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13 Oct

Being Beautiful: Molly-Grace Cutler on playing Carole King

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performance

Top theatre star Molly-Grace Cutler (The Worst Witch, Girls Don’t Play Guitars) hits all the right notes as music legend Carole King in the powerful new production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical at Blackpool Grand Theatre from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 October. Cutler takes lead vocal to perfectly portray Carole King’s remarkable rise from schoolgirl singer/songwriter to chart-topping music superstar, through the soundtrack of a generation. Beautiful takes audiences back to the heart of King’s landmark 1971 album Tapestry, which held the Billboard number one for 15 consecutive weeks and remained on the charts for nearly six…

04 Oct

The Vocal Local: Dapper Man

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsColumns & Opinion

In the first of a new series of columns exploring creativity and politics, Brendan Bunting, aka Dapper Artist, writes about the divisive issue of public art Public art is there for us all to enjoy, but from the initial proposal of an idea to creating the art, right through to its installation, there can be many strong opinions. Recently, though, it has evolved from not only the artwork causing the controversy, but the actual space for the art causing a stir. In London last month Antelope by Samson Kambalu was unveiled as the latest sculpture to be commissioned and placed on…

04 Oct

Preview: Clean at 17

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performance

Last time Katie O’Brien last brought her comedy show to The Old Electric it was her birthday. Clad in a glitzy dress, she handed guests birthday cake and served them soft drinks on arrival. It was all fun and games, to begin with, much like her own story, which played out in her one-woman show that evening. Catch 22 Years told her story of drug abuse and recovery, cut through with biting humour and a deeply confessional tone. That was a year ago and the show has evolved since then, now renamed Clean at 17. It’s a cuttingly funny, brutally…

03 Oct

Poem: Dad Jokes by Anthony Briscoe

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word

Spoken word artist Anthony Briscoe joined the line up of New Stars of Poetry this weekend at The Old Electric theatre. Briscoe performed alongside Amina Atiq – a Yemeni-Scouse poet, performance artist, creative practitioner and award-winning community activist – and T.M/O – a Leed’s based poet who focuses on connection and exploration of the hypocrises we sit with and fights for us all to express ourselves more. Blackpool-born Briscoe delivered a set touching on topics including conformity, nostalgia, mental health and society expectations. The poems explored the different roles people have to take in order work within society and the…

30 Sep

Music Q&A: Anchor Lane

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigs

Anchor Lane are one of the hottest and hardest working new rock bands to come from Scotland. Having written and recorded their sophomore album ‘Call This A Reality’ in preparation for release on 27th January 2023, the three piece have been spending the year getting back to playing in front of the crowds at the likes of Download Festival, Call of The Wild and three UK wide tours. Now they are heading out to some new towns with a mixture of their own headline and support shows with The Virginmarys. They caught up with Blackpool Social Club ahead of their…

30 Sep

What’s On Guide: October 2022

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsGuideArt, art exhibition, Exhibition, gigs, live music, Music, performance, photography, what's on

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We know you've missed it, so here's the Blackpool Social Club What's On guide for October... Tap the date to see that day's listings.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion color="white" active_section="1" css=".vc_custom_1664380592238{border-top-width: 10px !important;border-right-width: 10px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;border-left-width: 10px !important;background-color: #ffe758 !important;border-left-color: #ffe758 !important;border-right-color: #ffe758 !important;border-top-color: #ffe758 !important;border-bottom-color: #ffe758 !important;}"][vc_tta_section title="Saturday 1st October" tab_id="1664380069018-7611342f-7c06"][vc_single_image image="36100" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] Aunty Social – new venue preview A chance to preview of Aunty Social’s new community art space on Topping St. Aunty is heading onto the high street so that it can bring its community arts offerings together under one roof and provide a space to explore…

26 Sep

Encountering Shakespeare

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performance

RSC First Encounters are a chance for young people aged 7-13 years to have a positive first experience of Shakespeare’s work. However they are also an opportunity for school communities to get involved, to experience something new and in this case for a local artist to have a new adventure. RSC First Encounters Twelfth Night is at the Grand Theatre this week – the venue has been a Regional Theatre Partner with the Royal Shakespeare Company for over a decade. The strength and success of this partnership is evident in the amazing opportunities that result for local schools, adult communities and…

26 Sep

Music Q&A: The Undertones

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigs

The legendary Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends (John O’Neill, Damian O’Neill, Fergal Sharkey, Billy Doherty and Michael Bradley) learning how to play basic rock and roll. 2018 marked the 40th Anniversary of the release of their most influential and famous song, Teenage Kicks, which Mikey Bradley recalls playing on Top of the Pops in this interview with Blackpool Social Club. The band plays Lowther Pavilion on the 8th October with special guest Hugh Cornwell. Get your tickets here. What inspires your music and songwriting? In the past, I was inspired by the need to…

18 Sep

Music Q&A: Gun

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsMusic & Gigs

Glaswegian rockers Gun are playing the Waterloo Music Bar on 4th December in support of their new album The Calton Songs. The new album takes its name from the area of Glasgow where the band grew up, and where they still write their music. These new versions of great songs are cut through with un-ironic nostalgia but this is a band with an eye on the horizon for what’s to come. This summer they released their cover of Word Up, a retooled version of the evergreen Cameo hit from 1986, and a track Gun first covered as far back as…

17 Sep

Call out: Lightpool seeks community choir

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News

The award-winning Lightpool Festival returns 14th-29th October and organisers are seeking community members to form a choir to sing alongside a new outdoor video projection. Theatre company Imitating the Dog has produced a new outdoor video projection piece to be projected onto a buildings during Lightpool as well as Light Up Lancaster. The 10-minute piece, called 100 Stories High, will use the architecture of the buildings to tell a story about the importance of home, holding onto memories and sometimes letting go. It will be looped several times throughout the penultimate evening of the festival on 28th October, and at Lancaster…