Don’t miss the Concert of the Year!

U3A Orchestra copy low resThe U3A Light Orchestra based in Alsager will perform with the ‘Can’t Sing (?) Choirs from Alsager, Sandbach and Congleton on December the 20th at the Victoria Hall in Hanley, start 7.00pm.

All your favourite Christmas music and more (James Bond through the years including 2015!) with at least 280 performers. Come and enjoy giving (in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Charity) with at least 280 performers, tickets £10. If you can’t make it you can watch on the Big Sing on the BBC at 4pm.

New Years Eve @ the Civic

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Alsager fire station open day

alsager fire station3Alsager firefighters are inviting people to join them at Alsager fire station’s open day. The FREE open day is on Sunday 25th October from 11am to 4pm Alsager Fire Station, Brookhouse Road, Alsager, ST7 2PA. There will be plenty of things to see and do, including: Fire engines on display, Firefighters offering fire safety tips and road safety tips, Road traffic collision demonstrations. Please bring your friends and family along to the open day.

Alsager Family History Group

rolls royceAlsager Family History Group has another interesting programme lined up for the new season of talks.

On October 19th, Peter Ollerhead will give a presentation on the History of Rolls Royce, Crewe, and in November Jim Sutton will talk about John Twiss, carrier, of Alsager. Subjects for 2016 include Dating Family Photographs; the Anderton Boat Lift; Digging for Your Ancestors (talk by an archaeologist); Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here (the GIs in wartime Britain) and Baptist Church Records.

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The Turn of the Screw

the_turn_of_the_screwLong winter evenings are a perfect time for the telling of ghost stories, and Alsager Community Theatre has a real treat for their audiences in November when it stages a production of The Turn of the Screw by Jack Neary, adapted from the story written by Henry James and first published in 1898. [Read more…]

Alsager Civic Cinema

Paddington-2014-Movie-hd-wallLook who’s come to visit at Alsager Civic….. Paddington! Alsager Civic Cinema are pleased to announce their next films being shown on Monday 16th February are……. ‘Paddington’ and ‘The Imitation Game’.

As it is half term Paddington will be shown at 3.30pm and The Imitation Game will be at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale Monday to Friday 10am to 1pm. Paddington is based on Michael Bond’s story of a young Peruvian bear who travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven. Paddington has been described as “a bear-hug of a family treat” with a critic saying “the new Paddington film is as warm and welcome as a hot pair of socks on a winter morning”.

 

 

 

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Civic Dance

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Alsager School Seussical

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Alsager Friends of the Christie

ChristieAn Evening with Audley Male Voice Choir An Evening with Audley Male Voice Choir with Guest Soloist on Saturday 28th February at St Mary’s, Alsager – 19.30 (Doors open at 19.00) Tickets £7.50, or pay on the door.

Car Boot and Table Top Sale Car Boot and Table Top Sale @ 13 Club, Alsager on Sunday 22nd March – 09.00 – 13.00. Cars £5 – Tables indoors £7. BOOKINGS ONLY – NO VANS OR TRAILERS. Contact Dilys (01270 361543). Free admission for others, with parking available on Health Centre car park – walk thru’ to 13 Club

Coffee and Hot Cross Buns Coffee and Hot Cross Buns on Wednesday 1st Aprill – 09.30 – 12.00 at the Bank Corner Restaurant (upstairs). Tickets £2.50 or pay on the door For more information see our website – alsagerchristie.org.uk – or call Dilys (01270 361543).

TOWARDS A FUTURE WITHOUT CANCER Raising funds for research, development and trials of new cancer drugs at the Christie.

Send in the clowns

Clown TheatreAll the fun of the circus comes to Alsager Civic Centre on Friday 20th February at 11.30am when the National Clown Theatre brings its special laughter show to town. Combining the comedy of pantomime with the thrill of the circus the show features some of Britain’s funniest clowns, magic, high flying diabolos, cartoon characters, balancing, plates pinning, a human slinky and even a performing piranha fish. There are loads of prizes with lots of hilarious audience participation. “We are bringing gallons of fun and bucketfuls of laughs” said Charlie Cheesecake the shows chief laughtermaker. “It’s a show for all the family whatever the weather.” Tickets are £5 available in advance from 01384 423496 with discounts available for parties.