A theatre for 575 years, Guildhall anniversary celebration
5th January, 2020All Day Event
Guildhall of St George
Guildhall Complex
King Street
King's Lynn , PE30 1ET
On January 5 1445 the first recorded performance at the Guildhall of St George took place making it the oldest working theatre in the country.
This celebratory day will feature performances from six local primary schools in the morning and public meeting of the Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust in the afternoon before a Q and A session with the trust's research group which has been carrying out historical research into the guildhall and its history.
The day closes with a special performance in the evening.
Daytime events are free - details of the evening performance and ticket prices will be announced later in the autumn.
The Arts Society of King's Lynn (TASKL) monthly lecture: John Peter Russell: The Australian Impressionist.
9th January, 2020
West Winch Village Hall
West Winch
PE33 0JY
Lucrezia Walker, Lecturer at National Gallery and Tate Galleries.
TASKL meets every month from September to May on the second Thursday in the month at West Winch Village Hall. Coffee is served at 1.30pm and our lecture starts at 2.05pm.
Visitors are most welcome. There is a charge of £6 as a guest. Membership of the society is available and costs £38/person or £72/couple (residing at the same address).
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, King's Lynn Community Cinema Club.
9th January, 2020
Guildhall of St George
Guildhall Complex
King Street
King's Lynn , PE30 1ET
In 1987 Britain, Javed Khan is a British-Pakistani college arts student in Luton in a family with a domineering father. Depressed by his oppressive family life and feeling he has no future in a hostile community, a newfound friend introduces Javed to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Touched by the rock star’s powerfully eloquent affinity of his own feelings, Javed is inspired to reach out for his own dreams with his own talents. However, although Javed finds friends he never expected in this personal quest, he also finds himself butting heads with his newly unemployed father who stubbornly refuses to understand his son’s new aspirations. In this conflict of values in a troubled time, Javed must decide what is truly important to him while his family struggles to understand what has changed and what remains with a new generation feeling born to run.
Members pay a subscription of £17 for a season of films, Summer (May-October) and Winter (November-April). Entry to films for members is free.
£5 day membership available on the door.
BIOGRAPHER’S LUCK — THE WRITING OF LITERARY LIVES
D J Taylor
Author, Biographer and Literary Reviewer
Members free, visitors £4. Annual membership is £16 per person and new members can join at any time.
St Margaret's with St Nicholas Ward Forum, quarterly meeting
14th January, 2020
Marriott's Warehouse
South Quay
PE30 5DT
The King's Lynn Conservancy Board and its role. Local historian and board member, Dr Paul Richards.
Ward business follows the talk includes St James Medical Practice and its proposed move, Heritage Action Zone and Vision King’s Lynn. Conservation Area at Risk and continued closure of the Custom House.
Estevao Devides Classical Guitarist
Visitors are welcome, donation of £10 suggested.
Free to full-time students.
Annual subscription to the society: £50
SORRY WE MISSED YOU, King's Lynn Community Cinema Club.
17th January, 2020
Guildhall of St George
Guildhall Complex
King Street
King's Lynn , PE30 1ET
This is a special charity screening of Ken Loach's latest film SORRY WE MISSED YOU.
Suggested donation of £5 per person, all of which will go to the KL Night Shelter.
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It’s hard work, and his wife’s job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
A summery selection of music to warm your heart on a chilly January afternoon. The pieces are Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel Overture, the fascinating Symphonic Metamorphosis by Hindemith, and the glorious and warm 2nd Symphony by Brahms. Renowned maestro Steve Bingham will conduct and international soloist Er-Gene Kahng will lead the orchestra.
Tickets are free to under-18s or £16 for adults, available from the Corn Exchange box office (01553 764864) or on the door."
Tutor Fiona Savage will examine the lives and artistic careers of the women painters of the Norwich School in order to
engender a greater appreciation and understanding of women’s creativity in Victorian Norwich.
Seven week course, cost £54. Details Pam Kirby 01553 776632
The mayor's charity presents a specially commissioned play written and performed by Time Will Tell Theatre, in which a former mayor of King's Lynn guides the audience through the story of the town with the help of a couple of locals. Funded by Historic England.
Tickets £10 in advance: email email hidden; JavaScript is required and on the door.
The year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family. Haunted by the death of his only son Hamnet, he struggles to mend the broken relationships with his wife and daughters. In so doing, he is ruthlessly forced to examine his own failings as husband and father. His very personal search for the truth uncovers secrets and lies within a family at war.
Members pay a subscription of £17 for a season of films, Summer (May-October) and Winter (November-April). Entry to films for members is free.
£5 day membership available on the door.
COVERING IT ALL UP — PROTECTING OUR ASSETS
Paul Garcia
Chair of East Anglia Society of Bookbinders
Peter Whiteley
Tutor, Sudbury U3A Bookbinding Groups
Members free, visitors £4. Annual membership is £16 per person and new members can join at any time.
Tutor Fiona Savage examines the lives and artistic careers of the women painters of the Norwich School in order to
engender a greater appreciation and understanding of women’s creativity in Victorian Norwich.
Second session of seven week course.
Details Pam Kirby
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A theatre for 575 years, Guildhall anniversary celebration
