The Eastgate - w/c 12 June 2008

Thursday 12 June 6pm
Kingsland Outreach
Children
Mandy Durkin
Yet again Eastgate Schools Outreach Worker Mandy Durkin has sprinkled her magic drama dust and produced a show…this time with P4 pupils of Kingsland and aptly titled "A Very Strange Day" This production has been generously funded by Friends of the Eastgate.

Friday 13 June 8pm
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Show
Adult Comedy
Afficionados of Youtube will be delighted to see the Eastgate dipping its toe into the insole of comedic genre with the Sock Show. Sidesplittingly funny! Stars of BBC Scotland “Chewing The Fat” where they spoke gaelic to hilarious effect! Making their touring debut, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre come to Peebles with their hour-long laugh a minute stage show. Be warned, this show isn’t a kids puppet show, it contains adult humour. Early booking advised.

Saturday 14 June 7.30pm
Mad About the Musicals
Music
Karen Ludmer
A whistle stop tour of some of your favourite musicals: ‘Chicago’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Phantom Of The Opera’, ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘Sunset Boulevard’, ‘Grease’, songs from shows such as ‘The Blues Brothers’, ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ and ‘West Side Story’ are funny enough to warrant a show of their own.

Friday 20th June - 7.30pm
Music
Fanattica! & The Beggar Girls
A night of accoustic folk, gypsy and balkan frolics with The Beggar Girls and Fanattica!
The Beggar Girls are a four piece all female band from the borders, playing French, English, East European and original songs and tunes, incorporating four part harmonies with beautiful, sometimes haunting melodies on fiddle, accordion, viola, drums, whistle and voices.
Fanattica are a five piece band playing songs of Krakow cross-dressing, Greek forbidden times, chinese martial arts, baltic sea sailors, tangos and balalaikas mingle with sensitive songs about Polish supermarkets. Come and dance to "The Dashing White Cossack" in their ceilidh set.