If you need somewhere in Thornbury to hold a meeting or event, the Armstrong Hall complex offers a wide range of facilities.
The original Cossham Hall was presented to Thornbury in 1888 and is suitable for small concerts, cinema screenings and meetings, with a capacity of 140, including 40 in a gallery.
The main Armstrong Hall seats around 350, and is readily adaptable for all types of functions, dances, discos, trade promotions and exibitions.
It has a stage and dressing rooms, lighting and sound equipment, cinema screen and raised seating. There are also kitchen facilities, smaller meeting rooms and a licensed bar.
A refurbished bakery forms an annexe to the main building and is available as an extra meeting or activity room.
Large numbers of local groups and organisations use the complex on a regular basis, including the Women's Institute, Townswomen's Guild, Blood Donors, Horticultural Society, Flower Club, Weight Watchers, Stamp Club, Camera Club, Northavon Youth Theatre, Age Concern, Rosemary Conley Fitness, Eastwood Gardeners Club, Choices Club for The Disabled and Country Music Club.
The complex is also the venue for part of the Thornbury Arts Festival and for productions by the Thornbury Amateur Dramactic Society and the Thornbury Musical Theatre Group.
If you would like to hire any part of the Armstrong Hall complex, see the Town Council's Armstrong Hall web pages for more details or contact office staff at the Town Hall.
Nearby free parking is available at St Mary Street (limited to 2 hours stay before 6pm), and at Rock Street.
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Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Please just come along, join in, have some good fun, great exercise as well and support us in what we hope will be a most enjoyable evening.
Light refreshments will be available. Tickets are £5 per person and are available from Betty Cain on 01453 843802 or any CRUK Committee Members who may be your local or regular contact.
Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th February 7.15 nightly, matinees 2.15pm on Friday and Saturday, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Being in a musical theatre group is lots of fun – oh yes it is! It is also lots of hard work, but how many people would expect that sometimes sacrifice is necessary?! Gary Kennedy made just such a gesture when he shaved off his beautiful black curls in order to play Daddy Warbucks in TMTG’s production of ANNIE; in so doing he also raised £250 for “Children in Need”.
Following the trend of “orphan made good” the group will be performing the ever popular CINDERELLA in the February half term and someone else is contemplating a hairy sacrifice. Geoff Kitchen has to decide whether or not to lose his beard for his role as one of the Ugly Sisters – hard decision Geoff! Will he? Won’t he? - only one way to find out, book your tickets and come along for a guaranteed fun time for all of the family. Make sure you are in good voice for all the booing and cheering.
Tickets are £9, concessions £8. A family ticket at £28 for two adults and two children or one adult and three children is available on Friday and Saturday. There is a reduction of 50p per ticket for groups of 15 or more. Tickets can be obtained by ringing 04154 415850. The box office will be opening at Wildings, High Street, Thornbury on Wednesday 3rd February.
www.tmtg.org.uk
Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th February 7.15 nightly, matinees 2.15pm on Friday and Saturday, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Being in a musical theatre group is lots of fun – oh yes it is! It is also lots of hard work, but how many people would expect that sometimes sacrifice is necessary?! Gary Kennedy made just such a gesture when he shaved off his beautiful black curls in order to play Daddy Warbucks in TMTG’s production of ANNIE; in so doing he also raised £250 for “Children in Need”.
Following the trend of “orphan made good” the group will be performing the ever popular CINDERELLA in the February half term and someone else is contemplating a hairy sacrifice. Geoff Kitchen has to decide whether or not to lose his beard for his role as one of the Ugly Sisters – hard decision Geoff! Will he? Won’t he? - only one way to find out, book your tickets and come along for a guaranteed fun time for all of the family. Make sure you are in good voice for all the booing and cheering.
Tickets are £9, concessions £8. A family ticket at £28 for two adults and two children or one adult and three children is available on Friday and Saturday. There is a reduction of 50p per ticket for groups of 15 or more. Tickets can be obtained by ringing 04154 415850. The box office will be opening at Wildings, High Street, Thornbury on Wednesday 3rd February.
www.tmtg.org.uk
7-9pm, Cossham Hall, Thornbury
Eastwood Gardeners' Club presents "The trials and tribulations of a wild life photographer".
Tickets £7 from 01454 417649.
Click the link below for more information about Eastwood Gardeners' Club.
www.mythornbury.co.uk/hobbies.php
7pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
For further details please telephone 412567.
7.30pm – midnight, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
A fun evening of Irish Music, Song and Dance to suit all ages. No experience needed. Caller will lead the dances. Meal included in the ticket price. Table seating plan available for groups. Bottles of wine available for ordering on the night and full bar facility.
