Havant Arts Centre

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Havant Museum and Havant Arts Centre want to find out what you think about what we do and also what arts and heritage you would like to see in the future. It will only take about 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire and all completed responses will be entered into a prize draw. Tell your friends because the more questionnaires which are completed the more useful the information. Thank you for your help.
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To download Havant Arts Centre’s brand new HAC Spring 2008 season brochure please click on the link (less than 1MB pdf file). Tickets for the new season events and activities are now on sale - please call the Box Office on 023 9247 2700. Shows are currently being added to the website and most will be available to book online very soon.

The Spring ‘08 brochure is jam-packed full of exciting shows and many opportunities to take part in activities. My advice is to book early as we expect shows such as Potted Potter (Theatre, p6) and Steve Knightley (Acoustic Music, p14) to sell out quickly. For children there is a great event entitled Claytime (Children’s Theatre, p13), - this is a unique chance to take part in an ingenious show and make a clay character (maximum of 50 children’s seats per show).

We also offer art, ceramics, photography and dance classes as well as activities such as yoga, pole dance for fitness and pilates sessions for adults (p32-p35). For children we have regular weekly term time classes and holiday workshops (p36-40).

HAC also has a number of unique events including an Art & Wine Party (p29), a St. Patricks Party Night (p15), a fundraising Auction and Music & Dance Community Fundraiser (p41) and Read Me (part of the May Days Arts Trail, p30-31).

Please note the benefits of membership of the Arts Centre - as well as discounted tickets there are also opportunities to meet other members over cheese and wine before a range of shows (p41). If you would like to become a member of ‘Screen Idols’ (p22); simply call the Box Office on 023 9247 2700 or you can pop into the centre to pick up a screen idol card.

And please don’t forget that you can book food with shows on jazz, blues and comedy nights. Look out for the classical busker once per month on Saturday lunchtimes (p25).

Finally, if you book your professional theatre tickets online you can save £2 on your purchases.

I would like to wish all of our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Amanda O’Reilly
Centre Director

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Winnie the Pooh comes to Havant Arts Centre for Christmas.

Thursday 13th December 7.30pm until Saturday 22nd December 7.30pm (including morning shows and matinees on the Saturdays).

This Christmas bring the family and meet some old friends live on stage - Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga, Roo and of course the bear himself - Winnie-the-Pooh.

Oh, and there are balloons and heffalumps and honey and thistles and birthday cards and pink sugar and hums - lots and lots of hums.

For as Milne himself promised us, somewhere, in that enchanted place at the top of the Hundred Acre Wood, a little bear and his boy will forever be playing…

Due to public demand we have added two extra daytime shows to the two Saturdays 15th and 22nd December at 11.30am and
cancelled two evening performances on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th December.  The length of the performance will be 2 hours including a 20 minute interval.

Mulled wine and mince pieces available on Friday 14th December.

These performances will be adaptations of the original AA Milne’s iconic children’s literature made famous most recently by Disney. This production retells the most well known events in the lives of the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, in a way that will appeal to adults and children.

Tickets £23 for a family ticket of four and £6.75 per single ticket

BOX OFFICE 023 9247 2700

TICKETS SELLING FAST - BOOK NOW!
For further information click on the link: www.humdrum.org.uk

Looking for things for the kids to do at half term? Why not try one of our exciting workshops? We have workshops for ages 7 to 11 and 10-14 year olds. There are also lots of children’s theatre events to consider. To book tickets please call the Ticket Line on 023 9247 2700. For information on workshops and events throughout the Havant Borough (including Staunton Country Park, Making Space, Havant Museum and Havant Arts Centre), please click on the following link: Children’s Activities Autumn 2007 Flyer (downloadable PDF flyer 2.6 MB).

