EVENTS CALENDAR
Here we list events in the halls which are open to the public, free or by ticket sales. To be listed here please email events@harwellvillagehall.co.uk
For details of all other bookings please see our bookings calendar, and our list of regular users.
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Man The Lifeboats with support from Corrie Shelley
Orchard HallMan The Lifeboats began life in a shanty-punk folk moshpit in 2016. Skinny Lister and Holy Moly & the Crackers were the two bands that lit the fire and blew the roof of the Garage that night. Fast forward 6 years and 100 gigs and counting and Man The Lifeboats are an established band ploughing … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Man The Lifeboats with support from Corrie Shelley
Orchard Film Club – Wicked Little Letters (15)
Orchard HallIt's the 1920s and a English seaside town bears witness to an absurd scandal in this hilarious mystery comedy. When deeply religious local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and the fellow residents of Littlehampton start to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley) is charged with the crime. … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Wicked Little Letters (15)
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Merry Hell with support from Elsi
Orchard HallWe are pleased welcome back Merry Hell to Harwell Village Hall. The sound of dreams realised, joy unconfined, your favourite yesterdays returning and the promise of tomorrow. Merry Hell are all this and more. Founded in their native North West of England, Merry Hell is an eight-piece folk-rock band with a history, a pedigree and … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Merry Hell with support from Elsi
Orchard Film Club – Matilda the Musical (PG)
Orchard HallMatilda Wormwood (Alisha Weir) is a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Stephen Graham) and mother (Andrea Riseborough). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Emma Thompson), the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Matilda the Musical (PG)
Orchard Film Club – Thelma (12)
Orchard HallThelma Post isn’t your average 93-year-old grandmother – she’s tenacious, determined, and on a mission. After getting conned out of $10,000 by a scammer pretending to be her grandson, she teams up with a friend (and his motorized scooter) on a wild adventure to take back what’s hers. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFAFsDEM0j4 Tickets are £6 per person … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Thelma (12)
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Lucy May Walker and The Dunwells Double Bill
Orchard HallAfter she went down so well when she appeared with The Dunwells in September, we are pleased to welcome back Lucy May Walker and The Dunwells to Harwell for a double bill of great music. Lucy May Walker is a Folkestone based Singer/Songwriter originally from Worcestershire. In 2018 Lucy May was discovered busking by Jeremy … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Lucy May Walker and The Dunwells Double Bill
Orchard Film Club – A Man called Otto (15)
Orchard HallBased on the comical and moving no. 1 New York Times bestseller, A Man Called Otto tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grumpy widower, who meets his match when a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol (Mariana Treviño) and her young family move in next door. An unlikely friendship is born that turns … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – A Man called Otto (15)
Didcot Phoenix Drama presents “A Long Time Ago…”
Orchard HallThe Didcot Phoenix Drama Group (which includes at least 10 Harwell members) is performing this year's panto in Harwell Village Hall on Saturday 8th February at 2.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Called "A Long Time Ago", it is actually Aladdin but set in outer space (!). It is very colourful, with music and dancing and … Continue reading Didcot Phoenix Drama presents “A Long Time Ago…”
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group present “A Long Time Ago…”
Orchard HallThe Didcot Phoenix Drama Group (which includes at least 10 Harwell members) is performing this year's panto in Harwell Village Hall on Saturday 8th February at 2.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. Called "A Long Time Ago", it is actually Aladdin but set in outer space (!). It is very colourful, with music and dancing and … Continue reading Didcot Phoenix Drama Group present “A Long Time Ago…”
Big Ginger Tom Music Presents The Sam Kelly Trio with support from Sarah Yeo
Orchard HallSam Kelly will perform in Harwell for the first time in his trio format. Sam writes and arranges most of his material with his main musical collaborator, Jamie Francis. After meeting at university in Brighton in 2010 and discovering a common interest in roots music, Sam and Jamie began playing together in a folk band, … Continue reading Big Ginger Tom Music Presents The Sam Kelly Trio with support from Sarah Yeo