Events & Exhibitions

The Right Hand Man: A tribute exhibition to Ray Lowry

Submitted by ivorh on 25 September 2009 - 1:37pm
Date: 
1 October 2009 - 1 November 2009

Ray - photographed by Andrew Farrington

Our autumn exhibition plays homage to the late Ray Lowry who died a year ago on the 14th October

His work as a cartoonist was world renown having had work published in the likes of NME, private eye, the Guardian and many more.

His energetic ink sketches whilst on tour with the Clash are now collectors’ items and his fine art and abstract work has gained recognition in the art world.

Rich Hall at The Roundhouse

Submitted by ivorh on 25 September 2009 - 2:19pm
Date: 
10 September 2009

Comic genius Rich Hall's new book "Magnificent Bastards" is a hilarious collection of tall tales. Meet the man who vacuums bewildered prairie dogs out of their burrows; a frustrated werewolf who roams the streets of Soho getting mistaken for Brian Blessed and a teenage girl who invites 45,000 My Space Friends to a house party. 

Doors open: 7.30pm
Admission: £6

Tickets available:-

In person at the Roundhouse box office
Online at www.roundhouse.org.uk
phone 0844 482 8008

Ray Lowry Retrospective

Submitted by ivorh on 1 October 2009 - 11:42pm
Date: 
5 December 2009 - 7 March 2010

The planning of this exhibition has been going on for the past few months, alongside Charlotte from the gallery and Ray’s son Sam .The event celebrates Ray’s roots in Cadishead and incorporates a vast display of his work throughout his life.

Ray Lowry Retrospective
 

Under the Volcano

Submitted by ivorh on 1 October 2009 - 11:49pm
Date: 
25 September 2009 - 22 November 2009

It is with great excitement that the gallery was invited to contribute pieces of Ray’s work into the Malcolm Lowry exhibition. Ray was obsessed by the book haven’t read it so many times it became a parallel to his own life and world and throughout the years his art work was directly influenced by the book and probably under the influence of alcohol. Before his death Ray’s once again revisited “Under the Volcano” and a set of emotional, scratchy images emerged. Well worth a visit. Thanks to Bryan Biggs at the Bluecoat for making it happen.

Laugharne Weekend Festival

Submitted by ivorh on 1 October 2009 - 11:58pm
Date: 
9 April 2010 - 12 April 2010

Laugharne Weekend

The fourth Laugharne Weekend Festival will be held on the weekend of April 9th 2010.Previous artists to have performed at the festival include Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Will Self, Roger McGough, Simon Armitage, Lionel Shriver, Alexei Sayle, Rhys Ifans, Rachel Trezise, Jon Ronson, Keith Allen, Mick Jones, Stella Duffy,
Bruce Reynolds, Howard Marks etc.

The Good Soul of Szechuan

Submitted by ivorh on 2 October 2009 - 12:05am
Date: 
30 October 2009 - 28 November 2009

Sometimes the artwork about events draws me to it as much as the write up ,as is the case with the illustration for “The Good Soul of Szechuan” at the library Theatre in October. If you haven’t seen a performance at the theatre before I think you’ll be impressed, it’s not too big, so that you are able to engage well with the performance.

The Good Soul of Szechuan
 

William Boyd at The Roundhouse

Submitted by ivorh on 2 October 2009 - 12:17am
Date: 
16 September 2009

William Boyd is the author of nine novels including "A Good Man in Africa", winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; "An Ice Cream War", winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize and short-listed for the Booker Prize; "Brazzaville Beach" winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and "Restless", winner of the Costa Novel of the year and a Richard and Judy bestseller and is now the author of "Ordinary hunderstorms" a heart-in-mouth conspiracy novel.

Jah Wobble at The Roundhouse

Submitted by ivorh on 2 October 2009 - 12:19am
Date: 
4 October 2009

Jah Wobble was a founder member of Public Image Limited along with John Lydon, whom Wobble met, along with Sid Vicious at sixth form college.After leaving the band, Wobble embarked on a solo career and his album "Rising Above Bedlam" was nominated for The Mercury Prize in 1992. Tonight he will be interviewed and read from his autobiography "Memoirs of a Geezer" and do a Q & A session.

Doors Open: 7.30 pm
Admission: £6

Armando Ianucci at The Roundhouse

Submitted by ivorh on 2 October 2009 - 12:21am
Date: 
11 October 2009 - 12 October 2009

Armando Ianucci has been behind much of the most important British comedy and satire for over a decade having created "The Day Today", "Alan Partridge", "The Saturday Night Armistice" and "The Thick Of It".  He has produced many tv and radio programmes including "On The Hour" and "The Mary Whitehouse Experience". He is the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed film "In The Loop". He has won two Sony Radio Awards
and three British Comedy Awards.

A.L. Kennedy at The Roundhouse

Submitted by ivorh on 2 October 2009 - 12:24am
Date: 
14 October 2009

AL Kennedy is the author of five previous novels, two books of non-fiction, and three collections of short stories. Her last novel, Day, won the Costa