TO BOOK HAVANT ARTS CENTRE CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP PLACES ONLINE PLEASE VISIT THE KIDS WORKSHOPS CATEGORY

Havant Arts Centre 023 9247 2700
Staunton 023 9245 3405
Making Space 023 9247 2491
Havant Museum 023 9245 1155

To get a glimpse of all the exciting new shows and activities at Havant Arts Centre please follow the HAC July to December 2007 Brochure link. There are lots of food orientated events, spine chilling ghost stories (theatre), Winnie-the-Pooh at Christmas, a GlamRock Party Night and an exciting BarnDance and Hog Roast event.

For working parents there is the opportunity to drop the children off at Havant Nursery (and collect them from the nursery later in the day), when attending one of our holiday workshops. There are also brand new activities for adults including Fitness and Tone, Reflexology and Indian Head Massage. For children we have new art workshops called Art Unlimited and Art Splash.

Tickets for everything in the new season will be on sale through the Havant Arts Centre Box Office by 10am on Monday 11th June. Please call 023 9247 2700 for tickets. Childrens August Holiday workshops are on sale now; as are Blues at the Fort tickets. Follow this link to download our Children’s Activity Brochure which covers the Summer 07 holidays.

Tickets can also be purchased online for certain events. We are currently in the process of adding shows to the website - thank you for your patience in this matter!

We hope you enjoy the new season and feel free to make comments on the website about anything and everything!!

Thursday 7 June, 7.30pm
Heaven on Earth
Presented by Union Dance
At Portsmouth College

Contemporary dance, martial arts and urban style.
Entrancing images and mesmerizing movement combined with imaginative visual theatre.
£9.95, £7.95 concs.

Sat 9 June, 8pm
Country Joe McDonald
Country Joe has been influenced by gospel, R & B, rock and roll and country music.
He has appeared on stage with the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Otis Redding, Jefferson Airplane, Simon & Garfunkel and The Byrds.
www.countryjoe.com
£10, £8 concs.

Special Star Night
Tuesday 12 June, 8pm
The Alan Barnes Quintet
A coup for the Jazz Café — the great Alan Barnes — 2006 BBC Jazz Awards Instrumentalist of the Year.
£11, £8.80 concs.

GET READY…BIGGER AND BETTER HAVANT BOROUGH ARTS TRAIL

The Havant Trail takes place this weekend (Sat 12 & Sat 13 May) with lots to see at the Arts Centre and elsewhere.

The May Days Arts Trail is a month long visual arts festival open to artists and makers living and working in Havant Borough. The trail takes place over four weekends and you are invited to relax, browse and enjoy the work of a diverse range of artists.
For information about the artists involved, workshops, and trail map locations please download a PDF version of the May Days Arts Trail 2007 brochure by following the link.

To download our brand new children’s activities flyer which covers May/June half term and the Summer Holidays 2007 please follow that link.

Havant Arts centre is very pleased to publish on-line our new combined Spring and Summer 2007 brochure.

Highlights include Show of Hands acoustic duo Phil Beer and Steve Knightley in separate guises (May 07), and BBC Jazz Awards 2006 Instrumentalist of the Year Alan Barnes (June 07).

Follow this link to download our Spring & Summer 2007 brochure (1.6 MB). You can download it online from this website in PDF format. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.

Tickets for events and workshops can be purchased from the Box Office from Friday 1 December 2006. Please call the Box Office on 023 9247 2700.

Tickets for certain events (and subject to limitations) can be booked on-line NOW.

Follow this link to download the latest Children’s Activities Leaflet which covers the February - Easter 2007 period and includes events at Staunton Country Park, Making Space and Havant Museum.

Follow this link to download all the latest Havant Arts Centre Kids Shows and Workshops Leaflet. This PDF version covers the January to July period.

Fathers Delight

Bring the children along to Havant Arts Centre and make lovely arty
Mothers Day Cards

Sat 17th March at 2pm or 3pm

Why not spoil mums by making special Mothers Day cards whilst you relax and
enjoy a tea or coffee with one of our delicious cakes, and all for £3.95.

It is also your chance to select a beautiful Mothers Day gift from our Showcase
Cabinets. We have wonderful textiles, beautiful bags, hand crafted ceramics
and a fabulous range of jewellery with a price to suit every pocket.