MARCH - What's On in Oswestry
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27 February -
4 March
The End of
the Affair
Attfield
Theatre, Oswestry
Graham
Greene’s The End of the Affair will be performed by amateur dramatic society
Attfield Theatre Company at 7.45pm for six nights. Tickets £7. Telephone box
office on 01691 680222 for details.
27 February – 4 March
Sister Act
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
An all new
production of the Broadway and West End smash hit musical comedy Sister Act returns to the UK starring The X Factor’s Alexandra Burke and directed and choreographed by Craig
Revel Horwood. Various times and prices. Contact www.grandtheatre.co.uk for details.
1 March
Thai Cooking
Demo
Upstairs
Downstairs cookery workshop, Oswestry
Learn to
prepare and cook your own dishes from Thailand using authentic Thai herbs and
spices. 6pm-8.30pm. £15.Book at www.globalcookshop.co.uk
1 March
Charcoal
portraits
The Qube,
Oswald Road, Oswestry
Four week
courses to develop drawing skills and techniques through this versatile medium,
with tutor artist Darren Fraser. 2pm-4pm. £80. Call 01691 656882 or email
[email protected] to book your place.
1 March
Knitter
Natter
British
Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry
Join fellow
knitters for a natter between 11am-12pm. Every first Wednesday of the month.
www.britishironworkcentre.co.uk
1 March
Mini
Blacksmith Experience
British
Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry
Discover
hidden talents as a blacksmith in this free mini workshop. Sessions last for 20
minutes in the forge with the resident blacksmith. Telephone 0800 6888386 for
details or booking.
1 March
Menopause the Musical
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Starring Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Maureen
Nolan (The Nolans), Rebecca Wheatley
(Casualty) and Ruth Berkeley (Penny Dreadful), this hysterical all-singing,
all-dancing comedy is set in a department store, where four women with
seemingly nothing in common, meet by chance and make fun of their woeful lives
experiencing ‘the change’. Starts 7.30pm. www.theatresevern.co.uk for details.
1 March
Sweet Bean –
Borderlines Film Festival
Kinokulture,
Oswestry
Sweet Bean
(PG) directed by Japanese director Naomi Kawase is a one-off screening for
Borderlines Film Festival. 7.30pm, priced £7.50. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
2 March
Cameo – over
60s group
Whole Life
Christian Centre, Cabin Lane Church, Oswestry
Join Cameo
for tea, coffee, cakes and conversation on the first Thursday of every month. 2pm.
Telephone 01691 671167 for details.
2 March
Wine club
Oswestry Cricket Club
Twelve Green Bottles’ wine club, from
7pm. For information go to www.twelvegreenbottleswine.co.uk
2-5 March
Youth Music
Festival
Christchurch and Oswestry Methodist
Church
More than 300 talented young performers compete in
this respected competition aimed at encouraging musical development. There are
a huge number of classes using various instruments. The performances are free
to watch and are held in local venues concluding with the Sunday final at
Christchurch. For details contact 01691 680222.
2 March
The Salesman – Borderlines Film
Festival
Kinokulture, Oswestry
Celebrated Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi’s new
film (12A) examines the strained relationship of a middle-class married couple,
Rana and Emad. 7.30pm, priced £7.50. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
3 March
Coffee and Chaos
Whole Life
Christian Centre, Cabin Lane Church, Oswestry
Under 5s and their carers meet every
Friday from 9am-11.15am for play and chat. Telephone 01691 671167 for details.
3 & 4 March
Jackie – Borderlines Film Festival
Kinokulture, Oswestry
Oscar winner Natalie Portman is Jackie
Kennedy in acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain’s study of the former
First Lady following her husband’s assassination. Cert 15, starts 7.30pm,
tickets £7.50. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
4 March
Spring Members’ extravaganza
British
Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry
Members of the British Ironwork Centre
are invited to this exclusive shopping event with an array of exciting new
products. Telephone 0800 6888386 for
details.
4 March
40th
Anniversary Concert
Christchurch, Oswestry
Celebrate 40 years of the Youth Music Festival
at a special concert including many of the talented performers since its
introduction, from 7.30pm until 9.30pm.
