http://themet.biz/news News from The Met, Bury Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 It is indeed that time again folks! The Met welcomes back another truly hilarious line-up of laughter, at the First Thursday Comedy Club on Thursday 5 August starting at 8.30pm. Britain’s one-and-only deaf comedian Steve Day kick-starts the evening with his warm wit and engaging charm. Since going on his first ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=751 The Met will be presenting an array of remarkable theatre productions, musical performances and comedy sets this coming autumn. The highlight of the season will undoubtedly be the Christmas performance of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Attracting over 8,000 families to Bury; this production will be the biggest for ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=750 MANCHESTER: CASTLEFIELD, EXCHANGE SQUARE, ST ANN’S SQUARE, PICCADILLY GARDENS, PICCADILLY STATION BURY: MARKET SQUARE, KAY GARDENS, THE ROCK * A romantic duet between a dancer and a giant mechanical digger * Animated shop windows * Daring aerial feats on walls and in the air * Romance and dance on the platforms and escalators of Piccadilly Station * Music from opera to ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=748 The Met is pleased to announce that the Mill Gate Shopping Centre is to be the principal sponsor for the 2010 Christmas show The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, which runs from 14 to 24 December. The Christmas show is the biggest production for the venue and attracts over 8,000 ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=747 The Met is independent performing arts organisation based in an impressive Victorian building in Bury, just north of Manchester. We present contemporary and classic theatre, music and comedy touring nationally and internationally. Many of these new and exciting artists will go on to become household names, but we also showcase established ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=746 The Grants Arms in Ramsbottom welcomes Otis Gibbs on 28th July at 8pm who will be performing an RnB Festival taster gig to promote the annual festival taking place on 25 September in pubs across the town. Otis Gibbs is a man in search of an honest experience. Some people refer ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=745 The Met welcomes Scottish roots revival band Old Blind Dogs on Thursday 1 July at 8pm. Since forming in the early 1990’s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland’s roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark style with an energetic mix of songs and tunes. ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=744 The Met welcomes back comedy poet John Hegley with his new show the Adventures of Monsieur Robinet on Friday 2 July at 8pm. Hegley tells tales about a Frenchman with some unusual [but clean] habits, which include burying his dog’s kennel and his own luggage pieces. The stories appear alongside other ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=743 The Met welcomes a tribute to the music of Van Morrison with the Mini Van Band on Friday 25 June at 8pm - a must see for all lovers of the great man’s music. The Mini Van Band are professional musicians who can normally be found on stage providing accompaniment for ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=742 The Met welcomes back Horse + Bamboo Theatre Company with its beautiful new show Little Leap Forward on Friday 18 June at 7pm. “Wouldn’t you rather be free, just for a day, than spend a lifetime in a cage?” It’s Beijing, capital of China, in the summer of 1966 and the Cultural ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=741 The Met welcomes Annabelle Chvostek on Thursday 10 June at 8pm. Annabelle Chvostek is a contemporary urban roots artist, well known for her time with the Canadian band Wailin’ Jennys and for her time as a solo artist performing with others on the Canadian folk scene including the likes of Po ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=740 The Met welcomes back the Bagdaddies playing a wild and infectious mix of Balkan brass, Middle Eastern flavours, Ska and Dance on 4 June at 8pm. Fusion of rhythms and melodies plucked from around the world are guaranteed to raise your spirits! Festival favourites, The Baghdaddies play Balkan gypsy with Middle ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=739 The Met welcomes back Brute Farce Theatre Company with brand new adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days on Wednesday 2 June at 7.30pm. “Inventive, resourceful, excitingly physical performances…..thoroughly invigorating” The Times Following their hugely successful national tour of Moll Flanders Brute Farce return to the road with another exhilarating adaptation. Suitcases, ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=738 The Met welcomes a quartet of local funny men who’ve made it big on Thursday 3 June at 8.30pm featuring Archie Kelly, John Warburton, Danny Deegan and Phil Buckley. These guys are the latest stars who were Made in Bury. We needn’t go all the way back to Sir Robert Peel, ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=737 Mr Kite Benefits brings US country music songstress Suzy Bogguss to The Met on Friday 28 May at 8pm. Having released one platinum album and three gold albums, Suzy Bogguss has collaborated with some of Nashville’s most influential songwriters. From the beginning of her career, Suzy’s strong, supple voice and straightforward ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=736 The Met welcomes Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings on Thursday 27 May at 8pm. Known as the lead singer of Bellowhead, and for his work in the duo Spiers and Boden, BBC Folk Singer of the Year 2010 Jon Boden returns for this extraordinary show with his four-piece band The ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=735 The Met welcomes Capercaillie’s lead singer Karen Matheson on Friday 21 May at 8pm. Karen Matheson has captivated audiences around the world and sold over a million records as the lead singer of the best-selling, internationally-renowned Celtic super group Capercaillie. “…spellbinding and evocative… she takes folk music to a celestial high” New ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=734 Chickenshed dance theatre company are set to provide audiences at The Met with an explosive performance of Crime of the Century, on Thursday 20 May at 7.30pm. Inspired by the disastrous deaths of three young teenagers associated with the company, Crime of the Century portrays an incredibly realistic exhibition of knife crime amongst young people, through ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=733 The Met welcomes internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Luka Bloom on Sunday 16 May at 8pm. Named after the Suzanne Vega song, My Name is Luka, Luka Bloom has enjoyed over twenty years of success in the music business. He comes from a family of singers and songwriters, first going on tour with ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=731 The Met welcomes Tim O’Brien and Kris Drever on a rare duo tour on Saturday 22 May at 8pm. Grammy award-winner O’Brien is a multi-instrumental American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bouzouki and mandocello. Kris Drever was the 2006 winner of the BBC ... http://themet.biz/news/index.php?p=730