14/04/2009
Coming soon to the Drill Hall
Events coming soon to Chepstow Drill Hall
Category: Coming soon at the Drill Hall
Posted by: Tom
Firstly something that is not coming soon!
The showing of "The Tale of Despareaux" scheduled for Wednesday 15th April at 2.30p.m. has been cancelled because the distributor changed the release date of the DVD. We have withdrawn all the publicity that we can and apologise if any inconvenience has been caused.
CHEPSTOW SOCIETY LECTURE - Marc Morris - ‘Edward I: A great and terrible king.’
April 15th Talk starts 7.15pm, admission for non-members of Chepstow Society £2
Edward I is familiar to millions as ‘Longshanks’, conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (‘Braveheart’). Yet this story forms only the final chapter of the king’s astonishingly action-packed life. Earlier Edward had defeated and killed the famous Simon de Montfort in battle; travelled across Europe to the Holy Land on crusade; conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, and constructing – at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon – the most magnificent chain of castles ever created. He raised the greatest armies of the English Middle Ages, and summoned the largest parliaments; notoriously, he expelled all the Jews from his kingdom. The longest-lived of all England’s medieval kings, he fathered no fewer than fifteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, and after her death he erected the Eleanor Crosses – the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch..
Edward's visit, with his queen Eleanor, to Chepstow Castle just before Christmas 1284, was the only state visit by a reigning monarch….. His luckless son, Edward II was turned, away on his flight from his queen's army, while the boy king, Henry III played in the castle under the guardianship of William Marshal
Marc Morris is an historian and broadcaster. He studied and taught history at the universities of London and Oxford, and his doctorate on the thirteenth-century earls of Norfolk was published in 2005. In 2003 he presented the highly-acclaimed television series Castle, and wrote its accompanying book.
Chepstow Museum will be selling his new book, paperback version, £8.99 on the night, and he will be booksigning..Also available will be his book on the Bigods, and also the Chepstow Castle volume, to which he was a contributor.
BOOK EVENT - Horatio Clare – A Single Swallow: Following the migration from South Africa to South Wales
Thursday 16 April 7.15pm
An illustrated journey between Cape Town and South Wales in 2008 following Barn Swallows on their northbound migration, leaving the Cape on February 1st and crossing the Severn Sea (aka the Bristol Channel) on April 22nd. Horatio Clare is the best-selling author of “Running For the Hills” a biography of his childhood in the Brecon Beacons.
Tickets £3 each (redeemable against his new book “A Single Swallow” published 2 April) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
FILM “Changeling”(Certificate 15)
Friday 17 April at 7:30 p.m.
Hall and bar open at 6.45 admission at the door is £4 and £3 concessions.
A beautifully made, emotionally gripping drama with a powerful central performance by Angelina Jolie. Directed by Clint Eastwood, “Changeling” is based on a fascinating true story of a single mother Christine Collins in 1928 Los Angeles who works as a telephone operator. When her nine-year-old son Walter goes missing, she’s utterly distraught, but that’s nothing compared to her horror when, five months later, the police give her another boy, claiming he’s her child and forcing her to pose for press photos of the happy reunion.
When Christine tries to confront them with evidence of their mistake, the police chief has her committed to a mental asylum, without any recourse to legal process. However, local preacher Gustav Briegleb believes Christine and takes up her cause as part of his crusade against police corruption.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.changelingmovie.net
BOOK EVENT - Johnny Kingdom
Wednesday 22 April 7.15pm
An evening with the BBC star as he talks about his new book “Bambi and Me”. Sometimes poignant and sometimes hilarious, this is both the tale of all of Exmoor's wild deer and the story of how one very special animal came to live a very different life.
Johnny Kingdom took Bambi home and became her surrogate mother, nursing her through the night after the dangerous operation to amputate her now infected limb. Against the odds, Bambi survived and, as she grew bigger, became a part of Johnny's family, taking over his garden and developing a taste for custard creams (and Johnny's wife's roses).
Tickets are likely to sell out so book yours now.
Tickets £5 each available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
BOOK EVENT - Skomer Island
Thursday 23 April 7.15pm
Skomer Island is a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a world-renowned bird paradise. Jane Matthews, originally from The Wye Valley, takes you on a visual journey through the seasons and around the island.
