm. There's something different to try every week with this month's themes including hot air balloon hanging, surf board sculptures and tiger craft. Last admission is at 2.45pm; all children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ticket price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/craft-activities-for-kids/
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Art
Wednesday 8 November
10am-12.30pm
Beginners' adult art classes
This is the third in a series of new free monthly art sessions at the museum, tutored by a trained local artist. The classes will introduce you to a range of drawing, mark making, painting and printing techniques; you can come to as many or as few as you like. If you've ever fancied developing your artistic side come along; no previous experience is necessary but booking is required.
Ticket price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/beginners-adult-art-classes-2/
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Exhibition
Ongoing
All Day
Roots Between the Tides
Clair Le Couteur believes Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, one of the oldest municipal museums in the UK, has a unique and unusual story which deserves to be celebrated. The artist and composer's Roots Between the Tides is a combination of sculpture, diagram and catalogue which celebrates this; it is a network of about 200 images of the building, its archives and the town, suspended in the centre of the ethnology gallery to create a striking and interactive installation.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
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Display
Until Saturday 6 January 2018
All Day
Masonic Tercentenary Display
Freemasonry is the oldest secular organisation in Warrington, with the distinction of having the very first recorded meeting of English Freemasons in October 1646. This display will explore how Freemasons influenced the development of Warrington, from the Old Academy to Warrington Museum, from the Victoria Bridge to Parr Hall. On display will be a late 18th century Masonic apron alongside modern Masonic regalia, Masonic jewels, books and documents.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/masonic-tercentenary-display/
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Contemporary Art
Until Saturday 27 January
All Day
Holly Rowan Hesson - Echo
Echo is a new site-specific installation by Holly Rowan Hesson commissioned by Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival. The projection and sculptural work creates dialogues with materials, memory and the physical space. The installation explores uncertainty, transience and the gap between, and interplay within, purely sensory feeling and experience and more literal, rational thought-based experience and memory. Holly will continue to develop the installation with new work being added to the space mid-way through the exhibition.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Pyramid arts centre
https://www.pyramidparrhall.com/whats-on/event/holly-rowan-hesson-echo/
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Contemporary Art
Until Saturday 27 January
All Day
Ellen Sampson - Worn
Ellen Sampson, an artist who explores the relationships between bodily experience, memory and artefacts, will be using film, photography and installation for Worn: footwear, attachment and affective experience. This exhibition explores our relationship with and attachment to shoes. Focusing on the shoe as an everyday object, it explores the ways the worn shoe may act upon us, examining how garments and people may become entwined. It suggests that our particular attachment to footwear is located in our intimate and tactile relationship to it; that attachment is created through touch and wear.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/worn-footwear-attachment-and-affective-experience/
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Art
Until Saturday 21 April 2018
All Day
Warrington Art Treasures 2017-18
This is the first of three special exhibitions celebrating important events in the history of Warrington Museum, especially the opening of the main art gallery in October 1877. From its creation in 1848, Warrington Museum has amassed significant collections including works by prominent local Victorian artists who acquired a national reputation as regular exhibitors at the Royal Academy (RA). Some of the best treasures will be showcased in a series of exhibitions marking a joint celebration of the RA's 250th anniversary and landmarks in the creation of the oldest public museum in the North West of England, which was also home to the Warrington School of Art from 1857.
Ticket Price: Free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/warrington-art-treasures-2017-2018/
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Art
Saturday 11 November - Saturday 10 March
All day
The School of Art
Continuing our series of exhibitions celebrating special events in the history of Warrington Museum, this exhibition celebrates Warrington's School of Art which was originally housed in the museum from the building's opening in 1857. Originally run by the Mechanics Institute to provide education that would allow young artists to find employment in industry, the school flourished to become one of the finest in the country, with its students achieving more scholarships than most other art schools of the time. As well as watercolours and other media from graduates of the School of Art, examples of other artists' work from the museum's collection are featured.
Ticket price: free
Location: Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
http://www.warringtonmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/event/the-school-of-art/
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