Hi everyone,
Just to confirm we are having a break for now.
Reason being we're going into hibernation in order to reform in a new medium in 2016!
In the meantime, keep up-to-date with forthcoming Donny events at the following places:
Doncopolitan Magazine
https://twitter.com/doncopolitan
https://www.facebook.com/doncopolitan
Doncaster Music & Gig Guide
https://www.facebook.com/DoncasterMusicGigGuide
Sine FM listings
http://www.sinefm.com/events
Visit Doncaster - What's On
http://www.visitdoncaster.com/whats-on
Doncaster Council listings
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/events
News will follow.
20160102
20151102
Beryl @ Cast - 19-21/11/15
Maxine Peake’s witty, charming and critically acclaimed play celebrates the life of unsung sporting legend Beryl Burton – the greatest woman on two wheels.
When Beryl Charnock met keen cyclist Charlie Burton she was smitten, not only with Charlie but by the thrill and freedom found on her bike. She would out-work the men in the rhubarb fields, she could out-class the cyclists on the road, and still find time to over-knit young Denise a cycling jumper (it wasn't meant to come down to her knees!)
With her husband, daughter and cycling club at her side, Beryl Burton OBE, cycled her way into the record books becoming world and British record-holder and, with a determination to be the best, she always cycled home a hero.
20151023
Loaded @ Diamond Live - 07/11/15
Get ready for a musical journey through the best years of alternative music - Loaded is back!
Starts Saturday 7th November at Diamond Live, Doncaster.
Starts Saturday 7th November at Diamond Live, Doncaster.
Facebook: http://facebook.com/donnyloaded
Instagram: http://instagram.com/donnyloaded
20151013
20151011
Miss Nightingale @ Cast - 16 & 17/10/15
Miss Nightingale - the musical by local playwright and composer Matthew Bugg is coming home to South Yorkshire this week, having been named the most successful new UK touring musicals of the last decade. Since it was first staged in 2011, the hilarious and heart-warming gay love story has been enjoyed by tens of thousands of people across the UK and returns with a brand new production for a fifth and final UK tour, Autumn 2015 and Spring 2016.
Miss Nightingale – the musical is an hilarious and heart warming tale of love, loss and hope brings the gay glamour and back-stage affairs of 1940’s London thrillingly to life. The South Yorkshire dates are Cast, Doncaster on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October and Sheffield Library Theatre from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 October 2015.
Feisty northern nurse Maggie Brown struggles to find her big break as a singer. Her talented songwriter, George, is a Jewish refugee from Berlin. She longs for the bright lights. He hides a secret love in the shadows.
Suddenly they are picked up by wealthy and closeted aristocrat Sir Frank Worthington-Blythe. He’s seeking a new act for his London nightclub and transforms Maggie into ‘Miss Nightingale’. Her racy love life and outrageous costumes combined with George’s saucy cabaret numbers help create a scandalous new West End star.
As they reach the pinnacle of success everything changes when George and Sir Frank’s secret romance is discovered. Bootleg booze, blackmail and bombshells prove to be a very dangerous cocktail. And the truth becomes even more explosive than The Blitz.
Miss Nightingale – the musical will be performed by a new cast of six who not only act, dance and sing but also play more than twenty different instruments live on stage.
The show’s creator Matthew Bugg said, “I’m so excited to be embarking on a fifth and final tour of ‘Miss Nightingale – the musical’. We’ve completely reworked the show since we first presented a small-scale, studio version back in 2011. In fact we’ve kept developing the show during our previous tours to make it even better and better. We’ve cut some songs and added others and tweaked a few of the scenes to make it punchier, funnier and more touching. It seems to be working because I’m told we’re the most successful truly original, new British musical to tour the UK for the last decade!”
He added, “And for this tour we’ve got an amazing new cast with some of the best and most talented actor-musicians in the country – they act, dance, sing and play all the instruments live on stage. It’s so impressive. And we’ve also got a fantastic new director, Karen Simpson who people locally will know from her time at Sheffield Theatres. So I’m really, really excited to see how this brings out different elements of the show because every performer and director brings out something new. But this will be our farewell UK tour because we’re keen to start work on our next show, so as a South Yorkshire-based theatre company our homecoming shows in Sheffield and Doncaster will be particularly poignant and last year’s were a sell-out success.”
Full details can be found at www.missnightingale.co.uk Tickets for Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October 2015 at Cast, Doncaster available from castindoncaster.com / 01302 303 959, for Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 October 2015 at Sheffield Library Theatre from sheffieldtheatres.co.uk / 0114 249 6000, and for Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 January 2016 at Hull Truck Theatre.
20150821
Dancehall @ Cast - 11-19/09/15
The story of Doncaster from the dance floor
First dances at the Co-op Ballroom through to smooches at Top Rank. Boy on one side of the tracks meets girl from the other at Romeo and Juliet’s, whilst The Beatles play St James’s baths, the Sex Pistols storm Outlook and Bowie rocks Silver Street. Broken heels at Seventh Heaven to broken hearts at Parklands…
Taking in dance floor crazes and fashion trends, Dancehall is our story.
More: http://castindoncaster.com/whats-on/dance-performance/dancehall#sthash.FXRaGOIC.dpuf
20150819
20150711
20150703
Live Archaeology Dig: Uncover First World War Doncaster - July/August @St Peter in Chains Church
Become an archaeologist in this live dig and uncover Doncaster's hidden past on the site of the former King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry’s Scarbrough Barracks. The dig will take place between 10th and 22nd August, with geophysics for the dig taking place 28 and 29 July. There will be two family open days on 15th and 22nd August.
The following volunteers are needed:
• Excavation Volunteers: To assist in excavating the former Scarbrough Barracks site, processing and recording finds and gathering information on the discoveries.
• Geophysical Survey volunteers: To partake in the geophysical survey of the former Scarbrough Barracks site, with the opportunity to use the equipment and examine the processed data on site. The geophysical survey will use ground-based physical sensing (magnetometry) to identify potential archaeology beneath the ground.
Volunteers will have the opportunity to attend volunteer workshops.
More info: http://www.doncaster1914-18.org.uk/
20150701
Life on the Home Front weekend - 18&19/07/15 @ Cusworth Hall
Discover Doncaster in 1915.
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July, 10am to 4pm
Cusworth Hall and Park, DN5 7TU
How did the First World War change family life at home? Sample wartime cooking, get hands-on with First World War objects, experience a soldier's training camp and meet the First World War nurses. Family friendly crafts and activities.
We need you to make this event a success! The following volunteers are needed:
• Craft volunteers. These volunteers will support Artfelt in delivering the family and craft activities.
• Cooking volunteers. These volunteers will assist volunteer Meryl White in delivering (and sampling!) the First World War cooking demonstrations.
• Great War on Tour volunteers. Help to deliver the Great War on Tour travelling roadshow, and give visitors the opportunity to discover more about Doncaster's war time history and get hands-on with objects from the First World War.
• Car park attendants. Guide traffic in to the carparks and direct visitors. Supervision by an experienced member of staff.
• Runners. These volunteers will get to sample all activities on offer and relieve other volunteers for breaks.
Snacks and tea/coffee will be provided.
To volunteer contact Victoria Ryves, Doncaster 1914-18 Community Engagement and Access Officer on Victoria.Ryves@doncaster.gov.uk or 01302 737339. Please indicate if you would like to volunteer for the full day (9.45am until 4.15pm) or a half-day (9.45am to 12.30/12.30 to 4.15pm)
More info:
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