Tickets £2 each (redeemable against the book “Skomer Island”) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
FILM “Doubt”(Certificate 12A)
Friday 24 April at 7:30 p.m.
Hall and bar open at 6.45 admission at the door is £4 and £3 concessions.
Director John Patrick Shanley brings his play DOUBT to the screen, in a story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and, indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius is galvanized to begin a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart the church and school with devastating consequences.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.doubt-themovie.com/
BOOK EVENT - The Morville Hours, A Garden in History
Tuesday 28 April 7.15pm
A delightful evening as acclaimed author Katherine Swift takes us on a journey through time, back to the forces which shaped the garden, linking the history of those who lived in the same Shropshire house and tended the same red soil with the stories of those who live and work there today. A must for anyone interested in gardens or gardening.
Tickets £2 each available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
POETRY READING On the Border - Gillian Clarke & Carol Ann Duffy
Saturday 2nd May 8.00pm tickets £15 £12 Conc.
From Chepstow Bookshop , online at www.poetryontheborder.org
Or William Ayot and friends on 01291 638807
“On the Border was created to bring contemporary Welsh poets together with their peers from Elsewhere. Our intention is to present the finest poets in engaging, powerful and stimulating combinations. The emphasis is on accessible poetry, inspiring poets and compelling readings - all of which add up to a great night out”
“If you don't know the world of contemporary poetry, this series promises a rich and entertaining introduction. If poetry is an old love, there could be no better way to get back in touch. Join us. Make a date with the extraordinary”.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.poetryontheborder.org/
BOOK EVENT - Wales' Best One Hundred Churches
Tuesday 12 May 7.15pm
Tim Hughes celebrates the great unheralded treasures that are Wales' churches. With a special focus on local churches in his beautiful collection this is an evening not to be missed.
Tickets £2 each (redeemable against the book “Wales' Best One Hundred Churches”) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
BOOK EVENT - Gwent County History Volume Three with Professor Ralph Griffiths
Thursday 21 May 7.15pm
The showing of "The Tale of Despareaux" scheduled for Wednesday 15th April at 2.30p.m. has been cancelled because the distributor changed the release date of the DVD. We have withdrawn all the publicity that we can and apologise if any inconvenience has been caused.
CHEPSTOW SOCIETY LECTURE - Marc Morris - ‘Edward I: A great and terrible king.’
April 15th Talk starts 7.15pm, admission for non-members of Chepstow Society £2
Edward I is familiar to millions as ‘Longshanks’, conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (‘Braveheart’). Yet this story forms only the final chapter of the king’s astonishingly action-packed life. Earlier Edward had defeated and killed the famous Simon de Montfort in battle; travelled across Europe to the Holy Land on crusade; conquered Wales, extinguishing forever its native rulers, and constructing – at Conwy, Harlech, Beaumaris and Caernarfon – the most magnificent chain of castles ever created. He raised the greatest armies of the English Middle Ages, and summoned the largest parliaments; notoriously, he expelled all the Jews from his kingdom. The longest-lived of all England’s medieval kings, he fathered no fewer than fifteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, and after her death he erected the Eleanor Crosses – the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch..
Edward's visit, with his queen Eleanor, to Chepstow Castle just before Christmas 1284, was the only state visit by a reigning monarch….. His luckless son, Edward II was turned, away on his flight from his queen's army, while the boy king, Henry III played in the castle under the guardianship of William Marshal
Marc Morris is an historian and broadcaster. He studied and taught history at the universities of London and Oxford, and his doctorate on the thirteenth-century earls of Norfolk was published in 2005. In 2003 he presented the highly-acclaimed television series Castle, and wrote its accompanying book.
Chepstow Museum will be selling his new book, paperback version, £8.99 on the night, and he will be booksigning..Also available will be his book on the Bigods, and also the Chepstow Castle volume, to which he was a contributor.
BOOK EVENT - Horatio Clare – A Single Swallow: Following the migration from South Africa to South Wales
Thursday 16 April 7.15pm
An illustrated journey between Cape Town and South Wales in 2008 following Barn Swallows on their northbound migration, leaving the Cape on February 1st and crossing the Severn Sea (aka the Bristol Channel) on April 22nd. Horatio Clare is the best-selling author of “Running For the Hills” a biography of his childhood in the Brecon Beacons.