An event organised by The Rotary Club of Thornbury in aid of the Worldwide Polio Eradication Campaign undertaken by Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Tickets £17.50 – Including Supper available from The Town Hall, High Street, Thornbury – in person Monday – Friday 9.00 – 5.00 or by post from Derek Baker, tel:
01454 619289 or e-mail below.
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7.30pm (Doors open 7pm), Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury
Thornbury Picture House aims to bring the best of world cinema to Thornbury at affordable prices while avoiding unnecessary trips to out-of-town venues.
Each film costs £3 if you join TPH for £30. Entrance to individual films will cost £5 if you are not a member.
www.thornburypicturehouse.org
7pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Thornbury Castle Band are pleased to announce that they are hosting a concert to celebrate the band’s 20th Anniversary and also to introduce the new Musical Director Mr Geraint Barnes, with special guests The Dursley Male Voice Choir.
Tickets cost only £6 and can be purchased from the band secretary on 01454 617441, via our website below or from The Armstrong Hall Box Office. Alternatively, tickets can also be purchased during our rehearsals which take place every Tuesday between 7-9pm at the Sea Cadets Centre, Thornbury.
During 2010 the band will be competing at it’s first ever brass band contest in February and also are proud to be participating in the Thornbury Carnival in July. We are always looking for new players so if you play a brass instrument you are very welcome to come along to one of our rehearsals or even join the band.
www.thornburycastleband.webs.com
Tuesday 31 March - Saturday 3 April, with evening performances at 7.30 pm [Tuesday to Thursday and Saturday], plus an afternoon performance only on Good Friday at 3pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Set in the same era as last year's successful version of Fiddler on the Roof, yet demonstrating such a different picture of life on the other side of the world, more than 50 young people, who together make up the Northavon Youth Theatre Company, are proud to display their versatility by staging a brand new version of an old favourite: Half A Sixpence, this Easter.
This is the musical that gave star status to a young Tommy Steele, in the rôle of Arthur Kipps, both on stage and screen and NYTC is delighted to be one of the first groups in the country to bring this exciting revival to audiences.
Seats will once again be at a premium for this celebrated group, which is now in its 34th year of bringing high quality youth productions to Thornbury, and has an impressive list of theatrical awards, plus more than 40 successful productions to its credit.
Half A Sixpence is based on the novel Kipps by HG Wells and tells the story of a young man who meets eccentric actor Harry Chitterlow and suddenly finds himself unexpectedly rich. He is consequently transported from a poor existence and a seemingly everlasting draper's apprenticeship, 'All In The Cause of Economy', to becoming 'A Proper Gentleman'. Arthur has three soul mates and close friends in Sid, Pearce and Buggins, plus their female counterparts: Kate, Victoria and Flo and a childhood sweetheart named Ann, but they are all quickly forgotten when he befriends the Walsingham family, especially the beautiful Helen, although he sings that 'She's Too Far Above Me'. He wins her over, however, and in spite of exchanging a lover's token with Ann ('Half A Sixpence') plans to marry Helen! He comes to his senses and realises Ann is the girl for him and they enjoy a blissful wedding ~ 'Flash, Bang, Wallop! with their friends, but then Artie's big plans cause a rift when Ann tells us: 'I Know What I Am'.
To find out whether money does bring happiness to this young man, or if he learns a different lesson, join NYTC for a musical comedy that will appeal to all ages, with an eleven-piece orchestra bringing nearly 30 numbers to life, including some great song and dance classics! With special party rates and Family Tickets available on Good Friday, demand for seats will be high, so to avoid disappointment, either ring: 01454 613172, call into our Box Office at Wildings, Thornbury High Street from 15 March, or post your booking to: NYTC, c/o Jarvis Woodhouse Events Ltd, 19 High Street, Thornbury, South Glos BS35 2AE.
www.nytc.org.uk
7.30pm (Doors open 7pm), Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury
Thornbury Picture House aims to bring the best of world cinema to Thornbury at affordable prices while avoiding unnecessary trips to out-of-town venues.
Each film costs £3 if you join TPH for £30. Entrance to individual films will cost £5 if you are not a member.
www.thornburypicturehouse.org
7.30pm (Doors open 7pm), Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury
Thornbury Picture House aims to bring the best of world cinema to Thornbury at affordable prices while avoiding unnecessary trips to out-of-town venues.
Each film costs £3 if you join TPH for £30. Entrance to individual films will cost £5 if you are not a member.
www.thornburypicturehouse.org
7.30pm (Doors open 7pm), Armstrong Hall, Chapel Street, Thornbury
Thornbury Picture House aims to bring the best of world cinema to Thornbury at affordable prices while avoiding unnecessary trips to out-of-town venues.
Each film costs £3 if you join TPH for £30. Entrance to individual films will cost £5 if you are not a member.
www.thornburypicturehouse.org
