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.
Orchard Film Club – Mothering Sunday (15)
Orchard HallOn a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Mothering Sunday (15)
Harwell Parish History Group – Leather’s Lucky Landscape: medieval and modern manufacture in Abingdon
Cherry HallA talk by Patricia Cooke. All talks are in the Cherry Hall of Harwell Village Hall starting at 7.30pm. Paid up members free; visitors (very welcome) £3 at the door.
SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music presents Rusty Shackle with support from Craig Joiner
Orchard HallRusty Shackle are a six-piece folk-rock band from South Wales. They have released five successful studio albums and are an experienced live band, playing festivals and venues around the world since 2010. We are thrilled to welcome them to Harwell Village Hall. This will be a very popular gig so book tickets early! Tickets start … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music presents Rusty Shackle with support from Craig Joiner
Orchard Film Club – Three Thousand Years of Longing (15)
Orchard HallDr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic - content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – Three Thousand Years of Longing (15)
Orchard Film Club – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12)
Orchard HallOne morning, pensioner Harold Fry (Jim Broadbent) takes a stroll to the postbox, but can’t bring himself to post the letter. It’s a reply to his old friend and former work colleague Queenie (Linda Bassett), who, he learned recently, has terminal cancer. Then a chance encounter in a petrol station gives Harold a new purpose: … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12)
Orchard Film Club – The Great Escaper (12A)
Orchard HallIn the summer of 2014, World War II Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) sneaks out of his seaside care home, where he lives with his wife Irene (Glenda Jackson), on a secret mission to get aboard a cross-channel ferry and attend the 70th anniversary celebrations for the commemmoration of the D-day landings in … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Great Escaper (12A)
SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Present Show of Hands
Orchard HallWe are thrilled to welcome Folk Legends Show of Hands, aka Steve Knightley & Phil Beer to Harwell Village Hall. After thirty remarkable years of non-stop touring Show of Hands, comprising Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, have announced that they will no longer tour together as Show of Hands for the foreseeable future. Whilst Phil … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Present Show of Hands
Orchard Film Club – The Old Oak (15)
Orchard HallThe Old Oak is a special place - it's the last pub standing and the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. Landlord TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) is barely hanging on to the pub by his … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Old Oak (15)
SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ninebarrow with support from Wednesday’s Wolves
Orchard HallNinebarrow (Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere) are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by Mark Radcliffe as sounding ‘like two halves of one voice’ and by Mercury Music Prize nominee Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon and Jay combine … Continue reading SOLD OUT – Big Ginger Tom Music Presents Ninebarrow with support from Wednesday’s Wolves
Orchard Film Club – The Lesson (15)
Orchard HallLiam (Daryl McCormack), an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author JM Sinclair (Richard E. Grant). But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amO6BhGJ4so Tickets are £6 per person and will be … Continue reading Orchard Film Club – The Lesson (15)