Ticket time at MADS

Suddenly at Home. The next MADS production is a thriller where the audience will be asking themselves not ‘who done it’ but ‘will they get away with it’. Glen Howard is married to the wealthy Maggie who wants them to live in Bermuda, unhappy with the prospect and also at being ‘kept’ and ‘dependent’ on her, he devises an apparently foolproof plan to murder her, inherit her money and enjoy a new life whilst implicating Maggie’s former lover Sam as the prime suspect. Has Glen thought of every angle and covered his tracks well enough? A few twists and turns to the plot combine with the odd red herring....

30 Nov - 5 Dec £5 - £7.

Doors open 7 pm (perf 7.45 pm)

MADS Little Theatre, Lord Street, Macclesfield

Box Office 01625 611974 bookings open 12^th November (theatre club members),

16^th November (general bookings)

From Auden to Zephania

Glad to see the baths Hotel are doing interesting things:

'For Poetry, Music, Prose & Song
Make a note in your diary & hurry along
to the Baths Hotel on Green Street
where old friends gather & new friends meet.
Darren Poyzer & Friends with a night to remember
from 8-30 p.m. onwards the11th November.
Bring a poem of your own or a favourite to share
and help us raise funds for those needing our care.'

Proceeds to "Pathways Treatment Centre ". A charity treating ex- servicemen for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Wed 11 Nov 8.30pm Baths Hotel, Green St, Macc

And you can catch the Virgin Marys at Ronnie's bar on Wednesday night too.
Ronnies www.ronnies-bar.co.uk www.myspace.com/thevirginmarys

Cure the Curriculum Blues

Eilidh Milnes, inspirational speaker and author of Love Your Life - Survive the System: A Teacher's Happiness Curriculum holds a motivational talk and book signing at Waterstone's Macclesfield on Tuesday 10 November at 6.30pm. The event is free but booking is recommended on: 01625 424212

Thanks to ' local shopper' for their comments about our previous post on Macclesfield market.

'Macclefield needs its market!! You don’t have to look far to see how a good market can have a positive impact! The return of a market in the square could encourage revival and civic pride before our “market town” becomes a ghost town! '
Lets have more of your thoughts on this.

Bluefunk: Woody Mann + Tom Doughty

'Another night of the very top drawer in acoustic wizardry. Woody Mann from New York has achieved legendary status for his consummate skills as a player. A truly amazing guitarist he was actually taught to play as a youth by the Rev. Gary Davies. Supported by the inspirational artistry of Tom Doughty on lap slide. Acoustictastic.'
11 Nov 8pm £10
Bluefunk @ the WMC
Park Lane, Poynton
Ticketline- 07818 884324 email- garrywhite10@yahoo.co.uk www.myspace.com/bluefunkblues

picture 'ghost market' by local Shopper
picture 'Woody Mann' courtesy Garry White

Winter loop / market in Macc

Your Winter loop is ready and has been sent out and should be with our regular readers.

If you haven't received it in your in box, and should have, two possible problems: your server has rejected the loop 'group mail out'.Remedy : put maccloop@googlemail in your address book.Still no joy? Drop us an email.

Or it could be that your initial is G or H. We have been quietly, (well actually there has been the occasional roar of frustration) going crazy as googlemail won't let us send them. Please don't give up we are on the case. If anyone knows a good way of mailing 1000 plus addresses without automatically being considered spam, we'd love to hear from you!

Apologies for the error in the winter loop performance listings which stated that Bollington Festival Players were putting on two pantos in the New Year. They are not ( who would do that to themselves?) theirs is "Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates" a family pantomime by Paul Reakes . You can contact them on festivalplayes1@btinternet.com. More details in the Christmas postings to follow.

Market in Macclesfield
Every one we speak to seems to be as puzzled as us. Isn’t it strange to be living in a market town with an ancient market tradition and yet no real market to speak of? The scattering of stalls in side streets and car park just don’t do the job. A market should be a destination, a reason to come to town, a social hub and a valued outlet for local growers and makers. We realise there are access issues, but wouldn’t it be great to see a regular buzzing market back in the Market Place? Maybe a monthly specialist market…..with textiles, wool, fabric buttons and vintage textiles. A Silk Market indeed!. Mmm what do you think?

Picture: Snake Pass. courtesy the White Gallery

Something for the weekend?

Plenty of good things happening this weekend. If you fancy a laugh, head to Bolly Comedy at BAC. Check first for tickets as its always a sell out. For a good reason...

There is a ceilidh with live band Striding Edge and a real Ale Bar at Park Royal School on Friday night if you want to stretch your legs.

Kems choir present an orchestral concert at St Michael's Church on Saturday or you can catch
Glass Ankle(see pic) playing at the Baths Hotel on Saturday night (free). You can find out more about them and their new EP( avail magpie music and macvintage) in tomorrows issue of the loop, which will be sent to you if you have given us your e mail address! (maccloop@googlemail.com).

A very different sort of music can be heard on Sunday in the charming King Edward St Chapel. Donovan Johnson is a full time pianist from the USA who specialises in classical and jazz .He'll be playing his 'beautiful New Age music to inspire the mind and lift the Spirit'. For further moments of contemplation, join the Rangers War and Remembrance Trail around the cemetary on Remembrance Sunday . discover some the stories behind those who have fallen in the service of their country.

Fri 6 Nov Bolly Comedy Doors and bar open 7.30. Show 8.15pm. Over 18s only. £8. (book early) Bollington Arts Centre 01625 560774 Bollycomedyclub@tiscali.co.uk
Fri 6 Nov Ceilidh, Park Royal School, Athey St, 8pm £10 inc ploughmans 07981 128454
Sat 7 Nov, Glass Ankle, Baths Hotel free
Sat 7 Nov KEMS St Michaels Curch,Market Place 7.30pm £10/£2.50
Sun 8 Nov, 7.30pm £5 kids free. King Edward St Chapel, King Edward st, Macc www.donovanjohnson.net
Sun 8 Nov 1-3pm Remembrance Walk. booking essential 01625 504505 The Cemetery Lodge, Prestbury Road, Macclesfield

Remember, remember

Lit & Phil: Change of venue

For the 5th November meeting (because of the temporary closure of Macclesfield Library) the Lit and Phil lecture will now be held in the Whitaker Room in the Heritage Centre, Macclesfield. Go along to listen to 'Free radicals and antioxidants: facts, fallacies and commercial interests' by Richard Bruckdorfer who is Professor Emeritus in Biochemistry at University College London. He has worked at the universities of Utrecht, Paris, Munich and Los Angeles and was on the Executive Committee of the Biochemical Society.

The meeting will be at the normal time of 7.30 pm.

And on a slightly more topical theme, I don't think Guy fawkes wasn't a free radical any way:

Bonfire & spectacular firework display

Organised by Henbury Parish Council

all proceeds to the millennium green trust.

Hot dog & drink incl.

Sat 7 Nov 5.30pm £5/ £2

Henbury Millennium Green

When did you last see a proper guy (Fawkes) sitting on a street corner? mmm....