Sax On Sunday
Snake welcomes back Tom and Melissa and he is looking forward to having to keep up with these very talented youngsters, playing more modern material than usual.
Angela Barnes brings Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show to Barton
Comedian Angela Barnes is bringing her latest show, Rose Tinted, to Barton upon Humber’s Ropery Hall.
The show was a sell-out at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe earning some well-earned critical acclaim that she is now taking on tour.
“You may have seen or heard Angela on a number of topical comedy TV and radio shows, and do you know what? She is just about fed up of the news!” said Liz Bennet of The Ropewalk. “What’s more she’s anxious, she’s depressed and she’s fatigued. Bored of Brexit, tired of Trump and knackered by North Korea”.
According to Angela the world is going to hell in a handcart and being a natural pessimist, Angela is fed up of commentating on it all as it happens.
But can a renowned pessimist really find it in herself to accentuate the positive, look on the bright side and pop on her rose-tinted specs to make the bad stuff go away? Just for a little bit? Like maybe for an hour?
Or is she better off confronting the horrible stuff and laughing in its ugly face? This is stand-up and stories from a woman who is just, like the rest of us, trying to live her life… and wouldn’t mind a taste of that ignorant bliss she’s heard so much about!
Before becoming a comedian, Angela worked in health and social care. In 2011, she won the BBC New Comedy Award and became a finalist at the 2011 Latitude Festival New Act of the Year competition. Since then Angela has become a regular on BBC’s The News Quiz, Newsjack and Mock The Week. She has also appeared on Live at The Apollo (BBC2), The Now Show (BBC Radio 4), Stand Up For The Week (Channel 4 / Open Mic) and Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3).
Angela will be taking to the Ropery Hall stage on Friday, September 27, at 8pm. Tickets cost £14 in advance or £16 on the door. Tickets can be bought online at www.roperyhall.co.uk, by telephoning 01652 660380 or in person at The Ropewalk’s Craft Gallery.
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Clap Trap Theatre presents…
BLINDFOLD—by BAFTA-nominated writer Tom Needham
Featuring Florrie Stockbridge, Natasha Jones and Cal Stockbridge. In 1914, two boyhood friends went to fight for their country—only one came back. After the war, the surviving soldier and his sister encounter an old friend who is being haunted by the ghost of a young man in blindfold. Now, a hundred years later, the discovery of letters re-awakens the ghost.
Who is he, and what does he want?
Bit by bit, the lives of the long dead are brought to life and the heartbreaking truth begin to emerge…
This performance is part of our Members’ 241 Offer. Please ask for details.
Barnstormers Comedy – March 2026
Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit.
Barnstormers Comedy – February 2026
Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit.
Barnstormers Comedy – Jan 2026
Join us for a wonderful night of comedy with our regular Barnstormers compere and three comedians from the national circuit.
Gilmore and Roberts
Contemporary folk/acoustic duo Gilmore & Roberts combine award- winning songwriting with astounding musicianship and their trademark harmonies to create a powerful wall of sound.
Nominated three times at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Katriona Gilmore (fiddle, mandolin) and Jamie Roberts (guitar) met while studying at Leeds College of Music and released their debut album in 2008.
Since then, the duo have toured Canada and mainland Europe, played some of the UK’s biggest acoustic festivals, toured with folk rock legends Fairport Convention and won countless accolades for their genre-spanning work. Gilmore & Roberts are set to release their sixth studio album, a long-awaited follow up to 2018’s ‘A Problem Of Our Kind’, in 2023.
‘Capable of making you dance, cry and think…a masterclass in songwriting and a lesson in how to present songs’ – FOLK RADIO UK
‘Hot property’ – fRoots
‘Gilmore & Roberts take English folk and scuff it up with indie rock drama’ – Q Magazine
‘Head and shoulders above their contemporaries’ – Rockin’ Magpie
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