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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8pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Kalibre
Cost is £5.50 each. Licenced bar available.
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7.30pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
St Peters Hospice Severnside Support Group in association with The Thornbury Orchestra and the choir of Goode Companye would be delighted to welcome you to Thornbury's very own Last Night of the Proms.
Bar available, bring your own nibbles, and don’t forget your union jack, promenaders especially welcome for the second half of the concert.
Tickets available from 417543 or 415648 are priced at £5.00, please don’t delay this will be a memorable evening. Part of the celebrations of 25 years of the Severnside Support Group.
All proceeds to St Peters Hospice, your local Hospice.
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8pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Dave Sheriff
Cost is £5.50 each. Licenced bar available.
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7.30pm, with a 2.30pm matinee on the Saturday, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
MURDER! MURDER! Well you will certainly witness one or two of those in “JEKYLL and HYDE” - but there’s lots more too! The musical is based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson (with a somewhat embellished story!).
Jekyll, a young doctor, is convinced of the duality of the human character and wishes to separate the two in order to attempt to release his father from the mental illness which is imprisoning him. Denied the opportunity to try his formula on another human, Jekyll decides to experiment on himself and Hyde is “born”!
Jekyll can, perhaps, be seen as a flawed genius; he is well-intentioned, but we all know where good intentions lead! As well as the familiar theme of conflicting good and evil the show has not one but two entwined “love” stories; Jekyll is engaged to the devoted Emma but also finds himself attracted to the prostitute Lucy whom he meets on his stag night. For her part Lucy is overwhelmed by Jekyll’s kindness when she turns to him when she is injured by Hyde and muses on what might be as she sings “If Someone Like You”; at the same time she finds herself both attracted to and repelled by Hyde.
Many twists and turns ensue with much drama, passion and pathos along the way, culminating in a dramatic climax - definitely a show not to be missed! The music is awe-inspiring with wonderful songs like “This is the Moment”; if you liked “Les Miserables” you will love “Jekyll and Hyde”!
Tickets are £9, £8 concession and on Wednesday 3 full price tickets for the price of 2, on the other performances buy 10 tickets get one free!
The box office will open at Wildings on Wednesday 6th October or ring now on 01454 415850. Tickets can also be reserved, but not paid for by e-mailing below.
If you would like to know more about the show and the group why not take a peep at our website below.
www.tmtg.org.uk
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7.30pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Chris Harris has had a long association with Thornbury and makes a welcome return for ACT (Arts and Community in Thornbury).
So, whether you remember Chris coming to Thornbury, performing one of his one-man shows for Thornbury Arts Festival and then joining forces with the then Thornbury Amateur Operatic Society over 20 years ago, if you have enjoyed his acting skills, both on television and in the theatre, or if pantomime holds a fascination for you, why not join him for a very interesting evening?
For more information on ACT and its project to build a theatre and arts complex in Thornbury, or to volunteer your help or to become a FACT, please click below.
www.ACTthornbury.org.uk
8pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Clear Cut
Cost is £5.50 each. Licenced bar available.
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7.30pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Open demonstration: ‘Myths, Mincet and Merriment’ - Katherine Kear
For more information please contact the Secretary Penny Mackinnon on 07733 368967.
8pm, Armstrong Hall, Thornbury
Spur
Cost is £5.50 each. Licenced bar available.
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