THE HAWTH CRAWLEY
Box Office: 01293 553636
www.hawth.co.uk
Booking fee applies
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OCTOBER
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Mon 1st Theatre
Celtic Legends
100% Irish 100% Live!
Celebrating 10 years of
international touring, Celtic Legends is an authentic and unique show
highlighting the dance and music traditions of Ireland, bringing a true taste
of Irish culture to Crawley.
Authentic traditional music and thrilling dance combine in one of the most
exciting Irish music and dance shows for years.
Ireland?s leading dancers and award-winning musicians playing especially
composed music make Celtic Legends the original live Irish dance experience.
Tickets: ?18
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Mon 1st Studio
Blues Night in
association with Crawley Blues Club
Hans Theessink
A solo show from one
of the most sought-after artists of the international blues scene.
A Dutch bluesman who has dedicated himself to American blues and become one
of the top blues and roots musicians through his unmistakable guitar work,
sonorous baritone voice and stage presence.
Enjoy the performance in a cabaret setting complete with a choice of daily
specials or sharing platters from the Arts Bistro and drinks to enjoy at your
table.
?an international blues treasure? Blues Revue
Tickets: ?12
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Mon 8th Studio
Twelfth Day
At the forefront of
innovative, modern British folk music, the highly acclaimed Scottish duo
Catriona Price (fiddle/vocals) and Esther Swift (harp/vocals) have a fresh,
open minded approach to music, creating an entirely unique sound,
interweaving masterful fiddle and harp playing with beautifully harmonised
vocals.
Enjoy the performance
in a cabaret setting complete with a choice of daily specials, sharing
platters and drinks from the Arts Bistro at your table.
Tickets: ?12
(discounts: ?10)
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Sat 13 Theatre
Crawley Arts
Development: One World Celebration Night
To celebrate this
Olympic year and Black History Month, an evening of variety including music
and dance to entertain all.
African rhythms, Caribbean sounds and a party atmosphere guarantee to get you
on your feet. All welcome.
A Black History Month event
A Going Global event supported by The National Lottery through Arts Council
England
Going Global is proudly sponsored by Africart
Tickets: ?7 (discounts: ?5), family of four: ?16
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Tue 16th Theatre
Joan Armatrading
Plus special guest
Chris Wood (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Singer of The Year 2011)
Three times Grammy nominated, Brit award nominee and Ivor Novella winner
singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading MBE remains fresh, vibrant and current; no
more so than when live, on stage, where music comes to life.
A fantastic mix of magical old favourites plus brand new songs to fall in
love with. Joan is as happy to play Love and Affection, Willow, Drop
The Pilot and Me, Myself I, as the audience is to hear them. She is
equally happy and proud of how her audiences embrace hearing new and exciting
compositions, like Into The Blues (debuted at No. 1 in the US Blues chart
2007) and This Charming Life (debuted at No. 1 in Amazon download chart
2010).
Joan is recognised as one of the World?s leading singer, songwriter and
guitarists.
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Fri 26th
Southern Tenant Folk Union
The most highly
acclaimed folk/bluegrass band in the UK today, Southern Tenant Folk Union
have now released five ground-breaking albums.
A seven piece all acoustic band with banjo, mandolin, fiddle & harmony
vocals STFU perform with ?soul & beauty? on their murder ballads and
laments and tear it up with their ?Hootenanny sawdust-kickers? and high
energy sound.
?The band knock up a fierce, raw and earthy music that is the stuff of
Mumford & Sons' dreams?the results are as compelling as they are
oppressively bleak? The Guardian
?A fascinating union of Celtic and American influences? Simon Cosyns, The Sun
Tickets: ?14 (discounts: ?12)
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Sat 27th
Crawley Blues Festival in association with Crawley Blues Club
The 7th annual Blues
Festival featuring top artists from both sides of the Atlantic.
The afternoon session (2pm ? 5.30pm) features guitarist and singer Danny
Kyle, Eddie Armer & Steve Simpson playing country blues, Ry Cooder and
Little Feat and US guitarist Kent DuChaine who will transport you to Delta of
the 1930s.
The evening session (7pm ? midnight) features R 'n' B band Southern Nights
with special Guest Bob Brookes, classic blues duo Fran McGillivray & Mike
Burke, award-winning acoustic guitarist Toby Walker and Hawth favourites
Smokestack Duo.
Tickets: Afternoon: ?14, Evening: ?16, Joint: ?25
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NOVEMBER
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Mon 5th Studio
Blues Night in
association with Crawley Blues Club
Geoff Achison
Award-winning
guitarist, songwriter and recording artist, Geoff Achison is a musician of
remarkable ability who has won fans all around the world.
Having taught himself to play in the isolation of rural Australia, he has
developed a blues/funk style all his own that can be delicate one moment and
explosive the next. Inspired by the great Blues and R&B music of
yesteryear, Geoff?s live set features an infectious mix of gutsy original tunes,
improvised jams and dynamic new arrangements of blues and soul classics.
'Possibly one of the most gifted musicians on the scene' The Times
Enjoy the performance in a cabaret setting complete with a choice of daily
specials, sharing platters and drinks from the Arts Bistro which you can
enjoy at your table.
Tickets: ?12
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Fri 9 Theatre
Spirit of the Dance
The international
dance sensation that conquered the world.
One of the most successful shows ever to come out of Ireland it has been seen
by more than 25 million people in fifteen countries around the world.
Winner of nine Global Awards, including Best Choreography and Best
International Production, this foot-stomping spectacular bursts with raw
energy of heart-pounding Irish dance with the sensual Latino rhythms of
flamenco and red hot salsa in a thrilling production of strength and passion.
With thunderous applause, standing ovations and sold out crowds at every
performance Spirit of the Dance is one of the greatest dance shows ever.
Tickets: ?22.50 (discounts: 20.50). Groups of 10 or more: ?20.
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Sun 18th
Kate Rusby
?Her voice remains a
thing of extraordinary beauty? Mojo
2012 heralds a landmark year for Kate, being her 20th year in the music
industry and to celebrate that she is recording a new album entitled 'Twenty'
featuring special guests to celebrate this anniversary.This concert will echo
the sentiments of 'Twenty' revisiting some old favourites with new ideas
along with a sprinkling of much loved classics from her back catalogue. As
ever, Kate will be joined on stage by the brilliantly talented musicians who
form part of her band.
Tickets: ?23.50
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DECEMBER
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Mon 17 ? Wed 19 Studio
Maypoles To Mistletoe
Martyn Wyndham Read, Sue Mills, Carolyn Robson, Mike Nicholson, Jim Farr,
Dick Streeter, The Broadwood Men, Magog, The Rusper Mummers and The Maypole
Band return to The Hawth to celebrate the seasons of the year in verse,
music, drama, dance and song.
Tickets: ?13
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Thur 20 Studio
Richard Durrant
A Candlelit Christmas
Concert
Richard is a world
class virtuoso with a warm and easy rapport with audiences. Tonight he brings
his much-loved candlelit Christmas show to The Hawth. A musical and visual
feast of seasonal music from around the world, performed on guitar with
imagination and flair.
'extraordinary virtuosity? a simply unmissable treat? Classic FM Magazine
Tickets: ?15.50 (discounts: ?13.50)
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THE HAWTH CRAWLEY
Box Office: 01293 553636
www.hawth.co.uk
Booking fee applies