Tickets £3 each (redeemable against his new book “A Single Swallow” published 2 April) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
FILM “Changeling”(Certificate 15)
Friday 17 April at 7:30 p.m.
Hall and bar open at 6.45 admission at the door is £4 and £3 concessions.
A beautifully made, emotionally gripping drama with a powerful central performance by Angelina Jolie. Directed by Clint Eastwood, “Changeling” is based on a fascinating true story of a single mother Christine Collins in 1928 Los Angeles who works as a telephone operator. When her nine-year-old son Walter goes missing, she’s utterly distraught, but that’s nothing compared to her horror when, five months later, the police give her another boy, claiming he’s her child and forcing her to pose for press photos of the happy reunion.
When Christine tries to confront them with evidence of their mistake, the police chief has her committed to a mental asylum, without any recourse to legal process. However, local preacher Gustav Briegleb believes Christine and takes up her cause as part of his crusade against police corruption.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.changelingmovie.net
BOOK EVENT - Johnny Kingdom
Wednesday 22 April 7.15pm
An evening with the BBC star as he talks about his new book “Bambi and Me”. Sometimes poignant and sometimes hilarious, this is both the tale of all of Exmoor's wild deer and the story of how one very special animal came to live a very different life.
Johnny Kingdom took Bambi home and became her surrogate mother, nursing her through the night after the dangerous operation to amputate her now infected limb. Against the odds, Bambi survived and, as she grew bigger, became a part of Johnny's family, taking over his garden and developing a taste for custard creams (and Johnny's wife's roses).
Tickets are likely to sell out so book yours now.
Tickets £5 each available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
BOOK EVENT - Skomer Island
Thursday 23 April 7.15pm
Skomer Island is a National Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a world-renowned bird paradise. Jane Matthews, originally from The Wye Valley, takes you on a visual journey through the seasons and around the island.
Tickets £2 each (redeemable against the book “Skomer Island”) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
FILM “Doubt”(Certificate 12A)
Friday 24 April at 7:30 p.m.
Hall and bar open at 6.45 admission at the door is £4 and £3 concessions.
Director John Patrick Shanley brings his play DOUBT to the screen, in a story about the quest for truth, the forces of change, and the devastating consequences of blind justice in an age defined by moral conviction.
It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and, indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius is galvanized to begin a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart the church and school with devastating consequences.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.doubt-themovie.com/
BOOK EVENT - The Morville Hours, A Garden in History
Tuesday 28 April 7.15pm
A delightful evening as acclaimed author Katherine Swift takes us on a journey through time, back to the forces which shaped the garden, linking the history of those who lived in the same Shropshire house and tended the same red soil with the stories of those who live and work there today. A must for anyone interested in gardens or gardening.
Tickets £2 each available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
POETRY READING On the Border - Gillian Clarke & Carol Ann Duffy
Saturday 2nd May 8.00pm tickets £15 £12 Conc.
From Chepstow Bookshop , online at www.poetryontheborder.org
Or William Ayot and friends on 01291 638807
“On the Border was created to bring contemporary Welsh poets together with their peers from Elsewhere. Our intention is to present the finest poets in engaging, powerful and stimulating combinations. The emphasis is on accessible poetry, inspiring poets and compelling readings - all of which add up to a great night out”
“If you don't know the world of contemporary poetry, this series promises a rich and entertaining introduction. If poetry is an old love, there could be no better way to get back in touch. Join us. Make a date with the extraordinary”.
To see the trailer for this film click link below:
http://www.poetryontheborder.org/
BOOK EVENT - Wales' Best One Hundred Churches
Tuesday 12 May 7.15pm
Tim Hughes celebrates the great unheralded treasures that are Wales' churches. With a special focus on local churches in his beautiful collection this is an evening not to be missed.
Tickets £2 each (redeemable against the book “Wales' Best One Hundred Churches”) available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
BOOK EVENT - Gwent County History Volume Three with Professor Ralph Griffiths
Thursday 21 May 7.15pm
The General Editor of the definitive series on Gwent County History, Professor Ralph Griffiths gives an authoritative talk on the third volume. Expect a highly engaging evening from an excellent speaker who will deal with the early modern period of Welsh history, from the creation of Monmouthshire by the Act of Union in 1536 to the beginnings of industrialization in the later eighteenth century. Tickets £2 each available at The Chepstow Bookshop.
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