Booking essential, contact the Guildhall on 01691 680222.
4 March
Mother’s Day
pottery
Baby Bird
Café, Oswestry
Join Bambino
Bazaar between 1-3pm. A
choice of ceramic items (£5-£12) that can be painted by little ones. Items are
then glazed, fired and returned to Baby Bird for collection.
www.babybirdcafe.co.uk
5 March
Midlands
Breakfast Club
British
Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry
A gathering
of car enthusiasts from across the UK. Join them for a breakfast sandwich and a
browse of the vehicles on display. All are welcome and entry is free. Telephone
0800 6888386 for details.
6-8 March
Three-day
upholstery workshop
Chalk CIC,
Leg Street, Oswestry
Learn the skills to upholster
furniture at home over three days from 10am – 5pm
Tish leads the workshop and will
teach you traditional techniques of upholstery. By the end of the three days
you will have a finished chair and the skills to create beautiful chairs! You
will need a chair and cover material, tools and lunch are included. £180.
www.chalkcic.co.uk
7 March
Joyful Noise
Choir
Whole Life
Christian Centre, Cabin Lane Church, Oswestry
Weekly Tuesday evening
practice session for the Oswestry Community Gospel Choir - Joyful Noise.
7pm-8.30pm. For details contact 01691 680222.
7 March
The Art of
Pasta Making
Upstairs
Downstairs Cookery workshop, Oswestry
Make your own
fresh-filled pasta and filled ravioli with a traditional tomato sauce.
11am-1.30pm. £49. www.globalcookshop.co.uk
8 March
Classical
French cookery
Upstairs
Downstairs Cookery workshop, Oswestry
Make a French classic, Coq au Vin with
croutons, an authentic French bread (Fougasse), and a Salade Melangée - delicieux!
11am-1.30pm. £49. www.globalcookshop.co.uk
9 March
Jigsaw club
Whole Life
Christian Centre, Cabin Lane Church, Oswestry
Feeling
isolated or lonely or in need of friendship? Jigsaw meet twice a month on the
second and fourth Thursday of each month at 2pm. Telephone 01691 671167 for
details.
9 March
Picture
Perfect
The Qube,
Oswald Road, Oswestry
Start of
six-week course leaning how to capture beautiful location with your digital
camera. 10am-1pm. £65. Call
01691 656882 or email [email protected] to book your place.
11 March
Demonstration
of Moroccan Cooking
Upstairs
Downstairs Cookery workshop, Oswestry.
Join us in the kitchen to discover the
flavours of a Moroccan feast. We will show you how to prepare cous-cous by
hand, make a tagine and a Moroccan bread and taste various salads from the
region of Marakesh.11am-1.30pm. £15. www.globalcookshop.co.uk
12 March
Wedding Fayre
Sweeney Hall
Hotel, near Oswestry
Brides to be
should join the Sweeney Hall for their spring wedding fayre from 11am. Meet the
experienced sales team and exhibitors including stationery, photography,
florists, wedding cars and cake makers. For more information telephone Lindsay on 01691 652450
14 March
Kate Hamer –
The Doll Funeral
Booka
Bookshop, Oswestry
An evening in
the company of the bestselling author of The Girl in the Red Coat as she talks
about her new novel The Doll Funeral. Doors open 7pm. Tickets £5 plus booking
fee from Booka. www.bookabookshop.co.uk
15 March
Textile
Treats Workshop
The Qube,
Oswald Road, Oswestry
Create unique
textile treats with a contemporary resist method (bag/pencil case/canvas).
10am-4pm. £65. Call
01691 656882 or email [email protected] to book your place.
16 March
Stanley
Kubrick Mini Season: Eyes Wide Shut
Kinokulture,
Oswestry
Kubrick’s
daring last film, cert 18, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. 7.30pm. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
17 March
Pimp your
pitch
The Qube,
Oswald Road, Oswestry
Improve
networking and presentation skills and sales techniques. 10am-4pm. £85. Call 01691 656882 or email
[email protected] to book your place.
