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Otley Players present: Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’

Poster Image for Talking Heads 25July

Otley Players present: Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads’

Theatre Doors: 6:15 pm Show Starts: 7:00 pm

Advance Price: £9

Otley Players are delighted to be returning to the Courthouse and performing two of Alan Bennett’s brilliant monologues from Talking Heads.

Woman of no Importance, first performed in 1982,explores the loneliness and mortality of a middle-aged woman, Peggy Schofield. Persistently cheerful, blind to the feelings of others and, at heart, terribly lonely, Peggy is at once a richly comic and desperately moving creation, that highlights Bennett’s genius for crafting characters.

“Her Big Chance,’ The story follows Lesley, an actress who has just completed a video (‘targeted chiefly on West Germany’) in which she plays Travis, a career girl who enjoys life, spends a remarkable amount of time topless and shoots a man with a harpoon gun. Its Bennett at his best as he analyzes the themes of ambition, vulnerability, and exploitation within the entertainment industry.

Showings

Show: 25 July 2025, 7:00 pm
Doors: 6:15 pm
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Show: 26 July 2025, 2:00 pm
Doors: 1:30 pm
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Show: 26 July 2025, 7:00 pm
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Upcoming Events

Close up photo of a watercolour seaside landscape. 23Jun
Community

Beginners Watercolour Painting

Doors: 10:00 am Show Starts: 10:00 am
£30

This beginner-friendly workshop aims to demystify the basics of watercolour technique in a supportive environment.

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Close up shot of a bouquet of flowers. 24Jun
Community

Summer Flower Arranging Workshop

Doors: 10:00 am Show Starts: 10:00 am
£36

Join Emily from PRIK flowers for a modern floral arranging workshop using fresh summer flowers. 

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Freud's Last Session Film Poster. 25Jun
Film

Movie Matinee: Freud’s Last Session

Doors: 1:30 pm Show Starts: 2:00 pm
£6

Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud invites professor C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God, Freud's unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.

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25Jun
Community

Beginners Calligraphy Workshop

Doors: 10:00 am Show Starts: 10:00 am
£36

Friendly, step-by-step workshop covering basic strokes, letters and phrases, then creating beautiful personalised cards.

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Bugsy Malone 25Jun
Community Theatre

Otley All Saints C of E Primary School: Bugsy Malone

Doors: 6:15 pm Show Starts: 7:00 pm

1929, Gangster warfare in New York Dandy Dan’s hoodlums are terrorising the city with their new weapon – splurge guns!

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Bugsy Malone 26Jun
Community Theatre

Otley All Saints C of E Primary School: Bugsy Malone

Doors: 1:15 pm Show Starts: 2:00 pm

1929, Gangster warfare in New York Dandy Dan’s hoodlums are terrorising the city with their new weapon – splurge guns!

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Bugsy Malone 26Jun
Community Theatre

Otley All Saints C of E Primary School: Bugsy Malone

Doors: 6:15 pm Show Starts: 7:00 pm

1929, Gangster warfare in New York Dandy Dan’s hoodlums are terrorising the city with their new weapon – splurge guns!

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The Searchers & Hollies Experience 27Jun
Music

The Searchers & Hollies Experience

Doors: 6:45 pm Show Starts: 7:30 pm
£25

Experience the unforgettable sound of two of the greatest harmony bands of all time in one sensational tribute show.

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Image of a stall at our craft fair 28Jun
Community

Designer Craft Fair

Doors: 10:00 am Show Starts: 10:00 am
FREE

Our monthly designer craft fair showcases variety of stalls featuring a wide selection of crafts, designed and made by local craft people.

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Poster image for 'Les Liaisons Dangereuse' 28Jun
Event Screenings

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Doors: 6:15 pm Show Starts: 7:00 pm
£15 / £13

Lesley Manville joins Aidan Turner in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of the classic novel.

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Otley Band At Home press shot. 30Jun
Music

Otley Brass Band at Home

Doors: 7:30 pm Show Starts: 8:00 pm
£10

Otley Brass Band are back for the second instalment of their At Home concerts.

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Coup 53 film still 02Jul
Film

Otley Film Society: Coup 53

Doors: 6:45 pm Show Starts: 7:30 pm
£7.50

In 1953, a military coup led by British MI6 backed by the CIA overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. His crime: nationalising the country's oil.

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