The Man Who Left the Titanic – Friday 4th May 2012

The Man Who Left the Titanic

The Man Who Left the Titanic

Fri 4 May
Haddo House

In the centenary year since the tragic disaster, this new play by patrick Prior follows the story of the Managing Director who escaped his sinking ship and asks the question: Was he a coward or merely human?Isosceles in association with Useful Idiots presents a new play by Patrick Prior. On April 15th 1912, the Titanic, the greatest ship in the world, slipped below the frigid waters of the Atlantic.

Yet Bruce J. Ismay, Managing Director or the White Star Line, stepped into a lifeboat and sailed away from the stricken ship, sailed away from his passengers, sailed away from the cries and screams and tears.

‘The Man Who Left the Titanic’ evokes that terrible voyage and asks whether Bruce Ismay only did what any of us might have done in the same circumstances, or should his actions that night consign his name to infamy?

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‘An enthralling evening of theatre…clever writing…The much respected Isosceles Company are undoubtedly multi-talented. I would encourage you to get tickets.’ Irish News ‘This is a MUST SEE play, catch it when it comes to a theatre near you…A splendid performance.’ Titanic Heritage Trust

Dates & Times:  04 May 2012 : 19:30 – 21:30

Prices:

  • Adult : £ 9.00
  • Child : £ 7.00
  • Family : £ 25.00
  • Concession : £ 7.00

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For further information please call 0844 493 2179

Booking: Book tickets online or telephone 0844 493 2179

New eatery appoints Masterchef to kitchen

Chef Selection: Former Masterchef semi-finalist Matt Dobson has been appointed as Head Chef at Formartines

FORMARTINE’S

A new North-east visitor attraction has appointed a former MasterChef: The Professionals semi-finalist to head up its kitchen when it opens this spring.

Matt Dobson has been named head chef at the restaurant at Formartine’s, a visitor centre opening near Tarves this April. The talented chef was placed fourth in the 2009 series of ‘MasterChef: The Professionals’ and has more than 15 years of professional cooking experience.

Formartine’s, which is located on the edge of the Haddo Estate, will feature a restaurant as well as a fine food hall stocking local artisan products. It will also offer a range of outdoor activities, including woodland walks. It is a joint partnership between John Cooper, who owns The Smokehouse in Methlick, and Lord and Lady Aberdeen, proprietors of Haddo Estate.

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Cookery School – Barthol Chapel

 

We have spaces available on the following courses and wondered if you would like to come and join us?

 Introduction to Sugar Craft         21st April 2012,   9.30am – 1.30pm          £60 including lunch

 Speedy Suppers                            23rd April 2012,   9.30am – 1.30pm          £60 including lunch

 May Course – Cooking for Friends

 One of the greatest pleasures of cooking is sharing delicious food with friends.

 On this course we will prepare a tasty array of foods for different occasions.

 We will be preparing a Dinner Party to impress, flavoursome summer buffet party ideas, sizzling BBQs with a difference and a lovely spread for a picnic or tea-party to share.

 

Monday mornings, 7th – 28th May 2012 10-12am             

Monday evenings, 7th – 28th May 2012 7-9pm

Tuesday evenings, 8th – 29th May 2012 7-9pm                 

4 week course £125

 If you would like to come, please complete the attached registration form and return to us along with payment.

 Best wishes

 Beth and Jannine  Tel 872351 or click HERE

 

 

 

Paranormal Evening 21st April 2012 at Haddo

Paranormal Evening

Paranormal Evening

Sat 21 Apr
Haddo House

Join former Most Haunted medium, Chris Conway, for a night you will never forget!Let Chris guide you on a mediumship walkaround of Haddo House, where you as investigators for the evening can find out who from Haddo’s past still resides within the walls. Throughout the night you will be taught how to use a variety of paranormal equipment including Flir Thermal Imaging, EVP, video, infra red and digital cameras, K-2 and Gauss EMF Meters and movement sensors. Thereafter…who knows what will happen!

Details -Event runs from 9pm – 3am -Please visit www.theghostfindergeneral.co.uk for further information.

Dates & Times: 22 Apr 2012 : 21:00 – 24:00
Prices: Adult : £ 49.00
Contact: For further information please call Jimmy Devlin on 07787522563
Booking: To purchase tickets visit www.theghostfindergeneral.co.uk

Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Patience’ at Haddo House Hall on April 12th, 13th .and 14th.

Haddo House Choral & Operatic Society present a production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Patience’ at Haddo House Hall on April 12th, 13th .and 14th.

The aesthetes believed that art did not have any practical purpose; it needed only be beautiful. They developed a cult of beauty, which they considered the basic factor of art – life should copy art, they asserted, not the other way around. Oscar Wilde was the most prominent of the poets of the movement.

Gilbert and Sullivan were writing operettas at this time and obviously found the movement a little ridiculous, with their poetic outpourings and dramatic posturings, and wrote ‘Patience’ as a hilarious satire on them. It was the partnership’s first big success, with delightful tunes and catchy duets and ensemble numbers. Although aestheticism is now long gone, the jokes are not lost on us these days; laughing at the pretentious is an enduring sport!

‘Patience’ can be seen at Haddo House Hall on April 12th, 13th and 14th at 7,30pm. Tickets are £18, £15 (concs) and £9 (for primary aged children) and discounts are available for block bookings on application.

‘Friends of HHCOS’ can take up the offer of a reserved comfortable armchair – application forms for ‘Friends’ are found on the Society’s website.

Tickets are on sale now online at www.hhcos.org.uk/boxoffice and on 01651 851111