Crescent Arts Centre Summer Programme 2017 | Page 50

Events at the Crescent Arts Centre Joseph Haydn 7 Last Words… In 1783, Joseph Haydn was commissioned to write a new work for Easter for the Oratorio de la Santa Cueva in Cadiz, Spain. Theatrical, inventive, raw and soul searching, the resultant ‘Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross’ was music for Easter unlike anything that had been heard before. This Easter, Northern Accents presents Haydn’s astonishing and breathtaking work (in its 1787 string quartet arrangement), with text for our time and place composed and read by author, Jan Carson (Malcolm Orange Disappears, Children’s Children). Bookending the performance will be an illuminating, informal pre concert talk by Haydn scholar, Donal Bannister, and a post concert opportunity to meet and talk with the performers and author. Page 50 Saturday 15 April 7:30pm I £12 | £10 | £8 Happy Birthday William Shakespeare Bart Players are proud to present ‘Happy Birthday William Shakespeare’. Friends, Romans and countrymen – come and help us celebrate the 453rd anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare. The afternoon event will be full of readings, speeches, sonnets, prologues and party games! Sunday 23 April 3:00pm I £5 Melancholy Hard Rain Melancholy follows the tale of an inventor struggling to cope with heartache after the untimely death of his wife! Consumed by grief, he undertakes work on his biggest creation yet, his lost wife... but at what cost? Currently in the midst of their incredible 2016/17 programme, do not miss your chance to join the Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble for the final three performances of the season. Using an imaginative combination of puppetry, physical theatre and animation, Certain Dark Things Theatre Company have created a beautiful piece of non-verbal theatre. Joining us as part of their National tour, this is one show not to be missed! Friday 28 April OR Saturday 29 April 8:00pm I £10 | £8 As Ensemble in Residence at the Crescent Arts Centre, the ensemble is devoted to the performance of modern and contemporary music. The remaining performances include: Thursday 20 April Ulster Youth Orchestra Workshop and Concert Saturday 22 April