Square Chapel Centre for the Arts
A Celebration of Square Chapel – Ensemble 360 & The Hepton Singers
On Saturday 24 March, 7:30pm at Red Brick Auditorium of Square Chapel Arts Centre, there will be a Celebration of Square Chapel by Ensemble 360 & The Hepton Singers.
Commissioned by the Centre, composer Paul Robinson has written an entirely new piece of music setting excerpts of a verse by the over 50’s Creative Writing group and the original poem written by the founder of the Chapel, Titus Knight.
This concert weaves the history of Square Chapel, the important role it plays in the community and where it is today. Ensemble 360 will also perform Debussy’s dreamy Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune and a vibrant selection of Shostakovich’s ‘jazz’ music.
The commission was sponsored by Robin and Jessica Sutcliffe (Founders and patrons of Square Chapel Arts Centre).
Tickets: £18 (£15 concessions) can be obtained from the Square Chapel website.
Afternoon Dance at Square Chapel
Monday 26 March, 1.30pm–4:00pm at Square Chapel for just £4 including refreshments.
Join in with the monthly Afternoon Dance in a wonderfully atmospheric auditorium, with a mix of ballroom and sequence dancing for the over 50’s. The professional dance tutor, Andrea, is on hand to support the class – it’s a wonderfully friendly and fun group and a great way to meet new people.
For more information contact Michaela O’Sullivan, Head of Audiences, or Kane Rattray, Education and Outreach Manager at info@squarechapel.co.uk or call 01422 353073.
Square Circle – Arts Workshop for the Over 50s
Mondays at Square Chapel
Calligraphy & Weaving: 10:30am–1:00pm
Painting: 1:30pm–4:00pm
5 March, 12 March, 19 March
£5 or £3 concessions (Limited Concessions apply)
Square Circle offers weaving, painting and calligraphy classes for the over 50’s, led by experienced, professional artists/tutors. These regular workshops are a great way to meet new people whilst learning skills and getting creative. All materials and refreshments are included in the admission price. The classes are extremely popular – please contact us to join the waiting list.
Hidden Figures Screening for International Women’s Day
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oin Holly Lynch MP for her annual International Women’s Day film screening to raise funds for the Women Centre in Halifax on Thursday 22 Mar, 7:00pm at Red Brick Auditorium, Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax.
Tickets: £7 can be purchased online at https://www.squarechapel.co.uk/book-tickets/?instance_id=110001. For more information call the Box Office on 01422 349422.
Hidden Figures (PG) is the story of three brilliant African-American women at NASA – Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) – serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
Halifax Arts Society: Chatsworth and the Story of the Devonshire Family Collections
Halifax Arts Society will be holding the next lecture on Tuesday 13 February, 12:45pm to 3pm at The Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax HX1 1QG.
Simon Seligman will discuss ‘Passions, Personalities and Patronage: Chatsworth and the Story of the Devonshire Family Collections, 1549 – present’
The outstanding and diverse Devonshire collection is considered one of the finest surviving European family collections; it features Old Master drawings, fine books, silver and rare jewels, portraits, sculpture, furniture and ancient treasures. Its story is told chronologically through the interests, characters and tastes of its collectors over 16 generations
Simon fell in love with a photograph of Chatsworth when he was 10 and visited for the first time as a teenager. He then worked there for 19 years, from 1991 to 2010, starting with a summer job (car parking and lavatory cleaning!), and ending up as their first Head of Communications. Through his lectures he aims to pass on his life-long passion for this beautiful place.
Tickets are £7.50 to non-members and should be purchased on the day from the ticket office.
For more information visit The Arts Society Halifax
Christmas with Dance 4 All at Square Chapel
On Wednesday 6 December at 7:30pm, Halifax Dance school ‘Dance 4 All’ presents an evening of drama and dance featuring a selection of their classes with pupils aged 7 to 19 at the Red Brick Auditorium, Square Chapel.
Tickets are £10 and can be booked by visiting the Square Chapel website at https://www.squarechapel.co.uk/book-tickets/?instance_id=84203
A Christmas Extravaganza
From Thursday 14 December to Saturday 16 December Square Chapel Arts Centre will be presenting a Christmas Extravaganza in the Red Brick Auditorium at 7:30pm each night.
Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions)
With a company of over 100 performers, featuring a 25 piece orchestra and children’s chorus, Halifax Musical Theatre Company present an extravagant festival of Christmas music sure to delight and entertain. Get into the festive spirit with Leroy Anderson’s ‘Sleigh Ride’, music from Polar Express and Home Alone (Somewhere in my Memory), The Most Wonderful Time of The Year, Silver Bells, White Christmas, music by John Rutter and traditional carols for everyone. With an eclectic mix of well-known carols, seasonal songs, arrangements from Christmas movies and one or two surprises this promises to be HMTC’s most spectacular concert yet.
For more information call 01422 349422 or visit www.squarechapel.co.uk/whats-on
Baabul – a Tribute to a Father
Sponsored by verd de gris Ltd with Sameena Hussain BAABUL on Tuesday 28 November 7:30pm at Square Chapel Arts Centre
(Tickets: Pay What You Feel , approx running time: 1hr 15minutes without interval
Age: 14+)
BAABUL is the story of a daughter’s hero…
A tribute to a father from his daughter.
A daughter’s appreciation and gratitude to a father who raised his daughters as “a blessing”, this autobiographical performance revisits life events aiming to capture the beauty, love and struggles of a father raising his daughter in a patriarchal society; instilling the belief in her that she can be whatever she wants.
Devised by performer and writer, Sameena Hussain, BAABUL draws on Sameena’s own sense of family and cultural heritage to explore “rukhsati” – the concept of father/daughter relationships in Pakistani culture.
Verd de gris is an arts organisation based in Hebden Bridge, with extensive expertise in delivering arts and community programmes that bring different groups of people together, exploring the differences and celebrating the things we have in common. They work with different generations and with people from different backgrounds and communities.
This piece of work is underpinned by a programme of engagement with young people and people from different communities. A development project, BAABUL is also part of a larger body of work being developed by verd de gris, bringing new, young writers and performers to the fore in Calderdale, with a focus on those who draw on important or topical community issues.
This work is part of Creative Communities, an outreach programme led by Square Chapel in partnership with verd de gris Ltd and Orange Box young people’s centre, using the arts as a tool to bring about changes in people’s lives. Creative Communities is supported with a grant from The National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund.
The performance includes a discussion and Q&A session enabling the audience to explore some of the ideas in the piece and to talk to the artist and verd de gris about the development of the work.
The performance is Pay What You Feel, with voluntary contributions accepted at the end.
For more information and to book tickets visit the Square Chapel website.
Whats on at Square Chapel! Spring 2017
Films, Music, Comedy, Plays and much more… There’s lots taking place at Square Chapel starting with poetry and WordPlay on Wednesday 11 January. Why not watch the movie ‘I, Daniel Blake’ on Friday 13 January which kicks off the 2017 Square Chapel film season.
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