Friday, 7 December 2007

The Eastgate - w/c 13 December

11th DECEMBER - 7th JANUARY
Bill Cowe – Autumn Leaves
Exhibition – FREE
Eastgate Studio
A retrospective looking back over 50 years of painting, some new, some old, some blue ... some... well, see if you can recognise them... Bill’s formative years were spent on a Clydesdale-powered, paraffin-lit border farm, between the Lauder Moor and Galawater...

THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER
Drama
Richard Jordan Presents
St. Nicholas
7.30pm
A funny, chilling and supernatural tale of Vampires and theatre critics.
Conor McPherson’s tale of sex, vampires and theatre critics, St. Nicholas, plays at The Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, for one performance...

FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER
Eastgate Secret Cabaret
7.30pm
Mystery acts; music and songs, dancing, comedy...
A Fundraiser for the Eastgate contact Paz Newis for details

SATURDAY 15th DECEMBER
Music
7.30 pm
Lucy Pappas Open Mic Night
Talented young bands and some not so young, with a variety of original material and cover versions. Getting in to the Christmas spirit – whether it's rock, folk, Americana or blues...

SUNDAY 16th DECEMBER
FILM SUNDAY
Nancy Drew
12.30pm
Andrew Fleming / USA 2007 / 1h39m / PG - Contains infrequent mild language, violence and threat
In legendary teenage sleuth Nancy Drew’s latest mystery, she and her father go to Los Angeles, and stay in a home with a notorious past: the mysterious death of its owner, starlet Dehlia Draycott, in the early 1980s...

Michael Clayton
4.30 & 7.30pm
Tony Gilroy / USA 2007 / 2h / 15 - Contains very strong language and sex references
Michael Clayton is an in-house ‘fixer’ at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, he takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work...

MONDAY 17th DECEMBER
ArtHouse Film
7.30pm
The Night of Truth
Certification: 18
Running Time: 100 mins
Director: Fanta Regina Nacro
Set in an un-named African country in the immediate aftermath of a lengthy, bloody civil war, this taut tale takes place on a 'day of reconciliation' where the president, the leader of the opposition and their spouses meet to celebrate the end of hostilities. But after atrocities on both sides and lingering ethnic tensions, can there really be peace...

THURSDAY 20th DECEMBER
Drama
7.30pm
Nonsense Productions Present
It’s A Wonderful Life
'Never mind life, this is a wonderful play' (Edinburgh Evening News)
The story tells of George Bailey, a man trapped in his home-town life in Bedford Falls and his continuous battles with the vile Mr Potter. George despairs that he cannot escape to a new life and is about to ‘Throw away God’s greatest gift’ when he is sent Clarence Odbody, the bumbling Angel (Second Class!) who by helping George tries to earn his Angel wings...

FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER
Music Vince Woodstock
Charity Rock Concert
7.30pm
All profits to cancer charities.
THIS SHOW HAS SOLD OUT
Enjoy a night of blazing guitars as local guitar legend Vince Woods brings together an awesome line-up of Borders talent featuring friends, former pupils and those old favourites, The Fatboy Band.

More details: Eastgate Website
Visittweeddale website

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

The Eastgate - w/c 6 December

3rd – 13th Dec - FREE
FACES AND PLACES
Dougie Johnston
Studio Exhibition
Local photographer Dougie Johnston presents a selection of his stunning photographs...

WEDNESDAY 5th TO SUNDAY 9th
TWEED THEATRE PANTO
The Wizard of Oz
The surreal world of Oz gets even more surreal when heroine Dorothy and Toto are joined by Dorothy's Aunt Em...

TUESDAY 11th DECEMBER
Tweeddale Society Lecture 7.30pm
"The National Park Systems of Uganda and Scotland”
Prof. Roger Wheater, OBE. FRSE.
Professor Wheater is a well known ecologist and zoologist who held the post of Chief Warden of the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda then Director of Uganda National Parks...

THURSDAY 13th DECEMBER
Drama
Richard Jordan Presents
St.Nicholas
A funny, chilling and supernatural tale of Vampires and theatre critics. Conor McPherson’s tale of sex, vampires and theatre critics, St. Nicholas, plays at The Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, for one performance...

FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER
Eastgate Secret Cabaret
Mystery acts; music and songs, dancing, comedy...
A Fundraiser for the Eastgate contact Martin Hamilton on martinnewvalues@yahoo.co.uk for details or if you would like to bring an unusual talent or act to his stage! Go on... shock us all!

More details: Eastgate Website
Visittweeddale website