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Tickets for all shows are available from:
Thompson Travel, Station Road Port Erin

    
Celtic Gold, 5 Michael St. Peel
     Peter Norris Music, Finch Road, Douglas
'Mostly Manx', Nelson Street, Douglas 
     Shakti Man, 68 Parliament Street, Ramsey

 
   
Or on the door, if not sold out.
Please Note: 
Tickets for some events can be purchased on-line



February
 
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Wednesday 10th

Films in Peel presents
"Is Anybody There?"
Doors open at 7.15 allowing access to wine bar.  Films screened at 7.45 pm 
For details and full programme listing
Click Here
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Saturday 13th
Sunday 14th
Midge Ure
Guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter. He enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzie, The Rich Kids, Visage, and most notably as frontman of Ultravox.  He co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof.
Ticets £22.50, doors open 7.30, Showtime 8.00.

Please note: This may already be a sellout.
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Wednesday 24th

Films in Peel presents
"The Red Balloon" also "Peter & the Wolf
Doors open at 6.00 (no bar)  Films screened at 6.30 pm 
For details and full programme listing
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Saturday 27th
Martin Simpson  Martin Simpson is the guitarists guitarist, and a wonderful singer/songwriter. He has been nominated for an amazing, record 6 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2010, including Folk Singer of the Year, Musician of the year, Album of the Year, Best Traditional track, and two nominations for Best Original Song! He has previously had 10 nominations and 5 wins in the Radio 2 Folk awards over the years. He is joined in the IOM by his great band, including Andy Cutting (previous Musician of the year award winner), BJ Cole,( the internationally acclaimed pedal steel guitar player), Keith Angel, who many of you will remember as the drummer with the Angel Brothers, and Andy Seward (Angel Brothers/Kate Rusby). 
Tickets £15 curtain up 8.00 
Visit his website  -  Click  to hear "Home Again" 
To order tickets online click here
To win a DVD of Martin's "Prodigal Son" Click Here
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March                                            March
Friday 5th
 
Films in Peel presents

"The End of the Line"
Doors open at 7.15 allowing access to wine bar.  Films screened at 7.45 pm 
For details and full programme listing
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Wednesday 10th

Films in Peel presents
Anne Frank [+ You]  I.O.M. Exhibition 2010
"The Pianist"
Doors open at 7.15 (allowing access to the  bar)  Films screened at 7.45 pm  
For details and full programme listing
Click Here
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Saturday 13th
Big Wheel Blues Festival Launch
Featuring the amazing Amsterdam-based outfit: 
The Boyd Small Band  (with local support from the Big Wheel Blues Band).
Doors open 7.30 Show time 8.00
For more information click here
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Wednesday 17th

Films in Peel presents
Anne Frank [+ You]  I.O.M. Exhibition 2010
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"
Doors open at 6.00   Film screened at 6.30 pm 
For details and full programme listing
Click Here
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Thursday 18th to
Saturday 20th
 
The Adventures of Mr Toad
Hello there, Toad here, to tell you about my very own musical (well, not just mine, actually). Moley, Ratty and Badger, my good old riverside chums, and I have really taken to the stage. Not only do we still get into all kinds of jolly japes and silly scrapes, we also get to try our hands at some lovely song and dance, 
Doors open 7.00.  Show time 7.30.  Tickets £6.00
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Wednesday 24th
The Unthanks  Previously called Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, are a five piece English folk group from Northumberland. They received support from a number of DJ's on BBC Radio 2 and was subsequently awarded Folk Album of the Year by Mojo magazine. Their 2007 follow-up album, The Bairns, was nominated for the Best Album award at the BBC Folk Awards 2008 and also nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.  The band were nominated for three further BBC Folk Awards in 2008, and received the Horizon Award. For more information, visit their website
Show starts 8.00 - Tickets £17.50 
To order tickets online click here
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Saturday 27th

Films in Peel presents
Anne Frank [+ You]  I.O.M. Exhibition 2010
ANNE FRANK: THE WHOLE STORY” (2001) 120mins Cert 12
Matinee only at 2.00, doors open 1.30

For details and full programme listing  Click Here
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April                                           April
Saturday 3rd

Pack Up Your Troubles

Upbeat Management is delighted to present Pack Up Your Troubles the show that combines the very best of Music Hall with a selection of forties favourites! This is a non-stop singalong nostalgia show from the Forces Sweethearts stable - a sure-fire hit! The headline star will be Carolyn Allen from "Only Fools and Horses"and BBC's "New Tricks"  
This is a complete show with Music,  a Speciality act , comedy, and of course the Chairman. Tickets £15 show time 8.00 pm
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Monday 5th

I
nspiration theatre Company will be holding auditions for Calamity Jane
10.00 am to 5.00 pm