19 March
Nature Watch
with Shropshire Wildlife Trust
British
Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry
Shropshire
Wildlife Trust invite you to explore and learn about our beautiful natural
surroundings. Fun facts for the whole family. Telephone 0800 6888386 for
details.
19 March
Photos for
Mother’s Day
Baby Bird
Café, Oswestry
Photos for Mothers Day with Elizabeth
Edward Photography from 9am-12pm.
Drop in for a 6x9 printed & mounted
photo for your family/little one for just £5 to take away on the day.
21 March
Filleting and
Cooking Fish
Upstairs
Downstairs Cookery workshop, Oswestry
This course will teach you to gut,
scale, fillet and cook a locally-caught round fish and a flat fish, fresh from
the seas around Britain. 11am-1.30pm. £49. www.globalcookshop.co.uk
22-26 March
Gangsta Granny
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
World premiere of the
brilliant David Walliam’s story of Ben and his Gangsta Granny. Various times and
prices, visit www.grandtheatre.co.uk for details.
23 March
Lino Printing
Workshop
The Qube,
Oswald Road, Oswestry
Learn how to
make your own linocut prints with tutor Charlotte Jackson. 1pm-4pm. £20.
24-26 March
Napoleonic
Re-enactment and Living History Weekend
Whittington
Castle
Skirmishes,
weapon displays and talks. www.whittingtoncastle.co.uk
25 March
Make Your Own
Remedies
Gablecroft,
Whittington
Learn how to
use everyday ingredients from the garden and kitchen to make natural and
chemical-free remedies for the whole family. With herbalist Louise Idoux from
10am-1pm, £25. To book telephone 01691 656934
26 March
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Lion Quays Hotel & Spa, Weston Rhyn, near
Oswestry
Celebrate spring with a tea party with a
difference. Visit www.lionquays.co.uk for details.
26 March
Mother’s Day
lunch
Sweeney Hall
Hotel, near Oswestry
Why not give
Mum the day off this year and treat her to a Mother’s Day lunch at Sweeney
Hall? Three course lunch at £22 per person and £12 for children. Contact 01691
652450 or email [email protected] for details.
26 March
Free
Mothering Sunday events
Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Telford
As part of their 50th
Anniversary celebrations The Ironbridge Gorge Museums are inviting mums to
enjoy a day out as their guest at five of their sites on Mothering Sunday, when
accompanied by another full-paying adult. This free entry offer includes Blists
Hill Victorian Town, Coalport China Museum, Tar Tunnel, Jackfield Tile Museum,
Museum of The Gorge, the Darby Houses and Enginuity.
28 March
Exhibition on
screen: The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
Kinokulture,
Oswestry
Film based on
the popular exhibition The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism and the
Garden Movement, from the Florence Griswold Museum, in Connecticut. 7pm. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
28 March
Authentic
Spanish Tapas cookery
Upstairs
Downstairs Cookery workshop, Oswestry
Learn to make classic tapas dishes,
from albondigas (Spanish meatballs) and tortilla espanola (a Spanish omelette)
to chorizo and thyme bread rolls. 11am-1.30pm. £49.
28 March – 1
April
Joseph &
the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
X-Factor
winner Joe McElderry stars as Joseph in the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
classic musical. www.theatresevern.co.uk for bookings,
times and prices.
30 March
West Side
Story
Kinokulture,
Oswestry
Part of the
Afternoon Classics season, this award-winning adaptation of Romeo and Juliet
has captivated audiences for four decades. 1.30pm. www.kinokulture.org.uk for booking and
details.
31 March
Artisan
Market
Bailey Street and Bailey Head, Oswestry
Browse and
buy from a collection of quality local craft and
food producers.
31 March
Neil Mcsweeney and Vera Van Heeringen
Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry
Folk singer-songwriter Neil
McSweeney emerged from the flowering of Sheffield music that gave the world
Arctic Monkeys and Richard Hawley and has since established himself as ‘a
songwriter of rare ability’. 8pm. www.hermonchapel.com or telephone 01691 662196
