The Eastgate Theatre - w/c 17 July 2009

Friday 17th July 9am - 12.30pm
Dance
School's Out For Summer (juniors)
A week of dance for primary age children, with tutors from the Fiona Henderson School of Dance. Daily workshops will include ballet, modern jazz, cheerleading, hip and highland dancing; and the week ends with a short performance by all students in the Eastgate Theatre on Friday 17th July at 6.30pm.

Saturday 18th July 7.30pm
Music
Filska
This young Shetland quartet take their name from an old folk word meaning 'high spirited' - a perfect description of their performance. They bring a fresh and dynamic approach to traditional Shetland music, with a combination of fiddles, guitar, piano, accordion and vocals.
Led by award-winning sisters Jenna (fiddle, vocals, accordian) and Bethany Reid (fiddle, vocals, piano) Filska have performed extensively throughout Britain, Europe, Scandinavia and North America. They have played before Prince Charles and an international television audience of millions during the Millennium celebrations. The band also recently recorded several exlusive live sessions for the BBC. Currently writing their fourth album, Filska are touring the British and European festival circuit. "A scintillating set of instrumentals... delivered with intense energy and precision."

Tuesday 21st July 10am - 4pm
Film
Animation Workshop
Join Red Kite Animation for this fantastic day of film making. Create brain sucking blobs or smooth talking superheroes, and make your own 2-D puppets battle it out with 3-D plasticine critters. Suitable for eight to 12-year-olds, the workshop is best for the slightly experienced, but beginners are welcome. All films put online forever! See www.redkiteworkshops.co.uk

Friday 24th July 7.30pm
Music
Matt Seattle Band
Musician, composer, writer, publisher and music historian Matt Seattle brings his four-piece band to the Eastgate for the first time. Although born in Kent, Matt is an expert on Border and Northumbrian pipe and fiddle music, and has become one of the best-known players of the sweet-sounding Border Pipes. Re-visiting many traditional tunes as well as playing some of Matt's self-penned pieces, the band are literally "a breath of fresh air". "It really does seem, when one hears his playing, that the two loose ends of a piping tradition have been picked up and tied together again so that they are an unbroken thread once more."
-William Marshall, Bagpipe Society

Sunday 26th July
Film
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 2.30 & 7.30pm
The much-anticipated sixth film in the Harry Potter sequence - mixing magic and the black arts with a touch of teenage romance. Don't miss it; book early!