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Tuesday 6th to
Saturday 10th

The Importance of Being Earnest a TNT Theatre Britain presentation
(In association with Laurence Keenan Advocates & Solicitors)
This classic play described as atrivial comedy for serious people was first produced
in 1895 at St James' Theatre in London.  Although it was Oscar Wildes's last play. it has
proved to be his most enduringly popular, an ideal play for springtime.
Tickets £18, children £12, matinees (all seats) £10
Curtain up 7.30.  Matinee on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 2.30
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Saturday 17th
RETROSPECT
An evening of Soul, Blues and MUCH more with this very sought after 12-piece band. 
They were a sell-out and a great success last year, and are coming back to make one of 
their rare public appearances, for ONE night only. Dancing compulsory! 
Visit their website www.retrospect-iom.net  for further information - 
Please note that there are only 170 tickets available for this event.
 
Tickets £12.00, doors open 7.30pm, Showtime 8.00pm"
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Saturday 24th

Los Pistoleros
The finest Honk Tonk band this side of the Atlantic. They were a sell out last year 
with their incredible repertoire - don't miss them this year.
Tickets £14 - Show starts 8.00
See their website
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May                                             May
Saturday 15th

Charlie Dore and her Hula Valley Orchestra

Although best known as one of the UK 's most respected singer-songwriters, remember "Pilot of the Airwaves" Charlie Dore enjoys a multi-faceted career that includes acting in 
film, TV & radio, screenwriting and composition for film and TV and even comedy.
Tickets £15 Showtime 8.00 - see her on Myspace
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 June                                        June
 Saturday 19th

Telephone Bill & the Smooth Operators
Swing, rock, bluegrass and doo-wop group formed in 1975, whose original line-up was 
Chris Cox, Gerry Hale, Nick Barraclough, Anne Baker and Robb Appleton.
They're back together again and have included Peel as part of their UK tour.
Showtime 8.00,  tickets £14
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July                                            July
Saturday 3rd
& Sunday 4
th

Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen
Kenny has been blowing that trumpet and making hit records since 1958
His one night appearance at the Centre was a sell out last year - don't miss
one of Britain's most successful jazz bands of the last 50 years.
Tickets £18 - Showtime 8.00
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August                                      August
Friday 13th
Saturday 14th

Houghton Weavers
By demand, the boys are back again!   They pack the theatre every time so book early.  They are best known for their TV show "Sit Thi Deawn" (dialect for "sit you down", referring to the supposed hospitality of Lancashire people). The programme ran for six series or seven years and was a mixture of easy listening music and comedy for a local audience. Click on their picture to watch them sing.  Tickets £15 Showtime 8.00.  Visit their website
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Tuesday 24th
Saturday 28th


Inspiration Theatre Company presents
Calamity Jane
The film is a classic, but on stage it’s different. There’s more dance, more songs, great costumes and that special magic that only comes on stage. It’s music and comedy and fun, but there’s also that tough real life element in the story.
Doors open 7.30  Curtain up at 8.00  -Ticket £8.00
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September                                        September
Saturday 4th
Phil Cool
Unquestionably the world's only "Stand Up Chameleon" Phil Cool is armed with a controllable rubber face. And he's not afraid to use it!  Phil's body, too, seems to be able to defy the normal anatomical laws. The original Mr. Rubber Face, Phil can metamorphose with ease from the Pope to Sylvester Stallone, Tina Turner to Forrest Gump, Jack Nicholson to Bugs Bunny, David Attenborough to a seahorse. Star Trek, Mr. Bean, even Pulp Fiction, .. Nothing escapes the Cool treatment. Phil is simply incredible and, without doubt, he is one of the most original and unique comic talents to come out of Great Britain. see his website
Tickets £16 - Showtime 8.00pm
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Saturday 11th
Brother Mule
Brother Mule in concert is a musical conversation between three of America’s most gifted acoustic musicians. The bandmates share the spotlight in a three-ringed circus of extraordinary talent and variety. Brian Wicklund ignites the stage with his fiery fiddling, Ben Winship plays tasty mandolin as he croons one of his finely crafted songs, while Eric Thorin pushes the boundaries of bass playing as an extreme sport.
Their debut recording, Big Twang, earned them the Indie Music Award's Best Americana CD of 2005. It's a showcase of original and traditional vocals and instrumentals spanning genres of swing, old time, Celtic, old country and acoustic funk.
Ticket info' to follow, in the meantime to listen to one of their tracks - click here  
Visit their website 

December                                          December
19th - 21st
Inspiration Theatre Company presents
Festive Musicality
A selection of songs an music, appropriate to the season.
Doors open 7.30, curtain up 8.00 - Tickets £5.00

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