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The 48th youth pantomime will take place at The Beacon Stephen Hill church during half term in February 2016.
Performances of The Little Mermaid take place Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 at 7.30pm each evening and there will be a matinee performance on the Saturday afternoon.
Tickets remain at last years prices: £5 adults and £4 for children of primary school or below. They can be purchased from:
Get dressed up and come along to meet your favourite characters at this Disney disco for under 10s.
There’ll be crafts, face-painting, nails and Disney tattoos, a fairy cake stall and refreshments for parents.
Tickets are £5 (including a drink and hotdog) can be booked online or obtained from June D Gill School of Dance on Saturdays mornings at Stephen Hill Church
For more infomration call 07958 402788 or check out the Facebook event.
Hatha Yoga classes for beginners and mixed ability start in September.
Melissa Wright will host the sessions at Stephen Hill Methodist Church on five consecutive Sunday’s, 12-1.30pm on:
The cost is £27.50 for all five classes or £6.50 per class.
To book, call 07824 548949 or contact Melissa via her Facebook page.
Qualified physiotherapist and pilates instructor Emer Coffey will be running weekly pilates classes at Stephen Hill Methodist Church from Tuesday 8 September.
The sessions will run from 1-2pm and 6.30-7.30pm. There will also be classes in Ranmoor and Lodge Moor.
You can contact Emer by phone 07792 422909, by email: ecoffey@physiofocus.co.uk or via the website www.coffeypilates.co.uk.
Join in the exercise to music class and enjoy cake with tea or coffee at the Fun, Food and Fitness event at Stephen Hill church on Tuesday 12 May, 3-4.30pm.
Handmade cards, costume jewellery and summer scarves will also be on sale.
Tickets are £4 from the church or from Linda Saxton on 0114 230 1468. All proceeds will go to Stephen Hill church.
After the success of their first event a couple of years ago, the 259 Scouts are planning another concert on Saturday 18 April to raise funds for the group and Stephen Hill church.
It will include solo performers and bands featuring members come from the group.
Doors will open at 6.30pm, ready for a 7pm start. The concert will finish around 10pm. Refreshments will be available.
Entry is £3 in advance, £4 on the door. The hall has a limited capacity so it’s recommended (and cheaper) to get your tickets in advance. To buy, contact helensmithsandygate@gmail.com.
The Lent discussion group at St Columba’s and Stephen Hill Methodist church this year is based on the film The King’s Speech.
The Finding a Voice group will consider themes of confidence and anxiety.
Watch the film at St Columba’s at 6pm on Sunday 15 February and choose from evening sessions (7.30pm) on Wednesdays from 25 February at St Columba’s, or daytime sessions (10.30am) on Thursdays from 26th February. All are welcome.
This year’s Stephen Hill Youth pantomime is Snow White. It runs from Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 February. Tickets are available online or from Bob Hodges on 0114 230 3207. More information is below.
It was back in 1968 when members of Stephen Hill Youth Club in Crosspool decided to stage a pantomime. A small group of young people met together over a period of months to write Puss in Boots which was staged the following year. It proved to be a great success and a new show has been performed every February Half term ever since. All the shows have been written and produced in-house.
This year the group of 40 or so 8 to 18yr olds is offering Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The show was written by Ian Delaney together with brother and sister Lucy and Paul Nelson. The producer is Helen Gill. All these young adults commenced their involvement some years ago as members of the chorus and have graduated through starring roles into a fine production team.
Producer Helen [30] has been involved with the show since 1996 and feels that the standard of the shows on offer has increased year on year. ‘ We have been lucky enough to hold on to a significant number of young people who return each year to help with all the backstage tasks and we have a smashing team of wardrobe ladies who make the show look dazzling,’ she enthuses.
This year the Part of the Dame is played by Ian Delaney, coming back to the stage after several years on the production side. The part of Snow White is played by Rachel Lister who says that she was thrilled to be offered the title role and is enjoying the opportunities which it presents.
Katie Craig is on her fourth year, starting as a chorus member and having had main parts in following years. She is finding her part this year very interesting. ‘Working out how to project my personality onto the part of the magic mirror is quite a challenge’, she reflects.
The show is a spectacle of colour, humour, music, dance and drama with an appeal to people of all ages. Tickets are available online this year for the first time but can be purchased directly from Bob Hodges, who was at that first meeting back in 1968. ‘I have been busy selling tickets since Christmas, ‘ says Bob. ‘Lots of folk bring their children but it is wonderful that some people who are in their nineties are still amongst the first to request tickets each year, having seen every show.’
The show runs in half term week from Wednesday February 18th to Saturday 21st. There is a matinee on Saturday afternoon which always sells out very quickly.
This year’s Stephen Hill Youth pantomime is Peter Pan. It runs from Wednesday 26 February to Saturday 1 March. Tickets, at £4/3 are available from Bob Hodges on 0114 230 3207. More information is on the flyer below.
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